LED device for wide beam generation
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. An apparatus for illuminating a selected surface with an illumination pattern comprising:
- a light source with a radiation pattern having a centerline; and
lens means optically coupled to the light source for primarily refracting light into an azimuthally asymmetric beam having more than one director of principal candela of the illumination pattern off the centerline to produce an azimuthally asymmetric illumination pattern on the selected surface so that the maximum candela is off the centerline and so that substantially all of the light from the light source is collected and substantially all of the collected light is primarily refracted into the beam.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method is characterized by providing an optical transfer function between a predetermined illuminated surface pattern, such as a street light pattern, and a predetermined energy distribution pattern of a light source, such as that from an LED. A lens is formed having a shape defined by the optical transfer function. The optical transfer function is derived by generating an energy distribution pattern using the predetermined energy distribution pattern of the light source. Then the projection of the energy distribution pattern onto the illuminated surface is generated. The projection is then compared to the predetermined illuminated surface pattern to determine if it acceptably matches. The process continues reiteratively until an acceptable match is achieved. Alternatively, the lens shape is numerically or analytically determined by a functional relationship between the shape and the predetermined illuminated surface pattern and predetermined energy distribution pattern of a light source as inputs.
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1. An apparatus for illuminating a selected surface with an illumination pattern comprising:
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a light source with a radiation pattern having a centerline; and lens means optically coupled to the light source for primarily refracting light into an azimuthally asymmetric beam having more than one director of principal candela of the illumination pattern off the centerline to produce an azimuthally asymmetric illumination pattern on the selected surface so that the maximum candela is off the centerline and so that substantially all of the light from the light source is collected and substantially all of the collected light is primarily refracted into the beam. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. An apparatus for illuminating a selected surface with an illumination pattern comprising:
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a light source with a radiation pattern having a centerline; and a lens optically coupled to the light source, wherein the lens primarily refracts light into an azimuthally asymmetric beam having more than one director of principal candela of the illumination pattern off the centerline to produce an azimuthally asymmetric illumination pattern on the selected surface so that the maximum candela is off the centerline and so that substantially all of the light from the light source is collected and substantially all of the collected light is primarily refracted into the beam.
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51. An apparatus for illuminating a selected surface with a predetermined illumination pattern on the selected surface comprising:
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a light source with a radiation pattern having a centerline; and an azimuthally asymmetric lens optically coupled to the light source; having a smooth outer surface with more than one azimuthally asymmetric refracting lobe extending from the outer surface of the lens; and having a concave outer surface shape on the centerline. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98)
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