Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Pope
Daniel J. Pope 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).
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Patent number: 10925130Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a solid-state light source and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to receive one or more ambient light level measurements corresponding to the amount of ambient light detected by an ambient light sensor, and determine a range of values for the one or more ambient light level measurements corresponding to a desired amount of light detected by the ambient light sensor. The control circuitry is then configured to drive the solid-state light source such that the one or more ambient light level measurements received from the ambient light sensor fall within the determined range of values.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: IDEAL Industries Lighting LLCInventor: Daniel J. Pope
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Patent number: 10912170Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a solid-state light source and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to receive one or more ambient light level measurements corresponding to the amount of ambient light detected by an ambient light sensor, and determine a range of values for the one or more ambient light level measurements corresponding to a desired amount of light detected by the ambient light sensor. The control circuitry is then configured to drive the solid-state light source such that the one or more ambient light level measurements received from the ambient light sensor fall within the determined range of values.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: IDEAL Industries Lighting LLCInventor: Daniel J. Pope
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Publication number: 20200253012Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a solid-state light source and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to receive one or more ambient light level measurements corresponding to the amount of ambient light detected by an ambient light sensor, and determine a range of values for the one or more ambient light level measurements corresponding to a desired amount of light detected by the ambient light sensor. The control circuitry is then configured to drive the solid-state light source such that the one or more ambient light level measurements received from the ambient light sensor fall within the determined range of values.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventor: Daniel J. Pope
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Publication number: 20200022234Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a solid-state light source and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to receive one or more ambient light level measurements corresponding to the amount of ambient light detected by an ambient light sensor, and determine a range of values for the one or more ambient light level measurements corresponding to a desired amount of light detected by the ambient light sensor. The control circuitry is then configured to drive the solid-state light source such that the one or more ambient light level measurements received from the ambient light sensor fall within the determined range of values.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventor: Daniel J. Pope
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Patent number: 10470267Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a solid-state light source and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to receive one or more ambient light level measurements corresponding to the amount of ambient light detected by an ambient light sensor, and determine a range of values for the one or more ambient light level measurements corresponding to a desired amount of light detected by the ambient light sensor. The control circuitry is then configured to drive the solid-state light source such that the one or more ambient light level measurements received from the ambient light sensor fall within the determined range of values.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2013Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: IDEAL Industries Lighting LLCInventor: Daniel J. Pope
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Patent number: 10348974Abstract: An LED-based lighting fixture sets or adjusts a parameter of a drive signal that is used to drive its LEDs to be more compatible with the camera system; the camera system sets or adjusts an image capture parameter to be more compatible with the LED-based lighting fixture, or a combination thereof. The drive signal may be a PWM signal with a variable PWM frequency and/or duty cycle, a variable DC signal, or any combination thereof. The parameter of the drive signal that may be set or adjusted includes, but is not limited to, a PWM period, PWM frequency, PWM duty cycle, amplitude of the active and inactive portions of the PWM signal, and the like. The image capture parameter that may be adjusted includes, but is not limited to, frame rate, frame period, integration time, gain, shutter type (i.e. rolling shutter, global shutter, etc.), and the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Daniel J. Pope, Michael James Harris, John Roberts, Ashish Ekbote, Robert D. Underwood
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Patent number: 10349483Abstract: Ambient light sensor circuitry includes a photodetector, a controllable current source, and control circuitry. The photodetector is coupled between a supply voltage and an intermediate node and configured to provide a photodetector current proportional to an amount of light detected thereby to the intermediate node. The controllable current source is coupled between the intermediate node and ground and configured to shunt a portion of the photodetector current from the intermediate node to ground based on a current control signal. The control circuitry is coupled to the intermediate node and the controllable current source and configured to provide the current control signal to the controllable current source, receive a measurement signal from the intermediate node, adjust the current control signal such that the measurement signal does not exceed a maximum input threshold of the control circuitry, and provide an ambient light measurement signal based on the current control signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Daniel J. Pope, Joseph P. Chobot
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Patent number: 10278250Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lighting fixture that is capable of providing white light over an extended range of correlated color temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: James McBryde, Randy Demuynck, Andrew Dummer, Daniel J. Pope, Heidi Loepp, P. Joseph DeSena, Jr.
