LIGHTING DEVICE

• US 20180010778A1
• Filed: 06/29/2017
• Published: 01/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Current Lighting Solutions, LLC (f/k/a GE Lighting Solutions, LLC) (American Industrial Partners)
• Original Assignee: GE Lighting Solutions LLC (Savant Systems, LLC)
• Inventors: Zhao, Yong, WANG, Jian
• Granted Patent: US 10,429,046 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 2/005 of modular construction
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/086 with lighting device attached sideways of the standard, e.g. for roads and highways
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/15 specially adapted for power operation, e.g. by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/002 Arrangements of cables or conductors inside a lighting device, e.g. means for guiding along parts of the housing or in a pivoting arm
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/045 the sensor receiving a signal from a remote controller
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0478 by means of an image recording device, e.g. a camera
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/502 characterised by the adaptation for cooling of specific components
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/103 of streets or roads
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/04 using optical or ultrasonic detectors

Abstract

A lighting device comprising a housing arranged with at least one first housing space and at least one second housing space; at least one first illumination module respectively arranged in the at least one or more first housing space and at least one first auxiliary functional module, respectively arranged in the at least one second housing spaces; wherein each of the first auxiliary functional modules includes at least one of a communication module, a sensor module or a camera module. The lighting device arranged according to an embodiment of the present invention not only satisfies the lighting demand of existing urban planning, but also facilitates the upgrading of intelligent lighting devices with such functions as temperature detection, traffic monitoring and alarm, at a low cost.

Claims

1. A lighting device, comprising:

a housing with one or more first housing spaces and one or more second housing spaces therein;

one or more first lighting modules arranged inside the one or more first housing spaces respectively; and

one or more first auxiliary functional modules arranged inside the one or more second housing spaces respectively, wherein one or more of the first auxiliary functional modules comprise a communication module, a sensor module or a camera module.

2. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more first auxiliary functional modules comprise an electrical connector, wherein the electrical connector is configured to provide power supply to the first auxiliary functional module.

3. The lighting device of claim 2, further comprising a power module, the electrical connector comprises a communication unit for providing communications between the first auxiliary functional module and the power module or a remote server.

4. The lighting device of claim 3, wherein the housing further comprises a base portion and a first extension portion extending from the base portion, the one or more first housing spaces and the one or more second housing spaces are arranged on the first extension portion.

5. The lighting device of claim 4, further comprising a chamber arranged on the base portion, the power module is arranged inside the chamber.

6. The lighting device of claim 4, further comprising a second extension portion, the second extension portion is detachably connected to the first extension portion, at least one third housing space is arranged in the second extension portion for holding a second lighting module or a second auxiliary functional module.

7. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more first lighting modules, and each of the one or more first auxiliary functional modules further comprise a heat sink for cooling itself.

8. A lighting device, comprising:

a housing with one or more first housing spaces and one or more second housing spaces therein;

one or more first lighting modules arranged inside the one or more first housing spaces respectively; and

one or more first auxiliary functional modules arranged inside the one or more second housing spaces respectively, wherein one or more of the first auxiliary functional modules comprise a communication module, a sensor module or a camera module.