Title:
ネットワーク化された照明システム内のデバイスを制御するための方法と装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4474457
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for computer-based control of light sources in a networked lighting system. In one example, a plurality of LED-based lighting systems are arranged as computer controllable "light strings". Applications contemplated for such light strings include, but are not limited to, decorative and entertainment-oriented lighting applications (e.g., Christmas tree lights, display lights, theme park lighting, video and other game arcade lighting, etc.). Via computer control, one or more such light strings may provide a variety of complex temporal and color-changing lighting effects. In one example, lighting data is communicated in a given light string in a serial manner, according to a variety of different data transmission and processing schemes. In another example, individual lighting systems of a light string are coupled together via a variety of different conduit configurations to provide for easy coupling and arrangement of multiple light sources constituting the light string. In yet another example, small LED-based lighting systems capable of being arranged in a light string configuration are manufactured as integrated circuits including data processing circuitry and control circuitry for LED light sources, and are packaged along with LEDs for convenient coupling to a conduit to connect multiple lighting systems.
Inventors:
Squirrel, iha
Fredrick Morgan
Fredrick Morgan
Application Number:
JP2007320844A
Publication Date:
June 02, 2010
Filing Date:
December 12, 2007
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Philips Solids-State Lighting Solutions, Inc.
International Classes:
F21K99/00; F21V33/00; H05B37/02; F21S8/04; F21S10/06; F21V8/00; F21V23/00; G09F13/00; G09F13/20; H04L12/28; H04L29/06; H05B44/00; F21S8/00; F21V23/04; F21Y101/02; G02B6/00
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Foreign References:
| US5410328 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Susumu Tsugaru
Fueda Shusen
Fueda Shusen