Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
315150000 | Radiant energy responsive load device | 24 |
20080218088 | Solar light for home security signs - An easily deployable miniature, LED light unit specifically for home security yard signs that is rechargeable by means of a solar cell array having a light sensor which automatically activates the light at dusk and deactivates it at dawn. The solar light unit is contained in a unique compact molded housing that positions the components and also includes an integral clamp-mount specifically for slide-on mounting to the stakes of typical home security signs. | 09-11-2008 |
20090115337 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL TIME CONTROL OF LIGHTING SYSTEM - A method for real time control of lighting system includes the steps of: providing a computer, a SCM ( | 05-07-2009 |
20090261736 | Illuminating Device - A solar charged or solar powered illuminating device comprises a shell and a lampshade, wherein said shell is capable of being hung on a transparent surface comprising a backlight surface and a light-receiving surface, wherein said light-receiving surface is abutted against said transparent outward surface, said shell further comprising: a solar panel, an illuminating module, a battery unit and a power control module. Said solar panel is arranged on the light-receiving surface for receiving solar energy and converting solar energy into electric energy; said illuminating module is arranged on the backlight surface; said battery unit is used for storing the electric energy and said power control module connected with said solar panel and said battery unit is used for receiving electric energy converted by solar panel, charging the battery unit, and controlling the discharge of rechargeable batteries, wherein said battery unit can generate a first output voltage for illuminating module. The lampshade is covered on the backlight surface and is set on the position corresponding to said illuminating module. Due to its compact design, the device can be moved conveniently to be hung for use. | 10-22-2009 |
20100001654 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING ILLUMINATION DIRECTION ACCORDING TO HUMAN BODY'S SIGNAL - An illumination system comprises an illumination assembly, a human body's signal detecting unit, a processing unit and an illumination direction adjustment unit. The illumination assembly projects an illumination light beam along an illumination direction; the human body's signal detecting unit detects at least one human body's signal released from at least one user to accordingly generate an intensity signal; the processing unit receives the intensity signal and transmits an illumination direction adjustment signal according to the intensity signal; and the illumination direction adjustment unit receives the illumination direction adjustment signal to automatically adjust the illumination direction. | 01-07-2010 |
20100117543 | LIGHTING DEVICE WITH A LED USED FOR SENSING - A lighting device ( | 05-13-2010 |
20100176731 | Adaptor and Illumination Apparatus - An adaptor includes a power connection unit electrically connected to a power line that may be extended from an AC plug; a power supply unit electrically connected to the power connection unit, configured to supply power; a light emitting device driver that generates driving power from the power supplied by the power supply unit; and a controller that controls the light emitting device driver. | 07-15-2010 |
20100213855 | ELECTRIC TORCH - An electric torch includes a main body, a holder and a connecting portion. The main body includes a lamp shade and a light emitting portion. The lamp shade defines a receiving space. The light emitting portion is secured in the receiving space and configured for emitting light. The holder is rotatably connected to the main body via the connecting portion and configured for supporting the main body. The connecting portion includes a protrusion, a locating rod and a torsion spring. The protrusion is extended from the main body and communicates with the receiving space of the lamp shade. The locating rod is inserted into the protrusion and received in the holder with two ends fixed to the holder. The torsion spring is sleeved on the locating rod with one end attached to the lamp shade and another end attached to the holder. | 08-26-2010 |
20100237785 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a portable terminal including, a terminal body having a display, a solar cell disposed on at least one region of the terminal body and configured to convert sunlight into electric energy for charging a battery, a sensing unit configured to detect a quantity of state relating to the electric energy generated from the solar cell, and a controller configured to control brightness of the display based upon the quantity of state detected by the sensing unit, and a method for controlling a display thereof. | 09-23-2010 |
20110006690 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING THE POWER OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device comprising a sensor adapted to sense ambient light and an indicator adapted to display a power consumption status. The electronic device may additionally comprise a processor adapted to vary the luminosity of the device based on the ambient light sensed. A method may comprise sensing ambient light, illuminating a display at a luminosity based on the ambient light, and displaying a power consumption status on the device. | 01-13-2011 |
