Dual light sources having similar solor temperatures and different spectral characteristics

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10876702-B2
Application number	US-201515503045-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 12, 2015
Priority date	Aug 13, 2014
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

This lighting device (1) is provided with a first light source (L1) and a second light source (L2). The first light source (L1) emits a first light. The second light source (L2) emits a second light. The first light and the second light have substantially the same color temperature but different spectral characteristics. This lighting device (1) is configured such that the first light and the second light are alternately irradiated onto a road sign (2).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lighting system comprising:
a first LED light source configured to emit a first light;
a second LED light source configured to emit a second light; and
a lighting control unit configured to control the first LED light source and the second LED light source,
wherein the first light and the second light have substantially the same color temperature but different spectral characteristics,
wherein the lighting control unit controls the lighting system such that the first light and the second light are alternately irradiated to an illumination object at an alternating frequency in a range of 2 to 4 Hz,
wherein the lighting control unit controls the first LED light source and the second LED light source to each blink such that a combined luminous intensity of the first light and the second light is constant when the first light and the second light are alternately irradiated to the illumination object,
wherein the first LED light source and the second LED light source are fixed externally to the illumination object,
wherein the illumination object is a road sign, and
wherein the lighting system is mounted on a vehicle and configured such that the first light and the second light are irradiated to at least a front of the vehicle.

2. A lighting device, comprising:
two vehicle lamps, each of the vehicle lamps including
a high beam lamp;
a low beam lamp; and
a clearance lamp, including
a first light source configured to emit a first light;
a second light source configured to emit a second light; and

at least one lighting control unit configured to control the first light source and the second light source of the vehicle lamps,
wherein the first light and the second light have substantially the same color temperature but different spectral characteristics, and
wherein the at least one lighting control unit controls the lighting device such that the first light and the second light are alternately irradiated at an alternating frequency in a range of 2 to 4 Hz,
wherein each of the vehicle lamps is mounted on a vehicle and configured such that the first light and the second light are irradiated to at least a front of the vehicle,
wherein the vehicle lamps are respectively arranged on a left side and a right side of a front portion of a vehicle body, and
wherein the at least one lighting control unit controls the first light source and the second light source to each blink such that a combined luminous intensity of the first light and the second light is constant when the first light and the second light are alternatively irradiated to the illumination object.

3. The lighting system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an illumination object that receives the first light and the second light, wherein the illumination object includes a first portion of a first color and a second portion of a second color, wherein the first color is different than the second color.

4. The lighting system according to claim 1 , wherein the first light has three peaks in a range of 400 nm to 700 nm, and the second light has only two peaks in the range of 400 nm to 700 nm.

5. The lighting device according to claim 2 , wherein the first light has three peaks in a range of 400 nm to 700 nm, and the second light has only two peaks in the range of 400 nm to 700 nm.

6. The lighting system according to claim 1 , wherein the first light and the second light have a color temperature corresponding to white.

7. The lighting device according to claim 2 , wherein the first light and the second light have a color temperature corresponding to white.

8. The lighting system according to claim 1 , wherein the first LED light source is an RGB LED, and the second LED light source is a blue-yellow LED.

Assignees

• Koito Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Masuda Takeshi

Classifications

• F21S43/00 Primary

  Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights · CPC title

• H05B45/20 Primary

  Controlling the colour of the light · CPC title

• F21S43/31

  Optical layout thereof · CPC title

• F21S43/14

  Light emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• F21V7/04

  Optical design · CPC title