Vehicle headlamp
First Claim
1. A vehicle headlamp, comprising:
- an ellipsoidal light reflector having first and second focuses;
a light source positioned at said first focus, so that light rays produced by said light source are reflected forward by said light reflector and converged at said second focus;
a converging lens positioned in front of said second focus;
a shading device positioned near said second focus for partially shading the light rays which have been reflected by said light reflector; and
control means for controlling the shading characteristic of said shading device,wherein said shading device comprises a liquid crystal matrix which has a plurality of small light transmitting elements independently and electrically controlled by said control means.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a vehicle headlamp which comprises an ellipsoidal light reflector having first and second focuses; a light source positioned at the first focus, so that light rays produced by the light source are reflected forward by the light reflector and converged at the second focus; a converging lens positioned in front of the second focus; a shading device positioned near the second focus for partially shading the light rays which have been reflected by the light reflector; and control means for controlling the shading characteristic of the shading device in accordance with an operation mode of the vehicle, wherein said shading device comprises a liquid crystal matrix which has a plurality of small light transmitting elements independently and electrically controlled by said control means.
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1. A vehicle headlamp, comprising:
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an ellipsoidal light reflector having first and second focuses; a light source positioned at said first focus, so that light rays produced by said light source are reflected forward by said light reflector and converged at said second focus; a converging lens positioned in front of said second focus; a shading device positioned near said second focus for partially shading the light rays which have been reflected by said light reflector; and control means for controlling the shading characteristic of said shading device, wherein said shading device comprises a liquid crystal matrix which has a plurality of small light transmitting elements independently and electrically controlled by said control means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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