Lamp device

• US 10,442,346 B2
• Filed: 11/28/2017
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2017
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Young Optics, Inc. (Coretronic Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Young Optics, Inc. (Coretronic Corporation)
• Inventors: Tsai, Wei-Hung, Hsu, Ya-Ling, Su, Hung-Chi
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Michael G
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tardif, David
• Application Number:
  US15/824,587
• Publication Number:
  US 20190039509A1
• Time in Patent Office: 686 Days
• Field of Search: 326501, 326509
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/247 for illuminating the close surroundings of the vehicle, e.g. to facilitate entry or exit for reverse drive B60Q1/22; by opening a side door B60Q1/323
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/32 for indicating vehicle sides , e.g. clearance lights
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/323 on or for doors illuminated exterior door handles B60Q1/2669; illuminated door locks E05B17/10
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2400/40 Welcome lights, i.e. specific or existing exterior lamps to assist leaving or approaching the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 2400/50 Projected symbol or information, e.g. onto the road or car body
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 43/14 Light emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 43/26 Refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters not provided in groups F21S43/235 - F21S43/255

Abstract

A lamp device includes a light source, a slide and a projection lens assembly. The light source generates an illumination beam, and the slide is disposed in a light path of the illumination beam. The slide has a profile image layer and a gradient layer, and the profile image layer and the gradient layer are disposed on two opposite sides of the slide. The profile image layer converts the illumination beam into profile image light without gradients, and the gradient layer converts the illumination beam into gradient light. The projection lens assembly receives and projects the gradient light and the profile image light.

Claims

1. A lamp device, comprising:

a light source for generating an illumination beam;

a slide disposed in a light path of the illumination beam and having a profile image layer and a gradient layer, the profile image layer and the gradient layer being disposed on two opposite sides of the slide, the profile image layer defining a contour of a lighted image to be projected on an object and converting the illumination beam into profile image light that forms the contour of the lighted image without gradients, and the gradient layer converting the illumination beam into gradient light; and

a projection lens assembly for receiving and projecting the gradient light and the profile image light.

2. The lamp device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the profile image layer is disposed on a focusing position of the projection lens assembly, and the gradient layer is disposed on an out-of-focus area outside the focusing position.

3. The lamp device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the slide is an optical filter or a laser-based hologram.

4. The lamp device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the profile image layer is spaced apart the gradient layer by an interval, and the interval is larger than 0.1 mm.

5. The lamp device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a condenser lens disposed between the light source and the projection lens assembly.

6. The lamp device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the profile image layer is located between the gradient layer and the projection lens assembly, or the gradient layer is located between the profile image layer and the projection lens assembly.

7. The lamp device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the gradient layer is a gray-level layer, a binary monochrome layer, or a multi-colored layer.

8. A lamp device, comprising:

a light source for generating an illumination beam;

a first slide disposed in a light path of the illumination beam and having a profile image layer, and the profile image layer defining a contour of a lighted image to be projected on an object and converting the illumination beam into profile image light that forms the contour of the lighted image without gradients;

a second slide disposed in a light path of the illumination beam and having a gradient layer, and the gradient layer converting the illumination beam into gradient light; and

a projection lens assembly for receiving and projecting the gradient light and the profile image light.

9. The lamp device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the profile image layer is disposed on a focusing position of the projection lens assembly, and the gradient layer is disposed on an out-of-focus area outside the focusing position.

10. The lamp device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the slide is an optical filter or a laser-based hologram.

11. The lamp device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the profile image layer is spaced apart the gradient layer by an interval, and the interval is larger than 0.1 mm.

12. The lamp device as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a condenser lens disposed between the light source and the projection lens assembly.

13. The lamp device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the profile image layer is located between the gradient layer and the projection lens assembly, or the gradient layer is located between the profile image layer and the projection lens assembly.

14. The lamp device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the gradient layer is a gray-level layer, a binary monochrome layer, or a multi-colored layer.

15. A lamp device disposed near a vehicle door, comprising:

at least one light valve, the light valve having a profile image layer and a gradient layer, the profile image layer defining a contour of a lighted image to be projected on an object and converting an illumination beam into profile image light that forms the contour of the lighted image, and the profile image layer and the gradient layer being separate from each other; and

a projection lens assembly for gathering light beams passing through the profile image layer and the gradient layer to form a composite image and projecting the composite image outside the vehicle door, wherein the profile image layer is disposed on a focusing position of the projection lens assembly, and the gradient layer is disposed on an out-of-focus area of the projection lens assembly.

16. The lamp device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the profile image layer converts the illumination beam into the profile image light without gradients, and the gradient layer converts the illumination beam into gradient light.

17. The lamp device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the profile image layer is spaced apart the gradient layer by an interval, and the interval is larger than 0.1 mm.

18. The lamp device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the profile image layer is located between the gradient layer and the projection lens assembly, or the gradient layer is located between the profile image layer and the projection lens assembly.

19. The lamp device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the lamp device is a puddle lamp.

20. The lamp device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the gradient layer is a gray-level layer, a binary monochrome layer, or a multi-colored layer.