Lighting system and selective retro-reflection apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10161597-B2
Application number	US-201514826206-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 14, 2015
Priority date	Aug 21, 2014
Publication date	Dec 25, 2018
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018

Abstract

A lighting system and a selective retro-reflection apparatus are provided. The lighting system includes a lamp, a reflector configured to reflect light emitted by the lamp, a projection lens configured to emit the reflected light of the reflector in a predetermined direction, and a selective shield apparatus disposed between the projection lens and the reflector and provided on a path of light directed upward among the light reflected from the reflector to selectively shield the light directed upward, wherein the selective shield apparatus includes a panel and a selective shield portion supported by the panel, positions of the panel and the selective shield portion are fixed, and a state in which the selective shield portion transmits the light is changed according to whether power is supplied.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lighting system, comprising:
a lamp;
a reflector configured to reflect light emitted by the lamp;
a projection lens configured to emit the reflected light of the reflector in a predetermined direction; and
a selective shield apparatus disposed between the projection lens and the reflector and provided on a path of light directed upward among the light reflected from the reflector to selectively shield the light directed upward,
wherein the selective shield apparatus includes a selective retro-reflection apparatus,
wherein the selective retro-reflection apparatus includes:
an incident panel including at least one reflection structure capable of reflecting incident light;
a fluid pocket provided on a lower portion of the incident panel along a light path of the incident light, and configured to adjust a state of an interface between the at least one reflection structure and the fluid by selectively filling fluids that are different from each other; and
a structure configured to provide and emit the fluid to the fluid pocket,
wherein a refractive index of the incident panel is different from a refractive index of fluid.

2. The lighting system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one reflection structure has a vertex projected toward the fluid pocket.

3. The lighting system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one reflection structure includes a plurality of structures arranged with a same interval in horizontal and vertical directions.

4. A selective retro-reflection apparatus, comprising:
an incident panel having at least one reflection structure capable of reflecting incident light;
a fluid pocket provided on a lower portion of the incident panel along a light path of the incident light, and configured to adjust a state of an interface between the reflection structure and the fluid by selectively filling fluids that are different from each other;
an emitting panel provided on a lower portion of the fluid pocket with respect to the incident light; and
a structure configured to provide and emit the fluid to the fluid pocket, wherein a refractive index of the incident panel is different from a refractive index of fluid.

5. The selective retro-reflection apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the reflection structure has a vertex projected toward the fluid pocket.

6. The selective retro-reflection apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the reflection structure includes at least three reflection surfaces sharing a vertex.

7. The selective retro-reflection apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the reflection structure includes four reflection surfaces inclined by 45 degrees.

8. The selective retro-reflection apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the reflection structure includes a plurality of structures arranged with the same interval in horizontal and vertical directions.

9. The selective retro-reflection apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the reflection structure is provided in a front surface of the emitting panel.

10. The selective retro-reflection apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the reflection structure of the incident panel and the reflection structure of the emitting panel have the same shape and are arranged to have the same arrangement.

11. A lighting system, comprising:
a lamp;
a reflector configured to reflect light emitted by the lamp;
a projection lens configured to emit the reflected light of the reflector in a predetermined direction; and
a selective retro-reflection apparatus provided on a light path of light directed upward so that light emitted as the light directed upward among the light emitted from the lamp is emitted as light directed downward,
wherein the selective retro-reflection apparatus includes:
at least one panel having at least one reflection structure capable of reflecting incident light; and
a fluid pocket configured to adjust a state of an interface between the reflection structure and the fluid, and adjust a reflection state of the incident light by alternately filling two kinds of fluids that are different from each other.

Assignees

• Gwangju Inst Science & Tech

Inventors

• Park Sang Ki
• Lee Sun Kyu
• Nam Sung Ki

Classifications

• F21S41/337

  the reflector having a structured surface, e.g. with facets or corrugations · CPC title

• F21S41/645

  by electro-optic means, e.g. liquid crystal or electrochromic devices · CPC title

• F21S41/322

  the reflector using total internal reflection · CPC title

• F21S41/285

  Refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters not provided in groups F21S41/24 - F21S41/2805 · CPC title

• F21S45/435

  circulating the gas within a closed system · CPC title