公开(公告)号：US11470187B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-11

申请号：US15912021

申请日：2018-03-05

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Robert C. Newman, Jr. ,  Lawrence R. Carmen, Jr. ,  John H. Bull

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/66 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04L69/18

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load may include a controllably conductive device. The apparatus may also include a first wireless communication circuit that may be operable to communicate on a first wireless communication network via a first protocol and the first communication circuit may be in communication with the controller. The apparatus may also include a second communication circuit that may be operable to communicate on a second communication network via a second protocol. The controller may be further operable to control the first wireless communication circuit to communicate configuration data with the first wireless communication network via the first protocol. The controller may also be operable to control the second wireless communication circuit to communicate operational data with the second communication network via the second protocol.

公开(公告)号：US20220286533A9

公开(公告)日：2022-09-08

申请号：US15912021

申请日：2018-03-05

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Robert C. Newman, JR. ,  Lawrence R. Carmen, JR. ,  John H. Bull

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/66 ,  H04L12/28

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load may include a controllably conductive device. The apparatus may also include a first wireless communication circuit that may be operable to communicate on a first wireless communication network via a first protocol and the first communication circuit may be in communication with the controller. The apparatus may also include a second communication circuit that may be operable to communicate on a second communication network via a second protocol. The controller may be further operable to control the first wireless communication circuit to communicate configuration data with the first wireless communication network via the first protocol. The controller may also be operable to control the second wireless communication circuit to communicate operational data with the second communication network via the second protocol.

公开(公告)号：US20210240149A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-05

申请号：US17236813

申请日：2021-04-21

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Rhodes B. Baker ,  John H. Bull ,  William Bryce Fricke ,  Jason C. Killo ,  Galen Edgar Knode ,  Sanjeev Kumar ,  Sean R. Pearson ,  James Mathias Weber ,  Daniel L. Twaddell ,  Daniel Curtis Raneri ,  Timothy Mann ,  Sriram Gopalakrishnan ,  Jeffrey Karc ,  Greg Edward Sloan

IPC: G05B15/02 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H05B47/19 ,  H05B47/115 ,  H02J3/14

Abstract: A load control system may control an electrical load in a space of a building occupied by an occupant. The load control system may include a controller configured to determine the location of the occupant, and a load control device configured to automatically control the electrical load in response to the location of the occupant. The load control system may also include a mobile device adapted to be located on or immediately adjacent the occupant and configured to transmit and receive wireless signals. The load control device may be configured to automatically control the electrical load when the mobile device is located in the space. The load control system may further comprise an occupancy sensor and the load control device may automatically control the electrical load when the occupancy sensor indicates that the space is occupied and the mobile device is located in the space.

公开(公告)号：USD885417S1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-26

申请号：US29657865

申请日：2018-07-26

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Designer： Rhodes B. Baker ,  John H. Bull ,  Erica L. Clymer ,  Sanjeev Kumar ,  Jennifer Wong

公开(公告)号：US20250056695A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-13

申请号：US18930096

申请日：2024-10-29

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Rhodes B. Baker ,  John H. Bull

IPC: H05B47/105 ,  E06B9/68 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  H05B47/11 ,  H05B47/115 ,  H05B47/175 ,  H05B47/19

Abstract: A load control system may comprise an electrical load control device and/or a computing device. The electrical load control device may control, for example, motorized window treatments (e.g., shades), lighting controls, and/or sensors (e.g., occupancy, radio window, daylight, etc.). For example, a load control device comprising a motorized window treatment may control the position of a covering material in the window treatment. The computing device may comprise a processor and/or a graphical user interface (GUI). The computing device may be a server and/or a user device, such as a wireless user device (e.g., a cellular phone, tablet, or laptop computer). The computing device may be configured to provide graphical representations that may be displayed on a GUI based on load control information.

公开(公告)号：US20240223006A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-04

申请号：US18607748

申请日：2024-03-18

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Walter S. Zaharchuk ,  Timothy S. Majewski ,  Christopher Buck ,  Daniel Vander Valk ,  John H. Bull ,  Joel S. Spira

IPC: H02J13/00 ,  H02J3/00 ,  H02J3/14 ,  H02J4/00 ,  H02J50/80 ,  H04B7/04 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04H20/00 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H05B47/10 ,  H05B47/19 ,  G08C17/02 ,  H05B47/165 ,  H05B47/17

CPC classification number: H02J13/00024 ,  H02J3/00 ,  H02J3/14 ,  H02J4/00 ,  H02J13/00004 ,  H02J13/00022 ,  H02J13/00026 ,  H02J50/80 ,  H04B7/04 ,  H04B7/0608 ,  H04H20/00 ,  H04L12/2816 ,  H05B47/10 ,  H05B47/19 ,  G08C17/02 ,  H02J2310/14 ,  H05B47/165 ,  H05B47/17 ,  Y02B70/30 ,  Y02B70/3225 ,  Y02B90/20 ,  Y02D30/70 ,  Y04S20/20 ,  Y04S20/222 ,  Y04S20/244 ,  Y04S20/246 ,  Y04S40/00 ,  Y04S40/126

