Summary of the invention
In view of above-mentioned prior art, therefore the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of that be convenient to make, have a versatility, especially coloured lens illumination device.
This purpose realizes through the described lighting device of claim.A kind of favourable relatively motor vehicle and housed device are the theme that independent claims are protected.Preferred embodiment is the theme that dependent claims is protected.It is emphasized that the characteristic of quoting individually in the Patent right requirement can combine in any technical meaningful ways, and describe other embodiment of invention.Explain that especially relevant with accompanying drawing explanation has been carried out other description and explanation to the present invention.
Lighting device according to the present invention comprises the light source or the light source arrangement of at least two each intervals, and the light source of said at least two each intervals or light source are arranged respectively and alternately connected, and are preferably by LED and form.According to the present invention; Further be provided with at least one lens arrangement; Said lens arrangement is made up of a plurality of condenser lenses; The septal direction setting that said a plurality of condenser lens is arranged perpendicular to light source or light source (the shortest line direction between promptly arranging) perpendicular to light source or light source, and parallel, and unified on its traffic direction.Notion among the present invention " unified on the traffic direction " is meant that lens keep its xsect that is its optical imagery performance on its traffic direction.Preferably, form semi-convex shape on the lens, more preferably a part of shape of cylinder is preferably half-cylindrical, to reduce the dependence to the visual angle.Each lens of said lens arrangement are usually by translucent, are preferably transparently, but form for coloured made alternatively.
According to the present invention, a slit shade is provided, said slit shade is arranged at a side of the lens arrangement of backlight or light source arrangement, and is positioned at the focal plane of lens arrangement camera lens.According to the present invention, said slit shade comprises at least two optical channel slits, and the light that comes from a light source or an other light source concentrates on respectively on the said optical channel slit.Because the focusing of each lens, said optical channel slit extends on the parallel focal line of lens traffic direction.The geometrical optics capable of using rule that simply forms images in their position is confirmed.Said slit shade does not comprise and shows corresponding image information.According to the present invention, an imaging layer is provided further.It comprises the strip light-emitting area of two backlight types, and said strip light-emitting area is relevant with each optical channel slit, and has defined at least a portion of display surface respectively.For example, a plurality of optical channel slits and light-emitting area are provided for each light source, and it has defined the display surface of each light source, for example symbol on the whole.Therefore, the carrier of all displays image information that said imaging layer is described, for example symbol.Term " layer " implication is extensive.It also can be by a plurality of layers of layer structure of forming.
Said slit shade and/or imaging layer, in its scope perpendicular to optical propagation direction, can be bigger than lens arrangement; Preferably, has much at one size.
In lighting device according to the present invention, rely on the illumination of one of them light source or light source arrangement is selected, and because separated therebetween, light can concentrate on different optical channel slits, and the different optical surfaces of said imaging layer are backlight type.According to the present invention, as its same in LCD, any electricity that the conversion between different the demonstration need not corresponding transillumination layer activates and just can take place smoothly.Said lighting device can be realized compact in size.Produce because said imaging layer is independent of said slit shade, said lighting device is relatively easily made, and especially, shows that the symbol of coloured especially polychrome is realized easily.
Show Color promptly realizes just as the optical channel slit of color filter through coloured, for example, and through having the corresponding colored printing of transparent or translucent colorant.A plurality of differences are painted, but it is monochromatic symbol, and according to preferred embodiment, therefore multicolored symbol also can show respectively.
In order to simplify manufacturing coloured or the colored printing imaging layer, the width of said optical channel slit (width on the direction vertical with traffic direction) is less than the width of said imaging layer strip light-emitting area on corresponding direction.For example, the width of optical channel slit is about 20um, yet the width of said strip light-emitting area is about 80um or bigger.
Said imaging layer is at a distance of being provided with in slit shade certain distance.Preferably, the contiguous said slit shade of imaging layer is provided with.
