A headlight system for a banking vehicle is provided. The headlight system includes a plurality of optical assemblies being arranged about an optical horizon and an optical vertical axis. Each of the plurality of optical assemblies includes an illumination source and an optical element. Each of the illumination sources is configured to direct light toward a corresponding one of the optical elements to produce an illumination region. The illumination regions combine to form an illumination pattern that includes at least one illumination region that is radial and is positioned relative an optical origin. The intersection between the optical horizon and the optical vertical axis defines the optical origin.

A control device for a vehicle lamp controls an adjustment of an optical axis angle of a vehicle lamp provided with a vibration generating source that vibrates at a first frequency, and the control device includes an acceleration sensor provided in the vehicle lamp and configured to sample an acceleration at a second frequency that is a non-integral multiple of the first frequency, a receiving unit that receives a signal indicating an output value from the acceleration sensor, and a controlling unit that executes control of adjusting the optical axis angle of the vehicle lamp on the basis of the output value from the acceleration sensor.

A vehicle lamp module and a vehicle including the vehicle lamp module are provided. The vehicle lamp module includes a beam pattern forming part to form a beam pattern of light irradiated externally from a vehicle, a sensor part provided at one side of the beam pattern forming part to sense an external region including the beam pattern, a driving part coupled to one side of the sensor part to provide a driving force for rotating the sensor part to change the external region that the sensor part faces, and a connection part interposed between the beam pattern forming part and the sensor part to selectively connect or disconnect the beam pattern forming part and the sensor part with or from each other.

To suitably irradiate with a high beam according to a situation in front of the own vehicle. A vehicle headlight system installed in an own vehicle provided with an automatic brake controller which automatically activates a brake system depending on a situation, including: a lamp unit which irradiates at least with a low beam and a high beam; and a controller which is connected to the automatic brake controller and the lamp unit and is configured to control the operation of the lamp unit; where, when the lamp unit is not performing irradiation of the high beam, the controller is configured to control the lamp unit to irradiate with the high beam in the situation in which state of the automatic brake controller transitions from a standby state to a state which activates the brake system to a hard braking or to a preparation state thereof.

The present invention relates to an illumination system for a vehicle, including at least a first projection device for projecting at least one pixelated light source defining at least a first projection envelope and at least a second projection device for projecting at least one pixelated light beam defining at least a second projection envelope and configured to project at least one pictogram, wherein at least a first projection envelope and the at least a second projection envelope have at least one area of overlap.

An optical axis control apparatus includes: an optical axis controlling unit for calculating, during stop of the vehicle, a pitch angle using an acceleration sensor provided in a vehicle and controlling, using the pitch angle, optical axis angles of headlights provided in the vehicle; and a rolling motion determination unit for determining, when the vehicle has started traveling, whether there has been a rolling motion during the stop of the vehicle. When the pitch angle has been changed during the stop of the vehicle and the rolling motion determination unit determines that the rolling motion exists, the optical axis controlling unit corrects, when the vehicle has started traveling and the rolling motion has been terminated, the amount change in pitch angle, using the amounts of correction set for each roll angle, and controls the optical axis angles using the corrected pitch angle.

A method for the automatic adjustment of an angle of inclination of a vehicle headlight, having the steps: continuous measurement of a rate of rotation of the vehicle headlight; calculation of a change of a gravitational acceleration vector of the vehicle headlight in the coordinate system of the vehicle headlight, using the measured rate of rotation; calculation of an angle of inclination correction using the change of the gravitational acceleration vector; and adjustment of the angle of inclination of the vehicle headlight using the angle of inclination correction.

A intelligent headlight system for a bicycle according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a bicycle body; a portable terminal which may be carried by a rider of the bicycle body and has a GPS module, for detecting the location information of the bicycle body, so as to measure the running speed on the basis of the location information of the bicycle body; and a headlight apparatus which is disposed on the bicycle body so as to cast light on the scene ahead of the bicycle body, is communicatably connected to the portable terminal so as to receive the running speed of the bicycle body, and is formed such that irradiation patterns may vary in accordance with the running speed of the bicycle body.

The disclosure relates to a method for illuminating a road area by a motor vehicle having the following steps: determining a trajectory relating to a future movement of the motor vehicle on a road, calculating a light distribution for a headlamp of the motor vehicle as a function of the determined trajectory in such a manner that a course of the trajectory is projected onto the road as part of the light distribution, and emitting a brightness distribution corresponding to the light distribution by the headlamp onto the road. In order to facilitate an improved overview of the driving of the motor vehicle, the light distribution is additionally calculated as a function of the determined trajectory in such a manner that, based on the light distribution in addition to the trajectory, an acceleration of the motor vehicle parallel to its longitudinal direction is also symbolized.

The disclosure relates to a method for illuminating a road area by a motor vehicle having the following steps: determining a trajectory relating to a future movement of the motor vehicle on a road, calculating a light distribution for a headlamp of the motor vehicle as a function of the determined trajectory in such a manner that a course of the trajectory is projected onto the road as part of the light distribution, and emitting a brightness distribution corresponding to the light distribution by the headlamp onto the road. In order to facilitate an improved overview of the driving of the motor vehicle, the light distribution is additionally calculated as a function of the determined trajectory in such a manner that, based on the light distribution in addition to the trajectory, an acceleration of the motor vehicle parallel to its longitudinal direction is also symbolized.