Networked light bulb with color wheel for configuration
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1. 2008 7 956 546 B2 6 2011 Hasnain http www x10pro com pro pdf plm03 pdf retrieved on May 25 7 961 111 B2 6 2011 Tinaphong et al 2010 7 970 542 B2 6 2011 Bent et al K Jonsson Modular Networked Light Bulb GWRPID 002A 8 013 545 B2 9 2011 Jonsson Unpublished U S Appl No 12 795 395 filed Jun 7 2010 di TEI n E 2003 Towing et al K Jonsson Networked Device with Power Usage Estimation ing y 2003 0050737 Al 3 2003 Osann Er 002C Unpublished U S Appl No 12 795 417 filed Jun BE n d Bu et al K Jonsson Automated Load Assessment Device and Method 2006 0202557 Al 9 2006 Menas et al 7 2010 2006 0271544 Al 11 2006 Devarakonda et al K Jonsson Power Node for Energy Management GWRPID 006 2006 0284734 Al 12 2006 Newman Unpublished U S Appl No 12 777 229 filed May 10 2010 2007 0135973 Al 6 2007 Petite International Search Report and Written Opinion ofthe International 2007 0297112 Al 12 2007 Gilbert Searching Authority for PCT US2010 053355 Sep 1 2001 2008 0094210 Al 4 2008 Paradiso et al Philogene Haissa U S Appl No 12 795 395 Notice of Allowance 2008 0201268 Al 8 2008 Duncan Jul 22 2011 USPTO ados A pe Neri A Pudenzi A Neuron Nets Based Procedure for Identifying Domes 2009 0202250 Al 8 2009 Dizechi et al A ees d of Use from Energy Recordings at Meter 2009 0234512 Al 9 2009 Ewing et al UR 4 n 2009 0236909 Al _ 9 2009 Aldag et al Non Final Office Action for U S Appl No 12 795 629 USPT2. 315 to cool the plurality of LEDs 313 In some embodi ments the third printed circuit board 314 with a plurality of LEDs 313 may be replaced by a single multi die LED pack US 8 430 402 B2 7 age or a single high output LED In some embodiments the heat sink 315 may not be needed or could be a completely different configuration than what is shown A cable 312 con nects the printed circuit board 207 with the third printed circuit board 314 The cable 312 carries the power for the plurality of LEDs 313 In some embodiments it may be con nect the second printed circuit board 310 directly to the third printed circuit board 314 instead of passing the signals through the printed circuit board 207 FIG 4 shows a block diagram of the control electronics 400 used in the networked light bulb 300 The block diagram is divided into three sections 410 420 430 corresponding to the three printed circuit boards of FIG 3 Other embodiments may partition the system differently and have more or fewer printed circuit boards or circuit elements The three sections are the LED Driver section 410 corresponding to the second printed circuit board 310 the networked controller section 420 corresponding to the printed circuit board 207 and the LED section 430 corresponding to the third printed circuit board 314 The base with contacts 301 302 provides AC power to the AC to DC rectifier 411 to power the LED driver 412 The LED driver may be an integrated cir
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4. The controller 421 then checks 503 to see if the light bulb has been previ ously initialized and included into the network If the device has not yet been initialized and included into the network it checks 504 to see if the currently selected color is white the locking color If the currently selected color is white the controller 421 turns off 515 the wireless network adapter 422 and then turns on 514 the LEDs 313 by driving the control signal 443 low If the color selected is not white the controller 421 broad casts 505 an inclusion packet over the network to let a net work controller know that there is a new device on the net work that needs to be initialized and configured The controller 421 then waits for some period of time to receive 506 initialization information from the network controller If no initialization information is received the controller rebroadcasts 505 an inclusion packet and waits again repeat ing this process until initialization information is received 506 Once initialization information has been received the controller 421 gets the color information the color selection mechanism 200 converts it to the corresponding color code and sends 507 the color code out to the network controller The network controller uses the color code to help further configure the device and create a more user friendly user interface for the entire network One way the network con troller may use the color code is to allow the u
5. a new state change request is received 516 the controller 421 checks to see if the color selected by the user on the color selection device 200 has changed 517 In some embodiments the act of changing the color may gen erate a state change request If the color has changed 517 the controller 421 sends 507 the new color out over the network to let the network controller know that the user has changed the color code on the device The controller then proceeds through the same set of steps 508 515 as described in the initial power up sequence If the color has not changed 517 there is no need to rebroadcast the color code or recheck to see if the color is white so the controller simply receives the control message 511 and takes appropriate action 512 514 FIG 6A and 6B show additional alternative embodiments ofa color selection mechanism FIG 6A shows a cylindrical portion 621 ofthe networked light bulb Rotating color sleeve 622 can be rotated about the cylindrical element 621 Selec tion indicator 623 points at the currently selected color on the rotating color sleeve 622 The currently selected color in FIG 6A is color 3 the color of section 624 FIG 6B also shows a cylindrical portion 631 of a networked light bulb Rotating selector sleeve 635 with a selector indicator 633 can be rotated about the cylindrical element 631 Fixed color ring 632 1s affixed to the cylindrical element 631 adjacent to the rotating selector sleeve 635 Se
