Abstract: A lighting device includes a lighting film including a prism layer that emits incident light in a prescribed direction, and a rigid body that includes a receiving unit having a prescribed cross-sectional rigidity and supporting the lighting film, and a retaining unit that fixes the lighting film to the receiving unit.

Abstract: Provided is a lighting device that can be easily attached to and removed from a panel. The lighting device includes a lighting film including a prism layer configured to emit incident light toward a prescribed direction as emitted light and a double-sided adhesive adhering to at least a part of an outer periphery of the lighting film and including both surfaces having adhesiveness on a side of the incident light and a side of the emitted light, wherein at least one of a peeling strength and a shear bonding strength on the side of the incident light is less than that on the side of the emitted light.

Abstract: The lighting device includes: a lighting film having a rectangular shape including a first surface and a second surface; and a support member configured to support the lighting film on at least two opposite sides of four sides of the lighting film so that a first surface and a second surface are positioned substantially parallel to a vertical direction, wherein the support member includes: a first support portion disposed opposite the first surface; a second support portion disposed opposite the second surface; an own weight support portion supporting an own weight of the lighting film; and a stretch allowance portion configured to allow elongation or shrinkage in a direction parallel to the first surface and the second surface of the lighting film due to a change in temperature.

Abstract: The present invention, in an aspect thereof, is directed to a daylighting device including: a daylighting sheet including: a transparent base member; and a plurality of transparent daylighting sections on a first face of the base member; and at least one hollow structural body composed of a resin provided on a second face of the base member opposite the first face, the at least one hollow structural body including: a transparent, first plate section; a transparent, second plate section opposing the first plate section; a plurality of structural bodies extending in a direction of alignment of the daylighting sections between the first plate section and the second plate section and arranged at prescribed intervals in a direction of extension of the daylighting sections; and hollow portions between the structural bodies.

Abstract: A light control system includes a daylighting unit that takes in outside light, a lighting unit that is able to adjust an output of light, an acquisition unit that acquires brightness information representing brightness, including at least brightness of the outside light taken in from the daylighting unit, and a control unit that controls the output of light toward a target value. The control unit changes the target value based on the brightness information.

Abstract: A daylighting device according to an aspect of the invention includes at least a daylighting film that includes a base having optical transparency and daylighting portions having optical transparency and provided on one surface of the base. Each of the daylighting portions has a reflective surface by which light incident on the daylighting portion is reflected and the light reflected by the reflective surface and output from a second surface of the base has a characteristic that the light travels toward a space on a side where the light is incident on the reflective surface, the space being one of two spaces divided by a virtual plane as a boundary which is vertical to the second surface of the first substrate and parallel to a direction of the daylighting portion extending, and intervals s between adjacent daylighting portions are set to various values.

Abstract: A daylighting device according to an aspect of the present invention is a daylighting device for a building construction including an eaves that blocks solar radiation on an outer side of a window. The daylighting device includes a daylighting member and a support member. The daylighting member includes a first base member that is light transmissive, a plurality of daylighting portions that are light transmissive and disposed on a first surface of the first base member, and a gap portion disposed between the plurality of daylighting portions. The support member supports the daylighting member. The daylighting device changes an orientation of light incident thereon and causes the light to emit to a space shaded by the eaves.

Abstract: A daylighting device includes: a translucent base material; a translucent daylighting layer disposed on a first face side of the base material, the daylighting layer including daylighting sections and gap portions provided between the daylighting sections; and a translucent warping-restraining layer disposed on a second face side of the base material, wherein the daylighting layer and the warping-restraining layer have approximately equal linear expansion coefficients. Another daylighting device includes: a translucent base material; a translucent daylighting layer disposed on a first face side of the base material, the daylighting layer including daylighting sections and gap portions provided between the daylighting sections; and a translucent warping-restraining layer disposed on a second face side of the base material, wherein both the daylighting layer and the warping-restraining layer have either a greater linear expansion coefficient or a smaller linear expansion coefficient than does the base material.

Abstract: Provided is a daylighting film (10) including: a base (11) having light-transmissive performance; a plurality of first protrusion portions (12) that have light-transmissive performance and are provided to be adjacent to each other on one surface (11a) of the base (11); a gap portion (13) provided between the first protrusion portions (12); and at least one second protrusion portion (14) that is provided in at least one gap portion (13) to be adjacent to the first protrusion portions (12) on the one surface (11a) of the base (11) and that is formed of the same material as that of the first protrusion portions (12), in which a height of the second protrusion portion (14) from the one surface (11a) of the base (11) is smaller than a height of each of the first protrusion portions (12) from the one surface (11a) of the base (11).

