Resettable lighting system and method

• US 9,936,566 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2015
• Issued: 04/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Feit Electric Company Incorporated
• Original Assignee: LiFi Labs, Inc. (Buddy Technologies Ltd.)
• Inventors: Alexander, Marc, Bosua, Phillip Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Daniel D
• Application Number:
  US14/933,878
• Publication Number:
  US 20160066397A1
• Time in Patent Office: 880 Days
• Field of Search: 315160, 315161, 315297, 315313
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/30 Driver circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/60 Circuit arrangements for operating LEDs comprising organic material, e.g. for operating organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] or polymer light-emitting diodes [PLED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/195 the transmission using visible or infrared light

Abstract

A lighting system, including: light emitting elements; a reset switch operable in a first and second state; non-volatile reset memory configured to record the state of the reset switch when power is provided to the system; a wireless communication system; non-volatile communication memory configured to store default settings and configuration settings; a control system operable, in response to initial power provision to the control system, between: a configured mode when an instantaneous reset switch state matches the recorded state, the configured mode including: connecting the wireless communication system to a remote device based on the configuration settings, receiving instructions from the remote device, and controlling light emitting element operation based on the instructions; and a reset mode when the instantaneous reset switch state differs from the recorded state, the reset mode including: erasing the configuration settings from the communication memory and operating the system based on the default settings.

Claims

1. A method for automated lighting system control, the lighting system including lighting elements, a processing system, nonvolatile communication memory, a vibration sensor, and a housing mounting the lighting elements, processing system, nonvolatile communication memory, and vibration sensor, the method comprising:

receiving power at the processing system from an external power source;

initiating an initiation routine in response to receiving external power at the processing system;

receiving configuration settings from a remote device during the initiation routine;

storing the configuration settings in the non-volatile communication memory;

connecting to an external network using the configuration settings;

receiving lighting element operation instructions from the remote device through the external network;

controlling operation of the lighting elements according to the lighting element operation instructions;

sampling vibration signals, indicative of lighting system vibration, with the vibration sensor;

detecting a reset event based on the vibration signals; and

erasing the configuration settings from the nonvolatile communication memory; and

initiating the initiation routine.

2. A method for automated lighting system control, the lighting system including a set of lighting elements, a vibration sensor, a processing system, and a housing mounting the set of lighting elements and the vibration sensor, the method comprising:

initiating an initiation routine in response to receiving external power at the processing system;

receiving configuration settings from a user device during the initiation routine;

storing the configuration settings in non-volatile communication memory;

connecting to an external network using the configuration settings;

sampling lighting system vibration signals with the vibration sensor;

detecting a lighting system operation event based on the lighting system vibration signals;

determining a set of operation instructions associated with the lighting system operation event;

automatically controlling lighting system operation according to the operation instructions with the processing system; and

in response to the lighting system operation event comprising a reset event;

erasing the set of configuration settings from the nonvolatile communication memory; and

initiating the initiation routine.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the configuration settings comprise WiFi configuration settings; and

the external network comprises an external WiFi network.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein detecting the lighting system operation event comprises detecting a vibration pattern from the vibration signals, the vibration pattern substantially matching a predetermined vibration pattern associated with the reset event.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the vibration sensor comprises a transducer physically connected to the housing, wherein the lighting system vibration signals comprise housing vibration signals.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein detecting the lighting system operation event comprises detecting a lighting system vibration pattern in the lighting system vibration signals, the lighting system vibration pattern substantially matching a predetermined lighting system vibration pattern.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the lighting system vibration signals comprise accelerometer measurements, wherein detecting the lighting system vibration pattern in the lighting system vibration signals comprises detecting a knocking pattern in the accelerometer measurements, the knocking pattern substantially matching a predetermined knocking pattern.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising sampling audio signals with an audio sensor on-board the lighting system, wherein detecting the lighting system operation event comprises detecting the lighting system operation event based on the audio signals.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the predetermined knocking pattern is indicative of knocking on the lighting system.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein automatically controlling lighting system operation according to the operation instructions comprises controlling lighting element operation to meet a predetermined set of emitted light parameters.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving the predetermined set of emitted light parameters from a user device connected to the lighting system through a wireless communication system; and

storing the predetermined set of emitted light parameters as the set of operation instructions.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the predetermined set of emitted light parameters are stored in a remote server, wherein determining the set of operation instructions comprises retrieving the predetermined set of emitted light parameters from the remote server by the processing system in response to detection of the lighting system operation event.

13. The method of claim 2, further comprising controlling operation of a remote device in response to lighting system operation event detection.

14. A lightbulb, comprising:

a set of lighting elements;

a wireless communication module;

a vibration sensor;

a processing system connected to the set of lighting elements, the wireless communication module, and the vibration sensor, the processor configured to;

determine lighting system acceleration based on vibration measurements from the vibration sensor;

determine operation instructions associated with the lighting system vibration measurements; and

control lightbulb operation based on the operation instructions;

nonvolatile communication memory electrically connected to the processing system, the nonvolatile communication memory configured to store configuration settings for connecting to an external network, wherein the set of operation instructions comprise reset instructions, the reset instructions comprising;

instructions to erase the configuration settings from the nonvolatile communication memory; and

instructions to initiate an initiation routine; and

a housing mounting the lighting elements, wireless communication module, vibration sensor, and processing system.

15. The lightbulb of claim 14, wherein the vibration sensor comprises an accelerometer, wherein the processing system is configured to determine the operation instructions associated with a predetermined acceleration pattern.

16. The lightbulb of claim 15, further comprising a microphone connected to the processing system and mounted by the housing, wherein the processing system is further configured to determine the operation instructions based on audio signals received from the microphone.

17. The lightbulb of claim 15, wherein the housing further comprises a threaded base electrically connected to the power supply, the threaded base complimentary to an external threaded socket, wherein the threaded base removably mounts the housing to the external threaded socket and receives external power provided by the external threaded socket;

and wherein the lightbulb further comprises a power supply electrically connected to the vibration sensor and processing system, the power supply mounted to the housing and configured to power the vibration sensor and processor when external power provision has ceased.

18. The lightbulb of claim 15, wherein the predetermined acceleration pattern comprises a knocking pattern.