GESTURE-BASED LOAD CONTROL VIA WEARABLE DEVICES
A load control system may include control-target devices for controlling an amount of power provided to an electrical load. The control-target devices may be capable of controlling the amount of power provided to the electrical load based on control instructions. The control-target devices and/or the control-instructions may be determined based on a gesture performed by a user. The user may wear a wearable control device capable of measuring movements performed by the user and transmit digital messages that may be used to control an electrical load. The wearable control device may identify gestures performed by the user for controlling a control-target device and/or provide control instructions to the control-target device based on the identified gestures. A gesture may be associated with a scene that includes a configuration of one or more control devices in a load control system.
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5 . An electric load controller, comprising:
control circuitry to:
receive from one or more communicatively coupled sensors via a first network, an occupancy signal indicative of a presence of a user in a space that includes one or more electric load devices;
receive a plurality of a plurality of user inputs that include:
a first input that includes a data representative of a gesture made by the user; and
a second input received from a mobile device associated with the user via a second network different from the first network;
wherein the second input includes one of:
an input received via a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on the mobile device; or
an input provided by an audio capture circuit in the mobile device;
identify at least one electric load device in the space using one of the first input or the second input;
determine an instruction associated with the identified at least one electric load device using the remaining one of the first input or the second input; and
communicate the instruction to the identified at least one electric load device via the first network.
6 . The electric load controller of claim 5 , wherein to receive the first input that includes the data representative of the gesture made by the user, the control circuitry to further:
receive, from a wearable mobile device associated with the user via the second network, the first input that includes the data representative of the gesture made by the user.
7 . The electric load controller of claim 5 , wherein to receive the data representative of the gesture made by the user of the mobile device, the control circuitry to further:
receive, from the one or more communicatively coupled sensors via the first network, the first input that includes the data representative of the gesture made by the user.
8 . The electric load controller of claim 6 , wherein the control circuitry to further:
receive, from the wearable mobile device associated with the user via the second network, a third input that includes data representative of one or more biometric parameters associated with the user and received from the wearable mobile device.
9 . The electric load controller of claim 8 , wherein to determine the instruction associated with the identified at least one electric load device, the control circuitry to further:
determine the instruction associated with the identified at least one electric load device using:
the received gesture; and
the received one or more biometric parameters.
10 . The electric load controller of claim 5 :
wherein the first input comprises the gesture to identify the at least one electric load device in the space; and
wherein the second input comprises an audio input that corresponds to the instruction associated with the at least one electric load device.
11 . The electric load controller of claim 5 :
wherein the first input comprises an input received via the graphical user interface on the mobile device that identifies the at least one electric load device in the space; and
wherein the second input comprises a gesture input that corresponds to the instruction associated with the at least one electric load device.
12 . An electric load control method, comprising:
receiving by electric load control circuitry from one or more communicatively coupled sensors via a first network, an occupancy signal indicative of a presence of a user in a space that includes one or more electric load devices;
receiving by the electric load control circuitry, a plurality of a plurality of user inputs that include:
a first input that includes a data representative of a gesture made by the user; and
a second input received from a mobile device associated with the user via a second network different from the first network;
wherein the second input includes one of:
an input received via a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on the mobile device; or
an input provided by an audio capture circuit in the mobile device;
identifying by the electric load control circuitry, at least one electric load device in the space using at least one of the first input or the second input;
determining by the electric load control circuitry, an instruction associated with the identified at least one electric load device using the remaining one of the first input or the second input; and
causing by the electric load control circuitry, a communication of the instruction to the identified at least one electric load device via the first network.
13 . The electric load control method of claim 12 , wherein receiving the first input that includes the data representative of the gesture made by the user further comprises:
receiving by the electric load control circuitry from a wearable mobile device associated with the user via the second network, the first input that includes the data representative of the gesture made by the user.
14 . The electric load control method of claim 12 , wherein receiving the data representative of the gesture made by the user of the mobile device further comprises:
receiving by the electric load control circuitry from the one or more communicatively coupled sensors via the first network, the first input that includes the data representative of the gesture made by the user.
