Interlaced data architecture for a software configurable luminaire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10206268-B2
Application number	US-201615357143-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2016
Priority date	Nov 21, 2016
Publication date	Feb 12, 2019
Grant date	Feb 12, 2019

Abstract

The examples relate to various representations of data utilized for control of a software configurable lighting device. The software configurable lighting device includes an image display device and a general illumination device. Each data representation includes a pre-defined data structure such that lighting control information and image data may be interlaced within the respective representation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A configurable luminaire, comprising:
a controllable, general illumination, light source, the light source comprising a plurality of light pixels;
a driver system coupled to the light source, the driver system being configured to supply drive power to the light source in a manner to control general illumination light output by each pixel of the light source; and
a processor coupled to the driver system, wherein:
data related to operation of the configurable luminaire comprises data representing lighting control information for general illumination light output;
the data related to operation of the configurable luminaire is separable into portions, each of at least some of the portions containing data representing lighting control information; and
the processor is configured to implement functions, including functions to:
obtain each portion containing data representing lighting control information, wherein the implemented function to obtain each portion comprises includes:
obtaining, from a first pre-defined channel within the data, a first light output value for a parameter of general illumination light output, and
obtaining, from a second pre-defined channel within the data, a second light output value for another parameter of general illumination light output, the first and second light output values forming the respective portion; and

for each obtained portion, control a corresponding one light pixel based on the respective portion for general illumination light output by the light source, wherein the implemented function to control the corresponding one light pixel includes:
controlling, based on the first light output value of the respective portion, an intensity of light output from the corresponding one light pixel; and
controlling, based on the second light output value of the respective portion, a coordinated color temperature of light output from the corresponding one light pixel.

2. A configurable luminaire, comprising:
a controllable, general illumination, light source, the light source comprising a plurality of light pixels;
a driver system coupled to the light source, the driver system being configured to supply drive power to the light source in a manner to control general illumination light output by each pixel of the light source; and
a processor coupled to the driver system, wherein:
data related to operation of the configurable luminaire comprises data representing lighting control information for general illumination light output;
the data related to operation of the configurable luminaire is separable into portions, each of at least some of the portions containing data representing lighting control information; and
the processor is configured to implement functions, including functions to:
obtain each portion containing data representing lighting control information, wherein the implemented function to obtain each portion includes:
obtaining, from a first pre-defined channel within the data, a first light output value for a parameter of general illumination light output;
obtaining, from a second pre-defined channel within the data, a second light output value for a second parameter of general illumination light output;
obtaining, from a third pre-defined channel within the data, a third light output value for a third parameter of general illumination light output; and
obtaining, from a fourth pre-defined channel within the data, a fourth light output value for a fourth parameter of general illumination light output, the first, second, third, and fourth light output values forming the respective portion; and

for each obtained portion, control a corresponding one light pixel based on the respective portion for general illumination light output by the light source, wherein the implemented function to control the corresponding one light pixel includes:
controlling, based on the three light output values of the respective portion, a coordinated color temperature of light output from the corresponding one light pixel; and
controlling, based on the fourth light output value of the respective portion, an intensity of light output from the corresponding one light pixel.

3. A configurable luminaire, comprising:
a controllable, general illumination, light source, the light source comprising a plurality of light pixels;
a display comprising a plurality of display pixels and being configured to present an image, wherein the light source and the display are collocated within the configurable luminaire to allow passage of general illumination light output from the light source and image light output from the display through a common output area or surface of the configurable luminaire;
a driver system coupled to the light source and the display, the driver system being configured to:
supply drive power to the light source in a manner to control general illumination light output by each pixel of the light source; and
control presentation of the image via the display; and

a processor coupled to the driver system, wherein:
data related to operation of the configurable luminaire comprises data representing lighting control information for general illumination light output and data representing the image;
the data related to operation of the configurable luminaire is separable into portions, each portion containing data representing lighting control information or data representing the image;
each portion containing data representing lighting control information corresponds to one light pixel;
each portion containing data representing the image corresponds to one display pixel; and
the processor is configured to implement functions, including functions to:
obtain each portion;
for each portion containing data representing lighting control information, control the corresponding one light pixel based on the respective portion for general illumination light output by the light source; and
for each portion containing data representing the image, control the corresponding one display pixel based on the respective portion for presentation of the image via the display.

4. The configurable luminaire of claim 3 , wherein the implemented function to obtain each portion comprises functions, including functions to:
for each portion containing data representing the image:
obtain, from a first pre-defined channel within the data, a first light output value for a first image display parameter;
obtain, from a second pre-defined channel within the data, a second light output value for a second image display parameter; and
obtain, from a third pre-defined channel within the data, a third light output value for a third image display parameter; and

for each portion containing data representing control information:
obtain, from a fourth pre-defined channel within the data, a fourth light output value for a parameter of general illumination light output.

5. The configurable luminaire of claim 4 , wherein:
the implemented function to control the corresponding one display pixel further comprises functions to:
control, based on the first light output value, an amount of red to be output by the one display pixel;
control, based on the second light output value, an amount of green to be output by the one display pixel; and
control, based on the third light output value, an amount of blue to be output by the one display pixel; and

the implemented function to control the corresponding one light pixel further comprises a function to control, based on the fourth light output value, an intensity of light output from the corresponding one light pixel.

6. The configurable luminaire of claim 3 , wherein the implemented function to obtain each portion comprises functions, including functions to:
for each portion:
obtain, fro

Assignees

• Abl Ip Holding Llc

Inventors

• Goodman Jonathan Lloyd
• MAHER Hampton Boone

Classifications

• H05B47/00 Primary

  Circuit arrangements for operating light sources in general, i.e. where the type of light source is not relevant · CPC title

• H05B37/02

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B33/086

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B37/0272 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B47/196

  characterised by user interface arrangements · CPC title