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Granted Patent B2
US 12,649,414 · App. 18/487,852 · Granted Jun 9, 2026

Hybrid communication lamp

Inventor: Myeong Je Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
B60Q1/50B60Q1/08
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Patent No.
US 12,649,414
App. No.
18/487,852
Granted
Jun 9, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hybrid communication lamp may be manufactured at a low manufacturing cost by including a first lamp that irradiates light with a relatively high resolution and a second lamp that irradiates light with a relatively low resolution, and the control device may control the first lamp and the second lamp to output light for displaying visual images or the like related to various types of information, thereby providing convenience to drivers and pedestrians.

Claims (22)

1 . A hybrid communication lamp, comprising:

a first lamp configured to irradiate first light having a first angle of view and a first angle-of-view resolution and output an image displaying road surface information with the first light;

a second lamp configured to irradiate second light having a second angle of view and a second angle-of-view resolution; and

a control device configured to control the first lamp to change a region position where the first light is irradiated, and control the second lamp to change a region where the second light is irradiated,

wherein the first angle-of-view resolution is at least two times greater than the second angle-of-view resolution,

wherein the control device is configured to control the first lamp and the second lamp so that the first lamp exclusively outputs the image, and control the first lamp and the second lamp to output an adaptive driving beam.

2 . The hybrid communication lamp of claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to control the first lamp and the second lamp so that only the first lamp outputs the image, and control the second lamp so that the second lamp outputs a high beam.

3 . The hybrid communication lamp of claim 2 , wherein the control device is configured to control the second lamp so that the second lamp outputs an adaptive driving beam.

4 . The hybrid communication lamp of claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to control the first lamp and the second lamp so that only one of the first lamp and the second lamp outputs the image.

5 . The hybrid communication lamp of claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to control the first lamp and the second lamp so that the first angle of view and the second angle of view are the same.

6 . The hybrid communication lamp of claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to control the first lamp and the second lamp so that the first angle-of-view resolution and the second angle-of-view resolution are the same.

7 . The hybrid communication lamp of claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to control the first lamp and the second lamp so that the image is output to a remaining area other than an area where an area to which the first light is irradiated and an area to which the second light is irradiated overlap.

8 . The hybrid communication lamp of claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to control the first lamp so that a resolution of the first light is equal to a resolution of the second light.

9 . The hybrid communication lamp of claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to:

control the first lamp and the second lamp to output an adaptive driving beam, and

control the first lamp so that the resolution of the first light and the resolution of the second light are the same in an area where an area to which the first light is irradiated and an area to which the second light is irradiated overlap, when the first lamp and the second lamp output the adaptive driving beam.

10 . The hybrid communication lamp of claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to:

generate a grid for adjusting an alignment of the first lamp and the second lamp, and

generate the grid for adjusting the alignment of the first lamp so that a grid spacing of the first lamp is the same as that of the second lamp, when generating the grid for adjusting the alignment of the first lamp.

11 . The hybrid communication lamp of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first auxiliary lamp configured to radiate third light to widen an irradiation area of a high beam irradiated from a vehicle including the hybrid communication lamp; and

a second auxiliary lamp configured to radiate fourth light to widen an irradiation area of a low beam irradiated from the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2023
From: KIM, MYEONG JE
To: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065363/0753 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0153653 · Nov 16, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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