An illumination module, and a vehicle lamp and vehicle comprising the module. The illumination module, comprises a low-beam light source, a low-beam optical element, a high-beam light source, and a high-beam optical element. The low-beam optical element comprises a light incident portion and a reflection portion; the light incident portion is configured as a light gathering structure; the low-beam light source is provided at a position where the low-beam beam generated by the low-beam light source can pass through the light incoming parts; the reflection portion is provided below a light emission direction of the light incident portion, and a cut-off line is formed at a front end of the reflection portion; the high-beam light sources and the high-beam optical element are provided below the reflection portion. The illumination module is simple in structure and design and can improve light energy utilization efficiency while facilitating a compact and attractive design.

An illumination module, and a vehicle lamp and vehicle comprising the module. The illumination module, comprises a low-beam light source, a low-beam optical element, a high-beam light source, and a high-beam optical element. The low-beam optical element comprises a light incident portion and a reflection portion; the light incident portion is configured as a light gathering structure; the low-beam light source is provided at a position where the low-beam beam generated by the low-beam light source can pass through the light incoming parts; the reflection portion is provided below a light emission direction of the light incident portion, and a cut-off line is formed at a front end of the reflection portion; the high-beam light sources and the high-beam optical element are provided below the reflection portion. The illumination module is simple in structure and design and can improve light energy utilization efficiency while facilitating a compact and attractive design.

A vehicle light guide 40 that guides light from a light source 10 toward a projection lens 30 includes an incident surface 41 on which light from the light source 10 is incident, a reflective surface 45 that reflects light from the incident surface 41, and an exit surface 44 that outputs light reflected on the reflective surface 45. The reflective surface 45 includes, on at least a part thereof, a light diffusing part 50 where at least either one of a plurality of convex parts 51 and a plurality of concave parts 52 that diffuse light are formed.

Disclosed are a lamp for an automobile and an automobile including the lamp. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, provided is a lamp for an automobile, the lamp including: a first light source and a second light source which respectively generate and emit first light and the second light; a first light guide unit and a second light guide unit which are respectively provided in front of the first light source and the second light source and respectively include a first rod and a second rod to provide paths through which the first light and the second light travel; and a lens unit at which the first light emitted from the first light guide unit and the second light emitted from the second light guide unit arrive.

The invention relates to a motor vehicle headlight (1) having a lamp unit (2), which has at least one light source (3) and an optical attachment (4) having a light emission surface (5), and having a projection lens (7) downstream of the lamp unit, wherein the optical attachment has a plurality of waveguide elements (6), each having a light coupling surface (8) for feeding in light from the at least one light source and having light decoupling surfaces (9) arranged in the light emission surface of the optical attachment and projects a light pattern forward in the traffic space, the waveguide elements extend between the light coupling surface and the light decoupling surface, wherein the light decoupling surface has a greater area than the light coupling surface, and each waveguide element is laterally delimited by two lateral surfaces (10), from above by a roof surface (11) and below by a floor surface (12) and tapers between the light decoupling surface and the light coupling surface, wherein the width of the floor surface decreases proceeding from the light emission surface, wherein the floor surface (12) and/or the roof surface (11) of at least one waveguide element (6) has exactly one constriction (14) in respect of the width thereof between the light decoupling surface (9) and the light coupling surface (8), which has the smallest width (b.sub.m) of the floor surface and/or of the roof surface.

The invention relates to a light module for a motor vehicle headlamp, comprising: at least one light source (1) and at least one projection device (2), the projection device (2) having an entry optical unit (21) and an exit optical unit (22), the entry optical unit (21) being designed to form an intermediate image from light emitted by the at least one light source (1) in an intermediate image plane, which lies between the entry optical unit (21) and the exit optical unit (22) and is substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection device (2), and the exit optical unit (22) being designed to image the intermediate image into a region in front of the light module in the form of a light distribution of a first predefined type, at least one additional light source (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) being provided, which at least one additional light source (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) is designed to emit light between the entry optical unit (21) and the exit optical unit (22); the exit optical unit (22) being designed to image the light emitted by the at least one additional light source (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) into the region in front of the light module in the form of a light distribution of a second predefined type; the entry optical unit (21) and the at least one additional light source (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) being designed in such a way and being associated with each other in such a way that neither the at least one additional light source (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) nor the light emitted by the at least one additional light source (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) changes the intermediate image.

A lighting circuit turns on multiple semiconductor light sources. Multiple current sources are each coupled in series with a corresponding one from among the semiconductor light sources. A switching converter supplies a driving voltage V.sub.OUT across each of multiple series connection circuits formed of the multiple semiconductor light sources and the multiple current sources. A converter controller controls a switching transistor of the switching converter based on a relation between a voltage across one from among the multiple current sources and a reference voltage having a positive correlation with the temperature T.sub.j.

A lighting circuit turns on multiple semiconductor light sources. Multiple current sources are each coupled in series with a corresponding one from among the semiconductor light sources. A switching converter supplies a driving voltage V.sub.OUT across each of multiple series connection circuits formed of the multiple semiconductor light sources and the multiple current sources. A converter controller controls a switching transistor of the switching converter based on a relation between a voltage across one from among the multiple current sources and a reference voltage having a positive correlation with the temperature T.sub.j.

A vehicle headlamp includes a reflector having plural reflecting surfaces arranged in a left-right direction, and n light sources which are arranged in the left-right direction and emit light toward any one of the reflecting surfaces. At least two adjacent light sources are provided as a common light source which emits light toward a same reflecting surface. n illumination patterns which illuminate different regions in the left-right direction are formed by light emitted from the n light sources, respectively, and are taken as a first to n-th illumination patterns in this order in the left-right direction. At least half of areas of illumination patterns of an immediately-following number and an immediately-preceding number overlap each other in the left-right direction. Focal lengths of the plural reflecting surfaces are set such that adjacent illumination patterns which do not overlap each other are formed by light emitted from the common light source.

A vehicle lamp includes a first lamp unit for forming a first region of a beam pattern, and a second lamp unit for forming a second region of the beam pattern. The first lamp unit and the second lamp unit are arranged in a left-right direction. Each of the first lamp unit and the second lamp unit includes a plurality of lamp modules arranged in the left-right direction, each of the plurality of lamp modules including a light source unit including a light source and a light path adjusting unit. A position of light irradiation region formed by the light emitted from each of the plurality of lamp modules is particularly configured depending on a position of the light source with respect to a rear focal point of the light path adjusting unit.