123 results about "Full-spectrum light" patented technology

A nightlight is provided for providing therapeutic effects on the human body and mind including promoting relaxation, sleep and wakefulness. The nightlight includes a housing, a light source, a central processor, one or more controls, and a power supply. The light source produces at least three modes having various light properties. The light modes include a sleep readiness mode, a sleep help mode and a wake-up mode. The sleep readiness mode produces light at about 40 lumens and preferably includes only light from the blue and yellow portions of the visible light spectrum. The sleep help mode produces monochromatic light in the blue or green spectrum. Preferably, the light undulates at a frequency of one cycle per second to one cycle per minute at a luminosity of between 5 lumens and 25 lumens. Meanwhile, the wake-up mode produces substantially full spectrum light at approximately 1,600 lumens. The processor and controls allow a person to select and control the various light modes. Moreover, the nightlight may include biological sensors for measuring physiological activity of the body.

A nightlight provides therapeutic effects on the human body and mind including promoting relaxation, sleep and wakefulness. The nightlight includes a housing, a light source, a central processor, one or more controls, and a power supply. The light source produces at least three illumination modes having various light properties. The light modes include a sleep readiness mode, a sleep help mode and a wake-up mode. The sleep readiness mode produces light at about 40 lumens and preferably includes only light from the blue and yellow portions of the visible light spectrum. The sleep help mode produces substantially monochromatic light in the blue or green spectrum. Preferably, the light undulates at a frequency of one cycle per second to one cycle per minute at a luminosity of between 5 lumens and 25 lumens, which can be selected to automatically decrease by the user. Meanwhile, the wake-up mode produces substantially full spectrum light at approximately 1,600 lumens. The controls allow a person to control the various light modes. Moreover, the nightlight may include biological sensors for measuring physiological activity of the body. The nightlight may be incorporated into a bedside alarm clock which includes numerous features found in a traditional alarm clock such as a display for displaying the time or alarm time. The alarm function may be provided by illumination of one of the three nightlight's illumination modes, which is preferably the wake up mode which may illuminate slowly or substantially immediately to full brightness.

The invention discloses an LED composite full-spectrum light source capable of promoting plant growth. Light emitted by an LED light source is irradiated to rare earth phosphor powder, and then an emission spectrum band is formed and comprises two or more emission peaks in the range of 350-1,100 nm. Quantum dot materials are added to the rare earth phosphor powder, the emission peaks of the emission spectrum band are adjusted in the full-wave band range of 350-1,100 nm through selection of quantum dot material composition elements and adjustment of particle sizes. The rare earth phosphor powder is any one or more of phosphor powder with the spectrum ranging from 350 nm to 1,100 nm. The LED composite full-spectrum light source has the effects that the photorefraction consumption rate is reduced, the light source color and luster are uniform, light polarization is avoided, the lighting effect is improved, the structure is simple and the cost is saved.

The present invention discloses an image information acquisition device, an image acquisition method and a use of the image information acquisition device. The device is equipped with a transmission module communicated with an external device, a controller and one or two cameras, the image acquisition planes of the two cameras are in a same plane, and each camera comprises a built-in light filter switcher connected with an infrared cut-off light filter, a full spectrum optical lens and a near-infrared narrow-band light filter. The external device transmits the instructions to the controller via the transmission module to control the light filter switchers of the two cameras to switch the different light filters, thereby forming the shooting modes of different combinations, and improving the user experience. The present invention also discloses a biological image information acquisition method to identify whether a shot object is a living biology or to encrypt and transmit the identified biological image data. The present invention also discloses a 3D image shooting method to provide the image data acquisition preparation for the 3D videos and the 3D modeling. The uses of the device are wide, and the usage demands of different users can be satisfied.

