公开(公告)号：US20220276623A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-01

申请号：US17744945

申请日：2022-05-16

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Arya Abraham ,  Nicholas J. Braskey ,  Brian M. Courtney ,  William H. Howe

IPC: G05B15/02 ,  H04L12/28 ,  F21V23/04 ,  G05B11/28 ,  H05B47/175 ,  H05B47/19

Abstract: Control-source devices may be associated with control-target devices of a load control system during a configuration procedure, such that the control-target devices are responsive to the associated control-source devices during normal operation. The configuration procedure may be executed using a network device having a visual display for associating the control-source devices and control-target devices. The control-source devices may be associated with the control-target devices on an area-by-area basis using an area configuration procedure. The control-target devices may be configured to flash a controlled lighting load according to a flashing profile during the configuration procedure. The flashing profile may be characterized by at least one abrupt transition between off and on, and at least one gradual transition between off and on, where the abrupt and gradual transitions are repeated on a periodic basis.

公开(公告)号：US11425811B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-23

申请号：US16875663

申请日：2020-05-15

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Alexander S. Petersen ,  Jaykrishna A. Shukla

IPC: H05B47/19 ,  H05B47/165 ,  H05B47/105 ,  H05B41/39

Abstract: A remote control device may be configured to transmit command messages based on user interactions. The remote control device may receive an indication of a user interaction and transmit a command message based on the indication of the user interaction. The command message may include a command to adjust an intensity level of a lighting device and a fade period. The fade period may include the period of time over which the lighting device is to transition to the intensity level. After a transmission interval period of time from when the command message was transmitted elapses and based on a subsequent user interaction, the remote control device may transmit another command message, which may include a command for the lighting device to adjust to another intensity level over the fade period. The fade period may be longer than the transmission interval.

公开(公告)号：US20220248520A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-04

申请号：US17727887

申请日：2022-04-25

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： William Taylor Shivell ,  Matthew Philip McDonald

IPC: H05B47/11 ,  H01H13/83 ,  G09G3/34

Abstract: A wall-mounted keypad may include a light detector circuit located inside the keypad that is configured to measure an ambient light level in a space. The light detector circuit may receive ambient light through an aperture that is hidden from view by the keypad. The keypad may include a reflector for directing ambient light onto the light detector circuit. The keypad may include an enclosure that houses the light detector circuit. The enclosure may define a recess that exposes at least a portion of the light detector circuit. The enclosure may include a reflector that may focus ambient light received through the aperture onto the light detector circuit. The keypad may include a control circuit that may be configured to illuminate the indicia of respective buttons of the control device in response to actuations of the one or more buttons, in accordance with the measured ambient light level.

公开(公告)号：US20220239529A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-28

申请号：US17717221

申请日：2022-04-11

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Kyle Thomas Barco ,  Bryan Robert Barnes ,  Erica L. Clymer ,  Brian Michael Courtney ,  Jordan H. Crafts ,  William Bryce Fricke ,  Galen Edgar Knode ,  Sanjeev Kumar ,  Jonathan T. Lenz ,  Stephen M. Ludwig, JR. ,  Sandeep Mudabail Raghuram ,  Richard M. Walsh, III

IPC: H04L12/46 ,  H05B47/19 ,  G05B15/02 ,  H02J13/00

Abstract: A load control system may include control devices for controlling power provided to an electrical load. The control devices may include a control-source device and a control-target device. The control-target device may control the power provided to the electrical load based on digital messages received from the control-source device. The control devices may include a load control discovery device capable of sending discovery messages configured to discover control devices within a location. The discovered control devices may be organized by signal strength and may be provided to a network device to enable association of the discovered control devices within a location. The discovery messages may be transmitted within an established discovery range. The discovery range may be adjusted to discover different control devices. Different control devices may be identified as the load control discovery device for discovering different control devices.

公开(公告)号：US20220239518A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-28

申请号：US17586948

申请日：2022-01-28

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： John C. Browne, JR. ,  Sean Henley ,  Ratan Dominic Rego ,  William Bryce Fricke ,  Robert D. Stevens, JR.

