LUMINAIRE SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A lighting system comprising a luminaire that includes:
- a plurality of light channels that operate to produce different spectral distributions of light;
a drive circuit coupled to the light channels and programmable to control relative intensities of light output from the light channels; and
an interpreter module that processes a script to generate operating parameters for the drive circuit, wherein programming the drive circuit with the operating parameters results in the light channels producing a lighting scenario represented by the script.
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Abstract
A luminaire produces lighting as a series of frames of constant spectral content. The luminaire includes an interpreter for executing scripts that describe the spectral contents of respective frames. The scripts may include spectral data and executable code for altering the spectral data. In particular, a frame descriptor may include data for a frame, a repeat count indicating a number of frames, and an identifier for a subroutine to be called for each frame described by the frame descriptor. One or more luminaires can be network connected to one or more computers running applications providing user interfaces for script generation. A standardized interface can control communications with the luminaires and convert scripts from applications to a format that luminaires can interpret.
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37 Claims
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1. A lighting system comprising a luminaire that includes:
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a plurality of light channels that operate to produce different spectral distributions of light; a drive circuit coupled to the light channels and programmable to control relative intensities of light output from the light channels; and an interpreter module that processes a script to generate operating parameters for the drive circuit, wherein programming the drive circuit with the operating parameters results in the light channels producing a lighting scenario represented by the script. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A lighting apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of light channels that operate to produce different spectral distributions of light; a drive circuit coupled to the light channels and programmable to control relative intensities of light output from the light channels; a processor; and a timing circuit coupled to provide to the processor a first signal having a first period and a second signal having a second period that is shorter than the first period, wherein the processor outputs a partial set of parameters for programming of the drive circuit in synchronization with the second signal and provides a complete set of the parameters for programming the drive circuit in synchronization with the first signal. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A lighting system comprising:
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one more luminaires, each of which is capable of producing lighting having a programmable spectral distribution; and a computing system that includes; one or more applications executed in the computing system, wherein each of the applications is adapted to produce descriptions representing lighting scenarios; and an interface executed in the computing system, wherein the interface is adapted to receive and process descriptions from the applications, and wherein processing of a description converts that description into a format that at least one of the luminaires can interpret to produce lighting according to the lighting scenario represented by the description processed. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A non-transient media containing:
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a descriptor adapted for a luminaire to process in order to produce lighting represented by the descriptor, wherein the descriptor comprises; data representing a spectral distribution for lighting; a time parameter indicating a duration of the lighting represented by the descriptor; and a call parameter identifying a procedure for the luminaire to execute during the duration of the lighting represented by the descriptor, wherein execution of the procedure alters lighting produced by the luminaire. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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