CN101990613A - Lighting system with edge effect - Google Patents
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Abstract
This invention relates to a lighting system including at least one LED (Light Emitting Diode) array which has at least one LED connected to a circuit board (14); at least one heat sink (11) provided and connected to LED array (s); and an optical transmission waveguide element (15) composed of transparent or translucent material to guide the light to required components for illumination. The waveguide element (15) is arranged and configured so that the light entering the waveguide element enters at an angle that it impinges the boundaries of the waveguide element at an angle below the internal refractive angle of the waveguide element and is reflected back into the body of the waveguide element and transmitted along the length of the element. A combination of pre-determined waveguide cross section and outer edge rim detailing, may be used to create a tailored emitted lighting distribution at the waveguide outer edge. Multiple waveguides using the same or differing edge lighting distributions may be combined to produce an overall luminaire lighting distribution.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of luminescent system, relate to a kind of particularly based on luminescent system light emitting diode (LED), that have the edge luminous effect.More specifically, although do not get rid of, the present invention relates to a kind of system that light is provided from the component system that utilizes LED and specific light waveguide, described specific fiber waveguide relates to and is used to the photo engine that provides unique, described system provides unique edge-lit aesthetic appearance, thereby provides the light output with very high luminous efficiency and heat management to distribute.
The present invention is applied to luminescent system usually, is applied to have the luminescent system of center ray structure particularly, in the luminescent system of described center described light is distributed as away from the position of using.The typical case of one of these type systems is the irradiation post of general purpose.In this is used, with respect to describe and explain ray structure based on the column system.
Background technology
For many years, Column being luminous has become the part of daily life in city, market town or other urban districts or the suburban environment, and usually as walking post, traffic post or feature post.A kind of traditional column system comprises the shutter luminescence unit, thereby will be reflected away from the shutter surface by (being covered by a plurality of shutters) light that the center lamp produces, and common it is directed to wanted luminous zone.Under the normal condition, described post only has two kinds of conditions, promptly turns on and off.
The problem that is associated with this traditional structure is to have wasted the most of light that is produced by described column source.According to estimates, in conventional post, only can be transmitted in the zone of 30% the light that is produced will luminous zone.Remaining 70% is wasted.This has represented the huge waste aspect energy and cost two.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide energy in a kind of remarkable increase post to use and the system of the efficient that light provides, thus the littler carbon pin of generation.
According to a first aspect of the invention, proposed a kind of luminescent system, having comprised: at least one LED (light emitting diode) array, described led array has at least one LED that links to each other with circuit board; At least one support, configuration is used for led array and links to each other with led array; And light transmission waveguide element, constitute by transparent or semitransparent material, being used for that described photoconduction is caused the desired parts of the device that comprises described luminescent system shines, wherein said waveguide component setting and configuration are used for making that the light that enters described waveguide component enters according to certain angle, thereby collide the border of described waveguide component according to the angle littler than the interior refraction angle of described waveguide component, and along the body of the described waveguide component of reflected back, and along the transmission of the length of described element.
Advantage of the present invention is that resulting photocontrol can make it possible to wanting luminous zone to realize that the light of institute's cutting distributes, and can be used to prevent light pollution.
It will be appreciated by one skilled in the art that the material selection that is used to form waveguide component significantly depends on applied practical use of luminescent system and desired effect.Simply light is transferred under the situation of second use from a point in that waveguide component is used for, the selection of material will be to know that material transparent is to realize maximum efficient when the transmission.Yet in waveguide component, under the situation of the luminescent effect of expectation such as luminous, the luminous trnaslucent materials of energy will be selected.
Thereby the angle that it should be understood that the light that utilizes waveguide edge incident for described light reflection along the length of element transfer to employed point or optionally the sidewall of transmission by described element to enter surrounding space be conclusive.Therefore, for effective operating point of the present invention importantly waveguide design be correct.
Well-known is that (being waveguide component in this case) can will guide in the material body of light between point that be incorporated in the transparent material if realized total internal reflection when light collides the sidewall of material body.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, optical system is based on the principle work of primary light guiding system, and will guide to from the photoconduction of LED unit and reach required destination.
