LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE AND SURVEILLANCE CAMERA DEVICE USING THE SAME

Abstract

A light-emitting diode (LED) includes s a substrate, a LED chip, and an optical lens. The LED chip is fixedly mounted to the substrate for emitting a light beam. The optical lens is mounted to the substrate and covers the LED chip. The optical lens has a light exit surface, which directs the light beam from the LED chip to travel in a direction along an optical axis to form a non-symmetric light shape. Also disclosed is a surveillance camera device that uses the LED. As such, the drawback of a conventional surveillance camera being incapable of acquiring an excellent image due to light source being overly concentrated can be eliminated.

Claims

1. A light-emitting diode (LED) that provides high intensity, coverage, and homogenous illumination, the LED comprising, in combination: a substrate that has an installation surface; a wiring layer, which is formed on the installation surface; an LED chip, which is directly mounted on the installation surface and is in electrical connection with the wiring layer, the LED chip being square in shape and comprising an optical axis; and an optical lens that is overmolding on and fixedly mounted to the installation surface to encapsulate the LED chip such that the optical lens has no air gap with respect to the substrate and the LED chip, the optical lens being asymmetric and formed of a light transmitting material, the optical lens being formed to comprise a light exit surface, wherein a large width extension direction of the light exit surface is defined as an X-axis direction; a small width extension direction of the light exit surface is defined as a Y-axis direction, wherein the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction are perpendicular to each other; and a direction perpendicular to the installation surface is defined as a Z-axis direction, wherein the light exit surface protrudes from the installation surface in the Z-axis direction, the light exit surface being formed of at least two curved surfaces having different curvatures; wherein a surface middle portion of light exit surface is recessed along the optical axis to define a divergent surface and an outer portion of the light exit surface extends toward the installation surface to define a convergent surface; wherein the divergent surface has negative diopter and the convergent surface has positive diopter; and wherein a light beam emitting from the LED chip travels in a direction along the optical axis and is subjected to refraction by the divergent surface and the convergent surface to form a non-symmetric light shape having high homogeneity.

2. The LED as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light exit surface shows a contour having an M-shape in the X-axis direction having two end portions in the X-axis direction raised and is recessed along the optical axis and the light exit surface shows an arch shape in the Y-axis direction that is raised along the optical axis and has two end portions extending in the Y-axis direction.

3. The LED as claimed in claim 2, wherein the optical lens satisfies the following conditions:
0.3<D1/D2≦3; and
0.65<D3/D4<1, where D1 is the widthwise distance between two outermost side edges of the light exit surface along the Y-axis; D2 is the lengthwise distance between two opposite ends of the light exit surface along the X-axis; D3 is a distance from the installation surface to a lowest surface of the divergent surface in a direction along the optical axis; and D4 is a distance from the installation surface to a highest surface of the convergent surface in a direction along the optical axis.

4. The LED as claimed in claim 3, wherein the optical lens further satisfies the following conditions:
0.1≦L1/D1≦0.5; and
0.1≦L2/D2≦0.5, where D1 is the widthwise distance between two outermost side edges of the light exit surface along the Y-axis; D2 is the lengthwise distance between two opposite ends of the light exit surface along the X-axis; L1 is a widthwise distance of the LED chip along the Y-axis; and L2 is a lengthwise distance of the LED chip along the X-axis.

5. The LED as claimed in claim 4, wherein the convergent surface has a diopter value between 25 and 100 and the divergent surface has a diopter value between −1500 and −500.

6. The LED as claimed in claim 5, wherein a half-power view angle on a plane passing through the optical axis and in the X-axis direction is between 40 and 160 degrees and a half-power view angle on a plane passing the optical axis and in a direction orthogonal to and perpendicular to the X-axis direction is between 30 and 100 degrees.

7. The LED as claimed in claim 6, wherein the light exit surface is an aspheric surface satisfying the following conditions $z=\frac{{\mathrm{cr}}^2}{1+\sqrt{1-\left(1+k\right).Math.c^2.Math.r^2}}+\underset{t=1}{\overset{n}{.Math.}}.Math.a_t.Math.a^{2.Math.t}$ where c=1/r; r=9.03; and k=−0.522 wherein r denote the curvature of radius of apex; c denotes curvature; and k denotes conic constant.

8. The LED as claimed in claim 7, wherein the diopter value of the convergent surface is 25 and the diopter value of the divergent surface is −500.

9. The LED as claimed in claim 8, wherein the half-power view angle on a plane passing through the optical axis and in the X-axis direction is 47 degrees and the half-power view angle on a plane passing the optical axis and in a direction orthogonal to and perpendicular to the X-axis direction is between 31 degrees.

10. The LED as claimed in claim 6, wherein the light exit surface of the optical lens is a free-form surface and the half-power view angle on a plane passing through the optical axis and in the X-axis direction is 130 degrees in a bat-wing shape and the half-power view angle on a plane passing the optical axis and in a direction orthogonal to and perpendicular to the X-axis direction is 85 degrees in a light concentration form.

