Light module for a motor vehicle headlamp

A light module for a motor vehicle headlamp for generating an adaptive light distribution, which light module comprises

• at least one light source for emitting light,
• at least one primary optical element for focusing the emitted light,
• a diaphragm arrangement for implementing a variable effective upper edge, which can be introduced into a beam path of the emitted and/or focused light, and
• a secondary optical element for imaging the light passing the effective upper edge of the diaphragm arrangement on a roadway in front of the vehicle, where the diaphragm arrangement is designed to implement an effective upper edge Which brings about the generation of a lower beam light distribution with a substantially horizontal light-dark boundary and a slot is cutout from the upper edge of the diaphragm providing an illuminated region formed at a specific horizontal position above the light-dark boundary, which region is delimited on the right-hand side and on the left-hand side by light-dark boundaries and has an extent in the horizontal and vertical directions of in each case at least 2° horizontal and approximately 3° to 5° vertical on a measuring screen arranged at a distance in front of the headlamp.

A headlamp system for a motor vehicle for illuminating a roadway in front of the motor vehicle with an adaptive light distribution, which headlamp system comprises, on the nose of the vehicle, in each case at least one motor vehicle headlamp on the vehicle's own traffic side and one headlamp on the opposing traffic side, means for recording an image of a region in front of the vehicle and means for evaluating the recorded image for detecting objects in front of the vehicle, at least one of the headlamps having at least one light module for generating an adaptive light distribution, which light module comprises

• at least one light source for emitting light,
• at least one primary optical element for focusing the emitted light,
• a diaphragm arrangement for implementing a variable effective upper edge, which can be introduced into a beam path of the emitted and/or focused light, and
• a secondary optical element for imaging the light passing the effective upper edge of the diaphragm arrangement on a roadway in front of the vehicle, where the diaphragm arrangement of at least one of the light modules of at least one headlamp is designed to implement an effective upper edge which brings about the generation of a lower beam light distribution with a substantially horizontal light-dark boundary and a slot cutout from the upper edge of the diaphragm providing an illuminated region formed at a specific horizontal position above the light-dark boundary, which region is delimited on the right-hand side and on the left-hand side by light-dark boundaries and has an extent in the horizontal and vertical directions of in each case at least 2° horizontal and approximately 3° to 5° vertical on a measuring screen arranged at a distance in front of the headlamp.