Color control for scanning backlight
First Claim
1. A backlighting system for use with a display exhibiting a plurality of lighting regions, the system comprising:
- a color manager;
a plurality of luminaires each exhibiting an optical output, each of said luminaires comprising a plurality of colored LED strings and arranged to illuminate a unique one of the plurality of lighting regions of the display with the optical output of the respective luminaire, the optical output of each of the respective luminaires restricted to the respective unique lighting region;
a color sensor arranged to receive light from one of the plurality of lighting regions; and
a plurality of thermal sensors in communication with said color manager, each of said thermal sensors secured at a particular location relative to said plurality of luminaires and spatially separated from all other of said plurality of thermal sensors, said plurality of thermal sensors being fewer in number than said plurality of luminaires;
said color manager, responsive to said plurality of thermal sensors and said color sensor, operative to calculate an estimated thermal temperature for at least one of said plurality of luminaires and control a drive signal of each of said plurality of luminaires so as to maintain a uniform color, said controlled drive signal being responsive to said calculated estimated thermal temperature.
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Abstract
A backlighting system comprising: a color manager; a plurality of luminaires, each of the luminaires comprising a LED string and arranged to illuminate a particular portion of a display associated therewith; a color sensor arrange to receive light from one of the luminaires; and a plurality of thermal sensors each associated with a particular luminaire and in communication with the color manager, the plurality of thermal sensors being less than the plurality of luminaires, the color manager, responsive to the plurality of thermal sensors and the color sensor, being operable to calculate color coordinates for each of the plurality of luminaires.
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26 Claims
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1. A backlighting system for use with a display exhibiting a plurality of lighting regions, the system comprising:
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a color manager; a plurality of luminaires each exhibiting an optical output, each of said luminaires comprising a plurality of colored LED strings and arranged to illuminate a unique one of the plurality of lighting regions of the display with the optical output of the respective luminaire, the optical output of each of the respective luminaires restricted to the respective unique lighting region; a color sensor arranged to receive light from one of the plurality of lighting regions; and a plurality of thermal sensors in communication with said color manager, each of said thermal sensors secured at a particular location relative to said plurality of luminaires and spatially separated from all other of said plurality of thermal sensors, said plurality of thermal sensors being fewer in number than said plurality of luminaires; said color manager, responsive to said plurality of thermal sensors and said color sensor, operative to calculate an estimated thermal temperature for at least one of said plurality of luminaires and control a drive signal of each of said plurality of luminaires so as to maintain a uniform color, said controlled drive signal being responsive to said calculated estimated thermal temperature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of backlighting comprising:
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providing a plurality of luminaires, each of said provided luminaires comprising a plurality of colored LED strings and exhibiting an optical output; arranging each of said provided luminaires to illuminate, with the respective optical output, a unique one of a plurality of lighting regions of a display associated therewith; restricting the optical output of each of said provided luminaires to the respective unique lighting region; sensing the illumination color of one of the lighting regions; sensing a plurality of thermal temperatures each associated with a particular one of a plurality of pre-determined locations in relation to said provided plurality of luminaires, each of said plurality of pre-determined locations being spatially separated from all other of said plurality of pre-determined locations, said plurality of locations being less in number than said plurality of luminaires; calculating an estimated thermal temperature for at least one of said provided plurality of luminaires responsive to said sensed plurality of thermal temperatures; and controlling the color of each of said provided plurality of luminaires responsive to said sensed illumination color and said calculated estimated thermal temperature. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A backlighting system for use with a display exhibiting a plurality of lighting regions, the system comprising:
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a color manager; a plurality of luminaires each exhibiting an optical output, each of said luminaires comprising a LED string arranged to illuminate a unique one of the plurality of lighting regions of the display with the respective optical output thereof, each of said luminaires optically isolated from all lighting regions of the display other than the respective unique one; a color sensor arrange to receive light from only one of the luminaires; and a plurality of thermal sensors each associated with a particular luminaire and in communication with said color manager, said plurality of thermal sensors being less in number than said plurality of luminaires, each of said plurality of thermal sensors spatially separated from all other of said plurality of thermal sensors, said color manager, responsive to said plurality of thermal sensors and said color sensor, operative to; calculate, responsive to said plurality of thermal sensors, an estimated thermal temperature for at least one of said plurality of luminaires for which a thermal sensor is not associated; and calculate, responsive to said color sensor and said calculated estimated thermal temperature, color coordinates for each of said plurality of luminaires.
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26. A method of backlighting for use with a display having a plurality of lighting regions, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of luminaires each exhibiting an optical output; arranging each of said provided plurality of luminaires to illuminate a unique one of the plurality of lighting regions of the display with the respective optical output thereof; optically isolating each of said provided luminaires from all lighting regions of the display other than said respective unique lighting region; sensing the illumination color of only one of said provided luminaires; sensing a thermal temperature associated with a plurality of pre-determined locations in relation to said provided plurality of luminaires, the number of said plurality of locations being less than the number of said plurality of luminaires, each of said plurality of pre-determined locations being spatially separated from all other of said plurality of pre-determined locations, at least one of said temperature sensed pre-determined locations being associated with said illumination color sensed provided luminaire; calculating an estimated thermal temperature for at least one of said provided plurality of luminaires responsive to said sensed thermal temperature of said plurality of pre-determined locations; and controlling the color of each of said provided plurality of luminaires responsive to said sensed illumination, and said calculated estimated thermal temperature.
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