NETWORKED ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING WITH CUSTOMIZABLE COLOR ACCENTS
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Abstract
The present invention provides systems and apparatuses for dynamically controlling the operational modes of a single luminaire or a group of networked luminaires configured to deliver an illumination pattern having a decorative colored glow surrounding a central region of substantially uniform brightness. A control module for the luminaire is configured to drive three dimmable fluorescent ballasts, as well as a LED module. A variety of operational modes including different schemes for color mixing and color cycle control can be selected by a user and implemented by a microcontroller. A group of luminaires is connected in a standard communication protocol-based master-slave configuration, where the slave units respond to commands received from the master unit, and the last slave unit automatically engages terminating and biasing resistors for proper operation of the network.
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42 Claims
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1-19. -19. (canceled)
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20. A lighting system, comprising:
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a plurality of luminaires coupled together in a daisy-chained master-slave configuration, wherein each of the luminaires has a control module to control a plurality of colored light sources, the control module including a network input port and a network output port for coupling to other luminaires, and a terminating resistor that automatically engages if the network output port is not coupled to another luminaire; wherein slave luminaires are configured to act in response to commands received from a master luminaire or a central controller. - View Dependent Claims (21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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22-23. -23. (canceled)
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36. A lighting system, comprising:
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a plurality of networked luminaires, including one or more slave luminaires in communication with a master luminaire or a central controller, wherein each luminaire includes a respective plurality of colored light sources; and a plurality of control modules, wherein each control module is coupled to a respective one of the plurality of luminaires to control the respective plurality of colored light sources, wherein each control module includes; a network input port and a network output port for coupling to other luminaires, and a terminating resistor that automatically engages if the network output port is not coupled to another luminaire; wherein the slave luminaires are configured to act in response to commands received from the master luminaire or the central controller. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 42)
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41. The lighting system of claim 40, wherein the lamp is a fluorescent lamp.
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