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US 10,433,377 B2Granted
Control circuit for modulating an analog dimming command signal
AssigneeIDEAL Industries Lighting LLC
InventorsDaniel Pope, Jun Zhang, Michael B. Gilliom
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Abstract
An LED lighting device comprises at least one LED selectively energizable to develop light and a control circuit coupled to the LED that develops a command signal comprising first and second command signal components for controlling the at least one LED to cause the LED to develop light comprising a desired brightness in response to the first command signal component. The control circuit controls the at least one LED to cause the LED to develop light comprising a further desired parameter magnitude other than desired brightness in response to the second command signal component, and the first signal component comprises an IEC 0-10 volt analog lighting control.
Claims18
An LED lighting device, comprising:
- at least one LED selectively energizable to develop light;
- and
- a control circuit coupled to the at least one LED and configured to develop a command signal comprising first and second command signal components for controlling the at least one LED to cause the at least one LED to develop light comprising a desired brightness in response to the first command signal component and a further desired parameter magnitude other than desired brightness in response to the second command signal component;
- wherein the first signal component comprises an IEC 0-10 volt analog lighting control;
- wherein the second command signal component comprises digital data and is impressed upon the first command signal component.
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A lighting network, comprising:
- a plurality of interconnected luminaires;
- and
- a control circuit coupled to the plurality of interconnected luminaires and configured to develop a command signal comprising first and second command signal components for controlling the plurality of interconnected luminaires;
- wherein the control circuit is further configured to cause at least one of the luminaires to:
- develop light comprising a desired brightness in response to receipt of the first command signal component by the at least one luminaire;
- and
- operate according to a further desired parameter other than desired brightness in response to the second command signal component;
- wherein the first signal component comprises an IEC 0-10 volt analog lighting control;
- wherein a first luminaire of the plurality of interconnected luminaires comprises at least one LED and a second luminaire of the plurality of interconnected luminaires comprises a lighting element other than an LED.
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A lighting network, comprising:
- one or more lighting elements;
- a control circuit coupled to the one or more lighting elements and configured to develop a dimming command signal and a second command signal;
- and
- one or more driver circuits associated with the one or more lighting elements;
- wherein the control circuit is further configured to transmit the dimming command signal to the one or more driver circuits;
- wherein the one or more driver circuits are configured to:
- operate the corresponding one or more lighting elements at a brightness according to the dimming command signal;
- and
- receive the second command signal encoded with the dimming command signal;
- wherein the one or more lighting elements comprise at least one LED element and at least one lighting element other than an LED element.
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A lighting network, comprising:
- a plurality of interconnected luminaires;
- and
- a control circuit coupled to the plurality of interconnected luminaires and configured to develop a command signal comprising first and second command signal components for controlling the plurality of interconnected luminaires;
- wherein the control circuit is further configured to cause at least one of the luminaires to:
- develop light comprising a desired brightness in response to receipt of the first command signal component by the at least one luminaire:
- and
- operate according to a further desired parameter other than desired brightness in response to the second command signal component;
- wherein the first signal component comprises an IEC 0-10 volt analog lighting control;
- wherein a first luminaire of the plurality of interconnected luminaires is configured to:
- receive at least one of the first command signal component and the second command signal component;
- and
- transmit the at least one of the first command signal component and the second command signal component to a second luminaire of the plurality of interconnected luminaires.
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A lighting network, comprising:
- one or more lighting elements;
- a control circuit coupled to the one or more lighting elements and configured to develop a dimming command signal and a second command signal;
- and
- one or more driver circuits associated with the one or more lighting elements;
- wherein the control circuit is further configured to transmit the dimming command signal to the one or more driver circuits;
- wherein the one or more driver circuits are configured to:
- operate the corresponding one or more lighting elements at a brightness according to the dimming command signal;
- receive the second command signal encoded with the dimming command signal;
- and
- receive the second command signal and the dimming command signal simultaneously.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.