Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Intelligent lighting control system power harvesting apparatuses, systems, and methods
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Application No.: US16758639Application Date: 2018-10-25
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Publication No.: US11412595B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Joseph Yao Hua Chu
- Applicant: Savant Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Hyannis
- Assignee: Savant Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Savant Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Hyannis
- Agency: Cesari and McKenna, LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2018/057484 WO 20181025
- International Announcement: WO2019/084251 WO 20190502
- Main IPC: H05B45/50
- IPC: H05B45/50 ; H02J50/05 ; F21S9/02 ; F21V23/04 ; H02J50/80

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides intelligent lighting control systems. The lighting control system apparatuses include a light control module configured to be coupled to a luminaire electrically coupled to a light bulb comprising a capacitor. The lighting control module comprises a controller configured to temporarily close a circuit comprising a load wire configured to connect an AC power source to the capacitor through the luminaire, whereby electricity flowing through the load wire flows through the capacitor in the light bulb and charges an energy storage device in the lighting control module electrically coupled to the load wire. The controller is configured to after temporarily closing the circuit, re-open the circuit prior to the capacitor fully charging, so as to prevent a light emitting element of the light bulb electrically coupled to the capacitor from illuminating.
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