Different Wavelengths Patents (Class 362/231)
  • Patent number: 11966070
    Abstract: A light guide (1) for a lighting device (8) is provided. The light guide (1) comprises an incoupling element (2) configured for receiving light and coupling the received light into the light guide (1). The light guide (1) is configured to convey the received light within the light guide (1). The light guide (1) comprises at least a first group and a second group of conically shaped outcoupling surface structures (3) distributed on, and recessed into or protruding from, a side (4) of the light guide (1). Each conically shaped outcoupling surface structure (3) is configured for coupling of light out of the light guide (1). Further, each conically shaped outcoupling surface structure (3) of the first group is geometrically characterized by a shape in accordance with a first cone or conical frustum (5) and each conically shaped outcoupling surface structure (3) of the second group is geometrically characterized by a shape in accordance with a second cone or conical frustum (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING, B.V.
    Inventors: Barry Mos, Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg, Olexandr Valentynovych Vdovin, Johannes Petrus Maria Ansems, Hugo Johan Cornelissen
  • Patent number: 11941415
    Abstract: Provided are an audio reproduction device and a method of controlling an operation thereof, which involve a user interface that allows a user to more effectively control various functions. The audio reproduction device includes a processor configured to obtain function information of the audio reproduction device corresponding to a user input received using mapping information for mapping between a user input received based on at least one of at least one wheel region rotatable clockwise or counterclockwise and at least one touch region and function information of the audio reproduction device, and to control the audio reproduction device according to the obtained function information of the audio reproduction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mi-youn Won, Jung-geun Kim, Ji-hyae Kim, Won-hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11930679
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of display, and discloses an array substrate, a preparation method therefor, and a display device. When dielectric layers, such as a buffer layer, an interlayer dielectric layer, and a gate insulation layer, are formed between a source-drain electrode and a substrate, the thickness of at least one dielectric layer among said dielectric layers underneath a first through hole for connecting a drain electrode and an anode is increased, which is to say that the drain electrode is raised to be further away from the substrate, causing the drain electrode to be closer to a surface of a planarization layer that faces away from the substrate, i.e., reducing the thickness of a portion of the planarization layer above the drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingang Fang, Luke Ding, Jun Liu, Bin Zhou, Jun Cheng
  • Patent number: 11917958
    Abstract: A light source includes a controller configured to turn on or off a plurality of light sources depending on a light period. The controller can be configured to turn on the light sources during each of a plurality of light periods such that the light sources emit a light having a spectrum with a plurality of peaks toward the plant. At least one light period can include a first period and a second period and the first period preceding or following the second period. The controller can adjust the spectrum of the light between the first period and the second period and/or during different light periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Ryung Kim, Sang Min Ko, Jin Won Kim, Hyun Su Song
  • Patent number: 11912193
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicular illumination device to be disposed on a ceiling portion in a vehicle passenger compartment includes: a left-row light source unit in which three or more light sources arranged side by side in a front-rear direction of the vehicle is disposed on a left side of a center in a width direction of the vehicle: and a right-row light source unit in which three or more light sources arranged in the front-rear direction of the vehicle is disposed on a right side of the center in the width direction of the vehicle. Optical paths of the light sources are set to be placed in a state where a light irradiation region of the left-row light source unit and a light irradiation region of the right-row light source unit partially overlap with each other on a floor surface in the vehicle passenger compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichi Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 11903700
    Abstract: Systems, methods and devices for reducing noise in health monitoring including monitoring systems, methods and/or devices receiving a health signal and/or having at least one sensor for health monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: RDS
    Inventors: Mark P. Marriott, George Stefan Golda, Steve Hurwitz, Sam Eletr, Jeffrey C. Marshall, George E. Smith, Clifton J. Shak, Bruce O'Neil
  • Patent number: 11906147
    Abstract: An illumination device including a housing having a flared cylindrical bowl shape enclosed on a first end and open on an second end, a light emitting portion coupled to the housing on the second end, the light emitting portion comprising a first portion configured to diffuse light emitted through the first portion and a second portion configured to project light in a beam from the illumination device, the first portion encircles a perimeter of the second portion, a first light source comprising one or more light emitting devices that when activated provide light to the first portion, and a second light source distinct from the first light source that when activated provides light to the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Brightz, Ltd.
