公开(公告)号：US20070043541A1

公开(公告)日：2007-02-22

申请号：US11479769

申请日：2006-06-30

申请人： Donald Cleland ,  Laurence Kubek ,  Carol Wong ,  Yong Cho ,  James Anderson ,  Colleen McCarthy ,  Pratibha Sharma ,  Gregory Jacklin ,  Gerald Kurz

发明人： Donald Cleland ,  Laurence Kubek ,  Carol Wong ,  Yong Cho ,  James Anderson ,  Colleen McCarthy ,  Pratibha Sharma ,  Gregory Jacklin ,  Gerald Kurz

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： H05B41/40 ,  H05B37/0281 ,  H05B41/3922 ,  Y02B20/42

摘要： Methods and corresponding systems for controlling a light fixture include a memory for storing data and software. A multi-tap capacitor has a plurality of tap capacitors integrated into a capacitor housing. A plurality of switches are each coupled to one of the plurality of tap capacitors for selectively coupling the tap capacitors together to produce a variable multi-tap capacitance. A processor is coupled to the memory and the switches to facilitate: detecting a trigger for changing a lumen level output by the light fixture; determining a new lumen level in response to the trigger; determining a capacitance value that corresponds to the new lumen level; and configuring the plurality of switches to produce the multi-tap capacitance that corresponds to the new lumen level. The processor can record data in the memory that represents times of lumen changes and switch settings, which data correlates to power consumption.

摘要翻译： 用于控制灯具的方法和相应系统包括用于存储数据和软件的存储器。 多抽头电容器具有集成到电容器壳体中的多个抽头电容器。 多个开关各自耦合到多个抽头电容器中的一个，用于选择性地将抽头电容器耦合在一起以产生可变的多抽头电容。 处理器耦合到存储器和开关，以便于：检测用于改变灯具输出的流明水平的触发器; 响应于触发器确定新的流明水平; 确定对应于新流明水平的电容值; 以及配置多个开关以产生对应于新流明水平的多抽头电容。 处理器可以在存储器中记录数据，该数据表示流明变化和开关设置的次数，这些数据与功耗相关。

公开(公告)号：US20070040513A1

公开(公告)日：2007-02-22

申请号：US11479764

申请日：2006-06-30

申请人： Donald Cleland ,  Laurence Kubek ,  Carol Wong ,  Gerald Kurz

发明人： Donald Cleland ,  Laurence Kubek ,  Carol Wong ,  Gerald Kurz

IPC分类号： H05B37/02

CPC分类号： G01J1/42 ,  G01J2001/4247 ,  H05B41/2882 ,  H05B41/2885 ,  H05B41/30 ,  H05B41/40 ,  Y02B20/202

摘要： 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 are each coupled to one of the plurality of tap capacitors for selectively coupling the tap capacitors together to produce a multi-tap capacitance corresponding to a configuration of the plurality of switches. A lamp is connected in series with the multi-tap capacitor and the ballast coil. A photometer is located to measure light intensity of the lamp and to produce a lumen output measurement. A memory is used to store a database having a plurality of lumen output measurements, each corresponding to a multi-tap capacitance corresponding to all configurations of the plurality of switches.

摘要翻译： 用于照明器的亮度表征的系统包括与镇流器线圈串联连接的镇流器线圈和多抽头电容器。 多抽头电容器具有集成到电容器壳体中的多个抽头电容器。 多个开关各自耦合到多个抽头电容器中的一个，用于选择性地将抽头电容器耦合在一起，以产生对应于多个开关的配置的多抽头电容。 灯与多抽头电容器和镇流器线圈串联连接。 光度计位于测量灯的光强度并产生流明输出测量。 存储器用于存储具有多个流明输出测量值的数据库，每个流明输出测量值对应于对应于多个开关的所有配置的多抽头电容。

公开(公告)号：US20070001833A1

公开(公告)日：2007-01-04

申请号：US11476498

申请日：2006-06-28

申请人： Pratibha Sharma ,  Gerald Kurz ,  Yong Cho ,  James Anderson ,  J. Anderson ,  Gregory Jacklin

发明人： Pratibha Sharma ,  Gerald Kurz ,  Yong Cho ,  James Anderson ,  J. Anderson ,  Gregory Jacklin

IPC分类号： B60Q1/26

CPC分类号： H01L31/02019

摘要： A method of compensating a photo sensor (and a corresponding photo sensor with compensation) insures the accuracy of the photo sensor, e.g., over environmental variations or photo cell variations. The method comprises: providing a first signal indicative of a light level; providing a second signal indicative of an environmental parameter, e.g., temperature; and calculating, responsive to the first signal and the second signal, a compensated signal that is indicative of an absolute light level. The calculating can be performed by a processor and utilize calibration and compensation information or parameters, which can be obtained experimentally.

摘要翻译： 补偿光传感器（以及具有补偿的相应的光传感器）的方法确保光传感器的准确性，例如超过环境变化或光电池变化。 该方法包括：提供指示光级的第一信号; 提供指示环境参数（例如温度）的第二信号; 以及响应于所述第一信号和所述第二信号，计算指示绝对光电平的补偿信号。 计算可以由处理器执行，并利用可以通过实验获得的校准和补偿信息或参数。