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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8084949 | Fluorescent ballast with inherent end-of-life protection A ballast with end-of-life (“EOL”) protection is presented in which the voltage across a lamp at EOL is controlled to prevent the lamp from overheating, while the voltage across the lamps not at EOL is maintained to allow normal operation of those lamps, and whe... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8067894 | Light source system A light source system capable of controlling a light emission amount of a light source section more accurately while keeping manufacturing costs low is provided. The light source system includes a light source, a light-sensing device detecting light from the light s... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7923936 | Flourescent lamp with integral proximity sensor for building energy management A fluorescent lamp sensor system is provided. The fluorescent lamp sensor system includes a plurality of bulbs and a plurality of electrodes coupled to the bulbs. A balanced differential circuit measures changes in electric fields produced by the bulbs in front of t... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923935 | Illumination control system for light emitters A lighting fixture (1010) has a fluorescent tube (1012) and a plurality of emitters (1022-1032). A color sensor (1016) detects light that has been totally internally reflected within a diffuser (1014) and provides a color fe... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7888877 | Light emitting diode lamp and illumination system A light emitting diode (LED) lamp electrically connected to a switch is provided. The LED lamp includes a lamp body, an LED array disposed inside the lamp body, and a current control circuit disposed inside the lamp body. The current control circuit is electrically ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7859193 | Illumination apparatus The present invention relates to an illumination apparatus comprising an LED light source which includes an LED chip and a sealing member containing a fluorescent material therein and sealing the LED chip and is configured to illuminate an object, and a light-transm... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7786678 | Feedback control system for controlling the light output of a LED unit The present invention relates to a control system (13) and method for controlling the light output of an emitting unit (11) having at least one LED (15) and emitting light of at least one color. The control system (13) comprises a feedbac... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7521872 | Integrated lamp with feedback and wireless control A lamp assembly (50) employs a reflector (52) defining a light reflecting area (53), and a heat sink (54) defining a circuit housing area (55). A LED assembly (51) is disposed within the light reflecting area (53) and... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7474059 | Fluorescent ballast with fiber optic and IR control A ballast with circuitry to allow the level of the lighting device to be adjusted, a separate direct current input and a sensing circuit within the ballast to lower the light level and thus the amount of power required from the direct current input when the normal l... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7446480 | Apparatus and method for switching a light source An apparatus and its corresponding method for switching a light source are provided. The apparatus includes a light sensor, a decision device and a light source. The light sensor senses the ambient luminance and outputs a sensing signal to indicate whether the lumin... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7436132 | Multi-way sensor switch A system for controlling a load circuit is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of multi-way sensor switches for mounting in an electrical boxes and coupling to the load circuit. Preferably, each of the multi-way sensor switches includes a tactile switch for m... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432659 | Back light unit and liquid crystal display device using the same A back light unit and an LCD device using the same in which current which flows in a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) is uniformly controlled having a small PCB is provided. The back light unit includes a plurality of LED arrays having LEDs and a detector w... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429828 | Method and system for luminance characterization A system for luminance characterization of a luminaire includes a ballast coil and a multi-tap capacitor connected in series with the ballast coil. The multi-tap capacitor has a plurality of tap capacitors integrated into a capacitor housing. A plurality of switches... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7405523 | Remote control of lighting An electronic ballast system controls one or more ballasts of HID or fluorescent lamps, which are controlled in an “on/off” manner by a ultra low power controller that is isolated for a primary power circuit or derives its very low switch power from the ballast ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7397202 | Brightness control circuit and backlight control module A brightness control circuit is used to control brightness of a light emitting module. A light sensor module generates a first current through itself according to a light intensity. A charging module is coupled between the light sensor module and the ground, and gen... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7372210 | Method and apparatus for lamp heat control A lamp drive circuit includes an electronic switch in series with the lamp and a source of DC voltage, a control input of the switch being pulse-width-modulated by a control circuit which includes a temperature-sensing circuit for reducing the pulse-width-modulation... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369903 | Method of and system for controlling an ambient light and lighting unit The invention relates to the on-line analysis of meta-data that is received together with a video signal. This analysis results in an adaptation of the lighting surrounding the presentation device (110). One or more characteristics of the meta-data are filter... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369060 | Distributed intelligence ballast system and extended lighting control protocol A ballast for use in a multi-ballast lighting system wherein the ballasts are coupled together by a digital communication network. The ballast comprises a power circuit portion for providing an electrical current to power a lamp. The ballast further includes a senso... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7355349 | Apparatus and methods for providing emergency safety lighting The present invention transforms existing electrical wall outlets into an emergency lighting system for homes, hospitals, hotels, nursing homes and businesses. The lighting device, designed as a replacement electrical wall outlet or receptacle, simply plugs into an ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352339 | Diffuse illumination systems and methods The systems and methods disclosed herein relate to sources of diffuse illumination for providing substantially uniform illumination to a surface. The diffuse illumination arises from varying the diffusion angle of light generated by an LED system. To vary the diffus... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349216 | Modular electronic device A modular electronic device is provided in a tubular form having a male bayonet connector at one end and a female bayonet connector at the other. A power and communications bus interconnects the connectors. An electronic circuit is located within the device in commu... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348960 | Backlight device and method for controlling light source brightness thereof A backlight device includes a light source module having a plurality of light sources, a detecting circuit, a control unit, and a pulse width modulation (PWM) driving circuit. The detecting circuit is used for detecting the brightness of the light source module and ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345430 | Electrical energy discharge control Systems and methods presented herein provide for the control of electrical energy discharge from an electrode. In this regard, a sensor detects electrical energy discharged from the electrode and generates an electronic signal representative of a detected electrical... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7327253 | Intruder detection and warning system An intruder detection and warning system has a plurality of infrared sensors for receiving infrared radiation from respective contiguous areas of premises in need of security. A central illumination unit including a rotatable light is operated to project a beam illu... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324076 | Methods and apparatus for setting the color point of an LED light source In one embodiment, a user-selected color point is received. RGB tristimulus values are then derived for the color point. It is also determined whether the user-selected color point is outside a color selection range of the LED light source and, if so, an error flag ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312773 | Illuminated wearable ornament An electronic ornament that can be worn or attached to or suspended from an object has an LED matrix (21) capable of displaying a user-selected message from a preprogrammed set of graphic symbols or a user-programmed arbitrary pattern or animation. A safety p... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7294979 | Light source module with temperature sensor A light source module includes a lamp assembly, at least one temperature sensor for monitoring a temperature of the lamp assembly, and a processor coupled to the temperature sensor and the lamp assembly, the processor being configured to operate the lamp assembly at... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294970 | LED driver device A light emitting diode (LED) driver drives a plurality of LEDs, and includes a plurality of LED drivers with inherent addresses thereof respectively driving the plurality of LEDs; a serial bus connected to the plurality of LED drivers; and a sequence controller seri... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287893 | Liquid crystal display, backlight of such display, and a method of lighting a liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes a backlight device which having a housing in which at least one tube-like fluorescent lamp is present. The housing forms a substantially dust-proof space. Part of the lamp extends outside the housing through a wall of the housing, w... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7277012 | Broad field motion detector A motion sensing system device and method which utilize dispersed ultrasonic radiation is disclosed. The system preferably comprises a low profile sensor unit configured to couple to a ceiling position. The sensor unit comprises an ultrasonic transmitter and an ultr... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271543 | Method for providing bi-level illumination in a stair well A bi-level illumination system for power conservation correlated to the needs of a building stairwell, which even during work hours is only nominal functioning as it does as a back-up to elevator-provided access to work areas, and requiring high level illumination d... | 09/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7224125 | Dimmable fluorescent lamp package A lamp package includes a base for insertion into an electrical socket, a complete dimmable ballast circuit contained within and electrically connected to the base, and a fluorescent lamp, including a CFLP, connected to and dimmed through the ballast circuit. The ba... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7211960 | Burglar-proof wireless light adjusting module A burglar-proof wireless light adjusting module is provided wherein a transmission socket of a control module is connected with a lamp and a local power, respectively, whereas a control socket at the other end is connected with a conventional switch. When the switch... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208913 | Electronic device with battery type and ambient temperature detection The present invention relates to an electronic device and a control method, in which operating conditions can be changed according to the type of battery. A CPU 41 reads from a memory a corresponding zoom speed set value, a brightness set value, or a strobe c... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205974 | Window brightness enhancement for lc display In a LCD monitor, a predetermined part (PA) of the displayed information is highlighted by causing the backlighting (BLU) to produce more light. The area outside the predetermined area (PA) is kept at a substantially constant brightness by adjusting the video data d... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202610 | Device and method for driving organic EL display A device and method for driving an organic EL display is disclosed, in which the device includes a photo converter sensing an intensity of external light, and converting the sensed light to an electric signal; an A/D converter converting the electric signal of the p... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200017 | Controller and driving method for supplying energy to display device circuitry A controller for controlling at least two power circuits comprises a phase-shift selector for generating a reference signal according to variable input signals, the reference signal is programmed to indicate an amount of phase-delay according to a number of CCFL pow... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7190126 | 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... | 03/13/2007 |