An apparatus and method for stimulating the neurochemistry of the brain including enzymes, nucleosides, nucleotides, neuropeptides, neurotransmitters, amino acids, brain glucose, steroids, and hormones, and more specifically, an apparatus and method for enhancing overall brain function, including cognitive abilities and intelligence quota (IQ). Other treatment interventions the apparatus and method can positively affect include neurological, physiological, and psychological disorders and diseases. The inventive method utilizes a specially designed goggle which contains two round eye pieces to which are attached the light assemblies. These light assemblies are comprised of 1-20 white full spectrum lights which are directed toward both eyes, within a two inch radius of the retina to avoid overstimulation. The goggle has an expandable nose piece with a mechanism to allow the eye pieces to swing outward and adjust over the eye of any individual, in accordance with the specified retinal placement. The inset lights flash or flicker utilizing intermittent “fuzzy” light, and encompass frequencies ranging from 1-1200 Hz (cycles per second), specifically excluding the range between 55-65 Hz to prevent any form of seizure. The light stimulus is accompanied by unmatched, intermittent sound stimulation, called “fuzzy” sound. The sound is audible through the use of any type headphone. The method is in the form of computerized programs, and includes a variety of formulas translated as “sessions” to be downloaded into any existing light / sound device or apparatus. These formulas are in the form of a variety of sessions, lasting no more than 40 minutes each, to address and or treat a variety of symptoms, disorders, and diseases. The sessions control the light goggle apparatus and sound. Neither the “fuzzy” light nor the “fuzzy” sound are synchronized.

An apparatus providing full spectrum electronic images includes a full-spectrum light source, a programmable diffraction grating to separate light from the source into its spectral components, a reflection system controllable on a pixel by pixel basis to modulate light output from the diffraction grating, and a scanning mirror to form an image from light modulated by the reflection system. A related method for displaying a full spectrum image includes providing full spectrum light, using a diffraction grating to separate the light into its spectral components, and for each pixel of the image, modulating the intensity of the spectral components to produce a light output characteristic of such pixel, and additionally using a scanning mirror arrangement to form the image.

A dimmable flex arm lamp for effecting task lamp functions and / or light therapy treatments. The dimmable flex arm lamp includes a base member configured to provide stabilized support for the lamp, a light holding member, a fluorescent full spectrum light removably mounted in the light holding member, a stem with a flexible portion longitudinally extending from the base member, an end of the stem being interconnected with the base, and an end of the flexible portion being interconnected with the light holding member. The dimmable flex arm lamp also includes a dimming control and is configured to effect task lamp functions and / or light therapy treatments.

An optical safeguard device with two linear variable Fabry-Perot filters aligned relative to a light source with at least one of the filters having a nonlinear dielectric constant material such that, when a light source produces a sufficiently high intensity light, the light alters the characteristics of the nonlinear dielectric constant material to reduce the intensity of light impacting a connected optical sensor. The device can be incorporated into an imaging system on a moving platform, such as an aircraft or satellite.

The invention discloses a multi-spectrum invisible anti-counterfeiting identifier and a detection device thereof, and a detection method thereof. The multi-spectrum invisible anti-counterfeiting identifier comprises an infrared absorption anti-counterfeiting pattern region made of infrared absorption ink, a macroscopic region made of common ink, and an ultraviolet excitation anti-counterfeiting pattern region made of ultraviolet excitation ink. The detection device is composed of a multi-spectrum micro-lens imaging unit and an image analysis unit; the multi-spectrum micro-lens imaging unit consists of a multi-spectrum micro-lens imaging lens, a mounting bracket, a full-spectrum light source, a CMOS sensor, and a focusing mechanism; the multi-spectrum micro-lens imaging lens is installed on the mounting bracket; the full-spectrum light source is installed on the mounting bracket; and the CMOS sensor is installed on the focusing mechanism. The multi-spectrum invisible anti-counterfeiting identifier has characteristics of good multi-anti-counterfeiting capability, high anti-counterfeiting level, high security and reliability, and good anti-counterfeiting effect. The anti-counterfeiting technique has the important application values in bill, currency, certificate, commodity, military, and security information fields.

