US20120019936A1 - Device for directing light beams, illustration device, method for producing a device and an illustration device - Google Patents

Device for directing light beams, illustration device, method for producing a device and an illustration device Download PDF

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US20120019936A1
US20120019936A1 US13/201,255 US201013201255A US2012019936A1 US 20120019936 A1 US20120019936 A1 US 20120019936A1 US 201013201255 A US201013201255 A US 201013201255A US 2012019936 A1 US2012019936 A1 US 2012019936A1
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  • the invention relates to a device for directing light beams, consisting of a translucent substrate, on one or both sides of which light-directing structures are formed.
  • a device of this kind is known, for example, from published specification US 2006/0 279 036 A1, which among other things describes a production method for optical films, wherein a first liquid material is arranged on an optical film, and wherein a second liquid material is arranged in interstices of the first liquid material.
  • this production method no asymmetrical structures can be produced, so that production of optical prisms, and in particular of Fresnel structures, is impossible.
  • window images which are produced in decorative form from glass or plastic or gel are known.
  • Such window images are transparent and fully or partially coloured. They have a function as spectral filters. They have no optical function.
  • Window panes and cladding panels containing internal or external lamellar structures which act as sun protection are also known.
  • panel materials structured in many different ways are also used for visual privacy and protection from glare.
  • Roller blinds in different versions for protection from sun are also known. They are partly coloured and also used as filters.
  • Skylights in the upper part of a window or room light the interior of the room, and linear wedge-shaped prisms can also be added to them, so that they direct daylight deep into the interior of the room.
  • Films of which the surfaces are equipped on one side with even or uneven optically acting structures are also known. These are used for directing light and reducing glare, and can also generate enlarging or holographic effects. However, such structures are partly designed with equal, repeating patterns.
  • lenses of all kinds in concave, convex, spherical or aspherical form, are known.
  • lenses for example spectacle lenses, partial areas of which have a different light-refracting effect, are known.
  • Fresnel lenses in film form which emulate a lens or prism in miniaturised circular or linear structures to save space, are known.
  • the invention is based on the object of creating a device for directing light beams, it being possible to form said device by simple means on a substrate, and to use said device in many ways to direct light in different ways.
  • a device for directing light beams comprising a translucent substrate, and a light-directing structure on at least a portion of the substrate, wherein the light-directing structure comprises a substantially transparent material, which is arranged in a pattern on the substrate in such a way that the light-directing structure comprises at least one optical prism.
  • the device according to the invention has the advantage, compared with the prior art, that on the one hand it can be produced in a comparatively inexpensive, quick and flexibly modifiable way by a printing method, and on the other hand, by means of the optical prism, multiple different optical effects, which are impossible with the simple lenses named in the prior art, can be achieved.
  • Production of an optical prism has, for example, the advantage, compared with simple lenses which are used only to collect or scatter light beams, that a light beam which passes through the optical prism is refracted depending on wavelength, and thus, in addition to the enlarging or reducing effect which is caused by the light-directing structure, a special colour and/or brightness effect can also be achieved with the light-directing structure.
  • a light beam which passes through the light-directing structure of the device according to the invention is expanded into its spectrum. It is also possible to achieve a very wide variety of optical effects in a comparatively simple way, by a particular arrangement and/or form of multiple optical prisms. In particular, only the characteristic optical parameters, the position and the alignment of the individual optical prisms must be chosen correspondingly.
  • the light-directing structure comprises an optical lens, and in particular a Fresnel structure, which is formed from the at least one optical prism, and in particular from multiple optical prisms.
  • a Fresnel structure in the sense of the present invention preferably comprises a set of concentric sections (e.g., annular sections), wherein each section includes or consists of a different prism. For each of these zones, the overal thickness of the lens is decreased, effectively chopping the continuous surface of a conventional lens into a set of surfaces of the same curvatures with discontinuities between them, for instance.
  • a Fresnel structure enables the construction of lenses of large aperture and short focal length without the weight and volume of material that would be required in conventional lens design. Consequently, a Fresnel lens is much thinner and thus passing more light compared to conventional lenses.
  • the light-directing structure is preferably arranged on one or both sides of the substrate.
  • the substrate can be in any form, for example in the form of a glass and/or plastic sheet or in the form of a film.
  • a substantially transparent material in the sense of the present inventions preferably comprises a material allowing light to pass at least partly through the material.
  • the substantially transparent material consists of an optical transparent material which allows much of the light that falls on them to be transmitted, with little being deflected.
  • At least light waves with wavelengths in the range of the visible spectrum particularly pass the transparent material with average transmittance rates higher than 80%, preferably higher than 90% and particularly preferably higher than 95%.
  • the material could also be a translucence material only allowing light to pass through diffusely, for instance.
  • the light-directing structure comprises multiple applications which are printed on the substrate, and which include or consist of the transparent material.
  • the light-directing structure, and in particular the at least one optical prism are built up by individual applications, which in particular are printed simultaneously or sequentially onto the substrate.
  • the applications are applied to the substrate individually or in spots.
