Light fixture with NFC-controlled lighting parameters

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11700678-B2
Application number	US-202217706305-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2022
Priority date	Jul 1, 2012
Publication date	Jul 11, 2023
Grant date	Jul 11, 2023

Abstract

A fixture configuration module comprises a connector configured to be removably coupled with a light fixture. The fixture configuration module also comprises fixture control circuitry communicatively coupled to the connector and configured to control the light fixture to produce light in accordance with a range of a lighting parameter. The range includes at least a subset of values supported by the light fixture for producing light. The fixture configuration module further comprises range control circuitry communicatively coupled to the fixture control circuitry and configured to wirelessly receive the range at least while the connector is uncoupled from the light fixture, and designate the range to the fixture control circuitry while the connector is coupled to the light fixture.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light fixture, comprising:
a light source;
driver circuitry configured to control the light source in accordance with a range of a lighting parameter; and
fixture configuration circuitry configured to:
store a plurality of different ranges of the lighting parameter, each of the different ranges identifying at least a subset of values of the lighting parameter supported by the light source;
communicate with a device via near-field communication (NFC) signaling; and
set the range of the lighting parameter of the driver circuitry from one of the plurality of different ranges stored by the fixture configuration circuitry in accordance with the NFC signaling.

2. The light fixture of claim 1 , wherein the fixture configuration circuitry is further configured to receive instructions from the device via NFC signaling.

3. The light fixture of claim 2 , wherein in response to the instructions from the device, the fixture configuration circuitry is further configured to adjust at least one of the plurality of different ranges stored by the fixture configuration circuitry.

4. The light fixture of claim 2 , wherein in response to the instructions from the device, the fixture configuration circuitry is further configured to select at least one of the plurality of different ranges stored by the fixture configuration circuitry to set the range of the lighting parameter of the driver circuitry.

5. The light fixture of claim 2 , wherein the fixture configuration circuitry is further configured to store the instructions from the device in non-volatile memory.

6. The light fixture of claim 2 , wherein in response to the instructions comprising a new range of the lighting parameter, the fixture configuration circuitry is further configured to store the new range as one of the plurality of different ranges of the lighting parameter.

7. The light fixture of claim 1 , wherein the fixture configuration circuitry is further configured to receive the one of the plurality of different ranges wirelessly in accordance with the NFC signaling.

8. The light fixture of claim 1 , further comprising non-volatile memory comprising:
a read only memory configured to store the plurality of different ranges; and
a programmable memory configured to store the set range.

9. The light fixture of claim 8 , further comprising user interface circuitry communicatively coupled to the fixture configuration circuitry, wherein the user interface circuitry is configured to add at least one further range to the plurality of different ranges stored in the non-volatile memory in accordance with received input.

10. The light fixture of claim 9 , wherein the user interface circuitry comprises radio circuitry configured to receive the input via radio communication.

11. The light fixture of claim 1 , wherein the fixture configuration circuitry is further configured to designate one of the plurality of different ranges by default.

12. The light fixture of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of different ranges comprises at least one of a plurality of color temperature ranges or a plurality of brightness ranges.

13. The light fixture of claim 1 , wherein:
the driver circuitry is configured to control the light source in accordance with a first range of a first lighting parameter and a second range of a second lighting parameter; and
the fixture configuration circuitry is further configured to store a first plurality of different ranges of the first lighting parameter and store a second plurality of different ranges of the second lighting parameter.

14. The light fixture of claim 13 , wherein the first plurality of different ranges comprises a plurality of color temperature ranges and the second plurality of different ranges comprises a plurality of brightness ranges.

15. The light fixture of claim 14 , wherein the fixture configuration circuitry is further configured to set the second range of the second lighting parameter of the driver circuitry based on the NFC signaling.

16. The light fixture of claim 14 , wherein when the NFC signaling does not indicate the second range, the fixture configuration circuitry is further configured to set the second range of the second lighting parameter of the driver circuitry to a default range.

17. The light fixture of claim 13 , wherein the fixture configuration circuitry is further configured to set the first range of the first lighting parameter of the driver circuitry from one of the first plurality of different ranges stored by the fixture configuration circuitry in accordance with the NFC signaling.

18. The light fixture of claim 1 , further comprising:
user interface circuitry communicatively coupled to the driver circuitry and configured to receive one or more values of the lighting parameter;
wherein the driver circuitry is configured to control the light fixture to produce the light at the one or more values of the lighting parameter received by the user interface circuitry that are within the range set by the fixture configuration circuitry.

19. The fixture configuration module of claim 18 , wherein the user interface circuitry comprises radio circuitry configured to receive the one or more values of the lighting parameter via radio communication.

20. The fixture configuration module of claim 18 , wherein the driver circuitry is configured to ignore values of the lighting parameter received by the user interface circuitry that are outside the range set by the fixture configuration circuitry.

Assignees

• Ideal Ind Lighting Llc

Inventors

• Bowser Robert
• Roberts John
• Liszt Kory
• Harris Michael James
• Pickard Paul

Classifications

• F21V3/02

  characterised by the shape · CPC title

• H05B47/19

  via wireless transmission · CPC title

• F21V7/00

  Reflectors for light sources (characterised by cooling arrangements F21V29/505) · CPC title

• F21V29/74

  with fins or blades · CPC title

• F21S8/026

  intended to be recessed in a ceiling or like overhead structure, e.g. suspended ceiling · CPC title