    Inventors: Brian Finch, Samantha Dickie
  • Patent number: 11898742
    Abstract: A light source for a spotlight includes a carrier, a plurality of LEDs of different colors arranged on the carrier, a lensless collector optical system for collecting and mixing light from the LEDs, an output optical system for projecting the light from the collector optical system, and a control device for controlling the LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ARNOLD & RICHTER CINE TECHNIK GMBH & CO. BETRIEBS KG
    Inventor: Erwin Melzner
  • Patent number: 11903111
    Abstract: The invention relates to a matrix light source comprising a plurality of elementary light sources with light-emitting semiconductor elements, and a common substrate that is in contact with an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit is configured to delay, for a predetermined duration, the light-up of the elementary sources, upon receiving a light-up command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Samuel Daroussin, Zdravko Zojceski
  • Patent number: 11876155
    Abstract: Light-emitting diode (LED) packages, and more particularly broad electromagnetic spectrum LED packages are disclosed. Individual LED packages are disclosed that are capable of emitting various combinations of peak wavelengths across a broad electromagnetic spectrum, including one or more combinations of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared peak wavelengths. Such LED packages may also be broadly tunable across portions of the electromagnetic spectrum ranging from ultraviolet to infrared wavelengths. By providing such capabilities within a single light source provided by a single LED package, larger and more complex systems for broadband emissions that include multiple light sources, complex optical systems, mirrors, filters, and additional components may be avoided. LED chip arrangements, control schemes, and encapsulant arrangements are also disclosed for such broad electromagnetic spectrum LED packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CreeLED, Inc.
    Inventors: David Suich, Michael Check, Colin Blakely
  • Patent number: 11873969
    Abstract: A wall wash recessed light fixture has a light engine assembly has an aperture, an LED module operable to emit light through the aperture, a lens disposed between the LED module and the aperture, and a reflector disposed between the LED module and the lens. The LED module has an optical axis passing through the aperture and substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis (Z). The lens has a first side forming a plano-convex lens with a convex surface facing the LED module and has a second side with a Fresnel lens surface facing the aperture, and the lens is aligned at an oblique angle ?1 relative to the optical axis of the LED module. A diffuser is disposed between the lens and the aperture. The plano-convex lens has a principal axis aligned at the oblique angle ?1 relative to the optical axis of the LED module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventors: Yi Yang, Timothy Wickham
  • Patent number: 11872928
    Abstract: An automotive lamp includes a variable light distribution lamp and a controller. When a first light distribution pattern is to be changed to a second light distribution pattern, and when a difference in the number of shaded portions between the first light distribution pattern and the second light distribution pattern is one, the controller switches a control method for gradually changing the light distribution pattern according to a position relation between the shaded portions included in the first light distribution pattern and the shaded portions included in the second light distribution pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Uesugi, Kentarou Murakami, Yuki Kubo, Tatsuro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11849519
    Abstract: A method for control of a light fixture, the method including energizing the light fixture to produce a first light output with a first chromaticity and a first spectral power distribution, receiving a user input representative of a desired adjustment of a lighting effect, generating a target spectrum based on the user input, and energizing the light fixture to produce a second light output with the first chromaticity and a second spectral power distribution. The second power distribution approximates the target spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Florac, Evan Gnam, Wendy Luedtke, James Uphoff
  • Patent number: 11839093
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are described to enhance images rendered on an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display. An OLED device is formed with a first light emitting OLED stack, a charge generating layer (CGL), a second light emitting OLED stack, and a color filter. An OLED display pixel includes three sub-pixels where each subpixel is fabricated with a separate anode and a color filter. A dielectric barrier is disposed between the separate anodes and around the perimeter of each separate anode of the three sub-pixels. When current flows to a desired sub-pixel of the three sub-pixels, lateral current flow through the CGL to adjacent sub-pixels is impeded, resulting in light generation by the desired sub-pixel and reduction in unwanted light generation at sub-pixels adjacent to the desired sub-pixel. The OLED device can include micro lenses, which collimate light thereby reducing an aperture of emitted light to increase display brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: KOPIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Boryeu Tsaur, Hong K Choi
