Patent ID: 9674919
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: F21S,F21V,F21Y,G06F,H05B,Y02B

Claim:
1. A touch-sensitive LED-based lighting fixture, comprising: a flexible light emitting layer having a plurality of individually controllable LED groups, each of said LED groups including at least one LED; a flexible diffusing layer provided over said flexible light emitting layer and diffusing light output generated by said LED groups; a flexible touch-sensitive layer; a flexible protective layer provided over said flexible light emitting layer, said flexible diffusing layer, and said flexible touch-sensitive layer; and a controller in electrical communication with said flexible touch-sensitive layer and said flexible light emitting layer, said controller detecting touch events via input from said flexible touch-sensitive layer and directing at least one light output characteristic of said LED groups in correspondence with said touch events.