Patents Assigned to ZKW GROUP GMBH
  • Patent number: 10995927
    Abstract: The invention relates to a projection device (1) for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the projection device (1) is designed to project light of at least one light source (2) associated with the projection device (1) into a zone in front of the motor vehicle in at least one light distribution pattern, namely a low-beam light distribution pattern, a total number of the low-beam microlenses comprising at least two groups of low-beam microlenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Mandl, Andreas Moser, Friedrich Bauer, Peter Schadenhofer
  • Patent number: 10998296
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device, including a display unit having a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices and outputting light to an upper surface thereof, a transparent substrate located on an upper side of the display unit and having a fixing portion protruding from one surface thereof to surround a side surface of the display unit, a protective layer formed to cover a lower surface of the display unit, and a back cover coupled to a part of the transparent substrate and the protective layer in an injection manner, wherein the protective layer is located to cover the fixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Jinhyeok Choi, Heonsuk Oh, Yeonji Lee
  • Patent number: 10969075
    Abstract: The invention relates to an illumination device (51, 52, 53) for a motor vehicle headlight, which illumination device comprises: an illumination means (100) wherein the light beams thereof can be collimated by at least one lens system (200); a polarising beam splitter (300), which divides the collimated light beams into a first and a second linearly polarised beam path (310, 320); a first means for polarisation rotation (400) which is configured to rotate the polarisation direction of the second beam path (320), such that the second beam path (320) has the polarisation direction of the first beam path (310); a reflective means (350) which is configured to deflect the first beam path (310); a single second means for polarisation rotation (600), having at least one segment which can be placed in an active and an inactive state by means of electrical signals; a polarisation filter means (610) which is configured to transmit or block the light beams that have been rotated in terms of their polarisation by the sec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Brandstetter, Stefan Miedler, Matthias Riesinger
  • Patent number: 10937769
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device, including a display unit having a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices and outputting light to an upper surface thereof, a transparent substrate located on an upper side of the display unit and having a fixing portion protruding from one surface thereof to surround a side surface of the display unit, an elastic portion located to cover a lower surface of the display unit and made of an elastic member, a first back cover coupled to a part of the transparent substrate not overlapping the display unit in an injection manner, and a second back cover located to overlap the display unit and fixed to the first back cover, wherein the elastic portion presses the display unit toward the transparent substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Jinhyeok Choi, Heonsuk Oh, Yeonji Lee
  • Patent number: 10890308
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a car lamp (or a vehicle lamp) and a control method thereof, and more particularly, a vehicle lamp using a semiconductor light emitting device. The present invention provides a lamp including a half mirror having an upper surface and a lower surface and configured to reflect a part of light incident on the lower surface and another part to be discharged to outside, a reflector located below the half mirror in a manner of facing the lower surface of the half mirror, and a plurality of light sources located between the half mirror and the reflector to emit light toward the half mirror, wherein the half mirror and the reflector are located to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance such that the light emitted from each of the light sources is repeatedly reflected by the half mirror and the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Mongkwon Jung, Joongtaek Cha
  • Patent number: 10890305
    Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle includes an array module comprising a plurality of micro Light Emitting Diode (LED) chips that are arranged in one or more patterns and that are configured to generate light, where the array module has a shape that is concave in a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Shinwoo Yoon, Yongkyo Kim, Hankyu Cho
  • Patent number: 10889232
    Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle that includes at least one camera and a lamp, the method including: controlling the at least one camera to capture at least one image of an area in front of the vehicle; extracting, from the at least one image, a light distribution pattern formed by the lamp in the area in front of the vehicle; and performing at least one control related to the extracted light distribution pattern, based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the extracted light distribution pattern with a reference light distribution pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Sangshin Park, Taeyoung Na
  • Patent number: 10887959
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement (1) for generating a reference voltage (Uref) for the power supply (2) of an LED arrangement (LED), wherein the power supply supplies a feed current (IS) to the LED arrangement on the basis of an input voltage (UB), which current is determined by the magnitude of the reference voltage, wherein the circuit arrangement comprises: a first voltage divider (R1/R2), located on a constant power supply voltage (UV), a second voltage divider (R3/R4), located on the input voltage (UB) of the power supply (2), and a third voltage divider (R5/R6) which consists of an ohmic resistor (R5) and a temperature-dependent resistor (R6) thermally coupled to the LED arrangement, a voltage proportional to the voltage on the centre connection of the second voltage divider (R3/R4) is supplied via a first diode (D1) to the centre connection of the first voltage divider (R1/R2), a voltage proportional to the voltage on the centre connection of the third voltage divider (R5/R6) is further supplied via a second diod
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Guth, Harald Graf
  • Patent number: 10876696
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for a motor vehicle headlight, comprising a plurality of light sources, a light guide unit (3) that is made of a light-conducting solid body and comprises a plurality of light guides (3b), and a downstream projection lens (4) including a focal plane (E), each light guide (3b) comprising a light incoupling surface (3b?) for coupling light of a light source (2) into the light guide (3b), the light guides (3b) converging toward a shared light outcoupling surface (3a) of the light guide unit (3), the light outcoupling surface (3a) being configured to radiate light into the projection lens (4) and being essentially located in the focal plane (E) of the projection lens (4), characterized in that the light guide unit (3) comprises at least one translucent deflection element (6), which extends along the light outcoupling surface (3a) in a rib-shaped manner and protrudes beyond the light outcoupling surface (3a) in the direction of the projection lens (4), or is formed as
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Plank, Lukas Taudt, Nina Brauner
  • Patent number: 10876695
