Dimmable Solid State Lighting System, Apparatus, and Article Of Manufacture Having Encoded Operational Parameters
First Claim
1. An article of manufacture for input of a plurality of operational parameters into a distributed solid-state lighting system, the distributed solid-state lighting system comprising a central power source and one or more terminal LED lighting apparatuses coupled to and spaced apart from the central power source, the article of manufacture comprising:
- a first machine-readable data field of a plurality of machine-readable data fields, the first machine-readable data field optically encoding a voltage level operational parameter of the plurality of operational parameters; and
a second machine-readable data field of the plurality of machine-readable data fields, the second machine-readable data field optically encoding a current level operational parameter of the plurality of operational parameters.
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Abstract
Exemplary systems, methods, apparatuses and articles of manufacture for a distributed solid-state lighting system are disclosed. An exemplary article of manufacture comprises a plurality of machine-readable data fields optically encoding a plurality of operational parameters utilized in a system comprising a central power source, and one or more terminal lighting apparatuses. An exemplary central power source includes an optical scanner for input of the operational parameters, and a central controller to provide a first control signal to a DC/DC converter to provide a DC voltage level corresponding to a selected brightness level. A terminal lighting apparatus may comprise: a plurality of LEDs; a current (or power) source or regulator; and a terminal controller which, in response to the DC voltage level, provides a second control signal to the current source or regulator to provide a selected current level of the LEDs corresponding to the selected brightness level.
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1. An article of manufacture for input of a plurality of operational parameters into a distributed solid-state lighting system, the distributed solid-state lighting system comprising a central power source and one or more terminal LED lighting apparatuses coupled to and spaced apart from the central power source, the article of manufacture comprising:
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a first machine-readable data field of a plurality of machine-readable data fields, the first machine-readable data field optically encoding a voltage level operational parameter of the plurality of operational parameters; and a second machine-readable data field of the plurality of machine-readable data fields, the second machine-readable data field optically encoding a current level operational parameter of the plurality of operational parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A distributed solid-state lighting system comprising:
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a central power source coupleable to an AC input power source, the central power source comprising; an AC/DC rectifier coupled to a DC/DC converter to convert AC input power to a first DC voltage level; a memory; a central user interface to receive user input for a selected brightness level, the central user interface further comprising an optical scanner for input of a plurality of operational parameters optically encoded in a plurality of machine-readable data fields; and a central controller coupled to the DC/DC converter, to the memory and to the central user interface, the central controller to provide a first control signal to the DC/DC converter in response to the user input to provide a second DC voltage level corresponding to the selected brightness level; and one or more terminal lighting apparatuses coupled to and spaced apart from the central power source, each terminal lighting apparatus comprising; a housing having the plurality of machine-readable data fields; a plurality of light emitting diodes; a current source or regulator coupled to the plurality of light emitting diodes; and a terminal controller coupled to the current source or regulator and, in response to the second DC voltage level, to provide a second control signal to the current source or regulator to provide a selected current level of the plurality of light emitting diodes corresponding to the selected brightness level. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An article of manufacture for use in a distributed solid-state lighting system, the distributed solid-state lighting system comprising a central power source having a central controller and a DC/DC converter, the central controller to provide a first control signal to the DC/DC converter in response to user input to provide a DC voltage level corresponding to the selected brightness level, the article of manufacture comprising:
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a plurality of light emitting diodes; a current source or regulator coupled to the plurality of light emitting diodes; a terminal controller coupled to the current source or regulator and, in response to the DC voltage level, to provide a second control signal to the current source or regulator to provide a selected current level of the plurality of light emitting diodes corresponding to the selected brightness level; and a package or a housing having a plurality of machine-readable data fields optically encoding a plurality of operational parameters. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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