Lighting Device Color Layer Recesses for Seamless Corporate Identity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lighting systems for corporate identity and advertising purposes struggle to seamlessly integrate with visual elements while maintaining a consistent color scheme and creating effective lighting effects without being noticeable when unlit.
Innovation Solution
A lighting arrangement featuring light-emitting diodes on a basic structure with a color layer having recesses for the LEDs, where the color layer and LEDs produce different color perceptions up close but the same color tone from a distance, allowing for dynamic lighting effects that match the visual element's color without altering its appearance when unlit.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If a lighting system with light sources and color layer is integrated into a visual element, then lighting effects can be created to enhance visibility and advertising, but the lighting system becomes noticeable and disrupts the consistent color scheme when unlit
Solution Approach 1:
The color layer is designed to change its optical properties based on lighting conditions. When unlit, it appears in a first color tone that matches the visual element's corporate identity. When illuminated, it allows light to pass through creating lighting effects. This color adaptation ensures the lighting system remains inconspicuous when off while enabling visibility enhancement when active
Solution Approach 2:
The recesses in the color layer are designed with specific size parameters (no more than 30% of total area) and dimensional characteristics that change the perceived color tone from a distance. The recesses create optical effects where the lighting system's color appearance converges with the visual element's color scheme at viewing distances greater than 1 meter, resolving the contradiction between visibility enhancement and color consistency
2Illumination intensity
If the colored layer has large recesses for light sources, then lighting effects are more visible and effective, but the lighting system becomes noticeable when unlit
Solution Approach 1:
The recesses are designed to be partially transparent with specific area limitations (no more than 30% of total color layer area). This partial action allows sufficient light transmission for effective lighting displays while maintaining enough colored material to conceal the lighting system structure when unlit, balancing visibility requirements with inconspicuousness
3Loss of information
If the lighting system is integrated close to the visual element, then the color tones match from a distance, but the lighting system structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting system is merged with the visual element by integrating the light sources directly into the visual element structure. The base structure serves dual purposes as both the mounting platform for light sources and part of the visual element itself. This merging eliminates the need for separate housing structures, reducing overall complexity while maintaining color tone uniformity from a distance
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 an aesthetically pleasing integration of lighting effects with visual elements, maintaining corporate identity and reducing energy consumption by only activating lights when viewed, thus enhancing visibility and energy efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
The light sources are preferably light-emitting diodes, in particular RGB LEDs or RGBW LEDs or RGBWW LEDs
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AI summary
The invention relates to a lighting arrangement (40) with a viewing element (42) and a lighting system (30). The viewing element (42) is at least partially colored in a first viewing element color. The lighting system comprises a plurality of light sources (12), in particular light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The light sources (12) can emit light through openings (22) in a colored layer (16). The colored layer (16) can surround the light sources (12) or be spaced apart in front of them. The colored layer (16) is at least partially colored in a first lighting system color. When viewed from close up, the first viewing element color and the first lighting system color differ. When viewed from a distance, a lighter color is perceived by the lighting system (30) due to the light sources (12) shining through the openings (22), even when the light sources (12) are switched off.The recesses (22) and the light sources (12) are so small that they cannot be individually perceived from a distance. Instead, a mixed color is perceived for the lighting system (30), which corresponds to the first visible element's color tone. The lighting system (30) can thus blend seamlessly with the visible element (40) in terms of color.