Apparatus and methods for interactive illumination
First Claim
1. A lighting control system comprising, in combination:
- (a) a light sensor; and
(b) one or more processors;
wherein the one or more processors are configured to;
(i) to optimize a parameter regarding lighting,(ii) to calculate how to adjust outputs of respective light sources to maximize or minimize the parameter,(iii) to update a constraint in an optimization algorithm, after the sensor has been moved relative to a light source to a new position, by (A) taking a measurement of incident intensity at the new position, (B) calculating attenuation, by comparing the measurement to a reference value at a known distance from the light source, and (C) using the inverse square law to calculate a change in the constraint of the optimization algorithm.
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Abstract
In illustrative implementations of this invention, a lighting system comprises a plurality of LEDs, fluorescent lights, incandescent lights, a processor, a sensor node and a human-computer interface. The sensor is adapted to be moved by a user and placed in the location that a user wants to illumine. The LED lights are adapted to emit pulse-width modulated (PWM) light, controlled by signals from the processor. The lighting system is adapted to optimize parameters (such as efficacy or color rendering index) selected by the user, subject to certain constraints (such as desired illuminance or color temperature). According to principles of this invention, if a sensor is moved, attenuation may be measured and the inverse square law may be used to determine how constraints in an optimization algorithm need to be updated.
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20 Claims
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1. A lighting control system comprising, in combination:
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(a) a light sensor; and (b) one or more processors;
wherein the one or more processors are configured to;(i) to optimize a parameter regarding lighting, (ii) to calculate how to adjust outputs of respective light sources to maximize or minimize the parameter, (iii) to update a constraint in an optimization algorithm, after the sensor has been moved relative to a light source to a new position, by (A) taking a measurement of incident intensity at the new position, (B) calculating attenuation, by comparing the measurement to a reference value at a known distance from the light source, and (C) using the inverse square law to calculate a change in the constraint of the optimization algorithm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A lighting system comprising, in combination:
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(a) a plurality of PWM illumination sources; (b) a light sensor for measuring intensity of light; and (c) at least one processor for (i) calculating light intensity contributed by respective illumination sources, out of a plurality of illumination sources, at a point of incidence; (ii) calculating the light intensity of each of the respective illumination sources needed to optimize an attribute of said system, subject to one or more constraints; and (iii) outputting instructions for controlling the illumination sources; wherein the system is adapted (1) to update the optimization calculations and the outputted instructions in real time, in response to the light sensor being repositioned relative to the illumination sources, and (2) to update the optimization calculations and the outputted instructions in real time, in response to a specified constraint, out of the one or more constraints, being changed by input from a user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for controlling lights comprising the following steps, in combination:
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(a) using a light sensor to measure intensity of light; and (b) using at least one processor (i) to calculate light intensity contributed by respective light sources, out of a plurality of light sources, at a point of incidence, (ii) to calculate light intensity of each of the respective light sources needed to optimize an attribute of said system, subject to one or more constraints, (iii) to output instructions for controlling the light sources, and (iv) to update the optimization calculations and the outputted instructions in real time, in response to the light sensor being repositioned relative to the illumination sources. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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