Industry Patents
Patent: 8791646
Method and Apparatus for Repeating Illumination Information on a Daisy Chain Bus Structure
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| Patent Number: |
8791646 |
| Title: |
Method and Apparatus for Repeating Illumination Information on a Daisy Chain Bus Structure |
| Abstract: |
A data communication method is described for transmitting a data packet
comprising data bytes in a daisy chained bus structure of a LED
illumination system. The method comprises: the nodes of a group, except
the last node of the group retransmitting the data packet without
removing a first data byte from the incoming data packet; and the last
node in the group removing the first byte from the data packet before
retransmission. The invention further comprises a communication node,
illumination assembly and bus structure implementing the method according
to the invention.
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| Country of Issue: |
US |
| First Named Inventor: |
Welten |
| Assignee: |
Eldolab |
| Continuation or Divisional of: |
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| International Classification: |
H05B 37/02 |
| US Classification: |
315/291 |
| Issue Date: |
07-29-2014 |
| Filing Date: |
03-12-2009 |
| Application : |
12/922298 |
| Notes: |
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| Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: |
8791646 at Freepatentsonline |
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World Patent Family at European Patent Office |
| Link to Google Patents1: |
8791646 at Google Patents |
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