Control module of or for a light fitting system and related methods
AssigneeEnergy Light Group Limited
InventorsRalph David Booth, Nelson Halwyn Duder
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Abstract
A light fitting control module able to receive a coupler of a light fitting that is also able connect to an electrically power track. The light fitting is able to be supported and/or powered by the track. The control module comprises a first coupler able to connect with the supporting power track and a second coupler able to connect to the coupler of said light fitting to support and electrically connect said light fitting with the electrically powered track. The control module is configured and adapted to respond to remote command to control at least one degree of freedom of operation the lighting fitting.
Claims13
A light fitting control module able to be interposed between (i) an electrically powered track and (ii) a light fitting that has at least one electrically energisable lamp, that are able to be releasably and directly coupled together in a predetermined mode of coupling, the control module comprising a main body and a first coupler presented by said main body to releasably couple to the electrically powered track and a second coupler presented by said main body to releasably couple to a light fitting coupler of the light fitting, the main body comprising a position controllable gimbal defining at least one axis of rotation that allows the light fitting position to be controlled (a) by remote input relative to the electrically powered track when the control module is coupled to the electrically powered track and the light fitting (b) by a servo motor of the control module that is able to be electrically powered via the first coupler by the electrically powered track, where the control module is configured and adapted to present the same said mode of coupling for its coupling to the electrically powered track and the light fitting when the control module is interposed between said electrically powered track and light fitting, as the predetermined mode, and wherein the control module is able to establish an electrical connection between the light fitting and the electrically powered track to energise the at least one lamp of the light fitting.
A light fitting control module to:
- (a) releasably interpose between an electrically powered track for light fittings and a light fitting comprising at least one light fitting coupler mechanically and electrically capable of coupling selectively to each of (i) the electrically powered track and the control module, and
- (b) control by remote command at least one degree of freedom of operation of the light fitting;
- wherein the control module in use is able to respond to said remote command to control at least one degree of freedom of movement to move the light fitting relative to the electrically powered track with a gimbal and a servo motor of the control module, the control module comprising a main body and a first coupler and a second coupler that are presented by said main body,
- wherein
- (A) the control module:
- (i) itself is or is to be releasably engageable mechanically and electrically to the electrically powered track using the first coupler, or
- (ii)(a) itself is or is to be releasably engageable mechanically to the electrically powered track using the first coupler and (ii)(b) separately of any such type (ii)(a) mechanical engagement, itself, or the light fitting, is or is to be engageable electrically to the electrically powered track;
- and wherein
- (B) the control module:
- (i) itself is or is to be releasably engageable mechanically and electrically to the light fitting using the second coupler and the light fitting coupler wherein a format of connection of the first coupler to the electrical power track is same as the format of connection of the light fitting coupler to the second coupler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.