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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7626339 | Daylight control system device and method A system and device for and a method of programming and controlling light fixtures is disclosed. A system in accordance with the present invention includes a stationary controller unit that is electrically coupled to the light fixtures. The stationary controller uni... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7514876 | Power source mounted to a fluorescent light The invention provides a power source that can be configured for being mounted to a fluorescent light. The internal electronics of the power source are contained within a housing. Attachment means are used to attach the housing to a fluorescent lamp. The attachment ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7321120 | Motion detector module A motion detector comprises a housing having a front side and a back side. Conductors are disposed on the back side so as to electrically connect to a wiring module installed within an electrical box. An infrared (IR) sensor is mounted within the housing and configu... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321109 | Characteristic and/or use-based electromagnetic radiation generation Method and system for generating electromagnetic radiation wherein one or more attributes of the electromagnetic radiation are adjusted based on a characteristic of the object being illuminated. The object characteristic can be obtained based on a sensed property of... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7247994 | Methods and apparatuses for mounting a wireless network component to a fluorescent light The invention provides methods and apparatuses for mounting a wireless network component to a fluorescent light. The internal electronics of the wireless network component are contained within a housing. Attachment means are used to attach the housing to a fluoresce... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242152 | Systems and methods of controlling light systems An embodiment of the invention is a system for generating control signals. The system may allow a user to generate an image, representation of an image, algorithm or other effect information. The effect information may then be converted to lighting control signals t... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239309 | Display drivers Display driver circuitry for electro-optic displays, in particular active matrix displays using organic light emitting diodes. The circuitry includes a driver to drive an electro-optic display element in accordance with a drive voltage, a photosensitive device optic... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235766 | Electromagnetic radiation generation based on an object characteristic Method and system for generating electromagnetic radiation wherein one or more attributes of the electromagnetic radiation are adjusted based on a characteristic of the object being illuminated. The object characteristic can be obtained based on a sensed property of... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233023 | Electro-optical device, driving circuit, and electronic apparatus To prevent an electrostatic discharge in transistors constituting a driving circuit built in a substrate. The shift register and the level shifter constituting a scanning line driving circuit include TFT elements respectively which employing the polysilicon layer fo... | 06/19/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7155296 | Configuration method for an installation comprising solar protection and/or lighting devices The configuration method for an installation comprising solar protection and/or lighting devices controlled by a central unit comprising a memory, microprocessor and a user interface, is characterized in that method comprises an iteration, over all of the solar prot... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7109880 | Ceiling mount light with 360-degree motion sensor A ceiling mount light with a single spherical lens with a 360-degree range viewing field to focus infrared energy into a motion sensor is provided. The ceiling mount light has a sensitivity regulating switch to adjust the level of sensitivity up to about 30 feet in ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7048382 | Recording length(s) of time high-temperature component operates in accordance with high-temperature policy A method of one embodiment is disclosed that records one or more lengths of time a high temperature component of a device operates in accordance with a high-temperature policy. An action is performed in response to at least one of the lengths of time being greater t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7038836 | Self-light emitting device and method of manufacturing the same To provide a process of successively forming from an EL layer, a cathode, a barrier layer and a cover layer in the same multi-chamber. By using a same film deposition method to form the EL layer and the cover layer, as shown in FIG. 1A, the EL layer, the cath... | 05/02/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6995519 | OLED display with aging compensation An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes an array of OLEDs, each OLED having two terminals; a voltage sensing circuit for each OLED including a transistor in each circuit connected to one of the terminals of a corresponding OLED for sensing the voltag... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6995753 | Display device and method of manufacturing the same There is provided a display device capable of automatically controlling a luminance in response to a brightness of a surrounding. The display device has a gamma correction circuit for converting an image signal voltage into a drive voltage for gray scale display and... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6979953 | Auto-operated dip switching mechanism An auto-operated dip switching mechanism includes a strong-light detector, a strong-light signal circuit, and a switching control circuit. The strong-light detector is mounted to a front end of a car to detect light projected from an opposite coming car. The strong-... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6974217 | Projector executing keystone correction An automatic keystone correction which enables even an inexperienced user to easily obtain an image corrected using the keystone distortion during a tilted projection. The projector detects varying of its elevation angle by using an elevation detecting module. When ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6972526 | Organic EL display device and driving circuits A drive current of every terminal pin is regulated according to data stored in a rewritable non-volatile memory by ON/OFF switching the data by a switch circuit. By writing data necessary for luminance regulation for correcting luminance variation or luminance uneve... | 12/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6956490 | Projector with consumable component having memory device A system includes a projector having a consumable component such, as a lamp. The consumable component includes a memory device. An application on the projector has access to the memory device. Additionally, a user interface, updated by the application, is configured... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6717660 | System for monitoring and testing of light sources A light monitoring system provides a sensing unit coupled to a luminaire. The sensing unit monitors both the input and the output of the luminaire for both current and voltage. In this manner, a variety of problems with the luminaire can be detected by the sensor an... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6703788 | Wireless lighting system A wireless lighting system for providing convenient illumination where needed with centralized control. The wireless lighting system includes a main transmitter assembly providing a centralized control capability; including a housing defining an interior ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6525478 | Device for checking the evaluation circuit for automatic switching operations of illumination device in vehicles A device for checking the evaluation circuit for automatic switching operations of the illumination devices in vehicles. A sensor device contains a global sensor for detecting the light conditions in the environment of the vehicle and a directional sensor... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6495973 | Lighting control system and method A lighting control system for maintaining a predetermined light level in a lighting zone illuminated by both natural and artificial light includes a CPU connected to an electrical power source and to an electric light. The CPU directs a predetermined init... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6404143 | Method for starting up the electrical equipment of a lighting system The invention relates to a starting-up method for a lighting system, which has a plurality of luminaries (L1; L2; L3; L4; L5; L6) which are fitted with lamps (LP1; LP2; LP3; LP4; LP5; LP6; LP7; LP8) and electric equipment for operating these lamps, a cont... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6362573 | Apparatus and method for monitoring the life of arc lamp bulbs An apparatus and method are described for monitoring the life of an arc lamp bulb. The apparatus includes a memory that stores a threshold property value. An arc lamp bulb property sensor acquires a current arc lamp bulb property value. A control circuit ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6275163 | Automatic switch dimmer device An occupancy sensor and an automatic dimmer are connected in series with a light source. The detection of motion in the viewing area of the sensor starts the automatic dimmer which moves from its minimum brightness level to its maximum brightness level. O... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6255784 | Photopic brightness controller for fluorescent backlights A photopic light sensor for controlling the apparent brightness to a human observer of a fluorescent backlight uses a broad spectrum photodiode and a daylight-filtered photodiode, the latter sensing predominantly the infrared region of the broad spectrum.... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6246174 | Device for controlling the brightness of an instrumentation light of an automobile A device for controlling the brightness of dashboard lights in a motor vehicle is described, where an optoelectric receiver adjusts the light intensity of the dashboard lights with the output signal as a function of ambient brightness. To obtain an automa... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6201351 | Ceiling fan with a light-sensitive circuit A ceiling fan assembly includes a fan and a light-sensitive circuit for controlling an illumination level of a light as a function of an ambient illumination level surrounding the ceiling fan assembly by selectively controlling or fixing a conduction phas... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6114813 | Light sensitive dimmer switch circuit A light sensitive dimmer switch circuit for controlling the illumination level of a light as a function of the ambient illumination level surrounding the dimmer switch circuit by selectively controlling an AC power signal provided to the light includes a ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6025679 | Lighting space controller An illumination control system uses two photocells, one directed toward an illuminated lamp and the other directed from the ceiling downwardly into the illuminated zone. A feedback signal is derived from the two photocell signals and a reference intercept... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6005350 | Electroluminescent driving apparatus with photodetector An EL driving apparatus is composed of a display portion, a photodiode as changing means for changing a reference voltage for controlling an increased voltage based on ambient brightness and a control portion for controlling the timing of discharging base... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5977878 | Control switch apparatus operable by an object placed adjacent thereto and spaced therefrom A "no touch", two state switch is controlled by light emitted thereby which is reflected back to the switch to actuate or deactuate the switch when reflected by a hand or other object spaced from but adjacent to the switch.... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5789869 | Light sensitive dimmer switch circuit A light sensitive dimmer switch circuit for controlling the illumination level of a light as a function of the ambient illumination level surrounding the dimmer switch circuit by selectively controlling an AC power signal provided to the light includes a ... | 08/04/1998 |