  • comparatively complex light-directing structures can easily be built up, it being necessary to specify only the sizes and positions of the individual applications on the substrate. This can be done, for instance, by a computer or other processor (which may be part of the systems herein) programmed and/or programmable with a predetermined set of printing instructions. The production cost is considerably reduced in this way.
  • the applications are preferably arranged adjacently or one above the other in a parallel plane to the plane of principal extension of the substrate. In this way, from the applications, any desired three-dimensional structures, which have specified optical properties, can be built up on the substrate.
  • the applications preferably overlap. At least partial stacking of the applications perpendicularly to the plane of principal extension makes it possible to build up a light-directing structure which is higher than the diameter of the individual applications.
  • the individual applications either remain within the light-directing structure as discrete applications or are joined to adjacent applications, according to choice.
  • the applications comprise particles of the transparent material, droplets of the transparent material and/or linearly formed strips of the transparent material, the applications preferably comprising droplets of the transparent material which may be cured by ultraviolet radiation.
  • Forming the application as droplets makes possible, for example, comparatively fine and precise buildup of the light-directing structure, whereas forming the applications as strips, for example, makes possible comparatively fast, inexpensive production of a larger light-directing structure.
  • any of the individual particles, droplets, and/or strips may be substantially microscopic in size (e.g., they have a diameter or other largest dimension that is smaller than about 0.10 mm, and more preferably smaller than about 0.05 mm, or even smaller than about 0.03 mm).
  • the multiple applications have different and/or substantially equal radii, in particular the optical prism being formed of multiple applications of different radii or from multiple applications of equal radii.
  • a wedge-shaped prism is built up of multiple applications, in particular droplets, which all have the same radius.
  • multiple applications are stacked one above the other, whereas, no applications stacked one above the other are arranged at the narrow end of the prism.
  • the number of applications stacked one above the other preferably falls successively from the broad end of the prism to the narrow end of the prism, so that a functional face which is inclined relative to the substrate results.
  • a wedge-shaped prism is built up with applications, in particular droplets, of different radii.
  • the broad end of the prism is formed by one application of greater radius
  • the narrower end of the prism is formed by one application of smaller radius.
  • the radius of the applications preferably falls successively from the broad end of the prism to the narrow end of the prism.
  • the prism can be produced comparatively quickly, since an application does not have to be placed several times at the same location.
  • the applications are placed on a planar periphery of the substrate, the applications preferably each having an approximately hemispherical curvature, which projects from the substrate.
  • the planar periphery comprises, in particular, a surface of the substrate.
  • the radius of curvature may be generally constant across the application, varying, or a combination.
  • the optical prism has at least one functional face (which is e.g. a face that performs the function of breaking light waves in dependency of the wave lengths of the light waves) which is inclined relative to the substrate, and which in particular is formed on a side of the optical prism facing away from the substrate perpendicularly to the plane of principal extension, two adjacent optical prisms preferably having different angles between the respective functional face and the substrate.
  • the optical prism is preferably wedge-shaped, the surface which faces away from the substrate and is slightly inclined relative to the substrate being provided as a functional face to refract the light beams.
  • the light-directing structure comprises, in particular, multiple optical prisms, and the angles between the functional faces of the multiple optical prisms and the substrate vary. In this way, from the multiple optical prisms, preferably Fresnel structures are generated.
  • the light-directing structure consists of multiple elements, each element consisting of multiple optical prisms and/or applications.
  • each element forms a partial prism, a partial lens and/or another specified optical system, the elements preferably being deposited or printed next to each other or in each other on the substrate, in such a way that the elements together form the light-directing structure in the form of the Fresnel structure, optical prism and/or optical lens.
  • the multiple elements are deposited next to each other on the substrate in such a way that together they form a common light-directing structure in the form of a prism, a lens or a Fresnel structure.
  • the miniaturised transparent, or if required coloured and translucent, light-directing structures are arranged, these light-directing structures consisting of multiple preferably miniaturised elements, each element consisting of multiple droplets, which are deposited on the substrate with a planar periphery, and the approximately hemispherical curvature of which projects from the substrate, the droplets having different or equal radii, so that each element, with the multiple droplets, forms a miniaturised partial prism or a partial lens or another specified optical system, and so that the droplets consist of a translucent or transparent material.
  • the miniaturised transparent or coloured and translucent structures are arranged on the surface of the substrate, these structures including or consisting of multiple miniaturised elements (e.g., miniaturised elements that may be in adjoining contact with each other as depicted herein).
  • miniaturised elements e.g., miniaturised elements that may be in adjoining contact with each other as depicted herein.
  • Each of these elements in turn consists of multiple droplets of different diameter, so that the result is a three-dimensional geometrical shape which has a light-refracting effect.
  • the totality of the elements preferably forms the structure which causes a corresponding light direction. Because these elements and thus the whole structure are entirely or partly coloured and translucent, a recognisable overall motif can be formed for example.
  • the microstructures in the form of droplets of different sizes result in plano-convex optical elements, which in turn are combined into complex microstructures.
  • the punctiform structures in particular, are an elementary part of the light direction.
  • surfaces which have a partially different, but in combination a combined effect on light can be built up.
  • the geometrical arrangement figure on the substrate can be combined into circles, ovals, curves, straight lines or other linear forms.
