Abstract: An optical light beam projection device, notably for a motor vehicle, includes upstream in the direction of propagation of the light rays, a set of at least two associated submatrices each provided with primary light sources capable of emitting light rays. Downstream, a primary optical system is provided with a plurality of convergent optics, at least one convergent optic being associated with each submatrix and arranged downstream thereof, the separation between the optical axes of two adjacent convergent optics corresponds respectively to the separation between the centers of the corresponding adjacent submatrices. Another subject of the invention is an optical module comprising the device and a motor vehicle headlight.

Abstract: A light module, notably of a vehicle, including a semiconductor light source including a plurality of light-emitting units of submillimetric dimensions distributed in different selectively activatable light zones, at least one optic, capable of receiving the light rays emitted by the selectively activatable light zones and of deflecting them out of the light module, the shaping optic being arranged in such a way as to form an image of the light source including a plurality of pixels, the light source and the optic being arranged in such a way that these pixels exhibit an angular aperture of at most 0.4° in at least one given direction.

Abstract: A communication device, notably for motor vehicles, including a transmission system equipped with a light source designed to emit an initial light beam, the transmission system being configured for generating a first light beam polarized in a first direction starting from the initial light beam, the transmission system furthermore including a modulator of the direction of polarization of the first polarized light beam in such a manner as to transmit information, the device furthermore including a receiver system configured for detecting the first polarized light beam when it is polarized in the first direction and for transmitting the information.

Abstract: A semiconductor light source that includes a substrate B and a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting rods extending respectively from the substrate, and a plurality of separating walls also extending from the substrate. The separating walls are arranged between the rods in such a way as to define groups of rods, and such that at least two separating walls have a different height.

Abstract: An optical light beam projection device, notably for a motor vehicle, includes upstream in the direction of propagation of the light rays, a set of at least two associated submatrices each provided with primary light sources capable of emitting light rays. Downstream, a primary optical system is provided with a plurality of convergent optics, at least one convergent optic being associated with each submatrix and arranged downstream thereof, the separation between the optical axes of two adjacent convergent optics corresponds respectively to the separation between the centers of the corresponding adjacent submatrices. Another subject of the invention is an optical module comprising the device and a motor vehicle headlight.

Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle including a first lighting module projecting at least one first matrix of first independently activatable juxtaposed pixels, the first pixels being arranged in several vertical columns and in at least one transverse row of determined height (Dh), characterized in that it includes a second lighting module projecting a second matrix of second independently activatable juxtaposed pixels, the second pixels being arranged in at least one transverse row, the second matrix being superposed with the first matrix with a vertical offset by a vertical offset distance (P) less than the determined height (Dh) relative to the first pixels of the first matrix.

Abstract: An optical light beam projection device, notably for a motor vehicle, includes upstream in the direction of propagation of the light rays, a set of at least two associated submatrices each provided with primary light sources capable of emitting light rays. Downstream, a primary optical system is provided with a plurality of convergent optics, at least one convergent optic being associated with each submatrix and arranged downstream thereof, the separation between the optical axes of two adjacent convergent optics corresponds respectively to the separation between the centers of the corresponding adjacent submatrices. Another subject of the invention is an optical module comprising the device and a motor vehicle headlight.

Abstract: A luminous motor-vehicle module, comprising an array of light sources and a bifocal imaging device that is designed to project an image of each light source, wherein the luminous module comprises at least one primary optical element, which at its exit does not modify in a vertical direction V the angle of the incident rays, and which allows secondary sources to be formed the lateral dimension of which is larger than a lateral dimension of the light sources and the angular aperture of the emitted secondary light beams of which is smaller than an angular aperture of the light beams emitted by the light sources.

Abstract: A light module, notably of a vehicle, including a semiconductor light source including a plurality of light-emitting units of submillimetric dimensions distributed in different selectively activatable light zones, at least one optic, capable of receiving the light rays emitted by the selectively activatable light zones and of deflecting them out of the light module, the shaping optic being arranged in such a way as to form an image of the light source including a plurality of pixels, the light source and the optic being arranged in such a way that these pixels exhibit an angular aperture of at most 0.4° in at least one given direction.

Abstract: A luminous motor-vehicle module, comprising an array of light sources and a bifocal imaging device that is designed to project an image of each light source, wherein the luminous module comprises at least one primary optical element, which at its exit does not modify in a vertical direction V the angle of the incident rays, and which allows secondary sources to be formed the lateral dimension of which is larger than a lateral dimension of the light sources and the angular aperture of the emitted secondary light beams of which is smaller than an angular aperture of the light beams emitted by the light sources.

