IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,317,162
Granted Patent B2
US 12,317,162 · App. 18/769,831 · Granted May 27, 2025

Method of programming a load control device

Inventors: Theodore F. Economy (Bethlehem, PA); John C. Browne, Jr. (Bethlehem, PA); William Bryce Fricke (Bethlehem, PA); Galen Edgar Knode (Macungie, PA); Ryan S. Bedell (West Palm Beach, FL); Christopher J. Salvestrini (Allentown, PA)
Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
H04W4/70H05B47/19H05B47/195Y02B20/40
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Patent No.
US 12,317,162
App. No.
18/769,831
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A load control device 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 adapted to be coupled in series between an AC power source and an electrical load, a controller for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive and non-conductive, and a Wi-Fi module operable to receive the RF signals from the wireless network. The controller controls the controllably conductive device to adjust the power delivered to the load in response to the wireless signals received from the wireless network. The load control device may further comprise an optical module operable to receive an optical signal, such that the controller may obtain an IP address from the received optical signal and control the power delivered to the load in response to a wireless signal that includes the IP address.

Claims (80)

1. An electric load control apparatus comprising:

near field communication (NFC) interface circuitry;

wireless local area network (WLAN) communication interface circuitry;

memory circuitry; and

electric load control circuitry to:

receive access credentials for a wireless local area network (WLAN) via the NFC interface circuitry using a NFC communication protocol;

connect to the WLAN using the received wireless credentials via the WLAN communication interface circuitry, wherein the WLAN uses a WLAN communication protocol that differs from the NFC communication protocol;

receive, via the WLAN, an Internet Protocol (IP) address from a router connected to the WLAN in response to a successful connection to the WLAN;

cause a storage of the received IP address in the memory circuitry; and

generate at least one user perceptible output indicative of the successful connection to the WLAN.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the electric load control circuitry to further:

cause communication of the received IP address to a wireless control device via the NFC interface circuitry.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the electric load control circuitry to further:

cause communication of the received IP address to a wireless control device via the WLAN communication interface circuitry.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the electric load control circuitry to further:

cause a storage of the received WLAN access credentials in the memory circuitry.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the electric load control circuitry to further:

receive a command to adjust one or more parameters of an operatively coupled electric load device via the NFC interface circuitry.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein to receive the command to adjust the one or more parameters of the operatively coupled electric load device further comprises:

receive, from a wireless control device via the NFC interface circuitry, the command to adjust the one or more parameters of the operatively coupled electric load device.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein to receive the command to adjust the one or more parameters of the operatively coupled electric load device further comprises:

receive, from a wireless control device via the WLAN communication interface circuitry, the command to adjust the one or more parameters of the operatively coupled electric load device.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the NFC interface circuitry comprises IEEE 802.15 compliant Bluetooth® interface circuitry.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the second network comprises IEEE 802.11 compliant WLAN communication interface circuitry.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a controllably conductive device operatively coupled to the electric load control circuitry, the controllably conductive device to control power delivered to an operatively coupled electric load device.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising:

a user interface to provide an input indicative of a target power level to the electric load control circuitry.

12. A method to configure an electric load controller couplable to an electric load device, the method comprising:

receiving, by an electric load controller, access credentials for a wireless local area network (WLAN) via near field communication (NFC) interface circuitry using a NFC communication protocol;

connecting to the WLAN, by the electric load controller, via WLAN communication interface circuitry, using the received wireless credentials, wherein the WLAN uses a WLAN communication protocol that differs from the NFC communication protocol;

receiving, by the electric load controller, via the WLAN by electric load controller circuitry, an Internet Protocol (IP) address from a router connected to the WLAN in response to a successful connection to the WLAN;

causing, by the electric load controller circuitry, a storage of the received IP address in the memory circuitry; and

generating, by the electric load controller, at least one user perceptible output indicative of the successful connection to the WLAN.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

causing, by the electric load controller, a communication of the received IP address to a wireless control device via the NFC interface circuitry.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

causing, by the electric load controller, a communication of the received IP address to a wireless control device via the WLAN communication interface circuitry.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

causing, by the electric load controller, a storage of the received WLAN access credentials in the memory circuitry.

