Evaluating method for the double image phenomenon of LED lighting

In recent years, the overriding advantages long life, high efficiency, small size and short reaction time have made LED become a viable alternative to conventional light sources. LED lighting sources are usually composed of several individual LED cells which must be mounted on a panel as a lighting module. Being composed of several individual LED cells, the LED sources will cause the double image phenomenon. The double image phenomenon is more obvious when the LED sources are more closer, such as LED table lamp, and limits the applications of LED sources. By using a proper secondary optical lens, the double image phenomenon can be reduced. In this research, an evaluating method based on image processing is developed for the double image phenomenon of a LED sources. By analyzing the gray-scale of the grabbed image which is obtained by putting a rob under a LED source, an index of double image can be established and be a criterion to judge different LED sources. Furthermore, a series of LED lighting simulations are shown in this paper and several type of secondary optical lens are compared and discussed in this paper as well.