11. The LED as claimed in claim 10, wherein a maximum luminous intensity emitting from the light exit surface is located between 40° and 60° and luminous intensity of normal vector is 75% of the maximum luminous intensity.

12. The LED as claimed in claim 4, wherein the non-symmetric light shape is a rectangular light shape or an elliptic light shape that has an aspect ratio between 1.51 and 1.6.

13. The LED as claimed in claim 5, wherein the light-emitting diode chip generates infrared light having a wavelength between 790 and 830 nm, or infrared light having a wavelength between 830 and 870 nm, or infrared light having a wavelength between 900 and 1000 nm.

14. The LED as claimed in claim 4, wherein multiple ones of the light-emitting diode chip are arranged in a n*n (n by n) square light emission array, n being a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, the multiple light-emitting diode chips being arranged in tight arrangement with respect to each other.

15. The LED as claimed in claim 14, wherein the multiple light-emitting diode chips are spaced from each other by a spacing distance between 0.0508 mm and 0.1016 mm.

16. A surveillance camera device, comprising: a casing; an image capturing element, which is arranged inside the casing to capture an image; and at least one light-emitting diode (LED), which is arranged at one side of the image capturing element to provide lighting necessary for the image capturing element to capture the image, the at least one LED comprising a substrate, a wiring layer, and at least one LED chip, and an optical lens, wherein the substrate comprises an installation surface; the wiring layer is formed on the installation surface; the LED chip is fixedly mounted to the installation surface and in electrical connection with the wiring layer, wherein the LED chip has an optical axis and the optical lens is fixedly mounted to the installation through overmolding to encapsulate the LED chip, such that the optical lens has no air gap with respect to the substrate and the LED chip, the optical lens being asymmetric and formed of a light transmitting material, the optical lens being formed to comprise a light exit surface, wherein a large width extension direction of the light exit surface is defined as an X-axis direction; a small width extension direction of the light exit surface is defined as a Y-axis direction, wherein the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction are perpendicular to each other; and a direction perpendicular to the installation surface is defined as a Z-axis direction, wherein the light exit surface protrudes from the installation surface in the Z-axis direction, the light exit surface being formed of at least two curved surfaces having different curvatures; wherein a surface middle portion of light exit surface is recessed along the optical axis to define a divergent surface and an outer portion of the light exit surface extends toward the installation surface to define a convergent surface; and wherein a light beam emitting from the LED chip travels in a direction along the optical axis and is subjected to refraction by the divergent surface and the convergent surface to form a non-symmetric light shape having high homogeneity.

17. The surveillance camera device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the optical lens satisfies the following conditions:
0.3<D1/D2≦3; and
0.65<D3/D4<1, where D1 is the widthwise distance between two outermost side edges of the light exit surface along the Y-axis; D2 is the lengthwise distance between two opposite ends of the light exit surface along the X-axis; D3 is a distance from the installation surface to a lowest surface of the divergent surface in a direction along the optical axis; and D4 is a distance from the installation surface to a highest surface of the convergent surface in a direction along the optical axis.

18. The surveillance camera device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the optical lens further satisfies the following conditions:
0.1≦L1/D1≦0.5; and
0.1≦L2/D2≦0.5; where D1 is the widthwise distance between two outermost side edges of the light exit surface along the Y-axis; D2 is the lengthwise distance between two opposite ends of the light exit surface along the X-axis; L1 is a widthwise distance of the LED chip along the Y-axis; and L2 is a lengthwise distance of the LED chip along the X-axis.

19. The surveillance camera device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the number of the at least one LED is plural and the plural LEDs are arranged in a circumference of the image capturing element in an angularly equally spaced manner to circumferentially enclose the image capturing element therein.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0051] The patent or application file contains at least one drawing executed in color. Copies of this patent or patent application publication with color drawing(s) will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.

[0052] The present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art by reading the following description of preferred embodiments thereof with reference to the drawings, in which:

[0053] FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a light-emitting diode according a first preferred embodiment of the present invention;

[0054] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a light-emitting diode according a second preferred embodiment of the present invention;

[0055] FIG. 3a is a top plan view showing the light-emitting diode according the first preferred embodiment of the present invention;

[0056] FIG. 3b is a cross-sectional view showing the light-emitting diode according the first preferred embodiment of the present invention;

[0057] FIG. 3c is another cross-sectional view showing the light-emitting diode according the first preferred embodiment of the present invention;

[0058] FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a light-emitting diode according a third preferred embodiment of the present invention;

[0059] FIG. 5a is a polar luminous intensity distribution diagram of the light-emitting diode according the third embodiment of the present invention;

[0060] FIG. 5b is another polar luminous intensity distribution diagram of the light-emitting diode according the third embodiment of the present invention;

[0061] FIG. 6a is a plot illustrating homogeneity of a light exit surface of the third embodiment of the present invention;

[0062] FIG. 6b is a schematic view illustrating a light exit ray of the third embodiment of the present invention;

[0063] FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a light-emitting diode according a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention;