6. active devices may be located there between Any element in a claim that does not explicitly state means for performing a specified function or step for performing a specified function is not to be interpreted as a means or step clause as specified in 35 U S C 112 46 In particular the use of step of in the claims is not intended to invoke the provision of 35 U S C 112 46 The description of the various embodiments provided above is illustrative in nature and is not intended to limit the invention its application or uses Thus variations that do not depart from the gist of the invention are intended to be within the scope of the embodiments of the present invention Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the intended scope of the present invention What is claimed is 1 A method for configuring a networked lighting apparatus comprising generating a selected color code corresponding to a color selected from a plurality of colors the plurality of colors having at least one locking color and one or more non locking colors and each color of the plurality of colors having a corresponding color code disabling a network connection if the color selected is the at least one locking color and only if the color selected is one of the one or more non locking colors a connecting to the network b sending the selected color code overthe network and c changing a state of the ne
7. controller the color selection mechanism allowing a user to select a color from a plurality of colors the plurality of colors having at least one locking color and one or more non locking colors wherein the color selection mechanism communicates information corresponding to the color selected by the user to the controller if the color selected by the user is the at least one locking color the controller disables the network adapter and if the color selected by the user is one of the one or more non locking colors a the controller converts the information communi cated by the color selection mechanism to a color code corresponding to the color selected by the user b the controller communicates the color code to the network adapter c the network adapter sends the color code out over the network d the network adapter receives a message from the network to change a state of the networked light bulb and communicates it to the controller and e the controller changes the state of the networked light bulb in response to the message to change the state of the networked light bulb communicated by the net work adapter 8 The networked light bulb of claim 7 in which the network adapter connects to a wireless network selected from the group consisting of Wi Fi Z wave and Zigbee 9 The networked light bulb of claim 7 in which the con troller and the network adapter are integrated on a single integrated circuit 10
8. embodiments also include means for allowing the user enter a local brightness command but the means for controlling the brightness level of the light emitting device changes the brightness level in response to the local brightness command only if the color selected by the user is one of the one or more non locking colors One embodiment of a networked light bulb comprises a light emitting apparatus a controller a network adapter com municatively coupled to the controller and a color selection mechanism communicatively coupled to the controller the color selection mechanism allowing a user to select a color from a plurality of colors the plurality of colors having at least one locking color and one or more non locking colors The color selection mechanism communicates information corresponding to the color selected by the user to the control ler and if the color selected by the user is the at least one locking color the controller disables the network adapter If the color selected by the user is one of the one or more non locking colors the controller converts the information communicated by the color selection mechanism to a color code corresponding to the color selected by the user the controller communicates the color code to the network adapter the network adapter sends the color code out over the network the network adapter receives a message from the network to change a state of the networked light bulb and communicates it to the c
9. the accompanying drawings and discussed below FIG 1 is a table 100 indicating some embodiments of the colors that could be used with the subject of the present disclosure The first column 101 contains reference numbers 0 9 to be used for referring to each color Some embodiments may use fewer than 10 colors while others may use more than 10colors The second column 102 contains symbols that may optionally be imprinted on top ofthe color to help people who may have difficulty distinguishing between different colors In this embodiment the first color has no symbol the next 8 colors use an Arabic numeral as the symbol and the final symbol is a padlock Other visible symbols may be used in other embodiments Tactilely recognizable symbols such as Braille may be used in other embodiments The third column 103 contains the color names for the colors of this embodi ment Other colors could be used in other embodiments The next four columns 104 entitled Print Colors give one pos sible set of colors to be mixed for 4 color printing processes The four columns 104 represent the percentage of the maxi mum amount of ink for the cyan C96 magenta M yel low Y and black K and can range from 0 to 100 Other mixes might be used for some embodiments depending on the specific inks print stock and exact desired color The next three columns 105 entitled Computer Colors give a possible representation for the indicated colors for use
10. 4 709 entitled HYBRID LIGHT and filed on Oct 25 2009 the entire contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference Background 1 Technical Field The present subject matter relates to home automation networking It further relates to initialization and setup of networked home automation devices 2 Description of Related Art Providing home automation functionality using network ing means is well known in the art Control of lighting and appliances can be accomplished using systems from many different companies such as X10 Insteon and Echelon These systems all require some kind of initialization and setup of the devices to communicate properly on the network In some cases some of the initialization and setup is pre defined in the device with no mechanism for the user to easily configure the device for their particular installation But in many cases a way for the user to configure the device at the time of installation is required Light bulbs and light fixtures create a special challenge in that they are often installed in locations that can be hard to reach and people are not used to touching a light bulb especially when it is on and could be quite hot US Pat App No 2009 0237006 filed Mar 18 2008 by inventors Champion et al shows a method and apparatus for identifying a group of devices where a controller receives a color identifying value over a communication channel from a management network and then combines