16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving, by the electric load controller, a command to adjust one or more parameters of an operatively coupled electric load device via the NFC interface circuitry.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein receiving the command to adjust the one or more parameters of the operatively coupled electric load device further comprises:

receiving, by the electric load controller from a wireless control device via the NFC interface circuitry, the command to adjust the one or more parameters of the operatively coupled electric load device.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein receiving the command to adjust the one or more parameters of the operatively coupled electric load device further comprises:

receiving, by the electric load controller from a wireless control device via the WLAN communication interface circuitry, the command to adjust the one or more parameters of the operatively coupled electric load device.

19. The method of claim 12 wherein receiving the access credentials for the WLAN via the NFC interface circuitry further comprises:

receiving, by the electric load controller via IEEE 802.15 compliant Bluetooth® interface circuitry, the access credentials for the WLAN.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein receiving the access credentials for the WLAN via the NFC interface circuitry further comprises:

receiving, by the electric load controller via the IEEE 802.15 compliant Bluetooth® interface circuitry, the access credentials for an IEEE 802.11 compliant WLAN.

21. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

causing, by the electric load controller, an operatively coupled controllably conductive device to transition between a conductive state and a non-conductive state to control power delivered to an operatively coupled electric load device.

22. The method of claim 21 , further comprising:

receiving, by the electric load controller from an operatively coupled user interface, an input indicative of a target power level of the electric load device.

23. A non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device that includes instructions that, when executed by an electric load controller couplable to an electric load device, cause the electric load controller to:

receive access credentials for a wireless local area network (WLAN) via near field communication (NFC) interface circuitry using an NFC communication protocol;

connect to the WLAN via WLAN communication interface circuitry, using the received wireless credentials, wherein the WLAN uses a WLAN communication protocol that differs from the NFC communication protocol;

receive, via the WLAN by electric load controller circuitry, an Internet Protocol (IP) address from a router connected to the WLAN in response to a successful connection to the WLAN;

cause a storage of the received IP address in the memory circuitry; and

generate at least one user perceptible output indicative of the successful connection to the WLAN.

24. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 23 wherein the instructions, when executed by the electric load controller, further cause the electric load controller to:

cause a communication of the received IP address to a wireless control device via the NFC interface circuitry.

25. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 23 wherein the instructions, when executed by the electric load controller, further cause the electric load controller to:

cause communication of the received IP address to a wireless control device via the WLAN communication interface circuitry.

26. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 23 wherein the instructions, when executed by the electric load controller, further cause the electric load controller to:

cause a storage of the received WLAN access credentials in the memory circuitry.

27. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 23 wherein the instructions, when executed by the electric load controller, further cause the electric load controller to:

receive a command to adjust one or more parameters of an operatively coupled electric load device via the NFC interface circuitry.

28. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 27 wherein the instructions that cause the electric load controller to receive the command to adjust the one or more parameters of the operatively coupled electric load device further cause the electric load controller to:

receive, from a wireless control device via the NFC interface circuitry, the command to adjust the one or more parameters of the operatively coupled electric load device.

29. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 27 wherein the instructions that cause the electric load controller to adjust the one or more parameters of the operatively coupled electric load device further cause the electric load controller to:

receive, from a wireless control device via the WLAN communication interface circuitry, the command to adjust the one or more parameters of the operatively coupled electric load device.

30. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 23 wherein the instructions that cause the electric load controller to receive the access credentials for the WLAN via the NFC interface circuitry further cause the electric load controller to:

receive, via IEEE 802.15 compliant Bluetooth® interface circuitry, the access credentials for the WLAN.

31. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 30 wherein the instructions that cause the electric load controller to receive the access credentials for the WLAN via the NFC interface circuitry further cause the electric load controller to:

receive, via the IEEE 802.15 compliant Bluetooth® interface circuitry, the access credentials for an IEEE 802.11 compliant WLAN.

32. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 23 wherein the instructions, when executed by the electric load controller, further cause the electric load controller to:

cause an operatively coupled controllably conductive device to transition between a conductive state and a non-conductive state to control power delivered to an operatively coupled electric load device.

33. The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 32 wherein the instructions, when executed by the electric load controller, further cause the electric load controller to:

receive, from an operatively coupled user interface, an input indicative of a target power level of the electric load device.

Continuity (6)
Continuation 17861349 · Jul 11, 2022
Continuation 17013108 · Sep 4, 2020
Continuation 15352673 · Nov 16, 2016
Continuation 13538615 · Jun 29, 2012
Provisional Application 61503292 · Jun 30, 2011
Related Publication 20240365097A1 · Oct 31, 2024
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