摘要

This paper presents a contour calculation method (CCM) for the freeform reflector design. Conservation of energy relates the light flux from a Lambertian-type point source to a desired irradiance and a discrete spot distribution on a target plane. This relationship determines the edges of the reflector patches, thus, enabling the design of a non-imaging freeform reflector based on a series of ellipsoid patches modeled as NURBS curves in Rhinoceros. As an example, we present a freeform reflector design composed of 6400 ellipsoid patches to illuminate a surface with 94% uniformity. A computer calculation takes 18.5 s.