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US 10,760,760 B2Granted
Illumination apparatus, vehicle component and vehicle
AssigneeSMR Patents S.à.r.l.
InventorsOliver Schmidt, Daniel Fritz, Jacob Messenger, Torsten Weingärtner, Fabian Sehn
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Abstract
An illumination device includes at least one illuminant for emitting light, and an optical reflection unit, including at least one reflective surface, and at least one surface including at least one mask, where the optical reflection unit is configured to receive the light emitted from the at least one illuminant and project at least one of an image, a symbol, a logo, and a legend on a projection surface.
Claims30
An automotive illumination device, comprising:
- an illuminant for emitting light;
- and
- an optical reflection unit, comprising:
- a reflective surface configured to reflect light emitted from the illuminant, and a mask,
- wherein the optical reflection unit is configured to project an image on a projection surface,
- wherein the mask is configured to change at least one of the frequency and intensity of light reflected from the reflective surface to generate the projected image, and
- wherein the projection surface is a screen.
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An automotive illumination device, comprising:
- an illuminant for emitting light;
- and
- an optical reflection unit, comprising:
- a reflective surface configured to reflect light emitted from the illuminant, and a mask,
- wherein the optical reflection unit is configured to project an image on a projection surface,
- wherein the mask is configured to change at least one of the frequency and intensity of light reflected from the reflective surface to generate the projected image,
- wherein the illuminant emits light with an optical axis parallel to the projection surface and is attached to a carrier surface perpendicular to the projection surface,
- wherein the mask and reflective surface are included on the carrier element, and
- wherein a cross-section of the carrier element is in the form of a triangle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.