Multimode color tunable light source
First Claim
1. A lighting system, comprising:
- at least one multimode artificial ambient light source;
at least one control unit coupled to said at least one artificial ambient light source and configured to output at least one control signal to said at least one artificial ambient light source wherein said at least one multimode artificial ambient light source is configured to output light of varying color and color temperature in response to said at least one control signal; and
one remote image sensor coupled to said at least one control unit, wherein the remote sensor is configured to detect at least one color and intensity characteristic and an output signal to said at least one control unit, based on said color and intensity characteristic detected wherein the remote image sensor utilizes a weighted border region and center region of the image detected.
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Abstract
Described herein are ambient lighting devices, methods, and systems that utilize at least one multimode artificial ambient light source, a control unit, and a remote image sensor. The control unit couples to at least one artificial ambient light source and is configured to output at least one control signal to the at least one artificial ambient light source. The at least one multimode artificial ambient light source is configured to output light of varying color and color temperature in response to said at least one control signal. The remote image sensor couples to the at least one control unit and is configured to detect at least one color and intensity characteristic and output an output signal to the at least one control unit, based on said color and intensity characteristic detected.
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20 Claims
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1. A lighting system, comprising:
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at least one multimode artificial ambient light source; at least one control unit coupled to said at least one artificial ambient light source and configured to output at least one control signal to said at least one artificial ambient light source wherein said at least one multimode artificial ambient light source is configured to output light of varying color and color temperature in response to said at least one control signal; and one remote image sensor coupled to said at least one control unit, wherein the remote sensor is configured to detect at least one color and intensity characteristic and an output signal to said at least one control unit, based on said color and intensity characteristic detected wherein the remote image sensor utilizes a weighted border region and center region of the image detected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A lighting method, comprising:
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detecting at least one color and intensity characteristic and producing an output signal to at least one control unit based on said color and intensity characteristic with a remote image sensor wherein the remote image sensor utilizes a region of an image detected smaller than the area of the image detected; outputting at least one control signal to at least one artificial ambient light source by said at least one control unit; and outputting light of varying color and color temperature by at least one multimode artificial ambient light source in response to said at least one control signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A lighting system, comprising:
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at least one multimode artificial ambient light source; at least one control unit coupled to said at least one artificial ambient light source and configured to output at least one control signal to said at least one artificial ambient light source wherein said at least one multimode artificial ambient light source is configured to output light of varying color and color temperature in response to said at least one control signal; one remote image sensor coupled to said at least one control unit, wherein the remote sensor is configured to detect at least one color and intensity characteristic and an output signal to said at least one control unit, based on said color and intensity characteristic detected wherein the remote image sensor utilizes a weighted border region and center region of the image detected; and a monitor displaying the image wherein said ambient light source provides lighting in a room in which the monitor is displaying the image.
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