IP Library Granted Patent US 8,796,944
Granted Patent B2
US 8,796,944 · App. 13/276,436 · Granted Aug 5, 2014

Solid state illuminating system

Inventors: Bernard W. Boland (Mesa, AZ); Jim Rhodes (Tempe, AZ)
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Patent No.
US 8,796,944
App. No.
13/276,436
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a solid state illuminating system having a centralized controlling module, coupled with a monitoring module and a power supplying module, for converting electricity from a second format to a third format so as to embed a PWM signal therein in accordance with a status signal obtained by an user via a monitoring module. Accordingly, the present invention is capable of supporting various kinds of potential dimming control method and has the advantage of low manufacturing cost without substantially adjustment to the present illumining system.

Claims (13)

1. A solid state illumining system, comprising:

a monitoring module, for generating a status signal;

a power source, isolated from grid network, comprising a photo-PV, for generating electricity with a first format;

a power supplying module, for receiving electricity with the first format so as to output electricity with a second format;

a centralized controlling module, coupled with the monitoring module and the power supplying module, for converting the electricity from the second format to a third format embedded with a PWM signal in accordance with the status signal; and

a plurality of remote illuminating modules, each of the illuminating modules being connected with the controlling module for obtaining the electricity with the third format so as to generate a light ray in accordance with the PWM signal embedded in the electricity with a third format respectively;

wherein the controlling module is capable of monitoring the AC phase of the electricity with the second format for a phase cut dimming function with a trailing type lighting dimmer or a TRIAC type lighting dimmer.

2. The solid state illumining system of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring module comprises an user interface, for generating the status signal in accordance with an user command inputted by the user.

3. The solid state illumining system of claim 1 , wherein the status signal is in analog format.

4. The solid state illumining system of claim 1 , wherein the status signal is in digital format.

5. The solid state illumining system of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring module comprises a potentiometer.

6. The solid state illumining system of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring module comprises a photo-sensing unit, for detecting the light condition from where the photo-sensing unit is disposed.

7. The solid state illumining system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of the remote illuminating modules are connected with the power supplying module via a power supplying rail.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2023
From: WARBIRD CAPITAL LLC
To: SCYNCE LED LLC
Reel/Frame 063760/0643 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2023
From: ILLUM HORTICULTURE LLC
To: WARBIRD CAPITAL LLC
Reel/Frame 063126/0076 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2023
From: STEPHEN P AND KRISTI A ADAMS FAMILY TRUST
To: ILLUM HORTICULTURE LLC
Reel/Frame 062901/0784 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2022
From: ILLUM HORTICULTURE LLC
To: STEPHEN P AND KRISTI A ADAMS FAMILY TRUST
Reel/Frame 060088/0140 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2021
From: ILLUM TECHNOLOGY LLC
To: ILLUM HORTICULTURE, LLC
Reel/Frame 058047/0015 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2014
From: VERDE DESIGNS, INC.
To: ILLUM TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 033812/0382 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: BOLAND, BERNARD W.; RHODES, JAMES
To: VERDE DESIGNS, INC.
Reel/Frame 027091/0598 →
Continuity (1)
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