Configurable lighting system

• US 10,299,335 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2017
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Signify Holding B.V. (Signify N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company (Eaton Corporation PLC.)
• Inventors: Pyshos, Steven Walter, Janik, Raymond, Harpenau, Kevin Roy
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Jimmy T
• Application Number:
  US15/811,062
• Publication Number:
  US 20180116029A1
• Time in Patent Office: 554 Days
• Field of Search: 315151, 315185 R, 315209 R, 315291, 315294, 315307, 315308, 315312
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/62 using mixing chambers, e.g. housings with reflective walls
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/026 intended to be recessed in a ceiling or like overhead structure, e.g. suspended ceiling
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 17/12 by screwing
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/049 Mounting arrangements for attaching lighting devices to the ceiling, the lighting devices being recessed in a false or stretched ceiling
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/088 Clips; Clamps
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/001 the elements being electrical wires or cables
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/04 the elements being switches safety devices F21V25/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/02 characterised by the shape
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 5/04 of lens shape
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/00 Reflectors for light sources characterised by cooling arrangements F21V29/505
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2113/13 comprising an assembly of point-like light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/10 Controlling the intensity of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light

Abstract

A system can configure a luminaire for providing illumination of a selected color temperature, a selected lumen output, or a selected photometric distribution. The luminaire can comprise at least two light sources that have different illumination characteristics, for example different color temperatures, different lumen outputs, or different photometric distributions. The system can configure the luminaire to operate a first of the two light sources, a second of the two light sources, or both of the light sources based on an input. When the luminaire is configured to operate both of the light sources, the luminaire can produce illumination having a color temperature, a lumen output, or a photometric distribution that is different than either of the two light sources.

Claims

1. A luminaire comprising:

at least one input settable to one of at least two states, the at least two states comprising a first state and a second state;

a first light source having a first color temperature;

a second light source having a second color temperature; and

a controller connected to the at least one input, the first light source, and the second light source, the controller configured to;

power the first light source when the at least one input is in the first state; and

power the first light source and the second light source when the at least one input is in the second state.

2. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the at least one input comprises a first switch and a second switch.

3. The luminaire of claim 2, wherein the first state comprises the first switch off and the second switch off, and

wherein the second state comprises the first switch on and the second switch off.

4. The luminaire of claim 3, wherein when the at least one input is set to the first state, the luminaire emits light of the first color temperature, and

wherein when the input is set to the second state, the luminaire emits light of a third color temperature that results from the combination of the first color temperature and the second color temperature.

5. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the first light source comprises a first light emitting diode,

wherein the second light source comprises a second light emitting diode, and

wherein the first color temperature is separated from the second color temperature by no less than 500 Kelvin.

6. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the first light source comprises a first bank of light emitting diodes, and

wherein the second light source comprises a second bank of light emitting diodes.

7. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the controller comprises digital logic,

wherein the at least one input comprises a dual inline pin (DIP) switch mounted on a circuit board, and

wherein a first configuration of the DIP switch defines the first state and a second configuration of the DIP switch defines the second state.

8. The luminaire of claim 1, further comprising a housing that encloses the first light source, the second light source, the at least one input, and the controller, the housing comprising:

a first aperture that provides access to the at least one input for setting the at least one input manually to the first state or the second state during luminaire installation; and

a cover covering the aperture and comprising a second aperture that is sized to receive an electrical cable for powering the luminaire.

9. The luminaire of claim 8, wherein the at least one input comprises a dual inline pin (DIP) switch mounted to the housing adjacent the first aperture, and

wherein the cover further comprises:

a first notch that is disposed on a first side of the cover and that is sized to receive a first fastener for fastening the cover to the housing; and

a second notch that is disposed on a second side of the cover and that is sized to receive a second fastener for fastening the cover to the housing,

wherein the first notch and the second notch are oriented so that the cover is rotatable about the first fastener when the first fastener is loosely disposed in the first notch, with the second fastener disposable in the second notch during said rotation of the cover.

10. The luminaire of claim 8, wherein the housing further comprises:

a third aperture for emitting light;

a lens disposed within the third aperture; and

a reflector disposed between the lens and the first and second light sources.

11. A luminaire comprising:

at least one input settable to one of a plurality of states;

a first light source having a first color temperature;

a second light source having a second color temperature;

a third light source having a third color temperature;

a controller coupled to the at least one input, the first light source, the second light source, and the third light source, the controller configured to;

power the first light source and the second light source when the at least one input is in a first state; and

power the first light source and a third light source when the at least one input is in a second state.

12. The luminaire of claim 11, wherein when the at least one input is in the first state, the luminaire emits light that is a combination of the first color temperature and the second color temperature, and

wherein when the at least one input is in the second state, the luminaire emits light that is a combination of the first color temperature and the third color temperature.

13. The luminaire of claim 11, wherein the first light source comprises at least one first light emitting diode,

wherein the second light source comprises at least one second light emitting diode,

wherein the third light source comprises at least one third light emitting diode, and wherein at least 300 Kelvin separates the first color temperature and the second color temperature and at least 300 Kelvin separates the second color temperature and the third color temperature.

14. The luminaire of claim 11, wherein the at least one input comprises a dual inline pin (DIP) switch mounted on a circuit board, and

wherein a first configuration of the DIP switch defines the first state and a second configuration of the DIP switch defines the second state.

15. The luminaire of claim 11, further comprising a housing that encloses the first light source, the second light source, the third light source, the at least one input, and the controller, the housing comprising:

a first aperture that provides access to the at least one input for setting the at least one input manually to the first state or the second state during luminaire installation; and

a cover covering the aperture and comprising a second aperture that is sized to receive an electrical cable for powering the luminaire.

16. A luminaire comprising:

a housing comprising an aperture;

a first light source and a second light source that are mounted in the housing and that are oriented to emit light for area illumination, wherein the first light source has a first color temperature and the second light source has a second color temperature; and

one or more switches that are mounted at the housing and that are operable to configure the luminaire in a first operating configuration, a second operating configuration, and a third operating configuration,

wherein in the first operating configuration, the first light source is active, the second light source is inactive, and the luminaire is configured to emit light of the first color temperature,

wherein in the second operating configuration, the first light source is inactive, the second light source is active, and the luminaire is configured to emit light of the second color temperature, and

wherein in the third operating configuration, the first light source is active, the second light source is active, and the luminaire is configured to emit light of a third color temperature that is between the first color temperature and the second color temperature.

17. The luminaire of claim 16, wherein the one or more switches have two switch states that each produces the third operating configuration.

18. The luminaire of claim 16, wherein the first light source comprises at least one light emitting diode, and

wherein the second light source comprises at least one other light emitting diode.

19. The luminaire of claim 18, wherein the luminaire is configured for mounting to a ceiling,

wherein the housing further comprises a cover sized to cover the aperture, and

wherein the one or more switches are disposed in the housing adjacent the aperture for access during luminaire installation.

20. The luminaire of claim 19, wherein the one or more switches comprise a dual inline pin (DIP) switch.