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7605547 Addressable LED architecture  
The present disclosure provides an addressable light emitting diodes (LED) architecture that is able to control a plurality of LEDs individually. The present disclosure further provides a method of...
7573206 Perceptible flickering reduction  
A system includes a load, one or more switches, and a controller. The switches are to switch power received from a power source to power the load. The controller is to control switching of the...
7550935 Methods and apparatus for downloading lighting programs  
Methods and apparatus for downloading one or more lighting programs including one or more lighting effects. The lighting program(s) may be downloaded from a web site to one or more LED-based...
7511435 Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device having the same  
A backlight unit includes: a power supplying part; a non-dimming point light source receiving power from the power supplying part and providing a feed back signal to the power supplying part; a...
7492109 Apparatus for controlling lamp source and electric equipment and power socket therof  
An apparatus for controlling an electric equipment is provided. The apparatus includes an input unit for generating a digital control signal carried on a power line to be transmitted to a power...
7436132 Multi-way sensor switch  
A system for controlling a load circuit is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of multi-way sensor switches for mounting in an electrical boxes and coupling to the load circuit. Preferably,...
7427840 Methods and apparatus for controlling illumination  
Methods and apparatus for controlling illumination. In one example, one or more multi-color light sources are controlled based on one or more interruptions of power supplied to the light source(s)....
7402961 Circuit for illuminating multiple light emitting devices  
A single drive circuit is configured to drive disparate current loads of first and second combinations of compact light emitting devices with respective regulated constant currents. Standard push...
7312780 Fluorescent lamp driver system  
A lamp driver system is provided that facilitates improved efficiency and brightness control for an optical display system. The lamp driver system provides this improved efficiency and brightness...
7309962 Protection control circuit for discharge lamps  
A protection control circuit for discharge lamps aims to control protection signals input to a load at a rear end of a high voltage output zone that are generated during abnormal conditions. The...
7274150 Lighting control circuit for vehicle lighting equipment  
An LED is connected to a power supply circuit, and a Zener diode is reverse-connected to the LED and then packaged in an LED package. When a load of the power supply circuit is lightened due to...
7211968 Lighting control systems and methods  
Implementations of lighting control systems and methods are described and claimed herein. An exemplary remote control system comprises a wireless interface configured to receive instructions from a...
7186003 Light-emitting diode based products  
High-brightness LEDs, combined with a processor for control, can produce a variety of pleasing effects for display and illumination. A system disclosed herein uses high-brightness,...
6969183 Digital lighting apparatus for vehicle, controller for digital lighting apparatus, and control program for digital lighting apparatus  
A digital lighting apparatus for a vehicle, which employs a reflection digital light deflector, includes a storage unit that stores digital data of a plurality of light distribution patterns and a...
6865428 Method and apparatus for providing distributed control of a home automation system  
A method and apparatus for providing distributed control of a home automation system is provided. Each device participating in a home automation system is equipped with control logic for providing...
6831420 Light emitting system, transmitting apparatus for use in light emitting system, and receiving apparatus for use in light emitting system  
The invention relates to a light emitting system and transmitting apparatus and receiving apparatus to be used in the light emitting system. The transmitting apparatus has a first transmitting...
6819089 Power factor correction circuit with high-voltage semiconductor component  
A switching power supply including a power factor correction circuit comprises a rectifier, an inductor coupled in series with the rectifier, a semiconductor switch formed by a compensation device...
6806871 Driver IC, electro-optical device and electronic equipment  
A liquid crystal driver IC comprising: a power circuit; an electric volume for varying an output voltage from the power circuit; a temperature detector; and a correction table for storing an...
6774582 Light dimming control method and apparatus  
Push and release switch operation with a light off causes the light to dim up. Push and release operation with the light on causes it to dim up or to dim down dependant on the level of light...
6713974 Lamp transformer for use with an electronic dimmer and method for use thereof for reducing acoustic noise  
A controller for reducing acoustic noise produced during use of a leading edge dimmer, includes a leading edge controller responsive to an input voltage fed thereto for producing a control signal...
6700334 RF wireless remote-control brightness-adjustable energy-saving lamp  
An RF wireless remote-control brightness-adjustable energy-saving lamp is provided which includes a brightness-adjustable energy-saving lamp and a RF remote-control module. The...
6603276 Dimming control system with distributed command processing  
A dimming control system includes dimmer modules which receive dimming level information from a control module. Each dimmer modules includes a microprocessor which provides internal intelligence...
6561685 Light assembly for external rearview mirror of vehicles  
A light assembly for exterior rearview mirrors of vehicles has a support and one or more first LEDs provided as luminous bodies arranged on the support. Two or more second LEDs are provided as...
6545434 Multi-scene preset lighting controller  
A lighting control device for controlling the light intensity level of a least one lamp. The device is capable of storing preset light intensity levels in a memory. The method for storing the...
6459938 Remote supervisory control system  
A control terminal 32 includes an individual address setting section 12 for setting a unique individual address, and a simultaneous control address setting section 13 for setting a...
