Apparatus including a hybrid light source for smart automotive-headlight applications. The hybrid light source includes: an LED light source of full-area illumination; a laser-pumped phosphor material that provides hot-spot illumination; a DMD having plurality of micromirrors coupled to receive light from the full-area illumination and the hot-spot illumination, wherein each micromirror selectively reflects light in one of a plurality of directions; and projection optics that receives light selectively reflected by the micromirrors and is configured to project the received light as a beam having a shaped illumination-intensity pattern. Another aspect includes an assembly including a heatsink; an LED on the heatsink that emits LED pump light; a first phosphor layer on the LED that absorbs LED pump light and outputs a full-area illumination having wavelength-converted light and an unconverted portion of LED pump light; and a laser-pumped second phosphor layer coupled to output wavelength-converted and laser light as hot-spot illumination.

Apparatus including a hybrid light source for smart automotive-headlight applications. The hybrid light source includes: an LED light source of full-area illumination; a laser-pumped phosphor material that provides hot-spot illumination; a DMD having plurality of micromirrors coupled to receive light from the full-area illumination and the hot-spot illumination, wherein each micromirror selectively reflects light in one of a plurality of directions; and projection optics that receives light selectively reflected by the micromirrors and is configured to project the received light as a beam having a shaped illumination-intensity pattern. Another aspect includes an assembly including a heatsink; an LED on the heatsink that emits LED pump light; a first phosphor layer on the LED that absorbs LED pump light and outputs a full-area illumination having wavelength-converted light and an unconverted portion of LED pump light; and a laser-pumped second phosphor layer coupled to output wavelength-converted and laser light as hot-spot illumination.

When a pedestrian who is crossing a road or is about to cross a road is detected and it is determined that there is a risk of the own vehicle coming into contact with the pedestrian, a figure rendering forming optical unit provided in a housing of a head lamp emits a spot of light having a predetermined width and a predetermined length to a road surface ahead in a crossing direction including the pedestrian or the like. Accordingly, the pedestrian or the like knows the presence of an approaching vehicle and a driver knows the presence of the pedestrian or the like who is crossing a road or is about to cross a road.

When a pedestrian who is crossing a road or is about to cross a road is detected and it is determined that there is a risk of the own vehicle coming into contact with the pedestrian, a figure rendering forming optical unit provided in a housing of a head lamp emits a spot of light having a predetermined width and a predetermined length to a road surface ahead in a crossing direction including the pedestrian or the like. Accordingly, the pedestrian or the like knows the presence of an approaching vehicle and a driver knows the presence of the pedestrian or the like who is crossing a road or is about to cross a road.

A vehicle infrared lamp system mounted on a vehicle equipped with an infrared camera includes: an infrared light source; a rotating reflector; an other-vehicle position acquisition unit configured to acquire position information of another vehicle; and a control unit configured to control a lighting state of the infrared light source based on the position information of the other vehicle acquired by the other-vehicle position acquisition unit such that a dimming region where radiant intensity of infrared light is lower than radiant intensity of any other region is formed on at least a part of the other vehicle.

In an illumination device, an incidence angle of a laser beam, which is scanned by a laser beam scanning mechanism, with respect to a wavelength conversion member is set to an angle where the laser beam does not directly enter a projection lens when the wavelength conversion member is damaged, chipped or fallen off, and a laser light source and the laser beam scanning mechanism are located at a position corresponding to at least one of an upper side and a lower side of a light distribution pattern with respect to the wavelength conversion member, and are disposed to be deviated to either one of one side corresponding to a left side of the light distribution pattern and other side corresponding to a right side of the light distribution pattern.

A headlamp assembly includes a low beam assembly configured to generate a low beam distribution that includes a first low beam module having a first laser solid state light source that is optically configured to emit a first luminous intensity distribution and a second laser solid state light source that is optically configured to emit a second luminous intensity distribution, and a second low beam module having a solid state light source that is optically configured to emit a third luminous intensity distribution, which at least partially overlaps at least one of the first and second luminous intensity distributions; the headlamp assembly also having a high beam assembly configured to generate a high beam distribution.

A headlamp assembly includes a low beam assembly configured to generate a low beam distribution that includes a first low beam module having a first laser solid state light source that is optically configured to emit a first luminous intensity distribution and a second laser solid state light source that is optically configured to emit a second luminous intensity distribution, and a second low beam module having a solid state light source that is optically configured to emit a third luminous intensity distribution, which at least partially overlaps at least one of the first and second luminous intensity distributions; the headlamp assembly also having a high beam assembly configured to generate a high beam distribution.

A vehicle headlight (10) includes a light source unit (30) including a plurality of light emitting elements (35), a reflector (39) that scans light from the plurality of light emitting elements (35) to form a light distribution pattern (350), and a control unit (60). The control unit (60) controls the light source unit (30) such that the light amount of light emitted from some light emitting elements to a predetermined region (AR) overlapping a target object does not change and the light amount of light emitted from other some light emitting elements to the predetermined region (AR) overlapping the target object changes among the light emitting elements that emit light to the predetermined region (AR) overlapping the target object in the superimposition region (PA).

A vehicle headlight (10) includes a light source unit (30) including a plurality of light emitting elements (35), a reflector (39) that scans light from the plurality of light emitting elements (35) to form a light distribution pattern (350), and a control unit (60). The control unit (60) controls the light source unit (30) such that the light amount of light emitted from some light emitting elements to a predetermined region (AR) overlapping a target object does not change and the light amount of light emitted from other some light emitting elements to the predetermined region (AR) overlapping the target object changes among the light emitting elements that emit light to the predetermined region (AR) overlapping the target object in the superimposition region (PA).