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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2014
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Helmut Erdl, Flintsbach, DE;
Abdelmalek Hanafi, Munich, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An illumination device is provided for a motor vehicle, including a light source consisting of a number of semiconductor diodes, and a scanner onto which a light beam produced by light of the light source falls and which modifies the position of the light beam during operation of the illumination device and thereby moves a light spot generated by the light beam at a distance from the illumination device. The moved light spot allows a predetermined light distribution to be generated. The illumination device is characterized in that a beam delimiting device, which allows the cross-section of the light beam to be delimited along a predetermined boundary, is provided between the light source and the scanner. The illumination device is designed in such a way that one or more light-shadow lines can be formed in the predetermined light distribution by way of at least one section of the predetermined boundary.