Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Identifying and controlling light-based communication (LCom)-enabled luminaires
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Application No.: US15128101Application Date: 2015-03-25
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Publication No.: US10237953B2Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Barry Stout , Christian Breuer , Anant Aggarwal
- Applicant: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Wilmington
- Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
- Current Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Wilmington
- Agent Yutian Ling
- International Application: PCT/US2015/022537 WO 20150325
- International Announcement: WO2015/148701 WO 20151001
- Main IPC: H05B37/02
- IPC: H05B37/02 ; H04B10/116 ; H04B10/00 ; H04M1/725 ; G08C17/02 ; H04L29/12 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
Techniques are disclosed for identifying and controlling light-based communication (LCom)-enabled luminaires. In some cases, the techniques include a luminaire communicating its ID to a computing device via one or more LCom signals. In some cases, a user may be able to aim a rear-facing camera of a smartphone at the luminaire desired to be controlled. Once the luminaire is in the field of view of the camera, the ID of the luminaire can be determined using one or more LCom signals received from the luminaire. The ID of the luminaire may be, for example, its internet protocol (IP) address or media access control (MAC) address or another unique identifier. Once a luminaire has been identified, commands can be issued to the luminaire to adjust one or more characteristics of the light output, such as changing the dimming percentage of the light output.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170099718A1 IDENTIFYING AND CONTROLLING LIGHT-BASED COMMUNICATION (LCOM)-ENABLED LUMINAIRES Public/Granted day:2017-04-06
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