EP3332169A1 - Method for controlling a laser illumination device for a motor vehicle headlight - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method for driving a laser illumination device for a vehicle headlamp, wherein the laser illumination device comprises two or more modulated laser light sources, wherein the number of laser light sources is designated N, and each laser light source generates a laser beam and each laser light source downstream at least one attachment optics and at least one microscanner is assigned, and each micro scanner is adapted to direct the two or more laser beams to at least one light conversion means, whereby a light image is generated at the at least one light conversion means, and the at least one light conversion means is associated with an imaging system to the light image as a light image on the Depict roadway.
- the laser illumination device comprises two or more modulated laser light sources, wherein the number of laser light sources is designated N, and each laser light source generates a laser beam and each laser light source downstream at least one attachment optics and at least one microscanner is assigned, and each micro scanner is adapted to direct the two or more laser beams to at least one light conversion means, whereby a light image is generated at the at least one
- the invention relates to a laser illumination device for a vehicle headlight with two or more modulated laser light sources, wherein the number of laser light sources is designated N, and each light source at least one attachment optics downstream and at least one micro-scanner is assigned, and each micro-scanner is adapted to the laser beam be directed to at least one light conversion means, whereby at the at least one light conversion means a light image is generated, and the at least one light conversion means is associated with an imaging system to image the light image as a light image on the road, and a control and processing unit.
- Vehicle headlamps which work with laser beams scanning via a light conversion means are known. They usually generate a light image on a light conversion medium, often called “phosphor” for short, on which the blue laser light, for example, is converted into essentially “white” light by fluorescence. The generated light image is then projected onto the road with the aid of the imaging system, for example a lens optic, as a light image.
- a light conversion medium often called "phosphor” for short
- the microscanner or beam deflection means is often formed as a micromirror (or prism) that can be moved about one or two axes such that, for example, a line by line light is "written.”
- the modulation of the laser light source determines each point or line of the laser light source Illuminated image, the desired luminance (intensity of the point or line), the one hand, legal requirements must correspond to the projected light image and on the other hand, the respective driving situation can be adjusted.
- microscanners operate on a resonant drive principle.
- the micromirrors used are excited in their resonant frequency and vibrate sinusoidally. It is precisely this sinusoidal curve that represents a major problem with regard to the utilization of the installed laser power. Due to the sinusoidal movement of the micromirror, generally less optical power is present in the center of the image than in the peripheral areas.
- Such a light distribution is not desirable in projection applications, especially in head-up displays and Pico projectors, since there all the pixels should be the same light. For this reason, it is known to compensate for the brightness change due to the sinusoidal waveform by modulating the laser power in synchronism with the mirror vibration, thereby reducing the laser power to the edge to obtain a homogeneous light distribution in which each pixel is the same light. This adjusts the maximum brightness of the compensated image to the lowest brightness of the uncompensated image.
- the average laser power introduced into the system must be drastically reduced (up to 80-90%), ie, for example, with a maximum power of 1 W of a laser diode, only 0.1-0.2 W is used It should be noted that the term medium power is used here, and that in this example too, the laser diode must be able to apply an optical power of 1 W for a short time. However, since the power is reduced in the peripheral areas, this results in an average power that is significantly lower than the maximum power.
- One way of at least partially addressing the above problem is to use a luminescent image obtained by means of ID microscanners, i. is generated by only one axis movable microscanners, different width light bands (a light band on the light conversion means is formed naturally, when the light of a laser light source (laser diode) via an ID microscanner is directed to the conversion means) to use.
- Applicant's AT 513916 A2 used differently wide light bands to increase the vertical resolution in the light image.
- a change in the luminous band width and thus an adaptation of the width of the luminous bands with respect to the laser power is not described in this document.
- An object of the invention is to provide a method and a working according to such a laser illumination device for motor vehicle headlights, in which an improved utilization of the installed laser power with the least possible effort for the control, in particular of optically relevant components is possible.
- This object is achieved by a method of the type mentioned, in which according to the invention at least part of the light image is divided into light bands, wherein the number of light bands is designated as n, desired luminous flux per luminous band is determined, desired width value per luminous band with respect to the desired luminous flux is calculated, and the calculated width values for changing the width of the light band in the light image are used by changing the luminous bandwidth on the light conversion means.
- the change in the light band width is effected by beam splitting of each laser beam by means of the at least one optical attachment, preferably a partially transparent mirror or a fiber optic beam splitter.
- each laser beam by means of the at least one attachment optics preferably a lens arrangement takes place.
- the beam focusing takes place by a change in position of the at least one attachment optics, preferably a lens arrangement, and / or of the at least one light conversion means.
