A steering wheel is provided. A steering wheel of a vehicle capable of autonomous driving includes a grip unit having a rim shape and held by a driver to steer the vehicle, an illumination unit provided in each of a left portion and a right portion of the grip unit in a circumferential direction of the grip unit, and a control unit configured to control the illumination unit to light up in a hold induction pattern for inducing holding by the driver according to a situation of the vehicle and a vehicle state pattern for guiding the driver through a state of the vehicle.

A headlight module includes: a light source for emitting light; a condensing optical element for concentrating the light; and an optical element including an incident surface for receiving the concentrated light, a reflecting surface for reflecting the received light, and an emitting surface for emitting the reflected light. The condensing optical element changes a divergence angle of the light to form a light distribution pattern. The reflected light and light that enters the optical element and is not reflected by the reflecting surface are superposed on a plane including a point located at a focal position of the emitting surface in a direction of an optical axis of the emitting surface and being perpendicular to the optical axis, thereby forming a high luminous intensity region in the light distribution pattern on the plane. The emitting surface has positive refractive power and projects the light distribution pattern formed on the plane.

A method for operating a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle has a lighting device comprising at least two headlight devices, wherein the headlight devices is arranged horizontally offset on a front side of the motor vehicle and each having one or more dimmable lamps, wherein a spatial region extending in front of the motor vehicle over a horizontal angular range can be illuminated by each headlight device according to a respective brightness generated by the lamp or lamps, wherein, before or during a reverse travel of the motor vehicle, as a function of a steering angle of the motor vehicle, the brightnesses of the lamp or lamps of at least one of the headlight devices are adjusted, wherein, when using headlight devices comprising multiple lamps, the lamps are adjusted such that at least one portion of the spatial region opposite the direction of the turning of the steering wheel is illuminated at an increased brightness, and/or-wherein, when using headlight devices comprising at least one lamp, the brightness of the at least one lamp of a headlight device arranged in the direction of the steering angle is dimmed.

An image projection apparatus that can be attached to a vehicle and can be effectively utilized for acquisition of road surface condition information, detection of a hidden vehicle, and the like is provided. The image projection apparatus that projects an image includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information related to a vehicle; an image projection unit that projects an image based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit; and imaging means that acquires an image outside the vehicle, the image projection unit projects light in a wavelength band centered on a wavelength of 1.4 μm and the imaging means provides the information related to the vehicle by imaging an image projected based on the light in the wavelength band centered on the wavelength of 1.4 μm.

An image projection apparatus that can be attached to a vehicle and can be effectively utilized for acquisition of road surface condition information, detection of a hidden vehicle, and the like is provided. The image projection apparatus that projects an image includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information related to a vehicle; an image projection unit that projects an image based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit; and imaging means that acquires an image outside the vehicle, the image projection unit projects light in a wavelength band centered on a wavelength of 1.4 μm and the imaging means provides the information related to the vehicle by imaging an image projected based on the light in the wavelength band centered on the wavelength of 1.4 μm.

Information related to a vehicle can be displayed by projecting an image based on the information on a road surface or the like. An image projection apparatus that projects an image includes: a sensor unit that acquires information related to a vehicle; and an image projection unit that projects the image based on the information acquired by the sensor unit.

Provided is an apparatus for controlling light distribution using steering information, the apparatus including a steering information detector configured to detect an amount of change of steering information sensed through a steering sensor that senses the steering information, a determiner configured to determine whether the amount of change of the steering information detected through the steering information detector is greater than or equal to a predetermined critical value and determine a direction in which the steering information is changed, and a controller configured to increase or decrease a margin of a shadow zone of a headlamp according to the amount of change of the steering information when the amount of change of the steering information is determined by the determiner to be greater than or equal to the predetermined critical value.

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 system for controlling a headlamp for a vehicle is provided. The system includes a lamp unit comprising a plurality of light sources and configured to form a shadow zone in a light emission area by adjusting a position to which light is emitted and an amount of light for each light source; an information collector configured to acquire an image of a forward side based on a travel direction; and a controller configured to receive information on a forward vehicle acquired through the information collector and information on the shadow zone, and control the lamp unit to perform aiming correction of the shadow zone to position the forward vehicle at a central side of the shadow zone when the forward vehicle is not positioned at the central side of the shadow zone within the shadow zone.

A lighting device for a vehicle controls an emission intensity of each of a plurality of light emission units. The lighting device is configured to execute first control of controlling an irradiation area in accordance with a traveling direction of a vehicle, second control of controlling the irradiation area so that a degree of irradiation of light to a position of an object is reduced, and third control of controlling the irradiation area so that the degree of irradiation of the light to a position of a reflection object is reduced. The lighting device selects, as a final target value, a minimum value of a target value of an emission intensity for the first control, a target value of an emission intensity for the second control, and a target value of an emission intensity for the third control.