20110018447 | ULTRASONIC APPARATUS WITH AN ADJUSTABLE HORN - The present invention discloses an ultrasonic apparatus with an adjustable horn. The ultrasonic apparatus comprises a transmission device, a horn and an ultrasonic transceiver device. The horn and the transmission device are geared by a helical gear. The ultrasonic transceiver device is connected to the end of the helical gear. When the transmission device moves the horn to a first position, the ultrasonic transceiver device is applied for on/off control; while the transmission device moves the horn to a second position, the ultrasonic sensor is applied for digital control. | 01-27-2011 |
20110037395 | VEHICLE HAVING A SOLAR-POWERED LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a solar-powered light emitting device. The solar-powered light emitting device includes a hollow base, a light emitting unit, a light guide element, a power supply unit, and a control unit. The hollow base is disposed on a lateral side of the vehicle body, confines a receiving space, and is formed with a light exit in spatial communication with the receiving space. The light emitting unit includes a control board and a light emitting element. The light guide element is disposed on the hollow base outwardly of the receiving space, and is disposed to receive the light passing through the light exit. The power supply unit includes a solar cell and a rechargeable battery unit. The control unit is coupled electrically to the rechargeable battery unit and the light emitting unit, and includes a light sensor and a vibration sensor. | 02-17-2011 |
20110068695 | Method and Apparatus for Providing LED Package with Controlled Color Temperature - An optical device capable of illuminating visual light with adjusting color temperature after fabrication is disclosed. The optical device includes a solid state light emitter and a phosphor layer, which is formed over the solid state light emitter. The solid state light emitter, which can be a light emitter diode (“LED”), converts electrical energy to blue light. The phosphor layer subsequently converts first light with a first wavelength to second light with a second wavelength. In one example, the first light is blue light while the second light is white light. A portion of the phosphor layer is adjusted after the phosphor layer is formed for adjusting color of the white light in accordance with color quality of the light detected by a light detector. | 03-24-2011 |
20110204793 | DISPLAY DEVICE CONTROL BASED ON INTEGRATED AMBIENT LIGHT DETECTION AND LIGHTING SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS - Systems and methods are provided for a display device including one or more methods for modifying the display brightness by automatically adapting to ambient lighting conditions. | 08-25-2011 |
20110298380 | REPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD USING LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE LAMP - Report systems and methods using light-emitting diode lamps are disclosed. The report systems and methods feature in that a local geographic information is measured, a light with a color temperature indicating the local geographic information is emitted, and the color temperature is reported. | 12-08-2011 |
20120313532 | Ultraviolet Discharge Lamp Apparatuses Having Optical Filters Which Attenuate Visible Light - The apparatuses disclosed herein include a discharge lamp configured to emit ultraviolet and visible light, an optical filter configured to attenuate visible light, and a power circuit configured to operate the discharge lamp. Some embodiments of the apparatuses are configured such that ultraviolet light emitted from the discharge lamp and passed through the optical filter encircles an exterior surface of the apparatus. Some cases of the apparatuses include a sensor system configured to monitor a first parameter associated with the operation of the discharge lamp and a second parameter associated with the transmittance of the optical filter. Some of the apparatuses include a means for moving the optical filter while the apparatus is in operation. In some cases, the apparatuses may be configured such that the optical filter may be arranged in and out of alignment with the discharge lamp. In some embodiments, the optical filter may be a multifaceted. | 12-13-2012 |
20130043795 | LIGHTING DEVICE CONTROLLER PROGRAMMING - Various techniques are provided for programming lighting devices. In one example, a lighting device includes a light emitting diode (LED). The lighting device also includes a microcontroller configured to receive a programming signal generated by the LED in response to illumination of the LED with an externally-supplied light signal modulated with the programming signal. | 02-21-2013 |
20130119870 | WINDOW FOR AN OBJECT - The invention relates to a window ( | 05-16-2013 |