11. Apr 30 2013 Sheet 2 of 7 US 8 430 402 B2 FIG 2 US 8 430 402 B2 Sheet 3 of 7 Apr 30 2013 U S Patent 313 304 FIG 3B FIG 3A US 8 430 402 B2 Sheet 4 of 7 Apr 30 2013 U S Patent en a e aa e a aa ae a a a aa e Wireless Network Adapter Controller 422 FIG 4 AC to DC Rectifier LM U S Patent Apr 30 2013 Sheet 5 of 7 US 8 430 402 B2 916 501 Incoming state change request Power is Applied m 502 p Turn On Control Electronics 503 Is Color Selector White Yes Initialized Included 517 Broadcast Inclusion Packet for Selected Group color Did Color Selector Yes Send selected group color Is Color Selector White Receive Initialization Info Enable Monitoring Exclude from network f un initialize Receive Lamp State Control Turn Off Wireless Network adapter N 513 i FIG 5 Turn Lamp Off Turn On Lamp U S Patent Apr 30 2013 Sheet 6 of 7 US 8 430 402 B2 623 635 622 633 632 624 621 631 634 FIG 6A FIG 6B U S Patent Apr 30 2013 Sheet 7 of 7 US 8 430 402 B2 721 722 730 Ed we Ba Ta 702 FIG 7 US 8 430 402 B2 1 NETWORKED LIGHT BULB WITH COLOR WHEEL FOR CONFIGURATION CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of U S Provisional patent application Ser No 61 25
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13. The networked light bulb of claim 7 in which the network adapter receives a status request message from the network and communicates it to the controller only if the color selected by the user is one of the one or more non locking colors and the controller responds to the status request message com municated by the network adapter by communicating a response message to the network adapter to send out over the network 11 The networked light bulb of claim 7 in which the state of the networked light bulb being changed is a brightness level of the light emitting apparatus US 8 430 402 B2 13 12 The method of configuring the networked lighting apparatus of claim 11 wherein the brightness level is limited to On and Off 13 The networked light bulb of claim 7 the color selection mechanism comprising a rotary switch with a rotatable shaft and an output com municatively coupled to the controller and a color wheel having a center an edge and a colored area the center of the color wheel coupled to the shaft of the rotary switch and the colored area divided into sections each section imprinted with a section color selected from the plurality of colors such that as the color wheel is rotated by user manipulation of the edge the colored area of the color wheel and the rotat able shaft of the rotary switch also rotate and the output of the rotary switch communicates current rota tional position information corresponding to th
14. US008430402B2 a2 United States Patent 10 Patent No US 8 430 402 B2 Diehl et al 45 Date of Patent Apr 30 2013 54 NETWORKED LIGHT BULB WITH COLOR FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS WHEEL FOR CONFIGURATION S0 ORI JP 2006 525640 A 11 2006 75 Inventors William Diehl Dove Canyon CA US Karl Jonsson Rancho Santa Margarita Continued CA US Sonny Windstrup Copenhagen DK OTHER PUBLICATIONS 2 Hart G W Nonintrusive appliance load monitoring Porceedings of 73 Assignee Greenwave Reality PTE Ltd the IEFE vol 80 No 12 Dec 1 1992 pp 1870 1891 IEEE New Singapore SG York NY US Notice Subject to any disclaimer the term of this Continued patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U S C 154 b by 278 days ar des nin EPs Primary Examiner Tuyet Thi Vo 210 Appl No 74 Attorney Agent or Firm Bruce A Young 22 Filed Jun 7 2010 65 Prior Publication Data 57 ABSTRACT US 2011 0095709 A1 Apr 28 2011 A networked light bulb is disclosed comprising means for controlling a state of the networked light bulb means for Related U S Application Data connecting to a network means for allowing a user to select a 60 Provisional application No 61 254 709 filed on Oct color from a plurality of colors the plurality of colors having 25 2009 atleast one locking color and one or more non locking colors and means for generating a selected color code corresponding 51 Int CI to the color sele
15. cted by the user each color of the plurality of A63B 71 00 2006 01 colors having a corresponding color code If the user selects 52 U S Cl the locking color the networked light bulb disconnects from USPE ali 273 143 A 273 142 R 273 138 1 the network and turns the light bulb on If the user selects a 273 139 273 280 non locking color the networked light bulb submits the 58 Field of Classification Search 315 312 324 selected color code over the network for use by the network 315 291 307 224 247 225 185 S 273 143 A controller in configuring the device and changes the state of 273 142 R 138 1 139 280 281 282 1 345 82 the networked light bulb in response to a command from the T 345 88 110 108 network In some embodiments the networked light bulb also See application file for complete search history responds to requests for status information from the network independent of the color selected by the user In some 36 References Cited embodiments that means for controlling the networked light U S PATENT DOCUMENTS bulb controls the brightness of the light 4 858 141 A 8 1989 Hart et al Continued 400 Wireless Network 424 Adapter 17 Claims 7 Drawing Sheets 1 45 442 gt 4 Board to Board Connection I B AC to DC 1 i i ij Rectifier i 1 down i gt D i US 8 430 402
16. cuit such as the NXP SSL2101 or similar parts from Texas Instruments or others Several signals are shared in common between the LED driver section 410 and the networked controller section 420 through a board to board connection 311 The board to board connection 311 may be a pin and socket connector system an edge finger connector system soldered right angle pins a cable or any other method of connecting two boards The shared signals comprise a ground connection the LED power signal 441 a regulated power voltage 442 a control signal 443 and a serial communication signal 444 In some embodiments the regulated power voltage 442 may be suffi cient to power all the electronics in the networked controller section 420 In other embodiments where more power is needed a DC to DC converter may be included in the net worked controller section 420 running off the LED power signal 441 The ground signal and the LED power signal 441 are then sent from the networked controller section 420 to the LED section 430 over cable 312 The LED section 430 may have a plurality of LEDs 313 powered by the LED power signal 441 The networked controller section 420 has a wireless net work adapter 422 that receives radio frequency signals through antenna 425 and is connected to controller 421 by a digital bus 423 In some embodiments the wireless network adapter 422 may connect to a Z wave Zigbee IEEE 802 15 4 or Wi Fi IEEE 802 11 wireless network Other
