Patent ID: 7387413

Claim:
A lighting apparatus of a vehicle, said lighting apparatus comprising a light source ( 3 ); a lens ( 5 ) arranged in relation to the light source, so that light from the light source passes through said lens, said lens ( 5 ) having a planar side closest to the light source and a convex side opposite from the planar side, said convex side of said lens facing away from the light source ( 3 ); a diaphragm ( 4 ) arranged between the light source ( 3 ) and the lens ( 5 ) so as to mask a region of said planar side of said lens, said lens ( 5 ) having a computer-generated hologram ( 17 a ) arranged only in said region of said planar side of said lens masked by said diaphragm ( 4 ) and said lens ( 5 ) having a diffractive structure arranged only on another region of said planar side of said lens that is not masked by the diaphragm ( 4 ); a laser ( 10 ) and micro-optics ( 11 ), said laser ( 10 ) and said micro-optics being both arranged between said diaphragm ( 4 ) and said lens ( 5 ); and a cover disk or plate ( 13 ) arranged on a side of said lens ( 5 ) opposite from said light source ( 3 ), so that light generated by said laser ( 10 ) is projected via the micro-optics ( 11 ) through said computer-generated hologram ( 17 a ) on said lens ( 5 ) to produce an image ( 12 ) on said cover disk or plate ( 13 ).