ILLUMINATING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ILLUMINATING APPARATUS

• US 20110299277A1
• Filed: 05/16/2011
• Published: 12/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sanken Electric Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Sanken Electric Company Limited
• Inventors: EHARA, Toshihiro
• Application Number:
  US13/108,275
• Publication Number:
  US 20110299277A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/231
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0652 Arrays of diodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0663 Coloured light
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/06 characterised by the material
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2113/13 comprising an assembly of point-like light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/48091 Arched
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/00014 the subject-matter covered by the group, the symbol of which is combined with the symbol of this group, being disclosed without further technical details
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/01021 Scandium [Sc]
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/486 adapted for surface mounting
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/502 Wavelength conversion materials
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/16 by timing means
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

An illuminating apparatus 1 includes a first light source 10 to output white light, having a first light emitting diode 11 to emit blue light and a first phosphor layer 12 containing blue excited phosphors M1 that emit light when excited by the blue light from the first light emitting diode 11 and a second light source 20 to output white light, having a second light emitting diode 21 to emit blue light, a second phosphor layer 22 containing blue excited phosphors M2 that emit light when excited by the blue light from the second light emitting diode 21, and a filter layer 23 to partly block blue light that is emitted from the second light emitting diode 21 and is transmitted through the second phosphor layer 22.

Claims

1. An illuminating apparatus comprising:

a first light source configured to output white light, having a first light emitting diode emitting blue light and a first phosphor layer containing blue excited phosphors that emit light when excited by the blue light from the first light emitting diode; and

a second light source configured to output white light, having a second light emitting diode emitting blue light, a second phosphor layer containing blue excited phosphors that emit light when excited by the blue light from the second light emitting diode, and a filter layer configured to partly block blue light that is emitted from the second light emitting diode and is transmitted through the second phosphor layer.

2. The illuminating apparatus of claim 1, further comprising

a controller configured to control brightness of the output light from the first light source and brightness of the output light from the second light source.

3. The illuminating apparatus of claim 2, wherein

the controller controls the first and second light sources such that, the brightness of the output light from one of the first and second light source is decreased as the brightness of the output light from the other is increased.

4. The illuminating apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the output light from the second light source has an emission spectrum characteristic that the output light from the second light source contains less blue light and more green light than the output light from the first light source.

5. The illuminating apparatus of claim 4, wherein

the second phosphor layer contains more green emitting phosphors than the first phosphor layer.

6. The illuminating apparatus of claim 1, further comprising

a diffuser configured to receive the output light from the first and second light sources, diffuse the received light, and output the diffused light.

7. The illuminating apparatus of claim 6, wherein

the output light from the first and second light sources is received by a first principal face of the diffuser and the output light diffused in the diffuser is outputted from a second principal face of the diffuser.

8. The illuminating apparatus of claim 6, wherein

the output light from the first and second light sources is received by side faces of the diffuser and the output light diffused in the diffuser is outputted from the first and second principal faces of the diffuser.

9. The illuminating apparatus of claim 8, further comprising

a reflector arranged on one of the first and second principal faces of the diffuser and configured to reflect the output light from the first and second light sources so that the output light diffused in the diffuser is outputted from the other of the first and second principal faces of the diffuser.

10. The illuminating apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising

a lens arranged on an output side of each of the first and second light sources and configured to condense the output light from the first and second light sources to the side faces of the diffuser.

11. A method of controlling an illuminating apparatus that includes a first light source of white light having a first light emitting diode to emit blue light and a first phosphor layer containing blue excited phosphors that emit light when excited by the blue light from the first light emitting diode and

a second light source configured to output white light and having a second light emitting diode to emit blue light, a second phosphor layer containing blue excited phosphors that emit light when excited by the blue light from the second light emitting diode, and a filter layer to partly block blue light that is emitted from the second light emitting diode and is transmitted through the second phosphor layer, the method comprising

controlling the first and second light sources such that, brightness of the output light from one of the first and second light source is decreased as brightness of the output light from the other is increased.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising

periodically controlling brightness of the output light from the first and second light sources.