EP4137744A1 - Optische einheit für fahrzeuglampe, fahrzeuglampenmodul und fahrzeug - Google Patents

Optische einheit für fahrzeuglampe, fahrzeuglampenmodul und fahrzeug Download PDF

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EP4137744A1
EP4137744A1 EP21832556.1A EP21832556A EP4137744A1 EP 4137744 A1 EP4137744 A1 EP 4137744A1 EP 21832556 A EP21832556 A EP 21832556A EP 4137744 A1 EP4137744 A1 EP 4137744A1
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Shikun DONG
He ZHU
Maowei WEI
Fan Meng
Meng YAN
Zhengnan LIU
Wenhui SANG
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
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    • F21S41/151—Light emitting diodes [LED] arranged in one or more lines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/20—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters
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    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/20—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/40—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by screens, non-reflecting members, light-shielding members or fixed shades
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
    • F21S41/60—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution
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    • F21S41/663—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution by acting on light sources by switching light sources
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
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  • the present disclosure relates to a vehicle illumination device, and particularly to a vehicle lamp optical unit. In addition, it further relates to a vehicle lamp module und a vehicle.
  • automobiles have become one of the indispensable means of transportation for people to travel.
  • the global retain number of automobiles is increasing year by year, and the popularity of automobiles has also driven the rapid development of the manufacture and design of automobile parts.
  • the role of automobile lamps is not only limited to illumination function, and the appearance modeling thereof and specific lighting effect modes for turning on or turning off vehicle lamps have begun to be pursued by consumers.
  • vehicle illumination device with a plurality of vehicle illumination units, such as low beam, high beam, and daytime running lamps, and position lamps
  • respective vehicle illumination units are usually arranged independently from each other and dispersedly, and it is required to provide each vehicle illumination unit separately with corresponding light incident portion and light emergent portion, so as to produce multiple illumination areas or illumination effects.
  • the dispersed and independent arrangement of multiple vehicle illumination units not only leads to great space occupation of the entire vehicle illumination device and increases the volume of the vehicle lamp, but also increases positioning and installation errors between respective parts and affects the accuracy of the optical system.
  • the light source of a vehicle illumination unit is usually arranged in the rear of the light incident portion thereof, and a light spot would be formed when the vehicle lamp is turned on, which affects the appearance effect of the vehicle lamp when it is turned on.
  • a technical problem firstly to be solved by the present disclosure is to provide a vehicle lamp optical unit, which can improve the appearance visual effect obtained by a lightened vehicle lamp and meet requirements for various vehicle lamp illumination modes and lightening modes.
  • a technical problem to be solved by a second aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a vehicle lamp module, which can improve the appearance visual effect and meet requirements for various vehicle lamp illumination modes and lightening modes.
  • a technical problem to be solved by a third aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a vehicle, of which the vehicle lamp illumination modes and the lightening modes are diversified and have good illumination effects.
  • a first aspect of the present disclosure provides a vehicle lamp optical unit, comprising a first optical element, wherein the rear end face and the front end face of the first optical element along a light emergent direction are respectively a light incident structure reference plane (light incident structure reference face) and a first light emergent surface (first light-emitting face), the rear end of the first optical element is formed as a light incident portion (light incident part), the light incident portion comprises at least one first light incident structure provided along the left-right direction of the light incident structure reference plane, and a first light passageway is formed between the light incident portion and the first light emergent surface; wherein the first light incident structure is configured to extend from the upper side or the lower side of the light incident structure reference plane to the first light passageway, each of the first light incident structures is capable of guiding light received by the first light incident structure to exit towards the first light passageway and be transmitted to the first light emergent surface along the first light passageway.
  • each of the first light incident structures respectively comprises a collimator located on the upper side or the lower side of the light incident structure reference plane and a light guide portion in connection with the collimator; the light guide portion extends from the light emergent end of the collimator to the rear end of the first light passage; a reflecting portion is provided on the light guide portion; and the reflecting portion is capable of reflecting the emergent light of the collimator to a direction towards the first light passage for emergence.
