Including Selected Wavelength Modifier (e.g., Filter) Patents (Class 362/293)
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Publication number: 20110261326Abstract: An illumination module including a light emitting element, a wavelength conversion unit, a control unit, and a determining unit is provided. The light emitting element is capable of emitting an excitation light beam. The wavelength conversion unit is disposed on a transmission path of the excitation light beam for converting the excitation light beam into a color light beam. The control unit is connected to the wavelength conversion unit and capable of driving the wavelength conversion unit to rotate and to shift relative to the excitation light beam. The determining unit is electrically connected to the control unit. When the determining unit determines that a shifting condition is satisfied, the determining unit instructs the control unit to shift the wavelength conversion unit relative to the excitation light beam, so as to change the irradiation position of the excitation light beam on the wavelength conversion unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: CORETRONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Shen-Huei Wang, Tzu-Yi Yang, Po-Shan Song
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Patent number: 8042974Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for maintaining removable, rotatable gobo holders in place on a fixed baseplate within an effects lighting fixture. In the first preferred embodiment, a gobo platform includes a rotatable baseplate having at least one aperture and at least one removable, rotatable gobo holder including points of active retention configured to retain the removable, rotatable gobo holder on the rotatable baseplate.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2008Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: American DJ Supply, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth L. Sherman, Charles Davies, Toby Velazquez
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Patent number: 8044570Abstract: A lighting device includes a printed wiring board, a plurality of light-emitting elements, a sealing member, and a color conversion unit, and an adhesive layer. The sealing member has light transmitting properties and seals the light-emitting elements mounted on the printed wiring board. The color conversion unit includes a cover member of light transmitting properties, and a fluorescent substance layer provided on the inner surface of the cover member. The adhesive layer has light-transmitting properties, and adheres the sealing member to the fluorescent substance layer of the color conversion unit in an airtight manner.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2009Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Oyaizu, Kozo Ogawa, Seiko Kawashima, Akiko Takahashi, Haruki Takei, Erika Takenaka
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Patent number: 8044424Abstract: A light-emitting device of the present invention includes: a LED chip 10; a chip mounting member 70 having a conductive plate (heat transfer plate) 71 one surface side of which the LED chip 10 is mounted on and a conductor patterns 73, 73 which is formed on the one surface side of the conductive plate 71 through an insulating part 72 and electrically connected to the LED chip 10; and a sheet-shaped connecting member 80 disposed on the other surface side of the conductive plate 71 to connect the conductive plate 71 to a body of the luminaire 90 which is a metal member for holding the chip mounting member 70. The connecting member 80 is made of a resin sheet which includes a filler and whose viscosity is reduced by heating, and the connecting member 80 has an electrical insulating property and thermally connects the conductive plate 71 and the body 90 of the luminaire to each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2010Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.Inventors: Youji Urano, Takuya Nakatani, Yasuhiro Hidaka
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Publication number: 20110249422Abstract: A light emitting device with at least one LED die, a filter element and a reflective element. The filter element may be configured to preferentially attenuate light passing through the filter element, such that light output has improved color uniformity when compared to similar light emitting devices without a filter element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2010Publication date: October 13, 2011Inventors: Kum Soon Wong, Farn Hin Chen, Kean Loo Keh
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Patent number: 8025427Abstract: The invention relates to a filter device for an illumination system, especially for the correction of the illumination of the illuminating pupil, including a light source, with the illumination system being passed through by a bundle of illuminating rays from the light source to an object plane, with the bundle of illuminating rays impinging upon the filter device, including at least one filter element which can be introduced into the beam path of the bundle of illuminating rays, with the filter element including an actuating device, so that the filter element can be brought with the help of the actuating device into the bundle of illuminating rays.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2010Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbHInventors: Manfred Maul, Damian Fiolka
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Patent number: 8021008Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a source of light of a first spectral characteristic, a reflector or a diffusely reflective chamber or cavity having a transmissive optical passage, and a liquid containing quantum dots. The quantum dots provide a wavelength shift of at least some light emitted by the source of light to produce a desired second spectral characteristic in the light output.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2008Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLCInventor: David P. Ramer
