Slant lens interlacing with linearly arranged sets of lenses

    公开(公告)号:US09482791B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-01

    申请号:US14722992

    申请日:2015-05-27

    申请人: LUMENCO, LLC

    IPC分类号: G06K15/00 G02B3/00 G02B27/22

    摘要: An optical product that includes a transparent lens sheet, which has a first side with a plurality of side-by-side sets of linearly arranged lenses. Each of the sets of lenses is at a slant angle in the range of 10 to 46 degrees from a vertical or a horizontal axis of the lens sheet. The product includes an image layer that includes pixels from a number of digital images. The pixels are arranged in a pattern of pixel locations providing non-orthogonal interlacing of the digital images relative to each of the sets of the linearly arranged lenses. The pattern of pixel locations aligns a number of the pixels from each of the digital images to be parallel to a line extending through a center of the linearly arranged lenses in each set. Each of the linearly arranged lenses may have a round base, a hexagonal base, or a square base.

    Multi-layered waveguide for capturing solar energy
    2.
    发明授权
    Multi-layered waveguide for capturing solar energy 有权
    用于捕获太阳能的多层波导管

    公开(公告)号:US09477033B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-25

    申请号:US14258759

    申请日:2014-04-22

    申请人: LUMENCO, LLC

    发明人: Mark A. Raymond

    IPC分类号: F21V8/00 H01L31/054 G02B5/04

    摘要: A waveguide for use in solar power systems to capture sunlight without solar tracking. The waveguide includes a first transparent layer with a first surface receiving sunlight, and the waveguide includes a second surface, opposite the first surface of the first layer, including recessed surfaces (or “microstructures”) each defined by sidewalls extending from the second surface toward the first surface of the first layer. The waveguide includes a second layer of transparent material with a first surface proximate to the second surface of the first layer for receiving a portion of the sunlight transmitted through the first layer. The second layer has a second surface, opposite the first surface, including recessed surfaces of the same or differing shape, size, location, and orientation as those of the first layer. The recessed surfaces of the first and second layers capture sunlight of differing ranges of incidence angles with total internal reflection (TIR).

    摘要翻译: 用于太阳能发电系统的波导,用于捕获阳光而无需太阳能跟踪。 波导包括具有接收阳光的第一表面的第一透明层,并且波导包括与第一层的第一表面相对的第二表面,包括由从第二表面延伸的侧壁限定的凹面(或“微结构”) 第一层的第一个表面。 波导包括第二透明材料层,第一表面靠近第一层的第二表面,用于接收透过第一层的阳光的一部分。 第二层具有与第一表面相对的第二表面,包括与第一层相同或不同形状,尺寸,位置和取向的凹面。 第一和第二层的凹陷表面捕获具有全内反射(TIR)的不同入射角范围的太阳光。

    Slant lens interlacing with linearly arranged sets of lenses
    3.
    发明授权
    Slant lens interlacing with linearly arranged sets of lenses 有权
    倾斜透镜与线性排列的透镜组交织

    公开(公告)号:US09052518B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-09

    申请号:US14282271

    申请日:2014-05-20

    申请人: LUMENCO, LLC

    IPC分类号: G06K15/00 G02B27/22 G02B3/00

    摘要: An optical product that includes a transparent lens sheet, which has a first side with a plurality of side-by-side sets of linearly arranged lenses. Each of the sets of lenses is at a slant angle in the range of 10 to 46 degrees from a vertical or a horizontal axis of the lens sheet. The product includes an image layer that includes pixels from a number of digital images. The pixels are arranged in a pattern of pixel locations providing non-orthogonal interlacing of the digital images relative to each of the sets of the linearly arranged lenses. The pattern of pixel locations aligns a number of the pixels from each of the digital images to be parallel to a line extending through a center of the linearly arranged lenses in each set. Each of the linearly arranged lenses may have a round base, a hexagonal base, or a square base.

    摘要翻译: 一种光学产品,其包括透明透镜片,该透明片具有第一面和多个并排的线状排列透镜组。 透镜组中的每一组与透镜片的垂直轴或水平轴成10度至46度的倾斜角度。 该产品包括包括来自多个数字图像的像素的图像层。 像素以像素位置的图案排列,提供数字图像相对于线性排列的透镜的每一组的非正交交错。 像素位置的图案使来自每个数字图像的多个像素平行于延伸穿过每组中的线性排列的透镜的中心的线。 每个线性排列的透镜可以具有圆形基座,六边形基座或方形基座。

    MICRO-OPTIC ANTICOUNTERFEITING ELEMENTS FOR CURRENCY AND OTHER ITEMS USING VIRTUAL LENS SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20240012181A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-11

    申请号:US17887666

    申请日:2022-08-15

    申请人: Lumenco, LLC

    IPC分类号: G02B3/00 B42D25/29 B42D25/47

    摘要: An optical security element to limit counterfeiting. The element includes a lens array with a first side and a second planar side opposite the first side. A plurality of lenses are formed on the first side of the lens array, and an ink layer is provided proximate the second planar side. The ink layer provides an interlaced image, which includes a matrix of frame or image elements under each of a plurality of lens sets or “virtual lenses,” each of which includes at least four lenses arranged in a grouping with an equal or unequal number of lenses on a side (e.g., a 2 by 2 array or a 2 by 3 array). The interlaced element are arranged in non-sequential order in two interlacing axes (e.g., via non-sequential interlacing in both directions) to be distributed throughout an area under the at least four lenses rather than under a single lens.

    DIFFUSER COMBINING A MULTI-FACETED SURFACE AND A LENS-COVERED SURFACE TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC LIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20210181387A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-17

    申请号:US17185680

    申请日:2021-02-25

    申请人: Lumenco, LLC

    IPC分类号: G02B5/02 F21V8/00

    摘要: Optical or light diffusers (or, simply, “diffusers”) designed and manufactured to include numerous facets arranged in cells or sets in which the planar faces or outward-facing surfaces have orientations and transmission angles (as may be defined by direction cosines of normal) to redirect received light to a region or portion of a predefined light distribution. A method of designing or defining the facets of the diffuser is also provides as are methods of manufacturing the diffusers and apparatus or products that include the new diffusers (such as microdisplays and lighting components). The diffusers are optically designed to produce a user-specified distribution of light. The diffusers can be engineered through the configuration of the facets on its front or outer surface (light transmission surface) to produce nearly any type of light distribution or shape, and the diffuser design facilitates their manufacture using extrusion processes as well as other fabrication techniques.

    Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels or devices with infrared (IR) reflecting films for enhanced efficiency

    公开(公告)号:US11908965B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-20

    申请号:US18122327

    申请日:2023-03-16

    申请人: Lumenco, LLC

    发明人: Mark A. Raymond

    摘要: A solar or photovoltaic (PV) system that includes a PV device with an upper surface configured for receiving sunlight and converting the received sunlight into electrical energy. An infrared (IR) reflecting film is placed over the upper surface to increase the efficiency of the PV device by retaining its operating temperature in more desired ranges. The IR reflecting film includes a substrate with a top surface and a bottom surface, and the bottom surface is mated with the upper surface of the PV device. The IR reflecting film also includes a plurality of structures, each with a recessed surface, formed on the top surface of the substrate. The IR reflecting film includes a reflective mask on the top surface of the substrate that includes reflective elements each disposed in the structures' recessed surfaces. In use, the IR reflecting film reflects sunlight having a wavelength greater than about 950 nanometers (nm).