An automotive lighting apparatus is provided that includes a rear body which is adapted to be fixed to the outside or to the inside of the vehicle; a front half-shell arranged to close the mouth of said rear body; and at least one lighting assembly which is located inside the rear body and is adapted to backlight, on command, a corresponding transparent or semi-transparent sector of the front half-shell; the lighting assembly including a radially emitting optical fibre of given length; an electrically-powered, collimated light source which is located in front of a proximal end of the optical fibre, and is adapted to direct, towards the same proximal end, a collimated light beam that enters and travels inside the optical fibre; at least one proximal photometric sensor which is arranged beside the collimated light source and/or the proximal end of the optical fibre so as to capture/detect the light reflected/scattered on entering into the optical fibre; at least one distal photometric sensor which is located in front of the distal end of the optical fibre, and is adapted to capture/detect the light exiting from the distal end of the optical fibre; and an electronic control unit which is adapted to command the collimated light source on the basis of the signals coming from said proximal and distal photometric sensors.

In order to ensure accuracy for positioning two molding members spaced from each other and an outer lens disposed in an opening between the two molding members, a vehicle lighting device includes: a first molding member; a second molding member that is formed separately from the first molding member and is spaced from the first molding member through an opening; and an outer lens, disposed in the opening, having a transmissive surface through which lamp light is transmitted from a depth side toward a front side. The first molding member and the second molding member each have a molding-side positioning portion configured to be positioned relative to the transmissive surface of the outer lens. The outer lens has a first lens-side positioning portion configured to be positioned relative to the first molding member and a second lens-side positioning portion configured to be positioned relative to the second molding member.

In order to ensure accuracy for positioning two molding members spaced from each other and an outer lens disposed in an opening between the two molding members, a vehicle lighting device includes: a first molding member; a second molding member that is formed separately from the first molding member and is spaced from the first molding member through an opening; and an outer lens, disposed in the opening, having a transmissive surface through which lamp light is transmitted from a depth side toward a front side. The first molding member and the second molding member each have a molding-side positioning portion configured to be positioned relative to the transmissive surface of the outer lens. The outer lens has a first lens-side positioning portion configured to be positioned relative to the first molding member and a second lens-side positioning portion configured to be positioned relative to the second molding member.

In an illumination device, an incidence angle of a laser beam, which is scanned by a laser beam scanning mechanism, with respect to a wavelength conversion member is set to an angle where the laser beam does not directly enter a projection lens when the wavelength conversion member is damaged, chipped or fallen off, and a laser light source and the laser beam scanning mechanism are located at a position corresponding to at least one of an upper side and a lower side of a light distribution pattern with respect to the wavelength conversion member, and are disposed to be deviated to either one of one side corresponding to a left side of the light distribution pattern and other side corresponding to a right side of the light distribution pattern.

The present invention pertains to a multi-functional luminous device for an automotive vehicle. The luminous device comprises two light sources adapted to generate different photometric functions. A light source support having two functional areas accommodates a first light source for generating first photometric function and a second functional area accommodates a second light source (10b) for generating second photometric function. Additionally, a groove is provided between adjoining functional areas and a shield is partially inserted into the groove for blocking the light between adjoining functional areas.

The invention relates to an optical element (1) for a laser vehicle headlight (2), wherein the laser vehicle headlight (2) comprises at least one laser light source (3) and at least one luminous element (4) which can be irradiated by the laser light source (3) and can thus be excited to emit visible light, wherein the optical element (1) has at least one receptacle for the luminous element (4) and at least one reflection layer (9) which reflects light in the direction of the laser light source (3) is assigned to the optical element (1) at least on a side of the luminous element (4) which faces away from the laser light source (3) in the mounted state. The invention additionally relates to a light source module (16) comprising at least one optical element (1) of this type, and a vehicle headlight (2) comprising at least one optical element (1) of this type or comprising at least one light source module (16) as mentioned initially.

The invention relates to a light module including a laser source capable of emitting a coherent light beam of given wavelength, a first sensor capable of picking up a first light signal of a wavelength lying in a first band of wavelengths centered around the given wavelength and a second sensor capable of picking up a second light signal of a wavelength lying in a second band of wavelengths centered around a wavelength distinct from the given wavelength. In particular, the light module includes a detection module capable of comparing at least one value that is a function of the signals to a threshold value and of commanding the stopping of the laser source as a function of the comparison.

An illumination apparatus is provided. The illumination apparatus includes a light-emitting device including one or more light sources, a mirror device including at least one pivotable mirror for directing light from the one or more light sources in a defined first pivot state into a first solid angle region in which the light is utilized in accordance with operation, and a defined second pivot state into a second solid angle range that differs from the first one and in which the light is directed onto an absorber device of the illumination apparatus. The absorber device includes a sensor with which a function of the illumination apparatus may be checked.

A lighting device with a conversion element is provided. It may be irradiated with excitation radiation from an electromagnetic radiation source. Provision is made of an optical component for the radiation emanating from the conversion element and provision is made of a sensor for detecting radiation emanating from the conversion element and/or for detecting radiation emanating from the radiation source.

The invention relates to an illumination apparatus (100), especially for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one laser light source (10); a wavelength conversion element (20) that is designed to receive excitation light from the at least one laser light source (10); and a reflector (30) having at least one reflector body (30′), which at least one reflector body (30′) comprises a reflecting surface (31), which reflecting surface (31) reflects the light emitted by the wave-length conversion element (20) in the visible wavelength range, wherein the reflector (30), at its reflector surface (30a) bearing the reflecting surface (31), is provided with the reflecting surface (31), wherein the reflector surface (30a) has at least one region (30a′, 30a″) that is free of the reflecting surface (31), and wherein the reflector surface (30a), at least in the region (30a′, 30a″) that is free of the reflecting surface (31), is embodied such that at least some of the excitation light incident in the region (30a′, 30a″) is absorbed.