Patent ID: 6883947

Claim:
A laser illumination system, for use with an automobile having a front and a rear and travels upon a ground surface, in enhancing the visibility of the automobile, comprising: at least one illumination module, the module having a housing having a front and rear, the module selectively mountable to the automobile at one of its front and rear, the module having a mode selection switch mounted on the housing for selecting between a headlight mode and a taillight mode, the module further having a lens at the front of the housing, a laser emitter which creates an initial beam of laser light, and an output mirror such that the initial beam of laser light is incident upon the output mirror which reflects the initial beam of laser light through the lens as an exit beam; and wherein the output mirror directs the exit beam through the lens outwardly and downwardly so that when mounted substantially horizontally in the automobile at the automobile rear the exit beam will strike the ground surface rearwardly of the automobile and create a small cone of light on said ground surface, and when mounted substantially horizontally in the automobile at the automobile front and the mode selection switch is in the headlight mode the exit beam will strike the ground surface forwardly of the automobile and create a large cone of light on said ground surface.