Method for controlling a lighting system with the lighting system including a plurality of light sources, wherein each light source is capable of emitting an elementary light beam with the vertical angular aperture of which is less than 1°. The method includes detecting a target object, determining a relative distance between a given point of the host vehicle sensor system and a detected point of the target object and determining a gradient of the road on which the target object is located, determining a lower angle and an upper angle between a given point of the host vehicle lighting system and a high cut-off point and a low cut-off point, controlling the light sources of the host vehicle lighting system in order to emit a pixelated light beam of the driving beam type in order to generate a dark zone extending substantially between the high and low cut-off points.

A method for controlling a lighting system of a host motor vehicle with a plurality of selectively controllable elementary light sources, each able to emit an elementary light beam with the vertical angular opening of which is less than 1°. The method includes detecting a target object by a sensor system. Determining a vertical angle between a given point of the sensor system of the host vehicle and a detected point of the target object. Determining, from the vertical angle, a lower angle and an upper angle between a given point of the lighting system and, respectively, an upper cut-off and a lower cut-off intended to together vertically border the target object. Controlling the elementary light sources to emit a pixelated road light beam, as a function of the lower and upper angles, to generate, in the light beam, a dark area extending substantially between the upper and lower cut-offs.

A vehicle lamp includes: a light source; an optical member configured to form a predetermined light distribution pattern by radiating light; and a controller configured to adjust the predetermined light distribution pattern so as to include a first non-irradiation range in which an object outside a vehicle is not irradiated with the light when the object is detected. The controller is configured to define the first non-irradiation range based on a case where a vehicle body is in a straight traveling state. When the vehicle body is in a cornering state, the controller is configured to acquire height information of the object in accordance with a tilting state of the vehicle body, define a second non-irradiation range narrower than the first non-irradiation range based on the height information, and adjust the predetermined light distribution pattern so as to include the second non-irradiation range instead of the first non-irradiation range.

Particular embodiments may provide for a method of providing illumination for a vehicle. A signal to activate a headlamp assembly for a vehicle may be sent. The headlamp assembly may comprise a laser-based lamp positioned to provide high-beam illumination, including a plurality of beam subfields, and a light sensor configured to capture images of illuminated objects, wherein the light sensor is capable of sensing objects illuminated by visible-spectrum light. A focal region for the high-beam illumination may be determined based on images captured by the light sensor. Instructions to configure the laser-based lamp to modify a distribution of the high-beam illumination to increase brightness of one or more beam subfields of the high-beam illumination within the focal region may be sent.

A vehicle lamp includes: a light source that emits a light; an optical member including a lens that irradiates the light from the light source to a front of the vehicle lamp and forms a predetermined light distribution pattern including a plurality of regions; and a controller that, when an object outside the vehicle is detected, adjusts the predetermined light distribution pattern so as not to irradiate at least one first region including the object among the plurality of regions with the light. When the vehicle body is in a cornering state, the controller acquires inclination information of the vehicle body, determines whether there is a second region that does not exceed a reference line, based on the inclination information, and when determining that there is the second region, irradiates the second region with the light even when the object is included in the second region.

Disclosed are a lens unit, an optical lens, an illumination module, a vehicle light, and a vehicle. The lens unit comprises a light incident portion (1) having first unidirectional collimation and a light emergent portion (2) having second unidirectional collimation, so as to form an asymmetric light shape. The lens unit can meet the requirement of the anisotropy of the illumination light shape of the vehicle light so as to form the asymmetric light shape, thereby meeting the requirement for a narrow and long model.

The invention relates to a motor vehicle light module comprising: —a part comprising a plurality of light guides, each of said light guides extending between an input diopter of the same guide and an output, the adjacent light guides joining to one another by a material junction; —several light sources arranged opposite the input diopters of all or a portion of the light guides; and—a projection system downstream from the guide outputs that has a focal surface (F) projecting an image of any light ray passing through the focal surface. According to the invention, the light module comprises at least two guides of which the distance (d1) between the focal surface (F) and the junction of said two guides is greater than the distance (d2) between the focal surface (F) and the junction of the other guides.

An example includes a system, having: an illumination source configured to produce illumination light; and a spatial light modulator (SLM) optically coupled to the illumination source, the SLM comprising an array of picture elements. The SLM is configured to: receive the illumination light; direct, by a first portion of the picture elements, on state light in a first direction; and direct, by a second portion of the picture elements, off state light in a second direction. The example system includes imaging optics optically coupled to the SLM, the imaging optics configured to receive the on state light from the SLM and to project an image as an image portion of a beam; and non-imaging optics optically coupled to the SLM, the non-imaging optics configured to receive the off state light from the SLM and to project the off state light as part of the beam.

A vehicle lamp includes a first lamp unit for forming a first region of a beam pattern, and a second lamp unit for forming a second region of the beam pattern. The first lamp unit and the second lamp unit are arranged in a left-right direction. Each of the first lamp unit and the second lamp unit includes a plurality of lamp modules arranged in the left-right direction, each of the plurality of lamp modules including a light source unit including a light source and a light path adjusting unit. A position of light irradiation region formed by the light emitted from each of the plurality of lamp modules is particularly configured depending on a position of the light source with respect to a rear focal point of the light path adjusting unit.

A vehicle light guide 40 that guides light from a light source 10 toward a projection lens 30 includes an incident surface 41 on which light from the light source 10 is incident, a reflective surface 45 that reflects light from the incident surface 41, and an exit surface 44 that outputs light reflected on the reflective surface 45. The reflective surface 45 includes, on at least a part thereof, a light diffusing part 50 where at least either one of a plurality of convex parts 51 and a plurality of concave parts 52 that diffuse light are formed.