公开(公告)号：US20220074567A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-10

申请号：US17415907

申请日：2019-12-17

Applicant: ZKW Group GmbH

Inventor： Josef Plank ,  Thomas Schlinger ,  Andreas Moser ,  Bettina Reisinger

IPC: F21S41/663

Abstract: Light module system, comprising a first light module and a second light module, wherein the first light module can be controlled in dependence on the second light module, wherein the first light module is configured as a non-high-resolution light module, and is set up to generate a light distribution of a first type (1, 10) in a region in front of the light module system, wherein the light distribution of the first type (1, 10) can be dimmed, the second light module is configured as a high-resolution light module, wherein a minimum brightness is associated with a sector (4) of the light distribution of the first type, and the second light module is set up to generate at least one ground-projection light distribution (3) in an operating mode, wherein the at least one ground-projection light distribution (3) is a visual presentation of information, and thereby to cause the first light module to, at least partially, dim the light distribution of the first type, and to illuminate the sector (4) of the light distribution of the first type.

公开(公告)号：US20210341122A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-04

申请号：US17265582

申请日：2019-08-05

Applicant: ZKW Group GmbH

Inventor： Andreas Moser ,  Bernhard Mandl ,  Friedrich Bauer

IPC: F21S41/265 ,  F21V5/00 ,  F21V5/08

Abstract: Disclosed is a projection apparatus (2) for a lighting module (1) of a motor vehicle headlamp, the projection apparatus (2) being formed by a plurality of micro-optical systems (3) that are arranged like a matrix; each micro-optical system (3) includes a micro-input optical element (30), a micro-output optical element (31) associated with the micro-input optical element (30), and a micro-diaphragm (32), all micro-input optical elements (31) forming an input optical unit (4), all micro-output optical elements (31) forming an output optical unit (5), and all micro-diaphragms (32) forming a diaphragm device (6); the diaphragm device (6) is disposed in a plane extending substantially perpendicularly to the main direction of emission (Z) of the projection apparatus (2), while the input optical unit (4), the output optical unit (5) and the diaphragm device (6) are disposed in planes extending substantially parallel to one another; the micro-diaphragm (32) of each micro-optical system (3) has an optically effective edge (320, 320a, 320b, 320c, 320d, 320e), all of the micro-optical systems (3) are subdivided into at least two micro-optical system groups (G1, G2, G3), and the optically effective edges (320, 320a, 320b, 320c, 320d, 320e) in the micro-optical systems (3) from different micro-optical system groups (G1, G2, G3) are positioned differently relative to the associated micro-output optical elements (31) within the intermediate image plane.

公开(公告)号：US11371669B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-28

申请号：US17415826

申请日：2019-11-26

Applicant: ZKW Group GmbH

Inventor： Matthias Kemetmüller ,  Bernd Eichinger ,  Markus Danner ,  Andreas Moser ,  Lukas Leonhartsberger

IPC: F21S41/24 ,  F21S41/40 ,  F21S41/32 ,  F21S41/265 ,  F21S41/148 ,  F21W102/135

Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for a motor vehicle headlight for generating a light pattern with a light-shadow line, wherein the lighting device comprises a light source (10), a light-permeable body (100), a light injection element (101) for injecting light which the at least one light source (10) emits, and a projection device (500). The light-permeable body (100) has an aperture device (103) with an aperture edge region (104). A light beam (S2) spreading in the optical element (110) is displayed by the projection device (500) as a light pattern (LV) with a light-shadow line (HD), with the light-shadow line (HD) being determined by the aperture edge region (104) of the aperture device (103). At least one light guide element (200, 300) is arranged on the optical element (110), which light guide element has a light guide element light incoupling face (201, 301) and a light guide element light outcoupling face (202, 302), the at least one light guide element (200, 300) being arranged on the optical element (110) in such a manner that light (S3) is injected from the light injection element (101) via the light guide element light incoupling face (201, 301) into the at least one light guide element (200, 300), spreads within this, and enters the optical element (110) again via the light guide element light outcoupling face (202, 302), the light guide element light outcoupling face (202, 302) of the at least one light guide element (200, 300) issuing into the optical element (110) in such a manner that the at least one light guide element light outcoupling face (200, 300) lies beneath the aperture edge region (104) as considered in the vertical direction (Z), so that the light rays (S5) re-entering the optical element (110) from the projection optical assembly (200) are projected as a sign-light light beam (SL) into a region (B) of the light pattern located above the light-shadow line, and are displayed in the light pattern as a sign-light light pattern (SV), for instance.

