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US 10,538,964 B2Granted
Daylighting device and daylighting system
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasahiro Tsujimoto, Tsuyoshi Kamada, Shun Ueki
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Abstract
The present invention, in one aspect thereof, is directed to a daylighting device including: a first, transparent slat configured to bend an optical path of incident outdoor light so as to emit the light in a prescribed indoor direction; a first drive mechanism configured to drive the first slat; and a control unit configured to control the first drive mechanism so as to change an angle of inclination of the first slat in accordance with a position of the sun.
Claims21
A daylighting device comprising:
- a first transparent slat configured to bend an optical path of incident light from an outdoor direction so as to emit the incident light in a prescribed indoor direction;
- a first drive mechanism configured to drive the first transparent slat;
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- a control unit configured to control the first drive mechanism so as to change an angle of inclination of the first transparent slat in accordance with a position of the sun.
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A daylighting device comprising:
- a first transparent slat configured to bend an optical path of incident light from an outdoor direction so as to emit the incident light in a prescribed indoor direction;
- a second slat provided below the first transparent slat, the second slat being configured to either block the incident light or transmit the incident light in a diffuse manner;
- a drive mechanism configured to drive at least one of the first and second slats;
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- a control unit configured to control the drive mechanism so as to change an angle of inclination of the at least one of the first and second slats in accordance with a position of the sun, wherein:
- the first transparent slat includes a plurality of prismatic structural bodies configured to change a traveling direction of light in a vertical plane;
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- the prismatic structural bodies each have at least:
- a first face serving primarily as a reflection face for the incident light and making an angle α with a reference face for the first transparent slat;
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- a second face serving as an entrance face or an exit face for the incident light and making an angle β with the reference face.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.