# US 11,307,085 B2 · Light detecting device, lighting module, and manufacturing method for the same

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- Number: US 11,307,085 B2
- Document ID: US11307085B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/097,158
- Filed: 2020-11-13
- Published: 2021-05-20
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2019-11-15
- Assignees: Lite-On Opto Technology (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.; Lite-On Technology Corporation
- Applicants: Lite-On Opto Technology (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.; Lite-On Technology Corporation
- Inventors: Chen-Hsiu Lin; Wen-Hsiang Lin; Yung-Chang Jen; Shih-Chung Huang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307085B2

## CPC

- G01J 1/08: Arrangements of light sources specially adapted for photometry {standard sources, also using luminescent or radioactive material}
- G03B 21/001: {Slide projectors}
- F21V 5/007: {Array of lenses or refractors for a cluster of light sources, e.g. for arrangement of multiple light sources in one plane (combination of two or more refractors F21V5/008)}
- F21V 17/101: {permanently, e.g. welding, gluing or riveting}
- G01J 1/0474: {Diffusers (cavities G01J2001/0481)}
- G01J 1/42: using electric radiation detectors (optical or mechanical part G01J1/04; by comparison with a reference light or electric value G01J1/10)
- G02B 27/18: for optical projection, e.g. combination of mirror and condenser and objective {(photographic, cine and overhead projectors G03B21/00; photographic projection printing G03B27/32; photolithographic projectors G03F7/20; projection television H04N5/74; colour projection television H04N9/31)}
- G03B 21/145: {Housing details, e.g. position adjustments thereof}
- G03B 21/26: Projecting separately subsidiary matter simultaneously with main image
- G03B 29/00: Combinations of cameras, projectors or photographic printing apparatus with non-photographic non-optical apparatus, e.g. clocks or weapons; Cameras having the shape of other objects (combinations with flash apparatus G03B15/03)
- H05B 35/00: Electric light sources using a combination of different types of light generation
- A47L 15/4293: {Arrangements for programme selection, e.g. control panels; Indication of the selected programme, programme progress or other parameters of the programme, e.g. by using display panels}
- D06F 34/32: characterised by graphical features, e.g. touchscreens
- F21K 9/90: Methods of manufacture
- F21Y 2105/16: square or rectangular, e.g. for light panels
- F21Y 2113/30: {of visible and non-visible spectrum}
- G03B 21/2033: {LED or laser light sources}
- G01J: MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY (light sources F21, H01J, H01K, H05B; investigating properties of materials by optical means G01N)
- G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D)
- F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08)
- D06F: LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
- F21K: NON-ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES USING LUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING CHARGES OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL; LIGHT SOURCES USING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AS LIGHT-GENERATING ELEMENTS; LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED

## Abstract

A light detecting device, a lighting module, and a manufacturing method for the same are provided. The lighting module includes a carrier, a light assembly having a first lighting unit and a second lighting unit, a lens assembly having a first lens and a second lens, and a casing surrounding the lens assembly. The first lighting unit emits a first beam having a first wavelength through the first lens to define a first view angle and the second lighting unit emits a second beam having a second wavelength through the second lens to define a second view angle. The first wavelength is smaller than the second wavelength, and the first view angle is greater than the second view angle.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A lighting module, comprising:
a carrier;
a light assembly disposed on the carrier, the light assembly including at least one first lighting unit and at least one second lighting unit;
a lens assembly including at least one first lens and at least one second lens connected to the at least one first lens, the at least one first lens and the at least one second lens being disposed on the carrier and covering on the light assembly; and
a casing disposed on the carrier and surrounding the light assembly;
wherein the at least one first lighting unit emits a first beam having a first wavelength, and the first beam passes through the at least one first lens to form a first light distribution being substantially mesa-shaped; wherein the at least one second lighting unit emits a second beam having a second wavelength, and the second beam passes through the at least one second lens to form a second light distribution being substantially twin-peak shaped with a recess in between; wherein the first wavelength is less than the second wavelength, and a first view angle of the first light distribution is greater than a second view angle of the second light distribution.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The lighting module according to claim 1, wherein the at least one first lighting unit is a plurality of first lighting units, the at least one second lighting unit is a plurality of second lighting units, the at least one first lens is a plurality of first lenses, and the at least one second lens is a plurality of second lenses; wherein each of the first lenses covers a corresponding one of the first lighting units, respectively, and each of the second lenses covers a corresponding one of the second lighting units, respectively;
wherein any two of the first lenses adjacent to each other are partially overlapped with each other, and any two of the second lenses adjacent to each other are not overlapped with each other.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The lighting module according to claim 2, wherein an overlapping distance is defined to be equal to a distance of twice a radius of curvature of the at least one first lens being subtracted by a distance between a central point of each of two adjacent ones of the at least one first lighting unit, and the distance between the central point of each of two adjacent ones of the at least one first lighting unit is defined to be greater than twice a radius of curvature of the at least one second lens.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The lighting module according to claim 1, wherein the first view angle is greater than 80 degrees, the first wavelength is between 500 nm and 550 nm, the second view angle is less than 60 degrees, and the second wavelength is between 660 nm and 940 nm.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The lighting module according to claim 1, wherein a radius of curvature of the lens assembly is between 0.1 mm and 2 mm, and a radius of curvature of the at least one first lens is greater than that of the at least one second lens.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The lighting module according to claim 1, wherein the lens assembly further includes at least one third lens connected to the at least one first lens, the at least one third lens is disposed on the carrier and covers the light assembly; wherein the light assembly further includes at least one third lighting unit emitting a third beam having a third wavelength, the third beam passes through the at least one third lens to form a third light distribution being substantially twin-peak shaped with a recess in between, the third wavelength is greater than the first wavelength, and a third view angle of the third light distribution is less than the first view angle.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The lighting module according to claim 6, wherein the at least one third lighting unit is adjacent to the at least one first lighting unit, the third view angle is less than 60 degrees, the third wavelength is between 660 nm and 940 nm, and the third wavelength is different from the second wavelength.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The lighting module according to claim 1, wherein an upper surface of the carrier is divided into a protrusion section and a recess section surrounding the protrusion section, a first distance between the protrusion section and a lower surface of the carrier is greater than a second distance between the recess section and the lower surface of the carrier; wherein the light assembly and the lens assembly are positioned at the protrusion section, and the casing is positioned at the recess section.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The lighting module according to claim 8, wherein an adhesive is disposed among the casing, the carrier and the lens; wherein the casing has a lower surface facing toward the recess section and an upper surface opposite to the lower surface, and a third distance between the lower surface of the casing and the lower surface of the carrier is less than the first distance.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The lighting module according to claim 9, wherein the adhesive has a two-stepped structure that is used to adhere the carrier, the lens assembly, and the casing to one another.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The lighting module according to claim 1, wherein the lens assembly has a lens base, the lens base has two non-arced sides and two arced sides corresponding to each other, and a side surface of discontinuity is formed between any one of the two non-arced sides and any one of the two arced sides.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

