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US 10,480,742 B2Granted
Optical module for a motor vehicle
AssigneeValeo Vision
InventorsAlexandre Joerg, Marine Courcier
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Abstract
An optical module for a motor vehicle, the module having a longitudinal optical axis including a matrix array of elementary light sources emitting from a common emission plane that is orthogonal to the optical axis, and a projecting lens for projecting the image of the elementary light sources. The projecting lens includes an object focal surface having a curvature defect. A field-correcting optical element is interposed between the emission plane and the projecting lens.
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An optical module for a motor vehicle, said module having a longitudinal optical axis and comprising:
- a matrix array including two rows of elementary light sources each of which is configured to emit a primary elementary beam from a common emission plane that is orthogonal to the optical axis;
- a projecting lens that is arranged longitudinally at a distance in front of the matrix array of elementary light sources and that is configured to project the image of the elementary light sources, the projecting lens including an object focal surface having a curvature defect;
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- a field-correcting optical element interposed between the emission plane and the projecting lens, the field-correcting optical element compensating for the curvature defect in the object focal surface of the projecting lens,
- wherein the optical module includes a primary optical element including a plurality of light guides of longitudinal principal axes, each light guide of the plurality of light guides corresponding to a different one of the elementary light sources of the matrix array, each light guide including an entrance face through which light rays emitted by an associated primary light source of the matrix array enter and an exit front end face through which light rays exit, which face is arranged in the emission plane, each exit face forming a secondary elementary light source of said matrix array of elementary light sources,
- all of the light guides are produced in a primary optical element produced in a common block including a common exit front face for the light rays, and
- the entrance face of the field-correcting optical element is arranged longitudinally a distance away from the exit face of the primary optical element.
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