Patents by Inventor Birthe TRALAU

Birthe TRALAU 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: 9788386
    Abstract: A lamp having a first light source for producing a light having a spectral distribution, wherein the light is represented by a set of chromaticity coordinates in a chromaticity diagram, and having a second light source for producing a second light having a second spectral distribution, wherein the second light is represented by a second set of coordinates in the chromaticity diagram, the second spectral distribution being different from the first spectral distribution. Furthermore, the lamp has a control unit for controlling the light sources, which control unit is designed so that an intensity of the first light can be changed independently of an intensity of the second light. By changing the intensities of the lights, the weighting of the lights can be changed so that the melanopic effect factor of the light emitted by the lamp is thereby changed without the color temperature of the light changing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Anja Frohnapfel, Birthe Tralau
  • Publication number: 20160262222
    Abstract: A lamp having a first light source for producing a light having a spectral distribution, wherein the light is represented by a set of chromaticity coordinates in a chromaticity diagram, and having a second light source for producing a second light having a second spectral distribution, wherein the second light is represented by a second set of coordinates in the chromaticity diagram, the second spectral distribution being different from the first spectral distribution. Furthermore, the lamp has a control unit for controlling the light sources, which control unit is designed so that an intensity of the first light can be changed independently of an intensity of the second light. By changing the intensities of the lights, the weighting of the lights can be changed so that the melanopic effect factor of the light emitted by the lamp is thereby changed without the color temperature of the light changing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Anja FROHNAPFEL, Birthe TRALAU