  • Patent number: 11835199
    Abstract: Described herein is a method for marking luminaires, particularly traffic route luminaires, in a luminaire network, the network being controllable via a server. Each luminaire is provided, in its operational state, with a controller (2) for controlling its operation and a mark that is visually recognizable from the outside the luminaire. The mark is formed by an information storage medium (4), in particular, and can be used to identify the luminaire. The mark is linked to the controller (2) or to the luminaire to be controlled by the controller before the mark is added to the luminaire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SCHREDER
    Inventors: Daniel Brand, Jörg Richter, Helmut Schröder, Didier Wellens
  • Patent number: 11835202
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light source unit that emits light, a first optical unit that lets the light enter and changes a divergence angle of the entered light, a second optical unit including an image light formation unit that lets the light with the changed divergence angle enter and emits light including image light having image information, and a drive unit that moves the first optical unit and the second optical unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ritsuya Oshima, Masatoshi Nishimura, Akihiro Yamada, Muneharu Kuwata
  • Patent number: 11830858
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a full-color COB device, including a substrate, where a light-emitting region is provided on an upper surface of the substrate, the light-emitting region includes a white light-emitting region and an atmosphere lighting region, the atmosphere lighting region is a closed ring-shaped structure, and the atmosphere lighting region encloses the white light-emitting region. A plurality of warm light-emitting modules and a plurality of cold light-emitting modules are disposed in the white light-emitting region, and the warm light-emitting module and the cold light-emitting module are disposed in a staggered manner. A plurality of red light-emitting modules, a plurality of green light-emitting modules, and a plurality of blue light-emitting modules are disposed in the atmosphere lighting region, and the red light-emitting modules, the green light-emitting modules, and the blue light-emitting modules are disposed in a staggered manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Foshan Evercore Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mengyuan Wang, Weiqiang Zeng, Tingbo Dong, Chaoming Huang
  • Patent number: 11811007
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light emitting device includes preparing a light emitting device including: a package defining a recess; a first light source placed within the recess, and including a first light emitting element and a first wavelength conversion member; a second light source placed within the recess; and a second wavelength conversion member in contact with and covering the first light source and the second light source, the first light source and the second light source being configured to emit light independently of each other. The method further includes: emitting light simultaneously from the first light source and the second light source to obtain mixed light for which light from the first light source, light from the second light source, and light from the second wavelength conversion member are mixed; determining a chromaticity of the mixed light; and binning the mixed light based on the chromaticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeharu Yamauchi, Kenta Niki
  • Patent number: 11796154
    Abstract: A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes: a substrate; a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate; a first reflective member disposed on the substrate; a resin layer disposed on the first reflective member; a second reflective member disposed on the resin layer; and a wavelength conversion layer disposed on one surface of the resin layer opposite to the light emitting surface of the light emitting device, wherein a distance from the light emitting surface to the one surface may be 5 to 10 times a height of the resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Il Eom, Jung Ju Lee
  • Patent number: 11793033
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are described to enhance images rendered on an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display. An OLED device is formed with a first light emitting OLED stack, a charge generating layer (CGL), a second light emitting OLED stack, and a color filter. An OLED display pixel includes three sub-pixels where each subpixel is fabricated with a separate anode and a color filter. A dielectric barrier is disposed between the separate anodes and around the perimeter of each separate anode of the three sub-pixels. When current flows to a desired sub-pixel of the three sub-pixels, lateral current flow through the CGL to adjacent sub-pixels is impeded, resulting in light generation by the desired sub-pixel and reduction in unwanted light generation at sub-pixels adjacent to the desired sub-pixel. The OLED device can include micro lenses, which collimate light thereby reducing an aperture of emitted light to increase display brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KOPIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Boryeu Tsaur, Hong K. Choi
