Hands-free lighting system

• US 9,968,417 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2015
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Raptor Inventions, LLC
• Original Assignee: Raptor Inventions, LLC
• Inventors: Johnson, Neal Landon, Phillips, Stegen David
• Primary Examiner(s): Philogene, Haissa
• Application Number:
  US14/960,671
• Publication Number:
  US 20160089215A1
• Time in Patent Office: 890 Days
• Field of Search: 315307, 315308, 315158, 315312, 315185 R, 362105, 362570-573, 362804, 362343, 362319, 362277
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 1/0015 Electrical systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 1/088 Illuminating devices or attachments for examination of the mouth A61B1/24 and A61B1/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 19/003 Apparatus for curing resins by radiation
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/008 the casing being outside the housing of the lighting device
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 9/20 Dichroic filters, i.e. devices operating on the principle of wave interference to pass specific ranges of wavelengths while cancelling others
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/155 Coordinated control of two or more light sources
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/195 the transmission using visible or infrared light

Abstract

A hands-free lighting system comprising: a master control unit, a light unit, and a remote control unit. The master control unit is configured for controlling the operation of a remote light unit based on a signal received from a remote control unit. The light unit comprising at least one light source.

Claims

1. A hands-free lighting system, said hands-free lighting system comprising:

a master control unit, a light unit, and a remote control unit;

wherein said master control unit is configured for controlling the operation of said light unit, said master control unit connects to said light unit, said master control unit connects to said remote control unit;

wherein said light unit comprises at least one light source, wherein said light unit is remote from said master control unit;

wherein said remote control unit comprises at least one user control for receiving input from a user, wherein said user control comprises at least one input device; and

wherein in response to user input, said remote control unit sends a signal to the master control unit, wherein said master control unit, upon receiving said signal, controls the light unit as instructed by the signal.

2. The hands-free lighting system of claim 1, wherein said input device receives a command selection via voice recognition.

3. The hands-free lighting system of claim 1, wherein said user control comprises a proximity sensor.

4. The hands-free lighting system of claim 1, wherein said user control comprises a microphone.

5. The hands-free lighting system of claim 1, wherein said user control comprises a acoustic-to-electric transducer.

6. The hands-free lighting system of claim 1, wherein said user control comprises a radio-frequency identification (RFID) sensor.

7. The hands-free lighting system of claim 1, wherein said user control comprises a infrared sensor.

8. The hands-free lighting system of claim 1, wherein said user control comprises an accelerometer.

9. The hands-free lighting system of claim 1, wherein said user control comprises a gyroscopic sensor.

10. The hands-free lighting system of claim 1, further comprising a power source, and wherein said at least one light source comprises a first light source and a second light source, wherein said first light source comprises at least one first light element configured as a dental curing light, and wherein said second light source comprises at least one second light element configured as an illuminating light, wherein said first light element comprises a light emitting diode, and wherein said second light element comprises a light emitting diode, wherein the light emitting diode of the second light element is a light emitting diode using gallium nitride as a semiconductor.

11. The hands-free lighting system of claim 1, further comprising a power source, wherein said power source is a battery, and wherein said at least one light source comprises a first light source and a second light source, wherein said first light source comprises at least one first light element configured as a dental curing light, and wherein said second light source comprises at least one second light element configured as an illuminating light.