Lamp for vehicle having a movable mirror and a light adjustment unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11326759-B2
Application number	US-202017071517-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 15, 2020
Priority date	Dec 26, 2019
Publication date	May 10, 2022
Grant date	May 10, 2022

Abstract

A lamp for a vehicle includes a light source unit for generating a first light; a light adjustment unit for adjusting a first light concentration for the first light to generate a second light having a second light concentration from the first light concentration; and a movable mirror unit for reflecting the second light to form an image of a predetermined shape on a road surface. A position where the image is formed on the road surface is changed depending on a position of the movable mirror unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lamp for a vehicle, comprising:
a light source unit for generating a first light;
a light adjustment unit for adjusting a first light concentration for the first light to generate a second light having a second light concentration that is different from the first light concentration; and
a movable mirror unit for reflecting the second light to form an image of a predetermined shape on a road surface,
wherein a position where the image is formed on the road surface is changed depending on a position of the movable mirror unit,
wherein the light adjustment unit comprises a plurality of lenses, wherein the plurality of lenses have different effective areas,
wherein the plurality of lenses comprise:
a first lens to which the first light is incident; and
a second lens from which the second light is emitted,
wherein an effective area of the first lens is greater than an effective area of the second lens, and

wherein the first lens causes the first light to be concentrated on a focal point that is disposed between the first lens and the second lens.

2. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein the light source unit comprises:
a plurality of light sources; and
an optical unit for synthesizing light generated from the plurality of light sources to generate the first light.

3. The lamp of claim 2 , wherein at least some of the plurality of light sources generate light of different colors.

4. The lamp of claim 2 , wherein the optical unit causes the light generated from each of the plurality of light sources to be transmitted or reflected.

5. The lamp of claim 2 , wherein the optical unit comprises a prism or a mirror.

6. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein the first lens and the second lens have a same optical axis.

7. The lamp of claim 6 , wherein the first light incident on the first lens and the second light emitted from the second lens proceed substantially parallel to the optical axis.

8. The lamp of claim 1 , wherein the first lens has a focal length different from a focal length of the second lens.

9. The lamp of claim 1 , further comprising:
a mirror unit for reflecting the first light and causing the first light to proceed to the light adjustment unit.

10. The lamp of claim 9 , wherein at least a portion of the mirror unit faces the movable mirror unit to allow the first light to pass through the light adjustment unit and proceed to the movable mirror unit.

Assignees

• Sl Corp

Inventors

• Park Hye Jin
• Lee Jong Min

Classifications

• F21S41/125

  Coloured light · CPC title

• F21W2107/10

  for land vehicles · CPC title

• F21S41/30

  characterised by reflectors · CPC title

• B60Q1/0029

  Spatial arrangement · CPC title

• F21S41/10

  characterised by the light source · CPC title