Multicolored lighting method and apparatus
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1. An illumination apparatus, comprising:
- a first number of first light sources adapted to generate first radiation having a first spectrum;
a second number of second light sources adapted to generate second radiation having a second spectrum different than the first spectrum, wherein the first number and the second number are different;
at least one structure coupled to the first number of first light sources and the second number of second light sources so as to facilitate a mixing of the first radiation and the second radiation; and
at least one controller coupled to the first number of first light sources and the second number of second light sources and configured to independently control at least a first intensity of the first radiation and a second intensity of the second radiation so as to controllably vary at least an overall perceivable color of the visible radiation generated by the illumination apparatus, wherein the apparatus is configured to provide ambient illumination including visible radiation in an environment to be occupied by an observer of the ambient illumination, the visible radiation including at least one of the first radiation and the second radiation, and wherein the at least one controller is configured as an addressable controller capable of receiving at least one network signal including at least first lighting information relating to the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation generated by the illumination apparatus.
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Abstract
Illumination methods and apparatus, in which a first number of first light sources are adapted to generate first radiation having a first spectrum, and a second number of second light sources are adapted to generate second radiation having a second spectrum different than the first spectrum. In one example, the first number of the first light sources and the second number of the second light sources are different. In another example, a first intensity of the first radiation and a second intensity of the second radiation are independently controlled so as to controllably vary at least an overall perceivable color of generated visible radiation. In yet another example, a first control signal controls all of the first light sources substantially identically, and a second control signal controls all of the second light sources substantially identically.
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106 Claims
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1. An illumination apparatus, comprising:
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a first number of first light sources adapted to generate first radiation having a first spectrum;
a second number of second light sources adapted to generate second radiation having a second spectrum different than the first spectrum, wherein the first number and the second number are different;
at least one structure coupled to the first number of first light sources and the second number of second light sources so as to facilitate a mixing of the first radiation and the second radiation; and
at least one controller coupled to the first number of first light sources and the second number of second light sources and configured to independently control at least a first intensity of the first radiation and a second intensity of the second radiation so as to controllably vary at least an overall perceivable color of the visible radiation generated by the illumination apparatus, wherein the apparatus is configured to provide ambient illumination including visible radiation in an environment to be occupied by an observer of the ambient illumination, the visible radiation including at least one of the first radiation and the second radiation, and wherein the at least one controller is configured as an addressable controller capable of receiving at least one network signal including at least first lighting information relating to the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation generated by the illumination apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An illumination method, comprising acts of:
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A) generating first radiation having a first spectrum from a plurality of first light sources;
B) generating second radiation having a second spectrum different than the first spectrum from a plurality of second light sources;
C) mixing at least a portion of the first radiation and a portion of the second radiation to provide visible radiation having an overall perceivable color;
D) receiving at least one addressed network signal including at least first lighting information relating to the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation; and
E) independently controlling at least a first intensity of the first radiation and a second intensity of the second radiation based at least in part on the first lighting information so as to controllably vary at least the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation, wherein the act E) includes acts of;
E1) controlling all of the first light sources substantially identically; and
E2) controlling all of the second light sources substantially identically.
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24. An illumination apparatus, comprising:
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a first number of first LED light sources adapted to generate first radiation having a first spectrum;
a second number of second LED light sources adapted to generate second radiation having a second spectrum different than the first spectrum, wherein the first number and the second number are different;
at least one controller coupled to the first number of first light sources and the second number of second light sources and configured to control at least a first intensity of the first radiation and a second intensity of the second radiation such that an overall perceivable color of visible radiation generated by the apparatus is white;
at least one power connection coupled to the at least one controller, the at least one power connection configured to engage mechanically and electrically with a conventional light socket; and
at least one of a housing and a mounting for the first and second light sources and the at least one controller, wherein the at least one of the housing and the mounting is configured to resemble at least one type of conventional light bulb, wherein the at least one controller is configured to independently control at least the first intensity of the first radiation and the second intensity of the second radiation so as to controllably vary the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation generated by the illumination apparatus, and wherein the at least one controller is configured as an addressable controller capable of receiving at least one network signal including at least first lighting information relating to the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation generated by the illumination apparatus.
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25. An illumination method, comprising acts of:
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A) generating first radiation having a first spectrum from a first number of first LED light sources;
B) generating second radiation having a second spectrum different than the first spectrum from a second number of second LED light sources, wherein the first number and the second number are different;
C) mixing at least a portion of the first radiation and a portion of the second radiation to provide visible radiation having an overall perceivable color;
D) controlling at least a first intensity of the first radiation and a second intensity of the second radiation such that the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation is white; and
E) receiving at least one network signal including at least first lighting information relating to the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation, wherein the act D) includes an act of controlling at least the first intensity of the first radiation and the second intensity of the second radiation based at least in part on the first lighting information.
