Homogenizing illumination device based on a monolithic combination of lenses and sawtooth gratings

The light collection matrix with thin light foils and films, along with saw tooth lattices and continuous lenses, addresses the issue of uneven natural light distribution in conventional light curtains, achieving homogeneous and privacy-enhanced lighting.

DE102024102246A1Active Publication Date: 2025-03-13GLORY LIGHT TECH (HARBIN) CO LTD +1
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DE102024102246
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DE · DE
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Priority Date
2023-09-13
Filing Date
2024-01-26
Publication Date
2025-03-13
Estimated Expiration
2044-01-26

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Technical Problem

Conventional light curtains are unable to distribute natural light evenly across different lighting levels, resulting in uneven radiation effects throughout the day.

Method used

A light collection matrix comprising thin light foils and films with varying angles of saw tooth lattices and continuous lens arrangements, which absorb and evenly distribute natural light across all corners of a room.

Benefits of technology

Achieves a dead-angle-free, homogeneous lighting effect by collecting and distributing natural light evenly regardless of outdoor radiation angles, while also providing privacy protection and being lightweight and easy to produce.

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Abstract

A homogenizing lighting device based on a monolithic combination of lenses and sawtooth gratings relates to a homogenizing lighting device. The present invention serves to solve the problem that conventional light curtains are unable to diffuse the natural light of each illumination level uniformly into the room, and that it is difficult to achieve a homogenized irradiation effect suitable for all weather conditions.The present invention comprises ten first thin-light films, ten second thin-light films, ten third thin-light films, ten fourth thin-light films, ten fifth thin-light films, ten sixth thin-light films, ten seventh thin-light films, ten eighth thin-light films, ten ninth thin-light films, and ten tenth thin-light films, wherein the ten first thin-light films, the ten second thin-light films, the ten third thin-light films, the ten fourth thin-light films, the ten fifth thin-light films, the ten sixth thin-light films, the ten seventh thin-light films, the ten eighth thin-light films, the ten ninth thin-light films, and the ten tenth thin-light films are arranged in a matrix to form a light-harvesting matrix. The present invention belongs to the field of optical technology.
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[0001] The present invention relates to a homogenizing illumination device and belongs to the technical field of optics. State of the art

[0002] The research and development of natural lighting technology in China began in the 1960s and 1970s. Since 1996, the "Green Lighting" project has been promoted. So far, the concept of natural lighting as green energy has gradually entered the public's attention. With the further deepening of solar energy lighting technology research, people have a deeper understanding of natural light lighting systems. Sunlight throughout the day through the morning and evening moments are different, the intensity and angle of illumination is not the same. People according to the sun and the ground form the angle of different direct sunlight throughout the day can be divided into three lighting phases: 1. Morning and evening sunlight: When the sun rises on the eastern horizon and when the sun sets below the horizon in the west in the evening, the angle between the sunlight and the ground is 0° to 15°; 2. Morning and afternoon sunlight: morning and afternoon sunlight and the ground angle of 15 ° - 60 ° between, generally refers to the morning eight to eleven o'clock in the morning, two o'clock in the afternoon to five o'clock this moment of light, illuminance is more stable; 3. Noon: also known as the top light, from top to bottom to the ground vertically, this moment the sun's illumination angle is often affected by the seasons, the sun at noon in summer is basically 90 ° vertically downward to irradiate the ground scene, the projection of the ground scene is very small, while the other seasons of noon, the sunlight to the approximate vertical angle from top to bottom to irradiate the noon of winter, the angle of its irradiation will be more partial some.

[0003] The present invention is intended to solve the problem that conventional light curtains are unable to evenly scatter the natural light of each lighting level into the room and that it is difficult to achieve an all-weather homogenized irradiation effect. Content of the invention

[0004] The angle of natural light entering the room varies across the three lighting levels mentioned above. Conventional light curtains cannot ensure that natural light from each lighting level can be evenly diffused throughout the room, making it difficult to achieve a uniform irradiation effect throughout the day.

