System for control of devices

US6803728B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. · US

Inventors

• Gnanagiri Balasubramaniam · Briarcliff Manor, US
• Richard L. Black · Gilbertsville, US
• Brian Michael Courtney · Bethlehem, US
• Jason Craze · Allentown, US
• Stuart W. DeJonge · Riegelsville, US
• William H. Howe · Palm, US
• Benjamin Aaron Johnson · Lansdale, US
• Glen Andrew Kruse · Snellville, US
• Donald R. Mosebrook · Bethlehem, US
• Daniel Curtis Raneri · Orefield, US
• Chris Mark Rogan · Pleasant Gap, US
• Timothy Russell Roper · Pen Argyl, US
• Siddarth P. Sinha · Fontainebleau, FR
• Steven Spencer Thompson · Quakertown, US
• Brian Raymond Valenta · Macungie, US
• Robert Walko · Perkasie, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 16, 2002
• Grant date: Oct 12, 2004
• Expiry date: Sep 16, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05B47/196
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless control system for lighting or the like has a central processor that receives commands from keypads and other control devices, and sends commands to dimmers and other controlled devices. The central processor also receives status reports from the dimmers and sends updates to the keypads, in order to ensure that displays on the keypads are up to date.