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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8110995 | Illumination system comprising a plurality of light sources An illumination system (1) comprises a plurality of light sources (11, 12, 13), each provided with a driver (21, 22, 23); a controller (30) for generating control signals (Sc1, Sc2>Sc3) for controlling the... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7825602 | Outdoor lighting system with controlled luminance An outdoor lighting system comprises an outdoor light source, a luminance control device, a detection apparatus, a communication network and a main controlling system. The detection apparatus is configured for detecting a luminance of the light source and generating... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7804252 | Two way lighting control system with dual illumination sources A two way lighting control system with dual illumination sources, including a lighting unit, a photocell, a motion sensor, and at least one light source base. The lighting unit includes two light source loads. The high wattage light source load is the first light so... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7429827 | Solar powered light assembly to produce light of varying colours A garden light 10 having a body (11) with a post (12), the lower end of which is provided with a spike (13). The upper end of the post (11) receives a lens assembly (12). Secured to the lens assembly (12) is a cap ass... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7397205 | Illumination brightness and color control system and method therefor An illumination brightness and color control system for adjusting the illumination of a plurality of point light sources and method therefor are provided, implemented in a time division manner. A single photosensor senses and samples a point light source for the lum... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7307384 | Circuit having a second ac/dc converter A circuit includes a converter for converting an a.c. voltage into a d.c. voltage. The converter has a diode half-bridge, a switch half-bridge, and two d.c. rails. Further, the converter has a second converter for converting the a.c. voltage into a second d.c. volta... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7231060 | Systems and methods of generating control signals Separating a source in a stereo signal having a left channel and a right channel includes transforming the signal into a short-time transform domain; computing a short-time similarity measure between the left channel and the right channel; classifying portions of th... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7108413 | Sampling for color control feedback using an optical cable Light is mixed within a mixing cavity. Light is transported from the mixing cavity, through an optical cable, to a color sensor. The transported light is sampled by the color sensor. Light color within the mixing cavity is controlled based on information from the tr... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7045974 | LED optical energy detection and feedback system A system for the throughput detection and feedback of optical energy for making sure of white balance of the LED array in a flat fluorescent light source when the LED array in emitting light by respectively connecting in series a selected LED lamp respectively from ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7038398 | Kinetic illumination system and methods The present invention relates to methods of creating eye-catching displays by taking advantage of color-changing illumination provided by LED systems disclosed herein. Displays can be made to appear to change color or to move simply by changing the color of the ligh... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038399 | Methods and apparatus for providing power to lighting devices Methods and apparatus for providing power to devices via an A.C. power source, and for facilitating the use of LED-based light sources on A.C. power circuits that provide signals other than standard line voltages. In one example, LED-based light sources may be coupl... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034950 | Laser grid for measuring distance The laser grid (1) permits a single-sided installation in order to record a person or object in the monitoring area. The grid operates using punctiform sensor units (3), each including at least one laser diode and two photosensitive pixels. The sensor ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6995525 | Light display with color and clear lights A light display power box receives a string of clear and a string of colored lights thereby displaying clear and colored lights simultaneously to form selected light display patterns. The light display power box includes a plurality of outlets for receiving at least... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6984944 | Controlling device for use with exterior landscape lighting assemblies A controlling device for use with an exterior landscape lighting assembly. The lighting assembly includes a transformer having an input line connected to an electrical power source. The transformer converts a primary electrical load to a secondary electrical load wh... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6969954 | Automatic configuration systems and methods for lighting and other applications A system and method for automatic configuration of devices that comprises a receiver for receiving information from a device that uniquely identifies the device, a controller capable of assigning an address to the device, and a communication link for transmitting sa... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6880957 | Lighting apparatus with electronic shadow compensation An electronic lighting apparatus with at least one multiple position adjustable lighting pod. Each lighting pod includes at least one variable intensity light source and a proximity sensor for detecting objects interposed between the lighting pod and a work field. E... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6577067 | Switching system using laser induced discharge A switching system using laser induced discharge is provided which is capable of reliable switching with a simple structure, multiple switching for a number of circuits, good synchronization and no switching time delay among circuits. In the switching sys... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6097302 | System and method for monitoring a plural segment light-emitting display A monitoring system for a display unit includes phototransistors for detecting light emitted from a plurality of selectively energizable light-emitting diode (LED) segments in an energized state and for generating a voltage which is representative of the ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5828178 | High intensity discharge lamp color Apparatus for monitoring and controlling the operation of one or more high intensity discharge (HID) lamps. An electronic HID lamp power supply is electrically connected to a power source and to the HID lamps. For each lamp, one or more sensors produce on... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5633565 | Electronic flasher circuit An electrical flasher circuit has improved operating characteristics, in particular by providing continuous illumination for a long period of time from a fully charged solar battery. The circuit employs a solar battery recharging circuit component that ac... