IP Library Granted Patent US 10,709,001
Granted Patent B2
US 10,709,001 · App. 16/315,782 · Granted Jul 7, 2020

Intelligent lighting control system scene list selection apparatuses, systems, and methods

Inventors: Ryan Aylward (Somerville, MA); William Lark, Jr. (Glendale, CA)
Assignee: Racepoint Energy, LLC
H05B47/19G06F3/04847H01H9/0271H01H9/54H01H21/025H02B1/42G06F3/0482G06F3/0485G06F3/04817G06F3/04883H04L67/306H04W4/80Y02B20/48
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Patent No.
US 10,709,001
App. No.
16/315,782
Granted
Jul 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system configured for customization based user detection. A lighting control system includes a module housing, a graphical user interface, and a switch control circuit including a processor configured to modulate the flow of electrical energy to a lighting circuit via a dimmer circuit to produce a plurality of lighting scenes. The processor is configured to identify a proximate device identification, compare the identified device with one or more registered devices saved in a dataset, select a user profile, if the identified device corresponds to one of the one or more registered devices saved in the dataset. The processor is configured to cause a change in at least one of a scene selection protocol for selecting at least one lighting scene from the plurality of lighting scenes based on the user profile selected and a display setting of the graphical user interface.

Claims (25)

1. A lighting control system comprising:

a module housing;

a graphical user interface coupled to the module housing;

a dimmer circuit positioned in the module housing; and

a processor positioned in the module housing and electrically connected to the graphical user interface, the processor configured to (i) modulate a flow of electrical energy to a lighting circuit via the dimmer circuit to produce a plurality of lighting scenes, (ii) detect a strength of a wireless signal received at an antenna coupled to the processor to determine a proximity of a wireless device proximate to the module housing, and (iii) compare an identification address included in the received wireless signal with one or more registered identification addresses saved in a dataset, the processor further configured to:

1) select a user profile corresponding to a first registered identification address matching the identification address in the received wireless signal, and

2) cause a change in at least one of:

i. a scene selection protocol for selecting at least one lighting scene from the plurality of lighting scenes based on the selected user profile, and

ii. a display setting of the graphical user interface.

2. The lighting control system according to claim 1 , wherein the scene selection protocol includes an order of available scenes.

3. The lighting control system according to claim 2 , wherein the order of available scenes corresponds to an order of icons and wherein the order of icons is changed when the order of available scenes is changed.

4. The lighting control system according to claim 2 , wherein the order of available scenes is displayed according to selection of common scenes according to the selected user profile.

5. The lighting control system according to claim 1 , wherein the scene selection protocol includes an icon display duration where an icon corresponds to a lighting scene of the plurality of lighting scenes.

6. The lighting control system according to claim 1 , wherein the display setting includes a swipe protocol.

7. The lighting control system according to claim 6 , wherein the swipe protocol is changed from continuous to discrete, wherein in a continuous protocol icons corresponding to a scene are continuously looped in response to a swipe in a first direction and wherein in a discrete protocol the swipe in the first direction terminates when a last icon corresponding to a last scene in a list of the plurality of lighting scenes is reached.

8. The lighting control system according to claim 1 , wherein the display setting includes a brightness of a display of an icon corresponding to a lighting scene of the plurality of lighting scenes.

9. The lighting control system according to claim 1 , wherein the scene selection protocol includes a scroll speed.

10. The lighting control system according to claim 1 , wherein the display setting includes a variation of text size.

11. A lighting control system comprising:

a module housing;

a graphical user interface coupled to the module housing;

a dimmer circuit positioned in the module housing; and

a processor positioned in the module housing and electrically connected to the graphical user interface, the processor configured to (i) modulate a flow of electrical energy to a lighting circuit via the dimmer circuit to produce a plurality of lighting scenes, (ii) detect a strength of a wireless signal received at a wireless antenna coupled to the processor to determine a proximity of a wireless device proximate to the module housing, and (iii) compare an identification address included in the received wireless signal with one or more registered identification addresses saved in a dataset, the processor further configured to:

1) use a default lighting scene from the plurality of lighting scenes when the identification address included in the received wireless signal does not match the one or more registered identification addresses saved in the dataset, and

2) use a default display setting of the graphical user interface.

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 Feb 28, 2020
From: NOON HOME, INC.
To: RACEPOINT ENERGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 052049/0534 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2019
From: AYLWARD, RYAN; LARK, JR., WILLIAM
To: NOON HOME, INC.
Reel/Frame 048260/0878 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62360278 · Jul 8, 2016
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