# US 12,007,731 B2 · Method of identifying a lighting fixture > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,007,731 B2 - Document ID: US12007731B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/318,167 - Filed: 2023-05-16 - Published: 2023-09-14 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2016-08-24 - Assignees: Lutron Technology Company LLC - Applicants: Lutron Technology Company LLC - Inventors: Arya Abraham; Nicholas J. Braskey; Brian M. Courtney; William H. Howe - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12007731B2 ## CPC - G05B 15/02: electric - F21V 23/0435: {activated by remote control means} - G05B 11/28: using pulse-height modulation; using pulse-width modulation - H04L 12/2809: {indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network (monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51)} - H04L 12/282: {based on user interaction within the home (receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204)} - H05B 47/19: via wireless transmission - H05B 47/199: {Commissioning of light sources} - G05B 2219/2642: Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house - Y02B 20/40: Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL - Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the electrical load device includes a motorized window treatment. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2 wherein the first output state includes a first defined position of the motorized window treatment. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3 wherein the second output state includes a second defined position of the motorized window treatment. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein the electrical load device comprises a lighting fixture. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5 wherein the first output state includes a first defined luminous output of the lighting fixture. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6 wherein the first defined luminous output includes a defined high-end intensity of the lighting fixture. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6 wherein the second output state includes a second defined luminous output of the lighting fixture. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8 wherein the second defined luminous output includes a defined low-end intensity of the lighting fixture. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 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. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) 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. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) 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. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) 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. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) 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. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) 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. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17 wherein causing the first transition of the lighting fixture to the first defined luminous output further comprises: causing, by the control circuitry, the first transition of the lighting fixture to a defined high-end intensity. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17 wherein causing the second transition of the lighting fixture to the second output state further comprises: causing, by the control circuitry, the second transition of the lighting fixture to a second defined luminous output. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19 wherein causing the second transition of the lighting fixture to the second defined luminous output further comprises: Causing, by the control circuitry the second transition of the lighting fixture to a defined low-end intensity of the lighting fixture. ### Claim 21 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising: storing, by the control circuitry in communicatively coupled memory circuitry, data representative of the association between the selected first control-target device and the selected control-source device. ### Claim 22 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising: receiving, by the control circuitry, 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, causing, by the control circuitry, 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. ### Claim 23 A non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device that includes instructions that, when executed by control circuitry disposed in an electrical load control system coupled to one or more electrical load devices, causes the control circuitry to: receive 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 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; cause a communicatively coupled display device to display 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, cause 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 cause the electrical load device to repeat the first transition, second transition, second output state hold, and third transition cycle at least one additional time.