System and method for ensuring minimal control delay to grouped illumination devices configured within a wireless network
US9655215B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 11, 2016 |
| Grant date | May 16, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05B47/199
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A lighting control system and method is disclosed for not only controlling visual content loaded within a group set of illumination devices configured within a wireless network, but also for ensuring minimal control delay to those grouped devices. The lighting control system can include a lighting controller device that controls a plurality of lamps within a mesh network, not only to group those lamps but also to assign content to lamps within that group. The combination of a guaranteed groupcast to each of the group of lamps and an acknowledge back from those lamps that is aggregated over a single path achieves the improved lighting control system disclosed herein.
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