Proxy for legacy lighting control component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10165661-B2
Application number	US-201515323526-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2015
Priority date	Jul 3, 2014
Publication date	Dec 25, 2018
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018

Abstract

Methods, systems and computer-readable media or provided for implementing a proxy for a legacy lighting control component. A lighting unit ( 102 ) may be polled for data indicative of a lighting state of the lighting unit. It may be determined that the lighting state of the lighting unit corresponds to a predetermined lighting state. A predetermined lighting scene triggered by transition of the lighting unit into the predetermined lighting state may be identified, and one or more other lighting units may be caused to implement the predetermined lighting scene. In some embodiments, a user interface may be operable to create an association between a legacy switch or sensor ( 108 ) that controls a first lighting unit ( 102 a ) and a predetermined lighting scene to be implemented at least in part by a second lighting unit ( 102 b - f ), e.g., leaving a direct association between the first lighting unit and the legacy switch or sensor transparent to a user.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lighting control method, comprising:
requesting, by a processor of a network node, data from a lighting unit that is indicative of a lighting state of the lighting unit, wherein the lighting state transitions in response to activation of a legacy switch or sensor;
determining, by the processor of the network node based on the data, that the lighting state of the lighting unit corresponds to a predetermined lighting state;
identifying, by the processor of the network node based on the determining, a predetermined lighting scene triggered by transition of the lighting unit into the predetermined lighting state;
causing, by the processor of the network node, one or more other lighting units to implement the predetermined lighting scene;
determining, by the network node based on the requesting, that the lighting unit has been transitioned from the predetermined lighting state into another lighting state; and
causing, by the network node, the one or more other lighting units to cease implementation of the predetermined lighting scene in response to determining that the lighting unit has been transitioned from the predetermined lighting state into the another lighting state.

2. The lighting control method of claim 1 , further comprising providing, at a computing device in communication with the network node, a user interface operable by a user to create an association directly between a legacy switch or sensor that controls the lighting state of the lighting unit and the predetermined lighting scene.

3. The lighting control method of claim 2 , wherein the user interface is further operable by a user to create an association between the legacy switch or sensor and the lighting unit.

4. The lighting control method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined lighting state is an energized lighting state and the another lighting state is a de-energized lighting state.

5. The lighting control method of claim 4 , wherein determining that a lighting unit has transitioned into the energized lighting state comprises determining, by the network node, that the lighting unit has been energized by operation of a legacy switch.

6. The lighting control method of claim 4 , wherein determining that a lighting unit has transitioned into the energized lighting state comprises determining, by the network node, that the lighting unit has been energized in response to a signal from a legacy sensor.

7. The lighting control method of claim 1 , wherein determining that a lighting unit has transitioned into a predetermined lighting state comprises determining, by the network node, that the lighting unit is reachable.

8. The lighting control method of claim 1 , wherein causing the one or more other lighting units to implement the predetermined lighting scene comprises transmitting, by the network node to the one or more other lighting units, one or more commands to implement one or more respective aspects of the predetermined lighting scene.

9. The lighting control method of claim 1 , wherein causing the one or more lighting units to implement the predetermined lighting scene comprises transmitting, by the network node to a lighting system bridge, an indication that the lighting state of the lighting unit corresponds to the predetermined lighting state.
cause the second lighting unit to cease implementation of the lighting scene.

10. The lighting control method of claim 1 , wherein causing the one or more lighting units to implement the predetermined lighting scene comprises transmitting, by the network node to a lighting system bridge, a command to cause the lighting system bridge to cause the one or more lighting units to implement the predetermined lighting scene.

11. A lighting system bridge adapted to control a lighting system, the lighting system bridge configured to:
receive, via a communication interface, from a computing device communicably coupled with the lighting system bridge, data indicative of a user-created association between a legacy switch or sensor that controls a first lighting unit of the lighting system and a lighting scene to be implemented at least in part by a second lighting unit of the lighting system;
determine a lighting state into which the first lighting unit is transitioned in response to activation of the legacy switch or sensor;
create an association between the determined lighting state and the lighting scene; and
cause at least the second lighting unit to implement a portion of the lighting scene in response to a determination that the first lighting unit has transitioned into the determined lighting state.

12. The lighting system bridge of claim 11 , further configured to periodically request data from the first lighting unit that is indicative of a current lighting state of the first lighting unit, wherein the determination that the first lighting unit has transitioned into the determined lighting state is based on the requested data.

13. The lighting system bridge of claim 12 , further configured to:
determine, based on the data indicative of the current lighting state, that the first lighting unit has been transitioned from the determined lighting state into another lighting state; and
cause the second lighting unit to cease implementation of the lighting scene.

14. The lighting system bridge of claim 11 , further configured to receive, from the computing device, data indicative of an association between the legacy switch or sensor and the first lighting unit.

15. The lighting system bridge of claim 11 , further configured to receive, from the computing device, data indicative of the lighting state into which the first lighting unit is transitioned in response to activation of the legacy switch or sensor.

16. A mobile computing device comprising:
one or more processors;
a communication interface operably coupled with the one or more processors;
a display; and
memory adapted to store instructions;
wherein the one or more processors, in response to execution of the instructions, are arranged to:
render, on the display, a user interface operable by a user to create an association between a legacy switch or sensor that controls a first lighting unit and a predetermined lighting scene to be implemented at least in part by a second lighting unit; and
provide, via the communication interface to a network node in communication with the first and second lighting units, data indicative of the association.

17. The mobile computing device of claim 16 , wherein the association is a first association, and the user interface is further operable by a user to create a second association between the legacy switch or sensor and the first lighting unit.

18. The mobile computing device of claim 16 , wherein the user interface is further operable by a user to provide data indicative of a lighting state into which the first lighting unit is transitioned in response to activation of the legacy switch or sensor.

19. The mobile computing device of claim 16 , wherein the association is a first association, and the user interface is further operable by a user to create a second association between a lighting state into which the first lighting unit is transitioned in response to activation of the legacy switch or sensor and the predetermined lighting scene.

Assignees

• Philips Lighting Holding Bv

Inventors

• Thijssen Paulus Thomas Arnoldus
• Yianni George Frederic

Classifications

• H05B47/155 Primary

  Coordinated control of two or more light sources · CPC title

• H05B37/029 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B37/0245

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B37/0227

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B47/1985

  Creation of lighting zones or scenes · CPC title