Location-based addressing lighting and environmental control system, device and method
First Claim
1. A system for controlling a device using a location-based address, the system comprising:
- a) a first device configured to broadcast control signals containing location-based addresses and function codes, wherein the location based addresses are embedded within data fields that code for unchanging spacial locations within a floor plan of a building; and
b) a second device configured to receive the control signals, wherein the second device includes a micro-processor programmed with a second device location descriptor corresponding to at least one of the unchanging spacial locations within the building, the second device being configured to automatically execute functions corresponding to the function codes in response to a match between the location-based addresses and the second device location descriptor corresponding to the at least one of the unchanging spacial locations within the building.
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Abstract
Location-Based Addressing (LBA) is a method of controlling and commissioning networked lighting devices. The lighting devices communicate over a wireless network using radio frequency communication protocols. The lighting devices are commissioned or grouped based on their respective locations in a building floor plan or a building architecture. The lighting devices are commissioned to respond to radio frequency communications that correspond to their respective locations. This imposed location-based architecture reduces the amount of transmitted data required to control the lighting devices and, thus, reduces the radio bandwidth required to control the lighting devices. In other words, controlling devices “multicast” instructions and controlled devices “listen” for instructions and act only upon instructions that correspond to their respective location. Hand shaking or two-way communication between the controlling devices and the controlled devices is not required.
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1. A system for controlling a device using a location-based address, the system comprising:
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a) a first device configured to broadcast control signals containing location-based addresses and function codes, wherein the location based addresses are embedded within data fields that code for unchanging spacial locations within a floor plan of a building; and b) a second device configured to receive the control signals, wherein the second device includes a micro-processor programmed with a second device location descriptor corresponding to at least one of the unchanging spacial locations within the building, the second device being configured to automatically execute functions corresponding to the function codes in response to a match between the location-based addresses and the second device location descriptor corresponding to the at least one of the unchanging spacial locations within the building. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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- 13. A system comprising devices each having a micro-processor programmed with one or more location descriptors that correspond to fixed spacial locations within a floor plan of a building, the devices being configured to receive control signals containing data fields coded with location-based addresses that code for the fixed spacial locations within the floor plan of the building and function codes and automatically executing functions corresponding to the function codes in response to a match between the location-based addresses and the one or more location descriptors.
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17. A method of controlling a device commissioned with one or more location descriptors corresponding a fixed location within a floor plan of a building where the device is, the method comprising:
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a) transmitting control signals with function codes and with location-based addresses that code for the physical and fixed location of the device in a floor plan of the building; b) receiving the control signals at the device; and c) automatically executing functions from the device using a micro processor programmed to execute the functions corresponding to the function codes, based on a match between the one or more location descriptors and the location-based addresses. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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