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7622701 |
Toolessly adjustable cupola and photocontrol receptacle assembly
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a cupola and photocontrol receptacle assembly that allows a user to adjust the direction of the cupola base and the photocontrol receptacle...
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7619366 |
System for and method of controlling a light source and lighting arrangement
The invention relates to a system for controlling a light source ( 208, 210, 212 ) within an area ( 200 ), the system comprising: location means conceived to detect a position of at least one...
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7619194 |
Electro-optical device, semiconductor device, display device, and electronic apparatus having the display device
An electro-optical device includes a panel formed so that an electro-optical material is held between a first substrate and a second substrate, a lighting unit that irradiates light to a surface of...
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7608807 |
Closed loop daylight harvesting light control system having auto-calibration
An apparatus and method for enabling an automatic calibration sequence for a light control system having a daylight harvesting scheme is disclosed herein. An ambient light sensor connects to a...
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7589305 |
Display device having switching elements corresponding to individual pixels and dual ambient light photosensing unit
With the related art, the choice of locations for disposition of ambient light photosensors is narrow, and consequently it is difficult to respond flexibly to user specifications for differing...
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7569802 |
Photosensor control unit for a lighting module
A photosensor control unit for use in a lighting module has a light sensor and a switch adapted to operably control a light source such as a plurality of LEDs responsive to the light sensor. The...
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7564014 |
Apparatus for detecting welding light and protecting eyes from glare and method for controlling the same
A welding light detection and anti-glare eye protection apparatus, which shields welding light generated in welding or cutting environments to safely protect eyes of a worker from the welding...
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7557524 |
Lighting device
An LED lighting device is provided which is capable of being connected to a network and being controlled by a host computer also connected to the network. The lighting device has several lifespan...
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7554073 |
High linearity CMOS ambient light sensor
A light sensor having first and second photodetectors and a current mirror is disclosed. The first photodetector receives a light signal and generates a light current proportional to the light...
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7550703 |
Apparatus including at least one light sensor with an input pin for receiving an integration period signal
An automatically dimming mirror includes a dimming element having variable reflectivity, the degree of reflectivity based on a control signal. An ambient light sensor is positioned to receive light...
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7547876 |
Photocontrol devices and methods for forming the same
A photocontrol device includes a housing assembly and a flexible circuit board assembly. The housing assembly defines an enclosure cavity. The flexible circuit board assembly includes a flexible...
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7541570 |
Vehicle rearview mirror system
A vehicle rearview mirror system includes a variable reflectance reflective element, an ambient light sensor that is operable to sense ambient light, and a glare light sensor that is operable to...
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7531776 |
Photodetector, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus having a differential current detection circuit
A photodetector receiving object light and ambient light as incident light includes: a sensor circuit in which a sensor outputting a first current corresponding to the intensity of the incident...
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7514666 |
Composite receiver assembly having a circuit board on which multiple receiver devices that operate on different sets of wavelengths are mounted
Multiple devices that operate at different wavelengths of light are incorporated into a single composite assembly to reduce the amount of space that is needed to incorporate the assembly into a...
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7504612 |
Ambient light processing system for controlling display device by sensing ambient light and method using the system
An ambient light processing system for controlling a display device by sensing ambient light and a method using the system. The ambient light processing system includes a photo-detector, an...
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7495204 |
Remote control receiver device and ambient light photosensor device incorporated into a single composite assembly
An RC receiver device and an ambient light photosensor (ALPS) device are mounted on a single mounting device (e.g., circuit board or lead frame substrate) such that they are part of a single...
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7482574 |
Light guide having an elongate shape with dual concave shaped end and electronic device using light guide
Disclosed are a light guide ( 750 ) and an electronic device including a light guide for coupling ambient light to a light sensor. The light guide ( 750 ) that is a structure of light-transmitting...
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7462811 |
Light detection circuit
A circuit for detecting light comprising: a) a light-integrating photosensor circuit responsive to light for producing a variable voltage signal representing the accumulation of the light over...
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7453057 |
Vehicle rearview mirror system having a variable reflectance control
A vehicle rearview mirror system includes an electro-optic reflective element, an ambient light sensor that is operable to sense ambient light, a glare light sensor that is operable to sense glare...
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7446303 |
Ambient light sensing using a color sensor
An ambient light sensor (ALS) system is described. The ALS system includes a polychromatic color sensor, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and a digital processor. The polychromatic color...
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7408145 |
Light sensing instrument with modulated polychromatic source
An apparatus is described for assessing plant status using biophysical and biochemical properties of the plant remotely sensed by the invention thereby allowing selective monitoring, elimination or...
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7405387 |
System and method for attenuating the effect of ambient light on an optical sensor
The present invention provides systems and methods for attenuating the effect of ambient light on optical sensors and for measuring and compensating quantitatively for the ambient light.
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7394541 |
Ambient light analysis methods, imaging devices, and articles of manufacture
Ambient light analysis methods, imaging devices, and articles of manufacture are described. According to one aspect, an ambient light analysis method includes emitting light using a source, first...
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7364329 |
Adaptor with gimbal mounted sensor
An adaptor ( 10 ) including a sensor ( 18 ), a gimbal housing ( 12 ) having a male connector ( 14 ) at one end and an female connector ( 16 ) at another end, wherein the male connector ( 14 ) is...