  • Patent number: 11739907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light emitting device comprising one or more LED light sources and one or more diffusely transmissive covers. The one or more diffusely transmissive covers extend over the one or more LED light sources to form one or more combinations of an LED light source and a diffusely transmissive cover. For each combination of an LED light source and a diffusely transmissive cover (i) the diffusely transmissive cover is dome-shaped with a vertical cross-section having a closed convex shape and a horizontal cross-section having a polygonal shape, (ii) the diffusely transmissive cover has a width (w) projected in a horizontal plane parallel to a bottom of the diffusely transmissive cover, (iii) the LED light source has a distance (d) to any neighboring LED light source. The width (w) and the distance (d) are perpendicular to each other, and the ratio of the width (w) and the distance (d) is constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Maria Ansems, Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg, Peter Johannes Martinus Bukkems
  • Patent number: 11740511
    Abstract: A display device is provided and includes at least one sub-pixel that is a blue sub-pixel. The sub-pixel includes a transistor and a light emitting unit electrically connected to the transistor. The sub-pixel emits an output light under an operation of the highest gray level, the output light is a final visual light of the blue sub-pixel of the display device, the output light having an output spectrum, an intensity integral of the output spectrum from 380 nm to 493 nm defines as a first intensity integral, an intensity integral of the output spectrum from 494 nm to 580 nm defines as a second intensity integral, a ratio of the first intensity integral over the second intensity integral defines as a first ratio, and the first ratio ranges from 5 to 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Lang Lin, Jui-Jen Yueh, Kuan-Feng Lee, Jia-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11723316
    Abstract: A method for treating pest infestation of crops includes withholding all light from the crops and, during the withholding, applying a burst of ultraviolet light to the crops. A method for reducing pests includes turning off all lighting arranged to apply growth light to the crops, applying a burst of ultraviolet light to the crops and turning on the lighting arranged to apply growth light to the crops. A system for treating pest infestation of crops includes a plurality of ultraviolet light sources and a controller configured to energize the ultraviolet light sources to apply a burst of ultraviolet light to the crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: INTRALIGHT, LLC
    Inventor: Simon D. Kepchar
  • Patent number: 11723126
    Abstract: The invention refers to providing a control module allowing to reduce computational efforts for providing a luminaire with a tunable color temperature. The luminaire (100) comprises two light sources (112, 111), for instance, LEDs, wherein each light source generates white light at a different CCT. The control module comprises a color temperature providing unit (121) providing a desired color temperature, and an assignment providing unit (122) providing an assignment list comprising assignments, wherein each assignment comprises a predefined CCT to which brightness values for each light source are assigned. A brightness value determination unit (123) determines brightness values for the light sources based on the desired color temperature and the assignment list, and a control unit (124) controls the luminaire based on the determined brightness values. The control module allows to reduce the constructional and computational efforts for providing a color temperature tunable luminaire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Manoj Ayyankotil Kulangara, Mohammad Yasin, Shreyas Venkatesh, Felix Varghese, Prashanjit Ghosh
  • Patent number: 11714275
    Abstract: A dual phosphor wheel projection system is provided. A first dichroic mirror directs blue light from a first blue laser to a second dichroic mirror which directs the blue light to at least one integrator. The first dichroic mirror directs blue light from a second blue laser to a first phosphor/phosphor wheel, which converts the blue light to longer wavelengths that includes red light. The second dichroic mirror directs the red light to the integrator and transmit others of the longer wavelengths. The integrator combines the red light with red light from a red laser. A third dichroic mirror directs the red light from the red laser to the integrator and directs blue light from a third blue laser to a second phosphor/phosphor wheel, which converts the blue light to respective longer wavelengths that includes green light. The third dichroic mirror transmits the green light to the integrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Perkins, Mang Li, Abdul Waheed Salimi
