The present invention relates to the technology field of lighting devices, and more particularly to a human body-friendly light source.
With the development of science technologies, artificial light source is developed from the incandescent bulb invented by Thomas Alva Edison to fluorescent lamp. Furthermore, solid-state lighting devices are recent newly-created artificial light sources, including light-emitting diode (LED), organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and polymer light-emitting diode (PLED).
High-energy visible lights are known including lights with short wavelength such as blue light, indigo light and violet light. RGB color model is an additive color model in which red, green and blue lights are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors. Name of the model comes from the initials of the three additive primary colors, red, green, and blue. Therefore, it is understood that the blue light must be simultaneously emitted from a display screen of a 3C product (like smart phone or tablet PC) during the operation of video/image displaying of the 3C product. Research report demonstrates that the blue light can penetrate the macular pigment of human eye, so as to cause age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or damage the macular pigment. Research report also indicates that blue light causes more trouble for human eye than other color lights. That is because that it is harder for human eye to focus blue sharply, such that blue light would enable high energy to stress the ciliary muscle of human eye when the eye is exposed to blue light for a long time. As a result, the ciliary muscle tends to getting fatigue or soreness.
It is also found that blue light suppresses melatonin production more than other color lights, and alters circadian rhythms so as to cause human be lack of sleep, leading some diseases to occur such as insomnia and emotional disorder. It is worth mentioning that, both orange-white light having less the lights with short wavelength (like blue light and violet light) and orange-red light having color temperature in a range from 1,500K to 2,000K are now regarded as a human body-friendly light because of making less or minor suppresses melatonin production. Therefore, the orange-white light and/or the orange-red light are suggested to be the most appropriate light source for bedtime reading.
U.S. patent publication No. 2012/008326 A1 discloses a lighting device capable of reducing the phenomenon of melatonin suppression, wherein a light filter is adopted for filtering out the lights with short wavelength (like blue light and purple light) from an emission light provided by a light source.
It needs to further explain that, data point with the CIE coordinate of (0.33, 0.345) is measured from an emission light with 6000K color temperature provided by a commercial LED component. On the other hand, after using a first light filter to filter out the lights with wavelength less than 430 nm the emission light provided by the commercial LED component, data point with the CIE coordinate of (0.35, 0.405) is measured from the emission light been treated with the light filtering process. Similarly, after using a second light filter (third light filter) to filter out the lights with wavelength less than 450 nm (470 nm) the emission light provided by the commercial LED component, data point No. 3 (No. 4) is measured from the emission light been treated with the light filtering process.
On the other hand, U.S. Pat. No. 9,803,811 discloses a method for producing high-quality light. According to the disclosures, after the specific CIE coordinate of a color light is adjust to be positioned above and near the Planckian locus (also called black body locus) in the CIE chromaticity diagram, the color light is defined as a high-quality light capable of exhibiting outstanding spectrum resemblance index (SRI) and low Melatonin suppression rate. After making a full consideration on the disclosures of U.S. Pat. No. 9,803,811 and the data of
From above descriptions, it is understood that the use of light filter can only filter out the lights with short wavelength (like blue light and purple light) from a light, but fails to transform or convert the light to a human body-friendly light. Therefore, it is clear that how to design a human body-friendly lighting device has now became an important issue. Accordingly, the inventors of the present application have made great efforts to make inventive research thereon and eventually provided a human body-friendly light source.
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a human body-friendly light source mainly comprising at least one lighting unit and a plurality of color temperature reducing films stacked to each other. The color temperature reducing films are connected to a light emission surface of the lighting unit, so as to apply a color temperature reducing treatment to a light emitted from the lighting unit. Exponential data have proved that, two or more stacked color temperature reducing films exhibit an apparent color temperature reducing effect on the light. Moreover, Exponential data have also proved that, with the increasing of the stack numbers of the color temperature reducing films, the light is eventually concerted to an orange-white light or an orange-red light with color temperature in a range of 1,000-2,500K, so as to make a sensitivity of melatonin suppression in response to the light be getting lower and a maximum permissible exposure time for retina be getting longer.
In order to achieve the primary objective of the present invention, the inventor of the present invention provides one embodiment for the human body-friendly light source, comprising:
In the embodiment of the human body-friendly light source, the light is eventually converted to an orange light, an orange-red light or an orange-white light with the adding of the number of the color temperature reducing films, such that a maximum permissible exposure time for retina is getting longer as well as a sensitivity of melatonin suppression in response to the light is getting lower.
In the embodiment of the human body-friendly light source, the color temperature reducing film is a light conversion film comprising a polymer substrate and a plurality of light conversion particles, wherein the light conversion particles are doped in or enclosed by the polymer substrate.
The invention as well as a preferred mode of use and advantages thereof will be best understood by referring to the following detailed description of an illustrative embodiment in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
To more clearly describe a human body-friendly light source according to the present invention, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings hereinafter.
Embodiments of the Human Body-Friendly Light Source
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The present invention uses a light conversion film to be the color temperature reducing film CRF, so as to apply a color temperature reducing process to a light outputted from the light emission surface of the lighting unit EMU. After completing a variety of experiments, inventors of the present invention find that the light radiated by the lighting unit EMU has a color temperature and a luminance rolling off with the adding of the number of the temperature reducing films CRF. Experimental data have been collected in following Table (3).
From the experimental data of Table (3), it is found that, with the adding of the number of the color temperature films CRF, the light is eventually converted to an orange-red light or an orange-white light with the color temperature in a range between 1,000K and 2,500K. Moreover, the light (i.e., the orange-red light or the orange-white light) has a CIE coordinate positioning near a Planckian locus (also called blackbody radiation curve) in a CIE chromaticity diagram. On the other hand, with the adding of the number of the color temperature films CRF, a sensitivity of melatonin suppression in response to the light is getting lower and a maximum permissible exposure time for retina is getting longer. Because each of the commercial lighting components or devices commonly emits a specific light having color temperature of 3,000-5,600K, the specific light can be converted to a human body-friendly light only if at least two color temperature reducing films CRF stacked to each other are connected to the emission surface of the commercial lighting components or devices. However, it needs to particularly emphasize that, the present invention does not limit the stacking number of the color temperature reducing films CRF even if the experimental data have showed that at least two color temperature reducing films CRF stacked to each other can convert a specific light radiated from a specific lighting device to a human body-friendly light. For instance, it is able to design and manufacture a high-efficiency light conversion film to replace the two stacked color temperature reducing films CRF.
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On the other hand, the light conversion particles LP can be quantum dots, wherein the quantum dot is selected from the group consisting of Group II-VI compounds, Group III-V compounds, Group II-VI compounds having core-shell structure, Group III-V compounds having core-shell structure, Group II-VI compounds having non-spherical alloy structure, and combination of the aforesaid two or above compounds. Exemplary materials of the quantum dots for being used as the light conversion particles LP are integrated and listed in following Table (4). Moreover, relations between the fluorescence color of the excitation light and the QDs sizes are also summarized in following Table (5).
In addition, the light conversion particles LP can also be particles of a phosphor, and the phosphor can an aluminate phosphor, a silicate phosphor, a phosphate phosphor, a sulfide phosphor, or a nitride phosphor. Exemplary materials of the phosphor for being used as the light conversion particles LP are integrated and listed in following Table (6).
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During the manufacture or production of the human body-friendly light source 1, it does not particularly limit that color temperature reducing film CRF is constituted by a polymer substrate PM and a plurality of light conversion particles LP doped in the polymer substrate PM. The color temperature reducing film CRF can also comprises one polymer substrate PM and at least one light conversion coating layer formed on the polymer substrate PM. Continuously referring to
Applications of the Human Body-Friendly Light Source
Experiment I
An LED component capable of emitting a pure-white light with color temperature of 6,000K is used as the lighting unit EMU in experiment I. Moreover, experiment I have four samples of the human body-friendly light source 1, wherein sample 1 comprises the LED component and one color temperature reducing films CRF, sample 2 comprises the LED component and two color temperature reducing films CRF, sample 3 comprises the LED component and three color temperature reducing films CRF, and sample 4 comprises the LED component and four color temperature reducing films CRF. It needs further explain that, the color temperature reducing film CRF comprises a polymer substrate PM and a plurality of light conversion particles LP, wherein the light conversion particles LP are spread in the polymer substrate PM and having a particle size in a range from 5 nm to 20 nm.
In addition, experiment I further comprises eight samples of the human body-friendly light source 1. Samples 5-12 comprise the same LED component and color temperature reducing films CRF with the number of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, respectively. Moreover, the light conversion particles LP are spread in the polymer substrate PM and having a particle size in a range from 3 nm to 10 nm.
Experiment I further comprises other three samples of the human body-friendly light source 1. Samples 13-15 comprise the same LED component and color temperature reducing films CRF with the number of 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Moreover, the light conversion particles LP are spread in the polymer substrate PM and having a particle size in a range from 2 nm to 7 nm.
Therefore, experimental data of
Experiment II
In experiment II, an OLED component capable of emitting a war-white light with color temperature of 5,400K is used as the lighting unit EMU. Moreover, experiment II have four samples of the human body-friendly light source 1, wherein sample 1 comprises the OLED component and one color temperature reducing films CRF, sample 2 comprises the OLED component and two color temperature reducing films CRF, sample 3 comprises the OLED component and three color temperature reducing films CRF, and sample 4 comprises the OLED component and four color temperature reducing films CRF. It needs further explain that, the color temperature reducing film CRF comprises a polymer substrate PM and a plurality of light conversion particles LP, wherein the light conversion particles LP are spread in the polymer substrate PM and having a particle size in a range from 5 nm to 20 nm.
In addition, experiment II further comprises eight samples of the human body-friendly light source 1. Samples 5-12 comprise the sameO LED component and color temperature reducing films CRF with the number of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, respectively. Moreover, the light conversion particles LP are spread in the polymer substrate PM and having a particle size in a range from 3 nm to 10 nm.
Experiment II further comprises other three samples of the human body-friendly light source 1. Samples 13-15 comprise the same OLED component and color temperature reducing films CRF with the number of 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Moreover, the light conversion particles LP are spread in the polymer substrate PM and having a particle size in a range from 2 nm to 7 nm.
Therefore, experimental data of
Moreover, from the data obtained through the experiment I, it is found that the light of the LED component has an original CIE coordinate positioning above the Planckian locus. However, in spite of the fact that the light is treated with the color temperature reducing process by one or more color temperature reducing films CRF, the light still has a CIE coordinate positioning above and near the Planckian locus. On the other hand, from the data obtained through the experiment II, it can also observed that the light of the OLED component has an original CIE coordinate positioning under the Planckian locus. However, in spite of the fact that the light is treated with the color temperature reducing process by one or more color temperature reducing films CRF, the light still has a CIE coordinate positioning under and near the Planckian locus. Therefore, experimental data have proved that, after applying a color temperature reducing process to a specific light radiated by a specific lighting device, the light is converted to a human body-friendly light because of having a CIE coordinate positioning near the Planckian locus in a CIE chromaticity diagram.
Therefore, through above descriptions, the human body-friendly light source 1 proposed by the present invention has been introduced completely and clearly; in summary, the present invention includes the advantages of:
(1) The present invention provides a human body-friendly light source 1, mainly comprising: at least one lighting unit EMU and a plurality of color temperature reducing films CRF stacked to each other. The color temperature reducing films CRF are connected to a light emission surface of the lighting unit EMU, so as to apply a color temperature reducing treatment to a light emitted by the lighting unit EMU and then convert the light to a human body-friendly light.
(2) Moreover, exponential data have proved that, two stacked CT reducing films exhibit an apparent color temperature reducing effect on the lighting unit. Exponential data also proved that, with the increasing of the stack numbers of the CT reducing films, the light is eventually concerted to a human body-friendly light (i.e., an orange-white light or an orange-red light), so as to make a sensitivity of melatonin suppression in response to the light being getting lower and a maximum permissible exposure time for retina be getting longer.
The above description is made on embodiments of the present invention. However, the embodiments are not intended to limit scope of the present invention, and all equivalent implementations or alterations within the spirit of the present invention still fall within the scope of the present invention.
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