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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Phoseon Technology, Inc., Hillsboro, OR (US);
Inventors:
Jeff A. Smith, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Edward A. Kiyoi, Tigard, OR (US);
Ken McAllister, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Phoseon Technology, Inc., Hillsboro, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/08 (2006.01); B01J 19/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/083 (2013.01); B01J 19/122 (2013.01); H05B 33/089 (2013.01); B01J 2219/1203 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for operating a lighting array is disclosed. In one example, the system and method detect the presence or absence of short circuiting current flow through a light emitting device and provide an indication of the same. The system and method may also increase or decrease current flow through the lighting array to compensate for reduced lighting output or to reduce the possibility of lighting array degradation.