Light Source Or Light Source Support And Luminescent Material Patents (Class 362/84)
  • Patent number: 10711975
    Abstract: Provided are a light emitting element capable of maintaining high fluorescent intensity over a long period, and a fluorescent light source device. The light emitting element according to the present invention includes: a substrate; a reflection layer formed of a material containing Ag or Al, formed on the upper layer of the substrate; a diffusion prevention layer formed of a layer at least part of which being crystallized, the diffusion prevention layer being formed in contact with a surface of the reflection layer on a side opposite to the substrate; an enhanced reflection layer formed in contact with a surface of the diffusion prevention layer on a side opposite to the substrate; and a fluorescent body layer formed on the upper layer of the enhanced reflection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiji Kitamura, Masaki Inoue
  • Patent number: 10704762
    Abstract: A decorative optical element that has an appearance of a glass optical element includes an optically transparent body having a faceted globular portion defined by a solid volume of polymeric material. A luminaire, such as for a street light, employs the decorative optical element and an LED circuit board mounted to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: CorLed Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Derek Mallory, Brian Wells, John Kahl, Dianna Stadtherr
  • Patent number: 10690961
    Abstract: Provided is a partial drive-type light source device including an excitation light source that is formed from a plurality of light-emitting elements and is partially drivable, a phosphor sheet disposed at a position separated from the excitation light source and containing a phosphor that converts at least part of a wavelength region of incident light from the excitation light source and releases emitted light in a wavelength region differing from the incident light, and a wavelength-selective reflection film that is disposed between the excitation light source and the phosphor sheet and that transmits at least part of light in the wavelength region of the incident light from the excitation light source and reflects at least part of light in the wavelength region of the emitted light from the phosphor sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Kishimoto, Yasushi Ito, Tomomitsu Hori, Noritaka Sato
  • Patent number: 10693046
    Abstract: A Chip-Scale Packaging (CSP) LED device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The CSP LED device includes a flip-chip LED semiconductor die and a packaging structure, wherein the packaging structure comprises a soft buffer layer, a photoluminescent structure and an encapsulant structure. The soft buffer layer includes a top portion formed on top of the flip-chip LED semiconductor die, and an edge portion formed covering an edge surface of the flip-chip LED semiconductor die, wherein the top portion has a convex surface, and the edge portion has an extension surface smoothly adjoining the convex surface. The photoluminescent structure is formed on the soft buffer layer covering the convex surface and the extension surface of the soft buffer layer. The encapsulant structure, which has a hardness not lower than that of the buffer layer, is formed on the photoluminescent structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Maven Optronics CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chieh Chen, Tsung-Hsi Wang
  • Patent number: 10670951
    Abstract: Disclosed are a wavelength conversion device, a light-emitting device and a projection system, comprising a wavelength conversion layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite each other. The first surface receives an excitation light. The wavelength conversion layer absorbs the excitation to produce a converted light and emits the converted light or the mixture of the converted light and the excitation light from the first surface and the second surface. A scattering reflective substrate is stacked with the wavelength conversion layer and includes a white porous ceramic or a white scattering material for scattering the incident light. The scattering reflective substrate includes a third surface facing the second surface and scatters at least a part of the incident light on the third surface and then emits all the light from the third surface to the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Jiayi Yang, Yi Yang
  • Patent number: 10663116
    Abstract: A lighting device (100, 300, 400) is disclosed. The lighting device comprises a light source (110, 310, 410), an at least partially light transmitting envelope (120, 320, 420) and a dispenser (140, 340, 440). The envelope is arranged to define a sealed space (130, 330, 430) in which at least a portion of the light source is arranged. Further, the dispenser comprises a chemically reactive substance and is adapted to gradually release at least some of the chemically reactive substance to the sealed space so as to reduce contaminants and by-products that may be present in the sealed space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Veldman, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Ties Van Bommel, Wijnand Evert Jacobus Van Kooten
  • Patent number: 10655809
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp having a light assembly and reflector assembly is provided. The light assembly has a light emitting diode (LED) mounted on a substrate to emit first and second solid angles. A reflective recycling surface is mounted on the substrate adjacent to the LED. The reflector assembly has a first reflector having a macro-focal reflective surface extending at the first solid angle relative to the LED and defines an output light pattern along an output optical axis. A second reflector has an ellipsoid reflective surface extending at the second solid angle relative to the LED and has a first focal point oriented at the LED and a second focal point oriented at the recycling surface. The second reflector reflects light emitted from the LED in the second solid angle back to the recycling surface. The recycling surface reflects light from the second reflector to be incident the first reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: NORTH AMERICAN LIGHTING, INC.
