A lighting device includes a ferroresonant transformer that receives an alternating current (AC) power signal and outputs an output power signal. The lighting device further includes a rectifier coupled to the ferroresonant transformer. The rectifier rectifies the output power signal from the ferroresonant transformer and generates a rectified power signal. The lighting device also includes a dc-to-dc converter coupled to the rectifier, wherein the dc-to-dc converter receives the rectified power signal and generates a regulated power signal.

Systems and methods are used to dim an emissive display such as an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display. A dimming level setpoint signal is received. At least one dimming process is selected from four dimming processes based on a magnitude of the dimming level setpoint signal. A first dimming process selects a subrange of pixel illumination levels from a range of pixel illumination levels. A second dimming process adjusts a VCOM voltage for the pixel array. A third dimming process selects between rolling shutter and global shutter. A fourth dimming process selectively utilizes one or more subpixels from an emissive display pixel based on the magnitude of the dimming level setpoint signal. The selected dimming process or processes are applied to the emissive display, there by dimming the display. The display can be an OLED display.

Automotive lighting unit is provided that includes a lighting device equipped with one or more OLED light sources, and an electronic device configured to determine a malfunctioning condition of an OLED light source. The electronic device is suitable to determine a leakage resistance of the OLED light source and determines a malfunctioning condition of the OLED light source based on the leakage resistance.

An exposure head includes a light emitter, a plurality of switches, a transmission line, and a plurality of delay circuits. In the light emitter, a plurality of light emitting elements are arranged in a first direction. The switches are provided respectively corresponding to the light emitting elements. The switches are configured to perform switching such that, when a drive signal is input, a drive current flows through a light emitting element corresponding to the drive signal. The transmission line is configured to supply a drive signal to the switches. The delay circuits are provided respectively corresponding to the switches. The delay circuits are configured to delay the drive signal that is supplied to the switches through the transmission line in order from a first end side to a second end side of the light emitting elements arranged in the first direction.

The present disclosure generally relates to display technologies. An array substrate may include a plurality of first pixel units and a plurality of second pixel units arranged in alternating manner. Each of the plurality of first pixel units may include a first plurality of subpixels, each of the first plurality of subpixels comprising a functional stack that has a thickness of from 180 to 360 nm. Each of the plurality of second pixel units may include a second plurality of subpixels, each of the second plurality of subpixels comprising a functional stack that has a thickness of from 80 to 140 nm.

An OLED driving system and an OLED driving method according to the present invention include: storing usage information representing an accumulated actual usage time of an OLED lighting device with respect to each of a plurality of electric current ranges different from one another in a usage information storage part; updating the accumulated actual usage time by adding an actual usage time of the OLED lighting device to the accumulated actual usage time stored in the usage information storage part and represented as the usage information with respect to a specific electric current range corresponding to an electric current value of an electric power output to the OLED lighting device; and storing the updated accumulated actual usage time.

The present disclosure provides light switch modules and methods of implementing a light switch module for a lighting control system. The light switch modules include a light switch actuator including an actuation surface. The light switch actuator is movable to connect an electrical flow path and to activate a tactile display housed in the light switch actuator. One or more tactile motions are applied on the actuation surface of the light switch actuator for selecting a lighting setting from among a plurality of lighting settings using the tactile display.

The present disclosure provides light switch modules and methods of implementing a light switch module for a lighting control system. The light switch modules include a light switch actuator including an actuation surface. The light switch actuator is movable to connect an electrical flow path and to activate a tactile display housed in the light switch actuator. One or more tactile motions are applied on the actuation surface of the light switch actuator for selecting a lighting setting from among a plurality of lighting settings using the tactile display.

The application relates to the field of OLED lighting, and provides a high-yield low-cost large-area flexible OLED lighting module, a manufacturing method thereof and an OLED lighting luminaire.

Bioactive display systems for displaying digital content. The display systems have one or more LED-based lighting channels adapted to generate one or more of a long red near infrared (LRNE) red light, a circadian-inducing blue light output in first operational mode and a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode. The bioactive lighting can have a first circadian-stimulating energy characteristic related to the associated first spectral power distributions of light generated in the first operational mode, and the non-circadian-inducing blue light can have a second circadian-stimulating energy characteristic related to the associated second spectral power distribution of light generated in the second operational mode. Disclosure methods of generating digital display content with the display systems described herein. The methods can generate a circadian-inducing blue light output in first operational mode and one of a LRNE output and a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode.