# US 2017/0285162 A1 · Lighting device for a vehicle and vehicle headlight > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0285162 A1 - Document ID: US20170285162A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/477,151 - Filed: 2017-04-03 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-05 - Assignees: OSRAM GmbH - Applicants: OSRAM GmbH - Inventors: Stephan Schwaiger; Oliver Hering - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170285162A1 ## CPC - F21S 41/16: Laser light sources - B60Q 1/0023: {the element being a sensor, e.g. distance sensor, camera} - F21S 41/176: Light sources where the light is generated by photoluminescent material spaced from a primary light generating element - F21S 45/70: Prevention of harmful light leakage - G01S 7/4814: {of transmitters alone} - G01S 13/88: Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications (electromagnetic prospecting or detecting of objects, e.g. near-field detection, G01V3/00) - G01S 13/931: of land vehicles - B60R 21/0134: responsive to imminent contact with an obstacle {, e.g. using radar systems} - G01S 17/931: of land vehicles - G08G 1/16: Anti-collision systems (road vehicle drive control systems for predicting or avoiding probable or impending collision otherwise than by control of a particular sub-unit B60W30/08) - F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS - B60Q: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) ## Abstract A lighting device for a vehicle is provided. The lighting device includes a light source with which at least one of useful light or assist light can be emitted into the surroundings, a sensor with which at least one of useful light or assist light reflected by the surroundings can be at least partially detected, and an electronic unit for evaluating at least one of the useful light or assist light sensed by the sensor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lighting device for a vehicle, the lighting device comprising: a light source with which at least one of useful light or assist light can be emitted into the surroundings; a sensor with which at least one of useful light or assist light reflected by the surroundings can be at least partially detected; and an electronic unit for evaluating at least one of the useful light or assist light sensed by the sensor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lighting device of claim 1, wherein a direction of at least one of the useful light or of the assist light of the light source can be adjusted. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the light source is embodied as a laser-activated remote phosphor system. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the light source is embodied by a multiplicity of light-emitting diodes. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The lighting device of claim 4, wherein the light-emitting diodes are arranged in a matrix. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The lighting device of claim 1, wherein changes in at least one of the useful light or assist light can be sensed with the electronic unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The lighting device of claim 6, wherein at least one of the following can be sensed as changes: transit time differences of at least one of the useful light or assist light a frequency shift of at least one of the useful light or assist light; and a change in a signal strength of at least one of the useful light or assist light. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the electronic unit is configured in such a way that the type of an object which reflects the useful light can be determined with this electronic unit on the basis of a light intensity of the sensed at least one of useful light or assist light. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The lighting device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the useful light/or assist light are/is modulated. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The lighting device of claim 9, wherein the modulation of at least one of the useful light or assist light is not angle-dependent or is angle-dependent. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The lighting device of claim 9, wherein the modulation is dependent on at least one of a group of parameter, the group consisting of: vehicle parameters; ambient conditions; and other road users. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The lighting device of claim 9, wherein at least one of the following is vehicle-specific: the modulation of at least one of the useful light or assist light; a pulse sequence of at least one of the useful light or assist light; and a pulse frequency of at least one of the useful light or assist light ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The lighting device of claim 9, wherein at least one of the following can be adapted as a function of one other vehicle: the modulation of at least one of the useful light or assist light; a pulse sequence of at least one of the useful light or assist light; and a pulse frequency of at least one of the useful light or assist light ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The lighting device of claim 1, wherein a multiplicity of light sources is provided; wherein properties of at least one of the useful light or assist light emitted by a respective light source differ, or wherein the properties are the same. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The lighting device of claim 14, wherein the modulations for a respective light source are carried out in the same direction or in the opposite direction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 3) The lighting device of claim 3, wherein the laser-activated remote phosphor system comprises a convertor which is transmissive in a specific wavelength range. ### Claim 17 A vehicle headlight, comprising: a lighting device, comprising: a light source with which at least one of useful light or assist light can be emitted into the surroundings; a sensor with which at least one of useful light or assist light reflected by the surroundings can be at least partially detected; and an electronic unit for evaluating at least one of the useful light or assist light sensed by the sensor.