[0064] FIG. 8a is a polar luminous intensity distribution of the light-emitting diode according the fourth embodiment of the present invention;

[0065] FIG. 8b is another polar luminous intensity distribution of the light-emitting diode according the fourth embodiment of the present invention;

[0066] FIG. 9a is a plot illustrating homogeneity of a light exit surface of the fourth embodiment of the present invention;

[0067] FIG. 9b is a schematic view illustrating a light exit ray of the fourth embodiment of the present invention;

[0068] FIG. 10 is a schematic planar view illustrating a surveillance camera device according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

[0069] FIG. 11 is a schematic side-elevational view illustrating the surveillance camera device of FIG. 10 mounted to a ceiling;

[0070] FIG. 12 shows an imaging result of a surveillance camera device according to the third embodiment of the present invention;

[0071] FIG. 13 shows an imaging result of a conventional surveillance camera device;

[0072] FIG. 14a is a schematic view illustrating image information acquired with a conventional surveillance camera device;

[0073] FIG. 14b is a schematic view illustrating image information acquired with a conventional surveillance camera device;

[0074] FIG. 15 is a schematic view illustrating a conventional surveillance camera device mounted to a ceiling; and

[0075] FIGS. 16a to 16d are a variety of the half-power view angles of the circular-symmetry light shape of the light receiving plane homogeneity diagrams generated by a conventional surveillance camera device.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0076] Referring to FIG. 1, a schematic view is provided to show a light-emitting diode according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention. The light-emitting diode according to the instant embodiment, generally designated at 10a, comprises a substrate 101, a light-emitting diode chip 102, an optical lens 103, and a wiring layer 104. Specifically, the substrate 101 comprises an installation surface 1011 and the wiring layer 104 is formed on the installation surface 1011. The wiring layer 104 is made of a material that comprises a metal, such as gold, silver, copper, or a combination thereof, and is made of gold in the instant embodiment, which increases reflectivity by 5%˜10%, wherein the installation surface 1011 is provided for mounting the light-emitting diode chip 102 thereon. In the instant embodiment, the substrate 101 can be but not limited to a metal substrate, a ceramic substrate, or a glass fiber substrate (for example, FR-4, FR-5, G-10, G-11, and so on), wherein the metal substrate is made of a material that is selected as one of copper, copper alloy, aluminum, aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, aluminum silicon carbide, and carbon composition. The ceramic substrate is made of a material selected as one of aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, zirconium oxide, silicon carbide, hexagonal boron nitride, and fluorinated carbon. Preferably, a heat sink (not shown) or a circuit board (not shown) is mounted on a surface of the substrate 101 that is opposite to the installation surface 1011 to dissipate heat from the light-emitting diode chip 102, wherein the heat sink can be formed through die casting, aluminum extruding, and stamping and the circuit board can be a glass fiber board, an aluminum substrate, or a copper substrate.

[0077] The light-emitting diode chip 102 has a shape that is square and has an optical axis 1034. In the instant embodiment, the number of the light-emitting diode chip 102 is one that generates visible light having white light color temperature between 2700K and 7000K, infrared light having a wavelength between 800 and 1000 nm (for example, infrared light having a wavelength between 790 and 830 nm with a peak value being 810 nm, infrared light having a wavelength between 830 and 870 nm with a peak value being 850 nm, or infrared light having a wavelength between 900 and 1000 nm with a peak value being 940 nm), ultraviolet light having a wavelength between 365 and 405 nm, or a laser beam having a wavelength between 800 and 1000 nm. In other words, specific examples of the light-emitting diode chip 102 may include a light-emitting diode that emits visible light, a light-emitting diode that emits invisible light (such as infrared light and ultraviolet light), and a laser semiconductor chip.

[0078] The optical lens 103 can be a curable sealer that is moisture resistant. The optical lens 103 is fixedly mounted on the installation surface 1011 of the substrate 101 to encapsulate the light-emitting diode chip 102. To reduce light refraction and loss, the light-emitting diode 10 of the present invention adopts a primary optical design, meaning the optical lens 103 is integrally formed on the installation surface 1011 of the substrate 101 through overmolding and set in tight engagement with the light-emitting diode chip 102. The overmolding of the method injects the material of the optical lens 103 into a chamber of a die first, inserts the light-emitting diode chip 102 mounted on the installation surface 1011, heats the material of the optical lens 103 directly such that it is curable and then takes it out from the chamber of the die to shape. Alternatively, after the light-emitting diode chip 102 is mounted on the installation surface 1011, deposing into the die, combining a top of the die and a bottom of the die by the hydraulic machine and vacuuming the die, deposing the material of the optical lens 103 on an entrance of the injecting channel, applying a pressure to the material of the optical lens 103 to enter every forming grooves along the injecting channel and heating the material of the optical lens 103 to be curable and takes it out from the chamber of the die to shape. By the method, the optical lens 103 has no air gap (i.e. single reflectivity) with respect to the substrate 101 and the light-emitting diode chip 102. In other words, the optical lens 103 and the light-emitting diode chip 102 are not bonded to each other with adhesive so that the manufacturing process is simplified to greatly reduce cost and shorten fabrication time and also to prevent the issue of positional shift of the optical elements and lighting module during an assembly process and the gap between the optical element and the lighting module may generate more surface reflection or refraction so as to reduce the total amount of light that can be extracted.

