The present invention relates to a technical field of illuminating products, particularly to a lens and an illuminating device including the lens.
A concave reflecting mirror, which is applied as an optical system of most portable illuminating products currently used on the market, is called a parabolic reflector in the industry. Such a concave reflecting mirror is formed by symmetrically revolving one parabola along a circumference. Generally, the concave reflecting mirror only has a fixed focusing effect, which means that the concave reflecting mirror enables divergent lights emitted by a light source placed on a focus of the parabola to converge along a direction in which the concave reflecting mirror opens to become a light beam having a fixed light emitting angle.
Limited by inherent properties of the concave reflecting mirror, an illuminating product using such a concave reflecting mirror as an optical system can hardly change a light emitting angle during application, thus failing to adapt to use requirements of different near and far occasions, and such use limitation is more apparent especially in the field of portable illumination.
The present invention aims to provide a lens and an illuminating device including the lens, so that a light emitting angle can be changed to adapt to use requirements of different near and far occasions.
A lens is provided according to an aspect of the present invention so as to achieve the purpose above, comprising a first lens part and a second lens part. The second lens part is provided around the first lens part, the first lens part and the second lens part are provided in an enclosed manner to form a light emitting part and an accommodating part for accommodating a light source, the light emitting part and the accommodating part locate on two opposite sides of the first lens part, a surface of the first lens part facing the light emitting part is provided with a plurality of concentrically-arranged annular bulges so as to change the angles of lights according to a location of the light source in the accommodating part.
Further, among the plurality of annular bulges, one side of at least one annular bulge facing the central axis of the lens is provided with a conical surface and the conical surface is gradually away from the central axis of the lens in a direction away from the accommodating part.
Further, an inclination direction of the conical surface is adapted to a transmission direction of the lights in the first lens part, and included angles between the conical surfaces of the plurality of annular bulges and the central axis increase gradually along a direction away from the central axis.
Further, the first lens part comprises: a first incident plane, wherein the first incident plane is a plane vertical to the central axis of the lens; and a first exit plane, wherein the first exit plane serves as a surface facing the light emitting part and is provided with the plurality of annular bulges.
Further, the first lens part comprises: a first incident plane, wherein the first incident plane is a cambered surface and a recess part of the cambered surface faces the light emitting part; and a first exit plane, wherein the first exit plane serves as a surface facing the light emitting part and is provided with the plurality of annular bulges.
Further, the first lens part comprises: a first incident plane, wherein the first incident plane is a cambered surface and a recess part of the cambered surface faces the accommodating part; and a first exit plane, wherein the first exit plane serves as a surface facing the light emitting part and is provided with the plurality of annular bulges.
Further, the second lens part comprises: a second incident plane, wherein the second incident plane and the first incident plane are provided in an enclosed manner to form the accommodating part; a second exit plane, wherein the second exit plane and the first exit plane are provided in an enclosed manner to form the light emitting part; and a fully reflecting surface, wherein the fully reflecting surface is connected between the second incident plane and the second exit plane.
Further, the lights emitted by the light source arrive at the fully reflecting surface after being refracted on the second incident plane, an angle of incidence of the lights on the fully reflecting surface is larger than or equal to a critical angle of total reflection, and the lights arrive at the second exit plane after being reflected by the fully reflecting surface, wherein an angle of incidence of the lights on the second exit plane is smaller than the critical angle of total reflection.
Further, a cross section of the accommodating part increases gradually along a direction away from the first lens part, and a cross section of the light emitting part increases gradually along the direction away from the first lens part.
An illuminating device is provided according to another aspect of the present invention, comprising a lens and a light source, wherein the lens is the aforementioned lens and the light source is moveably provided in the accommodating part of the lens along an axial direction of the lens.
Further, among the plurality of annular bulges, the focus of each annular bulge locates on the central axis of the lens and the focuses of the plurality of annular bulges all locate in a moving range of the light source.
By applying the technical solution of the present invention, a lens comprises a first lens part and a second lens part, wherein the second lens part is provided around the first lens part, and the first lens part and the second lens part are provided in an enclosed manner to form a light emitting part and an accommodating part. A light source is placed in the accommodating part. After passing through the first lens part and the second lens part, lights emitted by the light source form a light beam which is emitted from the light emitting part, a surface of the first lens part facing the light emitting part is provided with a plurality of concentrically-arranged annular bulges, and the light source moves along an axial direction of the lens in the accommodating part so that these annular bulges can adjust the angles of the lights according to a location of the light source so as to implement a zoom function. The first lens part and the second lens part may be matched with each other so that light beams of different angles can be formed when the lens is used, thereby adapting to use requirements of different near and far occasions.