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Patent number: 8016452Abstract: Exemplary embodiments comprise static and dynamic advertising displays where the backlight is provided by any one of the following: LED's, organic light emitting diodes (OLED), field emitting display (FED), light emitting polymer (LEP), and organic electro-luminescence (OEL). The backlights for both the static and dynamic advertising displays may be constructed of multiple tiles of lights, such that a single tile may be replaced without having to replace the entire backlight assembly. The display may be mounted on a vertical surface, and components may be repaired or replaced without having to remove the entire display from its mounted position.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.Inventor: William Dunn
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Patent number: 8016468Abstract: A signal indicator lamp assembly (10) for a vehicle (14) has an LED assembly (16) that emits electromagnetic radiation (20), which is visible light, such as white light, that is composed of at least two wavelengths. A collimating optic (18) is positioned forwardly of the LED assembly (16) for providing substantially parallel light rays of the emitted radiation (20). A second optic (22) is positioned forwardly of the collimating optic (18), the second optic (22) having a first planar surface (33) facing the collimating optic (18) and a second, outer surface (35), the first planar, surface (33) having an interference coating (24) thereon, the interference coating (24) reflecting back toward the LED assembly (16) at least some of the first wavelengths (31) of the radiation (20) and transmitting at least some of the second wavelengths (39).Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2009Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.Inventors: Thomas Tessnow, Christian Meier
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Publication number: 20110216523Abstract: A lighting device comprising a light source and a diffuser spaced from the light source. The lighting device further comprises a wavelength conversion material disposed between the light source and the diffuser and spaced from the light source and the diffuser, wherein the diffuser is shaped such that there are different distances between the diffuser and said conversion material at different emission angles. In other embodiments the diffuser includes areas with different diffusing characteristics. Some lamps are arranged to meet A19 and Energy Star lighting standards.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2010Publication date: September 8, 2011Inventors: TAO TONG, Ronan Letoquin, Bernd Keller, Eric Tarsa, Mark Youmans, Theodore Lowes, Nicholas W. Medendorp, JR., Antony Van De Ven, Gerald Negley, Peter Guschl, Zongjie Yuan
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Publication number: 20110216105Abstract: A light source device includes a light source unit emitting light of a first wavelength and a wavelength converting element converting light of the first wavelength into light of a second wavelength. An external mirror transmits light of the second wavelength toward an emission destination and reflects light of the first wavelength to resonate between the light source unit and the external mirror. A wavelength separating section transmits light converted from the first wavelength to the second wavelength while traveling from the external mirror to the light source unit and reflects light of the first wavelength in order to separate the different wavelength light. A turnback section reflects light of the second wavelength separated by the wavelength separating section toward the emission destination. In addition, the wavelength separating section reflects light of the first wavelength from the light source unit to travel toward the wavelength converting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Shunji KAMIJIMA
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Patent number: 8011817Abstract: The attachment for a vehicle and the method for providing the attachment to the vehicle includes mounting a housing on the outside of the vehicle. The housing includes a back attachable to the vehicle, a compartment within the housing, and a lens visible from outside the vehicle. At least one or more lights is contained within the compartment between the lens and the outside of the compartment. The lens is opaque when the lights are turned off so as to conceal the lights within the compartment and the lens is visible from outside the vehicle when the lights are turned on.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2008Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Putco, Inc.Inventor: James P. Elwell
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Patent number: 8007141Abstract: A diffraction optical element includes: a first diffraction pattern which diffracts entering light to produce illumination light for illuminating a first area; and a second diffraction pattern which is disposed adjacent to the first diffraction pattern and diffracts entering light to produce illumination light for illuminating a second area other than the first area by using at least a part of the diffracted light.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2008Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takayuki Matsubara, Hidefumi Sakata
