Technical field

The present invention relates to the engineering, in particular the lighting method and apparatus.

Background

The evolution of light with human beings starts from the natural light, such as fire from volcanoes, sun, etc. Human developed to use fire by igniting. And the evolution has step up when human evolved the knowledge of electricity. Electricity was discovered in 600 BC. In1900, Jame Prescott Julus discovered that when an electric current passed through the resistors, that cause heat and light. Then Sir Joseph Swan and Thomas Alva Edison tried to develop their own electric bulbs.

Sir Joseph Swan invents the electric bulb, and Thomas Alva Edison apply the patents of a vacuum bulb with a carbon filament. And he successfully developed electricity to supply directly to homes. Then the electric bulbs have been developed to the neon lamps with red- orange light, the fluorescent lamp, the light emitting diodes (LED), respectively.

According to patent number US 9966414B2 reveal by Michael A Tischler, Vladimir Odnoblyudov and David Keogh describe the creation of high efficiency light emitting diode (LED) that indicates the structure of material and semiconductor, but it does not imply the energy efficiency compared to other lamps.

According to patent number KR 101081406B1 reveal by Jungdae Jeong describethe lighting system that combines the natural light and light from light emitting diode (LED). The natural light cannot be amplified. The light emitting diode (LED) is used to supplement it. But the patent is not mentioned the light intensity control system and it does not discuss the other lamps.

From Patent Application number 2101002859 Thailand reveal by Mankaew Muanchart discusses the lighting system for indoor cultivation by using the natural light through a light diffusing device that replace the lamps. The invention only discusses the cultivation and wavelengths that affect plant growth. The lamp and electricity are a source of synthetic light that has positively benefited to global industries. But this has negatively affected to the nature and environment at the same time. Such as the high-voltage electrical equipment use from sulfur hexafluride (SF6) that affects global warming. And the light pollution problems caused by the lamp that causes from the increasing brightness. That affect the natural ecosystem.

One of the solutions is the reduction of electricity and the reduction of lamps and the storage of backup electricity. As the reduction of lamps, there are different solutions. Such as the solution of using natural light in combination with synthetic lamps. Therefore, there has been an invention of the reduction of lamp, but it keeps the same brightness, such as the use of natural light combine with the different types of lamps, or the development of a new lamp, etc.

But only the consideration of the lamps does not solve the holistic problem. And for solving the more problems, it must be developed to the higher level. By modeling a system and layout that is suitable for the place where the lamp is used, such as a room, building, etc. And the consideration of the nature light in each period, such as day, night, or the position of the sun, etc.

Summary of Invention

According to the present invention there is provided the light method and apparatus comprises the energy saving electric lamp, the internal light generator, the external plate for receiving the natural light from the external sources such as the sun, etc., the automatic system of external light gathering and the energy management in the room by choosing to turn on and off a wide range of energy-saving lamps to give the room the proper brightness.

Brief description of the drawings

An embodiment, incorporating all aspects of the invention, will now be described by way of exampl e only with reference to the accompanying drawing in which.

Figure lis the illustrator of apparatus of light system.

Figure 2 is the illustrator of light method on each peri od.

Figure 3 is the non-rotate lighting device for energy-saving (6).

Figure 4 is the type A electric lamps (9) and type B electric lamps (11).

Figure 5 is the type C electric lamp (14). Detailed description

The lighting method and apparatus in the room comprising:

The lamp has the light method by the process of refraction and incident light. There special feature is at least 20% of the lamp's lighting area composed of fiber optic material. Room (1 ) is a building consisting of at least two walls, the upper wall or the roof and one wall, that select from the side wall or the bottom wall. The bottom wall or floor has 2 types: 1. Leave the floor bare 2. build the floor from solid materials attached to the side walls.

