A lamp for a vehicle includes a light source unit for generating light, a shield unit for selectively transmitting at least some of the light generated from the light source unit, and a lens unit for focusing the light that transmits trough the shield unit on a road surface. A main transmission light among the light that is transmitted through the shield unit forms a plurality of road surface patterns, and an auxiliary transmission light among the light that is transmitted through the shield unit is irradiated to one or more selected road surface pattern among the plurality of road surface patterns to increase brightness of the selected road surface pattern.

A vehicle lamp comprising a housing having a space opened in a forward direction, a bezel mounted on a front of the housing and having first and second through holes, a first optical module having a first light source device provided to irradiate light to a road surface through the first through hole, the first optical module is contained in the space, mounted in the housing, and installed to be inclined to allow an optical axis of the first light source device to be gradually inclined downward in the forward direction, and a second optical module including a second light source device provided to irradiate light forward through the second through hole, the second optical module being contained in the space and mounted on the bezel, an area in which the first optical module is positioned in the bezel is formed to gradually protrude upward in the forward direction.

An illumination apparatus that illuminates an illumination zone having a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction is provided with a light source to emit a coherent light beam, and a diffraction optical device to diffract the coherent light beam incident from the light source. The diffraction optical device diffracts the incident coherent light beam so that a width of the illumination zone in the second direction gradually becomes wider along the first direction of the illumination zone from a nearer side to the diffraction optical device.

A lighting device for vehicles with a plurality of light sources and with a plurality of light guide elements each assigned to each of the light sources, which are arranged in front of the light sources in the main emission direction, wherein the light guide elements are designed as micro light guide elements and that an optical separation is provided between neighboring micro light guide elements and/or in the main radiation direction behind the micro light guide elements so that a scattered light portion emitted by a first light source cannot be irradiated or emitted by a light guide element assigned to a second light source.

A projection structure that occupies a small space and performs dynamic projection includes a first support, a lens assembly, a film portion, a light source, a motor, a control portion, and a second support, wherein the light source, the film portion, and the lens assembly form a projection light path, the film portion being driven by the motor to rotate. The lens assembly includes at least one lens, and the at least one lens is accommodated in the first support, the control portion being configured to control the motor and/or the light source. The second support is configured to support the first support, wherein the first support and second support are respectively configured to form a first space and a second space of the film portion.

A vehicular exterior door handle assembly includes a handle portion, a light transmitting cover element disposed at least partially along a length dimension of the handle portion, and an illumination module having an illumination source. When the illumination source is electrically powered, light emitted by the illumination source passes at least partially along the length dimension of the handle portion. With the exterior door handle assembly mounted at a door handle region of a vehicle door and when the illumination source is electrically powered, light that passes at least partially along the length dimension of the handle portion is viewable by a person viewing the handle portion of the exterior door handle assembly. When the illumination source is not electrically powered, the illumination source is covert to the person viewing the handle portion of the exterior door handle assembly.

A vehicle light includes at least one light-emitting diode and a free-form optical element optically downstream of the at least one light-emitting diode. A diaphragm is mounted on a side of the free-form optical element that faces the at least one light-emitting diode. A vehicle includes at least one such vehicle light.

A projection system for a vehicle, in particular for an ambient lighting device for generating a plurality of light cones for illuminating the ground in the surroundings of the vehicle, includes at least one light source and a microlens array. The microlens array includes an optical axis, a first portion with at least one first channel and a second portion with at least one second channel. The projection system includes an optical device that is provided downstream of the microlens array and is arranged at least in the area of the first portion, with the distance between the microlens array and the optical device being less than 20 mm. Light emitted by the light source, which falls through the at least one first channel of the first portion, is deflected by the optical device by a first angle with respect to the optical axis and forms a first light cone, and light emitted by the light source, which falls through the at least one second channel of the second portion, is deflected by a second angle with respect to the optical axis, which differs from the first angle, and forms a second light cone.

A pair of left and right vehicle headlights (1R, 1L) having a bilaterally symmetrical arrangement of optical units therein. A variable-light-distribution optical unit (ADB) is arranged inside the vehicle headlight (1R) on the passenger side and makes the high beam light distribution mode variable in accordance with the surroundings and travel state of the vehicle. A graphic drawing optical unit (RM) capable of forming a desired graphic on the road surface ahead of the vehicle, by using emitted light, is arranged at a position inside the vehicle front light (1L) on the driver side, said position corresponding to the arrangement position of the variable-light-distribution optical unit. As a result, distortion in graphics drawn on the road surface is suppressed and the impact of pitching can be reduced.

Information related to a vehicle can be displayed by projecting an image based on the information on a road surface or the like. An image projection apparatus that projects an image includes: a sensor unit that acquires information related to a vehicle; and an image projection unit that projects the image based on the information acquired by the sensor unit.