This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 107119139, filed on Jun. 4, 2018. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
The present invention relates to a light emitting module.
In recent years, with the development of technology, the appearance motif of various electronic or digital products has also attracted attention. For example, the aforementioned product can at least partially have a light emitting appearance as a decoration by providing a light emitting module around the outer casing. In a conventional light emitting module, it is common practice to arrange a light emitting element suitable for light emission such as a light emitting diode element on the periphery of the outer casing of the aforementioned product. When the light emitting module needs to emit light of a plurality of different colours, it is necessary to mount light emitting elements having different light emitting colours.
However, the light emitting colour selection of the existing light emitting elements is limited, which is disadvantageous for the diversity of the light emitting module. Moreover, when the expected light emitting area (for example, the periphery of the outer casing) of the applied product is curved or has a complicated shape, it is difficult to uniformly arrange the light emitting elements on the expected light emitting area, which is disadvantageous for the practicality of the light emitting module. In addition, since the space for arranging the light emitting elements needs to be reserved inside the product, it is difficult to reduce the overall thickness of the product, and when the light emitting module is further equipped with optical elements such as a light pipe or a light-homogenizing plate to generate uniform brightness, it is not favorable for the thinning development of products.
The present invention provides a light emitting module, which has diversity and practicality, and is beneficial to the thinning development of products.
The light emitting module of the present invention includes a working piece and a light emitting film. The light emitting film is disposed on a surface of the working piece and used for emitting light according to a voltage difference. The light emitting film includes a bottom layer, a pattern layer and a colour layer. The bottom layer is disposed on the surface of the working piece. The pattern layer is disposed on the bottom layer for providing a pattern. The colour layer is disposed on the bottom layer for providing a colour. The pattern layer and the colour layer are overlapped with each other over the bottom layer, so that the light emitting film forms a light emitting pattern with the pattern and the colour on the working piece.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the pattern layer includes a plurality of motifs in the same shape. The motifs are spaced apart from each other with a gap and continuously arranged.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the motifs are identical in size to each other.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the size or arrangement density of the motifs varies from the middle to the two sides of the pattern layer.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the size or arrangement density of the motifs varies from one side to the other side of the pattern layer.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the pattern layer is located between the bottom layer and the colour layer, and the colour of the colour layer covers the motifs and the spacing gaps of the motifs.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the colour layer is located between the bottom layer and the pattern layer, and the colour of the colour layer is displayed through the spacing gaps of the motifs.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the colour provided by the colour layer is different from the colour of the bottom layer.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the colour provided by the colour layer produces a gradual change from one side to the other side of the colour layer.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the colour layer includes a plurality of adjacent regions. At least one of the regions provides the colour, and at least another one of the regions does not possess the colour.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the colour layer includes a plurality of adjacent regions. The colour provided by at least one of the regions is different from the colour provided by at least another one of the regions.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the bottom layer includes a backing layer, a dielectric layer, a light emitting layer and a conductive layer sequentially disposed on the working piece. The backing layer defines a light emitting region on the working piece. The dielectric layer, the light emitting layer and the conductive layer are sequentially disposed on the backing layer, and the voltage difference across the backing layer and the conductive layer excites the light emitting layer to emit light.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the light emitting film further includes a transparent layer disposed on the pattern layer and the colour layer, and located on the outermost side of the light emitting film.
Based on the above, the light emitting module of the present invention includes a working piece and a light emitting film used for emitting light according to a voltage difference, wherein the light emitting film includes a bottom layer, a pattern layer for providing a pattern, and a colour layer for providing a colour, so that the light emitting film forms a light emitting pattern with the pattern and the colour on the working piece. Therefore, compared with the conventional light emitting module, the light emitting module of the present invention does not need to use light emitting elements such as a light emitting diode element or optical elements such as a light guiding column, the action of arranging the light emitting film can be applied to various materials or working pieces having complicated shapes, and can further be matched with different patterns and colours to achieve different appearance effects. Thereby, the light emitting module of the present invention has diversity and practicality, and is beneficial to the thinning development of products.
