Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Shun Ueki

Kozo Nakamura

Tsuyoshi Kamada

Tokio Taguchi

Kiyoshi Minoura

Kazunari Tomizawa

Toru Kanno

Daisuke Shinozaki

Kazuhiko Tsuda

Kohzoh Nakamura

Tomohiko Mori

Shumpei Nishinaka

Hideomi Yui

Masahiro Tsujimoto

Masahiko Tomikawa

Tomoko Ueki

Seiichi Mitsui

Yuichi Yoshida

Kazuyoshi Sakuragi

Akiko Itou

Masayuki Okamoto

Akiko Miyazaki

Tomoko Nango

Takahiro Nakahara

Yasuhisa Itoh

Toshiki Matsuoka

Takuma Tomotoshi

Akira Sakai

Tomoko Teranishi

Makoto Kanbe

Yutaka Sawayama

Satoru Kishimoto

Teiyu Sako

Hajime Hiraki

Yuhsuke Tsuda

Takao Muroi

Ichiroh Ihara

Akiko Ito

Kohji Taniguchi

Tsuyoshi Maeda

Takashi Katayama

Emi Yamamoto

Satoshi Shibata

Eiji Satoh

Shigeru Aomori

Masahiro Shimizu

Bai Zhang

Masakazu Kamura

Hidetsugu Matsukiyo

Akiko Iwata

Atsuyuki Hoshino

Yusuke Tsuda

Yuka Igami

Tomoko Nangou

Kengo Hashimoto

Akiko c/o Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Itou

Tokio c/o Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Taguchi

A daylighting device according to an aspect of the invention includes at least a daylighting film that includes a base having optical transparency and daylighting portions having optical transparency and provided on one surface of the base. Each of the daylighting portions has a reflective surface by which light incident on the daylighting portion is reflected and the light reflected by the reflective surface and output from a second surface of the base has a characteristic that the light travels toward a space on a side where the light is incident on the reflective surface, the space being one of two spaces divided by a virtual plane as a boundary which is vertical to the second surface of the first substrate and parallel to a direction of the daylighting portion extending, and intervals s between adjacent daylighting portions are set to various values.

Daylighting device, molding die, and method of manufacturing daylighting film

Provided is a daylighting film () including: a base () having light-transmissive performance; a plurality of first protrusion portions () that have light-transmissive performance and are provided to be adjacent to each other on one surface () of the base (); a gap portion () provided between the first protrusion portions (); and at least one second protrusion portion () that is provided in at least one gap portion () to be adjacent to the first protrusion portions () on the one surface () of the base () and that is formed of the same material as that of the first protrusion portions (), in which a height of the second protrusion portion () from the one surface () of the base () is smaller than a height of each of the first protrusion portions () from the one surface () of the base ().

Daylighting film, die for forming daylighting film, and manufacturing method for daylighting film

The present invention, in one aspect thereof, is directed to a daylighting device including: a first, transparent slat configured to bend an optical path of incident outdoor light so as to emit the light in a prescribed indoor direction; a first drive mechanism configured to drive the first slat; and a control unit configured to control the first drive mechanism so as to change an angle of inclination of the first slat in accordance with a position of the sun.

Daylighting device and daylighting system

A daylighting apparatus of the present invention includes: a daylighting sheet () that has first and second surfaces opposite to each other and that lets light in through the first surface and lets the light out through the second surface at a predetermined distribution of angles; and a visible light-reflecting sheet () that reflects part of visible light falling on the first surface of the daylighting sheet ().

Daylighting apparatus

Provided is a daylighting device () that is used by being attached to a window frame () supporting an existing window glass () and that includes a first base () being light-transmissive, a first spacer () provided at an outer edge of one surface () of the first base () and attached to the window frame (), and a daylighting member () provided on a side of the one surface () of the first base (), in which the daylighting member () includes a second base () that is light-transmissive and a plurality of protrusion daylighting portions () that are light-transmissive and provided to be adjacent to each other on a side of one surface () of the second base ().

Daylighting device

A daylighting system () to be installed over an interior face () of a window pane (), the daylighting system () including: a light-transmitting device () to be disposed over an upper part of the interior face () of the window pane (); and a shading device () joined to the light-transmitting device () in such a manner as to be disposed over a lower part of the interior face () of the window pane ().

