Apparatus for lamp of vehicle
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorHyun Chang Hwang
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Abstract
A vehicle lamp apparatus according to an embodiment may include an actuator unit for the optic control of the vehicle lamp; a light source unit arranged near the actuator unit; and a control unit controlling light emission from at least some areas in the light source unit based on a control or pattern.
Claims6
A vehicle lamp comprising:
- a light source unit configured to emit light and including a plurality of light output areas respectively corresponding to a plurality of sets of coordinates;
- an optic unit configured to refract the light emitted from the light source unit and including a plurality of pixel optics respectively disposed on the plurality of light output areas and corresponding to the plurality of sets of coordinates, each pixel optic configured to advance or retreat to adjust an optic length of each pixel optic with respect to the light source unit;
- an actuator unit connected to and configured to control the light source unit and the optic unit;
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- a control unit connected to the actuator unit and configured to receive a control signal and control, through the actuator unit, light emission from at least one of the plurality of light output areas of the light source unit based on one or more sets of coordinates specified in the control signal and adjust, through the actuator unit, the optic length of at least one of the plurality of pixel optics based on one or more sets of coordinates specified in the control signal.
A method of controlling a vehicle lamp of a vehicle, the vehicle lamp comprising (1) a light source unit configured to emit light and having a plurality of light output areas respectively corresponding to a plurality of sets of coordinates, and (2) an optic unit configured to refract the light emitted from the light source unit and including a plurality of pixel optics respectively disposed on the plurality of light output areas and corresponding to the plurality of sets of coordinates, each pixel optic configured to advance or retreat to adjust an optic length of each pixel optic with respect to the light source unit, the method comprising:
- receiving a control signal;
- controlling light emission from each of the plurality of light output areas of the light source unit based on one or more sets of coordinates specified in a control signal;
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- adjusting the optic length of each of the plurality of pixel optics based on one or more sets of coordinates specified in the control signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.