Method of identifying a lighting fixture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12007731-B2
Application number	US-202318318167-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 16, 2023
Priority date	Aug 24, 2016
Publication date	Jun 11, 2024
Grant date	Jun 11, 2024

Abstract

Control-source devices may be associated with control-target devices of a load control system during a configuration procedure, such that the control-target devices are responsive to the associated control-source devices during normal operation. The configuration procedure may be executed using a network device having a visual display for associating the control-source devices and control-target devices. The control-source devices may be associated with the control-target devices on an area-by-area basis using an area configuration procedure. The control-target devices may be configured to flash a controlled lighting load according to a flashing profile during the configuration procedure. The flashing profile may be characterized by at least one abrupt transition between off and on, and at least one gradual transition between off and on, where the abrupt and gradual transitions are repeated on a periodic basis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system to configure an electrical load control system with one or more electrical load devices, the system comprising:
one or more control-target devices;
control circuitry communicatively coupled to each of the one or more control-target devices, the control circuitry to:
responsive to receipt of a user input indicative of a request to associate one or more control-target devices with a selected control-source device, receive a user input indicative of the selected control-source device;
responsive to selection of the control-source device, generate a display of one or more control-target devices within range of the control-source device;
responsive to selection of a first control-target device that includes a first electrical load device, cause the first electrical load device to:
cause a first transition of the electrical load device to a first output state;
cause a second transition of the electrical load device from the first output state to a second output state, the second output state perceptibly different to a human observer than the first output state;
wherein the second transition from the first output state to the second output state occurs over a first temporal interval;

cause the electrical load device to hold the second output state for a second temporal interval;
cause a third transition of the electrical load device from the second output state to the first outputs state over a third temporal interval, the third temporal interval shorter in duration than the first temporal interval; and
cause the first transition, second transition, second output state hold, and third transition cycle to repeat at least one additional time.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the electrical load device includes a motorized window treatment.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the first output state includes a first defined position of the motorized window treatment.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the second output state includes a second defined position of the motorized window treatment.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the electrical load device comprises a lighting fixture.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the first output state includes a first defined luminous output of the lighting fixture.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the first defined luminous output includes a defined high-end intensity of the lighting fixture.

8. The system of claim 6 wherein the second output state includes a second defined luminous output of the lighting fixture.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the second defined luminous output includes a defined low-end intensity of the lighting fixture.

10. The system of claim 1 , further comprising memory circuitry operatively coupled to the control circuitry, wherein the control circuitry to further:
store data representative of the association between the selected first control-target device and the selected control-source device in the memory circuitry.

11. The system of claim 1 , the control circuitry to further:
receive a user input that includes information indicative of a selected class of control-target devices, the selected class including a plurality of second electrical load devices;
responsive to selection of the class of control-target devices, cause each of the plurality of second electrical load devices to:
cause a first transition of the second electrical load device to a first output state;
cause a second transition of the second electrical load device from the first output state to a second output state, the second output state perceptibly different to a human observer than the first output state;
wherein the second transition from the first output state to the second output state occurs over a first temporal interval;

cause the second electrical load device to hold the second output state for a second temporal interval;
cause a third transition of the second electrical load device from the second output state to the first outputs state over a third temporal interval, the third temporal interval shorter in duration than the first temporal interval; and
cause the first transition, second transition, second output state hold, and third transition cycle to repeat at least one additional time.

12. A method to configure an electrical load control system with one or more electrical load devices, the method comprising:
receiving, by the control circuitry, a user input indicative of a request to associate one or more control-target devices with a selected control-source device;
receiving, by the control circuitry, a user input indicative of the selected control-source device, responsive to the receipt of the user input indicative of the request to associate the one or more control-target devices with the selected control-source device;
causing, by the control circuitry on a communicatively coupled display device, a display of one or more control-target devices within range of the control-source device responsive to selection of the control-source device;
responsive to selection of a first electrical load device included in the one or more control-target devices, causing, by the control circuitry, the first electrical load device to:
cause a first transition to a first output state;
cause a second transition from the first output state to a second output state, the second output state perceptibly different to a human observer than the first output state;
wherein the second transition from the first output state to the second output state occurs over a first temporal interval;

hold the second output state for a second temporal interval; and
cause a third transition from the second output state to the first output state over a third temporal interval, the third temporal interval shorter in duration than the first temporal interval; and

causing, by the control circuitry, the electrical load device to repeat the first transition, second transition, second output state hold, and third transition cycle at least one additional time.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein causing the first electrical load device to: perform the first transition, the second transition, the second output state hold, and the third transition cycle, further comprises:
causing, by the control circuitry, a motorized window treatment to: perform the first transition, the second transition, the second output state hold, and the third transition cycle.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein causing the first transition of the motorized window treatment to the first output state further comprises:
causing, by the control circuitry, the first transition of the motorized window treatment to a first defined position.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein causing the second transition of the motorized window treatment to the second output state further comprises:
causing, by the control circuitry, the second transition of the motorized window treatment to a second defined position.

16. The method of claim 12 wherein causing the first electrical load device to: perform the first transition, the second transition, the second output state hold, and the third transition cycle, further comprises:
causing, by the control circuitry, a lighting device to: perform the first transition, the second transition, the second output state hold, and the third transition cycle.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein causing the first transition of the lighting fixture to the first output state further comprises:
causing, by the control circuitry, the first transition of the lighting fixture to a first defined luminous output.

Assignees

• Lutron Tech Co Llc

Inventors

• Abraham Arya
• Braskey Nicholas J
• Courtney Brian M
• Howe William H

Classifications

• H05B47/19

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• G05B2219/2642

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• G05B11/28

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