Lighting Device Three-Dimensional Beam Pattern Design

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional LED lighting devices have limited design flexibility and are mechanically complex, making it difficult to create optical images with desired shapes or colors, especially for three-dimensional effects, and are not easily installable or maintainable.

Innovation Solution

A lighting device with a flexible sheet form that uses a pattern design and arrangement structure of light sources and a light guide part to create line-shaped beams with three-dimensional effects, allowing for various forms and easy application to curved surfaces by controlling optical path and width through the pattern design and light source positioning.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional LED lighting devices use uniform light emission or simple filters to achieve desired shapes or colors, then the device structure becomes mechanically complicated, but the design flexibility and ease of installation are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedesign flexibilityVSAvoidmechanical complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces mechanical filter systems with an optical guide structure that uses total internal reflection and refractive index differences to achieve color and shape control. The optical guide part with specific refractive index (1.3-1.7) and patterned light source arrangement eliminates the need for mechanical filters while providing design flexibility for various shapes and colors.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent controls light emission characteristics by changing the refractive index parameter of the optical guide part (specified as 1.3-1.7) and adjusting the arrangement parameters of light sources at different positions. This allows dynamic control of beam shapes and colors without mechanical complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If conventional lighting devices use complex mechanical configurations to express desired atmospheric shapes or colors, then design freedom is limited, but installation and maintenance become difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedesign freedomVSAvoidinstallation ease
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs a thin optical guide part that can be flexibly installed on various surfaces. The optical guide structure with controlled refractive index allows the device to conform to different shapes and curves, providing installation ease while maintaining design freedom for various atmospheric expressions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

3Adaptability or versatility

If the lighting device uses a flexible sheet form with pattern design to create three-dimensional optical images, then design flexibility and installation ease are improved, but the optical path control complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedesign flexibilityVSAvoidoptical path control complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the light source into multiple segments positioned at different locations (first, second, and third positions) relative to the optical guide part. Each light source segment controls specific portions of the optical output, enabling three-dimensional image formation through coordinated emission patterns while simplifying overall optical path control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transitions from two-dimensional light emission to three-dimensional optical imaging by arranging light sources at multiple depth positions (first position at distance d1, second position at d2, third position at d3) relative to the optical guide part. This dimensional arrangement creates depth perception and three-dimensional effects in the emitted beams.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

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 device efficiently implements optical images with three-dimensional effects on flat or curved surfaces, offering design freedom, ease of installation, and reduced complexity, suitable for various applications including vehicle lighting, while being cost-effective and lightweight.

Implementation Method 1

a light guide part (11)

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectTotal internal reflection: Total Internal Reflection

Implementation Method 2

the pattern may convert the incident beams into a first line-shaped beam extending from an intermediate portion of the light guide part to a first side edge

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectRefraction: Refraction

Data Source

PatentEP3150906B1Lighting device
Publication Date: 2022.09.21 LG INNOTEK CO LTD
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AI summary

The present invention relates to a lighting device capable of implementing, by means of a pattern design, and a pattern and light source layout design, a line-shaped beam having a three-dimensional effect, and various optical images using same, the lighting device comprising: a light guide portion having a first surface and a second surface which is the opposite side of the first surface; a three-dimensional effect forming portion disposed on the light guide portion; and a light source portion irradiating a beam to the middle part of the light guide portion from the thickness direction of the light guide portion, wherein the three-dimensional effect forming portion has a pattern, and the pattern has a plurality of unit patterns, wherein the plurality of unit patterns are sequentially arranged, have respective inclined surfaces having inclination angles with respect to the first surface or the second surface, and guide, by means of reflection and refraction on the inclined surfaces, the incident beam in the light guide portion to a first surface direction towards which the first surface faces, or to a second surface direction towards which the second surface faces, thereby generating a line-shaped beam of a first path which is orthogonal to the respective pattern extension directions of the plurality of unit patterns.