A laser head lamp for a vehicle includes: a plurality of lamp modules each comprising a laser diode and configured to output at least one of a low beam or a high beam; at least one processor; and a computer-readable medium coupled to the at least one processor having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations comprising: acquiring total operation time of each of the plurality of lamp modules; and controlling, based on the acquired total operation times, at least one first lamp module among the plurality of lamp modules differently from at least one second lamp module among the plurality of lamp modules.

A laser head lamp for a vehicle includes: a plurality of lamp modules each comprising a laser diode and configured to output at least one of a low beam or a high beam; at least one processor; and a computer-readable medium coupled to the at least one processor having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations comprising: acquiring total operation time of each of the plurality of lamp modules; and controlling, based on the acquired total operation times, at least one first lamp module among the plurality of lamp modules differently from at least one second lamp module among the plurality of lamp modules.

A light distribution method is for an adaptive driving beam headlamp system including a light emitting device, an on-board camera and an electronic control unit. The light distribution method includes: obtaining data indicative of a state in front of a vehicle by the on-board camera; computing one or more of: attributes of an object in front of the vehicle; attributes of a vehicle ahead; a speed of the vehicle ahead; a distance between vehicles; brightness of the object; and a road shape; determining a light distribution pattern; determining a control amount indicative of at least one of an ON or OFF state of each of the light emitting elements and an applied power to each of the light emitting elements according to the light distribution pattern determined; and controlling driving of the adaptive driving beam headlamp system based on the control amount determined.

A light distribution method is for an adaptive driving beam headlamp system including a light emitting device, an on-board camera and an electronic control unit. The light distribution method includes: obtaining data indicative of a state in front of a vehicle by the on-board camera; computing one or more of: attributes of an object in front of the vehicle; attributes of a vehicle ahead; a speed of the vehicle ahead; a distance between vehicles; brightness of the object; and a road shape; determining a light distribution pattern; determining a control amount indicative of at least one of an ON or OFF state of each of the light emitting elements and an applied power to each of the light emitting elements according to the light distribution pattern determined; and controlling driving of the adaptive driving beam headlamp system based on the control amount determined.

A lighting system having a light source with a light-emitting diode and a scanning device receiving light radiation generated by the light source is provided. The scanning device generally includes a rotatably mobile reflection system and a unit for moving the reflection system. The light source configured such that a generally substantially rectangular light beam oriented along a vertical direction is emitted. The scanning device may be configured to scan the generally substantially rectangular light beam along a horizontal direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction carried out at a speed making it possible to benefit from a persistence of vision, and an activation/deactivation control of the light source may be synchronised with the scanning of the scanning device.

A lighting system having a light source with a light-emitting diode and a scanning device receiving light radiation generated by the light source is provided. The scanning device generally includes a rotatably mobile reflection system and a unit for moving the reflection system. The light source configured such that a generally substantially rectangular light beam oriented along a vertical direction is emitted. The scanning device may be configured to scan the generally substantially rectangular light beam along a horizontal direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction carried out at a speed making it possible to benefit from a persistence of vision, and an activation/deactivation control of the light source may be synchronised with the scanning of the scanning device.

A vehicle headlight includes lighting body cells that radiates light, each of the lighting body cells includes a light source and a lens body that projects the light emitted from the light source toward a side in front, final emission surfaces of the lens bodies that constitute the plurality of lighting body cells constitute continuous emission surfaces that are continuous with each other, and the light source is disposed further outward in the vehicle width direction than an optical axis of the lens bodies along an advancing direction of a vehicle while passing through a focus of the lens body of the first lighting body cell and the light source is disposed further outward in the vehicle width direction than an optical axis of the lens bodies along an advancing direction of a vehicle while passing through a focus of the lens body of the first lighting body cell.

A vehicle headlight includes a first light distribution variable lighting unit and a second light distribution variable lighting unit each having a plurality of light emitting devices and a projection lens that projects light emitted from the plurality of light emitting devices and that are configured to variably control a light distribution pattern of light emitted from the projection lens while switching lighting of the plurality of light emitting devices, wherein the first light distribution variable lighting unit radiates light having a first light distribution pattern toward a side in front of the projection lens with respect to a predetermined radiation range, and the second light distribution variable lighting unit radiates light having a second light distribution pattern toward the side in front of the projection lens with respect to at least a vicinity of a reference center of the radiation range.

A vehicle headlight includes a first light distribution variable lighting unit and a second light distribution variable lighting unit each having a plurality of light emitting devices and a projection lens that projects light emitted from the plurality of light emitting devices and that are configured to variably control a light distribution pattern of light emitted from the projection lens while switching lighting of the plurality of light emitting devices, wherein the first light distribution variable lighting unit radiates light having a first light distribution pattern toward a side in front of the projection lens with respect to a predetermined radiation range, and the second light distribution variable lighting unit radiates light having a second light distribution pattern toward the side in front of the projection lens with respect to at least a vicinity of a reference center of the radiation range.

A headlamp assembly has a low beam assembly configured to generate a low-beam distribution including a plurality of flat luminous segments configured to produce a composite flat beam pattern when activated; a kink module having a first light source and a second light source; a near-field road-writing segment located about a central vertical position of the low-beam distribution; a far-field road-writing segment located above the near-field road-writing segment of the low-beam distribution; and circuitry configured to inactivate one or more of the flat luminous segments located within the near-field road-writing segment of the low-beam distribution and inactivate the first light source when the near-field road-writing segment and the far-field road-writing segment are activated. The headlamp assembly also has a high beam assembly configured to generate a high-beam distribution.