Hella Gmbh & Co Kgaa

Patrick Vogel

Florian Herold

Dirk Kliebisch

Alexander Schwan

Sebastian Gatsios

Ingo Moellers

Ingo Möllers

Peter Rausch

An illumination arrangement includes a control unit, an illumination module connected to the control unit via a bidirectional first channel that features an LED matrix for generating light, and a peripheral module connected to the illumination module via a second channel. The control unit can be used to generate data for controlling the illumination module and for controlling the peripheral module. The data for controlling the illumination module and data for controlling the peripheral module can be transferred to the illumination module via the first channel. The data for controlling the peripheral module can be transferred from the illumination module to the peripheral module via the second channel. The second channel is a bidirectional channel via which data can be transferred from the peripheral module to the illumination module and, after being received by the illumination module, can be transferred to the control unit via the first channel.

Illumination arrangement with an illumination module and a peripheral module connected to the same

An illumination arrangement is provided with a control unit, an illumination module including an LED matrix for the generation of light, and a peripheral module connected to the illumination module. The control unit generates data for controlling the illumination module and for controlling the peripheral module. The data for controlling the illumination module and for controlling the peripheral module is transferred to the illumination module. The data for controlling the peripheral module is transferred to the peripheral module. An RGB signal is generated by the control unit for generating a light pattern by the illumination module, and is transferred to the illumination module. The image data of the RGB signal is the data for controlling the illumination module or at least forms a part of the data for controlling the illumination module, and the RGB signal has a range not used for image data.

Illumination arrangement with a control unit, with an illumination module and a peripheral module

An illumination device for vehicles is provided, and includes a headlamp with an imaging unit for generating a multitude of light pixels that can be actuated individually. The headlamp also includes a lens unit containing a lens arrangement with a number of lenses arranged in a fixed manner to each other. The light pixels of the imaging unit can be mapped to focused light spots at a specified distance. The headlamp also includes an actuator unit for actuating the imaging unit. A first lens unit of a first headlamp is different from a second lens unit of a second headlamp such that the light pixels of the imaging unit of the first headlamp and the second headlamp are mapped to be focused at different distances.

Illumination device for vehicles

A headlamp for vehicles is provided that has an LED light source containing numerous light pixels. The headlamp also includes an optics unit in front of the light source in the main beam direction (H) with which the light pixels are mapped onto a predefined light distribution (LV, LV, LV', LV″). The headlamp also includes a sensor unit for determining at least one vehicle state variable, an adjustment unit for adjusting a part of the headlamp, and a control unit for controlling the light pixels and the adjustment unit. The LED adjustment unit moves the light source in a linear direction transverse to an optical axis (A) of the optics unit, and/or pivoted about the optical axis (A) of the optics unit, from a starting position to an intermediate position and back, on the basis of a change in the vehicle state variable.

Headlights for vehicles and adjustment procedures

A lighting arrangement with a control unit and two LED lighting modules, each comprising an LED matrix. Control information, including an image signal for generating a light image, can be generated with the control unit for each lighting module, and the light image can be generated with the LED matrix of each lighting module, which the control unit has generated for this lighting module. The control unit is connected to the lighting modules for the transmission of the image signals. The first lighting module has a processing unit and a first interface via which the information for the lighting modules can be extracted from the signal generated by the control unit. The processing unit provides the information intended for the second lighting module at the first interface of the first lighting module, and wherein the second lighting module is connected to the first interface of the first lighting module.

Lighting arrangement with a control unit and two LED lighting modules, each comprising an LED matrix

A headlamp for vehicles is provided with a light source unit a matric of light sources. An optics unit is positioned in front of the light source unit in the main beam direction which focuses the light sources into light spots in a predefined light distribution. The light source unit is positioned at a predefined distance to the light entry surface on the optics unit along an optical axis. An optics element that moves transverse to the optical axis of the light source unit and/or optics unit is placed between the light source unit and a light emission surface of the optics unit. The light spots are in a first position when the adjustable optics element is in a first setting, and the same light spots are offset from the first position along a displacement path when the adjustable optics element is in a second setting.

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Patrick Vogel