EP3315851B1 - Optisches modul zum projizieren eines lichtstrahls mit hell-dunkel-grenze, das mittel zur horizontalen bündelung umfasst - Google Patents

Optisches modul zum projizieren eines lichtstrahls mit hell-dunkel-grenze, das mittel zur horizontalen bündelung umfasst Download PDF

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EP3315851B1
EP3315851B1 EP17196701.1A EP17196701A EP3315851B1 EP 3315851 B1 EP3315851 B1 EP 3315851B1 EP 17196701 A EP17196701 A EP 17196701A EP 3315851 B1 EP3315851 B1 EP 3315851B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
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    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • Certain regulatory lights of motor vehicles such as low beam or fog lights, must project a light beam delimited upwards by a cut-off profile. This cut-off profile is adapted to avoid dazzling the drivers of other vehicles.
  • the cut-off profile extends generally horizontally which limits the range of the beam on the side of the road on which vehicles are likely to travel in the opposite direction, for example on the left in France or on the right in the United Kingdom, while illuminating over a greater range the edge of the road located on the other side.
  • the cutting profile has for example two horizontal stepped bearings which are connected by an inclined intermediate section.
  • the inclination of the intermediate section is for example 15 ° relative to the horizontal.
  • such a lighting module with a narrow outlet face allows designers to produce a vehicle having a visual signature recognizable from a distance.
  • the optical means and the lenses are dioptres formed by internal walls of this block, the material being advantageously chosen so that light rays penetrating into the block via an inlet portion, in particular the lens of entry, propagates in the block by total internal reflection on these diopters to the exit lens.
  • the intermediate cut-off beam is emitted along a main axis coaxial with that of the final beam
  • the invention also relates to a lighting device for a motor vehicle comprising a juxtaposition of several optical modules produced according to the teachings of the invention.
  • a longitudinal transverse plane will be called a "horizontal" plane.
  • the transverse orientation corresponds to the orientation of the horizontal bearing of the cut-off profile of the final light beam.
  • the vertical orientation is used as a geometric reference without reference to the direction of gravity.
  • the vertical orientation is defined as being orthogonal to the horizontal level of the cutoff profile of the final light beam.
  • FIG. 2 It is a final beam 24 having a cut profile 28.
  • the figure 2 illustrates the area illuminated by the final beam 24 on a transverse vertical screen 26 placed 25 meters from the lighting device, perpendicular to the optical axis whose intersection with the screen 26 corresponds to the intersection between the abscissa axis and the ordinate axis.
  • the cut profile 28 has at least a first lower horizontal bearing 28A and a second oblique section 28B which extends the first horizontal bearing 28A.
  • This oblique section 28B is inclined at an angle ⁇ determined with respect to the horizontal bearing, for example 15 °.
  • the final beam 24 is here a regulatory crossing beam.
  • the first horizontal bearing 28A makes it possible to avoid dazzling the drivers of vehicles traveling in the opposite direction.
  • the cutoff profile 28 is here adapted for a vehicle traveling in a country which requires vehicles to drive to the right of the road.
  • the cutting profile 28 here comprises a second upper horizontal bearing 28C which extends the oblique section 28B on the side opposite the first lower horizontal bearing 28A.
  • the invention provides an optical module 22 having a narrow outlet face 30 having a transverse dimension much less than its vertical dimension, as illustrated in FIG. figure 3 representing a device 32 for front lighting of the vehicle 20.
  • Such an optical module 22 comprises a controlled light source 34 emitting an initial beam 46. It is for example a semiconductor chip comprising a light emitting surface. Such a light emitting chip is better known by its English acronym “LED” meaning “light emitting diode” or “Light Emitting Diode”.
  • the optical module 22 also comprises optical cut-off means 36 for transforming the initial beam 46 into an intermediate cut-off beam 48 in which the light rays are distributed vertically below said cut-off profile, the intermediate cut-off beam being emitted according to a main longitudinal axis coaxial with that of the final beam 24.
  • the optical module 22 also comprises optical means 38 for horizontal focusing to focus the intermediate cut-off beam 48 towards a substantially vertical focusing line 54, as well as an output lens 40 having a vertical focal line which is coincident with the focusing line to transform the intermediate beam with cutoff in said final beam.
