Source And Modifier Mounted For Relative Movement Patents (Class 362/232)
  • Publication number: 20110085326
    Abstract: A light emitting system (1) for outputting a light beam comprising: an optical arrangement comprising at least one light source, for emitting a light beam having a determinate width and a determinate length on a projection plane placed at a determinate distance from the optical arrangement, an optical device (2) movable into a plurality of angular positions, by rotation around a rotation axis (Z1), and comprising optical elements arranged for varying the width of the light beam when the optical device is rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Matthias Jouffrieau
  • Patent number: 7922347
    Abstract: The inventive surgical light comprises a body provided with main light-emitting diodes and additional light-emitting diodes arranged therebetween, which are spaced on said body and fixed thereto, wherein said additional light-emitting diodes are grouped and are characterised in that the spatial orientation thereof differs from the spatial orientation of the main light-emitting diodes. A light field control device comprises a control unit to which the groups of light-emitting diodes are connected by means of adjusters each of which is connected to a power supply unit. The main light-emitting diodes are fixed to the light body in such a way that the optical axes thereof cross the light axis in the center of a light spot. The additional light-emitting diodes are fixed to the light body in such a way that the optical axes thereof form a concentric light spot in the form of a ring around the main light spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Zao Zavod Ema
    Inventors: Andrei A. Kaletin, Olga M. Rosichina, Dmitry V. Tsepelev, Nikolai A. Osipov, Nikolai F. Vershinin
  • Patent number: 7891841
    Abstract: A lighting device is disclosed. The lighting device can be compact and can have a major surface configured to be attached to a substantially flat mounting surface. Within the lighting device, a light bar frame can be rotatable relative to a mounting plate around an axis substantially perpendicular to the major surface. Three or more rotatable light bars can be positioned within the light bar frame. The light bars can include lighting elements (e.g., light-emitting diodes) and can be positioned within the light bar frame such that their rotational axes are coplanar. The rotational axes of the light bars also can be substantially perpendicular to the axis around which the light bar frame rotates relative to the mounting plate. Furthermore, the rotational axes of the light bars can form three or more sides of a polygon (e.g. a triangle).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Inventor: Jonathan E. Levine
  • Patent number: 7845830
    Abstract: An adjustable lighting device includes a light source, a reflector for reflecting light from the light source, a coil of nonlinear thread coiling around the reflector, and a driving member engaging with the coil of nonlinear thread. The driving member is adapted to drive the coil of nonlinear thread to rotate thereby adjusting the position of the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Beam Matrix Limited
    Inventor: Daniel Pak Ming Chan
  • Patent number: 7795633
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component having a basic housing or frame and at least one semiconductor chip, specifically a radiation-emitting or-receiving semiconductor chip, in a cavity of the basic housing. In order to increase the efficiency of the optoelectronic component, reflectors are provided in the cavity in the region around the semiconductor chip. These reflectors are formed by virtue of the fact that a filling compound filled at least partly into the cavity is provided, the material and the quantity of the filling compound being chosen in such a way that the filling compound, on account of the adhesion force between the filling compound and the basic housing, assumes a form which widens essentially conically from bottom to top in the cavity, and the conical inner areas of the filling compound serve as reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Ruhnau, Bert Braune, Patrick Kromotis, Georg Bogner
  • Patent number: 7753570
    Abstract: To provide protection to the wiring of a light source provided on a ring member which is movably attached to a display screen of a display device, a plurality of connector is arranged on a connecting member where an end of a FPC wiring, which supplies electricity to a light source provided on the ring member and an end of a FFC wiring are connected to, and together with the connecting member a cover is connected to a moving member which has a covering board provided with a fixing pieces which fixes the end of each FPC and FFC wiring to the connecting board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Kageyama, Yoshiyuki Furuya, Satoshi Saotome
  • Publication number: 20100097795
    Abstract: An illumination system is provided, including a plurality of first illumination units, a plurality of second illumination units, a projecting adjusting module and a focus adjusting module. The projecting adjusting module is connected to the first illumination units to adjust the projection pattern. The focus adjusting module is connected to the first and second illumination units to adjust the focus position of the illumination units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ya-Hui Chiang, Cheng-Da Shaw, Hung-Lieh Hu, Kuan-Chieh Tu
  • Publication number: 20100085544
