An illumination apparatus for a motor vehicle includes a light source for emitting light of a first mixed color, said light source containing one or more laser diodes for generating monochromatic light and a first conversion element for converting the monochromatic light into the light of the first mixed color. The illumination apparatus also includes a first optical device which images the light source as a real image in an intermediate image plane, and a second optical device which generates a predefined light distribution from the real image in the intermediate image plane. A second conversion element is provided at the site of the real image in the intermediate image plane in order to convert the light of the first mixed color into light of a second mixed color.

An optical unit includes: a light source; a rotating reflector configured to be rotated in a single direction with the rotational axis as the center of rotation while reflecting light emitted from the light source; and a projector lens configured to project light reflected by the rotating reflector in the light irradiation direction. The projector lens has a first lens region LR1 that defines the first focal plane and a second lens region that defines the second focal plane that differs from the first focal plane. The light source is arranged such that, when the rotating reflector is set to the first rotational position, its virtual position is in the vicinity of the focal plane, and such that, when the rotating reflector is set to the second rotational position, its virtual position is in the vicinity of the focal plane.

An optical unit includes: a light source; a rotating reflector configured to be rotated in a single direction with the rotational axis as the center of rotation while reflecting light emitted from the light source; and a projector lens configured to project light reflected by the rotating reflector in the light irradiation direction. The projector lens has a first lens region LR1 that defines the first focal plane and a second lens region that defines the second focal plane that differs from the first focal plane. The light source is arranged such that, when the rotating reflector is set to the first rotational position, its virtual position is in the vicinity of the focal plane, and such that, when the rotating reflector is set to the second rotational position, its virtual position is in the vicinity of the focal plane.

A vehicle headlamp includes a light source, a holding portion that holds the light source, and a reflector on which the holding portion is mounted and having a reflective surface for reflecting light from the light source. The reflector has a concave portion in a portion associated with the holding portion. The concave portion has a wall surface that reflects light from the light source on an end portion thereof on a vehicle inner side. The wall surface has a detour bending portion extending in an up-down direction and having a shape that winds back and forth on a front end periphery in a vehicle-mounted state.

A vehicle headlamp includes a light source, a holding portion that holds the light source, and a reflector on which the holding portion is mounted and having a reflective surface for reflecting light from the light source. The reflector has a concave portion in a portion associated with the holding portion. The concave portion has a wall surface that reflects light from the light source on an end portion thereof on a vehicle inner side. The wall surface has a detour bending portion extending in an up-down direction and having a shape that winds back and forth on a front end periphery in a vehicle-mounted state.

Provided is a lamp for a vehicle to prevent light efficiency from being deteriorated while being embodied in a slim form factor. The lamp for a vehicle includes a light emission portion to generate light; a first optical portion disposed in front of the light emission portion to allow the light generated from the light emission portion to be incident thereto; and a second optical portion disposed between the light emission portion and the first optical portion. The second optical portion refracts the light in a direction different from a light refracting direction of the first optical portion.

A retroreflector includes an arrangement of triples, each having three side surfaces, which are disposed in the manner of a cube corner and stand approximately perpendicular on one another. The retroreflector can be produced from a carrier material by injection molding. An optical silicone resin is used as the carrier material. The retroreflector is based on triple mirrors that are both easily unmolded from a die and easily applied to curved surfaces even after unmolding or are usable for reflection of ultraviolet light.

An optical device for the headlight includes a left-hand drive optical element and a right-hand drive optical element. The left-hand drive optical element includes a left-hand drive light incident part and a left-hand drive transmission part which is arranged in the light emergent end region of the left-hand drive light incident part and extends in the light emergent direction; the light emergent end of the left-hand drive transmission part is provided with a left-hand drive cut-off part capable of forming a left-hand drive cut-off line. The right-hand drive optical element is similarly arranged. The disclosure further relates to the automotive lighting device including the optical device and the automobile including the automotive lighting device.

A three-dimensional image lighting apparatus includes one or more light guides configured to guide paths of lights incident from one or more light sources toward a light distribution space, and to emit the lights, one or more divergence lenses disposed on the light distribution space so as to extend along the light guides, and configured to diverge the lights, which are incident from the light guides, in a linear shape, a half mirror disposed on one side of the divergence lenses, and a mirror disposed on the other side of the divergence lenses so as to face the divergence lenses, and configured to reflect the lights, which are diverged by the divergence lenses, between the half mirror and the mirror.

An optical unit includes: a light source; a rotating reflector configured to be rotated in a single direction with the rotational axis as the center of rotation while reflecting light emitted from the light source; and a projector lens configured to project light reflected by the rotating reflector in the light irradiation direction. The projector lens has a first lens region LR1 that defines the first focal plane and a second lens region that defines the second focal plane that differs from the first focal plane. The light source is arranged such that, when the rotating reflector is set to the first rotational position, its virtual position is in the vicinity of the focal plane, and such that, when the rotating reflector is set to the second rotational position, its virtual position is in the vicinity of the focal plane.