Lighting array providing visually-captivating lighting effects
View Patent ↗An apparatus is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention as including an array of lighting modules organized in an alternating grid-like pattern. Each lighting module includes a pair of opposing light-emitting sides and a pair of opposing light-obstructing (e.g., light-reflecting) sides. Each lighting module in the grid-like pattern is mounted transversely to the lighting modules that are adjacent to it. As a result, each lighting module in the array illuminates the light-obstructing sides of lighting modules that are adjacent to its light-emitting sides.
1. An apparatus comprising:
an array of lighting modules organized in an alternating grid-like pattern, each lighting module comprising a pair of opposing light-emitting sides and a pair of opposing light-obstructing sides, wherein each lighting module in the grid-like pattern is mounted transversely to adjacent lighting modules.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each pair of light-obstructing sides form an open-ended shroud containing at least one lighting element.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the open-ended shroud is a tent-like structure.
4. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the open-ended shroud has one of a half cylinder shape and a triangular prism shape.
5. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the at least one lighting element comprises at least one individually addressable LED.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the light-obstructing sides are light-reflective.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the light-obstructing sides are fabricated from aluminum or alloys thereof.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each lighting module comprises a substantially square footprint.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a height of the lighting module is larger than a width or length of the lighting module.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each lighting module illuminates lighting modules adjacent to its light-emitting sides.
11. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the at least one lighting element comprises a first lighting element directing light toward a first side of the pair of light-emitting sides, and a second lighting element directing light toward a second side of the pair of light-emitting sides.
12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting sides are covered with one of a translucent and a transparent material.
13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the array is made up of a plurality of rectangular panels, each rectangular panel comprising a plurality of lighting modules.
14. An apparatus comprising:
an array of lighting modules organized in an alternating grid-like pattern, each lighting module comprising a tent-like structure that emits light from ends of the tent-like structure, while reflecting light from sides of the tent-like structure, wherein each lighting module in the grid-like pattern is mounted transversely to adjacent lighting modules.
15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the sides of the tent-like structure are fabricated from aluminum or alloys thereof.
16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein a height of the tent-like structure is larger than a width or length of the tent-like structure.
17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein a base of the tent-like structure has a substantially square footprint.
18. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the ends of the tent-like structure are covered with one of a translucent and a transparent material.
19. The apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising a first lighting element within the tent-like structure that emits light through a first end of the tent-like structure, and a second lighting element within the tent-like structure that emits light through a second end of the tent-like structure.
20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the first and second lighting elements are individually addressable LEDs.