[0005] The technical solutions adopted in the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems are: the present invention comprises ten first thin light sheets, ten second thin light sheets, ten third thin light sheets, ten fourth thin light sheets, ten fifth thin light sheets, ten sixth thin light sheets, ten seventh thin light sheets, ten eighth thin light sheets, ten ninth thin light sheets, and ten tenth thin light sheets, wherein the ten first thin light sheets, the ten second thin light sheets, the ten third thin light sheets, the ten fourth thin light sheets, the ten fifth thin light sheets, the ten sixth thin light sheets, the ten seventh thin light sheets, the ten eighth thin light sheets, the ten ninth thin light sheets, and the ten tenth thin light sheets are arranged in a matrix to form a light-collecting matrix, wherein in the first row of the light-collecting matrix, the first thin light film, the second thin light film, the third thin light film, the fourth thin light film, the fifth thin light film, the sixth thin light film, the seventh thin light film, the eighth thin light film, the ninth thin light film and the tenth thin light film are arranged in the order from left to right; wherein in the second row of the light-collecting matrix, the tenth thin light film, the first thin light film, the second thin light film, the third thin light film, the fourth thin light film, the fifth thin light film, the sixth thin light film, the seventh thin light film, the eighth thin light film and the ninth thin light film are arranged in the order from left to right; wherein in the third row of the light-collecting matrix, the ninth thin light film, the tenth thin light film, the first thin light film, the second thin light film, the third thin light film, the fourth thin light film, the fifth thin light film, the sixth thin light film, the seventh thin light film and the eighth thin light film are arranged in the order from left to right; wherein in the fourth row of the light-collecting matrix, the eighth thin light film, the ninth thin light film, the tenth thin light film, the first thin light film, the second thin light film, the third thin light film, the fourth thin light film, the fifth thin light film, the sixth thin light film and the seventh thin light film are arranged in the order from left to right; wherein in the fifth row of the light-collecting matrix, the seventh thin light film, the eighth thin light film, the ninth thin light film, the tenth thin light film, the first thin light film, the second thin light film, the third thin light film, the fourth thin light film, the fifth thin light film and the sixth thin light film are arranged in the order from left to right; wherein in the sixth row of the light-collecting matrix, the sixth thin-light film, the seventh thin-light film, the eighth thin-light film, the ninth thin-light film, the tenth thin-light film, the first thin-light film, the second thin-light film, the third thin-light film, the fourth thin-light film, and the fifth thin-light film are arranged in the order from left to right; wherein in the seventh row of the light-collecting matrix, the fifth thin light film, the sixth thin light film, the seventh thin light film, the eighth thin light film, the ninth thin light film, the tenth thin light film, the first thin light film, the second thin light film, the third thin light film and the fourth thin light film are arranged in the order from left to right; wherein in the eighth row of the light-collecting matrix, the fourth thin light film, the fifth thin light film, the sixth thin light film, the seventh thin light film, the eighth thin light film, the ninth thin light film, the tenth thin light film, the first thin light film, the second thin light film and the third thin light film are arranged in the order from left to right; wherein in the ninth row of the light-collecting matrix, the third thin light film, the fourth thin light film, the fifth thin light film, the sixth thin light film, the seventh thin light film, the eighth thin light film, the ninth thin light film, the tenth thin light film, the first thin light film and the second thin light film are arranged in the order from left to right; wherein in the tenth row of the light-collecting matrix, the second thin light film, the third thin light film, the fourth thin light film, the fifth thin light film, the sixth thin light film, the seventh thin light film, the eighth thin light film, the ninth thin light film, the tenth thin light film and the first thin light film are arranged in the order from left to right; wherein a continuous array of lenses is arranged on the outer sides of the first thin-light film, the second thin-light film, the third thin-light film, the fourth thin-light film, the fifth thin-light film, the sixth thin-light film, the seventh thin-light film, the eighth thin-light film, the ninth thin-light film, and the tenth thin-light film, respectively, wherein continuous sawtooth gratings are arranged on the inner sides of the first thin-light film, the second thin-light film, the third thin-light film, the fourth thin-light film, the fifth thin-light film, the sixth thin-light film, the seventh thin-light film, the eighth thin-light film, the ninth thin-light film, and the tenth thin-light film; where the angle between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the first thin-light film1 and the horizontal surface is 50°, where the angle between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the second thin-light foil and the horizontal surface is 30°, where the angle between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the third thin-light foil and the horizontal surface is 20°, where the angle between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the fourth thin light film and the horizontal surface is 10°. where the angle between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the fifth thin-light foil and the horizontal surface is 5°. where the angle between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the sixth thin-light foil and the horizontal surface is 175°. where the angle between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the seventh thin-light foil and the horizontal surface is 170°. where the angle between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the eighth thin-light foil and the horizontal surface is 160°. where the angle between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the ninth thin-light foil and the horizontal surface is 150°. where the angle between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the tenth thin-light foil and the horizontal surface is 130°.

