Industry Patents
Patent: 7598684
Methods and Apparatus for Controlling Devices in a Networked Lighting System
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| Patent Number: |
7598684 |
| Title: |
Methods and Apparatus for Controlling Devices in a Networked Lighting System |
| 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.
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| Country of Issue: |
US |
| First Named Inventor: |
Lys, Morgan |
| Assignee: |
Philips SSL |
| Continuation or Divisional of: |
7253566 |
| International Classification: |
G05F 1/00 |
| US Classification: |
315/307 |
| Issue Date: |
10-06-2009 |
| Filing Date: |
06-12-2007 |
| Application : |
11/761491 |
| Notes: |
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| Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: |
7598684 at Freepatentsonline |
| Link to World Patent Family1: |
World Patent Family at European Patent Office |
| Link to Google Patents1: |
7598684 at Google Patents |
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