Systems and methods for calibrating solid state lighting panels
First Claim
1. A method of calibrating a lighting panel comprising a plurality of segments, each of said segments configured to emit a first color light and a second color light in response to pulse width modulation control signals having respective duty cycles, the method comprising:
- determining an average segment luminance for the lighting panel;
determining a luminance variation of each segment to the average segment luminance;
comparing the luminance variation of each segment to a threshold; and
in response to the luminance variation of a segment exceeding the threshold, adjusting the duty cycle of at least one color of at least one segment to reduce the luminance variation.
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Abstract
Methods of calibrating a lighting panel including a plurality of segments, each of said segments configured to emit a first color light and a second color light in response to pulse width modulation control signals having respective duty cycles include determining an average segment luminance for the lighting panel, determining a luminance variation of each segment to the average segment luminance, comparing the luminance variation of each segment to a threshold, and adjusting the duty cycle of at least one color of at least one segment to reduce the luminance variation in response to the luminance variation of a segment exceeding the threshold. Calibration systems are also disclosed.
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1. A method of calibrating a lighting panel comprising a plurality of segments, each of said segments configured to emit a first color light and a second color light in response to pulse width modulation control signals having respective duty cycles, the method comprising:
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determining an average segment luminance for the lighting panel; determining a luminance variation of each segment to the average segment luminance; comparing the luminance variation of each segment to a threshold; and in response to the luminance variation of a segment exceeding the threshold, adjusting the duty cycle of at least one color of at least one segment to reduce the luminance variation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A calibration system for calibrating a lighting panel comprising a plurality of segments, each of said segments configured to emit a first color light and a second color light in response to pulse width modulation control signals having respective duty cycles, the calibration system comprising:
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a calibration controller configured to be coupled to the lighting panel; and a calibration unit coupled to the calibration controller and comprising a calorimeter; wherein the calibration controller is configured to determine an average segment luminance for the lighting panel, to determine a luminance variation of each segment to the average segment luminance, to compare the luminance variation of each segment to the average segment luminance to a threshold, and, in response to the luminance variation of a segment exceeding the threshold, to adjust the duty cycle of at least one color of at least one segment to reduce the luminance variation. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of calibrating a lighting panel comprising a plurality of strings of solid state light emitting devices, each of said strings configured to emit light in response to a respective pulse width modulation control signal having a duty cycle and an on-state current level, the method comprising:
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selectively energizing one of the plurality of strings; measuring a dominant wavelength of the light emitted by the energized string; comparing the dominant wavelength of the light emitted by the energized string to a desired dominant wavelength; and adjusting the on-state current level of the pulse width modulation control signal for the energized string to reduce a difference of the dominant wavelength emitted by the energized string to the desired dominant wavelength. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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