Multi-diode Lighting System with Environmental Sensing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current lighting systems fail to dynamically adjust light color, intensity, and temperature to create varied environments that influence human mood and comfort, and lack integration with environmental sensing to optimize lighting conditions for landscaping, ergonomic, and plant growth needs.
Innovation Solution
A multi-function lighting system comprising a multi-diode lighting module and an electric controlling system that modulates light quality, intensity, and color temperature, incorporating environmental sensing to create customizable lighting scenarios for different applications, including landscaping, ergonomic, and plant lighting, while also providing air purification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If lighting systems use fixed light color and intensity, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to different environmental conditions and user needs deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic lighting by enabling the lighting system to automatically adjust light color temperature and intensity based on real-time environmental conditions (natural light levels, time of day) and user preferences. The system transitions from static to dynamic operation through automated control mechanisms that respond to changing conditions, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms by sensing environmental conditions (such as natural light levels) and automatically adjusting lighting parameters in response. This closed-loop control enables the lighting system to adapt to different conditions while maintaining manageable complexity through automated decision-making algorithms.
2Adaptability or versatility
If lighting systems dynamically adjust light parameters, then adaptability to different scenarios is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system optimizes energy consumption by dynamically changing lighting parameters (color temperature, intensity) based on environmental conditions and usage scenarios. By adjusting parameters rather than operating at full capacity continuously, the system achieves adaptability while reducing overall energy consumption compared to fixed high-intensity lighting.
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting system employs periodic adjustment of light parameters based on circadian rhythms and time of day, providing different lighting conditions at different times. This periodic action pattern reduces energy consumption during periods when natural light is sufficient or when reduced lighting is appropriate, while maintaining adaptability when needed.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple lighting functions are integrated, then versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements multi-functionality by integrating various lighting modes (reading, ambient, circadian, plant growth) and environmental sensing capabilities into a single unified system. The lighting apparatus serves multiple purposes including illumination, mood adjustment, health support, and plant cultivation, achieving versatility without proportionally increasing complexity through shared hardware and integrated control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges multiple functions (lighting, sensing, control, environmental monitoring) into an integrated apparatus. By combining these functions in a unified system with shared components and centralized control logic, the patent achieves multi-functionality while managing complexity through integration rather than separate independent systems.
4Measurement precision
If environmental sensing is incorporated, then lighting optimization is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting system performs self-service by automatically sensing environmental conditions and adjusting its own operation without requiring external control or complex user intervention. The integrated sensors enable the system to autonomously optimize lighting parameters based on detected conditions, improving measurement precision while managing complexity through self-contained operation.
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 effectively influences human mood and comfort by dynamically adjusting light parameters based on environmental conditions, enhancing both physiological and psychological well-being, and promoting plant growth through tailored light exposure.
Implementation Method 1
a first light emitting diode of the plurality of light emitting diodes emits a first wavelength in a red light spectrum range and a second light emitting diode of the plurality of light emitting diodes emits a second wavelength in a blue light spectrum range
Implementation Method 2
the light with special wavelengths and different light intensity levels is used for adjusting the timing at which melatonin is secreted by the pineal gland, so as to regulate people's biological clock
Implementation Method 3
The lighting module control unit modulates the light quality (such as photochromic matching), the light intensity and the color temperature of the light generated by the multi-diode lighting module
Implementation Method 4
Suitable amount of light intensity of red light (610 nm to 720 nm) or blue light (400 nm to 520 nm) or a combination thereof is conducive to the growth of the plants
Implementation Method 5
Some plants help to absorb chemical substances that are hazardous to human body, and the disposition of indoor foliage plants helps to alleviate people of the symptoms of infection in the nose, throat, and respiratory system
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AI summary
A multi-function lighting system is provided. A design of multiplex configuration of a multi-diode lighting module and a design of optical time domain modulation of an electric controlling system are applied to a lighting system which senses environmental conditions to automatically or artificially change a color, a light intensity and a color-temperature of a light to influence people's feelings and moods. At the same time, the environmental sensing device further feedbacks an information of humidity or temperature so that parameter of optimum light environment can be set accordingly. The multi-diode lighting module is applied to the design of the lighting system, such that the lighting system can be manufactured in a customization way to meet varied requirements in the landscaping and optical designs, not only reducing the cost and increasing mass production rate but also providing multi-functions including landscaping lighting, ergonomic lighting, plant lighting and air purifying.