Zkw Group Gmbh

Patrick Schmidt

Markus Danner

Christian Knobloch

Mikayel Musheghyan

An optical device () for a motor vehicle, for projecting a graphic element into a region in front of the optical device. The device includes a laser light source (), an infrared light source (), a light guiding device (), an infrared detector (), a time-of-flight sensor device (), and a control device (), wherein the light guiding device is configured to produce a light distribution with laser light from the laser light source and to form an infrared light beam from infrared light from the infrared light source, wherein the infrared detector is configured to detect reflected infrared light from a measurement object and send a first sensor signal, wherein the sensor device is configured to detect a measurement object and send a second sensor signal, wherein the control device is configured to change the light distribution depending on the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal.

Optical device for motor vehicle

A lighting device for a vehicle headlamp includes a plurality of light sources; a first lens element (FLE) downstream of the light sources; and a second lens element (SLE) downstream of the FLE. A light receiving surface (LRS) of the FLE is formed by a main-area and a sub-area. The light sources and LRS are distanced to each other whereby a first fraction of light is emitted towards the sub-area and a second fraction is emitted towards the main-area. The light sources, FLE, and SLE are configured to create a complete or partial, preferably adaptive, high beam light distribution with two sections. The sub-area and main-area are configured to refract impinging light, wherein refraction of light by the sub-area and main-area is such that a first intensity maximum of a first section is vertically lower in front of the lighting device than a second intensity maximum of the second section.

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Wieselburg, Austria

Patrick Schmidt