This is a U.S. national stage of application No. PCT/CN2010/001506, filed on Sep. 28, 2010. Priority is claimed on the following application: Country: China, Application No.: 201020160627.0, Filed: Apr. 9, 2010, the content of which is/are incorporated here by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an illumination device, especially to a method and a device for generating diffuse reflection light.
2. Description of the Related Art
Light box, light reflection device, and soft light device are often needed in the process of photographing, and in particular in art photographing where the soft light effect is closely associated with the soft light area of the soft light device. The larger the soft light area is, the better the soft light effect is. The types of the soft light device in the prior art and their disadvantages are as follows:
1. Conventional light box, soft light box, soft light umbrella, and light reflecting umbrella:
The disadvantages include: the installation and the disassembly are quite troublesome; the use in the open air or under the situation of frequent movement is time-consuming and laborious; certain skill is especially required for installation of a soft light box; the entire device is heavy, difficult for handholding and very inconvenient in movement; therefore, conventional devices are suitable for indoor use and use at a fixed position; they are extremely inconvenient when being used in open air.
2. Conventional reflector, soft light device with external top light source:
The disadvantages include: small area of the light reflection and soft light material, and inferior soft light effect. Some portable soft light devices hinder the original function of original light source from effecting during the installation and use thereof.
3. Because the reflector of light box, and soft light and light reflection device in the prior art is fixed when being used and does not lead to area change, the equivalent luminescent area thereof cannot be adjusted.
The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to avoid the above deficiencies in the prior art in order to achieve further improvement on the prior art, and provide a method for generating diffuse reflection light, which is characterized by convenient installation and disassembly, superior soft light effect, and adjustable equivalent luminescent area and primary illuminating direction of light, and a diffuse reflection light generating device suitable for frequent movement, which is designed based on the method of the present invention.
The technical proposal adopted in the present invention for solving the technical problem is to provide a method for generating diffuse reflection light, which is based on a luminescent lamp. The method comprises the following steps:
A. detachably fixing a reflector on the luminescent lamp by means of a connector;
B. elastically bending the reflector forwards by means of a pulling device in order to focus the diffuse reflection light, wherein one end of the pulling device is connected or sleeved with the reflector, the other end of the pulling device is connected with the connector, or the pulling device is hooped on the outer edge of the reflector.
In step B, the reflector may elastically be bent forwards in a longitudinal direction or a transverse direction by means of the pulling device, in order to obtain the diffuse reflection light.
The reflector may be a solid plate, the surface of which is rugged and granulated and also covered by light reflecting material.
The backside of the reflector may be provided with reinforcing plates and/or reinforcing bars.
As an improvement, the reflector is a hollowed-out plate, and its surface is adhered with a light reflecting thin film. Reinforcing bars and/or reinforcing plates are arranged at the unhallowed-out part of the reflector.
The reflector may be foldable, with every two folding parts of blades thereof being linked with each other through a hinge or a flexible foldable material.
As an improvement of the foldable reflector, the end of the folding part of the reflector is provided with a buckle so that the blades of the reflector are located at the same curved surface after being bent.
As an improvement, the edge of the reflector is provided with a gap which is covered by the light reflecting thin film.
The connector may be a binding tape or an elastic tape with the end thereof being provided with a nylon hasp, a sticking surface, an elastic buckle and a quick release buckle, or a clamping installation structure or a quick release screw structure.
The pulling device may be a semitransparent soft light diffuser, the upper end of which is connected or sleeved with the reflector, two sides of which are both connected or sleeved with the reflector, and the lower end of which is connected with the connector to change the dimension of the soft light diffuser so that the reflector can be bent to various extents, therefore changing equivalent luminescent area, leading to diffuse reflection effect, and generating soft light.
As an improvement of the pulling device, the pulling device is a molding tape, one end of which is connected and/or sleeved with the upper part of the reflector, and the other end of which is connected with the connector; the reflector is bent to various extents by adjusting the length of the molding tape in order to change equivalent luminescent area and lead to diffuse reflection effect.
When step A is implemented, a connection angle adjusting device, which is used for adjusting a connection angle γ during the connection of the reflector with the luminescent lamp, is added between the root of the reflector and the luminescent lamp.