A radiant, infrared heat sauna with full spectrum, Neodymium or similar lighting. The sauna is portable and can be plugged in to run on standard household current. Radiant heating elements in the walls of the sauna emit infrared rays directly into a person's body, creating penetrating heat thus producing sweat and an overall warming sensation, as well as the provided overhead, adjustable full spectrum lighting which creates a sensation of sunlight on the body. At least one embodiment of the invention includes full spectrum lighting on the walls of the sauna. Embodiments of the invention can also include sound systems, video systems, and aromatherapy devices. The combination of the infrared heating and the full spectrum lighting comes close to recreating the feeling of warmth and well being of enjoying time in the sun, without the harmful UV rays.

A tapered stereo-shaped array solar cell power generation system comprises: several cones, which are arranged in an array type on a base and possess stereo cones formed by at least more than three surfaces of panels, wherein the each cone of the cones is formed by small cone angles and there are several groups; several solar cells, which are arranged on the surfaces of the cones, wherein the solar cells with different materials are respectively arranged on the two panels which are in mutual corresponding positions of the each cone and the solar cells with the same material are arranged on the two panels which are in similar positions of the each cone. The each solar cell can convert full band of full spectrum light energy of incident ray into electric energy. The Incident sunshine can only be reflected and absorbed on the each conical surface so that incident sun light energy can be completely absorbed and be used to perform power generation. By using the system of the invention, generating efficiency of a photoelectric system can be raised; a heat dissipation area can be increased; the heat dissipation is good; photoelectric conversion efficiency can be effectively raised. The system can be used in various kinds of irregular surfaces. Manufacturing costs and time can be greatly reduced.

A light emitting arrangement is provided, comprising:—a solid state light source (101) adapted to emit primary light (L1); and—a wavelength converting member (102) comprising a plurality of wavelength converting domains (102a, 102b, 102c, etc) for converting primary light into secondary light (L2), each wavelength converting domain thereby providing a sub-range of the total light output spectrum, wherein at least some of said wavelength converting domains are arranged as an array and comprise quantum dots, wherein different wavelength converting domains comprise quantum dots having different secondary light emission ranges providing different sub-ranges of the total light output spectrum, and wherein a sub-range provided by each wavelength converting domain overlaps or is contiguous with at least one other sub-range provided by another wavelength converting domain. By arranging materials having different wavelength conversion properties in different domains, preferably in a plane, re-absorption of secondary emission can be avoided.

A full spectrum light emitting lamp and one or more translucent base bodies surrounding the lamp are disposed in the lighting apparatus, the one or more translucent bas bodies having a photocatalytic reaction layer which bears a photocatalyst made of a titanium dioxide thin film therein, or the one or more translucent base bodies having the photocatalytic reaction layer which bears the photocatalyst made of the titanium dioxide thin film therein and having infrared light-absorbing functions, and a space through which air can flow is formed between the lamp and the translucent base body. Therefore, an ultraviolet light, a visible light and an infrared light can effectively be utilized according to characteristics such as an air purifying function of the ultraviolet light, a lighting function of the visible light, and a heating function of the infrared light to thereby save optical energy emitted from the lamp. Further, forced convection is generated in the air flow space by a heating effect of the infrared light emitted from the lamp in addition to a heating effect of the optical energy emitted from the lamp, so that the air can sufficiently be ventilated to promote an air purifying effect.

Disclosed is a full spectrum sunshine simulation apparatus for developing biological growth which comprises a full spectrum light emitting diode module and a photoperiod controller. Therein, the full spectrum light emitting diode module includes a printed circuit board and a plurality of full spectrum light emitting diodes, wherein the luminescence spectrum of the full spectrum light emitting diodes has a wavelength range of 350 nm to 800 nm. The photoperiod controller, connected to the full spectrum light emitting diode module, is in charge of lighting periods of the plurality of full spectrum light emitting diodes, color temperatures and emitting angles of the lights emitted from the plurality of full spectrum light emitting diodes, thereby simulating a environment under artificial sunlight.

A full spectrum light emitting device includes photoluminescence materials which generate light with a peak emission wavelength in a range 490 nm to 680 nm (green to red) and a broadband solid-state excitation source operable to generate broadband blue excitation light with a dominant wavelength in a range from 420 nm to 470 nm, where the broadband blue excitation light includes at least two different blue light emissions in a wavelength range 420 nm to 480 nm.

