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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2008
Joachim Opitz, Aachen, DE;
Stefan Peter Grabowski, Aachen, DE;
Joachim Opitz, Aachen, DE;
Stefan Peter Grabowski, Aachen, DE;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a light emitting system () for surfaces () of floor bottoms, walls or similar surfaces () of buildings for indoor or outdoor applications, in particular walkable or drivable surfaces (), whereas the system comprises a laminar and plane base floor material () for flooring the surface (), featuring a top surface () characterized in that on said top surface () of said base floor material () is layered a light guiding structure () for propagating light, which is coupled into said structure (), whereas said structure () features an emission surface (), arranged coplanar to the top surface () of said base floor material () for emitting the light.