    Abstract: A mirror unit of the present invention includes a base member constituted of an upper plate portion, a lower plate portion, a connecting portion connecting the upper plate portion and the lower plate portion, and wall portions. A mirror holder for holding a mirror is pivotally supported between the upper plate portion and the lower plate portion. A recess is formed in the wall portions. An adjuster is mounted in the recess. Screw holes extend through the recess, and adjusting screws are engaged in the screw holes. Lifting amounts of plate portions of the adjuster can be adjusted by the adjusting screws. The tilt angle of the mirror is adjusted so that the mirror is properly tilted with respect to a light flux from either one of two lamps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taichi YOSHIMURA, Naoya ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 7693368
    Abstract: A system of digitally controlling light output by producing separate control signals for different colors of light. The light is contained in an optical waveguide, either prior to shaping or after shaping. Each of the control signals is coupled to a digitally controlled device which controls the shape of the light output. The digital controlling device can be digital mirror devices, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Production Resource Group, LLC
    Inventor: Jeremiah J Harris
  • Patent number: 7677759
    Abstract: A combination flashlight and lantern includes a body having a first axis, an internally reflective flashlight cup surrounding the first axis and a lens covering the cup. An externally reflective cone surrounds the first axis and has an apex through which the first axis passes. A drum is located between the cup and cone and pivots about a second axis that is normal to the first axis. An LED is mounted to the drum and directed radially from the second axis such that in a first orientation of the drum, the LED directed toward the apex of the cone and in a second orientation of the drum, the LED is directed at the lens. In a third orientation of the drum, the LED is directed perpendicularly to the first axis toward the shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Create Limited
    Inventor: Chung-Sum Frederick Leung
  • Patent number: 7661840
    Abstract: A lighting device generally comprises a housing, including a base portion and a side wall, which defines an interior cavity with an open end; a plurality of light-emitting diodes positioned within said interior cavity, each light-emitting diode emitting a light of a first hue; a plurality of bulbs, each said bulb being associated with and fitting over a respective light-emitting diode, each said bulb converting the light of the first hue emitted from the light-emitting diode into a light of a desired hue, which is then emitted from said bulb; and a front panel positioned at the open end of the housing and receiving light from the plurality of bulbs for illuminating the front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: iLight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric O. Eriksson
  • Patent number: 7654716
    Abstract: A first light source producing a first light beam with a first intensity and a second light source producing a second light beam with a second intensity. A light filter device receives the first light beam and transmits a filtered portion of the first light beam. A first angling device reflects the filtered portion of the first light beam in a first angled direction and a second angling device reflects the second light beam in a second angled direction. A mirror receives and in turn reflects the filtered portion of the first light beam reflected by the first angling device and the second light beam reflected by the second angling device to form a converged light beam with a third intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Doheny Eye Institute
    Inventors: Prashant Bhadri, James Lescoulie, Sophia Fang, Matthew McCormick, Ralph Kerns, Mark Humayun, Aaron Barnes
  • Publication number: 20090303710
    Abstract: An exemplary illuminating apparatus comprises a light source holder, a linear light source and two elongated reflecting plates. The linear light source is mounted on the light source holder. The elongated reflecting plates are mounted on opposite sides of the light source holder. Each of the elongated reflecting plates is rotatable about a rotation axis relative to the light source holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: TSUNG-YU LIN
  • Publication number: 20090257040
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an illumination system, such as an illumination system for use in microlithography. The illumination system can include an optical element with multiple primary light sources. The illumination system can illuminate a field in a field plane having a field contour. The illumination system can be configured so that each primary light source illuminates an area in the field plane that is smaller than a size of an area encircled by the field contour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS SMT AG
    Inventor: Udo Dinger
  • Publication number: 20090175577
    Abstract: A system of digitally controlling light output by producing separate control signals for different colors of light. The light is contained in an optical waveguide, either prior to shaping or after shaping. Each of the control signals is coupled to a digitally controlled device which controls the shape of the light output. The digital controlling device can be digital mirror devices, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: PRODUCTION RESOURCE GROUP L.L.C
    Inventor: Jeremiah J. Harris
  • Publication number: 20090154184
    Abstract: A lamp assembly providing a three dimensional lamp image may be animated by driving the mirror portion with an electromechanical device responsive to a varying input signal. The three dimensional image can then be reshaped in response according to a preferred input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: VALEO SYLVANIA LLC.
