System and Method for Determining the Reflectance of A Reflector of A Lamp of A Motor Vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US20220163447A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-26

    申请号:US17533789

    申请日:2021-11-23

    IPC分类号: G01N21/55

    摘要: A system for determining the reflectance of a reflector of a lamp of a motor vehicle. The system comprises a light source designed to emit a predetermined light beam to illuminate the reflecting surface of the reflector, imaging capturing apparatus that is arranged so as to capture a series of images) containing the illuminated reflecting surface of the reflector, a processing device that is configured so as to digitally remove a first component (LS2) associated with a first photometric quantity of the light source from the images) so as to determine a second component (associated with the first actual photometric quantity of the reflector to determine the reflectance of the reflector based on second component.

    Automotive Light
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    发明公开
    Automotive Light 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230211723A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-06

    申请号:US18090236

    申请日:2022-12-28

    摘要: An automotive light comprising a lighting assembly which is located inside the rear body, is adapted to backlight a corresponding transparent or semi-transparent sector of the front half-shell, and comprises: a pair of light-guide bars made of photoconductive material, which extend toward each other inside the rear body, while remaining both substantially grazing the front half-shell, and have their respective proximal ends adjacent and aligned to one another; and a pair of electrically-powered light sources that are located within the rear body each adjacent to the distal end of a respective light-guide bar, and are oriented so as to direct the light produced inside the body of the facing light-guide bar; the proximal ends of both light-guide bars being shaped so as to form respective plate-like heads that are locally substantially coplanar to each other and are arranged inside the rear body one spaced beside the other, so as to form/delimit therebetween a small transversal slot, which is substantially straight and is inclined with respect to the local longitudinal axis of the same light-guide bars.

    Automotive lighting apparatus and relative control method

    公开(公告)号:US11465551B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-11

    申请号:US17125334

    申请日:2020-12-17

    IPC分类号: B60Q1/14 F21S41/24 F21S41/16

    摘要: An automotive lighting apparatus is provided that includes a rear body which is adapted to be fixed to the outside or to the inside of the vehicle; a front half-shell arranged to close the mouth of said rear body; and at least one lighting assembly which is located inside the rear body and is adapted to backlight, on command, a corresponding transparent or semi-transparent sector of the front half-shell; the lighting assembly including a radially emitting optical fibre of given length; an electrically-powered, collimated light source which is located in front of a proximal end of the optical fibre, and is adapted to direct, towards the same proximal end, a collimated light beam that enters and travels inside the optical fibre; at least one proximal photometric sensor which is arranged beside the collimated light source and/or the proximal end of the optical fibre so as to capture/detect the light reflected/scattered on entering into the optical fibre; at least one distal photometric sensor which is located in front of the distal end of the optical fibre, and is adapted to capture/detect the light exiting from the distal end of the optical fibre; and an electronic control unit which is adapted to command the collimated light source on the basis of the signals coming from said proximal and distal photometric sensors.

    Automotive Lighting Apparatus and Relative Control Method

    公开(公告)号:US20210188158A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US17125334

    申请日:2020-12-17

    IPC分类号: B60Q1/14 F21S41/24

    摘要: An automotive lighting apparatus is provided that includes a rear body which is adapted to be fixed to the outside or to the inside of the vehicle; a front half-shell arranged to close the mouth of said rear body; and at least one lighting assembly which is located inside the rear body and is adapted to backlight, on command, a corresponding transparent or semi-transparent sector of the front half-shell; the lighting assembly including a radially emitting optical fibre of given length; an electrically-powered, collimated light source which is located in front of a proximal end of the optical fibre, and is adapted to direct, towards the same proximal end, a collimated light beam that enters and travels inside the optical fibre; at least one proximal photometric sensor which is arranged beside the collimated light source and/or the proximal end of the optical fibre so as to capture/detect the light reflected/scattered on entering into the optical fibre; at least one distal photometric sensor which is located in front of the distal end of the optical fibre, and is adapted to capture/detect the light exiting from the distal end of the optical fibre; and an electronic control unit which is adapted to command the collimated light source on the basis of the signals coming from said proximal and distal photometric sensors.