Lighting unit for a vehicle headlamp

1. A lighting unit ( 1 ) for a headlight ( 100 ) for a motor vehicle, wherein the lighting unit comprises:

a first light source group ( 10 ) comprising at least one light source ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ),

a second light source group ( 20 ) comprising at least one light source ( 21 ),

wherein the first light source group ( 10 ) is configured to generate a first light function,

wherein the second light source group ( 20 ) is configured to generate a second light function, which is different from the first light function,

wherein each light source ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ) of the first light source group ( 10 ) couples light into a first type of optics element ( 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 ) associated with the respective light source ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ),

wherein each light source ( 21 ) of the second light source group ( 20 ) couples light into a second type of optics element ( 121 ) associated with the respective light source ( 21 ),

wherein the first type of optics element ( 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 ) produces a different optical illumination than the second type of optics element ( 121 ),

wherein a secondary optics comprising a diffusing optics ( 50 ) is arranged downstream of the first and second types of optics elements ( 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 121 ), through which secondary optics ( 50 ) the light exiting from the first and second types of optics elements ( 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 121 ) passes and is irradiated into a region in front of the lighting unit ( 1 ),

wherein the first and second light source groups ( 10 , 20 ) are separately controllable,

wherein the first light source group ( 10 ) is configured to generate a flashing light function, and the second light source group ( 20 ) is configured to generate a daytime running light function, a position light function, or a combined daytime running light-position light function,

wherein at least one of the first type of optics element ( 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 ) of the first light source group ( 10 ), in terms of a horizontal and/or vertical irradiation behaviour in a region of a casing of the at least one of the first type of optics element, is formed to produce a wide and crisscross optical illumination in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction,

wherein at least one of the second type of optics element ( 121 ) of the second light source group ( 20 ), in terms of a horizontal irradiation behaviour in a region of a casing of the at least one of the second type of optics element, is formed to produce a crisscross optical illumination in the horizontal direction,

wherein the first and second types of optics elements ( 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 121 ) associated with the light sources ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 21 ) are formed in a common optical component ( 200 ),

wherein adjacent optics elements of the first and second types of optics elements ( 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 121 ) transition into one another in transition regions ( 201 , 202 ) to provide a light mixing area for the adjacent optics elements, and

wherein light from the optics elements of the first and second types of optics elements ( 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 121 ) enters adjacent optics elements of the first and second types of optics elements ( 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 121 ) through the transition regions and exits from a light exit area of the adjacent optics elements.

2. The lighting unit of claim 1 , wherein the individual light sources ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 21 ) within the first or second light source group ( 10 , 20 ) are separately controllable from one another.

3. The lighting unit of claim 1 , wherein the first and second types of optics elements ( 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 121 ) are formed as TIR lenses.

4. The lighting unit of claim 1 , wherein the first and second types of optics elements ( 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 121 ) associated with the light sources ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 21 ) are formed as light-collecting optics.

5. The lighting unit of claim 1 , wherein the at least one light source ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ) of the first light source group ( 10 ) and the at least one light source ( 21 ) of the second light source group ( 20 ) are arranged on a common support ( 30 ).

6. The lighting unit of claim 5 , wherein the at least one light source ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ) of the first light source group ( 10 ) and the at least one light source ( 21 ) of the second light source group ( 20 ) are arranged on a flat area of the common support ( 30 ).

7. The lighting unit of claim 1 , wherein the first light source group ( 10 ) comprises two or more light sources ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ).

8. The lighting unit of claim 7 , wherein the first light source group ( 10 ) comprises exactly four light sources ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ).

9. The lighting unit of claim 1 , wherein the second light source group ( 20 ) comprises exactly one light source ( 21 ).

10. The lighting unit of claim 7 , wherein the light sources ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ) of the first light source group ( 10 ) are arranged around the at least one light source ( 21 ) of the second light source group ( 20 ).

11. The lighting unit of claim 10 , wherein the at least one light source ( 21 ) of the second light source group ( 20 ) is arranged in a center of the two or more light sources ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ) of the first light source group ( 10 ).

12. The lighting unit of claim 8 , wherein the four light sources ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ) of the first light source group ( 10 ) are arranged at the corners of a virtual rectangle or square.

13. The lighting unit of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the first type of optics element ( 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 ) of the first light source group ( 10 ) are formed to produce a wide optical illumination in the vertical or the horizontal direction in a center of the first type of optical element ( 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 ).

14. The lighting unit of claim 7 , wherein two or more of the first type of optics element ( 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 ) of the first light source group ( 10 ) are formed identically in terms of their irradiation behavior.

15. The lighting unit of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the second type of optics element ( 121 ) of the second light source group ( 20 ) are formed to produce a wide optical illumination in the horizontal direction in a center of the second type of optics element ( 121 ).

16. The lighting unit of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the second type of optics element ( 121 ) of the second light source group ( 20 ) are formed to produce parallel light beams in the vertical direction.

17. The lighting unit of claim 1 , wherein the light sources ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 21 ) are LED light sources, wherein each LED light source ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 21 ) comprises at least one light-emitting diode.

18. The lighting unit of claim 17 , wherein each LED light source ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 21 ) is separately controllable and separately dimmable.

19. A vehicle headlight comprising one or more lighting units according to claim 1 .

20. The vehicle headlight of claim 19 , wherein the one or more lighting units comprises four lighting units.

21. The vehicle headlight of claim 20 , wherein the four lighting units ( 1 ) are arranged at the corners of a virtual rectangle or square.

22. The vehicle headlight of claim 19 , wherein all of the lighting units ( 1 ) have a substantially identical structure.

23. The lighting unit of claim 18 , wherein each light-emitting diode of an LED light source is separately controllable and separately dimmable.