With Complex Surface Patents (Class 362/309)
  • Publication number: 20140063815
    Abstract: An LED lamp includes a base, a driving circuit board mounted to the base, a lighting module, a light guide member, and a reflecting member for reflecting light transmitted from the light guide member. The lighting module includes LEDs annularly disposed on and connected electrically to the driving circuit board. The light guide member has a light-receiving end corresponding in position to the LEDs. The reflecting member has an annular reflecting portion disposed in the light guide member, and a covering portion extending outwardly from a distal end of the annular reflecting portion and covering a distal end of the light guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventor: Ching-Tien Lin
  • Publication number: 20140063816
    Abstract: An optical element according to the present invention includes a light receiving surface which is designed to cover an emitting surface of a planar light source device, a reflecting surface, a light exit surface which is contiguous to the periphery of the reflecting surface. When the center of the emitting surface is designated as a point O and an axis which passes through the point O and is perpendicular to the emitting surface is designated as an optical axis of the optical element, the reflecting surface has a concave portion around the optical axis and an outer edge surrounding the concave portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: NALUX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke SEKI, Katsumoto IKEDA
  • Patent number: 8662713
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lens including a light emitting surface. The light emitting surface of the lens according to the embodiment of the present invention has a coordinate obtained by subtracting a Bezier coordinate corresponding to an aspheric coordinate from the aspheric coordinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Eunhwa Kim
  • Patent number: 8662715
    Abstract: An optical lens module includes a lens body and a transflective unit. The lens body has a central axis, and has an incident surface, a refractive surface and a side refractive surface. The refractive surface includes a refractive arc-surface and at least one auxiliary refractive surface on the side of the refractive arc-surface. The transflective unit covers the refractive surface. The light incident on the refractive surface is diverged away from the central axis and the diverged light on the transflective unit is partially through the transflective unit and partially reflected to travel out of the lens body through the side refractive surface. The light incident on the transflective unit is reflected to travel out of the lens body through the side refractive surface. The light incident on the side refractive surface is refracted out of the lens body through the side refractive surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignees: Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited, Kinpo Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Han-Tsung Hsueh, Jia-Chyi Feng, Shih-Feng Chen
  • Publication number: 20140043826
    Abstract: Disclosed are a luminous flux control member, which includes an incident surface onto which a light is incident, a reflective surface reflecting the incident light, and a light exit surface outputting the reflected light according to at least two orientation angles based on one direction perpendicular to a central axis connecting a center of the incident surface with a center of the reflective surface, a light emitting device and a display device having the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Eun Sung SEO, Lee Im KANG, Ki Cheol KIM, Gi Seok LEE, Chang Hyuck LEE, Hyun Ho CHOI
  • Patent number: 8632225
    Abstract: An optical lens includes: a lens body having an outer surface extending in a longitudinal direction (a first direction) and formed to be symmetrical in a lateral direction (a second direction); and a cavity formed at a lower portion of the lens body and having inner side faces asymmetrical in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Hoe Koo, Sang Ho Yoon, Hyun Jung Kim, Ki Un Lee, Hyung Jin Kim, Kyeong Ik Min
  • Patent number: 8616706
    Abstract: An illumination device includes: a first light source; a first beam spread angle changing element; an integrator; and a first small-amplitude oscillation element, in which the integrator is configured of a first fly-eye lens and a second fly-eye lens, optical magnification of an optical system configured of the first beam spread angle changing element and the first and second fly-eye lenses, and a shape of the first small-amplitude oscillation element are determined to allow a size of each light source image formed on the second fly-eye lens by each cell of the first fly-eye lens not to exceed a size of one cell of the second fly-eye lens, an amount of displacement of each light source image by oscillation amplitude of the first small-amplitude oscillation element is determined not to form the light source image over a plurality of cells of the second fly-eye lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Miura
  • Patent number: 8613530
    Abstract: A directional lamp comprises a light source, a beam forming optical system configured to form light from the light source into a light beam, and a light mixing diffuser arranged to diffuse the light beam. The light source, beam forming optical system, and light mixing diffuser are secured together as a unitary lamp. The beam forming optical system includes: a collecting reflector having an entrance aperture receiving light from the light source and an exit aperture that is larger than the entrance aperture, and a lens disposed at the exit aperture of the collecting reflector, the light source being positioned along an optical axis of the beam forming optical system at a distance from the lens that is within plus or minus ten percent of a focal length of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gary R. Allen, Stanton E. Weaver, Jr., R. Stephen Mulder, David C. Dudik, Mark E. Kaminski
