Recessed luminaire
First Claim
1. A two-component luminaire with a total light output having a total photometric distribution for illuminating an architectural space, comprising:
- a housing, including at least a panel that faces the architectural space, whereina peripheral edge of the housing forms an output aperture that faces the architectural space, a first edge segment of the peripheral edge bounding a first panel section of the panel, a second edge segment of the peripheral edge being across the output aperture from the first edge segment, anda plane normal to the panel and bisecting in half the output aperture defines a boundary between an indirect lighting region and a direct lighting region, wherein the first edge segment and first panel section are within the direct lighting region, and the second edge segment is within the indirect lighting region;
a diffuser positioned within the housing;
a primary optical subsystem that isarranged within the housing behind the first panel section so as to be hidden from view when viewed from the direct lighting region through the aperture perpendicularly to the panel, andconfigured to generate and emit light having a primary photometric distribution through the output aperture into the indirect lighting region; and
a secondary optical subsystem, disposed within the housing and configured to generate and emit light having a secondary photometric distribution through the output aperture, wherein;
a majority of light from the secondary optical subsystem passes through the diffuser prior to emitting through the output aperture;
a majority of light from the primary optical subsystem does not pass through the diffuser prior to emitting through the output aperture; and
the primary optical subsystem contributes more than 50% of the total light output of the two-component luminaire and wherein the total photometric distribution is asymmetric relative to the plane normal to the panel such that more light of the total light output is directed into the indirect lighting region compared to the direct lighting region.
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Abstract
A two-component luminaire for illuminating an architectural space includes a housing with a panel that faces the architectural space. A peripheral edge of the housing, having first and second edge segments, forms an output aperture that faces the architectural space. A plane bisecting the output aperture defines a boundary between an indirect lighting region and a direct lighting region. The luminaire includes a primary optical subsystem arranged within the housing so as to be hidden from the direct lighting region by the first panel section, and configured to generate and emit light, through the output aperture, solely into the indirect lighting region, and a secondary optical subsystem, disposed within the housing and configured to generate and emit light through the output aperture.
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27 Claims
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1. A two-component luminaire with a total light output having a total photometric distribution for illuminating an architectural space, comprising:
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a housing, including at least a panel that faces the architectural space, wherein a peripheral edge of the housing forms an output aperture that faces the architectural space, a first edge segment of the peripheral edge bounding a first panel section of the panel, a second edge segment of the peripheral edge being across the output aperture from the first edge segment, and a plane normal to the panel and bisecting in half the output aperture defines a boundary between an indirect lighting region and a direct lighting region, wherein the first edge segment and first panel section are within the direct lighting region, and the second edge segment is within the indirect lighting region; a diffuser positioned within the housing; a primary optical subsystem that is arranged within the housing behind the first panel section so as to be hidden from view when viewed from the direct lighting region through the aperture perpendicularly to the panel, and configured to generate and emit light having a primary photometric distribution through the output aperture into the indirect lighting region; and a secondary optical subsystem, disposed within the housing and configured to generate and emit light having a secondary photometric distribution through the output aperture, wherein; a majority of light from the secondary optical subsystem passes through the diffuser prior to emitting through the output aperture; a majority of light from the primary optical subsystem does not pass through the diffuser prior to emitting through the output aperture; and the primary optical subsystem contributes more than 50% of the total light output of the two-component luminaire and wherein the total photometric distribution is asymmetric relative to the plane normal to the panel such that more light of the total light output is directed into the indirect lighting region compared to the direct lighting region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A luminaire with a total light output having a total photometric distribution for illuminating an architectural space, comprising:
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a housing that forms an output aperture facing the architectural space; a plane perpendicular to and bisecting in half the output aperture, wherein the plane extends between a first optical subsystem and a second optical subsystem; the first optical subsystem, disposed on a first side of the plane such that the first optical subsystem is within the housing near a first edge of the output aperture; the second optical subsystem, disposed on a second side of the plane such that the second optical subsystem is within the housing near a second edge of the output aperture, the second edge opposing the first edge across the output aperture; a diffuser within the housing; and each of the first and second optical subsystems including a plurality of colored light sources that are distributed in at least one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction within the housing, wherein; the colored light sources are arranged and independently controllable so as to create at least one of horizontal and vertical gradients of at least one of color and intensity across the output aperture when viewed from the architectural space; a majority of light from the second optical subsystem passes through the diffuser prior to emitting through the output aperture; a majority of light from the first optical subsystem does not pass through the diffuser prior to emitting through the output aperture; the first optical subsystem emits light primarily toward the second side of the plane; and the first optical subsystem emits more light into the architectural space than the second optical subsystem such that the total photometric distribution from the luminaire is asymmetric relative to the plane such that more light of the total light output is directed toward the second side of the plane compared to the first side of the plane. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A luminaire with a total light output having a total photometric distribution for illuminating an architectural space, comprising:
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a housing that forms an output aperture facing the architectural space, wherein the housing and the output aperture are substantially rectangular, the output aperture forms a peripheral edge, such that first and fourth segments of the peripheral edge at respective upper and lower sides of the output aperture are substantially horizontal, and second and third edge segments of the peripheral edge along sides of the output aperture are substantially vertical, when the luminaire is installed, a plane perpendicular to and bisecting in half the second and third edge segments, the housing includes first, second, and third sidewalls extending perpendicularly into the housing from the output aperture, wherein the first sidewall adjoins the first segment of the peripheral edge and extends perpendicularly into the housing therefrom, and the second and third sidewalls adjoin the second and third segments of the peripheral edge respectively, and extend perpendicularly into the housing therefrom; and at least one optical subsystem disposed within the housing, each optical subsystem including a plurality of independently controllable red, green, and blue light sources that emit light; and a diffuser, disposed behind the first, second, and third sidewalls that at least partially mixes light from the light sources such that the at least partially mixed light is visible within and emitted through the output aperture, wherein; a majority of light from one of the at least one optical subsystem passes through the diffuser prior to emitting through the output aperture; a majority of light from another of the at least one optical subsystem does not pass through the diffuser prior to emitting through the output aperture; and wherein the at least one optical subsystem emits more than 70% of the emitted light above the plane such that the total photometric distribution of the luminaire is asymmetric relative to the plane and more light of the total light output is directed above the plane compared to below the plane.
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