In order to make the aforementioned and other objectives and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the light emitting film 120 includes a bottom layer 122, a pattern layer 124 and a colour layer 126, which are sequentially disposed on the light emitting region 112 of the working piece 110. The bottom layer 122 is disposed on the surface of the working piece 110, and includes a backing layer 122a, a dielectric layer 122b, a light emitting layer 122c and a conductive layer 122d which are sequentially disposed on the light emitting region 112 of the working piece 110 in order to emit light according to the voltage difference. The backing layer 122a is, for example, a highly conductive low-resistance material suitable for defining the light emitting region 112 on the working piece 110. That is, the disposition region of the backing layer 122a on the working piece 110 would be regarded as the light emitting area 112, and the other films are disposed on the backing layer 122a, so that the working piece 110 emits light on the light emitting area 112. Furthermore, the dielectric layer 122b, the light emitting layer 122c and the conductive layer 122d are sequentially disposed on the backing layer 122a for allowing the light emitting film 120 to emit light. The dielectric layer 122b is, for example, an insulating material, which can be used for ensuring uniform distribution of current to generate uniform light, and for preventing burning or avoiding short circuit. The light emitting layer 122c is, for example, a light emitting material that defines the colour of the emitted light. The conductive layer 122d is, for example, a conductive material for distributing current and allows the light emitting layer 122c located between the dielectric layer 122b and the conductive layer 122d to emit light. Further, the light emitting film 120 may be an electroluminescent light emitting film 120. That is, when a conductive member (such as a copper sheet) and a connecting line (not shown) are disposed on the back surface of the working piece 110, an electric field generated by applying a voltage difference to the backing layer 122a and the conductive layer 122d excites the light emitting layer 122c to emit light under the action of an electromagnetic field. Thereby, in the present embodiment, the light emitting film 120 is composed of, for example, n-butyl acetate, xylene, n-butanol, 2-methoxy-1-methylethyl acetate, toluene, solvent naphtha, ethylbenzene, formaldehyde, iso-butanol, copper and silver. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and adjustments can be made as needed.
Generally, the colour of the light emitted by the light emitting film 120 depends on the colour of the material of the film, but the colour of the material of the film is limited, and the film is mostly uniformly disposed on the light emitting region 112 and displays a uniformly distributed monochromatic colour, so the pattern layer 124 and the colour layer 126 are further added to the light emitting film 120 of the present embodiment, wherein the pattern layer 124 provides a pattern, and the colour layer 126 provides a colour (detailed as follows), so that the light emitted by the light emitting film 120 has a pattern and a colour so as to change the light emitting effect of the light emitting film 120.
