Wireless organization of electrical devices by sensor manipulation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11140659-B2
Application number	US-201916547330-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2019
Priority date	Aug 21, 2018
Publication date	Oct 5, 2021
Grant date	Oct 5, 2021

Abstract

A system can include a first electrical device having a first sensor device, where the first sensor device is configured to measure a first parameter used in operating the first electrical device, where the first sensor device is further configured to detect a first condition that is unrelated to operating the first electrical device, where the first condition is created by a trigger device controlled by a user, where the first sensor device, upon detecting the first condition, broadcasts a first communication that includes a first identification of the first sensor device. The system can also include a gateway communicably coupled to the first electrical device, where the gateway receives the first communication from the first electrical device, where the gateway assigns the first electrical device to a first group based on the first identification of the first sensor device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for commissioning an electrical device to a group of electrical devices comprising:
a first electrical device comprising a first sensor device, wherein the first sensor device is configured to measure a first parameter used in operating the first electrical device;
a trigger device, remotely located from the first electrical device and controlled by a user, wherein the trigger device emits a light signal detectable by the sensor device while pointed at the sensor device for a minimum amount of time, wherein the signal detected by the sensor device causes the first electrical device to send a first identification directly to a gateway remotely located from the trigger device;
wherein the gateway is communicably coupled to the first electrical device, wherein the gateway receives the first identification from the first electrical device, and wherein the gateway assigns the first electrical device to a first group based on the first identification, wherein the first group comprises a plurality of electrical devices; and
a user device, communicably coupled to and remotely located from the gateway, capable of displaying the first group to a user via a user interface, wherein a user modifies one or more parameters or devices associated with the first group via the user interface, wherein once the user modifies one or more parameters or devices associated with the first group, the first electrical device is sent, via the gateway, one or more operating parameters associated with the first group.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the gateway assigns the first electrical device to a second group based on a selection by the user on the user device.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a second electrical device comprising a second sensor device, wherein the second sensor device is configured to measure a second parameter used in operating the second electrical device, and wherein the trigger device emits a light signal detectable by the second sensor device that causes the second electrical device to send a second identification to the gateway,
wherein the gateway receives the second identification from the second electrical device, wherein the gateway assigns the second electrical device to the first group based on the second identification of the second sensor device.

4. The System of claim 1 , wherein once the user modifies one or more parameters or devices associated with the first group, the gateway sends the operating parameters of the first group to at least one second electrical device previously grouped with the first electrical device.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein light signal detectable by the sensor device is not detectable by the gateway.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the trigger device is integrated with the user device.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the trigger device comprises a laser.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the user continuously points the laser at the first sensor device for the minimum amount of time.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first electrical device is added to the first group during commissioning of the first electrical device, wherein the first electrical device and other electrical devices assigned to the first group share a set of commissioning parameters.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first electrical device comprises a light fixture.

11. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one second electrical device communicably coupled to the gateway, wherein the gateway assigns the at least one second electrical device to the first group based on the first identification of the first electrical device.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first electrical device is among a plurality of first electrical devices comprising a plurality of sensor devices, each sensor device associated with one of the plurality of first electrical devices, within a communication range of the trigger device, wherein the plurality of sensor devices detects the light signal, and wherein upon the plurality of sensor devices detecting the light signal, the plurality of first electrical devices send a plurality of first identifications of the plurality of first electrical devices to the gateway.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the gateway assigns the plurality of first electrical devices to the first group based on the plurality of first identifications of the plurality of first electrical devices.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more operating parameters are assigned to the first group by the gateway.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first group is defined by a room.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first sensor device of the first electrical device, at a subsequent time, detects light signal created by the trigger device, wherein the first electrical device, upon the first sensor device detecting light signal, sends the first identification of the first electrical device, wherein the gateway receives the first identification and assigns the first electrical device to a second group.

Assignees

• Signify Holding Bv

Inventors

• Douglas Bruce Andrew Carl
• Pritham Dominic
• Cunningham Ryan

Classifications

• H04W72/30 Primary

  Resource management for broadcast services · CPC title

• H04W4/06

  Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services · CPC title

• H04L1/08

  by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system {(H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence)} · CPC title

• H04W4/38

  for collecting sensor information · CPC title

• H04W4/08

  User group management · CPC title