  • horizontal focusing means that the direction of propagation of the light rays in projection on a longitudinal vertical plane is not substantially deviated by said optical means 38 while the direction of propagation of the light rays in projection on a horizontal plane is deviated towards line of focus 54.
  • This arrangement makes it possible to obtain a final beam 24 in which the cut profile 28 is an image inverted by vertical symmetry of the cut profile of the intermediate beam 48. Since the intermediate beam 48 is focused towards a single vertical line 54 of focus.
  • the fact of focusing the intermediate beam 48 towards the vertical focusing line 54 makes it possible to distribute the light rays in a precise and controlled manner in the final beam 24. This makes it possible in particular to control the distribution of the light intensity in the final beam 24.
  • the cutting means 36 and the focusing means 38 are formed by separate elements.
  • the light source 34 is a chip which has a light emitting surface 44A of rectangular shape as illustrated in the figure 6 .
  • the light-emitting surface 44 is thus delimited vertically by a transverse lower edge 44A and by a transverse upper edge 44B.
  • the light source 34 is arranged so as to emit an initial light beam 46 in a longitudinal direction oriented towards the front. To this end, the emitting surface 44 of light is thus arranged vertically transversely and facing forward.
  • the initial light beam 46 more particularly has a main emission axis substantially coaxial with a main emission axis of the final beam 24.
  • the cutting means 36 are arranged directly in front of the light source 34 so as to conform all the light rays of the initial beam 46 into an intermediate cutting beam 48 having a cutting profile symmetrical to the cutting profile of the final beam 24 with respect to to a central vertical axis.
  • the cutting means 36 comprise an input lens 42 which is shaped to transform at least a first part of the initial beam 46 into at least a first part of the intermediate beam comprising at least one horizontal section of the cutting profile.
  • a focus object of the lens 42 is arranged substantially on the lower edge 44A of the light-emitting surface 44.
  • the input lens 42 is focused on the lower rectilinear edge 44A of the emitting surface 44.
  • the light rays emitted by the lower edge 44A form collimated light rays which are substantially longitudinal in the intermediate beam 48. This is illustrated by the radius r1 illustrated in the figure 4 .
  • the light rays r2 from the rest of the emitting surface 44 are distributed in the intermediate beam 48 below the rays r1 from the bottom edge.
  • a clear image of the lower edge 44A of the light-emitting surface 44 is thus formed in the intermediate beam 48 to form said horizontal section of the cut profile 28.
  • Certain light rays of the initial beam 46 are not collected by the input lens 42. These light rays pass around the lens 42 without being deflected.
  • the cutting means 36 have a reflecting surface 50 which receives these uncollected rays of the initial beam to produce at least a second part of the intermediate beam comprising at least a second section of the cutting profile 28.
  • the reflection surface 50 is a complex surface divided into zones of distinct shapes each making it possible to produce part of the intermediate beam.
  • a first zone 50A of the reflection surface is focused on the upper edge 44B of the light-emitting surface 44.
  • the light rays emitted by the upper edge 44B form collimated light rays which are substantially longitudinal in the intermediate beam 48. This is illustrated by the radius r3 illustrated in the figure 4 .
  • the light rays from the rest of the emitting surface 44 are distributed by the area 50A below the rays r3 from the upper edge 44B in the intermediate beam 48.
  • the image of the upper edge 44B is rotated by 15 ° around the longitudinal axis to form the oblique section 28B of the cutting profile 28.
  • At least one second zone 50B of the reflection surface is focused on the upper edge 44B of the light-emitting surface 44 to form a horizontal section of the cut profile 28.
  • the reflection surface 50 comprises two zones 50B arranged vertically on either side of the first reflection zone 50A.
  • the light rays emitted by the upper edge 44B form collimated light rays which are substantially longitudinal in the intermediate beam 48.
  • the light rays coming from the rest of the emitting surface 44 are distributed by the area 50B below the rays coming from the upper edge 44B in the intermediate beam 48.
  • the sharp image of this upper edge 44B thus forms a horizontal section of the cutting profile 28.
  • the input lens 42 and the reflecting surface 50 are shaped so as to collimate light rays of the intermediate beam 48 in a horizontal plane.
