System for generating non-homogenous light and associated methods
First Claim
1. A lighting apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of luminaires, each luminaire comprising a controller configured to operate the luminaire and positioned in communication with a computerized device;
wherein each luminaire is selectively operable to emit source light, the source light being characterized by a dominant source light wavelength within a range from 390 nanometers to 750 nanometers;
wherein at least two of the plurality of luminaires are operable to emit source lights with different dominant source light wavelengths, and such that two or more source lights emitted by the plurality of luminaires combine to form a combined light at a distance from the plurality of luminaires defined as a combining distance;
wherein the dominant source light wavelength of at least some of the luminaires of the plurality of luminaires are variable with time; and
wherein controllers of each of the plurality of luminaires operate the plurality of luminaires such that a color temperature of the combined light does not vary more than 5% across the length and width of the area of illumination while the dominant source wavelength of at least one of the luminaires of the plurality of luminaires varies with time.
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Abstract
A lighting apparatus comprising a plurality of luminaires, each luminaire comprising a controller configured to operate the luminaire and positioned in communication with a computerized device. Each luminaire may be selectively operable to emit source light characterized by a dominant source light wavelength within a range from 390 nanometers to 750 nanometers. Additionally, at least two of the plurality of luminaires may be operable to emit source lights with different dominant source light wavelengths, and such that one or more source lights emitted by the plurality of luminaires may combine to form a combined light at a distance from the plurality of luminaires defined as a combining distance. Furthermore, the dominant source light wavelength of at least some of the luminaires of the plurality of luminaires may be variable with time.
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19 Claims
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1. A lighting apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of luminaires, each luminaire comprising a controller configured to operate the luminaire and positioned in communication with a computerized device; wherein each luminaire is selectively operable to emit source light, the source light being characterized by a dominant source light wavelength within a range from 390 nanometers to 750 nanometers; wherein at least two of the plurality of luminaires are operable to emit source lights with different dominant source light wavelengths, and such that two or more source lights emitted by the plurality of luminaires combine to form a combined light at a distance from the plurality of luminaires defined as a combining distance; wherein the dominant source light wavelength of at least some of the luminaires of the plurality of luminaires are variable with time; and wherein controllers of each of the plurality of luminaires operate the plurality of luminaires such that a color temperature of the combined light does not vary more than 5% across the length and width of the area of illumination while the dominant source wavelength of at least one of the luminaires of the plurality of luminaires varies with time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A lighting apparatus comprising:
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a computerized device; and a plurality of luminaires, each luminaire comprising a controller configured to operate the luminaire and positioned in communication with the computerized device; wherein each luminaire is selectively operable to emit source light, each source light having a dominant source light wavelength within a range from 390 nanometers to 750 nanometers; wherein the plurality of luminaires are arrangeable so as to form an array; wherein the computerized device is programmable to operate at least some of the plurality of luminaires such that at least two of the plurality of luminaires emit source lights with different dominant source light wavelengths, and such that two or more source lights combine to form a combined light at a distance from the plurality of luminaires defined as a combining distance; and wherein the computerized device is configurable to vary the dominant source light wavelength of at least some luminaires of the plurality of luminaires with time; and wherein the computerized device is configured to operate the plurality of luminaires such that a color temperature of the combined light dos not vary more than 5% across the length and width of the area of illumination while the dominant source wavelength of at least one of the luminaires of the plurality of luminaires varies with time. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A lighting apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of luminaires, each luminaire comprising a controller configured to operate the respective luminaire and that is positioned in communication with a computerized device; wherein each luminaire is selectively operable to emit source light, the source light being characterized by a dominant source light wavelength within a range from 390 nanometers to 750 nanometers; wherein at least two of the plurality of luminaires are operable to emit source lights with different dominant source light wavelengths, and such that two or more source lights emitted by the plurality of luminaires combine to form a combined light at a distance from the plurality of luminaires defined as a combining distance; wherein the dominant source light wavelength of at least some of the luminaires are variable with time; wherein each controller is configured to receive a lighting scenario from a computerized device placed in electronic communication with the controller; wherein each controller is programmable to operate the plurality of luminaires responsive to the lighting scenario received from the remote computerized device; and wherein each controller is configured to receive instructions from the remote computerized device so as to operate the plurality of luminaires such that a color temperature of the combined light does not vary more than 5% across the length and width of the area of illumination while the dominant source wavelength of at least one of the luminaires of the plurality of luminaires varies with time.
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