  • Patent number: 11716796
    Abstract: A tunable lighting system includes a first LED having a first spectral output, a second LED having a second spectral output, and a correction circuit including a correction LED. The correction circuit in the tunable lighting system controls the correction LED to emit light that, when combined with light output from the first LED and light output from the second LED, produces a selected spectral characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: LEDdynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: William R. McGrath, Zachary Blanchard, Oliver Piluski, Jason Orzell, Neil P. Cannon
  • Patent number: 11692686
    Abstract: A lighting device producing white light having a target color correlated temperature (CCT) value includes an LED array having one or more red LEDs, one or more warm white LEDs, and one or more cool white LED; one or more photo-luminescent materials for shifting the CCT value of the light emitted from the cool white LED toward a green CCT value and/or the CCT value of the light emitted from the warm white LED toward a yellow CCT value; and a waveguide material having a mixing region for mixing the shifted and unshifted light so as to generate white light having the target CCT value and an output region for outputting the white light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventor: Noam Meir
  • Patent number: 11674657
    Abstract: A luminaire bezel attachment assembly with a lens that is defined by a lens body with one or more bezel engagement keyways, and a flange around the lens body. An inner bezel is coupled to the lens and defined by one or more inner bezel keys receivable within the corresponding one of the one or more bezel engagement keyways of the lens. An outer bezel is coupled to the lens and defined by one or more outer bezel keys that are receivable within the corresponding one of the one or more bezel engagement keyways of the lens. The outer bezel keys overlap the corresponding one of the one or more inner bezel keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: KC IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Bobby Leang
  • Patent number: 11676276
    Abstract: Systems and methods for obtaining diagnostic data of a target are disclosed. The systems include an imaging device and a drape. The imaging device includes at least one excitation light source for fluorescent imaging, and an optical sensor configured to detect signals responsive to illumination of the target with the excitation light. The drape is configured to reduce ambient light surrounding the target during imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
    Inventor: Ralph Dacosta
  • Patent number: 11655972
    Abstract: An LED illumination device corresponds to a compact fluorescent lamp and has improved thermal properties. The illumination device includes a transparent tube having an inner wall defining a cavity, a light engine having one or more light emitting diodes, and a driver to drive the light engine. The light engine is disposed at the inner wall of the transparent tube. The arrangement of the light engine and the one or more light emitting diodes at the inner wall of the tube provides improved lighting characteristics. Simultaneously, an improved cooling is provided by the interface surface for conducting heat between the inner wall and the light engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBH
    Inventors: Ran Lin, Bernhard Rieder, Shaozhu Yang
  • Patent number: 11644179
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a lens member having at least one lens surface; a submount; and a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a row on an upper face of the submount, including a first light emitting element configured to emit first light having an emission peak at a first wavelength and a second light emitting element configured to emit second light having an emission peak at a second wavelength from a second light emission point, the second wavelength being different from the first wavelength, and the second light emission point being located farther from the lens member than a first plane that is perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens surface and that passes through the first light emission point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11644194
    Abstract: A linear luminaire having high ingress protection includes a light-generating assembly and a channel. The light-generating assembly is an elongate, self-contained, sealed optical assembly that includes all elements necessary to generate light and to direct, focus, or modify the generated light in a particular way. Typically, the light-generating assembly would include an outer optical element and a light source positioned within a cavity of the body of the light-generating assembly. The outer optical element may be a lens, diffuser, or other such element. The light source may be a strip of LED linear lighting, a string of connected LED modules, or any other suitable device. The light-generating assembly may optionally include a second optical element, such as a lens or diffuser, that is supported within the body. The ends of the body of the light-generating assembly may be sealed by fitted endcaps, by polymeric resin, or by other means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Elemental LED, Inc.
