An optimisation toolbox for multi-colour LED lighting

Abstract

This paper introduces a software toolbox designed for the optimisation of white light generation using multiple light-emitting diode (LED) channels. The toolbox solves two separate types of multi-colour optimisation problems. These are the multi-channel mixing and the channel choice problems. In the multi-channel mixing problem, it is assumed that the available LEDs are pre-determined and fixed. The toolbox obtains the individual channel intensities that solve a constrained optimisation problem based on the mixed output light. It provides the user with the flexibility to choose an arbitrary formulation for the optimisation problem as well as various mathematical metrics to represent the different properties of the output light including colour rendering, power efficiency and colour accuracy. For the channel choice problem, the toolbox solves for the number and type of used LED channels as well as the intensity of individual channels to assist in optimal choice of deployed channels for luminaire manufacturing applications. This paper describes the graphical user interface and the back-end formulation of the optimisation problem and presents experimental results obtained by utilising the toolbox in a full-size conference room with 5-channel LED luminaires.

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