  • a recess structure corresponding to the light guide portion is respectively provided at a connection between the first light passage and each of the light guide portions, and each of the recess structures respectively comprises a light guide portion connection surface in connection with the light guide portion corresponding to the recess structure, an intermediate connection surface in connection with the light guide portion connection surface, and an light passage connection surface in connection with the intermediate connection surface, wherein a first cut-off portion forming a first light shape cut-off line is provided at the connection between the intermediate connection surface and the light passage connection surface.
  • the first light emergent surface is a curved surface protruding forwards
  • the first cut-off portion is located on the median surface of the first light emergent surface
  • the median surface is a horizontal plane passing through the vertex of a longitudinal transversal of the first light emergent surface.
  • the first light emergent surface is a curvature continuous curved surface.
  • a light guide is provided in the recess structure, and the light emergent surface of the light guide faces the light passage connection surface, such that light emerging from the light emergent surface of the light guide are transmitted to the first light emergent surface via the first light passage.
  • the at least one first light incident structure is configured to have at least one low-beam first light incident structure, or have at least one high-beam first light incident structure, or have at least one of the low-beam first light incident structure and at least one of the high-beam first light incident structure.
  • the projection plane shapes of the first light emergent surface and the light incident structure reference plane along the light emergent direction are respectively a strip-shape extending left and right;
  • the first light incident structure is configured as a plurality of the low-beam first light incident structures and a plurality of the high-beam first light incident structures;
  • the low-beam first light incident structures and the high-beam first light incident structures are arranged alternately;
  • each of the collimators is located on the lower side of the light incident structure reference plane.
  • the distance between the first cut-off portion corresponding to the low-beam first light incident structure and the upper surface of the first light passage is greater than the distance between the first cut-off portion corresponding to the high-beam first light incident structure and the upper surface of the first light passage.
  • the intermediate connection surface corresponding to the low-beam first light incident structure is configured to tilt upwards from back to front, and the side of the intermediate connection surface facing the first light passage is a reflecting surface.
  • the intermediate connection surface corresponding to the high-beam first light incident structure is configured to tilt downwards from back to front, and the side of the intermediate connection surface departing from the first light passage is a reflecting surface.
  • the vehicle lamp optical unit further comprises a second optical element; a notch for accommodating the second optical element is formed on a side in left-right direction of the first optical element; the rear end face and the front end face of the second optical element along the light emergent direction are respectively a light incident surface and a second light emergent surface; the light incident surface is provided with at least one second light incident structure; and the second optical element is arranged to be capable of guiding light emerging from the second light emergent surface to exit through the first light emergent surface.
  • the first optical element is provided with a secondary light incident surface
  • the secondary light incident surface is located in the rear of the first light emergent surface and faces the notch
  • the secondary light incident surface comprises at least one curved surface protruding backwards.
  • the light incident surface is provided with a plurality of the second light incident structures, and the plurality of the second light incident structures is configured to have at least one low-beam second light incident structure and at least one high-beam second light incident structure.
  • each of the low-beam second light incident structures and each of the high-beam second light incident structures are respectively a collimating structure.
  • the low-beam second light incident structure is located above the high-beam second light incident structure;
  • the second light emergent surface comprises a low-beam light emergent surface located in front of the low-beam second light incident structure and a high-beam light emergent surface located at the light emergent end of the high-beam second light incident structure;
  • a second light passage is provided between the light emergent end of the low-beam second light incident structure and the low-beam light emergent surface; and a second cut-off portion for forming a second light shape cut-off line is provided at the connection between the bottom surface of the second light passage and the low-beam light emergent surface.
  • the lower surface of the second light passage is configured as a reflecting surface.
  • the low-beam light emergent surface is configured as a curved surface protruding forwards.
  • the second aspect of the present disclosure provides a vehicle lamp module, comprising a vehicle lamp optical unit as described above, and light sources provided in one-to-one correspondence with the first light incident structures, wherein each of the light sources is capable of being controlled individually to be turned on or turned off.
  • the third aspect of the present disclosure provides a vehicle, comprising a vehicle lamp module as described above.
  • the first light incident structure is configured to extend from a side in the up-down width direction of the light incident structure reference plane to the first light passage, the first light incident structure can guide light received thereby to be emerged towards the first light passage and be transmitted to the first light emergent surface along the first light passage, that is to say, a light source corresponding to the first light incident structure is provided on the upper side or the lower side of the light incident structure reference plane, wherein it can be effectively avoided that a light spot is produced in a situation where the light source is provided in the rear of the first optical element, and it is accordingly avoided that the vehicle lamp lightening effect shows, when viewing from the front of the vehicle lamp, a row of light spots, hereby improving the appearance visual effect of the vehicle lamp optical unit; moreover, the vehicle lamp optical unit can meet requirements for various vehicle lamp illumination modes and lightening modes.
