JP2009054323A - Spotlight - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spotlight which has a thin main body of an instrument, and can improve a uniformity ratio of illumination on a surface to be irradiated. <P>SOLUTION: This spotlight is composed of: the main body 1 of the instrument that comprises a long case and has an opening 1a at its front surface; a light source A that is disposed at a rear end in the main body 1 of the instrument; a masking shield 3 that has a slit 3a disposed in front of the light source A and transmitting light irradiated from the light source A; a condenser lens 5 that is disposed on the opposite side of the light source A across the masking shield 3 and condenses light irradiated from the light source A; and an imaging lens 4 that is disposed in front of the condenser lens 5 and images light transmitted through the condenser lens 5 on the surface to be irradiated via the opening 1a, wherein the light source A is composed of a light-emitting element 2 comprising: a substrate 20 comprising a material having translucency; an organic light-emitting layer 21 comprising an organic material layered on the substrate 20; and first and second electrode layers 22 and 23 that are disposed across the organic light-emitting layer 21. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a spotlight.

Conventionally, spotlights used for photography or stage lighting have been provided. Conventional examples of such spotlights include a fixture body, a socket that is fixed inside the fixture body and in which a light source such as an incandescent bulb or a halogen bulb is mounted, and light that is provided in front of the light source and emitted from the light source. And a condensing lens that is provided on the opposite side of the light source across the shielding plate and condenses the light emitted from the light source and irradiates the irradiated surface. There is something. In addition, spotlights that use incandescent bulbs require high-intensity lighting, and the main body of the fixture becomes hot and power consumption increases. A utilized spotlight is provided (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-161198

  However, in the conventional example using an incandescent light bulb as the light source, the size of the light source is large, so the main body of the instrument is also enlarged, and it is desirable that it does not have a presence. There was a problem that the feeling increased. Further, in the conventional example in which the light emitting diode is used as the light source as described in Patent Document 1, the luminance difference between the central portion and the peripheral portion of the light emitting diode is larger than that of a general light source. There is a problem that it is very large and it is very difficult to obtain high brightness uniformity on the irradiated surface.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a spotlight that can reduce the thickness of the instrument body and improve the luminance uniformity on the irradiated surface.

  In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention provides a bottomed tubular instrument body having an opening on one surface, a light source section disposed inside the instrument body, and light emitted from the light source section. A shielding plate having a slit through which the light passes, and an imaging lens provided on the opposite side of the light source unit with the shielding plate interposed therebetween to image light emitted from the light source unit on the irradiated surface through the opening. The light source unit includes a substrate made of a light-transmitting material, an organic light emitting layer made of an organic material laminated on the substrate, and a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer provided with the organic light emitting layer interposed therebetween It is characterized by being comprised by the light emitting element which consists of these.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a light source unit in which a plurality of light emitting elements are arranged and arranged on the same plane and a lighting unit that causes the light emitting elements to blink independently of each other are provided. And

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the light source unit includes a substrate made of a light-transmitting material, an organic light emitting layer made of an organic material laminated on the substrate, and a first electrode provided with the organic light emitting layer interposed therebetween. Since the light emitting element is composed of the layer and the second electrode layer, the light source part can be made thinner than in the case of using an incandescent lamp, and thus the instrument body can be made thinner. Further, since the luminance unevenness of the light emitting portion can be reduced as compared with the case where a light emitting diode is used, the luminance uniformity on the irradiated surface can be improved.

  According to invention of Claim 2, since it can control so that the light emitting element corresponding to the site | part by which a light is interrupted | blocked by a shielding board cannot be lighted, power consumption can be suppressed.

(Embodiment 1)
Hereinafter, a spotlight according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the right side in FIG. 1 is defined as the forward direction, and the left side in FIG. 1 is defined as the rear direction. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, an instrument main body 1 formed in a bottomed rectangular tube shape having an opening 1 a on the front surface, and a light source unit A disposed at a rear end portion inside the instrument main body 1 The light source unit A is provided in front of the light source unit A and has a shielding plate 3 having a slit 3a through which light emitted from the light source unit A passes, and the light source unit A provided on the opposite side of the light source unit A across the shielding plate 3. The condenser lens 5 that collects the light emitted from the condenser lens 5 and the image that is provided in front of the condenser lens 5 and forms an image on the irradiated surface through the opening 1a. And a lens 4.