    Inventors: Robert L. King, Brant J. Potter, David D. Egly
  • Patent number: 7537360
    Abstract: A color changer, particularly for spotlights, comprising at least one dichroic filter which is adapted to be arranged in front of a light source, a motor for moving the at least one dichroic filter which is adapted to place the dichroic filter at least partially in front of the light source, the color changer further comprising an actuator which is adapted to tilt the dichroic filter with respect to the axis of emission of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Coemar S.p.A.
    Inventor: Fabio Allegri
  • Publication number: 20090073688
    Abstract: A light fixture includes a member having a substantially frusto-conical shape. A channel extends between a wide top end of the member and a narrower bottom end of the member. The member includes multiple surfaces (“facets”) disposed around its outer surface. Each facet is configured to receive one or more light emitting diodes (“LEDs”) in a linear or non-linear array. Each facet can be integral to the member or coupled to the member. The channel is configured to transfer heat generated by the LEDs through convection. Fins can be disposed within the channel, extending from the inner surface of the member to an inner channel. The fins are configured to transfer heat away from, and provide a greater surface area for convecting heat away from, the member. For example, one or both of the channels can transfer heat by a venturi effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Ellis W. Patrick
  • Publication number: 20090072165
    Abstract: A rope light is provided comprising a plurality of infrared lamps that enable a user to stealthily operate the light under cover of darkness. The method of using the rope light comprises either signaling to an observer or operating on a workpiece. The rope light can be positioned to signal information such as the outlines of a runway or supply drop point. The observer, using appropriate goggles or other visualization devices, can then detect such signals. The rope light provided can also be used to operate on such things as an automobile engine under cover of darkness. The rope light can be flexibly positioned in such things as engine compartments to flood the compartment with infrared light, enabling a person to repair a workpiece such as an engine. Other embodiments use a rope light that radiates light visible to the human eye for both signaling and operating on a workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventor: James L. Townsend
  • Patent number: 7502535
    Abstract: A system of digitally controlling light output by producing separate control signals for different colors of light. The light is contained in an optical waveguide, either prior to shaping or after shaping. Each of the control signals is coupled to a digitally controlled device which controls the shape of the light output. The digital controlling device can be digital mirror devices, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Inventor: Jeremiah J Harris
  • Patent number: 7468677
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) end cap warning signal assembly is disclosed. The end cap warning signal assembly includes a controller for generating a warning signal that simulates a rotating warning light signal. The end cap warning signal assembly further includes an integer number of M-LEDs arranged in an integer number of N-LED groups, with each LED having a duty cycle and at least 6 states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: 911Ep, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Pederson, Edward R. Branan
  • Patent number: 7465065
    Abstract: An operating lamp for illumination of an illumination field includes a plurality of individual light modules connected together to form a light source. Each module includes a housing and at least one illumination means disposed in the housing. The housings include a surface having mechanical connectors adapted for coupling to the housing of an adjacent light module and electrical connectors adapted for controlling the illumination means and for connecting the illumination means to an electrical current supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Trumpf Medizin Systeme GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Rudolf Marka
  • Patent number: 7452099
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light device comprised of a body, a handle, a user interface, and a positionable arm that is structured to pivotally support a lighting element assembly. The light device may be configured to be portable and carried or otherwise manipulated by a user grasping the handle. In one embodiment, the body of the light device defines first and second support surfaces that are structured to stably support the weight of the light device in first and second illumination positions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Cyberlux Corporation
    Inventors: Donald F. Evans, Mark D. Schmidt, Larson Isely, Jeffrey Hatley, Michael Roth
  • Publication number: 20080239719
    Abstract: A light fitting with attachment to apparatus near a work area. Flexible and extendable connections to the bulbs of the light. Strong lighting bulbs attached to flexible and soft housings. Extendable and retractable portions of the said fitting to bring focused light as close as possible to the work area. Option of sensors to avoid collision with moving bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Vladimir Kats, Hirsch Nitzan, Alexander Tiomkin
  • Patent number: 7429758
