Load control adjustment from a wireless device

• US 10,009,988 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2017
• Issued: 06/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
• Original Assignee: Lutron Electronics Company Incorporated (Lutron Electronics)
• Inventors: Bard, Benjamin F., Clymer, Erica L., Killo, Jason C., Kleinberg, Jeremy B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hammond, Dedei K
• Application Number:
  US15/830,425
• Publication Number:
  US 20180092194A1
• Time in Patent Office: 204 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2816 Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station; in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 39/088 by wireless means, e.g. infrared transmitting means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/1965 using handheld communication devices

Abstract

A wearable wireless device may be configured for control of a parameter of a load control device. The load control device may be responsive to a network device, for example, to provide fine tune adjustment of the parameter. The wearable wireless device may include a touch-responsive visual display for displaying feedback of the parameter of the load control device. The visual display may be configured to be actuated to receive a user input to adjust the parameter of the load control device. An actuation of the visual display of the wearable wireless device may adjust the parameter by a greater percentage than the fine tune adjustment provided by the network device.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a wireless device configure the wireless device to:

display, via a first touch-responsive visual display of the wireless device, a first feedback of a parameter of a load control device;

receive, via the first visual display, a first user input to adjust the parameter of the load control device; and

responsive to the first user input, cause a first adjustment of the parameter by communicating, via a communication circuit of the wireless device, one or more messages to a network device; and

wherein the instructions, when executed by the network device, configure the network device to;

display, via a second touch-responsive visual display of the network device, a second feedback of the parameter of the load control device; and

receive, via the second visual display, a second user input to adjust the parameter of the load control device; and

responsive to the second user input, cause a second adjustment of the parameter;

wherein user inputs received via the first touch-responsive visual display of the wireless device cause adjustments of the parameter of the load control device by a greater percentage than user inputs received via the second touch-responsive visual display of the network device.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the load control device comprises a dimmer switch for controlling a lighting load, and the parameter comprises an intensity of the lighting load.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein the instructions, when executed by the wireless device, further configure the wireless device to update the first feedback on the first touch-responsive visual display to indicate the intensity of the lighting load when the network device causes an adjustment of the intensity of the lighting load.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein:

the first feedback comprises an intensity meter; and

to display the first feedback comprises to highlight at least a portion of the intensity meter.

5. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 4, wherein, when the lighting load is off, the intensity meter is un-highlighted.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein to cause the first adjustment of the parameter further comprises to cause an adjustment of the parameter to one of a plurality of preset intensities.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein:

the first feedback comprises an intensity meter divided into a number of segments; and

to display the first feedback comprises to highlight at least one of the segments to indicate the intensity of the lighting load when the lighting load is on.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein, when the lighting load is off, each of the segments of the intensity meter is un-highlighted.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the instructions, when executed by the wireless device, further configure the wireless device to update the intensity meter on the first touch-responsive visual display to indicate the intensity of the lighting load when the network device causes an adjustment of the intensity of the lighting load.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein:

each of the number of segments of the intensity meter represents a portion of a dimming range of the dimmer switch; and

each portion of the dimming range is defined by a minimum intensity and a maximum intensity.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein:

to cause the first adjustment of the parameter further comprises to cause an adjustment of the parameter to one of a plurality of preset intensities; and

each preset intensity of the plurality of preset intensities corresponds to the maximum intensity of one of the segments.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the intensity meter comprises one of:

three segments, and the plurality of preset intensities comprise 0%, 33%, 66%, and 100%;

four segments, and the plurality of preset intensities comprise 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%; and

five segments, and the plurality of preset intensities comprise 0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100%.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein:

the first user input comprises an input to raise the intensity of the lighting load; and

to cause the first adjustment of the parameter comprises to cause the lighting load to adjust to the maximum intensity of a next-highest portion of the dimming range.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions, when executed by the wireless device, further configure the wireless device to highlight a next-highest segment of the intensity meter based on the first user input comprising the input to raise the intensity of the lighting load.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein:

the first user input comprises an input to lower the intensity of the lighting load; and

to cause the first adjustment of the parameter comprises to cause the lighting load to adjust to the maximum intensity of a next-lowest portion of the dimming range.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed by the wireless device, further configure the wireless device to not highlight a present highest highlighted segment of the intensity meter based on the first user input comprising the input to lower the intensity of the lighting load.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein:

the wireless device comprises a dial;

the instructions, when executed by the wireless device, further configure the wireless device to cause a third adjustment of the parameter in response to a rotation of the dial; and

user inputs received via the first visual touch-responsive display of the wireless device cause adjustments of the parameter of the load control device by a greater percentage than rotations of the dial.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the load control device comprises a motorized window treatment, and the parameter comprises a position of the motorized window treatment.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the wireless device comprises a smart watch and the network device comprises a smart phone.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the greater percentage comprises a multiple of adjustments provided by the network device.

21. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 20, wherein the multiple comprises is at least one of a factor of 10, 25, and 33.

22. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the wireless device, further configure the wireless device to update the first feedback on the first touch-responsive visual display to indicate the parameter of the load control device when the network device causes an adjustment of the parameter of the load control device.

23. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a wireless device cause the wireless device to:

display, via a touch-responsive visual display of the wireless device, a feedback of a parameter of a load control device, wherein the load control device is configured to be responsive to a network device to provide adjustments of the parameter;

receive, via the touch-responsive visual display, a user input to adjust the parameter of the load control device; and

responsive to the user input, cause an adjustment of the parameter by communicating, via a communication circuit of the wireless device, one or more messages to the network device;

wherein user inputs received via the touch-responsive visual display of the wireless device cause adjustments of the parameter of the load control device by a greater percentage than adjustments provided by the network device.

24. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 23, wherein the load control device comprises one of:

a dimmer switch for controlling a lighting load, and the parameter comprises an intensity of the lighting load; and

a motorized window treatment, and the parameter comprises a position of the motorized window treatment.

25. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 23, wherein the instructions, when executed by the wireless device, further configure the wireless device to update the feedback on the touch-responsive visual display to indicate the parameter of the load control device when the network device causes an adjustment of the parameter of the load control device.

26. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 23, wherein:

the load control device comprises a dimmer switch for controlling a lighting load;

the parameter comprises an intensity of the lighting load;

the feedback comprises an intensity meter; and

to display the feedback comprises to highlight at least a portion of the intensity meter.

27. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 26, wherein, when the lighting load is off, the intensity meter is un-highlighted.