METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURATION OF CONTROL DEVICES

• US 20150015165A1
• Filed: 03/04/2013
• Published: 01/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Signify Holding B.V. (Signify N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: Clout, Ramon, Lashina, Tatiana, Engelen, Dirk, Coppen, Roel, Aliakseyeu, Dzmitry, Van De Sluis, Richard
• Granted Patent: US 9,820,359 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/294
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/1143 Bidirectional transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/281 indicating a format for calling an appliance service function in a home automation network for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/10 Controlling the light source
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/165 following a pre-assigned programmed sequence; Logic control [LC]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/18 via data-bus transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/1965 using handheld communication devices

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for configuration of a physical control panel (120). In some embodiments at least one property (128) of a physical control panel (120) is detected at a mobile device (150); a plurality of events (122, 124, 126) that can be generated by the physical control panel (120) are identified; one or more control actions (154) are associated with one or more of the identified events, at the mobile device (150); and those associations are transmitted (159) to a controller (130).

Claims

1. A method of configuring a physical lighting control panel, comprising:

detecting at least one property of said lighting control panel at an electronic mobile device;

identifying, based on the at least one property, a plurality of events that can be generated by said lighting control panel and transmitted to at least one lighting controller in response to user interaction with the lighting control panel;

association, at said electronic mobile device, a first lighting control action with a first event of said events and a second lighting control action with a second event of said events; and

transmitting associations between said first lighting control action and said first event and said second lighting control action and said second event to said at least one lighting controller to cause said at least one lighting controller to effectuate from said first lighting control action in response to said first event of said lighting control panel and to effectuate said second lighting control action in response to said second event of said lighting control panel.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of detecting at least one property of said lighting control panel at said electronic mobile device includes detecting a radio frequency transmission from said lighting control panel.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of detecting at least one property of said lighting control panel at said electronic mobile device includes optical processing of a barcode of said lighting control panel.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said first lighting control action is created at said electronic mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a representation of said lighting control panel at said electronic mobile device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said representation of said lighting control panel is transmitted to said electronic mobile device from a configuration database.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein an address of said configuration database is provided in said at least one property of said lighting control panel.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a representation of said lighting control panel at said electronic mobile device during said step of associating said first lighting control action with said first event.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising effectuating said first lighting control action via commands from said at least one lighting controller in response to said first event occurring at said lighting control panel.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising effectuating said first lighting control action via commands from said lighting controller in response to actuation of a representation of said lighting control panel at said mobile electronic device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said first lighting control action includes generating a first lighting scene with a plurality of first lighting fixtures controlled by said lighting controller.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said first lighting fixtures include a first lighting fixture generating a first lighting output during said first lighting scene and a second lighting fixture generating a second lighting output during said first lighting scene, said first lighting output distinct from said second lighting output.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said step of associating said first lighting control action with said first event includes selecting said first lighting fixture and altering light parameter values of said first lighting fixture at said mobile device and selecting said second lighting fixture and altering light parameter values of said second lighting fixture at said mobile device.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein said first event includes actuation of a button of said lighting control panel.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein said first event includes actuation of a switch of said lighting control panel during a first time period and said second event includes actuation of said switch during a second time period, said second time period distinct from said first time period.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein said first event includes a first actuation of a switch of said lighting control panel and said second event includes a subsequent actuation of said switch.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating, at said mobile electronic device, a third lighting control action with a first augmented event of said electronic mobile device, wherein said first augmented event is distinct from said events of said lighting control panel and is effectuated at said mobile electronic device and transmitted to said at least one lighting controller to effectuate said third lighting control action.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting said control panel from a plurality of detected control panels in said detection range.

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