Lighting device and vehicle lamp comprising same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10563840-B2
Application number	US-201916540572-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 14, 2019
Priority date	Dec 2, 2015
Publication date	Feb 18, 2020
Grant date	Feb 18, 2020

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a lighting device comprising: a light source unit comprising a plurality of light emitting elements; a conversion unit for converting light emitted from the light source unit; a reflection unit for reflecting light which has passed through the conversion unit; and a half mirror member, which is disposed on the top of the reflection unit, for transmitting a portion of incident light and reflecting a portion of the incident light. The conversion unit includes an optical pattern for selectively transmitting light emitted from the light source unit, the light source unit is disposed on a periphery portion of the reflection unit, and the height of the center portion of the reflection unit is greater than the height of the periphery portion thereof.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lighting device comprising:
a first light source including a plurality of light emitting elements;
a second light source disposed opposite to the first light source and including a plurality of light emitting elements;
a first conversion unit disposed on a path of light emitted from the first light source;
a second conversion unit disposed on a path of light emitted from the second light source;
a reflection unit disposed between the first conversion unit and the second conversion unit; and
a half mirror member spaced apart from the reflection unit,
wherein light emitted from the first light source and passing through the first conversion unit is reflected by the reflection unit, and
wherein a first portion of the light reflected by the reflection unit passes through the half mirror member and a second portion of the light reflected by the reflection unit is reflected from the half mirror member to the reflection unit.

2. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the first conversion unit and the second conversion unit comprise a diffusion member and an optical pattern member, wherein the diffusion member and the optical pattern member are disposed so that light emitted from the first light source and the second light source passes through the optical pattern member after passing through the diffusion member.

3. The lighting device of claim 2 , wherein the optical pattern is configured to selectively transmit the light emitted by the first light source and the second light source.

4. The lighting device of claim 3 , wherein the optical pattern member comprises a plurality of optical patterns, and
wherein a shape of the optical pattern includes triangular, tetragonal, or circular shapes.

5. The lighting device of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of the optical patterns is formed in a structure penetrating one region of the optical pattern member.

6. The lighting device of claim 5 , wherein a size of each optical pattern of the plurality of the optical patterns is different.

7. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein a height of a central portion of the reflection unit is greater than a height of both edges of the reflection unit.

8. The lighting device of claim 7 , wherein the central portion of the reflection unit is spaced apart from a lower surface of the half mirror member.

9. The lighting device of claim 8 , wherein the both edges of the reflection unit are disposed so as to be in contact with the optical pattern member.

10. The lighting device of claim 7 , wherein the reflection unit comprises a first side surface disposed between the center portion and one edge of the both edges and a second side surface disposed between the center portion and the other edge of the both edges, wherein each of the first side surface and the second side surface has a flat or curved surface structure.

11. The lighting device of claim 10 , wherein a vertical cross section of the reflection unit comprises a semicircular structure.

12. The lighting device of claim 10 , wherein a vertical cross section of the reflection unit comprises a triangular structure.

13. The lighting device of claim 10 , wherein the reflection unit has a structure in which a space is formed on an inner side surface of the reflection unit.

14. A vehicle lamp comprising the lighting device of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Lg Innotek Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Dong Hyun
• Kim Seong Jin
• Choi Young Jae
• Han Sa Rum

Classifications

• F21S43/15

  Strips of light sources · CPC title

• F21V7/043

  with cylindrical surface · CPC title

• F21S43/14

  Light emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• F21V7/0008

  providing for indirect lighting · CPC title

• F21S43/40

  characterised by the combination of reflectors and refractors · CPC title