Development of the RGB LEDs color mixing mechanism for stability the color temperature at different projection distances

Issue title: Recent Innovations on Biomedical Engineering

Guest editors: Wen-Hsiang Hsieh

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Hung, Chih-Ching

Affiliations: Department of Product Design, Shu-Te University, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: In lighting application, the color mixing of the RGB LEDs can provide more color selection in correlated color temperature and color rendering. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to propose a RGB color mixing mechanism by applying the mechanism design. Three sets of lamp-type RGB LEDs are individually installed on three four-bar linkages. A crank is used to drive three groups of RGB LEDs lamp-type to project lights onto a single plane in order to mix the lights. And, simulations of the illuminance and associated color temperatures are conducted by changing the distance to the projection plane, under the assumption that the stability of the color temperature of the projected light does not change according to the projecting height. Thus, the effect of change in the color temperature on color determination by the humans' eyes was avoided. The success of the proposed method will allow medical personnel to choose suitable wavelengths and color temperatures according to the particular requirements of their medical-examination environments.

Keywords: Color temperature, RGB LEDs color mixing, illuminance, projection distance, mechanism design

DOI: 10.3233/THC-151084

Journal: Technology and Health Care, vol. 24, no. s1, pp. S271-S280, 2016