US 10,952,305 B2 · Configurable lighting system and method comprising a programmable control module that controls a plurality of different patterns based on toggling a power supply

Abstract

A configurable lighting system including a lighting unit having an illumination module and a programmable control module; a light switch configured for electrical communication with the lighting unit via an electrical circuit and being operable in a first and a second operational position such that the illumination module, in response to operation of the light switch in the first and the second operational positions, is able to output a first set of illumination modes; and, a programming unit configured for wireless communication with the programmable control module of the lighting unit via a wireless communication link wherein the programming unit includes a programming interface via which the programmable control module of the lighting unit is able to be programmed such that, in response to different patterns of movement of the light switch between the first and second operational positions, the illumination module is controlled by the programmable control module to output a second set of illumination modes having a greater number of illumination modes than that of the first set of illumination modes.

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Dependent claims

A configurable lighting unit comprising:

an illumination module configured to output a plurality of different illumination modes;
a signal processing circuit configured to sense a plurality of different patterns in toggling of a power supply;
a radio frequency communication module configured to wirelessly receive data defining one or more programming selections, each of the one or more programming selections matching an illumination mode from the plurality of different illumination modes to a pattern from the plurality of different patterns;
and
a programmable control module configured to store the one or more programming selections and, in response to the signal processing circuit sensing a pattern found in one of the one or more programming selections, to control the illumination module to output the illumination mode matched to the pattern in the one of the one or more programming selections;
wherein each of the plurality of different patterns in toggling of the power supply are defined by different numbers of times the power supply is toggled and/or different speeds at which the power supply is toggled.

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A method for configuring a lighting unit comprising an illumination module, a signal processing circuit, and a programmable control module, the illumination module configured to output a plurality of different illumination modes, the signal processing circuit configured to sense a plurality of different patterns in toggling of a power supply, and the programmable control module configured to control the illumination module, the method comprising the steps of:

displaying, on a display, a selection of the plurality of different illumination modes and the plurality of different patterns;
providing, based on input from a user, one or more programming selections each matching an illumination mode from the plurality of different illumination modes to a pattern from the plurality of different patterns;
and
communicating to the lighting unit, via a radio frequency communication link, the one or more programming selections;
wherein the one or more programming selections are configured to program the programmable control module to control the illumination module, in response to the signal processing circuit sensing a pattern found in one of the one or more programming selections, to output the illumination mode matched to the pattern in the one of the one or more programming selections;
and
wherein each of the plurality of different patterns in toggling of the power supply are defined by different numbers of times the power supply is toggled and/or different speeds at which the power supply is toggled.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Configurable lighting system and method comprising a programmable control module that controls a plurality of different patterns based on toggling a power supply

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Configurable lighting system and method comprising a programmable control module that controls a plurality of different patterns based on toggling a power supply

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Abstract

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