公开(公告)号：US08729835B2

公开(公告)日：2014-05-20

申请号：US13442354

申请日：2012-04-09

申请人： Robert Henig ,  David Fowler ,  Jeremy Stieglitz ,  David Leonard ,  Mark Covaro

发明人： Robert Henig ,  David Fowler ,  Jeremy Stieglitz ,  David Leonard ,  Mark Covaro

IPC分类号： H05B37/02 ,  H05B39/00

CPC分类号： H05B37/0254

摘要： A lighting system for areal illumination is disclosed which may include a remote driver and a plurality of fixtures including luminaires. The luminaires may include a light source whose output light level can be adjusted, a light sensor co-located therewith adapted to measure light received from adjacent fixtures. The remote driver may provide power for the light sources of the luminaires.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于面照明的照明系统，其可以包括远程驱动器和包括灯具的多个固定装置。 灯具可以包括其输出光水平可以被调节的光源，与其共同定位的光传感器适于测量从相邻固定装置接收的光。 远程驱动器可以为灯具的光源提供电力。

公开(公告)号：US08710772B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-29

申请号：US13409778

申请日：2012-03-01

申请人： Robert Henig ,  David Fowler ,  Jeremy Stieglitz ,  David Leonard ,  Mark Covaro

发明人： Robert Henig ,  David Fowler ,  Jeremy Stieglitz ,  David Leonard ,  Mark Covaro

IPC分类号： H05B37/02 ,  H05B39/00

CPC分类号： H05B37/0254

摘要： A lighting system for areal illumination is disclosed which includes a remote driver and a plurality of fixtures including luminaires, control devices, and/or standalone sensors. The luminaires include a light source whose output light level can be adjusted, a light sensor co-located therewith adapted to measure light received from adjacent fixtures, and a microcontroller capable of transmitting the output of the light sensor over wires to the remote driver. The remote driver is capable of bidirectional communication with the luminaires and provides independently controllable power for the light sources of the luminaires. A movable orb region containing luminaires can also be defined and the light levels of individual luminaires can be set according to their location within the orb region.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于面照明的照明系统，其包括远程驱动器和包括灯具，控制装置和/或独立传感器的多个固定装置。 灯具包括可以调节其输出光级的光源，与其相适配的适于测量从相邻固定装置接收的光的光传感器以及能够通过导线将光传感器的输出传输到远程驱动器的微控制器。 远程驱动器能够与灯具双向通信，并为照明设备的光源提供独立可控的电源。 还可以限定包含灯具的活动的圆周区域，并且可以根据它们在球体区域内的位置来设定单个灯具的光级。

公开(公告)号：US20110031897A1

公开(公告)日：2011-02-10

申请号：US12538806

申请日：2009-08-10

申请人： Robert HENIG ,  David Fowler ,  Jeremy Stieglitz ,  David Leonard ,  Mark Covaro

发明人： Robert HENIG ,  David Fowler ,  Jeremy Stieglitz ,  David Leonard ,  Mark Covaro