[0006] Furthermore, the continuous arrangement of lenses means a continuous arrangement of concave lenses.

[0007] Furthermore, the formula for the thickness z1 at different positions x1, y1 on the surface of each concave lens of the continuous array of concave lenses z1=−x12+y12r1+r12−(x12+y12), r1 is the radius of the concave lens surface and the surface radius is 1 to 5 times the minimum distance between the concave lenses and the sawtooth grating.

[0008] Furthermore, the phase modulation φ1 added to the natural light by the continuous concave lens arrangement is φ1=−π(x32+y32)λf is denoted, x3, y3 is the position of the incident wavefront of the lens array, λ is the wavelength of the center of natural light and f is the focal length of the lens.

[0009] Furthermore, the continuous lens array means a continuous array of convex freeform lenses.

[0010] Furthermore, the formula for the thickness d1 at different positions x1, y1 on each convex freeform surface of the continuous array of convex freeform lenses is d1(x1,y1)=1n−1(x12+y12r1+r12+(x12+y12)+y1⋅sin θ1), where n is the refractive index, r1 is the radius of curvature of the vertex of the convex freeform surface and θ1 is the surface inclination of the convex freeform surface, the light propagates by refraction in the horizontal direction and the radius of curvature is 1 to 5 times the minimum distance between the freeform surface and the sawtooth grating.

[0011] Furthermore, the continuous arrangement of convex freeform lenses adds a phase modulation φ1 to the incident light, denoted as φ1=−π(x32+y32)λf1−2πλy3⋅sin θ3, where θ3 is the angle of incidence of natural light on the freeform surface, λ is the wavelength of the center of the incident light, f1 is the equivalent focal length of the freeform surface, and x3, y3 are the positions of the arrangement of the freeform surface in front of the incident wave.

[0012] Furthermore, the continuous sawtooth grid adds a φ2=−2πλy4⋅sin θ4 called phase modulation φ2, y4 is the position of this array of sawtooth surfaces in front of the incident wave and θ4 is the angle of incidence of the incident natural light on the sawtooth surfaces.

[0013] Furthermore, the first thin light film, the second thin light film, the third thin light film, the fourth thin light film, the fifth thin light film, the sixth thin light film, the seventh thin light film, the eighth thin light film, the ninth thin light film and the tenth thin light film are made of a transparent material with a transmittance of more than 85%.

[0014] Furthermore, each lens of the continuous lens array corresponds one-to-one with each sawtooth of the continuous sawtooth grating, the position of the center of the sawtooth coinciding with the optical axis of the lens, the inclination angle (θ) of the sawtooth in the continuous sawtooth grating taking a value in the range of 20° to 70°.

[0015] Compared with the prior art, the advantageous effects of the present invention are as follows: 1. This invention is capable of absorbing natural light from all outdoor lighting levels and dispersing it evenly into all corners of the room, creating a blind spot-free, homogeneous illumination; 2. Since the invention is not limited by the angle of outdoor natural light, it can fully collect natural light at any time and at different angles of incidence and evenly scatter it in the space, thereby achieving homogeneous natural light illumination and fully utilizing green energy; 3. This invention can also replace traditional curtains, blinds, windows, etc. to protect indoor privacy and prevent outsiders from intruding into the interior; 4. This invention is based on the concept of lightweight construction, has a low overall weight and is easy to mass produce; 5. This invention can efficiently collect the natural light entering the window, the light is evenly distributed in all directions of the room, the indoor lighting is homogenized, and the indoor privacy is effectively protected, thin and light, easy to mass production, environmentally friendly and non-polluting. Short descriptions of the drawings Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the front structure of the present invention; Fig. 2 Side view of a thin-light foil whose outer surface is a continuous array of concave lenses; Fig. 3 Side view of the thin-light foil, the outer surface of which consists of a continuous arrangement of freeform lenses; Fig. 4 Schematic representation of the inner surface of the first thin-light foil; Fig. 5 Schematic representation of the inner surface of the second thin-light foil; Fig. 6 Schematic representation of the inner surface of the third thin-light foil; Fig. 7 Schematic representation of the inner surface of the fourth thin-light foil; Fig. 8 Schematic representation of the inner surface of the fifth thin-light foil; Fig. 9 Schematic representation of the inner surface of the sixth thin-light foil; Fig. 10 Schematic representation of the inner surface of the seventh thin-light foil; Fig. 11 Schematic representation of the inner surface of the eighth thin-light foil; Fig. 12 Schematic representation of the inner surface of the ninth thin-light foil; Fig. 13 Schematic representation of the inner surface of the tenth thin-light foil; Concrete embodiment

