Lumenpulse Recently Announced It Has Received US Patent 8,179,058

Lumenpulse, a manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, recently announced it has received US Patent 8,179,058. The patent, the first of seven pending for the company's Lumentalk technology, provides a method of intuitively reading a traditional analog Triac dimmer in a digital fashion, which enables digital control of LED lighting over existing AC power lines, to maximize cost and energy savings. The Lumentalk technology turns existing electrical wiring into a stable, noise-free high-speed communications link for data, enabling LED fixtures to be reliably controlled without additional wiring. The technology eliminates the cost and disruption of having to open up walls and ceilings to install additional data cabling as part of a retrofit project - enabling a dramatic 30% reduction in total installation costs. Lumentalk also enables LED fixtures from any manufacturer to be dimmed and controlled over existing power lines, and works with most control or dimming standards. Francois-Xavier Souvay, Lumenpulse founder, president and CEO, said, "LED systems offer a fantastic energy saving opportunity. As well as being efficient, they can be controlled and dimmed to maximize savings. But, because they are semiconductors, they have the ability to do more; to communicate. Until now the challenge has been the cost and complexity of installing a data line to enable that communication. Lumentalk is able to address that challenge by using existing infrastructure, which removes the main obstacles and opens the door to countless energy saving projects." Source: DIGITIMES