  • the focusing means 38 are here formed by a convergent cylindrical lens 52 which is interposed on the path of the intermediate beam 48.
  • This lens 52 is designed to leave the distribution of the light rays unchanged in a longitudinal vertical plane, as indicated in FIG. figure 4 , and to focus the light rays of the intermediate beam 48 towards a vertical line 54 of focus as indicated in the figure 5 .
  • the converging lens 52 has a cylindrical shape of vertical rectilinear director.
  • the output lens 40 is interposed on the intermediate beam 48, longitudinally in front of the vertical focusing line 54.
  • the output lens 40 is designed to form the final beam 24 by spreading the intermediate beam 48 horizontally after focusing on the focusing line 54, as illustrated in FIG. figure 5 , while remaining neutral for the vertical distribution of light rays, as illustrated in figure 4 .
  • the exit lens 40 has an exit face 30 generated by a rectilinear vertical director moved on a curved horizontal generatrix.
  • the horizontal generator has a focal point arranged on the focusing line 54.
  • the outlet face 30 has, in horizontal section, a shape suitable for spreading the light rays on either side of the main emission axis.
  • the outlet face 30 has for example an ellipsoidal shape.
  • This arrangement advantageously makes it possible to obtain an outlet lens 40 having an outlet face 30 whose vertical height is substantially greater than its transverse width, as illustrated in FIG. figure 3 .
  • this arrangement makes it possible to obtain a clean cut profile 38 making it possible to comply as well as possible with the regulations in force.
  • the optical cut-off means are produced by other known arrangements, for example by means of a reflector and a cover, a free edge of which makes it possible to form the cut-off profile.
  • the optical cut-off means and the focusing means are formed by the same elements. This advantageously makes it possible to obtain an optical module 22 less bulky longitudinally.
  • the optical module 22 includes a light source 34 identical to that described in the first embodiment.
  • the optical module 22 also includes an input lens 42 and a complex reflection surface 50 which make it possible to obtain an intermediate cut-off beam 48 whose light rays are distributed in a vertical plane in an identical manner to what has been described for the first embodiment. This was illustrated in the figure 7 .
  • the input lens 42 simultaneously forms an optical cut-off means and an optical focusing means. It is thus shaped to focus the light rays of the intermediate beam 48 directly towards the vertical focusing line 54 as illustrated in the figure 8 .
  • the input lens 42 has for example a focal line coincident with the focusing line 54.
  • the reflecting surface 50 simultaneously forms an optical cut-off means and an optical focusing means.
  • the entire reflection surface 50 focuses the light rays of the intermediate beam 48 directly towards the vertical line of focus 54 as illustrated in the figure 8 .
  • each zone 50A, 50B of the reflection surface 50 has a focal line coincident with the vertical line 54 of focus.
  • the output lens 40 is identical to that which has been described in the first embodiment.
  • This second embodiment makes it possible to eliminate the converging lens 52 from the first embodiment.
  • the optical module 22 thus takes up little space longitudinally.
  • the optical module 22 thus obtained is particularly compact.
  • block 58 is inexpensive to manufacture.
  • the mounting of the optical module 22 in a vehicle lighting device 32 is particularly easy and rapid because the optical module 22 comprises only two parts, namely the block 58 and the light source 34.
  • the input lens 42 is formed by a rear input face of the block 58 which is arranged opposite the light source 34.
  • the reflection surface 50 is formed by a face radially delimiting the block 58 of the optical module 22 and forming a diopter. This reflection surface 50 allows the total reflection of the light rays coming from the light source 34.
  • the reflection surface 50 may be aluminized at least in part to allow the reflection of all of the light rays coming from the light source 34.
  • the input lens 42 forms a first input lens 42 which is circumscribed by a second annular input lens 56 of the block 58.
  • the second input lens 56 is optically neutral, that is to say that 'It is shaped to allow the light rays from the light source 34 which are not collected by the input lens 42 to enter the block 58 of the optical module 22 without being substantially deflected.
  • the second input neutral lens 56 is thus inserted radially between the first lens 42 and a rear end of the reflecting surface 50.
  • the second neutral input lens 56 has for example a hemispherical shape centered on the light-emitting surface 44.
  • the second neutral lens 56 is thus formed concave in a rear face of the block 58 and it has at its center the first input lens 42.