A plurality of signal wands having a handle and a signaling portion comprising photoluminescent material and a high visibility pigment are stored in a lighted receptacle for use in either high light or low light conditions. Openings provided in one wall of the receptacle permit the signaling portion of each signal wand to be inserted into an internal chamber of the receptacle, which houses a plurality of full spectrum light bulbs. The signal wands and light bulbs are oriented relative to one another in a pattern that ensures that the signaling portions are substantially surrounded by light. Exposed to light for as little as five minutes, the signaling portion of the signal wands glow with sufficient intensity and for a sufficient duration to signal vehicles, such as aircraft operating near airport gates, in low light conditions. The high visibility pigment associated with the signaling portion enables the signal wands also to be used for daytime signaling.

The invention discloses a full-spectrum light-emitting diode and an application thereof. A fluorescent powder composition is mixed with silica gel; in the mixture of the fluorescent powder composition and the silica gel, at least two blue LED chips are coated with the mixture of the fluorescent powder composition and the silica gel; the blue LED chips are blue light-emitting diode chips; the fluorescent powder composition comprises at least two kinds of fluorescent powder with different colors; an excited spectra are an approximate plant photosynthesis curve, a meat exposure curve, a biological growth curve, a seafood exposure curve, a fruits and vegetables exposure curve and a pastry exposure curve; a light source of the full-spectrum light-emitting diode can be adjusted to simulate natural light exposure; and the excited spectra are close to the approximate plant photosynthesis curve, so that photosynthesis is carried out on a plant; and the best plant growth effect, the best fresh effect of meat exposure, the best fresh effect of seafood exposure, the best fresh effect of fruits and vegetables exposure and the best delicious effect of pastry exposure can be achieved.

A nightlight provides therapeutic effects on the human body and mind including promoting relaxation, sleep and wakefulness. The nightlight includes a housing, a light source, a central processor, one or more controls, and a power supply. The light source produces at least three illumination modes including a sleep readiness mode at about 40 lumens which preferably includes only light from the blue and yellow portions of the visible light spectrum, a sleep help mode providing substantially monochromatic light in the blue or green spectrum, and a wake-up mode providing substantially full spectrum light at approximately 1,600 lumens. The nightlight may be incorporated into a bedside alarm clock. The alarm function may be provided by illumination of one of the three nightlight's illumination modes, which is preferably the wake up mode which may illuminate slowly or substantially immediately to full brightness.

A method for optimal selecting light-emitting diode (LED) light sources for full spectrum lighting is disclosed. The optimal selecting method includes the following steps: gathering a plurality of spectral power distributions corresponding to LED light sources; arranging the spectral power distributions to obtain a matrix A corresponding to the LED light sources; calculating a reconstructed coefficient, which is a least-square approximation of the matrix with respect to a spectral power distribution of a CIE standard illuminant; and selecting a best combination of the LED light sources according to the reconstructed coefficient. An LED light source assembly is also disclosed.

The invention discloses a radiation light source heat effect equivalent test platform. The radiation light source heat effect equivalent test platform comprises a lamp support used to fix a radiation light source, a sample platform used to place a to-be-tested sample, and an elevating mechanism which is connected with the lamp support. The elevating mechanism is used to adjust distance between the lamp support and the to-be-tested sample, so as to adjust radiation distance of the radiation light source relative to the to-be-tested sample. The radiation light source heat effect equivalent test platform can realize large amplitude adjustment of the radiation distance, and satisfies test requirements of equivalent heat effect of a full spectrum light source and a heating light source in present large-scale solar radiation heat effect tests.

