Nanocomp Oy Ltd

Avantone Oy

Joni Orava

Marko Parikka

Pasi Laakkonen

Marko Honkanen

Jeroen Carelse

A light guide () comprises a light guide plate () with an illumination region (). The light guide plate has a first main surface () and a second main surface () opposite to the first main surface, and comprises an out-coupling arrangement () for coupling light () propagating in the light guide plate out of the light guide plate through the first and/or the second main surface in the illumination region. The out-coupling arrangement comprises first out-coupling stripes () extending over the illumination region, each first out-coupling stripe defining a horizontal extension of a first light channel () in the light guide plate and being configured to couple light propagating substantially in a first direction along the first light channel, out of the light guide plate. Adjacent first out-coupling stripes are separated by an intermediate region () with light coupling properties substantially different from those of the first out-coupling stripes.

Light guide for segmented illumination

A method in a diffractive color system that specifies visual color effects and/or target colors that are formed by mixing together two or more diffractively produced primary colors. The primary colors and the characteristics of the elementary gratings used in producing them are selected in such a manner that they produce the desired exact primary colors particularly in the application-specific lighting and by taking into account, when required, the color of the substrate material and/or other background separately. A diffractive color system implements the method. A diffractive component produces the mixed target color. A product contains one or more diffractive color effects.

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