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System and method for distributed lighting device control

US8368310B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 23, 2012
Grant dateFeb 5, 2013
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Expiry dateMar 23, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B47/1985
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for distributed light control, including a light circuit, a first device associated with the light circuit, a second device associated with the light circuit, a network communicatively connecting the light circuit, the first device, and the second device, where the first device is configured to actuate the light circuit based upon a control command sent on the network and in accordance with configuration data stored at the first device, where the second device includes a shadow configuration comprising a copy of the configuration data, where the second device is configured to generate a shadow image of the light circuit based upon the control command and the shadow configuration, and where the shadow image comprises a computed status of the light circuit.

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