Patents by Inventor Neil P. Cannon
Neil P. Cannon 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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Publication number: 20230328855Abstract: A tunable lighting system includes a first LED having a first spectral output, a second LED having a second spectral output, and a correction circuit including a correction LED. The correction circuit in the tunable lighting system controls the correction LED to emit light that, when combined with light output from the first LED and light output from the second LED, produces a selected spectral characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: William R. McGrath, Zachary Blanchard, Oliver Piluski, Jason Orzell, Neil P. Cannon
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Patent number: 11716796Abstract: A tunable lighting system includes a first LED having a first spectral output, a second LED having a second spectral output, and a correction circuit including a correction LED. The correction circuit in the tunable lighting system controls the correction LED to emit light that, when combined with light output from the first LED and light output from the second LED, produces a selected spectral characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: LEDdynamics, Inc.Inventors: William R. McGrath, Zachary Blanchard, Oliver Piluski, Jason Orzell, Neil P. Cannon
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Patent number: 11490479Abstract: A tunable lighting system includes a first LED having a first spectral output, a second LED having a second spectral output, and a correction circuit including a correction LED. The correction circuit in the tunable lighting system controls the correction LED to emit light that, when combined with light output from the first LED and light output from the second LED, produces a selected spectral characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: LEDdynamics, Inc.Inventors: William R. McGrath, Zachary Blanchard, Oliver Piluski, Jason Orzell, Neil P. Cannon
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Publication number: 20220295612Abstract: A tunable lighting system includes a first LED having a first spectral output, a second LED having a second spectral output, and a correction circuit including a correction LED. The correction circuit in the tunable lighting system controls the correction LED to emit light that, when combined with light output from the first LED and light output from the second LED, produces a selected spectral characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: William R. McGrath, Zachary Blanchard, Oliver Piluski, Jason Orzell, Neil P. Cannon
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Publication number: 20210219395Abstract: A tunable lighting system includes a first LED having a first spectral output, a second LED having a second spectral output, and a correction circuit including a correction LED. The correction circuit in the tunable lighting system controls the correction LED to emit light that, when combined with light output from the first LED and light output from the second LED, produces a selected spectral characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: William R. McGrath, Zachary Blanchard, Oliver Piluski, Jason Orzell, Neil P. Cannon
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Patent number: 9648694Abstract: A light fixture includes a dimmable light source that emits light downwardly, and a downward-looking rangefinder proximate and operatively coupled with the light source. When the rangefinder detects an object at a measured height that exceeds a first threshold, the light source dims according to the measured height. A light fixture that provides illumination for a lighted area includes one or more first light sources that emit high-angle light, and one or more dimmable second light sources that emit low-angle light, into the lighted area. The system also includes a camera that captures images of the lighted area, and an controller that is (a) operable to identify one or more activity locations within the lighted area from the images, and (b) operatively coupled to dim one or more of the light sources that illuminate the one or more activity locations.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Neil P. Cannon, Jeffrey Bisberg, John Lembke
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Publication number: 20160227619Abstract: A light fixture includes a dimmable light source that emits light downwardly, and a downward-looking rangefinder proximate and operatively coupled with the light source. When the rangefinder detects an object at a measured height that exceeds a first threshold, the light source dims according to the measured height. A light fixture that provides illumination for a lighted area includes one or more first light sources that emit high-angle light, and one or more dimmable second light sources that emit low-angle light, into the lighted area. The system also includes a camera that captures images of the lighted area, and an controller that is (a) operable to identify one or more activity locations within the lighted area from the images, and (b) operatively coupled to dim one or more of the light sources that illuminate the one or more activity locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Neil P. CANNON, Jeffrey BISBERG, John LEMBKE
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Patent number: 9338850Abstract: A light fixture includes a dimmable light source that emits light downwardly, and a downward-looking rangefinder proximate and operatively coupled with the light source. When the rangefinder detects an object at a measured height that exceeds a first threshold, the light source dims according to the measured height. A light fixture that provides illumination with active glare control for a lighted area includes one or more first light sources that emit high-angle light, and one or more dimmable second light sources that emit low-angle light, into the lighted area. The system also includes a camera that captures images of the lighted area, and an controller that is (a) operable to identify one or more activity locations within the lighted area from the images, and (b) operatively coupled to dim one or more of the light sources that illuminate the one or more activity locations.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Neil P. Cannon, Jeffrey Bisberg, John Lembke
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Publication number: 20140320023Abstract: A light fixture includes a dimmable light source that emits light downwardly, and a downward-looking rangefinder proximate and operatively coupled with the light source. When the rangefinder detects an object at a measured height that exceeds a first threshold, the light source dims according to the measured height. A light fixture that provides illumination with active glare control for a lighted area includes one or more first light sources that emit high-angle light, and one or more dimmable second light sources that emit low-angle light, into the lighted area. The system also includes a camera that captures images of the lighted area, and an controller that is (a) operable to identify one or more activity locations within the lighted area from the images, and (b) operatively coupled to dim one or more of the light sources that illuminate the one or more activity locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Neil P. CANNON, Jeffrey BISBERG, John LEMBKE
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Patent number: 6789958Abstract: A release mechanism for manually securing a pluggable fiber optic transceiver to a cage mounted on a host circuit board. The release mechanism includes a pivoting faceplate connected to a transceiver housing such that the faceplate is rotatable from a first position in which the faceplate is positioned over a front surface of the housing to a second position in which the faceplate is pivoted away from the front surface of the housing. The release mechanism also includes a lever that disengages a boss from an opening formed in a resilient transceiver latch of the cage when the faceplate is in the second position. In one embodiment the boss is mounted on the housing, and the lever pushes the transceiver latch away from the boss. In another embodiment, the boss is mounted on the lever.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2001Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Michael E. Ahrens, Neil P. Cannon
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Publication number: 20030044129Abstract: A release mechanism for manually securing a pluggable fiber optic transceiver to a cage mounted on a host circuit board. The release mechanism includes a pivoting faceplate connected to a transceiver housing such that the faceplate is rotatable from a first position in which the faceplate is positioned over a front surface of the housing to a second position in which the faceplate is pivoted away from the front surface of the housing. The release mechanism also includes a lever that disengages a boss from an opening formed in a resilient transceiver latch of the cage when the faceplate is in the second position. In one embodiment the boss is mounted on the housing, and the lever pushes the transceiver latch away from the boss. In another embodiment, the boss is mounted on the lever.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2001Publication date: March 6, 2003Inventors: Michael E. Ahrens, Neil P. Cannon