Abstract: The personalized route planning system modifies a time or distance efficient route to a destination in response to a multiple of datasets to determine one or more personalized routes to the destination.

Abstract: An LED light source module includes a base, an LED light source positioned on the base, an optical lens located on the light path of the LED light source and a diffusion plate positioned above the optical lens. An upper surface of the base is a light reflective surface. The optical lens defines a through hole aligned with the LED light source. A reflecting body is protruded from the diffusion plate toward the through hole of the optical lens. When the light emitted from the LED light source is projected to the reflecting surface of the light reflecting body through the through hole, the light is reflected by the reflecting surface to reach the upper surface of the base, and then is reflected by the upper surface of the base to reach the diffusion plate.

Abstract: A solar concentrator assembly includes a light splitting element, a light converging element, an optical fiber unit and a photoelectric unit. The light converging element is located between the light splitting element and the optical fiber unit. The optical fiber unit is located between the light converging element and the photoelectric unit. The light splitting element splits sunlight into light of different wavelengths. The light converging element converges the split light onto different focal points. The optical fiber unit transmits the converged light to the photoelectric unit. The photoelectric unit converts the light into electrical energy.

Abstract: A backlight module includes a light source unit, an optical fiber, a diverging lens and a light guide unit. The light source unit includes a first light source emitting red light, a second light source emitting green light and a third light source emitting blue light. The optical fiber includes a first, second, and third incident branches and a light output portion. The three incident branches converge into the light output portion and are aligned with the three light sources to guide and mix red, blue, and green light to form white light. The diverging lens is aligned with the light output portion to receive and diverge the white light. The light guide unit faces the diverging lens to receive the white light.

Abstract: A day running lamp includes a laser light source, a light splitting element, a number of light path adjusting elements, a number of scattering elements, and a lampshade. The laser light source is configured for emitting a single laser beam, and the splitting element is configured for splitting the single laser beam into a number of divided beams. Each of the light path adjusting elements is configured for adjusting a light path of corresponding divided beams into parallel beams. The scattering elements are configured for diffusing the parallel divided beams onto the lampshade.

Abstract: An LED tube includes an envelope, three light guiding plates received in the envelope, three LEDs mounted on the light guiding plates, and two covers fixed to two opposite ends of the envelope. The three light guiding plates each have an end face confronting a corresponding LED, an inner face having a plurality of dots formed thereon and an outer face opposite to the inner face. Light emitted by each LED is diffused by the dots of a corresponding light guiding plate to radiate outside uniformly.

Abstract: A lens includes a transparent body and a light diffusion layer. The transparent body includes a bottom face, a light incident face and a light emerging face opposite to the light incident face. The light diffusion layer is formed at the bottom face of the transparent body and surrounding the light incident face. Light emitted toward the light diffusion layer can be diverged toward the light emerging face to emit out of the lens.

Abstract: A light source module comprises a plurality of laser light sources, a lens module, a plurality of optical components, and a light guiding plate. The lens module includes a first lens having a rear arced plane and a plurality of second lenses each having a front arced plane, and the second lenses are positioned on the first lens and protruded forwardly from the first lens toward the optical components. The optical components are positioned on light path of light emitted from the laser light sources in sequence and each correspond to one second lens, and the optical components are, except the farthest one from the laser light sources, beamsplitters, respectively and used for reflecting a part of the light emitted from the laser light sources to the second lenses and permitting another part of the light to penetrate therethrough to a next optical component.

Abstract: A sunlight illumination system includes a light collection device, a first light reflection polarizer, a second light reflection polarizer, and a third light reflection polarizer. The light collection device collects sunlight. The first light reflection polarizer splits the collected sunlight into a TE polarized light and a TM polarized light. The TM polarized light transmits through the first light reflection polarizer. The TE polarized light is reflected by the first light reflection polarizer. The TM polarized light is perpendicular to the TE polarized light. The second light reflection polarizer is positioned in an optical path of the TM polarized light and is rotated to adjust a light intensity of the TM polarized light. The third light reflection polarizer is positioned in an optical path of the TE polarized light and is rotated to adjust a light intensity of the TE polarized light.

Abstract: A laser beam combining device includes three lasers, a polarizer, and a mode converter. The second laser device, the mode converter, and the third laser device are located on a first straight line in that order. The polarizer intersects with the first straight line at an imaginary joint point. An included angle between the first straight line and the polarizer is about 45 degrees. The polarizer and the mode converter are positioned between the second laser device and the third laser device. The polarizer is adjacent to the second laser device. The mode converter is adjacent to the third laser device. The first laser device faces the polarizer and is located on a second straight line perpendicular to the first straight line and passing through the joint point. The three laser devices emit TE mode red, green and blue laser beams, respectively.

Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a first patterned conductive layer, a patterned passivation layer, and a second patterned conductive layer. The first patterned conductive layer is located on the substrate, and the first patterned conductive layer includes a plurality of first sensing pads and a plurality of second sensing pads, wherein a gap is formed between adjacent first and second sensing pads. The patterned passivation layer is located on the first patterned conductive layer, and the patterned passivation layer covers the gap and exposes at least a portion of each first sensing pad and at least a portion of each second sensing pad. The second patterned conductive layer is located on the patterned passivation layer.

Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes worktable for loading a workpiece, a laser emitter, a user interface, a detecting unit, and a controller. The user interface allows inputting a thickness value of the workpiece. The detecting unit includes a signal emitter, a signal receiver for receiving signals emitted by the signal emitter, and a lifting unit. The workpiece is positioned between the signal emitter and the signal receiver. The controller controls the lifting device to adjust a height of the signal emitter and signal receiver relative to the worktable to be equal to a sum of the input thickness value and a focal length of the laser emitter. The controller controls the driving device to adjust a height of the laser emitter relative to the worktable if the signal receiver receives the signals and stop to adjust the laser emitter if the signal receiver does not receive the signals.

Abstract: An LED device includes a plurality of LED dies, a plurality of lens, a diffuser plate and a collimator lens. The collimator lens is positioned between the diffuser plate and the lens. The collimator lens includes a plurality of fresnel lenses. A focus of each fresnel lens is equal to a distance between a plane where the fresnel lens places and a light outputting surface of the LED die. Light emitted from the LED dies is adjusted to collimator light and striking perpendicularly into the diffuser plate.

Abstract: A lens has a plurality of first, second, and third optical regions. The first, second and third optical regions are arranged in sequential order. Space angle defined between each first, second, and third optical region and an optical axis of the lens are different from each other. Each first, second and third optical region includes a refracting surface and a reflecting surface which are arranged in different planes. The invention also relates to an LED module having the lens described above.

Abstract: A lens includes a light incident face receiving light from an LED light source, a light exit face, and a connecting face interconnecting the light incident face and the light exit face. The light exit face is a convex face. The connecting face includes a plurality of inclined reflecting planes located at a circumferential periphery of the lens and extending downwardly and inwardly from a position near to an outer edge of the light exit face toward the light incident face. The inclined reflecting planes of the connecting face are positioned around an optical axis of the lens. An LED light source module includes a plurality of the lens each diverging light from a corresponding LED light source and a light diffuser having a plurality of light diffusing units each over a corresponding lens. Each light diffusing unit has a shape of the regular hexagon.

Abstract: A device for dyeing columnar objects rotates the columnar object as they brush past an endless, absorbent, dye-carrying belt. The colored dye from the belt rubs off onto the columnar object, providing an even and consistent coating of dye.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes a laser light source, a converging lens, and a diverging lens. The laser light source is configured to emit combined red, green, and blue laser beams. The combined red, green, and blue laser beams appear to be collimated white light beams. The converging lens is configured to receive the collimated white light beams. The diverging lens faces the converging lens and is configured to diverge the collimated white light beams exiting from the converging lens. A distance between the diverging lens and the converging lens is larger than the focal length of the converging lens.

Abstract: An LED module includes an LED, a light guiding plate and a lens. The light guiding plate includes a light incident face confronting the LED, a light diffusion face and a light emerging face. The lens includes an aspheric light incident face and an aspheric light emerging face opposite to the aspheric light incident face. Light emitted from the LED is diffused by the light guiding plate and diverged by the lens to have a wide illumination area.

Abstract: An LED vehicle headlamp includes an LED light source, at least one electrochromic device optically coupled to the LED light source, and a collimator positioned between the LED light source and the electrochromic device. The electrochromic device has an alterable light transmission characteristics in response to voltage/current level applied thereto. The collimator is configured for collimating and converging light emitted from the LED light source and directing light into the electrochromic device. When a forward bias voltage/current is applied to the electrochromic device, the visible light transmission of the electrochromic device decreases accordingly to generate a first light intensity distribution pattern, which is a low beam.

Abstract: A lens includes a bottom face, a light incident face defined in the bottom face, a top face and four lateral faces interconnecting the top face and the bottom face. Each lateral face is perpendicular to two adjacent lateral faces, and parallel to an opposite lateral face. An LED unit incorporating the lens is also disclosed.