公开(公告)号：US20210325016A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-21

申请号：US17264975

申请日：2019-08-05

Applicant: ZKW Group GmbH

Inventor： Andreas Moser ,  Bernhard Mandl ,  Friedrich Bauer

IPC: F21S41/265 ,  F21S41/43 ,  F21S41/143 ,  F21S41/663

Abstract: Disclosed is a projection apparatus (2) for a lighting module (1) of a motor vehicle headlamp, the projection apparatus (2) being formed by a plurality of micro-optical systems (3) that are arranged like a matrix; each micro-optical system (3) includes a micro-input optical element (30), a micro-output optical element (31) associated with the micro-input optical element (30), and a micro-diaphragm (32), all micro-input optical elements (31) forming an input optical unit (4), all micro-output optical elements (31) forming an output optical unit (5), and the micro-diaphragms (32) forming a diaphragm device (6); the diaphragm device (6) is disposed in a plane extending substantially perpendicularly to the main direction of emission (Z) of the projection apparatus (2), while the input optical unit (4), the output optical unit (5) and the diaphragm device (6) are disposed in planes extending substantially parallel to one another; all of the micro-optical systems (3) are subdivided into at least two micro-optical system groups (G1, G2, G3), and the micro-diaphragms (32) of the micro-optical systems (3) of each micro-optical system group (G1, G2, G3) can be projected in focus by means of light having at least one optical wavelength (λG, λG2, λG3) lying within a predefined optical wavelength range, the predefined optical wavelength ranges being different in different micro-optical system groups (G1, G2, G3).

公开(公告)号：US11060684B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-13

申请号：US16648552

申请日：2018-07-30

Applicant: ZKW GROUP GMBH

Inventor： Andreas Moser

IPC: F21S41/265

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle illumination device (1) for generating light distribution, comprising an optical imaging system (2) and at least one light source (3) associated with the optical imaging system, in which: the optical imaging system (2) comprises a collimator (4), an incidence optical element (5) and an emergence optical element (6); the collimator (4) is arranged between the at least one light source (3) and the incidence optical element (5) and is designed to collimate light beams produced by the at least one light source (3) in order to produce collimated light beams, and to guide the collimated light beams (7) towards the incidence optical element (5) of the optical imaging system (2); the incidence optical element (5) comprises a plurality of integrally formed incidence micro-optical elements (50 to 58), a first optical axis (50a to 58a) being associated with each incidence micro-optical element (50 to 58) and all first optical axes (50a to 58a) extending in the same direction corresponding to the direction of propagation of the collimated light beams (7); the emergence optical element (6) comprises a plurality of integrally formed emergence micro-optical elements (60), a second optical axis (60a) being associated with each emergence micro-optical element (60) and all second optical axes (60a) extending in the same direction; each incidence micro-optical element (50-58) comprises a light incidence surface (50b to 58b) facing the collimated light beams and a light emergence surface (50c to 58c) facing the emergence optical element (6), all of the light emergence surfaces (50c to 58c) forming a common, preferably flat surface (8); and at least two differently formed incidence micro-optical elements (50 to 58) are associated with each emergence micro-optical element (60) in such a way that light beams (9a to 9c) hitting the at least two differently formed incidence micro-optical elements (50 to 58) and passing through said at least two differently formed incidence micro-optical elements (50 to 58) exclusively hit the emergence micro-optical element (60) associated with the at least two differently formed incidence micro-optical elements (50 to 58) and form different sub-regions of the light distribution after having passed though the emergence micro-optical system (60).

公开(公告)号：US10378719B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-13

申请号：US15559886

申请日：2016-04-04

Applicant: ZKW Group GmbH

Inventor： Lukas Taudt ,  Bettina Reisinger ,  Andreas Moser

IPC: F21S41/43 ,  F21S41/143 ,  F21S41/24 ,  F21S41/255 ,  F21S41/25

Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for a motor vehicle headlight, comprising a light module (2) with at least one light emission source (10), a primary lens (100) and a secondary lens (300), wherein said primary lens (100) comprises at least one light-conducting ancillary lens (102) which is designed to direct light (50) captured by the at least one light emission source (10) through at least one light-emitting surface (103) of the ancillary lens and on to the secondary lens (300) arranged downstream in optical longitudinal axial direction (150), and wherein the secondary lens (300) is designed to image a light distribution, which forms on the light-emitting surface (103) of the ancillary lens, in an area in front of the lighting device (1). At least one light-guiding shield (200) for shading a light color fringe (250) is arranged between the primary lens (100) and the secondary lens (300), wherein the at least one light-guiding shield (200, 201, 202) forms an optically active first aperture edge (221) for a lower light color fringe (252) and an optically active second aperture edge (222) for an upper light color fringe (251), and the optically active aperture edges (220, 221, 222) are each arranged in such a manner in the light beam (50) that blue defining light beams (51) of the light color fringe (250, 251, 252) can be selectively shaded.

