Patents by Inventor Raghuram L. V. Petluri

Raghuram L. V. Petluri has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11198813
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems for generating tunable white light. The systems include a plurality of LED strings that generate light with color points that fall within blue, yellow/green, red, and cyan color ranges, with each LED string being driven with a separately controllable drive current in order to tune the generated light output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Ecosense Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Raghuram L. V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard
  • Patent number: 11191140
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for generating white light. The methods use a plurality of LED strings to generate light with color points that fall within blue, yellow/green, red, and cyan color ranges, with each LED string being driven with a separately controllable drive current in order to tune the generated light output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Ecosense Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Raghuram L. V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard
  • Patent number: 11168250
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for generating tunable white light with controllable circadian energy performance. The methods use a plurality of LED strings to generate light with color points that fall within blue, yellow/green, red, and cyan color ranges, with each LED string being driven with a separately controllable drive current in order to tune the generated light output. Different light emitting modes can be selected that utilize different combinations of the plurality of LED strings in order to tune the generated white light. One or more of the LED strings can have ultraviolet or violet LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Ecosense Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Raghuram L. V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard
  • Publication number: 20210338861
    Abstract: A light source for emitting emitted light to reduce microbial load, said light source, comprising: (a) at least one first light source for emitting first light having a peak wavelength less than 400 nm; and (b) at least one second light source for emitting a second light; wherein said emitted light comprises a combination of said first light and said second light, wherein said emitted light has a spectral power distribution (SPD), wherein said SPD has a first power in said SPD between 350 nm and 800 nm, and a second power in said SPD between 350 nm and 420, wherein said second power is at least 40% of said first power, and wherein said emitted light has a CRI of at least 80.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin Harrison, Daniel Ventura, Sina Afshari, Raghuram L.V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard
  • Publication number: 20210315083
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, includes obtaining information about a photic environment, the information including at least one light metric, tracking the at least one metric over a period of time, generating a dosage level based on information about the photic environment, the tracked metric, and an intended circadian response, wherein the dosage level includes a light level and outputting the dosage level on at least one light-emitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin Harrison, Raghuram L.V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard
  • Publication number: 20210298144
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems for generating tunable white light. The systems include a plurality of LED strings that generate light with color points that fall within red, blue, and green color ranges, with each LED string being driven with a separately controllable drive current in order to tune the generated light output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Raghuram L.V. PETLURI, Paul Kenneth PICKARD
  • Publication number: 20210267032
    Abstract: Display systems for displaying digital content. The display systems have one or more LED-based lighting channels adapted to generate a circadian-inducing blue light output in first operational mode and a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode. The circadian-inducing blue light 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 a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Raghuram L.V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Benjamin Harrison, Shruti Koparkar
  • Patent number: 11102863
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems for generating tunable white light. The systems include a plurality of LED strings that generate light with color points that fall within white, red, and yellow/green color ranges, with each LED string being driven with a separately controllable drive current in order to tune the generated light output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Ecosense Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Raghuram L.V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard
  • Publication number: 20210259074
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for generating tunable white light. The methods include using a plurality of LED strings to generate light with color points that fall within white, red, and cyan color ranges, with each LED string being driven with a separately controllable drive current in order to tune the generated light output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Raghuram L.V. PETLURI, Paul Kenneth PICKARD
  • Publication number: 20210259076
    Abstract: Display systems for displaying digital content. The display systems have one or more LED-based lighting channels adapted to generate a circadian-inducing blue light output in first operational mode and a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode. The circadian-inducing blue light 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 a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Raghuram L.V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Benjamin Harrison, Shruti Koparkar
  • Publication number: 20210251060
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems for generating tunable white light. The systems include a plurality of LED strings that generate light with color points that fall within red, blue, short-blue-pumped cyan, and long-blue-pumped cyan color ranges, with each LED string being driven with a separately controllable drive current in order to tune the generated light output. Methods of generating white light by combining light generated by red, blue, short-blue-pumped cyan, and long-blue-pumped cyan color channels. Methods of generating white light points at substantially the same 1931 CIE chromaticity diagram color coordinates having different EML.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Raghuram L.V. PETLURI, Paul Kenneth PICKARD
  • Publication number: 20210227657
