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Systems and methods for color changing device and enclosure

a technology of color changing devices and enclosures, applied in the direction of process and machine control, lighting and heating apparatus, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of inability to easily change color in response to computer states or digital information, and the color cannot be static,

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-03-09
SIGNIFY NORTH AMERICA CORP
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[0028] A further embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method for changing the color of a device. The method involves the acts of generating an input signal; generating a control signal in response to the input signal; communicating the control signal to a lighting system; and arranging the lighting system to illuminate at least a portion of the device enclosure.

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A problem with these enclosures is that they only come in a static color.
This is an upgrade that can be expensive and require significant time to install.
In addition, the color cannot easily change in response to computer states or digital information.

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[0033] In one embodiment of the invention an illumination system such as an LED system of one or more LEDs is arranged to edge light or backlight an enclosure to provide a colored enclosure or a color changing enclosure. One possible technology for implementing color changing illumination systems is described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,016,038, the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference. In addition, color changing illumination systems need not be LED based and in other embodiments of the invention the color changing illumination devices could comprise, but are not limited to, fiber optic strands, incandescent lighting, fluorescent lighting, or other solid-state technology such as Electro-luminescent (EL) or organic LED-based devices (OLED).

[0034] The enclosure could be an enclosure for any type of device such as, but not limited to; a desktop, laptop, server, hand-held, web-access, or any other type of computer, computer peripherals or accessories (such as, but not limite...

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Abstract

A color-changing device which includes an enclosure at least a portion of which is material which is desired to change color. There is also included an illumination device, such as an LED or collection of LEDs which can illuminate the material. There can also be included a controller which can take some form of input, such as from a network, or a sensor, and can convert that input into a signal to control the illumination. There is also included a method for performing such color change.

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CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §120 as a continuation (CON) of U.S. Non-provisional application Ser. No. 09 / 917,246, filed Jul. 27, 2001, entitled “Systems and Methods for Color Changing Device and Enclosure.”[0002] Ser. No. 09 / 917,246 in turn claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 221,579 filed Jul. 28, 2000, entitled “Color Changing Device and Enclosure.”[0003] Ser. No. 09 / 917,246 also claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §120 as a continuation-in-part (CIP) of co-pending U.S. Non-provisional application Ser. No. 09 / 669,121, filed Sep. 25, 2000, entitled “Multicolored LED Lighting Method and Apparatus”, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09 / 425,770, filed Oct. 22, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,150,774, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 08 / 920,156, filed Aug. 26, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,016,038. [0004] Ser. No. 09 / 917,246 also claims the benefit under 35 U.S...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): F21V9/00G05F1/00G09G3/10
CPCG06F1/1605H04M1/22G06F1/181Y10S362/80H05B45/20H05B47/10H05B47/155
Inventor DOWLING, KEVIN J.MUELLER, GEORGE G.LYS, IHOR A.
Owner SIGNIFY NORTH AMERICA CORP
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