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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2014
Ketra, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Jeremy G. Billheimer, Austin, TX (US);
Tomas J. Mollnow, Austin, TX (US);
John P. Michalko, Austin, TX (US);
Michael K. Hart, Austin, TX (US);
Ketra, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Lighting systems are provided which include a remote set of light fixtures communicably coupled to a base and a faceplate detachably mounted to the base such that electrical contacts of the faceplate are coupled to respective electrical contacts of the base. The faceplate includes one or more user input interfaces and/or one or more environmental sensors. In some cases, the base and faceplate are each programmed to facilitate communication between the base and the faceplate to independently control each of the light fixtures based on input to the user input interface(s) and/or the environmental sensor(s). In addition or alternatively, either the base or the faceplate is programmed to auto-configure hardware and/or software of the faceplate and the base, respectively. In some cases, the base may be programmed to individually auto-configure differing hardware and/or software of a plurality of different faceplates when they are respectively coupled to the base.