17. d by a standard thyristor based light dimmer which varies the phase where the AC power is active This can interact with the dimming control taking place over the net work To determine the current dimming level of the LEDs 313 the networked controller section 420 may in some embodiments include circuitry to monitor the LED power signal 441 to determine the amount of dimming taking place In other embodiments the controller 421 may communicate with the LED driver 412 over the serial communications signal 444 to query and perhaps override the current dimming level The serial communication signal 444 may also be used to communicate actual power used color temperature con trol device temperature information or any other status or control information that might need to be communicated between the controller 421 and the LED driver 412 in a particular embodiment The serial communication signal 444 may be implemented with a unidirectional or a bidirectional communication protocol such as RS 232 I2C USB SPI or any other standard or proprietary protocol FIG 5 shows a flow chart 500 for the operation of the networked light bulb 300 of the current subject matter The exact order of operations and details shown in this flow chart 500 may differ between embodiments but one skilled in the art can see how the concepts presented herein would still apply After power is applied 501 the networked light bulb 300 turns the control electronics 400 on 512
18. e color selected by the user to the controller 14 The networked light bulb of claim 13 the color selec tion mechanism further comprising a selection mark in close physical proximity to the section ofthe colored area of the color wheel imprinted with the section color corresponding to the color selected by the user at the current rotational position 5 20 14 15 The networked light bulb of claim 13 further compris ing an outer housing with an aperture wherein the color wheel is mounted in the networked light bulb so that a portion of the edge of the color wheel protrudes from the outer housing of the networked light bulb whereby the user is able to manipulate the edge to rotate the color wheel about its center a portion of the colored area is visible through the aper ture in the outer housing of the networked light bulb and a majority of the portion of the colored area visible through the aperture in the outer housing of the net worked light bulb is the section of the colored area imprinted with the section color corresponding to the color code selected by the user at the current rota tional position 16 The networked light bulb of claim 13 in which at least one section ofthe colored area is also imprinted with a visible symbol 17 The networked light bulb of claim 13 in which at least one section of the colored area has a tactilely recognizable symbol
19. embodiments may use a wired or power line network adapter instead of a wireless network adapter In some embodiments the controller 421 is implemented as a microcontroller and in some embodiments the controller 421 wireless network adapter 422 and digital bus 423 may be integrated onto a single chip 424 such as the Zensys ZM3102 A color selection mechanism 200 is also connected to the controller 421 pro viding rotational position information through an electrical connection 426 In other embodiments color selection mechanism may be provided using other means such as a graphical user interface on a display or a keypad or buttons or any other device or combination of devices that allows the user to select a color and provide information on the color chosen to the controller 421 In some embodiments the controller 421 controls the brightness ofthe plurality of LEDs 313 by driving the control signal 443 back to the LED driver 412 In one embodiment the controller 421 may simply drive the control signal 443 low to turn the plurality of LEDs 313 on and drive the control signal 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 8 443 high to turn the plurality of LEDs 313 off In other embodiments the controller 421 may drive the control signal 443 with a pulse width modulated signal to control the bright ness ofthe plurality of LEDS 313 In some embodiments the LED driver section 410 is designed to accept power that has been controlle
20. k only ifthe color selected is one ofthe one or more non locking colors One embodiment also receives a local control action and changes the state of the networked lighting apparatus in response to the local control action only if the color selected is one of the one or more non locking colors One embodiment includes means for powering a light emitting device means for controlling a brightness level of the light emitting device means for connecting to a network means for allowing a user to select a color from a plurality of colors the plurality ofcolors having at least one locking color and one or more non locking colors and means for generat ing a selected color code corresponding to the color selected by the user each color of the plurality of colors having a corresponding color code The means for connecting to the network submits the selected color code over the network only ifthe color selected by the user is one ofthe one or more US 8 430 402 B2 3 non locking colors and the means for controlling the bright ness level of the light emitting device changes brightness level in response to a message from the network only if the color selected by the user is one of the one or more non locking colors In some embodiments the brightness level is limited to On and Off Some embodiments respond to a request for status information from the network only if the color selected by the user is one of the one or more non locking colors Some
