Light emitting device (LED) light fixture control systems and related methods
First Claim
1. A light emitting device (LED) lighting system comprising:
- at least one LED configured to emit light at an illumination output level;
at least one light sensor configured to measure the illumination output level of light emitted by the at least one LED and an ambient light level in proximity to the at least one LED; and
a control unit, the control unit configured;
to detect a light level that comprises both the illumination output level emitted by the at least one LED and the ambient light level falling below an original illumination output level in an area, wherein the original illumination output level comprises a stored numerical value that represents a portion or percentage of a maximum illumination output level of the at least one LED and is established based on a predetermined lighting level in the area; and
to increase the illumination output level by the at least one LED to produce the predetermined lighting level associated with the original illumination output level in the area.
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Abstract
Light emitting device (LED) light fixture control systems and related methods are disclosed. A system and method in one aspect can include at least one LED configured to emit light at an illumination output level and at least one light sensor configured to measure the illumination output level of light emitted by the LED. A system and method can also include a control unit configured to detect the illumination output level emitted by the at least one LED falling below an original illumination output level and to increase the illumination output level by the at least one LED to produce a predetermined lighting level associated with the original illumination output level in an area.
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68 Claims
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1. A light emitting device (LED) lighting system comprising:
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at least one LED configured to emit light at an illumination output level; at least one light sensor configured to measure the illumination output level of light emitted by the at least one LED and an ambient light level in proximity to the at least one LED; and a control unit, the control unit configured; to detect a light level that comprises both the illumination output level emitted by the at least one LED and the ambient light level falling below an original illumination output level in an area, wherein the original illumination output level comprises a stored numerical value that represents a portion or percentage of a maximum illumination output level of the at least one LED and is established based on a predetermined lighting level in the area; and to increase the illumination output level by the at least one LED to produce the predetermined lighting level associated with the original illumination output level in the area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A light emitting device (LED) lighting system comprising:
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at least one LED light fixture, wherein the LED light fixture comprises an LED for generating an illumination output level; at least one light sensor for measuring the illumination output level emitted by the at least one LED light fixture; and a control unit configured to; determine a high end trim level of the at least one LED light fixture, wherein the high end trim level comprises a percentage of a maximum illumination output level of the at least one LED light fixture that corresponds to an original illumination output level that produces a visual comfort level in an area; detect the illumination output level emitted by the at least one LED light fixture falling below the original illumination output level; and adjust the high end trim level of the at least one LED light fixture to increase the illumination output level by the at least one LED light fixture to produce the visual comfort level in the area. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for operating at least one light emitting device (LED), comprising:
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detecting a light level that comprises both a current illumination output level in an area emitted by at least one LED and an ambient light level in proximity to the at least one LED falling below an original illumination output level, wherein the original illumination output level comprises a stored numerical value that represents a portion or percentage of a maximum illumination output level of the at least one LED and is established based on a desired lighting level; and adjusting the at least one LED to increase the current illumination output level in the area to produce the desired lighting level. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method for operating at least one light emitting device (LED) light fixture in a lighting system, comprising:
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establishing a visual comfort level in an area, wherein the visual comfort level is associated with an original illumination output level emitted by at least one LED light fixture; determining a high end trim level of the at least one LED light fixture, wherein the high end trim level is a percentage of a maximum illumination output level of the at least one LED light fixture and corresponds to the original illumination output level that produces the visual comfort level in the area; detecting a current illumination output level emitted by the at least one LED light fixture falling below the original illumination output level; and adjusting the high end trim level of the at least one LED light fixture to increase the current illumination output level by the at least one LED light fixture to produce the visual comfort level in the area. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. A method for monitoring light, comprising:
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determining an original illumination output level in an area emitted by at least one light and an ambient light level in proximity to the at least one light; detecting a light level that comprises both a current illumination output level in the area resulting from the at least one light and the ambient light level falling below the original illumination output level, wherein the original illumination output level comprises a stored numerical value that represents a portion or percentage of a maximum illumination output level of the at least one light and is established based on a predetermined lighting level in the area; and adjusting the at least one light to increase the current illumination output level to produce the predetermined lighting level in the area.
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