PROXY FOR LEGACY LIGHTING CONTROL COMPONENT

• US 20170150576A1
• Filed: 06/11/2015
• Published: 05/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Signify Holding B.V. (Signify N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Philips Lighting Holding BV (Signify N.V.)
• Inventors: THIJSSEN, PAULUS THOMAS ARNOLDUS, YIANNI, GEORGE FREDERIC
• Granted Patent: US 10,165,661 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/115 by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/155 Coordinated control of two or more light sources
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

Methods, systems and computer-readable media or provided for implementing a proxy for a legacy lighting control component. A lighting unit (102) may be polled for data indicative of a lighting state of the lighting unit. It may be determined that the lighting state of the lighting unit corresponds to a predetermined lighting state. A predetermined lighting scene triggered by transition of the lighting unit into the predetermined lighting state may be identified, and one or more other lighting units may be caused to implement the predetermined lighting scene. In some embodiments, a user interface may be operable to create an association between a legacy switch or sensor (108) that controls a first lighting unit (102a) and a predetermined lighting scene to be implemented at least in part by a second lighting unit (102b-f), e.g., leaving a direct association between the first lighting unit and the legacy switch or sensor transparent to a user.

Claims

1. A lighting control method, comprising:

polling, by a network node, a lighting unit for data indicative of a lighting state of the lighting unit;

determining, by a network node based on the polling, that the lighting state of the lighting unit corresponds to a predetermined lighting state;

identifying, by the network node based on the determining, a predetermined lighting scene triggered by transition of the lighting unit into the predetermined lighting state;

causing, by the network node, one or more other lighting units to implement the predetermined lighting scene;

determining, by the network node based on the polling, that the lighting unit has been transitioned from the predetermined lighting state into another lighting state; and

causing, by the network node, the one or more other lighting units, to cease implementation of the predetermined lighting scene in response to determining that the lighting unit has been transitioned from the predetermined lighting state into the another lighting state.

2. The lighting control method of claim 1, further comprising providing, at a computing device in communication with the network node, a user interface operable by a user to create an association directly between a legacy switch or sensor that controls the lighting state of the lighting unit and the predetermined lighting scene.

3. The lighting control method of claim 2, wherein the user interface is further operable by a user to create an association between the legacy switch or sensor and the lighting unit.

4. The lighting control method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined lighting state is an energized lighting state and the another lighting state is a de-energized lighting state.

5. The lighting control method of claim 4, wherein determining that a lighting unit has transitioned into the energized lighting state comprises determining, by the network node, that the lighting unit has been energized by operation of a legacy switch.

6. The lighting control method of claim 4, wherein determining that a lighting unit has transitioned into the energized lighting state comprises determining, by the network node, that the lighting unit has been energized in response to a signal from a legacy sensor.

9. The lighting control method of claim 1, wherein determining that a lighting unit has transitioned into a predetermined lighting state comprises determining, by the network node, that the lighting unit is reachable.

10. The lighting control method of claim 1, wherein causing the one or more other lighting units to implement the predetermined lighting scene comprises transmitting, by the network node to the one or more other lighting units, one or more commands to implement one or more respective aspects of the predetermined lighting scene.

11. The lighting control method of claim 1, wherein causing the one or more lighting units to implement the predetermined lighting scene comprises transmitting, by the network node to a lighting system bridge (106), an indication that the lighting state of the lighting unit corresponds to the predetermined lighting state.

12. The lighting control method of claim 1, wherein causing the one or more lighting units to implement the predetermined lighting scene comprises transmitting, by the network node to a lighting system bridge, a command to cause the lighting system bridge to cause the one or more lighting units to implement the predetermined lighting scene.

13. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, in response to execution of the instructions by a network node, cause the network node to perform the method of claim 1.

7. (canceled)

8. (canceled)

14. A lighting system bridge for controlling a lighting system, the lighting system bridge configured to:

receive, from a computing device communicably coupled with the lighting system bridge, data indicative of a user-created association between a legacy switch or sensor that controls a first lighting unit of the lighting system and a lighting scene to be implemented at least in part by a second lighting unit of the lighting system;

determine a lighting state into which the first lighting unit is transitioned in response to activation of the legacy switch or sensor;

create an association between the determined lighting state and the lighting scene; and

cause at least the second lighting unit to implement a respective portion of the lighting scene in response to a determination that the first lighting unit has transitioned into the determined lighting state.

15. The lighting system bridge of claim 14, further configured to periodically poll the first lighting unit for data indicative of a current lighting state of the first lighting unit, wherein the determination that the lighting unit has transitioned into the determined lighting state is based on a result of the poll.

16. The lighting system bridge of claim 15, further configured to:

determine, based on the data indicative of the current lighting state, that the lighting unit has been transitioned from the determined lighting state into another lighting state; and

causing the one or more lighting units to cease implementation of the lighting scene.

17. The lighting system bridge of claim 14, further configured to receive, from the computing device, data indicative of an association between the legacy switch or sensor and the first lighting unit.

18. The lighting system bridge of claim 14, further configured to receive, from the computing device, data indicative of the lighting state into which the first lighting unit is transitioned in response to activation of the legacy switch or sensor.

19. A mobile computing device comprising:

one or more processors;

a communication interface operably coupled with the one or more processors;

a display; and

memory storing instructions that, in response to execution of the instructions by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

render, on the display, a user interface operable by a user to create an association between a legacy switch or sensor that controls a first lighting unit; and

a predetermined lighting scene to be implemented at least in part by a second lighting unit; and

provide, via the communication interface to a network node in communication with the first and second lighting units, data indicative of the association.

20. The mobile computing device of claim 19, wherein the association is a first association, and the user interface is further operable by a user to create a second association between the legacy switch or sensor and the first lighting unit.

21. The mobile computing device of claim 19, wherein the user interface is further operable by a user to provide data indicative of a lighting state into which the first lighting unit is transitioned in response to activation of the legacy switch or sensor.

22. The mobile computing device of claim 19, wherein the association is a first association, and the user interface is further operable by a user to create a second association between a lighting state into which the first lighting unit is transitioned in response to activation of the legacy switch or sensor and the predetermined lighting scene.