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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2018
Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., Coopersburg, PA (US);
Rhodes B. Baker, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Kyle Thomas Barco, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Bryan Robert Barnes, Lansdale, PA (US);
John H. Bull, Slatington, PA (US);
Richard S. Camden, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Jordan H. Crafts, Bethlehem, PA (US);
David J. Dolan, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Jason Groller, Allentown, PA (US);
Sanjeev Kumar, Harleysville, PA (US);
Jonathan T. Lenz, Emmaus, PA (US);
Miguel Aguado Pelaez, London, GB;
Daniel L. Twaddell, Allentown, PA (US);
Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Abstract
A load control system may include control devices capable of being associated with each other at one or more locations for performing load control. Control devices may include control-source devices and/or control-target devices. A location beacon may be discovered and a unique identifier in the location beacon may be associated with a unique identifier of one or more control devices. Upon subsequent discovery of the location beacon, the associated load control devices may be controlled. The beacons may be communicated via radio frequency signals, visible light communication, and/or audio signals. The visible light communication may be used to communicate other types of information to devices in the load control system. The visible light communication may be used to identify link addresses for communicating with load control devices, load control instructions, load control configuration instructions, network communication information, and/or the like. The information in the beacons may be used to commission and/or control the load control system.