Patents by Inventor Nina WINTERER

Nina WINTERER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10344931
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating light distributions on roadways with motor vehicle headlights having at least one laser light source which is modulated by an actuator and a processing unit and of which the laser beam is directed onto at least one light conversion element via a beam deflection element actuated by a beam deflection actuator, said light conversion element having a phosphor for converting light, and said headlight also comprising a projection system for projecting the light image generated at the at least one light conversion element onto the roadway, wherein in addition to changing a specified light distribution, the processing unit is configured to change the intensity of the beam of the laser light source by the actuator according to a specified function in the sense of increasing the intensity in the direction of the edges of the light image generated on the light conversion element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Nina Winterer, Bettina Reisinger
  • Publication number: 20180045392
    Abstract: A headlight for motor vehicles having at least one laser light source (1) which can be modulated by means of an actuator (3) and a processing unit (4) and of which the laser beam (2) is directed onto at least one light conversion means (8) via a beam deflection means (7) actuated by a beam deflection actuator (9), said light conversion means having a phosphor for converting light, and said headlight also comprising a projection system (12) for projecting the light image (12) generated at the at least one light conversion means onto the roadway (13), wherein in addition to changing a specified light distribution, the processing unit (4) is configured to change the intensity of the beam (2) of the laser light source (1) by means of the actuator (3) according to a specified function in the sense of increasing the intensity in the direction of the edges of the light image (11) generated on the light conversion means (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Nina WINTERER, Bettina REISINGER