LED light has more than one reflective means to project image

• US 10,323,811 B2
• Filed: 09/11/2013
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aaron Chien, Hsin-Yi Wang, Te-Ju Chien
• Original Assignee: Tseng-Lu Chien
• Inventors: Chien, Tseng-Lu
• Primary Examiner(s): Breval, Elmito
• Application Number:
  US14/023,889
• Publication Number:
  US 20150070936A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,106 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 10/02 changing colors F21S10/002 - F21S10/007, F21S10/04 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 10/023 by selectively switching fixed light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 10/063 for providing a rotating light effect
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 6/002 Table lamps, e.g. for ambient lighting
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/02 the power supply being a battery or accumulator
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/14 Adjustable mountings
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0442 activated by means of a sensor, e.g. motion or photodetectors
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

An LED and/or laser light device having a plug-in AC power source, an interchangeable power source, or a USB power source incorporates more than one optical-lens which having more than one reflective or refractive area or sections or surfaces, and at different positions, distances, and/or orientations relative to the LEDs and/or laser light source of the LED or laser light to cause light beams to reflect and/or refract before passing through the top optical-lens and create or project an image, message, time, geometric art, nature scene, galaxy, milky way, sky, cloud, starts, moon, water-wave, aurora light, animal, characters, cartoon, sign, logo, commercial to at least one surface surrounding and/or away-from the light device. The optical-lens may have a predetermined texture and/or shaped openings, windows, cutouts, or variable thicknesses and further may incorporate parts and accessories such as a motor to provide moving image effects with a wide viewing angle and variable colors or patterns.

Claims

1. A projection LED light, comprising:

at least one LED;

at least one rotating or moving optics piece having reflective areas that cause light beams from the LED to be reflected multiple times, and refractive areas through which the light beams pass as they exit the optics piece after being reflected multiple times to create and project images or lighted patterns to outdoor locations or surfaces external to said LED light when an AC prong or AC wire'"'"'s male plug of the LED light is plugged into a wall outlet or outlet of an extension cord to connect with an AC power source,

wherein said optics piece allows narrow light beams from the LED to (a) pass through and spread to wider areas, (b) be reflected to form a plurality of images or lighted patterns, and (c) be refracted to enlarge or change a direction of one of the images or lighted patterns created by the reflective and refractive surfaces,

wherein the outdoor locations or surfaces external to said LED light include surfaces selected from a ceiling, wall, house, fence, or other outdoor location,

wherein said at least one LED is connected to the AC power source by conductors and circuitry for causing said at least one LED to turn on and off for a predetermined period of time to provide predetermined functions, colors, and effects, and

wherein the at least one rotating or moving optics piece having said reflective and refractive areas is an inner optics lens or a top cover having a dome shape or an at least ½

ball shape and wherein light beams transmitted through the optics piece spread out to the outdoor locations to obtain a wider viewing angle, and

wherein the LED light further includes at least one of a motor, gear set, movement, and rotating device to cause rotation of the at least one LED or the optics piece and thereby provide the image or lighted patterns with pattern-changing or motion effects.

2. A projection LED light as recited in claim 1, wherein said at least one rotating or moving optics piece includes at least one said inner optics lens, at least one said top cover, or at least one said inner optics lens and at least one said top cover.

3. A projection LED light as recited in claim 1, wherein said optics piece is a transparent, partially transparent, or colored transparent piece.

4. A projection LED light as recited in claim 1, wherein said power source is selected from the group consisting of an AC outlet, DC batteries, a solar power storage device, a chemical power source, and a wind power source, to provide electricity to drive said at least one LED to emit light beams.

5. A projection LED light as recited in claim 1, further comprising a motor and gear set that fit within the LED light to provide rotating or moving image and lighted patterns with desired projection functions, effects, performance.

6. A projection LED light as recited in claim 1, wherein said at least one LED is selected from a single or multiple color LED, a multiple piece LED, a standard LED, and a custom LED assembly.

7. A projection LED light as recited in claim 1, wherein said male plug or AC prong is arranged to be powered by or plugged into a wall outlet or power receptacle, or connected with a cigarette lighter.

8. A projection LED light as recited in claim 1, wherein said optics piece is constructed or assembled from one or more of a light-transmitting lens, reflective lens, convex lens, concave lens, laser lens, holographic lens.

10. A projection LED light as claimed in claim 1, wherein the optical piece, which has a dome shape, an at least ½

ball shape, or a spherical shape optics piece, is made up of sections with a flat reflective surface on the inside to form said reflective surfaces, and a convex lens surface on the outside to form said refractive surfaces.

9. A projection LED light, comprising:

at least one LED;

at least one rotating optics piece having at least one reflective section that causes light beams from the LED to be reflected multiple times, and at least one refractive section through which the light beams pass as they exit the optics piece after being reflected multiple times,

wherein said optics piece is a top cover or inner lens of the LED light and the optics piece (a) transmits a moving image lighted pattern over a widened area in front of the LED light, (b) reflects light beams to form a plurality of moving images or light spots, and (c) refracts the light beams to enlarge or change a direction of the moving image or a lighted pattern, the LED light projecting the image, light beams, light spots, or lighted pattern to a location external to said LED light, including a ceiling, wall, housing, fence, or other indoor or outdoor location,

wherein the at least one LED is selected from any combination of a single color, multiple color, multiple piece single color, standard, and special LED assembly,

wherein said at least one LED is connected to a power source by conductors and circuitry for causing said at least one LED to turn on and off for a predetermined time period, duty cycle, or duration to provide predetermined functions, colors, and effects,

wherein a light beam emitted by the at least one LED is reflected by the at least reflective section of said optics piece and then is transmitted through the rotating optics piece by passing through and being refracted by the at least one said refractive section to create or project the moving image, light beams, light spots, or lighted patterns to said outdoor locations or surfaces external to said LED light,

wherein the LED light further includes parts selected from a movement, a motor, a rotating device, and a gear set fitted into the LED light to exhibit at least one of moving, pattern-changing, color-changing, and image-changing effects, and

wherein the LED light is connected to an AC power source by an AC wire with a male plug or by built-in prongs arranged to be plugged into an outlet.

11. A projection LED light as claimed in claim 9, wherein the optical piece, which has a dome shape, an at least ½

ball shape, or a spherical shape optics piece, is made up of sections with a flat reflective surface on the inside to form said reflective surfaces, and a convex lens surface on the outside to form said refractive surfaces.