# US 2020/0288557 A1 · Intelligent lighting control system zone identification apparatuses, systems, and methods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0288557 A1 - Document ID: US20200288557A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/316,118 - Filed: 2017-07-07 - Published: 2020-09-10 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-08 - Assignees: Racepoint Energy, LLC - Applicants: Racepoint Energy, LLC - Inventors: William Lark, Jr. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200288557A1 ## CPC - H05B 47/11: by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light - H05B 47/105: in response to determined parameters - H05B 47/19: via wireless transmission - H05B 47/22: {with communication between the lamps and a central unit} - H05B 45/20: Controlling the colour of the light - H05B 47/115: by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings - Y02B 20/40: Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection - 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 The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system. A first switch control circuit of a first lighting control module of a plurality of lighting control modules is actuated. The actuation is detected at each lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control modules. The light sensor in each lighting control module are polled by the respective processor in each lighting control module, to detect a change in a light level. The change in the light level detected by the respective lighting control module is transmitting, from each lighting control module. The lighting control modules that detected the change in the light level are catalogued into a 1st zone of one or more zones. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of operating a lighting control system, the method comprising: actuating a first switch control circuit of a first lighting control module of a plurality of lighting control module wherein each lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control modules includes: a module housing, a graphical user interface coupled to the module housing, a light sensor coupled to the module housing, and a switch control circuit positioned in the housing and including a processor configured to modulate the flow of electrical energy to a lighting circuit via a dimmer circuit to produce a plurality of lighting scenes by varying the illumination of a light bulb connected to the lighting circuit, the switch control circuit electrically connected to the graphical user interface and the light sensor, detecting actuation of the first switch control circuit of the first lighting control module at each lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control modules; polling the light sensor in each lighting control module by the respective processor in each lighting control module, to detect a change in a light level; transmitting, from each lighting control module, the change in the light level detected by the respective lighting control module; and cataloging the lighting control modules that detected the change in the light level into a 1st zone of one or more zones. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising actuating the switch control circuit of each lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control module sequentially until each lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control module is catalogued into a respective zone. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising cataloguing the lighting control modules that detected the change in light level into a respective zone based on a magnitude of the detected change. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising modulating the flow of electrical energy to a respective lighting circuit based on a respective zone of the one or more zones. ### Claim 5 A lighting control system comprising: a plurality of lighting control modules communicably coupled to one another, wherein each lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control modules includes: a module housing, a graphical user interface coupled to the module housing, a light sensor coupled to the module housing, and a switch control circuit positioned in the housing and including a processor configured to modulate the flow of electrical energy to a lighting circuit via a dimmer circuit to produce a plurality of lighting scenes by varying the illumination of a light bulb connected to the lighting circuit, the switch control circuit electrically connected to the graphical user interface and the light sensor, wherein a first switch control circuit of a first lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control modules is configured to initiate a first actuation to increase a flow of electrical energy to a first lighting circuit to cause illumination of a first light bulb connected to the first lighting circuit wherein each processor is configured to: detect an actuation of a first switch control circuit of a first lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control modules, poll the light sensor electrically connected to the respective processor to detect a change in a light level, in response to detecting actuation of the first switch control circuit, and transmit a signal indicating the change in the light level detected by the respective lighting control module, whereby at least one central processor catalogues the lighting control modules that detected the change in the light level into a 1st zone of one or more zones. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The lighting control system according to claim 5, wherein a second switch control circuit of a second lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control modules is configured to initiate a second actuation after polling the light sensor, in response to detecting actuation of the first switch control circuit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The lighting control system according to claim 5, wherein the first lighting control module is configured to transmit an actuation signal to the other lighting control modules in response to actuation of the first switch control circuit to increase a flow of electrical energy to a first lighting circuit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The lighting control system according to claim 5, wherein each lighting control module in the plurality of lighting control modules includes a wireless antenna system coupled to the respective processor.