Michael A Quilici

US Patent:

20120320588, Dec 20, 2012

Filed:

Jun 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/159907

Inventors:

Michael Quilici - Essex MA, US
Joseph Allen Olsen - Gloucester MA, US

Assignee:

OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. - Danvers MA

International Classification:

F21S 4/00
F21V 21/00
F21V 17/06

US Classification:

36224902, 362433, 36224912, 362382

Abstract:

A light fixture and method for producing downward-propagating illumination are disclosed. A downward-facing panel may produce diffuse light. The panel may be generally flat and may have an indentation, where the indentation may have a lining that also produces diffuse light. The panel and the lining may have essentially the same luminance, so that the indentation may be less visible for orientations other than directly below the indentation. The fixture may have a downlight recessed into the indentation, which may produce a directional beam that emerges downward from within the indentation. The directional beam may have a brightness controllable separately from the diffuse light, such as a dedicated dimmer switch. The indentation may be at the center of the panel. The panel may be incorporated into a ceiling tile, and may be bundled as part of a kit that can also include ceiling tiles with panels that don't have a downlight.

US Patent:

20120320626, Dec 20, 2012

Filed:

Jun 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/159989

Inventors:

Michael Quilici - Essex MA, US
Ernest Davey, JR. - Salem NH, US

Assignee:

OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. - Danvers MA

International Classification:

F21V 7/22

US Classification:

362606

Abstract:

A light fixture and method for producing downward-propagating illumination are disclosed. The fixture includes an edge-lit lightguide illuminated from its perimeter. The lightguide has a light extractor, such as a dot pattern on its bottom surface, which extracts a portion of the light from inside the lightguide and directs it to a diffuser. The diffuser randomizes the direction of the extracted light and forms diffuse light. The fixture also includes a downlight, arranged above the lightguide and producing a downlight beam downward. The downlight beam transmits from the top face through the bottom face of the lightguide and emerges from the bottom face of the lightguide as a directional beam. The downlight beam has a downlight beam footprint. The light extractor has a light extractor area that excludes the downlight beam footprint, and the diffuser has a diffuser area that also excludes the downlight beam footprint. The fixture can produce both diffuse light and a directional beam, while maintaining a generally uniform external appearance.

US Patent:

20130051806, Feb 28, 2013

Filed:

Aug 22, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/214724

Inventors:

Michael Quilici - Essex MA, US
Joseph A. Olsen - Gloucester MA, US

Assignee:

OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. - Danvers MA

International Classification:

H04B 10/00

US Classification:

398106

Abstract:

There is herein described a method for pairing a remote controller with an electronic device and a system of the remote controller and the compatible electronic device. The method includes steps of sending a directional optical signal from the remote controller to the electronic device, receiving the directional optical signal from the remote controller, detecting the signal strength of the directional optical signal, comparing the signal strength with a predetermined value, and pairing the remote controller with the electronic device when the signal strength is larger than the predetermined value.

US Patent:

20120319616, Dec 20, 2012

Filed:

Jun 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/159798

Inventors:

Michael Quilici - Essex MA, US
Joseph Allen Olsen - Gloucester MA, US

Assignee:

OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. - Danvers MA

International Classification:

H05B 37/02
F21V 5/00

US Classification:

315294, 362235, 362244

Abstract:

A light fixture may include LEDs that each emits light into a particular zone on a lens, where each zone has its own focal properties. Each LED may be grouped into one (or more) subset(s) that corresponds to the zone(s) struck by its emitted light. The LEDs may be selectively electrically controllable, so that the amount of light transmitted through each zone may be controllable by the electrical control system of the fixture. Because light transmitted through different zones emerges from the fixture having different widths, the electrical control system can directly control the amount of light emerging at each width. By mixing relatively narrow light with relatively wide light in the proper proportions, the electrical control system of the fixture may produce light having any desired angular profile between “narrow” and “wide”. One may think of the fixture having a controller that features both a dimmer, which can control the optical power or brightness of the fixture , and a “width” controller, which can dial in values between “narrow” and “wide” light. By varying the relative contributions of the different beam widths, the angular profile of the total output may be varied, and may advantageously be varied electronically, without any moving parts.

US Patent:

20200300973, Sep 24, 2020

Filed:

Mar 19, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/358603

Inventors:

Joseph Laski - Stoneham MA, US
Richard Garner - Arlington MA, US
Michael Quilici - Essex MA, US

Assignee:

OSRAM GmbH - Munich

International Classification:

G01S 7/48
B60W 30/18

Abstract:

A light detection and ranging system for use with a vehicle The system includes a transmitter configured to transmit three transmission wavelengths nominally in a range from 800 nm to 1700 nm. A receiver is configured to receive three reflected signals each of the three reflected signals being a portion of an associated one of the three transmission wavelengths reflected to the receiver from a roadway object A controller provides a categorization output in response to comparing reflectance values of the three reflected signals to categorize the roadway object into one of a plurality of pre-defined material-type categories. A method of controlling the travel of a vehicle based on a categorization output from a controller is also provided.

US Patent:

20200221645, Jul 16, 2020

Filed:

Jan 10, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/244220

Inventors:

Michael A. Quilici - Essex MA, US
Richard C. Garner - Arlington MA, US
Joseph J. Laski - Stoneham MA, US

Assignee:

Osram GmbH - Munich

International Classification:

A01G 7/04
G01S 7/484
G01S 17/88
A01G 31/02
A01G 9/20

Abstract:

A horticultural luminaire includes a first and second horticultural light sources to provide growth lighting to a plant at a first and second wavelengths. A control unit provides first lighting control signals to the first horticultural light source to modulate the first growth lighting and provides second lighting control signals to the second horticultural light source to modulate the second growth lighting. A LiDAR sensor is connected to the lighting control unit to receive the first and second control signals, and having optics to detect reflected first and second growth lighting to determine the distance from plant to sensor and a biometric property of the plant from the received first and second control signals and detected first and second reflected second growth lighting. In some implementations the LiDAR sensor and first and second horticultural light sources are integrated into the horticultural luminaire.

US Patent:

20190342964, Nov 7, 2019

Filed:

Jul 15, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/511078

Inventors:

- Wilmington MA, US
Michael Quilici - Essex MA, US
Seung Cheol Ryu - Marblehead MA, US
Alan Sarkisian - Marblehead MA, US

Assignee:

Osram Sylvania Inc. - Wilmington MA

International Classification:

H05B 33/08
H05B 37/02
G05B 19/042

Abstract:

A method of setting luminance levels of a solid-state light sources of a luminaire with programmable light distribution is provided. The method includes obtaining a file describing a desired light beam distribution, converting the desired light beam distribution into luminance levels for the solid-state light sources, and applying the luminance levels to the solid-state light sources to cause the luminaire to output the desired light beam distribution.

US Patent:

20190342965, Nov 7, 2019

Filed:

Jul 15, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/511091

Inventors:

- Wilmington MA, US
Michael Quilici - Essex MA, US
Seung Cheol Ryu - Marblehead MA, US
Alan Sarkisian - Marblehead MA, US

Assignee:

Osram Sylvania Inc. - Wilmington MA

International Classification:

H05B 33/08
H05B 37/02
G05B 19/042

Abstract:

A method of setting luminance levels of a solid-state light sources of a luminaire with programmable light distribution is provided. The method includes obtaining a file describing a desired light beam distribution, converting the desired light beam distribution into luminance levels for the solid-state light sources, and applying the luminance levels to the solid-state light sources to cause the luminaire to output the desired light beam distribution.