Light source

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024049649-A1
Application number	US-202318482459-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 6, 2023
Priority date	Aug 24, 2018
Publication date	Feb 15, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A light module includes a first light emitter, a second light emitter, a third light emitter, and a controller. The first light emitter is configured to emit a first light having a first peak wavelength in a visible range, the second light emitter is configured to emit a second light having a waveform having a second peak wavelength higher than the first peak wavelength, and the third light emitter is configured to emit a third light having a third peak wavelength that is shorter than the first peak wavelength. The controller is configured to control the first light emitter, the second light emitter, and the third light emitter to generate a first light pattern and a second light pattern. The first light pattern comprises a first light spectrum and the second light pattern comprises a second light spectrum including at least one more peak wavelength than the first light spectrum.

First claim

We claim:

1 . A light module comprising:
a first light emitter configured to emit a first light having a first peak wavelength in a visible range; a second light emitter configured to emit a second light having a waveform having a second peak wavelength higher than the first peak wavelength; a third light emitter configured to emit a third light having a third peak wavelength that is shorter than the first peak wavelength; and a controller configured to control the first light emitter, the second light emitter, and the third light emitter such that a first light pattern and a second light pattern are generated, wherein each of the first light emitter, the second light emitter, and the third light emitter comprises:
a first semiconductor layer;
a second semiconductor layer, and
an active layer, the active layer being disposed on the first semiconductor layer to emit a light having a specific wavelength due to a band gap difference in an energy band depending on a material used to form the active layer,
wherein the first light pattern comprises a first light spectrum and the second light pattern comprises a second light spectrum including at least one more peak wavelength than the first light spectrum, and wherein the controller controls the third light emitter to turn off when the second light emitter turns on.

2 . The light module of claim 1 , wherein the controller controls the second light emitter and the third light emitter individually.

3 . The light module of claim 1 , wherein the first light emitter comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes.

4 . The light module of claim 3 , wherein at least two of the plurality of light emitting diodes have different peak wavelengths.

5 . The light module of claim 1 , wherein the controller operates at least one of the light emitters such that the at least one of the light emitters emits light at a predetermined intensity.

6 . The light module of claim 5 , wherein the controller controls the at least one of the light emitters according to a user's input.

7 . A light module comprising:
a plurality of first light emitters configured to emit a first light having a first peak wavelength in a visible range; a plurality of second light emitters configured to emit a second light having a waveform having a second peak wavelength higher than the first peak wavelength; a plurality of third light emitters configured to emit a third light having a third peak wavelength that is shorter than the first peak wavelength; and a controller configured to control the plurality of first light emitters, the plurality of second light emitters, and the plurality of third light emitters such that a first light pattern and a second light pattern are generated, wherein each of the plurality of first light emitters, the plurality of second light emitters, and the plurality of third light emitters comprises:
a first semiconductor layer;
a second semiconductor layer, and
an active layer, the active layer being disposed on the first semiconductor layer to emit a light having a specific wavelength due to a band gap difference in an energy band depending on a material used to form the active layer,
wherein the first light pattern comprises a first light spectrum and the second light pattern comprises a second light spectrum including at least one more peak wavelength than the first light spectrum, and wherein a composition ratio of the plurality of first light emitters and the plurality of second light emitters differ.

8 . The light module of claim 7 , wherein the controller controls the plurality of second light emitters and the plurality of third light emitters individually.

9 . The light module of claim 7 , wherein the controller controls operation of the plurality of first light emitters and plurality of second light emitters wirelessly.

10 . The light module of claim 7 , wherein at least two of the plurality of first light emitters have different peak wavelengths.

11 . The light module of claim 7 , wherein the controller operates at least one of the plurality of light emitters such that the at least one of the plurality of light emitters emits light at a predetermined intensity.

12 . The light module of claim 11 , wherein the controller controls the at least one of the plurality of light emitters according to a user's input.

13 . The light module of claim 7 , the composition ratio is adjusted such that the first light pattern, the second light pattern, or both are customized.

14 . A light module comprising:
a plurality of first light emitters configured to emit a first light having a first peak wavelength in a visible range; a plurality of second light emitters configured to emit a second light having a waveform having a second peak wavelength higher than the first peak wavelength; a plurality of third light emitters configured to emit a third light having a shorter peak wavelength than the first peak wavelength; and a controller configured to control the plurality of first light emitters, the plurality of second light emitters, and the plurality of third light emitters such that a first light pattern and a second light pattern are generated, wherein each of the plurality of first light emitters, the plurality of second light emitters, and the plurality of third light emitters comprises:
a first semiconductor layer;
a second semiconductor layer, and
an active layer, the active layer being disposed on the first semiconductor layer to emit a light having a specific wavelength due to a band gap difference in an energy band depending on a material used to form the active layer,
wherein the first light pattern comprises a first light spectrum and the second light pattern comprises a second light spectrum including at least one more peak wavelength than the first light spectrum, and wherein a composition ratio of the plurality of second light emitters and the plurality of third light emitters differ.

15 . The light module of claim 14 , wherein the controller controls the plurality of second light emitters and the plurality of third light emitters individually.

16 . The light module of claim 14 , wherein the controller controls operation of the plurality of first light emitters and plurality of second light emitters wirelessly.

17 . The light module of claim 14 , wherein at least two of the plurality of first light emitters have different peak wavelengths.

18 . The light module of claim 14 , wherein the controller operates at least one of the plurality of light emitters such that the at least one of the plurality of light emitters emits light at a predetermined intensity.

19 . The light module of claim 18 , wherein the controller controls the at least one of the plurality of light emitters according to a user's input.

20 . The light module of claim 14 , the composition ratio is adjusted such that the first light pattern, the second light pattern or both are customized.

Assignees

• Seoul Viosys Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Se Ryung
• Ko Sang Min
• Kim Jin Won
• Song Hyun Su

Classifications

• F21Y2113/13

  comprising an assembly of point-like light sources · CPC title

• F21Y2113/30

  of visible and non-visible spectrum · CPC title

• H10H20/825

  containing nitrogen, e.g. GaN · CPC title

• H10H20/824

  comprising only Group III-V materials, e.g. GaP · CPC title

• H10H20/823

  comprising only Group II-VI materials, e.g. ZnO · CPC title