  • Patent number: 8596831
    Abstract: In a light beam controlling member, a projecting section has a third surface between a first surface (incident surface) and a second surface (total reflection surface). The third surface is formed into an angled surface that is angled in relation to an optical axis, of which one end section joined with the first surface is positioned further to a light source side than another end section joined with the second surface. The overall light that has entered the third surface of each of a plurality of projecting sections is refracted by the third surface towards an exit surface side with positive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro Saito
  • Patent number: 8587016
    Abstract: Provided are a light emitting device package and a lighting system comprising the same. The light emitting device package comprises a package body having an inclined side surface and a light emitting device on the inclined side surface of the package body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Seon Song
  • Patent number: 8579472
    Abstract: The present invention provides an illumination lens which suppresses a change of an illuminance distribution following a change of an arrangement position of a light source with respect to the illumination lens. A reflection surface and emission surface of the illumination lens are configured to refract and emit, in the emission surface, second illumination light and third illumination light with refracting power of different signs. By changing an illuminance distribution of third illumination light to cancel the change of an illuminance distribution of the second illumination light when a light source is moved, it is possible to suppress the change of the illuminance distribution small even when the light source is moved back and forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Nittoh Kogaku K.K.
    Inventor: Fumiaki Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20130294087
    Abstract: A luminaire with a prismatic optic permits the nearly uniform distribution of light about the luminaire. The prismatic optic permits the use of directional light sources, such as light emitting diodes, while maintaining the uniform light distribution. Furthermore, a concave shape of the optic further enables uniform light distribution. When light emitting diodes are used, the luminaire further includes a heat sink to maintain a desirable operational temperature without negatively affecting the light distribution properties of the luminaire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric Holland, Mark Penley Boomgaarden, Ryan Kelley
  • Publication number: 20130294071
    Abstract: A luminaire with a prismatic optic permits the nearly uniform distribution of light about the luminaire. The prismatic optic permits the use of directional light sources, such as light emitting diodes, while maintaining the uniform light distribution. When light emitting diodes are used, the luminaire further includes a heat sink to maintain a desirable operational temperature without negatively affecting the light distribution properties of the luminaire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark P. Boomgaarden, Ryan Kelley, Rick LeClair
  • Patent number: 8562191
    Abstract: A vehicle light can project light beams through ring-shaped or arc-shaped light exiting surfaces, and among them the outermost and innermost light exiting surfaces are brighter than the others. The vehicle light can include a light emitting element having an optical axis and a light guide lens having an incidence surface on which light beams from the light emitting element at a certain angle (?4 to ?5) impinge, reflection surfaces reflecting the light beams so that the light beams are parallel to each other, and light exiting surfaces configured to allow the reflected light beams to pass therethrough. In this vehicle light, light beams emitted at a certain angle (?4 to ?4a where ?4<?4a<?5) can be projected through the farthest light exiting surface from the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Okada, Takuya Matsumaru
  • Publication number: 20130258676
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light adjusting lens for adjusting light emitted from an LED, the light adjusting lens being a left-right symmetric lens structure formed of an amorphous polymer material selected from a glass material, PC, PMMA, and COC and having a body an entire interior of which is filled, the light adjusting lens including: an icicle inner surface forming an inner line of the body and having a light adjusting boss at a central portion thereof in the form in which a peak and a gully are formed deeply; and a light diffusing outer surface in which a light diffusion expanding induction for inducing expansion of diffusion of light is formed by slowly recessing the central portion of the aspheric structure, wherein diffusion of light is adjusted through dual processing of refraction and internal reflection by the icicle inner surface and the light diffusing outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Dong Hoon Hyun, Myeong-Jae Noh
  • Publication number: 20130182444
    Abstract: The invention concerns a semiconductor based light source comprising a back part, a front side and at least one semiconductor chip having an emitting surface, at least one reflective optical element being arranged below said at least one semiconductor chip, a material with low refractive index being disposed on a side of said reflective optical element facing said front side, wherein said semiconductor based light source comprises on said front side a compound material with high refractive index having at least one diffractive optical element embedded therein, such as to direct light incident on said diffractive optical element towards preferred directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: BLACKBRITE APS