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Publication number: 20110205740Abstract: The invention relates to an optical converter system for LEDs, preferably for so-called (W)LEDs, and a method for producing the named optical converter system. The modular-type optical converter system comprises an inorganic converter for converting the radiation emitted from the LED, an inorganic optical component, preferably comprising glass, which is disposed downstream relative to the converter in the direction of emission of the LED, wherein the converter and the first optical component are adjacent to one another and joined at least in sections. The optical converter system possesses a temperature resistance, which lies above that of the system known in the prior art. Also, the preferred components of the system are substantially resistant to UV and to chemicals.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2009Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: Matthias Rindt, Edgar Pawlowski, Thomas Zetterer, Robert Hettler
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Patent number: 8002455Abstract: A light-emitting panel (50) includes a first light source (511) for emitting first light of a first single color, a second light source (512) for emitting second light of a second single color and a light guide plate (52). The light guide plate (52) includes a light incident surface (55) for receiving the first and second light and a display surface (53). A plurality of first microstructures (561) and second microstructures (562) are formed at the display surface (53). The first and second microstructures (561,562) are configured for allowing the first and second light to exit therethrough. The first and second microstructures (561,562) are respectively arranged to form a first pattern (58) and a second pattern (59). A first dye material and second dye material are respectively applied to the first and second microstructures (561,562).Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2008Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.Inventors: Chih-Ming Lai, Tse-An Lee
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Patent number: 8002442Abstract: A color filter (1) for illumination purposes, such as, for example, for stage illumination is proposed, which comprises a full-surface antireflection layer (3) and an additional, multilayered structured interference filter layer (4) arranged on it.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2008Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Schott AGInventors: Andree Mehrtens, Lutz Zogg
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Publication number: 20110199580Abstract: A solid-state light source device, enabling to build up with using solid-state elements, and having the structure suitable to be applied as a light source for a projection-type display apparatus, comprises a solid-state light source unit 10 for emitting excitation light therefrom, a reflection mirror (or reflector) 130 made of a parabolic surface, for condensing the excitation light from the solid-state light source to be point-like, and a disc-like (or wheel) member 140, repeating reflection/scattering or transmission/scattering of the excitation light and conversion of the excitation light, alternately, in vicinity of a focus point of the excitation light, which is condensed to be point-like by the reflection mirror (or reflector), wherein the excitation light (B-color) reflected/or scattered by that disc-like (or wheel) member and fluorescence light (Y-color), wavelength of which is converted, is taken on a same optical path, by means of the reflection mirror (or reflector) 130 or a second reflection mirroType: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2010Publication date: August 18, 2011Inventors: Koji HIRATA, Hidehiro Ikeda, Nobuyuki Kimura
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Publication number: 20110182056Abstract: Techniques are described for transmitting electromagnetic radiation from LED devices fabricated on bulk semipolar or nonpolar materials with use of phosphors to emit light in a reflection mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2011Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: Soraa, Inc.Inventors: Troy Anthony Trottier, Michael Ragan Krames, Rajat Sharma, Frank Tin Chung Shum
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Publication number: 20110182072Abstract: To provide an alkaline-earth metal halogen phosphor that has high luminescent characteristics even when used with an excitation light source that emits light of the near-ultraviolet region, a phosphor-containing composition and a light emitting device using the phosphor, and a display and an illuminating device using the light emitting device, the phosphor of the present invention has a chemical composition represented by the formula (1) below and an external quantum efficiency, when excited with light of 400-nm wavelength, of 77% or higher. (Sr10-x-y-zMxEuyMnz)(PO4)6(Cl1-aQa)2??(1) (In the above formula (1), “M” represents at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Ca, Mg, and Zn, “Q” represents at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of F, Br, and I, and each of “x”, “y”, “z”, and “a” represents a number satisfying the following requirements: 0?x<10, 0.3?y?1.5, 0?z?3, 0?a?1, and x+y+z?10.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2008Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Etsuo Shimizu, Kumie Shimizu, Seiko Ogiri, Hiromu Watanabe, Naoto Kijima, Naoki Sako, Noriko Endou, Hideaki Kaneda
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Publication number: 20110157895Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a light source capable of illuminating a target scene and an adjustable light filter coupled with the light source, the adjustable light filter adapted to display a filter image, the filter image created to spatially filter the illumination based at least in part on at least one parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2009Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATIONInventors: Sakari Tapio Alenius, Markku Kalevi Vehvilainen, Radu Ciprian Bilcu
