Method, system, and apparatus for detecting an energizing state of a light

• US 10,512,141 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2018
• Issued: 12/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Yamada, Satoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Yacob, Sisay
• Application Number:
  US16/200,761
• Publication Number:
  US 20190098736A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/50 Receiving or transmitting feedback, e.g. replies, status updates, acknowledgements, from the controlled devices
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/00 Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

An apparatus, system, and method of remotely monitoring receives, from an operation terminal, identification information and location information of a location of one or more lamps, stores, in a memory, the received identification information and the received location information in association with each other for the one or more lamps, updates log information regarding a log of a lighting condition of the one or more lamps, in response to an indication that an electric circuit of the one or more lamps is energized for the one or more lamps, and sends monitoring information corresponding to the log information of the electric circuit of the one or more lamps for display.

Claims

1. A method of remotely monitoring, comprising:

receiving, from a terminal, identification information of one or more adapters that are connectable respectively between each of one or more lights in a residence, and a socket configured to receive each of the one or more adapters;

storing, in one or more memories, the identification information of the one or more adapters;

receiving, from the one or more adapters, an indication that an electric circuit of the one or more adapters is energized by a switch; and

updating information regarding an energizing state of the electric circuit of the one or more adapters for indicating that the electric circuit of the one or more adapters is energized.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the socket energizes the electric circuit of the one or more adapters when the switch is turned on.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the updating updates the information regarding the energizing state at a transmission timing after the electric circuit of the one or more adapters is energized for the one or more lights.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising;

storing an energizing state log for the electric circuit of the one or more adapters that are energized.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising;

storing an energizing state log for the electric circuit of the one or more adapters that are not energized.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising;

receiving a login request from the terminal; and

sending the information regarding the energizing state of the electric circuit of the one or more adapters registered by a login user to the terminal which sent the login request.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a notification to the terminal based on the information regarding the energizing state.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification information includes location information of the one or more adapters.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying each item of information corresponding to the one or more adapters side by side on a screen of the terminal.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending a notification corresponding to the information regarding the energizing state of the electric circuit of the one or more adapters to the terminal for display.

11. A remote monitoring apparatus comprising:

a receiver to receive, from a terminal, identification information of one or more adapters that are connectable respectively between each of one or more lights in a residence, and a socket configured to receive each of the one or more adapters, the receiver further configured to receive, from the one or more adapters, an indication that an electric circuit of the one or more adapters is energized by a switch;

one or more memories to store the identification information of the one or more adapters; and

circuitry to update information regarding an energizing state of the electric circuit of the one or more adapters for indicating that the electronic circuit of the one or more adapters is energized.

12. A system, comprising:

one or more adapters connectable respectively between each of one or more lights in a residence, and a socket configured to receive each of the one or more adapters; and

a server,

the server being configured to

receive, from a terminal, identification information of the one or more adapters;

store in one or more memories the identification information of the one or more adapters; and

update information regarding an energizing state of the electric circuit of the one or more adapters for indicating that the electric circuit of the one or more adapters is energized by a switch.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

the terminal which has circuitry configured to control transmission of the identification information of the one or more adapters to the server.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the circuitry of the terminal is configured to control display of an interface configured to receive an input, from a user of the terminal, of the identification information.

15. A mobile terminal apparatus comprising:

a display; and

circuitry configured to

control display of an interface to receive an input, from a user of the mobile terminal apparatus, of identification information of one or more adapters connectable respectively between each of one or more lights in a residence, and a socket configured to receive each of the one or more adapters, and

control transmission of the identification information of the one or more adapters to a server that stores the identification information of the one or more adapters, receives from the one or more adapters, an indication that an electric circuit of the one or more adapters is energized by a switch, and updates information regarding an energizing state of the electric circuit of the one or more adapters for indicating that the electric circuit of the one or more adapters is energized by a switch.

16. A, method implemented by a mobile terminal apparatus having a display and circuitry, comprising:

controlling display of an interface to receive an input, from a user of the mobile terminal apparatus, of identification information of one or more adapters connectable respectively between each of one or more lights in a residence, and a socket configured to receive each of the one or more adapters, and

controlling transmission of the identification information of the one or more adapters to a server that stores the identification information of the one or more adapters, receives from the one or more adapters, an indication that an electric circuit of the one or more adapters is energized by a switch, and updates information regarding an energizing state of the electric circuit of the one or more adapters for indicating that the electric circuit of the one or more adapters is energized by a switch.

17. A method of remotely monitoring, comprising:

receiving, from a terminal, identification information of one or more adapters that are connectable respectively between each of one or more lights in a residence, and a socket configured to receive each of the one or more adapters;

storing, in one or more memories, the identification information of the one or more adapters;

receiving, from the one or more adapters, an indication that the socket is energized by a switch; and

updating information regarding an energizing state of the socket.

18. A method of remotely monitoring, comprising:

receiving, from a terminal, identification information of one or more adapters that are connectable respectively between each of one or more lights in a residence, and a socket configured to receive each of the one or more adapters;

storing, in one or more memories, the identification information of the one or more adapters;

receiving, from the one or more adapters, an indication that the adapter is able to transmit information to the server; and

updating information regarding the ability of the adapter to transmit information to the server.