US 10,568,189 B2Granted

Lighting control system

OwnerDanial Julian, Zhongren Zhang +2inventors

InventorsDanial Julian, Zhongren Zhang, Haogang Chen, Richard Mansell

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Abstract

A lighting control system of the type including an electronic device with a processor, memory, wireless communication capability and a user interface may be used. A controller may be used with a receiver to receive wireless communication from the electronic device and an output terminal with at least one lighting array in electrical communication with the output terminal of the controller. A power supply may be provided with the controller thereby providing electrical power to the controller and the lighting array. Software on the electrical device may be used providing a graphical interface with a user to actuate the controller to provide an electrical output to the lighting array. The combination may be placed on a building, vehicle or any object to allow a plurality of lighting themes and palettes. Music may also be used to control the lighting output as well as speed or acceleration.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A lighting system comprising:

at least one lighting array, the at least one lighting array including at least one light source being capable of illumination;
a controller adapted to provide electrical power to a lighting array;
an electronic device with a display, the electronic device providing a lighting protocol information to the controller and the display providing an interface with a user to create the lighting protocol;
the lighting array including a local chip capable of storing the lighting protocol, the local chip effecting the illumination of the light source in accordance with the lighting protocol when the chip receives instructions to do so from the controller;
and
a sensor module, the sensor module coupled to the controller, the sensor module including communication with an IO device, wherein the IO device is a device which provides an input to the sensor module and the input is a voltage received from the group consisting of speed, acceleration, temperature, turn signals, brake lights, a dome light and clearance lights of a vehicle and outdoor lighting of a building.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/133,468Filed 17 Sep 2018 · continuation in part
Priority: 1 Jun 2016
Published: US 2019/0021156 A117 Jan 2019
Granted: 18 Feb 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification35 codes

B60Q 1/482
For parking purposes: for locating vehicle in parking lot
B60Q 1/44
The devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic: for indicating braking…
B60Q 3/80
Arrangement of lighting devices for vehicle interiors; Lighting devices specially adapted for vehicle interiors: circuits; Control arrangements
B60Q 3/85
Circuits; Control arrangements: for manual control of the light, e.g. of colour, orientation or intensity

Family

Application15/170,634Parent of this division · filed 1 Jun 2016
Application15/868,874Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 11 Jan 2018
US 2019/0021156 A1Pre-grant publication · published 17 Jan 2019
US 9,872,369 B2Parent of this division
Application15/868,874Parent of this division
US 2017/0354019 A1Published application
US 2018/0139825 A1Published application
US 10,568,189 B2This patent

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