341 results about "Light reflex" patented technology

The present invention relates to a dipolar LED and a dipolar LED module incorporating the same, in which an upper hemisphere-shaped base houses an LED chip therein and adapted to radiate light from the LED chip to the outside, and a pair of reflecting surfaces placed at opposed top portions of the base in a configuration symmetric about an imaginary vertical plane. The vertical plane passes through the center of the LED chip perpendicularly to a light-emitting surface of the LED chip. The reflecting surfaces are extended upward away from the top portions of the base to reflect light from the LED chip away from the imaginary vertical plane. A pair of radiating surfaces are placed outside the reflecting surfaces, respectively, to radiate light from the reflecting surfaces to the outside. In this way, light emission from the LED chip can be concentrated in both lateral directions.

An optical fiber lighting apparatus includes an exciting light source, a first optical fiber, a second optical fiber, a wavelength conversion unit, and a reflecting member. The first optical fiber guides the exciting light emitted from the exciting light source. The wavelength conversion unit receives the exciting light exiting from the first optical fiber to generate a wavelength-converted light having a wavelength different from that of the exciting light. The second optical fiber guides at least part of the wavelength-converted light generated by the wavelength conversion unit. The reflecting member reflects, of the reflected scattered light and / or the wavelength-converted light generated by the wavelength conversion unit, at least part of light that has not directly struck the incident region of the second optical fiber, toward the incident region of the second optical fiber.

A photovoltaic module comprises electrically interconnected and mutually spaced photovoltaic cells that are encapsulated by a light-transmitting encapsulant between a light-transparent front cover and a back cover, with the back cover sheet being an ionomer / nylon alloy embossed with V-shaped grooves running in at least two directions and coated with a light reflecting medium so as to provide light-reflecting facets that are aligned with the spaces between adjacent cells and oriented so as to reflect light falling in those spaces back toward said transparent front cover for further internal reflection onto the solar cells, whereby substantially all of the reflected light will be internally reflected from said cover sheet back to the photovoltaic cells, thereby increasing the current output of the module. The internal reflector improves power output by as much as 67%.

A vehicle lamp is provided. The vehicle lamp includes a lens disposed on an optical axis of the vehicle lamp, the optical axis extending in a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle lamp, the lens comprising a first concave lens portion; a plurality of light emitting elements disposed to a rear side of the lens and around the optical axis at regular intervals in a circumferential direction, the plurality of light emitting elements comprising at least one first light emitting element disposed to a rear side of the first concave lens portion; at least one first reflector corresponding to the at least one first light emitting element and disposed between the corresponding first light emitting element and the optical axis, wherein the first reflector comprises a first reflecting surface which reflects light from the corresponding first light emitting element toward the first concave lens portion.

A light guide plate has a light-receiving surface, a light-emitting surface, and a light-reflecting surface. Multiple first arc-shaped longitudinal structures are arranged on the light-receiving surface with their longitudinal directions being substantially parallel with each other. Multiple second arc-shaped longitudinal structures are arranged on the light-emitting surface with their longitudinal directions being substantially parallel with each other. The light-reflecting surface is shaped to form a plurality of prismatic structures, and a luminance-adjusting structure is formed on part of the light-reflecting surface near the point light source and interlaced with the prismatic structures.

A tape measure or other measuring surface has an attached pair of light enhancing reflective surfaces in conjunction with the numbers and measurement lines for use with rotating laser light instruments and light enhancement for readability. Reflective and glow in the dark surfaces may also be applied.

A system and method for locating and modeling eyes in imagery for automated photorefractive screening. The invention includes a digital camera having a lens-mounted flash for obtaining a digital image of the face of an individual, and a suitably programmed processor, such as a general purpose digital computer, for locating an eye of the individual in the digital image, modeling structures in the eye, analyzing the digitized eyes of the individual for eye disease, and providing a recommendation for treatment. In one aspect, the invention includes a system and method for locating a patient's eyes in a digital image that includes each eye as illuminated by a near-axis flash, including automatically finding light reflexes in the digital images as indicative of the location of each eye. Automatically finding light reflexes includes analyzing such light reflexes to determine possible pupil and sclera borders. The invention further includes automatically fitting a corresponding model to such possible pupil and sclera borders, analyzing the model of each eye to determine possible abnormalities in each eye; and outputting a possible diagnosis for each eye based on such analyzing. Other aspects of the invention include measuring retinal reflexes and corneal reflexes from the indicated eye models as an indicator of anomalies in the patient's eyes, and generating a digital image of each of a patient's eyes with a camera having a flash positioned near to a center line of a lens of the camera so as to generate images with bright, sharp light reflexes.