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Publication number: 20110157896Abstract: A light diffusion bulb and a color filter bulb are used in a color LED lamp including a white or warm white LED having a power of at least 0.5 W. The light diffusion bulb and color filter bulb both are bounded to a base to enclose the LED. The light diffusion bulb scatters the light of the LED by a great number of particles such that the light diffusion bulb becomes a surface light source conforming to the geometric shape thereof for uniform illumination, and the color filter bulb filters the light of the LED to thereby determine the light color of the LED lamp. Alternatively, the light diffusion function and color filtering function are combined in a single bulb.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2009Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventor: CHIH-MING YU
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Publication number: 20110157916Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a light emitting device to supply light to the display panel. The light emitting device includes a light emitting element emitting a first light and a fluorescent layer receiving the first light, transmitting a portion of the first light, converting a remaining portion of the first light to a second light having a wavelength range different from the first light, and emitting the second light. The second light emitted by the fluorescent layer has a full width at half maximum equal to or larger than 110 nanometers (nm) and a light emission spectrum having a peak wavelength within a wavelength range of about 530 nm to about 560 nm. The second light has a light emission intensity corresponding to 10 to 30 percent of a peak light emission intensity of the first light.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong Chin LEE, Gicherl KIM, Byungchoon YANG, Young-keun LEE, Seung Hwan BAEK, So jin RYU
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Patent number: 7967445Abstract: An image projecting apparatus enables the formation of a projected image faithful to original image information by reducing degradation in the projected image due to decrease in imaging performance of a projection optical system. Image information is processed by an image processing device, which includes a first and a second image processor. A light modulating device modulates a flux of light emitted by an illumination optical system based on the processed image information. The modulated flux of light is projected on a screen by a projection optical system. If the image information processed by the first image processor in a pixel region is not within a representable modulation range of the light modulating device, the image information is processed by the second image processor.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2007Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yukiko Hamano, Ryosuke Kasahara, Toshiyuki Kawasaki
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Patent number: 7963677Abstract: A light source device includes a light source unit emitting light of a first wavelength and a wavelength converting element converting light of the first wavelength into light of a second wavelength. An external resonator transmits light of the second wavelength toward an emission destination and reflects light of the first wavelength to resonate between the light source unit and the external resonator. A wavelength separating section transmits light converted from the first wavelength to the second wavelength while traveling from the external resonator to the light source unit and reflects light of the first wavelength in order to separate the different wavelength light. A turnback section reflects light of the second wavelength separated by the wavelength separating section toward the emission destination. In addition, the wavelength separating section reflects light of the first wavelength from the light source unit to travel toward the wavelength converting element.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Shunji Kamijima
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Patent number: 7963676Abstract: A reflector window includes a light transmission window having a center and an outer edge and an optical coating of at least first and second materials having differing refractive indices deposited on a proximate side of the light transmission window. The optical coating includes a plurality of alternating layers of the first and second materials with each layer having a thickness which increases from the center to the outer edge of the light transmission window.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2006Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Inventor: Kuohua (Angus) Wu
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Patent number: 7959312Abstract: A white light emitting device including: a blue light emitting diode chip having a dominant wavelength of 443 to 455 nm; a red phosphor disposed around the blue light emitting diode chip, the red phosphor excited by the blue light emitting diode chip to emit red light; and a green phosphor disposed around the blue light emitting diode chip, the green phosphor excited by the blue light emitting diode chip to emit green light, wherein the red light emitted from the red phosphor has a color coordinate falling within a space defined by four coordinate points (0.5448, 0.4544), (0.7079, 0.2920), (0.6427, 0.2905) and (0.4794, 0.4633) based on the CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram, and the green light emitted from the green phosphor has a color coordinate falling within a space defined by four coordinate points (0.1270, 0.8037), (0.4117, 0.5861), (0.4197, 0.5316) and (0.2555, 0.5030) based on the CIE 1931 color chromaticity diagram.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2008Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Samsung LED Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chul Hee Yoo, Young June Jeong, Young Sam Park, Seong Yeon Han, Ho Yeon Kim, Hun Joo Hahm, Hyung Suk Kim