In detail, in the present embodiment, the pattern layer 124 includes a plurality of motifs 124a in the same shape, for example, a regular hexagon. The motifs 124a are spaced apart from each other with a gap having uniform width and continuously arranged, and the motifs 124a are identical in size to each other to form a continuous pattern on both the long side 124b and the short side 124c of the pattern layer 124. However, in other embodiments not shown, other configurations may be used (as will be described later). Moreover, the colour provided by the colour layer 126 may have a gradual change from one side to the other side of the colour layer 126. For example, as shown in
In the present embodiment, an exemplary manufacturing method of disposing the light emitting film 120 on the working piece 110 is as follows: firstly, the backing layer 122a, the dielectric layer 122b, the light emitting layer 122c and the conductive layer 122d are sequentially disposed in the light emitting region 112 of the working piece 110 to form the bottom layer 122. Next, the working piece 110 on which the bottom layer 122 has been disposed is introduced into a water transfer printing step, and the transfer pattern is transferred to the bottom layer 122 through the water transfer printing step to form the pattern layer 124. Then, colour paint is sprayed on the working piece 110 on which the bottom layer 122 and the pattern layer 124 have been disposed to form the colour layer 126. The pattern of the pattern layer 124 may be prepared as a transfer pattern in advance, and the gradual effect in the colour layer 126 can be achieved by controlling the spray manner in which the colour paint is sprayed (e.g., spray time, spray direction, or spray amount) on the light emitting region 112 from one side to the other side, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
Moreover, in the present embodiment, the light emitting film 120 further includes a transparent layer 128 disposed on the pattern layer 124 and the colour layer 126, and located at the outermost side of the light emitting film 120. As such, the transparent layer 128 covers the bottom layer 122, the pattern layer 124 and the colour layer 126 as a protective layer to prevent the transfer pattern serving as the pattern layer 124 and the colour paint serving as the colour layer 126 from falling off. Moreover, the transparent layer 128 may be formed by spraying a transparent varnish or matt paint on the pattern layer 124 and the colour layer 126 according to requirements to further generate a glossy or matt surface effect. In addition to providing protection, the transparent layer 128 changes the appearance of the light emitting pattern P1 formed by the light emitting film 120 in combination with the pattern layer 124 and the colour layer 126, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
In addition, the embodiment of
In detail, in the present embodiment, the pattern layer 224 includes a plurality of motifs 224a in the same shape, for example, a diamond pattern The motifs 224a are spaced a gap apart from each other and continuously arranged, and the size of the motifs 224a varies from the middle 224b to the two sides 224c of the pattern layer 224 (e.g., the size of the motifs 224a increases from the middle 224b to the two sides 224c). However, in other embodiments (not shown), the arrangement density of the motifs 224a varies from the middle 224b to the two sides 224c of the pattern layer 224, or may have other dispositions and variations. Furthermore, the colour layer 226 includes a plurality of adjacent regions 226a to 226c (as shown in
In detail, in the present embodiment, the pattern layer 324 includes a plurality of motifs 324a in the same shape, for example, a Y-shaped motif. The motifs 324a are spaced a gap apart from each other and continuously arranged, and the size of the motifs 324a varies from the middle 324b to the two sides 324c of the pattern layer 324 (e.g., the size of the motifs 324a decreases from the middle 324b to the two sides 324c). However, in other embodiments (not shown), the arrangement density of the motifs 324a varies from the middle 324b to the two sides 324c of the pattern layer 324, or may have other dispositions and variations. Furthermore, the colour layer 326 includes a plurality of adjacent regions 326a to 326c (as shown in
In detail, in the present embodiment, the pattern layer 424 includes a plurality of motifs 424a in the same shape, for example, a circular motif. The motifs 424a are spaced a gap apart from each other and continuously arranged, and the size of the motifs 424a varies from the one side to the other side of the pattern layer 424, for example, the size of the motifs 424a shown in
It can be seen that, in various embodiments illustrated in
Based on the above, the light emitting module of the present invention includes a working piece and a light emitting film. The light emitting film includes a bottom layer for emitting light according to a voltage difference, a pattern layer for providing a pattern, and a colour layer for providing a colour, so that the light emitting film forms a light emitting pattern with the pattern and the colour on the light emitting area of the working piece. In particular, the pattern of the pattern layer is composed of a plurality of motifs with different arrangements, and the colour of the colour layer has a gradual change or a splicing change, and therefore the pattern layer having the pattern comprised of the motifs with different arrangements and the colour layer having the colour with different variation can be chosen and combined into a light emitting pattern according to requirements. Therefore, compared with the conventional light emitting module, the light emitting module of the present invention needs neither light emitting elements, such as a light emitting diodes nor optical elements, such as a light guiding column. The light emitting film can be applied to various materials or working pieces having complicated shapes, and can further cope with different patterns and colours to achieve different appearances. Thereby, the light emitting module of the present invention is more diverse and practical, and is beneficial to the thinning development of products.
Although the present invention has been disclosed with the aforementioned embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person having ordinary skill in the art can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be defined by the appended claims.
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