Intelligent lighting control system learning exclusion apparatuses, systems, and methods

• US 9,967,959 B2
• Filed: 07/07/2017
• Issued: 05/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Savant Systems, LLC
• Original Assignee: Noon Home, Inc. (Savant Systems, LLC)
• Inventors: Lim Chi Cheung, Ann Claire, Lark, Jr., William
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thuy Vinh
• Application Number:
  US15/643,737
• Publication Number:
  US 20180014389A1
• Time in Patent Office: 305 Days
• Field of Search: 315292, 315308, 345661
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 21/02 Details
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2829 involving user profiles according to which the execution of a home appliance functionality is automatically triggered
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/618 Details of network addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• 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. The lighting control system includes a module housing, a graphical user interface coupled to the module housing and a switch control circuit positioned in the housing and including a processor. The processor is configured to modulate the flow of electrical energy to a lighting circuit via a dimmer circuit. The switch control circuit is electrically connected to the graphical user interface. The processor is also configured to identify a device identification address compare the identified device address with one or more registered identification addresses saved in a dataset. The processor is configured to catalogue a command received at the processor and at least one event parameter detected contemporaneously with receipt of the command, if the identified proximate device identification address corresponds to one of the one or more registered device identification addresses saved in the dataset.

Claims

1. A lighting control system comprising:

a module housing;

a graphical user interface 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, the switch control circuit electrically connected to the graphical user interface, wherein the processor is configured to identify a proximate Bluetooth identification address in response to a Bluetooth antenna coupled to the processor detecting the proximate Bluetooth identification address, the processor configured to compare the identified proximate Bluetooth identification address with one or more registered Bluetooth identification address saved in a dataset, the processor configured to;

1) catalogue a command received at the processor and at least one event parameter detected contemporaneously with receipt of the command, if the identified proximate Bluetooth identification address corresponds to one of the one or more registered Bluetooth identification addresses saved in the dataset, and

2) bypass cataloging the command received at the processor and the at least one event parameter detected contemporaneously with receipt of the command, if the identified proximate Bluetooth identification address fails to correspond to one of the one or more registered Bluetooth identification addresses saved in the dataset.

2. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one event parameter includes one or more of a time of day, a day of a week, a room location identification, an ambient light level sensed, and a connected device.

3. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to transmit a request to the proximate Bluetooth identification address in response to a failure of the identified proximate Bluetooth identification address to correspond to one of the one or more registered Bluetooth identification addresses saved in the dataset.

4. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to transmit a registration request to at least one of the one or more registered Bluetooth identification addresses saved in the dataset in response to a failure of the identified proximate Bluetooth identification address to correspond to one of the one or more registered Bluetooth identification addresses saved in the dataset.

5. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to transmit a notification to at least one of the one or more registered Bluetooth identification addresses saved in the dataset in response to a failure of the identified proximate Bluetooth identification address to correspond to one of the one or more registered Bluetooth identification addresses saved in the dataset.

6. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to cause an alarm signal to be transmitted in response to a failure of the identified proximate Bluetooth identification address to correspond to one of the one or more registered Bluetooth identification addresses saved in the dataset.

7. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to preclude activation of the graphical user interface in response to a failure of the identified proximate Bluetooth identification address to correspond to one of the one or more registered Bluetooth identification addresses saved in the dataset.

8. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to transmit a lighting control command to another switch controller in response to the identified proximate Bluetooth identification address corresponding to one of the one or more registered Bluetooth identification addresses saved in the dataset.

9. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to receive the command via the graphical user interface in response to the identified proximate Bluetooth identification address corresponding to one of the one or more registered Bluetooth identification addresses saved in the dataset.

10. The lighting control system according to claim 9, wherein the graphical user interface is configured for actuation by at least one of pivoting and sliding.

11. The lighting control system according to claim 9, wherein the graphical user interface is configured for actuation via swiping along a surface of the graphical user interface.

12. A lighting control system comprising:

a module housing;

a graphical user interface 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, the switch control circuit electrically connected to the graphical user interface, wherein the processor is configured to identify a proximate wireless signal identification address in response to an antenna coupled to the processor detecting the proximate wireless signal identification address, the processor configured to compare the identified proximate wireless signal identification address with one or more registered wireless signal identification addresses saved in a dataset, the processor configured to;

1) catalogue a command received at the processor and at least one event parameter detected contemporaneously with receipt of the command, if the identified proximate wireless signal identification address corresponds to one of the one or more registered wireless signal identification addresses saved in the dataset, and

2) bypass cataloging the command received at the processor and the at least one event parameter detected contemporaneously with receipt of the command, if the identified proximate wireless signal identification address fails to correspond to one of the one or more registered wireless signal identification addresses saved in the dataset.