Remotely adjustable solid-state lamp
First Claim
1. A method of operation of a handheld computing device which includes at least one antenna, at least one transceiver communicatively coupled to the at least one antenna, a number of user input elements, at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one transceiver, the number of user input elements, and at least one non-transitory storage medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and which stores processor executable instructions, the method comprising:
- creating a first group logical association between two or more luminaires to form a first set from all available luminaires for common configuration of the two or more luminaires in the first set;
determining via the processor a subset of luminaires of the first group which are within a communications range of the handheld computing device at a first time;
transmitting signals via the transceiver only to the subset of luminaires of the first group, the signals to include configuration information to the luminaires in the first set of luminaires;
transmitting via the transceiver to other luminaires of the first group as the other luminaires fall within the communications range of the handheld computing device at a second time, as a relative position of the handheld computing device changes with respect to the other luminaires; and
responsive to successful receipt of the configuration information by a luminaire within the first set, receiving via the transceiver a unique acknowledgement message broadcast by the luminaire.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a remotely adjustable lighting system. The lighting system includes a luminaire including one or more solid-state light systems and a non-line-of-sight wireless transceiver. The output intensity of the solid-state light systems is adjustable. The non-line-of-sight transceiver in the luminaire can receive one or more non-line-of-sight wireless signals transmitted by a transceiver in a general purpose handheld computing device. Instructions and data including configuration and output intensity adjustments may be communicated between the general purpose handheld computing device and the luminaire via one or more non-line-of-sight wireless signals.
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31 Claims
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1. A method of operation of a handheld computing device which includes at least one antenna, at least one transceiver communicatively coupled to the at least one antenna, a number of user input elements, at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one transceiver, the number of user input elements, and at least one non-transitory storage medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and which stores processor executable instructions, the method comprising:
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creating a first group logical association between two or more luminaires to form a first set from all available luminaires for common configuration of the two or more luminaires in the first set; determining via the processor a subset of luminaires of the first group which are within a communications range of the handheld computing device at a first time; transmitting signals via the transceiver only to the subset of luminaires of the first group, the signals to include configuration information to the luminaires in the first set of luminaires; transmitting via the transceiver to other luminaires of the first group as the other luminaires fall within the communications range of the handheld computing device at a second time, as a relative position of the handheld computing device changes with respect to the other luminaires; and responsive to successful receipt of the configuration information by a luminaire within the first set, receiving via the transceiver a unique acknowledgement message broadcast by the luminaire. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of operation of a handheld computing device which includes at least one antenna, at least one transceiver communicatively coupled to the at least one antenna, a number of user input elements, at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one transceiver, the number of user input elements, and at least one non-transitory storage medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and which stores processor executable instructions, the method comprising:
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creating, by the at least one processor, a first group logical association between two or more luminaires which form a first set of all available luminaires for common configuration of the two or more luminaires in the first set; creating, the at least one processor, a second group logical association between two or more luminaires which form a second set of all available luminaires for common configuration of the two or more luminaires in the second set, the second set not coextensive with the first set; transmitting signals via the transceiver, the signals to include configuration information to the luminaires in the first set of luminaires; transmitting signals via the transceiver, the signals to include configuration information to the luminaires in the second set of luminaires; determining via the processor a first subset of luminaires of the first group which are within a communications range of the handheld computing device at a first time; determining via the processor a second subset of luminaires of the second group which are within the communications range of the handheld computing device at the first time; transmitting signals via the transceiver, the signals to include configuration information only to the first subset of luminaires; transmitting signals via the transceiver, the signals to include configuration information only to the second subset of luminaires; transmitting to other luminaires of the first set as the other luminaires fall within the communications range of the handheld computing device at a second time, as a relative position of the handheld computing device changes with respect to the other luminaires in the first set; and transmitting to other luminaires of the second set as the other luminaires fall within the communications range of the handheld computing device at the second time, as the relative position of the handheld computing device changes with respect to the other luminaires in the second set. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A handheld computing device, comprising:
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at least one antenna; at least one transceiver communicatively coupled to the at least one antenna to provide wireless, non-line-of-sight communications with at least one luminaire having at least one solid-state light source; at least one user interface device; at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one transceiver and communicatively coupled to the at least one at least one user interface device, and at least one non-transitory storage medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor and which stores at least one of processor executable instructions or data, which when executed by the at least one processor causes the at least one processor to; present a user interface via the at least one user interface device; receive user input via the at least one user interface device, the user input which specifies two or more luminaires to form a first set of luminaires and two or more luminaires to form a second set of luminaires; create a first group logical association between the two or more luminaires which form the first set of luminaires from all available luminaires for common configuration of the two or more luminaires in the first set; create a second group logical association between the two or more luminaires which form the second set of luminaires from all available luminaires for common configuration of the two or more luminaires in the second set, the second set not coextensive with the first set; determine a first subset of luminaires of the first group which are within a communications range of the handheld computing device at a first time; determine a second subset of luminaires of the second group which are within the communications range of the handheld computing device at the first time; wirelessly transmit signals to only to the first subset of luminaires in the first set of luminaires via the at least one transceiver and the at least one antenna, the signals which include configuration information for the first set of luminaires; wirelessly transmit signals to only to the second subset of luminaires in the second set of luminaires via the at least one transceiver and the at least one antenna, the signals which include configuration information for the luminaires in the second set of luminaires; cause the transceiver to transmit signals to other luminaires of the first set as the other luminaires come within the communications range of the handheld computing device at a second time, as a relative position of the handheld computing device changes with respect to the other luminaires in the first set; and cause the transceiver to transmit to other luminaires of the second set as the other luminaires come within the communications range of the handheld computing device at the second time, as the relative position of the handheld computing device changes with respect to the other luminaires in the second set. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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