The connection angle adjusting device is a wedge-shaped cushion block; the connection angle γ between the reflector and the luminescent lamp is adjusted by adjusting the height and/or upper and lower edges of the wedge-shaped cushion block.
In order to implement the above method for generating diffuse reflection light, the present invention further designs a device, compatible with the method, for generating diffuse reflection light. The device comprises a luminescent lamp, and especially, a reflector reflecting the light of the luminescent lamp, a connector integrally connecting the reflector with the luminescent lamp and a pulling device enabling the reflector to be elastically bent forwards. The reflector may detachably be fixed on the luminescent lamp by means of the connector and used for reflecting the light of the luminescent lamp. One end of the pulling device may be connected or sleeved with the reflector and the other end may be connected with the connector to enable the reflector to be elastically bent forwards so that the reflector forms a curved surface.
The reflector may be round, elliptical or polygonal, and the natural state of the reflector may be a flat plate state.
The reflector may be a metal plate, a plastic plate or a fiber plate.
As an embodiment of the reflector, the reflector is a solid plate, the surface of which is rugged and granulated and also covered by light reflecting material as well as the backside of which is provided with reinforcing plates and/or reinforcing bars.
As another embodiment of the reflector, the reflector is a hollowed-out plate, light reflecting thin films are adhered to the surface of the reflector, and the reinforcing bars and/or the reinforcing plates are arranged at the unhallowed-out part of the reflector.
As a further improvement of the reflector, the reflector is foldable, with the folding parts being linked through a hinge or a flexible foldable material.
The end of the folding part of the reflector is provided with a buckle so that blades of the reflector are located at the same curved surface after being bent.
As an improvement, the edge of the reflector is provided with a gap which is covered by the light reflecting thin film.
The connector is a binding tape or an elastic tape with the end thereof being provided with a nylon hasp, a sticking surface, an elastic buckle and a quick release buckle, or a clamping installation structure or a quick release screw structure.
The pulling device may be a semitransparent soft light diffuser, the upper end of which is connected or sleeved with the reflector and two sides of which are both connected or sleeved with the reflector to change the dimension of the soft light diffuser so that the reflector can be bent to various extents, therefore changing equivalent luminescent area, leading to diffuse reflection effect, and generating soft light.
The circumference of the soft light diffuser is provided with an opened hollow positioning edging inside which a tensioning tape passes through; two ends of the tensioning tape are connected with each other at the opening of the hollow positioning edging, and the soft light diffuser can be tightly hooped on the reflector by adjusting the tensioning tape.
The tensioning tape may be an elastic tape, a fastening tape or a rope.
The soft light diffuser may further comprise a connecting adhesive buckle, which is adhesively fixed on the connector to fix the soft light diffuser; the connecting adhesive buckle is an adhesive buckle, a snap fastener, a hook buckle or a lace.
As an improvement of the pulling device, the pulling device is a molding tape, one end of which is connected and/or sleeved with the upper part of the reflector and the other end of which is connected with the connector; the reflector is bent to various extents by adjusting the length of the molding tape in order to change equivalent luminescent area and lead to diffuse reflection effect.
The molding tape comprises a positioning adhesive buckle, which is adhesively connected to the connector to fix the molding tape. The positioning adhesive buckle may be an adhesive buckle, a snap fastener, a hook buckle, or a lace.
The device for generating diffuse reflection light may further comprise an angle adjusting device, which is arranged between the root of the reflector and the luminescent lamp.
The angle adjusting device is a wedge-shaped cushion block; a connection angle γ between the reflector and the luminescent lamp is adjusted by adjusting the height and/or upper and lower edges of the wedge-shaped cushion block.
The wedge-shaped cushion block may be a rectangular block consisting of two blocks with trapezoidal section.
The connector further comprises a first fixing bracket, which is mounted on the connector and used for supporting the device for generating diffuse reflection light, or used as a mounting bracket.
