Patent ID: 9585220
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H05B

Claim:
1. A method for controlling the operation of an LED luminaire which has a plurality of LEDs as light sources, wherein the method has the following steps: evaluating, by a microcontroller for the LED luminaire, an electrical signal produced by a toggle or pushbutton switch that is operable by a user and that is connected to the microcontroller, the LED luminaire being supplied with a mains voltage via an interface of the LED luminaire, wherein the mains voltage output by the toggle or pushbutton switch supplies the LED luminaire by means of the toggle or pushbutton switch, and varying the color temperature of the LED luminaire as a function of the evaluated signal in which the microcontroller counts the number of times the toggle or pushbutton switch is operated and an energy buffer in the microcontroller counts the time duration of the operation of the toggle or pushbutton switch, wherein the LED luminaire produces white light, and wherein the color temperature of the white light is varied as the function of the evaluated signal.