GROUP MANAGEMENT OF A WIRELESS POWER OUTAGE LIGHTING SYSTEM

• US 20130342131A1
• Filed: 06/18/2013
• Published: 12/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: A9.com Incorporated (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Wireless Environment LLC (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Recker, Michael V., Levine, David B.
• Granted Patent: US 9,408,268 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/292
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/02 the power supply being a battery or accumulator
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/001 Energy harvesting or scavenging
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/40 using two or more transmitting or receiving devices H02J50/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/065 for lighting purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/00 Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/10 Controlling the intensity of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/105 in response to determined parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/11 by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/14 by determining electrical parameters of the light source
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/195 the transmission using visible or infrared light

Abstract

Aspects of the presently disclosed embodiments may include a wireless power outage lighting system comprising one or more power change detection apparatuses and one or more wireless lighting modules where the system is implemented to allow management of multiple groups in the same area such that interference may be avoided when there are multiple transmissions in the same area. A power change detection apparatus may be configured to transmit to avoid interference with another power change detection apparatus. A power change detection apparatus may also be configured through the user input method to operate different groups of wireless lighting modules such that lighting zones may be created. Multiple lighting zone allow a user to configure lighting provided by the wireless power outage lighting system based on their preference.

Claims

1. A wireless power outage lighting system, comprising:

at least one power change detection apparatus comprising;

an electric power interface in electrical communication with an electric power source;

a detector configured to detect a change in electric power of the electric power source;

a wireless transmitter configured to transmit a lighting action command responsive to the detected change in electric power wherein the wireless transmitter avoids interference with the transmission of a second power change detection apparatus in the same range; and

an energy storage device configured to provide power to the power change detection apparatus.

at least one wireless lighting module comprising;

a light source;

a receiver configured to receive a lighting action command directing the wireless lighting module to respond to the detected change in electric power;

a power source configured to provide power to the light source;

a controller configured to control the power source in response to the lighting action command; and

a housing including the light source, the receiver and the power source.

2. The wireless power outage lighting system of claim 1, wherein the wireless transmitter of a first power change detection apparatus avoids interference with the transmission of a second power change detection apparatus by transmitting at a first time delay from a detected change in electric power and the second power change detection apparatus avoids interference with the transmission of the first power change detection apparatus by transmitting at a second time delay from a detected change in electric power.

3. The power change detection apparatuses of claim 2 wherein the time delay is set by assigning a channel number to a power change detection apparatus corresponding to the time delay of the transmission.

4. The power change detection apparatuses of claim 2 wherein the channel number is assigned by at least one of a dip switch, a device programming method or factory configuration.

5. The power change detection apparatuses of claim 2 wherein the channel number is transmitted as part of the lighting action command.

6. The wireless power outage lighting system of claim 1, wherein the wireless transmitter of a first power change detection apparatus avoids interference with the transmission of a second power change detection apparatus by transmitting at a different frequency.

7. The wireless power outage lighting system of claim 1, wherein a first group of one or more wireless lighting modules is configured to respond to the channel number assigned to a first power change detection apparatus and a second group of one or more wireless lighting modules is configured to respond to the channel number assigned to a second power change detection apparatus.

8. A wireless power outage lighting system, comprising:

a power change detection apparatus comprising;

an electric power interface in electrical communication with an electric power source;

a detector configured to detect a change in electric power of the electric power source;

a wireless transmitter configured to transmit a lighting action command responsive to the detected change in electric power wherein the lighting action command contains a channel number;

a channel input interface; and

an energy storage device configured to provide power to the power change detection apparatus.

at least one wireless lighting module comprising;

a light source;

a receiver configured to receive a lighting action command directing the wireless lighting module to respond to the detected change in electric power;

a power source configured to provide power to the light source;

a controller configured to control the power source in response to the lighting action command;

a channel input interface; and

a housing including the light source, the receiver and the power source.

9. The power change detection apparatus of claim 8 wherein the channel number is determined by the channel input interface.

10. The power change detection apparatus of claim 8 wherein the channel input interface consists of a plurality of push buttons wherein the each push button corresponds to a lighting action command containing a channel number corresponding to that push button.

11. The at least one wireless lighting module of claim 8 wherein the channel number is selected by using the channel input interface comprising at least one of a dip switch or a device programming method.

12. The wireless power outage lighting system of claim 8, wherein a first group of one or more wireless lighting modules is configured to respond to the channel number assigned to a first lighting action command of the power change detection apparatus and a second group of one or more wireless lighting modules is configured to respond to the channel number assigned to a second lighting action command of the power change detection apparatus.