LAMP HAVING LIGHT SENSOR

• US 20120194068A1
• Filed: 08/09/2011
• Published: 08/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lite-On Electronics Company Limited (Lite-On Technology Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corporation, Silitek Electronic Company Limited (Lite-On Technology Corporation)
• Inventors: CHENG, SHUN-CHUNG, WANG, CHIH-HUANG, CHENG, CHANG-MING
• Application Number:
  US13/205,676
• Publication Number:
  US 20120194068A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 313/523
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/64 using wavelength conversion means distinct or spaced from the light-generating element, e.g. a remote phosphor layer
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0457 the sensor sensing the operating status of the lighting device, e.g. to detect failure of a light source or to provide feedback to the device
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2105/10 comprising a two-dimensional array of point-like light-generating elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A lamp includes a housing, a plate body disposed in the housing and having a wavelength-conversion material, a light-emitting module disposed in the housing and spaced apart from the plate body, and a light sensor disposed on the plate body. The light-emitting module includes a circuit board, and a plurality of light-emitting units disposed on the circuit board and emitting light onto the plate body. The light sensor is used for sensing the color temperature of light that is emitted from the light-emitting units and that propagates within the plate body.

Claims

1. A lamp comprising:

a housing;

a plate body disposed in said housing and having a wavelength-conversion material;

a light-emitting module disposed in said housing and spaced apart from said plate body, and including a circuit board, and a plurality of light-emitting units disposed on said circuit board and emitting light onto said plate body; and

a light sensor disposed on said plate body for sensing light that is emitted from said light-emitting units and that propagates within said plate body.

2. The lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein said light sensor is disposed on a lateral side of said plate body.

3. The lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein said wavelength-conversion material includes a phosphor powder coated on a surface of said plate body that faces said light-emitting module.

4. The lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein said wavelength-conversion material includes a phosphor powder dispersed in said plate body.

5. The lamp as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a light-collecting lens disposed between said plate body and said light sensor.

6. The lamp as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of reflective bodies each disposed on said circuit board between at least two light-emitting units.

7. The lamp as claimed in claim 6, wherein each of said light-emitting units is configured as a light-emitting diode (LED) package that includes at least one light-emitting chip, the height of each of said reflective bodies being directly proportional to the distance between each two adjacent ones of said reflective bodies, and being inversely proportional to the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of said light-emitting chips.

8. The lamp as claimed in claim 6, wherein a distance between each two adjacent ones of said reflective bodies and the height of each of said reflective bodies conform to below formula:

9. The lamp as claimed in claim 6, wherein each of said reflective bodies has a rounded shape, and reflects light emitted from said light-emitting units to said plate body.

10. The lamp as claimed in claim 9, wherein said rounded shape is selected from the group consisting of a semi-spherical, parabolic, or semi-elliptical shape.

11. The lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said light-emitting units is configured as a light-emitting diode (LED) package, said LED packages of said light-emitting units including a plurality of blue LED packages and a plurality of amber LED packages.

12. The lamp as claimed in claim 1, said light sensor is disposed at one end of a surface of said plate body that is opposite to said light-emitting module.

13. The lamp as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a control unit coupled electrically to said light sensor and said light-emitting units, said control unit receiving the color temperature transmitted from said light sensor for adjusting the color temperature of said light-emitting units.

14. The lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing further comprising an annular limiting groove for mounting said plate body.

15. A lamp comprising:

a housing;

a plate body disposed in said housing, said plate body and said housing defining an accommodation space;

a light-emitting module located in said accommodation space and spaced apart from said plate body, said light-emitting module emitting light onto said plate body; and

a light sensor disposed on a region of said plate body for receiving light that is emitted from said light-emitting module and that propagates within said plate body.

16. The lamp as claimed in claim 15, wherein said plate body has a first side facing said light-emitting module, a second side opposite to said first side, and a lateral side interconnecting said first and second sides, said region of said plate body being a region on said lateral side or a region on one of said first and second sides adjacent to said lateral side.

17. The lamp as claimed in claim 15, wherein said plate body has a wavelength-conversion material.

18. The lamp as claimed in claim 15, wherein said accommodation space has a light exit opening, said plate body extending across said light exit opening, said plate body being greater than said light exit opening.

19. The lamp as claimed in claim 18, wherein said housing includes a bottom wall and a surrounding wall which cooperatively define said accommodation space, said surrounding wall surrounding said light exit opening oppositely of said bottom wall and having an annular limiting groove extending around said light exit opening, said lateral side of said plate body extending into said annular limiting groove.