Lighting device for a motor vehicle headlight, and motor vehicle headlight

A lighting device (1) for a motor vehicle headlight for generating a light pattern (LV) or a part of a light pattern, the lighting device comprising:

• a number N of projection modules (10, 20), where N=2, 3, 4 or greater than 4, each of the projection modules (10, 20) being configured to generate a segment light pattern (LV10, LV20),
• wherein the segment light pattern (LV10, LV20) is formed from several light segments (SEG10, SEG20), and wherein the light segments (SEG10, SEG20) of the segment light pattern (LV10, LV20) lie in two or more substantially horizontal lines (Z101, Z102, Z201, Z202) and in two or more columns (S1001, . . . , S1005, . . . S1013, S2001, . . . , S2005, . . . S2013),
• wherein the light segments (SEG10, SEG20) lie in such a way that on activation of all light segments (SEG10, SEG20) of the segment light pattern (LV10, LV20) substantially no dark or light strips are formed between the lines and the columns,
• wherein each light segment (SEG10, SEG20) of the segment light pattern (LV10, LV20;
• LV10, LV20, LV30) can be activated or deactivated independently of the other segments of the segment light pattern (LV10, LV20;
• LV10, LV20, LV30),
• wherein in each line (Z101, Z102, Z201, Z202) several segments (SEG10, SEG20), the so-called main segments, have identical main segment width, BR,
• wherein all projection modules (10, 20) are configured identically from an optical point of view,
• wherein the projection modules (10, 20) are arranged with respect to one another in such a way that, proceeding from a first projection module (10) the so-called starting projection module (10), which generates a so-called starting segment light pattern (LV10), the segment light patterns (LV20;
• LV20, LV30) of the further projection modules (20) are displaced laterally in a common horizontal direction, wherein the extent of the displacement, VSh, of the nth segment light pattern (LV20;
• LV20, LV30) of the nth projection module (20) in this horizontal direction corresponds to a value VSh(n)=m×BR+(n−1)/N×BR, n=2, . . . , N, m=0, 1, or 2, or 3, or greater than 3,
• wherein at least one of the nth segment light patterns (LV20;
• LV10, LV20, LV30), n=2, . . . , N, is displaced upwards or downwards in vertical direction in respect of the starting segment light pattern (LV10),
• wherein the projection modules are identically constructed, and
• wherein the projection modules (10, 20) have respectively an optical axis (OA1, OA2), and wherein a displacement of a segment light pattern (LV20) in respect of the starting segment light pattern (LV10) thereby results, that the optical axis (OA2) of the projection module (20) generating the displaced segment light pattern (LV20) is inclined both about a horizontal angle (φ) and also about a vertical angle (γ) against the optical axis (OA1) of the starting projection module (10).