Digital load control system providing power and communication via existing power wiring

    公开(公告)号:US10231317B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-12

    申请号:US15589472

    申请日:2017-05-08

    Abstract: A controller comprises a controllably conductive device adapted to be coupled in series electrical connection between an AC power source and a load control device. The controller also comprises a control circuit coupled to the controllably conductive device for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive each half-cycle of the AC power source to generate a phase-control voltage. The control circuit is operable to render the controllably conductive device conductive for a portion of each half-cycle of the AC power source. The control circuit is operable to transmit a digital message to the load control device for controlling the power delivered to the load by encoding digital information in timing edges of the phase-control voltage, where the phase-control voltage having at least one timing edge in each half-cycle of the AC power source when the control circuit is transmitting the digital message to the load control device.

    MODULAR LIGHTING PANEL
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190008022A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-03

    申请号:US16111815

    申请日:2018-08-24

    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide examples of an electrical panel (e.g., a modular electrical panel) that is configured to control a plurality of electrical loads. The electrical panel may include a control circuit, memory, a communication circuit, and an alternating current (AC) line feed and/or a direct current (DC) line feed. The electrical panel may also include a plurality of power supplies and a plurality of control modules, where more than one control module is associated with each of the plurality of power supplies. Each control module may configured to receive DC power from the associated power supply and provide an output voltage to at least one electrical load. The electrical panel provides flexibility as to whether each stage of conversion, regulation, and/or control is performed at a control module located within the electrical panel or performed at an accessory module located at an electrical load.

    MODULAR LIGHTING PANEL
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180027630A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-25

    申请号:US15656437

    申请日:2017-07-21

    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide examples of an electrical panel (e.g., a modular electrical panel) that is configured to control a plurality of electrical loads. The electrical panel may include a control circuit, memory, a communication circuit, and an alternating current (AC) line feed and/or a direct current (DC) line feed. The electrical panel may also include a plurality of power supplies and a plurality of control modules, where more than one control module is associated with each of the plurality of power supplies. Each control module may configured to receive DC power from the associated power supply and provide an output voltage to at least one electrical load. The electrical panel provides flexibility as to whether each stage of conversion, regulation, and/or control is performed at a control module located within the electrical panel or performed at an accessory module located at an electrical load.

    LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING AN ENERGY SAVINGS MODE
    5.
    发明申请
    LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING AN ENERGY SAVINGS MODE 审中-公开
    具有节能模式的负载控制系统

    公开(公告)号:US20130226351A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-08-29

    申请号:US13848367

    申请日:2013-03-21

    Abstract: A load control system for a building having a heating and cooling system and a window located in a space of the building is operable to control a motorized window treatment in order to attempt to reduce the power consumption of the heating and cooling system. When the window may be receiving direct sunlight, the motorized window treatment closes a fabric covering the window when the heating and cooling system is cooling the space, and opens the fabric when the heating and cooling system is heating the space. In addition, when the space is unoccupied and the heating and cooling system is heating the space, the motorized window treatment may open the fabric if the window may be receiving direct sunlight, and may close the fabric if the window may not be receiving direct sunlight.

    Abstract translation: 用于具有加热和冷却系统的建筑物的负载控制系统和位于建筑物的空间中的窗口可操作以控制电动窗口处理,以试图降低加热和冷却系统的功率消耗。 当窗户可能受到阳光直射时,当加热和冷却系统冷却空间时,电动窗户处理关闭覆盖窗户的织物,并且当加热和冷却系统加热空间时打开织物。 另外,当空间空闲且加热和冷却系统正在加热空间时,如果窗户可能受到阳光直射,电动窗户处理可能会打开织物,如果窗户可能没有受到阳光直射,可能会关闭织物 。

    Modular lighting panel
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10342100B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-02

    申请号:US16111815

    申请日:2018-08-24

    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide examples of an electrical panel (e.g., a modular electrical panel) that is configured to control a plurality of electrical loads. The electrical panel may include a control circuit, memory, a communication circuit, and an alternating current (AC) line feed and/or a direct current (DC) line feed. The electrical panel may also include a plurality of power supplies and a plurality of control modules, where more than one control module is associated with each of the plurality of power supplies. Each control module may configured to receive DC power from the associated power supply and provide an output voltage to at least one electrical load. The electrical panel provides flexibility as to whether each stage of conversion, regulation, and/or control is performed at a control module located within the electrical panel or performed at an accessory module located at an electrical load.

    DIGITAL LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM PROVIDING POWER AND COMMUNICATION VIA EXISTING POWER WIRING

    公开(公告)号:US20190182937A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-13

    申请号:US16256880

    申请日:2019-01-24

    Abstract: A controller comprises a controllably conductive device adapted to be coupled in series electrical connection between an AC power source and a load control device. The controller also comprises a control circuit coupled to the controllably conductive device for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive each half-cycle of the AC power source to generate a phase-control voltage. The control circuit is operable to render the controllably conductive device conductive for a portion of each half-cycle of the AC power source. The control circuit is operable to transmit a digital message to the load control device for controlling the power delivered to the load by encoding digital information in timing edges of the phase-control voltage, where the phase-control voltage having at least one timing edge in each half-cycle of the AC power source when the control circuit is transmitting the digital message to the load control device.

    Load Control Device Having Internet Connectivity

    公开(公告)号:US20190037673A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-31

    申请号:US16113548

    申请日:2018-08-27

    CPC classification number: H05B37/0272 Y02B20/48

    Abstract: A load control device for controlling the power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load is able to receive radio-frequency (RF) signals from a Wi-Fi-enabled device, such as a smart phone, via a wireless local area network. The load control device comprises a controllably conductive device adapted to be coupled in series between the source and the load, a controller for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive and non-conductive, and a Wi-Fi module operable to receive the RF signals directly from the wireless network. The controller controls the controllably conductive device to adjust the power delivered to the load in response to the wireless signals received from the wireless network. The load control device may further comprise an optical module operable to receive an optical signal, such that the controller may obtain an IP address from the received optical signal and control the power delivered to the load in response to a wireless signal received from the wireless network that includes the IP address.

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