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides lighting systems suitable for generating white light. The lighting systems can have a first lighting channel configured to produce a first white light having a first color point and a first spectral power distribution, a second lighting channel configured to produce a second white light having a second color point and a second spectral power distribution, and a control system configured to independently change the intensity of each of the first lighting channel and the second lighting channel. The first lighting channels can have LEDs having an emission with a first peak wavelength of between about 440 nm and about 510 nm. The second lighting channels can have LEDs having an emission with a second peak wavelength of between about 380 nm and about 420 nm. The disclosure provides methods of generating white light using the lighting systems described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Raghuram L.V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard
  • Publication number: 20210215317
    Abstract: Lighting system including visible-light source, optical system, mounting system, and control system. Visible-light source includes plurality of semiconductor light-emitting devices (SLEDs) and selectably generates: visible-light emissions having cyan-ish color point; and visible-light emissions having orange-ish color point. Optical system and mounting system are integrated with visible-light source. Optical system is arranged to combine together, into combined light emissions, visible-light emissions from SLEDs among plurality of SLEDs. Mounting system is arranged for directing combined light emissions as up-light emissions. Control system is coupled with visible-light source and selectably causes visible-light emissions to have cyan-ish color point or orange-ish color point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Paul Pickard, Raghuram L.V. Petluri
  • Patent number: 11064585
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems for generating tunable white light. The systems include a plurality of LED strings that generate light with color points that fall within blue, yellow/green, red, and cyan color ranges, with each LED string being driven with a separately controllable drive current in order to tune the generated light output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: EcoSense Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Raghuram L. V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard
  • Publication number: 20210207787
    Abstract: Lighting system including bowl reflector, visible-light source, central reflector, and optically-transparent body. Bowl reflector has central axis, and rim defining emission aperture, and first visible-light-reflective surface defining portion of cavity in bowl reflector. First visible-light-reflective surface includes parabolic surface. Visible-light source is located in cavity and configured for generating visible-light emissions from semiconductor light-emitting device. Central reflector includes second visible-light-reflective surface, having convex flared funnel shape and having first peak facing toward visible-light source. Optically-transparent body has first base being spaced apart from second base and having side wall extending between first and second bases. Concave flared funnel-shaped surface of second base faces toward convex flared funnel-shaped second visible-light reflective surface of central reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Chris P. Latsis, Elizabeth Rodgers, Paul Pickard, Sana Ashraf, Xin Zhang, Richard Wu, Raghuram L.V. Petluri
  • Patent number: 11047535
    Abstract: An optical cup which mixes multiple channels of light to form a blended output, the device having discreet zones or channels including a plurality of reflective cavities each having a remote light converting appliance covering a cluster of LEDs providing a channel of light which is reflected upward. The predetermined blends of luminescence materials provide a predetermined range of illumination wavelengths in the output. The remote light converting appliances may be provided as frustoconical elements directly adjacent to the LEDs within frustoconical reflective cavities. An index matching compound can be disposed between the light converting appliances and the associated LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Ecosense Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Raghuram L. V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Robert Fletcher
  • Patent number: 11047534
    Abstract: An optical cup which mixes multiple channels of light to form a blended output, the device having discreet zones or channels including a plurality of reflective cavities each having a remote light converting appliance covering a cluster of LEDs providing a channel of light which is reflected upward. The predetermined blends of luminescence materials provide a predetermined range of illumination wavelengths in the output. The remote light converting appliances may be provided as frustoconical elements directly adjacent to the LEDs within frustoconical reflective cavities. An index matching compound can be disposed between the light converting appliances and the associated LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: EcoSense Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Raghuram L. V Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Robert Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20210176837
    Abstract: Display systems for displaying digital content. The display systems have one or more LED-based lighting channels adapted to generate a circadian-inducing blue light output in first operational mode and a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode. The circadian-inducing blue light 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 a less-circadian-inducing blue light output in a second operational mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Raghuram L.V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Benjamin Harrison, Shruti Kopakar
  • Patent number: 11028976
    Abstract: An optical cup which mixes multiple channels of light to form a blended output, the device having discreet zones or channels including a plurality of reflective cavities each having a remote phosphor light converting appliance covering a cluster of LEDs providing a channel of light which is reflected upward. The predetermined blends of phosphors provide a predetermined range of illumination wavelengths in the output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: EcoSense Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Raghuram L. V Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Robert Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20210148523
    Abstract: A zoned optical cup which mixes multiple channels of light to form a blended output, the device having discreet zones or channels including a plurality of reflective cavities each having a domed light converting appliance (DLCA) covering a cluster of LEDs providing a channel of light which is reflected upward by the cavities and mixed by angles walls and structures above the open top of the cavities in the common body of the cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Raghuram L.V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard