Discrete lighting elements and planar assembly thereof
First Claim
1. A light-emitting surface comprising a plurality of discrete, substantially flat light-emitting illumination devices arranged in a tiled, partially overlapping configuration to form a non-planar surface step on the light-emitting surface where overlap occurs, each device having a light-emitting area and an unilluminated area from which light is not emitted, the light-emitting area of a first device occluding at least a portion of the unilluminated area of a second, adjacent device, wherein each device comprises a light-guide element including spatially distinct in-coupling and out-coupling regions, whereby light entering the in-coupling region is substantially retained within the light-guide element for emission from the out-coupling region.
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Abstract
In one aspect, a light-emitting surface includes a plurality of discrete, substantially flat light-emitting illumination devices arranged in a tiled configuration. Each device has a light-emitting area and an unilluminated area, the light-emitting area of a first device occluding at least a portion of the unilluminated area of a second, adjacent device.
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29 Claims
- 1. A light-emitting surface comprising a plurality of discrete, substantially flat light-emitting illumination devices arranged in a tiled, partially overlapping configuration to form a non-planar surface step on the light-emitting surface where overlap occurs, each device having a light-emitting area and an unilluminated area from which light is not emitted, the light-emitting area of a first device occluding at least a portion of the unilluminated area of a second, adjacent device, wherein each device comprises a light-guide element including spatially distinct in-coupling and out-coupling regions, whereby light entering the in-coupling region is substantially retained within the light-guide element for emission from the out-coupling region.
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17. A method of forming a light-emitting surface from a plurality of light-guide elements, the method comprising:
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providing a first light-guide element comprising a first in-coupling region and a first out-coupling region spatially separated therefrom, whereby light entering the first in-coupling region is substantially retained within the first light-guide element for emission from the first out-coupling region; and forming a non-planar surface step in the light-emitting surface by overlapping a portion of a second light-guide element above a portion of the first light-guide element to form an overlapping region, the second light-guide element comprising a second in-coupling region and a second out-coupling region spatially separated therefrom, whereby light entering the second in-coupling region is substantially retained within the second light-guide element for emission from the second out-coupling region, wherein the overlapping region comprises at least the first in-coupling region and at least a portion of the second out-coupling region that completely occludes the first in-coupling region. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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