Microcontroller burst mode to maintain voltage supply during standby mode of a lighting system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsNina Rose SCHEIDEGGER, Carre Denise SCHEIDEGGER, Gang YAO
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Abstract
Provided is a lighting system that includes a plurality of lighting elements which emit light, a power supply which supplies power, a lighting driver comprising a microcontroller and which outputs power to the plurality of lighting elements for operation thereof; and a control system which transmits a control signal to the microcontroller to initiate a standby mode of the plurality of lighting elements. The microcontroller receives the control signal and decreases output power supplied to the plurality of lighting elements, while remaining in a low power consumption mode for communicating with the control system during standby mode.
Claims16
A lighting system comprising:
- a plurality of lighting elements configured to emit light,
- a power supply configured to supply power,
- a lighting driver comprising a microcontroller and configured to output power to the plurality of lighting elements for operation thereof;
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- a control system configured to transmit a control signal to the microcontroller to initiate a standby mode of the plurality of lighting elements,
- wherein the microcontroller is configured to receive the control signal and decrease output power supplied to the plurality of lighting elements, while remaining in a low power consumption mode for communicating with the control system during standby mode.
A method comprising:
- outputting power to a plurality of lighting elements within a lighting system;
- transmitting a control signal from a control system to a microcontroller of a lighting driver, to initiate the standby mode;
- initiating the standby mode by decreasing, via the microcontroller, the power to the plurality of lighting elements while remaining in a low power consumption mode for communicating with the control system during standby mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.