Optical waveguides – With optical coupler – Input/output coupler
Patent
1996-11-01
1998-11-03
Healy, Brian
Optical waveguides
With optical coupler
Input/output coupler
385901, 385147, 385 39, 362 32, 362341, 359868, G02B 626, G02B 510, F21V 704
Patent
active
058321519
ABSTRACT:
An optical pipe illumination system is provided for coupling light from an illumination source to a number of output "light pipes", which are used for a variety of purposes, such as illuminating pools, spas, hazardous material zones, jail cells, and other applications where direct lighting is dangerous, difficult to maintain, or subject to vandalism. The illumination system employs an illumination reflector which has been customized to maximize the efficiency of light transmission between the illumination source, such as an arc lamp, and the cores of the output pipes. A method of fabricating the customized illumination reflector includes mapping the radiation patterns of the particular illumination source to be utilized, creating a database of those radiation patterns, and utilizing the database to generate an optimal illumination reflector configuration. The computer-generated reflector will virtually always be a non-conic section, because the illumination source is not ideal.
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Albrecht Richard E.
Liu David H.
Riser Andrew P.
To Nguyen V.
Healy Brian
Mullins Kenton R.
Remote Source Lighting International, Inc
Stout Donald E.
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