Vehicle lamp with rotating light source
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorSeung-Pyo Hong
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Abstract
A vehicle lamp with a rotating light source may include a signal receiver which receives a signal from one or more sensors provided in a vehicle; a light emitting diode (LED) portion having one or more LED elements configured to emit light toward an outside of the vehicle; a controller connected to the one or more LED elements and configured to control a light generation amount of the one or more LED elements; a signal transmitter which is connected to the signal receiver, receives the signal from the signal receiver and transmits the received signal to the controller; and a driver coupled to the LED portion and configured to rotate the LED portion, wherein the controller controls the light generation amount of the one or more LED elements in a response to the signal.
Claims19
A vehicle lamp apparatus with a rotating light source, the vehicle lamp apparatus comprising:
- a signal receiver which is connected to one or more sensors mounted in a vehicle and receives a signal from the one or more sensors;
- a light emitting diode (LED) portion having one or more LED elements configured to emit light toward an outside of the vehicle;
- a controller connected to the one or more LED elements and configured to control a light generation amount of the one or more LED elements;
- a signal transmitter which is connected to the signal receiver, receives the signal from the signal receiver and transmits the received signal to the controller;
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- a driver coupled to the LED portion and configured to rotate the LED portion,
- wherein the controller is configured to control the light generation amount of the one or more LED elements in a response to the received signal,
- wherein a revolution number detector is provided on one side of the LED portion to detect a number of revolutions of the LED portion, and
- wherein the controller is configured to control the light generation amount of the one or more LED elements according to a variation of the number of revolutions of the LED portion.
A vehicle lamp apparatus with a rotating light source, the vehicle lamp apparatus comprising:
- a light emitting diode (LED) portion having one or more LED elements configured to emit light toward an outside of the vehicle;
- a controller connected to the one or more LED elements and configured to control a light generation amount of the one or more LED elements;
- a driver coupled to the LED portion and configured to rotate the LED portion;
- a signal receiver which is connected to the one or more sensors mounted in a vehicle and receives a signal from the one or more sensors;
- a driving force generator configured to select a driving level in a response to the signal and apply the selected driving level to the driver;
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- a signal transmitter configured to receive the signal from the signal receiver and to transmit the received signal to the driving force generator,
- wherein the controller is configured to vary a number of revolutions of the LED portion according to the selected driving level,
- wherein a position signal transmitter is provided on a side of the driver,
- wherein a position signal receiver configured to detect the position signal transmitter is provided in the LED portion,
- wherein when the position signal transmitter is detected, the position signal receiver transmits a detection signal to the controller, and
- wherein the controller is configured to control the light generation amount of the one or more LED elements in a response to the detection signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.