INTELLIGENT LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM ZONE IDENTIFICATION APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS

• US 20180014381A1
• Filed: 07/07/2017
• Published: 01/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Savant Systems, LLC
• Original Assignee: Locoroll Incorporated
• Inventors: Lark, JR., William
• Granted Patent: US 10,667,365 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 47/115 by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/22 with communication between the lamps and a central unit
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system. A first switch control circuit of a first lighting control module of a plurality of lighting control modules is actuated. The actuation is detected at each lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control modules. The light sensor in each lighting control module are polled by the respective processor in each lighting control module, to detect a change in a light level. The change in the light level detected by the respective lighting control module is transmitting, from each lighting control module. The lighting control modules that detected the change in the light level are catalogued into a 1st zone of one or more zones.

Claims

1. A method of operating a lighting control system, the method comprising:

actuating a first switch control circuit of a first lighting control module of a plurality of lighting control module wherein each lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control modules includes;

a module housing,

a graphical user interface coupled to the module housing,

a light sensor coupled to the module housing, and

a switch control circuit positioned in the housing and including a processor configured to modulate the flow of electrical energy to a lighting circuit via a dimmer circuit to produce a plurality of lighting scenes by varying the illumination of a light bulb connected to the lighting circuit, the switch control circuit electrically connected to the graphical user interface and the light sensor,

detecting actuation of the first switch control circuit of the first lighting control module at each lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control modules;

polling the light sensor in each lighting control module by the respective processor in each lighting control module, to detect a change in a light level;

transmitting, from each lighting control module, the change in the light level detected by the respective lighting control module; and

cataloging the lighting control modules that detected the change in the light level into a 1^st zone of one or more zones.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising actuating the switch control circuit of each lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control module sequentially until each lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control module is catalogued into a respective zone.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising cataloguing the lighting control modules that detected the change in light level into a respective zone based on a magnitude of the detected change.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising modulating the flow of electrical energy to a respective lighting circuit based on a respective zone of the one or more zones.

5. A lighting control system comprising:

a plurality of lighting control modules communicably coupled to one another, wherein each lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control modules includes;

a module housing,

a graphical user interface coupled to the module housing,

a light sensor coupled to the module housing, and

a switch control circuit positioned in the housing and including a processor configured to modulate the flow of electrical energy to a lighting circuit via a dimmer circuit to produce a plurality of lighting scenes by varying the illumination of a light bulb connected to the lighting circuit, the switch control circuit electrically connected to the graphical user interface and the light sensor,

wherein a first switch control circuit of a first lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control modules is configured to initiate a first actuation to increase a flow of electrical energy to a first lighting circuit to cause illumination of a first light bulb connected to the first lighting circuit

wherein each processor is configured to;

detect an actuation of a first switch control circuit of a first lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control modules,

poll the light sensor electrically connected to the respective processor to detect a change in a light level, in response to detecting actuation of the first switch control circuit, and

transmit a signal indicating the change in the light level detected by the respective lighting control module, whereby at least one central processor catalogues the lighting control modules that detected the change in the light level into a 1st zone of one or more zones.

6. The lighting control system according to claim 5, wherein a second switch control circuit of a second lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control modules is configured to initiate a second actuation after polling the light sensor, in response to detecting actuation of the first switch control circuit.

7. The lighting control system according to claim 5, wherein the first lighting control module is configured to transmit an actuation signal to the other lighting control modules in response to actuation of the first switch control circuit to increase a flow of electrical energy to a first lighting circuit.

8. The lighting control system according to claim 5, wherein each lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control modules includes a wireless antenna system coupled to the respective processor.