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Patent number: 7960751Abstract: A light-emitting device of the present invention includes: a LED chip 10; a chip mounting member 70 having a conductive plate (heat transfer plate) 71 one surface side of which the LED chip 10 is mounted on and a conductor patterns 73, 73 which is formed on the one surface side of the conductive plate 71 through an insulating part 72 and electrically connected to the LED chip 10; and a sheet-shaped connecting member 80 disposed on the other surface side of the conductive plate 71 to connect the conductive plate 71 to a body of the luminaire 90 which is a metal member for holding the chip mounting member 70. The connecting member 80 is made of a resin sheet which includes a filler and whose viscosity is reduced by heating, and the connecting member 80 has an electrical insulating property and thermally connects the conductive plate 71 and the body 90 of the luminaire to each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2010Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.Inventors: Youji Urano, Takuya Nakatani, Yasuhiro Hidaka
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Patent number: 7946742Abstract: An in-vehicle illuminating device capable of preventing light emitted from a light source from coming directly into a passenger's sight. An in-vehicle illuminating device 1 includes a housing 2, a reflective member 18 provided within the housing 2, a light source or LEDs 10 orienting a light axis of light emitted therefrom to the reflective member 18. Reflected light obtained by allowing the reflective member 18 to reflect the light emitted from the LEDs 40 is irradiated to the outside of the housing 2, thus preventing light emitted from the LEDs 40 from coming directly into a passenger's sight.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2009Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Honda Access CorporationInventors: Shiro Iwai, Tomoki Kawamura, Hiroto Murabayashi
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Patent number: 7942537Abstract: A brightness enhancing means (5), comprising a collimating means (6) having a receiving area (61), an output area (62) being larger than said receiving area (61), and sidewalls (63) at least partially extending between said receiving and output areas, is provided. At least a portion of the sidewalls (63) of said collimating means (6) comprises a first filter being arranged to reflect light of a first light property, which light is received via said receiving area (61) of said first collimating means (6), towards said output area (62) of said first collimating means (6), wherein said first filter is a dichroic filter or a polarization filter.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2006Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn, Ramon Pascal Van Gorkom, Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg, Johannus Gerardus Van Beek, Lingli Wang
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Patent number: 7943941Abstract: A device for emitting various colors by mixing light from a first light emitting diode and light from a second light emitting diode comprises, according to one embodiment: the first light emitting diode including an LED chip comprising InGaN and being capable of emitting a blue color light, and a phosphor capable of absorbing a part of the blue color light and emitting a yellow color light, the blue color light and the yellow color light being mixed to make white-color light; the second light emitting diode being capable of emitting red, green or blue color light; and a drive circuit for separately driving each of the first and second light emitting diode.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2010Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Nichia CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Shimizu, Kensho Sakano, Yasunobu Noguchi, Toshio Moriguchi
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Patent number: 7942538Abstract: The invention is directed towards an information presenting device and a portable electronic device including such an information presenting device. The information presenting device (16) comprises a first information layer (18) having a first information presentation structure (20) of photo chromatic material changing appearance when irradiated by light (28) of a specific wavelength, a second information layer (22) having a second information presentation structure (24), and a first light source (26) illuminating the second information layer for presenting the second information presentation structure, wherein the first information layer is of a material that is transparent for light emanating at least from the first light source when the first layer is not exposed to light of said specific wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2006Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications ABInventors: Mats Kleverman, Gunnar Klinghult
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Publication number: 20110109909Abstract: A tunable light source for interrogating at least one resonant waveguide grating (RWG) biosensor having a resonance linewidth. The tunable light source includes a broadband light source that emits a light beam having a first spectral bandwidth greater than the RWG biosensor resonance linewidth. The broadband light source may be substantially spatially incoherent. A tunable optical filter having a tunable spectral linewidth is arranged to receive and filter the light beam to cause the light beam to have a second spectral bandwidth substantially the same as the RWG biosensor resonance linewidth. Label-independent optical readers that employ the tunable light source are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Inventor: Qi Wu
