Smart light bulb
AssigneeColor Kinetics Incorporated
InventorsIhor Lys, George G. Mueller
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Abstract
A smart light bulb is provided which may include a housing, an illumination source, disposed in the housing, and a processor, disposed in the housing, for controlling the illumination source. The housing may be configured to fit a conventional light fixture. The illumination source may be an LED system or other illumination source. The processor may control the intensity or the color of the illumination source. The housing may also house a transmitter and/or receiver. The smart light bulb may respond to a signal from another device or send a signal to another device. The other device may be another smart light bulb or another device. The smart light bulb may be associated with a wide variety of illumination applications and environments.
Claims29
A light bulb, comprising:
- a housing configured to fit at least one of a halogen, incandescent and fluorescent light fixture;
- an illumination source including a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs);
- a processor coupled to the illumination source and controlling current to the plurality of LEDs to generate color within a color spectrum, wherein the illumination source and the processor are disposed within the housing;
- and,
- at least one of a receiver and a transmitter coupled to the processor for respectively receiving or transmitting a data signal from an external device.
A light bulb, comprising:
- a housing configured to fit at least one of a halogen, incandescent and fluorescent light fixture;
- an illumination source having at least one blue LED;
- and
- a processor coupled to the illumination source and controlling current to the illumination source to generate color within a color spectrum, wherein the illumination source and the processor are disposed within the housing,
- and wherein the processor is configured to receive and respond to at least one control signal transmitted to the light bulb from a remote user interface.
A light bulb, comprising:
- illumination means for generating light of variable color,
- control means, coupled to the illumination means, for controlling the color of the light generated,
- housing means for containing the illumination means and the control means, wherein the housing means is configured to fit at least one of a halogen, incandescent and fluorescent light fixture, and
- communication means, coupled to the control means, for transmitting or receiving at least one control signal to or from at least once external device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.