IPC分类号： H05B37/02

CPC分类号： H05B37/0254

摘要： A lighting system for areal illumination is disclosed which includes a remote driver and a plurality of fixtures including luminaires, control devices, and/or standalone sensors. The luminaires include a light source whose output light level can be adjusted, a light sensor co-located therewith adapted to measure light received from adjacent fixtures, and a microcontroller capable of transmitting the output of the light sensor over wires to the remote driver. The remote driver is capable of bidirectional communication with the luminaires and provides independently controllable power for the light sources of the luminaires. A method of commissioning a lighting system is also disclosed which includes installing a plurality of luminaires above the area to be illuminated, causing a light source co-located with each luminaire to emit a signal, detecting the signal at light sensors co-located with each luminaire, converting the signals obtained by the light sensors into distance measurements between luminaires, creating a map recording the relative location of luminaires, and assigning luminaires to groups based on their relative locations in the map. A movable orb region large enough to containing a plurality of luminaires can also be defined and the light levels of individual luminaires can be set according to a defined mathematical function of their location within the orb region, where the defined mathematical function sets light levels which vary from the center to the periphery of said orb region.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于面照明的照明系统，其包括远程驱动器和包括灯具，控制装置和/或独立传感器的多个固定装置。 灯具包括可以调节其输出光级的光源，与其相适配的适于测量从相邻固定装置接收的光的光传感器以及能够通过导线将光传感器的输出传输到远程驱动器的微控制器。 远程驱动器能够与灯具双向通信，并为照明设备的光源提供独立可控的电源。 还公开了一种调试照明系统的方法，其包括将多个灯具安装在要照明的区域上方，从而使与每个照明器共处的光源发出信号，在与每个灯共同定位的光传感器处检测信号 将由光传感器获得的信号转换成照明器之间的距离测量，创建记录照明器的相对位置的地图，以及基于其在地图中的相对位置将灯具分配给组。 还可以限定足够大以容纳多个灯具的可移动的圆周区域，并且可以根据它们在球体区域内的位置的规定的数学函数来设置单个灯具的光级，其中定义的数学函数设置变化的光级 从所述球体区域的中心到周边。

公开(公告)号：US08230148B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-24

申请号：US13082957

申请日：2011-04-08

申请人： Robert Henig

发明人： Robert Henig

IPC分类号： G06F13/24

CPC分类号： H05B33/0842 ,  G06F13/24 ,  G06F13/4282 ,  H04L1/0041 ,  H05B37/0254

摘要： Systems and methods for transmitting and processing interrupts by embedding interrupt information into a serial data stream are disclosed. An event is detected and converted into an interrupt signal. The interrupt signal is converted into a special interrupt character or symbol sequence. The special interrupt character or symbol sequence is embedded into a serial data stream at the next available character or symbol boundary and transmitted to a receiving controller. The receiving controller strips the special interrupt character or symbol sequence from the serial data stream and raises a corresponding interrupt. The receiving controller processes the interrupt by interrupting normal processing to run an interrupt subroutine. Once the receiver has detected and raised an interrupt, it can return an acknowledgement character or symbol sequence by the same mechanism. The transmitter can repeat the interrupt embedding and transmission if it fails to receive the acknowledgement within a predetermined period of time.

摘要翻译： 公开了通过将中断信息嵌入串行数据流来发送和处理中断的系统和方法。 检测到事件并将其转换为中断信号。 中断信号转换成特殊的中断字符或符号序列。 特殊中断字符或符号序列被嵌入到下一个可用字符或符号边界的串行数据流中，并发送到接收控制器。 接收控制器从串行数据流中剥去特殊的中断字符或符号序列，并引发相应的中断。 接收控制器通过中断正常处理来运行中断子程序来处理中断。 一旦接收机检测到并产生中断，它可以通过相同的机制返回确认字符或符号序列。 如果发送器在预定时间段内未能接收到确认，则可以重复中断嵌入和传输。

公开(公告)号：US20110241567A1

公开(公告)日：2011-10-06

申请号：US12753376

申请日：2010-04-02

申请人： Mark Covaro ,  Robert Henig ,  Amro A. Younes

发明人： Mark Covaro ,  Robert Henig ,  Amro A. Younes

IPC分类号： H05B41/36

CPC分类号： H05B41/3927

摘要： A system may be provided for controlling an amount of light generated by multiple fluorescent lamps based on a desired light level. A dimming circuit may vary the amount of light generated by at least one of the fluorescent lamps based on the desired light level if the desired light level is in a first range of light level values. The fluorescent lamps remain lit as the amount of light generated by the lamps is varied. A switch circuit may switch off a first subset of the fluorescent lamps while a second subset of the fluorescent lamps remains lit if the desired light level is in a second range of light level values. The second range of light level values indicates less light is desired than the first range of light level values indicates.

