IP Library Granted Patent US 10,317,523
Granted Patent B2
US 10,317,523 · App. 15/477,151 · Granted Jun 11, 2019

Lighting device for a vehicle and vehicle headlight

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Patent No.
US 10,317,523
App. No.
15/477,151
Granted
Jun 11, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lighting device for a vehicle is provided. The lighting device includes a light source with which at least one of useful light or assist light can be emitted into the surroundings, a sensor with which at least one of useful light or assist light reflected by the surroundings can be at least partially detected, and an electronic unit for evaluating at least one of the useful light or assist light sensed by the sensor.

Claims (51)

1. A lighting device for a vehicle, the lighting device comprising:

a light source with which at least one of useful light or assist light can be emitted into the surroundings; wherein the light source is embodied as a laser-activated remote phosphor system;

a sensor with which at least one of useful light or assist light reflected by the surroundings can be at least partially detected; and

an electronic unit for evaluating at least one of the useful light or assist light sensed by the sensor.

2. The lighting device of claim 1 ,

further comprising a microelectromechanical component configured to adjust a direction of at least one of the useful light or of the assist light of the light source.

3. The lighting device of claim 1 ,

wherein changes in at least one of the useful light or assist light can be sensed with the electronic unit.

4. The lighting device of claim 3 ,

wherein at least one of the following can be sensed as changes:

transit time differences of at least one of the useful light or assist light a frequency shift of at least one of the useful light or assist light; and

a change in a signal strength of at least one of the useful light or assist light.

5. The lighting device of claim 1 ,

wherein the electronic unit is configured in such a way that the type of an object which reflects the useful light can be determined with this electronic unit on the basis of a light intensity of the sensed at least one of useful light or assist light.

6. The lighting device of claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the useful light/or assist light are/is modulated.

7. The lighting device of claim 6 ,

wherein the modulation of at least one of the useful light or assist light is not angle-dependent or is angle-dependent.

8. The lighting device of claim 6 ,

wherein the modulation is dependent on at least one of a group of parameter, the group consisting of:

vehicle parameters;

ambient conditions; and

other road users.

9. The lighting device of claim 6 ,

wherein at least one of the following is vehicle-specific:

the modulation of at least one of the useful light or assist light;

a pulse sequence of at least one of the useful light or assist light; and

a pulse frequency of at least one of the useful light or assist light.

10. The lighting device of claim 6 ,

wherein at least one of the following can be adapted as a function of one other vehicle:

the modulation of at least one of the useful light or assist light;

a pulse sequence of at least one of the useful light or assist light; and

a pulse frequency of at least one of the useful light or assist light.

11. The lighting device of claim 1 ,

wherein a multiplicity of light sources is provided;

wherein properties of at least one of the useful light or assist light emitted by a respective light source differ, or wherein the properties are the same.

12. The lighting device of claim 11 ,

wherein the modulations for a respective light source are carried out in the same direction or in the opposite direction.

13. The lighting device of claim 1 ,

wherein the laser-activated remote phosphor system comprises a convertor which is transmissive in a specific wavelength range.

14. A vehicle headlight, comprising:

a lighting device, comprising:

a light source with which at least one of useful light or assist light can be emitted into the surroundings;

a sensor with which at least one of useful light or assist light reflected by the surroundings can be at least partially detected; and

an electronic unit for evaluating at least one of the useful light or assist light sensed by the sensor.

15. A lighting device for a vehicle, the lighting device comprising:

a light source with which at least one of useful light or assist light can be emitted into the surroundings; wherein the light source is embodied by a multiplicity of light-emitting diodes;

a sensor with which at least one of useful light or assist light reflected by the surroundings can be at least partially detected; and

an electronic unit for evaluating at least one of the useful light or assist light sensed by the sensor.

16. The lighting device of claim 15 ,

wherein the light-emitting diodes are arranged in a matrix.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2019
From: OSRAM GMBH
To: OSRAM BETEILIGUNGSVERWALTUNG GMBH
Reel/Frame 051381/0677 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2017
From: SCHWAIGER, STEPHAN; HERING, OLIVER
To: OSRAM GMBH
Reel/Frame 043941/0839 →