IPC: H04L12/28 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H05B47/19 ,  H05B47/175

Abstract: An energy control network may include a number of load control devices, such as dimmer switches, multi-button selector switch, occupancy sensors, and remote controllers, among others. These load control devices may be configured for wireless communication. Other wireless devices, such as laptops, tablets, and “smart” cellular phones may be configured to communicate with the load control devices of the energy control network. The load control devices and the other wireless communication devices may also be configured for Near Field Communication (NFC). NFC may be used to provide a load control device with its initial default configuration and/or an application specific configuration. Also, NFC may be used to transfer a configuration from one load control device that may have become faulty, to a replacement load control device. And NFC may be used to provide and trigger commands that may cause a load control load device to operate in a predetermined manner.

公开(公告)号：US20220232362A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-21

申请号：US17716607

申请日：2022-04-08

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Timothy Mann

IPC: H04W4/80 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04L12/66 ,  H05B47/19

Abstract: A load control system may include one or more wireless control devices that may be associated via a programming device. An identifier for a first wireless control device may be determined in response to an actuation of a button on the first wireless control device. An association between the first wireless control device and a second wireless control device may be defined at the programming device. The identifier for the first wireless control device may be transmitted to the second wireless control device, which may cause the first wireless control device to enter a sleep mode. The first wireless control device may enter the sleep mode after an actuation of a button on the first wireless control device. The identifier may be determined in response to the actuation of the button on the first wireless control device and/or prior to the first wireless control device entering the sleep mode.

公开(公告)号：US20220231506A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-21

申请号：US17717278

申请日：2022-04-11

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Robert Bollinger, JR. ,  Dragan Veskovic

IPC: H02J3/14 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q7/00 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  H02J50/20 ,  H02J13/00 ,  H01R13/11 ,  H01R13/66 ,  H04B1/16

Abstract: A controllable electrical outlet may comprise a resonant loop antenna. The resonant loop antenna may comprise a feed loop electrically coupled to a radio-frequency (RF) communication circuit and a main loop magnetically coupled to the feed loop. The controllable electrical outlet may comprise one or more electrical receptacles configured to receive a plug of a plug-in electrical load and may be configured to control power delivered to the plug-in electrical load in response to an RF signal received via the RF communication circuit. The RF performance of the controllable electrical outlet may be substantially immune to devices plugged into the receptacles (e.g., plugs, power supplies, etc.) due to the operation of the resonant loop antenna. For example, degradation of the RF performance of the controllable electrical outlet may be less when the controllable electrical outlet includes the resonant loop antenna rather than other types of antennas.

公开(公告)号：US20220224300A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-14

申请号：US17586844

申请日：2022-01-28

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Galen E. Knode

IPC: H03G3/32 ,  H04R3/00 ,  H04R29/00 ,  H03G3/02 ,  H03G3/30

Abstract: Described herein is an audio device with a microphone which may adapt the audio output volume of a speaker by either increasing or decreasing output volume based on an audio input volume from a user and a distance from the user to the audio device. The audio device may also adapt its output volume to lower the audio output based on detecting one or more interruptions including occupancy and acoustic sounds.

公开(公告)号：US11388677B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-12

申请号：US16852245

申请日：2020-04-17

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Ankit Bhutani ,  Richard S. Camden ,  Kaiming Li

IPC: H04W52/18 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H05B47/19 ,  H04W52/22 ,  H04L1/18

Abstract: A control device may be configured to transmit messages using an adaptive transmit power. The control device may determine a transmit power for transmitting the message based on a command in the message. The control device may determine a transmit power based on a change in lighting intensity caused by the command. The transmit power may be greater when the change in lighting intensity is above a threshold than when the change in light intensity is below the threshold. The control device may determine whether the message was successfully received based on the receipt of an acknowledgement message. The control device may increase the transmit power when the message fails to be received and retransmit the message including the command at an increased transmit power. The control device may store (e.g., learn) the increased transmit power for later use.

公开(公告)号：US20220217830A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-07

申请号：US17699532

申请日：2022-03-21

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Dragan Veskovic

IPC: H05B47/18 ,  H05B45/10 ,  H05B47/10 ,  H05B47/185 ,  G06K7/10

Abstract: A method of automatically programming a new load control device that replaces an old load control device takes advantage of a remote identification tag (e.g., an RFID tag) located in the vicinity of the old device. The remote identification tag stores an identifier that is representative of a location in which the old device is installed. The method includes the steps of: (1) storing a setting of an old device in a memory of a controller; (2) associating the setting with the identifier of the old device in the memory of the controller; (3) the new device retrieving the identifier from the remote identification tag after the new device is installed in the location of the old device; (4) the new device transmitting the identifier to the controller; and (5) the controller transmitting the setting of the old device to the new device in response to receiving the identifier.