CUSTOMIZABLE MODULAR LUMINAIRE

• US 20150115802A1
• Filed: 10/31/2013
• Published: 04/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Current Lighting Solutions, LLC (f/k/a GE Lighting Solutions, LLC) (American Industrial Partners)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Batai, Roland, KUTI, Andras, Kovacs, Norbert, Lorincz, Daniel
• Granted Patent: US 9,546,776 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/149
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 15/01 Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts F21V15/02 takes precedence housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0471 the sensor detecting the proximity, the presence or the movement of an object or a person
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/103 of streets or roads
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/54 of traffic, e.g. cars on the road, trains or boats
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/57 Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/30 Driver circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/11 by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/115 by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/72 in street lighting

Abstract

A luminaire having a body that includes a first portion and a second portion, the second portion including two or more apertures. At least one of the two or more apertures being sized to match a main lighting component, at least one other of the two or more apertures being sized to match a first function module, and at least another of the two or more apertures being sized to match a second function module. One of the first function module and the second function module is one of a motion detector, a camera, an air pollution sensor, and a communication unit.

Claims

1. A luminaire comprising:

a body having a first portion and a second portion, the second portion including two or more apertures;

at least one of the two or more apertures being sized to match a main lighting component;

at least one other of the two or more apertures being sized to match a first function module; and

at least another of the two or more apertures being sized to match a second function module.

2. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the main lighting component is a first light emitting diode (LED) lamp.

3. The luminaire of claim 2, wherein the first LED lamp emits a broad lighting pattern.

4. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the first function module being smaller than the main lighting component.

5. The luminaire of claim 4, wherein the first function module comprises a second LED lamp, said second LED lamp emits a directed lighting pattern, the directed lighting pattern being narrower than a lighting pattern emitted by the main lighting component.

6. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein one of the first function module and the second function module is one of a motion detector, a camera, and a communication unit.

7. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the first function module is a lamp.

8. The luminaire of claim 7, wherein the second function module is a motion detector configured to detect motion adjacent to a roadway illuminated by the main lighting component, and to activate the first function module upon detection of motion adjacent to the roadway.

9. The luminaire of claim 7, including a camera module in one of the two or more apertures, wherein the second function module is a motion detector configured to detect motion on a roadway illuminated by the main lighting component, and configured to selectively activate the camera module upon detection of motion on the roadway.

10. The luminaire of claim 9, wherein the selective activation is determined by a control unit within a function module, and the selective activation is based on one of a traffic infraction, license plate recognition, and an identity signal associated with a transponder.

11. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the first function module is an air pollution sensor.

12. The luminaire of claim 11, wherein the second function module is a communication module configured to receive air contaminant levels from the air pollution sensor and to transmit the received levels to a remote central server.

13. The luminaire of claim 1 including:

three or more function modules, wherein a corresponding number of the two or more apertures are sized to match respective sizes of the three or more function modules; and

at least two of the three or more function modules each include a lamp.