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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2007
Johan Paul Marie Gerard Linnartz, Eindhoven, NL;
Johan Paul Marie Gerard Linnartz, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to controlling a lighting device, particularly to the modulation of light generated by a solid state lighting (SSL) device. The invention provides a method and device for modulating the light emission of a lighting device by keying each pulse () of a sequence of pulses () contained in the control signal () according to a spreading code. Thus, the light emission of a lighting device may be identified by detecting the spreading code used for modulating the light emission. The invention is particularly suitable for lighting means containing several lighting devices such as a LED lighting board with dozens of LEDs since the light emission of each lighting device may be detected by the spreading code used for modulating the light emission.