A vehicle lamp mounted on a vehicle includes: a lamp housing; a lamp cover that covers an opening of the lamp housing; at least one illumination unit disposed in a lamp chamber formed by the lamp housing and the lamp cover; a radar disposed in the lamp chamber and configured to acquire radar data indicating a surrounding environment of the vehicle by emitting a radio wave to an outside of the vehicle; and a dielectric lens disposed in front of the radar and configured to allow the radio wave emitted from the radar to pass therethrough. The dielectric lens is configured to narrow a spread angle of the radio wave emitted from the radar.

Example adaptive vehicle headlights are disclosed. An example system includes a photodetector, an illumination source configured to generate first light during a first operating mode, a spatial light modulator (SLM), and a dichroic filter optically coupled to the illumination source and to the SLM, wherein the dichroic filter is configured to direct the first light to the SLM, and the SLM is configured to direct second light to the dichroic filter during a second operating mode, wherein the dichroic filter is configured to direct the second light having a first color to the photodetector, and direct the first light during the first operating mode.

Extrinsic calibration of a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor and a camera can comprise constructing a first plurality of reconstructed calibration targets in a three-dimensional space based on physical calibration targets detected from input from the LiDAR and a second plurality of reconstructed calibration targets in the three-dimensional space based on physical calibration targets detected from input from the camera. Reconstructed calibration targets in the first and second plurality of reconstructed calibration targets can be matched and a six-degree of freedom rigid body transformation of the LiDAR and camera can be computed based on the matched reconstructed calibration targets. A projection of the LiDAR to the camera can be computed based on the computed six-degree of freedom rigid body transformation.

A method for processing signals of active sensor systems including processing an emitted signal to include at least one distinguishing feature, the emitted signal emitted by an active sensor system adapted to intercept a reflection of the emitted signal, and to analyze the reflection of the emitted signal for determining at least one parameter of at least one object located in a space, analyzing an intercepted portion to verify the at least one distinguishing feature in the intercepted portion, and processing the intercepted portion as the reflection of the emitted signal when the at least one distinguishing feature is verified.

The invention proposes a lighting device for a motor vehicle comprising a matrix light source that performs a lighting function within the motor vehicle. The same source is used, together with a photodiode, to estimate the time of flight of captured light pulses initially generated by the matrix source. It becomes possible to detect objects and/or gestures using light in the visible spectrum, and without having to use specific pulse sources dedicated for this purpose.

A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive radar data from a radar sensor of a vehicle; demarcate a zone of coverage of the radar sensor, the zone of coverage having an area based on a number of objects indicated by the radar data; and after demarcating the zone of coverage, in response to detecting a newly present object in the zone of coverage, adjust a scanning rate of the radar sensor based on a distance of the newly present object from the radar sensor.

A lamp device has a base body to be installed to a vehicle; a lamp unit; a translucent cover that is installed to the base body, covering the front surface of the base body so as to accommodate the lamp unit therein, thereby defining a lamp body space, and has a recess in the front surface at a side position in a horizontal direction of the lamp unit; and a radar unit that has a radar sensor and a radar housing accommodating the radar sensor therein, and is inserted in the recess.

Example vehicle includes a first headlight and a second headlight. The second headlight includes a laser configured to produce first light and an illumination source configured to produce second light. The second headlight also includes a spatial light modulator (SLM) optically coupled to the illumination source and a controller coupled to the SLM. The controller is configured to control the SLM to direct a reflection of the first light during a first operating mode and control the SLM to direct the second light during a second operating mode.

A vehicular lamp fitting and the like in which a radar unit can be replaced without replacing the whole vehicular lamp fitting are provided. A vehicular lamp fitting includes a lamp housing, an outer lens attached to the lamp housing and forming a lamp chamber between the outer lens and the lamp housing, a lamp unit disposed in the lamp chamber, a bracket, and a radar unit detachably fixed to the bracket.

A light module for motor vehicles, having a first laser arrangement (L.sub.S), which contains at least one laser light source (L1, L2, L3, L4) which can be modulated, the laser beam(s) (b1, b2, b3, b4) of which is/are directed to a pivotable micromirror (6) controlled by a mirror control (8) and from there to a light-converting means (7), and having a lighting optics (9) for projecting the illumination pattern generated by the light-converting means (10) into the traffic space/roadway, as a lighting system, and having a second laser arrangement (V.sub.L), which contains at least one laser light source (H1, H2, H3), the laser beam/laser beams (c1, c2, c3) of which is/are sent to the pivotable micromirror (6) controlled by the mirror control (8) and from there into the traffic space/roadway via a LIDAR exit optics (21), as well as having a LIDAR entry optics (14), which sends light of the second laser arrangement reflected in the exterior space to a detector (15), as a LIDAR system.