In one embodiment of the invention, waveguide component comprises the device that utilizes circuit board control optical transmission system, arrives the destination so that control described light transmission by described luminescent system.In one embodiment of the invention, waveguide component comprises such device, and described device makes will cause the edge that is used to transfer to employed desired point along the photoconduction of described waveguide transmission, and desired output is positioned at required direction.Can be following method realize and control different light output distributing and luminous pattern:
● change the cross section profile and the gradient of waveguide component;
● select to make the material of waveguide component;
● for example via designing specific waveguide edge profile in conjunction with independent edge prism or a plurality of edges prism; And
● regulate the size and the ratio of material in the material shape;
● change LED with respect to the position of fiber waveguide to regulate focus (typically,, ﹠amp along one or more directions; Vertical focus).
In one embodiment of the invention, circuit board is PCB (printed circuit board (PCB)), and can be hard circuit board or flexible PCB.Use high-capacity LED to produce color effect as main light source and intermediate low-power LED.
The led array of described system can be installed on the circuit board.Alternatively, described system can comprise that more than a circuit board each circuit board has the one or more led array that adhere to or link to each other.
In a structure of the present invention, support is the support at all circuit boards in the post.In preferred structure of the present invention, the support that is used for circuit board also is used as the heat sink of described system in addition.
In a structure of the present invention, luminescent system comprises a plurality of circuit boards, and each circuit board has a plurality of led array of disposing thereon.In a structure, the described luminescent system of imagination will comprise a plurality of waveguide components of opening deployment along the length perpendicular separation of post, described post comprises circuit board support or heat sink member, and what open in the described post spaced around circle spacing is the flexible PCB of a plurality of vertical hangings, each flexible PCB comprises the led array that a plurality of perpendicular separations are opened, wherein said led array on described circuit board, be spaced with the rain waveguide component that direction vertically is set is consistent.
Describedly heat sinkly can constitute, for example aluminium or other hot good conductors by the material of any appropriate.Can form described heat sink by casting or extruding.
In a structure of the present invention, the heat sink support that circuit board also can be provided.Describedly heat sinkly can flow raceway groove with the center and form, make that for example the fluid cooling media of air and so on can circulate with auxiliary cooling.
Described waveguide component can be made of the material of any appropriate.This can be a transparent material, can be trnaslucent materials if desired perhaps, and can work and be used to limit the shape that keeps desired form.The typical case of suitable material is a polymeric material, for example acrylate copolymer or Merlon.
Heavy in the preferred embodiments of the present invention, can form waveguide component by hot forming, for example injection moulding.
Waveguide component is carried out shaping with the transmission of fill-in light in material body, and realize correct incident angle for light in face of the waveguide component border.
For example, when described waveguide component deployment is used for illuminated columns, can dispose waveguide component like this, make described waveguide component center on the described heat sink and support of led array, and center on the heat sink and support of LED particularly along circumference.In a concrete structure, imaginary waveguide component is made of centre bore, and described support/heat sink can be arranged in described centre bore.Preferably, described heat sink and hole is carried out shaping and adjusted size, make that they closely cooperate when relative to each other disposing.In an example of the present invention, waveguide component pushing can be assembled to that the LED that is installed on heat sink goes up or its around.
Can form waveguide component like this, make the thickness of waveguide component be tapered to external margin from inside part.In addition, the first type surface of waveguide component forms plane surface, and the shape of described plane surface changes according to continuous mode, makes not have noncontinuity in described post surface.
To guide via special surface from the light that LED is directed to the waveguide component, and described special surface be carried out shaping strengthening the light emitted property compiled, and described light is directed in the material body according to correct angle.In one example, to described surface carry out shaping with in described LED bent around so that light converge maximization.
Waveguide component also can comprise the device that the photoconduction of being launched is caused the use point according to the type of focusing at the use point place that is used for light.The device of the light that guiding is launched can comprise one group of prism or other optical change devices, and described optical change device is revised the angle and/or the focus of the light of being launched.
In one embodiment of the invention, imagination can be divided into waveguide component the separated light transmission path more than.
Luminescent system exploitation of the present invention is used for visible spectrum, so that the post with controlled and efficient ray structure to be provided.In a structure of described system, the described post of imagination will comprise ray structure, in described ray structure, guide or install described led array, make and described photoconduction is guided in the described element, transmit by the length of described element or along the length of described element to allow described light according to correct angle.
The present invention can be used for the light of any wavelength or the mixture of wavelength.
In a structure of the present invention, imagination will be used the combination of low-power and high-capacity LED array, wherein described high-capacity LED is used for the light transmission is entered waveguide component, and described low-power LED provide general illumination effect.