  The shielding plate 3 is flat and has a slit 3a having a desired shape. Thus, the light emitted from the light source part A passes only through the slit 3a, and the passage of light is hindered at the portion excluding the slit 3a. The condensing lens 5 is composed of a biconvex lens, and condenses light that has passed through the slit 3a at a focal point (not shown). The imaging lens 4 is composed of a biconvex lens like the condensing lens 5 and irradiates the light focused on the focal point toward the irradiated surface as light substantially parallel to the front-rear direction. In the present embodiment, two lenses of the condenser lens 5 and the imaging lens 4 are used, but the imaging lens 4 alone may be used. A concave lens or a Fresnel lens may be used instead of the biconvex lens.

  The light source part A is a flat light emitting element 2 as a whole, and as shown in FIG. 2, a substrate 20 made of a light-transmitting material and an organic light emitting layer 21 made of an organic material laminated on the substrate 20. And a first electrode layer 22 serving as an anode and a second electrode layer 23 serving as a cathode, and a first electrode layer 22 and a second electrode layer 23 provided so as to sandwich the organic light emitting layer 21 therebetween. For supplying a voltage from an external DC power source (not shown) connected to the sealing layer 24 for sealing the organic light emitting layer 21 and the first electrode layer 22 and the second electrode layer 23, respectively. And a connecting conductor 25.

  The substrate 20 is a flat member for supporting the organic light emitting layer 21 and is made of a light-transmitting material such as glass. The organic light emitting layer 21 includes at least a light emitting layer made of an organic material of a fluorescent material or an organic material containing a fluorescent material, and if necessary, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, an electron transport layer, an electron injection layer. Etc.

  The first electrode layer 22 is a conductive thin film made of a light-transmitting material, and is formed of, for example, iridium tin oxide (ITO) or the like. The first electrode layer 22 is drawn out so that a part of the first electrode layer 22 is exposed from a sealing layer 24 described later on one end side in the longitudinal direction of the substrate 20 to form an anode terminal portion 22a.

  The second electrode layer 23 is a conductive thin film made of a material that reflects the light emitted from the organic light emitting layer 21. For example, aluminum (Al), aluminum lithium (Al: Li), magnesium silver (Mg: Ag) or other metal or alloy. In the present embodiment, the second electrode layer 23 is made of aluminum from the viewpoint of conductivity, reflectance, cost, and the like. A portion of the second electrode layer 23 is drawn out so as to be exposed from a sealing layer 24 described later on the other end side in the longitudinal direction of the substrate 20, thereby forming a cathode terminal portion 23 a.

  The sealing layer 24 is an insulating thin film for hermetically sealing the organic light emitting layer 21 together with the substrate 20, and is formed of, for example, silicon resin. The sealing layer 24 is formed so as to cover the upper surface and the right side surface of the second electrode layer 23 in FIG. 2 and the left side surface of the organic light emitting layer 21.

  The DC power supply is a rectifier circuit composed of a diode bridge for full-wave rectification of the AC output of a commercial power supply, a capacitor for smoothing the rectified pulsating voltage, and the smoothed DC voltage according to the rating of the light emitting element 2. And a DC-DC converter circuit that converts the voltage into a voltage. Since such a DC power supply is well known, illustration and detailed description thereof are omitted here.

  The connection conductor 25 is formed of, for example, chromium plating, and is formed integrally with the narrow width portion 25a having one end connected to the anode terminal portion 22a or the cathode terminal portion 23a and the other end of the narrow width portion 25a. And a thick portion 25b having a long width to which an electric wire (not shown) from a DC power source is connected. Note that the connection conductors 25 are all formed outside the sealing layer 24.

