Window system and light guiding film therein

• US 8,665,521 B2
• Filed: 01/20/2012
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Inoma Corporation
• Original Assignee: CHI LIN Technology Company Limited (CHI MEI Optoelectronics Corporation)
• Inventors: Tsai, Jung-Lieh, Chiang, Yi-Hsing, Tsai, Pei-Chian
• Primary Examiner(s): MAHONEY, CHRISTOPHER E
• Application Number:
  US13/354,685
• Publication Number:
  US 20120194913A1
• Time in Patent Office: 774 Days
• Field of Search: 359/591, 359/595, 359/597, 359/592
• US Class Current: 359/592
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/0231 the surface having microprismatic or micropyramidal shape macroscopic prism arrays G02B5/045
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/0278 used in transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0038 Linear indentations or grooves, e.g. arc-shaped grooves or meandering grooves, extending over the full length or width of the light guide

Abstract

The present invention relates to a window and light guiding film therein. The light guiding film includes a film base and at least one microstructure. The microstructure is disposed on a side of the film base, and comprises a first surface and a second surface. The refraction index of the microstructure is 1.9 to 2.6. A first inclination angle is between the first surface and a reference plane, the reference plane is perpendicular to the film base, and a second inclination angle is between the second surface and the reference plane, wherein the first inclination angle is less than or equal to the second inclination angle.

Claims

1. A light guiding film comprising:

a film base, having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; and

at least one microstructure, disposed on the second side of the film base, the refraction index of the at least one microstructure is 1.9 to 2.6, the at least one microstructure having a first surface and a second surface above the first surface, wherein a first inclination angle is between the first surface and a reference plane, the reference plane is perpendicular to the film base, a second inclination angle is between the second surface and the reference plane, wherein the value of the first inclination angle is less than or equal to the value of the second inclination angle,

wherein the sum of the value of the first inclination angle and the value of the second inclination angle is between 63 to 87 degrees.

2. The light guiding film as claimed in claim 1, wherein the value of the first inclination angle is between 11 to 19 degrees, and the value of the second inclination angle is between 52 to 68 degrees.

3. The light guiding film as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of incident light beams becomes a plurality of output light beams after passing through the light guiding film, an output angle is defined as the angle between the output light beam and the light guiding film, the output angle is defined as 0 degree when the output light beam is downward and parallel with the light guiding film, the output angle is defined as 180 degrees when the output light beam is upward and parallel with the light guiding film, the total energy of the output light beams with the output angles from 85 to 120 degrees is more than 40% of the total energy of the output light beams with the output angles from 0 to 180 degrees.

4. The light guiding film as claimed in claim 3, wherein the light guiding film is attached to a glass of a window of a room, the incident light beams are the sunlight beams outside the room, and the output light beams enter the room.

5. The light guiding film as claimed in claim 3, wherein an incident angle is defined as the angle between the incident light beam and the reference plane, the incident angle is defined as positive when the incident light beam is downward, the incident angles of the incident light beams are from 30 to 60 degrees.

6. The light guiding film as claimed in claim 3, wherein the microstructure faces the incident light beams.

7. The light guiding film as claimed in claim 1, wherein the material of the film base is different from that of the least one microstructure.

8. The light guiding film as claimed in claim 1, wherein the microstructure further comprises a curved chamfer, the curved chamfer is disposed between the first surface and the second surface, and adjacent to the first surface and the second surface.

9. A window system comprising:

a first plate;

a second plate, fixed to the first plate; and

a light guiding film, disposed in an accommodating space between the first plate and the second plate, and comprising;

a film base, having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; and

at least one microstructure, disposed on the second side of the film base, the refraction index of the at least one microstructure is 1.9 to 2.6, the at least one microstructure having a first surface and a second surface above the first surface, wherein a first inclination angle is between the first surface and a reference plane, the reference plane is perpendicular to the film base, a second inclination angle is between the second surface and the reference plane, wherein the value of the first inclination angle is less than or equal to the value of the second inclination angle,

wherein the sum of the value of the first inclination angle and the value of the second inclination angle is between 63 to 87 degrees.

10. The window system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the value of the first inclination angle is between 13 to 17 degrees, and the value of the second inclination angle is between 58 to 66 degrees.

11. The window system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first plate, the second plate, the film base, and the microstructure are light transmissible.

12. The window system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the material of the first plate and the second plate is glass.

13. The window system as claimed in claim 9, wherein a plurality of incident light beams becomes a plurality of output light beams after passing through the light guiding film, an output angle is defined as the angle between the output light beam and the light guiding film, the output angle is defined as 0 degrees when the output light beam is downward and parallel with the light guiding film, the output angle is defined as 180 degrees when the output light beam is upward and parallel with the light guiding film, the total energy of the output light beams with the output angles from 85 to 120 degrees is more than 40% of the total energy of the output light beams with the output angles from 0 to 180 degrees, and the light guiding film is attached to the first plate.

14. The window system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the incident light beams are the sunlight beams outside a room, the second plate faces incident light beams, and the output light beams enter the room.