VEHICULAR HEADLAMP
First Claim
1. A vehicular headlamp comprising:
- a light source irradiating visible light;
a lens allowing the visible light from the light source to pass through to forward of a vehicle,wherein the light source and the lens are mounted in a rotating element;
a scanning actuator for reciprocatingly rotating the rotating elementso as to form a light distribution pattern forward of the vehicle; and
a light distribution control portion for controlling the scanning actuator such that a portion of the light distribution pattern is relatively bright.
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Abstract
A vehicular headlamp includes at least one a light source irradiating visible light and a lens allowing the visible light from the light source to pass through to forward of a vehicle. The light source and the lens are mounted in a rotating element. Alternatively, the vehicular headlamp includes at least one a light source irradiating visible light, and a mirror mounted on a rotating element and arranged to reflect the visible light from the at least one light source to forward of a vehicle. The vehicular headlamp also includes a scanning actuator for reciprocatingly rotating the rotating element so as to form a light distribution pattern forward of the vehicle and a light distribution control portion for controlling the scanning actuator such that a portion of the light distribution pattern is relatively bright.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicular headlamp comprising:
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a light source irradiating visible light; a lens allowing the visible light from the light source to pass through to forward of a vehicle, wherein the light source and the lens are mounted in a rotating element;
a scanning actuator for reciprocatingly rotating the rotating elementso as to form a light distribution pattern forward of the vehicle; and a light distribution control portion for controlling the scanning actuator such that a portion of the light distribution pattern is relatively bright. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 14, 17)
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2. A vehicular headlamp comprising:
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a light source irradiating a visible light; a mirror mounted in a rotating element and arranged to reflect the visible light from the light source to forward of a vehicle; a scanning actuator for reciprocatingly rotating the rotating element so as to form a light distribution pattern forward of the vehicle; and a light distribution control portion for controlling the scanning actuator such that a portion of the light distribution pattern is relatively bright. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 15, 18)
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6. A vehicular headlamp comprising:
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a plurality of light sources irradiating visible light; a mirror mounted in a rotating element and arranged to reflect the visible light from the plurality of light sources to forward of a vehicle; a scanning actuator for reciprocatingly rotating the rotating element so as to form a light distribution pattern forward of the vehicle; and a light distribution control portion for controlling the scanning actuator such that a portion of the light distribution pattern is relatively bright wherein the light distribution control portion comprises; an actuator control portion for controlling the scanning actuator; and a light source control portion for controlling a light output of the plurality of the light sources. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 16, 19, 20)
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