A vehicle lighting device provides two or more lighting functions using the same exit surface of a light guide panel. A first lighting function is a vehicle lighting function such as a rear tail light function or rear combination lamp function (e.g., brake signal, turn signal, and backup light) provided by a first light source comprising a light emitting diode (LED) light source inputted at an edge surface of the light guide panel. At least one more lighting function is implemented by a second light source outputting light toward a rear surface of the light guide panel and controlled to operate in accordance with one or more second light functions including one or more of: at least part of another vehicle lighting function, and a display including one or more display elements presenting at least one of: a designated pattern, a symbol, a pictogram, and an animation.

A lighting apparatus of vehicles may include a light source unit of emitting light; a first reflection unit of reflecting light incident from the light source unit to discharge the reflected light outside the first reflection unit; a second reflection unit rotatably provided between the light source unit and the first reflection unit to reflect light for allowing light emitted by the light source unit to move to the first reflection unit or blocking the light such that the light is not moved to the first reflection unit and reflecting the light at a position different from the first reflection unit to discharge the light outside depending on a rotational position of the second reflection unit; and a driving unit connected to the second reflection unit and configured of adjusting the rotational position of the second reflection unit.

A light emitting apparatus including a substrate including a principal surface, a first light emitting element disposed on the principal surface, a second light emitting element disposed on the principal surface, a first lens and a second lens wherein a distance between a middle point of an emission area of the second light emitting element and an apex of the second lens is larger than a distance between a middle point of an emission area of the first light emitting element and an apex of the first lens, wherein the emission area of the second light emitting element is larger than the emission area of the first light emitting element, and wherein the lower electrode of the second light emitting element is larger than the lower electrode of the first light emitting element.

Disclosed are a wheel and a scooter. The wheel includes a wheel body, a light-emitting assembly, a first optical element, a second optical element, and an outer end cover, where the wheel body includes a hub housing, the hub housing is provided with a lamp cavity structure facing an outer side of the wheel, the first optical element is installed at a bottom of the lamp cavity structure, the second optical element is installed at an opening of the lamp cavity structure, the light-emitting assembly is arranged between the first optical element and the second optical element, and the outer end cover covers an outer side of the second optical element. A first protrusion and a second protrusion are provided in a contact position of the hub housing where the hub housing can contact the outer end cover, and the first protrusion and the second protrusion form a groove structure.

In a lighting arrangement (2) for an interior (4) of a vehicle, having a beam area (6) for emitting light (8) into an environment (10) of the lighting arrangement (2), having at least one first luminaire (12a, b) having a first luminous area (14a, b) for emitting the light (8), the first luminous area (14a, b) being part of the beam area (6), having at least one projector (16) with a beam opening (18) for emitting the light (8), the beam opening (18) being part of the beam area (6), at least one of the first luminaires (12a, b) has at least one passage region (34) for at least one part of one of the beam openings (18) of one of the projectors (16) on its first luminous area (14a, b), and/or, in at least one of the projectors (16), a surface region (20) of the projector (16) which is adjacent to the beam opening (18) is in the form of a second luminaire (21) having a second luminous area (22) for emitting light (8), the second luminous area (22) being part of the beam area (6).

An IR illuminator used during the operation of autonomous vehicles, which provides improvement in the performance of cameras used in the vehicle at night time. An optical design of an outer lens of the IR illuminator is selected so that the outer lens forms a beam pattern for the output light from the IR light source, and also acts as a light guide for light emitted from a secondary visible light source, which is located in the same module as the IR light source, and which may be positioned on the same or a different printed circuit board as the IR light source. The material of outer lens is opalescent including scattering bodies. The optical design of the outer lens allows for improved field of view of the IR illuminator.

A lighting apparatus of vehicles may include a light source unit of emitting light; a first reflection unit of reflecting light incident from the light source unit to discharge the reflected light outside the first reflection unit; a second reflection unit rotatably provided between the light source unit and the first reflection unit to reflect light for allowing light emitted by the light source unit to move to the first reflection unit or blocking the light such that the light is not moved to the first reflection unit and reflecting the light at a position different from the first reflection unit to discharge the light outside depending on a rotational position of the second reflection unit; and a driving unit connected to the second reflection unit and configured of adjusting the rotational position of the second reflection unit.

A vehicle lamp includes a clearance lamp (330) and an illumination unit (400) for an active sensor. The illumination unit (400) includes a near-infrared light source (410) and a photoconductor (420). The photoconductor (420) receives emitted light from the near-infrared light source (410) and emits illumination light having a predetermined light distribution from an emission surface (422). The photoconductor (420) is disposed such that a rear surface (424) thereof faces a light emitting surface of the clearance lamp (330), and emits, from the emission surface (422), emitted light from the clearance lamp (330) which is received at the rear surface (424).

The present invention relates to an optical device that includes a light guide; at least a first and a second light source; at least a first and a second optical coupler; and at least one collimator to generate a first collimated light beam and a second collimated light beam. The at least one first optical coupler is configured to receive the first collimated light beam that is directed along a first optical axis towards a first region of the light exit face producing a first photometric function. The at least one second optical coupler is configured to receive the second collimated light beam that is directed along a second optical axis towards a second region of the light exit face producing a second photometric function.

The disclosure relates to a lighting device, in particular for integration into a vehicle surface, having a cover with optically opaque surface areas, a light-source carrier, arranged behind the cover and having a plurality of light sources, and signal structures which are arranged between the surface areas and can be illuminated for light emission, wherein different signal patterns can be adjusted by selective control of certain of the light sources for trans-illumination or illumination of one or more associated signal structures. The disclosure further relates to a vehicle, having such a lighting device, and to a method for carrying out various signal functions with such a lighting device.