Systems and methods for rules based, automated lighting control
AssigneeTelsa Controls Corporation
InventorDerek Matthew Smith
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Abstract
A lighting control system comprising a plurality of intelligent switches designed to replace a conventional light switch, each of the intelligent switches including a receiver configured to receive communication signals that include rules based instructions for controlling one or more lighting circuits; a circuit interrupter configured to control the amount of current flowing to a lighting circuit; a memory configured to store the rules based instructions; and a processor coupled with the receiver, memory, and circuit interrupter, the processor configured to control the operation of the circuit interrupter based on the rules based instructions stored in memory.
Claims16
A lighting control system comprising a plurality of intelligent switches, each of the intelligent switches including:
- a receiver configured to receive communication signals that include rules based instructions for controlling one or more lighting circuits;
- a circuit interrupter configured to control the amount of energy flowing to a lighting circuit;
- a current sensor for detecting the presence of one or more burnt-out electrical components contained within the lighting circuit by measuring the amount of current flowing through the lighting circuit;
- a memory configured to store the rules based instructions;
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- a processor coupled with the receiver, memory, current sensor, and circuit interrupter, the processor configured to control the operation of the circuit interrupter based on the rules based instructions stored in memory.
A lighting control system, comprising:
- a plurality of intelligent switches, each of the intelligent switches including:
- a receiver configured to receive communication signals that include rules based instructions for controlling one or more lighting circuits,
- a circuit interrupter configured to control the amount of energy flowing to a lighting circuit,
- a current sensor for detecting the presence of one or more burnt-out electrical components contained within the lighting circuit by measuring the amount of current flowing through the lighting circuit;
- a memory configured to store the rules based instructions, and
- a processor coupled with the receiver, memory, current sensor, and circuit interrupter, the processor configured to control the operation of the circuit interrupter based on the rules based instructions stored in memory;
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- a gateway, the gateway including:
- a first transceiver configured to communicate with a remote server in order to receive rules based instructions for control of a plurality of intelligent switches, and
- a transmitter configured to transmit the rules based instructions to the plurality of intelligent switches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.