This LED light source for a vehicle-mounted headlight is provided with: a blue LED that emits blue light having a dominant wavelength of 430-470 nm; and a fluorescent material that is arranged forward in the light emission direction of the blue light and that performs wavelength conversion of the blue light. The main fluorescent material constituting the fluorescent material is a celium-activated lutetium/aluminum/garnet fluorescent material represented by Lu.sub.3Al.sub.5O.sub.12:Ce. The LED light source for a vehicle-mounted headlight emits pseudo-white light that has a color temperature of 6,000 K or less and that is unlikely to decrease in visibility even during bad weather. The LED light source for a vehicle-mounted headlight has characteristics such as a wide lighting range and excellent visibility in the peripheral area of the visual field (the peripheral visual field) and can thus contribute to accident prevention and road traffic safety.

A vehicular lighting device from which a fluorescent material is omitted that may cause deterioration of color rendering properties and occurrence of color separation is provided. The vehicular lighting device can have higher in color rendering properties than a conventional white light source obtained by combining a semiconductor light-emitting element such as an LD and the fluorescent material (wavelength converting member) and can suppress occurrence of color separation. A vehicular lighting device of the presently disclosed subject matter includes a supercontinuum light source that outputs supercontinuum light containing a visible wavelength region, and an optical system that controls the supercontinuum light output by the supercontinuum light source.

A vehicle lamp includes a first light source, a second light source, a scanning unit, an optical sensor and a control unit. The scanning unit scans light emitted from the second light source such that the light emitted from the second light source irradiates a linear region that extends in a horizontal direction. The scanning unit includes a reflector in which a portion that reflects light of the first light source toward a front side of the lamp and a portion that reflects light of the second light source toward the front side are the same, or a reflector in which a portion that reflects the light of the first light source toward the front side and a portion that reflects the light of the second light source toward the front side are integrated.

A vehicle lamp includes a first light source, a second light source, a scanning unit, an optical sensor and a control unit. The scanning unit scans light emitted from the second light source such that the light emitted from the second light source irradiates a linear region that extends in a horizontal direction. The scanning unit includes a reflector in which a portion that reflects light of the first light source toward a front side of the lamp and a portion that reflects light of the second light source toward the front side are the same, or a reflector in which a portion that reflects the light of the first light source toward the front side and a portion that reflects the light of the second light source toward the front side are integrated.

A Lighting device for a motor vehicle is provided comprising at least one light source from which light is emitted during operation of the lighting device. An optical component into which the light emanating from the at least one light source enters is also provided, along with a light influencing means having an active surface for selectively influencing individual pixels or groups of pixels of the light. The light influencing means reflects or deflects light incident thereon in such a way that it emerges at least partially from the lighting device. Illumination optics are formed on or in the optical component. The light is reflected or deflected by the illumination optics during operation of the lighting device onto the active surface of the light influencing means. The light influencing means is arranged outside the optical component in such a way that light emanating from the illumination optics emerges from the optical component, impinges on the active surface of the light influencing means, is reflected or deflected by the latter, and then re-enters into the optical component.

A Lighting device for a motor vehicle is provided comprising at least one light source from which light is emitted during operation of the lighting device. An optical component into which the light emanating from the at least one light source enters is also provided, along with a light influencing means having an active surface for selectively influencing individual pixels or groups of pixels of the light. The light influencing means reflects or deflects light incident thereon in such a way that it emerges at least partially from the lighting device. Illumination optics are formed on or in the optical component. The light is reflected or deflected by the illumination optics during operation of the lighting device onto the active surface of the light influencing means. The light influencing means is arranged outside the optical component in such a way that light emanating from the illumination optics emerges from the optical component, impinges on the active surface of the light influencing means, is reflected or deflected by the latter, and then re-enters into the optical component.

A Lighting device for a motor vehicle is provided comprising at least one light source from which light is emitted during operation of the lighting device. An optical component into which the light emanating from the at least one light source enters is also provided, along with a light influencing means having an active surface for selectively influencing individual pixels or groups of pixels of the light. The light influencing means reflects or deflects light incident thereon in such a way that it emerges at least partially from the lighting device. Illumination optics are formed on or in the optical component. The light is reflected or deflected by the illumination optics during operation of the lighting device onto the active surface of the light influencing means. The light influencing means is arranged outside the optical component in such a way that light emanating from the illumination optics emerges from the optical component, impinges on the active surface of the light influencing means, is reflected or deflected by the latter, and then re-enters into the optical component.

A Lighting device for a motor vehicle is provided comprising at least one light source from which light is emitted during operation of the lighting device. An optical component into which the light emanating from the at least one light source enters is also provided, along with a light influencing means having an active surface for selectively influencing individual pixels or groups of pixels of the light. The light influencing means reflects or deflects light incident thereon in such a way that it emerges at least partially from the lighting device. Illumination optics are formed on or in the optical component. The light is reflected or deflected by the illumination optics during operation of the lighting device onto the active surface of the light influencing means. The light influencing means is arranged outside the optical component in such a way that light emanating from the illumination optics emerges from the optical component, impinges on the active surface of the light influencing means, is reflected or deflected by the latter, and then re-enters into the optical component.

An optic converts wavelength of light from a light source. The optic includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a fluorescent material substrate. The second substrate supports the first substrate. The second substrate includes a translucent substrate to receive the light from the light source through the first substrate. The translucent substrate has an oriented polycrystalline structure to have a crystalline anisotropy in refractive index.

There is provided a lighting device arranged to produce a controllable light beam for illuminating a scene. The device comprises an addressable spatial light modulator arranged to provide a selectable phase delay distribution to a beam of incident light. The device further comprises Fourier optics arranged to receive phase-modulated light from the spatial light modulator and form a light distribution. The device further comprises projection optics arranged to project the light distribution to form a pattern of illumination as said controllable light beam.