Abstract: A daylighting device including: a transparent base material; a plurality of daylighting sections disposed on a first face of the base material; and gap portions provided between the daylighting sections, wherein: the daylighting device has daylighting areas in which light is transmitted through the daylighting sections and light-transmitting areas in which light is transmitted through the base material without passing through the daylighting sections; and the daylighting areas and the light-transmitting areas are arranged so as to alternate in at least one direction in a plane of the first face.

Abstract: A daylighting member includes a flat plate structure body including a plurality of prism structure elements, in which the plurality of prism structure elements are provided in parallel on a first surface side of the flat plate structure body, the flat plate structure body has an incident surface, a reflecting surface, and an emitting surface, the incident surface, the reflecting surface, and the emitting surface are not parallel to each other, and each of the prism structure elements has a function of suppressing wavelength dispersion of light transmitted through the prism structure element.

Abstract: A daylighting device according to an aspect of the invention includes at least a daylighting film that includes a base having optical transparency and daylighting portions having optical transparency and provided on one surface of the base. Each of the daylighting portions has a reflective surface by which light incident on the daylighting portion is reflected and the light reflected by the reflective surface and output from a second surface of the base has a characteristic that the light travels toward a space on a side where the light is incident on the reflective surface, the space being one of two spaces divided by a virtual plane as a boundary which is vertical to the second surface of the first substrate and parallel to a direction of the daylighting portion extending, and intervals s between adjacent daylighting portions are set to various values.

Abstract: The present invention, in one aspect thereof, is directed to a daylighting device including: a first, transparent slat configured to bend an optical path of incident outdoor light so as to emit the light in a prescribed indoor direction; a first drive mechanism configured to drive the first slat; and a control unit configured to control the first drive mechanism so as to change an angle of inclination of the first slat in accordance with a position of the sun.

Abstract: A daylighting apparatus of the present invention includes: a daylighting sheet (13) that has first and second surfaces opposite to each other and that lets light in through the first surface and lets the light out through the second surface at a predetermined distribution of angles; and a visible light-reflecting sheet (15) that reflects part of visible light falling on the first surface of the daylighting sheet (13).

Abstract: Provided is a daylighting device (10) that is used by being attached to a window frame (110) supporting an existing window glass (100) and that includes a first base (11) being light-transmissive, a first spacer (12) provided at an outer edge of one surface (11a) of the first base (11) and attached to the window frame (110), and a daylighting member (13) provided on a side of the one surface (11a) of the first base (11), in which the daylighting member (13) includes a second base (14) that is light-transmissive and a plurality of protrusion daylighting portions (15) that are light-transmissive and provided to be adjacent to each other on a side of one surface (14a) of the second base (14).

Abstract: A daylighting system (10) to be installed over an interior face (1001a) of a window pane (1001), the daylighting system (10) including: a light-transmitting device (20) to be disposed over an upper part of the interior face (1001a) of the window pane (1001); and a shading device (30) joined to the light-transmitting device (20) in such a manner as to be disposed over a lower part of the interior face (1001a) of the window pane (1001).

Abstract: A daylighting film (1) according to an aspect of the present invention includes a first base (2) that has optical transparency, multiple daylighting units (3) which are formed on at least a first surface (2a) of the first base (2) and each of which has the optical transparency, an opening space (9) which is provided between each of the multiple daylighting units (3), and a mark (5) which is provided on at least any one of the first surface (2a) side of the first base (2) and the second surface (2b) side that is opposite in direction to the first surface (2a), and which indicates information relating a daylighting film (1).

Abstract: There is provided a daylighting device (10) installed to face window glass and including a daylighting member (40) having a light-transmissive base member and a plurality of light-transmissive daylighting units disposed adjacent to each other on at least one surface of the base member, and the daylighting member (40) includes a movable unit that moves such that the one surface of the base member follows a movement of the sun to turn toward an orientation of the sun.

Abstract: A daylighting film (1) according to an aspect of the invention includes a first base (2), a plurality of daylighting portions (3) constituted by a plurality of polygonal prism structures, and gaps (9) provided between the plurality of daylighting portions (3). Each of the daylighting portions (3) is a polygon that has four vertexes in a sectional shape orthogonal to a longitudinal direction and has all interior angles less than 180°, and has a first side that is a side of the polygon corresponding to a surface in contact with the first base (2) and a plurality of vertexes including a first vertex and a second vertex that are vertexes corresponding to both ends of the first side, and a third vertex that is not positioned on the first side.

Abstract: A daylighting device of the present invention includes: a daylighting member including: a first light-transmitting base member; and a plurality of protruding, light-transmitting daylighting sections provided on a first face or a second face of the first light-transmitting base member; and a ventilation hole configured to enable a space on the first face to communicate with a space on the second face opposite from the first face.