Patent classifications
F21W2102/19
METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LIGHT PATTERN AND AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING DEVICE
The invention is related to a method for controlling a light pattern provided by an automotive lighting device of an automotive vehicle, wherein a dynamic portion of the light pattern is provided at least by a matrix arrangement of light sources. This method includes the steps of sensing a turn in a steering system of the automotive vehicle, dividing the dynamic portion in a first portion and a second portion, shifting the operation of the light sources associated to the first portion in the same direction as the sensed turn and create a third portion between the shifted first portion and the second portion. The invention also provides an automotive lighting device with control means to perform the steps of the method.
Supplementary light module for a headlamp of a vehicle
A supplementary light module for a headlamp of a vehicle, and in particular a cornering light module, a turning light module, or a fog light module. Such module can be accommodated in a housing of the headlamp, comprising a lamp and a reflector. The light generated by the lamp can be emitted in a propagation direction. A base body is provided, on which at least the lamp and the reflector are accommodated, and wherein the base body is securely accommodated in the headlamp housing by means of a pivot axle and by means of an adjustment unit for adjusting the supplementary light module about the pivot axle.
FRONT STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE
A front structure of a vehicle is provided with a vehicle front lamp disposed at each end portion of a vehicle front portion in a vehicle width direction. The vehicle front lamp includes a headlight, a cover member, and a lighting accessory. The cover member is disposed above the headlight. The lighting accessory is disposed above a rear portion of the headlight and below the cover member. The vehicle front lamp is provided with a ventilation path that is formed outward or inward of the headlight in the vehicle width direction below the cover member and that allows traveling wind from a vehicle front side to pass toward a vehicle rear side.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HORTICULTURAL LIGHTING AND ASSOCIATED OPTIC SYSTEMS
A method and apparatus for a horticultural light that projects either a substantially uniform target illuminance onto a flat surface or an increasing target illuminance onto a flat surface. The horticultural light uses a refractor to receive the raw light distribution from one or more LEDs and then distributes an optically varied distribution having a minimized intensity at centerbeam with an increasing beam intensity as the beam width increases. The horticultural light utilizes both ultraviolet (UV) LEDs and non-UV LEDs arranged as an array to produce the optically varied distribution. A lens array is disposed in relation to the LED array and is comprised of UV compatible lenses and non-UV compatible lenses. A device may be disposed in relation to the UV compatible lenses to disallow incidence of UV radiation onto non-UV compatible lenses.
CONFIGURABLE LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH SHARED LENS AND FIRST AND SECOND INTERNAL OPTICS FORMING A FIRST AND SECOND MODULE CONFIGURATION FOR PROVIDING TWO DIFFERENT LIGHTING FUNCTIONS
A configurable vehicle lighting module system includes a shared lens that provides a first light pattern for a first vehicle lighting function and a second light pattern for a second vehicle lighting function. The shared lens includes a mounting axis as a reference for mounting on a vehicle. First internal optics direct light toward the shared lens to provide the first light pattern; second internal optics direct light toward the shared lens to provide the second light pattern. A coupling system joins the shared lens with either the first internal optics to form a first module configuration for the first vehicle lighting function or with the second internal optics to form a second module configuration for the second vehicle lighting function. The shared lens conceals physical differences between internal optics configurations such that the first and second light module configurations appear the same when viewed along the shared lens.
LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
A motor vehicle lighting device that includes a means for emitting a first cut-off light beam along an optical axis where the cut-off is a substantially horizontal line that includes a cut where the cut extends in a coordinate system formed by a horizontal reference axis (HR) that is parallel to a first horizontal axis (HI) passing through the substantially horizontal line; and a vertical reference axis (VR) that is perpendicular to the horizontal reference axis (HR) and to an optical axis; where the optical axis passes through the coordinate system's center; Also is included a means for emitting a second light beam that is horizontally divided into a multitude of selectively activated light segments where the light segments illuminate a zone located astride of the first horizontal axis (HI) that is characterized by the cut, which includes a proximal longitudinal end along the horizontal reference axis (HR) between 1.25° and 1.5° or between −1.25° and −1.5° and which includes a lower vertical end along the vertical reference axis (VR) at a height of −0.75° or below.
VEHICLE HEADLAMP LIGHT DISTRIBUTION CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A vehicle headlamp light distribution control device includes: a detector that is configured to detect a reference position from an image of a frond region of a vehicle; and a controller that is configured to control, during a time period until the reference position is detected by the detector, a light distribution of a headlamp of the vehicle in accordance with a sensed inclination of the vehicle or a physical amount expressing the inclination of the vehicle, and to control, after the reference position is detected by the detector, the light distribution of the headlamp on the basis of calibrated information obtained by calibrating information obtained from the image in accordance with the detected reference position.
Automobile lamp lighting system, automobile lamp assembly and automobile
The present disclosure provides an automobile lamp lighting system, including a light source, a reflecting mirror, a light-shielding plate, and a lens. The lens includes a reflecting surface and a refracting surface opposite to the reflecting surface. When an external parallel light is incident into the lens, the external parallel light sequentially passes through the refracting surface for a first refraction, is reflected by the reflecting surface, passes through the refracting surface for a second refraction, exits the lens, and is converged to form a focal point. The reflecting mirror includes a near focal point and a far focal point, the light source is arranged at the near focal point, and the far focal point is located near the focal point of the lens. The light-shielding plate includes a light-shielding plate cut-off line located at the focal point of the lens.
Headlight for a vehicle
A headlight (10) and a lighting system (54) with the headlight (10) and a control unit. A motor vehicle (52) has the headlight (10), which combines a full beam matrix (20) and a dipped light in a common pivotable lighting module (18).
Light-emitting unit comprising a light guide unit for a projector lamp
The invention relates to a light guide unit (3) for a light-emitting unit (1) for a projector lamp, in particular a motor vehicle headlamp, wherein the light-emitting unit (1) comprises a plurality of light sources (2), the light guide unit (3), and a downstream projection lens (4), wherein the light guide unit (3) has a plurality of light guides (30), wherein each light guide (30) has a light exit surface (30a), and wherein each light source (2) couples light precisely into a light guide (30) assigned thereto, and wherein adjacent light guides (30) are separated from one another by separating walls (31, 32). In accordance with the invention the light guide unit (3) comprises an accommodating element (5), which accommodating element (5) has an accommodating opening (5a) which passes completely through the accommodating element (5) in the light exit direction, and furthermore comprises at least one light guide body (6), which at least one light guide body (6) is in the form of a component formed separately from the accommodating element (5), in which at least one light guide body (6) at least some of the light guides (30) of the light guide unit (3) are formed, and wherein the at least one light guide body (6) is inserted into the accommodating opening (5a) of the accommodating element (5).