Color mixing of electronic light sources with correlation between phase-cut dimmer angle and predetermined black body radiation function
US8912734B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 9, 2012 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05B45/48
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A lighting system includes methods and systems to mix colors of light emitted from at least two LED emitters. In at least one embodiment, the lighting system includes a controller that responds to phase-cut angles of the dimming signal and correlates the phase-cut angles with a predetermined black body radiation function to dynamically adjust a color spectra of the mixed light in response to changes in phase cut angles of the phase-cut dimming level signal. In at least one embodiment, the controller utilizes the predetermined black body radiation function to dynamically adjust the color spectra of the mixed, emitted light in response to changes in phase cut angles of a phase-cut dimming level signal. In at least one embodiment, the predetermined black body radiation function specifies correlated color temperatures (CCTs) that model the CCTs of an actual non-LED based lamp, such as an incandescent lamp.
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