A method of filtering glints by processing an image of a user's cornea to obtain coordinates of desired glints from a configuration of light sources, comprising processing an image, in a first image space, of a user's cornea to determine coordinates of respective multiple positions of glints; and iteratively: selecting from the coordinates a first and a second set of coordinates; computing from the first set of coordinates a transformation that transforms the first set of coordinates into first coordinates of a predetermined spatial configuration; and testing whether the transformation transforms also the second set into positions that match second positions of the predetermined configuration. The coordinates of the desired glints are selected as those first and second sets which are transformed into coordinates that match the first and second coordinates of the predetermined configuration. The method is based on a geometrical homography and is expedient for robust gaze estimation in connection with e.g. eye tracking.

A light guide device includes N+1 light guide plates and N linear plane splitters. The light guide plates include a light outlet face, a light guiding face and a reflection face. The volume of the light guide device is defined by the light outlet face opposite to the light guiding face. The light guiding face has a plurality of first microstructures for diverting the light. The reflection face extends from the light outlet face toward a splitting portion. The linear plane splitters have a first and a second splitting portion. The first and second splitting portions of the ith linear plane splitter connects the light guiding face and the reflection face of the (j−1)th and jth light guide plates. The i and j satisfy 1≦i≦N and 2≦j≦N+1. Moreover, a light module utilizing the light guide device is disclosed.

The invention relates to the technical field of semiconductor photoelectronic device manufacturing, in particular to a semiconductor light emitting diode (LED) with a nanometer light emitting surface. The inventive method comprises growing a dielectric layer (12) and a metal layer (13) on a GaP layer (2) of the conventional LED, and sequentially using the metal layer (13) as a mask to etch the dielectric layer (12) and the parts outside a P type electrode (11) on the upper surface of the GaP layer (2) to obtain the LED with the nanometer light emitting surface. The method also comprises coating a layer of indium tin oxide (ITO) conducting film (10) on the nanometer light emitting surface and the upper surface of the P-type electrode (11), and preparing a P-type electrode (11) with the same structure on the P-type electrode (11) coated with the ITO conducting film (10). The invention reduces light reflex, improves device performance, and can be used in various semiconductor LEDs. Meanwhile, the invention has the advantages of simple process, low cost, and applicability to batch production.

A projector-type lamp unit including a first reflecting surface for reflecting and condensing light emitted from an LED toward a projection lens disposed in the forward direction than the LED, a second reflecting surface for reflecting a part of the reflected light from the first reflecting surface toward the projection lens, and a design portion disposed between the second reflecting surface and the projection lens and continuing to the second reflecting surface. The first reflecting surface, the second reflecting surface and the design portion form a one-piece reflection mirror unit.

The present invention includes a corneal marker having an adjustable element providing for orientation of the marker to the astigmatic axis of a patient's eye under examination, a handle secured to the corneal marker and a stem secured to and extending below the handle. The stem is weighted to facilitate alignment of the corneal marker to the corneal surface of the patient's eye under examination during corrective eye surgery according to the corneal light reflex from the eye in response to an illumination source.

The present invention is reflecting multifunctional three-layer composite film for greenhouse and its preparation process. The composite film has a first or outer layer of polyethylene added with light reflecting and ultraviolet ray absorbing master batch, a second or middle layer of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer or the mixture of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and polyethylene added with light reflecting and ultraviolet ray absorbing master batch, and a third or inner layer of polyethylene added with far infrared blocking master batch and black master batch. The first layer is silver or white and the third layer is black. The composite film has the functions of reflecting visible light, absorbing ultraviolet ray, blocking far infrared, killing pests, killing weeds, lower temperature, etc. and possesses excellent mechanical performance and ageing resistance.

A receiver optical module to facilitate the assembling is disclosed. The receiver optical module includes an intermediate assembly including the optical de-multiplexer and the optical reflector each mounted on the upper base, and the lens and the PD mounted on the sub-mount. The latter assembly is mounted on the bottom of the housing; while, the former assembly is also mounted on the bottom through the lower base. The upper base is apart from the bottom and extends in parallel to the bottom to form a surplus space where the amplifying circuit is mounted.

Provided are a reflective unit using an electroactive polymer and a flexible display. The reflective unit includes: an electroactive polymer layer which becomes strained when a voltage is applied thereto by an electrode; a light reflecting unit reflecting external light and having reflecting cells arranged on the electroactive polymer layer to be spaced apart from one another wherein a distance between the reflecting cells is changed according to the strain of the electroactive polymer layer; and a light blocking layer preventing external light from being reflected by the light reflecting unit and having blocking cells arranged over the light reflecting unit to be spaced apart from one another.

A gated camera imaging system and method, utilizing a laser device for generating a beam of long duration laser pulses toward a target. A camera receives the energy of light reflexes of the pulses reflected from the target. The camera gating is synchronized to be set OFF for at least the duration of time it takes the laser device to produce a laser pulse in its substantial entirety, including an end of the laser pulse, in addition to the time it takes the laser pulse to complete traversing a zone proximate to the system and back to the camera, and set ON for an ON time duration thereafter until the laser pulse reflects back from the target and is received in the camera. The laser pulse width substantially corresponds to at least the ON time duration. Preferably, the laser device includes a Diode Laser Array (DLA).

A flashlight in accordance with an embodiment of the present application includes an LED light source, a lens positioned opposite the LED light source, a convex mirror positioned substantially in a center of the inner surface of the lens, wherein light from the LED light source is reflected off the convex mirror back toward the LED light source and a concave mirror positioned opposite the convex mirror to reflect the light from the convex mirror as a wide diameter beam of light out of the flashlight through the lens. The convex mirror maybe replaced by a substantially flat, mirrored section of the lens if desired.

The invention is characterised by the provision that in a slit lamp or a slit lamp projector an oblique thin glass flat with a partial reflection of the light is disposed at a defined angle relative to the optical path above the filter assembly between the latter and the "slit projector" lens (4), and in the configuration with an achromatic doublet lens between the lens assemblies in the parallel optical path, in such a way that as a result one part of the incident rays is incident as deflected light cone on a detector assembly which is arranged laterally in the housing at an angle dependent on the angle of the thin glass flat in the housing, which detector assembly measures the respectively existing luminous intensity, transmits the detected values to an evaluation and control means which compares the values so received against a predetermined maximum value, calculates the irradiation dose for the phakic or aphakic eye and, when the value is exceeded, signals this situation on an indicating alarm means and / or reduces the luminous intensity automatically to the predetermined maximum value in a controlled manner.

The invention discloses a back light module which is applied to a display. The back light module comprises at least one light guide and a side light source group, wherein, the light guide is provided with a light reflecting surface, a light emergent surface, a plurality of first grooves and a plurality of second grooves; the light emergent surface is opposite to the light reflecting surface, the plurality of first grooves and the plurality of second grooves are formed on the light reflecting surface; the side light source group at least comprises a first side light source and a second side light source which are respectively arranged at opposite positions of the light guide for generating and transmitting light in the light guide. When the light generated by the side light source group is transmitted in the light guide, the first grooves and the second grooves are respectively used for reflecting the light generated by the first side light source and the second side light source and emitting the light to the light emergent surface. The first grooves and the second grooves respectively reflect the light generated by the first side light source and the second side light source independently, thereby ensuring that the display has the function of imaging three-dimensionally.