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26. An illumination method, comprising acts of:
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A) generating first radiation having a first spectrum from a plurality of first light sources;
B) generating second radiation having a second spectrum different than the first spectrum from a plurality of second light sources;
C) coupling the first light sources and second light sources via an essentially planar inflexible substrate so as to provide ambient illumination including visible radiation in an environment to be occupied by an observer of the ambient illumination, the visible radiation including at least one of the first radiation and the second radiation;
D) mixing at least a portion of the first radiation and a portion of the second radiation to provide an overall perceivable color of the visible radiation; and
E) independently controlling at least a first intensity of the first radiation and a second intensity of the second radiation so as to controllably vary at least the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation, wherein the act E) includes acts of;
E1) controlling all of the first light sources substantially identically; and
E2) controlling all of the second light sources substantially identically, the method further comprising an act of;
receiving at least one addressed network signal including at least first lighting information relating to the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation, wherein the act E) further includes an act of;
independently controlling at least the first intensity of the first radiation and the second intensity of the second radiation based at least in part on the first lighting information. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. An illumination method, comprising acts of:
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A) generating first radiation having a first spectrum from a first number of first light sources;
B) generating second radiation having a second spectrum different than the first spectrum from a second number of second light sources, wherein the first number and the second number are different;
C) mixing at least a portion of the first radiation and a portion of the second radiation so as to provide ambient illumination including visible radiation in an environment to be occupied by an observer of the ambient illumination, the visible radiation including at least one of the first radiation and the second radiation;
D) independently controlling at least a first intensity of the first radiation and a second intensity of the second radiation so as to controllably vary at least an overall perceivable color of the visible radiation; and
receiving at least one addressed network signal including at least first lighting information relating to the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation, wherein the act D) includes an act of;
independently controlling at least the first intensity of the first radiation and the second intensity of the second radiation based at least in part on the first lighting information. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. An illumination apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of first light sources adapted to generate first radiation having a first spectrum;
a plurality of second light sources adapted to generate second radiation having a second spectrum different than the first spectrum;
an essentially inflexible planar substrate on which all of the first light sources and all of the second light sources are mounted such that the apparatus is configured to provide ambient illumination including visible radiation in an environment to be occupied by an observer of the ambient illumination, the visible radiation including at least one of the first radiation and the second radiation; and
at least one controller coupled to the plurality of first light sources and the plurality of second light sources and configured to independently control at least a first intensity of the first radiation and a second intensity of the second radiation so as to controllably vary at least an overall perceivable color of the visible radiation generated by the illumination apparatus, wherein the at least one controller is configured to generate a first control signal to control all of the first light sources substantially identically, and a second control signal to control all of the second light sources substantially identically, and wherein the at least one controller is configured as an addressable controller capable of receiving at least one network signal including at least first lighting information relating to the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation generated by the illumination apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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77. An illumination apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of first LEDs adapted to generate first radiation having a first spectrum;
a plurality of second LEDs adapted to generate second radiation having a second spectrum different than the first spectrum;
an essentially inflexible planar substrate on which all of the first LEDs and all of the second LEDs are mounted; and
at least one controller coupled to the plurality of first LEDs and the plurality of second LEDs and configured to independently control at least a first intensity of the first radiation and a second intensity of the second radiation such that an overall perceivable color of visible radiation generated by the illumination apparatus is white, wherein at least one controller is configured to independently control at least the first intensity of the first radiation and the second intensity of the second radiation so as to controllably vary the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation generated by the illumination apparatus, and wherein the at least one controller is configured as an addressable controller capable of receiving at least one network signal including at least first lighting information relating to the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation generated by the illumination apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90)
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91. An illumination apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of first LED light sources adapted to generate first radiation having a first spectrum;
a plurality of second LED light sources adapted to generate second radiation having a second spectrum different than the first spectrum;
at least one controller coupled to the plurality of first light sources and the plurality of second light sources and configured as an addressable controller capable of receiving at least one network signal including at least first lighting information relating to an overall perceivable color of visible radiation generated by the illumination apparatus, the at least one controller configured to control at least a first intensity of the first radiation and a second intensity of the second radiation based at least in part on the first lighting information, wherein;
the at least one controller is configured to generate a first control signal to control all of the first light sources substantially identically and a second control signal to control all of the second light sources substantially identically; and
the at least one controller is configured to control at least the first intensity of the first radiation and the second intensity of the second radiation such that the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation is white; and
at least one power connection coupled to the at least one controller, the at least one power connection configured to engage mechanically and electrically with a conventional light socket.
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92. An illumination method, comprising acts of:
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A) generating first radiation having a first spectrum from a plurality of first LED light sources;
B) generating second radiation having a second spectrum different than the first spectrum from a plurality of second LED light sources;
C) mixing at least a portion of the first radiation and a portion of the second radiation to provide an overall perceivable color of the visible radiation;
D) receiving at least one network signal including at least first lighting information relating to the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation; and
E) controlling at least a first intensity of the first radiation and a second intensity of the second radiation based at least in part on the first lighting information, wherein the act E) includes acts of;
controlling all of the first light sources substantially identically;
controlling all of the second light sources substantially identically; and
controlling at least the first intensity of the first radiation and the second intensity of the second radiation such that the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation is white.
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93. An illumination method, comprising acts of:
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A) generating first radiation having a first spectrum from a plurality of first LEDs;
B) generating second radiation having a second spectrum different than the first spectrum from a plurality of second LEDs;
C) mixing at least a portion of the first radiation and a portion of the second radiation to provide visible radiation having an overall perceivable color;
D) independently controlling at least a first intensity of the first radiation and a second intensity of the second radiation such that the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation is white; and
E) coupling the first light sources and second light sources via an essentially planar inflexible substrate, wherein the act D) includes an act of;
D1) independently controlling at least the first intensity of the first radiation and the second intensity of the second radiation so as to controllably vary the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation, the method further comprising an act of;
F) receiving at least one network signal including at least first lighting information relating to the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation, wherein the act D1) includes an act of;
independently controlling at least the first intensity of the first radiation and the second intensity of the second radiation based at least in part on the first lighting information. - View Dependent Claims (94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102)
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103. An illumination method, comprising acts of:
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A) generating first radiation having a first spectrum from a first number of first light sources;
B) generating second radiation having a second spectrum different than the first spectrum from a second number of second light sources, wherein the first number and the second number are different;
C) mixing at least a portion of the first radiation and a portion of the second radiation to provide visible radiation having an overall perceivable color;
D) receiving at least one addressed network signal including at least first lighting information relating to the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation; and
E) independently controlling at least a first intensity of the first radiation and a second intensity of the second radiation based at least in part on the first lighting information so as to controllably vary at least the overall perceivable color of the visible radiation.
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104. An illumination apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of first light sources adapted to generate first radiation having a first spectrum;
a plurality of second light sources adapted to generate second radiation having a second spectrum different than the first spectrum; and
at least one controller coupled to the plurality of first light sources and the plurality of second light sources and configured to independently control at least a first intensity of the first radiation and a second intensity of the second radiation so as to controllably vary at least an overall perceivable color of visible radiation generated by the illumination apparatus, wherein the at least one controller is configured to generate a first control signal to control all of the first light sources substantially identically, and a second control signal to control all of the second light sources substantially identically, and wherein the at least one controller is configured as an addressable controller capable of receiving at least one network signal including at least first lighting information relating to the overall perceivable color of visible radiation generated by the mnination apparatus.
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105. An illumination apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of first LEDs adapted to generate first radiation having a first spectrum;
a plurality of second LEDs adapted to generate second radiation having a second spectrum different than the first spectrum;
at least one addressable controller coupled to the plurality of first LEDs and the plurality of second LEDs, the at least one addressable controller configured to be associated with an alterable address, the at least one addressable controller further configured to independently control at least a first intensity of the first radiation and a second intensity of the second radiation so as to controllably vary an overall perceivable color of visible radiation generated by the illumination apparatus; and
an address selection device configured to facilitate a selection of the alterable address associated with the at least one addressable controller.
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106. An illumination apparatus, comprising:
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a first number of first light sources adapted to generate first radiation having a first spectrum; and
a second number of second light sources adapted to generate second radiation having a second spectrum different than the first spectrum, wherein the first number and the second number are different; and
at least one controller coupled to the first number of first light sources and the second number of second light sources and configured to independently control at least a first intensity of the first radiation and a second intensity of the second radiation so as to controllably vary at least an overall perceivable color of visible radiation generated by the illumination apparatus, wherein the at least one controller is configured as an addressable controller capable of receiving at least one network signal including at least first lighting information relating to the overall perceivable color of visible radiation generated by the illumination apparatus.
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