The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2019
Lutron Technology Company Llc, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Richard S. Camden, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Jordan H. Crafts, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Vidur Garg, Allentown, PA (US);
Kevin L. Gascho, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Alexander F. Mosolgo, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Dragan Veskovic, Allentown, PA (US);
Sean R. Pearson, Valencia, PA (US);
Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Abstract
A control module for a lighting fixture may include an input circuit (e.g., a wireless communication circuit) that may be susceptible to noise generating by a noise-generating source (e.g., a lighting control device in the lighting fixture). The control circuit may execute a self-test procedure to determine if the magnitude of the noise is acceptable or unacceptable for normal operation of the control module. During the self-test procedure, the control circuit may measure a noise level at a connection of the input circuit and determine if the noise level causes the self-test procedure to fail. The control circuit may control the lighting load to multiple intensities, measure noise levels of the output signal at each intensity, and process the noise levels to determine if the test has passed or failed. The control circuit may illuminate a visual indicator to provide an indication that the self-test procedure has failed.