Light receiving plate (3) is transparent, strong, durable, not easily broken and lightgathering properties. The light tube (8) is a light-conducting tube and divided into 2 layers, the outer layer and the inner layer. The outer layer serves to wrap the tube. That makes from strong materials and not easily broken. The inner layer is transparent, and the layer contains fiber optics inside. That able to reflect light, refract light and to reduce the interference of light. One end is attached to the pipeline (7) and received light to direct the light to the lamp Figure 1 show the lighting device for energy-saving and the operation of the device as follows: Light from the sun (2) enters the room (1) through the light receiving plate (3) that serves to receive light and gathers the light by the principle of reflection and refraction. The refracted light within the light-receiving plate (3) is internally diffused then the intensity of the light is greater than the light out of the room (1). And then the light is transmitted to the light gathering device (4). That combines the light scattered by refraction, reflection, and diffraction then the intensity of light per area is higher because it receives more light. Then the light passes through the light gathering tube (5), which acts as a refracting and additional reflector. And the light from the light gathering tube (5) enters the pipeline (7), where the light gathering tube (5) is equipped with a rotating device (6) to turn the light receiving plate (3) and the light gathering device (4) according to the motion of the sun (2) as measured by the intensity of light or brightness or heat, either or both or all three measurements that make it perpendicular to the sun. When the light reaches the light gathering tube (5), the light travels to the pipeline (7), which in turn directs the light to the light tube (8). The light inside the light tube (8) is refracted and passed the light to the electric lamp. Choose from the electric lamp Type A (9), the electric lamp Type B (11), and the electric lamp Type C (14). While the electric lamp illuminates, the illuminance detector device (16) measures the brightness in a room (1). If the brightness is insufficient after checking the three types of electric lamps. The illuminance detector device (16) sends a command to the power supply (17), then the system powers the electric lamp type D (15) to optimize the room brightness. And the illuminance detector device (16) sends a command to the rotating device (6) to move it in the right direction to receive sunlight by measuring the light intensity or brightness or heat. The appropriate measurement is the intensity of the light. If a measurement is selected from heat, the result will be in high tolerances. Because the atmosphere outside the room has the wind that helps transfer heat. Rain or clouds are all important factors in the discrepancy.

Because brightness of the room (1) has different requirements that depend on the area in the room, such as corridors, stairs, reading areas, etc. Even the type of room has different requirements for brightness, such as a parking area, meeting rooms, production room, etc., which have the requirements according to the industry standards of each country.

Examples of the brightness of different areas as follows:

Figure 2 shows the operation of the devi ce at each time interval. This can be explained as follows: Figure 2 is divided into 4 channels. Box 1 (I) shows the sun in the upper left-hand side and simulate a rising sun, the rotating device (6) rotates the light receiving plate (3) at an angle of 90 degrees to the incident light. As the sun rises until noon, the light receiving plate (3) wall follow ⁷ at an angle of 90 degrees to the incident light or perpendicular to the sun and parallel to the ground. As shown in Box 2 (II) at the end of the afternoon. The sun moves to the right, then the rotating device (6) will rotate accordingly to maintain a constant angle of the light receiving plate (3) at a 90-degree angle to the incident light until the sun goes down. At night as in the box 4 (IV), the rotating device (6) turn the light receiving plate (3) back to parallel with the ground again.

The operation of the rotating device (6) is described as follows. The light receiving plate (3) is equipped with a metering device or sensor to find the area with the highest light intensity. Then the values are sent to the illuminance detector device (16), which calculates and sends a command to the rotating device (6) that mounted on the light gathering tube (5) to move. The light gathering device (4) and the light receiving plate (3) is perpendicular to the area with the highest outside light intensity, the sun (2). If the metering device or the sensor can not find the area, this may be due to the lack of light intensity or the same intensity in all areas. The illuminance detector device (16) sends a command to the rotating device (6) to move until the light receiving plate (3) parallel to the ground .

The pipeline (7) serves to assist the movement of the rotating device (6) by lifting and lowering. In particular, when the sun goes to 0 or 180 degrees against the ground, the pipeline (7) is raised as much as possible to prevent the edge of the light receiving plate (3) from hitting or scratching the upper wall or roof of the room (1); and the pipeline (7) is lowered when the sun goes perpendicular to the upper wall or roof.

Fig. 3 shows the operation of an integrated device without the rotating device (6). The room lighting system without automation can be explained as follows. The light from the sun (2) enters the room (1) through the light receiving plate (3) that serves to receive the light and gathers the light by the principle of reflection and refraction. The refracted light within the light receiving plate (3) is internally diffused. The intensity of the light is greater than outside the room (1), and then the light is transmitted to the light gathering device (4). That combines the light scattered by refraction and internal diffraction to make the intensity of light per area higher because it receives more light. The light then passes through the light gathering tube (5) into the pipeline (7), and then the light directs to the light tube (8). The light inside the light tube (8) is refracted and passed the light to the electric lamp that can be obtained from the electric lamp type A (9), the electric lamp type B (11), and the electric lamp type C (14).

