EP1528785A1 - Méthode et circuit pour contrôler la couleur d'une source lumineuse - Google Patents

Méthode et circuit pour contrôler la couleur d'une source lumineuse Download PDF

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EP1528785A1
EP1528785A1 EP04005538A EP04005538A EP1528785A1 EP 1528785 A1 EP1528785 A1 EP 1528785A1 EP 04005538 A EP04005538 A EP 04005538A EP 04005538 A EP04005538 A EP 04005538A EP 1528785 A1 EP1528785 A1 EP 1528785A1
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Piero Magnaghi
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    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
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  • the present invention relates to a method and a device for controlling the color of the light emitted by a lighting source consisting of a plurality of luminous sources having different colors from one another.
  • Prior art control devices use for example circuits commanded by three separate control buttons, one for each primary color.
  • the intensity of the light emission of each of the colored light sources must be varied by acting on each of the respective control buttons.
  • One of the main drawbacks of the prior art devices is the difficulty in regulating, as often it is necessary to vary the intensity of emission of each of the light sources several times in order to obtain the desired color.
  • the user should previously know the percentage of intensity of each of the primary colors composing the shade of color desired in order to achieve the result in brief time frames.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a novel device and a novel method for controlling the color of the light emitted by a lighting source enabling to overcome the prior art problems.
  • One particular object of the present invention is to provide a control device which is particularly simple to use and a control method which is particularly easy to implement.
  • Another particular object of the present invention is to make a control device that is simple and economical from a constructive point of view and that can be easily installed without creating space problems.
  • a device for controlling the color of a lighting source consisting of a plurality of luminous sources colored in a different way to one another, characterised by comprising a control circuit having at least one microprocessor programmed to receive commands from a single button and thus activate at least the switching on/off functions and those of the variation of the color of the light emitted by the lighting source.
  • a control circuit is provided with at least one programmed microprocessor.
  • the latter is able to detect the time during which pressure is applied on the control button so as to distinguish a discrete pressure applied on the control button for a brief time, from continuous pressure.
  • the lighting source switching on/off functions are activated, whereas in the second case the function of varying the color of the light emitted from the lighting source is activated.
  • three outputs of the microprocessor control circuit are provided, which outputs are destined to the control of the lighting source of the red light, green light and blue light respectively.
  • the outputs emit control signals that give a periodic sinusoidal shape to the intensity of the emission of each luminous source, with phase shift that is varied continuously when continuous pressure is applied on the single control button.
  • a power block 1 is shown being input with power supply voltage, for example alternating current at 220 V and output a reduced direct current voltage.
  • the value of the reduced direct current is selected to power a control circuit 10 and the driving circuits 2R, 2G and 2B of the respective red light 3R, green light 3G and blue light 3B sources.
  • Each of the driving circuits 2R, 2G and 2B comprises an adjustable constant current generator.
  • control circuit 10 To the control circuit 10 it is connected a single control button 5 through which at least the switching on/off functions can be activated as well as at least those of the variation of the color of the light emitted from the lighting source consisting of the three luminous sources 3R, 3G and 3B.
  • the luminous sources consist of power LED groups, but it should be noted that the principles of the present invention are also applicable to other luminous emission means, such as, for example, incandescent lamps or the like.
  • the circuit diagram of Figure 2 represents in greater detail the control circuit 10 and at least one of the driving circuits (the block 2R of Figure 1) of the red luminous source.
  • the input of the low voltage direct current power supply is indicated by the numerical reference 20.
  • a microprocessor 11 is provided that is programmed to receive in input the commands from the single button 5, for example by detecting the time during which pressure is applied on the control button 5.
  • a microprocessor suitable to this those of the 908Q series distributed by Motorola can be mentioned.
  • the microprocessor 11 in the control circuit 10 comprises three independent outputs, i.e. 12R, 12G and 12B that send the command signals to the respective driving circuits of the light sources.
  • control signal at output 12R is input to the driving circuit 2R and, in particular, to an integrated device 21 for power control, such as an LM2594-type integrated device distributed by National Semiconductor.
  • integrated device 21 for power control such as an LM2594-type integrated device distributed by National Semiconductor.
  • the remainder of the circuiting of the adjustable constant current generator, known per se, is schematically represented in a block 22 from which power supply terminals 30R of the red light source come out.
  • the activation of the device according to the present invention by the user is particularly easy and user friendly.
  • the microprocessor is advantageously programmed to maintain the setting of the luminous intensity of each of the controlled light sources so that, when subsequently switched on, the lighting is reproposed with the same color.
  • Another possible function is that of being able to apply continuous pressure on the control button 5 for a preset period in order to take all the light sources back to their maximum intensity, so as to obtain a white light.
  • This can be made by the microprocessor, which is programmed to detect and distinguish the time during which pressure is applied on the control button 5.
  • the principle of the invention in order to enable the generation of an infinite number of colors, is based on a calculation algorithm that takes into account certain factors.
  • each of the red, green and blue luminous sources can be generated with 256 different intensity levels. Therefore considering the three base color sources alone, there are 256 3 possible combinations, i.e. some 2,097,000 combinations. Starting from the color white, in which all the other luminous sources start from the maximum intensity level, the time necessary to be able to visualise the all the possible colors would be very long. For this reason, this kind of possibility is in fact impracticable.
  • the microprocessor is instead programmed to be able to achieve the desired color in a short timeframe.
  • the device by holding the control button 5 pressed, the device generates for example the sequence of red, violet, blue, light blue, green, orange, etc, in a short time; by holding the button 5 pressed, the sequence of colors is repeated but with different shades, and so on every time the cycle repeats. This change of shade allows to generate for example a green color with different shades at each cycle.
  • the number of the luminous sources that can be controlled by the device according to the invention may also be different from the three base ones represented herein as an example.
  • the colors herein represented that is red, green and blue, luminous sources with different colors may also be selected.

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