6424096 Remotely controlled light displays  
A hand-held transmitter (T) delivers an IR control signal to a receiver (R) that is connected to send the signal to a lighting control module (LCM) within a housing ( 16 ). A cable ( 18 ) of light...
6407515 Power regulator employing a sinusoidal reference  
A power regulator for use with an AC power source includes a voltage converter having a first input and a second input. The first input is connected with the AC power source and receives AC current...
6404143 Method for starting up the electrical equipment of a lighting system  
The invention relates to a starting-up method for a lighting system, which has a plurality of luminaries (L 1 ; L 2 ; L 3 ; L 4 ; L 5 ; L 6 ) which are fitted with lamps (LP 1 ; LP 2 ; LP 3 ; LP 4...
6388399 Network based electrical control system with distributed sensing and control  
An electrical control system including a plurality of electrical devices communicates over a network and interfaces and works with non-protocol devices and signals that only send/receive an on/off...
6329766 Digital illumination adjusting circuit  
A digital illumination adjusting circuit used to adjust the output to a power level of an alternating load via a digital setting manner is disclosed. The digital illumination adjusting circuit...
6297610 Control system for controlling plural electrical devices  
A control system for controlling a plurality of electrical devices (6) the system including a central controller (2) for controlling functions of the devices, a network (4) coupled between the...
6252358 Wireless lighting control  
An illumination level control assembly (10) includes a plurality of light bulbs (20), and a main power switch (30) for supplying electrical power to the bulbs (20). The assembly (10) includes a...
6188182 Power control apparatus for lighting systems  
A power control apparatus, particularly for lighting systems such as fluorescent lights. A power variation circuit (16) is provided coup led between a mains electrical input power source and at...
6188181 Lighting control system for different load types  
An improved signal generator that is capable of providing a multitude of control schemes to connected ballasts or transformers to adjust the luminous output of an attached lamp or light source. The...
6094016 Electronic ballast  
An electronic ballast (EVG) is provided for operating at least one lamp (10), wherein a light sensor (20) for monitoring the brightness of a specific physical area (28) can be connected to the...
6031343 Bowling center lighting system  
The lighting system of the present invention includes at least one light string having a plurality of independently controllable light modules, each emitting light in response to an activation...
6020692 Marco lamp life extension in installation for ADI, AEI  
A circuit for use with optical inspection lamps, e.g., tungsten-halogen or Marco lamps, in semiconductor fabrication machines performing ADI and AEI operations, that will lower the operating...
5962989 Energy management control system  
An energy saving lighting control system for operating fluorescent light fixtures is provided with means for controlling the light level according to the light required for the task being done in...
5949200 Wall mountable control system with virtually unlimited zone capacity  
A wall mountable control panel for controlling power levels delivered to electrical loads, such as lighting loads defining zones, has a zone select switch for scrolling through multiple zones, so...
5811940 Phase-shift lamp control  
The invention relates to a method for the independent control of individual or a group of fluorescent lamps of a lighting system operated by the a.c. supply system with the main functions of rapid...
5703442 Method and apparatus for interfacing a light dimming control with an automated control system  
The present invention is directed to providing building automation systems which can effectively control light output of a building in a manner which can significantly reduce power consumption, yet...
5668446 Energy management control system for fluorescent lighting  
An energy saving lighting control system for operating fluorescent light fixtures is provided with means for controlling the light level according to the light required for the task being done in...
5637964 Remote control system for individual control of spaced lighting fixtures  
A plurality of spaced ceiling mounted fixtures or other controllable electrical appliances have wide angle radiation detectors mounted within each fixture and wired internally of the fixture to a...
5550440 Sinusoidal inductorless dimmer applying variable frequency power signal in response to user command  
A control service delivers controlled magnitude energy from a sinusoidal power source in the form of a sequence of pulses conforming to the sinusoidal envelope. A gate signal operated at a selected...
5463286 Wall mounted programmable modular control system  
A wall mountable, fully modular lighting control system, is disclosed wherein several possible lighting scenes are user defined and stored in the lighting control system for recall by the user upon...
5420482 Controlled lighting system  
A controlled lighting system comprises a control system which transmits DATA and CLOCK information to a plurality of light modules. The light modules each include at least two light elements and a...
5359231 Wallbox-mountable switch and dimmer  
A wallbox-mountable system for controlling electrical power to a load is disclosed. The system comprises a yoke, a frame, a toggle switch and at least one slidable lever. The yoke has an opening...
5187655 Portable programmer for a lighting control  
A hand-held programmer is provided for adjusting various functions of a multi-scene, multi-zone programmable lighting control. The programmer generally includes push-buttons for selecting...
5146139 Controllable gas discharge lighting system  
An inverter-type fluorescent lamp ballast is powered from the power line by way of a common and either of two (or more) different power leads. When powering the ballast by way of the common and the...
5005211 Wireless power control system with auxiliary local control  
A multiple-input power control system accepts control signals from a radiant signal transmitter and from a local control, selects one of the signals, and provides the selected signal to a power...
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