Light irradiation device for synthesis of functional substance in a human body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11517764-B2
Application number	US-201916698087-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 27, 2019
Priority date	Nov 30, 2018
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

A light irradiation device includes a first light source emitting first light in a visible wavelength band and a second light source emitting second light, in which at least part of a wavelength band is different from a wavelength band of the first light source and which catalyzes synthesis of a functional substance in a target to which light is applied. The second light includes light in a wavelength band of ultraviolet B.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light irradiation device comprising:
a first light source substrate and a second light source substrate spaced apart from each other, each of the first and second light source substrates including at least one of:
a first light source configured to emit first light in a visible wavelength band; and
a second light source configured to emit second light, in which at least part of a wavelength band of the second light source is different from the wavelength band of the first light source, to catalyze synthesis of a functional substance comprising vitamin D in a target irradiated with the second light;

a driving unit configured to control a light emission direction of each of the first and second light source substrates, respectively;
a first tilt member directly disposed on the first light source substrate and configured to adjust an angle at which the first light source substrate is inclined; and
a second tilt member directly disposed on the second light source substrate and configured to adjust an angle at which the second light source substrate is inclined,
wherein:
the second light includes light in a wavelength band of ultraviolet B;
an area of a spectrum of the wavelength band of the first light overlaps 55% or more of an area of a solar spectrum normalized in a range, in which a color temperature is 2600 K to 7000 K; and
a peak of the first light in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 490 nm has a deviation of 0.14 or less from the normalized solar spectrum.

2. The light irradiation device of claim 1 , wherein the second light includes light in a wavelength band of 280 nm to 315 nm.

3. The light irradiation device of claim 1 , wherein the second light further includes light in a wavelength band of ultraviolet A and light in a wavelength band of ultraviolet C.

4. The light irradiation device of claim 3 , wherein the second light source is configured to emit the second light to the target in a predetermined dose.

5. The light irradiation device of claim 4 , wherein the predetermined dose of the second light is in a range of 30 J/m 2 to 10000 J/m 2 .

6. The light irradiation device of claim 4 , wherein:
the predetermined dose of the second light is configured to vary depending on a timing of a day or a year; and
an amount of light emitted from the second light source is configured to be controlled depending on the predetermined dose.

7. The light irradiation device of claim 4 , wherein:
the predetermined dose of the second light is configured to vary depending on a location of a human body; and
an amount of light emitted from the second light source is configured to be controlled depending on the predetermined dose.

8. The light irradiation device of claim 1 , wherein the wavelength band of the first light source is in a range of 380 nm to 780 nm.

9. The light irradiation device of claim 8 , wherein the normalized solar spectrum is expressed by following Equation 1;

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λ: wavelength (μm)
h: Planck's constant
c: Speed of light
T: Absolute temperature
k: Boltzmann constant.

10. The light irradiation device of claim 1 , further comprising a sensing sensor configured to sense a human body.

11. The light irradiation device of claim 10 , further comprising a controller configured to control an on/off of each of the first and second light sources depending on whether the human body is present.

12. The light irradiation device of claim 11 , wherein:
the sensing sensor is configured to sense a movement of the human body; and
the driving unit is configured to change the light emission direction of each of the first light source substrate and second light source substrate depending on whether the human body has moved.

13. The light irradiation device of claim 12 , wherein the on/off of at least one of the first light source and second light sources is configured to be controlled by a user.

14. The light irradiation device of claim 12 , wherein the on/off of at least one of the first light source and second light sources is configured to be controlled depending on a predetermined program.

15. The light irradiation device of claim 12 , further comprising:
a location information receiver configured to receive location information,
wherein the controller is configured to receive the location information from the location information receiver and to control a dose of light emitted from the first and second light sources,
wherein the controller is configured to calculate the dose of light to be emitted from the first and second light sources based on the location information, and to control the first and second light sources to emit light of the calculated dose.

16. The light irradiation device of claim 15 , wherein the location information receiver is configured to:
calculate the location information of the light irradiation device;
calculate a dose of an external light of a place where the light irradiation device is located based on the location information; and
control the first and second light sources to emit light corresponding to a difference between the calculated dose and the dose of the external light.

17. The light irradiation device of claim 1 , wherein the first light in a wavelength range of 680 nm to 780 nm has a deviation greater than 0.14 from the normalized solar spectrum.

18. A light irradiation device comprising:
a first light source substrate and a second light source substrate spaced apart from each other, each of the first and second light source substrates including at least one of:
a first light source configured to emit first light in a visible wavelength band; and
a second light source configured to emit second light having a wavelength band of ultraviolet B to catalyze synthesis of a functional substance comprising vitamin D to a target irradiated with the second light;

Assignees

• Seoul Viosys Co Ltd

Inventors

• Bae Hee Ho
• Yoon Yeong Min
• Lee A Young

Classifications

• A61N2005/0626

  Monitoring, verifying, controlling systems and methods · CPC title

• A61N2005/0658

  characterised by the wavelength of light used · CPC title

• A61N5/0624

  for eliminating microbes, germs, bacteria on or in the body · CPC title

• A61N2005/0659

  infrared · CPC title

• A61N5/06 Primary

  using light · CPC title