Dynamic load management for lighting system
AssigneeHiViz Lighting, Inc.
InventorSamuel T. Massa
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A lighting system including one or more loads and one or more load managers electrically coupled to or embedded in the one or more loads. The one or more load managers are configured to measure an input voltage from the one or more loads, determine if the input voltage is below a minimum voltage for the lighting system, when the input voltage is below the minimum voltage threshold, adjust a power level of the lighting system, and when the input voltage is above a minimum voltage, store the power level as an operational power for the lighting system.
Claims20
A method of dynamically managing one or more loads having a microcontroller (MCU) with one or more data stores configured for storing data, the method comprising:
- receiving a startup voltage of the vehicle from a battery of the vehicle with the MCU, wherein the startup voltage is a voltage of the vehicle before at least one load of the one or more loads are applied;
- calculating a voltage drop under load based on the difference between the startup voltage and an input voltage with the MCU;
- and
- when the voltage drop under load is greater than or equal to the voltage drop threshold, adjusting the power level of the one or more loads until the voltage drop under load is less than voltage drop threshold with the MCU.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.