Control device and related user interfaces and techniques for controlling solid-state lighting device emissions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10240732-B1
Application number	US-201715707125-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Sep 18, 2017
Priority date	Sep 18, 2017
Publication date	Mar 26, 2019
Grant date	Mar 26, 2019

Abstract

A control device and related user interfaces (UIs) and techniques for controlling the light output of a solid-state lighting device are disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments, the control device may be configured to present a UI having one or more adjustment features operatively associated with one or more adjustment modes by which the control device may control the light output of a downstream lighting device communicatively coupled with the control device. Via a given adjustment feature, a user (or other controller) may adjust one or more characteristics, such as intensity, correlated color temperature (CCT), and color of the emissions of the lighting device. In some embodiments, the control device may be a computing device, mobile or otherwise, and the UI may be presented by a display element as a graphical UI (GUI).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer program product encoded with instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, causes a process to be carried out, the process comprising:
presenting, via a control device configured to be communicatively coupled with a solid-state lighting device, at least one control feature operatively associated with at least one adjustment mode of the control device by which a light output of the solid-state lighting device is adjusted, wherein the at least one control feature is:
manipulable to cause the control device to transmit a control signal to the solid-state lighting device; and
presented as a scrollable wheel-type feature that is dynamic in that a visual appearance thereof, as presented by the control device, changes as the scrollable wheel-type feature is manipulated; and

transmitting the control signal, wherein the control signal provides for causing the solid-state lighting device to adjust at least one of an intensity, a correlated color temperature (CCT), and a color of the light output based on a manipulation of the at least one control feature.

2. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the control signal occurs only after the manipulation of the at least one control feature has ceased.

3. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the process further comprises:
adjusting, via the solid-state lighting device receiving the control signal, at least one of the intensity, the CCT, and the color of the light output based on the manipulation of the at least one control feature of the control device.

4. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one adjustment mode comprises an intensity adjustment mode in which the control signal provides for causing the solid-state lighting device to adjust the intensity of the light output; and
the at least one control feature comprises an intensity adjustment feature operatively associated with the intensity adjustment mode such that manipulation of the intensity adjustment feature determines whether the control signal provides for causing the solid-state lighting device either to increase or decrease the intensity of the light output.

5. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one adjustment mode comprises a Planck color adjustment mode, in which the control signal provides for causing the solid-state lighting device to adjust the CCT of the light output; and
the at least one control feature comprises a Planck color adjustment feature operatively associated with the Planck color adjustment mode such that manipulation of the Planck color adjustment feature determines whether the control signal provides for causing the solid-state lighting device either to increase or decrease the CCT of the light output.

6. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 5 , wherein:
the control device comprises a computing device comprising memory; and
the process further comprises:
presenting, via the Planck color adjustment feature, a CCT color chart last saved by the memory of the control device.

7. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one adjustment mode comprises a true color adjustment mode, in which the control signal provides for causing the solid-state lighting device to adjust the color of the light output; and
the at least one control feature comprises a true color adjustment feature operatively associated with the true color adjustment mode such that manipulation of the true color adjustment feature determines whether the control signal provides for causing the solid-state lighting device to change a color of the light output.

8. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 7 , wherein:
the control device comprises a computing device comprising memory; and
the process further comprises:
presenting, via the true color adjustment feature, a true color chart last saved by the memory of the control device.

9. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the at least one control feature presented as the scrollable wheel-type feature is configured for cyclic scrolling.

10. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the at least one control feature presented as the scrollable wheel-type feature is configured for non-cyclic scrolling.

11. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one adjustment mode comprises a plurality of adjustment modes; and
a given adjustment mode of the plurality of adjustment modes is toggleable between active and inactive states based on whether the at least one control feature operatively associated with the given adjustment mode is being manipulated.

12. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 1 , wherein in changing the visual appearance of the scrollable wheel-type feature, a region of the scrollable wheel-type feature disposed within bounds of a selection window is expanded in visual presence as compared to a region disposed outside the bounds of the selection window.

13. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one adjustment mode comprises a plurality of adjustment modes; and
the process further comprises:
presenting, via the control device, an adjustment mode toggling feature operatively associated with the plurality of adjustment modes and configured to toggle a given adjustment mode of the plurality of adjustment modes between active and inactive states based on a manipulation of the adjustment mode toggling feature.

14. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the at least one control feature comprises:
at least one of a Planck color adjustment feature and a true color adjustment feature; and
a slide bar control feature configured to control manipulation of the at least one of the Planck color adjustment feature and the true color adjustment feature.

15. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the process further comprises:
presenting, via the control device, at least one selection indicator configured to indicate a currently selected option presented by the at least one control feature.

16. A user interface (UI) on a computing device, the UI comprising:
a field of selectable control features configured such that selection therefrom electronically controls a light output of a solid-state lighting device configured to be communicatively coupled with the computing device, the field of selectable control features comprising at least one of:
a first control feature operatively associated with an intensity adjustment mode of the computing device by which an intensity of the light output of the solid-state lighting device is adjusted, wherein the first control feature is manipulable to cause the computing device to output a first control signal to the solid-state lighting device, the first control signal providing for causing the solid-state lighting device to adjust the intensity of the light output;
a second control feature operatively associated with a Planck color adjustment mode of the computing device by which a correlated color temperature (CCT) of the light output of the solid-state lighting device is adjusted, wherein the second control feature is manipulable to cause the computing device to output a second control signal to the solid-state lighting device, the second control signal providing for causing the solid-state lighting device to adjust the CCT of the light output; and

Assignees

• Ledvance Llc

Inventors

• Ganick Aaron
• Zhang Shiyong
• Kelly Scott

Classifications

• H05B45/20

  Controlling the colour of the light · CPC title

• H05B45/24

  using electrical feedback from LEDs or from LED modules · CPC title

• H05B45/44

  with an active control inside an LED matrix · CPC title

• H05B47/175

  by remote control · CPC title

• F21V21/14

  Adjustable mountings · CPC title