The present invention relates to a lighting system for a motor vehicle. The lighting system comprises at least one first light emitting device mounted on a front right side of the vehicle and adapted to project in front of the vehicle a first pixelated light beam. The lighting system further comprises at least one second light emitting device mounted on a front left side of the vehicle and adapted to project in front of the vehicle a second pixelated light beam. One of the first pixelated light beam and second pixelated light beam, called high resolution beam, has a number of pixels greater than or equal to at least five times, in particular greater than or equal to at least ten times, the number of pixels of the other of said pixelated light beams, called low resolution beam.

The present invention relates to a lighting system for a motor vehicle. The lighting system comprises at least one first light emitting device mounted on a front right side of the vehicle and adapted to project in front of the vehicle a first pixelated light beam. The lighting system further comprises at least one second light emitting device mounted on a front left side of the vehicle and adapted to project in front of the vehicle a second pixelated light beam. One of the first pixelated light beam and second pixelated light beam, called high resolution beam, has a number of pixels greater than or equal to at least five times, in particular greater than or equal to at least ten times, the number of pixels of the other of said pixelated light beams, called low resolution beam.

A lighting device according to the invention comprises at least one semiconductor layer; at least one light emission surface comprising an array of high luminance areas configured to emit light at a first local luminance level and low luminance areas configured to emit no light or to emit light at a second local luminance level lower than the first local luminance level; a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices formed in the semiconductor layer to define the plurality of high luminance areas; wherein the high luminance areas and the low luminance areas are arranged in accordance with a predefined light emission profile of the light emission surface.

An vehicle light optical element(1) related to the technical field of vehicle lighting. The optical vehicle light element(1) comprises a light incident portion (10), a light transmission portion(11), and a light emitting portion. Two ends on the light transmission portion(11) in a light emitting direction are respectively a light incident end and a light emitting end. The light incident portion (10) comprises at least one light incident structure(13) provided at the light incident end of the light transmission portion(11)and corresponding to a light source (20). The light emitting portion comprises a light emitting surface(12) protruding from the light emitting end of the light transmission portion(11) towards the light emitting direction. A cross-sectional area of the light transmission portion (11) gradually increases from the light incident end to the light emitting end. The light incident portion(10) and the light emitting portion of the vehicle light optical element(1)are provided on the same optical structure. Therefore, no optical path needs to be built, and an assembly relationship is simple, thereby simplifying the structure of the vehicle light optical element (1),and improving optical system precision of the vehicle light optical element(1)

Disclosed is a projection apparatus (2) for a lighting module (1) of a motor vehicle headlamp, the projection apparatus (2) being formed by a plurality of micro-optical systems (3) that are arranged like a matrix; each micro-optical system (3) includes a micro-input optical element (30), a micro-output optical element (31) associated with the micro-input optical element (30), and a micro-diaphragm (32), all micro-input optical elements (31) forming an input optical unit (4), all micro-output optical elements (31) forming an output optical unit (5), and the micro-diaphragms (32) forming a diaphragm device (6); the diaphragm device (6) is disposed in a plane extending substantially perpendicularly to the main direction of emission (Z) of the projection apparatus (2), while the input optical unit (4), the output optical unit (5) and the diaphragm device (6) are disposed in planes extending substantially parallel to one another; all of the micro-optical systems (3) are subdivided into at least two micro-optical system groups (G1, G2, G3), and the micro-diaphragms (32) of the micro-optical systems (3) of each micro-optical system group (G1, G2, G3) can be projected in focus by means of light having at least one optical wavelength (λG, λG2, λG3) lying within a predefined optical wavelength range, the predefined optical wavelength ranges being different in different micro-optical system groups (G1, G2, G3).

Disclosed is a projection apparatus (2) for a lighting module (1) of a motor vehicle headlamp, the projection apparatus (2) being formed by a plurality of micro-optical systems (3) that are arranged like a matrix; each micro-optical system (3) includes a micro-input optical element (30), a micro-output optical element (31) associated with the micro-input optical element (30), and a micro-diaphragm (32), all micro-input optical elements (31) forming an input optical unit (4), all micro-output optical elements (31) forming an output optical unit (5), and the micro-diaphragms (32) forming a diaphragm device (6); the diaphragm device (6) is disposed in a plane extending substantially perpendicularly to the main direction of emission (Z) of the projection apparatus (2), while the input optical unit (4), the output optical unit (5) and the diaphragm device (6) are disposed in planes extending substantially parallel to one another; all of the micro-optical systems (3) are subdivided into at least two micro-optical system groups (G1, G2, G3), and the micro-diaphragms (32) of the micro-optical systems (3) of each micro-optical system group (G1, G2, G3) can be projected in focus by means of light having at least one optical wavelength (λG, λG2, λG3) lying within a predefined optical wavelength range, the predefined optical wavelength ranges being different in different micro-optical system groups (G1, G2, G3).

