IP Library Granted Patent US 9,732,931
Granted Patent B2
US 9,732,931 · App. 15/058,154 · Granted Aug 15, 2017

Light-emitting module and light-emitting device

Inventors: Sheng-Yuan Sun (Tainan, TW); Gwo-Jiun Sheu (Tainan, TW); Po-Jen Su (Tainan, TW)
Assignee: PlayNitride Inc.
F21V5/007F21V5/04F21V7/04F21V13/04F21Y2101/02F21Y2101/025F21Y2103/003
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,732,931
App. No.
15/058,154
Granted
Aug 15, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting module that includes a light source and an optical lens is provided. The light source emits an original beam along a direction of a light-emitting axis, and the optical lens is disposed on a transmission path of the original beam. The original beam passes the optical lens and becomes an illumination beam. A light shape of the illumination beam has a first full width at half maximum (FWHM) along a first direction and has a second FWHM along a second direction, and a ratio of the second FWHM to the first FWHM is large than 3. The first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to the direction of the light-emitting axis. A light-emitting device is also provided.

Claims (20)

1. A light-emitting module comprising:

a light source emitting an original beam along a direction of a light-emitting axis; and

an optical lens disposed on a transmission path of the original beam, the original beam passing the optical lens and becoming an illumination beam, wherein a light shape of the illumination beam has a first full width at half maximum along a first direction and has a second full width at half maximum along a second direction, a ratio of the second full width at half maximum to the first full width at half maximum is large than 3, and the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to the direction of the light-emitting axis, wherein a numerator of the ratio is the second full width at half maximum, and a denominator of the ratio is the first full width at half maximum.

2. The light-emitting module of claim 1 , wherein the first full width at half maximum is within a range from 20 degrees to 60 degrees, and the second full width at half maximum is within a range from 100 degrees to 180 degrees.

3. The light-emitting module of claim 1 , wherein the optical lens comprises a light incident surface and a light output combination surface opposite to the light incident surface, and the light output combination surface is axis-symmetrical along the first direction and the second direction.

4. The light-emitting module of claim 1 , wherein the light output combination surface comprises at least two first light output surfaces and at least two second light output surfaces, the at least two first light output surfaces are arranged along the first direction, and the at least two second light output surfaces are arranged along the second direction.

5. The light-emitting module of claim 4 , wherein the at least two first light output surfaces and the at least two second light output surfaces constitute a plurality of boundary lines intersecting at a center of the light output combination surface.

6. The light-emitting module of claim 3 , wherein a profile of the light output combination surface on a first plane is a first arc, a profile of the light output combination surface on a second plane is a second arc, a normal vector of the first plane is parallel to the second direction, a normal vector of the second plane is parallel to the first direction, and an average curvature radius of the second arc is greater than an average curvature radius of the first arc.

7. A light-emitting device comprising:

a plurality of light sources arranged along a first direction, each of the light sources emitting an original beam along a direction of a light-emitting axis;

a lens module disposed on transmission paths of the original beams, each of the original beams passing the lens module and becoming an illumination beam, wherein a light shape of each of the illumination beams has a first full width at half maximum along the first direction and has a second full width at half maximum along the second direction, a ratio of the second full width at half maximum to the first full width at half maximum is large than 3, and the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to the direction of the light-emitting axis, wherein a numerator of the ratio is the second full width at half maximum, and a denominator of the ratio is the first full width at half maximum; and

a reflective mask, wherein the light sources are disposed between the reflective mask and the lens module, the reflective mask is configured to reflect one portion of the illumination beams toward the direction of the light-emitting axis, and the reflected portion of the illumination beams and another portion of the illumination beams are substantially transmitted along the direction of the light-emitting axis.

8. The light-emitting device of claim 7 , wherein the first full width at half maximum is within a range from 20 degrees to 60 degrees, and the second full width at half maximum is within a range from 100 degrees to 180 degrees.

9. The light-emitting device of claim 7 , wherein the lens module comprises a plurality of optical lenses, each of the optical lenses is located on the transmission path of one of the original beams, the original beam passes the corresponding optical lens and becomes the illumination beam, and the optical lenses are arranged along the first direction.

10. The light-emitting device of claim 9 , wherein the optical lens comprises a light incident surface and a light output combination surface opposite to the light incident surface, and the light output combination surface is axis-symmetrical along the first direction and the second direction.

11. The light-emitting device of claim 10 , wherein the light output combination surface comprises at least two first light output surfaces and at least two second light output surfaces, the at least two first light output surfaces are arranged along the first direction, and the at least two second light output surfaces are arranged along the second direction.

12. The light-emitting device of claim 11 , wherein the at least two first light output surfaces and the at least two second light output surfaces constitute a plurality of boundary lines intersecting at a center of the light output combination surface.

13. The light-emitting device of claim 10 , wherein a profile of the light output combination surface on a first plane is a first arc, a profile of the light output combination surface on a second plane is a second arc, a normal vector of the first plane is parallel to the second direction, a normal vector of the second plane is parallel to the first direction, and an average curvature radius of the second arc is greater than an average curvature radius of the first arc.

14. The light-emitting device of claim 7 , wherein at least half of the illumination beams transmitted on a second plane are reflected by the reflective mask, the reflected portion of the illumination beams converges in the second direction, and a no al vector of the second plane is parallel to the first direction.

15. The light-emitting device of claim 7 , wherein the reflective mask comprises a reflective concave surface, and the lens module and the light sources are adjacent to a location of a focus of the reflective concave surface in the second direction.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2024
From: PLAYNITRIDE INC.
To: PLAYNITRIDE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066912/0298 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2016
From: SUN, SHENG-YUAN; SHEU, GWO-JIUN; SU, PO-JEN
To: PLAYNITRIDE INC.
Reel/Frame 037914/0625 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 104116633 A · May 25, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160348872A1 · Dec 1, 2016