Patent ID: 8872438

Claim:
A system comprising: an LED light comprising one or more LEDs; a power switch comprising second and third switches that are connected to an alternating current (“AC”) power source and are biased to remain in a neutral position if not activated, wherein said second and third switches are each connected in series with said AC power line, and wherein activating either of said second and said third switch provides sequential pulses to a lighting control device and either of said second or third switch is activated when a power on/off switch is in one of a turned-on and a turn-off state; a dimming control module electrically connectable to the LED light configured to light up and dim the LED light according to a target brightness setting by generating a reference current signal in response to said target brightness setting and driving a drive circuit with a drive signal that is a difference of said reference current signal and a drive circuit output current; said AC power source configured to supply electric power to the dimming control module; and said lighting control device disposed between said power source and the dimming control module and operated by a user, the lighting control device comprising a power on/off switch and a dimmer, the power on/off switch configured to make and break electrical connection between said power source and the dimming control module, and the dimmer configured to generate a target brightness setting signal, representative of a desired target brightness level for the LED light to attain; wherein the dimming control module is further configured to set a plurality of progressively and gradually varying target brightness levels leading to attainment of a desired target brightness level by the LED light in response to a user input selected from the group consisting of a series of turned-off operations of the power on/off switch of transitory duration and operations of the dimmer leading to generation of said target brightness setting signal.