Electronic system as well as a base part and an electronic module suitable for such an electronic system

• US 20120223654A1
• Filed: 11/10/2010
• Published: 09/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Signify Holding B.V. (Signify N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Van Bommel, Marcus Jozef, Van Hoof, Willem Piet, van Gorkom, Ramon Pascal
• Granted Patent: US 8,680,774 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/278
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 10/026 by movement of parts, e.g. by movement of reflectors or light sources F21S10/007 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/02 the power supply being a battery or accumulator
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/096 Magnetic devices
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/35 with direct electrical contact between the supporting element and electric conductors running along the guiding element
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0012 Furniture hospital beds F21V33/0072
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/03 characterised by the material, e.g. plating, or coating materials
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/142 Their counterparts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/147 Low voltage devices, i.e. safe to touch live conductors
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/105 in response to determined parameters

Abstract

An electronic system comprises at least a base part, a power source and at least one electronic module adapted to be powered by the power source. The base part is provided with at least two parallel extending, elongated tracks being electrically conductive. At least one parameter of the electronic module is changeable by amending the distance of the electronic module to a predetermined location on the tracks.

Claims

1. Electronic system comprising a base part, a power source and at least one electronic module adapted to be powered by the power source, wherein the base part comprises comprises at least two parallel extending, elongated tracks being electrically conductive, wherein at least one parameter of the electronic module is changeable by amending the distance of the electronic module to a predetermined location on the tracks.

2. Electronic system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic module comprises at least two contacting elements, each adapted to interact with one of the tracks at a plurality of positions along the tracks, wherein the parameter is the power to the electronic module, which power decreases with an increase of the distance to the predetermined location on the tracks.

3. Electronic system according to claim 2, wherein at the predetermined location the tracks are connected to the power source, and each track has a relatively high electric resistance of at least 1 Ohm/square, such that the power to the electronic module decreases with an increase of the distance of the electronic module to the power source.

4. Electronic system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic system comprises control means to calculate the electric resistance between the electronic module and the predetermined location via the tracks in order to determine the position of the electronic module on the tracks and to amend at least one parameter of the electronic module, depending on the distance between the calculated position and the predetermined location on the tracks.

5. Electronic system according to claim 4, wherein the parameter of the electronic module selected from the group consisting of”

the power, color, color temperature, hue and saturation etc, can be changed by the control means, depending on the distance between the calculated position and the predetermined location on the tracks.

6. Electronic system according to claim 4, wherein the power source comprises a number of primary coils located along at least one of the tracks, while the electronic module comprises a secondary coil interacting with at least one of the primary coils.

7. Electronic system according to claim 4, wherein the power to the electronic module linearly decreases with the increase of the distance to the predetermined location on the tracks.

8. Electronic system according to claim 4, wherein each track comprises an indium tin oxide (ITO) film.

9. Electronic system according to claim 4, wherein the base part and the electronic module are releasably magnetically attached to each other.

10. Electronic system according to claim 4, wherein the electronic module comprises a light element.

11-12. -12. (canceled)