  • the result of a corresponding arrangement and formation is a combined optical effect, which for example on the one hand collects light and on the other hand deflects the light completely in one direction, depending on the form of the elements.
  • the light-directing structure or optical prism is printed onto the substrate in a matrix printing method, and in particular an inkjet printing method.
  • a DOD inkjet printer (“Drop on Demand” inkjet printer) is used, i.e. the inkjet printer places individual applications on the substrate in the form of droplets.
  • the ink is pressed through a printer nozzle by means of piezo elements.
  • the light-directing structures or optical microstructures have a glare-reducing effect, in that they deflect incident daylight or light from another light source in such a way that the observer does not look into the beam path.
  • the light-directing and in particular glare-reducing effect can be supplemented by a motif which represents, for example, the picture of a landscape, an object or similar.
  • Logos or alphanumeric symbols, which can be used for advertising or information purposes, are also possible as motifs. These symbols can be made detectable either by the optical structure or by corresponding colouring.
  • a light-directing and glare-reducing device can be especially advantageously implemented so that the lower light-directing elements direct incident light strongly upward in a bundled form, whereas the upper light-directing elements direct incident light into the depth of the room in a flatly bundled form, so that an even distribution of scattered light in the room is generated.
  • Targeted projection of a coloured logo, symbol or writing is also possible. This formation can then be provided, for example, on a corresponding window pane or similar.
  • the applications are sufficiently small that they would provide at least about 1200 to 2000 droplets per each 25.4 mm in length of a line. Furthermore, it is provided that the applications have a resolution of 1200 to 2000 dpi, corresponding to an arrangement of preferably 1200 to 2000 droplets or other application deposits on a 25.4 mm long line, and/or a number of 50 to 80 droplets per millimetre of length. More preferably, the applications have a resolution of 1,600 dpi. Also, it is preferably provided that the applications are formed from a material quantity of 0.1 to 32 picolitres, and in particular 2 to 32 picolitres.
  • the light-directing structure and/or at least one element has a distribution of particles, droplets and/or strips which are arranged in a series of repeating patterns that progressively radiate from a common central region; for example, the pattern may progressively radiate circularly in concentric rings, the radially outermost of said droplets having the greatest diameter and the central ones having the smallest diameter, to form a structure of a divergent lens type, or the radially outermost of said particles, droplets and/or strips having the smallest diameter and the central ones having the greatest diameter, to form a structure of a convergent lens type.
  • a combination of the above may also be employed.
  • the light-directing structure and/or at least one element have multiple rows of particles, droplets and/or strips which are arranged parallel to each other, and the radius or thickness of which in a row are equal or unequal and in a column are unequal or equal, to form a prism-like structure, the particles, droplets and/or strips of a row of particles, droplets and/or strips following the adjacent row preferably being positioned on a gap or offset relative to the preceding row.
  • each element has rows or rings of particles, droplets and/or strips of different sizes, alternately if appropriate, so that a Fresnel-like structure is formed.
  • the material which forms the particles, droplets and/or strips is a printing ink of an inkjet printing ink type, which is preferably colourless, coloured and/or mixed with functional and in particular filter material (e.g., particles).
  • filter material e.g., particles
  • the light-directing structure comprises, as well as the light-directing function, a light-modifying function, by which, for example, the light beams are filtered and/or polarised.
  • the particles, droplets and/or strips are made of a material that can be or is liquefied or substantially “atomized” for depositing through a printhead, and thereafter be dried, hardened and/or cured to a substantially hardened state that assumes and retains the desired shape of the particles, droplets and/or strips.
  • the material and the processing conditions are selected so that each successive deposit bonds to the substrate and to an adjoining deposit, while still preserving the desired size and shape intended.
  • a transparent printing ink may be employed, such as a UV-curing ink, a solid ink and/or a gel ink.
  • the printing ink can be cured by means of UV radiation.
  • each droplet is cured individually by UV radiation directly after printing, or multiple particles, droplets and/or strips are printed on first, and are then cured together by UV radiation. This has the advantage that the various particles, droplets and/or strips can be joined to each other before curing.
  • corresponding particles, droplets and/or strips can easily be deposited in a corresponding quantity on the substrate, in which case fast drying of the droplets is achieved, in particular if gel ink is used, so that exact and permanent formation of the corresponding elements and structures is ensured.
  • Such solid inks or gel inks are known in the prior art. It can also be provided that the printing ink is colourless, or fully or partly translucently coloured.
  • the light-directing structure and/or at least one element is covered with a clear lacquer and/or finisher, which preferably forms a substantially planar surface of the light-directing structure and/or element.
  • a finisher or clear lacquer homogenises the surface of the individual light-directing structures, which are formed of droplets, without changing the character of the generated structures, so that undesired light refractions are minimised.
  • the clear lacquer and/or finisher preferably comprises a highly viscous material, which in particular comprises a material which wets the applications, the clear lacquer and/or finisher preferably being mixed with functional particles, and more preferably with filter particles.
  • the clear lacquer and/or finisher consists of the same transparent material as the applications.
  • the substrate is a sheet of a preferably clear material, for example glass or artificial glass. It can also be provided that the substrate is an at least partially, if not entirely, transparent plastic body (e.g., a film).