Abstract: A load control system for controlling the amount of power delivered from an AC power source to a plurality of electrical load includes a plurality of independent units responsive to a broadcast controller. Each independent unit includes at least one commander and at least one energy controller for controlling at least one of the electrical loads in response to a control signal received from the commander. The independent units are configured and operate independent of each other. The broadcast controller transmits wireless signals to the energy controllers of the independent units. The energy controllers do not respond to control signals received from the commanders of other independent units, but the energy controllers of both independent units respond to the wireless signals transmitted by broadcast controller. The energy controller may operate in different operating modes in response to the wireless signals transmitted by the broadcast controller.

公开(公告)号：US20240120736A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-11

申请号：US18543865

申请日：2023-12-18

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Edward J. Blair ,  John H. Bull ,  Samuel F. Chambers ,  Stuart W. DeJonge ,  Joseph R. Parks

IPC: H02J1/08 ,  H02J7/00

CPC classification number: H02J1/084 ,  H02J7/00032 ,  H02J7/00712

Abstract: A control system may include a direct-current (DC) power bus for charging (e.g., trickle charging) internal energy storage elements in control devices of the control system. For example, the control devices may be motorized window treatments configured to adjust a position of a covering material to control the amount of daylight entering a space. The system may include a DC power supply that may generate a DC voltage on the DC power bus. For example, the DC power bus may extend from the DC power supply around the perimeter of a floor of the building and may be connected to all of the motorized window treatments on the floor (e.g., in a daisy-chain configuration). Wiring the DC power bus in such a manner may dramatically reduce the installation labor and wiring costs of an installation, as well as decreasing the chance of a miswire.

公开(公告)号：US20230284363A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-07

申请号：US18315694

申请日：2023-05-11

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： Rhodes B. Baker ,  Kyle Thomas Barco ,  Bryan Robert Barnes ,  John H. Bull ,  Richard S. Camden ,  Jordan H. Crafts ,  David J. Dolan ,  Jason Groller ,  Sanjeev Kumar ,  Jonathan T. Lenz ,  Miguel Aguado Pelaez ,  Daniel L. Twaddell

IPC: H05B47/195 ,  H04W76/14 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04B10/116 ,  H04W4/02 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H02J13/00 ,  H05B47/19 ,  H04W4/06 ,  H04W16/28 ,  H04W52/34 ,  H04W4/33

CPC classification number: H05B47/195 ,  H02J13/00019 ,  H04B10/116 ,  H04W4/023 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/06 ,  H04W4/33 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W16/28 ,  H04W52/0245 ,  H04W52/343 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W76/14 ,  H05B47/19 ,  H04B17/318

Abstract: A load control system may include control devices capable of being associated with each other at one or more locations for performing load control. Control devices may include control-source devices and/or control-target devices. A location beacon may be discovered and a unique identifier in the location beacon may be associated with a unique identifier of one or more control devices. Upon subsequent discovery of the location beacon, the associated load control devices may be controlled. The beacons may be communicated via radio frequency signals, visible light communication, and/or audio signals. The visible light communication may be used to communicate other types of information to devices in the load control system. The visible light communication may be used to identify link addresses for communicating with load control devices, load control instructions, load control configuration instructions, network communication information, and/or the like. The information in the beacons may be used to commission and/or control the load control system.

公开(公告)号：USD969857S1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US29804722

申请日：2021-08-23

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Designer： Karelys Alfonzo ,  Rhodes B. Baker ,  John H. Bull ,  Erica L. Clymer ,  Sanjeev Kumar ,  Aaron Peters ,  Rahul Subramany ,  Shannon M. Sullivan

公开(公告)号：US11368337B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-21

申请号：US16903261

申请日：2020-06-16

Applicant: Lutron Technology Company LLC

Inventor： John H. Bull ,  Ram K. Prasad

IPC: H04L12/66 ,  H04L43/04 ,  H04L67/125 ,  H04L43/0817

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for using one or more gateway systems for integrating multiple load control systems running multiple versions of software such that the load control systems may appear to a user and be controlled by the user as a unified load control system. Gateways that manage or have managed the same resource may be organized into a Gateway Group. Gateway Groups names may be used for prefix attachment to facilitate routing. For example, a Composite Gateway may receive a request associated with a resource from a user. The Composite Gateway may determine which Gateway actively manages that resource and/or is the Gateway is a member of a Gateway Group. The composite Gateway may then apply one or more policies to facilitate the request. For example, if the Composite Gateway receives an information request, it may apply an authorization policy, a routing policy, and/or an aggregation policy.