# US 12,181,126 B2 · Artificial light configured for daylight emulation > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,181,126 B2 - Document ID: US12181126B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/181,313 - Filed: 2023-03-09 - Published: 2023-09-21 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-15 - Assignees: General Lighting Company, Inc. - Applicants: General Lighting Company, Inc. - Inventors: Michael Forbis; Jonathan King Mapel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12181126B2 ## CPC - F21S 8/026: {intended to be recessed in a ceiling or like overhead structure, e.g. suspended ceiling} - F21V 3/00: Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses (with refracting properties F21V5/00; with reflecting properties F21V7/00; characterised by cooling arrangements F21V29/506) - F21V 9/02: for simulating daylight (F21V9/04, F21V9/06 take precedence) - F21V 29/74: with fins or blades - F21V 29/89: Metals - H05B 45/20: Controlling the colour of the light - H05B 47/19: via wireless transmission - H05B 47/199: {Commissioning of light sources} - F21S 2/00: Systems of lighting devices, not provided for in main groups F21S4/00 - F21S10/00 or F21S19/00, e.g. of modular construction - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - F21Y 2115/15: Organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] - H05B 47/196: {characterised by user interface arrangements} - H05B 47/198: {Grouping of control procedures or address assignation to light sources} - H05B 47/1985: {Creation of lighting zones or scenes} - Y02B 20/40: Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection - F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL - F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED - Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS ## Abstract A lighting system configured for daylight emulation. The system includes a plurality of light sources for generating a daylight-emulating output light spectrum. The system also includes a controller for dynamically controlling at least one of the intensity, directionality and color temperature to emulate sun position for at least one of a geography and time of day. The system further includes a networking facility that facilitates data communication with at least one external resource. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lighting system configured for daylight emulation, comprising: a plurality of light sources for generating a daylight-emulating output light spectrum, a controller for dynamically controlling at least one of an intensity, a directionality, and a color temperature of the daylight-emulating output light spectrum to emulate a sun position based on at least one of a geo-location and a time of day and to further emulate one or more environmental conditions associated with an illuminated area of the lighting system using one or more algorithms comprised therein, the one or more algorithms comprising at least one or more tuning control algorithms or one or more lighting algorithms, and a networking facility that facilitates data communication between the controller and at least one external resource for identifying the one or more environmental conditions and the at least one of the geo-location and the time of day. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lighting system of claim 1, wherein the external resource is accessed to determine the geo-location of the lighting system. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The lighting system of claim 1, further comprising a processing facility for modulating the output of the lighting system based on environmental sensor data, wherein the environmental sensor data is obtained using one or more sensors selected from a group consisting of a light sensor, a weather sensor, a barometer, a moisture sensor, a temperature sensor, and a heat flux sensor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The lighting system of claim 3, wherein the environmental sensor data is obtained using one or more sensors selected from the group further consisting of an occupancy detection and tracking sensor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The lighting system of claim 4, wherein the occupancy detection and tracking sensor comprises one or more of a smoke detection sensor, a temperature sensor, a weather data sensor, a sound collection sensor, and a motion detection sensor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The lighting system of claim 1, wherein the one or more environmental conditions are received from a database through the networking facility. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The lighting system of claim 1, wherein the one or more environmental conditions are selected from a group consisting of an albedo condition, a reflectivity condition, and opacity condition, a color condition, a building material condition, and a shadow condition. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The lighting system of claim 1, wherein the one or more algorithms are further selected from one or more environmental sensor-based control algorithms, one or more display control algorithms, one or more virtualization algorithms, and one or more environmental condition control algorithms. ### Claim 9 A lighting system configured for daylight emulation, comprising: a plurality of light sources for generating a daylight-emulating output light spectrum, a controller for dynamically controlling at least one of an intensity, a directionality, and a color temperature of the daylight-emulating output light spectrum to emulate a sun position based on at least one of a geo-location and a time of day, and a networking facility that facilitates data communication between the controller and at least one external resource for the at least one of the geo-location and the time of day, wherein the controller is adapted to tune at least one of a bright spot, a shadow, and a reflection of the generated daylight-emulating output light spectrum on an illuminated area based on one or more environmental factors associated with the illuminated area using one or more algorithms comprised therein, the one or more algorithms comprising at least one or more tuning control algorithms or one or more lighting algorithms. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The lighting system of claim 9, wherein the tuning comprises managing a position of the at least one of the bright spot, the shadow, and the reflection of the generated daylight-emulating output light spectrum. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The lighting system of claim 9, wherein the one or more environmental factors are selected from a group consisting of a workspace location factor, a desktop location factor, a display screen location factor, a TV screen location factor, an art location factor, a mirror location factor, an eye-level location factor, and a reading location factor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The lighting system of claim 9, wherein the one or more algorithms are further selected from one or more environmental sensor-based control algorithms, one or more display control algorithms, one or more virtualization algorithms, and one or more environmental condition control algorithms.