The accompanying drawings of the specification, which form a part of the present application, are used for providing further understanding of the present invention. The schematic embodiments of the present invention and description thereof are used for explaining the present invention, instead of forming improper limitation to the present invention. In the accompanying drawings:
The present invention will be expounded hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings and in combination with the embodiments. It needs to be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the characteristics in the embodiments may be combined with each other if there is no conflict.
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Here, the first lens part 3 and the second lens part 4 may be shaped integrally. In other words, they are machined and shaped directly on a blank material. They may be also separate structures. In other words, the first lens part 3 and the second lens part 4 are machined separately, and the first lens part 3 and the second lens part 4 are assembled subsequently. They may be assembled by being fixedly adhered or the first lens part 3 and the second lens part 4 may be in interference fit.
The first lens part 3 and the second lens part 4 are formed by transparent plastic or optical glass, preferably an optical grade (PolyMethyl Methacrylate) (PMMA) material. These materials belong to the traditional art, and improvement of the materials is not involved in the present invention.
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According to different use occasions, the annular bulges 33 on the first exit plane 32 may be designed as a conventional Fresnel lens structure. In other words, the plurality of concentric annular bulges 33 are sorted by size in turn. Each annular bulge 33 is a zigzag-shaped structure on the section of the lens 1 along an axial direction thereof. An edge of each zigzag-shaped structure back to the direction of the central axis of the lens is an arc segment, while an edge facing the direction of the central axis of the lens is a linear segment, and the linear segment is parallel to the central axis of the lens 1. The lights will change their directions when passing the annular bulges 33, thereby changing a light emitting angle.
Of course, the annular bulges 33 on the first exit plane 32 may also apply other structures. Referring to
Preferably, an inclination direction of the conical surfaces 34 of the annular bulges 33 is adapted to a transmission direction of the lights in the first lens part 3, and the included angles between the conical surfaces 34 of the plurality of annular bulges 33 and the central axis increase gradually along a direction away from the central axis of the lens 1, thereby adapting to divergence angles of lights on different locations, further reducing the light loss and improving the light emitting efficiency. The transmission direction of the lights in the first lens part 3 should be calculated according to different applied materials, and a specific calculation method is general knowledge in the art and will not be described repeatedly here.
Besides, among the plurality of annular bulges 33 of the first lens part 3, some annular bulges 33 may be designed according to the conventional Fresnel lens structure, which means that an edge of a linear segment of a zigzag-shaped structure facing the central axis is parallel with the central axis, while the remaining annular bulges 33 are designed according to the structures as shown in
Preferably, among the plurality of annular bulges 33, the focus of each annular bulge 33 locates on the central axis of the lens, and the focuses of all annular bulges 33 locate in a moving range of the light source 5, thereby implementing a better focusing and pan-focusing effect.
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Preferably, the second incident plane 41, the second exit plane 42 and the fully reflecting surface 43 need to satisfy the following conditions so as to maximally reduce the light loss: the lights emitted by the light source 5 are refracted after arriving at the second incident plane 41 from the air, the refracted lights arrive at the fully reflecting surface 43, an angle of incidence on the fully reflecting surface 43 is larger than or equal to a critical angle of total reflection, thereby ensuring that all lights arrives at the second exit plane 42 after being reflected and no light is refracted from the fully reflecting surface 43, and an angle of incidence of the lights arriving at the second exit plane 42 should be smaller than the critical angle of total reflection, thereby ensuring that all lights are refracted from the second exit plane 42 and there is no reflection of some lights on the second exit plane 42. In this way, it can be substantially ensured that all lights passing through the second incident plane 41 are emitted from the second exit plane 42, thereby maximally reducing the light loss.
Preferably, the light emitting part 6 is a recess space, and the cross section of the light emitting part 6 gradually increases along a direction away from the first lens part 3. Such a structure can reduce technique difficulty, and is easy to machine. In the structure, the first incident plane 31 and the second incident plane 41, which form the accommodating part 2, may be planes, and may be also cambered surfaces, and specific shapes should be deigned according to a practical requirement.