  • the output lens 40 is formed in one piece with the block 58 in front of the reflecting surface 50.
  • the exit face 30 of the exit lens 40 forms a front end face of the block 58.
  • the block 58 is for example produced by extrusion along a vertical axis of a transparent plastic material.
  • the material is advantageously chosen so that light rays penetrating into the block via the input lens 42 and the neutral surface 56 propagate in the block 58 by total internal reflection on the reflection surface 50 to the lens 40 output
  • the reflection surface is formed by the internal face of a reflector distinct from the input lens and the output lens is formed by a third independent element.
  • the point M is located in the vicinity of the crossing between the horizontal and vertical axes, and corresponds to the point of the beam whose illumination is maximum. This point M is surrounded by increasingly larger closed curves corresponding to less and less strong illuminations. Each curve corresponds to a constant value in lux which decreases from point M outwards. In the case of figure 12 , point M corresponds to 35.7 lux, the first closed curve surrounding M corresponds to 32 lux, then each subsequent curve corresponds to 8 lux less.
  • a single optical module 22 thus makes it possible to produce a regulatory low beam.
  • the vehicle can be equipped with a lighting device comprising a juxtaposition of several lighting modules 22 produced according to the teachings of the invention.
  • Such a juxtaposition can be carried out for aesthetic reasons and / or to be able to obtain a light beam having characteristics adapted to a particular lighting or signaling function.
  • the lighting device 32 comprises two identical optical modules 22.
  • Each optical module 22 comprises a block 58 produced according to the invention.
  • the two optical modules 22 are arranged parallel one next to the other transversely so that their exit faces 30 are substantially in the same transverse vertical plane.
  • These two optical modules 22 are controlled simultaneously to perform the same lighting or signaling function by superimposing their final beams 24.
  • the lighting device 32 comprises two optical modules 22 which are arranged vertically one above the other.
  • the output face 30 of the lower optical module 22 is thus arranged vertically in line with the optical face 30 of the upper optical module 22.
  • the optical module 22 produced according to any one of the embodiments of the invention thus makes it possible to project a beam with a clear cut by an exit face which is narrow transversely and elongated vertically. Such an optical module takes up little space transversely.
  • the invention makes it possible to obtain a longitudinally compact optical module.
  • optical module produced in a block according to the invention is particularly simple to manufacture and inexpensive.

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  1. Optisches Modul (22), welches dazu bestimmt ist, ein endgültiges Lichtbündel (24) zu projizieren, das ein Profil der Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (28) aufweist, das wenigstens ein horizontales Teilstück (28A, 28C) aufweist, und umfasst:
    - eine gesteuerte Lichtquelle (34), die ein anfängliches Lichtbündel (46) aussendet;
    - optische Begrenzungsmittel (36) zum Umwandeln des anfänglichen Lichtbündels (46) in ein Zwischenlichtbündel (48) mit Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (28), in welchem die Lichtstrahlen vertikal unterhalb des Profils der Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (28) verteilt sind;
    wobei das optische Model (22) umfasst:
    - optische Mittel (38) zur horizontalen Fokussierung zum Fokussieren des Zwischenlichtbündels (48) mit Hell-Dunkel-Grenze in Richtung einer im Wesentlichen vertikalen Fokussierungslinie (54);
    - eine Austrittslinse (40), die eine vertikale Brennlinie (54) aufweist, welche mit der Fokussierungslinie (54) zusammenfällt, zum Umwandeln des Zwischenlichtbündels (48) mit Hell-Dunkel-Grenze in das endgültige Lichtbündel (24), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es einen massiven Block (58) umfasst, der aus einem Stück aus lichtdurchlässigem Material hergestellt ist und umfasst:
    - die optischen Begrenzungsmittel (36);
    - die optischen Fokussierungsmittel (38);
    - die Austrittslinse (40).
  2. Optisches Modul (22) nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Lichtquelle (34) ein Halbleiterchip ist, der eine Licht emittierende Fläche (44) umfasst, die wenigstens einen geradlinigen unteren Rand (44A) umfasst.
