GB1000265A - Beam-directing device for radiation transmitters, more particularly head lamps - Google Patents

Beam-directing device for radiation transmitters, more particularly head lamps

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GB1000265A
GB1000265A GB3815362A GB3815362A GB1000265A GB 1000265 A GB1000265 A GB 1000265A GB 3815362 A GB3815362 A GB 3815362A GB 3815362 A GB3815362 A GB 3815362A GB 1000265 A GB1000265 A GB 1000265A
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radiation
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Priority claimed from DEB64312A external-priority patent/DE1284861B/en
Priority claimed from DE1961B0065024 external-priority patent/DE1285343B/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/02—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments
    • B60Q1/04—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
    • B60Q1/18—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights being additional front lights
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/0017—Devices integrating an element dedicated to another function
    • B60Q1/0023—Devices integrating an element dedicated to another function the element being a sensor, e.g. distance sensor, camera
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/02—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments
    • B60Q1/04—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
    • B60Q1/06—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights adjustable, e.g. remotely-controlled from inside vehicle
    • B60Q1/08—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights adjustable, e.g. remotely-controlled from inside vehicle automatically
    • B60Q1/085—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights adjustable, e.g. remotely-controlled from inside vehicle automatically due to special conditions, e.g. adverse weather, type of road, badly illuminated road signs or potential dangers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/02—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments
    • B60Q1/04—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
    • B60Q1/14—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights having dimming means
    • B60Q1/1415—Dimming circuits
    • B60Q1/1423—Automatic dimming circuits, i.e. switching between high beam and low beam due to change of ambient light or light level in road traffic
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q2300/00—Indexing codes for automatically adjustable headlamps or automatically dimmable headlamps
    • B60Q2300/05—Special features for controlling or switching of the light beam
    • B60Q2300/056—Special anti-blinding beams, e.g. a standard beam is chopped or moved in order not to blind
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q2300/00—Indexing codes for automatically adjustable headlamps or automatically dimmable headlamps
    • B60Q2300/20—Indexing codes relating to the driver or the passengers
    • B60Q2300/21—Manual control
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q2300/00—Indexing codes for automatically adjustable headlamps or automatically dimmable headlamps
    • B60Q2300/40—Indexing codes relating to other road users or special conditions
    • B60Q2300/42—Indexing codes relating to other road users or special conditions oncoming vehicle

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Lighting Device Outwards From Vehicle And Optical Signal (AREA)

Abstract

1,000,265. Photo-electric control of radiation emitters. H.BAUMANNS. Oct. 9, 1962 [Oct. 9, 1961; Dec. 4,1961], No. 38153/62. Heading G1A. [Also in Division H4]. The direction of a beam of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a radiation transmitter e.g. a vehicle headlamp, can be continuously varied in continuous dependance on the intensity and/or position of an external source of the same type of radiation, e.g. the headlamps of an approaching vehicle, as determined by a radiation sensitive receiver operatively coupled to the radiation transmitter. The invention is particularly described as applied to the automatic control of a car's headlamps in dependance on the position of the headlamps of an oncoming car. A car 10 Fig. 1 is provided with two headlamps 11 and 12 arranged to be pivoted about vertical axes under the control of electric motors 22, Fig. 3, such that the beams emitted thereby, normally directed dead ahead, are moving inwards as in Fig. 1. Each motor is under the control of a photo-cell 19 and its amplifier 21a, such that when the beamed radiation from an oncoming car 10a is detected thereby, the beams are pivoted inwards such that the oncoming car is within the zone of darkness 13a Fig. 2 in between the two crossed beams. The amount of crossing of the two beams is increased as the oncoming car 10a gets nearer, the beam 14 illuminating the side of the road, until the amount of beamed light reaching the photo-cells decreases as the oncoming car passes, whereupon the two beams swing back into their normal dead ahead position. An auxiliary lamp, manually operable if so desired, may be provided on the car 10 to illuminate the road in the zone of darkness in front of the oncoming car, the said lamp being automatically controlled to dip as the two cars approach. The presence of scattered, i.e. none beamed, light in the light from the oncoming car 10a can upset the operation of the arrangement as so far described. To overcome this the main photo-cell 18, Fig. 5, may be placed at the focus of a parabolic reflector 19, with a compensating photo-cell 18a placed outside the said focus and electrically connected in opposition with the photo-cell 18. The receptive faces of the two photo-cells are placed to the side so as to receive only light reflected by the parabola. The arrangement is such that beamed rays 24 fall on the main photo-cell 18 only, while scattered rays 25 fall on both photo-cells producing equal but opposite currents therein which cancel out. The invention can also be used between an aircraft and signal towers to direct radar beams for short distance communication, or as a landing aid in fog. Ultra violet or infra-red light may also be used.
GB3815362A 1961-10-09 1962-10-09 Beam-directing device for radiation transmitters, more particularly head lamps Expired GB1000265A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DEB64312A DE1284861B (en) 1961-10-09 1961-10-09 Lighting device for vehicles, especially motor vehicles, with two controllable headlights
DE1961B0065024 DE1285343B (en) 1961-12-04 1961-12-04 Lighting device for vehicles, in particular for motor vehicles, with at least one controllable headlight

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GB1000265A true GB1000265A (en) 1965-08-04

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