Light control devices and light control systems
AssigneeLuminook Lighting, LLC
InventorChristopher F. Stubbs
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Abstract
A light control system comprises a light control device and a sensor module configured to detect a motion pattern of a user's hand relative to the entranceway and a light control device. The light control device includes a housing, a proximity sensor configured to detect a position of a door in a vicinity of the entranceway, and a light controller disposed in the housing and communicated with the sensor module and the proximity sensor. The light controller is configured to control the light strip in response to a detected position of the door by the proximity sensor; and control the light strip in response to the motion pattern detected by the sensor module when the door is not detected at a preset opening position or no door is present at the entranceway.
Claims20
A light control system for a LED light strip in a room, the LED light strip positioned at least partially along a perimeter of an entranceway of the room, comprising:
- a light control device including:
- a housing,
- a proximity sensor configured to detect a position of a door in a vicinity of the entranceway, and
- a light controller disposed in the housing and in communication with the proximity sensor;
- wherein the light controller is configured to turn on the light strip when the proximity sensor detects movement of the door away from the entranceway, to turn off the light strip when the proximity sensor detects movement of the door toward the entranceway, and to activate a no-disturbance mode in which the light will remain turned off when the proximity sensor detects a motion pattern of opening, closing and reopening the door.
A light control system for controlling a light strip in an entranceway, comprising:
- a sensor module configured to detect a motion pattern of a user's hand relative to the entranceway;
- a light control device including:
- a housing,
- a proximity sensor configured to detect a position of a door in a vicinity of the entranceway, and
- a light controller disposed in the housing and in communication with the sensor module and the proximity sensor;
- wherein the light controller is configured to turn on the light strip when the proximity sensor detects movement of the door away from the entranceway, to turn off the light strip when the proximity sensor detects movement of the door toward the entranceway, and to activate a no-disturbance mode in which the light will remain turned off when the proximity sensor detects a motion pattern of opening, closing and reopening the door.
A method to control light from a LED light strip for a room with an entranceway, the method comprising:
- detecting a position of a door installed in the entranceway by a proximity sensor;
- turning on the light strip when the proximity sensor detects movement of the door away from the entranceway;
- turning off the light strip when the proximity sensor detects movement of the door toward the entranceway;
- and
- activating a no-disturbance mode in which the light will remain turned off when the proximity sensor detects a motion pattern of opening, closing and reopening the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.