- Step s50 selecting a band of light
- Step s51 determining an actual luminous flux for this selected band of light
- Step s52 determining an actual latitude value
- Step s53 Change the width value until the actual luminous flux is substantially equal to the desired luminous flux. Moreover, it can be advantageous if the calculation of the desired width value per light band with respect to the desired luminous flux also has:
- Step s60 selecting a band of light
- Step s61 determining an actual width value
- Step s62 determining an actual luminous flux for the selected band of light
- Step s63 comparing the actual luminous flux with the desired luminous flux; Step s64: increasing or decreasing or maintaining the actual width value depending on whether the actual luminous flux is less than the desired luminous flux or the actual luminous flux is greater than the desired luminous flux or the actual luminous flux is substantially equal to the desired luminous flux; and
- Step s65 Repeat steps s62, s63 and s64 with the changed width values until the actual luminous flux is substantially equal to the desired luminous flux.
- the object of the invention is also achieved with a laser illumination device of the type specified above, in which the control and computing unit is adapted to perform the method according to one or more of claims 1 to 7, which have been mentioned above.
- FIG. 1 shows the essential components of the invention of a laser illumination device of a conventional type and the context in a schematic representation
- FIG. 2 shows a division of the light image produced by the laser illumination device of FIG. 1 into light strips according to the prior art
- FIG. 4 shows a modified division of the light image according to the changed light width values from the method of FIG. 3, FIG.
- FIG. 6a shows a displaceable attachment optics
- FIG. 6c shows a pivotable light conversion means
- FIG. 6d shows a scattering lens as part of the attachment optics.
- FIG. 1 shows a prior art laser illumination device (see, for example, AT 514834 A2), which serves as a starting point for a method according to the invention and a laser illumination device according to the invention.
- Lighting technical starting point of the laser illumination device shown here are two, here superimposed groups 1 and 2 of four laser light sources 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, 16, 17, 18, which can each emit a denoted by 11p to 18p laser beam.
- the laser light sources 11 to 18 are associated with a laser driver 3, wherein this driver 3 is used for power supply and is also set up to modulate the beam intensity of the individual lasers.
- modulating means that the intensity of a laser light source can be changed, be it continuously or pulsed in the sense of switching on and off. It is essential that the light output can be changed dynamically analogously, depending on where the beams are directed. In addition, there is the possibility of switching on and off for a certain time in order not to illuminate defined places
- the laser driver 3 in turn in turn contains signals from a central headlamp drive 4, which sensor signals sl ... si ... sn can be supplied.
- these control and sensor signals may, for example, be switching commands for switching from high beam to low beam or, on the other hand, signals received by light sensors or cameras which detect the lighting conditions in the surroundings of the vehicle and, for example, hide or attenuate certain areas in the light image.
- the laser light sources 11 to 18, which are preferably designed as laser diodes, emit for example blue or UV light.
- Each laser light source 11 to 18 is followed by its own collimator optics 21 to 28, which bundles the initially highly divergent laser beam 11p to 18p. Subsequently, the distance of the laser beams of the first group 1 and the second group 2 is each reduced by a common converging lens 31 and 32 and with subsequent diverging lenses 41 and 42, the exit angle of the laser beams is kept as low as possible.
- microscanner is understood to mean a general beam deflecting device that can be pivoted about one or two spatial axes, which is usually designed as a micromirror, does not necessarily have to be designed as such, but can be configured as a prism, for example
- phosphorus in the context of the present invention is understood to mean, in general terms, a substance or mixture of substances which transmits light of one wavelength to light of another wavelength or a mixture of wavelengths, in particular into “white” light, which is subsumed under the term “wavelength conversion.”
- white light is understood as meaning light of such a spectral composition which produces the color impression "white” in humans "of course is not on for the human eye restricted visible radiation.
- optoceramics ie transparent ceramics, such as, for example, YAG-Ce (an yttrium-aluminum garnet doped with cerium).
- the microscanner 51 is driven by a micro scanner drive 5 and set in oscillations of constant or variable frequency, whereby these vibrations can correspond in particular to the mechanical natural frequency of the micro scanner.
- the microscanner drive 5 is in turn controlled by the headlight drive 4 in order to adjust the oscillation amplitude of the microscanners 51, 52, whereby asymmetric oscillation about the axis can be adjustable.
- the control of microscanners is known and can be done in many ways, eg electromagnetic, electrostatic, thermoelectric and piezoelectric. In proven embodiments of the Invention swing the microscanners 51, 52, for example, with a frequency of a few hundred Hz and their maximum rash is depending on their control a few degrees to 60 °.
