Light source

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025331471-A1
Application number	US-202519259438-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 3, 2025
Priority date	Aug 24, 2018
Publication date	Oct 30, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A light source can include at least one light emitter and is configured to emit a first light during a region of a light period and emit both the first light and a second light of a different wavelength during a remaining region of the light period. The emitter can include semiconductor layers and an active layer configured to emit 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. A plant cultivation device can include the light source and a main body in which a plant can be grown. The light period can be configured to increase a content of an active ingredient in the plant. The first light can have a longer peak wavelength than a peak wavelength of the second light.

First claim

We claim:

1 . A light emitting apparatus comprising:
a main body; a light source disposed on the main body and including first light sources configured to emit light having a first peak wavelength and a second peak wavelength shorter than the first peak wavelength and second light sources configured to emit light having a third peak wavelength shorter than the first peak wavelength; and a controller disposed on the main body and electrically connected to the light source, wherein at least one of the first light sources or the second light sources includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer and an active layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and wherein the light source is configured to emit light in a Photosynthetic Active Radiation band.

2 . The light emitting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to turn on the light source depending on a light period as defined by a user's input.

3 . The light emitting apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to substantially simultaneously or individually control ON/OFF of the first light sources and/or the second light sources.

4 . The light emitting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first light sources are configured to emit light having a higher intensity of the first peak wavelength than an intensity of the second peak wavelength.

5 . The light emitting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the light source includes a different number of the first light sources and the second light sources.

6 . The light emitting apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the light source includes a greater number of the second light sources than the first light sources.

7 . The light emitting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the light source includes a waterproof structure configured to prevent water damage to the light source.

8 . A light emitting apparatus comprising:
a main body; a light source disposed on the main body and including a plurality of light emitting devices; and a controller disposed on the main body and electrically connected to the light source, wherein at least one of the plurality of light emitting devices includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer and an active layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, wherein the plurality of light emitting devices includes at least one first light emitting diode configured to emit a first light including a red peak wavelength spectrum and at least one second light emitting diode configured to emit a second light including a white spectrum, wherein at least one of the plurality of light emitting devices is configured to emit light in a Photosynthetic Active Radiation band, and wherein the light source includes a different number of the at least one first light emitting diode and the at least one second light emitting diode.

9 . The light emitting apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to turn on the light source depending on a light period as defined by a user's input.

10 . The light emitting apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to substantially simultaneously or individually control ON/OFF of the at least one red light emitting diode and/or the at least one white light emitting diode.

11 . The light emitting apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the light source is configured to emit light having a blue light intensity at a blue peak wavelength and a red light intensity at the red peak wavelength.

12 . The light emitting apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the red light intensity is higher than the blue light intensity.

13 . The light emitting apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the light source includes more of the at least one first light emitting diode than the at least one second light emitting diode.

14 . A light emitting apparatus comprising:
a main body; a light source disposed on the main body and including a plurality of light emitting devices; and a controller disposed on the main body and electrically connected to the light source, wherein at least one of the plurality of light emitting devices includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer and an active layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, wherein the plurality of light emitting devices includes a plurality of first light emitters configured to emit first light having a first peak wavelength in a red wavelength range and a plurality of second light emitters configured to emit second light having a shorter peak wavelength than the first peak wavelength, wherein at least one of the plurality of light emitting devices emits light in a Photosynthetic Active Radiation band, and wherein the light source includes more of the plurality of second light emitters than the plurality of first light emitters.

15 . The light emitting apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the controller is configured to turn on the light source depending on a light period as defined by a user's input.

16 . The light emitting apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the controller is configured to substantially simultaneously or individually control ON/OFF of the plurality of first light emitters and/or the plurality of second light emitters.

17 . The light emitting apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the light source is configured to emit light having a blue light intensity at a blue peak wavelength and a red light intensity at the first peak wavelength.

18 . The light emitting apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the red light intensity is higher than the blue light intensity.

19 . The light emitting apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the light source includes at least one third light emitter configured to emit light having a third peak wavelength different than the first and second peak wavelengths.

20 . The light emitting apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the light source is configured to emit light having different intensities of light emitted by the at least one third light emitter and light emitted by the plurality of second light emitters.

Assignees

• Seoul Viosys Co Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• F21Y2113/30

  of visible and non-visible spectrum · CPC title

• A01G9/20

  Forcing-frames; Lights {, i.e. glass panels covering the forcing-frames} · CPC title

• F21Y2113/13

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

• F21Y2115/10

  Light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• F21V23/003

  the elements being electronics drivers or controllers for operating the light source, e.g. for a LED array · CPC title