Lighting controls and lighting appliances incorporating lighting controls
First Claim
1. A lighting control for use with a lighting appliance, the lighting control comprising:
- a light sensor and a controller connected to the light sensor wherein the controller is adapted to activate the appliance when ambient light incident on the light sensor is greater than a threshold stored in the controller.
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Abstract
A lighting control for use with a lighting appliance includes a light sensor and a controller connected to the light sensor. Controller activates appliance when ambient light is greater than threshold. Threshold may be indicative of an interior of a closet of a room with a door of the closet open to the room and light available in the room. Controller may deactivate appliance once time has passed after appliance powered on. Lighting combination for use with power supply includes appliance including lighting source and control. Lighting control controls activation of lighting source. Controller has integrated memory for program to control controller. Controller may check to determine if light samples are increasing before activating lighting source. Start timer after light turned on. Turn off light when time out. Threshold learn mode based on sensed light before light on.
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78 Claims
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1. A lighting control for use with a lighting appliance, the lighting control comprising:
- a light sensor and a controller connected to the light sensor wherein the controller is adapted to activate the appliance when ambient light incident on the light sensor is greater than a threshold stored in the controller.
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54. A method of operating a lighting control including a light sensor and a controller for use in association with a lighting appliance, the method comprising:
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a. the light sensor sensing ambient light incident upon the light sensor, and b. the controller activating the appliance when the sensed ambient light is greater than a threshold stored in the controller. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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