The invention discloses a hollow plastic optical fiber and an optical cable, wherein the hollow plastic optical fiber is provided with a coating layer, a transition layer and a hollow core layer; the hollow core layer is hollow; the refractive index of the transition layer is more than that of the coating layer. Through adopting the above scheme, the hollow plastic optical fiber adopts a hollow design, so that the transmission attenuation of optical signals is greatly reduced, the limitation that the plastic optical fiber only can transmit visible light is broken through, the plastic optical fiber can transmit full-spectrum light and is completely compatible with an existing optical fiber system for use; the production cost is reduced so as to be easy to industrialize; the transmission distance is much longer, the transmission rate is much higher, and the deficiencies of an existing step type plastic optical fiber are overcome; therefore, the hollow plastic optical fiber can completely substitute the existing communication-level step type plastic optical fiber but also can substitute a copper network cable, the effect and purpose of saving copper resources, saving energy and protecting environment are achieved, and very high market application value is provided.

The invention provides a full-spectrum LED light source and an LED lamp. The full-spectrum LED light source comprises an LED chip and fluorescent powder. The LED chip emits blue light with at least one wavelength, and the wavelength of the blue light is 440-470 nm; the fluorescent powder comprises first red fluorescent powder, second red fluorescent powder and green fluorescent powder, the periphery of the LED chip is coated with a mixture of the first red fluorescent powder, the second red fluorescent powder and the green fluorescent powder to form a full spectrum, the emission wavelength ofthe first red fluorescent powder is shorter than that of the second red fluorescent powder, and the green fluorescent powder is LuAG fluorescent powder. According to the invention, the real color of an object can be better restored, and the health of human eyes is better facilitated; through setting of different proportion formulas, simulation of sunlight in different time periods is achieved, thesimilarity Rf with sunlight is larger than 90, the fidelity and saturation are close to those of sunlight, health and comfort are achieved, common materials on the market are used, the price cost islow, the thermal stability is high, and manufacturing process management and control are easy.

Reduction of solar wafer LID by exposure to continuous or intermittent High-Intensity full-spectrum Light Radiation, HILR, by an Enhanced Light Source, ELS, producing 3-10 Sols, optionally in the presence of forming gas or / and heating to within the range of from 100° C.-300° C. HILR is provided by ELS modules for stand-alone bulk / continuous processing, or integrated in wafer processing lines in a High-Intensity Light Zone, HILZ, downstream of a wafer firing furnace. A finger drive wafer transport provides continuous shadowless processing speeds of 200-400 inches / minute in the integrated furnace / HILZ. Wafer dwell time in the peak-firing zone is 1-2 seconds. Wafers are immediately cooled from peak firing temperature of 850° C.-1050° C. in a quench zone ahead of the HILZ-ELS modules. Dwell in the HILZ is from about 10 sec to 5 minutes, preferably 10-180 seconds. Intermittent HILR exposure is produced by electronic control, a mask, rotating slotted plate or moving belt.

The invention discloses a spectral analysis method for replacing a visible spectrophotometer. The method comprises the steps of: selecting a full spectrum light source, a color developing vessel, a white balance color plate, and placing the white balance color plate around the color developing vessel containing a color developing standard solution, using an image sensor to align the standard solution and the white balance color plate, and collecting image information to obtain an accurate RGB value of solution color of the standard solution; putting the accurate RGB value corresponding to thestandard solution into a first-order calculation formula or a second-order calculation formula, and then obtaining a value of a concentration coefficient of the solution according to a mapping method;then replacing the standard solution with a to-be-tested sample solution, obtaining an accurate RGB value of the color of the to-be-tested sample solution, and substituting into the first-order calculation formula or the second-order calculation formula known the concentration coefficient to obtain a concentration C of a to-be-tested sample. The method does not need to be isolated from an external light environment, the cleanliness requirements of the to-be-tested sample solution and a device are low, and experimental steps are simple, easy to operate, and high in accuracy.