[0079] In the instant embodiment, the curable sealer can be selected from one of a transparent material having a refractive index of 1.4˜1.6, preferably 1.5, such as epoxy resin, acrylic resin, silicon resin, and silicone, but not limited thereto.

[0080] Further, the optical lens 103 has a light exit surface 1032. With a large width extension direction of the light exit surface 1032 defined as an X-axis direction, a small width extension direction of the light exit surface 1032 defined as a Y-axis direction, where the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction are perpendicular, and a direction perpendicular to the installation surface 1011 defined as a Z-axis direction, then the light exit surface 1032 protrudes from the installation surface 1011 in the Z-axis direction.

[0081] Further, the light exit surface 1032 is formed of at least two curved surfaces 1033 having different curvatures. As such, the light exit surface 1032 of the optical lens 103 may guide a light beam emitting from the light-emitting diode chip 102 to travel in a direction along the optical axis 1034 to project onto a light receiving plane 20 and also form a non-symmetric light shape 21. It is noted that the non-symmetric light shape 21 has a shape that is approximately a rectangle or an ellipse. Preferably, the non-symmetric light shape 21 has an aspect ratio between 1.51 and 1.6. The term “aspect ratio” used herein refers to the ratio of a maximum cross-sectional dimension of the non-symmetric light shape with a maximum cross-sectional dimension perpendicular to the maximum cross-sectional dimension.

[0082] The optical lens 103 is asymmetric. The light exit surface 1032 of the optical lens 103 is selected from an aspheric surface, a cambered surface, a parabolic surface, a hyperbolic surface, and a free-form surface.

[0083] In a polar coordinate system, incident light I has a vector:

I=(sin φ.sub.I cos θi, sin φ.sub.I sin θj, cos φ.sub.Ik)

[0084] Further, according to Snell's law, when light wave propagates from one medium to another medium, if the two media have different refractive indexes, then reflection may occur. Thus, a regular secondary optical design (φ.sub.I″) is as follows:

φ.sub.I=φs−α1+α2=φ.sub.I″

[0085] while the primary optical design (φ.sub.I′) involves propagation among two or more different media, so that φ.sub.I′=φs and φ.sub.I′>φ.sub.I″.

[0086] Further, according to the following luminous flux formula

[00002]$.Math.{\phi }_{\mathrm{LED}}=2.Math.\pi \times \left\{{\int }_{{\varphi }^0}^{{\varphi }^{0+\frac{d.Math..Math.\varphi }{2}}}.Math.\text{?}.Math.\left(\text{?}.Math.\left({\varphi }_0\right)\right).Math.\sin .Math..Math.\varphi .Math..Math.d.Math..Math.\varphi +\underset{n-1}{\overset{N-1}{.Math.}}.Math.{\int }_{{\varphi }_{n-\frac{d.Math..Math.\varphi }{2}}}^{{\varphi }_{n+\frac{d.Math..Math.\varphi }{2}}.Math.}.Math.\text{?}.Math.\left(\text{?}.Math.\left({\varphi }_n\right)\right).Math.\sin .Math..Math.\varphi .Math..Math.d.Math..Math.\varphi +{\int }_{{\varphi }_{N-\frac{d.Math..Math.\varphi }{2}}}^{{\varphi }_N}.Math.1.Math.\left(1.Math.\left({\varphi }_N\right)\right).Math.\mathrm{stn}.Math..Math.\varphi .Math..Math.d.Math..Math.\varphi \right\}$$\text{?}.Math.\text{indicates text missing or illegible when filed}$

[0087] It is known that when sin φ get larger, luminous flux gets larger and thus, when φ.sub.I=φ.sub.I′=φs, sin φ.sub.I′>sin φ.sub.I″. Thus, the optical energy of the non-symmetric light shape 21 generated by the primary optical design adopted in this invention is increased by 10%˜20% as compared to the optical energy of the secondary optics.

Second Embodiment

[0088] Referring to FIG. 2, a perspective view is given to illustrate a light-emitting diode according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the light-emitting diode of the instant embodiment, generally designated at 10b, comprises a substrate 101, at least one light-emitting diode chip 102, an optical lens 103, and a wiring layer 104. The instant embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the number of the light-emitting diode chip 102 involved is plural and the plural light-emitting diode chips 102 are arranged in a square light emission array 102′ and the plural light-emitting diode chips 102 are arranged tightly close to each other. As shown in FIG. 2, an illumination module 10b comprises four light-emitting diode chips 102, which are arranged in a square light emission array 102′ with every two light-emitting diode chips 102 in a row. Preferably, the light-emitting diode chips 102 are arranged such that a spacing distance therebetween is between 0.0508 mm and 0.10616 mm in order to prevent the light-emitting diode chips 102 from colliding each other during encapsulation due to excessively small spacing distance therebetween and thus maintaining a desired light shape of the light-emitting diode 10b.