  • connection may refer to fixed connection, or detachable connection, or integrated connection; it may refer to direct connection, or indirect connection via an intermediate, or inner communication between two elements or interactive relationship between two elements.
  • connection may refer to fixed connection, or detachable connection, or integrated connection; it may refer to direct connection, or indirect connection via an intermediate, or inner communication between two elements or interactive relationship between two elements.
  • a longitudinal transversal is a transversal obtained through interception of a first light emergent plane 12 by a vertical plane perpendicular to a vertical tangent plane of the first light emergent plane 12.
  • first and second are used merely for purpose of description, and cannot be construed as indicating or implying to have importance in relativity, or implicitly suggesting the number of the indicated technical feature. Therefore, a feature defined with a term “first” or “second” can explicitly or implicitly comprise one or more said feature.
  • front and rear refer to the forward and backward directions of a vehicle lamp optical unit along a light emergent direction, that is to say, the first light emergent surface 12 is located in the front, and a light incident structure reference plane 11 is located in the rear; terms “left” and “right” refer to the left and right direction of the vehicle lamp optical unit along the light emergent direction; and terms “upper” and “lower” refer to the upward and downward directions of the vehicle lamp optical unit along the light emergent direction.
  • the terms indicate orientation or position relationships shown based on the accompanying drawings, rather than indicating or implying that a specified device or element must have a certain orientation and be constructed and operated in a certain orientation, and therefore cannot be construed as limiting the present disclosure.
  • the vehicle lamp optical unit Through the vehicle lamp optical unit according to the above-mentioned basic technical solutions of the present disclosure, light rays received by the first light incident structure emerge towards the first light passage 13 after direction change from the upper side or the lower side of the light incident structure reference plane 11, and are transmitted to the first light emergent surface 12 along the first light passage 13, and in turn emerge from the first light emergent surface 12 and form a desired illumination light shape, wherein it can be effectively avoided that a light spot is produced when a light source (namely the light source 4 described below) corresponding to the first light incident structure is provided in the rear of the first optical element 1, and it is avoided that the vehicle lamp lightening effect shows, when viewing from the front of the vehicle lamp, a row of light spots, hereby improving the appearance visual effect of the vehicle lamp optical unit; moreover, the vehicle lamp optical unit can meet requirements for various vehicle lamp illumination modes and lightening modes.
  • a light source namely the light source 4 described below
  • each of the first light incident structures respectively comprises a collimator 113 located on the upper side or the lower side of the light incident structure reference plane 11, and a light guide portion 114 in connection with the collimator 113; the light guide portion 114 extends from the light emergent end of the collimator 113 to the rear end of the first light passage 13; the light guide portion 114 is provided with a reflecting portion 115; and the reflecting portion 115 is capable of reflecting the emergent light of the collimator 113 to a direction towards the first light passage 13 for emergence.
  • collimating elements may be adopted for the structure of the collimator 113.
  • it may be specifically configured as a collimating cup, which is provided with an inwardly recessed light source connection portion, and correspondingly, the opening of the light source connection portion faces up or faces down.
  • the reflecting portion 115 may be specifically configured as a reflecting plane or a reflecting curved surface, which is opposite to the light emergent end of the collimator 113 and has a certain inclined angle, that is to say, light rays received by the collimator 113 are emitted to the reflecting portion 115, reflected by the reflecting portion 115 and then emitted towards the first light passage 13, and transmitted to the first light emergent surface 12 through the first light passage 13.
  • a recess structure 131 corresponding to the light guide portion 114 is respectively provided at the connection between the first light passage 13 and each of the light guide portions 114, and referring to Figs. 10 and 11 and Figs.
  • each of the recess structures 131 respectively comprises a light guide portion connection surface 132 in connection with the light guide portion 114 corresponding to the recess structure 131, an intermediate connection surface 133 in connection with the light guide portion connection surface 132, and an light passage connection surface 134 in connection with the intermediate connection surface 133, wherein a first cut-off portion 135 forming a first light shape cut-off line is provided at the connection between the intermediate connection surface 133 and the light passage connection surface 134.