The invention discloses hollow mesoporous defect type tungsten trioxide nanospheres, and a preparation method thereof and an application of the hollow mesoporous defect type tungsten trioxide nanospheres in photothermal catalytic reduction of CO2 to produce methane. The preparation method comprises the steps: dissolving a tungsten precursor in glacial acetic acid to obtain a precursor solution; carrying out hydrothermal reaction on the precursor solution at the temperature of 160-180 DEG C for 16-18 h; and after the reaction is finished, naturally cooling, carrying out ultrasonic treatment onthe obtained reaction solution for 12-16 h, centrifuging, washing, drying, roasting at the temperature of 500-550 DEG C, naturally cooling to obtain tungsten trioxide powder, and reducing the tungstentrioxide powder by utilizing H2 / Ar at the temperature of 400-450 DEG C to obtain the hollow mesoporous defect type tungsten trioxide nanospheres. The hollow mesoporous defect type tungsten trioxide nanospheres are formed by self-assembling and stacking WO3 nanorods, the molecular formula of the hollow mesoporous defect type tungsten trioxide nanospheres is WO3-x, wherein x is larger than 2.5 andsmaller than 3, and the particle size of the hollow mesoporous defect type tungsten trioxide nanospheres is 200-500 nm. A full-spectrum light source is adopted for irradiation, and the hollow mesoporous defect type tungsten trioxide nanospheres show excellent performance of photothermal catalytic reduction of CO2 to produce methane.

The present invention discloses an image sensor, specifically a full spectrum recognition image sensor capable of reading and recognition image information for all of ultraviolet light, visible light and infrared light, which comprises a sensor substrate, photosensitive parts set on the sensor substrate and arranged in a straight line, a lens set on an upper portion of the sensor substrate, a light source set beside the lens, and a framework capable of accommodating said sensor substrate, said lens and said light source. A light-transmitting plate for carrying an original is set on an upper portion of the framework, the light source is a full spectrum light source capable of emitting light including ultraviolet light, visible light and infrared light, and the photosensitive parts on the sensor substrate consist of two parts, one part of which is a reflected light photosensitive part for receiving reflected light information generated by irradiating an original with the light source and another part of which is an exciting light photosensitive part for receiving exciting light information generated by irradiating an original with the light source. The image sensor of the present invention not only can recognize general color images, but also can recognize forgery-prevention images for various special purposes, and thus greatly improve the functions and the application field of the image sensor.

Medical illumination systems and devices for illuminating a target surgical area with a pre-selected type of multispectral light to aid tissue differentiation as viewed by the human eye, especially in open-surgery settings, and methods for practicing the same. A light source may have multiple settings selectable to provide various types of multispectral light configured to reduce reflection from corresponding tissue types relative to full-spectrum light. A pre-selected type of multispectral light may be configured to reduce reflection from blood. An illumination system or device can have one more illumination elements, including combinations of LEDs, lasers, and filtered broadband light sources. The multispectral light may be or comprise one or more of a continuous or pulsed wave.

A light emitting arrangement is provided, comprising:—a solid state light source (101) adapted to emit primary light (L1); and—a wavelength converting member (102) comprising a plurality of wavelength converting domains (102a, 102b, 102c, etc) for converting primary light into secondary light (L2), each wavelength converting domain thereby providing a sub-range of the total light output spectrum, wherein at least some of said wavelength converting domains are arranged as an array and comprise quantum dots, wherein different wavelength converting domains comprise quantum dots having different secondary light emission ranges providing different sub-ranges of the total light output spectrum, and wherein a sub-range provided by each wavelength converting domain overlaps or is contiguous with at least one other sub-range provided by another wavelength converting domain. By arranging materials having different wavelength conversion properties in different domains, preferably in a plane, re-absorption of secondary emission can be avoided.

The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for providing full spectrum photo protection to skin, which includes protection from infrared (IR) radiation and / or visible light in addition to protection from UV radiation. The compositions typically include: (a) silymarin; (b) one or more antioxidants selected from the group consisting of ferulic acid, Vitamin C, polydatin, and hespertin; (c) optionally, one or more solubilizers; and (d) a cosmetically acceptable carrier. The compositions are unique in that the combination of (a), (b), optional (c), and (d) alone, provide at least full spectrum protection from ultraviolet radiation (UV), visible light, and infrared radiation (IR). The composition can additionally, optionally, include one or more UV filters to further enhance protection from UV radiation.