    Inventors: Jens Østergaard Wagenblast Stubbe, David Svensson
  • Patent number: 8480265
    Abstract: A lens structure adapted for guiding a light from a light source to a plurality of directions is provided. The lens structure includes a base, a pillar, and an umbrella-shaped body. The base has a containing pit adapted for containing the light source. The pillar is connected to the base. The pillar has a central axis and a first curved surface, in which the first curved surface surrounds the central axis symmetrically. The umbrella-shaped body is connected to the pillar and has a second curved surface and a third curved surface surrounding the central axis symmetrically. The second and the third curved surfaces are located on a top portion of the umbrella-shaped body and next to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignees: Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited, Kinpo Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Han-Tsung Hsueh, Jia-Chyi Feng
  • Publication number: 20130170222
    Abstract: A light emitting diode lamp includes a lamp body, a light emitting diode arranged on the lamp body, and a lamp cover to cover the light emitting diode. The lamp cover includes a lens in front of the light emitting diode to modulate the light from the light emitting diode. The light emitting diode lamp further includes a driver and an adjusting device. The driver is formed between the lamp body and a lamp cover. The adjusting device controls the driver to adjust a distance between the lens and the light emitting diode, whereby a light filed of the light from the light emitting diode is adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: HOU-TE LIN, CHAO-HSIUNG CHANG
  • Patent number: 8475009
    Abstract: An optical element for a side emitting light that emits light from a light source at side directions relative to the horizon is disclosed. The optical element has an internal recess adapted to fit over a light source. The internal recess includes a collimating surface and interior refractive surfaces. An exterior refractive surface corresponding to the interior refractive surfaces is provided. A faceted prismatic reflecting surface corresponding with the collimating surface is provided. Light at a substantially horizontal angle relative to the horizon is emitted through the interior refractive surface through the exterior reflective surface to a side direction and light at a substantially vertical angle relative to the horizon is collimated by the collimating surface and reflected by the reflecting surface in the side direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Excelitas Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin Brennan, Wei Li
  • Patent number: 8459845
    Abstract: A light guide lens includes a front light-exit surface, a rear end surface formed with a recess, and an outer surrounding surface. The front light-exit surface is a convex surface disposed at an optical axis (Z). The rear end surface includes a curved surface portion that defines an innermost end of the recess, and that is a convex surface. The rear end surface further includes an inner surrounding surface portion that extends rearward from a periphery of the curved surface portion. The outer surrounding surface diverges forwardly along the optical axis (Z), and includes a first curved surface part and a second curved surface part. The first and second curved surface parts are disposed on opposite sides of an imaginary plane on which the optical axis (Z) is disposed, and are asymmetrical relative to each other with respect to the imaginary plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuo-Wen Chang
  • Publication number: 20130121004
    Abstract: At least one embodiment in the disclosure describes a high efficiency directional light engine. The light engine comprises a light emitter emitting light and a collimation lens. The collimation lens has a cone-shaped sidewall, a base surface and a curved top surface. The height of the cone-shaped sidewall is at least three times more than the diameter of the base surface. The light emitter is optically coupled to and disposed in close proximity to the base surface. One or more first reflection images of the light emitter result from first reflection of the light off a surface of the cone-shaped sidewall. The diameter of the light emitter is substantially close to the diameter of the base surface so that the light emitter and the first reflection images form a virtual point light source with minimal gap(s) or without any gap between the light emitter and the first reflection images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: RAYDEX TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Jingqun Xi
  • Patent number: 8434910
    Abstract: Disclosed are a light emitting device package and a lighting system. The light emitting device package includes a body including a recess and a plurality of light emitting device receiving parts formed in a bottom surface of the recess, a plurality of light emitting devices separately provided in the light emitting device receiving parts, a plurality of individual lenses spaced apart from each other on the light emitting device receiving parts, and a common lens covering the individual lenses, wherein at least one of the plurality of individual lenses comprises a concave part formed at the upper portion of the individual lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Choong Youl Kim
  • Patent number: 8434914