The invention relates to a lamp unit (100) for a motor-vehicle lighting device, comprising: a dipped-beam module (101), a main-beam module (102), an imaging optical element (103, 503) connected downstream of the dipped-beam module (101) and the main-beam module (102), having an optical axis (104, 204, 404, 504) and a focal surface (116) orientated normal to the optical axis (104, 204, 404, 504), and a diaphragm (105, 405), which has a diaphragm edge (106, 206, 306) and extends essentially up to the focal surface (116) of the imaging optical element (103, 503) for generating the horizontal cut-off line in a light image generated by the lamp unit (100), wherein the diaphragm (105, 405) has an opaque diaphragm region (107, 407) and has a transparent diaphragm region (108, 408) with a geometric structure (109, 409) made from a transparent material at the diaphragm edge (106, 206, 306) in the region of the focal surface (116), the geometric structure (109, 409) has at least one prism body (110, 210, 310, 410, 510) with a triangular cross-sectional area, which is elongated and the longitudinal extent runs substantially transversely to the optical axis (104, 204, 404), the at least one prism body (110, 210, 310, 410, 510) has a first, a second and a third prism surface, the second prism surface (112, 212, 312, 512) encloses an internal angle α1≥θ with the first prism surface (111, 211, 311), and the third prism surface (113, 213, 313, 513) encloses an internal angle α2≥θ with the first prism surface (111, 211, 311), wherein θ is the critical angle of total internal reflection of the transparent material, the internal angles α1 and α2 are the same or different, and with the proviso that the internal angle α1 or the internal angle α2 is not 45°.

The invention relates to a lamp unit (100) for a motor-vehicle lighting device, comprising: a dipped-beam module (101), a main-beam module (102), an imaging optical element (103, 503) connected downstream of the dipped-beam module (101) and the main-beam module (102), having an optical axis (104, 204, 404, 504) and a focal surface (116) orientated normal to the optical axis (104, 204, 404, 504), and a diaphragm (105, 405), which has a diaphragm edge (106, 206, 306) and extends essentially up to the focal surface (116) of the imaging optical element (103, 503) for generating the horizontal cut-off line in a light image generated by the lamp unit (100), wherein the diaphragm (105, 405) has an opaque diaphragm region (107, 407) and has a transparent diaphragm region (108, 408) with a geometric structure (109, 409) made from a transparent material at the diaphragm edge (106, 206, 306) in the region of the focal surface (116), the geometric structure (109, 409) has at least one prism body (110, 210, 310, 410, 510) with a triangular cross-sectional area, which is elongated and the longitudinal extent runs substantially transversely to the optical axis (104, 204, 404), the at least one prism body (110, 210, 310, 410, 510) has a first, a second and a third prism surface, the second prism surface (112, 212, 312, 512) encloses an internal angle α1≥θ with the first prism surface (111, 211, 311), and the third prism surface (113, 213, 313, 513) encloses an internal angle α2≥θ with the first prism surface (111, 211, 311), wherein θ is the critical angle of total internal reflection of the transparent material, the internal angles α1 and α2 are the same or different, and with the proviso that the internal angle α1 or the internal angle α2 is not 45°.

A reflection-type headlamp module, comprising a light source, a light-converging element, a reflecting element and a lens, wherein the light-converging element is suitable for converging light rays emitted by the light source and projecting the light rays; and the reflecting element is arranged on a light-emergent light path of the light-converging element, and is suitable for reflecting, to the lens, the light rays emitted by the light source and projecting the light rays via the lens to form an illuminating light pattern. The reflecting element of the headlamp module changes the propagation direction of light rays, so that the front and rear diameter of the module is greatly reduced. In addition, high-beam light and low-beam light can be switched quickly and noiselessly, preventing the influence of a high-beam light path and a low-beam light path on each other. Further disclosed are a headlamp and a vehicle using the headlamp.

Provided is a vehicle lighting fixture capable of suppressing the luminous intensity at a portion (e.g., a portion around 4 degrees below the horizontal line) of a low-beam light distribution pattern from becoming relatively high, and also capable of forming a low-beam light distribution pattern with a uniform vertical thickness with respect to the horizontal direction. The vehicle lighting fixture includes a projection lens, a separator disposed behind the projection lens, and a low-beam light source that is disposed behind the separator and emits light for forming a low-beam light distribution pattern by being irradiated forward through the separator and the projection lens in this order. This vehicle lighting fixture is characterized in that: the separator includes an upper separator body that has a front surface and a rear surface on the opposite side thereof, and a first light guide portion that extends from a lower portion of the upper separator body toward the low-beam light source and has a first light incident surface located at a tip end thereof and faces the low-beam light source; that the projection lens has a front surface and a rear surface on the opposite side thereof, and the rear surface of the projection lens has an upper light incident surface facing the front surface of the upper separate body; that the low-beam light source, the first light guide portion, the upper separator body, and the upper light incident surface are each disposed above a reference axis passing through the focal point of the projection lens and extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction; that the lower portion of the front surface of the upper separator body is in surface contact with the lower portion of the upper light incident surface of the rear surface of the projection lens; and that a space is formed between a portion above the lower portion of the front surface of the upper separator body and a portion above the lower portion of the upper light incident surface of the rear surface of the projection lens.