  • the plastic may include a polymer, such as a thermoplastic polymer, that is substantially entirely amorphous. By way of example, it may include one or more of an acrylic, a polycarbonate, a polyester (e.g., polyethylene terephthalate), polyamide, a polyolefin, a silicon containing polymer or any combination thereof.
  • Such a body e.g., a film
  • a film can, for example, be implemented in self-adhesive form, and thus be attached to any transparent surfaces.
  • Such a film can also be made in non-adhesive form, e.g. in the form of a roller blind which can be rolled up, or used as a film for visual privacy and protection from glare.
  • the size of the whole light-directing and/or glare-reducing device can vary according to where it is used, depending on whether, for example, a small sub-pane or a large display window is equipped with the corresponding version.
  • corresponding devices can also be provided as part of a publication, or they can be part of a visual aid.
  • the device comprises a specimen device produced in a “rapid prototyping” process.
  • a specimen device which can be produced easily and inexpensively, and on the basis of which specified optical properties can be checked, is provided.
  • a specimen device is produced depending on a set of theoretically calculated optical parameters to characterise a Fresnel structure.
  • the set of theoretically calculated optical parameters can then be checked or optimised on the basis of actually measured optical measurement data of the actual specimen device. This is done by corresponding measurement of the specimen device, so that fast, inexpensive iterative optimisation of the optical parameters is made possible.
  • the present invention also relates to an illustration element, which has a device according to the invention, the illustration element having a substrate element which is provided with a printed image, and which is joined to the device in such a way that the substrate element, and in particular the printed image, are at least partly covered by the device.
  • the printed image comprises, in particular, a motif, specified optical effects being generated by the device when the motif is observed.
  • the device is adjusted to the motif in such a way that only the optical appearance of partial areas of the motif is correspondingly modified by the device.
  • the motif can be produced by means of transparent or non-transparent printing ink according to choice.
  • the illustration element comprises a printed image which is printed on the substrate, and which is preferably arranged between the substrate and the light-directing structure or on a side of the substrate facing away from the light-directing structure. More preferably, it is provided that the printed image is produced simultaneously with the printing of the light-directing structure. The production process of the illustration element is thus made considerably faster.
  • the illustration element comprises a billboard, a poster, a decorative surface, a cladding element, a facade cladding, a brochure or periodical page, a cover sheet, a picture, a packaging (e.g. a food packaging), a label, a house number, a window image, a screen, a lampshade, a diffusing screen, an adhesive label, a plate, a computer screen and/or similar.
  • the present invention also relates to a method of producing a device according to the invention, wherein in a first production step the substrate is prepared, and in a second production step a transparent material is arranged on the subject, and preferably printed onto the substrate by a printing method, in such a way that the light-directing structure is generated in the form of the at least one optical prism.
  • the method according to the invention makes possible particularly inexpensive, fast production of the device for directing light beams. This is achieved by the light-directing structure being generated in a printing process by the at least one optical prism which is printed on the substrate, or by multiple optical prisms which are printed on the substrate.
  • the substrate is, in particular, translucent and/or transparent, the light-directing structure preferably being printed on one or both sides of the substrate.
  • an optical lens and in particular a Fresnel structure are produced from multiple optical prisms, which are formed by simultaneous or sequential printing of the multiple optical prisms onto the substrate.
  • a layer of the transparent material could be deposited on the substrate and then etched or otherwise treated to remove material in the layer of the transparent material in order to generate the light-directing structure in the form of the at least one optical prism.
  • the applications are printed onto the substrate, in a second substep of the second production step the applications are cured, in a third substep of the second production step further applications are printed onto the substrate, and in a fourth substep of the second production step the further applications are cured, and to generate the light-directing structure in particular the first, second, third and/or fourth substeps are repeated several times.
  • the light-directing structures are thus formed by multiple applications, which are printed simultaneously or sequentially onto the substrate, and then cured.
  • the curing process is carried out in the third and/or fourth substep by irradiation with electromagnetic radiation, in particular ultraviolet radiation, the radiation preferably being focused on the applications to be cured and/or further applications.
  • electromagnetic radiation in particular ultraviolet radiation
  • the further applications are arranged in the third substep parallel to the plane of principal extension of the substrate next to the applications, and/or perpendicularly to the plane of principal extension of the substrate on the applications, so that any three-dimensional structures can be built from the applications and further applications.
  • the second production step, and in particular the first and/or third substep are carried out by a printing method, preferably an inkjet printing method, so that production of the device is particularly inexpensive.
  • a printing method preferably an inkjet printing method
  • standard inkjet printing methods are used.
  • the applications and/or further applications are placed on the substrate in the first and/or third substep by means of a print head, which is moved automatically, and in particular under software control, over the substrate.
  • the device to be produced can be designed in a way which is particularly precise and user-friendly and can be stored by means of corresponding software, and in particular the optical properties of the light-directing structure to be achieved can be selected by means of the software.
  • the surface of the substrate is preferably divided into a virtual matrix, the desired positions of the individual applications and/or further applications on the substrate being converted into matrix co-ordinates of the virtual matrix, and the print head being moved over the substrate in such a way that the applications and/or further applications are printed onto the substrate depending on the current matrix co-ordinates.
