Wearable fluorescent article of adornment with ultraviolet radiation source of excitation

A wearable article of adornment, comprising:

• a housing;
• at least one ultraviolet light emitting source placed in the housing;
• an enclosure to enclose the housing, the enclosure having an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface, the inner wall surface including ultraviolet transparent material with light guiding media and fluorescent material embedded in the light guiding media, wherein the ultraviolet transparent material is configured to receive ultraviolet radiation emitted from the at least one ultraviolet light emitting source, the light guiding media guiding the ultraviolet radiation towards the fluorescent material, the fluorescent material generating fluorescent light in response to excitation with the ultraviolet radiation, and the outer wall surface including a window having a light transmitting material that transmits the fluorescent light while absorbing the ultraviolet radiation;
• a control unit configured to control irradiation of the fluorescent material with the at least one ultraviolet light emitting source;
• a user input component operatively coupled to the control unit that allows a user to activate and inactivate operation of the at least one ultraviolet light emitting source, wherein activation of the at least one ultraviolet light emitting source includes selection of one of a plurality of operating modes, wherein each operating mode is configured to generate fluorescent light at a predetermined fluorescent wavelength, intensity, pattern, and duration;
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• a power supply component configured to power the at least one ultraviolet light emitting source, the control unit and the user input component.

A wearable article of adornment, comprising:

• a housing;
• at least one visible light emitting source placed in the housing to generate visible light;
• at least one ultraviolet light emitting source interspersed with the at least one visible light emitting source in the housing to generate ultraviolet radiation;
• an enclosure to enclose the housing, the enclosure having an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface, the inner wall surface including fluorescent material configured to generate fluorescent light in response to excitation with ultraviolet radiation emitted from the at least one ultraviolet light emitting source, and the outer wall surface including a light transmitting material that transmits the fluorescent light generated from the fluorescent material and the visible light generated from the at least one visible light emitting source while absorbing the ultraviolet radiation generated from the at least one ultraviolet radiation source;
• a control unit configured to control irradiation of the fluorescent material with the at least one ultraviolet light emitting source and the visible light generated from the at least one visible light emitting source;
• a user input component operatively coupled to the control unit that allows a user to activate and inactivate operation of the at least one ultraviolet light emitting source and the at least one visible light emitting source, wherein activation of the at least one ultraviolet light emitting source and the at least one visible light emitting source includes selection of one of a plurality of operating modes;
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• a power supply component configured to power the at least one ultraviolet light emitting source, the at least one visible light emitting source, the control unit and the user input component.