A keypad assembly using a waveguide for guiding lights emitted from light emitting devices is disclosed. The keypad assembly includes a switch board having a plurality of dome switches. The keypad also includes a plurality of key buttons; a plurality of light emitting devices included in the switch board; a waveguide formed under the key buttons, the waveguide having a predetermined refractive index to allow lights emitted from the light emitting devices to travel according to an internal total reflection condition; a plurality of reflecting patterns formed in the waveguide to reflect the light traveling through the waveguide toward the key buttons; and an auxiliary layer formed on the surface of the waveguide, the auxiliary layer having lower refractive index than that of the waveguide to make a constant total reflection condition.

An optical element, a lighting system and a luminaire is provided. The optical element comprises a plate 100 and a plurality of collimating means. The optical element is to be used in front of a light source comprising a light emitting surface 106, and the optical element is configured to obtain a skylight appearance. The plate 100 is to be arranged parallel to the light emitting surface 106. The plate 100 is opaque and comprises a plurality of holes 104. The plate 100 further comprises a reflective surface 102 which is to be arranged parallel to the light emitting surface 106. The reflective surface 102 is light reflective in a predetermined spectral range to obtain a blue light emission 100. The plurality of collimating means collimate a part of the light received from the light source to obtain a collimated light beam 112 in a specific direction. Each one of the collimating means comprises one of the plurality of holes of the plate 104.

There is described a method of operating an optical motion sensing device comprising a light source and a photodetector device, the method comprising the steps of a) illuminating a surface portion with radiation by means of the light source, b) detecting radiation reflected from the illuminated surface portion by means of the photodetector device, c) detecting and measuring displacement with respect to the illuminated surface portion; and d) outputting motion reports that are each representative of a magnitude of the detected displacement, steps a) to d) defining a flash period and being repeated at a selected flash rate. The method further comprises the steps of e) comparing the magnitude of the detected displacement with a determined displacement threshold, and f) increasing or decreasing the flash rate if the magnitude of the detected displacement is respectively greater or lower than the displacement threshold. There is also described an optical motion sensing device implementing this method.

A vehicular lamp unit includes a projection lens disposed on an optical axis extending in a vehicular longitudinal direction; a light source disposed rearward of a rear side focal point of the projection lens; a reflector reflecting direct light from the light source forward towards the optical axis; a shade disposed between the projection lens and the light source such that the shade blocks a part of reflected light from the reflector and a part of the direct light from the light source to form a cut-off line of a light distribution pattern; a first reflective surface formed on a tip portion of the reflector such that the first reflective surface reflects a part of the direct light from the light source downward to the front of the shade; and a second reflective surface formed on the front of the shade and below the rear side focal point of the projection lens such that the second reflective surface reflects reflected light from the first reflective surface towards the projection lens so that upward directed radiated light is emitted from the projection lens. The second reflective surface includes a vertically divided upper-side second reflective surface and lower-side second reflective surface. Radiated light provided by the lower-side second reflective surface radiates above radiated light provided by the upper-side second reflective surface.

A lamp assembly with a thin actual dimension providing an image of greater apparent depth may be formed from a light source, reflector and a partially reflective and partially transmissive lens. The mirrored surface is oriented axially to face a field to be illuminated. A partially light reflective and partially light transmissive lens having a first surface faces the reflector. The lens is offset from the mirrored surface, thereby defining a cavity intermediate the reflector and the lens. The mirrored surface and the first surface of the lens are smoothly bowed with respect of one to the other. At least one LED (light emitting diode) light source capable of emitting visible light, is positioned near the cavity and oriented to direct light into the cavity intermediate the reflector and the lens. Because of the bowing, the multiple reflected images are offset inducing an optical illusion of depth.

An insect pest-controlling apparatus (1) includes a light-reflecting attraction unit (4) that reflects sunlight and a trap (6) to trap insects attracted to light reflected by the light-reflecting attraction unit (4). The light-reflecting attraction unit (4) is a reflector whose reflectance of 220 to 390 nm light wavelength components is 5% or less. Because the light-reflecting attraction unit (4) reflects almost no ultraviolet rays, the contrast of ultraviolet rays is increased in the space compared with sunlight by the insect pest-controlling apparatus (1) and diurnal agricultural insect pests are strongly attracted to the light-reflecting attraction unit (4). Accordingly, diurnal agricultural insect pests can be attracted and trapped in large quantities in the daytime.