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PROJECTION HEADLAMP ARRANGEMENT FOR VEHICLES

  • US 20130021816A1
  • Filed: 03/31/2011
  • Published: 01/24/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A projection headlamp arrangement for vehicles with a left-hand projection headlamp and with a right-hand projection headlamp, with each headlamp containing:

  • a reflector with two focal points,a light source that is arranged in a first focal point of the reflector,a lens that is positioned in front of the reflector in the light beam direction and whose focal point is arranged in the vicinity of the second focal point of the reflector, anda shutter shaft which is arranged between the lens and the reflector and which can be adjusted by means of an adjustment unit to several rotational positions about a rotational axis extending horizontally and perpendicular to the optical axis, wherein one shutter edge of the shutter shaft is allocated to each of the rotational positions to create a cut-off line for a specified light distribution,whereinan image capture unit is provided for the detection of objects that are located in a region in front of the vehicle,an image processing unit is provided for the processing of the image data generated by the image capture unit,a light function sector of the shutter shaft is embodied as a marker light function sector with a shutter edge having an opening, wherein, in a marker light function, the adjustment unit, by means of a marker control signal, on one hand rotates the shutter shaft about the rotational axis of the shutter shaft and/or on the other hand pivots the left-hand projection headlamp and/or the right-hand projection headlamp about a vertical axis, so that at least a part of the object to be marked is illuminated by means of a partial light beam passing through the opening.

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