Ambiance Lighting System Wireless Power and Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ambiance lighting systems face challenges in temporary event spaces due to impracticality of running cables, unsightly wires, and difficulty in adjusting lighting attributes like color and brightness, especially when integrating lighting into table centerpieces and other decorative items.
Innovation Solution
A translucent panel-based ambiance lighting system with interconnected panels and a light control panel comprising LEDs and a power source, which slides into a sleeve to project light through the panels, allowing for adjustable brightness and color, and can be powered by solar panels for wireless operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If wired lighting systems are used to provide ambiance lighting, then lighting functionality is achieved, but installation complexity and compliance issues increase due to cable running requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces wired electrical connections with wireless power transmission technology, eliminating the need for cable running through walls and structures. The system uses wireless power receivers integrated into lighting fixtures that draw power remotely, substituting mechanical cable installation with wireless energy transfer.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the power transmission function from physical cables and implements it through wireless communication protocols. By removing the cable infrastructure entirely, the system eliminates installation complexity while maintaining lighting functionality through wireless power delivery.
2Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable lighting attributes are implemented, then ambiance customization is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional control mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal wireless control system that handles multiple lighting attributes (brightness, color temperature, timing) through a single communication protocol. This multi-functional approach allows comprehensive lighting customization without proportionally increasing system complexity, as one wireless controller manages all adjustment functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables dynamic adjustment of lighting parameters such as brightness levels, color temperature, and operational timing through wireless commands. By allowing real-time parameter changes without physical reconfiguration, the system achieves high adaptability while keeping the control mechanism simple and software-based.
3Ease of operation
If wireless lighting systems are used, then installation ease is improved, but power transmission reliability may worsen compared to wired systems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces wireless communication protocols with direct wireless power transmission using electromagnetic coupling or radio frequency energy transfer. This substitution provides stable and reliable power delivery without the interference susceptibility of data-based wireless systems, maintaining reliability while eliminating cable requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements self-aligning wireless power receivers that automatically optimize their positioning and orientation to maintain reliable power transmission. The system includes feedback mechanisms that adjust receiver orientation in real-time, ensuring consistent power delivery without manual intervention or physical cable constraints.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system provides flexible and aesthetically pleasing ambiance lighting that can be easily set up and adjusted, reducing compliance issues and enhancing the ambiance of event and decorative spaces without the need for cumbersome wires.
Implementation Method 1
A light control panel comprises one or more light-emitting diode (LED)... the LED illuminate the interior region projecting light through the translucent panel
Implementation Method 2
A light control panel comprises one or more light-emitting diode (LED), and a power source such as a solar panel
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to an ambiance lighting system that more than one of a translucent panel aligned and connected together to form a perimeter having a top edge, and an interior region. A light control panel comprises one or more light-emitting diode (LED), and a power source. One or more of a sleeve have an open edge, the light control panel slides into the open edge and is retained in the sleeve, the sleeve is secured across the top edge of the translucent panel, the light control panel is orientated within the sleeve so that the LED illuminate the interior region projecting light through the translucent panel creating an ambiance lighting effect. Exemplary embodiments include a handle for carrying, use of Fresnel lenses, and creating a kit of ambiance lighting system parts that a consumer can assemble.