# US 2020/0404758 A1 · Lighting apparatus

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- Number: US 2020/0404758 A1
- Document ID: US20200404758A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/908,315
- Filed: 2020-06-22
- Published: 2020-12-24
- Earliest claimed: 2019-06-21
- Assignees: Xiamen Leedarson Lighting Co.Ltd.
- Applicants: Xiamen Leedarson Lighting Co.Ltd.
- Inventors: Changjing Zeng; Yiwei Chen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200404758A1

## CPC

- F21S 10/023: {by selectively switching fixed light sources}
- H05B 45/24: using electrical feedback from LEDs or from LED modules
- F21V 23/003: {the elements being electronics drivers or controllers for operating the light source, e.g. for a LED array}
- H05B 45/20: Controlling the colour of the light
- H05B 45/325: Pulse-width modulation [PWM]
- H05B 47/19: via wireless transmission
- F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED]
- 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
- H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- 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

The lighting apparatus includes a first LED module, a second LED module and a third LED module. The first LED module emits a first light of a first color temperature. The second LED module emits a second light of a second color temperature. The third LED module emits a third light of a third color temperature. The driver is used for generating a first driving power, a second driving power and a third driving power respectively supplying to the first LED module, the second LED module and the third LED module. The controller is for determining a power ratio corresponding to a mixed light with a target color temperature mixed by the first light, the second light and the third light. The mixed lights of different target color temperatures have chroma coordinates within a predetermined chroma range.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A lighting apparatus comprising:
a first LED module emitting a first light of a first color temperature;
a second LED module emitting a second light of a second color temperature;
a third LED module emitting a third light of a third color temperature;
a driver for generating a first driving power, a second driving power, a third driving power respectively supplying to the first LED module, the second LED module and the third LED module; and
a controller for determining a power ratio among the first driving power, the second driving power and the third driving power corresponding to a mixed light with a target color temperature mixed by the first light, the second light and the third light, the mixed lights of different target color temperatures having chroma coordinates being within a predetermined chroma range.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the predetermined chroma range is corresponding to a Planckian locus.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The lighting apparatus of claim 2, wherein the chroma coordinates of different mixed lights with different target color temperatures are close to the Planckian locus within a predetermined threshold.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The lighting apparatus of claim 3, wherein the predetermined threshold is less than 10% of a maximum range.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The lighting apparatus of claim 2, wherein percentages of the Luminous flux of the first LED module, the second LED module and the third LED module are calculated based on following Formula 1:
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, in the Formula 1, YW1 is the percentage of the Luminous flux of the first white light source,
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(xW2, yW2) is the color coordinates of the second white light source,
(xW3, yW3) is the color coordinates of the third light source, and
(x, y) is the color coordinates of the target color temperature.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller has multiple chroma range options to select in addition to the Planckian locus.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The lighting apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a manual switch for a user to select one from the multiple chroma range options.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the third LED module comprises a color LED device adding a color component to adjust the chroma coordinate of the mixed light.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein multiple power ratios of the first driving power, the second driving power and the driving power are recorded in a memory device, the controller retrieves the power ratios and generates corresponding control signals to the driver to generate corresponding first driving powers, second driving powers, third driving powers for different target color temperatures.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The lighting apparatus of claim 9, wherein for target color temperatures not having corresponding power ratios, multiple adjacent power ratios are retrieved to calculate the power ratio by the controller.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The lighting apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a wireless module for receiving a table containing power ratios corresponding to different target color temperatures, the controller uses the table to control the driver to generate the first driving power, the second driving power and the third driving power.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The lighting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a manual switch having multiple options corresponding to multiple target color temperatures, each option corresponds to one power ratio to be used by the controller.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first LED module has multiple chroma coordinates under different intensities, the different chroma coordinates under different intensities are referenced when determining the power ratios.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein a chroma measuring device is used for finding power ratios corresponding to different target color temperatures during manufacturing, the found power ratios are stored in a memory device used by the controller to determine the power ratios corresponding to target color temperatures.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the driver comprises a PWM circuit for generating the first driving power, the second driving power and the third driving power based on duty ratios for turning on the first LED module, the second LED module and the third LED modules corresponding to the power ratios.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The lighting apparatus of claim 15, wherein multiple sequence orders are mixed for turning on the first LED module, the second LED module and the third LED module.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The lighting apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first LED module, the second LED module and the third LED module share the same PWM circuit and only one of the first LED module, the second LED module and the third LED module is turned on at any given timing.

### Claim 18 (depends on 15)

The lighting apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first LED module, the second LED module and the third LED module respectively have multiple LED devices, at least two LED devices from at least two of the first LED module, the second LED module, and the third LED module are turned on at a given timing.

### Claim 19 (depends on 1)

The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the power ratio corresponds to a first driving current, a second driving current and a third driving current continuously generated by the driver to drive the first LED module, the second LED module, and the third LED module.

### Claim 20 (depends on 1)

The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein a mixed color rendering index is also considered to determine the power ratio corresponding to the target color temperature.