Color mixing of electronic light sources with correlation between phase-cut dimmer angle and predetermined black body radiation function
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a controller configured to;
receive a phase-cut dimming level signal; and
control a first drive current to a first light emitting diode (“
LED”
) emitter and a second drive current to a second LED emitter to control a color of mixed light emitted from the two LED emitters by responding to phase-cut angles of the dimming signal and correlating the phase-cut angles with a predetermined black body radiation function to dynamically adjust a color spectra of the mixed light in response to changes in phase cut angles of the phase-cut dimming level signal, wherein during operation of the LED emitters, the two LED emitters emit light having at least three dominant wavelengths representing at least three different colors.
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Abstract
A lighting system includes methods and systems to mix colors of light emitted from at least two LED emitters. In at least one embodiment, the lighting system includes a controller that responds to phase-cut angles of the dimming signal and correlates the phase-cut angles with a predetermined black body radiation function to dynamically adjust a color spectra of the mixed light in response to changes in phase cut angles of the phase-cut dimming level signal. In at least one embodiment, the controller utilizes the predetermined black body radiation function to dynamically adjust the color spectra of the mixed, emitted light in response to changes in phase cut angles of a phase-cut dimming level signal. In at least one embodiment, the predetermined black body radiation function specifies correlated color temperatures (CCTs) that model the CCTs of an actual non-LED based lamp, such as an incandescent lamp.
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37 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
a controller configured to; receive a phase-cut dimming level signal; and control a first drive current to a first light emitting diode (“
LED”
) emitter and a second drive current to a second LED emitter to control a color of mixed light emitted from the two LED emitters by responding to phase-cut angles of the dimming signal and correlating the phase-cut angles with a predetermined black body radiation function to dynamically adjust a color spectra of the mixed light in response to changes in phase cut angles of the phase-cut dimming level signal, wherein during operation of the LED emitters, the two LED emitters emit light having at least three dominant wavelengths representing at least three different colors.- 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. An method comprising:
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receiving a phase-cut dimming level signal; and controlling a first drive current to a first light emitting diode (“
LED”
) emitter and a second drive current to a second LED emitter to control a color of mixed light emitted from the two LED emitters by responding to phase-cut angles of the dimming signal and correlating the phase-cut angles with a predetermined black body radiation function to dynamically adjust a color spectra of the mixed light in response to changes in phase cut angles of the phase-cut dimming level signal, wherein during operation of the LED emitters, the two LED emitters emit light having at least three dominant wavelengths representing at least three different colors. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A lighting system comprising:
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a switching power converter; at least two light emitting diode (“
LED”
) emitters; anda controller configured to; receive a phase-cut dimming level signal; and control a first drive current to a first light emitting diode (“
LED”
) emitter and a second drive current to a second LED emitter to control a color of mixed light emitted from the two LED emitters by responding to phase-cut angles of the dimming signal and correlating the phase-cut angles with a predetermined black body radiation function to dynamically adjust a color spectra of the mixed light in response to changes in phase cut angles of the phase-cut dimming level signal, wherein during operation of the LED emitters, the two LED emitters emit light having at least three dominant wavelengths representing at least three different colors.
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