Apparatus, system, and related methods for light reflection with grooved surfaces
OwnerArram Sabetiinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and related methods for light reflection with grooved surfaces are provided. The light reflection apparatus with grooved surfaces has a first surface with a quantity of grooves therein. A second surface has a quantity of grooves therein. The grooves in the second surface have a different angular shape, different size, different angular orientation, or a different unit density than the grooves in the first surface. At least one light source emits light on the first and second surfaces. As a direction of the emitted light changes relative to the first and second surfaces, the quantity of grooves in the first or second surface reflect the light independently of one another.
Claims20
A light reflection apparatus with grooved surfaces comprising:
- a first surface having a quantity of grooves therein;
- a second surface having a quantity of grooves therein, the quantity of grooves in the second surface having at least one of:
- a different angular shape than the quantity of grooves in the first surface;
- a different size than the quantity of grooves in the first surface;
- a different angular orientation than the quantity of grooves in the first surface;
- or
- a different unit density than the quantity of grooves in the first surface;
- and
- at least one light source emitting light on the first and second surfaces, wherein as an orientation between the emitted light to the first and second surfaces changes by either moving the first and second surfaces or moving the at least one light source, the quantity of grooves in the first surface reflects the emitted light independently of the quantity of grooves in the second surface.
An apparatus for reflecting light with grooved surfaces, the apparatus comprising:
- a surface having a quantity of grooves therein, the surface formed from a material, wherein the quantity of grooves within the surface are formed by removing portions of the material;
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- at least one light source emitting light on the surface, wherein as an orientation between the emitted light to the surface changes by either moving the surface or moving the at least one light source, the quantity of grooves in the surface reflects the emitted light in varying directions.
A method of reflecting light with a grooved surface, the method comprising:
- providing a first surface having a quantity of grooves therein;
- providing a second surface having a quantity of grooves therein, wherein the quantity of grooves in the second surface has at least one of:
- a different angular shape than the quantity of grooves in the first surface;
- a different size than the quantity of grooves in the first surface;
- a different angular orientation than the quantity of grooves in the first surface;
- or
- a different unit density than the quantity of grooves in the first surface;
- shining light from at least one light source on the first and second surfaces;
- changing an orientation between the light to the first and second surfaces by either moving the first and second surfaces or moving the at least one light source;
- and
- reflecting the light from the quantity of grooves in the first surface independently of reflecting the light from the quantity of grooves in the second surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.