Osram Gmbh

Juergen Hager

Stephan Schwaiger

Oliver Hering

Jasmin Muster

Ricarda Schoemer

Ralf Vollmer

Norbert Haas

Philipp Helbig

Oliver Woisetschlaeger

Joachim Stoehr

According to the invention, a vehicle component is provided that is formed as a trim part or body part or bumper as well. The vehicle component forms at least one housing part for a light emitter.

Vehicle component, vehicle and method

In various embodiments, an optical element is provided. The optical element includes an imaging region with a lens arrangement which is aligned along an optical axis, and a collimation region which surrounds the imaging region to the side of the optical axis.

Optical element and lighting apparatus

A lighting device is disclosed with an electromagnetic radiation source for irradiating a conversion element arranged in the lighting device with an excitation radiation. The conversion element has a first element side and a second element side. The first element side delimits a first radiation space and the second element side delimits a second radiation space. At least one optical unit at least for part of the radiation emanating from the first element side is arranged in the first radiation space and at least one optical unit at least for part of the radiation emanating from the second element side is arranged in the second radiation space.

Lighting device with a luminescent material

Disclosed is a lighting fixture comprising at least three light functions, said lighting fixture being a trifunctional projector. In particular, a vehicle headlight is disclosed, which has in addition to a dipped beam and a main beam a daytime running light and/or a position light as a further light function.

Luminaire

Various embodiment may relate to a luminaire, including at least one light source, in particular a semiconductor light source, for emitting a primary light beam onto at least one spaced-apart luminescent body, wherein the luminescent body includes at least one hole and a direct light component of the respective primary light beam can be radiated through the at least one hole.

Luminaire with light source and spaced-apart luminescent body

A lighting device may include at least one light source arrangement for generating primary light; at least one light wavelength conversion element for converting primary light into secondary light; and a filter apparatus disposed optically downstream of the at least one light wavelength conversion element and serving for filtering out primary light. The at least one light source arrangement and the at least one light wavelength conversion element are embodied or correspondingly embodied light directing means are provided in such a way that part of the primary light generated by the at least one light source arrangement impinges on the at least one light wavelength conversion element and part of the primary light generated by the at least one light source arrangement is directed past the at least one light wavelength conversion element.

Lighting device

A projection lamp for illumination includes a pump radiation unit configured to emit pump radiation, a phosphor element for the at least partial conversion of the pump radiation into a conversion light, and a micromirror array having a multiplicity of micromirror actuators which are arranged in the form of a matrix. The projection lamp is set up such that, during operation, the phosphor element is irradiated by the pump radiation from the pump radiation unit. The conversion light which is thereupon emitted by the phosphor element at least partially makes up an illumination light, which illumination light is guided for adjusting a light distribution over the micromirror actuators. The micromirror actuators are illuminated inhomogeneously with the illumination light at respective times to support the light distribution that is adjusted using the micromirror array.

Projection lamp for illumination

Various embodiments may relate to an illumination device for vehicles, including multiple semiconductor light sources, and at least one light wavelength conversion element for the wavelength conversion of the light emitted by the semiconductor sources. At least one light-refracting optical unit is associated with each semiconductor source, which is designed to direct light emitted by the respective semiconductor source onto the at least one light wavelength conversion element. The at least one light-refracting optical unit is movably arranged with respect to the semiconductor source with which it is associated.

Illumination device

A lighting device may include a light generating unit configured to generate at least two light beams; at least one phosphor surface which is illuminatable by the light beams; and at least one movable deflection mirror for the scanning deflection of the light beams onto the phosphor surface, such that the light beams impinge on the at least one phosphor surface in a spaced-apart fashion, and such that at least one region of the phosphor surface is illuminatable by at least two light beams in a manner spaced apart temporally.

Lighting device with phosphor surface

A method for generating a light emission pattern by illuminating at least one phosphor surface by at least one primary light beam is provided. The method includes: directing the primary light beam only onto a partial surface of the entire illuminatable phosphor surface; and illuminating at least one partial region of said partial surface more intensely than in the case of uniform illumination of the illuminatable phosphor surface.

Generating a light emission pattern by illuminating a phosphor surface

A method for operating a lighting device comprising n&#x3e;1 light generating units configured to generate a respective primary light beam and comprising a phosphor surface spaced apart from the light generating units is provided. The method may include illuminating an i-th partial surface of the phosphor surface by i light generating units if a desired positive brightness value on this illuminated partial surface falls below or reaches a next higher i-th brightness threshold value from a group of n&#x2212;1 positive, progressively increasing brightness threshold values; otherwise illuminating by n light generating units; wherein i and n are whole natural numbers and i=[1, . . . , n] holds true.

Operating a lighting device having a plurality of light generating units

A lighting device for a headlight for generating a light emission pattern in a far field is provided. The lighting device includes at least two phosphor surfaces arranged rotationally movably between different positions, and at least one light source spaced apart from the phosphor surfaces and serving for emitting primary light for illuminating a portion of the phosphor surfaces. An associated predetermined light emission pattern is generatable in respectively exactly one predetermined position of the phosphor surfaces.

Generating a light emission pattern in a far field

A light-emitting device may include: one first light source group having at least one light source and one second light source group having at least one light source, at least one reflector, which is configured and arranged for the purpose of reflecting light emitted by the first light source group to an optical plane, and at least one light conducting element, which is configured and arranged for the purpose of conducting light emitted by the second light source group to the optical plane, wherein the light conducting element is configured and arranged as an aperture for light reflected by the at least one reflector.

Light-emitting device having multiple light source groups

A lighting device may include: at least one two-dimensional semiconductor light source, at least one reflector unit, which can be switched between a plurality of reflector settings, wherein in a first reflector setting, a first reflector surface of the reflector unit can be illuminated by the at least one semiconductor light source, and in a second reflector setting, a second reflector surface of the reflector unit can be illuminated by the at least one semiconductor light source.

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Herbrechtingen, Germany

Juergen Hager