Soraa, Inc.

Korrus, Inc.

Ecosense Lighting, Inc.

Laszlo Takacs

Aurelien J F David

Artem Mishin

Phil Kearney

Michael Larson

Jeffery R Parker

Jeffery Robert Parker

Michael Ragan Krames

Frank T Shum

Vinod Khosla

Wilfred Martis

Radha Nayak

In one embodiment, a method comprising: (a) receiving a set of physiological data associated with at least one health condition of an animal subject; (b) receiving a set of environmental data associated with one or more environment conditions to which the subject is or has been exposed; (c) determining a set of operating parameters for at least one environmental device based at least partially on at least a portion of the set of physiological data and at least a portion of the set of environmental data; and (d) transmitting the set of operating parameters to the at least one environmental device to at least partially control at least one controlled environmental condition to which the subject is exposed to thereby at partially control the at least one health condition.

Controlling physiological conditions by controlling environmental conditions

A system comprising: a host device comprising at least, an electrical interface configured for connection to a powerline; a first releasable interface; a powerline communication module for transmitting and receiving information over the powerline; an intelligent module comprising at least, a second releasable interface interconnected to the first releasable interface; a digital processor; memory operatively connected to the processor and configured with instructions for causing the processor to receive and transmit information over the powerline through the powerline communication module.

Intelligent modules for intelligent networks

A network communication module (NCM), comprising: (a) a housing configured to connect to an outlet containing power wiring; (b) a PLC interface in said housing and electrically connected to said power wiring; (c) a legacy control interface configured for electrical connection with one or more downstream devices; (d) a microprocessor and memory configured for causing said microprocessor to perform at least the following steps: communicate over the powerline via PLC to at least receive control signals or transmit data related to said one or more downstream devices, and communicate with said one or more downstream devices via said legacy control interface to transmit control signals or receive said data from one or more said downstream devices.

A voltage control system for an LED operates to dynamically determine and set a minimum permissible voltage on an energy storage device such as a capacitor such that the energy storage device operates at a minimum possible voltage to compensate for component variations and dimming signal variations while maintaining flicker-free operation of the LED.

Dynamic power supply for light emitting diode

Apparatus and methods of attaching accessories to LED lamps and for providing active accessories in LED lamps are disclosed. The active accessories include single-function active accessories as well as multi-function active accessories.

Multi-function active accessories for LED lamps

A method for transmitting data over a power signal to at least one lamp, said power signal comprising alternating high-power and low-power sections, said method comprising: modulating said power signal in one or more interface regions based upon at least one data symbol to generate a modulated signal having one or more modulated portions, each modulated portion having a first average power, each of said interface regions comprising adjacent portions of a high-power section and a low-power section, said adjacent portions having a second average portion; wherein said first average power is about the same as said second average power.

Lamp power line communication

A smart lamp comprising: a lamp; and a processor configured to operate said lamp, said processor having at least active and standby modes of operation, in said active mode, said processor uses a first communication protocol having a first power consumption, and, in said standby mode, said processor uses a second communication protocol having a second power consumption, wherein said first power consumption is significantly higher than said second power consumption.

Smart lighting system with ultra-low standby consumption

A driver for generating an output voltage to power an LED having a minimum operating voltage V, comprising: (a) a first voltage converting stage comprising an input terminal and an output terminal; (b) a charge storage device electrically connected to the output terminal and having a charge output voltage V; (c) at least one second voltage converting stage having an input electrically connected to the charge storage device, the second voltage converting stage being configured to increase said Vto at least V; and (d) at least one mode controller to switch between at least a first mode and a second mode, in the first mode, the first voltage converting stage charges the charge storage device to power the LED without substantial contribution from the second voltage converting stage, and, in the second mode, the second voltage converting stage power to the LED.

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Fremont, CA, United States of America

Laszlo Takacs