LIGHT EMITTING MODULE

• US 20150377453A1
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JI, Won Soo, ARIYOSHI, Tetsuo, HA, Sang Woo, KIM, Hae Chul
• Application Number:
  US14/622,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20150377453A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 41/24 Light guides
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 41/321 the reflector being a surface of revolution or a planar surface, e.g. truncated
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 41/663 by switching light sources by switching incandescent light sources F21S41/162
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 13/04 the elements being reflectors and refractors for vehicle rear lights F21S43/40
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0442 activated by means of a sensor, e.g. motion or photodetectors
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/0083 Array of reflectors for a cluster of light sources, e.g. arrangement of multiple light sources in one plane combination of two or more reflectors F21V7/0025
• 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]
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/04 formed by bundles of fibres G02B6/24 takes precedence

Abstract

A light emitting module includes a light emitting unit including a plurality of light sources, a reflection unit disposed on the light emitting unit and configured to reflect light emitted from the light emitting unit, and a lens unit disposed on an optical path of the light reflected by the reflection unit. The reflection unit includes a plurality of reflection holes corresponding to the plurality of light sources and having inner walls which are provided as reflective surfaces. A depth of a reflection hole distant from an optical axis of the lens unit is greater than a depth of a reflection hole adjacent to the optical axis of the lens unit.

Claims

1. A light emitting module, comprising:

a light emitting unit including a plurality of light sources;

a reflection unit disposed on the light emitting unit and reflecting light emitted from the light emitting unit; and

a lens unit disposed on an optical path of the light reflected by the reflection unit,

wherein the reflection unit includes a plurality of reflection holes corresponding to the plurality of light sources and having inner walls which are provided as reflective surfaces, and

wherein a depth of a reflection hole distant from an optical axis of the lens unit is greater than a depth of a reflection hole adjacent to the optical axis of the lens unit.

2. The light emitting module of claim 1, wherein depths of the plurality of reflection holes are increased as distances thereof from the optical axis of the lens unit in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens unit are increased.

3. The light emitting module of claim 1, wherein the light emitting unit includes a board having a flat mounting surface perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens unit, and

light emitting surfaces of the plurality of light sources are disposed to be substantially equal level with each other based on the mounting surface of the board.

4. The light emitting module of claim 1, wherein the plurality of reflection holes include first openings adjacent to the light emitting unit and second openings adjacent to the lens unit, respectively, and

distances of the second openings from the lens unit are decreased as distances of the second openings from the optical axis of the lens unit in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens unit are increased.

5. The light emitting module of claim 4, wherein the reflection unit has a first surface on which the first openings are disposed and which is provided as a flat surface perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens unit, and a second surface on which the second openings are disposed and which is stepped.

6. The light emitting module of claim 5, wherein the lens unit has a focal plane of which the center on the optical axis is convex toward the reflection unit, and

the second surface of the reflection unit has a stepped portion which is concave with respect to the focal plane.

7. The light emitting module of claim 4, wherein the second openings have substantially the same size.

8. The light emitting module of claim 4, wherein the inner walls extend from the first openings to the second openings with a predetermined degree of inclination, and

the degree of inclination is increased as distances of the inner walls from the optical axis of the lens unit in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis are increased.

9. The light emitting module of claim 1, wherein the depths of the plurality of reflection holes are increased as distances thereof from the optical axis of the lens unit in at least one of first and second directions are increased, and wherein a first direction is perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens unit and a second direction is perpendicular to the optical axis and the first direction.

10. The light emitting module of claim 1, wherein the reflection unit includes a plurality of reflective optical elements having reflective cups, respectively, and

the plurality of reflection holes are provided by using the reflective cups included in the reflective optical elements.

11. The light emitting module of claim 1, further comprising a driving control unit configured to supply driving power to the plurality of light sources,

wherein the plurality of light sources are divided into first to n-th light source groups sequentially arranged in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens unit, where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2, and

the driving control unit is configured to individually control the first to n-th light source groups.

12. The light emitting module of claim 11, further comprising a sensor unit configured to generate a sensing signal by detecting at least one of a position of an object and external light,

wherein the driving control unit determines whether to drive the first to n-th light source groups according to the sensing signal generated by the sensor unit.

13. A light emitting module, comprising:

a light emitting unit including a plurality of light sources;

a plurality of light guides disposed to correspond to the plurality of light sources, respectively, each of which has a light incidence surface to which light emitted from a corresponding light source is incident and a light emitting surface from which the light incident through the light incidence surface is emitted; and

a lens unit disposed on an optical path of the light emitted through the light emitting surfaces of the plurality of light guides,

wherein a distance between the lens unit and a light emitting surface of a light guide distant from an optical axis of the lens unit is less than a distance between the lens unit and a light emitting surface of a light guide adjacent to the optical axis of the lens unit.

14. The light emitting module of claim 13, wherein distances between the lens unit and the light emitting surfaces of the plurality of light guides are decreased as distances of the plurality of light guides from the optical axis of the lens unit in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens unit are increased.

15. The light emitting module of claim 13, wherein heights of the plurality of light guides are increased as distances of the plurality of light guides from the optical axis of the lens unit in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens unit are increased.

16. A light emitting module, comprising:

a lens unit having an optical axis;

a plurality of light sources disposed spaced-apart from the lens unit; and

a plurality of light confining units disposed between the plurality of light sources and the lens unit, each light confining unit corresponding to one of the plurality of light sources and guiding light emitted from the one of the plurality of light sources to the lens unit,

wherein a distance between the lens unit and a light confining unit distant from the optical axis of the lens unit is less than a distance between the lens unit and a light confining unit adjacent to the optical axis of the lens unit.

17. The light emitting module of claim 16, wherein the plurality of light sources are disposed at a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens unit.

18. The light emitting module of claim 16, wherein lengths of the light confining units are increased as distances thereof from the optical axis of the lens unit in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens unit are increased.

19. The light emitting module of claim 16, wherein each light confining unit includes a hole confined by a reflective inner wall of said each light confining unit,

the hole of said each light confining unit extends from a corresponding light source of said each light confining unit toward the lens unit in a direction parallel to the optical axis of the lens unit, and

the plurality of light confining units are integrally formed as a single element or formed as discrete elements.

20. The light emitting module of claim 16, wherein each light confining unit includes a core extending from a corresponding light source of said each light confining unit toward the lens unit in a direction parallel to the optical axis of the lens unit, and a cladding surrounding the core, and

the core and the cladding have different refractive indexes.