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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2014
Automotive Lighting Reutlingen Gmbh, Reutlingen, DE;
Steffen Wiersdorff, Metzingen, DE;
Hermann Kellermann, Reutlingen, DE;
Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH, Reutlingen, DE;
Abstract
A method for calculating the surfaces of optical lenses including the steps of: providing a desired light distribution to be generated with light passing through the lens; deforming a first surface of the lens to generate light source images of different sizes; deforming a second surface of the lens to displace the light source images such that they lie at their highest point directly at or on a light/dark border in a resulting light distribution; determining a quality of the resulting light distribution by a comparison with the predefined light distribution; if the quality lies above a predefined limit value, storing the calculated surfaces for the lens; otherwise, renewed deformation of the first surface; renewed deformation of the second surface; repeating the previous two steps until the quality of the resulting light distribution lies above the limit value; and storing the calculated surfaces for the lens.