Abstract: A motor-vehicle lighting system including a device for projecting a low beam into a projection zone, wherein the projecting device is configured so that the low beam includes a zone of lesser illumination located in the interior of the projection zone. A preferred application is the field of lighting equipment for motor vehicles.

Abstract: An optical module for a motor vehicle including a light source, a heat sink including a plate having a front face for supporting the light source, and including a rear face spiked with cooling fins, a device for producing an airflow. The heat sink includes at least one vent which passes through the plate of the heat sink in proximity to the light source in order to allow the airflow to circulate longitudinally between the front and the rear of the heat sink.

Abstract: This monolithic light source for a motor-vehicle lighting module includes an emission area formed by a plurality of emitting elements and configured so that the emitting elements are arranged in at least three selectively activatable segments, these at least three selectively activatable segments including a first segment and a second segment, which are symmetric to each other with respect to a plane of symmetry and which have a contact zone that extends along this plane of symmetry, and a third section, which extends from one end of this contact zone and which extends symmetrically on either side of the plane of symmetry.

Abstract: A device for projecting a light beam and having a mechanical actuator, notably for a motor vehicle, including an array of light sources able to emit light rays in order to form the light beam along an optical axis, each light source defining a component of the light beam which has an angle of resolution defined in a plane, the device including moreover a mechanical actuator configured for displacing at least one element of the device in such a way that the optical axis of the light beam is moved between at least two projection directions at a specified frequency of displacement, the projection directions forming between them an angle of displacement substantially coplanar with the angle of resolution, the angle of displacement being equal to a fraction of the angle of resolution of the beam.

Abstract: Motor vehicle light system including an acquisition device for acquiring the scene in front of the vehicle, including an image sensor, a first lighting device including a light source suitable for emitting a first light beam lighting up the scene so as to increase the contrast of the images captured by the image sensor, a second lighting device including a light source emitting a second light beam performing a regulatory signalling and/or lighting function in front of the vehicle, a control unit which switches on the first lighting device when a first contrast value referred to as raw contrast C0 of the images captured by the image sensor is lower than a predefined threshold contrast Cs, the light source of the first lighting device being configured to generate modulated lighting, the modulation of which is imperceptible to the driver of the vehicle or an external observer.

Abstract: A lighting system including at least two light sources each producing a corresponding illuminated area, and optical means arranged to form a rectangurlarly-shaped light strip from the light emitted by each light source. The at least two light sources include at least one laser and one light emitting diode, the laser being between 2 to 10 times as bright as the light emitting diode.

Abstract: A primary optical element for a motor vehicle lighting module that comprises a light introduction part provided with a plurality of primary optical means connected at output to a correcting part, the primary optical means being arranged on at least two levels in a first direction, as first and second distinct primary optical means. A plurality of first primary optical means are arranged in series in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. In one embodiment, a lighting module is disclosed for a motor vehicle headlight which comprises a plurality of light sources, such a primary optical element and an associated secondary optical element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting module for a headlight for lighting in light segments of a motor vehicle, as well as to a headlight comprising modules in accordance with the invention. The modules according to the invention are characterized in that they allow the creation of headlights that have a continuous external projection surface and implement a lighting function in segments, such as in strips, through the juxtaposition of identical modules.

Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle including a first lighting module projecting at least one first matrix of first independently activatable juxtaposed pixels, the first pixels being arranged in several vertical columns and in at least one transverse row of determined height (Dh), characterized in that it includes a second lighting module projecting a second matrix of second independently activatable juxtaposed pixels, the second pixels being arranged in at least one transverse row, the second matrix being superposed with the first matrix with a vertical offset by a vertical offset distance (P) less than the determined height (Dh) relative to the first pixels of the first matrix.

Abstract: Motor vehicle light system including an acquisition device for acquiring the scene in front of the vehicle, including an image sensor, a first lighting device including a light source suitable for emitting a first light beam lighting up the scene so as to increase the contrast of the images captured by the image sensor, a second lighting device including a light source emitting a second light beam performing a regulatory signalling and/or lighting function in front of the vehicle, a control unit which switches on the first lighting device when a first contrast value referred to as raw contrast C0 of the images captured by the image sensor is lower than a predefined threshold contrast Cs, the light source of the first lighting device being configured to generate modulated lighting, the modulation of which is imperceptible to the driver of the vehicle or an external observer.