[0016] Concrete implementation example 1: as in the Fig. 1 to 13, the homogenizing illumination device based on a monolithic combination of lens and sawtooth grating comprises ten first thin-light films 1, ten second thin-light films 2, ten third thin-light films 3, ten fourth thin-light films 4, ten fifth thin-light films 5, ten sixth thin-light films 6, ten seventh thin-light films 7, ten eighth thin-light films 8, ten ninth thin-light films 9 and ten tenth thin-light films 10, wherein the ten first thin-light films 1, the ten second thin-light films 2, the ten third thin-light films 3, the ten fourth thin-light films 4, the ten fifth thin-light films 5, the ten sixth thin-light films 6, the ten seventh thin-light films 7, the ten eighth thin-light films 8, the ten ninth thin-light films 9 and the ten tenth thin light films 10 are arranged in a matrix to form a light-collecting matrix, wherein in the first row of the light-collecting matrix, in the order from left to right, the first thin light film 1, the second thin light film 2, the third thin light film 3, the fourth thin light film 4, the fifth thin light film 5, the sixth thin light film 6, the seventh thin light film 7, the eighth thin light film 8, the ninth thin light film 9 and the tenth thin light film 10 are arranged; wherein in the second row of the light-collecting matrix, the tenth thin light film (10), the first thin light film 1, the second thin light film 2, the third thin light film 3, the fourth thin light film 4, the fifth thin light film 5, the sixth thin light film 6, the seventh thin light film 7, the eighth thin light film 8 and the ninth thin light film 9 are arranged in the order from left to right; wherein in the third row of the light-collecting matrix, the ninth thin light film 9, the tenth thin light film 10, the first thin light film 1, the second thin light film 2, the third thin light film 3, the fourth thin light film 4, the fifth thin light film 5, the sixth thin light film 6, the seventh thin light film 7 and the eighth thin light film 8 are arranged in the order from left to right; wherein in the fourth row of the light-collecting matrix, in the order from left to right, the eighth thin light film 8, the ninth thin light film 9, the tenth thin light film 10, the first thin light film 1, the second thin light film 2, the third thin light film 3, the fourth thin light film 4, the fifth thin light film 5, the sixth thin light film 6 and the seventh thin light film 7 are arranged; wherein in the fifth row of the light-collecting matrix, in the order from left to right, the seventh thin light film 7, the eighth thin light film 8, the ninth thin light film 9, the tenth thin light film 10, the first thin light film 1, the second thin light film 2, the third thin light film 3, the fourth thin light film 4, the fifth thin light film 5 and the sixth thin light film 6 are arranged; wherein in the sixth row of the light-collecting matrix, in the order from left to right, the sixth thin light film 6, the seventh thin light film 7, the eighth thin light film 8, the ninth thin light film 9, the tenth thin light film 10, the first thin light film 1, the second thin light film 2, the third thin light film 3, the fourth thin light film 4 and the fifth thin light film 5 are arranged.; wherein in the seventh row of the light-collecting matrix, in the order from left to right, the fifth thin light film 5, the sixth thin light film 6, the seventh thin light film 7, the eighth thin light film 8, the ninth thin light film 9, the tenth thin light film 10, the first thin light film 1, the second thin light film 2, the third thin light film 3 and the fourth thin light film 4 are arranged; wherein in the eighth row of the light-collecting matrix, in the order from left to right, the fourth thin light film 4, the fifth thin light film 5, the sixth thin light film 6, the seventh thin light film 7, the eighth thin light film 8, the ninth thin light film 9, the tenth thin light film 10, the first thin light film 1, the second thin light film 2 and the third thin light film 3 are arranged; wherein in the ninth row of the light-collecting matrix, the third thin light film 3, the fourth thin light film 4, the fifth thin light film 5, the sixth thin light film 6, the seventh thin light film 7, the eighth thin light film 8, the ninth thin light film 9, the tenth thin light film 10, the first thin light film 1 and the second thin light film 2 are arranged in the order from left to right; wherein in the tenth row of the light-collecting matrix, the second thin light film 2, the third thin light film 3, the fourth thin light film 4, the fifth thin light film 5, the sixth thin light film 6, the seventh thin light film 7, the eighth thin light film 8, the ninth thin light film 9, the tenth thin light film 10 and the first thin light film 1 are arranged in the order from left to right; wherein a continuous array of lenses is arranged on the outer sides of the first thin-light film 1, the second thin-light film 2, the third thin-light film 3, the fourth thin-light film 4, the fifth thin-light film 5, the sixth thin-light film 6, the seventh thin-light film 7, the eighth thin-light film 8, the ninth thin-light film 9 and the tenth thin-light film 10, wherein continuous sawtooth gratings are arranged on the inner sides of the first thin-light film 1, the second thin-light film 2, the third thin-light film 3, the fourth thin-light film 4, the fifth thin-light film 5, the sixth thin-light film 6, the seventh thin-light film 7, the eighth thin-light film 8, the ninth thin-light film 9 and the tenth thin-light film 10; where the angle β1 between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the first thin-light foil 1 and the horizontal surface is 50°, where the angle β2 between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the second thin-light foil 2 and the horizontal surface is 30°, where the angle β3 between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the third thin-light foil 3 and the horizontal surface is 20°, where the angle β4 between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the fourth thin-light foil 4 and the horizontal surface is 10°, where the angle β5 between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the fifth thin-light foil 5 and the horizontal surface is 5°, where the angle β6 between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the sixth thin-light foil 6 and the horizontal surface is 175°, where the angle β7 between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the seventh thin-light foil 7 and the horizontal surface is 170°, where the angle β8 between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the eighth thin-light foil 8 and the horizontal surface is 160°, where the angle β9 between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the ninth thin-light foil 9 and the horizontal surface is 150°, where the angle β10 between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the tenth thin light film 10 and the horizontal surface is 130°.