21. l on the networked light bulb 300 if the locking color has been selected Ifthe color selected on the color selection mechanism 200 is not white in some embodiments the controller 421 may enable monitoring 509 of the status of the light bulb A net worked light bulb 300 may allow the network controller or other network devices to query its current brightness state current power usage current physical temperature of various components the color temperature of the output of the plu rality of LEDs 313 diagnostic information or other informa tionavailableto the networked light bulb that other devices on the network might find useful The controller 421 then is enabled 511 to receive control messages over the network If the control message tells the controller 421 to turn the device On 512 the controller 421 drives the control signal low to turn on 514 the plurality of LEDs 313 If the control packet tells the controller 421 to turn the device Off 512 the controller 421 drives the control signal high to turn off 513 the plurality of LEDs 313 Depending on the particular embodiment many states other than the On Off state may be controlled such as the brightness or the color temperature ofthe plurality of LEDs 313 On occasion new incoming state change requests may be received 516 Those state change requests may come over the network or they may be received from a local user interface on the device such as changing the color selected Whenever
22. lection indicator 633 points at the currently selected color on the fixed color sleeve 632 In FIG 6B the currently selected color is color 1 the color of section 634 25 40 45 65 10 FIG 7 shows another alternative embodiment of a color selection mechanism 700 to allow a user to select a color Top view 720 shows the color wheel from the top and side view 730 shows the color wheel from the side with some associated structure that has been omitted from the top view 720 for clarity The color wheel mechanism 700 has a color wheel with an angled side 701 an edge 702 at the outermost part of the angled side 701 and a hub 704 The angle of the angled side 701 may range from 0 parallel with the axis to nearly 90 degrees nearly flat The edge 702 may be knurled or textured to give better grip as it is rotated by the user A plurality of colored sections 710 717 are included on the angled side 701 The colored sections 710 717 may be immediately adjacent to each other or may have some space with a neutral color between them as is shown in this embodiment This embodi ment has eight sections each section a different color as defined in FIG 1 In this embodiment section 710 is color 0 section 711 is color 1 section 712 is color 2 section 713 is color 3 section 714 is color 4 section 715 is color 5 section 716 is color 6 and section 717 is color 9 In this embodiment visible and tactilely recognizable symbols are also i
23. ly transparent and may have venti lation openings in some embodiments but the other sections 301 302 303 can be any color or transparency and be made from any suitable material The middle housing 303 has an indentation 305 with a slot 306 and an aperture 307 The color wheel 221 is attached to the shaft of rotary switch 206 which is mounted on a printed circuit board 207 The printed circuit board 207 with the color wheel 221 is mounted horizontally so that the edge 202 of the color wheel protrudes through the slot 306 of the middle housing 303 This allows the user to apply a rotational force to the color wheel 221 As the color wheel 221 rotates different sections ofthe colored area 203 of the color wheel 221 are visible through an aperture 307 In FIG 3 the current position of the color wheel 221 is such the color section with color 4 is visible through the aperture 307 indicating that the user has selected color 4 at this time The color selection mechanism 200 may be designed to provide a detent at each section of the colored area 203 to make it clear what color is currently selected In this embodiment a second printed circuit board 310 is mounted vertically in the base of the networked light bulb 300 A board to board connection 311 is provided to connect selected electrical signals between the two printed circuit boards 207 310 A third printed circuit board 314 has a plurality of LEDs 313 mounted on it and is backed by a heat sink
24. mation to the PMM which can in turn store and communicate that information to a user or installer to aid in replacement or commissioning The information may be stored in a nonvolatile memory onboard a 5 20 35 40 45 55 60 65 2 the light module and communicated via a digital bus to the PMM The information may be stored passively on the light module such as via a series of jumpers or dip switches and can be read by the PMM The passive storage may include electrical contacts with encoded bit pattern stored in an optics holder The passive storage may include passive RFID X10 markets a series of home automation control modules such as the PLM03 Lamp Module Receiver Many X10 mod ules include two rotary control dials that the user can set at installation to allow each separate module to be indepen dently controlled One dial is forthe House Code and can be set to a letter ranging from A to P while the other dial is for the Unit Number which can be set to a number ranging from 1 to 16 It should be noted that neither the system described by Chemel et al nor X10 devices address simplifying the way that the user can identify the location or other parameters of a device It therefore is important to provide a new method for the user to very easily configure a networked device for the home The method should be very easy to remember and provide a simple means to configure at least the location or other ba
25. ncluded on some of the sections Section 711 has the braille symbol for one 721 section 712 has the braille symbol for two 722 section 713 has the braille symbol for three 723 section 714 has the braille symbol for four 724 section 715 has the braille symbol for five 725 section 716 has the braille symbol for six 726 and section 717 has a raised padlock symbol 727 Other embodiments may use other tactilely recognizable symbols Yet other embodiments may not include tactilely recogniz able symbols In other embodiments the tactilely recogniz able symbols may not be readily visible and other visible symbols may or may not be included The colors on the angled edge 701 represent seven non locking colors 0 6 and one locking color 9 which is white The color wheel hub 704 is attached to the shaft 705 of a rotary dip switch 706 that may be mounted on a printed circuit board 707 As the color wheel is turned it turns the shaft 705 of the rotary dip switch 706 which generates information depending on the rotational angle ofthe shaft 705 The information is then available on the pins 708 not all pins are shown ofthe rotary dip switch 706 The pins 708 may be connected to pull up resistors and a controller located on the same printed circuit board or else where in the networked device In one embodiment the rotary dip switch is an octal encoder that generates 3 bits of output that can either be connected to ground or left as an open circuit so tha
