Lighting device and lighting system

• US 9,655,191 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2014
• Issued: 05/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Signify Holding B.V. (Signify N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Philips Lighting BV (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Van Der Zande, Bianca Maria Irma, Vissenberg, Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie, Schlangen, Lucas Josef Maria, Schobben, Danil Willem Elisabeth, Van De Wouw, Inge, Lansbergen, Remco Adrianus Gerardus, Geerdinck, Leonie Maria, Pasveer, Willem Franke
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Tung X
• Application Number:
  US14/762,481
• Publication Number:
  US 20150373806A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,224 Days
• Field of Search: 315151, 315152, 315291
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 6/008 with a combination of direct and indirect lighting
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/06 by suspension
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/0016 on lighting devices that also provide for direct lighting, e.g. by means of independent light sources, by splitting of the light beam, by switching between both lighting modes
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/10 Controlling the light source
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/105 in response to determined parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/11 by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

A lighting device comprising a first light source issuing a first beam and a second light source issuing a second beam. Said first and said second light source are dimmable and together issue light with a total light flux. At a mutually equal light flux of the first and the second beam, the glare level of the second beam is lower than the glare level of the first beam. The lighting device further comprises at least one (programmed) controller which, during operation, moderates said dim levels such that in at least a range of the illumination level a ratio of the dim level of the second beam to the dim level of the first beam increases in a gradual manner with increasing total light flux.

Claims

1. A lighting device comprising:

at least one first light source adapted to issue a first beam during operation of the first light source,

at least one second light source adapted to issue a second beam during operation of the second light source, and in dependence on dim levels of the respective light sources, said first and said second light source together are adapted to issue light with a variable total light flux and variable illumination levels, and

at a mutually equal light flux of the first beam and the second beam, the first beam and the second beam have a respective glare level, the glare level of the second beam being lower than the glare level of the first beam, and

at least one programmed controller which, during operation, is configured to moderate said dim levels in a range of illumination levels,

wherein the range of illumination levels comprises a first illumination level range and a second, higher, illumination level range, and in that in the second, higher, illumination level range a ratio of the dim levels is configured to increase with increasing total light flux, and

wherein the at least one programmed controller is configured to moderate the dim levels such that in the first illumination level range the increase of the light flux of the first beam is higher than the increase of the second beam.

2. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein at relatively low illumination levels the light flux of the first beam is at least twice the light flux of the second beam and at relatively high illumination levels the light flux of the first beam is less than twice the light flux of the second beam.

3. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein by increasing the total light flux by a factor of .alpha., the respective light flux of the first and the second beam is increased according to a fixed ratio.

4. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein an increase of the total light flux causes the correlated color temperature of the light beams to decrease.

5. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lighting device is a recessed floor luminaire, a recessed ceiling luminaire or a ceiling-mounted luminaire and in that the first beam has a broad angular intensity distribution and the second beam is a modified beam with a narrower intensity distribution.

6. The lighting device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the second beam being modified by lens optics or reflector optics.

7. The lighting device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the second beam being modified by micro-lens optics.

8. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lighting device is one of a suspended luminaire, wall luminaire, or stand-alone floor/table luminaire and that the first beam is a direct beam and the second beam is an indirect beam.

9. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that it comprises at least one ambient feedback sensor, said ambient feedback sensor preferably being chosen from a light level sensor, a color sensor, a distance sensor, and an occupancy/move sensor.

13. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising at least one data entrance facility, said data entrance facility preferably being chosen from USB, internet, App, Bluetooth, HDMI, for inputting at least one of UGR classification data, personal preference data, expert-advised light distribution, image data, CCT, illuminance and contrast enhancement.

14. The lighting system comprising a lighting device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a smart device, said smart device being chosen from at least one a smart phone, a tablet, and a computer.

15. The lighting device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the smart device is uploaded with settings that are derived from the vision capabilities of the end user.

16. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein by increasing the total light flux by a factor of .alpha., the respective light flux of the first and the second beam is increased according to a ratio smaller than 1.

17. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein by increasing the total light flux by a factor of .alpha., the respective light flux of the first and the second beam is increased according to a user-preferred ratio.

10. The lighting device as claimed in 9, wherein the ambient feedback sensor can communicate with at least one adjacent lighting device to align illumination level and/or light uniformity with said adjacent lighting device.

11. The lighting device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the controller comprises at least a first control part adapted to select the lighting device to operate according to one preset selected from a range of presets, and in that the controller comprises a second control part adapted to slightly modify the selected preset within a preprogrammed light setting ratio for said selected preset.

12. The lighting device as claimed in claim 11, wherein a light setting ratio between the direct beam and the indirect beam is based upon the illuminance of the two different light sources, said ratio being within 9:

1 and 1;

9, respectively.