    Abstract: A light module for a motor vehicle headlight for emitting light to form a light pattern in an area in front of the light module, the light module including two or more primary light sources (PLQ1, PLQ2) that produce light to form a main light pattern (HLV), and at least one secondary light source (SLQ1) that produces light to form an additional light pattern (ZLV), which overlaps the main light pattern to form an entire light pattern. The primary light sources are associated with at least one primary reflector (PR1, PR2) and are configured to bundle the light emitted the from the primary light sources and to direct it in the form of the main light pattern into an area in front of the light module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Stein, Christian Bemmer, Thomas Edletzberger, Martin Schragl, Peter Schadenhofer, Jürgen Ganzberger, Johann Altmann, Jürgen Zorn
  • Patent number: 10876698
    Abstract: The invention relates to a headlight module (1) for motor vehicles, comprising at least one light source (2), downstream of which at least one deflection mirror (3), a micromirror array (4) and a lens (5) are arranged in the beam path, the light emitted by the at least one light source being reflected via the deflection mirror onto the micromirror array activated by a control system, and the light pattern produced on the array being projected into the traffic space via the lens as a lighting pattern, in which module lens and mirror are formed in one piece as a lens/mirror block (10) which has a lens area (10-3) and a mirror area (10-5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Mayer, Stefan Miltterlehner
  • Patent number: 10864847
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device for a motor vehicle (10) that has one or preferably two such lighting devices that are set up to produce a headlamp flasher signaling function, the lighting device being associated with a controller, the controller controlling the lighting device upon activation of the headlamp flasher signaling function to produce, from the lighting device, a headlamp flasher light distribution, especially in the form of a high beam light distribution (LHV), especially for a defined period of time, in an area in front of the at least one lighting device or in an area in front of the vehicle (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBH
    Inventor: Peter Mayer
  • Patent number: 10857932
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lamp for a vehicle, including: at least one light source; an outer lens for covering the at least one light source; a housing coupled to the outer lens to form a space; and an antenna module disposed in the space and comprising at least one horn antenna for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventor: Joongtaek Cha
  • Patent number: 10843284
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process to connect, by soldering, at least one electronic component (104, 204, 304, 404, 504) with a mounting plate (100, 200, 300, 400, 500), the mounting plate having at least one mounting plate contact surface (102, 202, 302, 402, 502) and the at least one electronic component having at least one component contact surface (105) corresponding to it, the at least one mounting plate contact surface being surrounded by a solder resist layer (101, 201, 301, 401, 501) that borders the at least one mounting plate contact surface, the process having the following steps: a) Applying solder paste (106, 206, 306, 406, 506) onto at least areas of the solder resist layer (101, 201, 301, 401, 501), minimally overlapping with the mounting plate contact surface (102, 202, 302, 402, 502) adjacent to the solder resist layer, b) Equipping the mounting plate with the at least one electronic component (104, 204, 304, 404, 504), the at least one component contact surface (105) at least partly covering
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventor: Erik Edlinger
  • Patent number: 10808901
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lamp, including a half mirror having upper and lower surfaces to reflect a part of light incident on the lower surface and discharge another part to outside, a first reflector located below the half mirror to be vertically spaced so as to face the lower surface of the half mirror, a plurality of light sources to emit light between the half mirror and the first reflector, and a second reflector located between the light sources to reflect at least some of incident light, wherein the half mirror and the second reflector face each other, such that light emitted from a part of the light sources is repeatedly reflected between the half mirror and the second reflector, and wherein the first and second reflectors face each other, such that light emitted from the remaining light source is repeatedly reflected between the first and second reflectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Mongkwon Jung, Joongtaek Cha
  • Patent number: 10801689
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a motor vehicle headlight which at least comprises a laser diode (1) and a light conversion element (8) paired with the laser diode (1). Light conversion element (8) regions corresponding to different regions of the light image (11?) can be illuminated periodically and with a varying intensity by means of a light beam (2) of the laser diode (1), and the illumination intensity in the light conversion element (8) regions corresponding to the different regions of the light image (11?) is adjusted simultaneously by both the relative illumination duration of the different regions as well as different luminous intensities of the laser diode (1) in the light conversion element (8) regions corresponding to the different regions of the light image (11?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Mitterlehner, Jan Koller, Emanuel Weber, Patrik Schantl
  • Patent number: 10788182
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a plurality of light emitting modules that are vertically stacked with each other in a thickness direction, each of the light emitting modules including a substrate and a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices located on the substrate, and partition walls located between the semiconductor light emitting devices, the partition walls passing through each of the light emitting modules in the thickness direction. The semiconductor light emitting devices provided in different light emitting modules among the light emitting modules are configured to emit light having different wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventor: Juung Jo
  • Patent number: 10773646
    Abstract: A lamp, for a vehicle, that includes at least one light source configured to generate light; a transparent display configured to allow at least a portion of the light to pass through the transparent display; and a processor configured to control the transparent display to display, on a projection surface using the light, information related to the vehicle or driving conditions for the vehicle is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventor: Geunhyeong Kim
  • Patent number: 10775015
    Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle includes a cover lens, a housing that is coupled to the cover lens and that defines a lamp space with the cover lens, a light output unit including a plurality of light generation groups that are arranged in the lamp space in a first direction, and a light guide including a plurality of optical guides that are located inside of the lamp space and that extend in a second direction that defines an angle with respect to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Naram Jun, Yunhee Kim, Yoomin Choi
  • Patent number: 10731813
    Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle includes an array module including a plurality of micro Light Emitting Diode (LED) chips. The array module includes a plurality of regions, where each region includes one or more arrays. Each array includes at least a portion of the plurality of micro LED chips. At least one of the plurality of regions includes arrays that are stacked to each other, where a number of arrays stacked at a first region among the plurality of regions is different from a number of arrays stacked in a second region among the plurality of regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Sunjung Park, Hankyu Cho