Preferably, light source is expanded on traffic direction.For example, said light source the size that is had on the traffic direction corresponding to or greater than the size of symbols displayed on all directions.Alternatively, light source is arranged a plurality of light sources be included in adjacent setting on the traffic direction, and if needs are arranged, turned in the time of can be same.Because in the adjacent setting between light source on the traffic direction, perhaps owing to the extension of light source on this direction, the total brightness of lighting device can increase, especially its dependence to viewing angle can be greatly improved.
Other preferred embodiment according to said lighting device provides a scattering layer between lens arrangement and light source, its contiguous said lens arrangement setting, and/or comprise one preferably be parallel to traffic direction the scattering direction.Therefore, the dependence to viewing angle will reduce in by the determined plane of the traffic direction of lens.
Saidly be generally a plane, be curved surface at least in one direction but be preferably by the defined surface of lens arrangement.
According to another preferred embodiment, the adjacent setting of said slit shade with lens arrangement.Therefore obtained one can avoid scattered light tight structure.This slit shade is preferably on the surface back to the lens arrangement of light source and applies manufacturing.For example, said slit shade is applied on the lens arrangement as paper tinsel, above for example being laminated to.
Said optical channel slit can be located in the coating of said lens arrangement through ablation, for example passes through laser ablation.
According to another preferred embodiment, said slit shade generates through printing.
According to another preferred embodiment, said lens arrangement is formed by astrafoil.Therefore manufacture just very cheap according to lighting device of the present invention.This has the paper tinsel of lens arrangement, and especially the single-sided lenses structure is seen feasible from commercial angle.
According to another preferred embodiment, said lens arrangement is formed by the transparent body that generates with injection molding process.Preferably, the mode of said lens arrangement to insert is preferably embossment, places paper tinsel or body surface towards light source.Realize that above-mentioned method can know from patent DE10226301A that said patent is incorporated into hereby.
Lighting device according to the present invention is suitable for light-emitting area is carried out back lighting, for example, and in the function lighting device on interior of motor vehicles or motor vehicle main body, for example in order to realize situation by different show states on the whole defined single surface of light-emitting area.Except that Presentation Function, also be suitable for realizing different lighting conditions according to lighting device of the present invention.For this purpose, an other optical focusing device can be provided, said optical focusing device is positioned at the below of slit shade on the light path, with produce one come from said lighting device light cone, be similar to headlight.
In another preferred embodiment, provide one be arranged at backlight imaging layer a side half pass through scattering layer; For example, its position that is arranged at contiguous slit shade is perhaps separated by a distance with the latter.Alternatively, said imaging layer also can comprise a scattering layer; For example, said printing foil material is translucent.In this example, said printing foil is preferably with its printed side towards the light source setting.Through scattering layer or relevant with it scattering effect, can realize that observer's light-emitting area is no longer had sharp-pointed profile, but a plurality of light-emitting areas can form the surface that seems continuous.But therefore the identification of said symbol or readability can improve.
Preferably, said light source or light source are arranged and are had identical spectra.
In addition, the present invention is relevant with an executive component, and said executive component comprises the lighting device in the above-mentioned preferred embodiment.Preferably, said executive component comprises an interchangeable fitting key, and said at least slit shade and imaging layer are incorporated in the said key.More preferably, said imaging layer links to each other with this key with lens arrangement, and can move with it, and said light source or light source are arranged and fixedly installed with respect to this key.Unexpectedly, according to finding,, also be not enough to the display quality of said lighting device is impacted by the relative displacement between the caused said slit shade of common keystroke and lens arrangement and the light source although the size of lighting device is little.
In addition, the present invention is relevant with the motor vehicle of the lighting device that comprises one of above-mentioned preferred embodiment, and perhaps it obtains using in motor vehicle.
The present invention is further relevant with the electrical Household appliance of the lighting device that comprises one of above-mentioned preferred embodiment, and perhaps it obtains using in electrical Household appliance.
