Wireless lighting control system
First Claim
1. A lighting system, comprising:
- intelligent luminaires, each respective one of the intelligent luminaires comprising;
(a) a light source;
(b) a driver circuit coupled to the light source;
(c) a processor coupled to the driver circuit and configured to control light source operation via the driver;
(d) a dual-band wireless radio communication interface system configured for two way wireless communication for;
(i) unicast and multicast communication via a control network, over a first of two different wireless communication bands, of control and systems operations information, during luminaire operation and during control network operation over the first wireless communication band; and
(ii) point-to-point communication via a commissioning network with a mobile commissioning device, over a second of the two different wireless communication bands, of commissioning or maintenance information other than the control and systems operations information;
(e) a memory accessible to the processor; and
(f) programming in the memory which configures the processor to control operations of the respective intelligent luminaire, including the communications over the two different wireless communication bands via the dual-band wireless radio communication interface system;
a standalone intelligent control node, comprising;
(a) a switch or a detector;
(b) a sense circuit responsive to the switch or a detector to generate a sensing signal;
(c) a processor coupled to the sense circuit and configured to receive and respond to the sensing signal;
(d) a dual-band wireless radio communication interface system configured for two way wireless communication for;
(i) unicast and multicast communication via the control network, over the first of the two different wireless communication bands, of control and systems operations information, during illumination operation of the system and during control network operation over the first wireless communication band; and
(ii) point-to-point communication via the commissioning network with the mobile commissioning device, over the second of the two different wireless communication bands, of commissioning or maintenance information other than the control and systems operations information;
(e) a memory accessible to the processor of the standalone intelligent control node; and
(f) programming in the memory which configures the processor of the standalone intelligent control node to transmit information based on the sensing signal over the first of the two different wireless communication bands via the dual-band wireless radio communication interface system;
wherein each dual-band wireless radio communication interface system comprises;
a sub-gigahertz band radio transceiver for the wireless communications over the first band; and
a two gigahertz or higher band radio transceiver for the wireless communications over the second band.
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Abstract
A networked lighting control system includes a variety of lighting control devices, including intelligent luminaires, standalone intelligent control nodes, plug load controllers, and power packs that communicate over a wireless control network and a commissioning network. Each lighting control device includes a dual-band wireless radio communication interface system. The dual-band wireless radio communication interface system is configured for unicast and multicast communication over a first of two different wireless communication bands as well as point-to-point communication over a second wireless communication band. The standalone intelligence control node can be a wall switch or detector. Commissioning and provisioning of the lighting control system is performed over the second communication band via communications with a mobile device and lighting controls are carried out over the first communication band. The lighting control devices may be divided into light control groups or zones.
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20 Claims
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1. A lighting system, comprising:
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intelligent luminaires, each respective one of the intelligent luminaires comprising; (a) a light source; (b) a driver circuit coupled to the light source; (c) a processor coupled to the driver circuit and configured to control light source operation via the driver; (d) a dual-band wireless radio communication interface system configured for two way wireless communication for; (i) unicast and multicast communication via a control network, over a first of two different wireless communication bands, of control and systems operations information, during luminaire operation and during control network operation over the first wireless communication band; and (ii) point-to-point communication via a commissioning network with a mobile commissioning device, over a second of the two different wireless communication bands, of commissioning or maintenance information other than the control and systems operations information; (e) a memory accessible to the processor; and (f) programming in the memory which configures the processor to control operations of the respective intelligent luminaire, including the communications over the two different wireless communication bands via the dual-band wireless radio communication interface system; a standalone intelligent control node, comprising; (a) a switch or a detector; (b) a sense circuit responsive to the switch or a detector to generate a sensing signal; (c) a processor coupled to the sense circuit and configured to receive and respond to the sensing signal; (d) a dual-band wireless radio communication interface system configured for two way wireless communication for; (i) unicast and multicast communication via the control network, over the first of the two different wireless communication bands, of control and systems operations information, during illumination operation of the system and during control network operation over the first wireless communication band; and (ii) point-to-point communication via the commissioning network with the mobile commissioning device, over the second of the two different wireless communication bands, of commissioning or maintenance information other than the control and systems operations information; (e) a memory accessible to the processor of the standalone intelligent control node; and (f) programming in the memory which configures the processor of the standalone intelligent control node to transmit information based on the sensing signal over the first of the two different wireless communication bands via the dual-band wireless radio communication interface system; wherein each dual-band wireless radio communication interface system comprises; a sub-gigahertz band radio transceiver for the wireless communications over the first band; and a two gigahertz or higher band radio transceiver for the wireless communications over the second band. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A lighting system, comprising:
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intelligent luminaires, each respective one of the intelligent luminaires comprising; (a) a light source; (b) a driver circuit coupled to the light source; (c) a processor coupled to the driver circuit and configured to control light source operation via the driver; (d) a dual-band wireless radio communication interface system configured for two way wireless communication; (i) via a control network, over a first of two different wireless communication bands, of control and systems operations information, during luminaire operation and during control network operation over the first wireless communication band; and (ii) via a commissioning network with a mobile commissioning device, over a second of the two different wireless communication bands, of commissioning or maintenance information other than the control and systems operations information; (e) a memory accessible to the processor; and (f) programming in the memory which configures the processor to control operations of the respective intelligent luminaire, including the communications over the two different wireless communication bands via the dual-band wireless radio communication interface system; a standalone intelligent control node, comprising; (a) a switch or a detector; (b) a sense circuit responsive to the switch or a detector to generate a sensing signal; (c) a processor coupled to the sense circuit and configured to receive and respond to the sensing signal; (d) a dual-band wireless radio communication interface system configured for two way wireless communication; (i) via the control network, over the first of the two different wireless communication bands, of control and systems operations information, during illumination operation of the system and during control network operation over the first wireless communication band; and (ii) via the commissioning network with the mobile commissioning device, over the second of the two different wireless communication bands, of commissioning or maintenance information other than the control and systems operations information; (e) a memory accessible to the processor of the standalone intelligent control node; and (f) programming in the memory which configures the processor of the standalone intelligent control node to transmit information based on the sensing signal over the first of the two different wireless communication bands via the dual-band wireless radio communication interface system; wherein each dual-band wireless radio communication interface system comprises; a sub-gigahertz band radio transceiver for the wireless communications over the first band; and a two gigahertz or higher band radio transceiver for the wireless communications over the second band.
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