Preferably, the light emitting part 6 is a recess space, and the cross section of the light emitting part 6 gradually increases along a direction away from the first lens part 3. Such a structure is easy to implement a required light beam effect and easy to machine while reducing technique difficulty. In the structure, the second exit plane 42, which forms the light emitting part 6, may be a plane, and may be also a cambered surface, and a specific shape should be deigned according to a practical requirement.
Besides, the fully reflecting surface 43 may be a plane and may be also a cambered surface, and a specific shape should be deigned according to a practical requirement.
Focusing or pan-focusing may be implemented when the light source 5 moves in the accommodating part 2 along the axial direction of the lens 1. Specifically, pan-focusing is implemented when the light source 5 moves close to the first incident plane 31. However, the light source 5 may emit heat or the material of the lens 1 may melt at high temperature, thus the light source 5 should not be too close to the first incident plane 31. The minimum distance between the light source 5 and the first incident plane 31 should be calculated according to the material and the shape of the lens and a required light beam effect. A specific calculating method belongs to the traditional art and will not be described repeatedly here. Focusing is implemented when the light source 5 moves away from the first incident plane 31. However, the light source 5 should not be too far from the first incident plane 31 in consideration of light loss, and preferably locates near a plane where the maximum diameter of the accommodating part 2 locates.
The functions of the first lens part 3 and the second lens part 4 during the focusing and the pan-focusing will be specifically described below with reference to
The other part of lights passes through the second incident plane 41 of the second lens part 4, is refracted for the first time, and then enters the second lens part 4. This part of lights is fully reflected after arriving at the fully reflecting surface 43. All of them are cast on the second exit plane 42, refracted on the second exit plane 42 for the second time, then leave the second lens part 4, and enter the air from the light emitting part 6. At the moment, the angles of this part of lights have been changed. An axially symmetrical light beam is emitted from the light emitting part 6, and the light beam is provided with a certain conical angle.
The lights having their angles changed respectively by the first lens part 3 and the second lens part 4 are converged at the light emitting part 6 to form a required light beam, thereby implementing the focusing effect.
The other part of lights passes the second incident plane 41 of the second lens part 4, is refracted for the first time, and then enters the second lens part 4. This part of lights is fully reflected after arriving at the fully reflecting surface 43. All of them are cast on the second exit plane 42, refracted on the second exit plane 42 for the second time, then leave the second lens part 4, and enter the air from the light emitting part 6. At the moment, the angles of this part of lights have been changed. An axially symmetrical light beam converging inwards along a direction away from the lens 1 is emitted from the light emitting part 6. The lights that form the light beam further diverge respectively after being converged at a location away from the lens 1, and form light beams diverging along the direction away from the lens 1.
The lights having their angles changed respectively by the first lens part 3 and the second lens part 4 are converged at the light emitting part 6 to form a required light beam, thereby implementing the pan-focusing effect.
It needs to be noted that, the lights involved in this part does not comprise all theoretical lights. Affected by some factors comprising a practical process and material and so on, there will be inevitably some stray lights that are theoretical design and fail to satisfy the requirements above. Therefore, the lights in this part refer to those lights that are within a designed allowable loss.
The first embodiment as shown by
These selections and changes in shapes are only described in the second embodiment and the third embodiment below as examples.
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The present invention further provides an illuminating device, comprising a lens 1 and a light source 5, wherein the lens 1 is the aforementioned lens 1 and the light source 5 is provided in the accommodating part 2. The light source 5 may move along the axial direction of the lens 1 to implement a focusing effect and a pan-focusing effect, thus better satisfying an illuminating requirement.
Preferably, among the plurality of annular bulges 33, the focus of each annular bulge 33 locates on the central axis of the lens 1, and the focus of each annular bulges 33 locates in a moving range of the light source 5, thereby better forming symmetrical light beams, and satisfying a use requirement.
It may be seen from the description above that the embodiments of the present invention have implemented the following technical effect.
Firstly, the angles of lights may be changed as required, thus satisfying use requirements of different near and far occasions.
Secondly, the structure is simple and easy to machine.
What are described above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, but are not used for limiting the present invention. The present invention may have various alternations and changes for those skilled in the art. Any modifications, equivalent replacements and improvements and the like made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.