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component having a basic housing or frame (12) and at least one semiconductor chip (20), specifically a radiation-emitting or -receiving semiconductor chip, in a cavity (18) of the basic housing. In order to increase the efficiency of the optoelectronic component (10), reflectors are provided in the cavity in the region around the semiconductor chip. These reflectors are formed by virtue of the fact that a filling compound (28) filled at least partly into the cavity (18) is provided, the material and the quantity of the filling compound (28) being chosen in such a way that the filling compound, on account of the adhesion force between the filling compound and the basic housing, assumes a form which widens essentially conically from bottom to top in the cavity, and the conical inner areas (30) of the filling compound serve as reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductor GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Ruhnau, Bert Braune, Patrick Kromotis, Georg Bogner
  • Publication number: 20080123340
    Abstract: A light device having a light source, lenses adjacent to the light source, a housing for securing the light source and the lenses, and a light fixture for securing the housing. The light source includes high efficiency light emitting diodes (LEDs), driver circuitry, and a heat sink mounted and integrated on a common board. The driver circuitry receives multiple input voltages, supplies an appropriate power signal, provides over-voltage protection and controls dimming for the LEDs. Lenses magnify and focus light emitting from the LEDs at a diffusion angle between 10° and 100°. The housing comprises a first and a second portion fittable together (e.g., threads, screws and openings). LEDs are operable between 250 mA to 1 A at 3.2 volts and produce at least 55 lumens per LED. The light fixture may be rotateable to adjust the direction of the light from the LED. The light fixture may be puck-shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventor: Thomas McClellan
  • Publication number: 20080117626
    Abstract: An illumination system, designed primarily for use in assist in a landing an airplane, includes a collimator that accepts radiation from a set of laser diodes, that may be at different wavelengths. The collimator directs the radiation to a diffusion screen that includes a Fourier dispersion film that results in multiple dispersion angels of the radiation, which is ideally suiting for airplane landing or other uses, such as surveillance. improved optical collection and transmission surface used in the illuminator, includes a plastic mold injection surface including staggered multiple transmission sites each with a recessed portion in which incident light is not lost during reflection towards the propagation surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: David Dean, Fred Yacobelli
  • Publication number: 20080080179
    Abstract: An LED floodlight structure comprising an optical focus variation system composed of a matte screen with adjustable excursion on whose surface are mounted a multiplicity of lenses assembled distally within respective parallel telescopic tubes fitted in correspondence to the light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: SGM Technology For Lighting S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gabriele Giorgi
  • Patent number: 7349606
    Abstract: A system of digitally controlling light output by producing separate control signals for different colors of light. The light is contained in an optical waveguide, either prior to shaping or after shaping. Each of the control signals is coupled to a digitally controlled device which controls the shape of the light output. The digital controlling device can be digital mirror devices, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Production Resource Group, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Jeremiah J. Harris
  • Patent number: 7329029
    Abstract: An optical device for coupling the luminous output of a light-emitting diode (LED) to a predominantly spherical pattern comprises a transfer section that receives the LED's light within it and an ejector positioned adjacent the transfer section to receive light from the transfer section and spread the light generally spherically. A base of the transfer section is optically aligned and/or coupled to the LED so that the LED's light enters the transfer section. The transfer section can comprises a compound elliptic concentrator operating via total internal reflection. The ejector section can have a variety of shapes, and can have diffusive features on its surface as well. The transfer section can in some implementations be polygonal, V-grooved, faceted and other configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Light Prescriptions Innovators, LLC
    Inventors: Julio Cesar Chaves, Juan Carlos Minano, Pablo Benitez, William A. Parkyn, Jr., Waqidi Falicoff, Fernando Munoz, Yupin Sun
  • Publication number: 20070285919
    Abstract: A motion activated light circuit is comprised of a motion activatable switch which effects switch closures upon displacement thereof for connecting a supply voltage to a pulse generator circuit which generates a predetermined pulse length to provide a control signal at an output thereof. An oscillator circuit is coupled to the control signal of the pulse generator circuit to produce light actuating pulses to feed one of two or more independent light circuits through a light source selection switch. The light source selection switch is conditioned by a sensor which senses ambient light intensity whereby the light actuating pulses are directed to a selected one of the two or more independent light circuits to cause the selected light circuit to generate light pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Pardo Vitulli, Pardo Dino Vitulli
