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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. 13, 2001
Filed:
May. 20, 1999
Hugh Patrick Adamson, Boulder, CO (US);
George O. Langer, Lafayette, CO (US);
Power Circuit Innovations, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
A control system for controlling the illumination intensity of a gas discharge lamp to provide only necessary illumination and thus conserve power consumption. The control system has a daylight harvester which produces a control signal related to the available light within a given area. The control signal is conducted to a voltage controlled oscillator which, in turn conducts an oscillating signal to a frequency controlled ballast transformer that effectively drives the gas discharge lamp controlling the illumination intensity and energy consumption. The control system alternatively comprises a remote signal receiver for use alone or in addition to the daylight harvester. The control system with a remote signal receiver is controllable using a remote signal generator such as laser pointer. The remote signal receiver allows the user to control the illumination intensity of a gas discharge lamp from the area being illuminated.