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Granted Patent B2
US 12,282,367 · App. 17/716,309 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Operational coordination of load control devices for control of electrical loads

Inventor: John H. Bull (Coplay, PA)
Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
G06F1/26H04L12/12H04L12/282H04L2012/2841H04L2012/285
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Patent No.
US 12,282,367
App. No.
17/716,309
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A load control device for controlling the power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load is able to receive radio-frequency (RF) signals from a Wi-Fi-enabled device, such as a smart phone, via a wireless local area network. The load control device comprises a controllably conductive device, a controller for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive and non-conductive, and a Wi-Fi module operable to receive the RF signals directly from the wireless network. The controller may cooperate with one or more other devices to synchronize in time the adjustments made by one or more load control devices that are operable to control the power delivered to one or more electrical loads. The one or more load control devices may also cooperate with one or more Internet based information providers to provide preconfigured and condition based adjustments of the one or more electrical loads.

Claims (77)

1. A system controller to synchronize the operation of a plurality of electrical load control devices, the system controller comprising:

memory circuitry;

first communication interface circuitry;

control circuitry to:

receive a command via the first communication interface circuitry;

identify a plurality of electrical load control devices based on the received command;

select one or more instructions responsive to identification of the plurality of electrical load control devices and based on the received command;

determine one or more synchronization criteria based on the identified plurality of electrical load control devices and the selected one or more instructions, the one or more synchronization criteria to synchronize execution of the selected one or more instructions by the plurality of electrical load control devices; and

cause a communication of the one or more instructions and the one or more synchronization criteria to each electrical load control device included in the identified plurality of electrical load control devices;

wherein, in response to receipt of the communication of the one or more instructions and the one or more synchronization criteria, the identified plurality of electric load control devices synchronously execute the one or more instructions.

2. The system controller of claim 1 , further comprising second communication interface circuitry, the second communication interface circuitry different than the first communication interface circuitry;

wherein to cause the communication of the one or more instructions and the one or more synchronization criteria, the control circuitry to further:

cause the communication of the one or more instructions and the one or more synchronization criteria to each electrical load control device included in the identified plurality of electrical load control devices via the second communication interface circuitry.

3. The system controller of claim 2 :

wherein to receive a command via the first communication interface circuitry, the control circuitry to further:

receive the command using a first communication protocol via the first communication interface circuitry; and

wherein to cause the communication of the one or more instructions and the one or more synchronization criteria via the second communication interface circuitry, the control circuitry to further:

cause the communication of the one or more instructions and the one or more synchronization criteria using a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol via the second communication interface circuitry.

4. The system controller of claim 1 wherein to determine the one or more synchronization criteria based on the identified plurality of load control devices and the selected one or more instructions, the control circuitry to further:

determine one or more synchronization criteria that include transmission of a synchronization signal by the control circuitry to each of the plurality of electrical load control devices.

5. The system controller of claim 1 wherein to determine the one or more synchronization criteria based on the identified plurality of load control devices and the selected one or more instructions, the control circuitry to further:

determine one or more synchronization criteria that include transmission of a synchronization signal by one of the plurality of electrical load control devices to each of the remaining plurality of electrical load control devices.

6. The system controller of claim 1 wherein to determine the one or more synchronization criteria based on the identified plurality of load control devices and the selected one or more instructions, the control circuitry to further:

determine one or more synchronization criteria based on detection, by each of the plurality of electrical load control devices, of an acknowledgement message generated by each of the remaining plurality of electrical load control devices.

7. The system controller of claim 1 , further comprising memory circuitry communicatively coupled to the control circuitry;

wherein to select the one or more instructions responsive to the identification of the plurality of load control devices and based on the received command, the control circuitry to further:

retrieve data representative of the one or more instructions from a data structure stored in the memory circuitry.

8. The system controller of claim 7 wherein to identify the plurality of electrical load control devices to receive the one or more instructions based on the received command, the control circuitry to further:

retrieve data representative of the plurality of electrical load control devices from the data structure stored in the memory circuitry.

9. A method to synchronize the operation of a plurality of electrical load control devices, the method comprising:

receiving, by control circuitry via first communication interface circuitry communicatively coupled to the control circuitry, at least one command;

identifying, by the control circuitry, a plurality of electrical load control devices based on the received at least one command;

selecting, by the control circuitry, one or more instructions responsive to identification of the plurality of electrical load control devices and based on the received command;

determining, by the control circuitry, one or more synchronization criteria based on the identified plurality of electrical load control devices and the selected one or more instructions, the one or more synchronization criteria to synchronize execution of the selected one or more instructions by the plurality of electrical load control devices; and

causing, by the control circuitry, a communication of the one or more instructions and the one or more synchronization criteria to each electrical load control device included in the identified plurality of electrical load control devices;

wherein, in response to receipt of the communication of the one or more instructions and the one or more synchronization criteria, the identified plurality of electric load control devices synchronously execute the one or more instructions.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein causing a communication of the one or more instructions and the one or more synchronization criteria to each electrical load control device included in the identified plurality of electrical load control devices, further comprising:

causing, via second communication interface circuitry different than the first communication interface circuitry, the communication of the one or more instructions and the one or more synchronization criteria to each electrical load control device included in the identified plurality of electrical load control devices.

