This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 101151048, filed on Dec. 28, 2012. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
The disclosure is generally related to a light source apparatus, and specially related to a light source apparatus able to provide different circadian stimulus lights.
Along with Thomas Alva Edison invented the light bulb, the light source produced by the electric power lights up the night, and also the civilization of mankind. With this kind of artificial light source, the human is able to take advantage of the time at night, which thus further led to the development of science, technology and education. In the research field about the impact of a light source on circadian stimulus (CS), Yasukouchi discovered the light source with high color temperature at night can more inhibit the secretion of melatonin than a light source with low color temperature. Next, since 2001, Branard has studied the relationship between the human eyes and the biological effects, so as to further reveal the relationship between the light source and the secretion of melatonin and the biological influences, which can be expressed by
An embodiment of the disclosure provides a light source apparatus, which includes a light-emitting module and a control unit. The light-emitting module is for providing a light. The control unit makes the light emitted from the light-emitting module switched between a first light and a second light, in which the circadian stimulus value (CS/P value) in view of photometry of the second light is less than CS/P value of the first light, and the color temperatures of the second light and the first light are substantially the same as each other.
An embodiment of the disclosure provides a light source apparatus, which includes a light-emitting module and a control unit. The light-emitting module is for providing a light. The control unit makes the light emitted from the light-emitting module switched between a first light and a second light, in which the CS/P value of the first light is greater than the CS/P value of the second light by over 5% of the CS/P value of the second light.
An embodiment of the disclosure provides an illumination device, which include a first light source and a second light source. The first light source is for providing a first light with a first CS/P value and the second light source is for providing a second light with a second CS/P value, in which the first light and the second light have a substantially same color temperature, and the first CS/P value is different from the second CS/P value.
Several exemplary embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below to further describe the disclosure in details.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.
In more details, in the embodiment, the definition of CS/P value is expressed by the following formula:
wherein CS(λ) represents human circadian function, P(λ) represents human photopic function, P0λ represents spectrum after completing light blending, CS represents CS/P value of the spectrum after completing light-blending, and P represents light intensity of the spectrum after completing light-blending, in which P(λ) is defined according to Commission International de l'éclairage (CIE); human circadian function CS(λ) can refer to the “action spectrum (1997)” introduced by Prof. Brainard as shown by
wherein the data ranges in Tab 1 can be corresponding to the color temperature ranges S1-S8 of tolerance quadrilateral in
wherein the data ranges in Tab 2 can be calculated to be ellipse color temperature ranges e1-e8 in
In more details, referring to
When the control unit 120 makes the light-emitting module 110 switched to the first circadian stimulus mode, the control unit 120 makes the first portion P1 of the light-emitting units D provide the first light L1, in which the first light L1 includes the first sub-light beam W1 and the second sub-light beam W2; when the control unit 120 makes the light-emitting module 110 switched to the second circadian stimulus mode, the control unit 120 makes the second portion P2 of the light-emitting units D provide the second light L2, in which the second light L2 includes the first sub-light beam W1 and the third sub-light beam W3. The color temperatures of the first light L1 and the second light L2 are substantially the same, so that the CS/P value can be changed to meet different requirements without affecting the color temperature feeling of the user.
In addition, the light source apparatus 100′ in
Under the first circadian stimulus mode, the first light L1′ provided by the first portion P1′ can include the first sub-light beam W1, the second sub-light beam W2 and the third sub-light beam W3; under the second circadian stimulus mode, the second light L2′ provided by the second portion P2′ can include the first sub-light beam W1 and the third sub-light beam W3.
The frequency spectrum of the case of
Moreover, the control unit 120 makes the light B emitted from the light-emitting module 110′ in a plurality of periods of a whole day switched to the first circadian stimulus mode (for providing the first light L1′) or the second circadian stimulus mode (for providing the second light L2′) according to the requirement. In more details,
In the embodiment of
The first portion P1 of the light source apparatus 300 includes the first light-emitting unit D1, the second light-emitting unit D2 and the third light-emitting unit D31 respectively corresponding to producing the first sub-light beam W1, the second sub-light beam W2 and the third sub-light beam W3. The second sub-light beam W2 herein can be produced by a phosphor stimulated by the first sub-light beam W1 (at the time, the second light-emitting unit D2 can be a phosphor), while the third sub-light beam W3 is produced by a light-emitting diode (LED). The second portion P23 of the light source apparatus 300 includes the first light-emitting unit D1 and the third light-emitting unit D32 respectively corresponding to producing the first sub-light beam W1 and the third sub-light beam W3, in which the first sub-light beam W1 can be produced by an LED and the third sub-light beam W3 can be produced by a phosphor stimulated by the first sub-light beam W1 (at the time, the third light-emitting unit D32 can be a phosphor). Herein, at least one range of wave peaks of the first sub-light beam W1 is greater than 420 nm but less than 480 nm, at least one range of wave peaks of the second sub-light beam W2 can be greater than 480 nm but less than 540 nm, and at least one range of wave peaks of the third sub-light beam W3 can be greater than 540 nm.
In the embodiment of
In other words, the light-emitting module 410 of the light source apparatus 400 can include the first light-emitting unit D1, the second light-emitting unit D2, the third light-emitting unit D3 and the fourth light-emitting unit D4, in which at least the first light-emitting unit D1, the second light-emitting unit D2 and the fourth light-emitting unit D4 can form the first light source (i.e., the first portion P14) to emit the first light L14, and the first light-emitting unit D1, the third light-emitting unit D3 and the fourth light-emitting unit D4 can form the second light source (i.e., the second portion P24) to emit the second light L24. The color temperatures of the first light L14 and the second light L24 emitted from the first light source and the second light source are substantially the same, but the first light L14 and the second light L24 have different CS/P values.