[0017] Concrete implementation example 2: as in the Fig. 1 to 13, the continuous array of lenses represents a continuous array of concave lenses. Other compositions and connection relationships are the same as in Concrete Embodiment 1.

[0018] Concrete implementation example 3: as in the Fig. 1 to 13, the formula for the thickness z1 at different positions x1, y1 on the surface of each concave lens of the continuous array of concave lenses z1=−x12+y12r1+r12−(x12+y12), r1 is the radius of the concave lens surface, and the surface radius is 1 to 5 times the minimum distance between the concave lenses and the sawtooth grating. Other compositions and connection relationships are the same as in Concrete Embodiment 2.

[0019] Concrete implementation example 4: as in the Fig. 1 to 13, the phase modulation φ1 added to the natural light by the continuous concave lens arrangement is φ1=−π(x32+y32)λf where x3 and y3 are the positions of the incident wavefront of the lens array, λ is the wavelength of the center of natural light, and f is the focal length of the lens. Other compositions and connection relationships are the same as in Concrete Embodiment 2.

[0020] Concrete implementation example 5: as in the Fig. 1 to 13, the continuous array of lenses represents a continuous array of convex freeform lenses. Other compositions and connection relationships are the same as in Concrete Embodiment 1.

[0021] Concrete implementation example 6: as in the Fig. 1 to 13, the formula for the thickness d1 at different positions x1, y1 on each convex freeform surface of the continuous array of convex freeform lenses d1(x1,y1)=1n−1(x12+y12r1+r12+(x12+y12)+y1⋅sin θ1), where n is the refractive index, r1 is the radius of curvature of the vertex of the convex freeform surface, and θ1 is the surface inclination of the convex freeform surface. Light propagates by refraction in the horizontal direction, and the radius of curvature is 1 to 5 times the minimum distance between the freeform surface and the sawtooth grating. Other compositions and connection relationships are the same as in Concrete Embodiment 5.

