Switch based control of lighting fixture integrated device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10930455-B2
Application number	US-201816142622-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2018
Priority date	Sep 27, 2017
Publication date	Feb 23, 2021
Grant date	Feb 23, 2021

Abstract

A lighting device includes a light source, an auxiliary device, and a control device configured to detect toggles of a switch that controls availability of an input power to the lighting device including the light source. The control device is configured to change an operation mode of the auxiliary device based on the toggles of the switch.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lighting device, comprising:
a light source;
an auxiliary device; and
a control device comprising a controller, the control device configured to detect toggles of a switch that controls availability of an input power to the lighting device including the light source, wherein the control device is configured to change an operation mode of the auxiliary device based on the toggles of the switch.

2. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein changing the operation mode of the auxiliary device includes turning on or turning off the auxiliary device.

3. The lighting device of claim 2 , wherein changing the operation mode of the auxiliary device includes turning on the auxiliary device if the auxiliary device was off when the input power was last provided to the lighting device.

4. The lighting device of claim 2 , wherein changing the operation mode of the auxiliary device includes turning off the auxiliary device if the auxiliary device was on when the input power was last provided to the lighting device.

5. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein changing the operation mode of the auxiliary device includes providing a control signal to the auxiliary device, wherein the control signal controls the operation mode of the auxiliary device.

6. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein changing the operation mode of the auxiliary device based on the toggles of the switch includes changing the operation mode of the auxiliary device if the switch is toggled to an off-position within a threshold time period after the switch is toggled to an on-position.

7. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary device includes a wireless access point device and wherein changing the operation mode of the auxiliary device includes initiating a wireless communication by the wireless access point device.

8. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary device includes one or more of a microphone, a sensor, a camera, or a smart speaker.

9. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary device includes a smart speaker and wherein changing the operation mode of the auxiliary device based on the toggles of the switch includes selecting an operation protocol of the smart speaker based on the toggles of the switch.

10. The lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to detect the toggles of the switch based on detections of an output power generated by a driver of the lighting device from the input power provided to the lighting device.

11. A method of controlling an auxiliary device of a lighting device, the method comprising:
detecting, by a control device of the lighting device, a toggle of a switch to an off-position;
determining, by the control device of the lighting device, whether the switch is toggled to the off-position within a threshold time period after being toggled to an on-position; and
changing the operation mode of the auxiliary device in response to determining that the switch is toggled to the off-position within the threshold time period after being toggled to the on-position.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein changing the operation mode of the auxiliary device includes turning on or turning off the auxiliary device.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein changing the operation mode of the auxiliary device includes turning on the auxiliary device if the auxiliary device was off when the input power was last provided to the lighting device.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein changing the operation mode of the auxiliary device includes turning off the auxiliary device if the auxiliary device was on when the input power was last provided to the lighting device.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein changing the operation mode of the auxiliary device includes providing a control signal to the auxiliary device and wherein the control signal controls the operation mode of the auxiliary device.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the auxiliary device includes one or more of a microphone, a sensor, a camera, or a smart speaker.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the control device is configured to detect the toggle of the switch based on detection of an output power generated by a driver of the lighting device from an input power provided to the lighting device and controlled by the switch.

18. A lighting system, comprising:
a first lighting device;
a second lighting device; and
a switch that controls a power provided to the first lighting device and the second lighting device, wherein the first lighting device and the second lighting device each comprise:
a light source;
an auxiliary device; and
a control device comprising a controller, the control device configured to detect toggles of the switch, wherein the control device is configured to change an operation mode of the auxiliary device based on the toggles of the switch.

19. The lighting system of claim 18 , wherein changing the operation mode of the auxiliary device includes turning on or turning off the auxiliary device.

20. The lighting system of claim 18 , wherein the auxiliary device of the first lighting device includes a wireless access point device, wherein the auxiliary device of the second lighting device includes a wireless node device, and wherein changing the operation mode of the auxiliary device of the first lighting device includes initiating, by the wireless access point device, a wireless communication with the auxiliary device of the second lighting device.

Assignees

• Signify Holding Bv

Inventors

• Fehl Peter Jepson
• Cho Nam Chin
• Joshi Parth

Classifications

• H05B47/185

  via power line carrier transmission · CPC title

• H05B47/19

  via wireless transmission · CPC title

• H01H47/001 Primary

  Functional circuits, e.g. logic, sequencing, interlocking circuits · CPC title

• H05B45/30

  Driver circuits · CPC title

• H05B47/105 Primary

  in response to determined parameters · CPC title