  3. Optisches Modul (22) nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es eine Eintrittslinse (42) umfasst, die ein optisches Begrenzungsmittel (36) bildet und die so gestaltet ist, dass sie wenigstens einen ersten Teil des anfänglichen Lichtbündels (46) in wenigstens einen ersten Teil des Zwischenlichtbündels (48) umwandelt, der wenigstens ein horizontales Teilstück des Profils der Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (28) umfasst.
  4. Optisches Modul (22) nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Eintrittslinse (42) auf den geradlinigen unteren Rand (44A) der Emissionsfläche (44) fokussiert ist, wobei das scharfe Bild dieses unteren Randes (44A) das gesamte horizontale Teilstück des Profils der Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (28) oder ein Teil davon bildet.
  5. Optisches Modul (22) nach einem der Ansprüche 3 oder 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Eintrittslinse (42) ein optisches Fokussierungsmittel (38) bildet, indem sie die Lichtstrahlen in Richtung der vertikalen Fokussierungslinie (54) fokussiert.
  6. Modul (22) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Lichtquelle (34) ein Halbleiterchip ist, der eine Licht emittierende Fläche (44) umfasst, die wenigstens einen horizontalen oberen Rand (44B) umfasst.
  7. Optisches Modul (22) nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es eine Reflexionsfläche (50) umfasst, die ein optisches Begrenzungsmittel (36) bildet und die wenigstens einen zweiten Teil der Strahlen des anfänglichen Lichtbündels (46) empfängt, um wenigstens einen zweiten Teil des Zwischenlichtbündels (48) zu erzeugen, der wenigstens ein Teilstück des Profils der Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (28) umfasst.
  8. Optisches Modul (22) nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Reflexionsfläche (50) in Bereiche (50A, 50B) von unterschiedlicher Form aufgeteilt ist, die es jeweils ermöglichen, einen Teil des Zwischenlichtbündels (48) zu erzeugen.
  9. Optisches Modul (22) nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass wenigstens ein erster Bereich (50A) der Reflexionsfläche (50) auf den oberen Rand (44B) der Emissionsfläche (44) fokussiert ist, um ein schräges Teilstück (28B) des Profils der Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (28) zu bilden, wobei das scharfe Bild dieses oberen Randes (44B) das schräge Teilstück (28B) des Profils der Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (28) bildet.
  10. Modul (22) nach einem der Ansprüche 8 oder 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass wenigstens ein zweiter Bereich (50B) der Reflexionsfläche (50) auf den oberen Rand (44B) der Emissionsfläche (44) fokussiert ist, um einen horizontales Teilstück des Profils der Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (28) zu bilden, wobei das scharfe Bild dieses oberen Randes (44B) das horizontale Teilstück des Profils der Hell-Dunkel-Grenze (28) bildet.
  11. Optisches Modul (22) nach einem der Ansprüche 7 bis 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Reflexionsfläche (50) ein optisches Fokussierungsmittel (38) bildet, wobei die gesamte Reflexionsfläche (50) die Lichtstrahlen in Richtung der vertikalen Fokussierungslinie (54) fokussiert.
  12. Optisches Modul (22) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Austrittslinse (40) dafür ausgebildet ist, das endgültige Lichtbündel (24) zu bilden, indem sie das Zwischenlichtbündel (48) nach Fokussierung auf die Fokussierungslinie (54) horizontal aufweitet und zugleich für die vertikale Verteilung der Lichtstrahlen neutral bleibt.
  13. Optisches Modul (22) nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Austrittslinse (40) eine Austrittsseite (30) umfasst, die eine vertikale Höhe aufweist, die im Wesentlichen größer als ihre Breite in Querrichtung ist.
  14. Modul (22) nach einem der Ansprüche 12 oder 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Austrittslinse (40) eine Austrittsseite (30) umfasst, die von einer geradlinigen vertikalen Leitlinie erzeugt wird, die auf einer gekrümmten horizontalen Erzeugenden verschoben wird.
  15. Optisches Modul (22) nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die horizontale Erzeugende einen Brennpunkt aufweist, der auf der Fokussierungslinie (54) angeordnet ist.
  16. Optisches Modul (22) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das endgültige Lichtbündel (24) ein vorschriftsmäßiges Abblendlichtbündel ist.
  17. Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (32) für ein Kraftfahrzeug (20), welche eine Anordnung mehrerer nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche hergestellter optischer Module (22) nebeneinander umfasst.
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