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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2014
Systems and methods of determining a type and feature set of a light source, and the control thereof
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
David William Keith, Santa Clara, CA (US);
GOOGLE INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods of the disclosed subject matter provide to detect the signature of a light source through either electrical signature on a circuit or external light signatures output by the light source, and a switch can change modes and features to match the capabilities of the connected light source. Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a light source, a sensor to determine a type of the light source, and a switch, including a processor, to determine a set of operations according to the determined type of light source, and to control the light source to perform a selected operation from the determined set of operations.