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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136961 | Electro-luminescent area illumination device An electro-luminescent area illumination device that includes two or more area emitters formed on a substrate. Each of the two or more area emitters emit light having different area illumination profiles. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7391571 | Diffusion plate used in direct-type backlight module The present invention relates to a diffusion plate used in a direct-type backlight module and a method for making the same. At least one of the surfaces of the diffusion plate has a microstructure constituted by repeated undulation that can refract and diffuse the i... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7380960 | Illumination system An illumination system includes a beam splitting unit, a first lamp, a second lamp and a reflective component. The beam splitting unit has a splitting interface. One of the first lamp, the second lamp and the reflective component is disposed at one side of the beam ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7364326 | Multiple light source illumination for image display systems A method for transmitting light in an image display system includes generating a first cone of light from a first light source. The first cone of light includes a plurality of light beams. A first portion of the first cone is projected in an illumination path. A sec... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7344291 | Illuminating device and backlight device employing the illuminating device Disclosed is an illuminating device which, as a light source for a backlight device, mixes the colors of light rays of three prime colors radiated by light emitting diodes to emit white light. The illuminating device includes a first light source (22R) radiat... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7336195 | Light emitting array apparatus and method of manufacture This invention provides a light emitting array apparatus for use in a video screen display or lighting device incorporating a panel having a plurality of LEDs. Such a panel provides a plurality of LEDs on the front face of the panel in close thermal proximity to the... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7284871 | Light-emitting diode module for flash and auto-focus application A flash module has a first light-emitting diode (“LED”) optically coupled to a first lens having a first viewing angle, and a second LED optically coupled to a second lens having a second viewing angle. The second viewing angle is greater than the first viewing ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7241021 | Emergency information lighting system An emergency information lighting system (100/200/300), comprising a primary light source (110/210/310) and a housing (112/212/312) for the primary light source (110/210). The housing (112/212/312) includes a first wall (120/220... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237929 | Method and apparatus for a projection system Methods and apparatus for providing a projection system. In one embodiment, the system provides plurality of light sources collimating light using a parabolic concentrator. The system may direct light from a plurality of light sources towards a light collector which... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232247 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp can include a plurality of light source modules each having an LED as a light source, and optical systems for distributing light from each of the light source modules frontward toward predetermined areas or predetermined patterns that are different fr... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7213936 | Structure of direct type backlight module with high uniform emitting light A structure of direct type backlight module with high uniform emitting light explores a design of lenticular lens of diffusing plate. The lenticular lens is against the central location of light source, where the light of lamp is scattered and the curvature of said ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201501 | Lighting device for a vehicle and method for controlling light distribution of the lighting device A lighting device for a vehicle includes multiple light emitting devices. Each light emitting device is constructed of a light emitting diode as a light source and a light guide lens for guiding light emitted from the light emitting diode. The light emitting devices... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7192161 | Fluorescent illumination device An illumination device for simulating neon or similar lighting uses fluorescent dyes, thus allowing for emission of light in colors that cannot ordinarily be achieved by use of LEDs alone. Such an illumination device is generally comprised of an elongated diffusing ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186016 | LED-type wall lamp with decorative liquid A LED-type wall lamp with decorative liquid consists of a transparent container for liquid on top and a base on bottom. The transparent container for liquid is used to accommodate various kinds of decorative liquid for displaying. Plug pins are disposed on the base ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182480 | System and method for manipulating illumination created by an array of light emitting devices The present invention provides an illumination optical system that enables the direction and mixing of light from light emitting devices. The optical system comprises a plurality of light emitting devices that are spatially arranged in an array, wherein this array c... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7131735 | Light source device, optical device, and liquid-crystal display device A light source device, comprising a light guide block that is provided with an inner wall capable of reflecting light and is shaped as a hollow component to form a light guide, and a point light source array that is located opposite one end face of the light guide b... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7116056 | Dimmer control system having remote infrared transmitters A control system includes an electrical load control device responsive to radiant energy and a transmitter. The transmitter includes two sets of radiant energy generators connected to an electrical circuit such that polarity of the sets is reversed. A transmissive e... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7048409 | Luminaire A luminaire (1) or a system of a first luminaire (1) and a second luminaire (11) for lighting an object (V). Each luminaire has a housing (2; 12) provided with a plurality of tubular lamps (3, 3′, 3″; 13). The housing (2; 12) h... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7004602 | LED light apparatus and methodology An LED light apparatus and methodology that can produce a collinear beam of light. The apparatus has a housing with three sets of LED light assemblies each having several LED lights of the same color, being red, blue or green. A dichroic bandpass filter and a dichro... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6977780 | Image exposure device and laser exposure device applied thereto When a ratio R between a total angle φ of a widening angle in a median intensity of light of a light source (a GaN based semiconductor laser) and a total angle 2/φ of a widening angle of light defining a numerical aperture NA of a collimator optical system (collim... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6964498 | Multi-variation decorative lamp A multi-variation decorative lamp, comprising: a light emitting device including a plurality of light emitting units for emitting lights of different wave lengths in combination; a functions control device for generating and emitting a plurality of electric waves, i... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6905227 | Light emitting diode retrofit module for traffic signal lights A high power LED lamp module for installation in conventional traffic signal lamps includes a housing with a side flange and a spacer ring extending therefrom, a plurality of LEDs disposed inside the housing for producing diverging light, a power supply disposed in ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6776513 | Elliptical headlamp including a secondary optical system The invention proposes a motor-vehicle headlamp (10), of the type including a main optical system (23) which comprises, arranged from back to front overall along a main optical axis (A—A), a main light source (16), a main reflector (14)... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6773139 | Variable optics spot module A lamp (10) includes a substrate (12), a first lighting unit (14A) and a second lighting unit (14B). The first lighting unit (14A) includes a first light emitting diode (22A) arranged on the substrate (12), and a firs... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6736524 | Elliptical headlight comprising a secondary light source The invention proposes a headlight producing a principal lighting beam with cutoff, comprising a principal light source which is arranged in the vicinity of a first focus of the reflector, a shield which comprises a cutoff edge arranged in the vicinity of a second f... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6641285 | Multi-color pipe-type lamp The present invention relates to a multi-color pipe-type lamp, which includes an inner tube and an outer transparent tube. The characteristic of this invention is to provide several middle tubes between the inner tube and the outer tube. The middle tube c... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6637922 | Brightness enhanced head lamp apparatus A brightness enhanced head lamp includes a hyperboloid reflecting mirror disposed within a housing, a head lens member coupled to the housing to extend transaxially across a front portion of the hyperboloid reflecting mirror, and a primary light source di... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6619829 | Lighting device for vehicle A lighting device for vehicle includes a base defining an interior space therein and having an open end. The base forms a circumferential groove in and around the open end. A hole is defined in a bottom wall of the groove. A light-transmitting cover has a... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6554463 | Optical waveguide concentrator and illuminating device An optical waveguide concentrator and photocuring device with the optical waveguide concentrator having at least one solid optically transparent member for combining the output radiant energy from a plurality of optoelectronic light emitting devices mount... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6527410 | Illuminating device and liquid-crystal display apparatus The illuminating device includes light sources, a housing of the light sources that has its inner surfaces covered with a diffuse reflecting layer, an optical collimator for collimating the light issued from the light sources and the light reflected by th... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6464375 | Lens element and illumination optical apparatus and projection display apparatus To provide an illumination optical apparatus comprising a plurality of illuminants, first condensing means for condensing the lights emitted from the illuminants, light synthesizing means for synthesizing the lights condensed by the first condensing means... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6424442 | Optical transmitter and transceiver module for wireless data transmission Disclosed are optical transmitter and transceiver modules for data communication. Such a transceiver module comprises an array of light emitting diodes mounted on a mounting base (140) being arranged in a regular and symmetrical manner in a dome-shaped ho... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6398389 | Solid state light source augmentation for SLM display systems In an SLM-type display system, a solid state light source can be used to augment a lamp light source in a least two different ways. First, a solid state source can be used to augment deficiencies in a particular spectral region. Typically, lamps are defic... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6364505 | Illuminator having brightness compensation An x-ray illuminator achieves uniform illumination intensity across the front glass diffuser screen. The reflectance of the reflector is varied over its surface, the transmissivity of the screen can be varied over its extent, or both. The internal reflect... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6206544 | Catadioptric lens system for collecting and directing light from large aperture luminescent light illuminating fixtures A projection illumination fixture includes luminescent light tubes lined with an emulsion coating of titanium dioxide and phosphors for producing an appropriate mixture of highly scattered red, blue and green wavelengths of sustained luminescent light emi... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6068383 | Phosphorous fluorescent light assembly excited by light emitting diodes The present invention incorporates a series of light emitting diodes which transmit an ultra-violet region of the electromagnetic spectrum to a bed of phosphorous to provide a fluorescent light source.... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6059436 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp includes a lamp chamber formed by covering the front opening of a lamp body with an outer lens in order to mount a reflector carrying a bulb of a vehicle lamp as a primary vehicle lamp in the lamp chamber, and an extension disposed on the p... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5954424 | Illumination system for hard copy apparatus An illumination system (10,30,100,130,150,180,200) for hard copy applications including an elongated array (32) of light emitting elements (34) in combination with a light mixing element (42,46) for mixing the light from the individual elements in the lat... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5951150 | Display system A display system includes a plurality of color filters disposed between a plurality of light sources and a display panel. A first light source is energizeable to transmit light through a first color filter to illuminate the display panel with a first colo... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5893626 | Safety light with colorful rotating illumination pattern The present invention provides a safety light having a easily recognizable and colorful rotating illumination pattern. The safety light consists of a housing containing at least one group of secondary lighting elements arranged substantially around a prim... | 04/13/1999 |