20140028197 | LIGHTING DEVICE WITH VARIABLE COLOR RENDERING BASED ON AMBIENT LIGHT - The present disclosure relates to an LED-based lighting component that can control the color rendering capability of its generated light based on the presence or characteristics of ambient light. In one embodiment, the lighting component may employ at least two different types of LEDs to generate light. Control circuitry of the lighting component is able to monitor ambient light and drive the LEDs based on an ambient light characteristic that is indicative of the CRI of the ambient light. If the ambient light characteristic is indicative of the ambient light having a lower CRI, the control system will drive the LEDs to emit light with a defined CRI. If the ambient light characteristic is indicative of the ambient light having a higher CRI, the control system will drive the LEDs to emit light with a reduced CRI, which is lower than the defined CRI. | 01-30-2014 |
20140111095 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELECTRIC-POWER GENERATION MODULE AND LIGHT-EMITTING ELECTRIC-POWER GENERATION DEVICE - A light-emitting electric-power generation module according to an embodiment includes a photoelectric conversion element for emitting light and generating electric power, a light-emission controller configured to control light emission of the photoelectric conversion element, an electric-power generation controller configured to control electric-power generation of the photoelectric conversion element, and a switching unit configured to switch light-emission state and electric-power generation state of the photoelectric conversion element. | 04-24-2014 |
20140111096 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO COMMUNICATE AND CONTROL ACTIONS USING LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - In some embodiments, a signal of light may be emitted from an illumination source of a first transceiver. A second transceiver may detect a signal of light from the first transceiver that exceeds a threshold luminosity; and activate, in response to the detecting of the signal of light that exceeds the threshold luminosity, an illumination source of the second transceiver to illuminate. An intensity of the illumination source of the first transceiver may then be reduced in response to the activating of the illumination source of the second transceiver to illuminate. | 04-24-2014 |
20150022092 | Optical Sensor - Three light emitting elements and one light receiving element are provided on a surface of a substrate. The light receiving element is disposed within a first triangular region connecting the three light emitting elements. A first rectangle circumscribed around the triangular region is formed. In addition, a second rectangle circumscribed around a second triangle formed when intersections of a virtually set XY plane and optical axes of light beams emitted from the three light emitting elements are perpendicularly projected on the surface of the substrate, is formed. Directions of the light emitted from the three light emitting elements are set such that at least either one of length and breadth dimensions of the second rectangle is larger than a corresponding one of length and breadth dimensions of the first rectangle. | 01-22-2015 |
20150340409 | Organic Optoelectronic Component and Method for Operating the Organic Optoelectronic Component - An organic optoelectronic component and a method for operating an organic optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment an organic optoelectronic component includes an organic light emitting element including an organic functional layer stack having an organic light emitting layer between two electrodes and an organic light detecting element including a first organic light detecting element including a first organic light detecting layer, and a second organic light detecting element including a second organic light detecting layer, wherein the organic light emitting element and the organic light detecting element are arranged laterally adjacent on a common substrate, wherein the first organic light detecting element is configured to detect ambient light, wherein the second organic light detecting layer of the second organic light detecting element is arranged between two non-transparent layers, the non-transparent layers shade the second organic light detecting layer of the second organic light detecting element from ambient light. | 11-26-2015 |
20150351177 | SOLAR ENERGY HARVESTING WITH LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - An apparatus having a plurality of photonic devices electrically coupled to each other, each photonic device selectively configured to operate in a first mode as a light generating device when an electrical current is provided to the device by converting electrical energy to light. The device is further configured to operate in a second mode as a photovoltaic cell when no electrical current is provided to the device by converting light to electrical energy. A switching network coupled to the plurality of photonic devices. Each switch in the switching network may be configured to allow selection of the first or second mode for a respective photonic device of the plurality of photonic devices. The switching network may be coupled to a bi-direction DC-DC converter. | 12-03-2015 |
20160150617 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING A LIGHT COLOUR SEPARATELY WITHIN SEVERLA ZONES - A lighting device ( | 05-26-2016 |