  • the radii of the applications and/or further applications are more preferably set depending on the matrix co-ordinates, in particular the quantity of the transparent material to be applied at a desired position on the substrate being set depending on the application parameters.
  • the application parameters are, for example, linked to the matrix co-ordinates in such a way that to produce a device with a specified optical property, only the matrix co-ordinates and the application parameters must be set correspondingly. This is done using the software, so that the production information can easily be modified, stored and replaced. The production information can also conceivably be dispatched, so that the device can be designed and produced in different places.
  • the method of producing a specimen device is carried out, in particular, as part of a “rapid prototyping” process, the matrix co-ordinates and/or application parameters preferably being determined automatically from optical, CAD and/or image data.
  • the matrix co-ordinates and/or application parameters are modified alternately on the computer, and then a specimen device is produced for assessment of the modifications carried out on the computer. In this way, an iterative optimisation method for optimising the optical properties of the device can be carried out.
  • optical parameters of a light-directing structure to be produced are prepared in particular with software support, the required matrix co-ordinates and/or application parameters for producing such a light-directing structure being determined automatically from the optical parameters, which preferably comprise the focal length, lens diameter, spherical parameters, refractive indices and/or lens thickness of a Fresnel lens. More advantageously, it is provided that only the optical parameters to be achieved are specified, and the matrix co-ordinates and application parameters are automatically calculated from them. In this way, for example, special lenses could be produced automatically, only the optical parameters of the special lens to be produced being previously entered into a corresponding computer program.
  • the print head is moved over the substrate in such a way, depending on the matrix co-ordinates and/or application parameters, that the travelled distance and/or the deposition duration to apply the transparent materials are minimised.
  • the travelled distance and/or the deposition duration to apply the transparent materials are minimised.
  • the transparent material preferably being a transparent printing ink such as an inkjet printing ink, which more preferably is colourless or coloured, and/or which more preferably comprises a UV-curing ink.
  • applications and/or further applications with different diameters are arranged on the substrate, the radius in each case preferably being set by the quantity of applied printing ink.
  • a further application is arranged on the application, the second substep selectively being carried out or omitted between the first and third substeps.
  • the further application is arranged on the application, so that at this place, for example, either the result is a single droplet with an enlarged diameter (omission of the second substep) or two droplets are stacked one on top of the other (the second substep being carried out between the first and third substeps).
  • an element which is formed from multiple applications and further applications is generated.
  • multiple elements, which together form the light-directing structure are applied next to each other.
  • multiple elements, which after completion jointly form the light-directing structure are printed on simultaneously.
  • the printing method can be optimised in this way.
  • droplets with constant radius are printed. For example, first all droplets of a first diameter are printed on (for all elements), then all droplets of a second diameter are printed on (again for all elements), and so on.
  • a finisher and/or a clear lacquer is applied to the light-directing structure and/or to at least one element, the surface of the light-directing structure and/or of the at least one element preferably being made planar, and in particular smoothed.
  • the surface of the light-directing structure is protected and made smooth, without the desired optical properties being affected.
  • transparent or translucent printing ink in droplet form is applied to the substrate by inkjet printing, that droplets of equal and/or unequal size are applied to generate miniaturised light-directing elements, and that multiple such elements are applied next to each other, and together form the light-directing structure such as a prism or lens.
  • droplets of different diameter are applied, the diameter being determined by the applied quantity of printing ink. It can also be provided that droplets of different diameter are formed by applying printing ink in a quantity of 0.2 to 32 picolitres, preferably 2 to 32 picolitres. It can also be provided that the droplets of different diameter are formed by printing ink for forming a small droplet being applied once, and for forming a larger droplet being applied several times at the same place.
  • the droplets are deposited at a resolution of 1200 to 2000 dpi, and preferably 1200 to 1600 dpi, on the substrate, next to each other, touching each other if required, and/or over each other, in particular overlapping each other.
  • the way the applications or light-directing pixels (droplets) are formed is that in one position, transparent printing ink is applied once or more times, and thus, by different quantities or multiple applications at one place, different heights of applications on the substrate, or of transparent particles on the transparent material, are formed.
  • virtual mini-prisms or mini-lenses can be represented, and can deflect the light passing through them differently.
  • the droplet size for pixel formation must be provided and adjusted by the calculation programs which are known for standard inkjet printers.
  • the pixel and the whole plane can be designed from standard optical calculation programs, which for example produce a data set as a colour model, corresponding to a printed image for the different geometries in the plane.
  • Each plano-convex pixel preferably represents a different optical effect.
  • colour settings for example from the CYM, RGB or CMYK system, this printed image can be directly exploited by the software of digital printers, if the printers print transparent ink instead of the three colours cyan, yellow and magenta (or red green blue).
  • the known calculation programs can also be combined so that the direct result is a modified data set.
  • the known printers can also be modified so that they work with only a transparent printing ink from a reservoir. It is also possible to use a combination of the known printing inks and transparent printing ink, to create printed images with partial optical systems. So that the transparent ink does not penetrate too deeply into the surface of the material to be printed on, but as far as possible remains completely on the surface, it should be fast drying. Gel-like inks or solid inks are more advantageous for this purpose.
