Customizable modular luminaire

• US 9,546,776 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2013
• Issued: 01/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Current Lighting Solutions, LLC (f/k/a GE Lighting Solutions, LLC) (American Industrial Partners)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Kuti, Andras, Batai, Roland, Kovacs, Norbert, Lorincz, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): A, Minh D
• Application Number:
  US14/068,672
• Publication Number:
  US 20150115802A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,174 Days
• Field of Search: 315/291, 315/224, 315/307, 315/312, 315/185.R, 315/247, 362/227, 362/249.01, 362/249.11
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 15/01 Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts F21V15/02 takes precedence housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0471 the sensor detecting the proximity, the presence or the movement of an object or a person
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/103 of streets or roads
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/54 of traffic, e.g. cars on the road, trains or boats
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/57 Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/30 Driver circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/11 by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/115 by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/72 in street lighting

Abstract

A luminaire having a body that includes a first portion and a second portion, the second portion including two or more apertures. At least one of the two or more apertures being sized to match a main lighting component, at least one other of the two or more apertures being sized to match a first function module, and at least another of the two or more apertures being sized to match a second function module. One of the first function module and the second function module is one of a motion detector, a camera, an air pollution sensor, and a communication unit.

Claims

1. A luminaire comprising:

a luminaire body housing having a first body portion and a planar second body portion, the planar second body portion including a first aperture and two or more second apertures, wherein the first aperture and the two or more second apertures are coplanar;

the first aperture being sized to match a main lighting component;

at least one of the two or more second apertures being sized to match a first function module; and

at least another of the two or more second apertures being sized to match a second function module.

2. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the main lighting component is a first light emitting diode (LED) lamp.

3. The luminaire of claim 2, wherein the first LED lamp emits a broad lighting pattern.

4. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the first function module being smaller than the main lighting component.

5. The luminaire of claim 4, wherein the first function module comprises a second LED lamp, said second LED lamp emits a directed lighting pattern, the directed lighting pattern being narrower than a lighting pattern emitted by the main lighting component.

6. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein one of the first function module and the second function module is one of a motion detector, a camera, and a communication unit.

7. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the first function module is a lamp.

8. The luminaire of claim 7, wherein the second function module is a motion detector configured to detect motion adjacent to a roadway illuminated by the main lighting component, and to activate the first function module upon detection of motion adjacent to the roadway.

9. The luminaire of claim 7, including a camera module in one of the two or more second apertures, wherein the second function module is a motion detector configured to detect motion on a roadway illuminated by the main lighting component, and configured to selectively activate the camera module upon detection of motion on the roadway.

10. The luminaire of claim 9, wherein the selective activation is determined by a control unit within a function module, and the selective activation is based on one of a traffic infraction, license plate recognition, and an identity signal associated with a transponder.

11. The luminaire of claim 1 including:

three or more function modules, wherein a corresponding number of the two or more second apertures are sized to match respective sizes of the three or more function modules; and

at least two of the three or more function modules each include a lamp.

12. The luminaire of claim 1, wherein the two or more apertures are customizable by having perforated perimeters where aperture material within the perforated perimeter is removed based on a customized configuration.

13. A luminaire comprising:

a housing including a body portion comprising more than two apertures;

a light emitting diode light source that emits a lighting pattern adapted to provide lighting to at least a portion of a roadway, said light emitting diode light source accommodated in at least one of the more than two apertures;

camera module mounted in at least one other of the more than two apertures; and

a second function module selected from one of motion detector, camera module, and communication module mounted in at least another of the more than two apertures.

14. The luminaire of claim 13, wherein the first function module comprises a camera module and the second function module comprises a motion detector,

wherein the motion detector is configured to detect motion on a roadway illuminated by the light emitting diode light source, and configured to selectively activate the camera module upon detection of motion on the roadway.

15. The luminaire of claim 14, wherein the selective activation is based on one of a traffic infraction, license plate recognition, and an identity signal associated with a transponder.

16. The luminaire of claim 13, wherein the first function module comprises a camera module and the second function module comprises a camera module.

17. The luminaire of claim 13, wherein the first function module comprises a camera module and the second function module comprises a communication module that conducts communication with a remote server.

18. The luminaire of claim 13, wherein the more than two apertures are coplanar.

19. The luminaire of claim 13, wherein the more than two apertures are customizable by having perforated perimeters where aperture material within the perforated perimeter is removed based on a customized configuration.