Patent ID: 7926300

Claim:
A lighting panel system, comprising: a lighting panel comprising first and second pulsed LED light sources configured to emit narrow band optical radiation having a first dominant wavelength when energized and third and fourth pulsed LED light sources configured to emit narrow band optical radiation having a second dominant wavelength when energized, the second dominant wavelength being different from the first dominant wavelength; a photosensor configured to be responsive to the first and second dominant wavelengths and configured to provide substantially independent outputs related to the sensed illumination levels in the first and second dominant wavelengths first, second, third and fourth current sources configured to supply current to the first, second, third and fourth pulsed LED light sources, respectively, in response to control signals; and a control system coupled to the lighting panel and to the photosensor and configured to provide a feedback loop from the photosensor to the lighting panel by sampling the photosensor output, and, responsive to the photosensor output samples, providing the control signals to the first and second current sources to adjust an average current supplied to at least the first and second pulsed LED light sources, wherein the control system is further configured to maintain the first and second pulsed LED light sources at different average current levels from one another and to maintain the third and fourth pulsed LED light sources at different average current levels than one another; wherein the current sources are configured to provide a first on-state current level to the first and second pulsed LED light sources and to provide a second on-state current level, different from the first on-state current level, to the third and fourth pulsed LED light sources; and wherein the control system is further configured to maintain a ratio of average current levels between the first and second pulsed LED light sources relatively constant while varying the average current level to the first and second pulsed LED light sources and without appreciably changing the on-state current of the first and second pulsed LED light sources.