  Thus, the organic light emitting layer 21 emits visible light by connecting a wire from a DC power source to each connection conductor 25 and applying a DC voltage between the anode terminal portion 22a and the cathode terminal portion 23a. The light emitted from the organic light emitting layer 21 is extracted from the lower surface of the substrate 20 in FIG. 2, that is, from the front surface of the light source unit A, either directly or by being reflected by the second electrode layer 22. Emits planar light. The light emitted from the light source part A passes through the slit 3 a of the shielding plate 3, passes through the condenser lens 5, and is collected at the focal point of the condenser lens 5. The light passing through the focal point passes through the imaging lens 4 and becomes parallel light substantially parallel to the front-rear direction, and forms an image on the irradiated surface through the opening 1a. For example, if the shape of the slit 3a is L-shaped, an L-shaped image is projected on the irradiated surface.

  As described above, the light-emitting element 2 constituting the light source unit A is sandwiched between the substrate 20 made of a light-transmitting material, the organic light-emitting layer 21 made of an organic material laminated on the substrate 20, and the organic light-emitting layer 21. Since it is composed of a so-called organic EL element comprising the first electrode layer 22 and the second electrode layer 23 provided, the light source part A can be made thinner than in the case of using an incandescent bulb, and thus the instrument body 1 can be made thin. In addition, since the light emitting element 2 of the present embodiment is an organic EL element, it is possible to reduce the luminance unevenness of the light emitting portion as compared with the case where a light emitting diode is used, thereby improving the luminance uniformity on the irradiated surface. be able to.

(Embodiment 2)
Hereinafter, a spotlight according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, since the basic configuration of the present embodiment is common to that of the first embodiment, common portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In the present embodiment, the light source unit A is composed of a plurality of substantially square light emitting elements 2 that are designed to be smaller than in the first embodiment. The light source unit A has a light emitting surface as shown in FIG. The light emitting elements 2 are formed on the same plane without any gaps so that the overall shape is substantially rectangular. Moreover, each light emitting element 2 can be lighted independently by the lighting means. In addition, since such a lighting means is well-known, illustration and detailed description are abbreviate | omitted here.

  Here, for example, as shown in FIG. 3B, when the shape of the slit 3a is L-shaped, the light emitted from the light source part A passes only through the slit 3a, so that the shielding except for the slit 3a is performed. Even if the light emitting element 2 corresponding to the portion where the light is blocked by the plate 3 is turned on, power is only consumed wastefully. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3 (c), only the light emitting element 2 corresponding to the slit 3a is turned on, and the lighting means is controlled so that the light emitting element 2 corresponding to the portion where the light is blocked by the shielding plate 3 is not turned on. Thus, power consumption can be suppressed.

  The shape of the light emitting element 2 and the shape of the light emitting surface of the light source unit A are not necessarily limited to those described above. For example, as shown in FIG. The light emitting surface of A may have a honeycomb shape. If comprised in this way, when the slit 3a is a shape with many curves, the shape of the slit 3a and the light emitting element 2 will match easily, and depending on the shape of the slit 3a, the light emitting element 2 may be formed from a substantially square shape. However, power consumption can be further suppressed.

It is the schematic which shows Embodiment 1 of the spotlight of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows a light source part same as the above. It is a figure which shows Embodiment 2 of the spotlight of this invention, (a) is a top view which shows a light source part, (b) is a top view which shows a response | compatibility with the slit of a shielding board, and the light emission surface of a light source part, ( c) is a plan view showing a light source unit in which only a portion corresponding to a slit is turned on. It is a top view which shows the light source part which changed arrangement | positioning of the light emitting element same as the above.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Apparatus body 1a Opening part 2 Light emitting element 20 Board | substrate 21 Organic light emitting layer 22 1st electrode layer 23 2nd electrode layer 3 Shielding plate 3a Slit 4 Imaging lens A Light source part

Claims (2)

  A bottomed cylindrical instrument body having an opening on one surface, a light source unit disposed inside the instrument body, a shielding plate having a slit through which light emitted from the light source unit passes, and a shielding plate sandwiched between An imaging lens that is provided on the opposite side of the light source unit and forms an image of light emitted from the light source unit on the irradiated surface through the opening, and the light source unit is a substrate made of a material having translucency And a light emitting device comprising: an organic light emitting layer made of an organic material laminated on a substrate; and a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer provided with the organic light emitting layer interposed therebetween. Light. 2. The spotlight according to claim 1, further comprising: a light source unit in which a plurality of the light emitting elements are arranged and arranged on the same plane; and a lighting unit that causes the light emitting elements to blink independently of each other.

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