As a further improvement of the fixing bracket, the connector further comprises a second fixing bracket, the connector connects the second fixing bracket with the luminescent lamp integrally and fixedly, and one end of the second fixing bracket is detachably fixed at the middle part of the reflector. In order to realize the fixation of the second fixing bracket, one end of the second fixing bracket is an L-shaped hook, which is embedded into the middle part of the reflector and is fixed therewith in a manner of clamped connection. The device further comprises a luminescent lamp gasket, which is arranged between the connector and the luminescent lamp. The device further comprises a positioning gasket, which is arranged between the connector and the reflector.
Compared with the prior art, the method of the present invention has the following advantages:
1. The structure in accordance with the present invention is simple, the installation and the disassembly are convenient. In comparison, the installation and the disassembly of light box, soft light box, soft light umbrella and light reflecting umbrella in the prior art are all troublesome; in particular, the installation of a soft light box is hard to be mastered; the outdoor use is also inconvenient. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, the reflector is detachably fixed on the luminescent lamp by means of a connector and is then adjusted by means of a pulling device. Therefore, the structure in accordance with the present invention is quite simple, the installation and the disassembly are also quite convenient, and the indoor and outdoor uses are both extremely convenient.
2. The equivalent luminescent area can be adjusted. In comparison, after the light reflection, soft light devices in the prior art are installed, the equivalent luminescent area cannot be adjusted since the reflector does not change. However, in using a method or a device based on embodiments of the present invention, the equivalent luminescent area of the light reflection, soft light devices can be adjusted by adjusting the curved surface of the reflector in order to meet the requirements under different environments.
3. The device in accordance with the present invention has the advantages of a large soft light area, good effect, excellent lightness and convenient movement simultaneously. In comparison, the light reflection, soft light devices in the prior art are either quite large in soft light area but troublesome in installation and disassembly, or convenient in movement but too small in light reflection, soft light areas. However, in the method and the device in accordance with embodiments of the present invention, the reflector and the luminescent lamp are connected with each other movably and integrally by means of a simple connection device, resulting in good lightness and mobility. Meanwhile, the pulling device can also adjust the dimension of the curved surface of the reflector so that the feature of a large area of the soft light umbrella and the light reflecting umbrella is also taken into consideration.
Further detailed description is made below with reference to the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings.
As shown in
A. a reflector 10 is detachably fixed on the luminescent lamp 30 by means of a connector 20; and
B. the reflector 10 is elastically bent forwards by means of a pulling device 40 in order to focus the diffuse reflection light.
Also, in step B, the reflector 10 is elastically bent forwards in a longitudinal direction or a transverse direction by means of the pulling device 40, in order to obtain the diffuse reflection light.
There are two ways to use the reflector 10.
In accordance with the first way, the reflector is a solid plate. When the reflector is the solid plate, the surface of the reflector is provided with plenty of rugged grains so that one surface of the reflector 10 for light reflection is rugged and granulated, and the surface of the reflector is also covered by light reflecting material in order to reinforce the effect of diffuse reflection. In order to strengthen the toughness of the reflector 10, the backside of the reflector is provided with reinforcing plates 82 and/or reinforcing bars 83.
In accordance with the second way, the reflector is a hollowed-out plate, aiming at reducing the weight of the reflector 10 effectively when a reflector with a large area is needed. When the hollowed-out reflector is used, light reflecting thin films 101 are adhered to the light reflecting surface of the reflector; in order to strengthen the toughness of the hollowed-out reflector, the reinforcing bars 83 and/or the reinforcing plates 82 are arranged at the unhallowed-out part of the backside of the reflector.
The reflector 10 may be designed to be foldable for purpose of convenient carrying. The reflector 10 can consist of at least two blades 11, with every two folding parts of the blades being linked with each other through a hinge or a flexible foldable material. In order to ensure that the blades 11 are located at the same curved surface when the foldable reflector 10 is bent, the end of the folding part of the reflector 10 is provided with a buckle 13.
The connector 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a binding tape or an elastic tape with the end thereof being provided with a nylon hasp, a sticking surface, an elastic buckle, a quick release buckle, a clamping installation structure, or a quick release screw structure.
There are two ways of using the pulling device 40.