26. of the color wheel and the rotatable shaft of the rotary switch also rotate and the output of the rotary switch communicates current rotational position information corresponding to the color selected by the user to the control ler In at least one embodiments the color selection mecha nism also has a selection mark in close physical proximity to the section of the colored area of the color wheel imprinted with the section color corresponding to the color selected by the user at the current rotational position And in some pak 5 25 35 40 45 50 55 4 embodiments the networked light bulb further has an outer housing with an aperture The color wheel is mounted in the networked light bulb so that a portion of the edge of the color wheel protrudes from the outer housing ofthe networked light bulb whereby the user is able to manipulate the edge to rotate the color wheel about its center A portion of the colored area is visible through the aperture in the outer housing of the networked light bulb with a majority of the portion of the colored area visible through the aperture in the outer housing of the networked light bulb is the section of the colored area imprinted with the section color corresponding to the color code selected by the user at the current rotational position And in some embodiments the color wheel may also include visible or tactilely recognizable symbols BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompan
27. on a computer screen The three columns 105 represent a color value for each of red R green G and blue B and range from 0 to 255 to allow the value for each component color to be stored in a single 8 bit storage location as is common in computer systems The final right most column 106 entitled Fill gives a cross hatch pattern that is used in the following black and white figures to indicate the color that would fill a particular area FIG 2 shows one particular embodiment of a color selec tion mechanism 200 to allow a user to select a color Top view 220 shows a color wheel 221 from the top and side view 230 shows the color wheel 221 from the side with some associated structure that has been omitted from the top view 220 for clarity The color wheel mechanism 200 has a color wheel with a raised disc 201 an edge 202 extending out beyond the raised disc and a hub 204 In some embodiments the hub may not extend below the edge plane The edge 202 may be knurled or textured to give better grip as it 1s rotated by the user A colored area 203 is included on the color wheel In this embodiment the colored area 203 is implemented as a label that is wrapped around the raised disc 201 and attached with adhesive The colored area 203 is divided into sections 210 219 each section imprinted with a different color as defined in FIG 1 In this embodiment section 210 is imprinted with color 0 and no identifying symbol In this embodiment col
28. ontroller and the controller changes the state of the networked light bulb in response to the mes sage to change the state of the network light bulb communi cated by the network adapter In some embodiments the network adapter connects to a wireless network such as Wi Fi Z wave or Zigbee and in some instances the controller and the network adapter may be integrated on a single integrated circuit In some embodiments the state of the networked light bulb being changed is a brightness level of the light emitting apparatus and it may be limited to On and Off In some embodiments the network adapter receives a status request message from the network and communicates it to the con troller only if the color selected by the user is one of the one or more non locking colors and the controller responds to the status request message communicated by the network adapter by communicating a response message to the network adapter to send out over the network In at least one embodiment the color selection mechanism comprises a rotary switch with a rotatable shaft and an output communicatively coupled to the controller and a color wheel having a center an edge and a colored area the center of the color wheel coupled to the shaft of the rotary switch and the colored area divided into sections each section imprinted with a section color selected from the plurality of colors As the color wheel is rotated by user manipulation of the edge the colored area
29. or 0 is black Section 211 is imprinted with color 1 and the symbol 1 Section 212 is imprinted with color 2 and the symbol 2 Section 213 is imprinted with color 3 and the symbol 3 Section 214 is imprinted with color 4 and the symbol 4 Section 215 is imprinted with color 5 and the symbol 5 Section 216 is imprinted with color 6 and the symbol 6 Section 217 is imprinted with color 7 and the symbol 7 Section 218 is imprinted with color 8 and the symbol 8 Section 219 is imprinted with color 9 and the 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 6 symbol of a padlock to symbolize that this is the locking color In this embodiment color 9 is white The colors imprinted on the colored area 203 represent nine non locking colors 0 8 and one locking color 9 which is white Other embodiments may use more or less than ten colors The color wheel hub 204 is attached to the shaft 205 of a rotary dip switch 206 that may be mounted on a printed circuit board 207 As the color wheel 221 is turned it turns the shaft 205 of the rotary dip switch 206 which generates information depending on the rotational angle of the shaft 205 The infor mation is then available on the pins 208 not all pins are shown of the rotary dip switch 206 The pins 208 may be connected to pull up resistors and a controller located on the same printed circuit board or elsewhere in the networked light bulb In one embodimen