[0022] Concrete implementation example 7: as in the Fig. 1 to 13, the continuous array of convex freeform lenses adds a phase modulation to the incident light called φ1=−π(x32+y32)λf1−2πλy3⋅sin θ3, where θ3 is the angle of incidence of natural light on the freeform surface, λ is the wavelength of the center of the incident light, f1 is the equivalent focal length of the freeform surface, and x3 and y3 are the positions of the freeform surface arrangement in front of the incident wave. Other compositions and connection relationships are the same as in Concrete Embodiment 5.

[0023] Concrete implementation example 8: as in the Fig. 1 to 13, the continuous sawtooth grid adds a φ2=−2πλy4⋅sin θ4 Add phase modulation φ2, denoted by θ4, where y4 is the position of this array of sawtooth surfaces in front of the incident wave, and θ4 is the angle of incidence of the incident natural light onto the sawtooth surfaces. Other compositions and connection relationships are the same as in Concrete Embodiment 1.

[0024] Concrete implementation example 9: as in the Fig. As shown in Figures 1 to 13, the first thin-light sheet (1), the second thin-light sheet (2), the third thin-light sheet (3), the fourth thin-light sheet (4), the fifth thin-light sheet (5), the sixth thin-light sheet (6), the seventh thin-light sheet (7), the eighth thin-light sheet (8), the ninth thin-light sheet (9), and the tenth thin-light sheet (10) are made of a transparent material with a transmittance of more than 85%. Other compositions and connection relationships are the same as in Concrete Embodiment 1.

[0025] Concrete implementation example 9: as in the Fig.As shown in Figures 1 to 13, each lens of the continuous lens array corresponds one-to-one to each sawtooth of the continuous sawtooth grating, with the position of the center of the sawtooth coinciding with the optical axis of the lens, and the inclination angle (θ) of the sawtooth in the continuous sawtooth grating taking a value in the range of 20° to 70°. Other compositions and connection relationships are the same as in Concrete Embodiment 1. Functional principle

[0026] The present invention has two surfaces in the form of arrays on the front and back surfaces, a lens array on the front surface and a sawtooth grating array on the back surface; the outdoor high-angle natural light is collected and modulated by the surface of the lens array, passed through the intermediate medium of the same material between the two surfaces to the sawtooth grating array, and then scattered horizontally into the indoor space after being refracted by the inclined surface.

[0027] Although the present invention has been disclosed in a better embodiment as above, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any person skilled in the art may, within the scope of the technical scheme of the present invention, make some changes or modifications to the above-disclosed technical content as an equivalent embodiment of the same change, but any simple modification or improvement of the above-mentioned embodiment that has not been extracted from the technical scheme of the present invention based on the technical substance of the present invention and within the spirit and principles of the present invention still belongs to the present invention.However, any simple changes, equivalent replacements, and improvements of the above embodiments that are not detached from the content of the technical program of the present invention, are based on the technical substance of the present invention, and conform to the spirit and principles of the present invention will still fall within the scope of the technical program of the present invention.

