Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Visible light sensor configured for glare detection and controlling motorized window treatments
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Application No.: US17111000Application Date: 2020-12-03
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Publication No.: US11435704B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Craig Alan Casey , Brent Protzman
- Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA Coopersburg
- Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Current Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Coopersburg
- Agency: Flaster Greenberg, P.C.
- Main IPC: G05B11/01
- IPC: G05B11/01 ; G06T7/73 ; G06T7/00 ; E06B9/32 ; E06B9/68

Abstract:
A sensor and/or system controller may process an image multiple times at multiple resolutions to detect glare conditions. A glare condition threshold used to determine whether a glare condition exists may be based on the resolution of the image. When the resolution of the image is higher, the glare condition threshold may be higher. The sensor and/or system controller may organize one or more adjacent pixels having similar intensities into pixel groups. The pixel groups may vary in size and/or shape. The sensor and/or system controller may determine a representative group luminance for the pixel group (e.g., an average luminance of the pixels in the group). The sensor and/or system controller may determine a group glare condition threshold, which may be used to determine whether a glare condition exists for the group of pixels and/or may be based on the size of the group.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210109484A1 VISIBLE LIGHT SENSOR CONFIGURED FOR GLARE DETECTION AND CONTROLLING MOTORIZED WINDOW TREATMENTS Public/Granted day:2021-04-15
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