Luminaire for emitting directional and nondirectional light

1. An LED luminaire comprising:

at least one LED light source for emitting light rays;

at least one directional light-emitting element optically coupled to said at least one LED light source to receive at least a portion of said light rays and being configured to emit directional light directly from said luminaire;

at least one waveguide optically coupled to said at least one LED light source to receive at least a portion of said light rays, wherein said at least one waveguide is optically coupled to said at least one LED light source through said at least one directional light-emitting element; and

at least one nondirectional light-emitting element optically coupled to said at least one waveguide and being configured to emit non-directional light.

2. The LED luminaire of claim 1 , wherein said at least one waveguide surrounds said directional light-emitting element.

3. The LED luminaire of claim 1 , wherein said at least one waveguide comprises at least two waveguides extending in opposite directions from said at least one directional light-emitting element.

4. The LED luminaire of claim 1 , further comprising a discrete directional light-emitting element.

5. An LED luminaire comprising:

at least one LED light source for emitting light rays;

at least one directional light-emitting element optically coupled to said at least one LED light source to receive at least a portion of said light rays and being configured to emit directional light from said luminaire;

at least one waveguide optically coupled to said at least one LED light source to receive and guide at least said portion of said light rays to said directional light-emitting element such that said portion of said light rays are internally reflected in said waveguide at least once, wherein said at least one directional light-emitting element is optically coupled to said at least one LED light source through said at least one waveguide; and

at least one nondirectional light-emitting element optically coupled to said at least one waveguide and being configured to emit non-directional light.

6. The LED luminaire of claim 5 , wherein said at least one directional light-emitting element is integral with said at least one waveguide.

7. The LED luminaire of claim 6 , wherein said at least one directional light-emitting element is defined on a surface of said at least one waveguide.

8. The LED luminaire of claim 7 , wherein said at least one directional light-emitting element is defined on one surface of said at least one waveguide, and said at least one nondirectional light-emitting element is defined on another surface of said at least one waveguide.

9. The LED luminaire of claim 5 , wherein said at least one waveguide comprises at least two waveguide.

10. The LED luminaire of claim 9 , wherein said at least two waveguide are hinged.

11. The LED luminaire of claim 1 , wherein said at least one LED light source comprises a plurality of LED light sources.

12. The LED luminaire of claim 11 , wherein said at least one directional light-emitting element comprises a plurality of directional light-emitting elements, wherein each directional light-emitting element of said plurality of directional light-emitting elements is optically coupled to one of said plurality of LED light sources.

13. The LED luminaire of claim 1 , wherein said directional light has one correlated color temperature (CCT), value and said non-directional light has a different CCT value.

14. The LED luminaire of claim 1 , wherein said at least one nondirectional light-emitting element is integral with said at least one waveguide.

15. The LED luminaire of claim 1 , further comprising at least one additional directional light-emitting element optically connected to said waveguide.

16. The LED luminaire of claim 1 , further comprising a configurable lens disposed over a light-emitting surface of said directional light-emitting element to adjust the direction of said directional light.