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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120129275 | DUAL-BULB LAMPHEAD CONTROL METHODOLOGY The present invention generally relates to methods of controlling UV lamp output to increase irradiance uniformity. The methods generally include determining a baseline irradiance within a chamber, determining the relative irradiance on a substrate corresponding to a fi... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126709 | Lighting System having a Power Supply Apparatus, Control Apparatus for a Lighting System, and Method for Controlling a Lighting System A lighting system comprising a power supply apparatus (2) which has a power generation unit (21), which is suitable for generating a direct current, and an energy storage unit (22) for storing energy from the power generation unit (21), and f... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120102796 | DISPLAY MODULE FOR VECHILES The present invention relates to a display module for a vehicle, having a mounting fastened to the vehicle and having a display suitable for unwinding under the action at least one motor (7) connected to a drive shaft (6) in engagement with the display for... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120082446 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND EXAMINATION SYSTEM The illumination apparatus includes a first light source and a second light source configured to generate light in wavelength bands required for at least two illumination modes; a dichroic mirror configured to transmit light in a predetermined band from the first light ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081616 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE MODULE, FLAT PANEL MONITOR HAVING THE LIGHT EMITTING DIODE MODULE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME The present application describes a light emitting diode (LED) bar comprising a substrate, a plurality of LED modules, a detector, and a LED driver. The plurality of LED modules are positioned over the substrate, and each LED module has a lens and at least two substanti... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081011 | Software Control of LED Illumination Output for Improved Yield and Latitude The present application discloses methods and systems for calibrating a scanning system. In one embodiment, the calibration method determines a dark level of at least one pixel, determines a maximum white level for at least one pixel and adjusts the current of an illumi... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120068610 | Method and apparatus for setting a chromaticity coordinate A method for setting a color locus of a luminaire (110) comprising at least one phosphor-converted light-emitting diode (103, 105) and at least one monochromatic light-emitting diode (104), wherein the method comprises the steps of: setting a curren... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068609 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE In a light source device for combining light waves with at least three wavelengths and outputting thus combined light waves, an optical system element and an electrical system element are formed on a semiconductor substrate, thereby eliminating the necessity of optical ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050606 | ILLUMINATION SPHERE WITH INTELLIGENT LED LIGHTING UNITS IN SCALABLE DAISY CHAIN WITH INTERCHANGEABLE FILTERS A controllable lighting system may include a plurality of light source groups, a group controller for each light source group, a master controller, and a network communication system. Each group controller may be configured to control the light sources in its light sour... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050307 | AMBIENT LIGHT SENSING TECHNIQUE A method for controlling characteristics of an electronic device based on ambient light levels is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving light at an ambient light sensor of a device and measuring components, such as color components, of the visible l... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049744 | MEASURING INSTRUMENT A measuring instrument includes a housing, a number of infrared light emitting devices, a number of infrared light receiving devices, at least two light sources, and a controller. The housing includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall substantially parallel to the ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120038281 | OUTDOOR LIGHTING FIXTURES CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS One embodiment of the invention relates to a system for operating a plurality of streetlights in response to motion from a vehicle. The system includes a sensor associated with at least one of the streetlights and configured to detect the presence of a moving vehicle an... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120025717 | INTELLIGENT LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM Multiple control modules (14, 16, 18) provide various power control functions including occupancy sensing, ambient light level sensing, manual touch switch (push button) preset stations, light dimming and power control relay switching. The control modules (14,... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120025716 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Disclosed is a backlight device that suppresses the increase of maximum power consumption. A light-emitting unit (121) is provided with a plurality of light-emitting areas that individually emit illumination light. A power estimation unit (136) estimates t... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120025715 | STABLIZED LIGHT SOURCE HAVING LUMINANCE FEEDBACK CONTROL An optical lighting apparatus having a constant luminance with a drive current controlled by a controller unit. A temperature controlled photodetector indirectly monitors the luminance and informs the controller when a change in luminance has occurred so that the contro... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120013257 | ILLUMINATION CONTROL NETWORK The present invention addresses the problem of providing illumination in a manner that is energy efficient and intelligent. In particular, the present invention uses distributed processing across a network of illuminators to control the illumination for a given environm... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120007512 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR DRIVING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE A power supply device for driving a light emitting diode (LED) capable of controlling the switching of multiple output powers, in synchronization with the frequency of one of the multiple output powers and simplifying a power conversion stage in supplying power for driv... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120007511 | AMBIENT AND TASK LEVEL LOAD CONTROL Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for cooperatively controlling ambient level lighting in a controlled area, and task level lighting for task areas in the controlled area, wherein each task area is a separ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110316428 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING BRIGHTNESS OF COLD-CATHODE FLUORESCENT LAMPS WITH WIDE DIMMING RANGE AND ADJUSTABLE MINIMUM BRIGHTNESS System and method for adjusting brightness of one or more cold-cathode fluorescent lamps. The system includes a voltage selector configured to receive a dimming voltage and a first threshold voltage and generate an output voltage. The output voltage is selected from a g... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110313254 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPIC APPARATUS An object is to provide a light source device that can readily synchronize the lighting cycle of light sources and the rotation cycle of a light guide rod. Provided is a light source device (10) that includes LEDs (11) arranged in the form of a ring and ea... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110304599 | LED Driving Device and Display Apparatus An embodiment of the present invention includes an LED driving device that causes a plurality of LEDs to emit light, wherein the device includes: an LED driving circuit configured to drive the LEDs so that at least one of the plurality of LEDs emits light as a first. LE... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110299689 | Flameless Candle with Multimedia Capabilities A flameless candle having speaker and lighting capability is provided. Multiple of such flameless candles can be used in a system to generate stereo or surround sound, as well as various lighting modes. The flameless candle or flameless candle system can have AM/FM radi... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110291572 | Display Drivers An active matrix display comprises a display area of the matrix comprising drive circuitry including a control circuit comprising chiplets outside the display area. The output of the control circuit is distributed among the plurality of chiplets. This arrangement is adv... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110291571 | INTELLIGENT ENERGY-SAVING LAMP An intelligent energy-saving lamp includes a power source circuit, a main control circuit, a lighting circuit, and an infrared sensor circuit. The outgoing line of the power source circuit is connected to the incoming line of the main control circuit. The outgoing line ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110291564 | LIGHT COLOR AND INTENSITY ADJUSTABLE LED An integrated photonic device includes a number of LEDs and a feedback mechanism that measures individual LED light outputs using a photo sensor via a light transmitter disposed in the vicinity of individual LEDs. A controller or driver adjusts a current driven to each ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110289658 | Helmet A helmet with an illumination device with at least one electric light source arranged on the outside of the helmet shell, a sensor for detecting the arrangement of the helmet on a head, an electric control device and an electric voltage source electrically connected wit... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110285295 | ARTIFICIAL SOLAR LIGHT SYSTEM USING A LIGHT EMITTING DIODE The present invention relates to an artificial solar light system, and more particularly, to an artificial solar light system using light emitting diodes. The present invention can provide an artificial solar light system using light emitting diodes, which can represent... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110285294 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PRECISION APPROACH PATH INDICATOR (LED PAPI) Described herein is a LED PAPI having an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs), the array of LEDs comprising a first set of LEDs emitting a first color and a second set of LEDs emitting a second color. Light from the array of LEDs passes through a pair of apertures sepa... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110279041 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTING METHOD THEREOF An illumination apparatus includes a power supply, a detection unit, a PWM unit, a constant current circuit and an illumination unit. The detection unit detects the brightness of the ambient light and generates a detecting signal according to the brightness of the ambie... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110266958 | AC LED APPARATUS An alternating-current (AC) light-emitting diode (LED) apparatus is disclosed. A rectifier rectifies a power AC voltage to generate a rectified voltage, which is monitored by a controller. A number of LEDs are electrically coupled between the rectified voltage and a gro... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110260626 | AMBIENCE LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE AND A METHOD OF OPERATING SUCH AN AMBIENCE LIGHTING SYSTEM This invention relates to an ambience lighting system for a display device, where light sources are mounted at the periphery or at the rear side of the display device for emitting an ambience light onto a wall behind the display device. An input means receives color inf... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110254453 | SYSTEM PROVIDING AUTOMATIC AND MANUAL CONTROL OF AN ILLUMINATION LEVEL IN A SPACE A method of controlling a light level in a space of a building, the method comprising the steps of measuring the light level in the space; automatically adjusting the light level in the space towards a control setpoint; receiving an input to manually override the light ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110248974 | BACKLIGHT DRIVE DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING SAME Backlight drive units included in a backlight drive device of at least one embodiment of the present invention each have a plurality of metal pads functioning as a plurality of address setting terminals. To provide a potential for setting a unique address by coming into... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110241552 | METHOD FOR MAXIMIZING THE PERFORMANCE OF A LUMINAIRE A method for maximizing the performance of a luminaire (1) emitting light is provided, which method comprises determining a target color point (T) corresponding to a predetermined color, providing a first light source (2) emitting light at a fixed referenc... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110215724 | SYSTEM AND METHODS OF INTELLIGENT ON/OFF MODES AND DIMMING FUNCTIONALITY FOR LIGHTING DEVICES The present invention provides a system for intelligently controlling the ON/OFF modes and dimming functionality for lighting devices with built in redundancy. The system comprises: a plurality of sensor banks having a plurality of sensors capable of operating over excl... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110210671 | FLASHING LIGHT MODULE FOR A TRAFFIC SAFETY CONE Flashing light module for a traffic safety cone has multiple stacked arrays of LED lights providing 360-degree visibility around the cone. The LED arrays are mounted onto a battery container, and a transparent or translucent housing covers the arrays and mounts onto the... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110204794 | Light control device for public lighting lamps A light control device for public lighting lamps (31), installed on carriageways (32) and provided with at least one light emitter (30) comprising a plurality of light sources (35) and a plurality of reflectors or mirrors (38, 39) hous... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110204795 | LIGHT EMISSION DRIVING DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE A light emission driving device sequentially on a time division basis drives a red light source 200R, a green light source 200G, and a blue light source 200B, to calculate a light emission amount control parameter PWM(k+1) for setting the light emis... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110204791 | Electrodeless Plasma Lamp Array An electrodeless plasma lamp array structure uses multiple plasma lamps to produce large amounts of electromagnetic radiation (visible, IR, UV, or a combination of visible, IR, and UV). An M by N array configuration is powered by either a single RF power source or multi... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110204796 | LIGHTING APPARAUTS Disclosed is a lighting device. The lighting device includes:
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