In the room (1), the illuminance can be increased by turning on the electric lamp type D (15) that is powered by a power supply (17) in the case that the illuminance detector device (16) does not detect enough the brightness value. Figures 1 and Figure 3 show the reduction of light emitting diode (LED) or synthetic lamps in a room (1) by changing their status from being the primary lighting device to a room to a backup device in case of insufficient room illuminance. And from Figure 2, it is shown that the electric lamp type D (15) that is powered directly from the power supply (17) is most used in the box 4 (IV) or at night.

Subsequently, the electric lamp type A (9) and the electric lamp type B (11) are described.

Figure 4 shows the electric lamp type A (9) and the electric lamp type C (14). The electric lamp type A (9) is described as follows. The electric lamp type A (9) consists of a lamp tube, an internal light source (10) and anti-reflective components (20) that have the following characteristics and functions: A lamp tube is a hollow, transparent and containing a glass core and one or more fiber optic that is a composite material for fiber reinforcement. The upper end of the lamp tube is attached to the light tube (8), which transmits the radiated light into the lamp. And the upper end is installed an internal light source (10) to provide illumination. At the bottom end of a type A electric lamp (9) is installed an anti -reflective component (20) that prevents internal reflections and refractions.

The electric lamp type A (9) have a principle of illumination, which is to receive light from a light tube (8) coupled with an internal light source (10). The fiber optic inside the lamp will reflect the light from one end to the other. The top of the lamp receives the light from the light tube (8) and the internal light source (10), each light falls on the glass axis and reflected to the glass fiber sheath and the inner wall of the lamp. Because the light lines are vectors that have both magnitude and direction. There are also two types of light sources with different light lines. But there is one direction down to the bottom of the lamp as well. Thus, at least one vector equation is added to the glass axis. And at least one the summation of vector equation at the internal lamp wall to create a new vector and the direction of the incident down to the bottom. So, the intensity of light will be higher. In addition, the intensity of light and the brightness of the light is directly proportional to the surface area of the glass core wall inside the lamp and the number of fiber optic because there is also the addition of vectors on the surface of the fiber optic.

The electric lamp type C (14) viz: 1. solid lamp and 2. liquid lamp as follows: 1. Solid lamp is a hollow, transparent, containing a glass core and at least one fiber optic. The fiber optic has a reinforcing structure, which is a composite material for fiber reinforcement. The upper end of the electric lamp type C (14) is attached to a light tube (8), which transmits the radiated light into the lamp. At the lower end of the electric lamp type C (14), anti -reflective components (20) are installed, which prevents internal reflections and refractions.

The principle of lighting method of solid lamp is the fiber optic inside the lamp that reflect the light from one end to the other. That is a reflection between glass core in the center and glass fiber wrapped fiber optics. The glass core is a material with a higher density that completely reflect the light and send the light to the glass fiber wrapped in the fiber optic. The light reflected and refracted in a downward direction. This causes the light to travel until it reaches the anti -reflective component (20).

2. Liquid electric light lamp is a hollow and transparent. And the liquid electric lamp contains a glass core and a fluorescent liquid with the appropriate characteristics of absorbing light, fluorescent, and a good light conductor. The liquid can be selected from organic and inorganic substances. Liquids should be mixed with radioactive substances to extend the lifespan of illumination. The most suitable fluorescent compounds are luciferin, biolumiscent plankton, noctiluca scintillans, Zn2SiO4-Mn, cathode ray tube (CRT), phosphorus-containing compounds. Zn-(S-Se)-Cu, ZnS, Mn and yellow-orange emission, ZnS-Ag and zinc sulfide, etc.

Liquid electric light lamp has the principl e of lighting that the light from the light tube (8) travels to the area between the liquid electric light lamp and the light tube (8). The light is refracted and diffused into the wall of the lamp above and the glass core. Then the light will be reflected, it will reflect from the top end to the other end. The reflection between center glass core through the liquid to the inner wall of the lamp. The light is refracted through liquids fluorescent compounds. That cause the light grower by adding the light from the light tube (8) and the light stops reflect when it reaches the anti-reflective component (20).