30. s are used to con vey a generally agreed upon meaning to those skilled in the art unless a different definition is given in this specification Some descriptive terms and phrases are presented in the fol lowing paragraphs for clarity The term LED refers to a diode that emits light whether visible ultraviolet or infrared and whether coherent or inco herent The term as used herein includes incoherent polymer encased semiconductor devices marketed as LEDs whether of the conventional or super radiant variety The term as used herein also includes semiconductor laser diodes and diodes that are not polymer encased It also includes LEDs that include a phosphor or nanocrystals to change their spec tral output The term network refers to a bidirectional communica tion medium and protocol to allow a plurality of devices to communicate with each other The term networked device refers to any device that can communicate over a network US 8 430 402 B2 5 The terms networked light fixture networked lighting apparatus and networked light bulb all refer to a net worked device capable of emitting light While there are subtle differences in the generally agreed upon embodiments for these terms they may be used interchangeably in this disclosure unless additional detail is provided to indicate that a specific embodiment is being discussed Reference now is made in detail to the examples illustrated in
31. ser to assign a particular color to a room and set all the networked devices located in that room to the same color An alternative use is to differentiate all similar devices using a different color so that the user can easily tell which device is which as they interact with the network controller In yet another use the color can be used to group devices together that interact such as all the audio visual devices The way that the color information is used by the network controller or other network devices is dependent on the implementation of the entire home automa tion system and may be invisible to the networked light bulb US 8 430 402 B2 9 After the color code has been transmitted 507 the control ler 421 then determines 508 if the color selected is the locking color white in case the color selected has changed If the locking color white has been selected the controller 421 excludes 510 the networked light bulb 300 from the network gracefully disconnecting from any services and in some embodiments informing the network controller that it is dropping off the network It also may remove network initial ization information It then turns off 515 the wireless network adapter in some embodiments removing power from that device and in others just disabling its function In some embodiments the controller may also ignore all local control requests such as when the user presses a local power button or changes a local dimming contro
32. sic parameter important to the networking ofthe device It should also take the unique features ofa light bulb or light fixture into account SUMMARY Various embodiments of the present subject matter dis close methods and apparatus for configuring a networked lighting apparatus such as light bulb or light fixture One embodiment of a method for configuring a networked light ing apparatus generates a selected color code corresponding to a color selected from a plurality of colors the plurality of colors having at least one locking color and one or more non locking colors and each color of the plurality of colors having a corresponding color code It disables a network connection if the color selected is the at least one locking color Only if the color selected is one of the one or more non locking colors it connects to the network sends the selected color code over the network and changes a state of the networked lighting apparatus in response to a message received over the network In some embodiments the state of the networked lighting apparatus being changed is a bright ness level of the networked lighting apparatus and in some embodiments the brightness level may be limited to On and Off Some embodiments may set the brightness level of the networked lighting apparatus to at least 1096 of maximum if the color selected is the at least one locking color and some embodiments may respond to a request for status information from the networ
33. t as each output is connected to a pull up resistor the output represents a binary number between 000 and 111 Other methods of encoding the angular position of the color wheel could also be used such as an optical shaft encoder a magnetic detector two axis hall effect sensors or other well known methods of detecting the angular position of a disk or shaft A cross section of a wall 709 of the networked light bulb shows the edge 702 protruding through the wall and a portion of the angled side 701 visible through an opening in the wall 709 Exterior view 740 shows the outside of the networked light bulb with the wall 741 having an opening 742 In the position shown section 713 is filling most of opening 742 The color selection mechanism 700 may be designed to pro vide a detent at each section 710 717 to make it easy for the user to center the desired section in the opening 742 Unless otherwise indicated all numbers expressing quan tities of elements optical characteristic properties and so forth used in the specification and claims are to be understood as being modified in all instances by the term about Accordingly unless indicated to the contrary the numerical parameters set forth in the preceding specification and US 8 430 402 B2 11 attached claims are approximations that can vary depending upon the desired properties sought to be obtained by those skilled in the art utilizing the teachings of the present inven tion A
34. t the rotary dip switch is a BCD encoder that generates 4 bits of output that can either be connected to ground or left as an open circuit so that as each output is connected to a pull up resistor the output represents a binary number between 0000 and 1010 Other methods of encoding the angular position of the color wheel 221 could also be used such as independent switches for each position an optical shaft encoder a magnetic detector two axis hall effect sensors or other well known methods of detecting the angular position of a disk or shaft FIG 3A shows a front view with inner structure not shown and FIG 3B shows a side view with selected inner structure shown in broken lines ofthe color selection mecha nism 200 implemented in a networked light bulb 300 In this embodiment a networked light bulb 300 is shown but other embodiments of the present subject matter could be a perma nently installed light fixture with a socket for a standard light bulb or a light fixture with embedded LEDs or any other sort oflight emitting apparatus The light bulb 300 is AC powered but other embodiments could be battery powered or solar powered The networked light bulb 300 of this embodiment has a base with a power contact 301 and a neutral contact 302 a middle housing 303 and an outer bulb 304 Each section 301 302 303 304 can be made of a single piece of material or be assembled from multiple component pieces The outer bulb 304 is at least partial
