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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2018
Current Lighting Solutions, Llc, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Balazs Bencze, Budapest, HU;
Gabor Szabo, Budapest, HU;
Gergely Katz, Budapest, HU;
Tamas Istvan Vegh, Budapest, HU;
Sandor Polyak, Budapest, HU;
CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A lighting control system includes a monitoring assembly comprising a switch, an energy harvesting device, and radio circuitry. The switch is manually actuated to activate or deactivate network-controlled lamps. The energy harvesting device converts kinetic energy of the actuation of the switch into electric energy that powers the radio circuitry. The radio circuitry wirelessly broadcasts a radio control message to two or more networked controllers that control activation or deactivation of the lamps. The networked controllers communicate with each other and determine which of the networked controllers is a commander controller responsive to receiving the radio control message. The commander controller communicates a control message to other networked controllers to activate or deactivate the lamps based on the radio control message received from the monitoring assembly.