OCCUPANCY-BASED CONTROL SYSTEM

• US 20110156911A1
• Filed: 12/30/2009
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Company Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Company Incorporated
• Inventors: Caglianone, Vincent John
• Application Number:
  US12/649,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20110156911A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0423 Input/output
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/21021 Intelligent I-O, executes tasks independently from main cpu
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25187 Transmission of signals, medium, ultrasonic, radio

Abstract

A system including an assembly; a sensor substantially encapsulated in the assembly and configured to sense an environment associated with the assembly to generate an occupancy signal; a wireless transmitter substantially encapsulated in the assembly; and a controller configured to transmit a remote control command with the wireless transmitter in response to the occupancy signal.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

an assembly;

a sensor substantially encapsulated in the assembly and configured to sense an environment associated with the assembly to generate an occupancy signal;

a wireless transmitter substantially encapsulated in the assembly; and

a controller configured to transmit a remote control command with the wireless transmitter in response to the occupancy signal.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless transmitter is an infrared transmitter.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote control command is an off command.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to transmit the off command in response to the occupancy signal indicating an unoccupied state.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote control command is an on command.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the controller is configured to transmit the on command in response to the occupancy signal indicating an occupied state.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to transmit a plurality of remote control commands with the wireless transmitter in response to the occupancy signal, wherein each of the remote control commands is associated with a different device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein each of the remote control commands encodes a control command in a format different from the other remote control commands.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a communication interface substantially encapsulated in the assembly and substantially separate from the wireless transmitter, wherein the controller is configured to communicate with an automation system through the communication interface.

10. A transceiver comprising:

an assembly;

a communication interface substantially encapsulated in the assembly and configured to receive an occupancy signal;

a wireless transmitter substantially encapsulated in the assembly; and

a controller configured to transmit a remote control command with the wireless transmitter in response to the occupancy signal.

11. The transceiver of claim 10, wherein the wireless transmitter is an infrared transmitter.

12. The transceiver of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to transmit a plurality of remote control commands with the wireless transmitter in response to the occupancy signal, wherein a format of each of the remote control commands is associated with a different device.

13. The transceiver of claim 10, wherein the assembly is configured to be mounted to a device with a wireless receiver such that the wireless transmitter is aligned to the wireless receiver.

14. A method, comprising:

sensing an occupancy state of a space; and

wirelessly transmitting a remote control command in response to the occupancy state.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein wirelessly transmitting the remote control command further comprises transmitting the remote control command with an infrared transmitter.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

sensing an unoccupied state of the space; and

wirelessly transmitting an off command as the remote control command.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein wirelessly transmitting the remote control command comprises wirelessly transmitting a plurality of remote control commands, each remote control command having a different format and associated with a different device.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

sensing an occupied state of the space; and

wirelessly transmitting an on command as the remote control command.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving an occupancy signal encoding the occupied state through a network for an automation system;

wherein wirelessly transmitting the remote control command comprises wirelessly transmitting the remote control command in response to the occupancy signal.

20. A system comprising:

a device with a wireless control interface;

an occupancy sensor;

a wireless transmitter; and

a controller configured to transmit a remote control command with the wireless transmitter to the device in response to the occupancy sensor.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the device is a television.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein the device is an audio/visual system.

23. The system of claim 20, wherein the occupancy sensor, the device, and the wireless transmitter are in substantially the same room.

24. The system of claim 20, wherein the occupancy sensor is in a room substantially separate from the device and the wireless transmitter.

25. The system of claim 20, further comprising an automation system network, wherein the occupancy sensor and the controller are coupled together through the automation system network.