35. t the very least and not as an attempt to limit the application of the doctrine of equivalents to the scope of the claims each numerical parameter should at least be construed in light of the number of reported significant digits and by applying ordinary rounding techniques Notwithstanding that the numerical ranges and parameters setting forth the broad scope of the invention are approximations the numerical values set forth in the specific examples are reported as pre cisely as possible Any numerical value however inherently contains certain errors necessarily resulting from the standard deviations found in their respective testing measurements The recitation of numerical ranges by endpoints includes all numbers subsumed within that range e g 1 to 5 includes 1 1 5 2 2 75 3 3 80 4 and 5 As used in this specification and the appended claims the singular forms a an and the include plural referents unless the content clearly dictates otherwise Thus for example reference to an element described as an LED may refer to a single LED two LEDs or any other number of LEDs As used in this specification and the appended claims the term or is generally employed in its sense including and or unless the content clearly dictates otherwise As used herein the term coupled includes direct and indirect connections Moreover where first and second devices are coupled intervening devices including
36. the light emitted by the at least two LEDs into an identifying color that identifies a group of devices In U S Pat No 4 918 690 issues on Apr 17 1990 the inventors Markkula et al describe a network for sensing communicating and controlling where each cell in the network is assigned a group identification number Inventor Dolin describes an apparatus and method for net work node identification and network configuration in U S Pat No 5 519 878 issued on May 21 1996 In Dolin s sys tem each device in the home automation network contains a unique ID that is obtained at the time of installation and then placed on a machine readable medium such as a bar code sticker The bar code stickers for each device are then placed on paper floor plan to show the physical location of that device The paper floor plan with the stickers is then read by an automatic configuration device to determine the physical location of each device for future use However neither Champion et al Markkula et al nor Dolin address the ability of a user to set the network group or other parameters using a control mechanism on the device itself In US Pat App No 2009 0267540 inventors Chemel at al show an intelligent LED lighting system with mesh network ing connectivity Chemel et al describe a power management module PMM with light module identification Each light module may have identifying information programmed into it and can communicate that infor
37. tworked lighting apparatus in response to a message received over the network 2 The method for configuring the networked lighting apparatus of claim 1 further comprising responding to a request for status information from the network only if the color selected is one of the one or more non locking colors 20 25 30 35 45 50 55 60 65 12 3 The method for configuring the networked lighting apparatus of claim 1 further comprising receiving a local control action changing the state of the networked lighting apparatus in response to the local control action only if the color selected is one of the one or more non locking colors 4 The method for configuring the networked lighting apparatus of claim 1 wherein the state of the networked light ing apparatus being changed is a brightness level of the net worked lighting apparatus 5 The method of configuring the networked lighting appa ratus of claim 4 wherein the brightness level is limited to On and Off 6 The method of configuring the networked lighting appa ratus of claim 4 further comprising setting the brightness level ofthe networked lighting appa ratus to at least 10 of maximum if the color selected is the at least one locking color 7 A networked light bulb comprising a light emitting apparatus a controller anetwork adapter communicatively coupled to the control ler and a color selection mechanism communicatively coupled to the
38. ying drawings which are incorporated in and constitute part of the specification illustrate various embodiments of the invention Together with the general description the drawings serve to explain the principles ofthe invention In the drawings FIG 1 shows a table of color definitions used in this dis closure FIG 2 shows an embodiment of a color wheel FIG 3 shows a networked light bulb with a color wheel for configuration FIG 4 shows a block diagram of the electronics utilized in one embodiment of the networked light bulb FIG 5 is a flowchart describing how the color selection means is used in the configuration of a networked light bulb FIG 6A and 6B show additional embodiments of color selection mechanism and FIG 7 shows an alternative embodiment of a color wheel DETAILED DESCRIPTION In the following detailed description numerous specific details are set forth by way of examples in order to provide a thorough understanding of the relevant teachings However it should be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present teachings may be practiced without such details In other instances well known methods procedures and components have been described at a relatively high level without detail in order to avoid unnecessarily obscuring aspects of the present concepts A number of descriptive terms and phrases are used in describing the various embodiments of this dis closure These descriptive terms and phrase
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