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In today’s dynamic environments, controlling LED light intensity is crucial for personalized user experiences. Whether adjusting brightness for a cozy evening at home or fine-tuning lighting for a productive workspace, flexibility is key. However, achieving seamless control over LED lighting presents unique challenges, requiring systems that respond accurately to user preferences and environmental changes.

Professionals face hurdles like maintaining consistent light quality, integrating control systems, and ensuring energy efficiency. Balancing these factors is essential for delivering reliable, adaptable lighting solutions that meet diverse user needs. The task involves navigating complex interactions between hardware, software, and user interfaces.

This page outlines various strategies from recent research, offering insights into modular systems and adaptive controls. These solutions enhance user experience by providing precise, customizable lighting, improving both functionality and comfort. By exploring these approaches, professionals can better understand how to implement effective LED lighting systems in their projects.

1. Intelligent Lighting System with Sensor-Based Autonomous Brightness Adjustment and Remote Management

OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc., 2022

Intelligent variable lighting systems for improved efficiency and customization. The lighting systems use occupancy and ambient light sensors to autonomously adjust LED brightness based on occupancy and light levels. The lighting will dim when no one is present and brighten when occupied. Transition delays can be adjusted to optimize the balance between energy savings and avoiding abrupt lighting changes. The systems can also be remotely managed to set dimming levels and delays.

2. LED Lighting Fixture with Independently Controlled Sections for Variable Color Temperature Adjustment

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd., 2022

LED lighting fixtures can produce a range of light colors and color temperatures to mimic natural sunlight and adapt to human circadian rhythms. The fixture has separate LED sections for high and low color temperature light, such as cool and warm white. The LED sections have different phosphors to generate distinct colors. The sections can be controlled independently to adjust the overall light spectrum and color temperature. This allows the fixture to mimic natural daylight and create lighting conditions that align with the body's biological clock.

3. Hybrid Nanowire LED and Laser Diode System for High-Speed Optical Data Transmission and Tunable White Light Production

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 2021

A hybrid lighting and communications system that uses an orange nanowire LED combined with a blue laser diode to produce high-quality white light with tunable color temperature and good color rendering, while also enabling high-speed optical wireless data transmission. The system achieves data rates over 1 Gbps using on-off keying modulation of the blue laser, while also generating high-quality white light with a color rendering index over 80. The nanowire LED provides color tunability and intensity for the white light, while the blue laser enables high-speed data communication.

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4. Lighting Control System with Wireless Communication Gateway for Remote Monitoring and Adjustment of Horticultural Fixtures

Fluence Bioengineering, Inc., 2020

Lighting control system for horticulture applications that allows users to remotely monitor and control lighting schedules and levels for multiple fixtures while also receiving real-time environmental sensor data. The system uses a control gateway device that wirelessly communicates with the control server, lighting modules, and sensor modules. This enables remote control of dimming and scheduling based on sensor inputs like temperature and light levels.

5. Gateway-Integrated Wireless System for LED Lighting and Sensor Module Communication in Horticulture

Fluence Bioengineering, 2020

Wirelessly controlling and monitoring LED lighting for horticulture systems using a gateway device that communicates with a server and lighting and sensor modules. The gateway allows remote control of light dimming and scheduling based on real-time sensor data from the environment.

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6. Portable Beauty Light Kit with Wireless Control and Rechargeable Detachable Light Modules

Rachel Vicknair, 2020

A portable beauty light kit for makeup application, comprising a control unit and detachable light modules. The light modules can be wirelessly activated and controlled via the control unit. They nest inside the control unit for recharging. The modules attach to a mirror for illumination.

7. Modular LED Lighting System with Multi-Channel Color Control for Aquariums

Matthew Allen, Thomas Lutz, 2019

Modular LED lighting system for aquariums that provides customizable multi-color lighting. The lighting system has a housing with a bottom-mounted control region containing multiple channels for controlling different colored LED modules. The channels can be individually connected to LED modules of different colors. This allows users to mix and match various colored LED modules to create custom lighting colors. A switch on the housing controls power to the channels and thus the connected LED modules.

