公开(公告)号：US08706271B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-22

申请号：US13028900

申请日：2011-02-16

申请人： Mark Covaro ,  David Leonard

发明人： Mark Covaro ,  David Leonard

IPC分类号： G06F17/00 ,  H04B10/00 ,  H03F3/08 ,  G01J1/20 ,  H01J1/00 ,  G06T17/00

CPC分类号： H05B37/0272 ,  H05B37/0218 ,  Y02B20/46

摘要： A system may communicate between a display device and a lighting system using light generated by the display device and a light sensor in the lighting system. A computing device and a building control system may communication over a wireless link. The building control system may determine that the computing device is co-located with a fixture in the building control system based on whether communication over the wireless link between the computing device and the building control system is detected.

摘要翻译： 系统可以使用由显示装置产生的光和照明系统中的光传感器在显示装置和照明系统之间进行通信。 计算设备和建筑物控制系统可以通过无线链路进行通信。 基于是否检测到在计算设备和建筑物控制系统之间的无线链路上的通信，建筑物控制系统可以确定计算设备与建筑物控制系统中的固定装置位于同一位置。

公开(公告)号：US08662734B2

公开(公告)日：2014-03-04

申请号：US13212659

申请日：2011-08-18

申请人： Mark Covaro

发明人： Mark Covaro

IPC分类号： H01R25/16 ,  F21S4/00 ,  F21V21/35

CPC分类号： H01R25/16 ,  F21V21/34 ,  F21Y2115/10

摘要： A flexible multi-line conductor and multiple luminaire connectors may be provided. Each one of the luminaire connectors may be coupled to a corresponding luminaire and the flexible multi-line conductor. Each of the luminaire connectors may be moveable relative to each other. The flexible multi-line conductor may bend in response to movement of any of the luminaire connectors relative to each other. The flexible multi-line conductor may include multiple conductors. Each one of the luminaire connectors may couple a corresponding one of the luminaires to a different set of the conductors than the other luminaire connectors couple to the other luminaires.

摘要翻译： 可以提供柔性多线导体和多个灯具连接器。 照明器连接器中的每一个可以耦合到相应的灯具和柔性多线导体。 每个照明器连接器可以相对于彼此是可移动的。 柔性多线导体可以响应于任何照明器件连接器相对于彼此的移动而弯曲。 柔性多线导体可以包括多个导体。 灯具连接器中的每一个可以将相应的一个照明器耦合到不同的一组导体，而不是将另一个灯具连接器耦合到另一个灯具。

公开(公告)号：US20130107245A1

公开(公告)日：2013-05-02

申请号：US13281768

申请日：2011-10-26

申请人： Mark Covaro

发明人： Mark Covaro

IPC分类号： G01N21/35

CPC分类号： G07C1/00 ,  G08B13/191

摘要： A system to detect occupants is provided. The system may rotate the field of views of multiple sensors in order to scan an area. The system may scan the area multiple times. The system may determine the number of occupants in the area based on a comparison of a scan of the area with a scan of the area when the area is determined to be unoccupied. The system may determine the number of occupants in the area based on a maximum number of occupants detected by any of the sensors. The system may also determine a location of an object or an occupant from scans of the area obtained from multiple sensors.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种检测乘客的系统。 系统可以旋转多个传感器的视野以便扫描一个区域。 系统可以多次扫描该区域。 该系统可以基于当该区域被确定为空闲时该区域的扫描与该区域的扫描的比较来确定该区域中的居住者的数量。 该系统可以基于由任何传感器检测到的最大乘客数量来确定该区域中的乘客人数。 系统还可以根据从多个传感器获得的区域的扫描来确定对象或乘员的位置。

公开(公告)号：US08390441B2

公开(公告)日：2013-03-05

申请号：US13568895

申请日：2012-08-07

申请人： Mark Covaro ,  Dave Leonard

发明人： Mark Covaro ,  Dave Leonard

IPC分类号： G08B1/08

CPC分类号： H02J13/0096 ,  G05F1/577 ,  H02J13/0003 ,  H04B3/548 ,  H04B2203/5441 ,  H04B2203/5445 ,  H04B2203/545 ,  H04B2203/547 ,  H05B37/02 ,  H05B37/0263 ,  Y02B20/48 ,  Y10T307/313 ,  Y10T307/367 ,  Y10T307/406 ,  Y10T307/658

摘要： A power device may include channels coupled to conductors in lines, where each one of the channels is coupled to a different one of the lines than the other channels and where the channels deliver direct current power signals over the conductors to the load devices. Each one of the load devices may be powered by a different one of the direct current power signals. The power device may include a power communicator that communicates with the load devices over the conductors that propagate the direct current power signals. The power communicator may determine a target power level for the load devices based on the communication over the conductors. The load device may adjust an amount of power in the direct current power signals in order to match the target power level.