摘要翻译： 可以提供一种系统，用于基于期望的光水平来控制由多个荧光灯产生的光量。 如果期望的光水平处于第一光级值范围内，调光电路可以基于所需的光级别改变由至少一个荧光灯产生的光的量。 随着灯的光量变化，荧光灯保持点亮。 如果期望的光水平处于第二光度值范围，则开关电路可以关闭荧光灯的第一子集，而荧光灯的第二子集保持点亮。 第二范围的光级值表示比光级值第一范围指示的光要少。

公开(公告)号：US08981913B2

公开(公告)日：2015-03-17

申请号：US13025389

申请日：2011-02-11

申请人： Robert Henig ,  David Fowler ,  Deepak Nulu ,  David Leonard ,  Carl P. Zwanzig

发明人： Robert Henig ,  David Fowler ,  Deepak Nulu ,  David Leonard ,  Carl P. Zwanzig

IPC分类号： H05B37/02

CPC分类号： H05B37/0272 ,  H05B37/0218 ,  H05B37/0227 ,  Y02B20/46

摘要： Commissioning a lighting system is disclosed. A user can be provided with a pointing device capable of emitting or returning a signal which can be received by detectors co-located with each fixture in the lighting system. The user can add a fixture to a group by aiming the pointing device at the fixture when the fixture is not assigned to the group, and the user can remove a fixture from a group in the same way when the fixture was previously assigned to the group. Additional user gestures are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 公开了照明系统的调试。 用户可以设置有能够发射或返回信号的指示装置，该信号可以由与照明系统中的每个灯具共同定位的检测器接收。 当夹具未分配给组时，用户可以通过将定位设备瞄准固定装置来将组件添加到组中，并且当夹具先前被分配给组时，用户可以以相同的方式从组中移除固定装置 。 还公开了另外的用户手势。

公开(公告)号：US20120194083A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-02

申请号：US13442354

申请日：2012-04-09

申请人： Robert Henig ,  David Fowler ,  Jeremy Stieglitz ,  David Leonard ,  Mark Covaro

发明人： Robert Henig ,  David Fowler ,  Jeremy Stieglitz ,  David Leonard ,  Mark Covaro

IPC分类号： H05B37/02

CPC分类号： H05B37/0254

摘要： A lighting system for areal illumination is disclosed which may include a remote driver and a plurality of fixtures including luminaires. The luminaires may include a light source whose output light level can be adjusted, a light sensor co-located therewith adapted to measure light received from adjacent fixtures. The remote driver may provide power for the light sources of the luminaires.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于面照明的照明系统，其可以包括远程驱动器和包括灯具的多个固定装置。 灯具可以包括其输出光水平可以被调节的光源，与其共同定位的光传感器适于测量从相邻固定装置接收的光。 远程驱动器可以为灯具的光源提供电力。

公开(公告)号：US20110101872A1

公开(公告)日：2011-05-05

申请号：US12609695

申请日：2009-10-30

申请人： Robert Henig

发明人： Robert Henig

IPC分类号： G06F13/24 ,  H04L1/18 ,  G06F11/14 ,  H05B37/02

CPC分类号： H04L1/188 ,  G06F13/24 ,  H05B37/0254

摘要： Systems and methods for transmitting and processing interrupts by embedding interrupt information into a serial data stream are disclosed. An event is detected and converted into an interrupt signal. The interrupt signal is converted into a special interrupt character or symbol sequence. The special interrupt character or symbol sequence is embedded into a serial data stream at the next available character or symbol boundary and transmitted to a receiving controller. The receiving controller strips the special interrupt character or symbol sequence from the serial data stream and raises a corresponding interrupt. The receiving controller processes the interrupt by interrupting normal processing to run an interrupt subroutine. Once the receiver has detected and raised an interrupt, it can return an acknowledgement character or symbol sequence by the same mechanism. The transmitter can repeat the interrupt embedding and transmission if it fails to receive the acknowledgement within a predetermined period of time.

