Provided is a vehicle lamp unit which includes an optical system configured to form a light distribution pattern ahead of a vehicle; and a rotary light shielding member configured to block at least a part of light of a light source. The rotary light shielding member includes a spiral light shielding portion formed to change a blocked quantity of light of the light source as the rotary light shielding member rotates around a rotating axis. The light shielding portion is configured to form a plurality of light distribution patterns such that a position of a cutoff line extending in a direction crossing a horizontal direction changes in the horizontal direction. Further, the light shielding portion is configured such that a change of a position of an edge portion projected as a cutoff line becomes nonlinear in relation to a change of a rotational position of the rotary light shielding member.

Provided is a vehicle lamp unit which includes an optical system configured to form a light distribution pattern ahead of a vehicle; and a rotary light shielding member configured to block at least a part of light of a light source. The rotary light shielding member includes a spiral light shielding portion formed to change a blocked quantity of light of the light source as the rotary light shielding member rotates around a rotating axis. The light shielding portion is configured to form a plurality of light distribution patterns such that a position of a cutoff line extending in a direction crossing a horizontal direction changes in the horizontal direction. Further, the light shielding portion is configured such that a change of a position of an edge portion projected as a cutoff line becomes nonlinear in relation to a change of a rotational position of the rotary light shielding member.

A vehicle lamp includes: a light source unit including at least one light source configured to generate light; a lens that is arranged closer to a front of the vehicle lamp as compared to the light source unit, the lens configured to transmit the light generated by the light source unit; and a shield that is arranged between the light source unit and the lens, and configured to receive the light generated by the light source and allow at least a portion of the received light to pass therethrough, wherein the shield includes a plurality of pixels having respective light transmittances that are configured to be variably controlled, and wherein each of the plurality of pixels is configured to allow independent control of respective light transmittances.

An illumination device to be mounted on a vehicle includes a light source, an optical member, a holder, a first reflector, a first shade, a driving source, a power feeding member, a second reflector, a second shade, and a third shade. The second reflector is disposed between the optical member and the first shade and configured to reflect a part of the light reflected by the first reflector toward the optical member. The second shade is disposed between the optical member and the first shade so as to block a part of the light which is not blocked by the first shade. The third shade disposed to block sunlight which passes through the optical member and reaches at least one of the holder and the power feeding member. The second reflector, the second shade and the third shade are parts of one-piece component formed of the same material.

The present invention provides a shield apparatus of a head lamp for a vehicle. The shield apparatus of the head lamp for a vehicle includes: a case; a cover coupled to the case; a shield supported inside the case and configured to adjust a predetermined light beam pattern generated by a head lamp; a motor configured to drive the shield; a block disposed inside the case and the cover, and configured to rotatably support the shield and limit an angle of rotation of the shield.

A curvature estimation unit estimates the curvature of the road on which a vehicle is driving. A swivel angle setting unit is configured to perform a first mode in which a swivel angle of a lamp unit is set such that a light distribution pattern follows the travelling direction of the vehicle based on the curvature estimated by the curvature estimation unit, and perform a second mode in which a swivel angle of the lamp unit is set such that a shielded area created in a light distribution pattern follows the position of the vehicle detected by a vehicle position detector. A pattern determination unit determines a light distribution pattern such that the position of the vehicle detected by the vehicle position detector remains in the shielded area. A swivel angle setting unit performs the first mode when it is determined that the road is a curved road based on the curvature estimated by the curvature estimation unit, and performs the second mode when it is determined that the road is a straight road.

A shield driving device for a headlamp, which operates a rotary shield that selectively blocks a portion of light emitted from a light source to an aspherical lens, the shield driving device may include the rotary shield disposed in front of the light source, and performing a closing operation for blocking the portion of light from the light source, and an opening operation for unblocking the portion of the light while rotating about a rotating shaft, a shield controlling cam disposed below the rotary shield to be rotatable in a state of being in contact with a cam contact portion of the rotary shield, and rotating simultaneously with the cam contact portion by frictional force caused by contact, and an actuator which transmits rotational power to the shield controlling cam.

An automotive headlamp module thatreduces manufacturing cost and increases availability for low-cost vehicles is provided. The automotive headlamp provides a rotational force to a shield via a DC motor and improves safety during operation by implementing a beam pattern in a low-beam mode when performing a fail-safe function due to breakdown in a high-beam mode or an ADB mode. In particular, the automotive headlamp includes a drum type shield rotatably disposed with respect to a shield housing and has a high-beam protrusion, a low-beam protrusion, and an adaptive driving-beam (ADB) protrusion on an exterior side and a shield disc coupled to the shield that rotates. A housing disc guide is movable in a longitudinal direction of the shield by the shield housing and has an end in contact with the shield disc and a return spring and presses a housing disc to the shield disc with accumulated elastic force.

A head lamp module for a vehicle is provided. The head lamp module includes a shield that is configured to be rotated by operations of first and second solenoids and first and second shield operation mechanisms and a beam pattern of a low beam mode, a beam pattern of a high beam mode, or a beam pattern of an ADB mode that is implemented based on a rotation angle of the shield. The beam pattern of the low beam mode is implemented when a fail safe function is performed based on a failure occurrence in the high beam mode or ADB mode state.

A shield driving device for a headlamp, which operates a rotary shield that selectively blocks a portion of light emitted from a light source to an aspherical lens, the shield driving device may include the rotary shield disposed in front of the light source, and performing a closing operation for blocking the portion of light from the light source, and an opening operation for unblocking the portion of the light while rotating about a rotating shaft, a shield controlling cam disposed below the rotary shield to be rotatable in a state of being in contact with a cam contact portion of the rotary shield, and rotating simultaneously with the cam contact portion by frictional force caused by contact, and an actuator which transmits rotational power to the shield controlling cam.