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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2023
American Technology Components, Inc., Elkhart, IN (US);
William Ridgway Lang, Jr., Granger, IN (US);
Terran Michael Havlish, Elkhart, IN (US);
American Technology Components, Inc., Elkhart, IN (US);
Abstract
A lighting control system includes a driver, a sensor, and a microcontroller connected to the sensor and the driver. The driver selectively illuminates and/or turns off one or more lamps under specified conditions. The sensor detects light levels. The microcontroller is programmable to read the light levels detected by the sensor, determine if one or more of the specified conditions are satisfied, and operate the driver to selectively illuminate one or more of the lamps and/or turn one or more of the lamps off if one or more of the specified conditions is present. The system executes a method that includes the steps of establishing threshold ambient and UV light values, utilizing the sensor to detect an ambient light level and a UV light level, utilizing the microprocessor to compare the detected ambient light level with the threshold ambient light value, utilizing the microprocessor to compare the detected UV light level with the threshold UV light value, and utilizing the microprocessor to operate the driver to illuminate and/or turn off the lamp based on the comparison of the detected ambient light level with the threshold ambient light value and/or the comparison of the detected UV light level with the UV light threshold value.