Lighting device and power supply system for the lighting device
A lighting device includes a light collecting unit, a solar cell panel, a storage battery, a lighting element and a control unit. The light collecting unit includes a lens exposed to outside light, and an optical leveling element. The optical leveling element includes a light guide plate having a dot pattern arranged thereon and facing toward the lens module. A refractive index of the dot pattern gradually increases from a center to a periphery. The solar cell panel is aligned with the optical leveling element, and is configured for receiving light transmitted through the optical leveling element and converting the light into electrical energy. The control unit is connected to the solar cell panel and the storage battery, and is configured for controlling the solar cell panel to power the storage battery and controlling the storage battery to power the lighting element.
1. A lighting device, comprising:
a light collecting unit comprising a lens barrel with a light incident opening defined at a first end thereof, a lens having a central portion and a peripheral portion, and an optical leveling element, the lens received in the lens barrel with the central optical portion aligned with the light incident opening, the optical leveling element received at a second end of the lens barrel and comprising a light guide plate having a dot pattern, the dot pattern facing toward the lens, a refractive index of the dot pattern gradually increasing from a center of the dot pattern to a periphery of the dot pattern;
a solar cell panel aligned with the optical leveling element, and configured for receiving light transmitted through the optical leveling element and converting the light into electrical energy;
a storage battery;
a lighting element electrically connected to the storage battery; and
a control unit connected to the solar cell panel and the storage battery, and configured for controlling the solar cell panel to power the storage battery and controlling the storage battery to power the lighting element.
2. The lighting device as described in claim 1 , wherein the central optical portion of the lens is one of convex shaped and concave shaped.
3. The lighting device as described in claim 1 , wherein the dot pattern comprises a plurality of lower refractive index dots arranged in a center of the light guide plate and a plurality of higher refractive index dots arranged around the lower refractive index dots.
4. The lighting device as described in claim 1 , wherein the control unit comprises a DC-DC converter connected to the solar cell panel, a battery charge and discharge controller connected to the DC-DC converter and the storage battery, and a pulse width modulation controller connected to the DC-DC converter, the battery charge and discharge controller and the storage battery.
5. A power supply system, comprising:
a light collecting unit comprising a lens barrel with a light incident opening defined at a first end thereof, a lens having a central portion and a peripheral portion, and an optical leveling element, the lens received in the lens barrel with the central optical portion aligned with the light incident opening, the optical leveling element received at a second end of the lens barrel and comprising a light guide plate having a dot pattern, the dot pattern facing toward the lens, a refractive index of the dot pattern gradually increasing from a center of the dot pattern to a periphery of the dot pattern;
a solar cell panel aligned with the optical leveling element, and configured for receiving light transmitted through the optical leveling element and converting the light into electrical energy;
a storage battery; and
a control unit connected to the solar cell panel and the storage battery, and configured for controlling the solar cell panel to power the storage battery.
6. The power supply system as described in claim 5 , wherein the central optical portion of the lens is one of convex shaped and concave shaped.
7. The power supply system as described in claim 5 , wherein the dot pattern comprises a plurality of lower refractive index dots arranged in a center of the light guide plate and a plurality of higher refractive index dots arranged around the lower refractive index dots.
8. The power supply system as described in claim 5 , wherein the control unit comprises a DC-DC converter connected to the solar cell panel, a battery charge and discharge controller connected to the DC-DC converter and the storage battery, and a pulse width modulation controller connected to the DC-DC converter, the battery charge and discharge controller and the storage battery.
9. A power supply system, comprising:
a light collecting unit comprising a lens barrel with a light incident opening defined at a first end thereof, a lens having a central portion and a peripheral portion, and an optical leveling element, the lens received in the lens barrel with the central optical portion aligned with the light incident opening, the optical leveling element received at a second end of the lens barrel and structured and arranged to convert light of different intensities received from the lens into output light of substantially the same intensity;
a solar cell panel aligned with the optical leveling element, and configured for receiving the light output from the optical leveling element and converting the light into electrical energy;
a storage battery; and
a control unit connected to the solar cell panel and the storage battery, and configured for controlling the solar cell panel to power the storage battery.
10. The power supply system as described in claim 9 , wherein the optical leveling element comprises a light guide plate having a dot pattern, the dot pattern facing toward the lens, a refractive index of the dot pattern gradually increasing from a center of the dot pattern to a periphery of the dot pattern.