Gesture-based load control via wearable devices

An electric load controller, comprising:

• control circuitry to:
• receive from one or more communicatively coupled sensors via a first network, an occupancy signal indicative of a presence of a user in a space that includes one or more electric load devices;
• receive a plurality of a plurality of user inputs that include:
• a first input that includes a data representative of a gesture made by the user;
• and
• a second input received from a mobile device associated with the user via a second network different from the first network;
• wherein the second input includes one of:
• an input received via a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on the mobile device;
• or
• an input provided by an audio capture circuit in the mobile device;
• identify at least one electric load device in the space using one of the first input or the second input;
• determine an instruction associated with the identified at least one electric load device using the remaining one of the first input or the second input;
• and
• communicate the instruction to the identified at least one electric load device via the first network.

An electric load control method, comprising:

• receiving by electric load control circuitry from one or more communicatively coupled sensors via a first network, an occupancy signal indicative of a presence of a user in a space that includes one or more electric load devices;
• receiving by the electric load control circuitry, a plurality of a plurality of user inputs that include:
• a first input that includes a data representative of a gesture made by the user;
• and
• a second input received from a mobile device associated with the user via a second network different from the first network;
• wherein the second input includes one of:
• an input received via a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on the mobile device;
• or
• an input provided by an audio capture circuit in the mobile device;
• identifying by the electric load control circuitry, at least one electric load device in the space using at least one of the first input or the second input;
• determining by the electric load control circuitry, an instruction associated with the identified at least one electric load device using the remaining one of the first input or the second input;
• and
• causing by the electric load control circuitry, a communication of the instruction to the identified at least one electric load device via the first network.

The electric load controller of claim 1:

• wherein receiving the first input that includes the data representative of the gesture made by the user further comprises:
• receiving by the electric load control circuitry, an input received via the graphical user interface on the mobile device that identifies the at least one electric load device in the space;
• and
• wherein receiving the second input from the mobile device associated with the user further comprises:
• receiving by the electric load control circuitry, a gesture input from the mobile device input, the gesture input corresponding to the instruction associated with the at least one electric load device.

A non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device that includes instructions that, when executed by electric load control circuitry, causes the electric load control circuitry to:

• receive, from one or more communicatively coupled sensors via a first network, an occupancy signal indicative of a presence of a user in a space that includes one or more electric load devices;
• receive, a plurality of a plurality of user inputs that include:
• a first input that includes a data representative of a gesture made by the user;
• and
• a second input received from a mobile device associated with the user via a second network different from the first network;
• wherein the second input includes one of:
• an input received via a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on the mobile device;
• or
• an input provided by an audio capture circuit in the mobile device;
• identify at least one electric load device in the space using at least one of the first input or the second input;
• determine an instruction associated with the identified at least one electric load device using the remaining one of the first input or the second input;
• and
• cause a communication of the instruction to the identified at least one electric load device via the first network.