Occupancy sensor for controlling an LED light

• US 8,922,125 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2013
• Issued: 12/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IR-TEC International, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: IR-TEC International, Ltd.
• Inventors: Lin, Shih-Tsung
• Primary Examiner(s): WHITE, DYLAN C
• Application Number:
  US13/746,557
• Publication Number:
  US 20140203712A1
• Time in Patent Office: 707 Days
• Field of Search: 315/152, 315/312, 315/149
• US Class Current: 315/152
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/115 by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

An occupancy sensor for an LED module has an occupancy sensing module, a main control module and a current control module. The occupancy sensing module has capability of sensing occupancy status of a specific area. The main control module has capability of processing the signal from the occupancy sensing module and controlling. The current control module connects to the main control module and includes a current regulator, a power switch, a current sensor and a current controller. The current control module adjusts the duty cycle of the power switch based on the detected current through the LED module, thereby stabilizing the current output for the LED module.

Claims

1. An occupancy sensor for electrically connected between an LED driver and an LED module, said occupancy sensor comprising:

an occupancy sensing module with capability of sensing occupancy status of a specific area and producing a signal while an object is entering the specific area;

a main control module with capability of processing the signal from the occupancy sensing module and controlling;

a current control module electrically connected to the main control module with capability of regulating a driving current output for the LED module, said current control module comprising;

a current regulator, a power switch, a current sensor and a current controller all electrically connected to control the driving current output for the LED module;

wherein the current controller multiplies a maximum current value by a brightness ratio from the main control module to obtain a reference current for controlling the power switch, increases a duty cycle of the power switch when the current through the LED module is smaller than the reference current, and reduces the duty cycle of the power switch when the current through the LED module is larger than the reference current.

2. The occupancy sensor of claim 1, wherein the occupancy sensing module is a passive infrared sensor, an ultrasonic Doppler sensor or a high frequency Doppler sensor.

3. The occupancy sensor of claim 2, wherein the current control module is comprised of a field effect transistor (FET) for power switching, a diode and an inductor for current regulating.

4. The occupancy sensor of claim 3, wherein the main control module and the current control module are with separate chips.

5. The occupancy sensor of claim 3, wherein the main control module and the current control module are integrated on a single chip.

6. The occupancy sensor of claim 1, wherein the current control module is comprised of a field effect transistor (FET) for power switching, a diode and an inductor for current regulating.

7. The occupancy sensor of claim 6, wherein the main control module and the current control module are with separate chips.

8. The occupancy sensor of claim 6, wherein the main control module and the current control module are integrated on a single chip.