IP Library Granted Patent US 9,538,614
Granted Patent B2
US 9,538,614 · App. 14/588,281 · Granted Jan 3, 2017

Apparatuses and methods to detect and provision for lighting interfaces

Inventor: Vijay Dhingra (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Echelon Corporation
H05B37/0227H05B37/0209
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Patent No.
US 9,538,614
App. No.
14/588,281
Granted
Jan 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses relate to detection and provisioning for lighting interfaces. In one embodiment, a hardware apparatus includes a sensing module to detect a lighting interface from a plurality of lighting interfaces to power a light emitting element, and a dimming module to supply multiple power levels of the lighting interface to the light emitting element. In another embodiment, a hardware apparatus further includes a communication module to provide a signal from a network to the sensing module to detect the lighting interface. A lighting interface may be a digital lighting interface or an analog lighting interface.

Claims (35)

1. A hardware apparatus comprising:

a sensing module to detect a lighting interface from a plurality of lighting interfaces to power a light emitting element based upon a response from a transmission of a signal to the light emitting; and

a dimming module to supply multiple power levels of the lighting interface to the light emitting element.

2. The hardware apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensing module is to detect the lighting interface is a digital lighting interface of the plurality of lighting interfaces that includes an analog lighting interface.

3. The hardware apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensing module is to detect the lighting interface is an analog lighting interface of the plurality of lighting interfaces that includes a digital lighting interface.

4. The hardware apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensing module is to detect the lighting interface from receipt of a response signal from the light emitting element.

5. The hardware apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensing module is to detect the lighting interface from no receipt of a response signal from the light emitting element in a time period.

6. The hardware apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the dimming module comprises a circuit to provide the multiple power levels from either of an analog lighting interface power supply and a digital lighting interface power supply.

7. The hardware apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a communication module to provide a signal from a network to the sensing module to detect the lighting interface.

8. A method comprising:

detecting a lighting interface with a sensing module from a plurality of lighting interfaces to power a light emitting element based upon a response from a transmission of a signal to the light emitting; and

supplying multiple power levels of the lighting interface to the light emitting element with a dimming module.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the detecting comprises detecting the lighting interface is a digital lighting interface of the plurality of lighting interfaces that includes an analog lighting interface.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the detecting comprises detecting the lighting interface is an analog lighting interface of the plurality of lighting interfaces that includes a digital lighting interface.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the detecting comprises detecting the lighting interface from receipt of a response signal from the light emitting element.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the detecting comprises detecting the lighting interface from no receipt of a response signal from the light emitting element.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the supplying comprises supplying the multiple power levels from either of an analog lighting interface power supply and a digital lighting interface power supply.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising providing with a communication module a signal from a network to the sensing module to detect the lighting interface.

15. An apparatus comprising:

a set of one or more processors; and

a set of one or more data storage devices that stores code, that when executed by the set of processors causes the set of one or more processors to perform the following:

detecting a lighting interface with a sensing module from a plurality of lighting interfaces to power a light emitting element based upon a response from a transmission of a signal to the light emitting; and

supplying multiple power levels of the lighting interface to the light emitting element with a dimming module.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the set of data storage devices further stores code, that when executed by the set of processors causes the set of processors to perform the following:

wherein the detecting comprises detecting the lighting interface is a digital lighting interface of the plurality of lighting interfaces that includes an analog lighting interface.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the set of data storage devices further stores code, that when executed by the set of processors causes the set of processors to perform the following:

wherein the detecting comprises detecting the lighting interface is an analog lighting interface of the plurality of lighting interfaces that includes a digital lighting interface.

18. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the set of data storage devices further stores code, that when executed by the set of processors causes the set of processors to perform the following:

wherein the detecting comprises detecting the lighting interface from receipt of a response signal from the light emitting element.

19. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the set of data storage devices further stores code, that when executed by the set of processors causes the set of processors to perform the following:

wherein the detecting comprises detecting the lighting interface from no receipt of a response signal from the light emitting element.

20. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the set of data storage devices further stores code, that when executed by the set of processors causes the set of processors to perform the following:

wherein the supplying comprises supplying the multiple power levels from either of an analog lighting interface power supply and a digital lighting interface power supply.

21. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the set of data storage devices further stores code, that when executed by the set of processors causes the set of processors to perform the following:

further comprising providing with a communication module a signal from a network to the sensing module to detect the lighting interface.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2019
From: OBSIDIAN AGENCY SERVICES, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ECHELON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050480/0865 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2018
From: ECHELON CORPORATION
To: OBSIDIAN AGENCY SERVICES, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 047205/0018 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2016
From: DHINGRA, VIJAY
To: ECHELON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038288/0300 →
Continuity (1)
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