Circuit board of the present invention can comprise control device and circuit board bearing device, the device of the power supply of the LED that described control device control links to each other with described circuit, and described circuit board bearing device makes the independent LED or the LED group that link to each other with described plate to turn on and off as required.The array LED of described system can be launched the light of different wave length, and therefore can launch the light of different colours.In this manner, can control described system, make described post launch the light of different wave length or color in response to the control signal that circuit board receives.
The ability that switching array LED can be turned on and off is used to control the actual light distribution pattern by the group emission of described post or described post in addition.This function additionally or alternatively can be used to control the color by the light of described post emission, the result produces color break-up to penetrate pattern and/or signaling.Can operate described post according to multiple mode, comprise and stablized the connection pattern and since the desired multiple time or the pattern that shines, the light by described post emission in described stable connection pattern comes down to constant.Can the pattern that these are different be respectively applied for daytime and work at night.
For the light beam design, can revise the optics of described post in addition, make it possible to therefore realize that the different light of each fiber waveguide shutter distributes so that each fiber waveguide has different outer shape.Each can be used the independent light source of set arrangement for having predetermined overall light distribution of the vertical blind of different emitting edge effects.
In brief, we can say to the present invention includes the LED luminescent system that described LED luminescent system has and is applicable to structure that produce to optimize photocontrol and unique edge-lit exterior appearance.By changing edge-lit or mixing different led colors or the LED construction of switch, described system allows a plurality of embodiment.
One of main advantage of this system relates to power to be used, and therefore relates to the carbon pin of described system.Those of ordinary skills are well understood that, use under the situation of LED in system when considering that light produces other power consumption of level, and the standard light-emitting component is more effective.Yet, except this system of the present invention, owing to wherein transmit light to the controlled way that uses point, will significantly increase by light that system produced efficient to the light that uses by post and launch.
Those of ordinary skills are well understood that the control that described luminescent system and luminescent system provide is applicable to any luminescent system, in described luminescent system, light is transferred to the use point that separates with described source from source point, and be applied to the use point and different use points that can separate particularly.
According to a second aspect of the invention, a kind of equipment that comprises the luminescent system of making according to first aspect present invention has been proposed.
A kind of equipment that comprises at least one luminescent system of making according to first aspect present invention can be proposed.
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To describe and illustrate with reference to the accompanying drawings the present invention as the example that realizes according to the present invention now:
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the general Column being luminous of realization according to the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the schematic side elevation of Luminescent cases of the present invention and waveguiding structure;
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of the marginal texture of the waveguide component of realization according to the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the schematic plan view of Luminescent cases shown in Fig. 2 and waveguide component;
Fig. 5 is the detailed view of the system of Fig. 2-4;
Fig. 6 is the detailed view that comprises according to the luminescent device of luminescent system of the present invention;
Fig. 7 shows the part cutaway side views of second luminescent device that combines the luminescent system of realizing according to the present invention; And
Fig. 8 shows the section 3-D view of Fig. 7 embodiment.
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Referring now to Column being luminous 1 the present invention is described.Post according to the present invention is in the managerial concrete use of pedestrian.More specifically, described post can be used for recreational facilities to be used, so that the illumination of shopping mall is provided.Yet it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to this being used for, and can be applied to wherein require any position of visual indication and/or physical barrier.
The post 1 that is shone is taked the form of common right cylinder or shell, and can comprise: casing component 2, described casing component comprises a plurality of discrete parts, and described discrete part is applicable to that illumination is with display message or signal or the in fact indication of present position of described post is provided simply; Newel 3 comprises at least one Luminescent cases; And a plurality of waveguide components 4, described waveguide component 4 is disposed around described newel, and extends out to the shell of described post 1 from described newel.
With reference now to accompanying drawing 2 and 5,, show and be applicable to ray structure 10 of the present invention.Described ray structure comprises:
The supporting member 11 of circular cross section, described supporting member have the upper end 12 of diameter greater than lower end 13, and described supporting member has the longitudinally extending channels 14 that passes described supporting member center;
A plurality of circuit boards (PCB) 14 are deployed in around the top edge of described supporting member; And
Described circuit board is the rigid circuit board with elongation characteristics.Described circuit board suspends in fact vertically dangling along the surface of described post 2.A plurality of led array are spaced apart along the length of described circuit board in discrete position.
Described circuit board can be used to control the light pattern of described post, and described post comprises the circuit that makes it possible to change the power supply of independent circuit on the circuit board, and even can turn on and off power supply, the feasible outward appearance of controlling described post as required suitably.
