IP Library Granted Patent US 10,356,860
Granted Patent B2
US 10,356,860 · App. 16/105,288 · Granted Jul 16, 2019

Switch based lighting control

Inventors: Nam Chin Cho (Peachtree City, GA); Ryan Lamon Cunningham (Fayetteville, GA)
Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
H05B33/0815H05B33/0845H05B33/0857
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Patent No.
US 10,356,860
App. No.
16/105,288
Granted
Jul 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An LED driver includes a controller configured to detect toggles of a switch that controls whether electrical power is provided to the LED driver. The controller is further configured to determine whether a toggle sequence of the switch matches an operation mode sequence. The toggle sequence of the switch includes a sequence of one or more toggles of the toggles of the switch that the controller detects. The controller is also configured to change a setting of the LED driver based on whether the toggle sequence of the switch matches the operation mode sequence.

Claims (49)

1. A light emitting diode (LED) driver comprising a controller configured to:

detect toggles of a switch that controls whether electrical power is provided to the LED driver;

determine whether a toggle sequence of the switch matches a dim level adjustment mode sequence, wherein the toggle sequence of the switch comprises a sequence of one or more toggles of the toggles of the switch that the controller detects; and

change a dim level setting of the LED driver to a dim level if the toggle sequence of the switch matches the dim level adjustment mode sequence.

2. The LED driver of claim 1 , further comprising a non-volatile memory device, wherein the controller stores information related to the toggle sequence of the switch in the memory device during a time period that the switch is turned on.

3. The LED driver of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine whether the toggle sequence of the switch matches a correlated color temperature (CCT) adjustment mode sequence; and

change a CCT setting of the LED driver to a CCT level if the toggle sequence of the switch matches the CCT adjustment mode sequence.

4. The LED driver of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine whether the toggle sequence of the switch matches a locked operation mode sequence; and

change an operation mode of the LED driver to a locked operation mode, wherein one or more settings of the LED driver are unadjustable based on the one or more toggles of the switch when the LED driver is in the locked operation mode.

5. The LED driver of claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine whether the toggle sequence of the switch matches an unlocked operation mode sequence; and

change the operation mode of the LED driver to an unlocked operation mode, wherein the one or more settings of the LED driver are adjustable based on the one or more toggles of the switch when the LED driver is in the unlocked operation mode.

6. The LED driver of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine whether the toggle sequence of the switch matches a factory reset mode sequence; and

reset one or more settings of the LED driver to factory settings.

7. The LED driver of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to change the dim level setting of the LED driver to a second dim level from the dim level if no toggles of the switch are detected by the controller for a period of time after changing the dim level setting of the LED driver to the dim level.

8. The LED driver of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to change the dim level setting of the LED driver to a third dim level from the second dim level if no toggles of the switch are detected by the controller for a second period of time after changing the dim level setting of the LED driver to the second dim level.

9. The LED driver of claim 8 , wherein the LED driver is configured to:

enter in a dim level adjustment mode in response to the controller determining that the toggle sequence of the switch matches the dim level adjustment mode sequence; and

exit the dim level adjustment mode if one or more toggles of the switch are detected by the controller within the period of time after the dim level setting of the LED driver is changed to the dim level or within the second period of time after changing the dim level setting of the LED driver to the second dim level.

10. A lighting fixture, comprising:

a light emitting diode (LED) light source; and

a driver that provides power to the LED light source, the driver comprising a controller configured to:

detect toggles of a switch that controls whether electrical power is provided to the light fixture;

determine whether a toggle sequence of the switch matches a dim level adjustment mode sequence, wherein the toggle sequence of the switch comprises a sequence of one or more toggles of the toggles of the switch that the controller detects; and

change a dim level of a light emitted by the LED light source if the toggle sequence of the switch matches the dim level adjustment mode sequence.

11. The lighting fixture of claim 10 , further comprising a non-volatile memory device, wherein the controller stores information related to the toggle sequence of the switch in the memory device during a time period that the switch is turned on.

12. The lighting fixture of claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine whether the toggle sequence of the switch matches a correlated color temperature (CCT) adjustment mode sequence; and

change a CCT setting of the driver to a CCT level if the toggle sequence of the switch matches the CCT adjustment mode sequence.

13. The lighting fixture of claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine whether the toggle sequence of the switch matches a locked operation mode sequence; and

change an operation mode of the driver to a locked operation mode, wherein one or more settings of the driver are unadjustable based on the one or more toggles of the switch when the driver is in the locked operation mode.

14. The lighting fixture of claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to change the dim level setting of the driver to a second dim level from the dim level if no toggles of the switch are detected by the controller for a period of time after changing the dim level setting of the driver to the dim level.

15. The lighting fixture of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to change the dim level setting of the driver to a third dim level from the second dim level if no toggles of the switch are detected by the controller for a second period of time after changing the dim level setting of the driver to the second dim level.

16. The lighting fixture of claim 15 , wherein the driver is configured to:

enter in a dim level adjustment mode in response to the controller determining that the toggle sequence of the switch matches the dim level adjustment mode sequence; and

exit the dim level adjustment mode if one or more toggles of the switch are detected by the controller within the period of time after the dim level setting of the driver is changed to the dim level or within the second period of time after changing the dim level setting of the driver to the second dim level.

17. A method of controlling operations of a lighting device, the method comprising:

detecting, by an LED driver, toggles of a switch, wherein the switch controls whether electrical power is provided to the LED driver;

determining, by the LED driver, whether a toggle sequence of the switch matches a dim level adjustment mode sequence, wherein the toggle sequence of the switch comprises a sequence of one or more toggles of the toggles of the switch that the LED driver detects; and

changing a dim level setting of the LED driver if the toggle sequence of the switch matches the dim level adjustment mode sequence.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising storing information related to the toggle sequence in a non-volatile memory during a time period that the switch is on.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the step of changing the setting of the LED driver is performed during a dim level adjustment process, wherein the LED driver is configured to perform the dim level adjustment process by sequentially changing the dim level setting of the LED driver to a number of dim levels, and wherein the LED driver is configured to wait a waiting period after changing of the dim level setting to one of the number of dim levels before performing a next change of the dim level setting to another one of the number of dim levels.

20. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

determining whether the toggle sequence of the switch matches a correlated color temperature (CCT) adjustment mode sequence; and

changing a CCT setting of the LED driver to a CCT level if the toggle sequence of the switch matches the CCT adjustment mode sequence.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NUMBERS 12183490, 12183499, 12494944, 12961315, 13528561, 13600790, 13826197, 14605880, 15186648, RECORDED IN ERROR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 052681 FRAME 0475. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 12, 2020
From: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
To: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 055965/0721 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2020
From: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
To: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 052681/0475 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2020
From: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
To: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
Reel/Frame 052274/0553 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2018
From: CHO, NAM CHIN; CUNNINGHAM, RYAN LAMON
To: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
Reel/Frame 047797/0162 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2018
From: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
To: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
Reel/Frame 049139/0695 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15472873 · Mar 29, 2017
Provisional Application 62340971 · May 24, 2016
Related Publication 20180359827A1 · Dec 13, 2018