Headlamp for a vehicle
AssigneeHella GmbH & Co. KGaA
InventorsChristian Hüster, Boris Kubitza, Martin Plümpe, Udo Venker, Carsten Wilks
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Abstract
A headlamp for a vehicle is provided, and includes at least one light source and an optical element for generating a high beam light distribution and a low beam light distribution in front of the vehicle. The headlamp is designed to generate a high beam light distribution that contains at least one illuminated region, and at least one glare suppression region that is not lit. The headlamp is also designed to also generate a low beam light distribution that contains at least one illuminated region, and at least glare one suppression region that is not lit.
Claims9
A headlamp for a vehicle, the headlamp comprising:
- at least one light source wherein the at least one light source has a solidstate light emitting diodes (LEDs) array containing numerous LEDs arranged in a matrix, in which the individual LEDs can be actuated individually and/or in groups to generate pixels in a light distribution in a targeted manner, and
- an optical element for generating a high beam light distribution and a low beam light distribution in front of the vehicle,
- wherein the headlamp generates a high beam light distribution that contains at least one illuminated region and at least one glare suppression region that is not lit,
- wherein the headlamp also generates a low beam light distribution that contains at least one illuminated region and at least glare one suppression region that is not lit.
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