IP Library Granted Patent US 11,067,265
Granted Patent B2
US 11,067,265 · App. 16/758,321 · Granted Jul 20, 2021

Intelligent lighting control system method for mapping light circuits

Inventors: George Morariu (San Jose, CA); David Creighton Mott (Los Altos, CA)
Assignee: Racepoint Energy, LLC
F21V23/0414F21V9/40F21V23/0435H03K17/962H05B47/10H05B47/165H05B47/19F21V23/0464F21V23/0471F21V23/0485
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Patent No.
US 11,067,265
App. No.
16/758,321
Granted
Jul 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides intelligent lighting control systems and methods. The methods include modulating, via a mobile electronic device, a characteristic of each light circuit in a plurality of light circuits connected to a respective lighting control module in a plurality of lighting control modules. The characteristic is modulated for each light circuit in the plurality of light circuits sequentially. The characteristic impacts at least one of the light intensity, light color, and color temperature of a light bulb connected to a light fixture connected to the respective light circuit, the mobile electronic device communicably coupled to the plurality of lighting control modules. The methods include capturing, via the mobile electronic device, a plurality of images of a room contemporaneously with the modulation of the characteristic. The methods include identifying, on the mobile electronic device, a region of the room impacted by the respective modulations of the characteristic.

Claims (11)

1. A method of creating a lighting map comprising:

modulating, via a mobile electronic device, a characteristic of each light circuit of a plurality of light circuits in sequence, each of the light circuits connected to a corresponding lighting control module in a plurality of lighting control modules, the characteristic impacting at least one of a light intensity, light color, and color temperature of a light bulb connected to a respective light circuit, the mobile electronic device communicably coupled to the plurality of lighting control modules;

capturing, via the mobile electronic device, a plurality of images of a room contemporaneously with the modulation of the characteristic; and

identifying, on the mobile electronic device, a region of the room impacted by the modulations of the characteristic for the respective light circuit using computer visual analysis of at least one image capture by the mobile electronic device before the modulation and at least one image captured by the mobile electronic device during or after the modulation.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising correlating a first light circuits to the identified regions.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising tagging a first lighting control module corresponding to the fight light circuit with an identity of the room provided a user.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising mapping the first lighting control module to an image of the room.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein identifying the region comprises requesting a user input to select the region of the room on a depiction of the room displayed on the mobile electronic device.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the computer visual analysis detects a variation in the captured image.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of images comprises a video.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the region is configured for variation.

Assignments (4)
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 Oct 30, 2020
From: MORARIU, GEORGE; MOTT, DAVID CREIGHTON
To: RACEPOINT ENERGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 054229/0481 →