Zkw Group Gmbh

Bettina Reisinger

Markus Reinprecht

Markus Danner

Thomas Mitterlehner

Josef Pürstinger

Andreas Moser

Lukas Taudt

Josef Plank

Stefan Miedler

Thomas Reiter

Friedrich Bauer

Christian Jackl

Matthias Mayer

Johann Altmann

Clemens Hauer

Josef Gürtl

Peter Schadenhofer

Alexander Hacker

Peter Mayer

Nina Brauner

Matthäus Artmann

Peter Hartmann

Christian Bemmer

Martin Lahmer

Julian Baker

Michael Riesenhuber

Christian Knobloch

Thomas Schlinger

Jakob Pühringer

Christian Kalousek

Reza Larimian

Siegmar Hackl

Klaus-Dieter Scharf

Marina Fischer

Nina Winterer

Josef PÜRSTINGER

Balan Petru

An illumination device () for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the illumination device () comprises:

Vehicle illumination apparatus having two deflectors and an expanding optic

A motor vehicle headlamp system with a first and a second motor vehicle headlamp, wherein each motor vehicle headlamp comprises a first and a second light module, which first light module comprises light pixels, and is arranged to generate a first light distribution (), and wherein the second light module comprises light pixels, and is arranged to generate a second light distribution (), wherein each light distribution () is formed from several pixel light segments (), wherein a pixel light segment () corresponds to a light pixel and is able to be produced through this, wherein each light distribution () is arranged

Motor vehicle headlight system

Light module system, comprising a first light module and a second light module, wherein the first light module can be controlled in dependence on the second light module, wherein the first light module is configured as a non-high-resolution light module, and is set up to generate a light distribution of a first type () in a region in front of the light module system, wherein the light distribution of the first type () can be dimmed, the second light module is configured as a high-resolution light module, wherein a minimum brightness is associated with a sector () of the light distribution of the first type, and the second light module is set up to generate at least one ground-projection light distribution () in an operating mode, wherein the at least one ground-projection light distribution () is a visual presentation of information, and thereby to cause the first light module to, at least partially, dim the light distribution of the first type, and to illuminate the sector () of the light distribution of the first type.

Lighting module system and method for controlling the light module system

The invention relates to a lighting device () for a motor vehicle headlight for generating a light pattern (LV), particularly an adaptive light pattern, e.g. an adaptive dipped headlight and main beam light pattern, or a part of a light pattern of this kind, wherein the lighting device comprises a number N of preferably identical projection modules (), where N=2, 3, 4 or greater than 4, each of the projection modules () being designed to generate a segment light pattern (LV, LV). The projection modules () are arranged with respect to one another in such a manner than, proceeding from a first projection module (), known as the starting projection module (), which generates what is called the starting segment light pattern (LV), the segment light patterns (LV; LV, LV) of the further projection modules () are displaced laterally in a, particularly in a common, horizontal direction, with the extent of the displacement. VSh, of the nth segment light pattern (LV; LV, LV) of the nth projection module () in said horizontal direction being proportional to (n&#x2212;1)/N times the principal segment width, BR, where n=2, . . . , N, and with at least one of the nth segment light patterns (LV; LV, LV, LV), n=2, . . . , N, being displaced upwards or downwards vertically in respect of the starting segment light pattern (LV).

Lighting device for a motor vehicle headlight, and motor vehicle headlight

The invention relates to a vehicle headlamp () comprising; a high-resolution lighting apparatus () for projecting various light distributions onto a roadway area () positioned in front of a vehicle (); an environmental detection device () for detecting at least one parking space () located in the environment surrounding the vehicle (); and a control device () for dynamically controlling the lighting apparatus (); wherein the environmental detection device () is designed to issue information corresponding to a detected parking space () to the control device (), wherein the control device () is designed, in case the environmental detection device () detects a parking space (), to control the lighting apparatus (), under consideration of at least the information issued by the environmental detection device () related to the parking space (), in such a manner that the lighting apparatus () at least projects a definable ground projection (), which at least represents the vehicle length, onto the roadway area () in front of the vehicle ().

Vehicle headlight and method for assisting a parking maneuver

The invention relates to a method for controlling a laser illumination device for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the laser illumination device comprises two or more adjustable laser light sources (to), wherein the number of laser light sources is designated as N, and each laser light source generates a laser beam (to) and at least one optical attachment (to) is arranged downstream of each laser light source and at least one microscanner () is assigned, and each microscanner is arranged to guide two or more laser beams onto at least one light conversion means (), wherein on the at least one light conversion means a luminous image is produced, and an imaging system (PS) is associated with the at least one light conversion means in order to project the luminous image as a light image onto the road, wherein the method includes the following steps: dividing at least a part of the luminous image into luminous strips, wherein the number of luminous strips is designated as n, determining the required luminous flux for each luminous strip, calculating a required width value for each luminous strip with regard to the required luminous flux, and using the calculated width values to change the width of the luminous strip in the light image by changing the luminous strip width on the light conversion means.

Method for controlling a laser illumination device for a motor vehicle headlight

The invention relates to a vehicle headlamp (), comprising a light source unit (), a controllable reflector (), an optically transparent cover (), an optical absorber device (), an optical shielding element (), and a projection optics (). The light source unit () is designed to emit light and to illuminate in a first direction of propagation (), in the optical path of which the controllable reflector () is arranged, and the controllable reflector () at least partially reflects the light in a second direction of propagation (), in the optical path of which the projection optics () is arranged and is oriented in a direction in front of the vehicle, in order to form a light pattern in front of the vehicle. The optically transparent cover (), is arranged in a second plane () between the light source unit () and the controllable reflector () in such a way that light passes through the optically transparent cover () in the first direction of propagation () and in the second direction of propagation (). The light emitted by the light source unit () is incident on the optically transparent cover () in the first direction of propagation () and is reflected partially thereby in a fourth direction of propagation () and is blocked in the fourth direction of propagation () by the optical shielding element ().

