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 spotlight system including a spotlight continuously rotatable about a spotlight pan axis and tiltable about a spotlight tilt axis. The system includes a spotlight controller including a housing continuously rotatable about a controller pan axis. The housing has a circumferential lip that engages with a fixed based and a hub engaged with a handle. The handle rotates about a controller tilt axis perpendicular to the controller pan axis. A controller board is electrically connected to a slip ring that penetrates the base, with a pan input sensor, a tilt input sensor, and a microprocessor. The pan input sensor measures the position of the housing relative to the base, the tilt input sensor measures the position of the handle relative to the housing, and the microcontroller interprets the positions and generates control signals corresponding to the direction of a spotlight.

A vehicle side light (VSL) that is secured to a side of a vehicle such as a car or truck to provide illumination to an area adjacent the side of the vehicle. The VSL has an attachment plate, a gasket, a heat sink, a power/light emitting diode (LED) board, a reflector, and a cover. At least one LED and preferably multiple LEDs, on the power/LED board provide the illumination. The reflectors has a metallic reflective front surface with outward extending members that create reflecting chambers. At the bottom of each chamber is an opening that allows a LED to illuminate outward to the chamber. The reflector's surface and reflecting chamber design the increase the LEDs illuminative strength. The cover is either a flat front surface with angled side sections, or a convex front surface. The VSL can also function as an auxiliary turn signal with red or yellow LEDs in the side sections. The USLVSL can also include a camera that interfaces with the vehicle's audio/navigation system. While the VSL can be used with may vehicles, the VSL is optimally designed to be secured to a four-door Jeep vehicle, onto a lower area of a B-pillar, between the Jeep's front and rear doors. To facilitate the securement, the attachment plate has right and left angled sections, with angles of 55 which allows optimal placement on the B-pillar.

A large-angle LED working lamp comprising a shell, a lampshade clamped with the shell, light-emitting units arranged in the shell and a connector electrically connected with a power generation unit; the light-emitting unit comprises a circuit board and a convex lens; a light-emitting diode is arranged on the circuit board, and the convex lens covers the light-emitting diode; the number of the light-emitting units is three, comprising a central light-emitting unit and two side light-emitting units that are symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the central light-emitting unit; the angle formed between each side light-emitting unit and the central light-emitting unit is 20-30 degrees; through the central light-emitting unit and the two side light-emitting units that are symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the central light-emitting unit, the light-emitting angles in three different directions can be formed so that the illuminating angle can reach 90-120 degrees.

A large-angle LED working lamp comprising a shell, a lampshade clamped with the shell, light-emitting units arranged in the shell and a connector electrically connected with a power generation unit; the light-emitting unit comprises a circuit board and a convex lens; a light-emitting diode is arranged on the circuit board, and the convex lens covers the light-emitting diode; the number of the light-emitting units is three, comprising a central light-emitting unit and two side light-emitting units that are symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the central light-emitting unit; the angle formed between each side light-emitting unit and the central light-emitting unit is 20-30 degrees; through the central light-emitting unit and the two side light-emitting units that are symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the central light-emitting unit, the light-emitting angles in three different directions can be formed so that the illuminating angle can reach 90-120 degrees.

An assistance method for a light control system in a motor vehicle, having a light controller for controlling a lighting unit in the motor vehicle for lighting a motor vehicle environment, a portable unit, at least one communication interface, and an evaluation unit for evaluating signals from the portable unit received via the communication interface. The lighting unit being controllable by the light controller and based on evaluation of the signals received from the portable unit, such that at least one light beam emitted by the lighting unit can be positioned in accordance with signals from the portable unit. A first assistance function manually or automatically switches on, the lighting unit is controlled such that when the first assistance function is switched on, the light beam moves automatically as a function of the portable unit being actuated at a time that follows the switching on of the first assistance function.

A vehicle lamp includes: a variable light distribution lamp capable of generating a beam having a variable intensity distribution; an infrared illumination device configured to irradiate a front; an infrared camera configured to image the front; and a light distribution controller configured to detect a snow particle based on an output of the infrared camera, generate a light distribution pattern in which a portion corresponding to the snow particle is shaded, and control the variable light distribution lamp.

A vehicle lamp includes: a light distribution controller configured to generate a light distribution pattern including a shaded portion in which a margin region is added around a snow particle; and a variable light distribution lamp capable of generating a beam having an intensity distribution corresponding to the light distribution pattern. And at least one of a size and a shape of the margin region is variable.

A vehicle light fixture include a first light distribution illuminator that emits a first light distribution to the front of a vehicle, and a second light distribution illuminator that emits a second light distribution having a light-dark boundary line at least on a side of the vehicle, wherein illumination of the first light distribution illuminator and the second light distribution illuminator is controlled in response to a predetermined operation of the first light distribution illuminator by the driver of the vehicle. The second light distribution illuminator includes a light source, and a projection lens that projects light emitted from the light source to form an illumination pattern surrounded by multiple light-dark boundary lines and emit the illumination pattern to a side of the vehicle, and the projection lens focuses more of the light emitted from the light source passing outwardly from the optical axis of the projection lens.

A vehicle light fixture include a first light distribution illuminator that emits a first light distribution to the front of a vehicle, and a second light distribution illuminator that emits a second light distribution having a light-dark boundary line at least on a side of the vehicle, wherein illumination of the first light distribution illuminator and the second light distribution illuminator is controlled in response to a predetermined operation of the first light distribution illuminator by the driver of the vehicle. The second light distribution illuminator includes a light source, and a projection lens that projects light emitted from the light source to form an illumination pattern surrounded by multiple light-dark boundary lines and emit the illumination pattern to a side of the vehicle, and the projection lens focuses more of the light emitted from the light source passing outwardly from the optical axis of the projection lens.