Figure 5 shows the electric lamp type B (11) consist of a lamp tube, an internal light source (12), an internal light source (13), and an anti -reflective element (20) with the following characteristics and functions: the lamp tube is a hollow, transparent and a glass core at least one fiber optic inside. The fiber optic has a reinforced structure as a composite material to reinforce the fiber. The upper end of the lamp tube is attached to the light tube (8), which transmits the radiated light into the lamp. And at the upper end, an internal light source (12) provide illumination. At the lower end of the electric lamp type B (11), an internal light source (13) is installed for lighting. And the anti -reflective component (20) acts to prevent internal reflections and refractions.

The electric lamp type B (11) have the principle of illumination that is to receive light from the light tube (8) coupled with an internal light source (12) by a fiber optic inside the lamp. That will reflect the light from one end to the other. The top of the lamp that receives light from the light tube (8 ) and the internal light source (12), each strand of light falls on the glass axis and reflect to the glass fiber sheath and the inner wall of the lamp. Because the light lines are vectors that have both magnitude and direction. There are also two types of light sources with different light streaks. But there is one direction down to the bottom of the electric lamp as well. Thus, at least one vector is added to the glass axis surface area and the summation of at least one vector at the internal lamp wall to create a new ⁷ vector with a larger size and the direction of the incident. The intensity of light and the brightness of the light will be higher. The intensity of light and the brightness of the light is directly proportional to the surface area of the glass core and the wall inside the lamp and the number of fiber optic because there is also the addition of vectors on the surface of the fiber optic. At the ends of the electric lamp type B (11) install an internal light source (13) to provide the light from the inside that reflected and refracted from the tip of the lamp to the light tube (8), because the light line is a vector that has both magnitude and direction. That cause the subtraction of at least one vector at the glass axis surface area. And because there are three light sources in the electric lamp: the light tube (8), the internal light source (12), and the internal light source (13), the light streaks from all three sources vary greatly at least 2 origins. From the vector theory it can be explained that will produce a larger light more intensity and it has a direction to the light tube (8) at least 1 light line and down from the light tube (8) at least 1 light line. And because the positive and negative in the vector theory is to show the direction only. It has nothing to do with the size of the vector, so the more vector lines there are.

It will cause more light intensity. This makes the electric lamp brighter.

Describe the operation of the luminance detection device (16) and the lamp in the room (1) as follows: The luminance detection device (16) will check the type of lamp in the room (1) by order, namely the electric lamp type A (9), the electric lamp type B (11) and the electric lamp type D (15) respectively. The electric lamp type C (14) are not considered because they do not have an internal light source. The luminance detection device (16) measures the brightness in a room (1) when the luminance value is insufficient. The luminance detection device (16) will turn on the internal light source (10) and check the brightness in the room (1) again. The luminance detection device (16) turns on the internal light source (12) and the internal light source (13) and checks the brightness. If the brightness is not enough, the luminance detection device (16) will turn on the electric lamp type D (15) and determine whether the brightness is sufficient or not. Use the standard values specified by the laws of each country. From Figure 4 and Figure 5, the tube sheath (19) that surrounds the light tube (8) acts as an insulator against light dispersion, reflection, and protection from objects to the light tube (8). And the room designation determines the direction of the light in the room according to architectural suitability.

The illuminance of the room (1) is constant, and a certain amount of electricity is consumed through the electric lamp type D (15), so when the electric lamp type A (9) is added, the electric lamp type B (11) have an internal light source (10), an internal light source (12), and an internal light source (13) that use less electrical energy than the electric lamp type D (15). And the battery can be used instead of the power supply (17), which is generally insufficient to illuminate the room (1), that reduce the electrical power in the room. In addition, the use of the electric lamp type C (14) is to provide illumination by using light from the sun (2) that reduce the electrical power in the room to zero during daylight. That reduce the use of the electric lamp type D (15) and it reduce the electrical energy in the room.

Devices for lighting method for energy-saving in the room have the following appropriate characteristics : 1. The light receiving plate (3) is transparent and durable. The most suitable characteristics is the front of the light plate concave, and the inside is evenly smooth. The suitable materials are glass, clear plastic, transparent resin. The most suitable materials are glass and acrylic.

