Light device and method for controlling a light device

• US 10,251,237 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2016
• Issued: 04/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Iart Lab GmbH
• Original Assignee: Iart Lab GmbH
• Inventors: Spiess, Valentin Benjamin, Ferrari, Juan Jose
• Primary Examiner(s): Owens, Douglas W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kaiser, Syed M
• Application Number:
  US15/569,258
• Publication Number:
  US 20180124897A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,069 Days
• Field of Search: 315185 R, 315187, 315151, 315152, 315294
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/0016 on lighting devices that also provide for direct lighting, e.g. by means of independent light sources, by splitting of the light beam, by switching between both lighting modes
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/15 Organic light-emitting diodes [OLED]
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/005 provided by one optical element, or plurality thereof, placed on the light output side of the light guide
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/22 using optical feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/60 Circuit arrangements for operating LEDs comprising organic material, e.g. for operating organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] or polymer light-emitting diodes [PLED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/105 in response to determined parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/11 by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

A light device comprises at least one light module having a front side and a rear side, as well as a lighting means arranged for emitting light from the front side, a lighting means arranged for emitting light from the rear side, and a control unit. The control unit is configured for adjusting the front-side lighting means and the rear-side lighting means. In particular, the control unit is configured to calibrate the light module to a light level that can be preset, to dynamically adjust the front-side lighting means for the display of information, and to adjust the rear-side lighting means such that it is adapted to the dynamically adjusted front-side lighting means, so that the calibrated light level is constant. In this way, the light device can influence the lighting properties in a target area in such a way that an impairment of the illumination of the target area is minimal for displaying the information even with varying lighting properties of the front lighting means.

Claims

1. A lighting device comprising:

at least one light module which has a front side and a rear side and a front lighting means arranged for emitting light from the front side, a rear lighting means arranged for emitting light from the rear side, and a control unit,

wherein the control unit of the at least one light module is arranged to adjust the front lighting means and the rear lighting means,

wherein the control unit of the at least one light module comprises an interface, via which the lighting device can be connected to a calibration device,

wherein the control unit of the at least one light module is designed to receive a calibration signal from the calibration device via the interface, and

wherein the control unit of the at least one light module is arranged to calibrate the at least one light module to a pre-adjustable light level by evaluating the calibration signal, to dynamically adjust the front lighting means for displaying information, and to adjust the rear lighting means to the dynamically adjusted front lighting means such that the calibrated light level is constant.

2. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the light level is composed of a portion of the light emitted by the front lighting means and a portion of the light emitted by the rear lighting means and reflected, wherein the control unit of the at least one light module is designed to keep constant a factor of the portion of the light emitted by the rear lighting means and reflected with respect to the portion of the light emitted by the front lighting means.

3. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit of the at least one light module is arranged, in the event of a change in the front lighting means, to change the rear lighting means inversely proportionally to the change in the front lighting means.

4. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit of the at least one light module comprises a circuit board which has a processor, a working memory and a data memory, wherein the circuit board is arranged between the front lighting means and the rear lighting means.

5. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the front lighting means of the at least one light module comprises an organic light-emitting diode, wherein the rear lighting means of the at least one light module comprises an organic light-emitting diode, or wherein the front lighting means of the at least one light module and the rear lighting means of the at least one light module each comprise an organic light-emitting diode.

6. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the front lighting means of the at least one light module is motion-sensitive, wherein the control unit of the at least one light module is designed to adjust the front lighting means and the rear lighting means by evaluating a control signal detected by the front lighting means.

7. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit of the at least one light module comprises an internet interface.

8. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit of the at least one light module comprises at least one sensor, wherein the control unit is arranged to control the front lighting means and the rear lighting means by evaluating a signal detected by the sensor.

9. The lighting device according to claim 8, wherein the at least one sensor is a sensor of the group of sensors consisting of brightness sensors, presence sensors, infrared sensors, acoustic sensors, thermal sensors, microphones, thermometers, distance sensors, acceleration sensors and cameras or any combination thereof.

10. The lighting device according to claim 1 further comprising a peripheral sensor, wherein the control unit of the at least one light module is arranged to adjust the front lighting means and the rear lighting means by evaluating a signal detected by the peripheral sensor.

11. The lighting device according to claim 1 further comprising a plurality of identical light modules, wherein the plurality of identical light modules are connected to one another to form a network, in which each of the light modules forms a node.

12. A lighting device comprising:

at least one light module which has a front side and a rear side and a front lighting means arranged for emitting light from the front side, a rear lighting means arranged for emitting light from the rear side, and a control unit,

wherein the control unit of the at least one light module is arranged to adjust the front lighting means and the rear lighting means, and

wherein the control unit of the at least one light module is arranged to calibrate the at least one light module to a pre-adjustable light level, to dynamically adjust the front lighting means for displaying information, and to adjust the rear lighting means to the dynamically adjusted front lighting means such that the calibrated light level is constant; and

a holder having a plurality of electrically conductive rods and a power supply connected to the plurality of electrically conductive rods, wherein the at least one light module has lateral current collectors, and wherein the plurality of electrically conductive rods are arranged such that they clamp the at least one light module between themselves and in the process contact the lateral current collectors of the at least one light module.

13. A method for controlling a lighting device comprising at least one light module which has a front side and a rear side, and a front lighting means arranged for emitting light from the front side, a rear lighting means arranged for emitting light from the rear side, and a control unit, wherein the control unit is designed to adjust the front lighting means and the rear lighting means comprising the steps of:

calibrating of the at least one light module to a pre-adjustable light level;

dynamically adjusting of the front lighting means for displaying information; and

adaptively adjusting of the rear lighting means to the dynamically adjusted front lighting means so that the calibrated light level of the at least one light module is constant.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the light level is composed of a portion of the light emitted by the front lighting means and a portion of the light emitted by the rear lighting means and reflected, wherein a ratio of the portion of the light emitted and reflected by the rear lighting means to the portion of the light emitted by the front lighting means is kept constant.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the portion of the light emitted and reflected by the rear lighting means corresponds to the product of a constant factor and of the portion of the light emitted by the front lighting means.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein in the event of a change in the front lighting means the rear lighting means is changed inversely proportionally to the change in the front lighting means.