  • the first light shape cut-off line formed by the first cut-off portion 135 can be designed according to specific application situations of the first optical element 1, e.g., it may be an auxiliary low-beam cut-off line, or an auxiliary high-beam cut-off line.
  • the first light emergent surface 12 is preferably a curved surface protruding forwards, and may be configured as a single and smooth curved light emergent surface, hereby improving the aesthetics of the appearance of the vehicle lamp.
  • the first cut-off portion 135 is located on the median surface of the first light emergent surface 12, and the median surface is a horizontal plane passing through the vertex of a longitudinal transversal of the first light emergent surface 12, such that the first light shape cut-off line correspondingly formed by the first cut-off portion 135 is clearer and realizes a better light shape.
  • the first light emergent surface 12 is a curvature continuous curved surface, which improves the appearance and the light emerging effect of the first optical element 1.
  • the at least one first light incident structure may be specifically configured to have at least one low-beam first light incident structure 111, or have at least one high-beam first light incident structure 112, or have at least one low-beam first light incident structure 111 and at least one high-beam first light incident structure 112. There may be one, two, three or more low-beam first light incident structures 111 and/or high-beam first light incident structures 112, and the number may be configured according to actual application requirements of the vehicle lamp optical unit.
  • the projection plane shapes of the first light emergent surface 12 and the light incident structure reference plane 11 along the light emergent direction are respectively a strip-shape extending left and right;
  • the first light incident structure is configured to be multiple low-beam first light incident structures 111 and multiple high-beam first light incident structures 112;
  • the low-beam first light incident structures 111 and the high-beam first light incident structures 112 are arranged alternately;
  • each of the collimators 113 is located on the lower side of the light incident structure reference plane 11.
  • the first optical element 1 can be simultaneously used for forming partial light shape or complete light shape of the low beam or the high beam, and integrate multiple functions as a whole, thus making the structural design simple and compact.
  • the alternate arrangement of the low-beam first light incident structures 111 and the high-beam first light incident structures 112 can meet the requirement that under the two modes, i.e., the low-beam mode and the high-beam mode, the first light emergent surface 12 has consistent lightening effect, and it is avoided that the first light emergent surface 12 is only partially lightened in a single low-beam mode, which affects the lightening effect of the vehicle lamp.
  • the distance between the first cut-off portion 135 corresponding to the low-beam first light incident structure 111 and the upper surface of the first light passage 13 is greater than the distance between the first cut-off portion 135 corresponding to the high-beam first light incident structure 112 and the upper surface of the first light passage 13, that is to say, the first cut-off portion 135 corresponding to the high-beam first light incident structure 112 is higher than the first cut-off portion 135 corresponding to the low-beam first light incident structure 111, such that there is a segment difference the first cut-off portion 135 corresponding to the low-beam first light incident structure 111 and the first cut-off portion 135 corresponding to the high-beam first light incident structure 112.
  • the high-beam light shape and the low-beam light shape have a certain superposition, that is to say, the cut-off line of the high-beam light shape is located below the cut-off line of the low-beam light shape, and accordingly, the adjoining effect between the low beam and the high beam is better.
  • the intermediate connection surface 133 corresponding to the low-beam first light incident structure 111 is configured to tilt upwards from back to front, and the side of the intermediate connection surface 133 facing the first light passage 13 is configured as a reflecting surface; and the intermediate connection surface 133 corresponding to the high-beam first light incident structure 112 is configured to tilt downwards from back to front, and the side of the intermediate connection surface 133 departing from the first light passage 13 is also configured as a reflecting surface.
  • light rays received by the low-beam first light incident structure 111 are subjected to a direction change by the light guide portion 114 and are emitted towards the first light passage 13, then most light rays are directly transmitted to the first light emergent surface 12 after passing through the first light passage 13 and being cut off by the corresponding first cut-off portion 135 thereof, while other minor light rays are directed to the corresponding intermediate connection surface 133 thereof and reflected by the intermediate connection surface 133 to the inside of the first light passage 13 for further transmission, so as to improve the luminous efficiency.
