Abstract: A method for using a directional switch on a portable light where the switch input is interpreted according to the switch position relative to gravity.
Abstract: An improved means of measuring ambient light and controlling light sources based on those measurements. This embodiment of measuring ambient light, and only ambient light, by selectively turning off any LED light sources that the device controls and then using an ambient light sensor [12] to measure the remaining light. All of this must be done in such a way as to be undetected by people who are using the light for various purposes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 7, 2009
Date of Patent:
June 19, 2012
Assignee:
Janlincia LLC
Inventors:
Richard Jeff Garcia, Michael Patrick Babb