In the embodiment, the first light-emitting unit D1 in
In more details, in the embodiment, the light source apparatus 500 can include a first circadian stimulus mode, a second circadian stimulus mode, a third circadian stimulus mode, a fourth circadian stimulus mode, a fifth circadian stimulus mode, a sixth circadian stimulus mode, a seventh circadian stimulus mode and an eighth circadian stimulus mode. The control unit 520 makes the lights emitted by the light-emitting module 510 under these circadian stimulus modes respectively switched between the first light L15 (corresponding to the spectrum curve shown by
In more details, the CS/P value of the second light L25 is less than the CS/P value of the first light L15 and the color temperatures of the second light L25 and the first light L15 are substantially the same; the CS/P value of the fourth light L45 is less than the CS/P value of the third light L35 and the color temperatures of the fourth light L45 and the third light L35 are substantially the same; the CS/P value of the sixth light L65 is less than the CS/P value of the fifth light L55 and the color temperatures of the sixth light L65 and the fifth light L55 are substantially the same; the CS/P value of the eighth light L85 is less than the CS/P value of the seventh light L75 and the color temperatures of the eighth light L85 and the seventh light L75 are substantially the same. The color temperatures of the first light L15, the third light L35, the fifth light L55 and the seventh light L75 are substantially different, and the color temperatures of the second light L25, the fourth light L45, the sixth light L65 and the eighth light L85 are substantially different. In other words, the light-emitting module 510 of the light source apparatus 500 can provide more sets of light sources with different color temperatures by adjusting the proportions between the first sub-light beam W1, the second sub-light beam W2, the third sub-light beam W3 and the fourth sub-light beam W4. Specifically, the lights with the same color temperature of each of the sets can be switched between a high CS/P value and a low CS/P value.
Moreover, in the embodiment, the light-emitting module 510 of the light source apparatus 500 can include three first light-emitting units D11, D12 and D13, a second light-emitting unit D2, a third light-emitting unit D3 and a fourth light-emitting unit D4, in which the first light-emitting units D11 and D12, the second light-emitting unit D2 and the fourth light-emitting unit D4 form a first light source (i.e., the first portion P1) to emit the first light L15, the third light L35, the fifth light L55 and the seventh light L75 respectively under each of the circadian stimulus modes. On the other hand, the first light-emitting units D11 and D13, the third light-emitting unit D3 and the fourth light-emitting unit D4 form a second light source (i.e., the second portion P2) to emit the second light L25, the fourth light L45, the sixth light L65 and the eighth light L85 under each of the circadian stimulus modes.
In this way, by changing the light-blending proportions between the first sub-light beam W1, the second sub-light beam W2, the third sub-light beam W3 and the fourth sub-light beam W4, the light source apparatus 500 can, under the color temperature condition of 6500K, make the light switched between the first light L15 with high CS/P value and the second light L25 with low CS/P value; the light source apparatus 500 can, under the color temperature condition of 5000K, make the light switched between the third light L35 with high CS/P value and the fourth light L45 with low CS/P value; the light source apparatus 500 can, under the color temperature condition of 4000K, make the light switched between the fifth light L55 with high CS/P value and the sixth light L65 with low CS/P value; the light source apparatus 500 can, under the color temperature condition of 3000K, make the light switched between the seventh light L75 with high CS/P value and the eighth light L85 with low CS/P value. As a result, the light source apparatus 500 has larger application potential.
The first light L15 and the second light L25 have the same color temperature but different CS/P values, the third light L35 and the fourth light L45 have the same color temperature but different CS/P values, the fifth light L55 and the sixth light L65 have the same color temperature but different CS/P values, and the seventh light L75 and the eighth light L85 have the same color temperature but different CS/P values. In other embodiments however, the first light L15 and the second light L25 can have different color temperatures, and the CS/P value of the first light L15 is greater than the CS/P value of the second light L25 by over 5% of the CS/P value of the second light L25; the third light L35 and the fourth light L45 have different color temperatures, and the CS/P value of the third light L35 is greater than the CS/P value of the fourth light L45 by over 5% of the CS/P value of the fourth light L45; the fifth light L55 and the sixth light L65 have different color temperatures, and the CS/P value of the fifth light L55 is greater than the CS/P value of the sixth light L65 by over 5% of the CS/P value of the sixth light L65; the seventh light L75 and the eighth light L85 have different color temperatures, and the CS/P value of the seventh light L75 is greater than the CS/P value of the eighth light L85 by over 5% of the CS/P value of the eighth light L85. In this way, it has the effect same as the light source apparatus 500 in
In summary, the light source apparatus in the embodiments of the disclosure can use the control unit to control the light-emitting module for providing lights with the same color temperature and different CS/P values. The light-emitting module can also provide lights with a plurality of sets of color temperatures through a plurality of sets of light-emitting units, and the light of each set of the same color temperatures can be switched between different lights with different CS/P values. In addition, the light source apparatus in the embodiments of the disclosure can provide lights with over 5% difference of CS/P values by controlling the light-emitting module through the control unit, in which the lights can have totally different color temperatures, or a part of the lights has the same color temperature. In this way, the light source apparatus can select light sources with different CS/P values according to the real application environment, the time and the goal so as to maintain the natural circadian rhythm of the user and meanwhile provide enough light sources. The light source apparatus of the disclosure can serve as an illumination device or a backlight device of a display, which the disclosure is not limited to.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the disclosed embodiments without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the disclosure cover modifications and variations of this disclosure provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
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