IP Library Granted Patent US 10,912,177
Granted Patent B2
US 10,912,177 · App. 16/315,443 · Granted Feb 2, 2021

Intelligent lighting control system learning exclusion systems

Inventors: Ann Claire Lim Chi Cheung (San Francisco, CA); William Lark, Jr. (Glendale, CA)
Assignee: Racepoint Energy, LLC
H05B47/19G06F3/03547H01H21/02H04L12/2809H04L12/2829H04L61/6018H04W4/80H05B45/20G06F3/01G06F3/011H04L2012/285H04L2012/2841Y02B20/40
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Patent No.
US 10,912,177
App. No.
16/315,443
Granted
Feb 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system. The lighting control system includes a module housing, a graphical user interface coupled to the module housing and a switch control circuit positioned in the housing and including a processor. The processor is configured to modulate the flow of electrical energy to a lighting circuit via a dimmer circuit. The switch control circuit is electrically connected to the graphical user interface. The processor is also configured to identify a device identification address compare the identified device address with one or more registered identification addresses saved in a dataset. The processor is configured to catalogue a command received at the processor and at least one event parameter detected contemporaneously with receipt of the command, if the identified proximate device identification address corresponds to one of the one or more registered device identification addresses saved in the dataset.

Claims (27)

1. A lighting control system comprising:

a module housing;

a graphical user interface (GUI) coupled to the module housing; and

a switch control circuit positioned in the module housing and including an antenna coupled to a processor of the switch control circuit configured to modulate a flow of electrical energy to a lighting circuit coupled to the switch control circuit, the switch control circuit electrically connected to the GUI, wherein the processor is configured to,

detect a Bluetooth signal received at the antenna based on a strength of the Bluetooth signal;

identify a proximate Bluetooth identification (ID) address of the Bluetooth signal;

compare the identified proximate Bluetooth ID address with one or more registered Bluetooth ID addresses saved in a dataset, wherein a Bluetooth ID address is registered by entering a credential; and

catalogue a command and a contemporaneous event parameter detected with receipt of the command, if the identified proximate Bluetooth ID address corresponds to at least one of the one or more registered Bluetooth ID addresses saved in the dataset, wherein the command is used to select a scene for the lighting circuit.

2. The lighting control system according to claim 1 , wherein the event parameter includes one or more of a time of day, a day of a week, a room location identification, an ambient light level sensed, and a connected device.

3. The lighting control system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit a request to the indentified proximate Bluetooth ID address in response to a failure of the identified proximate Bluetooth ID address to correspond to the at least one of the one or more registered Bluetooth ID addresses saved in the dataset.

4. The lighting control system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit a registration request to at least one of the one or more registered Bluetooth ID addresses saved in the dataset in response to a failure of the identified proximate Bluetooth ID address to correspond to the at least one of the one or more registered Bluetooth ID addresses saved in the dataset.

5. The lighting control system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit a notification to the one of the one or more registered Bluetooth ID addresses saved in the dataset in response to a failure of the identified proximate Bluetooth ID address to correspond to the at least one of the one or more registered Bluetooth ID addresses saved in the dataset.

6. The lighting control system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to cause an alarm signal to be transmitted in response to a failure of the identified proximate Bluetooth ID address to correspond to the at least one of the one or more registered Bluetooth ID addresses saved in the dataset.

7. The lighting control system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to preclude activation of the GUI in response to a failure of the identified proximate Bluetooth ID address to correspond to the at least one of the one or more registered Bluetooth ID addresses saved in the dataset.

8. The lighting control system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit a lighting control command to another switch controller in response to the identified proximate Bluetooth ID address corresponding to the at least one of the one or more registered Bluetooth ID addresses saved in the dataset.

9. The lighting control system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive the command via the GUI in response to the identified proximate Bluetooth ID address corresponding to the at least one of the one or more registered Bluetooth ID addresses saved in the dataset.

10. The lighting control system according to claim 9 , wherein the GUI is configured for actuation by at least one of pivoting and sliding.

11. The lighting control system according to claim 9 , wherein the GUI is configured for actuation via swiping along a surface of the GUI.

12. A lighting control system comprising:

a module housing;

a graphical user interface coupled to the module housing; and

a switch control circuit positioned in the module housing and including a processor coupled to an antenna, the processor configured to modulate a flow of electrical energy to a lighting circuit via a dimmer circuit coupled to the switch control circuit, the switch control circuit electrically connected to the graphical user interface, wherein the processor is configured to,

detect a wireless signal received at the antenna based on a strength of the wireless signal;

identify a proximate wireless signal identification (ID) address of the wireless signal;

compare the identified proximate wireless signal ID address with one or more registered wireless signal ID addresses saved in a dataset,

wherein a wireless signal ID address is registered by entering a credential; and

in response to the identified proximate wireless signal ID address corresponding to one of the registered wireless ID addresses saved in the dataset, catalogue an actuation input and a contemporaneous event parameter detected with receipt of the actuation input, wherein the input is used to select a scene for the lighting circuit.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2022
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: SAVANT SYSTEMS, INC.; SAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC; RACEPOINT ENERGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 059910/0312 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2021
From: SAVANT SYSTEMS, INC.; SAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC (F/K/A CONSUMER LIGHTING (U.S.) LLC); RACEPOINT ENERGY, LLC
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 057393/0882 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2021
From: RACEPOINT ENERGY, LLC
To: SAVANT SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 057334/0344 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2020
From: NOON HOME, INC.
To: RACEPOINT ENERGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 052404/0668 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2019
From: CHEUNG, ANN CLAIRE LIM CHI; LARK, JR., WILLIAM
To: NOON HOME, INC.
Reel/Frame 048134/0361 →