In a preferred embodiment, described waveguide component 15 is continuous in fact or uniform solid body, and can form by injection moulding.Form described waveguide component 15, make described hole 16 meet the shape and the size of described post 2 in fact.By described waveguide component pushing is assembled on the described post and it is slid into the position described waveguide component is assembled to described post.Under the overlapping situation of the suitable led array of waveguide component and each described circuit board, make described array be trapped between waveguide component 15 and the post 2.Therefore, described waveguide component 15 is deployed in around the newel, makes described LED adjacent with the edge of the waveguide components 15 that form around 16 in the hole.
In addition, the waveguide component 15 of this example is carried out shaping, make described waveguide component outside mind-set wherein and extend downwards.Therefore, described waveguide component is angled obliquely according to downward usually direction and described post.The Nonlinear Bending shape of described waveguide component causes angle heterogeneous between waveguide component and the post.Yet, when described post is vertical in fact, waveguide from the suitable angle of inclination of horizontal direction between 5-45 °.
Total shape of cross section of described waveguide component 15 is tapered to the outermost peripheral edge from the penetrale of waveguide component.
In addition, waveguide component 15 is crooked around the edge in described hole 16, makes described edge extend around LED slightly, so that light begins to enter the waveguide component maximization from LED.At this on the one hand, waveguide component has inner rim or the flange adjacent with inward flange, can to described wheel rim or flange carry out shaping with the inner peripheral crooked or shape in addition that limits waveguide component to hold LED.
Characteristic based on concrete system is determined all above-mentioned shapings, and works less than the situation at the interior refraction angle of material based on the impingement angle of guaranteeing to transmit the light by waveguide component 15 borderline waveguide components 15.
In order to improve the efficiency of transmission that light uses point effectively, the outward flange of waveguide component 15 can be suitable for suitably guiding and/or focusing on described light in addition.Referring to accompanying drawing 3, can utilize prism to form described edge.
Waveguide component can be made of polymeric material, for example as the good light transport materials and the polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) that can freely use.Therefore, described waveguide comes down to solid-state, and can be that uniform material constitutes all the time by substance.
Accompanying drawing 5 shows the assembling ray structure that uses in described system, and shows the light path by described system.
Get back to accompanying drawing 6 now, show the luminescence component that uses ray structure of the present invention.In this example of the present invention, show newel 2, around described newel, be provided with four waveguide components 15 that are spaced apart from each other along its length.The parts of described system are identical with said system, and identical numeral is used to describe similar parts.
As can be seen, depend on from the outside form of newel 2, the form of corner edge shape or ring body is taked in each waveguide.The form of waveguide is truncated cone shape (frusto-conical save) normally, and described in the embodiment shown inner peripheral edge and outer peripheral edge are not circular in the plane.Yet, do not get rid of this edge contour.Therefore, with described waveguide be arranged on described post 2 around, and at least in part around described post 2.
Get back to Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 now, wherein show second device that combines according to luminescent system of the present invention.This luminescent system is the attachment device that is used for post.
Described attachment device comprises top aluminium flake 102, comprises the bottom aluminium flake 103 for attachment to the joint of post; And the body member 106 that circumferentially extends, described body member is spaced apart with bottom sheet 103 with described top sheet 102; And newel 105, described newel extends along heart in described 102 and 103 between two sheets.
Show described device 100 with it should be understood that the cross section, make the right hand of Fig. 7 show the inside formation of device, and left hand shows the outer surface that circumferentially extends body member.
Described body member 106 is made of PMMA, and is die casting.Described body member comprises exterior wall part 107, and comprises four inner composed components 108, and described inner composed component 108 extends internally from described wall part 107 and limits free space between the adjacent composed component 108 with the center at body member 106.Described composed component is a plate-like, and can be annular usually in form.Described body member 106 and inner disk 108 comprise waveguide component of the present invention.
Each inner disk 108 extends according to 107 downward certain angles from the center to the wall, and 106 is tapered from the center to the wall.Described dish 108 forms with the cross section of wall 107.Therefore, body 106 is divided into a series of ranks or series of layers, each rank or layer can link to each other with adjacent layer to form body member.Therefore, each layer recurrence top edge and lower limb configuration be by connecting and composing element, is used for engaging with corresponding connecting elements on the adjacent layer.Each layer can be in fact the shape identical in fact with remainder layer.
In this embodiment, four high-capacity LED arrays 109 and three low-power led array 110 are provided.
