Patent ID: 9345098
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: H05B

Claim Text:
1. A lighting unit, comprising: an LED component including one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) configured to emit light from the lighting unit; an LED driver connected to the LED component configured to provide current to the one or more light emitting diodes; a light sensor configured to receive light from a surrounding of the lighting unit and to provide a light intensity signal based on the received light; an LED controller configured to provide a drive control signal to the LED driver, wherein the drive control signal includes intermittent periods during which the intensity of the light emitted by the LED component is lowered, wherein the LED controller is configured to lower the intensity of the light emitted by the LED component multiple times per second; and a measuring component configured to measure the light intensity signal from the light sensor in synch with two or more of the intermittent periods in the drive control signal and to provide the measured light intensity to the LED controller.