Portable lighting devices with wireless connectivity
AssigneeMPOWERD Inc.
InventorsSeungah Jeong, John Salzinger
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Abstract
Lighting devices are described and may include a housing that includes one or more end walls and one or more side walls, the housing defining a chamber and a base. The lighting devices may include one or more of a solar panel, a rechargeable battery, a microprocessor, a wireless interface, and/or a plurality of lights, in communication with one another. The plurality of lights may be configured to emit light transverse to the one or more side walls, the lighting device also including a diffuser configured to diffuse and redirect light emitted by the plurality of lights into the chamber. The microprocessor may be configured to control at least one operating mode of the plurality of lights.
Claims19
A lighting device comprising:
- a housing including one or more end walls and one or more side walls, the housing defining a chamber and a base;
- at least one solar panel;
- at least one rechargeable battery in communication with the solar panel;
- a microprocessor in communication with the solar panel and the rechargeable battery;
- a plurality of lights disposed outside the chamber along an inner surface of the one or more side walls and configured to emit light in a direction transverse to the one or more side walls, the plurality of lights being in communication with the solar panel, the rechargeable battery, and the microprocessor;
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- a diffuser radially inward of the plurality of lights, the diffuser being configured to diffuse and redirect light emitted by the plurality of lights into the chamber;
- wherein the microprocessor is configured to control at least one operating mode of the plurality of lights.
A lighting device comprising:
- a housing including one or more end walls and one or more side walls, the housing defining a chamber and a base;
- a plurality of RGB light-emitting diode (LED) lights disposed outside the chamber along an inner surface of the one or more side walls, the plurality of RGB LED lights being configured to emit light in a direction transverse to the one or more side walls;
- a diffuser radially inward of the plurality of RGB LED lights to redirect light emitted by the plurality of RGB LED lights into the chamber;
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- an electronic assembly comprising:
- at least one solar panel;
- at least one rechargeable battery in communication with the solar panel;
- a wireless interface configured to receive a user input wirelessly from an external electronic device;
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- a microprocessor in communication with the solar panel, the rechargeable battery, and the wireless interface, the microprocessor being configured to control at least one operating mode of the plurality of RGB LED lights based on the user input received from the external electronic device through the wireless interface, wherein the at least one operating mode includes changing a color of light that illuminates the chamber by selecting red, green, and blue values from 0 to 255 for each RGB LED light of the plurality of RGB LED lights.
A lighting device comprising:
- a cylindrical housing including two end walls and a side wall between the two end walls, the housing defining a chamber and a base;
- a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) lights disposed along an inner surface of the base and configured to emit light radially inward in a direction transverse to the side wall, the plurality of LED lights including white LED lights and RGB LED lights;
- a diffuser radially inward of the plurality of LED lights, the diffuser being configured to diffuse light emitted by the plurality of LED lights into the chamber;
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- an electronic assembly comprising:
- at least one solar panel;
- at least one rechargeable battery in communication with the solar panel;
- a wireless interface configured to receive user input wirelessly from an external electronic device;
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- a microprocessor in communication with the solar panel, the rechargeable battery, and the wireless interface;
- wherein the microprocessor is configured to control at least one operating mode of the plurality of LED lights, including changing a color of light that illuminates the chamber by selecting red, green, and blue values from 0 to 255 for each RGB LED light of the plurality of lights.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.