LED lamp with remote control

• US 8,791,655 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2010
• Issued: 07/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Innosys, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Innosys, Inc.
• Inventors: Sadwick, Laurence P., Sackett, William B.
• Primary Examiner(s): CRAWFORD, JASON
• Application Number:
  US12/776,409
• Publication Number:
  US 20110204778A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,542 Days
• Field of Search: 315 34- 35, 315/50, 315117-118, 315/291, 315/294, 315307-309, 315/311
• US Class Current: 315/309
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/22 using optical feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/46 having LEDs disposed in parallel lines
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/12 by detecting audible sound
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/30 Semiconductor lamps, e.g. solid state lamps [SSL] light emitting diodes [LED] or organic LED [OLED]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

Various apparatuses and methods are disclosed for a remotely controllable LED lamp. One embodiment of an LED lamp includes at least one LED in each of a plurality of colors, a power supply, and a controller connected to the power supply and the at least one LED in each of a plurality of colors. The controller is adapted to adjust current levels to the at least one LED in each of a plurality of colors to produce a blended color. The controller is also adapted to adjustably vary an intensity of the blended color without substantially changing the blended color.

Claims

1. A lighting apparatus comprising:

at least one LED in each of a plurality of colors;

a power supply; and

a controller connected to the power supply and the at least one LED in each of a plurality of colors, wherein the controller is adapted to adjust current levels to the at least one LED in each of the plurality of colors to produce a blended color, and wherein the controller is adapted to adjustably vary an intensity of the blended color without substantially changing the blended color, and wherein the controller is adapted to transmit a status of the current level to the at least one LED in each of the plurality of colors to an external controller for user display; and

wherein the controller is adapted to selectably accept dimming signals from a plurality of sources and to selectably deselect ones of the dimming signals, wherein the controller is adapted to automatically select among the dimming signals, and wherein the controller is adapted to deselect wall dimming when the power supply is switched to a universal voltage mode.

2. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a wireless transceiver, wherein the controller is adapted to receive a user color selection and a user dimming level selection through the wireless transceiver, wherein the blended color is based on the user color selection and the intensity is based on the user dimming level selection.

3. The lighting apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller is further adapted to vary the intensity based on a power level to the power supply as set by an external dimmer.

4. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the power supply comprises an AC/DC converter adapted to convert an AC line voltage to a lower voltage constant current DC output.

5. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the blended color is maintained during intensity adjustment by substantially maintaining a ratio between the current levels to the at least one LED in each of the plurality of colors.

6. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising at least one light sensor, wherein the blended color is maintained during intensity adjustment based on feedback from the at least one light sensor.

7. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising at least one light sensor, wherein the controller is adapted to vary the intensity based at least in part on a measurement from the at least one light sensor to maintain a user selected illumination level.

8. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a microphone, wherein the controller is adapted to receive audio input from the microphone and wherein the blended color and the intensity are based at least in part on the audio input.

9. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a temperature sensor, wherein the controller is adapted to receive temperature data from the temperature sensor and wherein the blended color and the intensity are based at least in part on the temperature data.

10. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is adapted to operate in cooperation with other lighting apparatuses, each of the other lighting apparatuses comprising at least one LED in each of a plurality of colors, a power supply, and a controller connected to the power supply and the at least one LED.

11. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is adapted to select among the dimming signals under user control.

12. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is adapted to operate in emergency mode with a color change in the at least one LED and with the at least one LED flashing.

13. The lighting apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller is adapted to cause other linked lights to operate in the emergency mode.

14. The lighting apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller is adapted to return to a non-flashing operation from the emergency mode after a predetermined period of time.

15. A method of controlling an LED lamp, the method comprising:

selectably accepting user color selections from a plurality of sources and deselecting user color selections from ones of the plurality of sources;

automatically selecting and deselecting dimming signals from a plurality of dimming sources and deselecting a wall dimming source when operating in a universal voltage mode;

adjusting a current level to each of a plurality of groups of LEDs based on a user color selection, wherein each of the plurality of groups of LEDs has a different color, to produce a blended color identified by the user color selection;

adjusting the current level to each of the plurality of groups of LEDs based on a user dimming input to produce an output intensity identified by the user dimming input while substantially maintaining the blended color; and

transmitting a status of the current level to each of the plurality of groups of LEDs to an external controller for user display.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising receiving the user color selection and the user dimming input from a wireless remote control.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising receiving the user color selection and the user dimming input over a power line data link.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising transmitting a status of the current level to each of the plurality of groups of LEDs to a remote interface.