CONTROLLABLE LIGHTING DEVICES

• US 20150271899A1
• Filed: 09/06/2013
• Published: 09/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Feit Electric Company Incorporated
• Original Assignee: LiFi Labs, Inc. (Buddy Technologies Ltd.)
• Inventors: Bosua, Phillip, Gelme, Andrew
• Granted Patent: US 9,609,725 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

The present invention provides a lighting device comprising a light output means, a computing device, data communication means, and a casing, wherein the light output means is configured to be controllable by the computing device, the computing device configured to receive and/or transmit instructions to/from the data communication means. The lighting device may be capable of outputting light have various effects, or may emit notifications to a user.

Claims

1. A lighting device comprising a light output means,

a computing device,

data communication means, and

a casing, wherein the light output means is configured to be controllable by the computing device, the computing device configured to receive and/or transmit instructions to/from the data communication means.

2. The lighting device of claim 1 wherein the light output means, the computing device, and the data communication means are disposed substantially within the casing.

3. The lighting device of claim 2 wherein the data communication means is incorporated into the computing device.

4. The lighting device of claim 3 wherein the data communication means is a wireless networking means.

5. The lighting device of claim 4 wherein the wireless networking means is configured to be operable in a wireless networking protocol.

6. The lighting device of claim 5 wherein the networking protocol is a WI-FI protocol.

7. The lighting device of claim 6 wherein the protocol further coma mesh networking protocol.

8. The lighting device of claim 7 wherein the computing device is a microprocessor or microcontroller.

9. The lighting device of claim 8 wherein the light output means comprises one or more light emitting diodes.

10. The lighting device of claim 9 wherein the light output means is configured to emit light of predetermined wavelengths.

11. The lighting device of claim 10 comprising two or more light output means, the two or more light output means configured to emit different light spectra, wherein the different light spectra mix to provide a predetermined light spectrum.

12. The lighting device of claim 11, further comprising a user computing device wirelessly connected to the lighting device and configured to control a lighting effect or a notification of the lighting device.

13. The user computing device of claim 12 wherein the lighting effect is light color.

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16. A lighting device comprising a light output means,

a computing device;

a set of light emitting elements;

a WIFI networking mechanism;

a mesh networking mechanism;

a casing; and

a processor that controls operation of the light emitting elements based on to lighting element instructions received by the WIFI networking mechanism from a remote computing device.