    Abstract: A lens to redirect light, having an angular distribution centered around a left-right symmetry plane (LRSP), from a light source. The lens includes an incident face, facing the light source, which includes an incident corner, which divides the incident face into incident inner and outer zones and is concave, forming an obtuse angle in air. The lens also includes an opposite exiting face, which similarly includes an exiting corner, which similarly divides the exiting face. Each ray striking the incident inner zone transmits through the lens, striking the exiting inner zone. Each ray striking the incident outer zone transmits through the lens, striking the exiting outer zone. Each ray striking the incident face, transmits through the lens, strikes the exiting face, and refracts out of the lens, has initial and final propagation angles with respect to the LRSP. The final propagation angle is greater than the initial propagation angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Ming Li, Yi Yang
  • Publication number: 20130107540
    Abstract: A traffic signal light device that includes a spread window, a Fresnel lens, and an LED module for emitting light. The light emitted by the LED module passes through the Fresnel lens and to the spread window. The LED module is disposed at a position that is offset from an axis of the spread window that passes through a center of, and is perpendicular to, the spread window. The Fresnel lens can have a saw-toothed pattern of teeth formed as concentric circles on one surface of the Fresnel lens sharing a common center, where the size or height of the teeth vary. The spread window can have a plurality of protruding cells of varying size on a surface of the spread window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Leotek Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Leotek Electronics Corporation
  • Patent number: 8430536
    Abstract: Provided is a specially designed high efficiency optic utilizing Total Internal Reflection (TIR) that collimates light from a typical LED or similar light source. In certain example embodiments the light emitted from a single TIR optic is directed into any of a plurality of interchangeable high-efficiency reflectors that further direct and shape the light beam according to the interaction between the TIR optic and the geometries of the various reflectors. These features work together to efficiently provide a high-quality, substantially-collimated, narrow light beam with high luminous intensity, minimal glare and little to no striations, excellent color rendering, and symmetrical, smooth transitions from beam center to outer edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Zumtobel Lighting Inc.
    Inventor: Feng Zhao
  • Patent number: 8425087
    Abstract: A luminous flux control member can stabilize an optical performance, make manufacturing easy and improve efficiency of use of light at the same time. A reflection surface (15) is formed in a surface shape, so that an extreme end section of the reflection surface (15) that is the most distant from an emission area (5) is positioned further inward in the radial direction than a base end section that is the closest to the emission area (5), and the reflection surface (15) intersects once a virtual surface that is inclined with respect to an optical axis connecting between the extreme end section and the base end section. The surface shape suppresses an offset of a light distribution of light emitted from the emission area (5) from a designed light distribution due to an offset between an optical axis and the center axis of light emitted from a light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro Saito
  • Patent number: 8419231
    Abstract: An optic for producing an asymmetrical beam of light for restricting light output to an area below a midplane of the optic, and for directing light to the sides or down from the midplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Inventor: Leroy E. Anderson
  • Patent number: 8419228
    Abstract: A light guide member and a light irradiation module with the light guide member and an electric device with the light irradiation module are provided in the invention in which the light guide member has a cone shaped body and a ring shaped flange. The cone shaped body has an opening at an apex of one end of the cone shaped body. The ring shaped flange is extended from a circular rim of the other end of the cone shaped body. One inner surface of the opening is defined as a light incident surface, and a circular rim surface of the ring shaped flange surrounding the cone shaped body is defined as a light emitting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Chen-Ping Yeh, Yen-Ching Wang
  • Publication number: 20130088877
    Abstract: A light device and a lighting component are provided. The lighting device comprises a LED module and a lighting component. The LED module has an exposed light emitting surface. The lighting component covers the LED module and has an inputting surface and a top outputting surface. The inputting surface faces the light emitting surface of the LED module, the top outputting surface has a concave structure, and the concave structure is located opposite the light emitting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: LEXTAR ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Han-Chung Hsu, Cheng-Chun Liao, Chia-Shen Cheng
  • Patent number: 8408753
    Abstract: An LED lamp has a base, an LED device and a convex lens. The base has a recess. The LED device is mounted in the recess and has an LED. The convex lens is mounted in the recess, separates from the LED and has a cavity formed in the convex lens. The cavity has a bottom, an opening, an inner side surface and an imaging surface. Peripheries of the bottom and the opening of the cavity are wavy. The imaging surface is formed around the inner side surface, inclines from the bottom to the opening of the cavity and is wavy. The imaging surface is capable of refracting light emitted from the single one LED located in the cavity to form a characteristic visual effect like a chrysanthemum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Inventor: Po-Chang Chen
  • Publication number: 20130077320
