A dynamic aircraft headlight (2), includes an LED group (4), having a plurality of LEDs, and an optical system (6), comprising at least one optical element (8, 9), the optical system (6) being associated with the LED group (4) for shaping an output light intensity distribution from the light emitted by the LED group (4), wherein the LED group (4) and the optical system (6) are stationary within the dynamic aircraft light unit (2), with each LED of the LED group having a set position with respect to the optical system (6) and with a light output of each LED being affected differently by the optical system (6), wherein each LED of the LED group (4) is individually controllable, and wherein the dynamic aircraft headlight (2) is configured to be operated in a plurality of operating modes, with a respective selected subset of the plurality of LEDs being switched on in each of the plurality of operating modes and with a different output light intensity distribution being emitted by the dynamic aircraft headlight (2) in each of the plurality of operating modes.


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    Title :

    Dynamic aircraft headlight and method of operating a dynamic aircraft headlight


    Additional title:

    Dynamischer Flugzeugscheinwerfer und Verfahren zum Betrieb eines dynamischen Flugzeugscheinwerfers
    Phare d'aéronef dynamique et procédé d'exploitation associé


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    Publication date :

    2018-12-19


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT



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