  • the droplets of different sizes, individually or overlaid result in optical elements which have radii or asymmetrical curves, which in turn can be combined into complex light-refracting microstructures.
  • the droplets to generate an element are deposited circularly in concentric rings, of which the radially outermost are deposited with the greatest diameter and the central ones are deposited with the smallest diameter, so that a divergent lens structure is formed, or in the reverse arrangement, so that a convergent lens structure is formed.
  • the droplets to generate each element are deposited in multiple mutually parallel rows, the thickness or diameter of which in a row is equal or unequal, and in a column is unequal or equal, to form a prism-like structure.
  • the droplets to generate each element are deposited in rows or circles in different sizes, alternately if appropriate, so that a Fresnel-like structure is formed.
  • a finisher or clear lacquer is applied to each element, or to the whole structure formed from many elements, to smooth the surface. In this way, preferably homogenisation of the surface is achieved, without changing the light-directing property of the structures. Only undesired light refractions are preferably minimised in this way.
  • the surface of the light-directing structure is also protected from external environmental influences.
  • the substrate and/or the printing ink is entirely or partly translucently coloured.
  • the non-light-directing structure comprises a support structure and/or a screen.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a device according to a first embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of an optical prism of a device according to a second embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view of an optical prism of a device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 4 a , 4 b are a schematic sectional view and a schematic plan view of an optical prism of a device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 5 a , 5 b are schematic views of a light-directing structure of a device according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 6 a , 6 b are schematic views of a light-directing structure of a device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view of a light-directing structure of a device according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic plan view of a device according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a device according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a device according to a tenth embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 is a sectional view of different light-directing structures of a device according to an eleventh embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 12 is a sectional view of a light-directing structure of a device according to a twelfth embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 13 a , 13 b are schematic views of devices according to thirteenth and fourteenth embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 14 , 15 , 16 are views of light-directing structures of a device according to fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 17 , 18 are schematic views of devices according to eighteenth and nineteenth embodiments of the present invention.
  • any numerical values recited herein include all values from the lower value to the upper value in increments of one unit provided that there is a separation of at least 2 units between any lower value and any higher value.
  • the amount of a component or a value of a process variable such as, for example, temperature, pressure, time and the like is, for example, from 1 to 90, preferably from 20 to 80, more preferably from 30 to 70, it is intended that values such as 15 to 85, 22 to 68, 43 to 51, 30 to 32 etc. are expressly enumerated in this specification.
  • one unit is considered to be 0.0001, 0.001, 0.01 or 0.1 as appropriate.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a device 100 for directing light beams 3 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the device 100 comprises a substrate 1 , onto which a light-directing structure 101 is printed by means of an inkjet printing method.
  • the light-directing structure 101 consists of a transparent material in the form of a light-permeable, transparent and colourless printing ink which is arranged on the substrate 1 by means of a printing head (not shown) and is then cured on the substrate 1 by irradiation of ultraviolet radiation.
  • the substrate 1 comprises, for example, a transparent plastic sheet, a transparent plastic sheet or a sheet of glass.
  • the transparent material is printed onto the substrate 1 in such a way that the light-directing structure 101 comprises a plurality of optical prisms 106 .
  • the optical prisms 106 each have a wedge-shaped cross-section 107 .
  • the substrate 1 has a plane of principal extension 105 , the optical prisms 106 , of which a total of five are shown, being arranged in parallel in a plane parallel to the plane of principal extension 105 .
  • the optical prisms 106 each have a rectilinear configuration in the present example. Alternatively the optical prisms 106 may each have a curved configuration in the plane of principal extension 100 .
  • Each optical prism 106 has functional face 108 which is formed on a side of the optical prism 106 facing away from the substrate 1 perpendicularly to the plane of principal extension 105 and which is inclined to the plane of principal extension 105 by an angle 109 in each case.
  • the angles 109 of adjacent optical prisms 106 have different configurations, so as to produce a specific optical lens in the form of a Fresnel structure.
  • the angle 109 for example from one side of the light-directing structure 101 to the other side of the light-directing structure 101 (in a direction parallel to the plane of principal extension 105 and perpendicular to the extension of the optical prisms 106 ) could become increasingly small or great.
  • the optical prisms 106 are preferably provided to deflect light beams 3 (not shown in FIG. 1 ), which pass through the device 100 perpendicularly to the plane of principal extension 100 , accordingly.
  • the light beams 3 are thus broken as a function of their wavelengths and therefore spectrally expanded, for example on the functional face 108 .
  • Special optical effects for example for advertising and/or illuminating purposes and/or as aids to vision, can be achieved in this way.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of an optical prism 106 of a device 100 for directing light beams 3 according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows, by way of example, a detail of one of the optical prisms 106 illustrated in FIG. 1 , the optical prism 106 being made up of a plurality of applications 102 .
  • the applications 102 comprise individual droplets 2 of the light-permeable, transparent and colourless printing ink, which have been printed individually onto the substrate 1 by the inkjet printer. It can be seen that the droplets 2 have different radii 104 .