In accordance with the first way, a semitransparent soft light diffuser 404 is adopted, the upper end of which is connected or sleeved with the reflector 10, two sides of which are both connected or sleeved with the reflector 10, the lower end of which is connected with the connector 20. When the dimension of the soft light diffuser 404 is changed, for example, when the soft light diffuser 404 is contracted transversely and/or longitudinally, then the reflector 10 may be bent to different extent, therefore changing equivalent luminescent area, leading to diffuse reflection effect, and generating soft light.
In accordance with the second way, a molding tape 405 is adopted. There are three proposals for the installation and use of the molding tape 405, one end of the molding tape is connected and/or sleeved with the upper part of the reflector 10 and the other end is connected with the connector 20. The reflector (10) may be bent to various extents by adjusting the length of the molding tape 405, therefore changing equivalent luminescent area and leading to diffuse reflection effect. When the soft light diffuser 404 or the molding tape 405 is hooped on the outer edge of the reflector 10, a gap which is covered by the light reflecting thin films 101 can be arranged at the edge of the reflector 10 in order to enable the bending of the reflector 10 and form an inward curved surface more easily.
During practical application, the reflector 10 sometimes needs to change the primary irradiation direction of diffuse reflection light. In order to achieve such a change, when the step A is implemented, a connection angle adjusting device 90, which is used for adjusting a connection angle γ during the connection of the reflector 10 with the luminescent lamp 30, is added between the root of the reflector 10 and the luminescent lamp 30. In this case, the reflector 10 can change the primary irradiation direction of light. During practical application, the connection angle adjusting device 90 is a wedge-shaped cushion block which consists of two blocks with trapezoidal section and identical dimension and which is shaped as a rectangular block, the connection angle γ between the reflector 10 and the luminescent lamp 30 can be adjusted by adjusting the height M and/or upper edge L and lower edge N of the rectangular block. During practical application, blocks with different dimensions can be made as required to accomplish replacement.
A device for generating diffuse reflection light, which is designed according to the present invention, may comprise a plurality of embodiments based on different reflector 10, connector 20 and pulling device 40. A detailed description is made below with reference to
A device for generating diffuse reflection light according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a luminescent lamp 30, a reflector 10 reflecting the light of the luminescent lamp 30, a connector integrally connecting the reflector 10 with the luminescent lamp 30 and a pulling device 40 enabling the reflector 10 to be elastically bent forwards, and further comprises a first fixing bracket 201 for supporting the entire diffuse reflection light generating device or being used as a mounting bracket. The reflector 10 is a solid plate or a hollowed-out plate and is round, elliptical or polygonal in shape, preferably elliptical and polygonal. The reflector 10 is an elastic plate made of metal plate, plastic plate or fiber plate, preferably metal plate. As shown in
In the diffuse reflection light generating device according to the present invention, the reflector 10 is preferably the hollowed-out plate, which reduces the weight of the reflector 10 and lightens the device of the present invention. For facilitating convenient carrying, the reflector 10 can become more convenient in a foldable type as shown in
The connector 20 is a device integrally connecting the luminescent lamp 30 with the reflector 10, which is a binding tape or an elastic tape with the end thereof being provided with a nylon hasp, a sticking surface, an elastic buckle, a quick release buckle, a clamping installation structure, or a quick release screw structure. As shown in
The pulling device may be realized by adopting the soft light diffuser 404 or the molding tape 405.
A soft light diffuser for a device in accordance with the present invention is shown in
What is shown in
In order to explain change of equivalent luminescent area of a device of the present invention, as shown in
Similarly, when the molding tape 405 is used as the pulling device, the angle α can be changed just like the use of soft light diffuser 404 for adjusting the degree of bending of the reflector 10, which not only adjusts the primary irradiation direction of the diffuse reflection light of the reflector 10, but also adjusts the equivalent luminescent area S. That is to say, the device of the present invention can adjust the equivalent luminescent area in order to adapt to the use under different circumstances.
What is shown in
The above preferred embodiments are presented to further illustrate the invention but should not be construed as in any way to limit its scope. Some simple omissions or substitutions can be made by a person of ordinary skill in this art to which the present invention pertains without departing from the concept of the present invention and shall be considered to be within the scope of protection of the present invention.
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