    Abstract: An optical lens having an optical axis includes a main body. The main body includes a light-incident part, a first light-emitting part and a second light-emitting part. The light-incident part includes a bottom surface and a reflecting surface. The bottom surface has a recess. The reflecting surface is physically connected to the bottom surface and the distance located between the reflecting surface and the optical axis is increased when the reflecting surface is gradually close to the bottom surface. The first light emitting-part is physically connected to the reflecting surface and has a top surface. The top surface is gradually close to the bottom surface when the top surface is close to the optical axis. The second light-emitting surface is physically connected to the top surface and substantially located above the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Qiang-Fei DUAN, Mao-Sheng Liang
  • Patent number: 8403538
    Abstract: An optical assembly includes a light source and an optical element. The light source generates light where the color of the light varies based on the direction the light is emitted from the light source. The optical element is positioned transverse to the optical axis and is configured to mix the light. The color of the light mixed by the optical element is substantially independent of the direction at which the light emanates from the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen
  • Patent number: 8401741
    Abstract: A headlamp in an automobile, which is rotatable about a yaw axis when negotiating a bend, has a controller for controlling the rotary movement. In order to improve the illumination of a roadway lying in front of an automobile, the controller may take into account a driving profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Justus Illium, Torsten Kanning
  • Publication number: 20130063950
    Abstract: A luminous flux control member that controls travelling direction of light emitted from a light source includes an incident area, an emission area, and a plurality of projecting sections. The plurality of projecting sections are constituted by an inner area, an intermediate area, and a peripheral area defined in the radial direction, and a first specific projecting section disposed in the inner area is configured such that a planar section that is used to measure the height of the first specific projecting section and is perpendicular to the optical axis is connected to an inner peripheral end and an outer peripheral end of a base end portion of the first specific projecting section. The projecting sections other than the first specific projecting section, in principle, come into contact internally or externally with another projecting section other than the first specific projecting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: ENPLAS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20130027922
    Abstract: The present utility model discloses an improved optical package which includes a light source, an installation socket, a mirror and a convex lens, wherein at least one part of the projection of the reflection surface of the mirror on its axial section is in a parabolic shape, and the axes of the mirror and the convex lens share the same line. The installation socket can move along the axial direction of the convex lens and an installation depression is set at the front end of the installation socket, wherein the light source is configured in the installation depression, the emitting point of the light source is on the axis of the convex lens and the circumference of the installation depression is formed to be a reflection surface capable of reflecting the light emitting from the bottom of the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: MAX LUX CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin CHEN
  • Patent number: 8348473
    Abstract: An illumination optical system includes a prism disposed on an incident optical axis and a lens that is disposed between the light source and an incident surface of the prism or between an emitting surface of the prism and an illuminated object, at least one of the reflection surfaces being a transmission/reflection surface. Additionally, an illumination optical system includes a prism having a surface that is disposed so as to obliquely intersect with an incident optical system, that transmits a part of the entering light to be emitted therefrom, and that deflects at least part of the rest of the light in a direction that intersects with the incident optical axis to be emitted therefrom. Furthermore, an illumination optical system has a rod lens that is disposed so that a longitudinal direction thereof is inclined with respect to an incident optical axis is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Yuji Kamo, Hideyasu Takato, Tsutomu Sasamoto
  • Patent number: 8292466
    Abstract: A lens includes a first transparent member and a second transparent member. The first transparent member includes a bottom surface, a Fresnel lens surface and a first sidewall. An LED is received in the bottom surface. The Fresnel lens surface is configured for aligning the light from the LED. The first sidewall is configured for refracting the light from the LED. The second transparent member includes a second bottom surface, an upper surface and a second sidewall. A second receiving portion is defined in the second bottom surface for receiving the first transparent member. The upper surface is configured for reflecting the light through the Fresnel lens surface so that the light is redirected to radiate laterally. The laterally radiated light transmits out of the lens through the second sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shan-Fu Huang
  • Patent number: 8292467
