IMPLEMENTING A TARGET LIGHTING SCENE IN AN INTERNET OF THINGS ENVIRONMENT USING A MOBILE LIGHT OUTPUT DEVICE

• US 20160073482A1
• Filed: 03/20/2015
• Published: 03/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: FOK, Kenny, VOGELSANG, Brian Douglas, DIPLOCK, David Comron, FULLEN, Jason Wayne, BRONFMAN, Haddas, THOMSON, J. Keith
• Application Number:
  US14/663,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20160073482A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/195 the transmission using visible or infrared light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/1965 using handheld communication devices

Abstract

In an embodiment, a control device is configured to control a mobile IoT light output device (e.g., a mobile phone, etc.) in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment. The control device detects that the mobile IoT light output device is present in a region of the IoT environment along with one or more stationary IoT light output devices. The control device determines a target lighting scene to be implemented within the region of the IoT environment, and establishes a lighting configuration of the mobile IoT light output device to be used in conjunction with a lighting configuration of each of the one or more stationary IoT light output devices to achieve the target lighting scene.

Claims

1. A method of operating a control device that is configured to control a mobile IoT light output device in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment, comprising:

detecting that the mobile IoT light output device is present in a region of the IoT environment along with one or more stationary IoT light output devices;

determining a target lighting scene to be implemented within the region of the IoT environment; and

establishing a given lighting configuration of the mobile IoT light output device to be used in conjunction with a lighting configuration of each of the one or more stationary IoT light output devices to achieve the target lighting scene.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting includes:

executing one or more mobility classification rules to classify the mobile IoT light output device with a mobile mobility classification and to classify the one or more stationary IoT light output devices with a stationary mobility classification;

maintaining a region table that associates the one or more stationary IoT light output devices with the region;

determining a current location of the mobile IoT light output device within the IoT environment; and

identifying the region based on the determined current location of the mobile IoT light output device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more mobility classification rules are based on device type, charging status, power type, user association, how recently a status parameter change occurred or any combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more mobility classification rules includes a given classification rule that is based on device type to classify mobile phones with the mobile mobility classification.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more mobility classification rules includes a given classification rule that is based on device type to classify plug-in or wired devices with the stationary mobility classification.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more mobility classification rules includes a given classification rule to classify battery-powered devices with the mobile mobility classification while not being charged and with the stationary mobility classification while charging.

7. The method of claim 2,

wherein the determining of the current location determines the current location of the mobile IoT light output device as being in proximity to at least one at least one of the one or more stationary IoT light output device, and

wherein the identifying identifies the region as a given region with which the at least one stationary IoT light output device is associated within the region table.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the control device corresponds to the mobile IoT light output device, another IoT device in the IoT environment or a server that is external to the IoT environment.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the establishing includes coordinating with the one or more stationary IoT light output devices to instruct the one or more stationary IoT light output devices to implement their respective lighting configurations.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the establishing includes:

determining a first set of lighting configurations by which the one or more stationary IoT light output devices can achieve the target lighting scene without a lighting contribution from the mobile IoT light output device, and

determining a second set of lighting configurations that is adjusted from the first set of lighting configurations based on the lighting contribution that is expected from the given lighting configuration of the mobile IoT light output device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the establishing further establishes another lighting configuration for another mobile IoT light output device that is detected as present within the region of the IoT environment for achieving the target lighting scene.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the mobile IoT light output device can no longer provide the given lighting configuration in the region of the IoT environment for achieving the target lighting scene; and

resetting the lighting configurations of the one or more stationary IoT light output devices to corresponding lighting configurations that were used prior to the detecting.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the determining that the mobile IoT light output device can no longer provide the given lighting configuration is based on the mobile IoT light output device having insufficient battery power, having exited the region, having ineffective light projection or any combination thereof.

14. A control device that is configured to control a mobile IoT light output device in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment, comprising:

means for detecting that the mobile IoT light output device is present in a region of the IoT environment along with one or more stationary IoT light output devices;

means for determining a target lighting scene to be implemented within the region of the IoT environment; and

means for establishing a given lighting configuration of the mobile IoT light output device to be used in conjunction with a lighting configuration of each of the one or more stationary IoT light output devices to achieve the target lighting scene.

15. The control device of claim 14, wherein the means for detecting performs the detecting by:

executing one or more mobility classification rules to classify the mobile IoT light output device with a mobile mobility classification and to classify the one or more stationary IoT light output devices with a stationary mobility classification;

maintaining a region table that associates the one or more stationary IoT light output devices with the region;

determining a current location of the mobile IoT light output device within the IoT environment; and

identifying the region based on the determined current location of the mobile IoT light output device.

16. The control device of claim 15,

wherein the means for determining determines the current location of the mobile IoT light output device as being in proximity to at least one at least one of the one or more stationary IoT light output device, and identifies the region as a given region with which the at least one stationary IoT light output device is associated within the region table.

17. The control device of claim 14, wherein the control device corresponds to the mobile IoT light output device, another IoT device in the IoT environment or a server that is external to the IoT environment.

18. The control device of claim 14, wherein the means for establishing coordinates with the one or more stationary IoT light output devices to instruct the one or more stationary IoT light output devices to implement their respective lighting configurations.

19. The control device of claim 14, wherein the means for establishing establishes the given lighting configuration by:

determining a first set of lighting configurations by which the one or more stationary IoT light output devices can achieve the target lighting scene without a lighting contribution from the mobile IoT light output device, and

determining a second set of lighting configurations that is adjusted from the first set of lighting configurations based on the lighting contribution that is expected from the given lighting configuration of the mobile IoT light output device.

20. A control device that is configured to control a mobile IoT light output device in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment, comprising:

logic configured to detect that the mobile IoT light output device is present in a region of the IoT environment along with one or more stationary IoT light output devices;

logic configured to determine a target lighting scene to be implemented within the region of the IoT environment; and

logic configured to establish a given lighting configuration of the mobile IoT light output device to be used in conjunction with a lighting configuration of each of the one or more stationary IoT light output devices to achieve the target lighting scene.

21. The control device of claim 20, wherein the logic configured to detect performs the detecting by:

executing one or more mobility classification rules to classify the mobile IoT light output device with a mobile mobility classification and to classify the one or more stationary IoT light output devices with a stationary mobility classification;

maintaining a region table that associates the one or more stationary IoT light output devices with the region;

determining a current location of the mobile IoT light output device within the IoT environment; and

identifying the region based on the determined current location of the mobile IoT light output device.

22. The control device of claim 20,

wherein the logic configured to determine determines the current location of the mobile IoT light output device as being in proximity to at least one at least one of the one or more stationary IoT light output device, and identifies the region as a given region with which the at least one stationary IoT light output device is associated within the region table.

23. The control device of claim 20, wherein the control device corresponds to the mobile IoT light output device, another IoT device in the IoT environment or a server that is external to the IoT environment.

24. The control device of claim 20, wherein the logic configured to establish coordinates with the one or more stationary IoT light output devices to instruct the one or more stationary IoT light output devices to implement their respective lighting configurations.

25. The control device of claim 20, wherein the logic configured to establish establishes the given lighting configuration by:

determining a first set of lighting configurations by which the one or more stationary IoT light output devices can achieve the target lighting scene without a lighting contribution from the mobile IoT light output device, and

determining a second set of lighting configurations that is adjusted from the first set of lighting configurations based on the lighting contribution that is expected from the given lighting configuration of the mobile IoT light output device.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the at least one instruction to cause the control device to establish coordinates with the one or more stationary IoT light output devices to instruct the one or more stationary IoT light output devices to implement their respective lighting configurations.

26. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions, when executed by a control device that is configured to control a mobile IoT light output device in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment, cause the control device to perform operations, the instructions comprising:

at least one instruction to cause the control device to detect that the mobile IoT light output device is present in a region of the IoT environment along with one or more stationary IoT light output devices;

at least one instruction to cause the control device to determine a target lighting scene to be implemented within the region of the IoT environment; and

at least one instruction to cause the control device to establish a given lighting configuration of the mobile IoT light output device to be used in conjunction with a lighting configuration of each of the one or more stationary IoT light output devices to achieve the target lighting scene.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the at least one instruction to cause the control device to detect performs the detecting by:

executing one or more mobility classification rules to classify the mobile IoT light output device with a mobile mobility classification and to classify the one or more stationary IoT light output devices with a stationary mobility classification;

maintaining a region table that associates the one or more stationary IoT light output devices with the region;

determining a current location of the mobile IoT light output device within the IoT environment; and

identifying the region based on the determined current location of the mobile IoT light output device.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the at least one instruction to cause the control device to determine determines the current location of the mobile IoT light output device as being in proximity to at least one at least one of the one or more stationary IoT light output device, and identifies the region as a given region with which the at least one stationary IoT light output device is associated within the region table.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the control device corresponds to the mobile IoT light output device, another IoT device in the IoT environment or a server that is external to the IoT environment.