Luminaire and method for temperature control
AssigneeEaton Intelligent Power Limited
InventorToni Ott
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Abstract
A luminaire comprises at least one light emitting diode (LED) as a light source. Such LED has a limited light emitting angle for emitted light radiation. An infrared sensor is assigned to the light source for determining the temperature of same.
Claims18
A luminaire with at least one light emitting diode (LED) as a light source, which LED has a limited light emitting angle for emitted light rays, wherein within the limited light emitting angle an infrared sensor for determining a temperature of the light source is assigned to the light source, and wherein a second infrared sensor is assigned to the infrared sensor for detecting and compensating for an ambient heat radiation.
A luminaire with at least one light emitting diode (LED) as a light source, which LED has a limited light emitting angle for emitted light rays, wherein within the limited light emitting angle an infrared sensor for determining a temperature of the light source is assigned to the light source, wherein the infrared sensor is shielded from an ambient heat radiation and/or visible light radiation of the light source using a screening device.
A method for temperature control of an LED as a light source of a luminaire comprising of following steps:
- i) arranging of an infrared sensor within a light emitting angle of the light source;
- ii) measuring a heat radiation of the light source by the infrared sensor;
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- iii) evaluating an infrared signal for temperature determination of the light source, characterized in that in step iii) the temperature determination is realized by determination of deviations in a relation of emitted light spectrum to infrared spectrum at a particular ambient temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.