Described led array links to each other with circuit board, and described circuit board comprises the control circuit that is used to control LED work.Described circuit board arrangement turns on and off for controlling led array as requested independently.In addition, described high-capacity LED array can be launched white light, and low-power LED can launch colourama.Utilize this structure, with white light along the guiding of the length of described waveguide component, and the side-emitted by body member.By entering waveguide component, and be used to change the appearance color of described post from the colourama of low-power light emitting diode.
As shown in Figure 8, can be positioned at and come the member device on the newel 105 by layer body member 106.As described in the aforementioned embodiment, described post can conduct electricity, and can be at least part hollow so that allow circulation of air to cross wherein.
It is interchangeable being intended that feature among Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 embodiment and the feature among Fig. 1 to Fig. 6 embodiment, as long as feasible in the practice.
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1. luminescent system comprises:
At least one LED (light emitting diode) array, described led array has at least one LED that links to each other with circuit board;
At least one support, configuration are used for described or each led array and link to each other with described or each led array; And
Light transmission waveguide element is made of transparent or semitransparent material, and be used for that photoconduction is caused the desired parts of the device that comprises described luminescent system and shine,
Wherein said waveguide component setting and configuration are used for making that the light that enters described waveguide component enters according to certain angle, thereby collide the border of described waveguide component according to the angle littler than the interior refraction angle of described waveguide component, and the body of the described waveguide component of reflected back, and along the transmission of the length of described element.
2. luminescent system according to claim 1, wherein said waveguide component are arranged so that waveguide component circumferentially extends at a frame peripheral that is used for led array and be specifically used for LED.
3. luminescent system according to claim 2, wherein said waveguide component has the central opening that is used for containment bracket, and described support is positioned in the described central opening so that in use along circumference around described support.
4. luminescent system according to claim 3 wherein all carries out shaping and adjusts size described support and described opening, makes that described support and opening are closely pushing assemblings when relative to each other disposing.
5. according to each described luminescent system among the claim 1-4, wherein a plurality of circuit boards are opened along the circle spacing at described frame peripheral, each circuit board has a plurality of isolated led array, and wherein said led array is spaced apart with consistent with being provided with of waveguide component inward flange on described circuit board.
6. according to the described luminescent system of arbitrary aforementioned claim, extend on the wherein said rack form, and a plurality of waveguide component is spaced apart along the length of institute's use support.
7. luminescent system according to claim 6, wherein said waveguide component is angled with respect to support.
8. according to claim 6 or 7 described luminescent systems, wherein said support comprises newel, and LED and waveguide component are installed in around the described newel.
9. according to the described luminescent system of arbitrary aforementioned claim, the support that wherein is used for circuit board also is used as the heat sink of described system.
10. luminescent system according to claim 9, wherein said system comprises a plurality of circuit boards, and described support comprises for public heat sink of described a plurality of circuit boards.
11. according to the described luminescent system of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein the led array with described system is installed to described circuit board.
12. according to the described luminescent system of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein said waveguide component comprises the device with circuit board, control the profile of the waveguide component of described optical transmission system at least in part by described device, generate required luminous distribution with outward flange at described waveguide component.
13. according to the described luminescent system of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein said waveguide component comprises guiding device, described guiding device will cause the outward flange of waveguide component along the photoconduction of waveguide component transmission, and by being used for transferring to the particular edge profile its outer edges place of required outgoing position according to required light distribution emission according to required direction.
14. according to the described luminescent system of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein at least one led array that links to each other with described circuit board comprises the main light source led array, configuration is used for the light from the LED emission is directly focused on the inward flange of light transmission waveguide element.
15. according to the described luminescent system of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein said system comprises more than a circuit board, each described circuit board has and links to each other with described circuit board and be deployed in one or more led array on the described circuit board, and described support is public for described a plurality of circuit boards.
16. according to the described luminescent system of arbitrary aforementioned claim, the combination of low-power led array and high-capacity LED array wherein is provided, wherein said high-capacity LED is used to transport light to described waveguide component, and described low-power LED is used to provide common luminescent effect.
17. according to the described luminescent system of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein said circuit board comprises control device and circuit board carrier device, described control device is used to control the power supply of the LED that links to each other with described circuit board, and described circuit board carrier device makes it possible to irrespectively turn on and off independent LED or the LED group that links to each other with described plate with all the other LED that link to each other with described plate.
18. according to the described luminescent system of arbitrary aforementioned claim, wherein said circuit board is located movably, distributes and the maximum light intensity angle to regulate light output.
19. luminescent system according to claim 18, wherein can change described circuit board the position and/or towards.
20. one kind comprises the post according to each described luminescent system among the claim 1-19.
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