公开(公告)号：US06234656B1

公开(公告)日：2001-05-22

申请号：US09137552

申请日：1998-08-20

申请人： Abbas Hosseini ,  Tomasz P. Jannson ,  Stephen A. Kupiec ,  Anatoly Vasiliev

发明人： Abbas Hosseini ,  Tomasz P. Jannson ,  Stephen A. Kupiec ,  Anatoly Vasiliev

IPC分类号： F21V704

CPC分类号： G02B6/001 ,  Y10S385/901

摘要： A fiber optic luminaire is arranged to couple light energy from a light source along its length. The fiber optic luminaire includes a plurality of light redirecting structures distributed along its length; the light redirecting structures are arranged to uniformly distribute by reflection light energy from the fiber optic luminaire. The light redirecting structures are preferably non-scattering structures, including structures such as microprisms, microfacets, microgrooves and micrometers. The fiber optic luminaire may be configured to a variety of shapes and to provide customized light distribution patterns.

摘要翻译： 光纤灯具被布置成将来自光源的光能沿其长度耦合。 光纤灯具包括沿其长度分布的多个光重定向结构; 光重定向结构被布置成通过来自光纤照明器的反射光能均匀地分布。 光重定向结构优选地是非散射结构，包括诸如微棱镜，微孔，微槽和微米的结构。 光纤灯具可以被配置成各种形状并提供定制的配光图案。

公开(公告)号：US5995742A

公开(公告)日：1999-11-30

申请号：US900890

申请日：1997-07-25

申请人： Tomasz P. Jannson ,  Stephen A. Kupiec ,  Andrew Kostrzewski ,  Mike Rud ,  Indra Tengara ,  Anatoly Vasiliev ,  Jeongdal Kim

发明人： Tomasz P. Jannson ,  Stephen A. Kupiec ,  Andrew Kostrzewski ,  Mike Rud ,  Indra Tengara ,  Anatoly Vasiliev ,  Jeongdal Kim

IPC分类号： F21V8/00 ,  G06F9/455

CPC分类号： G02B6/0065

摘要： A method of rapid prototyping a lighting system which is at least one of folded path and multifaceted includes determining output power of the lighting system by calculating phase space density. A method of rapid prototyping a lighting system comprises ray tracing the lighting system, determining photometric quantities which describe the lighting system based on the ray tracing step, and providing a stereoscopic three-dimensional rendering of the lighting system based on the determining step. The three-dimensional renderings reveal any hidden pseudo-image artifacts in a lighting system before the lighting system is actually fabricated. A computer system for rapid prototyping a lighting system comprises a plurality of slave processors networked to a host processor. The slave processor and the master processor cooperate to ray trace the lighting system, and the slave processors perform homogeneous independent tasks. The computer architecture allows the homogeneous independent tasks to be distributed to the plurality of slave computers, so that the overall amount of time required to perform the tasks is drastically reduced. The amount of computational time required to generate useful information about a prototype lighting system is thereby reduced.

摘要翻译： 一种快速原型化至少一个折叠路径和多面照明的照明系统的方法包括通过计算相空间密度来确定照明系统的输出功率。 一种快速成型照明系统的方法包括：照射系统的光线跟踪，基于光线跟踪步骤确定描述照明系统的光度量，以及基于确定步骤提供照明系统的立体三维渲染。 在实际制造照明系统之前，三维渲染显示照明系统中的任何隐藏的伪图像伪影。 用于快速成型照明系统的计算机系统包括与主处理器联网的多个从属处理器。 从属处理器和主处理器配合射线跟踪照明系统，从属处理器执行均匀的独立任务。 计算机架构允许将均匀的独立任务分配给多个从属计算机，使得执行任务所需的总体时间大大减少。 从而减少了产生关于原型照明系统的有用信息所需的计算时间量。

公开(公告)号：US06295405B1

公开(公告)日：2001-09-25

申请号：US09137549

申请日：1998-08-20

申请人： Tomasz P. Jannson ,  Stephen A. Kupiec ,  Jeffrey A. Laine ,  Michael Rud ,  Anatoly Vasiliev

