Solid state lighting switches and fixtures providing dimming and color control

• US 9,560,708 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2014
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IDEAL Industries Lighting, LLC (Ideal Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: CREE Incorporated (Wolfspeed, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chobot, Joseph Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, ANH Q
• Application Number:
  US14/270,977
• Publication Number:
  US 20140232297A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,001 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/48 having LEDs organised in strings and incorporating parallel shunting devices
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/105 in response to determined parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/30 Semiconductor lamps, e.g. solid state lamps [SSL] light emitting diodes [LED] or organic LED [OLED]

Abstract

A solid state lighting switch can include a first input control that can be configured to adjust a dimming indication or color indication for a solid state lighting fixture that is configured for coupling to the solid state lighting switch. A selective linking mechanism can be configured to activate a linked mode of operation of the switch to link the dimming indication to the color indication or to activate an unlinked mode of operation of the switch to unlink the dimming indication from the color indication.

Claims

1. A solid state lighting switch comprising:

a first input control configured to adjust a dimming indication for a solid state lighting fixture configured for coupling to the solid state lighting switch; and

a second input control configured to adjust a color indication for the solid state lighting fixture, wherein the dimming indication and the color indication are configured to be provided as respective outputs from the solid state lighting switch that are independent of one another to the solid state lighting fixture,

wherein the switch comprises a wireless interface configured to transmit the color indication and the dimming indication wirelessly to the solid state lighting fixture.

2. The switch of claim 1 wherein the dimming indication and the color indication are not linked together as the first or second input control is manipulated.

3. The switch of claim 1 wherein the dimming indication and the color indication are configured for transmission to the solid state lighting fixture over separate channels of a single transmission medium.

4. The switch of claim 2 wherein the switch comprises a digital addressable lighting interface compatible switch.

5. The switch of Claim 1 wherein at least one of the first and second input controls comprises a remote keypad.

6. A solid state lighting switch comprising:

a first input control configured to adjust a dimming indication for a solid state lighting fixture configured for coupling to the solid state lighting switch; and

a second input control configured to adjust a color indication for the solid state lighting fixture, wherein the dimming indication and the color indication are configured to be provided as respective outputs from the solid state lighting switch that are independent of one another to the solid state lighting fixture;

wherein the switch comprises a wireless interface configured to transmit the color indication and the dimming indication wirelessly to the solid state lighting fixture; and

wherein the first and second input controls comprise a remote keypad.

7. The switch of claim 6 wherein the dimming indication and the color indication are not linked together as the first or second input control is manipulated.

8. The switch of claim 6 wherein the dimming indication and the color indication are configured for transmission to the solid state lighting fixture over separate channels.

9. The switch of claim 6 wherein the switch comprises a digital addressable lighting interface compatible switch.