Smart multi-dimensional light cell arrangement

• US 9,148,938 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2014
• Issued: 09/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fives Investments LLC
• Original Assignee: Samir Hanna Safar
• Inventors: Safar, Samir Hanna
• Primary Examiner(s): Truong, Bao Q
• Application Number:
  US14/287,091
• Publication Number:
  US 20140252986A1
• Time in Patent Office: 491 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 2/005 of modular construction
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/005 for several lighting devices in an end-to-end arrangement, i.e. light tracks
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/0808 Adhesive means
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/0832 Hook and loop-type fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0435 activated by remote control means
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2105/00 Planar light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/20 Electroluminescent [EL] light sources
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/1965 using handheld communication devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

The present invention relates to a novel arrangement of light cells on a flexible or solid background into a smart multi-dimensional light source capable of unlimited configuration, which comprises of a mother cell that is connected to one source of electrical power and gets charged, subsequently charging all the other light cells and thus illuminating the entire light source with unlimited configuration, and which is capable of being wirelessly switched on or off by means of a smart phone device.

Claims

1. A smart multi-dimensional light cell assembly comprising:

a primary light cell unit called a mother cell;

a plurality of ancillary light cell units called sisters cells;

a background holding material;

a control module electrically connected to said mother cell and having a Bluetooth module and a logic module;

a control module electrically connected to said sister cells and having a Bluetooth module and a logic module;

and

a smart device wirelessly connected to said control modules for selective switching on and off of said mother cell and said sister cells according to user input received via a mobile software application residing on the smart device,

characterized in that the mother cell is electrically connected to an AC or DC electrical power source and to the adjoining sister cells,

the mother cell and the plurality of sister cells being provided on the background holding material in a continuous arrangement.

2. The smart multi-dimensional light cell assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control module is provided only on specific light cells.

3. The smart multi-dimensional light cell assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein the mobile software application residing on the smart device is capable of associating user input in the form of touch, audio or gestures.

4. The smart multi-dimensional light cell assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein the smart device is selected from a group consisting of a smart phone, a mobile phone, a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a GPS device, a smartbook, a netbook, a notebook, an ultra-mobile personal computer and a wearable computing device.

5. The smart multi-dimensional light cell assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein specific light cells can be switched on or off depending on location of the light cells in the assembly, color of the light cells, duration for switching on or off, variance of the lighting intensity, illumination effect.

6. The smart multi-dimensional light cell assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein the wireless communication means between the smart device and the control modules present on the light cells is selected from a group consisting of Bluetooth, Zigbee, Near Field Communication and Radio Frequency Identification means.

7. The smart multi-dimensional light cell assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein specific sister cells are designated as booster cells.

8. The smart multi-dimensional light cell assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein only authorized users can control the remote switching on or off the light cells.

9. The smart multi-dimensional light cell assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein the software application residing on the smart device is capable of receiving feedback on the functioning of a specific light cell for monitoring and maintenance.