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Granted Patent B2
US 10,359,689 · App. 14/971,565 · Granted Jul 23, 2019

Flashlight device

Inventors: Jyh-Long Chern (Taipei, TW); Chih-Ming Yen (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Everready Precision Ind. Corp.
G03B15/05G03B2215/0567G03B2215/0592
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Patent No.
US 10,359,689
App. No.
14/971,565
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flashlight device includes a light source and a flash lens. A microstructure film with a microstructure pattern is disposed on the flash lens. After plural light beams from the light source pass through the flash lens and the microstructure film, a flash of light is provided to an environment. The plural light beams are shaped by the at least one microstructure film while the plural light beams pass through the microstructure film, and/or a spectrum distribution of the plural light beams is modulated after the plural light beams pass through the microstructure film.

Claims (15)

1. A flashlight device, comprising:

at least one light source providing plural light beams and comprising a light emitting diode and a laser diode;

a flash lens and at least one microstructure film disposed on the flash lens, wherein the at least one microstructure film comprises a first microstructure film corresponding to the light emitting diode and a second microstructure film corresponding to the laser diode, and wherein the at least one microstructure film shapes the plural light beams, modulate a spectrum distribution of the plural light beams, or both modulates the spectrum distribution of the plural light beams and shapes the plural light beams, and wherein a flash of light is outputted after the light beams from the light emitting diode pass through the first microstructure film, and a structured light is generated after the light beams from the laser diode pass through the second microstructure film, wherein the second microstructure film is a diffractive optical element (DOE); and

at least one sensing element embedded within the at least one microstructure film.

2. The flashlight device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one microstructure film is made of a plastic material, a silicone material, a glass material or an ultraviolet curable material.

3. The flashlight device according to claim 1 , wherein the second microstructure film is a stack structure including plural layers of microstructure patterns.

4. A flashlight device, comprising:

at least one light source providing plural light beams and comprising a light emitting diode and a laser diode;

a flash lens and at least one microstructure film disposed on the flash lens, wherein the at least one microstructure film shapes the plural light beams, modulate a spectrum distribution of the plural light beams, or both modulates the spectrum distribution of the plural light beams and shapes the plural light beams; and

at least one sensing element embedded within the at least one microstructure film, wherein the plural light beams introduced into the at least one microstructure film are sensed by the at least one sensing element.

5. A flashlight device, comprising:

plural separating light sources providing plural light beams;

a flash lens and plural separating microstructure films disposed on the flash lens, each one of the plural microstructure films positioned corresponding to each one of the plural light sources, wherein the plural microstructure films shape the plural light beams, modulate a spectrum distribution of the plural light beams, or both shape the plural light beams and modulate the spectrum distribution of the plural light beams, wherein at least one of the plural microstructure films is a diffractive optical element (DOE); and

at least one sensing element embedded within at least one of the plural separating microstructure films.

6. The flashlight device according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one of the plural microstructure films is a stack structure including plural layers of microstructure patterns.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2025
From: EPIC INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
To: AHEAD OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 070016/0832 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2020
From: EVERREADY PRECISION IND. CORP.
To: EPIC INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 051402/0752 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2015
From: CHERN, JYH-LONG; YEN, CHIH-MING
To: EVERREADY PRECISION IND. CORP.
Reel/Frame 037309/0047 →
Priority Claims (4)
CN 2015 1 0288678 · May 29, 2015 · national
TW 104117464 A · May 29, 2015 · national
CN 2015 1 0729206 · Oct 30, 2015 · national
TW 104135811 A · Oct 30, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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