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Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2012
Applicants:

Tanuj Mohan, Mountain View, CA (US);

Premal Ashar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Sanjeev Patel, Santa Clara, CA (US);

David Perkins, San Carlos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Tanuj Mohan, Mountain View, CA (US);

Premal Ashar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Sanjeev Patel, Santa Clara, CA (US);

David Perkins, San Carlos, CA (US);

Assignee:

enLighted, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/02 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/0218 (2013.01); H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); H05B 37/0245 (2013.01); Y02B 20/46 (2013.01); Y02B 20/48 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatuses and systems of building control, are disclosed. One system includes a plurality of building fixtures and at least one sensor interfaced with at least one of the plurality of building fixtures. Further, each building fixture includes a communication port and a controller. For this embodiment, each controller is configured to independently control at least one of an environmental load or a security device, either receive or help designate the building fixture as belonging to a logical group of building fixtures, and share at least one of sensor or state information with other building fixtures within the logical group of building fixtures, through the communication port.


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