A lamp for a vehicle includes: a light generation unit having an array module with a plurality of micro Light Emitting Diode (micro-LED) elements; at least one processor; and a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform: controlling the light generation unit to form a first light distribution pattern that, when projected on a vertical plane at a first distance from the light generation unit, includes a plurality of zones having different luminous intensities. Controlling the light generation unit to form the first light distribution pattern includes: controlling at least one first micro-LED element to generate a first luminous intensity at a first zone of the first light distribution pattern; and controlling at least one second micro-LED element to generate a second luminous intensity at a second zone of the first light distribution pattern.

A vehicular lighting apparatus is relatively small, low cost, superior in mountability, and offers a superior design. The vehicular lighting apparatus attachable to a front end 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.

An intelligent automotive headlamp module with combined functions comprises a three-color laser light source array (1), a beam combination lens assembly (2) used for converging three-color laser light, an electric-controlled deflecting reflector unit (3) arranged in the light emergence direction of the laser beam combination lens assembly (2), and a transmission-type fluorescent material (5), wherein the reflecting surfaces (A-1, B-1) of the reflector unit rotate around the axes in a reciprocating mode at a high speed, and thus a reciprocating scanning segment is formed; the transmission-type fluorescent material (5) converts blue single-wavelength light irradiating the front side of the transmission-type fluorescent material (5) into white complex-wavelength light, and the white complex-wavelength light is output from the back side of the transmission-type fluorescent material (5).

A lighting circuit is configured to drive a light source including a plurality of light emitting elements connected in series. The lighting circuit includes a plurality of bypass switches respectively connected in parallel to the light emitting elements, a switching converter, and a converter controller configured to (i) stabilize a lamp current generated by the switching converter to a first target amount in a lighting-on state where at least one of the plurality of light emitting elements is turned on, and to (ii) stabilize the lamp current to a second target amount smaller than the first target amount in a complete lighting-off state where all of the plurality of light emitting elements are turned off.

A motor vehicle headlamp comprising a first semiconductor light source and a first concave mirror reflector, a second semiconductor light source and a second concave mirror reflector, and a third semiconductor light source and a third reflector. Each semiconductor light source includes at least two separate semiconductor chips. The second semiconductor light source includes a first group of semiconductor chips and a second group of semiconductor chips, and a control circuit, which operates either the first semiconductor light source without the third semiconductor light source, or the third semiconductor light source without the first semiconductor light source, operates at least a first portion of the semiconductor chips of the second semiconductor light source together with the first semiconductor light source, and operates at least a second portion of the semiconductor chips of the second semiconductor light source together with the third semiconductor light source.

A motor vehicle headlamp comprising a first semiconductor light source and a first concave mirror reflector, a second semiconductor light source and a second concave mirror reflector, and a third semiconductor light source and a third reflector. Each semiconductor light source includes at least two separate semiconductor chips. The second semiconductor light source includes a first group of semiconductor chips and a second group of semiconductor chips, and a control circuit, which operates either the first semiconductor light source without the third semiconductor light source, or the third semiconductor light source without the first semiconductor light source, operates at least a first portion of the semiconductor chips of the second semiconductor light source together with the first semiconductor light source, and operates at least a second portion of the semiconductor chips of the second semiconductor light source together with the third semiconductor light source.

A printed circuit board (1) with multiple electronic components (2, 2, 2, 2, 2) arranged on it in at least one group (G1, G2, G3), each of the electronic components (2, 2, 2, 2, 2) having a first and a second electrical component contact surface (3, 3) facing the printed circuit board (1), the component contact surfaces (3, 3) being connected with corresponding printed circuit board contact surfaces (6, 7, 8) arranged on the printed circuit board (1), successive electronic components (2, 2, 2, 2, 2) being connected in series to form a string, the string having a wave-shaped course, the electronic components (2, 2, 2, 2, 2) of the string being arranged on the printed circuit board (1) in the form of a matrix with at least two rows (Z1, Z2, Z3) and at least two columns (S1, . . . , S6), and the string alternately running up and down along columns (S1, . . . , S6) that are arranged next to one another.

A printed circuit board (1) with multiple electronic components (2, 2, 2, 2, 2) arranged on it in at least one group (G1, G2, G3), each of the electronic components (2, 2, 2, 2, 2) having a first and a second electrical component contact surface (3, 3) facing the printed circuit board (1), the component contact surfaces (3, 3) being connected with corresponding printed circuit board contact surfaces (6, 7, 8) arranged on the printed circuit board (1), successive electronic components (2, 2, 2, 2, 2) being connected in series to form a string, the string having a wave-shaped course, the electronic components (2, 2, 2, 2, 2) of the string being arranged on the printed circuit board (1) in the form of a matrix with at least two rows (Z1, Z2, Z3) and at least two columns (S1, . . . , S6), and the string alternately running up and down along columns (S1, . . . , S6) that are arranged next to one another.

The invention relates to a lighting device (20, 30) for a headlight, in particular a motor-vehicle headlight, comprising a plurality of light sources (200, 300), which are arranged adjacent to each other in rows (201, 202, 203, 301, 302, 303) and which form a lighting field (209, 309), and comprising a light-guiding device (204, 304) having a plurality of light-guiding elements (201a, 202a, 203a, 301a, 302a, 303a), wherein each light-guiding element (201a, 202a, 203a, 301a, 302a, 303a) is associated with one light source (200, 300), wherein each light-guiding element (201a, 202a, 203a, 301a, 302a, 303a) has a light incoupling surface (201b, 202b, 203b, 301b, 302b, 303b) for coupling in light emitted by the particular light source and a light outlet surface, wherein the light-guiding elements (201a, 202a, 203a, 301a, 302a, 303a) are arranged in at least two linear rows (211, 212, 213, 311, 312, 313) arranged one over the other, and wherein the light-guiding elements (203a, 303a) of the lowest row (213, 313) are designed as high-beam light-guiding elements (201a, 301a) and form a high-beam row (213, 313), wherein the vertical distance between the light sources (200, 300) of the high-beam row (213, 313) and the light sources (200, 300) of the row (212, 312) arranged adjacent in the upward direction is smaller in at least one lateral edge region (208, 308) of the lighting field (209, 309) than in a central region (207, 307) of the lighting field (209, 309).

A low-beam-color-temperature-variable headlight unit includes a case, a condenser lens, a high-color-temperature light emitting diode, a low-color-temperature light emitting diode, and a low-beam-color-temperature control unit. The high-color-temperature light emitting diode emits high-color-temperature light. The high-color-temperature light emitting diode provides illumination of a first illuminated area. The low-color-temperature light emitting diode provides illumination of a second illuminated area that overlaps the first illuminated area at least partly. The low-color-temperature light emitting diode emits low-color-temperature light having a lower color temperature than the high-color-temperature light. The low-beam-color-temperature control unit is capable of adjusting the color temperature of the low beam by adjusting the quantity of light emitted from the high-color-temperature light emitting diode and the quantity of light emitted from the low-color-temperature light emitting diode.