  • Those two parts of light rays commonly form a light shape having an auxiliary low-beam cut-off line after emerging from the first light emergent surface 12. Referring to Fig.
  • the high-beam first light incident structure 112 takes the corresponding light guide portion connection surface 132 as a primary high-beam light emergent surface and takes the light passage connection surface 134 as a secondary high-beam light incident surface. Light rays received by the high-beam first light incident structure 112 emerge from the corresponding light guide portion connection surface 132 after direction change by the light guide portion 114.
  • Most light rays directly enter the first light passage 13 through the corresponding light passage connection surface 134 after being cut off by the corresponding first cut-off portion 135, and are transmitted to the first light emergent surface 12, while other minor light rays are directed to the corresponding intermediate connection surface 133 thereof and reflected by the intermediate connection surface 133 to the corresponding light passage connection surface 134 and are further transmitted in the first light passage 13, so as to improve the luminous efficiency.
  • Those two parts of light rays commonly form a light shape having an auxiliary high-beam cut-off line after emerging from the first light emergent surface 12.
  • this vehicle lamp optical unit further comprises a second optical element 2; a notch for accommodating the second optical element 2 is formed on one side in the left and right direction of the first optical element 1; the rear end face and the front end face of the second optical element 2 along the light emergent direction are respectively a light incident surface 21 and a second light emergent surface 22; the light incident surface 21 is provided with at least one second light incident structure; and the second optical element 2 is configured to be capable of guiding light rays emerging from the second light emergent surface 22 to exit through the first light emergent surface 12.
  • the first optical element 1 and the second optical element 2 share the first light emergent surface 12, which is more conducive to the combination of the light shapes of the two, such that the vehicle lamp optical unit forms a desired vehicle lamp light shape.
  • the first optical element 1 is preferably provided with a secondary light incident surface 14, the secondary light incident surface 14 is located in the rear of the first light emergent surface 12 and faces the notch, and the secondary light incident surface 14 comprises at least one curved surface protruding backwards.
  • the light incident surface 21 is provided with multiple second light incident structures, and the multiple second light incident structures are configured to have at least one low-beam second light incident structure 211 and at least one high-beam second light incident structure 212.
  • the specific numbers of the low-beam second light incident structures 211 and the high-beam second light incident structures 212 may be configured according to requirements for the light shape formed by the second optical element 2; moreover, it is preferred that those two are molded as a whole, hereby improving the installation accuracy of the vehicle lamp optical unit.
  • each of the low-beam second light incident structures 211 and each of the high-beam second light incident structures 212 are respectively a collimating structure.
  • the collimating structure may be a collimating element, such as a collimating cup, so as to improve the light efficiency.
  • the low-beam second light incident structure 211 is located above the high-beam second light incident structure 212;
  • the second light emergent surface 22 comprises a low-beam light emergent surface 221 located in front of the low-beam second light incident structure 211 and a high-beam light emergent surface 222 located at the light emergent end of the high-beam second light incident structure 212;
  • a second light passage 23 is provided between the light emergent end of the low-beam second light incident structure 211 and the low-beam light emergent surface 221;
  • a second cut-off portion 24 for forming a second light shape cut-off line is provided at the connection between the bottom surface of the second light passage 23 and the low-beam light emergent surface 221.
  • the second light shape cut-off line may be a main low-beam cut-off line, or a main high-beam cut-off line.
  • light rays received by the low-beam second light incident structure 211 are emitted to the second light passage 23 to be transmitted to the low-beam light emergent surface 211 through the second light passage 23, and form a light shape having a main low-beam cut-off line via the second cut-off portion 24; and light rays received by the high-beam second light incident structure 212 directly emerge from the high-beam light emergent surface 222 and form a light shape having a main high-beam cut-off line via the second cut-off portion 24.
  • the lower surface of the second light passage 23 is configured as a reflecting surface.
  • the lower surface of the second light passage 23 is configured as a reflecting surface.
  • the low-beam light emergent surface 221 is configured as a curved surface protruding forwards, and specifically may be a curved surface protruding in up-down direction, or may also be a curved surface protruding in left-right direction, or may also be a curved surface protruding simultaneously in up-down direction and in left-right direction.
  • This structure makes light rays emerging from the low-beam light emergent surface 221 more concentrated, and more light rays would enter the secondary light incident surface 14, hereby further improving the luminous efficiency.