    Inventor: John-Michael Juneau
  • Patent number: 10649130
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a louvre lighting unit which contains a plurality of louvre cells for beam shaping the lighting unit light. The plurality of louvre cells comprises a plurality of n subsets, each comprising a respective plurality of m louvre cells. The louvre cells of each subset are configured as a domain of adjoining louvre cells, wherein a respective plurality of k louvre cells within each domain have mutually differing louvre cell cross-sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Peter John Franck, Thomas Deflandre, Ronald Cornelis De Gier, Mark Johannes Antonius Verhoeven, James Jehong Kim
  • Patent number: 10648625
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a primary light distribution structure of a directional light source comprises a lamp cup, wherein the lamp cup is provided with a lamp cap at an end; a heat conducting plate, disposed inside the lamp cup and located at a middle portion of the lamp cup, the periphery of the heat conducting plate being in interference fit with and connection with the lamp cup; a power source, disposed inside the lamp cup and located between the lamp cup and the heat conducting plate, the power source being connected to the lamp cap; a light source plate, fixed to the heat conducting plate by means of a plurality of screws, the power source being electrically connected to the light source plate; and a lens structure, covering on the light source plate. In the present invention, the primary light distribution structure is configured such that a larger beam angle is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: NINGBO YAMAO OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hui Chen
  • Patent number: 10647915
    Abstract: A converter assembly for converting a primary light into a secondary light includes at least one element which has a light-converting structure with open pores and which is laterally held by a frame. The surfaces of both the light-converting structure as well as of the inner face of the frame are covered with a transparent layer such that each of the afore-mentioned elements forms a region in which a property of the incident light and preferably of the wavelength thereof is changed. In specific embodiments, the converter assembly can be part of display assemblies or of miniaturized components for example. There is also described a method for producing the converter assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Ulrich Hofmann, Hans-Joachim Quenzer, Thomas Lisec, Thomas Von Wantoch
  • Patent number: 10649129
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a light guide plate, a backlight module and a display device. The light guide plate comprises a light conversion layer, the light conversion layer is arranged at a light emitting plane of the light guide plate for receiving a first light and converting the same to at least a second light to emit. According to the aforesaid aspect, the present invention can improve the display effect of the display device by making the emitted light have a better diffusivity and a larger brightness view angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jianyu Chang, Yung-jui Lee, Yu-chun Hsiao, Sheng-Jer Chang Chien, Lixuan Chen
  • Patent number: 10639416
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for illuminated medical infusion including, for example, a medical infusion system which includes a source of illumination and an illuminating infusion line and wherein the illuminating infusion line includes an integrated fluid transmission channel and light transmission channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Inventor: Hans Utz
  • Patent number: 10645768
    Abstract: A light apparatus with an enlightened pattern includes a driver circuit, a LED plate, an optical light guide, a connector and a bulb shell. The LED plate connected to the driver circuit has a LED module for emitting a light. The optical light guide has a bottom end facing to the LED module for receiving the light and has a top end forming an enlightened pattern where the light escaped from the top end of the optical light guide. The connector is used for fixing the LED plate to the optical light guide for aligning the LED module to emit the light into the bottom end and for transmitting heat of the LED plate to the optical light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Xianghua Lin, Liangliang Cao, Yi Yang, Hongkui Jiang, Yanzeng Gao
  • Patent number: 10634295
    Abstract: An LED light source module includes a LED board, an optical reflector, a water-proof cover and a lamp pole. The optical reflector furnished above the LED board has a plurality of optical reflecting surfaces that are corresponding to those LED light sources making them irradiate upward. The waterproof cover, being in bowl shape, has its open end which is connected to the LED board. The optical reflector is furnished between the waterproof cover and the LED board. The lamp pole, being in hollow shape, has a power supply furnished therein. Both ends of the lamp pole are connected to the LED board and the power supply socket respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Shih-Hao Hua, Chao-Pin Chen, Te-Yu Chien
  • Patent number: 10625664
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting device configured to be mounted on a vehicle. The vehicle lighting device includes a bar-shaped light guide and a light emitter. The light guide includes a first body section and a second body section. The first body section includes a first end, a second end, which is opposite to the first end, a straight section, which extends from the first end, and a curved section, which extends from the straight section to the second end. The second body section branches off from the straight section and extends in a direction different from a direction in which the curved section extends. The light emitter is arranged to emit light toward the first end of the first body section. The curved section and the second body section are configured to emit light in different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ikkei Ohgitani, Muneaki Inagaki, Keiji Yoshifusa