    Inventor: Travis Irons
  • Patent number: 11638400
    Abstract: A plant cultivation light source includes a plurality of light sources configured to be turned on or turned off depending on a selected plant and a growth stage of the selected plant, and a controller. The controller is operable to turn on the light sources during a light period such that the light sources are operable to emit a light having a spectrum with a plurality of peaks to the selected plant. The light period including a first period and a second period and the first period preceding or following the second period. The controller is operable to adjust the spectrum of the light to alternate the first period and the second period during the light period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Ryung Kim, Sang Min Ko, Jin Won Kim, Hyun Su Song
  • Patent number: 11639774
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide techniques and devices for changing the color temperature and/or brightness of an LED lamp utilizing a selectable control device. The selectable control device may include one or more buttons, sliders, and/or rotary knobs. The buttons, sliders, and/or rotary knobs may be coupled to resistors, including variable resistors (potentiometers), that utilize resistance shunting. In embodiments, the shunt resistance varies under different dialing conditions (configuration of the selectable control device), so as to obtain different current ratios and achieve the purpose of mixing different color temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Inventor: Tiejun Wang
  • Patent number: 11630294
    Abstract: A surgical microscope for visualizing a tissue region contains an illumination device with a light source and an illumination beam path for illuminating an object region with an object plane and an observation device having an observation beam path for imaging the object region with the object plane into an observation plane. A first polarizer can be coupled into the illumination beam path and is suitable for polarizing the illumination light in a first orientation. A polarizer, which can be coupled into the observation beam path, has a second orientation at an angle between 80° and 100° relative to the first orientation. In a first mode, the light source emits illumination light in a first wavelength range between 450 nm and 550 nm, the first polarizer is coupled into the illumination beam path, and the second polarizer is coupled into the observation beam path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventor: Carl Kuebler
  • Patent number: 11619373
    Abstract: A lighting device or lamp having two or more operating modes are provided. The lighting device or lamp comprises a housing having one or more light emitting diode (LED) packages mounted therein. The lighting device or lamp further comprises at least one secondary optic disc comprising a plurality of secondary optical elements. The secondary optical elements comprise two or more types of secondary optical elements. An operating mode of the two or more operating modes corresponds to each of the one or more LED packages being aligned with a secondary optical element of a predetermined type. The secondary optic disc is mounted to the housing so that the secondary optic disc is selectively rotatable with respect to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Feit Electric Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Halliwell
  • Patent number: 11616337
    Abstract: An optical module includes a light-forming unit to form light. The light-forming unit includes a base member having an electronic temperature control module, a base plate, a plurality of submounts, and a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) base. The light-forming unit also includes a plurality of laser diodes arranged on the submounts, a filter arranged on the base plate and located to receive the light emitted from the plurality of laser diodes and multiplex the emitted light, a MEMS arranged on the MEMS base and located to receive the light multiplexed by the filter. The MEMS includes a scanning mirror to scan the light multiplexed by the filter, and the electronic temperature control module regulates a temperature range of the MEMS. The light-forming unit also includes a protective member surrounding and sealing the light-forming unit, which includes a base body and a lid welded to the base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Enya, Shinya Ito, Hiromi Nakanishi, Takashi Kyono
  • Patent number: 11598054
    Abstract: A road finishing machine comprises a tractor and a screed hinged to the tractor to be towed behind the tractor. At the tractor, a main control platform of the road finishing machine is provided which offers space for an operator and comprises operational controls for controlling functions of the road finishing machine. The main control platform has a roof, wherein a lighting unit with a light source is provided at the roof. The lighting unit comprises a housing which accommodates the light source and has a reflector. The reflector is configured to reflect light emitted by the light source into a working area of the screed so that the working area of the screed is illuminated indirectly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventors: Achim Eul, Michael Heindtel
  • Patent number: 11594707
    Abstract: A self-luminous display panel including light-emitting elements 100, column banks 122Y, and a light-shielding film 133. The light-emitting elements 100 correspond one-to-one with sub-pixels 100se, each sub-pixel 100se in a pixel emitting a different color of light. The column banks 122Y are disposed between the light-emitting elements 100 in a row direction, each having an elongated shape in a column direction. The light-shielding film 133 has openings 133a at positions corresponding to the light-emitting elements 100 in plan view, downstream in a light emission direction of the light-emitting elements 100. In plan view, distances in the row direction between edges of the openings 133a of the light-shielding film 133 and defined points of the light-emitting elements 100 are different depending on light emission color of the light-emitting elements 100, due to different widths of portions of the column banks 122Y adjacent to the light-emitting elements 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Kenta Fukuoka
  • Patent number: 11589436
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for generating white light. The methods use a plurality of LED strings to generate light with color points that fall within blue, yellow/green, red, and cyan color ranges, with each LED string being driven with a separately controllable drive current in order to tune the generated light output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Korrus, Inc.