Claims

[1] Homogenizing illumination device based on a monolithic combination of lenses and sawtooth gratings, characterized bythat the homogenizing illumination device based on a monolithic combination of lens and sawtooth grating comprises ten first thin-light films (1), ten second thin-light films (2), ten third thin-light films (3), ten fourth thin-light films (4), ten fifth thin-light films (5), ten sixth thin-light films (6), ten seventh thin-light films (7), ten eighth thin-light films (8), ten ninth thin-light films (9) and ten tenth thin-light films (10), wherein the ten first thin-light films (1), the ten second thin-light films (2), the ten third thin-light films (3), the ten fourth thin-light films (4), the ten fifth thin-light films (5), the ten sixth thin-light films (6), the ten seventh thin-light films (7), the ten eighth thin-light films (8), the ten ninth thin-light films (9) and the ten tenth Thin light films (10) are arranged in a matrix to form a light collecting matrix, wherein in the first row of the light-collecting matrix, in the order from left to right, the first thin-light film (1), the second thin-light film (2), the third thin-light film (3), the fourth thin-light film (4), the fifth thin-light film (5), the sixth thin-light film (6), the seventh thin-light film (7), the eighth thin-light film (8), the ninth thin-light film (9) and the tenth thin-light film (10) are arranged; wherein in the second row of the light-collecting matrix, the tenth thin-light film (10), the first thin-light film (1), the second thin-light film (2), the third thin-light film (3), the fourth thin-light film (4), the fifth thin-light film (5), the sixth thin-light film (6), the seventh thin-light film (7), the eighth thin-light film (8) and the ninth thin-light film (9) are arranged in the order from left to right; wherein in the third row of the light-collecting matrix, the ninth thin-light film (9), the tenth thin-light film (10), the first thin-light film (1), the second thin-light film (2), the third thin-light film (3), the fourth thin-light film (4), the fifth thin-light film (5), the sixth thin-light film (6), the seventh thin-light film (7) and the eighth thin-light film (8) are arranged in the order from left to right; wherein in the fourth row of the light-collecting matrix, the eighth thin-light film (8), the ninth thin-light film (9), the tenth thin-light film (10), the first thin-light film (1), the second thin-light film (2), the third thin-light film (3), the fourth thin-light film (4), the fifth thin-light film (5), the sixth thin-light film (6) and the seventh thin-light film (7) are arranged in the order from left to right; wherein in the fifth row of the light-collecting matrix, in the order from left to right, the seventh thin-light film (7), the eighth thin-light film (8), the ninth thin-light film (9), the tenth thin-light film (10), the first thin-light film (1), the second thin-light film (2), the third thin-light film (3), the fourth thin-light film (4), the fifth thin-light film (5) and the sixth thin-light film (6) are arranged; wherein in the sixth row of the light-collecting matrix, in the order from left to right, the sixth thin-light film (6), the seventh thin-light film (7), the eighth thin-light film (8), the ninth thin-light film (9), the tenth thin-light film (10), the first thin-light film (1), the second thin-light film (2), the third thin-light film (3), the fourth thin-light film (4) and the fifth thin-light film (5) are arranged; wherein in the seventh row of the light-collecting matrix, in the order from left to right, the fifth thin-light film (5), the sixth thin-light film (6), the seventh thin-light film (7), the eighth thin-light film (8), the ninth thin-light film (9), the tenth thin-light film (10), the first thin-light film (1), the second thin-light film (2), the third thin-light film (3) and the fourth thin-light film (4) are arranged; wherein in the eighth row of the light-collecting matrix, in the order from left to right, the fourth thin-light film (4), the fifth thin-light film (5), the sixth thin-light film (6), the seventh thin-light film (7), the eighth thin-light film (8), the ninth thin-light film (9), the tenth thin-light film (10), the first thin-light film (1), the second thin-light film (2) and the third thin-light film (3) are arranged; wherein in the ninth row of the light-collecting matrix, the third thin-light film (3), the fourth thin-light film (4), the fifth thin-light film (5), the sixth thin-light film (6), the seventh thin-light film (7), the eighth thin-light film (8), the ninth thin-light film (9), the tenth thin-light film (10), the first thin-light film (1) and the second thin-light film (2) are arranged in the order from left to right; wherein in the tenth row of the light-collecting matrix, the second thin-light film (2), the third thin-light film (3), the fourth thin-light film (4), the fifth thin-light film (5), the sixth thin-light film (6), the seventh thin-light film (7), the eighth thin-light film (8), the ninth thin-light film (9), the tenth thin-light film (10) and the first thin-light film (1) are arranged in the order from left to right; wherein a continuous array of lenses is arranged on the outer sides of the first thin-light film (1), the second thin-light film (2), the third thin-light film (3), the fourth thin-light film (4), the fifth thin-light film (5), the sixth thin-light film (6), the seventh thin-light film (7), the eighth thin-light film (8), the ninth thin-light film (9), and the tenth thin-light film (10), and continuous sawtooth gratings are arranged on the inner sides of the first thin-light film (1), the second thin-light film (2), the third thin-light film (3), the fourth thin-light film (4), the fifth thin-light film (5), the