Ceiling Speaker LED Light Ring Retrofit
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ceiling speakers lack integrated lighting solutions that are controllable for color, intensity, and blinking, and there is a need for easy retrofitting of lighting systems in large office buildings with suspended ceilings.
Innovation Solution
A ceiling-mounted speaker housing with an LED light ring sandwiched between a ceiling tile and a housing flange, featuring a transparent or translucent annular piece with a circular electronic circuit and RGB LEDs, controlled by a controller for color, blink rate, and intensity, allowing for complex lighting sequences and patterns.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If ceiling speakers are equipped with integrated LED lighting for signaling and alarms, then the functionality and safety signaling capability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines ceiling speakers and LED lighting into a single integrated device. The speaker housing incorporates an annular LED light ring that can be controlled for color, intensity, and blinking patterns, enabling the device to serve both audio and visual signaling functions simultaneously, thereby improving versatility without requiring separate standalone components
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated ceiling speaker-lighting device performs multiple functions: audio output through the speaker and visual signaling through the controllable LED light ring. The system can display various colors, intensities, and blinking patterns to convey different alarm or signaling information, making a single device universal for both auditory and visual communication needs
2Adaptability or versatility
If LED light rings are integrated into ceiling speaker housings, then the lighting and sound integration for signaling is improved, but the ease of installation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The LED lighting system is designed as a separate annular light ring component that can be independently installed into the ceiling speaker housing. This segmentation allows the lighting module to be pre-assembled and tested separately, then integrated into the speaker unit during installation, reducing the complexity of the overall installation process while maintaining the integrated functionality
3Adaptability or versatility
If retrofittable LED light rings are added to existing ceiling speakers, then the adaptability to existing installations is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The LED light ring is designed as a separate, extractable component that can be independently installed into existing ceiling speaker housings. The annular light ring fits within the speaker's flange structure and can be mounted without removing or modifying the original speaker unit, enabling easy retrofitting while keeping the added complexity isolated to the lighting component alone
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables customizable and programmable lighting for signaling and alarms, enhancing safety and visibility in emergency situations, while being easily retrofitted onto existing ceiling speakers.
Implementation Method 1
On the inner surface of the annular piece is affixed a thin strip of circuit board on which is mounted a plurality of LEDs, preferably RGB LEDS, which LEDS abut the inner surface of the annular piece and shine light radially outward through the flat annular piece
Data Source
AI summary
An LED light ring for ceiling mounted speakers having flanged enclosures with flip dogs is presented. The LED light ring is a flat annular transparent or translucent piece that is clamped between the enclosure flange and the ceiling tile and emits RGB LED light radially outward through the LED light ring. The LED light emits from LEDs mounted on a circular electronic circuit board (flexible or not) on the inner circumference of the LED light ring. The circular electronic circuit is coupled to a controller that controls the color, blink rate, and intensity and has firmware for interpreting simple controller commands into complex LED light patterns and sequences. A plurality of light ring equipped loudspeakers may be in communication with a common controller that can create patterns and sequences among the plurality of light ring equipped loudspeakers.