发明人：
MARTINEZ, PAUL AURELIO | WANG, ALBERT | TSAI, MING, YUAN
摘要：
An article of adornment has a body, a translucent decorative element with reverse and obverse sides set in the body, and an illumination source in the body at the reverse side, providing decorative functionality. A variety of articles of adornment are described and enabled, and specific functionality is provided.
权利要求：
CLAIMS
1. An article of adornment comprising:
a body;
a translucent decorative element including a reverse and an obverse side, the translucent decorative element set in the body; and
an illumination source in the body, illuminating the translucent decorative element providing decorative functionality.
2. The article of adornment of claim 1, wherein the translucent decorative element is a gemstone and the illumination source illuminates the reverse side of the gemstone.
3. The article of adornment of claim 2, wherein between 0.01 percent and 99.9 percent of luminous flux from the illumination source strikes the reverse side of the gemstone and is transmitted to the obverse side.
4. The article of adornment of claim 2, wherein the illumination source comprises an electroluminescent, phosphorescent, radio-luminescent, or laser source.
5. The article of adornment of claim 1, including an interface enabled to coupling the illumination source to the translucent decorative element.
6. The article of adornment of claim 5, wherein the interface coupling the illumination source to the gemstone comprises a material with index of refraction between 1 and 10.
7. The article of adornment of claim 5, wherein the interface coupling the illumination source to the gemstone comprises a material with maximum transmittance over the wavelength range from lOOnm to lOum between .01 and 99.9 percent.
8. The article of adornment of claim 5, wherein the interface coupling the illumination
source to the gemstone comprises a composite interface material that contains a distinct optical element.
9. The article of adornment of claim 8, wherein the optical element can refract, reflect, transmit, scatter, filter, disperse the light of the illumination source.
10. The article of adornment of claim 5, wherein the interface coupling the illumination source to the gemstone generates a directed luminous intensity distribution at the reverse of the gemstone.
11. The article of adornment of claim 9 wherein the interface coupling, the body, the optical element and the composite interface are manufactured of a material capable of translucence enabled to present as an integral article of adornment. 12. The article of adornment of claim 5, wherein the interface coupling the illumination source to the gemstone is a lens element with focal length between -1 and +1 meter.
13. The article of adornment of claim 5, wherein the interface coupling the illumination source to the gemstone alters at least one wavelength of incident light by between 0. lnm and lOum.
14. An article of adornment comprising a translucent decorative element, an illumination source, an interface coupling the illumination source to the translucent decorative element, and a component maintaining the position of the source relative to the translucent decorative element.
15. The article of adornment of claim 14, wherein the component maintaining the position of the source relative to the translucent decorative element has a maximum reflectance over a wavelength range from lOOnm to lOum between 0.1 and 99.9 percent.
16. The article of adornment of claim 14, wherein the translucent decorative element and/or the component maintaining the position of the light source is a gemstone and/or a glass enamel body. 17. A decorative module for an article of adornment comprising:
a translucent decorative element;
an illumination source;
an interface coupling the illumination source to the translucent decorative element;
a first component maintaining the position of the translucent decorative element relative to the light source;
a second component closing a body at a rear side with an inside surface facing the light source and translucent decorative element, and
an interface coupling the second component and the light source;
wherein the illumination source and translucent decorative element may be oriented in different shapes, colors and types and enabled to be removed and replaced within a body of an article of adornment.
18. The decorative module of claim 17 wherein the inside surface has a maximum reflectance over a wavelength range from lOOnm to lOum, and between 0.1 and 99.9 percent.
19. The decorative module of claim 17, wherein the interface coupling elements have an index of refraction between 1 and 10.
20. The decorative module of claim 17, wherein the first and second components contain the light source and interface coupling elements and join together to form a housing having an inner volume.