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7351947 |
System and method for ambient light sensor testing for an information handling system display
An ambient light sensor testing module running on an information handling system verifies that an ambient light sensor managing brightness of an information handling system display is active and...
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7345270 |
Photocontrol with radio-controlled timer and a decoder
A photocontrol controls the activation of lighting based on ambient light and the time of day using a radio-controlled timer. Radio signals from a particular source of correct time, such as the...
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7323672 |
Light sensor structure with dark current compensation
The ambient light sensor structure includes a power supply, a converter, and a pulse processing unit. The power supply provides a reference voltage interface, a high voltage interface and a low...
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7309851 |
Apparatus and method for adjusting brightness via controlling backlight
The invention discloses an apparatus for adjusting an output back light relative to the ith image frame among N image frames of an image sequence inputted to a display system. The apparatus...
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7297929 |
Light sensor and processor incorporating historical readings
A sensor includes a light detector for dividing light in an environment into optical zones and detecting light from the optical zones. The sensor also includes a processor coupled to the light...
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7271378 |
Ambient light detection circuit with control circuit for integration period signal
A circuit for detecting light is disclosed comprising: a) a light-integrating photo-sensor circuit having one or more thin-film photosensors and being responsive to a variable integration period...
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7256385 |
Display device with combined light guide
An indicating instrument including a light guiding system having at least a first and second light guides, a sensor disposed at a first end of the first light guide and configured to receive...
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7232987 |
Instrument and method to measure available light energy for photosynthesis
The present invention is an accumulated light meter that generates data concerning the quantity of photosynthetically active radiation available over a measured period of time. The device can...
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7227459 |
Vehicle imaging system
A vehicle imaging system includes an imaging array sensor having a field of view directed outwardly from the vehicle and toward an external scene, first and second optic elements, and a control...
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7218860 |
Optical transceiver module with ambient light circuitry
An optical transceiver module which includes circuitry for detecting ambient light conditions in addition to circuitry for processing received optical data.
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7202458 |
Display and control method thereof
A display includes a liquid crystal display panel, a back light, an inverter that supplies electric power to the back light and adjust an intensity of illumination of the back light, a selector...
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7193201 |
Method for measuring external light to control protection means against sunlight or illumination
The invention concerns a method which consists in detecting and discriminating at least three states, respectively blue sky, white sky and direct sunlight. The discrimination between the three...
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7149026 |
Sensor unit for automatically switching of lighting devices and coupling medium for a sensor unit
A sensor unit for automatic switching of lighting devices of motor vehicles is described. The sensor unit includes at least one light-sensitive sensor, a filter element being situated upstream from...
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7133079 |
Circuit comprising a combined signal and environmental light sensor
In indication and image reproduction apparatus, the ambient brightness must be taken into account for an optimum reproduction quality. This requires an optical sensor, which is associated with...
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7109465 |
System and method for converting ambient light energy into a digitized electrical output signal for controlling display and keypad illumination on a battery powered system
A system and method of ambient light detection with digitized output. A light sensitive device is coupled to electronic circuitry for receiving an output of the light sensitive device corresponding...
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7071456 |
Camera module with ambient light detection
A camera module forms digital images and measures an ambient light level. A device such as a digital camera, a telephone, or a PDA containing the camera module can set lighting levels of I/O...
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7064310 |
Light-responsive vehicle control such as an electro-optic rearview mirror system that is adaptive to vehicle configuration having a sensitivity selection
A vehicular rearview mirror system includes a control that receives inputs from ambient and glare detecting light sensors and establishes reflectance levels of the interior mirror reflective...
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7049575 |
System for sensing ambient light having ambient stability probability
A system and method for sensing ambient light. The system has a first sensor for measuring a first ambient light level and a second sensor for measuring a second ambient light level. A processor in...
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7041965 |
Vehicle interior mirror system including a rain sensor
An interior mirror system for a vehicle comprises a housing having an interior compartment and is adapted for releasable mounting to an interior surface of the vehicle. A first electrical...
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7026597 |
OLED display with integrated elongated photosensor
An OLED display with a photosensor includes a substrate; a display area comprising an array of addressable OLEDs formed on the substrate; and an elongated photosensor formed on the substrate and...
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7022961 |
Optical indicator element
An optical indicator element includes a locator and function symbol that is equipped with a shared optical indicator element, with the intensity of the shared light input being adapted and...
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7019276 |
Distributed dimmable lighting control system and method
To reduce energy costs in buildings where there is an input of natural light, a method of maintaining an ambient light intensity in a building area at a predetermined level is proposed. It...
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6979811 |
Light sensing film and light sensor circuit using the same
A light sensing film formed by laminating together a transparent/translucent material, an upper transparent electrode, a photosensitive dielectric layer including photosensitive dielectric...
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6943333 |
Light arrangement for vision system including a light controller with an external device
A lighting arrangement for use in vision systems and imaging applications. The arrangement illuminates the object to be imaged with a supplied light of a specified illumination. The intensity, hue,...
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6933486 |
Illumination management system
The present invention provides an illumination management system that includes a first LED that outputs a first signal when exposed to a first spectrum of light, the first signal indicating an...
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6900594 |
Methods and a device for automatically switching on or off the illumination of a vehicle
A method and device for automatically switching on and/or off the illumination of a vehicle. Faulty switching is reduced by adapting the threshold value for switching on the illumination by...
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