15 . The electric load control method of claim 14 , further comprises:
receiving by the electric load control circuitry via the second network, a third input that includes data representative of one or more biometric parameters associated with the user from the wearable mobile device associated with the user.
16 . The electric load control method of claim 15 , wherein determining the instruction associated with the identified at least one electric load device further comprises:
determining by the electric load control circuitry the instruction associated with the identified at least one electric load device using:
the received gesture; and
the received one or more biometric parameters.
17 . The electric load control method of claim 12 :
wherein receiving the first input that includes the data representative of the gesture made by the user further comprises:
receiving by the electric load control circuitry, the gesture to identify the at least one electric load device in the space; and
wherein receiving the second input received from the mobile device associated with the user further comprises:
receiving by the electric load control circuitry, an audio input from the mobile device, the audio input corresponding to the instruction associated with the at least one electric load device.
18 . The electric load controller of claim 1 :
wherein receiving the first input that includes the data representative of the gesture made by the user further comprises:
receiving by the electric load control circuitry, an input received via the graphical user interface on the mobile device that identifies the at least one electric load device in the space; and
wherein receiving the second input from the mobile device associated with the user further comprises:
receiving by the electric load control circuitry, a gesture input from the mobile device input, the gesture input corresponding to the instruction associated with the at least one electric load device.
19 . A non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device that includes instructions that, when executed by electric load control circuitry, causes the electric load control circuitry to:
receive, from one or more communicatively coupled sensors via a first network, an occupancy signal indicative of a presence of a user in a space that includes one or more electric load devices;
receive, a plurality of a plurality of user inputs that include:
a first input that includes a data representative of a gesture made by the user; and
a second input received from a mobile device associated with the user via a second network different from the first network;
wherein the second input includes one of:
an input received via a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on the mobile device; or
an input provided by an audio capture circuit in the mobile device;
identify at least one electric load device in the space using at least one of the first input or the second input;
determine an instruction associated with the identified at least one electric load device using the remaining one of the first input or the second input; and
cause a communication of the instruction to the identified at least one electric load device via the first network.
20 . The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 19 , wherein the instructions that cause the electric load control circuitry to receive the first input that includes the data representative of the gesture made by the user, further cause the electric load control circuitry to:
receive the first input that includes the data representative of the gesture made by the user from a wearable mobile device associated with the user via the second network.
21 . The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 19 , wherein the instructions that cause the electric load control circuitry to receive the data representative of the gesture made by the user of the mobile device further cause the electric load control circuitry to:
receive the first input that includes the data representative of the gesture made by the user from the one or more communicatively coupled sensors via the first network.
22 . The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 20 wherein the instructions, when executed by the electric load control circuitry, further cause the electric load control circuitry to:
receive, a third input that includes data representative of one or more biometric parameters associated with the user from the wearable mobile device associated with the user via the second network.
23 . The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 22 wherein the instructions that cause the electric load control circuitry to determine the instruction associated with the identified at least one electric load device further cause the electric load control circuitry to:
determine the instruction associated with the identified at least one electric load device using:
the received gesture; and
the received one or more biometric parameters.
24 . The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 19 :
wherein the instructions that cause the electric load control circuitry to receive the first input that includes the data representative of the gesture made by the user further cause the electric load control circuitry to:
receive the gesture to identify the at least one electric load device in the space; and
wherein the instructions that cause the electric load control circuitry to receive the second input from the mobile device associated with the user further cause the electric load control circuitry to:
receive an audio input from the mobile device, the audio input corresponding to the instruction associated with the at least one electric load device.
25 . The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 19 :
wherein the instructions that cause the electric load control circuitry to receive the first input that includes the data representative of the gesture made by the user further cause the electric load control circuitry to:
receive an input received via the graphical user interface on the mobile device that identifies the at least one electric load device in the space; and
wherein the instructions that cause the electric load control circuitry to receive the second input from the mobile device associated with the user further cause the electric load control circuitry to:
receive a gesture input from the mobile device input, the gesture input corresponding to the instruction associated with the at least one electric load device.