  • Patent number: 7300176
    Abstract: An apparatus for lighting. The apparatus includes a first light source. The apparatus includes a first housing in which the first light source is disposed. The apparatus includes a support structure to which the first housing is attached. The apparatus includes a reflection portion having a least two reflectors. The reflection portion attached to the support structure and in spaced relationship with the first housing such that light from the first light source is directed to desired locations. Alternatively, the apparatus includes a first light source. The apparatus includes a first housing in which the first light source is disposed. The apparatus includes a support structure to which the first light source is attached. The apparatus includes a second light source. The apparatus includes a second housing in which the second light source is disposed. The second housing attached to the support structure and in spaced relationship with the first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Inventors: Irwin Kotovsky, Serge Cornelissen, Robert Cornelissen
  • Publication number: 20070183151
    Abstract: An electrical lighting system for mounting to a surface. The lighting system includes an electrical power supply that is mounted by adhesive backing to a surface. Light fixtures use piercing connectors to pierce the electrical power supply and engage the electrical leads to provide power to the light fixtures. The light fixtures are held in place by adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: LITESNOW, INC.
    Inventor: Mark Joseph
  • Patent number: 7207696
    Abstract: An LED lighting includes a lamp holder defining at least one receiving space having two partitions provided at two ends thereof, and at least one lamp bank including at least one LED each. The lamp bank is received in the receiving space of the lamp holder by extending two conductive metal cylindrical members located in the two partitions into through holes on two metal end plates at two ends of the lamp bank. The metal cylindrical members are electrically connected to positive and negative electrodes of a power supply, and the two metal end plates serve as two power input ends of the lamp bank. The lamp bank is rotatable about the two metal cylindrical members to adjust the LED light projecting direction while the two metal end plates are in contact with and accordingly electrically connected to the metal cylindrical members to keep the LED in an illuminating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Inventor: Chu-Hsien Lin
  • Patent number: 7181112
    Abstract: A system of digitally controlling light output by producing separate control signals for different colors of light. The light is contained in an optical waveguide, either prior to shaping or after shaping. Each of the control signals is coupled to a digitally controlled device which controls the shape of the light output. The digital controlling device can be digital mirror devices, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Production Resource Group, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Jeremiah J. Harris
  • Patent number: 7147348
    Abstract: A lighting fixture that is adjustable to allow the emitted light to be aimed and focused to suit the application. The adjustable lighting fixture has a housing having an inner surface. First and second mounting arms extend from the inner surface. A reflector has upper and lower surfaces. First and second mounting members extend from the upper surface and are connected to the first and second mounting arms. A first aperture in the reflector receives a first lamp. The first lamp is movable along a first longitudinal axis through the first aperture to focus the emitted light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas K. Heaton, Marilyn R. Merced, Ana S. Bermudez, Catherine R. Washburn, Joseph S. Wegrzyn
  • Patent number: 7128423
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus comprises a plurality of luminous bodies as light sources, luminous body drive portions configured to drive to light each of the plurality of luminous bodies, an optical member configured to lead and apply light exiting from a luminous body lighted by the luminous body drive portion to an illumination target area, a light control member configured to perform change of a light path of the light exiting from the luminous body with which the illumination target area is illuminated and/or movement of the luminous body, a movable portion configured to operably drive the light control member, and a light selection portion configured to control the movable portion and/or the luminous body drive portion in such a manner that light with which the illumination target area is selected from light exiting from the plurality of luminous bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Imade, Shinzo Matsui, Kazunari Hanano, Naoaki Tani, Naoto Shimada, Katsunori Kumai
  • Patent number: 7073922
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes emitting red, blue, and green light. The plurality of light-emitting diodes emit light beams and are arranged so as to emit the light beams toward a focusing point. A control circuit is provided for controlling the intensity of light emission of each of the light-emitting diodes emitting red, blue, and green light. A concave reflector is provided for reflecting and radiating the light focused from the light-emitting diodes to the focusing point so that the light is further focused or scattered. The apparatus also has a position-changing mechanism for changing a relative position of the concave reflector relative to the focusing point of the light-emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignees: Daisho Denki Inc., Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Monjo, Tomoaki Inuzuka
