US 10,477,654 B2Granted

Decorative device with wireless controller, decorative system, and method

AssigneeInliten, LLC

InventorsMichael A. Sugar, Matthew P. Braasch, Michael Garrett, Greg Feeney, Jackson Wilson

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Abstract

A decorative device includes a wireless controller and a decoration. The wireless controller includes a memory, an interface, a mesh transceiver, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive an indication of a pairing input from the interface and control the mesh transceiver to form a mesh network with one or more mesh transceivers of a plurality of mesh transceivers. The electronic processor is also configured to receive an indication of a decorative control input from the interface and broadcast the decorative control input and a timing signal over the mesh network to synchronize one or more decorations of one or more decorative devices with the decoration.

Claims25

Dependent claims

A decorative device comprising:

a decoration having a plurality of decorative functions;
and
a wireless controller including
a memory,
a user interface configured to
generate a pairing input, and
generate a decorative control input,
a mesh transceiver configured to form a mesh network with a plurality of mesh transceivers, and
an electronic processor connected to the memory, the user interface, and the mesh transceiver, the electronic processor configured to
receive the pairing input,
in response to receiving the pairing input, control the mesh transceiver to form the mesh network with one or more mesh transceivers of the plurality of mesh transceivers,
receive the decorative control input,
in response to receiving the decorative control input, control the decoration to display a first decorative function of the plurality of decorative functions, and
in response to receiving the decorative control input, control the mesh transceiver to broadcast the decorative control input and a timing signal over the mesh network to synchronize one or more decorations of one or more decorative devices with the decoration, each of the one or more decorative devices including at least one of the one or more mesh transceivers,
wherein the decorative device is not physically connected to the one or more decorative devices.

12 more elements

A decorative system comprising:

a first decorative device including
a first decoration having a first plurality of decorative functions, and
a first wireless controller having a first mesh transceiver;
and
a second decorative device including
a second decoration having a second plurality of decorative functions, and
a second wireless controller including
a memory,
a user interface configured to
generate a pairing input, and
generate a decorative control input,
a second mesh transceiver configured to form a mesh network with at least the first mesh transceiver, and
an electronic processor connected to the memory, the user interface, and the second mesh transceiver, the electronic processor configured to
receive the pairing input from the user interface,
in response to receiving the pairing input, control the second mesh transceiver to form the mesh network with at least the first mesh transceiver,
receive the decorative control input from the user interface,
in response to receiving the decorative control input, control the second decoration to display a first decorative function of the second plurality of decorative functions, and
in response to receiving the decorative control input, control the second mesh transceiver to broadcast the decorative control input and a timing signal over the mesh network to synchronize at least the first decoration of the first decorative device with the second decoration,
wherein the first decorative device is not physically connected to the second decorative device.

16 more elements

A method for operating a decorative system, the method comprising:

receiving, with an electronic processor of a first decorative device, a pairing input that is generated by a user interface of the first decorative device;
pairing, with the electronic processor, a mesh transceiver of the first decorative device with a mesh transceiver of a second decorative device to form a mesh network in response to receiving the pairing input;
receiving, with the electronic processor, a decorative control input that is generated by the user interface;
controlling, with the electronic processor, the decoration of the first decorative device to display a first decorative function of a first plurality of decorative functions based on the decorative control input;
and
controlling, with the electronic processor, the mesh transceiver of the first decorative device to broadcast the decorative control input and a timing signal over the mesh network to synchronize a decoration of the second decorative device with the decoration of the first decorative device in response to receiving the decorative control input,
wherein the decoration of the second decorative device has a second plurality of decorative functions, and
wherein the first decorative device is not physically connected to the second decorative device.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/915,268Filed 8 Mar 2018 · us provisional application
Priority: 14 Mar 2017
Published: US 2018/0270934 A120 Sep 2018
Granted: 12 Nov 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

H04W 4/06
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia…
H04W 4/80
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services using short range communication, e.g. near-field…
H04W 76/10
Connection management: connection setup
H05B 45/20
Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]: controlling the colour of the light