  • Patent number: 10629784
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic component (100) comprising a semiconductor chip (1) for generating a primary beam in the blue spectral range, a conversion element (4) which is arranged in the beam path of the semiconductor chip (2) and is designed to generate a secondary beam from the primary beam, wherein the conversion element (4) comprises at least one first luminescent material (9) used as a conversion material, the first luminescent material (9) being (La1-xCax)3Si6(N1-yOy)11:Ce3+ with 0?x?1 and 0<y?1, wherein a total beam (G) emerging from the component (100) is white mixed light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp Pust, Martin Noemer
  • Patent number: 10617099
    Abstract: Various apparatus and associated methods involve a light source that provides light at wavelengths that substantially correlate to local maxima in the spectral sensitivity of a diurnal avian. In an illustrative example, the light source may output light primarily in wavelength bands that are not substantially absorbed by colored oil droplets and/or visual pigment in at least one type of cone in the eye of a diurnal avian. In some embodiments, the light source may include a light-emitting diode (LED) light source. Exemplary light sources may output spectral components to illuminate diurnal avians with local maxima of intensity at wavelengths that substantially correspond to local maxima in a spectral sensitivity visual response characteristic of the diurnal avians.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNIFY NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Zdenko Grajcar
  • Patent number: 10619803
    Abstract: The specification and drawings present a new apparatus such as a lighting apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one LED (or OLED) module, configured to generate a visible light such as white light, and at least one component such as optical component comprising a compound consisting essentially of the elements neodymium (Nd) and fluorine (F), and optionally including one or more other elements. The lighting apparatus is configured to provide a desired light spectrum by filtering the generated visible light using the compound. The at least one component can comprise a NdFxOy compound with values of x and y determining a content ratio F/O, which may be adjusted during manufacturing of the NdFxOy compound to provide desired output light parameters of the apparatus including at least a desired output light spectrum realized by filtering the generated visible light using the NdFxOy compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Consumer Lighting (U.S.), LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Jeffrey Benner, Thomas J. Boyle, Dengke Cai, Thomas Clynne, William Erwin Cohen, Jean-Patrick Ducroux, Jianmin He, Jon Bennett Jansma, Chuan Lin, Juliana P. Reisman, Alok Mani Srivastava, Benjamin James Ward, Zhiyong Wang, William Robert Wright, Qing Yi
  • Patent number: 10613318
    Abstract: A bi-directional excitation color wheel includes a first working surface and a second working surface which are of the same size, wherein the first working surface includes a first working ring and a second working ring which are concentric rings; the second working surface includes a third working ring and a fourth working ring which are concentric rings; the first working ring includes a first translucent region and a green fluorescent region, the second working ring includes a second translucent region, the third working ring includes a third translucent region, and the fourth working ring includes a fourth translucent region and a first fluorescent region; the first translucent region and the third translucent region are the same translucent region, and the second translucent region and the fourth translucent region are the same translucent region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: IVIEW DISPLAYS (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Gao, Steve Yeung, Augustus Yeung, Manying Ning
  • Patent number: 10616976
    Abstract: A portable lighting device control module configured to intuitively adjust lighting operations of a portable lighting device by interpreting real-time user gestures and external conditions of the portable lighting device to modifying lighting operations in response thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: IDEAPOND LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Bertken, Austin M. Fox, Orlando A. Crespo, William D. Parsons
  • Patent number: 10615315
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a mounting board, a light emitting element, first and second light reflecting members, a light transmissive member, and a sealing member. The first light reflecting member surrounds a lateral surface of the light emitting element while a top surface is exposed. The second light reflecting member surrounds an outer periphery of the light emitting element, and is in contact with the first light reflecting member with at least a part of the second light reflecting member being positioned higher than the first light reflecting member. The light transmissive member includes a wavelength conversion substance, and is disposed inside the second light reflecting member and positioned higher than a lower surface of the light emitting element. The sealing member covers the second light reflecting member and the light transmissive member. An outer edge of the sealing member coincides with an outer edge of the mounting board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Oka, Hiroto Tamaki
  • Patent number: 10615560
