Energies (Feb 2019)

Laser Headlamp with a Tunable Light Field

  • Kuang-Wen Tseng,
  • Ting-Hao Chen,
  • Shiu-Jau Chen,
  • Yuan-De Su,
  • Hsiang-Chen Wang,
  • Shih-Wei Feng,
  • Zhi Ting Ye,
  • Kuo-Hsien Tu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/en12040707
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 4
p. 707

Abstract

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This study developed an optical module for laser headlamps with a tunable light field. Laser headlamps have high and low beam lighting functions that are applied by changing the numbers of unit headlamps. For regulatory validation, we validated the project in accordance with the Regulation No. 112 of the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) to determine whether the results meet the regulatory requirements or not. The proposed design increased the lighting distance by 2.14 times and decreased the size of the mechanism by 45% relative to the values for LED headlamps. High and low beam lighting functions were provided by the same laser sources.

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