[0089] Although in the light-emitting diode 10b illustrated in FIG. 2, a square light emission array 102′ is provided by including four light-emitting diode chips 102, in other examples of the instant embodiment, the square light emission array 102′ may be formed of nine light-emitting diode chips 102 with every three arranged in a row, and the likes. Thus, the number of light-emitting diode chips 102 shown in FIG. 2 is provided as an example for illustration and reference and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

[0090] Further referring to FIG. 3a, a top plan view is given to illustrate the light-emitting diode according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The optical lens 103 satisfies the following condition 1:

0.3<D1/D2≦3   [condition 1]

[0091] wherein D1 is the widthwise distance between two outermost side edges of the light exit surface 1032 along the Y-axis, and D2 is the lengthwise distance between two opposite ends of the light exit surface 1032 along the X-axis.

[0092] Further, the optical lens 103 and the light-emitting diode chips 102 satisfy the following condition 2:

0.1≦L1/D1≦0.5; 0.1≦L2/D2≦0.5   [condition 2]

[0093] wherein D1 is the widthwise distance between two outermost side edges of the light exit surface 1032 along the Y-axis; D2 is the lengthwise distance between two opposite ends of the light exit surface 1032 along the X-axis; L1 is a widthwise distance of the light-emitting diode chips 102 along the Y-axis; and L2 is a lengthwise distance of the light-emitting diode chips 102 along the X-axis.

[0094] Further referring to FIG. 3b, a cross-sectional view is given to illustrate the light-emitting diode according to the first embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 3b is a view of a cross-section passing through the optical axis 1034 and extending toward opposite ends in the X-axis directions. The light exit surface 1032 is formed of a divergent surface 1036 and a convergent surface 1037, and a middle portion of the light exit surface 1032 is the divergent surface 1036, while two outer end portions of the divergent surface 1036 are the convergent surface 1037. The convergent surface 1037 is generally of mirror symmetry. Further, the divergent surface 1036 is provided for diverging a light beam around the optical axis 1034 and is thus preferably a concave curved surface of a negative diopter design, while the convergent surface 1037 is provided for converging a large angle light beam and is thus preferably a convex curved surface of a positive diopter design. The term “diopter” as used herein refers to the power of an optical system for converging light or diverging light and D=(n′/S′)−(n/S)=n′/f′=n/f, where S′ denotes image distance, S denotes object distance, n′ is image space refractive index, n is object space refractive index, f′ is image space focus length, and f is object space focus length. Accordingly, the light exit surface 1032 is shaped as being raised at the two end portions and recessed at the middle portion, along the X-axis, such that the contour is approximately an M-shape or is exactly an M-shape. Further, the optical lens 103 also satisfies the following condition 3:

0.65<D3/D4<1   [condition 3]

[0095] wherein D3 is a distance from the installation surface 1011 to a lowest surface of the divergent surface 1036 in a direction along the optical axis 1034, and D4 is a distance from the installation surface 1011 to a highest surface of the convergent surface 1037 in a direction along the optical axis 1034.

[0096] Further referring to FIG. 3c, another cross-sectional view is given to illustrate the light-emitting diode according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3c is a view of a cross-section extending in a direction normal to and perpendicular to the X-axis direction. The light exit surface 1032 is convex toward the optical axis 1034 at the middle thereof, and the contours extending toward two opposite ends in the Y-axis direction are approximately an arch shape, but not limited thereto. For example, the contours extending to the two opposite ends in the Y-axis direction may be of an M-shape. Thus, in the instant embodiment, the light exit 1032 of the optical lens 103 is made in an optical design that satisfies the above conditions so as to reduce total internal reflection of light to thereby effectively direct the light beam emitting from the light-emitting diode chips 102 toward the light receiving plane 20 to form a non-symmetric light shape 21 having high homogeneity and thus improve overall illumination and homogeneity, and compared to the secondary optical devices, in addition to an effect of miniaturization, the present invention allows the optical energy of the non-symmetric light shape 21 to increase by 10%˜20% compared to the optical energy of the secondary optics. Further, under the condition of enlarging or reducing the optical lens 103 in a proportional way or the specification of the light-emitting diode chips 102 is varied, the present invention still allows for direct emission of non-symmetric light shape 21 and keeping the non-symmetric light shape at a constant aspect ratio.

