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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182115 | Light source device Disclosed is a light source device that has lower costs and lower power consumption compared to a halogen lamp, and has the same spectral characteristics as the halogen lamp. The light source device includes a white LED that emits White light having an emission peak... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8167458 | Multi colours device illumination A portable device having within it a multicolour illumination arrangement comprising: a surface; a plurality of light sources, at least one of the plurality of light sources being capable of generating two or more emission colors; and drive means for causing the emi... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8132939 | LED module with application-specific color setting An LED module with a blue LED chip, over which is arranged a conversion layer, which has a luminous material mixture mixing a further proportion of greater wavelength into the blue light, so that a reddish or greenish or yellowish white light is emitted from the LED... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8118454 | Solid state lighting system with optic providing occluded remote phosphor The present teachings relate to semiconductor-based lighting systems and fixtures which process electromagnetic energy from light emitting diodes or the like. A disclosed exemplary system includes at least one occluded remote phosphor and produces substantially whit... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113691 | Color change mechanism The present invention provides a drive system for an optical light modulation system employing multiple light modulation element pairs. The each pair is driven by a single motor which drives one axis around which one element of the first pair rotates while the other... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109656 | Bulb for light-emitting diode with modified inner cavity A bulb adapted to fit over and around a light-emitting diode emitting a light of a first hue in a predetermined radiation pattern defines an inner cavity for housing the light-emitting diode with a cross-sectional geometry based on the predetermined radiation patter... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8083378 | Single color LED clusters for image generation A display device for increasing brightness of an image generation, including a color cluster system, is provided. The system includes a first color LED cluster having at least a first LED of a first wavelength within a first color range and a second LED of a second ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8066409 | Light source device A light source device includes a light-condensing device that condenses an illumination light that is emitted from a light source lamp. The light-condensing device includes at least one lens, a lens holder in which a lens is fixedly provided, and a lens holding memb... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8061874 | Light coloring system A rainbow wheel that colors light that is passed therethrough. The wheel can be formed using a photolithographic process. Another supermagenta wheel can be used to increase the number of colors that can be obtained. ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057072 | Light-emitting module and illumination apparatus A light-emitting module includes at least one light-emitting element provided on a mount surface of a substratum. A translucent member is provided so as to face the mount surface of the substratum. The translucent member is separated from the light-emitting element ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052308 | Light source having wavelength converter and wavelength separating member for reflecting converted light A light source includes a light source unit which supplies first wavelength light, a wavelength converting unit which converts the first wavelength light into second wavelength light different from the first wavelength light, and a leakage preventing unit which prev... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8025427 | Filter device for the compensation of an asymmetric pupil illumination The invention relates to a filter device for an illumination system, especially for the correction of the illumination of the illuminating pupil, including a light source, with the illumination system being passed through by a bundle of illuminating rays from the li... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8002442 | Color filter and method for its manufacture A color filter (1) for illumination purposes, such as, for example, for stage illumination is proposed, which comprises a full-surface antireflection layer (3) and an additional, multilayered structured interference filter layer (4) arranged on ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7963677 | Light source device, having wavelength conversion and separation means, and projector A light source device includes a light source unit emitting light of a first wavelength and a wavelength converting element converting light of the first wavelength into light of a second wavelength. An external resonator transmits light of the second wavelength tow... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963676 | Reflector window for use in a light lamp A reflector window includes a light transmission window having a center and an outer edge and an optical coating of at least first and second materials having differing refractive indices deposited on a proximate side of the light transmission window. The optical co... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7934855 | Flat light-emitting apparatus A flat light-emitting apparatus includes a light-emitting element for radiating visible light consisting of a first-wavelength light with a wavelength substantially not less than 600 nm and a second-wavelength light with a wavelength substantially not greater than 4... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7922358 | Illumination device, luminaire and display device An illumination device (1, 1A, 1B) is disclosed. The illumination device (1, 1A, 1B) contains an organic light-emitting component (2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2C′) containing a functional layer sequence (23, 23A) f... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922357 | External light shielding layer, filter for display apparatus and display apparatus having the same Disclosed are an external light-shielding layer for a display filter preventing occurrence of ghosting using a difference between refractive indexes of a base substrate and an external light-shielding part, and a display filter and display apparatus including the ex... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7914177 | Prophylaxic/therapeutic vehicle filter component for healthy eyes, pseudoaphakic eyes or eyes suffering neurodegeneration A component with a yellow pigment that absorbs light wavelengths in the range 500 to 380 nm is provided for transparent or translucent components of a vehicle in order to protect healthy eyes, pseudophakic eyes, and eyes with macular and retinal degeneration from ha... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7901111 | Lighting device and lighting method A lighting device, comprising a solid state light emitter and a light filter. At least a portion of light emitted by the light emitter contacts the filter, and at least part of the light passes through the filter. Also, such lighting devices further comprising lumip... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7891844 | High performance LED lamp system An LED lamp system with a plurality of LED elements is described. The system comprises a chamber (1) with a plurality of inner side wall faces and a radiation opening (4) for the emission of light. The inner side wall faces are each formed predominantl... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7866849 | Light-emitting device A light-emitting device (100) is provided, comprising four light sources (101, 102, 103, 104) and a collimating element (105) for collimating and mixing the light from the light sources. The light-collimating element comprises three V-shaped pro... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7857485 | Phosphor-based LED apparatus with UV reflector A light emitting apparatus at least includes a light emitting device, a connecting wire structure, and a space-occupation body. The light emitting device is disposed in the space-occupation body, electrically coupled with the connecting wire structure, and emits a f... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7850342 | Luminaire reflector with light-modifying flange A luminaire reflector of the type that is dome-shaped and includes a flange at the bottom provides a modified a flange that alters the pattern or other effect of light trapped in the wall of the reflector and exiting through the flange. When the bottom surface of th... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7832903 | Illumination system fitted with a therapeutic/prophylactic filter for healthy eyes, pseudoaphakic eyes or eyes suffering neurodegeneration A device is provided for the treatment and prophylaxis of healthy eyes, pseudoaphakic eyes and/or eyes suffering macular and retinal degeneration that comprises a yellow filter applied to a conventional illumination system to protect them from short wavelengths of t... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7815340 | Optical element and projection-type image display device Provided is an optical element (dichroic mirror) including a mirror surface transmitting a part of an incident light beam therethrough and reflecting the other part of the incident light beam. A target cutoff wavelength, which indicates a boundary wavelength between... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7798676 | Filter device for the compensation of an asymmetric pupil illumination The invention relates to a filter device for an illumination system, especially for the correction of the illumination of the illuminating pupil, including a light source, with the illumination system being passed through by a bundle of illuminating rays from the li... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7775684 | Wavelength selective element, manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing wavelength selective element, manufacturing method for manufacturing wavelength selective element, light source device, image display device, and monitor A wavelength selective element includes: a base member; light selective regions formed in the base member, in which a predetermined selective wavelength is selected from the laser light emitted from a plurality of light emission elements that emit the laser light; a... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7753559 | Lighting device producing light with adjustable color and color temperature A lighting device includes a light source, at least one seal block, at least one wavelength conversion material and a concentration adjusting unit. The light source emits light of a first wavelength. The wavelength conversion material is filled in the seal block. Th... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7736025 | Illumination system comprising mechanical dimming device An illumination system (10), comprising an illumination source (2) and a mechanical dimming device (4) for dimming the amount of light generated by the illumination source (2) and emanating from the lighting apparatus, comprising an array... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7717589 | Light emitting device using light emitting diode chip A light emitting device comprises: an LED chip mounted in a recess formed in a mounting substrate; a wavelength converting member that is disposed so as to cover the recess and the edge area around the recess and that is excited by light emitted from the LED chip to... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7690815 | Portable lighting device The present invention relates to a portable lighting device comprising a body, a light source coupled to the body and configured to emit a beam of light along a central axis, a head assembly rotatably coupled to the body, and a filter assembly rotatably coupled to t... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7654695 | Pigmented collar for bi-color light emitting diodes The present invention is directed to a collar for a multi-color light source that is able to convey not only color but also spatial information to a user to permit the colorblind user to distinguish between the different settings of the light source. ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7651243 | Phosphor wheel illuminator Various embodiments described herein comprise illuminators comprising a phosphor color wheel for producing colored light. Light of a first wavelength emitted by a light source is incident on a phosphor color wheel comprising a plurality of different regions, where a... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7651244 | Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus having the same It is provided an electro-optical device including an electro-optical panel having a display area on which light from a light source is incident and an optical thin film disposed on the electro-optical panel at the side on which the light is incident and covering at... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7556404 | Light source device with equalized colors split, and method of making same A light source device includes a light emitting diode (LED) device, a lens and a light diffusing layer. The LED device includes an LED chip, which emits light, and a fluorescent, which converts a part of the light from the LED chip. The lens is located on a side of ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7543959 | Illumination system with optical concentrator and wavelength converting element A light emitting device includes a light emitting element, an optical concentrator, such as a compound parabolic concentrator, a dichroic filter between the light emitting element and the optical concentrator and a wavelength converting material, such as a phosphor.... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7540632 | Spectrally controlled display backlight emissions for night vision imaging system compatibility A lighting assembly topology that utilizes spectrum controlling materials to render the illumination compatible with night vision imaging systems. The lighting assembly can be used as either a general illumination source or can be used as a backlight for a transmiss... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7530715 | Luminescent assembly with shortwave and visible light source A luminescent assembly has a housing, at least one shortwave light source, at least one shortwave light reflecting cover and a primary visible light source. The shortwave light source is mounted with the housing and emits shortwave light when electricity is applied ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7503676 | Light-emitting device and illuminating apparatus A light-emitting device has a base, a light-emitting chip and a light emitter. The light-emitting chip is made of semiconductor material, and is mounted on the base. The light-emitting chip generates the primary light. The light emitter includes fluorescent material... | 03/17/2009 |