8. LED Assembly with Independent Power Traces and Integrated Connector for Compact RGB Configuration

Molex, LLC, 2019

Highly efficient LED assembly for compact illumination in devices like displays. The assembly contains red, green, and blue LEDs mounted on a frame, with separate power traces for each color to control output independently. The frame design integrates a connector for easy connections. The LEDs can be selectively activated to adjust the color balance. This allows packing the LEDs closely together to improve mixing efficiency for white light without needing phosphors.

9. Modular Solid-State Lighting Devices with Interchangeable Light Emitter Modules and Integrated Components

CREE, INC., 2019

Modular solid-state lighting devices that allow easy replacement, upgrading, and customization of lighting units while fitting within existing lighting form factors. The lighting devices consist of removable modules containing solid-state light emitters and associated components like drivers and heat sinks. These modules can be interchanged in lighting fixtures to change light color, intensity, heat dissipation, and other characteristics. The modular approach extends lighting fixture lifetimes and enables upgrading or replacing components as needed.

10. Modular LED Light Source with Individual Control and External Diffuser for Multi-Spectral Emission

Gerald Ray Richert, Danielle Wilson, Timothy Justice, 2018

A controlled linear LED light source for sorting machines that enhances imaging capability and sorting performance. The light source uses a modular LED illuminator with individual LED control that allows temporal, spatial, and spectral control of the light emitted. An external diffuser renders the light uniform. A computer network controls the LEDs to generate a multi-modal, multi-spectral light output with characteristics optimized for imaging and sorting.

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11. Lighting Assembly with Multilayered Board Configuration for Component Isolation and EMI Shielding

Alessandro Scordino, Franco Zanon, 2018

A lighting assembly that is compact, easy to manufacture, and provides shielding against electromagnetic interference. The assembly uses multiple boards sandwiched together, rather than a single board, to allow independent adjustment and isolation of components like LED light sources and electronics. This avoids the need for complicated mechanical and electrical connections typically used in lighting assemblies. The sandwiched boards can be fixed together and adjusted to optimize the light output while reducing EMI issues.

12. Bulk Matrix Apparatus with Embedded Diffusing and Scattering Particles for Tunable Angular Light Emission

Korry Electronics Co., 2018

An apparatus made from a bulk matrix material that can have two different types of particles embedded within the material, diffusing particles and scattering particles. By varying the concentrations of the two types of particles, the angular emission of the redistributed light can be tuned.

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13. Addressable LED Die Package with Independently Controlled Multi-Junctions for Variable Color and Beam Shaping

Lumileds LLC, 2018

Light-emitting device package that can change color and beam shape by selectively activating different areas of an addressable LED die. The LED die has multiple light-emitting junctions that can be independently controlled. The junctions can be turned on/off or dimmed to shape the light beam. Different phosphors can be selectively deposited on each junction to create a multi-color light source. By independently controlling the junctions, the package can create complex dynamic lighting effects.

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14. Illuminating Device with Multiple Controllable Light Sources and Diffusion Plate for Dynamic Lighting Effects

Valeo Japan Co., Ltd., 2018

Illuminating device that can provide enhanced lighting effects with dynamic control of light sources. The device uses multiple controllable light sources and a diffusion plate to create coordinated lighting performances. The device controls the on/off states and intensities of the light sources over time to achieve smooth optical flows and changes in average illuminance. This provides improved illumination performance for applications like entertainment lighting.

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15. Modular LED Illumination Device with Removable Modules and Electrode Tracks for Adjustable Positioning

SHENZHEN XINGRISHENG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., 2018

LED illumination device that allows flexible customization of lighting output by modular design. The device has a housing with removable LED modules that slide in tracks. This enables easy adjustment of module position, removal/insertion, and mixing of different modules for rapid changes in brightness and color. The device also has electrode tracks for power and control signals to the modules.

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Innovative solutions have been developed as a result of the efforts for adjustable and customizable LED lighting. Solutions ranging from minimizing energy consumption and adjusting to human circadian rhythms to improving performance in specific applications such as sorting machines and horticulture showcase the versatility of LED lighting systems.