Vehicle headlight

A headlamp () for vehicles having at least one laser light module () which has a laser light source () and a phosphorus element () which is arranged downstream of the latter in the beam path and a front-end optical system () in which the at least one laser light module is arranged in a housing () of the headlamp which has a projection optical system () for projecting the light distribution generated in the focal plane of the projection optical system of the at least one laser light module into the carriageway space, and at least one deflection prism () is integrated into the at least one front-end optical system (), which deflection prism () lies in the region of the laser beam (--) which occurs when the phosphorus element () is defective or missing and which deflects this laser beam occurring in the event of disruption and keeps it away from the projection optical system and therefore from the carriageway space.

Headlamp for vehicles having at least one laser light module

The invention relates to a lighting device () for a motor vehicle headlight, comprising a light module () with at least one light emission source (), a primary lens () and a secondary lens (), wherein said primary lens () comprises at least one light-conducting ancillary lens () which is designed to direct light () captured by the at least one light emission source () through at least one light-emitting surface () of the ancillary lens and on to the secondary lens () arranged downstream in optical longitudinal axial direction (), and wherein the secondary lens () is designed to image a light distribution, which forms on the light-emitting surface () of the ancillary lens, in an area in front of the lighting device (). At least one light-guiding shield () for shading a light color fringe () is arranged between the primary lens () and the secondary lens (), wherein the at least one light-guiding shield () forms an optically active first aperture edge () for a lower light color fringe () and an optically active second aperture edge () for an upper light color fringe (), and the optically active aperture edges () are each arranged in such a manner in the light beam () that blue defining light beams () of the light color fringe () can be selectively shaded.

Lighting device having light-guiding shield

Systems and methods for generating light distributions on roadways with motor vehicle headlights having at least one laser light source which is modulated by an actuator and a processing unit and of which the laser beam is directed onto at least one light conversion element via a beam deflection element actuated by a beam deflection actuator, said light conversion element having a phosphor for converting light, and said headlight also comprising a projection system for projecting the light image generated at the at least one light conversion element onto the roadway, wherein in addition to changing a specified light distribution, the processing unit is configured to change the intensity of the beam of the laser light source by the actuator according to a specified function in the sense of increasing the intensity in the direction of the edges of the light image generated on the light conversion element.

Method and headlight for generating a light distribution on a roadway

Method for producing a light distribution on a road () using a motor vehicle headlight, wherein at least one laser beam () that can be modulated in intensity is directed in at least one coordinate direction in a scanning manner to a light conversion means () using at least one controlled beam deflection means () in order to generate an illuminated image () on same, said illuminated image being projected as a light image (') onto the road using projection optics (), wherein the image generated from the laser beam () using the beam deflection means () is split by deflecting the laser beam (&#x2032;) by means of an image convolution means (), and the sub-images are projected in a mirror-imaged manner in relation to a division line onto the light conversion means () to be combined and form an entire illuminated image (). The invention also relates to a corresponding headlight for motor vehicles, wherein an image convolution means () is arranged between the beam deflection means () and the light conversion means ().

Method for generating a light distribution on a road using a motor vehicle headlight

The invention relates to a laser lighting device for vehicles comprising two or more laser light sources, wherein each is configured to generate a primary laser light beam, a light guide associated with each laser light source, wherein each primary laser light beam is coupled into the first end of the guide and coupled out of the second end of the guide as a secondary laser light beam, and each secondary laser light beam is directed onto a light conversion means so as to generate a predefined luminous image thereon, which via a projection system associated with the light conversion means is projected as a light image onto the roadway, wherein each primary laser light beam has a first intensity profile, each secondary laser light beam has a second intensity profile different from the first intensity profile, and each secondary laser light beam is directed via a microscanner onto the light conversion means.

Laser lighting device for vehicle headlamps having a plurality of laser light sources, a coresponding plurality of light guides each having a different sized cross section, optical scanner and a light conversion means

The invention relates to a method for controlling a light scanner () in a headlight for vehicles, wherein the laser beam of at least one modulated laser light source () is directed in a scanning manner, by way of the light scanner, onto a light conversion means () so as to generate a light image () thereon, which is projected via an imaging system () as a light image (') onto the roadway, a micromirror () of the light scanner is pivoted according to defined characteristic control curves in at least one coordinate direction, the desired light image () is divided into a pixel set having n rows and/or m columns, the horizontal and/or vertical characteristic control curves for the micromirror () are adapted to at least one selected row and/or column in terms of the required optical power of the pixels, and the adapted horizontal and/or vertical characteristic control curves are used to control the micromirror.

Method for controlling a light scanner in a headlamp for vehicles

A motor vehicle headlight with at least one modulable laser light source, whose laser beam is directed onto a means of light conversion through a means of beam deflection controlled by a beam deflection control, and with a projection system to project the light image produced by the means of light conversion onto the road, wherein a first group of at least two laser light sources is provided to produce a first group of at least two essentially horizontal light bands lying on top of one another on the means of light conversion and a second group of at least two laser light sources is provided to produce a second group of at least two essentially horizontal light bands lying on top of one another on the means of light conversion, wherein the light bands of the first group and the light bands of the second group overlap one another.

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Amstetten, Austria

Bettina Reisinger