  • the radii 104 of the droplets 2 are greater on a broad side 110 of the wedge-shaped optical prism 106 than on a narrow side 11 of the optical prism 106 , so as to achieve the desired angle 109 between the functional face 108 and the plane of principal extension 105 .
  • the individual applications 102 are arranged both side by side and one above the other, in particular so as to overlap, on the substrate 1 .
  • the droplets 2 in this embodiment are arranged, for example, in mutually parallel rows 112 (see FIG. 4 b ) of equal droplet diameter 104 , the radii 104 of two adjacent rows 112 being different.
  • the droplets 2 in two adjacent rows 112 are, in particular, offset from one another in the longitudinal direction of the rows 112 .
  • the optical prism 106 or the entire light-directing structure 101 is coated with a finisher 7 , in order to level the functional face 108 and protect the droplets 2 from external environmental influences.
  • the finisher 7 preferably also comprises a light-permeable transparent material which is preferably identical to the transparent material of the droplets 2 .
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view of an optical prism 106 of a device 100 for directing light beams 3 according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 shows by way of example a detail of one of the optical prisms 106 illustrated in FIG. 1 , but in contrast to FIG. 2 , all applications 102 have equal radii 104 .
  • the wide end 110 of the wedge-shaped optical prism 106 is formed by a plurality of superimposed droplets 2 of equal diameter 104 , whereas only a single row 112 of droplets 2 is arranged in the region of the narrow end 111 (without superimposition).
  • FIGS. 4 a and 4 b are a schematic sectional view and a schematic plan view of an optical prism 106 of a device 1 for deflecting light beams 3 according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 4 a and 4 b showing an optical prism 106 which is constructed similarly to that in FIG. 2 and is formed by droplets 2 of different radii 104 arranged in rows. It can be seen from the plan view in FIG. 4 b that the droplets 2 in adjacent rows 112 are offset from one another and each have equal radii 104 .
  • FIG. 5 b , 5 b are schematic views of a light-directing structure 101 of a device 100 for directing light beams 3 according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention, the device 100 according to the fifth embodiment being formed from the optical prism 106 , shown in FIG. 4 a , of the device 1 according to the fourth embodiment, the optical prism 106 in contrast to the fourth embodiment being arranged, not as a rectilinear structure, but as a concentrically curved structure in a closed circle.
  • the radii 104 of the droplets 2 each decrease steadily outwards from the centre of the light-directing structure 101 in a radial direction 114 .
  • the optical prism 106 therefore forms a convergent lens-like light-directing structure 113 in a plane parallel to the plane of principal extension 105 .
  • FIG. 6 a , 6 b are schematic views of a light-directing structure 101 of a device 100 for directing light beams 3 according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention, the sixth embodiment, similarly to the fifth embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 5 a and 5 b , being constructed from the optical prism 106 shown in FIG. 4 a which, in contrast to the fourth embodiment, is also arranged not as a rectilinear structure but as a concentrically curved structure in a closed circle, the radii of the droplets 2 , in contrast to the fifth embodiment, each increasing outwards from the centre of the light-directing structure 101 in a radial direction 114 .
  • a divergent light-directing structure 115 is constructed from the optical prism 106 .
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view of a light-directing structure 101 of a device 100 according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention, the seventh embodiment having the convergent lens-like light-directing structure 113 , illustrated in FIGS. 5 a and 5 b , of the device 1 according to the fourth embodiment, the convergent lens-like light-directing structure 113 additionally being surrounded by a further optical prism 106 ′.
  • the further optical prism 106 ′ extends concentrically round the convergent lens-like light-directing structure 113 in the plane parallel to the plane of principal extension 105 .
  • a Fresnel structure comprising a comparatively great optical convergent lens with a reduced overall height perpendicular to the plane of principal extension 105 is produced in this way.
  • the angle 109 of the optical prism 106 and of the further optical prism 106 ′ preferably differ, to minimise aberrations of the convergent lens.
  • the arcuate lines 116 are merely intended to demonstrate schematically that the optical prism 106 and the further optical prism 106 ′ are configured as circles which are closed in on themselves in the plane parallel to the plane of principal extension 105 .
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic plan view of a device 100 for directing light beams 3 according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention, the eighth embodiment being substantially identical to the sixth embodiment illustrated in FIG. 7 , the convergent lens-like light-directing structure 113 in the present example being surrounded by multiple further optical prisms 106 ′ (each indicated schematically by the concentrically hollowed ring portions 116 ), so as to produce a comparatively great convergent lens in the form of a Fresnel structure.
  • the light-directing structure 101 is further formed merely in partial regions corresponding to the sequence of letters “Lux” in a plane parallel to the plane of principal extension 105 . No optical prisms 106 are arranged outside these partial regions.
  • Light beams 3 which now pass perpendicularly to the plane of principal extension 100 through this device 100 are bundled by the light-directing structure 101 in the form of the word “Lux”. It is therefore possible, for example, to project the word “Lux” onto a projection surface (for example an advertising wall), without the need for a screen. This could be used, for example, for advertising and/or information purposes.