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Patent number: 10172218Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lighting fixture that includes a driver module and at least one other module that provides a lighting fixture function, such as a sensor function, lighting network communication function, gateway function, and the like. The driver module communicates with the other modules in a master/slave scheme over a communication bus. The driver module is configured as a slave communication device, and the other modules are configured as master communication devices. As such, the other modules may initiate communications with the driver to send information to or retrieve information from the driver module.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Arnold Motley, Joseph P. Chobot, Daniel J. Pope, John J. Trainor, Michael James Harris
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Patent number: 10161612Abstract: A lighting fixture employing a solid-state light source and an ambient light sensor is disclosed. The solid-state light source is placed within a light source housing and configured to emit light through a lens assembly that covers an opening into a mixing chamber provided within the light source housing. In one embodiment, the ambient light sensor is located within mixing chamber with the solid-state light source. In another embodiment, the ambient light sensor is located outside of the mixing chamber. In either embodiment, the ambient light sensor may be recessed within a waveguide, which aides in controlling the sensor distribution beam for the ambient light sensor. The sensor distribution beam essentially defines an area from which light reflected off of a task surface is accurately monitored via the ambient light sensor. The direction of the sensor distribution beam and the light emitted from the ambient light sensor may generally coincide.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Joseph P. Chobot, Daniel J. Pope
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Patent number: 10064251Abstract: Systems and methods related to lighting fixtures for solid-state light sources are disclosed. In one embodiment, a lighting fixture includes a driver module and a communications module. The driver module is configured to execute driver program code, which causes the driver module to generate a drive output that drives one or more solid-state light sources. To provide updates, the communications module is configured to receive updated driver program code from a remote device and send the updated driver program code to the driver module. The driver module is configured to erase the driver program code and write the updated driver program code received from the communications module to memory. In this manner, updates can be provided to the lighting fixture without having to remove the lighting fixture from a support structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Daniel J. Pope, John J. Trainor, Arnold Motley
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Publication number: 20180041681Abstract: An LED-based lighting fixture sets or adjusts a parameter of a drive signal that is used to drive its LEDs to be more compatible with the camera system; the camera system sets or adjusts an image capture parameter to be more compatible with the LED-based lighting fixture, or a combination thereof. The drive signal may be a PWM signal with a variable PWM frequency and/or duty cycle, a variable DC signal, or any combination thereof. The parameter of the drive signal that may be set or adjusted includes, but is not limited to, a PWM period, PWM frequency, PWM duty cycle, amplitude of the active and inactive portions of the PWM signal, and the like. The image capture parameter that may be adjusted includes, but is not limited to, frame rate, frame period, integration time, gain, shutter type (i.e. rolling shutter, global shutter, etc.), and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Daniel J. Pope, Michael James Harris, John Roberts, Ashish Ekbote, Robert D. Underwood
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Publication number: 20180014394Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lighting fixture that includes a driver module and at least one other module that provides a lighting fixture function, such as a sensor function, lighting network communication function, gateway function, and the like. The driver module communicates with the other modules in a master/slave scheme over a communication bus. The driver module is configured as a slave communication device, and the other modules are configured as master communication devices. As such, the other modules may initiate communications with the driver to send information to or retrieve information from the driver module.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Arnold Motley, Joseph P. Chobot, Daniel J. Pope, John J. Trainor, Michael James Harris
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Patent number: 9807819Abstract: A wireless network of a first type receives a request for network entry from a mobile station. A service continuity query is sent to a service node. A service continuity response is received from the service node. The service continuity response includes a network access identifier. The network access identifier is determined to be associated with an existing session on a wireless network of a second type. The existing session is using a mobile internet protocol address. On the wireless network of the first type, a session is assigned the mobile internet protocol address.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2009Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Lei Zhu, Terry Daniel Nebergall, Chidambaram Pavanasam, Daniel J. Pope, Jack Branson Sippel, II, John Eric Belser, Joao Carlos Osorio Gouvea Teixeira de Magalhaes, Jeffrey Scott Ward, Sameer Akbar Khan
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Patent number: 9795016Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lighting fixture that includes a driver module and at least one other module that provides a lighting fixture function, such as a sensor function, lighting network communication function, gateway function, and the like. The driver module communicates with the other modules in a master/slave scheme over a communication bus. The driver module is configured as a slave communication device, and the other modules are configured as master communication devices. As such, the other modules may initiate communications with the driver to send information to or retrieve information from the driver module.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Arnold Motley, Joseph P. Chobot, Daniel J. Pope, John J. Trainor, Michael James Harris
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Patent number: 9788247Abstract: In a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, an LTE gateway system exchanges registration data with User Equipment (UE) over a non-LTE network. The LTE gateway system transfers networking data to an LTE control system responsive to an IMS media session for the UE, and transfers an instruction to remove the networking data from the LTE control system responsive to termination of the IMS media session. The LTE control system receives an LTE initial access message and if the networking data characterizes the IMS media session over the non-LTE network through the LTE gateway system, then transfers a session transfer message to the LTE gateway system to switch communication access from the non-LTE network to the LTE network. The LTE control system receives an LTE session termination message and responsively transfers an LTE reattach message to the LTE gateway system to force the UE to reattach to the LTE network.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Saravana Velusamy, Rajil Malhotra, Daniel J. Pope
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Patent number: 9723680Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lighting fixture that is capable of providing white light over an extended range of correlated color temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Daniel J. Pope, Andrew Dummer, James McBryde, Heidi Loepp, P. Joseph DeSena, Jr., Priyanka S Medida
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Publication number: 20170150584Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lighting fixture that includes a driver module and at least one other module that provides a lighting fixture function, such as a sensor function, lighting network communication function, gateway function, and the like. The driver module communicates with the other modules in a master/slave scheme over a communication bus. The driver module is configured as a slave communication device, and the other modules are configured as master communication devices. As such, the other modules may initiate communications with the driver to send information to or retrieve information from the driver module.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Arnold Motley, Joseph P. Chobot, Daniel J. Pope, John J. Trainor, Michael James Harris
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Publication number: 20170127491Abstract: Ambient light sensor circuitry includes a photodetector, a controllable current source, and control circuitry. The photodetector is coupled between a supply voltage and an intermediate node and configured to provide a photodetector current proportional to an amount of light detected thereby to the intermediate node. The controllable current source is coupled between the intermediate node and ground and configured to shunt a portion of the photodetector current from the intermediate node to ground based on a current control signal. The control circuitry is coupled to the intermediate node and the controllable current source and configured to provide the current control signal to the controllable current source, receive a measurement signal from the intermediate node, adjust the current control signal such that the measurement signal does not exceed a maximum input threshold of the control circuitry, and provide an ambient light measurement signal based on the current control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Daniel J. Pope, Joseph P. Chobot
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Patent number: 9572226Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lighting fixture that includes a driver module and at least one other module that provides a lighting fixture function, such as a sensor function, lighting network communication function, gateway function, and the like. The driver module communicates with the other modules in a master/slave scheme over a communication bus. The driver module is configured as a slave communication device, and the other modules are configured as master communication devices. As such, the other modules may initiate communications with the driver to send information to or retrieve information from the driver module.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Arnold Motley, Joseph P. Chobot, Daniel J. Pope, John J. Trainor, Michael James Harris