    Abstract: A phase calibration method includes: producing a synchronization signal; controlling switches of a light source based on a time series; measuring a first light intensity of the light passing through a phosphor wheel and a color wheel; changing phases of the phosphor wheel or the color wheel; measuring a second light intensity of the light passing through the phosphor wheel and the color wheel; changing the phases of the phosphor wheel or the color wheel again; measuring a third light intensity of the light passing through the phosphor wheel and the color wheel; repeating changing the phases if the second light intensity is greater than the first light intensity, and the third light intensity is greater than the second light intensity; or when the second light intensity is smaller than the first light intensity, and the third light intensity is greater than the first light intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Chang-Hsien Fan
  • Patent number: 10584864
    Abstract: A downlight lighting assembly comprising a plurality of notches and engaging members to ease the alignment and assembly of the components. The downlight lighting assembly comprises an LED chip removably connected to a heatsink with a mixing chamber secured to the heatsink, where securing the mixing chamber to the heatsink provides the compressive force for an LED connector to engage and provide the electrical connection to the LED chip. The heatsink also has a plurality of protrusions on its upper edge to engage a lower wall of a reflector to secure the reflector to the lighting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Focal Point, LLC
    Inventors: Johanna Blake, James Cullen, Walter Mayorga, Edwin Vice, Jr., Ken Czech
  • Patent number: 10578957
    Abstract: A fluorescent substrate according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a substrate that is in a rotatable manner; a fluorescent layer disposed in a center of the substrate; and a fixing layer that fixes a portion of a surface on side on which the fluorescent layer is located of the substrate and a portion of a surface on side on which the substrate is located of the fluorescent layer to each other. Thus, in a case where warpage occurs in the substrate due to a stress caused by thermal expansion arising in each of the fluorescent layer and the substrate, it is possible to reduce an amount of displacement of the fluorescent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Maeda, Yoshiro Asano, Masa Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10582169
    Abstract: A system including an image capture system with a sensing efficiency that varies over a field of view of the image capture system may employ shaped illumination to compensate for the variation in the sensing efficiency. An illuminator may be configured to illuminate the field of view of the image capture system with illumination shaped to have higher intensity where the sensing efficiency is lower, e.g., at the periphery of the field over view. The imaging system may thus provide image data with more uniform signal-to-noise ratios. Image data from an illuminated scene may be manipulated using data from a non-illuminated scene to produce improved image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventor: Rob Jacques Paul Engelen
  • Patent number: 10578256
    Abstract: An optical cup which mixes multiple channels of light to form a blended output, the device having discreet zones or channels including a plurality of reflective cavities each having a remote phosphor light converting appliance covering a cluster of LEDs providing a channel of light which is reflected upward. The predetermined blends of phosphors provide a predetermined range of illumination wavelengths in the output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: ECOSENSE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Raghuram L. V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Robert Fletcher
  • Patent number: 10571398
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a device constituted by a planar optical antenna which allows to beam and collect light emitted from various light sources, including light-emitting devices (LEDs), fluorescent markers and single-photon sources. By considering the light source as a light receiver and using reciprocity, the device can also be used to improve the absorption of light by various receivers, including molecules. This device is in particular suitable for in-vitro diagnostics (IVD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
    Inventors: Mario Agio, Costanza Toninelli, Simona Checcucci, Fabrizio Sgrignuoli, Sahrish Rizvi, Pietro Ernesto Lombardi
  • Patent number: 10574951
    Abstract: A light projection system for generating an image with three primary colors, each primary color being respectively defined by a first, second and third wavebands. The system includes a first blue laser source emitting a first beam in a fourth waveband, the first blue laser source having a first laser driver, a second blue laser source emitting a second beam having a central wavelength and a fifth waveband, the second blue laser source having a second laser driver, a substrate having a wavelength conversion element for emitting light at a plurality of wavelengths after absorption of a light beam at an excitation wavelength within a fifth waveband of the second blue laser source and a beam combiner for combining the combined first beam and the converted beam, which combination results in a white beam. Dichroic losses can be reduced by using a green phosphor together with red laser assistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Mihaela Tarpan, Allel Chedad, Bart Maximus, Nico Coulier
  • Patent number: 10557614
    Abstract: A wheel-shaped wavelength conversion member includes a first porous ceramic layer having a porosity of at least 20% by volume, a phosphor layer formed on a first principal surface of the first porous ceramic layer, a ceramic heat dissipation layer having a porosity of 20% or less by volume provided on a second principal surface of the first porous ceramic layer opposite the first principal surface, and a second porous ceramic layer having a porosity of at least 20% by volume provided on a surface of the heat dissipation layer opposite the first porous ceramic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tadahito Furuyama
  • Patent number: 10557594
    Abstract: Disclosed are improved photoluminescence wavelength conversion components and lamps that incorporate such components. The photoluminescence wavelength conversion component comprises a hollow cylindrical tube having a given bore of diameter and an axial length. The relative dimensions and shape of the component can affect the radial emission pattern of the component and are configured to give a required emission pattern (typically omnidirectional). The photoluminescence material can be homogeneously distributed throughout the volume of the component during manufacture of the component. An extrusion method can be used to form the improved photoluminescence wavelength conversion component. Injection molding or casting can also be used to form the component. Another possible approach is to manufacture the component is by forming a flexible sheet material to include the phosphor and/or quantum dots, and then rolling the sheet material into the desired shape and dimensions for the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Intematix Corporation
    Inventor: Yi-Qun Li
  • Patent number: 10544919
    Abstract: An optical arrangement for illuminating a region within a space comprises a reflector array and lens array having adjustable relative displacement. Each lens of the lens array is arranged to receive light from a first location within the space and to direct it onto one of the reflectors of the reflector array. Each lens is further configured to receive light reflected back from the reflector array and redirect it toward a second location within the space. By adjusting the relative displacement between the two arrays, the position of the second location can be configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V
    Inventor: Tewe Hiepke Heemstra
  • Patent number: 10544931
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion member includes a light-reflecting member and a phosphor-containing layer. The light-reflecting member is configured to reflect laser light. The phosphor-containing layer includes a base component provided on the light-reflecting member and one or more projecting portions protruding from the base component toward a direction away from the light-reflecting member. Each of the one or more projecting portions is configured to be irradiated with laser light. Each of the one or more projecting portions is smaller than the base component and larger than a spot of the laser light to be irradiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiaki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10542240
    Abstract: In order to ensure uniform gradation reproducibility even when an error occurs in a phosphor wheel or a color wheel, an image in which gradations change in steps is displayed and the rotation operation of a phosphor wheel and a color wheel is controlled on the basis of color coordinate values of each gradation that are measured each time the input timings of the first reference signal and the second reference signal are changed a plurality of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Murakami
  • Patent number: 10526534
    Abstract: The composite material of the invention includes a plurality of quantum dots and a matrix. The matrix is formed by a plurality of siloxane compounds crosslinked with a component which comprises a plurality of oxime-based silicone primer compounds. The quantum dots are chemically bonded to the matrix through a plurality of amino groups. The quantum dots are uniformly dispersed in the matrix of the composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Unique Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pi-Tai Chou, Chia-Chun Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10520141
    Abstract: The invention provides a lighting unit (1000) comprising a light mixing chamber (100) defined by faces (110) and an edge face (130), wherein a height (H) of the light mixing chamber (100) defined by a distance between the faces (110) is smaller than a first length (L1) of the light mixing chamber (100), wherein the lighting unit comprises a plurality of light sources (10) configured to provide light source light (11) in the light mixing chamber (100), wherein at least one of the faces (110) comprises a plurality of chamber openings (141) for escape of at least part of the light source light (11) from the light mixing chamber (100), wherein the lighting unit (1000) further comprises a plurality of beam shaping elements (150), with each beam shaping element (150) configured downstream from a corresponding chamber opening (141, and wherein the beam shaping elements (150) comprise reflectors (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Ronald Cornelis De Gier, Thomas Deflandre, Peter John Franck, Mark Johannes Antonius Verhoeven, James Jehong Kim
  • Patent number: 10514595
    Abstract: The present application discloses a dual-color laser light projection device, wherein the dual-color laser light projection device includes a first blue laser transmitter, a second blue laser transmitter, a red laser transmitter, a light combining component, a fluorescent wheel, a light-pipe; wherein the fluorescent wheel comprises a green fluorescent region provided with a green fluorescent powder and a transmission region, and wherein the green fluorescent region is excited by a first blue laser emitted from the first blue laser transmitter to generates green fluorescence. The light path system of the present application is simple and has a small volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignees: HISENSE CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORPORATION, HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Youliang Tian
  • Patent number: 10510930
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a package made of a metal material and defining a recess, the package comprising a side wall defining a side of the recess; a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed in the recess; and a cover member disposed so as to close an opening of the recess, the cover member including: a light-transmitting member having a primary surface, a ceramic member having a loop-shape and having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface bonded to the primary surface of the light-transmitting member via a bonding material, and a metal member having a loop-shape and including: a first portion bonded to the second surface of the ceramic member, and a second portion located outward of the first portion in a plan view and joined to an upper surface of the side wall of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Namie
  • Patent number: 10495927
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a thin film transistor array panel; and a color conversion display panel overlapping the thin film transistor array panel, the color conversion display panel including: a substrate; a color conversion layer positioned between the substrate and the thin film transistor array panel and including a semiconductor nanocrystal; a transparent layer positioned between the substrate and the thin film transistor array panel; and at least one of a first buffer layer positioned between the color conversion layer and the substrate and between the transparent layer and the substrate, and a second buffer layer positioned between the color conversion layer and the thin film transistor array panel and between the transparent layer and the thin film transistor array panel, and at least one of the first buffer layer and the second buffer layer includes a porous layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Gu Kim, Taek Joon Lee, Hye Lim Jang, Baek Kyun Jeon, Jin-Soo Jung, Young Bong Cho
  • Patent number: 10487992
    Abstract: There is provided an elongated optical component having a direction of elongation, comprising: a light transmissive core and a wavelength converting portion disposed on an exterior surface of the light transmissive core, wherein the wavelength converting portion comprises a photoluminescence material, and wherein the wavelength converting portion has a cross-section comprising an apex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Intematix Corporation
    Inventor: Scott West
  • Patent number: 10480724
    Abstract: A lighting device provides a pump light unit for emitting pump light, a phosphor element for generating conversion light in response to excitation by the pump light, and a wavelength-dependent beam splitter which is reflective to the pump light and transmissive to the conversion light. The first pump light portion is incident on a light incidence surface of the beam splitter and is reflected from the beam splitter to the phosphor element. The element emits the conversion light in response to the excitation by the pump light. The conversion light is likewise incident on the light incidence surface, but transmitted by the beam splitter and exiting at a light exit surface of the beam splitter opposite the light incidence surface. Concurrently, the second pump light portion, reflected from the beam splitter, is directed onto the light exit surface of the beam splitter and is superposed with the conversion light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Sergey Khrushchev, Andreas Breidenassel
  • Patent number: 10483678
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided herein. The electrical connector includes a base member disposed within an exterior panel on a vehicle. A port is disposed within a surface of the base member. A wireless transceiver disposed within the vehicle. A controller is configured to selectively activate the port based on a location of an electronic device in relation to the port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Pietro Buttolo, Stuart C. Salter, Christopher Anthony Danowski, Paul Kenneth Dellock
  • Patent number: 10474019
    Abstract: The phosphor disc disclosed here includes the following structural elements: a disc-shaped metal plate; a phosphor layer disposed circumferentially on the metal plate; and a bonding layer for bonding the phosphor layer to the metal plate. The metal plate curves convexly toward the phosphor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ikeda, Masafumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10474018
    Abstract: An illumination system includes a first exciting light source, a second exciting light source and a wavelength-converting wheel. The first exciting light source provides a first exciting beam. The second exciting light source provides a second exciting beam. The wavelength-converting wheel is disposed on a transmission path of the first exciting beam and the second exciting beam. The wavelength-converting wheel has a first annular irradiation portion and a second annular irradiation portion. The first annular irradiation portion has a first light reflecting region and a first light converting region. The second annular irradiation portion has a second light reflecting region and a second light converting region. The invention further provides a control unit and a projection apparatus. The invention can adjust the color proportion of the illumination beam projected by the illumination system, and reduce the volume of the illumination system and the number of optical components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chang-Hsuan Chen, Chien-Chung Liao
  • Patent number: 10462978
    Abstract: A flip-chip fluorescent lens includes a light-permeable member and a fluorescent member. The light-permeable member includes a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. A light condensing portion protrudes from the first face. The second face is recessed toward the light condensing portion to form a chamber in which the fluorescent member is filled. The fluorescent member is exposed and is made of a mixture of a transparent colloid and fluorescent powder. A lighting module includes the flip-chip fluorescent lens and a light-emitting member covered by the fluorescent member and detachably engaged with the flip-chip fluorescent lens. The lighting module can be placed into a container to form an organism cultivation apparatus for growing plants. A lighting module modification method is provided to change the color of the light emitted by a lighting module to be modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Inventor: Hsiao-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 10468391
