Techniques for enhanced diffusion lighting

• US 10,408,988 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2018
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Resilience Magnum IP, LLC
• Original Assignee: Resilience Magnum IP, LLC
• Inventors: Rosen, Steven, Cozean, Ronald, Allen, Eric, Mordetzky, David Edward, Horvath, Megan, Pyros, Anthony John, Elwood, John, Chang, Michael, Attarian, Elie
• Primary Examiner(s): Raleigh, Donald L
• Application Number:
  US16/044,047
• Publication Number:
  US 20190101687A1
• Time in Patent Office: 413 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/232 specially adapted for generating an essentially omnidirectional light distribution, e.g. with a glass bulb
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0457 the sensor sensing the operating status of the lighting device, e.g. to detect failure of a light source or to provide feedback to the device
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/04 characterised by materials, surface treatments or coatings
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0008 Clothing or clothing accessories, e.g. scarfs, gloves or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 3/0006 Arrays G02B3/02, G02B5/188 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/0226 having particles on the surface
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/0278 used in transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0041 provided in the bulk of the light guide
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0051 Diffusing sheet or layer
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0053 Prismatic sheet or layer; Brightness enhancement element, sheet or layer
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

Techniques for creating, configuring, and employing diffusion light devices are presented. Such light device(s) can comprise or be associated with a light management component (LMC) that can employ sensors to monitor environmental conditions in a defined area of people or vehicles, and a diffusion component that can diffuse or otherwise process light. At a least a portion of the diffusion component and/or a light component can be formed of a fabric that can emit light and/or diffuse light. LMC can enhance function of the light device to manage diffusion of light or perform other tasks to enhance user experience and safety and security of people or vehicles. Based on results of analyzing sensor data relating to the conditions, LMC can determine and facilitate implementing an adjustment(s) to a parameter(s) of the diffusion component or light component to achieve desired emission or diffusion of light.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a light component of a diffusion light device, the light component configured to emit light to facilitate illumination of an area associated with the diffusion light device;

a diffusion component of the diffusion light device, the diffusion component configured to diffuse at least one of the light or other light associated with the area to produce diffused light, wherein the diffusion component is further configured to transmit the diffused light to the area, and wherein at least the diffusion component is at least partially formed of a fabric that is configurable to diffuse at least one of the light or the other light to produce the diffused light;

a memory that stores machine-executable components; and

a processor that executes the machine-executable components stored in the memory, wherein the machine-executable components comprise;

a light management component of the diffusion light device, the light management component configured to determine a light profile for the diffusion light device based at least in part on characteristics of the diffusion light device and environmental conditions associated with the area associated with the diffusion light device, wherein the light management component is further configured to control operation of the diffusion component, including control of configuration of the fabric of the diffusion component, to control the diffusion of at least one of the light or the other light to produce the diffused light based at least in part on the light profile, and

wherein a housing component of the diffusion light device comprises the processor, the memory, the light management component, at least a portion of the light component, and at least a portion of the diffusion component.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the diffusion light device is associated with an article of clothing, an article of bodywear, a lamp shade, or a window treatment, and wherein at least a portion of the diffusion component, comprising the fabric, is part of the article of clothing, the article of bodywear, the lamp shade, or the window treatment.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein at least the portion of the diffusion component is configured to be formed of the fabric that is configured to diffuse at least one of the light or the other light to produce the diffused light, and wherein the fabric is configured to interact with at least one of the light or the other light to facilitate the diffusion of at least one of the light or the other light.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the fabric comprises nano-particles, and wherein the light management component is further configured to control the nano-particles to facilitate the controlling of the diffusion of at least one of the light or the other light by the diffusion component.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a sensor component comprising one or more sensors configured to sense the environmental conditions associated with the area and generate sensor data based at least in part on the sensing of the environmental conditions, wherein the light management component is further configured to receive the sensor data from the sensor component, analyze the sensor data, and determine an environment profile associated with the area based at least in part on a first analysis result of the analysis of the sensor data.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the light management component is further configured to analyze light characteristics data relating to the characteristics of the diffusion light device and the environment profile, and determine the light profile associated with the diffusion light device based at least in part on a second analysis result of the analysis of the characteristics and the environment profile.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the light management component is further configured to receive diffusion-related parameter data from a device via a communication connection and determine a diffusion parameter value for a diffusion parameter of the diffusion component based at least in part on a result of an analysis of the diffusion-related parameter data, the environmental conditions, and the characteristics of the diffusion light device, to facilitate the control of the diffusion of the light to produce the diffused light.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the light management component is further configured to determine at least one action to perform in response to the environmental conditions associated with the area and facilitate performance of the at least one action by at least one of the diffusion component, the light component, or an instrument of an instrument component.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the executable components further comprise a network component configured to create a communication connection between the diffusion light device and at least one other diffusion light device, wherein the light management component is further configured to communicate with the at least one other diffusion light device to coordinate operation of the diffusion light device with at least one operation of the at least one other diffusion light device, and wherein the communication connection is at least one of a wireline communication connection or a wireless communication connection.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the light management component is further configured to facilitate presenting a user interface that is configured to receive user input from a user to modify a diffusion parameter of the diffusion component, a light parameter of the light component, or at least a portion of light profile data in the light profile that was generated by the light management component.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the light management component is further configured to determine at least one context of at least one of a user, a vehicle, vehicle traffic, an object, or an entity based at least in part on the environmental conditions associated with the area associated with the diffusion light device, and control at least one operation of the diffusion light device based at least in part on the at least one context.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising a light fixture component configured to comprise a socket component in which a base component associated with the light component is able to be inserted to connect the light component to the light fixture component, wherein the light management component is further configured to be included in the light fixture component.

13. A method, comprising:

determining, by a system comprising a processor, a light profile for a light device based at least in part on attributes of the light device and conditions associated with an area associated with the light device; and

controlling, by the system, diffusion of a light produced by the light device, based at least in part on the light profile, to transmit diffused light to the area, wherein the controlling the diffusion of the light comprises controlling configuration of a material employed by the light device to at least one of emit the light or diffuse the light to facilitate the controlling of the diffusion of the light, wherein the material comprises light elements that emit the light and diffusion sub-components of a diffusion component that interact with the light to diffuse the light to produce the diffused light, and wherein the controlling the configuration of the material comprises controlling the emitting of the light by the light elements and the interacting of the diffusion sub-components with the light based at least in part on the light profile and the conditions associated with the area associated with the light device.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

establishing, by the system, a communication connection between the light device and another light device; and

receiving, by the system, via the communication connection, at least one of another light profile or information regarding other conditions associated with another area from the other light device, wherein the controlling the diffusion of the light comprises controlling the diffusion of the light based at least in part on at least one of the other light profile or the information regarding the other conditions associated with the other area.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

analyzing, by the system, condition information relating to the conditions associated with the area;

determining, by the system, the conditions associated with the area based at least in part on a first result of the analyzing the condition information; and

in response to determining the conditions associated with the area, controlling, by the system, a diffusion parameter based at least in part on the light profile to facilitate the controlling the diffusion of the light.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

detecting, by the system, the conditions associated with the area in proximity to the light device;

generating, by the system, the condition information based at least in part on the detecting of the conditions; and

determining, by the system, an environment profile associated with the area based at least in part on the first result of the analyzing of the condition information.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

analyzing, by the system, the environment profile and attribute information of the attributes of the light device; and

determining, by the system, the light profile associated with the light device based at least in part on a second result of the analyzing of the environment profile and the attribute information.

18. A device, comprising:

a light component configured to emit light to facilitate illumination of an area associated with the device;

a sensor component configured to comprise one or more sensors configured to sense conditions associated with the area and generate sensor data based at least in part on the sensing of the conditions;

a diffusion component configured to diffuse at least one of the light or other light associated with the area to produce diffused light, wherein the diffusion component is further configured to transmit the diffused light to the area, and wherein at least a portion of the diffusion component is formed of a material that is configurable to diffuse at least one of the light or the other light to produce the diffused light;

a memory that stores machine-executable components; and

a processor that executes the machine-executable components stored in the memory, wherein the machine-executable components comprise;

a light management component configured to generate a light profile for the device based at least in part on characteristics of the device and the sensor data relating to the conditions associated with the area, and wherein the light management component is further configured to control operation of the diffusion component, including control of configuration of the material of the diffusion component, to control the diffusion of at least one of the light or the other light to produce the diffused light based at least in part on the light profile, and

wherein a housing component of the device comprises the processor, the memory, the light management component, at least a portion of the light component, at least a portion of the sensor component, and at least a portion of the diffusion component.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the material comprises light elements of the light component and diffusion sub-components of the diffusion component, wherein the light elements are configured to emit the light, wherein the diffusion sub-components are configured to interact with the light to diffuse the light to produce the diffused light, and wherein the light management component is further configured to control the emission of the light by the light elements and the interaction of the diffusion sub-components with the light, based at least in part on the light profile and the conditions associated with the device.

20. The device of claim 18, wherein the device is associated with an article of clothing, an article of bodywear, a lamp cover, or a window cover, and wherein at least a portion of the diffusion component, comprising the material, is part of the article of clothing, the article of bodywear, the lamp cover, or the window cover.