A vehicle headlamp (1) includes: a light source (52R, 52G, 52B) that emits light having a predetermined wavelength; a light distribution pattern forming optical system (56R, 56G, 56B) that includes a collimator lens (53R, 53G, 53B) and a diffraction grating (54R, 54G, 54B) that change a traveling direction of at least some of pieces of light emitted from the light source (52R, 52G, 52B), and emits light (L.sub.R, L.sub.G, L.sub.B) having a predetermined light distribution pattern; and a vibration imparting unit (57R, 57G, 57B) that relatively vibrates the light source (52R, 52G, 52B) and the diffraction grating (54R, 54G, 54B).

A rotating reflector is a resin rotating reflector including: a rotating part; and a blade provided around the rotating part and functioning as a reflecting surface, wherein the rotating part has a hole in which a rotary shaft is inserted.

A rotating reflector is a resin rotating reflector including: a rotating part; and a blade provided around the rotating part and functioning as a reflecting surface, wherein the rotating part has a hole in which a rotary shaft is inserted.

A lamp for an automobile and an automobile including the same include first and second modules that generate light to emit the light to the outside and are spaced apart from each other, respectively including a first light source unit and a second light source unit that include a plurality of light sources which generate light and are provided in a horizontal direction. The light generated from the plurality of light sources provided in each of the first light source unit and the second light source unit is emitted to the outside to produce a plurality of beam patterns, and thus a first beam pattern group and a second beam pattern group are produced. A portion of the plurality of beam patterns constituting the second beam pattern group are produced in at least a portion of a region between the plurality of beam patterns constituting the first beam pattern group.

An adaptable-driving-beam headlamp for a vehicle includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted on one or more printed circuit boards. An inner lens assembly has a plurality of discrete sub-lenses. Each discrete sub-lens of the inner lens assembly is aligned with a respective one of the plurality of LEDs for shaping emitted light. An outer lens is adapted to receive light from the inner lens assembly and project the light from the vehicle. A camera system for imaging a forward view from the vehicle. A controller is adapted for determining a target location based images received from the camera system such that dimming of one or more LEDs via the controller reduces glare from the vehicle adaptable-driving-beam headlamp as perceived at the target location.

A vehicle headlamp includes: a first light source configured to form at least a high-beam light distribution pattern; and a second light source including a laser diode and configured to form an additional light distribution pattern that irradiates a distance equal to or farther than that of the high-beam light distribution pattern. An optical axis of the second light source is configured to be inclined by a predetermined angle in the left-right direction from an optical axis of the first light source, at least during a period while light is irradiated.

A vehicle headlamp includes: a first light source configured to form at least a high-beam light distribution pattern; and a second light source including a laser diode and configured to form an additional light distribution pattern that irradiates a distance equal to or farther than that of the high-beam light distribution pattern. An optical axis of the second light source is configured to be inclined by a predetermined angle in the left-right direction from an optical axis of the first light source, at least during a period while light is irradiated.

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.

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.

A light assembly and method for steering a vehicle headlight illumination pattern. In one aspect, a method includes providing a processor programmed to perform the steps of: illuminating a subset of consecutive LEDs in the line including LEDs associated with the first and second edge illumination fields; as the direction of the vehicle wheels changes: (i) fading the LED associated with one of the first and second illumination fields off while simultaneously fading the LED associated with the other of the first and second illumination fields on thereby changing the illumination pattern; and (ii) repeating step (i) so that the illumination pattern tracks the direction of the vehicle wheels.