Patent ID: 8292481

Claim:
A vehicle headlamp comprising: a multiple number of LED light sources and at least one optical unit upstream of the LED sources, said LED light sources being arranged in groups with one group of LED light sources being configured to generate a specified light distribution, said LED light sources within one group of LED light sources being of equal size, at least one of said LED light sources within said one group of LED light sources and the optical unit have illumination characteristics such that said group of LED light sources fulfills at least one specified lighting function in the vehicle environment, whereby light spots are produced with at least one of a vertical and a horizontal critical angle within the range of between about 0.2° and 1°; and a control mechanism configured such that a first row of LED light sources can produce a horizontal row of light spots to perform a highway lighting function and a second row of LED light sources can produce another horizontal row of light spots, said second row being located immediately below the other horizontal row of light spots.