摘要翻译： 功率设备可以包括耦合到线路中的导体的通道，其中每个通道耦合到不同于其它通道的线路，并且其中通道将直流电力信号通过导体传递到负载设备。 每个负载装置可以由不同的直流电力信号供电。 功率器件可以包括功率通信器，其通过传播直流电源信号的导体与负载器件通信。 电力通信器可以基于通过导体的通信来确定负载设备的目标功率电平。 负载装置可以调整直流电力信号中的功率量以便匹配目标功率电平。

公开(公告)号：US20110031897A1

公开(公告)日：2011-02-10

申请号：US12538806

申请日：2009-08-10

申请人： Robert HENIG ,  David Fowler ,  Jeremy Stieglitz ,  David Leonard ,  Mark Covaro

发明人： Robert HENIG ,  David Fowler ,  Jeremy Stieglitz ,  David Leonard ,  Mark Covaro

IPC分类号： H05B37/02

CPC分类号： H05B37/0254

摘要： A lighting system for areal illumination is disclosed which includes a remote driver and a plurality of fixtures including luminaires, control devices, and/or standalone sensors. The luminaires include a light source whose output light level can be adjusted, a light sensor co-located therewith adapted to measure light received from adjacent fixtures, and a microcontroller capable of transmitting the output of the light sensor over wires to the remote driver. The remote driver is capable of bidirectional communication with the luminaires and provides independently controllable power for the light sources of the luminaires. A method of commissioning a lighting system is also disclosed which includes installing a plurality of luminaires above the area to be illuminated, causing a light source co-located with each luminaire to emit a signal, detecting the signal at light sensors co-located with each luminaire, converting the signals obtained by the light sensors into distance measurements between luminaires, creating a map recording the relative location of luminaires, and assigning luminaires to groups based on their relative locations in the map. A movable orb region large enough to containing a plurality of luminaires can also be defined and the light levels of individual luminaires can be set according to a defined mathematical function of their location within the orb region, where the defined mathematical function sets light levels which vary from the center to the periphery of said orb region.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于面照明的照明系统，其包括远程驱动器和包括灯具，控制装置和/或独立传感器的多个固定装置。 灯具包括可以调节其输出光级的光源，与其相适配的适于测量从相邻固定装置接收的光的光传感器以及能够通过导线将光传感器的输出传输到远程驱动器的微控制器。 远程驱动器能够与灯具双向通信，并为照明设备的光源提供独立可控的电源。 还公开了一种调试照明系统的方法，其包括将多个灯具安装在要照明的区域上方，从而使与每个照明器共处的光源发出信号，在与每个灯共同定位的光传感器处检测信号 将由光传感器获得的信号转换成照明器之间的距离测量，创建记录照明器的相对位置的地图，以及基于其在地图中的相对位置将灯具分配给组。 还可以限定足够大以容纳多个灯具的可移动的圆周区域，并且可以根据它们在球体区域内的位置的规定的数学函数来设置单个灯具的光级，其中定义的数学函数设置变化的光级 从所述球体区域的中心到周边。

公开(公告)号：US20050018704A1

公开(公告)日：2005-01-27

申请号：US10925439

申请日：2004-08-25

申请人： Moshe Voloshin ,  Mark Covaro

发明人： Moshe Voloshin ,  Mark Covaro

IPC分类号： H04J3/06 ,  H04L12/40

CPC分类号： H04J3/06 ,  H04L12/40

摘要： Provided is a synchronous stack bus repeater system for a computer network. The system includes a plurality of stacked repeaters, a stack bus linking the repeaters, and a single clock to which the plurality of repeaters is synchronized. The synchronization of the stack bus eliminates several time-consuming communications required between devices operating with different clocks on an asynchronous bus and makes it possible to satisfy the 46 bit time repeater maximum latency required of a Class II repeater according to the IEEE 802.3 standard.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于计算机网络的同步堆叠总线中继器系统。 该系统包括多个堆叠的中继器，连接中继器的堆栈总线和多个中继器同步的单个时钟。 堆叠总线的同步消除了在异步总线上以不同时钟运行的设备之间需要的几次耗时的通信，并且可以满足根据IEEE 802.3标准的Class II中继器所需的46位时间中继器最大等待时间。