Remote light control, configuration, and monitoring

• US 10,595,384 B2
• Filed: 08/20/2019
• Issued: 03/17/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation (Techtronic Industries Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation (Techtronic Industries Company Limited)
• Inventors: Isaacs, Jason, Verbrugge, Brandon L., Mergener, Matthew J., Stampfl, Burtrom L., Matson, Stephen, Coulis, Christian, Schneider, Scott, Schermerhorn, Josh, Simeone, Thomas G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Philogene, Haissa
• Application Number:
  US16/545,616
• Publication Number:
  US 20190373707A1
• Time in Patent Office: 210 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B25F 5/00 Details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B25F 5/02 Construction of casings, bodies or handles B25F5/006, B25F5/008 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/105 in response to determined parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/115 by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/1965 using handheld communication devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

A system of light devices including a first light device and a second light device. The first light device having a first housing, a first light, a first transceiver, a first electronic processor. The second light having a second housing, a second light, a second transceiver, a second electronic processor. The first electronic processor is coupled to the first light and the first transceiver, and configured to control operation of the first light, and transmit, via the first transceiver a command to the second light device. The second electronic processor coupled to the second light and the second transceiver, and configured to receive, via the second transceiver, the command from the first light device, and change an operational parameter of the second light in response to the command from the first light device.

Claims

1. An external device comprising:

a display;

a device transceiver; and

an electronic processor configured to

display a list of battery-powered self-standing light devices on a first screen of the display, wherein the external device is configured to communicate with each light device included in the list of light devices,

receive, via the display, a selection of a first light device included in the list of light devices,

in response to receiving the selection of the first light device, display a home screen for the first light device on the display, wherein the home screen includes an icon of the first light device and a selectable option,

receive, via the display, a selection of the selectable option,

in response to receiving the selection of the selectable option, display a settings screen on the display, wherein the settings screen includes a plurality of settings configured to be manipulated by a user to control parameters of the first light device,

receive, via the display, a user input that manipulates at least one setting of the plurality of settings, and

in response to receiving the user input that manipulates the at least one setting of the plurality of settings, transmit a command, via the device transceiver, to the first light device to control at least one parameter of the first light device in accordance with the received user input.

2. The external device of claim 1, wherein the at least one setting includes an on/off setting, and wherein the at least one parameter includes whether the first light device is powered on/off.

3. The external device of claim 1, wherein the at least one setting includes a brightness level setting, and wherein the at least one parameter includes a brightness level of the first light device.

4. The external device of claim 1, wherein the at least one setting includes a schedule setting, and wherein the at least one parameter includes controlling operation of the first light device at a future time based on the user input.

5. The external device of claim 4, wherein the schedule setting further includes a brightness level setting, and wherein the at least one parameter further includes controlling a brightness level of the first light device at the future time based on the brightness level setting.

6. The external device of claim 1, wherein the at least one setting includes an economy setting, and wherein the at least one parameter includes reducing a power consumption of the first light device.

7. The external device of claim 1, wherein the first screen includes the icon of the first light device adjacent to a name of the first light device that is included in the list of light devices.

8. The external device of claim 1, wherein the electronic processor is configured to:

receive, via the device transceiver, usage information of the first light device from the first light device; and

display the usage information of the first light device on the display.

9. The external device of claim 1, wherein the electronic processor is configured to:

receive, via the display, a second user input configured to manipulate an on/off setting for a plurality of light devices;

in response to receiving the second user input, transmit a second command, via the device transceiver, to the plurality of light devices to control the plurality of light devices to be on/off in accordance with the received second user input.

10. A method of controlling a light device, the method comprising:

displaying a list of battery-powered self-standing light devices on a first screen of a display of an external device, wherein the external device is configured to communicate, with a device transceiver of the external device, with each light device included in the list of light devices;

receiving, via the display and with an electronic processor of the external device, a selection of a first light device included in the list of light devices;

in response to receiving the selection of the first light device, displaying a home screen for the first light device on the display, wherein the home screen includes an icon of the first light device and a selectable option;

receiving, via the display and with the electronic processor, a selection of the selectable option;

in response to receiving the selection of the selectable option, displaying a settings screen on the display, wherein the settings screen includes a plurality of settings configured to be manipulated by a user to control parameters of the first light device;

receiving, via the display and with the electronic processor, a user input that manipulates at least one setting of the plurality of settings; and

in response to receiving the user input that manipulates the at least one setting of the plurality of settings, transmitting a command, via the device transceiver, to the first light device to control at least one parameter of the first light device in accordance with the received user input.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one setting includes an on/off setting, and wherein the at least one parameter includes whether the first light device is powered on/off.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one setting includes a brightness level setting, and wherein the at least one parameter includes a brightness level of the first light device.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one setting includes a schedule setting, and wherein the at least one parameter includes controlling operation of the first light device at a future time based on the user input.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the schedule setting further includes a brightness level setting, and wherein the at least one parameter further includes controlling a brightness level of the first light device at the future time based on the brightness level setting.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one setting includes an economy setting, and wherein the at least one parameter includes reducing a power consumption of the first light device.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the first screen includes the icon of the first light device adjacent to a name of the first light device that is included in the list of light devices.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, via the device transceiver, usage information of the first light device from the first light device; and

displaying the usage information of the first light device on the display.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, via the display and with the electronic processor, a second user input configured to manipulate an on/off setting for a plurality of light devices;

in response to receiving the second user input, transmitting a second command, via the device transceiver, to the plurality of light devices to control the plurality of light devices to be on/off in accordance with the received second user input.

19. A light device control system comprising:

an external device including

a display,

an external device transceiver, and

an external device electronic processor configured to

display a list of battery-powered self-standing light devices on a first screen of the display, wherein the external device is configured to communicate with each light device included in the list of light devices,

receive, via the display, a selection of a first light device included in the list of light devices,

in response to receiving the selection of the first light device, display a home screen for the first light device on the display, wherein the home screen includes an icon of the first light device and a selectable option,

receive, via the display, a selection of the selectable option,

in response to receiving the selection of the selectable option, display a settings screen on the display, wherein the settings screen includes a plurality of settings configured to be manipulated by a user to control parameters of the first light device,

receive, via the display, a user input that manipulates at least one setting of the plurality of settings, and

in response to receiving the user input that manipulates the at least one setting of the plurality of settings, transmit a command, via the external device transceiver, to the first light device based on the received user input; and

the first light device including

a housing,

a first light supported by the housing,

a light device transceiver supported by the housing, and

a light device electronic processor coupled to the first light and the light device transceiver, wherein the light device electronic processor is configured to

receive the command via the light device transceiver, and

control at least one parameter of the first light in accordance with the command.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the external device electronic processor is configured to:

receive, via the external device transceiver, usage information of the first light device from the first light device; and

display the usage information of the first light device on the display.