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Patent No.:

US 8706271 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2011

Integration of computing device and lighting system

Applicants:

Mark Covaro, Sonoma, CA (US);

David Leonard, Danville, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mark Covaro, Sonoma, CA (US);

David Leonard, Danville, CA (US);

Assignee:

Redwood Systems, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:

Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Kavita Padmanabhan

Assistant Examiner:

Thomas Stevens

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H03F 3/08 (2006.01); G01J 1/20 (2006.01); H01J 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system may communicate between a display device and a lighting system using light generated by the display device and a light sensor in the lighting system. A computing device and a building control system may communication over a wireless link. The building control system may determine that the computing device is co-located with a fixture in the building control system based on whether communication over the wireless link between the computing device and the building control system is detected.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Covaro, Mark. (2014). Integration of computing device and lighting system (U.S. Patent No. 8706271). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8706271

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