  • Patent number: 7033044
    Abstract: A moveable, adjustable lighting system for use in television/movie sets and locations, and other similar indoor/outdoor applications comprises at least one horizontal framework that is disposed on a plurality of vertical members in such a way as to allow the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the system, as well as the individual lights and fixtures within the system to be adjusted and adapted to the requirements of a specific set. Lights, lighting fixtures, and other similar fixtures are connected in such a way as to enable them and/or the dimensions of the system to be remotely controlled. The vertical members are equipped with moving means, such as rollers, that allow the entire rig to be moved from one set to another. The system suggests and embodies an “assembly-line production” process in which sets are separately constructed to allow the rig to move between and among them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Farsight LLC
    Inventor: Mary Griffin
  • Patent number: 7020370
    Abstract: A system of digitally controlling light output by producing separate control signals for different colors of light. The light is contained in an optical waveguide, either prior to shaping or after shaping. Each of the control signals is coupled to a digitally controlled device which controls the shape of the light output. The digital controlling device can be digital mirror devices, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Production Resource Group, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Jerry J. Harris
  • Patent number: 6945678
    Abstract: The invention is directed to provide a vehicle interior illumination device which has a high illuminating effect and which can be used for various kinds of illumination in a vehicle. The illumination device disposed in a roof portion of the interior of a vehicle, including: a first light-emitting section having a first light source constituted by a plurality of first LEDs disposed at substantially regular spaces; and a second light-emitting section having a second light source constituted by a second LED, and a second outer lens with which a light emission side of the second light source is covered and by which light emitted from said second light source is converged and radiated out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sugihara, Hiroshi Ito, Takayuki Kamiya, Yoshio Sano, Mitsuhiro Nawashiro, Kazushi Noda
  • Patent number: 6908213
    Abstract: The present invention is a system for: storing holiday light strings. The light string storage system changes the production of typical light strings by attaching a cylinder to every light socket and running a lead through each cylinder. Pulling on the lead while grasping a socket causes the cylinders to couple and the bulbs to be in an upright, compact, and orderly manner for convenient and easy storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Inventor: Matthew David Goodman
  • Patent number: 6899442
    Abstract: A surgical theater apparatus for suspending from a ceiling structural member of a hospital includes a central hub mountable to the ceiling structural member to rotate about a rotation axis. The hub has a pivot axis spaced apart from the rotation axis. First and second devices, such as surgical lights, a cameras, and monitors, are mounted to a first end of a first device arm and a first end of a second device arm, respectively. A second end of the first device arm is mounted to the hub for movement about the rotation axis and about the pivot axis. A second end of the second device arm is mounted to the hub for movement about the rotation axis. The pivot axis and the rotation axis are parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Howell, Jonathan D. Turner, Howard Reed, Richard H. Heimbrock, Scott Manlove, Gary A. Gray
  • Patent number: 6874909
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus that includes a housing, at least one light source and a light-altering device. The light-altering device is positioned relative to the housing and the light source for receiving and altering light from the light source such that the altered light illuminates at least one of a portion of the housing and a portion of a surface supporting the illumination apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Inventor: Carl R. Vanderschuit
  • Patent number: 6866401
    Abstract: A lamp (10, 30, 80) includes an LED module (16, 36, 86) having at least one LED (12, 32, 82) arranged on a substrate (14, 34, 84). An optical system includes at least one lens (18, 38, 88) in optical communication with the LED module (16, 36, 86). A zoom apparatus (20, 40, 90) selectively adjusts the relative axial separation of the optical system and the LED module (16, 36, 86). In one embodiment (30), the zoom apparatus (40) is slidably adjustable. In a another embodiment (80), the zoom apparatus (90) is rotatably adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mathew Sommers, James T. Petroski
  • Patent number: 6823119
    Abstract: A system of digitally controlling light output by producing separate control signals for different colors of light. The light is contained in an optical waveguide, either prior to shaping or after shaping. Each of the control signals is coupled to a digitally controlled device which controls the shape of the light output. The digital controlling device can be digital mirror devices, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Light and Sound Design Ltd.
