Lighting control systems

• US 9,247,622 B2
• Filed: 02/20/2013
• Issued: 01/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Current Group LLC
• Original Assignee: Current Group LLC
• Inventors: Fredricks, Dennis
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Tung X
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sathiraju, Srinivas
• Application Number:
  US13/772,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20140232294A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,070 Days
• Field of Search: 315/291, 315/201
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/155 Coordinated control of two or more light sources
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control

Abstract

A lighting control system and apparatus that may be utilized with aquariums are provided. The light control system and apparatus may be utilized with various lighting fixtures. The lighting control system and apparatus provides easy control over different lighting fixtures comprising various lighting sources. In addition, a user may program various lighting characteristics and effects such as the turn on or turn off date and time, the color, the brightness, the power supplied to the lighting fixtures via different user interfaces by using different user systems. Further, multiple lighting control systems may operate seamlessly together.

Claims

1. A lighting control system configured to be coupled to a set of lighting fixtures, comprising:

a communication module configured to receive a set of instructions;

a memory coupled to the communication module, the memory storing the set of instructions; and

a processing module coupled to the memory, the processing module adjusting a duty cycle of a PWM channel according to the set of instructions;

wherein the lighting control system is coupled to an audio source and the processing module adjusts the duty cycle of the PWM channel according to the audio source, whereby the lighting control system regulates light supplied to the lighting fixtures according to sound signals received from the audio source.

2. The lighting control system of claim 1, wherein the PWM channel corresponds to at least one light source of the set of lighting fixtures.

3. The lighting control system of claim 2, wherein a current to the at least one light source of the set of lighting fixtures is adjusted.

4. The lighting control system of claim 1, wherein the set of lighting fixtures comprising an RGB LED system comprising a red LED, a green LED, and a blue LED.

5. The lighting control system of claim 4, wherein the processing module further adjusts a second duty cycle of a second PWM channel and a third duty cycle of a third PWM channel according to the set of instructions, wherein the first PWM channel is associated with the red LED, the second PWM channel is associated with the green LED, and the third PWM channel is associated with the blue LED.

6. The lighting control system of claim 1, wherein the set of lighting fixtures comprises an LED strip.

7. The lighting control system of claim 1, wherein the communication module is configured to be coupled to a wireless router.

8. The lighting control system of claim 1, further comprising an internal clock.

9. The lighting control system of claim 1, wherein the set of instructions adjust a time, a color, a photoperiod, or a dimming option of an LED.

10. The lighting control system of claim 1, wherein the communication module is configured to receive the set of instructions from a WiFi network.

11. The lighting control system of claim 1, wherein the memory further stores a second set of instructions, further comprising a user interface, wherein the second set of instructions are configured to adjust a time, a color, a photoperiod, or a dimming option of an LED and wherein the user interface is configured to display the second set of instructions.

12. The lighting control system of claim 11, wherein the second set of instructions comprises a second instruction selecting a color complementing a fish species.

13. The lighting control system of claim 1, wherein the communication module, the memory, and the processing module are mounted on a printed circuit board.

14. The lighting control system of claim 12, further comprising a lighting fixture, wherein the lighting fixture is mounted on the printed circuit board.

15. The lighting control system of claim 1, wherein the set of lighting fixtures is employed to selectively light an aquarium.

16. The lighting control system of claim 1, wherein the set of lighting fixtures comprising an RGBW LED system comprising a red LED, a green LED, a blue LED, and a white LED.

17. The lighting control system of claim 1, wherein the set of instructions are infrared light signals, Bluetooth signals, or Radio Frequency signals.