sixth thin-light film (6), the seventh thin-light film (7), the eighth thin-light film (8), the ninth thin-light film (9), and the tenth thin-light film (10); wherein the angle (β1) between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the first thin-light film (1) and the horizontal surface is 50°, wherein the angle (β2) between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the second thin-light film (2) and the horizontal surface is 30°, wherein the angle (β3) between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the third thin-light foil (3) and the horizontal surface is 20°, wherein the angle (β4) between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the fourth thin-light foil (4) and the horizontal surface is 10°, wherein the angle (β5) between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the fifth thin-light foil (5) and the horizontal surface is 5°, wherein the angle (β6) between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the sixth thin-light foil (6) and the horizontal surface is 175°, wherein the angle (β7) between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the seventh thin-light foil (7) and the horizontal surface is 170°, wherein the angle (β8) between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the eighth thin-light film (8) and the horizontal surface is 160°, wherein the angle (β9) between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the ninth thin-light film (9) and the horizontal surface is 150°, wherein the angle (β10) between the sawtooth line of the sawtooth grating on the inner surface of the tenth thin-light film (10) and the horizontal surface is 130°. [2] Homogenizing illumination device based on a monolithic combination of lenses and sawtooth gratings according to claim 1, characterized by that the continuous array of lenses represents a continuous array of concave lenses. [3] Homogenizing illumination device based on a monolithic combination of lenses and sawtooth gratings according to claim 2, characterized by that the formula for the thickness z1 at different positions x1, y1 on the surface of each concave lens of the continuous array of concave lenses z1=−x12+y12r1+r12−(x12+y12) , r1 is the radius of the concave lens surface and the surface radius is 1 to 5 times the minimum distance between the concave lenses and the sawtooth grating. [4] Homogenizing illumination device based on a monolithic combination of lenses and sawtooth gratings according to claim 2, characterized by that the phase modulation φ1 added to the natural light by the continuous concave lens arrangement is φ1=−π(x32+y32)λf is denoted, x3, y3 is the position of the incident wavefront of the lens array, λ is the wavelength of the center of natural light and f is the focal length of the lens. [5] Homogenizing illumination device based on a monolithic combination of lenses and sawtooth gratings according to claim 1, characterized by that the continuous arrangement of lenses represents a continuous arrangement of convex freeform lenses. [6] Homogenizing illumination device based on a monolithic combination of lenses and sawtooth gratings according to claim 5, characterized by that the formula for the thickness d1 at different positions x1, y1 on each convex freeform surface of the continuous array of convex freeform lenses d1(x1,y1)=1n−1(x12+y12r1+r12+(x12+y12)+y1⋅sin θ1) where n is the refractive index, r1 is the radius of curvature of the vertex of the convex freeform surface and θ1 is the surface inclination of the convex freeform surface, the light propagates by refraction in the horizontal direction and the radius of curvature is 1 to 5 times the minimum distance between the freeform surface and the sawtooth grating. [7] Homogenizing illumination device based on a monolithic combination of lenses and sawtooth gratings according to claim 5, characterized by that the continuous arrangement of convex freeform lenses imposes a phase modulation on the incident light called φ1=−π(x32+y32)λf1−2πλy3⋅sin θ3, adds, θ3 is the angle of incidence of natural light on the freeform surface, λ is the wavelength of the center of the incident light, f1 is the equivalent focal length of the freeform surface and x3, y3 are the positions of the arrangement of the freeform surface in front of the incident wave. [8] Homogenizing illumination device based on a monolithic combination of lenses and sawtooth gratings according to claim 1, characterized by that the continuous sawtooth grid gives the incoming natural light a φ2=−2πλy4⋅sin θ4 called phase modulation φ2, y4 is the position of this array of sawtooth surfaces in front of the incident wave and θ4 is the angle of incidence of the incident natural light onto the sawtooth surfaces. [9] Homogenizing illumination device based on a monolithic combination of lenses and sawtooth gratings according to claim 1, characterized bythat the first thin light film (1), the second thin light film (2), the third thin light film (3), the fourth thin light film (4), the fifth thin light film (5), the sixth thin light film (6), the seventh thin light film (7), the eighth thin light film (8), the ninth thin light film (9) and the tenth thin light film (10) are made of a transparent material with a transmittance of more than 85%. [10] Homogenizing illumination device based on a monolithic combination of lenses and sawtooth gratings according to claim 1, characterized by that each lens of the continuous lens array corresponds one-to-one with each sawtooth of the continuous sawtooth grating, and wherein the position of the center of the sawtooth coincides with the optical axis of the lens, wherein the inclination angle (θ) of the sawtooth in the continuous sawtooth grating assumes a value in the range of 20° to 70°.

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