    Inventor: Jerry J. Harris
  • Publication number: 20040160769
    Abstract: A novel lighting system utilizing low power consumption LEDs to provide safe, economical and decorative lighting. In a first embodiment, and acrylic candle body having a 45 degree reflector is mounted on top of a LED source to direct light along the body of the light and outwardly as directed by the reflector. The acrylic body can be rotated to point the reflected light in the desired direction. In a second embodiment, the acrylic candle and reflector are replaced by fiber optic ports and a light driver for connecting fiber optic strands that can be side lighting or end lighting to provide lighting at points distant from the light source. In a third embodiment, the fiber optic strand in run in parallel inside or outside a transparent liquid conduit such as a modified garden hose, a beverage dispenser, or a kitchen faucet to light the conduit and or the spray of the hose in a single or multiple colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Robert M. Currie, Jonas J. Robertson
  • Patent number: 6654399
    Abstract: In performing an light emitting operation using a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting devices, these semiconductor light-emitting devices are lighted up such that the driving current is lessened and the life time of the devices is prevented from being shortened and lights can be emitted to a remote site without reducing an amount of lights. Semiconductor laser devices 23a to 23c, which emit lights through independent lenses 25a to 25c, are connected in series to each other and connected to a signal generating circuit 24, serving as a power supply, so as to perform pulse lighting, whereby making it possible to light up three semiconductor laser devices simultaneously at a driving current corresponding to one semiconductor laser device. A package of semiconductor laser devices 23a to 23c comprises three lead terminals, and an electrical connection to two lead terminals, which are electrically insulated from a metallic base, is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Kimura, Katsunori Abe, Kinya Atsumi
  • Patent number: 6648490
    Abstract: A parabolic reflector lighting fixture for use as an in-the-wall or in-the-floor or in-the-ceiling light has its lamp shiftable in a lumen plane perpendicular to the axis of symmetry of the parabolic reflector through the focal point. The parabolic reflector is limited to reflect light only between the intersection of this lumen plane and the reflector and between this intersection and the apex of the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Erco Leuchten GmbH
    Inventor: Leonard Klose
  • Patent number: RE40015
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed incorporating a plurality of light sources, such as a plurality of lighting emitting diodes, and a beam altering mechanism for altering the light projected by the plurality of light sources. Several mechanisms for altering the beam produced by the plurality of light emitting diodes are disclosed. The present invention can be used in for example hand held flashlights and theatrical lighting. The present invention in one embodiment discloses a hand held flashlight incorporating a plurality of light sources and a beam altering mechanism capable of changing the color of the emitted light beam produced by the flashlight. The beam altering mechanism may be comprised of an aperture device, which may be an aperture plate, provided with a plurality of apertures that are strategically aligned with the individual light beams emitted from each of the plurality of light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Inventor: Richard S. Belliveau