- this illumination device shows microscanners that vibrate only about one axis
- microscanners that oscillate about two axes.
- a plurality of laser beams may be directed to such a micro-scanner, which then generates overlapping or directly adjacent light bands.
- embodiments with only a single micro-scanner are conceivable in which, for example, the laser beams impinge against the main emission direction of the headlamp directly on the microscanner, which then directs the laser beams to a phosphorescent phosphor.
- embodiments are possible with different numbers of laser light sources and the laser light sources downstream optics and associated microscanners.
- a micro-scanner is associated with several laser light sources, it is e.g. It is quite possible that exactly one micro scanner is assigned to each laser light source so that only the laser beam generated by this laser light source is deflected by this micro scanner.
- one of the laser light source downstream optics is formed as a beam splitter, in which case a single laser light source are associated with two or more microscanners.
- the laser light sources, the optics and the microscanners can be grouped differently and arranged to each other, depending on the available space or heat dissipation requirements.
- the division into two groups of laser light sources and the use of two microscanners brings advantages in terms of a compact structure and a well-controlled heat dissipation, especially since the possible thermal load of a micro-scanner is limited.
- FIG. 2 shows a light image on the roadway produced by means of the laser lighting device of FIG. 1, which is shown as an additional high-beam distribution LV, which has a height IILV. is formed, and illustrates the initially formulated object of optimal utilization of the power of the laser light sources 11 to 18.
- the term "road” is used here for a simplified representation, because of course it depends on the local conditions, whether the photo actually on the road
- a projection of the light image is produced on a vertical surface in accordance with the relevant standards (on a measuring screen, which is placed vertically in a legally prescribed distance in front of the respective vehicle lighting device)
- the light image LV is subdivided into eight equal, ie equal width and equally long, horizontally extending light bands E1 to E8, which have a width boi to bos, whereby it should be noted that the sum the bandwidths boi to bos always gives the height of the light distribution kv, where the height kv complies with legally defined standards.
- the number of light bands corresponds to the number of laser light sources 11 to 18, each light band being generated by an associated light source: El of 11, E2 of 12, to E8 of 18.
- each band of light must have prescribed values of illuminance exhibit.
- luminous bands with a corresponding intensity of light must be realized on the light conversion means 60.
- the prescribed illuminance values are achieved by modulating the laser light sources, eg for the light band E7 appearing "brightest", the laser light source 17 is operated at a substantially maximum power, whereas from the first light band, called the "darkest""Light band El appears in the light image, much less light intensity is required (this is also illustrated in the right column of Fig. 5a).
- the number of light bands n corresponds to the number of laser diodes N used, for the sake of simplicity assuming that each laser light source has the same maximum power.
- this assumption does not represent a restriction, so that the method according to the invention can easily be used for laser light sources with a different maximum power.
- a desired luminous flux per band of light (luminous intensity per luminous band) is determined.
- Eges the luminous flux for the entire light image (total luminous flux)
- the desired width values of the light bands are calculated on the basis of the total luminous flux E ges , the number of light bands n, the height of the light distribution IILV, and the desired luminous flux E m per light band.
- This can be done in one or more steps, wherein in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3, first, a light band LBi is selected (step s60), and its actual width value boi is determined (step s61). Subsequently (step s62), the luminous flux Eoi flowing through this light band LBi is determined. In a next step s63, the actual luminous flux Eoi is compared with the desired luminous flux E m .
- the next light band is simply selected. However, if the actual luminous flux Eoi is smaller or larger than the desired luminous flux E m , the width value boi of the light band LBi is increased or decreased by a predetermined value b x - step s64.
- the width of the selected light band LBi is increased or decreased by a predetermined value b x - step s64.
- the light bands are provided with a running index i.
- the running index is compared with the number of light bands n. If this value equals the number of light bands n, this means that the width values of all light bands are already matched and that the changed light flux through each light band is substantially equal to the desired light current. If this value does not equal the number of light bands n, the running index i is increased by one.
- the change of the light band widths boi to bos takes place under one condition: the sum of the desired light band widths b'oi to b'os must essentially result in the height of the radiated light distribution rtLv. It follows that the optimization does not change the type of light distribution.
- the preferred embodiment addresses a change in the light bandwidths in an auxiliary high beam distribution, the method can be readily used to change the light bandwidths for other types of light distribution, such as low beam, high beam, low light, cornering, and other lawful light distributions.
- the method is suitable for presetting the laser light illumination device, i.
