UNIFORMLY LIT LIGHT GUIDES

摘要

An apparatus comprising a light source (110), one or more light guides (104), and a light diffuser (102) having an integration chamber (114) surrounded by one or more light diffusive areas (108). The one or more light diffusive areas are configured with one or more first openings as one or more ingress areas (112) to receive light from the light source and one or more second openings as one or more egress areas (106) to provide light to the one or more light guides. For illuminating visual indicators with uniform light.

主权项

1. A uniform lighting apparatus for visually indicating an operational status of a device to a user, comprising:
a light source comprising one or more active light emitters configured to generate light; one or more light guides, at least one of the one or more light guides being a visual indicator coupled to a chassis of the apparatus, wherein the uniform lighting apparatus is configured to indicate the operational status of the device by respective colors and/or intensities of the generated light to distinguish at least three different operational states of the device; a light diffuser having an integration chamber surrounded by one or more light diffusive areas, the one or more light diffusive areas being configured with one or more first openings as one or more ingress areas to receive light from the light source and one or more second openings as one or more egress areas to provide light to the one or more light guides with increased light uniformity.