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5453731 | Automotive switch lighted with integral diodes A two color, light emitting diode having a green diode and a red diode therein is incorporated with a control switch for an automotive accessory. The control switch is normally green in color providing a finger target when the system is not operated becau... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5418432 | Variable color luminaire A variable color luminaire is arranged for controlling a plurality of light sources of different emission colors to be at predetermined dimming levels by means of dimmers, performing a comparison operation to obtain a quantity-of-light ratio and a referen... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5280220 | Remote controlled, solar and battery powered lights An electrical device such as a lamp is energized and deenergized remotely by a system in which pulses of different duration are transmitted to a receiver unit capable of discriminating between the length of the pulses in order to switch between an "on" mo... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5149187 | Lighting system for use in vehicle cabin A lighting system for use in a vehicle cabin comprises a plurality of first lamps which are arranged between a roof and a plane including an eye point of a seat occupant for illuminating predetermined surfaces, and at least one second lamp for illuminatin... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5068767 | Automatic focus position adjusting unit for use in shadowless lighting device An automatic focus position adjusting unit for use in a shadowless lighting device for medical purposes includes a sensor, a start switch, a start processor, and a direction adjuster. The unit also includes a focus mover, a peak detector, and an adjustmen... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5012160 | Accordion mount for solar cells including point-of-purchase display with leds A display assembly particularly for the point-of-purchase field utilizes a light source to power the display. A solar cell is electrically connected, through a simple flashing circuit, to an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs). The diodes have a current... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4922154 | Chromatic lighting display A chromatic lighting display utilizes a plurality of light-producing elements positioned to be visually accessed by a user, the elements arranged in co-extensive and diverse positions, controlled in light-emitting intensities and colors by a centrally loc... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4884008 | Auto-adjustable operating room light To provide for automatic adjustment of the light field of an operating room light in accordance with manual positioning of the light, an electrical servo control loop positions the respective lamps and/or deflection mirrors of circularly placed light sour... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4853600 | Flash apparatus with color temperature control The illumination device includes a charging part, an energy storage device, a flash tube and an amplitude control device, by means of which the energy storage device can be charged to different voltages. A time control device is superposed upon the amplit... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4810937 | Multicolor optical device A multicolor optical device having at least three optically stable states includes a plurality of pairs of associated light sensors and light sources for emitting light of respectively different colors when activated. Each light source is divided by an op... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4771301 | Apparatus for flash photography An apparatus for flash photography being of the type in which for one shot a number of different flash tubes are time-serially fired and the amount of flash light emitted from each flash tube is controlled in accordance with a respective arbitrarily chose... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4727290 | Automatic vehicle headlamp dimming control An automatic vehicle headlamp dimming control is the type having an operator controlled first voltage divider across a power supply, a light sensitive resistance connected in electrical series with an electrically controlled variable resistance in a secon... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4686425 | Multicolor display device A multicolor display device having seven illuminated optically stable states includes three triads of associated electro-optical components. In each triad, a light sensor is electrically coupled with a display light emitting diode and auxiliary light emit... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4516055 | Electronic display dimming circuit A display dimming circuit is disclosed which provides a coordinated automatic display brightness level adjustment for a plurality of instruments associated within the same general region. Its use in an aircraft cockpit, for example, allows the left, or ca... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4485336 | Electronic flash device In an electronic flash device for use in a still camera, a calculation circuit means calculates a ratio of the amounts of light to be emitted by a plurality of flash light tubes on the basis of color temperature information and control circuit means contr... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4415247 | Electric flash apparatus The invention provides an electric flash apparatus comprising a first flash unit incorporated into a camera, a second flash unit mounted detachably and outwardly on said camera, light quantity control means for controlling flash light of said first and se... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4368966 | Photographic system including remote controllable flash unit A photographic system including a flash unit wirelessly controlled. The system comprises a controller interlocked with the photographic camera and a flash unit operable in response to the controller to illuminate object. Start and stop of flashing of the ... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4360764 | Flash unit having plural flashlamps An electronic flash unit is disclosed which includes one flashlamp arranged to illuminate an object from the front side thereof and another flashlamp which is rotatably mounted and arranged to direct light at an angle such as to illuminate the object afte... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4354141 | Electric flash device for camera An electric flash device for camera of the present invention comprises, substantially, a first flash unit incorporated into a camera, and a second flash unit operated associating with the flash operation of the first flash unit, said second flash unit com... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4337416 | Electric flash apparatus An electric flash apparatus of the present invention comprises a first flashing member having at least one first flash tube, a second flashing member having at least one second flash tube and a flash control arrangement for controlling flashing of said fl... | 06/29/1982 |
