# US 2019/0357331 A1 · Operation method of lighting system

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- Number: US 2019/0357331 A1
- Document ID: US20190357331A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/409,095
- Filed: 2019-05-10
- Published: 2019-11-21
- Earliest claimed: 2018-05-15
- Inventors: Kuo-Tsun LIN
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190357331A1

## CPC

- H05B 45/20: Controlling the colour of the light
- H05B 47/105: in response to determined parameters
- H05B 47/16: by timing means
- Y02B 20/40: Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection
- H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS

## Abstract

A method for controlling a color temperature of light emitted by a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) comprises steps of a controlling device entering a transition mode upon receiving a tuning signal from an input device, the controlling device generating a modified signal based on a received electrical signal according to the tuning signal, the controlling device outputting the modified signal to a lighting device, and the controlling device entering a normal mode once a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the last time the controlling device receives the tuning signal.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An operation method of a lighting system that includes a controlling device for receiving an electrical signal from mains electricity, and a lighting device connected to the controlling device and including a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), the operation method comprising steps of:
outputting, by the controlling device operating in a normal mode, the electrical signal as a control signal to the lighting device;
entering, by the controlling device operating in the normal mode, the transition mode upon receiving a tuning signal from an input device;
generating, by the controlling device operating in the transition mode, a modified signal by modifying the electrical signal according to the tuning signal;
outputting, by the controlling device operating in the transition mode, the modified signal as the control signal to the lighting device;
entering, by the controlling device operating in the transition mode, the normal mode once a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the last time the controlling device receives the tuning signal; and
setting, by the lighting device, a color temperature of light emitted by the LEDs according to waveform of the control signal.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The operation method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating a modified signal is to generate the modified signal to have frequency different from that of the electrical signal by modifying frequency of the electrical signal.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The operation method of claim 2, wherein the modified signal has a lower frequency than the electrical signal.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The operation method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating a modified signal includes:
generating the modified signal by making a frequency of the modified signal the same as that of the electrical signal and making waveform of at least a portion of the modified signal different from that of the electrical signal.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The operation method of claim 4, wherein the portion of the modified signal that is different from the electrical signal has zero amplitude.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The operation method of claim 1, the lighting device further including an LED-controlling unit, the operation method further comprising steps of:
receiving, by the LED-controlling unit, the control signal from the controlling device;
determining, by the LED-controlling unit, whether the waveform of the control signal is changed to a changed waveform and is maintained at the changed waveform for the predetermined period of time; and
when it is determined that the waveform of the control signal is changed to a changed waveform and is maintained at the changed waveform for the predetermined period of time, triggering, by the LED-controlling unit, at least a portion of the LEDs to emit light according to a color temperature setting corresponding to the changed waveform.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The operation method of claim 6, the LED-controlling unit including a memory storing plural predetermined waveforms that are different from the waveform of the electrical signal and that correspond respectively to different color temperature settings, wherein the step of triggering at least a portion of the LEDs to emit light includes:
determining whether the changed waveform matches any one of the predetermined waveforms stored in the memory; and
when and only when it is determined that the changed waveform matches one of the predetermined waveforms stored in the memory, triggering the portion of the LEDs to emit light according to the color temperature setting corresponding to the one of the predetermined waveforms.