Vehicle Lamp Modules Using Half Mirrors for Aesthetic Repetition Images
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vehicle lamps primarily focus on functional aspects like lighting and signaling, but there is a need to enhance their aesthetic appeal, which affects purchasing decisions and overall vehicle design.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle lamp design incorporating multiple lamp modules with light sources, half mirrors, and reflectors to create static and dynamic images by manipulating light emission and reflection, improving the aesthetic appeal by displaying predetermined repetition images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If vehicle lamps use simple lighting structures for functional purposes, then the lighting and signaling functions are achieved, but the aesthetic appeal is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The lamp is divided into multiple independent modules (first lamp module with interior lens, second lamp module with first half mirror, third lamp module with second half mirror). Each module can be independently designed and controlled to perform specific functions while contributing to the overall aesthetic pattern. This segmentation allows complex aesthetic effects to be achieved through coordinated simple modules.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension of light manipulation by incorporating half mirrors that reflect light at specific angles. This creates repetition images and symmetric patterns that add visual complexity and aesthetic appeal without requiring fundamentally new components, simply by utilizing light reflection in additional spatial dimensions.
2Shape
If multiple lamp modules with half mirrors and reflectors are used to create repetition images, then the aesthetic appeal is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The half mirrors serve multiple functions: they reflect light to create repetition images for aesthetic purposes, transmit light for visibility, and work with reflectors to generate symmetric patterns. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components dedicated solely to aesthetic effects, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates repetition images by optically copying the light patterns from one lamp module to another through half mirror reflection. Instead of physically duplicating complex structures, the patent uses optical copying to generate symmetric patterns and repetition effects, achieving aesthetic complexity with minimal additional physical components.
3Shape
If light is manipulated through multiple reflections and transmissions, then intricate images are created, but the light loss increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines transmission and reflection functions into single half mirror components rather than using separate elements. This merging reduces the number of optical interfaces where light could be lost, while still achieving the desired repetition images through the integrated half mirror-reflector system.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The design enhances the visual appeal of vehicles by creating intricate images through light manipulation, improving the aesthetic aspects while maintaining functional lighting and signaling capabilities.
Implementation Method 1
a first half mirror, that may be configured to transmit a portion of the light emitted from the second light source therethrough and may be further configured to reflect the remaining portion of the emitted light
Implementation Method 2
A first reflector may be positioned adjacent to (e.g., disposed facing) the first half mirror and may be configured to reflect the light reflected from the first half mirror back to the first half mirror
Implementation Method 3
a first lamp module with an interior lens and at least one first light source, that may emit light directed toward the interior lens
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AI summary
A lamp for a vehicle is provided and includes a first lamp module having an interior lens and at least one first light source. The first light source is configured to emit light toward the interior lens. Additionally, a second lamp module is disposed on a first side of the first lamp module and emits light and a third lamp module is disposed on a second side of the first lamp module and emits light and has an emission area that is different from the second lamp module.