Integrated illumination system

摘要

An integrated illumination system can comprise a combination of components configured to collect, convert, and store solar energy as electrical energy and subsequently convert the electrical energy into visible light. The integrated illumination system can be suitable for installation into or onto a building structure as a convenient, standalone ‘plug-and-play’ package. The integrated illumination system can include control strategies to manage various aspects of the system's “user interface” (e.g., color, color temperature such as ‘warmth’ of emitted light, system efficiency, etc.). The control strategies can manage aspects of the integrated illumination system that can be specified, monitored, controlled, and packaged/customized for an application and/or environment.

主权项

1. An integrated light energy collection and artificial lighting system, the system comprising:
an integrated light energy collection and artificial lighting apparatus, comprising:
a unitary assembly, comprising:
a light energy collector, including a face that is located or arranged to be exposed to receive incident light energy and to convert the received incident light energy into electrical energy;an artificial lighting panel, including a face that is located or arranged to deliver artificial light away from the light energy collector,wherein the light energy collector is opaque and is located or arranged to preclude any of the incident light from reaching the artificial lighting panel;a controller circuit, arranged and communicatively coupled to the light energy collector and the artificial lighting panel of the integrated solar light energy collection and artificial lighting apparatus, wherein the controller circuit is arranged or otherwise configured to coordinate artificial light delivered by the artificial lighting panel to provide a specified amount of the artificial light at a location within a room within a building structure;an electrical energy storage unit, coupled to the controller circuit and to an electrical energy output of the light energy collector of the integrated solar light energy collection and artificial lighting apparatus; and a light sensor, arranged or otherwise configured to be located within the room of the building structure, wherein the light sensor is communicatively coupled to the controller circuit to provide a feedback signal used by the controller circuit to coordinate the artificial light delivered by the artificial lighting panel to provide a specified amount of the artificial light at the location within the room within the building structure.