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US 8,896,460 B2Granted
Lighting control
AssigneeOsram Sylvania Inc.
InventorsBenjamin Alexandrovich, Charles A. Brunault
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Abstract
The present invention provides a lighting fixture including a light source, a light source controller, and an external controller plug. The light source controller controls power to the light source. The external controller plug allows an external controller to selectively engage a power source to the light source controller.
Claims20
A lighting fixture comprising:
- a light source;
- a light source controller for controlling power to the light source;
- and
- an external controller plug wherein the plug allows an external controller to selectively engage a power source to the light source controller.
1 more element
A method of controlling a lighting fixture comprising the action of:
- controlling power to a light source with an internal light source controller;
- plugging an external controller into an external controller plug of the light fixture;
- and
- selectively engaging a power source to the light source controller with the external controller.
1 more element
A lighting fixture comprising:
- a light source;
- a light source controller for controlling power to the light source;
- an external controller plug wherein the plug allows an external controller to physically disengage a power source to the light source controller and includes one or more control signal connections with the light source controller;
- and
- the external controller plugged into the external controller plug wherein the external controller supports multiple lighting control protocols.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.