    Abstract: An inorganic light-emitting diode (iLED) display comprises a separate, independent, and distinct display substrate having a display area. A plurality of spatially separated pixels are distributed on or over the display substrate in the display area. Each pixel includes a group of two or more spatially separated iLEDs each having an iLED substrate separate, independent, and distinct from the display substrate. The two or more iLEDs are electrically connected in common to emit light together in response to a control signal. The pixels can include multiple groups of two or more iLEDs, each group of iLEDs can emit a different color of light to make a full-color display. The iLED display can be a passive-matrix display or include a pixel controller in an active-matrix configuration. The iLEDs and pixel controller can be provided on a pixel substrate disposed on the display substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: X-Celeprint Limited
    Inventor: Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 10459324
    Abstract: The light source device includes a laser for generating laser light, a fluorescent wheel, a filter wheel and a control unit. The fluorescent wheel includes a reflection section, and a transmission section. First and second phosphors are attached on a surface of the reflection section, and the first phosphor is excited by the laser light to emit yellow light and the second phosphor is excited by the laser light to emit green light. The filter wheel comprises a transparent section, a red filter section and a green filter section. The control unit controls the fluorescent wheel and the filter wheel to rotate in synchronization. the laser light emitted from the transmission section of the fluorescent wheel and a part of the yellow light enter into the transparent section, another part of the yellow light enter into the red filter section, and the green light enter into the green filter section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: Hisense Co., Ltd., Hisense USA Corporation, Hisense International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fei Zhao, Wei Li, Xianrong Liu
  • Patent number: 10454003
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate including an entire top surface that is flat; a light emitting diode on the substrate; a lead frame formed on the flat top surface of the substrate, the lead frame electrically connected to the light emitting diode; a dam member disposed on the lead frame and being adjacent to the light emitting diode, the dam member having a circular configuration which has an opening; a first member disposed on the light emitting diode, the first member including a fluorescent substance to convert a light emission spectrum of light from the light emitting diode; a second member disposed in the opening of the dam member, a circumference of the second member being defined by the dam member and contacting an inner vertical side surface of the dam member, wherein the second member excludes the fluorescent substance; and a lens disposed on the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bo Geun Park
  • Patent number: 10451959
    Abstract: A light source device includes a light emitting element adapted to emit light having a first polarization direction and a first wavelength, a polarization separation element adapted to transmit either one of the light having the first polarization direction and the first wavelength and light having a second polarization direction and the first wavelength, and reflect the other, and transmit or reflect light having a second wavelength to emit the light having the second wavelength toward a same direction as a direction in which the light having the second polarization direction and the first wavelength is emitted, a wavelength conversion element adapted to convert the light having the first wavelength into the light having the second wavelength, and a diffusion optical system disposed on a light path between the polarization separation element and the wavelength conversion element. The diffusion optical system includes a diffusion section and a light separation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunji Kamijima, Wataru Yasumatsu
  • Patent number: 10454002
    Abstract: An embodiment relates a light-emitting device package and a lighting device. A light-emitting device package according to an embodiment may include a package body 11, a light-emitting device 25 disposed on the package body 11, a molding member 41 disposed on the light-emitting device 25, and a phosphor 30 disposed in the molding member 41. An energy ratio of a first wavelength range of 415 nm to 455 nm of the light-emitting device may be 75% or less of energy of a sunlight source having the first wavelength range. An energy ratio of a second wavelength range of 465 nm to 495 nm of the light-emitting device may be 60% or more of energy of a sunlight source having the second wavelength range. Moreover, the energy ratio of the second wavelength range of 465 nm to 495 nm may be higher than the energy ratio of a first wavelength range of 415 nm to 455 nm in the light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Wook Kim, Tae Ho Kim, Heung Ju Lee
  • Patent number: 10453831
    Abstract: The invention provides a punching packaged light-emitting diode apparatus, which comprises: a substrate, including a first molding material, a first nano heat conductive material, and a first fluorescent material; a light-emitting unit, located on a surface of the substrate; two wiring units, individually connected to the light-emitting unit; and a packaging material, including a second molding material, a high refractive material, a second nano heat conductive material, and a second fluorescent material, to cover the wiring units and the light-emitting unit in a solidified structure formed by a punching process; wherein, the light-emitting unit emits light to outside through the substrate and the packaging material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Inventor: Guan-Jie Luo