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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8016468 | Signal indicator lamp assembly for a vehicle A signal indicator lamp assembly (10) for a vehicle (14) has an LED assembly (16) that emits electromagnetic radiation (20), which is visible light, such as white light, that is composed of at least two wavelengths. A collimating optic ( | 09/13/2011 |
| 7726856 | Vehicular marker lamp A vehicular marker lamp including a lamp cover that contains nanosized fluorescent material and light sources that excite the fluorescent material so as to cause the lamp cover to emit colored light. ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7618170 | Infrared light irradiating lamp for vehicle An infrared light irradiating lamp for a vehicle includes a projection lens disposed on an optical axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a light source bulb disposed behind a rear focal point of the projection lens, a reflector for reflecting li... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7575350 | Night vision system for motor vehicles An infrared lighting device for motor vehicles, for example a headlight, has a radiation source and a filter, whereby the device emits white and infrared radiation at a certain intensity in a wavelength range between 800 and 1200 nm on one axis, and the filter at a ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7417201 | Switching arrangement for actuating lighting systems on a motor vehicle Future motor vehicles will require additional lighting means. Additional lighting means are required, above all, in conjunction with environmental sensors, especially sensors which are used in night vision systems. As a result of the generally increasing number of e... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7372055 | Night vision infrared illuminator An illuminator assembly is provided for supplying night vision illumination. The assembly includes a support housing and an infrared illumination source. An infrared reflector receives the radiation emitted from the infrared illumination source and reflects the infr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364332 | Vehicle headlamp A light source bulb 22 is inserted and fixed into a reflector 24 from a side in a position placed downward apart from an optical axis Ax. Thus, it is possible to effectively utilize an optical-axis side region in a reflecting plane 24a fo... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357544 | Night vision system for motor vehicles An infrared lighting device for motor vehicles, for example a headlight, has a radiation source and a filter, whereby the device emits white and infrared radiation at a certain intensity in a wavelength range between 800 and 1200 nm on one axis, and the filter at a ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359422 | Semiconductor laser device and illumination apparatus A semiconductor laser device is provided, which comprises a semiconductor laser element having a light emission surface, a reflective member having a reflective surface, and a light diffusing member provided between the light emission surface and the reflective surf... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350945 | System and method of detecting driving conditions for a motor vehicle A system for a motor vehicle for detecting driving conditions on a road, including a nebulosity, the range of visibility in the presence of a nebulosity or the distance between an obstacle in the road and the motor vehicle. The system includes a headlight which emit... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348584 | Infrared projector An infrared projector including: a light source which radiates an infrared ray; and an emitter which emits visible light when exposed to infrared light, wherein the emitter is provided on a position where the infrared ray radiated from the light source reaches. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347602 | Headlight for a motor vehicle with a cut-off beam, and a shield assembly for such a headlight The object of the invention is a headlight for a motor vehicle comprising a reflector of the ellipsoidal type; a light source placed at a first focus of the reflector; a convergent optical means whose object focus is situated close to the second focus of the reflect... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331694 | Illuminating unit and projection type image display apparatus using the same An illuminating unit having a plurality of light emitting devices and collimators and a projection type image display apparatus using the same are provided. The illuminating unit includes: a plurality of light emitting devices which output light beams of predetermin... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331683 | Decorative article and vehicular lamp A decorative article capable of being used in combination with an article having a light source and of remarkably improving the decorative effect together with the light source. The decorative article is attached to an article having a light source, and comprises, a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331690 | Infrared headlight An infrared headlight useful in a night vision system may be made with an infrared emitter positioned in a reflector. The radiation source is associated with a filter body which has a first filter layer part and a second uncoated part. The two parts are designed so ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323809 | Lamp emitting visible and IR light A lamp radiates visible light and infrared light. The lamp bulb of the lamp includes at least a first region which is at least partly permeable to infrared light, and at least partly impermeable to visible light. At least a second region of the bulb is wholly or par... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318658 | High power LED color bulb with infrared remote function A high power LED color bulb with infrared remote function has a reflector having front and rear openings and a light guide hole, a light guide bar received inside light guide hole, an LED module with LED chips and a bulb cover with a controlling circuit board. The L... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7312477 | Led lamp for light source Whereas incandescent light bulbs and other similar light sources known in the related art emit light in all directions, LED lamps can emit light in a single direction, and this is manifested in the problem of being unable to achieve light distribution characteristic... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305115 | Method and system for improving ability of a machine vision system to discriminate features of a target A method and system is disclosed to improve the ability of a machine vision system to distinguish desired features of a target by taking images of the target under different one or more lighting conditions and using image analysis to extract information of interest ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303316 | Car lamp structure A car lamp includes a lamp shell, a reflecting shade ahead of the lamp shell, a bulb on the reflecting shell, a set-off member ahead of the reflecting shade, and a pervious-to-light lamp cover secured ahead of the set-off member; the reflecting shade has several ref... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301265 | Light source unit, method of manufacturing light source unit, and projector Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a light source unit in which only a small number of components are required, the shapes of the corresponding components are not complicated, a lens is fixed and hence good workability is achieved, and lowering o... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301262 | Method and an apparatus for cooling an arc lamp A method and an apparatus for cooling an arc lamp have been disclosed. In one embodiment, the arc lamp assembly includes an arc lamp, a first heat sink coupled to an anode of the arc lamp, and a thermally conductive ring surrounding a first part of the outer surface... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301466 | Turn signal lamp, periphery monitoring device, body construction and imaging device for vehicle A side turn signal light that flashes during operation is disposed on a vehicle body side surface of a vehicle. Further, a camera that images a vehicle side zone that includes the side turn signal light in a section thereof, and a near-infrared LED for night-time il... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295104 | Lighting apparatus A lighting apparatus for vehicles having two primary headlights for visible low beam and high beam illumination, and auxiliary headlights that are mounted on the vehicle separate from the primary headlights. The auxiliary headlights generate infrared light and posit... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287884 | Vehicle operation supporting device and vehicle operation supporting system A beam radiator that radiates visible light beams having a predetermined wavelength onto a road surface to inform drivers of other vehicles of the existence of a self-owned vehicle or to let a driver of the self-owned vehicle confirm a traveling path thereof is disp... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281828 | Headlights for vehicles The invention concerns vehicle headlights with two light functions, comprising a reflector (10) and a two-filament bulb (14), whose first spiral-wound filament (14′) generates a first light function and whose second spiral-wound filament (1... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278762 | Automotive headlamps with improved beam chromaticity Lenses for lamps can improve the quality of the light emitted through lens by interacting with the light bulb. Photoluminescent dyes as well as non-photoluminescent dyes may be incorporated into a polycarbonate lens in order to shift the chromaticity of the light so... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7261435 | Light fixture and lens assembly for same A light fixture or troffer for directing light emitted from a light source toward an area to be illuminated, including a reflector assembly within which the light source is positioned and a lens assembly detachably secured to a portion of the reflector assembly such... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252421 | Vehicular light assembly and related method A vehicular light assembly including a dichroic lamp, a socket, a cradle and an optional support to mount the assembly to a vehicle. The dichroic lamp includes a reflector which reflects light emitted by the bulb forward but allows radiant heat to pass rearwardly th... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7244056 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp can include a light source and a reflector whose first focal position lies in the vicinity of the light source, the reflector preferably includes a concave spheroidal surface that reflects light from the light source frontward. A projection lens can b... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245228 | Portable electronic apparatus with controlled light sources A portable electronic apparatus has light sources that can be controlled to produce decorative or informational effects. Each light source is controlled by the combination of an enable signal from a 1-bit port of a controller and a PWM signal from a PWM signal from ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244049 | Light assembly for vehicle A light assembly for a vehicle is provided with a light source capable of emitting rays including a visible ray and an infrared ray, a main reflector disposed so as to reflect the rays emitted by the light source forward, and a filter being reflective of the infrare... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7226193 | Illuminating device for a vehicle for realizing an asymmetrical light distribution The present invention in various embodiments relates to an illuminating device for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, for realizing an asymmetrical light distribution. The asymmetrical light distribution has a greater illumination depth on the vehicle's side ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222999 | Headlight for vehicles In a headlight for vehicles that emits light in the near-infrared range and that has both a light source, which projects not only in the infrared range but also in the visible range, and an infrared range-transmissive filter, a transition range of the filter extends... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7217018 | Structure of automobile lamp An improved structure of the automobile lamp includes a base, a fixing pipe having two longitudinal grooves, and a lamp seat fixedly connected on the base inside the fixing pipe for combining with an automobile lamp body. An outer pipe is provided with a driving gea... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217020 | Headlamp assembly with integrated infrared illuminator A headlamp assembly according to the invention includes an integrated night vision illuminator element, such as an infrared illuminator. The headlamp assembly also includes a low beam light bulb element and a high beam light bulb element. A lens attached to the fron... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215084 | Power control arrangement, as for a flashlight In a battery-operated apparatus comprising a load, a battery and a switch in circuit for selectively energizing the load: a comparator compares a potential produced by the battery and a reference potential for de-energizing the load when the battery potential is bel... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204611 | Lamp with coating reflecting middle infrared and transmitting near infrared A lamp for night sight applications includes a bulb that transmits both visible and infrared light. The lamp also includes a coating that reflects middle infrared radiation and is transparent to near infrared radiation to increase output efficiency in the near infra... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201504 | Optical module for a lighting device for motor vehicle, designed to give at least one main cut-off beam An optical module for an automobile lighting device adapted to selectively emit a principal light beam generated from a principal light source for performing a principal lighting function and a secondary light beam generated from a secondary light source for perform... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195385 | Vehicle light for a vehicle, preferably a motor vehicle A vehicle light has at least one vehicle light housing having an open end and configured to be arranged on an inner side of a vehicle part of the vehicle. At least one illumination element is arranged in the vehicle light housing. The vehicle part has a light-transm... | 03/27/2007 |
