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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Zumtobel Lighting Gmbh, Dornbirn, AT;
Inventor:
Thomas Kottek, Lustenau, AT;
Assignee:
ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH, Dornbirn, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); G08C 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/0254 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling a lamp, which has a plurality of controllable sub-units is disclosed. First control information concerning the light output of only some of the controllable sub-units is fed to a control unit of the lamp on the input side, wherein the control unit determines a second control information concerning the light output of all sub-units on the basis of the first control information and transmits the second control information to the sub-units connected on the output side.