Smart phone controlled wireless light bulb

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10485078-B2
Application number	US-201815985496-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2018
Priority date	Aug 30, 2007
Publication date	Nov 19, 2019
Grant date	Nov 19, 2019

Abstract

The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that employ a control component integrated in a light bulb to control the light bulb wirelessly. The wireless light bulb can include a light source, a control component that manages operation of the light source, an input component that wirelessly obtains input signals that can be utilized by the control component, and a power source. For instance, the light source can be one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) and/or the power source can be one or more batteries. Moreover, the input component can receive the input signals (e.g., radio frequency, infrared, . . . ) from a remote control, a sensor, a differing wireless light bulb, a radio frequency identifier (RFID) tag, etc. Further, the wireless light bulb can be mechanically coupled to a lighting fixture, where the lighting fixture may or may not be electrically coupled to an alternating current (AC) power source.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lighting device comprising:
a light source;
a lighting fixture configured to electrically couple to an alternating current (AC) power source;
a direct current (DC) power source;
a wireless transceiver;
one or more processors; and
one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
determining a period of time has elapsed;
after the period of time has elapsed, causing the wireless transceiver to monitor for a command signal;
receiving, using the wireless transceiver, the command signal from a remote control;
causing the light source to operate in an illumination state after receiving the command signal; and
sending, using the wireless transceiver and to the remote control, data indicating the illumination state of the light source.

2. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the DC power source comprises one or more rechargeable batteries.

3. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the DC power source is configured to provide DC power to the light source after the AC power source is disconnected.

4. The lighting device of claim 1 , further comprising a motion sensor, wherein the one or more computer-readable media store further instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform further operations comprising:
detecting an object using the motion sensor; and
after detecting the object, transmitting, using the wireless transceiver, a motion detection signal to the remote control.

5. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein receiving the command signal is via at least one of a local area network, a wide area network, a cellular network, or a direct wireless communication channel.

6. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the light source comprises one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs).

7. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein causing the light source to operate in the illumination state comprises at least one of:
causing the light source to emit light;
causing the light source to cease emitting the light; or
causing the light source to change from emitting the light at a first intensity to emitting the light at a second intensity.

8. The lighting device of claim 1 , the one or more computer-readable media storing further instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform further operations comprising sending, using the wireless transceiver, the command signal to a second lighting device.

9. A method comprising:
after a period of time has elapsed, causing a lighting device to monitor for a command signal;
receiving, at a wireless transceiver of the lighting device, the command signal from a remote control;
causing a light source of the lighting device to operate in an illumination state after receiving the command signal; and
sending, using the wireless transceiver and to the remote control, data indicating the illumination state of the light source.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
detecting an object using a motion sensor of the lighting device; and
after detecting the object, sending, using the wireless transceiver, a motion detection signal to the remote control.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein receiving the command signal from the remote control comprises receiving, at the wireless transceiver, the command signal from the remote control through at least one of a local area network, a wide area network, or a cellular network.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein causing the light source of the lighting device to operate in the illumination state comprises at least one of:
causing the light source to emit light;
causing the light source to cease emitting the light; or
causing the light source to change from emitting the light at a first intensity to emitting the light at a second intensity.

13. The lighting device of claim 1 , the one or more computer-readable media storing further instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform further operations comprising causing the wireless transceiver to periodically monitor for the command signal.

14. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the data is first data and the illumination state is a first illumination state, and wherein the one or more computer-readable media store further instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform further operations comprising:
storing second data indicating a time for causing the light source to operate in a second illumination state; and
at the time, causing the light source to operate in the second illumination state.

15. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the data is first data and the illumination state is a first illumination state, and wherein the one or more computer-readable media store further instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform further operations comprising:
storing second data representing a schedule; and
based at least in part on the second data, causing the light source to operate in a second illumination state.

16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising causing the wireless transceiver to periodically monitor for the command signal.

17. An electronic device comprising:
a light source;
a wireless transceiver;
one or more processors; and
one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
causing the light source to operate in a first illumination state;
causing the wireless transceiver to periodically monitor for a signal;
receiving, using the wireless transceiver, the signal from a remote control;
after receiving the signal, causing the light source to operate in a second illumination state; and
sending, using the wireless transceiver and to the remote control, data indicating the second illumination state of the light source.

18. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the data is first data, and wherein the one or more computer-readable media store further instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform further operations comprising:
storing second data indicating a time for causing the light source to operate in a third illumination state; and
at the time, causing the light source to operate in the third illumination state.

19. The method of claim 9 , further comprising, after an additional period of time has elapsed, causing the lighting device to forgo monitoring for an additional command signal.

20. The method of claim 9 , wherein the command signal represents a delay time for switching to the illumination state, and wherein the method further comprises:
determining that a current time includes the delay time,
wherein causing the light source of the lighting device to operate in the illumination state further occurs after determining that the current time includes the delay time.

Assignees

• A9 Com Inc

Inventors

• Recker Michael V
• Levine David B

Classifications

• H05B47/19 Primary

  via wireless transmission · CPC title

• F21V23/04

  the elements being switches (safety devices F21V25/00) · CPC title

• Y02B20/48

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• H05B37/0272 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B47/1965

  using handheld communication devices · CPC title