Modular Lighting Connectors for Reconfigurable Layout Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional LED lighting systems are limited by size, form, and electrical constraints, restricting their ability to create variable and creative lighting designs, and lack easy assembly and connectivity features for customizable luminaire assemblies.
Innovation Solution
Configurable lighting units with connectors that allow easy assembly into larger luminaire assemblies, enabling re-arrangement of orientations and connections, sharing power and data, and incorporating a central controller for programmatic control and layout detection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional lighting systems are used, then the lighting can provide basic illumination, but the system lacks configurability and cannot adapt to various shapes and forms
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting system is divided into multiple independent configurable lighting units that can be connected through connectors. Each unit can be individually configured and connected to form various shapes and forms, enabling adaptability without requiring a completely complex custom system for each application.
Solution Approach 2:
The connectors are designed to accommodate multiple connection configurations and work with different lighting unit types. The universal connector design allows the same component to enable various shapes, forms, and configurations, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high versatility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If lighting units are connected to form various shapes, then configurability is improved, but the connection and control system becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The connector integrates multiple functions into a single component: mechanical connection, electrical connection, and data transmission. By merging these functions, the system achieves reconfigurability without proportionally increasing complexity, as one component handles multiple tasks simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The connector acts as an intermediary component that simplifies the interaction between lighting units. It provides standardized interfaces that automatically handle connection details, allowing users to focus on configuration rather than connection complexity.
3Area of stationary object
If multiple lighting units are electrically coupled together, then the lighting coverage is extended, but the power source connection requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical connection system is designed to dynamically adapt to different configurations. When lighting units are connected through the electrical connector, the system automatically identifies the configuration and adjusts power distribution accordingly, allowing extended coverage without requiring proportional increases in power connection complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, devices, and corresponding non-transitory computer readable media are described in relation to layout detection in respect of individual configurable modular units of an assembly of configurable modular units, that can be arranged in a continuous shape through a set of one or more physical connections.