LIGHTING APPARATUS

Abstract

A lighting apparatus includes a container box, a light passing cover, a circuit board and a pair of electrical plugs. The container box has a top surface and a bottom surface. There is a light opening and an opaque area on the top surface. The light passing cover is attached to the light opening of the container box. The circuit board is mounted with multiple types of LED modules, a driver circuit and a motion sensor. The multiple types of LED modules are disposed under the light opening of the top surface of the container box. The driver circuit is disposed under the opaque area of the top surface of the container box. The pair of electrical plugs are fixed to the container box and electrically connected to the driver circuit for plugging to an electric socket.

Claims

1. A lighting apparatus, comprising: a container box with a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein there is a light opening and an opaque area on the top surface; a light passing cover attached to the light opening of the container box; a circuit board mounted multiple types of LED modules, a driver circuit and a motion sensor, wherein the multiple types of LED modules are disposed under the light opening of the top surface of the container box, the driver circuit is disposed under the opaque area of the top surface of the container box; and a pair of electrical plugs fixed to the container box and electrically connected to the driver circuit for plugging to an electric socket.

2. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the opaque area is a wireless charging area for placing an external device to be wirelessly charged.

3. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the container box is a rectangular box structure.

4. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein there is a reflector surrounding the multiple types of LED modules to guide a light of the multiple types of LED modules to escape via the light opening.

5. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein a manual switch is disposed on the container box, the manual switch is coupled to the driver circuit to indicate the driver circuit to change a setting when the manual switch is operated.

6. The lighting apparatus of claim 5, wherein the manual switch is used for changing a color and a color temperature by controlling the multiple types of LED modules.

7. The lighting apparatus of claim 5, wherein the manual switch has a switch base and a pin, the switch base is facing to a switch opening on a lateral side of the container box, the pin is inserted through the switch opening to couple with the switch base.

8. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the container box has a sleep switch to start a sleeping procedure of the driver circuit, the driver circuit changes a mixed color temperature gradually during a sleep transition period.

9. The lighting apparatus of claim 8, wherein the driver circuit changes a mixed color gradually during the sleep transition period.

10. The lighting apparatus of claim 8, wherein the driver circuit determines a variation pattern and the sleep transition period by decoding a user biology parameter from a portable device carried by a user.

11. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the container box has a first rotation structure for changing a direction of the light opening.

12. The lighting apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a ground light source for emitting a ground light to illuminate a ground, the ground light source is controlled separately by the driver circuit in response to the motion sensor.

13. The lighting apparatus of claim 11, wherein the container box has a second rotation structure for changing a sensing area of the motion sensor.

14. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the container box has an extending socket for detachably connecting an external device for routing electricity received from the pair of electrical plugs.

15. The lighting apparatus of claim 14, wherein an extended module has a processor is detachably plugged to the extending socket, when the extended module is plugged, the processor instructs the driver circuit to control the multiple types of LED modules.

16. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the container box has a top cover with a reflector, a top edge of the reflector forms the light opening, a bottom edge of the reflector engages the circuit board.

17. The lighting apparatus of claim 16, wherein the pair of electrical plugs are fixed on the circuit board as an integrated module to be placed into the container box and then enclosed by the top cover.

18. The lighting apparatus of claim 16, wherein the motion sensor collects a gesture of a user and the driver circuit.

19. The lighting apparatus of claim 16, wherein the multiple types of LED module is covered by a transparent electricity isolation layer.

20. The lighting apparatus of claim 16, wherein the top cover has multiple sub-cover with different colors to be selectively rotated to cover the light opening.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0047] FIG. 1 illustrates a lighting apparatus embodiment.

[0048] FIG. 2 illustrates another view of the example in FIG. 1.

[0049] FIG. 3 illustrates an exploded view of the example in FIG. 1.

[0050] FIG. 4 illustrates a reflector example.

[0051] FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of a lighting apparatus.

[0052] FIG. 6 shows another embodiment with rotation structures.

[0053] FIG. 7 shows another embodiment that has multiple sub-covers.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0054] In FIG. 5, a lighting apparatus includes a container box 661, a light passing cover 662, a circuit board 663 and a pair of electrical plugs 6671, 6672.

[0055] The container box 661 has a top surface 6611 and a bottom surface 6612.

[0056] There is a light opening 662 and an opaque area 6662 on the top surface 6611.

[0057] The light passing cover 6621 is attached to the light opening 662 of the container box 661.

[0058] The circuit board 663 is mounted with multiple types of LED modules 6641, 6642, 6643, a driver circuit 665 and a motion sensor 666.

[0059] The multiple types of LED modules 6641, 6642, 6643 are disposed under the light opening 662 of the top surface 6611 of the container box 661.

[0060] The driver circuit 665 is disposed under the opaque area 6622 of the top surface 6611 of the container box 661.

[0061] The pair of electrical plugs 6671, 6672 are fixed to the container box 661 and electrically connected to the driver circuit 665 for plugging to an electric socket 6610. The electric socket 6610 may be fixed on a wall connecting to a power source like an alternating current power 110V/220V power source.

[0062] In some embodiments, the opaque area 6662 has a wireless charging area 6663 for placing an external device 6615 to be wirelessly charged. For example, the external device 6615 is placed on the wireless charging area 6663 and a charging coil 6651 may be placed on the circuit board 663 for charging the external device 6615.

[0063] In some embodiments, the container box 661 is a rectangular box structure.