- the width values of the light bands generated by the laser light illumination device are set by means of the method according to the invention before the laser light illumination device is put into operation and are not further changed during operation. However, this does not exclude the use of the method in so-called dynamic light distributions.
- the differences between the original and the luminous flux values per light band achieved by means of the method according to the invention are illustrated in the tables in FIGS. 5a and 5b.
- the original light bandwidth is 0.375 ° per light band, the luminous flux values between 7 and 39 Lm (lumens) depending on the light band scatter ( Figure 5a).
- the scattering of the luminous flux values is considerably smaller and amounts to a maximum of 13 ⁇ m (FIG. 5b).
- the method may be applied to a light image divided into horizontal and / or vertical bands of light.
- FIGS. 6a to 6f schematically illustrate technical means for changing the luminous band width on the conversion means 60.
- only one laser light source LQ with its front attachment optics VO and the conversion means 60 is considered.
- no structure has a micro-scanner, so that the laser beam L after the front optics VO meets the conversion means 60 and generates a light spot LF a to LFf.
- FIGS. 6a to 6d the principle of beam focusing or beam defocusing, ie a shift of the focal point of the attachment optics with respect to the conversion means, is discussed.
- FIGS. 6e and 6f show a further technical means for changing the luminous band width by means of beam splitting on the conversion means 60.
- this arrangement can have one, two or more lenses (FIGS. 6a to 6d) and can be designed for beam focusing or beam collimation
- this arrangement can have additional beam splitters, which are formed, for example, as partially transparent mirrors or fiber-optic beam splitters, and / or mirrors (FIGS. 6e and 6f).
- Fig. 6a the laser beam is focused on the light conversion means 60 and generates a very small spot LF a . If an oscillating microscanner is placed between the attachment optics VO and the conversion means 60, a luminous curve is produced on the conversion means.
- Fig. 6b shows technical means for an embodiment of the device according to the invention, in which the size of the light spot LFb and consequently the light band width can be changed by the movement of the attachment optics VO. In this case, the laser light beam L is defocused by a parallel displacement of the attachment optics VO along the light propagation direction. Fig.
- FIG. 6c shows a further embodiment of the device in which the conversion means 60 is pivotable about at least one axis and the pivoting by the size of the laser beam L generated light spot LF C can be varied.
- FIG. 6d shows yet another embodiment in which a scattering lens which defocuses the laser beam L is used in the optical attachment VO. This in turn changes the spot size LFa.
- FIGS. 6e and 6f show two further possibilities for changing the luminous bandwidth and is based on the principle of beam splitting.
- Fig. 6e shows a laser light source LQ and an attachment optics VO, which attachment optics VO as an arrangement of two lenses LI and L2, an additional 50/50 beam splitter BS (50/50 refers to the distribution of the intensity of the transmitted and the reflected light ) and an additional mirror M is formed.
- This embodiment is particularly advantageous if the number of laser light sources used in a non-optimal power is to be reduced. In this case, two light bands are generated with a single laser light source LQ, wherein only 50% of the power of the laser light source per light band LF e i, LF e 2 is consumed.
- the width of the resulting entire luminous band LF e is twice as large as the width of a luminous band without the 50/50 beam splitter BS and the mirror M.
- the lens L2 is merely a schematic representation and not formed in one piece have to be.
- the lens L2 can be replaced by a further arrangement of optics to further change the width of the light bands LF e i, LF e 2.
- this embodiment is not limited by the use of a 50/50 beam splitter BS and a mirror M.
- Arrays of multiple beam splitters and mirrors may be used, with each beam splitter in such an arrangement having a transmission coefficient or reflection coefficient different from the 50/50 beam splitter (for example, a reflection coefficient of 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1 / 6 or 1/8).
- FIG. 6f shows an embodiment in which the beam splitting takes place with the aid of a fiber-optic beam splitter F.
- the intensity of the laser beam emitted by the laser light source LQ is distributed via two laser beams emerging from the fiber-optic beam splitter F.
- the intensity distribution over two beams need not be the same here as well.
- the beam splitting into two exiting laser beams is not restrictive here as well.
- Several (3, 4, 5, or even more) emitting laser beams with different intensity proportions of the emitted laser beam can be generated.
- the lens L2 is again a schematic Representation of a more general arrangement of optics. For the lens assembly L2 of Fig. 6f, the same remarks made with respect to the lens assembly L2 of Fig. 6e apply.
- FIGS. 6a to 6f do not exclude each other but can be combined. It may be advantageous for structural reasons, for example, to provide a laser illumination device which simultaneously comprises partially transmissive mirrors, fiber-optic beam splitters and lens arrangements, wherein at least part of said means may be movable.
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