US 2026/0300654 A1Published application

Location-Based Configuration of a Load Control Device

AssigneeLutron Technology Company LLC

InventorDragan Veskovic

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Abstract

A method of automatically programming a new load control device that replaces an old load control device takes advantage of a remote identification tag (e.g., an RFID tag) located in the vicinity of the old device. The remote identification tag stores an identifier that is representative of a location in which the old device is installed. The method includes the steps of: (1) storing a setting of an old device in a memory of a controller; (2) associating the setting with the identifier of the old device in the memory of the controller; (3) the new device retrieving the identifier from the remote identification tag after the new device is installed in the location of the old device; (4) the new device transmitting the identifier to the controller; and (5) the controller transmitting the setting of the old device to the new device in response to receiving the identifier.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A system controller comprising:

communication interface circuitry;
memory circuitry;
controller circuitry coupled to the communication interface circuitry and to the memory circuitry, the controller circuitry to:
cause a broadcast, via the communication interface circuitry, of a query to each of a plurality of electric load devices communicatively coupled to the controller circuitry;
receive a response from each of the plurality of electric load devices:
and
for each response received from respective ones of the plurality of electric load devices:
determine whether the response includes a location identifier associated with the respective electric load device;
responsive to the determination that the response includes the location identifier associated with the respective electric load device:
retrieve, from a data structure stored in the memory circuitry, a short address associated with the received location identifier;
and
retrieve, from the data structure, one or more configuration parameters associated with the received location identifier;
and
cause a communication of the retrieved short address and the one or more configuration parameters to the respective electric load device.

11 more elements

A method to configure an electric load device, comprising:

retrieving from a proximate data storage device by electric load device controller circuitry, data indicative of a location identifier associated with the electric load device;
causing by the electric load device controller circuitry, a storage of the retrieved location identifier associated with the electric load device in operatively coupled memory circuitry;
and
responsive to receipt of a query from a load control system controller:
determining by the electric load device controller circuitry, whether a short address information associated with the electric load device is stored in the memory circuitry;
responsive to the determination that the short address associated with the electric load device is not stored in the memory circuitry:
retrieving by the electric load device controller circuitry the location information associated with the electric load device from the memory circuitry;
and
causing by the electric load device controller circuitry a communication of the retrieved location information associated with the electric load device to the load control system controller.

6 more elements

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

retrieve from a proximate data storage device data indicative of a location identifier associated with the electric load device;
cause a storage of the retrieved location identifier associated with the electric load device in operatively coupled memory circuitry;
and
responsive to receipt of a query from a load control system controller:
determine whether a short address information associated with the electric load device is stored in the memory circuitry;
responsive to the determination that the short address associated with the electric load device is not stored in the memory circuitry:
retrieve the location information associated with the electric load device from the memory circuitry;
and
cause a communication of the retrieved location information associated with the electric load device to the load control system controller.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 19/532,108Filed 6 Feb 2026
Priority: 20 Mar 2009
Published: 1 Oct 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G06K 7/10297
Sensing by radiation using wavelengths larger than 0.1 mm, e.g. radio-waves or microwaves: arrangements for handling protocols designed for…
H05B 45/10
Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]: controlling the intensity of the light
H05B 47/10
Circuit arrangements for operating light sources in general, i.e. where the type of light source is not relevant: controlling the light source
H05B 47/18
By remote control: via data-bus transmission

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