A light detecting device comprising the lighting module as claimed in claim 1, and a plurality of detecting modules surrounding the lighting module.

### Claim 13

A manufacturing method of a lighting module, comprising:
providing a carrier, the carrier including a plurality of sections;
disposing a plurality of light assemblies on the carrier, each of the light assemblies corresponding to one of the sections, respectively;
disposing a plurality of lens assemblies on the carrier and covering on the light assemblies;
disposing a casing on the carrier and surrounding each of the light assemblies and each of the lens assemblies; and
cutting the casing and the carrier to form the lighting module;
wherein, before the step of disposing the casing on the carrier, the manufacturing method further comprises:
forming a plurality of grooves corresponding to the casing on the carrier through blind cutting; and
disposing the casing on the corresponding grooves by an adhesive;
wherein a width of each of the grooves is greater than that of a bottom surface of the casing.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The manufacturing method according to claim 13, wherein, in the step of forming the grooves corresponding to the casing on the carrier through blind cutting, the manufacturing method further comprises: cutting and forming a lens adhesive passage between any two adjacent ones of the lens assemblies through blind cutting.

### Claim 15

A lighting module, comprising:
a carrier, an upper surface of the carrier including a protrusion section and a recess section surrounding the protrusion section;
a light assembly disposed on the protrusion section of the carrier;
a lens assembly covering on the light assembly;
a casing disposed on the recess section of the carrier and surrounding the light assembly; and
a two-stepped three-dimensional resin structure disposed on the recess section and at a position where the protrusion section and the recess section connect with each other, so as to adhere the carrier, the lens assembly, and the casing to one another.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The lighting module according to claim 15, wherein a first distance between the protrusion section and a lower surface of the carrier is greater than a second distance between the recess section and the lower surface of the carrier, the casing has a lower surface facing toward the recess section and an upper surface opposite to the lower surface, and a third distance between the lower surface of the casing and the lower surface of the carrier is less than the first distance.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The lighting module according to claim 15, wherein the carrier includes a first shielding member, a first circuit member, a first carrier member, a second circuit member, a second carrier member, a third circuit member, and a second shielding member; wherein the first circuit member is disposed on an upper surface of the first carrier member, the first shielding board is disposed on the upper surface of the first carrier member and shields a part of the first circuit member, the second circuit member is disposed between a lower surface of the first carrier member and an upper surface of the second carrier member, the third circuit member is disposed on a lower surface of the second carrier member, the second circuit member is connected to the third circuit member, and the second shielding member is disposed on the lower surface of the second carrier member and shields a part of the third circuit member; wherein the light assembly and the lens assembly are disposed on the first shielding member, and the light assembly is electrically connected to the first circuit member.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The lighting module according to claim 17, wherein a plurality of semi-blind holes are formed on a side of the second carrier member, a sidewall of each of the semi-blind holes has a metal layer, and the second circuit member and the third circuit member are conducted to each other through the metal layer.

### Claim 19 (depends on 15)

The lighting module according to claim 15, wherein the lens assembly has a lens base, the lens base has two non-arced sides and two arced sides corresponding to each other, and a side surface of discontinuity is formed between any one of the two non-arced sides and any one of the two arced sides.