    Inventors: Raghuram L. V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard
  • Patent number: 11587913
    Abstract: A light emitting diode package structure is provided. The light emitting diode package structure includes first and second chips. A value of an intensity of a peak wavelength of a first shoulder wave of the first chip divided by an intensity of a peak wavelength of a first main wave of the first chip is defined as a first intensity ratio. A value of an intensity of a peak wavelength of a second shoulder wave of the second chip divided by an intensity of a peak wavelength of a second main wave of the second chip is defined as a second intensity ratio. The first and second chips satisfy “a difference between the intensities of the peak wavelengths of the first and second main waves being less than or equal to 2.5 nanometers” and “a difference between the first and second intensity ratios being greater than 0.1”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: KAISTAR LIGHTING(XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jing-Qiong Zhang, Tsung-Chieh Lin
  • Patent number: 11585496
    Abstract: A lighting system for tunnels or similar works. The lighting system with LED diodes, including at least one lighting strip with LED diodes, with at least one set of LED diode modules, the modules of a set being divided up into subsets of one or more modules supplied with power by respective power supply buses, an electronic system supplying power to the strip, making it possible to power up, according to a first mode of operation, all the power supply buses and, in a second mode of operation, only a part of the power supply buses, so as to reduce the electrical consumption of the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: FS TUNNEL
    Inventors: Erik Merkez, Marc Lassiaz
  • Patent number: 11576244
    Abstract: A digitally controlled LED illuminator sheet that produces far-field illumination patterns or light field distributions that increase light utilization and application efficiency. A dynamic directional LEDs (or other kinds of solid-state light sources) sheet is positioned under each lenslet of a microlens array. Individual LED beam pointing direction depends on off-axis position relative to optical axis of lenslet. Individual beams from independent LEDs form illumination pixels at the illumination plane or within a volume space and can be modulated in intensity. Illumination pixels partially overlap in far-field illumination plane and illumination volume. Over a large illumination space many illumination pixels will partially superimposed on neighboring illumination pixels, with the overlap being in increments smaller than the size of a pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventor: Patrick Yasuo Maeda
  • Patent number: 11567013
    Abstract: An image inspection device and a lighting device capable of setting an irradiation solid angle for each location of a visual field and capable of miniaturization are provided. The image inspection device includes a photographing portion that photographs the target, and a light transmissible lighting portion that is disposed between the target and the photographing portion and configured to irradiate light in a direction toward the target. The lighting portion includes a plurality of light-emitting portions that is arranged in a matrix form and configured to be capable of selectively emitting light, and an optical system configured to control irradiation directions of the light emitted from each of the plurality of light-emitting portions to be directions corresponding to positions of each of the plurality of light-emitting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Kato, Shingo Inazumi
  • Patent number: 11570875
    Abstract: A recessed light fixture includes an LED module, which includes a single LED package that is configured to generate all light emitted by the recessed light fixture. For example, the LED package can include multiple LEDs mounted to a common substrate. The LED package can be coupled to a heat sink for dissipating heat from the LEDs. The heat sink can include a core member from which fins extend. Each fin can include one or more straight and/or curved portions. A reflector housing may be coupled to the heat sink and configured to receive a reflector. The reflector can have any geometry, such as a bell-shaped geometry including two radii of curvature that join together at an inflection point. An optic coupler can be coupled to the reflector housing and configured to cover electrical connections at the substrate and to guide light emitted by the LED package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Jerold Tickner, Scott David Wegner, Evans Edward Thompson, III
