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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2014
Holomedia, Llc, Numazu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Egarim Corporation Japan, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Holomedia, LLC, Numazu-shi, JP;
Egarim Corporation Japan, Shizuoka-shi, JP;
Abstract
[Problem] To provide a light-concentrating mechanism that is suitable for photovoltaic power generation. [Solution] This light-concentrating mechanism comprises an angle selective reflection means that reflects light having an incident angle of at least a first threshold angle and transmits at least some of the light having an incident angle smaller than the first threshold angle, and an angle-increase reflection means that reflects incident light at an angle greater than the incident angle of said light, the two means being arranged so as to have a gap therebetween. The angle-increase reflection means reflects, at an angle that is equal to or greater than the first threshold angle, at least some of the light that has been transmitted by the angle-selective reflection means, and the angle-selective reflection means reflects the light that has been reflected by the angle-increase reflection means and has an angle that is equal to or greater than the first threshold angle, and light is propagated and concentrated by the gap between the angle-selective reflection means and the angle-increase reflection means.