Device having combined diffusing, collimating, and color mixing light control function
First Claim
1. A light control device on a path of the light from a light source unit, comprising:
- (a) a transparent substrate having a light incidence plane and a light emission plane; and
(b) a diffuser structure;
wherein the light from said light source unit enters said transparent substrate through said light incidence plane, and is scattered by said diffuser structure in various directions, and exits said transparent substrate through said light emission plane; and
said diffuser structure has a spatial distribution characterized by the degree of haze corresponding to a spatial intensity distribution of the light from said light source unit.
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Abstract
A light control device for a light source unit having a specific spatial intensity and/or spectral distribution is provided herein. The light control device is positioned on the path of the light from the light source unit and contains at least one of three light control functions, namely the diffusion, collimation, and color mixing, which has a spatial distribution of its processing power corresponding to the spatial intensity and/or spectral distribution of the incident light. The light control device could also directly or interactively combine two or more of the light control functions into a single device. At least one of the combined light control functions of the device has a spatial distribution of its processing power corresponding to the spatial intensity and/or spectral distribution of the incident light to the device.
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65 Claims
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1. A light control device on a path of the light from a light source unit, comprising:
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(a) a transparent substrate having a light incidence plane and a light emission plane; and
(b) a diffuser structure;
wherein the light from said light source unit enters said transparent substrate through said light incidence plane, and is scattered by said diffuser structure in various directions, and exits said transparent substrate through said light emission plane; and
said diffuser structure has a spatial distribution characterized by the degree of haze corresponding to a spatial intensity distribution of the light from said light source unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A light control device on a path of the light from a light source unit, comprising:
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(a) a transparent substrate having a light incidence plane and a light emission plane; and
(b) a collimator structure comprising a plurality of microstructures;
wherein the light from said light source unit enters said transparent substrate through said light incidence plane, is focused by said plurality of microstructures into substantially collimated light beams in an appropriate viewing angle, and exits said transparent substrate through said light emission plane; and
said plurality of microstructures have a spatial distribution corresponding to a spatial intensity distribution of the light from said light source unit. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A light control device on a path of the light from a light source unit, comprising:
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(a) a transparent substrate having a light incidence plane and a light emission plane; and
(b) a color mixing structure comprising a plurality of color mixing elements;
wherein the light from said light source unit enters said transparent substrate through said light incidence plane, is processed by said color mixing elements to conform to a desired spatial spectral distribution, and exits said transparent substrate through said light emission plane; and
said plurality of color mixing elements have a spatial distribution corresponding to a spatial spectral distribution over an appropriate range of wavelength of the light from said light source unit. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A light control device positioned on the path of the light from a light source unit comprising:
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(a) a transparent substrate having a light incidence plane and a light emission plane;
(b) a diffuser structure; and
(c) a collimator structure comprising a plurality of microstructures;
wherein the light from said light source unit enters said transparent substrate through said light incidence plane, is scattered by said diffuser structure in various directions, is focused by said plurality of microstructures into substantially collimated light beams in an appropriate viewing angle, and exits said transparent substrate through said light emission plane; and
said diffuser structure has a spatial distribution characterized by the degree of haze corresponding to a first spatial intensity distribution of the light from said light source unit. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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