公开(公告)号：US20210410253A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：US17474092

申请日：2021-09-14

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Rhodes B. Baker ,  Jason C. Killo ,  Galen Edgar Knode ,  Sanjeev Kumar ,  Brent Protzman ,  Daniel Curtis Raneri ,  Greg Edward Sloan

IPC: H05B47/115 ,  G05B15/02 ,  A61N5/06 ,  A61M21/00 ,  F24F11/30 ,  H05B47/11 ,  H05B45/18 ,  E04F19/00 ,  E06B9/24 ,  G08B21/18 ,  H02J4/00

Abstract: A load control system may control an electrical load in a space of a building based on one or more parameters regarding the physical condition of an occupant. The parameters may be gathered by one or more sensing devices. The sensing devices may be included in a mobile device. A system controller may receive the parameters and may automatically control the electrical loads in response to the parameters. The system controller may control the electrical load to attempt to adjust the physical condition of the occupant in response to the sensed parameters. The system controller may control the electrical load to provide an alert, an alarm, and/or a warning in response to the sensed parameters.

公开(公告)号：US20200310371A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-01

申请号：US16902945

申请日：2020-06-16

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Kyle Thomas Barco ,  Bryan Robert Barnes ,  Erica L. Clymer ,  Brian Michael Courtney ,  Jordan H. Crafts ,  William Bryce Fricke ,  Galen Edgar Knode ,  Sanjeev Kumar ,  Jonathan T. Lenz ,  Stephen M. Ludwig, JR. ,  Sandeep Mudabail Raghuram ,  Richard M. Walsh, III

IPC: G05B15/02 ,  H04L12/46 ,  H05B47/19 ,  H02J13/00

Abstract: A load control system may include control devices for controlling power provided to an electrical load. The control devices may include a control-source device and a control-target device. The control-target device may control the power provided to the electrical load based on digital messages received from the control-source device. The control devices may include a load control discovery device capable of sending discovery messages configured to discover control devices within a location. The discovered control devices may be organized by signal strength and may be provided to a network device to enable association of the discovered control devices within a location. The discovery messages may be transmitted within an established discovery range. The discovery range may be adjusted to discover different control devices. Different control devices may be identified as the load control discovery device for discovering different control devices.

公开(公告)号：US10660185B2

公开(公告)日：2020-05-19

申请号：US15838263

申请日：2017-12-11

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Rhodes B. Baker ,  Craig Alan Casey ,  Galen Edgar Knode ,  Brent Protzman ,  Thomas M. Shearer ,  James P. Steiner

IPC: H05B37/02 ,  H05B33/08 ,  H05B47/19 ,  G06K9/20 ,  H05B45/10 ,  H05B45/20 ,  H05B47/11 ,  H05B47/105 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06T7/246 ,  G01V8/20 ,  G06T5/20 ,  G06T5/50 ,  H04N1/40 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G06K9/00 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N7/18 ,  F24F120/10 ,  F24F130/30 ,  F24F11/88 ,  F24F11/56 ,  F24F110/10

Abstract: A visible light sensor may be configured to sense environmental characteristics of a space using an image of the space. The visible light sensor may be controlled in one or more modes, including a daylight glare sensor mode, a daylighting sensor mode, a color sensor mode, and/or an occupancy/vacancy sensor mode. In the daylight glare sensor mode, the visible light sensor may be configured to decrease or eliminate glare within a space. In the daylighting sensor mode and the color sensor mode, the visible light sensor may be configured to provide a preferred amount of light and color temperature, respectively, within the space. In the occupancy/vacancy sensor mode, the visible light sensor may be configured to detect an occupancy/vacancy condition within the space and adjust one or more control devices according to the occupation or vacancy of the space. The visible light sensor may be configured to protect the privacy of users within the space via software, a removable module, and/or a special sensor.

公开(公告)号：US10484827B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-19

申请号：US15011263

申请日：2016-01-29

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Rhodes B. Baker ,  Erica L. Clymer ,  Galen Edgar Knode ,  Sanjeev Kumar ,  John Nill ,  Daniel L. Twaddell ,  Michael J. Zizza

IPC: H04W4/02 ,  G05D23/13 ,  H04W4/029 ,  G05D23/19

Abstract: 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.

