Wireless light bulb
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- wirelessly receiving a control signal with a receiver integrated in a light bulb, the light bulb including at least one light emitting diode (LED);
controlling illumination of the light bulb based on the received control signal;
controlling an increase in charge of a battery within a housing from an external AC power source with a recharge component;
providing supplemental power to the at least one LED via the external AC power source through a screw base of the housing simultaneously with power provided via the battery within the housing; and
supplying an amount of power to the light source by supplying a first portion of the amount of power from the external AC power supply and a second portion of the amount of power from the battery while maintaining an intensity level of the light source.
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Abstract
The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that employ a control component integrated in a light bulb to control the light bulb wirelessly. The wireless light bulb can include a light source, a control component that manages operation of the light source, an input component that wirelessly obtains input signals that can be utilized by the control component, and a power source. For instance, the light source can be one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) and/or the power source can be one or more batteries. Moreover, the input component can receive the input signals (e.g., radio frequency, infrared, . . . ) from a remote control, a sensor, a differing wireless light bulb, a radio frequency identifier (RFID) tag, etc. Further, the wireless light bulb can be mechanically coupled to a lighting fixture, where the lighting fixture may or may not be electrically coupled to an alternating current (AC) power source.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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wirelessly receiving a control signal with a receiver integrated in a light bulb, the light bulb including at least one light emitting diode (LED); controlling illumination of the light bulb based on the received control signal; controlling an increase in charge of a battery within a housing from an external AC power source with a recharge component; providing supplemental power to the at least one LED via the external AC power source through a screw base of the housing simultaneously with power provided via the battery within the housing; and supplying an amount of power to the light source by supplying a first portion of the amount of power from the external AC power supply and a second portion of the amount of power from the battery while maintaining an intensity level of the light source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A light bulb, comprising:
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a housing that encloses the light bulb, the housing having a screw base for an Edison socket; a battery within the housing that supplies power to a control component, input component and a light emitting diode (LED) light source, the LED light source including at least one LED; an external AC power source provided at the screw base; a control component configured to provide supplemental power to the at least one LED from the external AC power source simultaneously with power from the battery within the housing, wherein an amount of power is supplied to the light source by supplying a first portion of the amount of power from the external AC power supply and supplying a second portion of the amount of power from the battery while maintaining an intensity level of the light source; a recharge component configured to charge the battery within the housing from the external AC power source; and an input component configured to obtain an input signal used by the control component to regulate the supplemental power supplied to the at least one LED from the external AC power sources and the power supplied to the at least one LED from the battery. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A light bulb comprising:
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at least one light emitting diode (LED); a battery integrated within the light bulb; an environmental sensor configured to sense an environmental condition in a vicinity of the light bulb; a transceiver configured to wirelessly transmit and receive control signals; a control component configured to control illumination of the at least one LED based on at least one of the received control signals or a signal from the environmental sensor, causing power for the illumination of the at least one LED to be supplied by the battery; and a grouping component configured to group the light bulb with at least one groupable light bulb so that the control component can also control illumination of the at least one groupable light bulb based on an environmental sensor signal from the environmental sensor. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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