  • a light guide 3 is further provided in the recess structure 131, and the light emergent surface of the light guide 3 faces towards the light passage connection surface 134, such that light rays emerging from the light emergent surface of the light guide 3 are transmitted to the first light emergent surface 12 through the first light passage 13.
  • the light guide 3 shares the first light emergent surface 12 with the first optical element 1 and the second optical element 2, such that the vehicle lamp optical unit not only has the low-beam illumination function and/or the high-beam illumination function, but also has various illumination functions such as a low-beam III zone, a daytime running lamp or a position lamp, while occupied space is small.
  • the minimum distance L between the two is set to ⁇ 10 mm, preferably, 1 mm ⁇ L ⁇ 5 mm; and when the first optical element 1 is only provided with a low-beam first light incident structure 111, the distance L may be set to 0.
  • the vehicle lamp optical unit comprises a first optical element 1 and a second optical element 2.
  • the rear end face and the front end face of the first optical element 1 along a light emergent direction are respectively a light incident structure reference plane 11 and a first light emergent surface 12.
  • the projection plane shapes of the first light emergent surface 12 and the light incident structure reference plane 11 along the light emergent direction are respectively a strip-shape extending left and right.
  • the rear end of the first optical element 11 is formed as a light incident portion, the light incident portion comprises a first light incident structure provided along the left and right direction of the light incident structure reference plane 11.
  • a first light passage 13 is formed between the light incident portion and the first light emergent surface 12.
  • the first light emergent surface 12 is a curvature continuous curved surface protruding forwards.
  • the first light incident structure is configured to have six low-beam first light incident structures 111 and four high-beam first light incident structures 112.
  • the low-beam first light incident structures 111 and the high-beam first light incident structures 112 are arranged alternately.
  • Each of the low-beam first light incident structures 111 and each of the high-beam first light incident structures 112 respectively comprises a collimator 113 located on the lower side of the light incident structure reference plane 11 and a light guide portion 114.
  • the light guide portion 114 extends from the light emergent end of the collimator 113 to the rear end of the first light passage 13.
  • the light guide portion 114 is provided with a reflecting portion 115, and the reflecting portion 115 can reflect the emergent light of the collimator 113 to a direction towards the first light passage 13 for emergence.
  • a recess structure 131 corresponding to the light guide portion 114 is respectively provided at the connection between the first light passage 13 and each of the light guide portions 114.
  • Each of the recess structures 131 respectively comprises a light guide portion connection surface 132 in connection with the light guide portion 114 corresponding to the recess structure 131, an intermediate connection surface 133 in connection with the light guide portion connection surface 132, and an light passage connection surface 134 in connection with the intermediate connection surface 133.
  • a first cut-off portion 135 forming a first light shape cut-off line is provided at the connection between the intermediate connection surface 133 and the light passage connection surface 134, and the first cut-off portion 135 is located on the median surface of the first light emergent surface 12.
  • the distance between the first cut-off portion 135 corresponding to the low-beam first light incident structure 111 and the upper surface of the first light passage 13 is greater than the distance between the first cut-off portion 135 corresponding to the high-beam first light incident structure 112 and the upper surface of the first light passage 13.
  • the intermediate connection surface 133 corresponding to the low-beam first light incident structure 111 is configured to tilt upwards from back to front, and the side of the intermediate connection surface 133 facing the first light passage 13 is a reflecting surface.
  • the intermediate connection surface 133 corresponding to the high-beam first light incident structure 112 is configured to tilt downwards from back to front, and the side of the intermediate connection surface 133 departing from the first light passage 13 is a reflecting surface.
  • a notch for accommodating the second optical element 2 is formed on the right side in the left and right direction of the first optical element 1, a secondary light incident surface 14 is located in the rear of the first light emergent surface 12 and faces the notch, and the secondary light incident surface 14 comprises two curved surface protruding backwards, which are arranged in the left and right direction.
  • the rear end face and the front end face of the second optical element 2 along the light emergent direction are respectively a light incident surface 21 and a second light emergent surface 22.
  • the second light emergent surface 22 is arranged to face the secondary light incident surface 14.
  • the light incident surface 21 is provided with two low-beam second light incident structures 211 and two high-beam second light incident structures 212.