  • the printing process when printing the applications 102 can be modified in such a way that the focal length of the Fresnel structure is optimised to a distance between the light-directing structure 101 and the projection surface, so that an image “Lux” which is as well-defined as possible is formed on the projection surface.
  • the motif 8 is preferably part of an illustration element 200 , a motif additionally being printed onto the substrate 1 .
  • the motif is preferably printed on a side of the substrate 1 facing the light-directing structure 101 and preferably comprises, for example, the word “Lux”, which is applied to the substrate 1 with coloured but transparent ink.
  • the motif and the light-directing structure 101 are preferably printed onto the substrate 1 in the same printing process.
  • FIGS. 9 to 18 are schematic views of devices 100 for directing light beams 3 according to ninth to eighteenth embodiments of the present invention.
  • the devices 100 for directing light beams 3 each consist of a light-permeable, preferably transparent planar substrate 1 , on one side of which light-directing structures 101 are formed in the present embodiments.
  • These light-directing structures 101 consist of multiple miniaturised elements 103 , of the type shown in various embodiments, for example, in FIGS. 9 and 10 and in FIG. 11 , the light-directing structures 101 each comprising, in particular, at least one element in the form of an optical prism 106 .
  • Each element 103 consists of multiple droplets 2 which are deposited on the substrate 1 with a planar periphery so that they almost form a plane-convex element which has a hemispherical shape and projects from the substrate 1 .
  • the droplets 2 have different radii 104 , so that each element 103 forms, with the multiple droplets 2 , for example a miniaturised partial prism, as shown in FIG. 9 , middle of FIG. 10 , FIG. 12 and FIGS. 14 to 16 , or a partial lens, as shown, for example, on the right of FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 .
  • the droplets 2 preferably consist of light-permeable or even coloured transparent or translucent material.
  • the multiple elements 103 are preferably deposited side by side on the substrate 1 in such a way that they together form a common light-directing structure 101 in the form of a prism, a lens or a Fresnel structure.
  • This allows, for example in the embodiment according to FIG. 13 b , deflections of the light beams 3 through the light-directing structures 101 , so that they are brought together to a point corresponding to the beam path 4 in the manner of a convergent lens.
  • the incident light is deflected upwards, for example by prismatic structures, to the ceiling 5 of the room equipped with the corresponding window.
  • corresponding light-directing structures 101 are formed only in part on a substrate 1 , free parts 6 not occupied by light-directing structures 101 being provided so that corresponding graphic representations can be seen.
  • All embodiments according to FIGS. 13 a , 13 b and 18 have the common feature that the elements 103 are deposited side by side on the substrate 1 in such a way that they together form a common light-directing structure 101 in the form of a prism, a lens or a Fresnel structure.
  • the droplets 2 have a resolution of approximately 1200 to 1600 dpi, corresponding to an arrangement of about 1200 to 1600 droplets on a one inch long line or a number of 50 to 60 droplets per mm length.
  • the droplets are preferably formed from a quantity of material of approximately 2 to 32 picolitres.
  • Each element 103 can have a distribution of circular concentric rings of droplets 2 , of which the radially outer droplet has the greatest radius 104 and of which the middle one has the smallest radius 104 , so as to form a divergent lens.
  • the radially outer droplets 2 have the smallest radius 104 and the middle ones have the greatest radius 104 , so as to form a convergent lens-like structure.
  • Other structures 101 for example prismatic structures or else Fresnel structures, can also be formed by an arrangement in a different sequence and size.
  • the material forming the droplets 2 is a printing ink of the inkjet printing ink type, solid ink or gel ink preferably being used.
  • the printing ink is preferably colourless or else completely or partially translucent in colour.
  • each miniaturised element 103 formed from the droplets 2 is covered with clear lacquer or finisher 7 so as to form a substantially plane surface of the element 103 or the structure 101 , without changing the nature of the structure. Homogenisation of the surface is thus achieved, without changing the light-directing effect. Only divergent light is substantially avoided in the process.
  • the corresponding clear lacquer or finisher 7 consists of high-viscosity material, so that the indentations formed by the droplets 2 are completely filled and a homogeneous surface is produced.
  • the substrate 1 can be a clear sheet of glass or artificial glass. It is also possible to provide a transparent film of plastic as the substrate, as shown in FIG. 18 .
  • the corresponding structures are produced by applying transparent or translucent printing ink in droplet form to the substrate 1 by inkjet printing, so that droplets 2 of equal and unequal size are applied for the production of miniaturised light-directing elements 103 .
  • a plurality of elements 103 of this type are arranged side by side, optionally passing into one another, and together form the light-directing structure 101 , for example a prism or a lens.
  • the different radii 104 of the droplets 2 can be determined by correspondingly different quantities of the respectively applied printing ink. It is also possible to form the droplets 2 of different diameters 104 by applying printing ink for forming a small droplet 2 once and for forming a larger droplet 2 multiple times at the same position. Preferably, the droplets are each arranged side by side in mutual contact, as shown in particular in FIG. 15 , although some distance can also be provided between adjacent droplets 2 , as shown in FIG. 14 .
  • the substrate 1 can also be the glass of an aid to vision, to which the corresponding structures are applied in the form of the droplets 2 , in order to produce a corresponding aid to vision of a corresponding prescription.
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