  • Patent number: 11555587
    Abstract: A wall wash recessed light fixture has a light engine assembly has an aperture, an LED module operable to emit light through the aperture, a lens disposed between the LED module and the aperture, and a reflector disposed between the LED module and the lens. The LED module has an optical axis passing through the aperture and substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis (Z). The lens has a first side forming a plano-convex lens with a convex surface facing the LED module and has a second side with a Fresnel lens surface facing the aperture, and the lens is aligned at an oblique angle ?1 relative to the optical axis of the LED module. A diffuser is disposed between the lens and the aperture. The plano-convex lens has a principal axis aligned at the oblique angle ?1 relative to the optical axis of the LED module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: USAI, LLC
    Inventors: Yi Yang, Timothy Wickham
  • Patent number: 11548215
    Abstract: A method of producing an optical device from a volume of a curable composition, includes the following steps: —polymerizing a first portion of the volume by irradiating an external surface of the volume with a light irradiation, thereby increasing a transmittance of the first portion for the light irradiation; —polymerizing a second portion of the volume by irradiating the second portion with the light irradiation through the external surface and the polymerized first portion, wherein the light irradiation has a light intensity varying over the external surface between a first light intensity and a second light intensity distinct from the second light intensity. A corresponding system is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: NIKON CORPORATION, ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE HAUTE-ALSACE (UHA)
    Inventors: Olivier Soppera, Manuel Theodet
  • Patent number: 11531229
    Abstract: A display panel has a plurality of pixel units. Each pixel unit includes a first blue sub-pixel and a second blue sub-pixel. The display panel includes a color filter substrate. The color filter substrate includes a plurality of filter groups. Each filter group includes a first blue filter disposed in a corresponding first blue sub-pixel and a second blue filter disposed in a corresponding second blue sub-pixel. The first blue filter is configured to transmit a first waveband light, and the second blue filter is configured to transmit a second waveband light. A wavelength corresponding to a first peak of the first waveband light is less than a wavelength corresponding to a second peak of the second waveband light. An intensity of the first waveband light emitted from the first blue sub-pixel is less than an intensity of the second waveband light emitted from the second blue sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Zhanchang Bu, Shixin Geng
  • Patent number: 11513389
    Abstract: A light emitting module according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a lightguide plate having an upper surface in which a first hole is defined, and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface; and a light emitting element on a lower surface side of the lightguide plate, the light emitting element facing the first hole. The upper surface of the lightguide plate includes a first region defining a plurality of protrusions and/or recesses. A ratio of an area occupied by the plurality of protrusions and/or recesses per unit area in a plan view increases concentrically in an outward direction from the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Yamashita, Toshinobu Katsumata
  • Patent number: 11506359
    Abstract: A lamp assembly for a vehicle includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted in or on the vehicle and arranged in a linear pattern. An elongated optical member is disposed longitudinally along the linear pattern of LEDs. The elongated optical member is configured to receive light emitted from the LEDs and project a corresponding plurality of lit images. A vehicle lamp assembly includes a plurality of LEDs mounted to a printed-circuit board to form a linear array. A primary light pipe is disposed adjacent to the linear array of LEDs and aligned longitudinally along the linear array of LEDs, such that light emitted from each of the LEDs of the linear array traverses radially through the primary light pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC
    Inventor: Todd Nykerk