  • the low-beam second light incident structure 211 is located above the high-beam second light incident structure 212.
  • the light emergent end of the high-beam second light incident structure 212 is configured as a high-beam light emergent surface 222.
  • the front end of the low-beam second light incident structure 211 is successively provided with a second light passage 23 and a low-beam light emergent surface 221.
  • a second cut-off portion 24 for forming a second light shape cut-off line is provided at the connection between the bottom surface of the second light passage 23 and the low-beam light emergent surface 221.
  • the upper and lower sides of the lower surface of the second light passage 23 are both configured as reflecting surfaces.
  • the low-beam light emergent surface 221 is configured as a curved surface protruding forwards.
  • a light guide 3 for forming the light shape of a daytime running lamp may further be provided in the recess structure 131.
  • the light emergent surface of the light guide 3 faces the light passage connection surface 134, and the minimum distance L between the light guide 3 and the intermediate connection surface 133 is set to 3 mm.
  • the collimator 113 corresponding to the low-beam first light incident structure 111 receives light rays and emits the same to the light guide portion 114, the light rays are reflected by the reflecting portion 115 on the light guide portion 114 to the direction towards the first light passage 13 for emergence, and the light rays are transmitted to the first light emergent surface 12 through the first light passage 13 and form an auxiliary low-beam light shape b having an auxiliary low-beam cut-off line via the corresponding first cut-off portion 135 thereof; when turning on the light source 4 corresponding to the high-beam first light incident structure 112, the collimator 113 corresponding to the high-beam first light incident structure 112 receives light rays and emits the same to the light guide portion 114, the light rays emerge
  • the vehicle lamp optical unit as described above can realize various illumination functions such as low beam, high beam, and daytime running lamp.
  • light sources corresponding to the low-beam first light incident structure 111 and the low-beam second light incident structure 211 are turned on, it is the low-beam illumination mode for the vehicle lamp, and when the light sources corresponding to the high-beam first light incident structure 112 and the high-beam second light incident structure 212 are turned on, it is switched to the high beam illumination mode.
  • the function of the daytime running lamp can be realized just by turning on the light source corresponding to the light guide 3.
  • partial light shapes of the low beam or the high beam of the vehicle lamp are formed through projection by the first light emergent surface 12 of the first optical element 1.
  • the respective partial light shapes form a complete low beam or high beam light shape by splicing.
  • specific welcome or shutting-down mode of the vehicle lamp can be realized by lighting up the light sources 4 in a certain order when the vehicle lamp is lit up or shut down. For example, as shown in Figs. 31 and 32 , the low-beam light shape of the vehicle lamp is divided into nine areas.
  • light sources 4 corresponding to the nine areas are lit up one by one from left to right, so as to form light shapes of the nine areas in order, which are shown as 1, 2, 3, 4, OO , 6, 7, 8 and 9, hereby realizing the welcome mode of the vehicle lamp and ultimately forming a complete low-beam light shape.
  • a second aspect of the present disclosure provides a vehicle lamp module, comprising a vehicle lamp optical unit according to any one of the above-mentioned embodiments, and light sources 4 provided in one-to-one correspondence with the first light incident structures, wherein each of the light sources 4 is capable of being controlled individually to be turned on or turned off. Therefore, it at least has all the beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the above-mentioned embodiments of the vehicle lamp optical unit.
  • a third aspect of the present disclosure provides a vehicle, comprising a vehicle lamp module as described above. Therefore, it at least has all the beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the above-mentioned embodiments of the vehicle lamp optical unit and the vehicle lamp module.
  • the first light incident structure is configured to extend from one side in the upper-lower width direction of the light incident structure reference plane 11 to the first light passage 13, the first light incident structure can guide light rays received thereby to be emitted towards the first light passage 13 and be transmitted to the first light emergent surface 12 along the first light passage 13, that is to say, a light source corresponding to the first light incident structure is provided on the upper side or the lower side of the light incident structure reference plane 11, wherein it can be effectively avoided that a light spot is produced in a situation where the light source 4 is provided in the rear of the first optical element 1, hereby improving the illumination visual effect of the vehicle lamp optical unit; moreover, the vehicle lamp optical unit can meet requirements for various vehicle lamp illumination modes and lightening modes.

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