公开(公告)号：US20220136670A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17415826

申请日：2019-11-26

Applicant: ZKW Group GmbH

Inventor： Matthias Kemetmüller ,  Bernd Eichinger ,  Markus Danner ,  Andreas Moser ,  Lukas Leonhartsberger

IPC: F21S41/24 ,  F21S41/40 ,  F21S41/148 ,  F21S41/32 ,  F21S41/265

Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for a motor vehicle headlight for generating a light pattern with a light-shadow line, wherein the lighting device comprises a light source (10), a light-permeable body (100), a light injection element (101) for injecting light which the at least one light source (10) emits, and a projection device (500). The light-permeable body (100) has an aperture device (103) with an aperture edge region (104). A light beam (S2) spreading in the optical element (110) is displayed by the projection device (500) as a light pattern (LV) with a light-shadow line (HD), with the light-shadow line (HD) being determined by the aperture edge region (104) of the aperture device (103). At least one light guide element (200, 300) is arranged on the optical element (110), which light guide element has a light guide element light incoupling face (201, 301) and a light guide element light outcoupling face (202, 302), the at least one light guide element (200, 300) being arranged on the optical element (110) in such a manner that light (S3) is injected from the light injection element (101) via the light guide element light incoupling face (201, 301) into the at least one light guide element (200, 300), spreads within this, and enters the optical element (110) again via the light guide element light outcoupling face (202, 302), the light guide element light outcoupling face (202, 302) of the at least one light guide element (200, 300) issuing into the optical element (110) in such a manner that the at least one light guide element light outcoupling face (200, 300) lies beneath the aperture edge region (104) as considered in the vertical direction (Z), so that the light rays (S5) re-entering the optical element (110) from the projection optical assembly (200) are projected as a sign-light light beam (SL) into a region (B) of the light pattern located above the light-shadow line, and are displayed in the light pattern as a sign-light light pattern (SV), for instance.

公开(公告)号：US11193643B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-07

申请号：US17048004

申请日：2019-05-14

Applicant: ZKW Group GmbH

Inventor： Matthias Kemetmüller ,  Bernhard Mandl ,  Andreas Moser ,  Friedrich Bauer

IPC: F21S41/25 ,  F21S41/141 ,  F21Y115/10

Abstract: The invention relates to a light module for a motor vehicle headlamp, comprising: at least one light source (1) and at least one projection device (2), the projection device (2) having an entry optical unit (21) and an exit optical unit (22), the entry optical unit (21) being designed to form an intermediate image from light emitted by the at least one light source (1) in an intermediate image plane, which lies between the entry optical unit (21) and the exit optical unit (22) and is substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection device (2), and the exit optical unit (22) being designed to image the intermediate image into a region in front of the light module in the form of a light distribution of a first predefined type, at least one additional light source (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) being provided, which at least one additional light source (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) is designed to emit light between the entry optical unit (21) and the exit optical unit (22); the exit optical unit (22) being designed to image the light emitted by the at least one additional light source (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) into the region in front of the light module in the form of a light distribution of a second predefined type; the entry optical unit (21) and the at least one additional light source (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) being designed in such a way and being associated with each other in such a way that neither the at least one additional light source (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) nor the light emitted by the at least one additional light source (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) changes the intermediate image.

公开(公告)号：US10995927B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-04

申请号：US16769775

申请日：2018-11-27

Applicant: ZKW GROUP GMBH

Inventor： Bernhard Mandl ,  Andreas Moser ,  Friedrich Bauer ,  Peter Schadenhofer

IPC: F21S41/43 ,  F21S41/265 ,  F21S41/143 ,  F21S41/153

Abstract: The invention relates to a projection device (1) for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the projection device (1) is designed to project light of at least one light source (2) associated with the projection device (1) into a zone in front of the motor vehicle in at least one light distribution pattern, namely a low-beam light distribution pattern, a total number of the low-beam microlenses comprising at least two groups of low-beam microlenses.

公开(公告)号：US11560996B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-24

申请号：US17415907

申请日：2019-12-17

Applicant: ZKW Group GmbH

Inventor： Josef Plank ,  Thomas Schlinger ,  Andreas Moser ,  Bettina Reisinger

IPC: F21S41/663 ,  F21W103/60

Abstract: Light module system, comprising a first light module and a second light module, wherein the first light module can be controlled in dependence on the second light module, wherein the first light module is configured as a non-high-resolution light module, and is set up to generate a light distribution of a first type (1, 10) in a region in front of the light module system, wherein the light distribution of the first type (1, 10) can be dimmed, the second light module is configured as a high-resolution light module, wherein a minimum brightness is associated with a sector (4) of the light distribution of the first type, and the second light module is set up to generate at least one ground-projection light distribution (3) in an operating mode, wherein the at least one ground-projection light distribution (3) is a visual presentation of information, and thereby to cause the first light module to, at least partially, dim the light distribution of the first type, and to illuminate the sector (4) of the light distribution of the first type.