Light unit comprising an illumination unit and a projection unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9465285-B2
Application number	US-201214002556-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2012
Priority date	Mar 1, 2011
Publication date	Oct 11, 2016
Grant date	Oct 11, 2016

Abstract

A light-emitting unit having a lighting unit ( 10; 110; 210; 310; 410; 510; 610; 710; 810; 910; 1010; 1110 ) and a projection unit ( 12; 112; 212; 312; 412; 512; 612; 712; 812; 912; 1012; 1112 ), in which the lighting unit and the projection unit adapted to be switched on and off independently of one another.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A light-emitting unit comprising:
a lighting unit capable of generating light; and
a projection unit capable of projecting an image using light generated by the projection unit,
a control unit operatively connected to the lighting unit and the projection unit to control their operation,
wherein the control unit is configured so that the lighting unit and the projection unit can be switched on and off independently of one another, and
wherein the control unit is configured so that the lighting unit and the projection unit can operate in:
(a) a light-emitting mode in which only the lighting unit is switched on, and the projection unit is switched off or in a standby state;
(b) a projection mode in which only the projection unit is switched on, and the lighting unit is switched off or in the standby state;
(c) a mixed mode in which the lighting unit and the projection unit are switched on;
(d) a dynamic mode in which the lighting unit and the projection unit are repeatedly switched between on and off or standby state; and
(e) a dark mode in which the lighting unit and the projection unit are off or in the standby state.

2. The light-emitting unit of claim 1 , wherein a lighting property of the lighting unit, or a projection property or a projection content of the projection unit is variable.

3. The light-emitting unit of claim 1 , wherein the projection unit comprises a laser projector.

4. The light-emitting unit of claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting unit has a projection window through which a projection takes place.

5. The light-emitting unit of claim 1 , wherein a projection direction of the projection unit is fixed.

6. The light-emitting unit of claim 1 , further comprising a control interface operatively connected to the control unit via a data link.

7. The light-emitting unit of claim 1 , further comprising a memory unit operatively connected to the control unit via a data link.

8. The light-emitting unit of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is operatively connected to the lighting unit and the projection unit by a data bus, a LAN connection, a WLAN connection, a Bluetooth connection, or an infrared connection.

9. The light-emitting unit of claim 1 , further comprising a housing in which the lighting unit and the projection unit are accommodated at least sectionally.

10. The light-emitting unit of claim 1 , wherein the projection unit is surrounded at least sectionally by the lighting unit.

11. The light-emitting unit of claim 1 , wherein a longitudinal axis of the projection unit is approximately coaxial to a longitudinal axis of the lighting unit.

12. The light-emitting unit of claim 1 , wherein the lighting unit and the projection unit are delimited by a base and a bulb.

13. The light-emitting unit of claim 1 , wherein a projection direction of the projection unit is variable.

14. The light-emitting unit of claim 13 , wherein the projection direction is variable via an actuating unit.

Assignees

• Lanchava Bakuri
• Wolfsteiner Michael
• Osram Gmbh

Inventors

• Lanchava Bakuri
• Wolfsteiner Michael

Classifications

• G09F19/18 Primary

  involving the use of optical projection means, e.g. projection of images on clouds (projection apparatus per se G03B) · CPC title

• G03B21/145

  Housing details, e.g. position adjustments thereof · CPC title

• G03B29/00 Primary

  Combinations of cameras, projectors or photographic printing apparatus with non-photographic non-optical apparatus, e.g. clocks or weapons; Cameras having the shape of other objects (combinations with flash apparatus G03B15/03) · CPC title

• G03B21/16

  Cooling; Preventing overheating · CPC title

• G03B21/00

  Projectors or projection-type viewers; Accessories therefor (devices for changing pictures G03B23/00) · CPC title