CONTROLLING AT LEAST TWO SERIES-CONNECTED LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES OF A LIGHTING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20210160988A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-27

    申请号:US16633174

    申请日:2018-07-23

    发明人: Sebastian Jooss

    IPC分类号: H05B45/48 H05B45/18 H05B45/14

    摘要: A method for controlling at least two light-emitting diodes connected in series of a circuit assembly of a lighting device may include supplying the light-emitting diodes with a specifiable current by means of a controllable current source unit. The method may include connecting a bypass element in parallel with at least one of the light emitting diodes. The method may include detecting an electric supply voltage to the series circuit of the light-emitting diodes and the current source circuit, and controlling an electric conductivity of the bypass element based on the detected electric supply voltage and/or the light-emitting diode current.

    Controlling at least two series-connected light-emitting diodes of a lighting device

    公开(公告)号:US11343893B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-24

    申请号:US16633174

    申请日:2018-07-23

    发明人: Sebastian Jooss

    摘要: A method for controlling at least two light-emitting diodes connected in series of a circuit assembly of a lighting device may include supplying the light-emitting diodes with a specifiable current by means of a controllable current source unit. The method may include connecting a bypass element in parallel with at least one of the light emitting diodes. The method may include detecting an electric supply voltage to the series circuit of the light-emitting diodes and the current source circuit, and controlling an electric conductivity of the bypass element based on the detected electric supply voltage and/or the light-emitting diode current.

    Method for Operating a Sensor Arrangement Having at least Two LIDAR Sensors and Sensor Arrangement

    公开(公告)号:US20210011129A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-14

    申请号:US16766773

    申请日:2018-11-06

    发明人: Andre Nauen

    摘要: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a sensor arrangement including a first LIDAR and at least a second LIDAR sensor, wherein the first LIDAR sensor and the second LIDAR sensor(s) each repeatedly carry out measurements, wherein the measurements of the first and the second LIDAR sensors are carried out in respective first and second measuring time windows, at the beginning of which respective measurement beams are emitted by the first and the second LIDAR sensors and a check is made as to whether at least one reflected beam portion of the respective measurement beams is detected within the respective measuring first or second time windows.

    Distance measurement unit
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12013490B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-18

    申请号:US16762250

    申请日:2018-10-31

    发明人: Andre Nauen

    摘要: Various implementations disclosed herein include a distance measuring unit for signal transition time-based measurement of a distance to an object located in a detection field, with an emitter unit with multiple emitters, each designed to emit pulses in the form of electromagnetic radiation, a receiver unit for receiving the electromagnetic radiation after a distance-dependent transition time, and a tiltable mirror, wherein the distance measuring unit is configured such that a first of the emitters emits multiple pulses sequentially via the mirror, including at a first time in a first solid angle segment in a first angular position of the mirror, and at a second time in a second solid angle segment in a second angular position of the mirror; and a second of the emitters also emits a pulse in at least one of the solid angle segments via the mirror.

    Stochastically clocked image generation of a LIDAR system

    公开(公告)号:US11567174B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US16644534

    申请日:2018-08-08

    发明人: Andre Nauen

    摘要: A method for operating a sensor system may include predefining a spatial region to be detected in the surroundings of a light emission device, scanning the predefined spatial region by light beams emitted by the light emission device in different spatial directions, driving an emitter with a control unit based on a random component, emitting light beams from the emitter in the direction of a scanning unit at random points in time, and deflecting the light beams, using the scanning unit, in the different spatial directions along which the light beams leave the light emission device. The sensor system may include the control unit and the light emission device where the light emission device includes the emitter and the scanning unit.