发明人： Tomasz P. Jannson ,  Stephen A. Kupiec ,  Jeffrey A. Laine ,  Michael Rud ,  Anatoly Vasiliev

IPC分类号： G02B610

CPC分类号： G02B6/0018 ,  G02B6/0001 ,  G02B6/0065 ,  G02B6/4298 ,  Y10S385/901

摘要： A non-scattering light pipe includes a transition surface between a first side wall and an input surface and a second side wall and the input surface. The transition surface is arranged to substantially obscure the corner interfaces between the first and second side walls and the input surface such that in the corner formation any imperfections therein are not imaged into the output. Most preferably, the transition surface is optimized to provide a substantially uniform light intensity distribution. A light pipe in accordance with the preferred embodiments of the present invention is further arranged to couple to a linear light source, such as a cold cathode fluorescent light (CCFL). The light source is arranged such that dim areas, i.e., areas of the light source having non-uniform intensity, are not disposed adjacent the input surface.

摘要翻译： 非散射光管包括在第一侧壁和输入表面之间的过渡表面以及第二侧壁和输入表面。 过渡表面布置成基本上模糊第一和第二侧壁与输入表面之间的拐角界面，使得在角部形成中，其中的任何缺陷都不会成像到输出中。 最优选地，过渡表面被优化以提供基本均匀的光强度分布。 根据本发明的优选实施例的光管还被布置成耦合到线性光源，例如冷阴极荧光灯（CCFL）。 光源被布置成使得暗区域，即具有不均匀强度的光源的区域不邻近输入表面设置。

公开(公告)号：US06481864B2

公开(公告)日：2002-11-19

申请号：US09759615

申请日：2001-01-12

申请人： Abbas Hosseini ,  Hyun-Sun Chung ,  Anatoly Vasiliev ,  Gajendra D. Savant

发明人： Abbas Hosseini ,  Hyun-Sun Chung ,  Anatoly Vasiliev ,  Gajendra D. Savant

IPC分类号： F21V722

CPC分类号： G02B6/0043 ,  G01D11/28 ,  G02B6/0038 ,  G02B6/0053 ,  Y10S385/901

摘要： A backlight assembly is disclosed having a light pipe and at least one light source located at an edge of the light pipe. The light pipe has a back surface and a front surface opposite the back surface. The light pipe also has one or more light directing, diffusing, turning, or brightness enhancing film layers adjacent the front surface. The light pipe also has an integral surface diffuser microstructure molded, embossed, or otherwise replicated in the front surface of the light pipe.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种具有光管和位于光管的边缘处的至少一个光源的背光组件。 光管具有背面和与背面相对的前表面。 光管还具有与前表面相邻的一个或多个导光，扩散，转动或增亮的薄膜层。 光管还具有在光管的前表面中模制，压花或以其它方式复制的整体表面扩散器微结构。

公开(公告)号：US06347873B1

公开(公告)日：2002-02-19

申请号：US09350198

申请日：1999-07-08

申请人： Abbas Hosseini ,  Hyun-Sun Chung ,  Anatoly Vasiliev ,  Gajendra D. Savant

发明人： Abbas Hosseini ,  Hyun-Sun Chung ,  Anatoly Vasiliev ,  Gajendra D. Savant

IPC分类号： F21V1304

CPC分类号： G02B6/0043 ,  G01D11/28 ,  G02B6/0038 ,  G02B6/0053 ,  Y10S385/901

摘要： A backlight assembly is disclosed having a light pipe and at least one light source located at an edge of the light pipe. The light pipe has a back surface and a front surface opposite the back surface. The light pipe also has one or more light directing, diffusing, turning, or brightness enhancing film layers adjacent the front surface. The light pipe also has an integral surface diffuser microstructure molded, embossed, or otherwise replicated in the front surface of the light pipe.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种具有光管和位于光管的边缘处的至少一个光源的背光组件。 光管具有背面和与背面相对的前表面。 光管还具有与前表面相邻的一个或多个导光，扩散，转动或增亮的薄膜层。 光管还具有在光管的前表面中模制，压花或以其它方式复制的整体表面扩散器微结构。