Reconfigurable vehicular exterior light projection module

A vehicular illumination module, the vehicular illumination module comprising:

• a housing configured to be disposed at an exterior portion of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular illumination module;
• a printed circuit board (PCB) accommodated by the housing;
• a single light emitting diode (LED) disposed at the PCB;
• a masking element accommodated by the housing, wherein the masking element comprises a plurality of patterns formed at the masking element, and wherein each pattern of the plurality of patterns is disposed at a respective portion of the masking element;
• wherein, with the housing disposed at the exterior portion of the vehicle, and when the single LED is electrically operated to emit light, light emitted by the single LED passes through a first portion of the masking element corresponding to a first pattern of the plurality of patterns and forms a first icon projected by the vehicular illumination module onto a surface on or proximate the vehicle;
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• wherein, with the housing disposed at the exterior portion of the vehicle, and when the single LED is electrically operated to emit light, light emitted by the single LED passes through a second portion of the masking element corresponding to a second pattern of the plurality of patterns and forms a second icon projected by the vehicular illumination module onto the surface on or proximate the vehicle.

A vehicular illumination module, the vehicular illumination module comprising:

• a housing configured to be disposed at an exterior portion of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular illumination module;
• a printed circuit board (PCB) accommodated by the housing;
• an illumination source disposed at the PCB;
• a masking element accommodated by the housing, wherein the masking element comprises a plurality of patterns formed at the masking element, and wherein each pattern of the plurality of patterns is disposed at a respective portion of the masking element;
• wherein the masking element is movable relative to the illumination source;
• wherein, with the housing disposed at the exterior portion of the vehicle, and when the illumination source is electrically operated to emit light, and in response to a first input, (i) the masking element moves relative to the illumination source to align the illumination source with a first portion of the masking element corresponding to a first pattern of the plurality of patterns and (ii) light emitted by the illumination source passes through the first portion of the masking element and forms a first icon projected by the vehicular illumination module onto a surface on or proximate the vehicle;
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• wherein, with the housing disposed at the exterior portion of the vehicle, and when the illumination source is electrically operated to emit light, and in response to a second input, (i) the masking element moves relative to the illumination source to align the illumination source with a second portion of the masking element corresponding to a second pattern of the plurality of patterns and (ii) light emitted by the illumination source passes through the second portion of the masking element and forms a second icon projected by the vehicular illumination module onto the surface on or proximate the vehicle.