Illumination device and infrared camera-equipped illumination device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11489093-B2
Application number	US-202016942983-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 30, 2020
Priority date	Jul 31, 2019
Publication date	Nov 1, 2022
Grant date	Nov 1, 2022

Abstract

A illumination device comprises an excitation light source, a first fluorescent material that converts the wavelength of light emitted from the excitation light source and emits light having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 780 nm or more and 1,600 nm or less, and a cut filter that blocks light in a wavelength range of 870 nm or less, wherein the first fluorescent material contains a fluorescent material having a composition of rare earth aluminate containing Ce and Nd.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An illumination device comprising
an excitation light source,
a first fluorescent material that converts the wavelength of light emitted from the excitation light source and emits light having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 780 nm or more and 1,600 nm or less, and
a cut filter that blocks light in a wavelength range of 870 nm or less,
wherein the first fluorescent material contains a fluorescent material having a composition of rare earth aluminate containing Ce and Nd.

2. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the excitation light source emits light having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 250 nm or more and 500 nm or less.

3. The illumination device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second fluorescent material that converts the wavelength of light emitted from the excitation light source and emits light having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of less than 780 nm.

4. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the excitation light source is a GaN-based semiconductor light emitting element.

5. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the first fluorescent material contains a fluorescent material having a composition of rare earth aluminate containing: at least one rare earth element Ln selected from the group consisting of Y, Gd, Sc, Lu, and La; Al; Ce; Nd; and optionally Ga,
wherein, when the total molar ratio of Al and Ga in the composition is 5, the total molar ratio of the Ln, Ce, and Nd is 3, the molar ratio of Ce is the product of 3 and x, the molar ratio of Nd is the product of 3 and y, x is a number in a range of 0.003 or more and 0.015 or less, and y is a number in a range of 0.002 or more and 0.06 or less.

6. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the first fluorescent material contains a fluorescent material having a composition represented by the following formula (I):
(Ln 1-x-y Ce x Nd y ) 3 (Al 1-z Ga z ) 5 O 12   (I)

wherein Ln represents at least one rare earth element selected from the group consisting of Y, Gd, Sc, Lu, and La; and x, y, and z satisfy 0.003≤x≤0.015, 0.002≤y≤0.06, and 0≤z≤0.8, respectively.

7. The illumination device according to claim 3 , wherein the second fluorescent material contains at least one fluorescent material selected from the group consisting of
a second fluorescent material A that converts the wavelength of light emitted from the excitation light source and emits light having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 430 nm or more and less than 485 nm,
a second fluorescent material B that converts the wavelength of light emitted from the excitation light source and emits light having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 485 nm or more and less than 610 nm, and
a second fluorescent material C that converts the wavelength of light emitted from the excitation light source and emits light having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 610 nm or more and less than 780 nm.

8. An infrared camera-equipped illumination device comprising
the illumination device according to claim 1 , and
an infrared camera that photographs an object illuminated by the illumination device.

9. An infrared camera-equipped illumination device comprising
the illumination device according to claim 3 , and
an infrared camera that photographs an object illuminated by the illumination device.

10. The illumination device according to claim 1 , further comprising at least two or more excitation light sources, at least one of the excitation light sources having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 380 nm or more and 420 or less.

11. The illumination device according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of cut filters, and a cut filter selecting means capable of selecting and using any of the plurality of cut filters.

12. The illumination device according to claim 7 , wherein
the mass ratio of the second fluorescent material A to the total mass of the second fluorescent material is in a range of 1.0% by mass or more and 50.0% by mass or less;
the mass ratio of the second fluorescent material B to the total mass of the second fluorescent material is in a range of 45.0% by mass or more and 99.0% by mass or less; and
the mass ratio of the second fluorescent material C to the total mass of the second fluorescent material is in a range of 0% by mass or more and 50.0% by mass or less.

13. The illumination device according to claim 1 , further comprising a light receiving unit that receives light transmitted through an object and emitted from the object.

14. The illumination device according to claim 13 , further comprising a second cut filter that is disposed at a position where light incident on the light receiving unit and blocks light in a specific wavelength range.

15. The illumination device according to claim 1 , wherein the cut filter is movably disposed to block light emitted in a specific wavelength range.

Assignees

• Nichia Corp

Inventors

• Yamada Chihiro
• Iwakura Daisuke

Classifications

• H04N23/56

  provided with illuminating means · CPC title

• H01L33/0075

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L33/504 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N5/33

  Transforming infrared radiation (cameras or camera modules for generating image signals from infrared radiation H04N23/20; circuitry of SSIS for transforming infrared radiation into image signals H04N25/20) · CPC title

• H04N5/2256

  Electricity · mapped topic