    Abstract: The invention provides an illumination device (1) comprising a lighting unit (2). The lighting unit (2) comprises a light source (100) and a substantially flat light guide (200), arranged to collimate light source light (111). The light guide (200) has an entrance window (210), an edge window (220), a first light guide surface (201), a second light guide surface (202), a first side edge (230) and a second side edge (240). One or more of the first light guide surface (201) and the second light guide surface (202) comprise a plurality of grooves (300). In this way, latitudinal collimation is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg, Anthonie Hendrik Bergman, Tim Dekker, Giovanni Cennini
  • Patent number: 8272768
    Abstract: The light emitting device comprises: a bowl-shaped reflector; a point light source; and a combined lens provided on the light axis of the point light source. And the combined lens has: a convex lens part having a focal point coinciding with the point light source, refracting center light around the light axis into parallel light; and a concave lens part provided around the convex lens part, and refracting and diffusing light having an angle with the light axis larger than an angle between the center light and the light axis so as to increase the angle with the light axis. A virtual focal point of the light refracted and diffused with the concave lens part coincides with the focal point of the paraboloid of revolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Phoenix Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrei Kazmierski, Tomihiko Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8262272
    Abstract: An optical lens includes an array of lens units. Each lens unit includes a main body, a light diverging portion and a light converging portion. The main body includes a light incident surface and a light emitting surface opposite to the light incident surface. The light diverging portion is configured for expanding a light field along a first direction. The light converging portion is configured for compressing a light field along a second direction. The light diverging portion and the light converging portion are formed on at least one of the light incident surface and the light emitting surface. The light converging portion includes parallel recesses distributed along the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Kai Cheng, Jyh-Long Chern, Ping-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 8251547
    Abstract: A light flux control member has a back face provided with a recess and a ring-like-recess-portion surrounding the recess. Output light of a point-like-light-source (light emission element) is incident to the recess and the ring-like-recess-portion. Incident light to the recess is emitted from a light control emission face after inner-propagation. Incident light to the ring-like-recess-portion is refracted as to hardly generate inner-propagation light deflected to directions near to a direction of reference optical axis L, resulting in outgoing from any part of the light control emission face, or, if some outgoing occurs from the light control emission face, such outgoing occurs only at an outer periphery portion of the light control emission face. As a result, illumination light quality is avoided from being reduced by appearance of conspicuous ring-like bright part. In addition, uniform illumination light can be supplied to a broad angle range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventor: Masao Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8240886
    Abstract: An illumination device for illuminating a road includes a lamp holder and a light source. The lamp holder has an inner surface and a cavity defined by the inner surface. The light source is arranged in the cavity, and light emitted from the light source is redirected by the lamp holder to establish an illuminating area on the road. The illuminating area is consisted of a first angular range and a second angular range which are located at two opposite sides of the lamp holder along a lengthwise direction of the road. The first angular range is directed at an angle ?1 from a downward vertical line through the lamp holder, and the second angular range is directed at an angle ?2 from the downward vertical line, wherein, ?2>?1, ?1?45°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Chih-Ming Lai
  • Patent number: 8210722
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is characterized by providing an optical transfer function between a predetermined illuminated surface pattern, such as a street light pattern, and a predetermined energy distribution pattern of a light source, such as that from an LED. A lens is formed having a shape defined by the optical transfer function. The optical transfer function is derived by generating an energy distribution pattern using the predetermined energy distribution pattern of the light source. Then the projection of the energy distribution pattern onto the illuminated surface is generated. The projection is then compared to the predetermined illuminated surface pattern to determine if it acceptably matches. The process continues reiteratively until an acceptable match is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Ronald G. Holder, Greg Rhoads
  • Publication number: 20120155092
    Abstract: An optical lens module includes a lens body and a transflective unit. The lens body has a central axis, and has an incident surface, a refractive surface and a side refractive surface. The refractive surface includes a refractive arc-surface and at least one auxiliary refractive surface on the side of the refractive arc-surface. The transflective unit covers the refractive surface. The light incident on the refractive surface is diverged away from the central axis and the diverged light on the transflective unit is partially through the transflective unit and partially reflected to travel out of the lens body through the side refractive surface. The light incident on the transflective unit is reflected to travel out of the lens body through the side refractive surface. The light incident on the side refractive surface is refracted out of the lens body through the side refractive surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicants: KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC., CAL-COMP ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: HAN-TSUNG HSUEH, JIA-CHYI FENG, SHIH-FENG CHEN