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Publication number: 20110110094Abstract: The present invention is to provide an image source unit for improving use efficiency of the image light and also provide an image display unit comprising the image source unit. The image source unit 4 comprising: an image light source 5; and an optical sheet 10 laminated on the image light source, the optical sheet comprising: a base material layer 11; and an optical functional layer 12 formed on the image light source side surface of the base material layer, the optical functional layer comprising: light-transmissive portions 13 arranged parallel along the sheet face; and light-absorbing portion(s) 14 arranged between the light-transmissive portions, the image light source side face of the light-transmissive portion having protrusions 17 each having a curved or polygonal line so that the protrusions project towards the image light source side in cross section in the sheet-thickness direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Inventors: Tsuyoshi KASHIWAGI, Nobuo NAITO
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Patent number: 7937865Abstract: A light emitting sign comprising a light emitting display surface including at least one phosphor, and at least one radiation source configured to irradiate the display surface with excitation energy such that the phosphor emits light of a selected color. The sign further comprises a filter which is substantially transparent to light emitted by the display surface, filtering other colors of light. The display surface may be configured into a shape of a character, a symbol, or a device. Alternatively, a mask having at least one window substantially transparent to the emitted light and/or at least one light blocking region may be provided in which the window and/or light blocking region define a character, a symbol, or a device.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2007Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Intematix CorporationInventors: Yi-Qun Li, Yi Dong, James Caruso, Charles O. Edwards
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Publication number: 20110102903Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for illuminating a target includes a light source configured to emit one or more light beams with a first divergence. The system further includes a lens separated from the light source. The lens is configured to substantially satisfy the sine condition without removing spherical aberrations from the one or more light beams. The lens is further configured to receive the one or more light beams with the first divergence. The lens is further configured to change the first divergence of the one or more light beams to a second divergence. The second divergence is less than the first divergence. The second divergence is greater than zero. The lens is further configured to transmit the one or more light beams with the second divergence.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2011Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Patrick Rene Destain, Terry Alan Bartlett
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Publication number: 20110103064Abstract: A solid state lighting device including a light source capable of emitting white light including a blue spectral component and having a deficiency in a spectral region, and an optical component that is positioned to receive at least a portion of the light generated by the light source, the optical component comprising an optical material for converting at least a portion of the blue spectral component of the light to one or more predetermined wavelengths such that light emitted by the solid state lighting device includes light emission from the light source supplemented with light emission at one or more predetermined wavelengths, wherein the optical material comprises quantum confined semiconductor nanoparticles. Also disclosed is lighting fixture, a cover plate for a lighting fixture and a method.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: SETH COE-SULLIVAN, John R. Linton, Sridhar Sadasivan, Emily M. Squires
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Publication number: 20110103051Abstract: An LED apparatus of the type including (a) a mounting board having an LED-supporting surface with an LED device thereon and (b) a lens member over the LED device establishing a light path therebetween. The inventive LED apparatus includes a lens-aligning member having front and back surfaces and defining an aperture receiving the LED device therethrough such that the LED device protrudes beyond the front surface. The lens member includes a lens portion and a flange thereabout, the flange being attached to the front surface of the lens-aligning member such that the lens portion substantially surrounds the protruding LED device. The lens-aligning member has a first mating feature which is positioned and arranged for mating engagement with a second mating feature of the mounting board, thereby accurately aligning the lens member over the LED device by accurately aligning the lens-alignment member with the mounting board.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: RUUD LIGHTING, INC.Inventors: Kurt S. Wilcox, Wayne Guillien, Scot Siebers, Joel Kapellusch
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Patent number: 7934855Abstract: A flat light-emitting apparatus includes a light-emitting element for radiating visible light consisting of a first-wavelength light with a wavelength substantially not less than 600 nm and a second-wavelength light with a wavelength substantially not greater than 480 nm, a wavelength conversion material for generating a third-wavelength light when irradiated by the second-wavelength light, a first color filter for the passing of the first-wavelength light, a second color filter for the passing of the second-wavelength light, and a third color filter for the passing of the third-wavelength light.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2006Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Epistar CorporationInventors: Min-Hsun Hsieh, Chien-Wuan Wang
