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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2010
Mark Duffy, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Bruce Roberts, Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH (US);
Jeffrey Plaskon, Mentor, OH (US);
Lazlo Balazs, Budapest, HU;
Istvan Maros, Budapest, HU;
Avi Shertok, University Heights, OH (US);
Mark Duffy, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Bruce Roberts, Mentor-on-the-Lake, OH (US);
Jeffrey Plaskon, Mentor, OH (US);
Lazlo Balazs, Budapest, HU;
Istvan Maros, Budapest, HU;
Avi Shertok, University Heights, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A lighting system includes a plurality of fixtures, wherein each fixture includes a plurality of fluorescent lamps. A dimming ballast is operatively coupled to each fixture, each dimming ballast receives power from an outside source that is delivered to the fluorescent lamps within each corresponding fixture. A control module communicates with each dimming ballast, the control module receives a lighting level from an outside source, determines the most power efficient lighting solution and outputs a control signal to each dimming ballast related to the light output level of each lamp within each fixture.