  • Publication number: 20120140483
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) unit having a lens is disclosed. The lens comprises a base, the base comprising a bottom face configured to a light incident face for light entering the lens, and a top face; a first member and a second member, wherein the first and second members curve outward from the top face of the base, wherein the first member comprises a first light emergent face, the first light emergent face has a Fresnel lens surface curved outward from the top face, and light emitted from the first light emergent face illuminates areas far away from the lens, and wherein the second member comprises a second light emergent face, the second light emergent face has a rough surface finish, the second light emergent face is at first angle from the top face, and light emitted from the second light emergent face illuminates areas near the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: FOXSEMICON INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: HSIU-PING CHANG
  • Patent number: 8177377
    Abstract: An optical plate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface defines a plurality of elongated, arc-shaped depressions. The second surface defines a plurality of triangular pyramidal depressions and a plurality of four-sided pyramidal depressions. Each four-sided pyramidal depression is surrounded by four triangular pyramidal depressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shao-Han Chang
  • Publication number: 20120099194
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-view device (100) for generating a first image at a first viewing angle (211) and for generating a second image at a second viewing angle (221) different from the first viewing angle (211). The multi-view device (100) comprises a composite image, an array of elongated optical structures (101) and an Organic Light Emitting Diode device (103). The composite image comprising elongated stripes of sub images (210, 220) comprising the first image and the second image. The array of elongated optical structures (101) is for refracting light (212) of the first image into the first viewing angle (211), and for refracting light (222) of the second image into the second viewing angle (221). The Organic Light Emitting Diode device (103) is for imaging the composite image via the array of elongated optical structures (103). The Organic Light Emitting Diode device (103) is optically coupled to the array of elongated optical structures (103).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventor: Coen Adrianus Verschuren
  • Patent number: 8162512
    Abstract: An optical sheet receiving an incident light from a light source is provided. The optical sheet includes a body, a plurality of reflective structures, and a plurality of Fresnel lens units. The body includes an incident surface and an emergent surface. The incident surface receives the incident light with an incident angle. The refractive index of the body is ni and i is a positive integer. The reflective structures are placed on the body. There is a spacing W between two neighboring reflective structures. In the direction of the incident light, the thickness of the reflective structure is t. The Fresnel lens units, having a width P, are disposed on the emergent surface. Each Fresnel lens is corresponded to the spacing. When the equation, tan - 1 ? [ P 2 6 ? t ] > sin - 1 ? ? i = 1 j ? 1 n i , j ? 1 , is satisfied, the incident light passes through the spacing, the incident angle is adjusted by the thickness t and converged by the Fresnel lens units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Entire Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yan-Zuo Chen, Wen-Feng Cheng, Li-Ping Cho
  • Patent number: 8139909
    Abstract: A first toroidal ray guide defines an axis of revolution and has a toroidal entrance pupil adapted to image light incident on the entrance pupil at an angle to the axis of revolution between 40 and 140 degrees, and it also has a first imaging surface opposite the entrance pupil. A second toroidal ray guide also defines the same axis of revolution and has a second imaging surface adjacent to the first imaging surface. Various additions and further qualities of the ray guides, which form optical channels, are disclosed. In a method light emanating from a source at between 40-140 degrees from an optical axis is received at an entrance pupil of a ray guide arrangement that is circularly symmetric about the optical axis. Then the received light is redirected through the ray guide arrangement to an exit pupil in an average direction substantially parallel to the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Upstream Engineering Oy
    Inventors: Ilkka A. Alasaarela, Jussi P. Soukkamäki, Teuvo K. Viljamaa
  • Publication number: 20120033430
    Abstract: There are provided an optical lens and a lighting apparatus using the same. The optical lens includes an incidence part provided as a light incident area and including a micro lens array formed on at least a partial region of a surface thereof; a reflection part spaced apart from the incidence part by a predetermined distance and reflecting at least a certain amount of light having passed through the incidence part; and a side surface part connecting the incidence part and the reflection part and transmitting the certain amount of light reflected by the reflection part. In the case of using the optical lens, when light incident from the light source is emitted to the outside, an angle at which the light is emitted therefrom is enlarged, whereby an orientation angle of the light source is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventor: Tetsuo ARIYOSHI