公开(公告)号：US10379505B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-13

申请号：US15338029

申请日：2016-10-28

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Kyle Thomas Barco ,  Bryan Robert Barnes ,  Erica L. Clymer ,  Brian Michael Courtney ,  Jordan H. Crafts ,  William Bryce Fricke ,  Galen Edgar Knode ,  Sanjeev Kumar ,  Jonathan T. Lenz ,  Stephen M. Ludwig, Jr. ,  Sandeep Mudabail Raghuram ,  Richard M. Walsh, III

IPC: G05B15/02 ,  H05B37/02 ,  H02J13/00 ,  H04L12/46

Abstract: A load control system may include control devices for controlling power provided to an electrical load. The control devices may include a control-source device and a control-target device. The control-target device may control the power provided to the electrical load based on digital messages received from the control-source device. The control devices may include a load control discovery device capable of sending discovery messages configured to discover control devices within a location. The discovered control devices may be organized by signal strength and may be provided to a network device to enable association of the discovered control devices within a location. The discovery messages may be transmitted within an established discovery range. The discovery range may be adjusted to discover different control devices. Different control devices may be identified as the load control discovery device for discovering different control devices.

公开(公告)号：US20250168958A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-22

申请号：US19029266

申请日：2025-01-17

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Jeffrey Karc ,  Ankit Bhutani ,  Galen Edgar Knode ,  Jamie Steffie

IPC: H05B47/19 ,  H02J13/00 ,  H05B47/195

Abstract: A state change device may be electrically connected to a switched receptacle, or to both the switched and unswitched receptacles, of an outlet. The state change device may generate a change of state signal when power is applied to, or removed from, the switched receptacle. The state change device may wirelessly communicate the signal. The state change device may include a load control circuit that may be configured to control the amount of power delivered to an electrical load that is electrically connected to the state change device. The state change device may receive commands directed to the load control circuit. The state change device may be deployed in a load control system and may operate as a control entity, such that the state change device may issue commands to one or more load control devices, responsive to the application or removal of power at the switched receptacle.

公开(公告)号：US12273256B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-08

申请号：US17315040

申请日：2021-05-07

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Galen Edgar Knode

IPC: H04L45/02 ,  H04L12/46 ,  H04L41/0813 ,  H04L41/0823 ,  H04L43/08 ,  H04L67/12

Abstract: A load control system may include control devices configured to communicate via a network. The network may include router devices for enabling communication of messages throughout the network. Networks may enter a router optimization mode to optimize the locations of the router devices in the network. During a router optimization mode, the control devices that are communicating over the network may transmit optimization messages. In order to generate optimized network data for optimizing the network and the roles of devices on the network, potential connections may be analyzed between devices and roles of the router devices in the network may be established based on the potential connections between devices.

公开(公告)号：US20250039713A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-30

申请号：US18911848

申请日：2024-10-10

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Galen Edgar Knode

IPC: H04W24/08 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04W48/16

Abstract: Devices of a control system may communicate with each other via a network. The control devices may be configured to form the network by joining the network and each attempt to attach to another device on the network. Attachment may be performed using one or more link quality thresholds. For example, the control device may measure background values and the link quality threshold may represent an Nth percentile value of the recorded background values measured at the control device. During a router optimization mode, the control devices may measure and store a communication quality metrics that may be used to assign the role of router devices and/or the role of leader device to control devices on the network.

公开(公告)号：US12199826B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-14

申请号：US16907227

申请日：2020-06-20

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Jeffrey S. Hayes ,  Galen Edgar Knode ,  Ankit Bhutani ,  Richard S. Camden ,  Jordan H. Crafts ,  Jason A. King

IPC: H04L41/12 ,  G16Y10/80 ,  G16Y20/10 ,  G16Y40/30 ,  G16Y40/35 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L41/0816 ,  H04L67/1087 ,  H04L67/125 ,  H04L69/28 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W48/10 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W74/0833 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W84/20

Abstract: A control device may communicate messages with devices in a network through a parent device, and receive messages from auxiliary parent devices. The control device may store a respective communication metric associated with each of the parent device and the one or more auxiliary parent devices. The control device may set an auxiliary parent device of the one or more auxiliary parent devices as the parent device of the control device, e.g., when a respective communication metric of the auxiliary parent device determined to be set as the parent device indicates a stronger communication link than the parent device. The control device may determine that the respective communication metric of the auxiliary parent device indicates a stronger potential communication link than the parent device when the average received signal strength indicator of auxiliary parent device is greater than the average received signal strength indicator of the parent device.

公开(公告)号：US20240365097A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18769831

申请日：2024-07-11

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Theodore F. Economy ,  John C. Browne, JR. ,  William Bryce Fricke ,  Galen Edgar Knode ,  Ryan S. Bedell ,  Christopher J. Salvestrini

IPC: H04W4/70 ,  H05B47/19 ,  H05B47/195

CPC classification number: H04W4/70 ,  H05B47/19 ,  H05B47/195 ,  Y02B20/40

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.