Open Channel LED Fixture with Contoured Reflective Channels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional LED lighting systems lack efficient designs for indirect lighting that can provide both upward and downward illumination with flexible lighting patterns and color control, particularly in elongated fixtures.
Innovation Solution
An elongated LED light fixture with contoured reflective channels and modular LED arrays or strips that emit light into elongated housing channels, utilizing advanced control systems for dimming and color temperature tuning, and equipped with wireless control interfaces for remote operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional LED lighting systems are used, then basic lighting function is provided, but efficient indirect lighting with flexible patterns and color control is lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The LED array is divided into multiple independently controllable LED groups along the elongated fixture, allowing different sections to emit light in different patterns and colors simultaneously. This segmentation enables flexible lighting patterns while maintaining a relatively simple overall fixture structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting system incorporates dynamic control capabilities where the lighting patterns, colors, and intensities can be changed in real-time through wireless control interfaces. This dynamic adaptability allows the same fixture to provide various lighting patterns without physical reconfiguration.
2Illumination intensity
If LED arrays are positioned to provide indirect lighting, then upward and downward illumination is achieved, but control over lighting patterns and colors becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
A wireless control interface acts as an intermediary between the user and the LED control system, simplifying operation through remote control without requiring direct interaction with complex control circuits. The intermediary layer abstracts the complexity while maintaining full control over lighting patterns and colors.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates automated control capabilities where lighting patterns and colors can be adjusted through pre-programmed sequences or responsive to environmental conditions, reducing the need for manual intervention and simplifying operation while maintaining sophisticated lighting output.
3Loss of energy
If elongated housing with reflective channels is used, then indirect lighting efficiency is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The elongated housing structure serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides mechanical support, contains the reflective channels for light guidance, and houses the LED arrays and control electronics. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, simplifying manufacturing while maintaining high reflection efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The reflective channels are integrated within the housing structure itself rather than being separate components, and the LED arrays are positioned within these channels. This nested arrangement maximizes space utilization and reflection efficiency while reducing the number of manufacturing steps required.
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 solution enables flexible and efficient indirect lighting with upward and downward illumination, allowing for customizable lighting patterns and color changes, enhancing the functionality and control of LED lighting systems.
Implementation Method 1
A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor diode that emits light when an electrical current is applied in the forward direction of the device
Implementation Method 2
the light is reflected off wall surfaces and top surfaces of the lower light channel to emit indirect light out through the open bottom of the lower light channel
Data Source
AI summary
An LED light fixture is disclosed with an elongated housing that forms a open lower light channel and an upper light channel that is juxtaposed to the open lower light channel with electronics cavity or conduit positioned there between. The open lower light channel includes elongated LED light engines positioned on support edges or structures for emitting indicted and reflected light out from the open lower light channel and the upper light channel includes an elongated LED light engine for emitting light therefrom. The LED light fixture preferably has an elongated reflective insert that extends through the open lower light channel and creates a reflection channel from which the indirect and reflected light is emitted.