Daylighting system

A daylighting film () according to an aspect of the present invention includes a first base () that has optical transparency, multiple daylighting units () which are formed on at least a first surface () of the first base () and each of which has the optical transparency, an opening space () which is provided between each of the multiple daylighting units (), and a mark () which is provided on at least any one of the first surface () side of the first base () and the second surface () side that is opposite in direction to the first surface (), and which indicates information relating a daylighting film ().

Daylighting member, method of manufacturing daylighting member, daylighting device, and daylighting device installation method

There is provided a daylighting device () installed to face window glass and including a daylighting member () having a light-transmissive base member and a plurality of light-transmissive daylighting units disposed adjacent to each other on at least one surface of the base member, and the daylighting member () includes a movable unit that moves such that the one surface of the base member follows a movement of the sun to turn toward an orientation of the sun.

A daylighting film () according to an aspect of the invention includes a first base (), a plurality of daylighting portions () constituted by a plurality of polygonal prism structures, and gaps () provided between the plurality of daylighting portions (). Each of the daylighting portions () is a polygon that has four vertexes in a sectional shape orthogonal to a longitudinal direction and has all interior angles less than 180&#xb0;, and has a first side that is a side of the polygon corresponding to a surface in contact with the first base () and a plurality of vertexes including a first vertex and a second vertex that are vertexes corresponding to both ends of the first side, and a third vertex that is not positioned on the first side. A length of a line perpendicular to the first side passing the third vertex is longer than lengths of lines perpendicular to the first side passing vertexes other than the third vertex among the plurality of vertexes, and a shape of the daylighting portionis asymmetrical with the line perpendicular to the first side passing the third vertex as a center.

Daylighting member, daylighting device, and installation method for daylighting member

A daylighting device of the present invention includes: a daylighting member including: a first light-transmitting base member; and a plurality of protruding, light-transmitting daylighting sections provided on a first face or a second face of the first light-transmitting base member; and a ventilation hole configured to enable a space on the first face to communicate with a space on the second face opposite from the first face.

A daylighting slat () includes a daylighting plate () extending in one direction. The daylighting plate () includes: a transparent base material () having a curved or angled shape in a cross-section taken perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the daylighting plate (); a plurality of transparent daylighting sections () at least in a first region (Aa) of a first face (A) of the base material (); and gap portions between the daylighting sections (), wherein each of the daylighting sections () has a side face in contact with one of the gap portions, a part of the side face serving as a reflection face where light incident to that daylighting section () is reflected.

Daylighting slat and daylighting device

A daylighting device () including: a flexible base material () having light-transmitting properties; and a plurality of daylighting sections () on at least one of faces () of the base material (), each of the daylighting sections having light-transmitting properties and including at least two protrusion portions adjacent to each other.

A lighting film () includes a first base material (), a plurality of lighting portions (), and a void portion (), and if a virtual straight line (F) that passes through a point (C), at which any one light ray of light entering the lighting portion () is incident on a reflective surface, and is orthogonal to a first surface () of the first base material () marks a boundary between two spaces, a space with the light ray incident on the point (C) of the two spaces is labeled as a first space (S), and a space without the light ray incident on the point (C) is labeled as a second space (S), the lighting film () has a function of decreasing intensity of light traveling toward the second space (S) of light emitted from the first base material () or the lighting portion ().

Lighting member, lighting device, and method for installing lighting member

A lighting device () according to an aspect of the invention includes a lighting unit (); and a mounting unit () for mounting the lighting unit () to a window frame (), in which the lighting unit () includes a lighting sheet () and a frame () supporting a peripheral portion of the lighting sheet (), in which the lighting sheet () includes a base material having optical transparency, a plurality of lighting portions having optical transparency which are provided in a first surface of the base material, and a void portion which is provided between the plurality of lighting portions, and in which a part of the side surface of the lighting portion facing the void portion serves as a reflecting surface reflecting light which is incident to the lighting portion.

Lighting device

A daylighting slat () includes: a daylighting plate (); and a support member () that supports the daylighting plate (), in which the daylighting plate () includes; a base that has light transparency; and a plurality of daylighting parts that are provided on a first surface of the base, have light transparency, and form a gap portion between the plurality of daylighting parts, in which a part of a side surface of a daylighting part, which is in contact with the gap portion, functions as a reflecting surface that reflects light entering the daylighting part, and the support member (), at least a part of which has light transparency, includes a gripping portion () that grips at least a part of a peripheral part of the daylighting plate () and has light absorbability, and a protective plate () formed of a plate body that is provided so as to face a first surface or a second surface of the daylighting plate ().

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