IP Library Granted Patent US 9,163,797
Granted Patent B2
US 9,163,797 · App. 13/400,115 · Granted Oct 20, 2015

Atmosphere light with interacting functions

Inventors: Ching-Cherng Sun (Yangmei, TW); Yeh-Wei Yu (Hukou Township, TW); Yu-Huan Wang (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: National Central University
F21S10/02F21S2/005F21V15/01F21V23/0435F21V23/0464A63B24/00A63B39/06A63B43/06A63B2039/003A63B2209/08A63B2220/801A63B2220/803A63B2220/805A63B2220/808A63B2220/833A63B2225/50F21W2121/00F21Y2101/02
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Patent No.
US 9,163,797
App. No.
13/400,115
Granted
Oct 20, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An atmosphere light with interacting functions includes a body formed with a plurality of polygon-shaped blocks which are connected to each other, a plurality of lenses respectively covering the blocks, a receiving space defined between the lens and the block, a light source located in the receiving space and mounted at the center on the bottom of the block, a cover assembled in the receiving space and covering the light source, a controller assembled in the body and electrically connected to the light source so that the light source is varied by the controller. Under this arrangement, when the light beams from the light source are transmitted to the lenses, the light beams are refracted by the lenses and passes through the lenses; consequently, the light beam is formed as a virtual image at the center of the body via the refraction.

Claims (16)

1. An atmosphere light with interacting functions comprising:

a body formed with a plurality of polygon-shaped blocks which are connected to each other;

a plurality of lenses respectively covering the blocks, between each pair of block and lens having a receiving space defined therein, a light source located in the receiving space, the light source mounted at a center of a bottom of the block, a cover assembled in the receiving space and covering the light source; and

a controller assembled in the body, the controller electrically connected to the light source so that the light source is varied by the controller;

wherein, when the plurality of light beams from the light sources is transmitted to the lenses, the light beams are refracted by the lenses and pass through the lenses in such a way that each of the light sources has a same virtual image at a center of the body; the light source is further controlled by the controller so that the light source transmits the light beams in various ways according to the controller.

2. The atmosphere light with interacting functions as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lenses allows the light to transmit without impediment so that the lenses can be replaced by convex lenses, concave lenses, combination of convex and concave lenses, transparent plastics or thin papers.

3. The atmosphere light with interacting functions as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the body might be tetrahedron-shaped, octahedron-shaped or buckyball.

4. The atmosphere light with interacting functions as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the blocks are formed as regular polygons with four sides to twenty sides.

5. The atmosphere light with interacting functions as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the blocks are made of plastic, iron sheet or magnetic materials.

6. The atmosphere light with interacting functions as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light sources might be LEDs, fluorescent lamps or bulbs.

7. The atmosphere light with interacting functions as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller might control the light source via a switch, a remote controller, a voice-identified controller, an applause controller or a wire controller so as to vary the light beams from the light sources.

8. The atmosphere light with interacting functions as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a microphone is assembled in the body; the microphone receives the outside voice and transmits the receiving message to the controller so that the controller controls the light sources according to the outside voice.

9. The atmosphere light with interacting functions as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a low-pass filter is mounted in the body; the outside ambience is filtered by the low-pass filter so that the microphone receives the clear voice command finally.

10. The atmosphere light with interacting functions as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a shock sensor is mounted in the body; the shock sensor receives the outside shocks and transmits the received message to the controller so that the controller controls the light sources according to the frequency or the amplitude of the outside shocks.

11. The atmosphere light with interacting functions as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an ambient light photo sensor is mounted in the body; when the user is close to the lenses of the body, partial light is shaded by the user so that the ambient light photo sensor receives an information about shadows and lights from the user and transmits the received message to the controller; therefore, the controller controls the single light sources according to the user closing to the lenses of the body or not.

12. The atmosphere light with interacting functions as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cover in the receiving space might be a diffusing sheet, an acrylic sheet or a glass sheet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2012
From: SUN, CHING-CHERNG; YU, YEH-WEI; WANG, YU-HUAN
To: NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 027729/0377 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 100141969 A · Nov 16, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130120989A1 · May 16, 2013