Multiprotocol wireless lighting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12526902-B2
Application number	US-202318721439-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2023
Priority date	Feb 2, 2022
Publication date	Jan 13, 2026
Grant date	Jan 13, 2026

Abstract

Disclosed is a network device (1) of a lighting system. The network device (1) comprises a wireless interface (11) and a control unit (12). The control unit (12) is configured to advertise (21), over the wireless interface (11), at least two different wireless networking standards; receive (22), over the wireless interface (11), a response to an advertisement of one of the wireless networking standards; and activate (23) the wireless interface (11) for operation in accordance with the one of the wireless networking standards. This avoids a more extensive stock keeping for lighting systems being capable of wireless communications.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A network device ( 1 ) of a lighting system, the network device ( 1 ) comprising:
a wireless interface ( 11 ); and a control unit ( 12 ), the control unit ( 12 ) being configured to:
transmit (step 21 ), over the wireless interface ( 11 ), at least two different wireless networking standards;
receive (step 22 ), over the wireless interface ( 11 ), a response for one of the at least two different wireless networking standards; and
activate (step 23 ) the wireless interface ( 11 ) for operation in accordance with the one of the at least two wireless networking standards for which the response was received.

2 . The network device ( 1 ) of claim 1 , comprising one of:
a gateway ( 31 ), a sensor ( 32 ), an actor ( 33 ), an LED driver ( 34 ), and an LED luminaire ( 35 ).

3 . The network device ( 1 ) of claim 1 , wherein the at least two wireless networking standards comprise Bluetooth Mesh, and Matter.

4 . The network device ( 1 ) of any claim 1 , the control unit ( 12 ) further being configured to:
transmit (step 211 ), over the wireless interface ( 11 ), the at least two different wireless networking standards in respective BLE messages.

5 . The network device ( 1 ) of claim 1 , the control unit ( 12 ) further being configured to:
transmit (step 212 ), over the wireless interface ( 11 ), the at least two different wireless networking standards in a same BLE message.

6 . The network device ( 1 ) of claim 1 , the control unit ( 12 ) further being configured to:
transmit (step 213 ), over the wireless interface ( 11 ), the at least two different wireless networking standards in a same frequency band.

7 . The network device ( 1 ) of claim 1 , the control unit ( 12 ) further being configured to:
transmit (step 214 ), over the wireless interface ( 11 ), the at least two different wireless networking standards using different modulation schemes.

8 . The network device ( 1 ) of claim 1 , the control unit ( 12 ) further being configured to:
transmit (step 215 ), over the wireless interface ( 11 ), the at least two different wireless networking standards concurrently.

9 . The network device ( 1 ) of claim 1 , the control unit ( 12 ) further being configured to:
transmit (step 216 ), over the wireless interface ( 11 ), the at least two different wireless networking standards sequentially.

10 . The network device ( 1 ) of claim 1 , the response comprising a connection request.

11 . The network device ( 1 ) of claim 1 , the control unit ( 12 ) further being configured to:
activate ( 231 ) the wireless interface ( 11 ) for operation in accordance with the one of the wireless networking standards for which the response was received by disabling a first wireless networking firmware not being associated with the one of the wireless networking standards in the control unit ( 12 ).

12 . The network device ( 1 ) of claim 1 , the control unit ( 12 ) further being configured to:
activate ( 232 ) the wireless interface ( 11 ) for operation in accordance with the one of the wireless networking standards for which the response was received by enabling a second wireless networking firmware being associated with the one of the wireless networking standards in the control unit ( 12 ).

13 . The network device ( 1 ) of claim 1 , the control unit ( 12 ) further being configured to:
activate ( 233 ) the wireless interface ( 11 ) for operation in accordance with the one of the wireless networking standards for which the response was received by loading a third wireless networking firmware being associated the one of the wireless networking standards into the control unit ( 12 ).

14 . A method ( 2 ) of commissioning a network device 5 ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , the method comprising the steps of:
transmitting (step 21 ), over the wireless interface ( 11 ), the at least two different wireless networking standards;
receiving (step 22 ), over the wireless interface ( 11 ), the response for the one of the at least two different wireless networking standards; and
activating (step 23 ) the wireless interface ( 11 ) for operation in accordance with the one of the at least two wireless networking standards for which the response was received.

Assignees

• Tridonic Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Becker Markus
• Wohlgenannt Rochus
• Lochmann Frank
• Linder Norbert
• Simma Lukas

Classifications

• H05B47/199 Primary

  Commissioning of light sources · CPC title

• H05B47/19 Primary

  via wireless transmission · CPC title