Including Selected Wavelength Modifier (e.g., Filter) Patents (Class 362/293)
  • Publication number: 20110261326
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: CORETRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shen-Huei Wang, Tzu-Yi Yang, Po-Shan Song
  • Patent number: 8042974
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: American DJ Supply, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Sherman, Charles Davies, Toby Velazquez
  • Patent number: 8044570
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Oyaizu, Kozo Ogawa, Seiko Kawashima, Akiko Takahashi, Haruki Takei, Erika Takenaka
  • Patent number: 8044424
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youji Urano, Takuya Nakatani, Yasuhiro Hidaka
  • Publication number: 20110249422
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Kum Soon Wong, Farn Hin Chen, Kean Loo Keh
  • Patent number: 8025427
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Maul, Damian Fiolka
  • Patent number: 8021008
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventor: David P. Ramer
  • Patent number: 8016452
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
    Inventor: William Dunn
  • Patent number: 8016468
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Tessnow, Christian Meier
  • Publication number: 20110216523
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20110216105
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunji KAMIJIMA
  • Patent number: 8011817
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Putco, Inc.
    Inventor: James P. Elwell
  • Patent number: 8007141
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Matsubara, Hidefumi Sakata
  • Publication number: 20110205740
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Matthias Rindt, Edgar Pawlowski, Thomas Zetterer, Robert Hettler
  • Patent number: 8002455
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Lai, Tse-An Lee
  • Patent number: 8002442
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Andree Mehrtens, Lutz Zogg
  • Publication number: 20110199580
    Abstract: 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 mirro
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Koji HIRATA, Hidehiro Ikeda, Nobuyuki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20110182056
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Soraa, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy Anthony Trottier, Michael Ragan Krames, Rajat Sharma, Frank Tin Chung Shum
  • Publication number: 20110182072
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Etsuo Shimizu, Kumie Shimizu, Seiko Ogiri, Hiromu Watanabe, Naoto Kijima, Naoki Sako, Noriko Endou, Hideaki Kaneda
  • Publication number: 20110157895
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sakari Tapio Alenius, Markku Kalevi Vehvilainen, Radu Ciprian Bilcu
  • Publication number: 20110157896
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: CHIH-MING YU
  • Publication number: 20110157916
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Chin LEE, Gicherl KIM, Byungchoon YANG, Young-keun LEE, Seung Hwan BAEK, So jin RYU
  • Patent number: 7967445
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukiko Hamano, Ryosuke Kasahara, Toshiyuki Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 7963677
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shunji Kamijima
  • Patent number: 7963676
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Inventor: Kuohua (Angus) Wu
  • Patent number: 7959312
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 7960751
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youji Urano, Takuya Nakatani, Yasuhiro Hidaka
  • Patent number: 7946742
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Access Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Iwai, Tomoki Kawamura, Hiroto Murabayashi
  • Patent number: 7942537
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 7943941
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Shimizu, Kensho Sakano, Yasunobu Noguchi, Toshio Moriguchi
  • Patent number: 7942538
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventors: Mats Kleverman, Gunnar Klinghult
  • Publication number: 20110109909
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventor: Qi Wu
  • Publication number: 20110110094
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi KASHIWAGI, Nobuo NAITO
  • Patent number: 7937865
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Intematix Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Qun Li, Yi Dong, James Caruso, Charles O. Edwards
  • Publication number: 20110102903
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Patrick Rene Destain, Terry Alan Bartlett
  • Publication number: 20110103064
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: SETH COE-SULLIVAN, John R. Linton, Sridhar Sadasivan, Emily M. Squires
  • Publication number: 20110103051
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: RUUD LIGHTING, INC.
    Inventors: Kurt S. Wilcox, Wayne Guillien, Scot Siebers, Joel Kapellusch
  • Patent number: 7934855
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Hsun Hsieh, Chien-Wuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20110090696
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Hideo Nagai, Yasuharu Ueno
  • Publication number: 20110090697
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Jyunpei Matsuzaki, Shin-ichi Wakabayashi, Seiji Nishiwaki, Tatsuya Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7926973
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsunori Harada
  • Patent number: 7922358
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventor: Norwin von Malm
  • Patent number: 7922373
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Yamamoto, Tetsuro Mizushima, Shinichi Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 7922357
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Nim Jo, Sang Cheol Jung, Eun Young Cho
  • Publication number: 20110080737
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Seiji Nishiwaki, Masa-aki Suzuki, Shin-ichi Wakabayashi, Jyunpei Matsuzaki, Tatsuya Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110080738
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Shin-ichi Wakabayashi, Seiji Nishiwaki, Masa-aki Suzuki, Jyunpei Matsuzaki, Tatsuya Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7918582
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Dialight Corporation
    Inventors: John Curran, John Patrick Peck
  • Patent number: 7914177
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
    Inventor: Celia Sanchez Ramos
  • Patent number: 7901111
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald H. Negley, Antony Paul Van De Ven, Paul Kenneth Pickard
  • Patent number: RE42617
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: BenQ Corporation
    Inventors: Hung-Jen Wei, Chih-Chang Chou, Ming-Kuen Lin