Embodiment
Shown it according to the embodiment 1 of lighting device 1 as shown in fig. 1 of the present invention and be used on relevant display surface, showing the purposes of distinct symbols, said display surface can be integrated in the key 9 of executive component.Lighting device 1 comprises two alternative light sources of connecting 6 (6a, 6b), and two light sources are sheltered mechanism 10 through one and avoided irradiation each other, to avoid the light scattering on other light source 6 separately, especially under luminous nondirectional situation.The illumination of these light sources is mapped on the bluff body of the transparent plastic material that defines lens arrangement 2; The surface of lens arrangement 2 is towards light source 6, and lens arrangement 2 comprises cylindraceous, is half-terete lens 2 almost in this example; Its level is stretched out; Promptly stretch out with plan, said plan comes out the back carve in body, for example through the embossing procedure of processing in the body injection moulding perpendicularly.Said lens 3 are configured to separately light focusing in the surface of the lens arrangement 2 of said backlight 6.Because the interval between the light source 6, itself and said lens traffic direction are perpendicular, and the light of each lens focuses on the lens arrangement 2 lip-deep conjugation spacing focal lines 7 away from light source.These lines 7 are marked by corresponding square among Fig. 1.The surface of lens arrangement is printed with slit shade 4; Said slit shade 4 comprises the optical channel slit 5 of a plurality of isolation; Said optical channel slit 5 does not comprise image information; For each lens, will provide and the corresponding some identical optical channel slits of said quantity of light source like this, the position of said some identical optical channel slits is corresponding with focal line 7.In this example, as shown in the figure, one of them described optical channel slit respectively, is provided with in the following manner, and the light that promptly only allows to focus on the light source 6a on the focal line passes through.The optical channel slit that other are contiguous is provided with in the following manner, and the light that promptly only allows to focus on the light source 6b on the focal line passes through.Slit shade 4 is specifically as shown in Figure 3.Through slit shade 4 light is disappeared respectively, illuminates an imaging layer 11 thus from behind,, said imaging layer 11 is specifically as shown in Figure 4.The latter forms through the translucent paper tinsel 13 of dispersivity that printed layers 14 is provided.Translucent strip light-emitting area 12 forms through being printed on the paper tinsel, and in order to show, it is set to corresponding with corresponding optical channel slit 5, depends on the selection to light source 6, and when observing key, therefore a special symbol can be formed by light-emitting area 12a or 12b integral body.In order to show or to observe, said key 9 is configured at least transparent or semitransparent with the adjacent part of imaging layer 11.The dispersivity base material of imaging layer 11 helps to reduce the sharp keen of said optical channel slit 5 borders, and helps to bring the optical illusion of the continuous light-emitting area of representing symbol, but finally improves the identification of symbol separately.
Fig. 2 has explained the opticpath of lens arrangement 2.The light 15 that leaves light source shines the surperficial 2a of the lens arrangement 2 that is coated with the cylindric lens that laterally arrange, so that focus on the single line on the relative plane 2b that is positioned at lens focal plane, for the sake of clarity, said line is reduced into a point in the drawings.According to the present invention, through the slit shade, have at optical flat under the situation of the light source that Different Light arranges with respect to lens, because the geometrical optics rule has produced the focal line of keeping apart accordingly, it shows selectively and with the mode that limits.One typical slit shade 4 is as shown in Figure 3.Said optical channel slit 5 is provided with in the following manner, and promptly they are through the focal line transillumination of light source 6a or 6b.Imaging layer 11 with light-emitting area 12 is as shown in Figure 4.It is provided with and selection of configuration is following mode, and promptly light-emitting area 12a representes symbol " A ", and light-emitting area 12b representes symbol " B ".The selection of said symbol " A " and " B " only is exemplary, and the present invention is not limited to this.What it will be apparent to those skilled in the art is, lighting device according to the present invention is suitable for showing almost any symbol and pattern, and said symbol and pattern can be rebuild according to effect of Combination through the transparent slits of prolongation.