[0064] In some embodiments, there is a reflector 6622 surrounding the multiple types of LED modules 6641, 6642, 6643 to guide a light of the multiple types of LED modules 6641, 6642, 6643 to escape via the light opening 662.

[0065] In some embodiments, a manual switch 6652 is disposed on the container box 661. The manual switch 6652 is coupled to the driver circuit 665 to indicate the driver circuit 665 to change a setting when the manual switch 6652 is operated.

[0066] For example, the manual switch 6652 may have a sliding switch with multiple options corresponding to different color temperatures, timing, colors, or other settings.

[0067] In some embodiments, the manual switch is used for changing a color and a color temperature by controlling the multiple types of LED modules.

[0068] In some embodiments, the manual switch 6652 has a switch base 6653 and a pin 6654.

[0069] The switch base 6653 is facing to a switch opening 6655 on a lateral side of the container box 661.

[0070] The pin 6654 is inserted through the switch opening 6655 to couple with the switch base 6653.

[0071] In some embodiments, the container box 661 has a sleep switch, e.g. using the manual switch 6652, to start a sleeping procedure of the driver circuit 665. The sleep switch may also be implemented as a touch operation on the opaque area or the light passing area. The driver circuit 665 changes a mixed color temperature gradually during a sleep transition period. For example, 10 minutes are set as the sleep transition period. During the sleep transition period, the light is changing to a warmer color temperature to help people to get into sleeping, and the light intensity is decreasing gradually. After 10 minutes, the driver circuit 665 controls the LED modules to emit a predetermined light or just turns off all the lights.

[0072] In some embodiments, the driver circuit changes a mixed color gradually during the sleep transition period.

[0073] In some embodiments, the driver circuit determines a variation pattern and the sleep transition period by decoding a user biology parameter from a portable device carried by a user. For example, users may carry an Apple watch that collects sleeping information of the users. An app may be developed using the Apple watch or other portable device to collect biological information of the users related to the sleeping. The information is passed to the driver circuit to provide an optimized control of the LED modules.

[0074] In FIG. 6, the container box 671 has a first rotation structure 675 for changing a direction 677 of the light opening 672.

[0075] In some embodiments, the lighting apparatus may also include a ground light source 679 for emitting a ground light 678 to illuminate a ground.

[0076] The ground light source 679 is controlled separately by the driver circuit in response to the motion sensor.

[0077] In some embodiments, the container box 671 has a second rotation structure 674 for changing a sensing area 6791 of the motion sensor 673.

[0078] In some embodiments, the container box has an extending socket 6793 for detachably connecting an external device 6794 for routing electricity received from the pair of electrical plugs 676.

[0079] In some embodiments, an extended module 6794 has a processor is detachably plugged to the extending socket 6793.

[0080] When the extended module 6794 is plugged, the processor 6795 instructs the driver circuit to control the multiple types of LED modules.

[0081] In FIG. 5, the container box has a top cover 6623 with a reflector 6622.

[0082] A top edge 66221 of the reflector 6622 forms the light opening 662.

[0083] A bottom edge 66222 of the reflector 6622 engages the circuit board 663.

[0084] In some embodiments, the pair of electrical plugs 6671, 6672 are fixed on the circuit board 663 as an integrated module to be placed into the container box and then enclosed by the top cover.

[0085] In some embodiments, a light passing cover 6621 is attached to the top cover 6623 to cover the light opening 662.

[0086] In some embodiments, the multiple types of LED module 6641, 6642, 6643 are covered by a transparent electricity isolation layer 6644.

[0087] In FIG. 7, the top cover has multiple sub-covers 721, 723 with different colors to be selectively rotated to cover the light opening 724.

[0088] Please refer to FIG. 1, which illustrates a lighting apparatus. The lighting apparatus has a container box 1 that includes a bottom cover 14 and a top cover 15. There is a passage hole 12 for a motion sensor to collection motion information. The manual switch 6 has a pin passing through a switch hole 13. The electrical plugs 7 are disposed on the container box 1.

[0089] FIG. 2 shows another view of the example in FIG. 1.

[0090] The same reference numerals refer to the same components. If they are explained once, these components may not be repeated again for appearing in another drawing.

[0091] FIG. 3 shows an exploded view of the example in FIG. 1.

[0092] In FIG. 3, the top cover 15 has a light opening 11. There are limiting grooves 161, 151 corresponding to protruding units 41 of the light passing cover 4 to fix the light passing cover 4 to the top cover 15. There is a circular tube used as a reflector 152.

[0093] A dip switch base 6 is placed on a circuit board 2. There are LED modules 3 on the circuit board 2. There is a light sensor 5 used as the motion sensor mentioned above. There are aligning holes 21 corresponding to aligning columns 17 of the bottom cover 14.

[0094] The buckle 143 is used for clipping to the top cover 15. The circuit board 2 is placed in the container 141. There is protruding block 142 for matching to grooves of the top cover 15.

[0095] FIG. 4 shows a reflecting layer 99153 with four sides placed on a tubular structure 99152 for reflecting lights to the light passing cover 99152.

[0096] The foregoing description, for purpose of explanation, has been described with reference to specific embodiments. However, the illustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in view of the above teachings.

[0097] The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the techniques and their practical applications. Others skilled in the art are thereby enabled to best utilize the techniques and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.

[0098] Although the disclosure and examples have been fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be noted that various changes and modifications will become apparent to those skilled in the art. Such changes and modifications are to be understood as being included within the scope of the disclosure and examples as defined by the claims.