Wangs Alliance Corporation

Wai Ho Choy

Shelley S Wald

Wei Gao

Derrick A Wald

Fei Zeng

Haisheng Zhou

Yumeng Sha

Changyong Li

Michael Reedy

Stephen C Pennington

Apparatus and methods for lighting. The apparatus may include a first jewel and a second jewel. The first jewel may support the second jewel by a first link. The first jewel may support the second jewel by a second link. The first link and second links may be configured for transmission of current between the first jewel and the second jewel. The first and second links may be the only attachments of the second jewel to the first jewel. The first jewel may be configured to selectively emit three different colors of light. The second jewel may be configured to selectively emit three different colors of light. The second jewel may be configured to selectively emit the three different colors of the first jewel. The selection may be performed by a user using a switch.

Modular articulating lighting

Apparatus and methods are provided. The apparatus may include a light-emitting diode ('LED') light source having a front and a back. The apparatus may include a light-transmitting body. The light-transmitting body may have a surface. The surface may define a pattern. The light-transmitting body may have light-scattering grains bonded to the surface. The light-transmitting body may be disposed in a position that is in front of the LED light source. It may be that no structure that is configured to maintain the position intervenes between the LED light source and the light-transmitting body. The light-transmitting body may include glass, polymer or any other suitable material. The pattern may be formed in the glass, polymer or other material. The pattern may be molded, blown, grinded, sawn, cut, milled, drilled, applied or of any other approach.

Enhanced lighting

Apparatus and methods for enhanced lighting. The apparatus may include a light-transmitting body. The apparatus may include a light projector. The projector may be configured to propagate into the light-transmitting body an incoming incoherent light. The projector may be configured to propagate into the light-transmitting body an incoming visible coherent light. Emerging coherent light within a visible wavelength rage attributable to the incoming visible coherent light may have a first intensity. The first intensity may be greater than a second intensity. The second intensity may be an intensity of any emerging coherent light that is within the wavelength range and is attributable to the incoming incoherent light. Emerging light may be light that emerges from the light-transmitting body.

Circuitry to control dimming of a load circuit may be connected between a 0-10 V dimmer that outputs a DC voltage control signal and the load circuit. The circuitry may include a microcontroller that may be programmed to generate a first pulse-width modulated ('PWM') signal having a duty cycle based on the dimming level configured to be set on the dimmer. A voltage conversion circuit may supply the microcontroller with data relating to the set dimming level. The microcontroller may be programmed to synchronize the first PWM signal with the supplied AC power from the main circuit based on a second PWM signal from a voltage detection circuit, such as a zero crossing voltage detection circuit. The first PWM signal may be supplied from the microcontroller to an on/off switch to chop the AC power waveform at certain intervals and thereby dim the load.

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