摘要翻译： 公开了通过将中断信息嵌入串行数据流来发送和处理中断的系统和方法。 检测到事件并将其转换为中断信号。 中断信号转换成特殊的中断字符或符号序列。 特殊中断字符或符号序列被嵌入到下一个可用字符或符号边界的串行数据流中，并发送到接收控制器。 接收控制器从串行数据流中剥去特殊的中断字符或符号序列，并引发相应的中断。 接收控制器通过中断正常处理来运行中断子程序来处理中断。 一旦接收机检测到并产生中断，它可以通过相同的机制返回确认字符或符号序列。 如果发送器在预定时间段内未能接收到确认，则可以重复中断嵌入和传输。

公开(公告)号：US20110199020A1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-18

申请号：US12708460

申请日：2010-02-18

申请人： Robert Henig ,  David Fowler ,  Deepak Nulu ,  David Leonard

发明人： Robert Henig ,  David Fowler ,  Deepak Nulu ,  David Leonard

IPC分类号： H05B37/02 ,  H05B39/00

CPC分类号： H05B37/0245

摘要： A method of commissioning a lighting system is disclosed. A user is provided with a pointing device capable of emitting or returning a signal which can be received by detectors co-located with each fixture in the lighting system. The user can add a fixture to a group by aiming the pointing device at the fixture when the fixture is not assigned to the group, and the user can remove a fixture from a group in the same way when the fixture was previously assigned to the group. This commissioning method can be used with a lighting system comprising a central control unit and a plurality of fixtures comprising luminaires, optional control devices, and optional standalone sensors, wherein each fixture includes a co-located sensor capable of receiving the signal emitted by the pointing device, and a central control unit which can communicate bidirectionally with each fixture. Additional user gestures are disclosed together with methods for the central control unit to acknowledge gestures. Additional communications methods among components of the lighting system are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种调试照明系统的方法。 用户设置有能够发射或返回信号的指示装置，该信号可由与照明系统中的每个固定装置共处的检测器接收。 当夹具未分配给组时，用户可以通过将定位设备瞄准固定装置来将组件添加到组中，并且当夹具先前被分配给组时，用户可以以相同的方式从组中移除固定装置 。 该调试方法可以与包括中央控制单元和包括照明器，可选控制装置和可选的独立传感器的多个固定装置的照明系统一起使用，其中每个固定装置包括共同位置的传感器，其能够接收由指示物发出的信号 装置以及可与每个夹具双向通信的中央控制单元。 公开了附加用户手势以及中央控制单元承认手势的方法。 还公开了照明系统的组件之间的附加通信方法。

公开(公告)号：US20110199004A1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-18

申请号：US13025389

申请日：2011-02-11

申请人： Robert Henig ,  David Fowler ,  Deepak Nulu ,  David Leonard ,  Carl P. Zwanzig

发明人： Robert Henig ,  David Fowler ,  Deepak Nulu ,  David Leonard ,  Carl P. Zwanzig

IPC分类号： H05B37/02

CPC分类号： H05B37/0272 ,  H05B37/0218 ,  H05B37/0227 ,  Y02B20/46

摘要： Commissioning a lighting system is disclosed. A user can be provided with a pointing device capable of emitting or returning a signal which can be received by detectors co-located with each fixture in the lighting system. The user can add a fixture to a group by aiming the pointing device at the fixture when the fixture is not assigned to the group, and the user can remove a fixture from a group in the same way when the fixture was previously assigned to the group. Additional user gestures are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 公开了照明系统的调试。 用户可以设置有能够发射或返回信号的指示装置，该信号可以由与照明系统中的每个灯具共同定位的检测器接收。 当夹具未分配给组时，用户可以通过将定位设备瞄准固定装置来将组件添加到组中，并且当夹具先前被分配给组时，用户可以以相同的方式从组中移除固定装置 。 还公开了另外的用户手势。