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Publication number: 20110090696Abstract: A blue LED 18 that is a semiconductor light-emitting device and that emits blue light as primary light having a peak wavelength in a visible region and a phosphor plate 30 that is a wavelength converter and that converts a portion of the blue light emitted from the blue LED 18 into yellow light as secondary light having a longer peak wavelength in the visible region than the peak wavelength and emits the yellow light in combination with a remainder of the blue light left unconverted. The phosphor plate 30 includes (a) a main body 39 extending across a light-emission path of the blue LED 18 and (b) a light-emitting part 42 composed of a plurality of columnar protrusions 44 on a part of the main body 39 in a direction in which the light exits.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Hideo Nagai, Yasuharu Ueno
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Publication number: 20110090697Abstract: A light emitting device 107 includes a surface structure 113 in a surface of a transparent substrate 105 which is adjacent to a light emitting body. The surface of the transparent substrate 105 is divided into minute regions, without leaving any gap therebetween, such that the diameter of the largest one of the inscribed circles of the minute regions is from 0.2 ?m to 1.5 ?m. Each of the minute regions is in the form of a protrusion or recess. The proportion of the protrusions and the proportion of the recesses are P and 1-P, respectively, and P is in the range of 0.4 to 0.98. At least part of the minute regions has a micro periodic structure 114 that is formed by indentations and projections.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Jyunpei Matsuzaki, Shin-ichi Wakabayashi, Seiji Nishiwaki, Tatsuya Nakamura
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Patent number: 7926973Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting apparatus can be configured to reduce color variations and intensity variations with a simple configuration. The semiconductor light emitting apparatus can include a substrate having conductive members including chip mounting areas and electrode areas, a plurality of semiconductor light emitting device chips mounted in the chip mounting areas on the substrate, a reflector formed on this substrate so as to surround the semiconductor light emitting device chips, and a fluorescent material and a light diffusing material arranged distributedly inside this reflector. The semiconductor light emitting apparatus can be configured so that the semiconductor light emitting device chips emit light only from their top surfaces, and a first light transmitting resin containing the fluorescent material is applied only to the top surfaces of the semiconductor light emitting device chips.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2008Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mitsunori Harada
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Patent number: 7922358Abstract: An illumination device (1, 1A, 1B) is disclosed. The illumination device (1, 1A, 1B) contains an organic light-emitting component (2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2C?) containing a functional layer sequence (23, 23A) for generating light, a light passage area (7, 7A, 7B), which is provided for coupling out light emitted by the organic light-emitting component (2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2C?) from the illumination device (1, 1A, 1B) and for coupling ambient light into the illumination device (1, 1A, 1B) a retroreflector (5, 5A, 5B), which is provided for reflecting at least part of the ambient light coupled in through the light passage area (7, 7A, 7B) back to the light passage area (7, 7A, 7B). The organic light-emitting component (2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2C?) is embodied such that it is at least partly light-transmissive. The functional layer sequence (23, 23A) of the organic light-emitting component (2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2C?) is arranged between the light passage area (7, 7A, 7B) and the retroreflector (5, 5A, 5B).Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2008Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventor: Norwin von Malm
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Patent number: 7922373Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a laser source for emitting ultraviolet or blue display-use laser light having a wavelength of 420 nm or less; and a display unit including a fluorescent light generating section for generating fluorescent light when irradiated with the display-use laser light, wherein the display unit displays an image using the fluorescent light generated by the fluorescent light generating section, wherein the display unit further includes an extraneous light shielding section for shielding an extraneous light which is emitted from a back side of the display unit and which has a wavelength in a range where the fluorescent light is generated so as to prevent the extraneous light from entering in the fluorescent light generating section.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2008Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kazuhisa Yamamoto, Tetsuro Mizushima, Shinichi Kadowaki
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Patent number: 7922357Abstract: Disclosed are an external light-shielding layer for a display filter preventing occurrence of ghosting using a difference between refractive indexes of a base substrate and an external light-shielding part, and a display filter and display apparatus including the external light-shielding layer. The external light-shielding layer for the display filter comprises a base substrate made of a transparent resin; and at least one external light-shielding part arranged on a surface of the base substrate and filled with an external light-absorption material, wherein ny of a refractive index of the base substrate is less than or equal to nx of a refractive index of the external light-shielding part.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2007Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Samsung Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung Nim Jo, Sang Cheol Jung, Eun Young Cho