11. The method of claim 10 :

wherein receiving the command by the control circuitry further comprises:

receiving the command by the control circuitry using a first communication protocol; and

wherein causing the communication of the one or more instructions and the one or more synchronization criteria to each electrical load control device included in the identified plurality of electrical load control devices further comprises:

causing, by the control circuitry, the communication of the one or more instructions and the one or more synchronization criteria using a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein determining the one or more synchronization criteria further comprises:

transmitting, by the control circuitry, a synchronization signal to each of the plurality of electrical load control devices.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein determining the one or more synchronization criteria further comprises:

causing, by the control circuitry, a transmission of a synchronization signal by one of the plurality of electrical load control devices to each of the remaining plurality of electrical load control devices.

14. The method of claim 9 wherein determining the one or more synchronization criteria further comprises:

causing, by the control circuitry, a detection by each of the plurality of electrical load control devices, of an acknowledgement message generated by each of the remaining plurality of electrical load control devices.

15. The method of claim 9 wherein selecting the one or more instructions responsive to the identification of the plurality of load control devices and based on the received command further comprises:

retrieving, by the control circuitry, data representative of the one or more instructions from a data structure stored in memory circuitry communicatively coupled to the control circuitry.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein identifying the plurality of electrical load control devices to receive the one or more instructions based on the received command further comprises:

retrieving, by the control circuitry, data representative of the plurality of electrical load control devices from the data structure stored in the memory circuitry.

17. A non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device that includes instructions that, when executed by electrical system synchronization control circuitry, causes the control circuitry to:

receive, via communicatively coupled first communication interface circuitry, at least one command;

identify a plurality of electrical load control devices based on the received at least one command;

select one or more instructions responsive to identification of the plurality of electrical load control devices and based on the received command;

determine one or more synchronization criteria based on the identified plurality of electrical load control devices and the selected one or more instructions, the one or more synchronization criteria to synchronize execution of the selected one or more instructions by the plurality of electrical load control devices; and

cause a communication of the one or more instructions and the one or more synchronization criteria to each electrical load control device included in the identified plurality of electrical load control devices;

wherein, in response to receipt of the communication of the one or more instructions and the one or more synchronization criteria, the identified plurality of electric load control devices synchronously execute the one or more instructions.

18. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 17 wherein the instructions that cause the electrical system synchronization control circuitry to cause the communication of the one or more instructions and the one or more synchronization criteria to each electrical load control device included in the identified plurality of electrical load control devices, further causes the control circuitry to:

cause the communication of the one or more instructions and the one or more synchronization criteria to each electrical load control device included in the identified plurality of electrical load control devices via second communication interface circuitry different than the communication interface circuitry.

19. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 18 :

wherein the instructions that cause the electrical system synchronization control circuitry to receive the command further cause the control circuitry to:

receive the command by the control circuitry using a first communication protocol; and

wherein the instructions that cause the electrical system synchronization control circuitry to cause the communication of the one or more instructions and the one or more synchronization criteria to each electrical load control device included in the identified plurality of electrical load control devices further cause the control circuitry to:

cause the communication of the one or more instructions and the one or more synchronization criteria using a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol.

20. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 17 wherein the instructions that cause the electrical system synchronization control circuitry to determine the one or more synchronization criteria further cause the control circuitry to:

transmit a synchronization signal to each of the plurality of electrical load control devices.

21. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 17 wherein the instructions that cause the electrical system synchronization control circuitry to determine the one or more synchronization criteria further cause the control circuitry to:

cause a transmission of a synchronization signal by one of the plurality of electrical load control devices to each of the remaining plurality of electrical load control devices.

22. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 17 wherein the instructions that cause the electrical system synchronization control circuitry to determine the one or more synchronization criteria further cause the control circuitry to:

cause a detection by each of the plurality of electrical load control devices, of an acknowledgement message generated by each of the remaining plurality of electrical load control devices.

23. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 17 wherein the instructions that cause the electrical system synchronization control circuitry to select the one or more instructions responsive to the identification of the plurality of load control devices and based on the received command further cause the control circuitry to:

retrieve data representative of the one or more instructions from a data structure stored in memory circuitry communicatively coupled to the control circuitry.

24. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 23 wherein the instructions that cause the electrical system synchronization control circuitry to identify the plurality of electrical load control devices to receive the one or more instructions based on the received command further cause the control circuitry to:

retrieve data representative of the plurality of electrical load control devices from the data structure stored in the memory circuitry.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 16030310 · Jul 9, 2018
Continuation 13793870 · Mar 11, 2013
Provisional Application 61745378 · Dec 21, 2012
Related Publication 20220229480A1 · Jul 21, 2022
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