VEHICLE INTERIOR LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING AND CONTROLLING IT

Constructing and controlling light assemblies in a vehicle interior. A light assembly (400) is constructed by forming a PCB layer (300) to have a shape that is based on a shape of a corresponding vehicle component. A set of light sources (310) are mounted onto the PCB layer and the PCB layer is attached to the corresponding vehicle component. The light assembly is connected to a light controller (170) that supplies power and control signals to the light sources. A lighting effects engine (150) receives an input from a user or a vehicle sub-system (110), determines a lighting effect corresponding to the received input, retrieves a set of lighting routines associated with the lighting effect, and transmits the set of lighting routines to a set of light controllers. The set of light controllers collectively generate the lighting effect by applying/executing the received lighting routines on the set of light assemblies.