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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:
Feb. 08, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Marcel Van Der Ham, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 47/10 (2020.01); H05B 47/16 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 47/16 (2020.01);
Abstract
A method of activating at least one light source comprises reading () a value from a memory of a light device upon the light device being powered on. The value depends on how long the light device was continuously powered on before the light device was last powered off. The method further comprises determining () from the value whether the light device was continuously powered on for more than a predetermined period before the light device was last powered off and activating () the at least one light source in dependence on the determination.