2. The light gathering device (4) has a conical shape or square that connects between the light receiving plate (3) and the conduit (5) to reflect and refract and gather the light from the light- receiving plate (3). The materials are made from materials that can combine light well and not easily broken and able to bear the weight of the light-receiving plate (3). The optimal design characteristics are calculated to minimize the interference of each light wave.

3. The light gathering tube (5) looks like a pipe connecting the light gathering device (4) and the pipeline (7) and a place for installing the rotating device (6). The interior is made of materials that have light conductivity, refracting, and reflecting light and good light diffraction. The exterior is made of durable materials that do not rust, do not break easily. 4. The rotating device (6) is responsible for receiving orders from the luminance detection device (16) that is installed around the light gathering tube (5) act to rotate the light receiving plate (3) and the light gathering device (4) to allow the light receiving plate (3) forms a 90-degree angle to incident light from the sun or nearby. 5. The pipeline (7) is responsible for receiving commands from the luminance detection device

(16) to assist the movement of the rotating device (6). The interior is made of light-conducting material. The exterior is made of durable, rust-proof material. The pipeline (7) is connected between the light gathering tube (5) and the light tube (8). In the absence of the luminance detection device (16), the pipeline (7) can be place as the light gathering tube (5). 6. The light tube (8) has additional characteristics from the above, it is a long tube or cable connected to the electric lamp type A (9), the electric lamp type B (11) or the electric lamp type C (14). Inside the tube can add fiber optic or optical liquid tube or optical solids. The most suitable light tube (8) is to use more than one fiber optic and the refractive index between the inner tube surface and the internal material varies in the range of 0. 1 - 3.5. 7. The electric lamp type A (9) is a subset of inventive lamps. The additional features include glass core, fiber optic, the internal light source (10) and anti -reflective component (20). The internal light source (10) is installed on top, and an anti -reflective component (20) is attached to the bottom. The electric lamp type A (9) can also be assembled from one or more fiber optic and the internal light sources (10) inside. The bottom mounted anti -reflective component (20). 8. The internal light source (10), the internal light source (12), the internal light source (13) and the electric lamp type D (15) are synthetic light lamps that can be selected from phosphorescence, fluorescence or light emitting diode (LED).

9. The electric lamp type B ( 11) is a subset of the present invention lamps. The additional features include glass core, fiber optic, the internal light source (12), the internal light source (13) and the anti -reflective component (20) that is a geometry shape within the internal light source (12) above the light tube (8) and it contain the internal light source (13) below and attach the anti-reflective component (20). In addition, the electric lamp type B (11) can also be assembled from conductive fiber components. One or more strands of light are gathered, and the internal light source (12) is mounted inside, while the bottom contains the internal light source (13) and an anti-reflective component (20). 10. The electric lamp type C (14) is a subset of the present inventive lamps. The additional features include glass core, fiber optic and the anti-reflective component (20). It can also be assembled from one or more fiber optic and the anti-reflective component (20) is installed connect with the bottom of the electric lamp type C (14). 11.The luminance detection device (16) has two functions: 1. Automatically control and issue the operating instructions of the rotating device (6). So, the light receiving plate (3) has 90 degrees to the incident light or perpendicular. 2. Control and issue the command to the power supply (17) by checking the brightness in the room and order the power supply (17) to supply electrical power into the room (1). 12. The power supply (17) from building is responsible for transmitting electrical energy from the building's electrical system into the room (1) with appropriate characteristics by choosing from the standards for using electricity in the building according to the law.

13. The tube sheath (19) looks like a material wrapped around the light tube (8) except for the part attached to the lamp. That acts as an insulator against heat, electricity, and increases the strength of the light tube (8) to prevent crush. The suitable material is plastic.

14. The anti -reflective component (20) is made of a solid material with a higher density than the density inside the lamp for all reflective properties. If the source is attached to the anti -reflective component (20), electrical power is supplied to the light source. The internal power supply can be selected from the battery pack, or the installation of wires connected to the power supply (17) from the building. The proper power supply is battery pack because it is convenient to use. The exterior is covered with insulate material and strengthen. The suitable materials are aramid yarn or epoxy rod. At the anti -reflective component (20) install a sensor to receive commands from the luminance detection device (16) and turn the light source installed on the anti-reflective component (20) on-demand.