Patents Assigned to Tailored Lighting Inc.
  • Patent number: 6633110
    Abstract: A lamp assembly comprised of a waterproof casing, a lamp disposed within the casing, and a source of electrical current electrically connected to the lamp, from the source to the lamp. The lamp, when operated with a 12 volt power supply, consumes less than 40 watts The preferred lamp used in the assembly is described and claimed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,418,419.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Tailored Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin P. McGuire, Albert Honegger, Felix Kessler
  • Patent number: 6611082
    Abstract: An integral lamp for producing a spectral light distribution substantially identical in uniformity to the spectral light distribution of a desired daylight with a color temperature of from about 3250 to about 10,000 degrees Kelvin throughout the entire visible light spectrum from about 380 to about 780 nanometers. The lamp contains a enclosed lamp envelope having an interior surface and an exterior surface, a light producing element which emits radiant energy throughout the entire visible spectrum with wavelengths from about 200 to about 2,000 nanometers at non-uniform levels of radiant energy across the visible spectrum, and at least one coating on at least one of said surfaces and having a transmittance level in substantial accordance with the formula D(L)=[O(L)−F(L)×S(L)]/[S(L)×{1−F(L)}], wherein: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Tailored Lighting Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin P. McGuire
  • Patent number: 6075872
    Abstract: A process for illuminating an object with a first spectrally distinct area. In the first step of the process, the spectral reflectivity of a first spectrally distinct area is determined, and that wavelength portion(s) of the spectrally distinct area that reflects more light form a light source than absorbs it (and the extent to which it does so) is identified. Thereafter, the maximum reflectivity of such wavelength portion, after illumination by the light source, is identified, and one also identifies that segment of the first wavelength portion which has a reflectivity of less than a specified percentage of the maximum reflectivity. A digitized image is then prepared which is modified to delete the low reflectivity segment of the first wavelength portion. The modified digital image is then fixed onto a medium (which may be, e.g., a color slide), the medium is illuminated with the light source, and the light image thus produced is projected onto the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Tailored Lighting Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin P. McGuire
  • Patent number: 5977694
    Abstract: A lamp for producing a spectral light distribution which is substantially identical in uniformity to the spectral light distribution of a desired daylight throughout the entire visible light spectrum from about 380 to about 780 nanometers. The lamp contains a lamp envelope comprised of an exterior surface, a light-producing element substantially centrally disposed within said lamp envelope, a reflector around the light-producing element, and an aperture assembly in front of the light-producing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Tailored Lighting Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin P. McGuire
  • Patent number: 5666017
    Abstract: A lamp for producing a spectral light distribution which is substantially identical in uniformity to the spectral light distribution of a desired daylight throughout the entire visible light spectrum from about 380 to about 780 nanometers. The lamp contains a lamp envelope comprised of an exterior surface, a light-producing element substantially centrally disposed within said lamp envelope, and a coating on said exterior surface of said lamp envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Tailored Lighting Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin P. McGuire
  • Patent number: 5569983
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus for producing a wide variety of spectral outputs comprising at two dissimilar light sources, a source of alternating current, a means for specifying the desired spectral output, electronic means for varying the alternating current delivered to the first light source to produce a first spectral output, and electronic means for varying the alternating current delivered to the second light source to produce a second spectral output, which when combined with the first spectral output produces an overall light output meeting desired characteristics of illuminance and/or color temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: Tailored Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin P. McGuire, Richard E. Hagerman
  • Patent number: 5418419
    Abstract: A lamp for producing a spectral distribution which is substantially identical to daylight color temperature. The lamp contains a filament which, when excited by electrical energy, emits radiant energy at least within the visible spectrum with wavelengths from about 400 to about 700 nanometers, a reflector body with a surface to intercept and reflect the visible spectrum radiant energy which is positioned within the reflector so that at least 50 percent of the visible spectrum radiant energy is directed towards the reflector surface, and a coating on the surface of the reflector body from which the reflected radiance of each wavelength of visible spectrum radiant energy directed towards the reflector surface when combined with the visible spectrum radiant energy not directed towards the reflector surface produces a total light output in substantial accordance with a specified formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Tailored Lighting Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin P. McGuire
  • Patent number: 5282115
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a spectral distribution. This apparatus contains a light source and a single filter. The single filter is comprised of a color correcting filter material and a neutral density filter material. When the apparatus is adjusted, the spectral distribution of the light which passes through it varies continuously, but the brightness and/or irradiance of such light is substantially constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1994
    Assignee: Tailored Lighting Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin P. McGuire