Intelligent Light Source Module with Integrated Lens for Uniform Mixing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lighting fixtures lack a simple and rapid method for transforming non-smart lamps into intelligent ones while meeting global standards, requiring a solution for easy assembly, installation, replacement, and maintenance with effective light mixing and adaptability to various lampshades.
Innovation Solution
An intelligent light source module comprising an LED lamp panel with a built-in intelligent drive module and integrated lens structure, featuring dispersed white-light and color-light lamp beads, which are optically mixed by lenses to provide uniform light across a wide color temperature range, allowing for easy integration with various ceiling lamp shades and reduced monochromatic light source density.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple monochromatic light sources are used to achieve full color temperature range, then color temperature adjustability is improved, but device complexity and light source density increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple monochromatic light sources (red, green, blue LEDs) with phosphor materials into integrated light-emitting units. Each unit contains both LED chips and phosphor particles, where the LED emits monochromatic light that excites the phosphor to emit broader spectrum light. This merging approach achieves full color temperature range (1,000K-20,000K) while reducing the number of separate light source components needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates universal light-emitting units that can simultaneously provide multiple functions: color rendering, color temperature adjustment, and illumination. Each light-emitting unit can adjust its output to cover the full color temperature range by controlling the ratio of LED emissions to phosphor emissions, eliminating the need for separate specialized light sources for different lighting scenarios.
2Ease of manufacture
If traditional separate component assembly is used for light source modules, then manufacturing flexibility is improved, but assembly complexity and installation time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple previously separate components into a single modular light source module. The module combines the light-emitting units, driver circuitry, heat sinking, and mounting interface into one pre-assembled unit. This merging reduces assembly steps from multiple separate installations to a single module replacement, significantly simplifying installation while maintaining manufacturing flexibility through standardized modular design.
3Adaptability or versatility
If high density monochromatic light sources are used, then color temperature coverage is improved, but light uniformity and mixing quality deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces phosphor materials as intermediary substances between the monochromatic LED light sources and the final illumination output. The phosphor particles absorb the monochromatic LED light and re-emit it as broader spectrum light, acting as a mediator that converts discrete spectral lines into a continuous spectrum. This intermediary approach improves light uniformity while maintaining full color temperature coverage capability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables convenient assembly, installation, and maintenance of intelligent lighting fixtures with a good light mixing effect, reducing the size and cost of the module while ensuring adaptability to different lampshades, and providing adjustable color temperature from less than 1,000K to more than 20,000K.
Implementation Method 1
The integrated lens structure is provided above the LED lamp panel and the built-in intelligent drive module, and includes a plurality of lenses and a raised portion. The raised portion corresponds to the built-in intelligent drive module, the lenses are in one-to-one correspondence with the white-light lamp beads and the color-light lamp beads, and the lenses mix white light emitted by the white-light lamp beads and color light emitted by the color-light lamp beads into uniform light by optical processing.
Data Source
AI summary
The intelligent light source module includes an LED lamp panel, a built-in intelligent drive module, and an integrated lens structure. The built-in intelligent drive module is provided at a middle of the LED lamp panel and electrically connected to the LED lamp panel. A plurality of white-light lamp beads and a plurality of color-light lamp beads are dispersedly arranged at the LED lamp panel outside the built-in intelligent drive module. The integrated lens structure is provided above the LED lamp panel and the built-in intelligent drive module, and includes a plurality of lenses and a raised portion. The raised portion corresponds to the built-in intelligent drive module, the lenses are in one-to-one correspondence with the white-light lamp beads and the color-light lamp beads, and the lenses mix white light emitted by the white-light lamp beads and color light emitted by the color-light lamp beads into uniform light by optical processing.