Prism effect system for light fixture with inverted multi-facet prisms

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10132473-B2
Application number	US-201615187692-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 20, 2016
Priority date	Jun 29, 2015
Publication date	Nov 20, 2018
Grant date	Nov 20, 2018

Abstract

The present invention relates to a light fixture comprising at least one light source generating light; a light collector configured to collect at least a part of the light and to convert the light into a light beam propagating a long an optical axis, where the light beam is concentrated at an optical gate arranged along the optical axis and an optical assembly comprising at least one optical front lens. The optical assembly is configured to project at least a part of said light beam along said optical axis and the light fixture comprises a prism effect system. The prism effects system comprises a first prism comprising an entrance surface and a multi-faceted exit surface and a second prism comprising a multi-faceted entrance surface and an exit surface, where the first and second prism comprises an identical number of inverted facets.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A light fixture comprising:
at least one light source generating light;
a light collector configured to collect at least a part of said light and to convert said light into a light beam propagating a long an optical axis, where said light beam is concentrated at an optical gate arranged along said optical axis;
at least one beam modifying object arranged near said optical gate and configured to shape the light beam;
an optical assembly comprising at least one optical front lens, said optical assembly is configured to project at least a part of said light beam along said optical axis;
a prism effect system arranged between said optical gate and said optical front lens, said prism effect system comprising:
a first prism comprising an entrance surface and a multi-faceted exit surface;
a second prism comprising a multi-faceted entrance surface and an exit surface; and

a multi-regional color filter comprising a plurality of color filter regions having at least two different color filtering properties, wherein said multi-regional color filter is arranged adjacent to at least one of said first prism and said second prism;
wherein said entrance surface of said first prism faces towards said at least one light source and said multi-faceted entrance surface of said second prism faces said multi-faceted exit surface of said first prism, wherein said first prism and second prism are rotatable in relation to each other around an axis parallel to said optical axis, and wherein said multi-faceted exit surface of said first prism and said multi-faceted entrance surface comprise an identical number of inverted facets, wherein the number of color filter regions associated with said multi-regional color filter equals the number of facets at said first prism and said second prism, and wherein said color filter regions have substantially the same extent as said facets of said first prism and second prism, wherein said at least one light source, said light collector, said at least one beam modifying object, said optical assembly, said prism effect system, and said multi-regional color filter are arranged inside a lamp housing, and wherein said light beam exits said lamp housing through said at least one optical front lens.

2. The light fixture according to claim 1 , wherein said first prism and said second prism are arranged in a neutral position, wherein, in said neutral position, said facets of said first prism and second prism are brought into pairs and surfaces of each facet pair are parallel to one another.

3. The light fixture according to claim 2 , wherein said first prism and said second prism are movable in relation to each other along said optical axis.

4. The light fixture according to claim 1 , wherein said first prism and said second prism are movable in relation to each other along said optical axis.

5. The light fixture according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of said first prism and said second prism is rotatable in relation to said multi-regional color filter and around an axis inside said light beam.

6. The light fixture according to claim 1 , wherein said optical assembly further comprises an optical focus group comprising at least one optical focus lens, and wherein said prism effect system is arranged between said optical focus group and said front lens.

7. The light fixture according to claim 6 , wherein said optical focus group and said prism effect system are moveable simultaneously along said optical axis.

8. The light fixture according to claim 1 , wherein said first prism and second prism are rotatable in relation to each other around said optical axis.

9. The light fixture according to claim 1 , wherein said facets of said multi-faceted exit surface of said first prism meet in a common point protruding in relation to said first prism, and said facets of said multi-faceted entrance surface of said second prism meet in a common point depressing into said second prism.

10. The light fixture according to claim 1 , wherein said first prism comprises a central exit facet surrounded by a plurality of peripheral exit facets, where said central exit facet is parallel to said entrance surface of said first prism, and said plurality of peripheral exit facets are angled in relation to said central exit facet, and said second prism comprises a central entrance facet surrounded by a plurality of peripheral entrance facets, where said central entrance facet is parallel to said exit surface of said second prism, and said plurality of peripheral entrance facets are angled in relation to said central entrance facet.

11. A method of creating a light effect, comprising:
generating light using at least one light source;
generating a light beam propagating along an optical axis using at least one light collector configured to collect at least a part of said light,
concentrating said light beam at an optical gate along said optical axis using the at least one light collector,
shaping said light beam near said optical gate using at least one beam modifying object;
projecting said light beam along said optical axis using an optical assembly comprising at least one optical front lens; and
rotating a first prism and a second prism in relation to each other inside said light beam at a position between said optical gate and said optical front lens,
wherein said first prism comprises an entrance surface and a multi-faceted exit surface, and said second prism comprises a multi-faceted entrance surface and an exit surface, and wherein said multi-faceted exit surface of said first prism and said multi-faceted entrance surface comprise an identical number of inverted facets;
wherein a multi-regional color filter is arranged adjacent to at least one of said first prism and said second prism, wherein said multi-regional color filter comprises a plurality of color filter regions having at least two different color filtering properties, and wherein the number of color filter regions associated with said multi-regional color filter equals the number of facets at said first prism and said second prism, and wherein said color filter regions have substantially the same extent as said facets of said first prism and second prism; and
wherein said at least one light source, said light collector, said at least one beam modifying object, said optical assembly, said first prism, said second prism, and said multi-regional color filter are arranged inside a lamp housing, and where said light beam exits said lamp housing through said at least one optical front lens.

12. The method of creating light effects according to claim 11 , further comprising arranging said first prism and said second prism in a neutral position, wherein, in said neutral position, said facets of said first and second prism are brought into pairs and surface of each facet pair are parallel to one another.

13. The method of creating light effect according to claim 11 , further comprising rotating the multi-regional color filter in relation to at least said first prism or said second prism inside said light beam at a position adjacent to a prism effect system.

14. The method of creating light effects according to claim 11 , further comprising moving said first and second prisms in relation to each other along said optical axis.

Assignees

• Martin Professional Aps

Inventors

• Hansen Claus Ellevang
• Kildeby Nina Lillelund

Classifications

• F21V5/048

  the lens being a simple lens adapted to cooperate with a point-like source for emitting mainly in one direction and having an axis coincident with the main light transmission direction, e.g. convergent or divergent lenses, plano-concave or plano-convex lenses · CPC title

• F21V14/06 Primary

  by movement of refractors {(in vehicle head lamps F21S41/635)} · CPC title

• F21V5/008

  Combination of two or more successive refractors along an optical axis · CPC title

• F21V13/14

  the elements being filters or photoluminescent elements, reflectors and refractors · CPC title

• F21V5/02

  of prismatic shape (F21V5/04 takes precedence) · CPC title