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Publication number: 20110080737Abstract: A transparent sheet usable in the state where one of surfaces thereof is adjacent to a light emitting body, wherein the other surface of the sheet is divided into a plurality of tiny areas ? having such a size that a maximum circle among circles inscribed thereto has a diameter of 0.5 ?m or greater and 3 ?m or less with no gap; the tiny areas ? include a plurality of tiny areas ?1 randomly selected from the plurality of tiny areas ?, and the remaining plurality of tiny areas ?2; the tiny areas ?1 each include an area ?1a along a border with the corresponding tiny area ?2, and the remaining area ?1b; the tiny areas ?2 each include an area ?2a along a border with the corresponding tiny area ?1, and the remaining area ?2b; the height of the tiny areas ?1b is d/2; the height of the tiny areas ?1a is between zero to d/2; the depth of the tiny areas ?2a is d/2; the depth of the tiny areas ?2b is between zero to d/2; and d is in the range of 0.2 ?m or greater and 3.0 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2010Publication date: April 7, 2011Inventors: Seiji Nishiwaki, Masa-aki Suzuki, Shin-ichi Wakabayashi, Jyunpei Matsuzaki, Tatsuya Nakamura
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Publication number: 20110080738Abstract: A surface of a transparent substrate 5 which is adjacent to a light emitting body has a surface structure 13 that is defined by dividing the surface into a plurality of linear segments of width w which are inclined so as to extend in a specific direction in a plane of the surface and dividing the linear segments into minute regions aligned along the longitudinal direction of the linear segments such that the largest inscribed circle of the minute regions has a diameter from 0.2 ?m to 1.5 ?m. Each of the minute regions is formed by a raised or recessed portion formed in the surface of the transparent substrate 5. The proportion of the raised portions and the proportion of the recessed portions, P and 1?P, are determined such that P is in the range of 0.4 to 0.98.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2010Publication date: April 7, 2011Inventors: Shin-ichi Wakabayashi, Seiji Nishiwaki, Masa-aki Suzuki, Jyunpei Matsuzaki, Tatsuya Nakamura
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Patent number: 7918582Abstract: An improved signal light and method for making an improved signal light is disclosed. For example, the improved signal light includes a housing, at least one outer lens and at least one or more second type of light emitting diodes (LEDs) deployed in the housing. The at least one or more second type of LEDs includes a pump, a phosphor and a filter having a cutoff point less than or equal to 540 nanometers (nm). The at least one or more second type of LEDs also has a pump peak wavelength less than or equal to 430 nm and has a phosphor with a peak wavelength greater than 575 nm.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Dialight CorporationInventors: John Curran, John Patrick Peck
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Patent number: 7914177Abstract: A component with a yellow pigment that absorbs light wavelengths in the range 500 to 380 nm is provided for transparent or translucent components of a vehicle in order to protect healthy eyes, pseudophakic eyes, and eyes with macular and retinal degeneration from harmful ultraviolet rays. The component may be in the form of a filter that is applied on or within these transparent or translucent components of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2008Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Universidad Complutense de MadridInventor: Celia Sanchez Ramos
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Patent number: 7901111Abstract: A lighting device, comprising a solid state light emitter and a light filter. At least a portion of light emitted by the light emitter contacts the filter, and at least part of the light passes through the filter. Also, such lighting devices further comprising lumiphor, in which at least some of the first part of the light is absorbed by the lumiphor, which then emits light, and at least a portion of any light emitted by the lumiphor directed toward the filter is reflected by the filter. Also, a method of lighting, comprising illuminating a solid state light emitter in such devices. Also, a lighting device, comprising a solid state light emitter; a lumiphor and filter means for allowing at least a portion of light emitted by the light emitter to pass through and for reflecting a second portion of light emitted by the lumiphor after the lumiphor is excited.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2007Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Gerald H. Negley, Antony Paul Van De Ven, Paul Kenneth Pickard
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Patent number: RE42617Abstract: An image projection system includes a light source for generating a light beam, a reflective housing, and an invisible-light reflector. The reflective housing includes an opening and forms an accommodating space for accommodating the light source so that the light beam can emit from the opening along an optical path. The invisible-light reflector, whose normal is arranged to form an acute angle with the optical path, is installed at a reflecting position intersecting with the optical path outside the opening of the reflective housing. The invisible light of the light beam will be reflected back to the accommodating space by the invisible-light reflector without any destruction caused by the invisible light.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: BenQ CorporationInventors: Hung-Jen Wei, Chih-Chang Chou, Ming-Kuen Lin