Third Embodiment

[0097] Referring to FIG. 4, a schematic view is provided to show a light-emitting diode according to a third preferred embodiment of the present invention. The instant embodiment is applicable to an indoor security surveillance system. Additional reference being had to FIGS. 3a-3c, as shown in the drawings, the light-emitting diode, generally designated at 10c, comprises a substrate 101, a light-emitting diode chip 102, an optical lens 103, and a wiring layer 104. Specifically, the substrate 101 comprises an installation surface 1011 and the wiring layer 104 is formed on the installation surface 1011. The wiring layer 104 is made of a material that comprises a metal, such as gold, silver, copper, or a combination thereof, and in the instant embodiment, the wiring layer is made of gold t, which increases reflectivity by 5%˜10%. The light-emitting diode chip 102 has a shape that is square and may generate infrared light having a wavelength between 750 and 1000 nm (for example, infrared light having a wavelength between 790 and 830 nm with a peak value being 810 nm, infrared light having a wavelength between 830 and 870 nm with a peak value being 850 nm, or infrared light having a wavelength between 900 and 1000 nm with a peak value being 940 nm). In the instant embodiment, the size of the light-emitting diode chip 102 is 20 mil., and may not be limited thereto and may be or example one of 30, 42, and 45 mil. The optical lens 103 is shaped to include a light exit surface 1032. With a large width extension direction of the light exit surface 1032 defined as an X-axis direction, a small width extension direction of the light exit surface 1032 defined as a Y-axis direction, where the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction are perpendicular, and a direction perpendicular to the installation surface 1011 defined as a Z-axis direction, then the light exit surface 1032 protrudes from the installation surface 1011 in the Z-axis direction. The light exit surface 1032 is formed of at least two curved surfaces 1033 of different curvatures. In the instant embodiment, the light exit surface 1032 of the optical lens 103 is a free-form surface, wherein D1 is approximately 3.0 mm, D2 is approximately 3.2 mm, D3 is approximately 1.53 mm, D4 is approximately 1.54 mm, and L1=L2=0.508 mm. Inserting these data into the conditions provided above in association with FIGS. 3a-3c provides the following conditions:

D1/D2=0.9375   [condition 1]

L1/D1=0.1693; L2/D2=0.15875   [condition 2]

D3/D4=0.99   [condition 3]

[0098] Further, the divergent surface 1036 of the light exit surface 1032 has a diopter value of −1500, while the convergent surface 1037 has a diopter value of 100. Thus, based on the above conditions, the light exit surface 1032 of the optical lens 103 may direct a light beam emitting from the light-emitting diode chip 102 to travel in a direction along the optical axis 103 and to project to a light receiving plane 20 through light refraction caused by the divergent surface 1036 and the convergent surface 1037 so as to form a non-symmetric light shape 21 projected onto the light receiving plane 20. The non-symmetric light shape 21 has a configuration that is roughly a rectangle or an ellipse. Preferably, the non-symmetric light shape 21 has an aspect ratio between 1.51 and 1.6 in order to satisfy the ratio of image information acquired by a camera. The term “aspect ratio” used herein refers to the ratio of a maximum cross-sectional dimension of the non-symmetric light shape with a maximum cross-sectional dimension perpendicular to the maximum cross-sectional dimension.

[0099] Further referring to FIGS. 5a and 5b, which are polar luminous intensity distribution diagrams of the light-emitting diode according to the third embodiment of the present invention, in combination with FIG. 4, FIG. 5a is a polar luminous intensity distribution diagram on a plane passing through the optical axis 1034 and extending in the X-axis direction. When the light exit surface 1032 of the optical lens 103 is a free-form surface, with the optical lens 103 satisfying conditions 1-3, the diopter value of the divergent surface 1036 being −1500, and the diopter value of the convergent surface 1037 being 100, the light-emitting diode chip 102 is preferably used to generate infrared light having a wavelength between 830 and 870 nm with a peak value being 850 nm and a light distribution pattern being a bat-wing contour with a half-power (Full width at half maximum, FWHM) angle (which is a light angle that light intensive value is half of the intensive value of the axis direction) between 40 and 160 degrees, preferably 130 degrees. It can be known from the diagram that luminous intensity is not reducing from a central normal vector (0°) toward the peripheral edge and is in fact exhibited as being increase of illumination in the ranges of 0° to 50 and 0° to −50°. The maximum value of luminous intensity (Batwing peak) that the light-emitting diode 10c generates is at a location between around 40° and 60°, an optimum value being at 50°, the luminous intensity of the normal vector being 75% of the maximum luminous intensity, to thereby provide the best design of homogeneity. FIG. 5b is the polar luminous intensity distribution diagram on a plane passing through the optical axis 1034 and orthogonal and perpendicular to the X-axis direction. The light exit surface 1032 of the optical lens 103 is a free-form surface, and the light-emitting diode chip 102 is preferably used to generate infrared light having a wavelength between 830 and 870 nm with a peak value being 850 nm, and showing a light shape in a light concentration form, with a half-power view angle between 30 and 100 degrees, preferably 85 degrees, but not limited thereto. Thus, the superimposition of the light shapes of X-axis and Y-axis helps improve homogeneity of luminous distribution. The light exit surface 1032 of the present invention, through the above described optical design, allows the light-emitting diode 102 to generate a non-symmetric light shape 21 having more homogeneous distribution. The light shape 21 has a configuration that is approximately a rectangle or an ellipse and the non-symmetric light shape 21 has an aspect ratio that is around 1.53, falling within the range discussed above.

[0100] Further referring to FIGS. 6a and 6b, an illuminance pattern of the light exit surface and a light exit ray of the third embodiment of the present invention is shown. As shown in the drawing, when the light exit surface 1032 of the optical lens 103 satisfies all the conditions and diopter values (the drawing shows the divergent surface 1036 has a diopter value of −1500, while the convergent surface 1037 has a diopter value of 100), a non-symmetric light shape 21 having homogeneity of 60% may be generated and the non-symmetric light shape 21 has a configuration that is roughly a rectangle.

[0101] In the detail in contrast with the prior art, an example as FIG. 16a, if a rectangular light shape of the embodiment needs to be shown, the rectangular opening needs to be deposed on the lens mechanism of the camera device so as to the photographed image is trimmed by the rectangular opening. That is, the horizontal axis and the vertical axis of FIG. 16a are separately trimmed at the position, ±5.8 and ±4.7. The method not only loses more light energy, but also decreases coverage; therefore, the image of the photographed object is trimmed by the rectangular opening, which causes the distortion of the parts of image.

Fourth Embodiment

[0102] Referring to FIG. 7, a schematic view is provided to show a light-emitting diode according to a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention. The instant embodiment is applicable to an outdoor security surveillance system. Additional reference being had to FIGS. 3a-3c, the instant embodiment is different from the third embodiment in that the optical lens 30 of the instant embodiment has a light exit surface 1032 that is an aspheric surface, wherein D1 is approximately 3.0 mm, D2 is approximately 3.0 mm, D3 is approximately 2.2 mm, D4 is approximately 2.5 mm, and L1=L2=0.508 mm. Inserting these data into the conditions provided above in association with FIGS. 3a-3c provides the following conditions:

D1/D2=1   [condition 1]

L1/D1=0.1693; L2/D2=0.1693   [condition 2]

D3/D4=0.99   [condition 3]

[0103] Further, the aspheric surface is represented in equation 1 as follows:

[00003]$z=\frac{{\mathrm{cr}}^2}{1+\sqrt{1-\left(1+k\right).Math.c^2.Math.r^2}}+\underset{t=1}{\overset{n}{.Math.}}.Math.a_t.Math.a^{2.Math.t}$

[0104] where c denotes curvature, r indicates radius of curvature of an apex, and k indicate conic constant, and c=1/r and k<0.

[0105] In the instant embodiment, data are listed in the following Table 1, wherein the radius of curvature of apex (r), the conic constant (k), and aspheric coefficients of Nth orders (A4, A6, A8, A10, A12, A14, A16) are provided.

TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 r 9.03 k −0.522 A.sup.4 −1.872 × 10.sup.−4 A.sup.6  5.099 × 10.sup.−5 A.sup.8 −7.519 × 10.sup.−6 A.sup.10  6.093 × 10.sup.−7 A.sup.12 −2.766 × 10.sup.−8 A.sup.14  6.591 × 10.sup.−10 A.sup.16 .sup. −6.416 × 10.sup.−12

[0106] Further, the divergent surface 1036 of the light exit surface 1032 has a diopter value of −500 and the convergent surface 1037 has a diopter value of 25. Thus, when the optical lens 103 satisfies the above conditions and Table 1, the light exit surface 1032 of the optical lens 103 may direct a light beam emitting from the light-emitting diode chip 102 to travel in a direction along the optical axis 1034 and to project to a light receiving plane 20 through light refraction caused by the divergent surface 1036 and the convergent surface 1037 so as to form a non-symmetric light shape 21. The non-symmetric light shape 21 has a configuration that is roughly a rectangle or an ellipse. Preferably, the non-symmetric light shape 21 has an aspect ratio between 1.51 and 1.6 in order to satisfy the ratio of image information acquired by a camera device. The term “aspect ratio” used herein refers to the ratio of a maximum cross-sectional dimension of the non-symmetric light shape with a maximum cross-sectional dimension perpendicular to the maximum cross-sectional dimension.

[0107] Further referring to FIGS. 8a and 8b, which are polar luminous intensity distribution diagrams of the light-emitting diode according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, in combination with FIG. 7, FIG. 8a is a polar luminous intensity distribution diagram on a plane passing through the optical axis and extending in the X-axis direction. When the optical lens 103 satisfies conditions 1-3 and the light exit surface 1032 is an aspheric surface having the data listed in Table 1, a half-power view angle (which is a light angle that light intensive value is half of the intensive value of the axis direction) of the light-emitting diode chip 102 is around 47 degrees, but not limited thereto. FIG. 8b is the polar luminous intensity distribution diagram on a plane passing through the optical axis 1034 and orthogonal and perpendicular to the X-axis direction. When the optical lens 103 satisfies conditions 1-3 and the light exit surface 1032 is an aspheric surface having the data listed in Table 1, a half-power view angle of the light-emitting diode chip 102 is around 31 degrees, but not limited thereto. Thus, the superimposition of the light shapes of X-axis and Y-axis helps improve homogeneity of luminous distribution. The above described design of the optical lens allows the light-emitting diode 102 to generate a non-symmetric light shape 21 having more homogeneous distribution. The light shape 21 has a configuration that is approximately a rectangle or an ellipse and the non-symmetric light shape 21 has an aspect ratio that is around 1.51, falling within the range discussed above.

[0108] Further referring to FIGS. 9a and 9b, an illuminance pattern of the light exit surface and a light exit ray of the fourth embodiment of the present invention is shown. As shown in the drawing, when the light exit surface 1032 of the optical lens 103 satisfies all the conditions and diopter values (the drawing shows the divergent surface 1036 has a diopter value of −500, while the convergent surface 1037 has a diopter value of 25), a non-symmetric light shape 21 having homogeneity of 60% may be generated and the non-symmetric light shape 21 has a configuration that is roughly a rectangle.

[0109] In the detail in contrast with the prior art, an example as FIG. 16a, if a rectangular light shape of the embodiment needs to be shown, the rectangle open needs to be deposed on the lens mechanism of the camera device so as to the photographed image is trimmed by the rectangle open. That is, the horizontal axle and the vertical axle of FIG. 16a are separately trimmed at the position, ±4.2 and ±3.2. The method not only loses more light energy, but also decreases coverage; therefore, the image of the photographed object is trimmed by the rectangle open, which causes the distortion of the parts of image.

[0110] Referring to FIG. 10, which is a schematic planar view illustrating a surveillance camera device according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the surveillance camera device 1 of the instant embodiment comprises at least one light-emitting diode 10a, a casing 11, and an image capturing element 12. The casing 11 receives electronic circuit modules (not shown), such as an image sensor and a circuit board, mounted therein. The image capturing element 12 can be for example a fisheye lens. The image capturing element 12 is arranged in the casing 11 and partly projects out of the casing 11 to capture images. In the instant embodiment, the number of light-emitting diodes 10a being four is taken as an example, and the light-emitting diodes 10a are arranged on the casing 11 to circumferentially enclose the image capturing element 12 therein. Preferably, the light-emitting diodes 10a are arranged on the casing 11 in an angularly equally spaced manner to surround around the image capturing element 12, but not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the number of the lighting module 10a that generates a non-symmetric light shape can be just one and located at one side of the image capturing element 12.

[0111] Referring to FIG. 11, which is a schematic side-elevational view illustrating the surveillance camera device of FIG. 10 mounted to a ceiling. Reference being also had to FIG. 1, as shown in the drawings, when the surveillance camera device 1 is mounted to the ceiling 6, with the image capturing element 12 being a fisheye lens, the image capturing element 12 may capture an image covering the ceiling 6 and the space under the ceiling 6, and the light-emitting diode 10a may directly generate a non-symmetric light shape 21 required by the imaging system arranged inside the surveillance camera device 1 so as to increase coverage and reduce dark zones of image information. Compared to the prior art, the surveillance camera device 1 of the present invention does not require multiple optical elements to carry out refraction and reflection of secondary optics, thereby effectively reducing the overall size of the security surveillance system and helping achieve thinning of the system. Further, the optical energy of the non-symmetric light shape 21 is increased by 10%˜20% as compared to the optical energy of the conventionally used secondary optics. In other words, optical loss can be lower than the secondary optics by 10%˜20%, so as to improve utilization performance and homogeneity of the light source, achieving an effect of lowering down overall power consumption of the surveillance camera device 1 and also achieving reduction of distortion resulting from image compression and conversion.

[0112] Further referring to FIG. 13, which shows an imaging result of a conventional surveillance camera device, as shown in the drawing, the prior art light shape is a circular-symmetry light shape so that the light intensity at a central portion is far greater than that of a peripheral portion, and thus, the peripheral zone of image information is completely a dark zone. Referring to FIG. 12, which shows an imaging result of a surveillance camera device according to the third embodiment of the present invention, with additional reference to FIG. 4, as shown in the drawing, the non-symmetric light shape 21 generated by the light-emitting diode 10c according to the present invention provides high homogeneity and illumination so that when used in a surveillance camera device of a security surveillance system, it can help improve coverage and reduce dark zone of the image information and does not requires multiple optical elements for reflection and refraction for secondary optics thereby increasing optical energy and further reducing the overall size of the security surveillance system.

[0113] In summary, the light-emitting diode according to the present invention and the surveillance camera device using the light-emitting diode are applicable to a security surveillance system, wherein the light-emitting diode adopts primary optic design to allow for direct projection of non-symmetric light shape for matching an imaging system of the surveillance camera device, without the need of additional optical elements for multiple times of reflection for secondary optics thereby effectively improving utilization performance of the light source, reducing power consumption of the surveillance camera device, and also simplifying parts design of the security surveillance system to reduce overall size thereof.

[0114] Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that a variety of modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention which is intended to be defined by the appended claims.