Optical Module Light Guide Strips for Controlled Multi-Color Rendering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing optical modules suffer from uncontrollable light mixing, leading to the formation of single-color light rendering due to the absence of light-blocking portions in the light guide member.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a light guide structure with light-blocking portions between adjacent light guide strips to prevent light mixing, allowing separate emission of light from multiple sub-light sources to different areas of the light-transmitting unit, and utilizing a light scatterer to enhance rendering effects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a light guide member is used without light-blocking portions, then the structure is simple, but light mixing occurs causing uncontrollable transmitted light and single-color rendering
Solution Approach 1:
The light guide member is segmented into multiple light guide strips with light-blocking portions between them. This segmentation prevents light from adjacent strips from mixing, allowing each sub-light source to control its corresponding light guide strip independently, thereby achieving precise light control while maintaining relatively simple structure.
Solution Approach 2:
Light-blocking portions are introduced as intermediary elements between adjacent light guide strips. These portions act as barriers that prevent light from one strip from interfering with adjacent strips, enabling independent control of each light guide strip while maintaining the overall simplicity of the light guide member structure.
2Manufacturing precision
If light-blocking portions are added between light guide strips, then light mixing is prevented and multi-color rendering is achieved, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The light guide member is divided into multiple independent light guide strips separated by light-blocking portions. This segmentation enables precise control of each strip's light output while the modular design keeps the overall structure manageable and not excessively complex.
Solution Approach 2:
Light-blocking portions are strategically placed only where needed - between adjacent light guide strips - rather than throughout the entire structure. This localized approach provides the necessary light control precision exactly where light mixing occurs, without adding unnecessary complexity to other areas of the structure.
3Device complexity
If multiple sub-light sources emit light simultaneously without separation, then the light source configuration is simple, but light mixing occurs preventing controlled multi-color emission
Solution Approach 1:
The light guide member is segmented into multiple light guide strips, each corresponding to a sub-light source. This segmentation allows each sub-light source to emit its specific color light through its dedicated strip without interference, enabling independent control of multiple colors while maintaining a simple configuration of sub-light sources.
Solution Approach 2:
Light-blocking portions serve as intermediaries that isolate light from different sub-light sources. This isolation enables each sub-light source to contribute its specific color to the overall light output without mixing with adjacent colors, providing versatile multi-color rendering capability while keeping the light source configuration simple.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables controlled multi-color light rendering and improved sound quality by preventing light mixing and adjusting light transitions, enhancing the overall rendering and sound output.
Implementation Method 1
The light guide structure includes a plurality of light guide strips. Each sub-light source is located on a light incident side of a corresponding light guide strip.
Implementation Method 2
The light guide structure further includes at least one light-blocking portion, and every two adjacent light guide strips are spaced by one light-blocking portion.
Implementation Method 3
The light-transmitting unit is located on a light-emitting side of the plurality of light guide strips.
Implementation Method 4
utilizing a light scatterer to enhance rendering effects
Data Source
AI summary
This application provides an optical module, an electronic device, and a vehicle, to resolve a problem that transmitted light of an optical module is uncontrollable. The optical module includes a light source, a light guide structure, and a light-transmitting unit. The light source includes a plurality of sub-light sources. The light guide structure includes a plurality of light guide strips and a light-blocking portion, and every two adjacent light guide strips are spaced by one light-blocking portion. Each sub-light source is located on a light incident side of a corresponding light guide strip. The light-transmitting unit is located on a light-emitting side of the plurality of light guide strips. The optical module provided may be used in an electronic device or a vehicle, and the light-transmitting unit in the optical module may simultaneously implement rendering effect of light of a plurality of colors.