An LED includes a first active region for the emission of a first primary radiation and a second active region for the emission of a second primary radiation, separate connections, a first phosphor for the at least partial conversion of the first primary radiation into a first conversion radiation in such a way that the first phosphor forms a first emitting surface of the LED for the emission of a first illumination radiation, and a second emitting surface for the emission of a second illumination radiation, which has a different spectral profile than the first illumination radiation, the second illumination radiation originating from the second primary radiation, and the emitting surfaces being shaped and arranged in a plan view, looking at the LED counter to a main emitting direction thereof, such that an outer of the emitting surfaces as a continuous surface area encloses an inner of the emitting surfaces.

Disclosed is a light emitting module including a light emitting device package having a circuit board having a cavity, an insulation substrate arranged in the cavity, with a conductive pattern formed thereon, and at least one light emitting device disposed on the insulation substrate, with being electrically connected with the conductive pattern; and a glass cover located on the light emitting device package, with lateral surfaces, a top surface and an open bottom surface, wherein the light emitting device package and the circuit board are electrically connected with each other.

A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a fuel tank, a motor, a battery, a charger, and a notification mechanism. The battery is configured to supply electric power to the motor. The charger is configured to carry out external charging that charges the battery by use of electric power from an external power source. The notification mechanism is configured to notify, to an outside of the vehicle, information on a use index indicative of a degree of use of external charging in a predetermined time period.

A car LED light capable of changing color temperature includes a lamp holder. A front side of the lamp holder is provided with a concave trough and formed with an opening. The lamp holder is provided with an LED module in the concave trough. The LED module has a beam angle θ. A color temperature change unit is provided in front of the LED module and includes a drive member. The drive member is connected with a light filter and drives the light filter to move relative to the LED module. Through the drive member, the light filter is selectively to be in front of the beam angle θ for changing the color temperature of the light emitted from the LED module; or the light filter is selectively to be away from the range of the beam angle θ for keeping the original color temperature of the light.

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 yellow phosphor is provided. The yellow phosphor includes a crystal formed of a compound that is represented by the following formula (1): Ln.sub.4−x(Eu.sub.zM.sub.1−z).sub.xSi.sub.12−yAl.sub.yO.sub.3+x+yN.sub.18−x−y(0.5≦x≦3, 0<z<0.3, 0<y≦4) (1), wherein Ln includes at least one rare earth element, and M includes at least one selected from calcium (Ca), barium (Ba), strontium (Sr), and magnesium (Mg).

Provided is a vehicular lighting apparatus which is relatively small, can be manufactured at low cost, is superior in mountability to an automobile, and is superior in recognizeability of an object illuminated by a head lamp. The vehicular lighting apparatus attachable to a front end part of a vehicle includes: a composite lens element that is a light guide element constructed by molding a translucent resin substantially into a plate-like shape; a planar light-emitting unit that emits illumination light; an optical system that transforms planar light from the light-emitting unit into linear light and that causes the linear transformed light to be incident on a rear side face of the light guide element; and a diffraction lens formed on the rear side face of the light guide element on which the linear transformed light is incident, and condensing the linear transformed light. The light condensed by the lens means is emitted from a front side face of the light guide element onto a road surface in front of the vehicle. The light-emitting element emits whit light including red light.

A lighting device for a motor vehicle, in particular a headlamp, comprising at least two, preferably three, light sources, from which light emanates during the operation of the lighting device, the light of each of the light sources differing from that of the other light sources with regard to its wavelength spectrum, comprising modulator, which bring about a modulation of the light emanating from the light sources during the operation of the lighting device, so that information is transmitted by the light, the lighting device having a mixer for mixing the light emanating from the individual light sources, so that white light emerges from the lighting device during the operation of the lighting device.

A lighting device for a motor vehicle, in particular a headlamp, comprising at least two, preferably three, light sources, from which light emanates during the operation of the lighting device, the light of each of the light sources differing from that of the other light sources with regard to its wavelength spectrum, comprising modulator, which bring about a modulation of the light emanating from the light sources during the operation of the lighting device, so that information is transmitted by the light, the lighting device having a mixer for mixing the light emanating from the individual light sources, so that white light emerges from the lighting device during the operation of the lighting device.

A vehicle headlight system that can be used together with a vehicle control unit (3) that switches from an autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode on the basis of external information about a vehicle (1), wherein the system has a headlight (100) mounted on the vehicle (1), and a lamp control unit (4) that controls the headlight (100), the lamp control unit (4): controlling the headlight (100) so as to form a first light distribution pattern (P) when the vehicle control unit (3) is executing the autonomous driving mode; controlling the headlight (100) so as to form a second light distribution pattern (Q) when the vehicle control unit (3) is executing the manual driving mode; and controlling the headlight so as to form a third light distribution pattern (R) that irradiates at an illuminance equal to or greater than the illuminance of the first light distribution pattern (P) and/or irradiates a range equal to or greater than the irradiation region of the first light distribution pattern (P), when transitioning from the autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode.