Lighting system

• US 7,963,663 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2007
• Issued: 06/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jo-Anne Simard
• Original Assignee: Jo-Anne Simard
• Inventors: Simard, Jo-Anne
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Y My Quach
• Application Number:
  US11/878,328
• Publication Number:
  US 20090027880A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,428 Days
• Field of Search: 362/231, 362/249.01, 362/249.02, 362/249.05, 362/249.12, 362/249.13, 362/249.14, 362/295, 362/391, 362/394, 362/806, 362/311.02, 362/311.13, 362/311.14
• US Class Current: 362/231
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 10/02 changing colors F21S10/002 - F21S10/007, F21S10/04 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 1/00 Shades for light sources , i.e. lampshades for table, floor, wall or ceiling lamps
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0435 activated by remote control means
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2121/004 mounted on the exterior of houses or other buildings to illuminate parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A lighting system, the lighting system being usable in combination with coloured light sources to create a lighting scheme by providing electrical power to the coloured light sources, the lighting system comprising: at least two lamp modules, each of the lamp modules including a module base and a socket matrix mounted to the module base, each of the socket matrices having a predetermined number of sockets, each of the sockets being able to removably receive at least one of the coloured light sources and transmit electrical power thereto; at least two power transmission lines, each of the power transmission lines being electrically coupled to a respective socket in each of the socket matrices; and a controller for selectively providing the electrical power independently to each of the power transmission lines.

Claims

1. A lighting system, said lighting system being usable in combination with coloured light sources to create a lighting scheme by providing electrical power to said coloured light sources, said lighting system comprising:

at least two lamp modules, each of said lamp modules including a module base and a socket matrix mounted to said module base, each of said socket matrices having a predetermined number of sockets, each of said sockets being able to removably receive at least one of said coloured light sources and transmit electrical power thereto, each of said lamp modules including a respective dome, each of said domes being removably attachable to a respective one of said module bases so as to enclose said colored light sources received in said sockets of said socket matrix included in said lamp module to which said dome is attached;

at least two power transmission lines, each of said power transmission lines being electrically coupled to a respective socket in each of said socket matrices; and

a controller for selectively providing said electrical power independently to each of said power transmission lines;

wherein said coloured light sources are mountable reversibly and interchangeably in each of said socket matrices to create predetermined light sources configurations into each of said at least two lamp modules and said controller provides selective distribution of power to said already mounted coloured light sources according to a predetermined pattern to create said lighting scheme by selectively illuminating independently from each other said coloured light sources in each of said predetermined light source configurations.

2. A lighting system as defined in claim 1, said lighting system being usable by an intended user, said lighting system further comprising a user interface operatively coupled to said controller for allowing said intended user to select at least one of said power transmission lines to be powered by said controller.

3. A lighting system as defined in claim 2, wherein said user interface includes

a remote control unit, said remote control unit including an input element for allowing said intended user to select said at least one of said power transmission lines to be powered by said controller and an emitter operatively coupled to said input element for emitting a signal indicative of said at least one of said power transmission lines to be powered by said controller selected by said intended user;

and

a receiver operatively coupled to said controller for receiving said signal and instructing said controller to power said at least one of said power transmission lines to be powered by said controller.

4. A lighting system as defined in claim 3, wherein said receiver further includes a receiver input element for allowing said intended user to select said at least one of said power transmission lines to be powered by said controller, said receiver being operative for instructing said controller to power said at least one of said power transmission lines to be powered by said controller selected by said intended user through said receiver input element.

5. A lighting system as defined in claim 1, wherein said controller is operative for alternatively providing said electrical power independently to each of said power transmission lines according to a pre-established schedule.

6. A lighting system as defined in claim 1, wherein said controller is operative for selectively providing said electrical power independently to a selected one of said power transmission lines according to a predetermined time-varying pattern.

7. A lighting system as defined in claim 1, wherein said lighting system includes

a first set of domes including domes of a first type, said domes of said first type having a first light transmission characteristic;

and

a second set of domes including domes of a second type, said domes of said second type having a second light transmission characteristic that differs from said first light transmission characteristic.

8. A lighting system as defined in claim 7, wherein said first and second light transmission characteristics have different light transmission spectra.

9. A lighting system as defined in claim 1, wherein selectively providing said electrical power independently to each of said power transmission lines creates different lighting schemes, each of said lighting schemes corresponding to a respective predetermined events.

10. A lighting system as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said coloured light sources include a light bulb.

11. A lighting system as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said coloured light sources includes a light emitting diode (LED).

12. A lighting system as defined in claim 1, wherein said module base includes indicia inscribed thereonto, each of said indicia being substantially adjacent a respective one of said sockets and indicative of which power transmission line powers said respective one of said sockets.