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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:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2006
Applicants:
Wolfgang Otto Budde, Aachen, DE;
Bozena Erdmann, Aachen, DE;
Inventors:
Wolfgang Otto Budde, Aachen, DE;
Bozena Erdmann, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 39/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lighting system, a lighting unit and a method for controlling a plurality of light sources are described. A lighting system comprises an intelligent electrical current supplyto supply an electrical current with modulated command data. A plurality of lighting unitsare connected in series to the current supply. Each lighting unit comprises a light source, a controllable bypassing switchto selectively bypass the light source and a control unit 26. The control unit receives the modulated command data and controls the bypassing switchaccordingly.