IP Library Granted Patent US 12,186,492
Granted Patent B2
US 12,186,492 · App. 18/454,340 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Lighting device

Inventors: Gary Paulsen (Chicago, IL); David Basken (Chicago, IL); Matthew Muller (Chicago, IL)
A61M21/00A61M2021/0044
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Patent No.
US 12,186,492
App. No.
18/454,340
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes emitting a first light having a first color that is on a first Tritan confusion line defined by a Tritan copunctual point and emitting a second light having a second color that is on a second Tritan confusion line defined by the Tritan copunctual point. The second light is emitted out of phase with the first light, and the first Tritan confusion line, the Tritan copunctual point, and the second Tritan confusion line form an angle that is less than 10 degrees.

Claims (28)

1. A method comprising:

emitting a first light having a first color that is on a first Tritan confusion line defined by a Tritan copunctual point having an x-coordinate of approximately 0.17045 and a y-coordinate of approximately zero within the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) 1931 XYZ color space; and

emitting a second light having a second color that is on a second Tritan confusion line defined by the Tritan copunctual point, wherein the second light is emitted out of phase with the first light, and wherein the first Tritan confusion line, the Tritan copunctual point, and the second Tritan confusion line form an angle that is less than 10 degrees.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first Tritan confusion line, the Tritan copunctual point, and the second Tritan confusion line form the angle that is less than 5 degrees.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first Tritan confusion line, the Tritan copunctual point, and the second Tritan confusion line form the angle that is less than 1 degree.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first Tritan confusion line and the second Tritan confusion line are the same Tritan confusion line.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first color and the second color are on opposite sides of a black body locus.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first color and the second color are both non-spectral colors.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second color is at least 10% closer to the Tritan copunctual point than the first color.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second color is at least 20% closer to the Tritan copunctual point than the first color.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second color is at least 30% closer to the Tritan copunctual point than the first color.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second color is at least 40% closer to the Tritan copunctual point than the first color.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein emitting the second light comprises emitting the second light 180 degrees out of phase with the first light.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein emitting the first light comprises emitting the first light such that a first intensity of the first light oscillates at a first frequency and wherein emitting the second light comprises emitting the second light such that a second intensity of the second light oscillates at a second frequency that is equal to the first frequency.

13. The method of any of claim 12 , wherein the first frequency is greater than 10 Hz.

14. The method of any of claim 12 , wherein the first frequency is greater than 15 Hz.

15. The method of any of claim 12 , wherein the first frequency is within a range of 17 Hz to 21 Hz.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the x-coordinate is exactly 0.17045 and the y-coordinate is exactly zero within the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) 1931 XYZ color space.

17. A control system configured to cause a lighting device to perform functions comprising:

emitting a first light having a first color that is on a first Tritan confusion line defined by a Tritan copunctual point having an x-coordinate of approximately 0.17045 and a y-coordinate of approximately zero within the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) 1931 XYZ color space; and

emitting a second light having a second color that is on a second Tritan confusion line defined by the Tritan copunctual point, wherein the second light is emitted out of phase with the first light, and wherein the first Tritan confusion line, the Tritan copunctual point, and the second Tritan confusion line form an angle that is less than 10 degrees.

18. The control system of claim 17 , wherein the x-coordinate is exactly 0.17045 and the y-coordinate is exactly zero within the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) 1931 XYZ color space.

19. A lighting device comprising:

a light source assembly; and

a control system configured to cause the light source assembly to perform functions comprising:

emitting a first light having a first color that is on a first Tritan confusion line defined by a Tritan copunctual point having an x-coordinate of approximately 0.17045 and a y-coordinate of approximately zero within the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) 1931 XYZ color space; and

emitting a second light having a second color that is on a second Tritan confusion line defined by the Tritan copunctual point, wherein the second light is emitted out of phase with the first light, and wherein the first Tritan confusion line, the Tritan copunctual point, and the second Tritan confusion line form an angle that is less than 10 degrees.

20. The lighting device of claim 19 , wherein the x-coordinate is exactly 0.17045 and the y-coordinate is exactly zero within the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) 1931 XYZ color space.

Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2022077874 · Oct 11, 2022
Provisional Application 63278680 · Nov 12, 2021
Related Publication 20230390518A1 · Dec 7, 2023
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