Multi-Mode Landscape Lighting With Solar Storage and Dual LEDs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional solar landscape lights are limited to providing either pathway lighting or decorative lighting, lacking the capability to offer both functionalities due to deficiencies in materials, power supply, and control methods.
Innovation Solution
A landscape lighting device with a novel configuration that collects and stores solar power within the housing interior, using a rechargeable battery and a toggle switch to selectively operate in pathway or decorative lighting modes, and incorporates both pathway and decorative LEDs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional solar landscape lights use a single power supply and simple control method, then the device complexity is reduced, but the lighting functionality is limited to either pathway lighting or decorative lighting only
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the lighting system into separate pathway lighting LEDs and decorative lighting LEDs, with dedicated control circuits for each type. This segmentation allows independent control of different lighting functions, enabling the device to provide both pathway and decorative lighting simultaneously without excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting device is designed to perform multiple functions by incorporating both pathway lighting and decorative lighting capabilities in a single unit. The housing contains separate LED arrays and control circuits that can operate independently or together, making the device universal for both pathway illumination and decorative accent lighting applications.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional solar landscape lights use a single LED type, then the manufacturing cost and device complexity are reduced, but the lighting effect is limited to either downlight or accent effect
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by using different LED types in specific locations within the housing. Pathway lighting LEDs are positioned to provide downward illumination, while decorative lighting LEDs are positioned for accent effects. Each LED type is optimized for its specific function, creating different lighting qualities in different locations of the same device.
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
Enables simultaneous provision of pathway and decorative lighting, overcoming power supply and control limitations of conventional solar landscape lights by allowing dynamic LED functionality and user-selectable lighting effects.
Implementation Method 1
The landscape lighting device is configured for collecting and storing solar power
Implementation Method 2
Light emitting diodes (also referred to herein as LEDs) are semiconductor devices that emit light when an electric current is passed through them
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AI summary
A multi-operational landscape lighting device is provided. An example multi-operational landscape lighting device includes a lighting device housing, a lighting device installation arm mechanically coupled to the lighting device housing, and a plurality of landscape lighting LED packages. The landscape lighting LED packages are configured to emit one or more of decorative lighting or pathway lighting.