LED controller and lighting system

• US 20090085496A1
• Filed: 09/29/2007
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ian Osborn
• Original Assignee: Ian Osborn
• Inventors: Osborn, Ian
• Application Number:
  US11/906,009
• Publication Number:
  US 20090085496A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/294
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0435 activated by remote control means
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0012 Furniture hospital beds F21V33/0072
• 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 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

A LED controller that allows the user to control the output intensity of one or more LED lights is disclosed. The intensity levels or brightness of the LED lights are not limited to 3, 4 or even 10 levels of light output; instead, the LED controller provides what appears to the human eye as a smooth range of changing brightness levels depending on the needs the user.

Claims

1. A LED controller and lighting system, comprising:

a LED controller having at least one microchip;

a plurality of LED lights; and

a power source.

2. The LED controller and lighting system of claim 1, wherein the LED controller has a plurality of terminal blocks and the terminal blocks accept an input power from the power source.

3. The LED controller and lighting system of claim 2, wherein the terminal blocks transfer the input power to a bridge rectifier;

the bridge rectifier transforms the input power to a direct current;

the bridge rectifier transfers the direct current to a capacitor; and

the capacitor transfers the direct current to the microchip.

4. The LED controller and lighting system of claim 2, wherein the terminal blocks transfer the input power to a voltage regulator;

the voltage regulator regulates the input power to a predetermined voltage; and

the voltage regulator transfers the regulated input power to the microchip.

5. The LED controller and lighting system of claim 3, wherein the microchip is a programmable code-based microchip utilizing an oscillation chip with a plurality of incremental steps.

6. The LED controller and lighting system of claim 4, wherein the microchip is a programmable code-based microchip utilizing an oscillation chip with a plurality of incremental steps.

7. A LED controller and lighting system, comprising:

a plurality of LED lights;

a power source; and

a LED controller;

wherein

the LED controller has at least a plurality of terminal blocks, a bridge rectifier, a microchip, and a means of controlling the microchip; and

wherein

the terminal blocks accept an input power from the power source;

the bridge rectifier transforms the input power to a direct current; and

the microchip utilizes the direct current to power the plurality of LED lights.

8. The LED controller and lighting system of claim 7, wherein the means of controlling the microchip is a rocker switch which allows a user to smoothly brighten or dim the plurality of LED lights.

9. The LED controller and lighting system of claim 7, wherein the means of controlling the microchip is a radio frequency module which allows a user to wirelessly brighten or dim the plurality of LED lights.

10. The LED controller and lighting system of claim 7, wherein the means of controlling the microchip is a rocker switch and a radio frequency module which allow a user to smoothly brighten or dim the plurality of LED lights.

11. The LED controller and lighting system of claim 10, wherein the microchip utilizes a non-volatile memory component.

12. The LED controller and lighting system of claim 11, wherein the microchip is a programmable code-based microchip utilizing an oscillation chip with a plurality of incremental steps.

13. The LED controller and lighting system of claim 12, wherein the number of incremental steps is at least two hundred and fifty-five.

14. A method of smoothly changing the brightness of a LED lighting system using a LED controller, comprising:

inputting power to the LED controller;

inputting a brightness-change request to the LED controller; and

smoothly changing the brightness of the LED lighting system in response to the brightness-change request using a microchip in the LED controller.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the brightness-change request is a request to dim the light output of the LED lighting system.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the brightness-change request is a request to brighten the light output of the LED lighting system.