Patents by Inventor Carl P. Zwanzig

Carl P. Zwanzig has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Commissioning lighting systems
    Patent number: 9572228
    Abstract: Commissioning a lighting system is disclosed. A user can be provided with a pointing device capable of emitting or returning a signal which can be received by detectors co-located with each fixture in the lighting system. The user can add a fixture to a group by aiming the pointing device at the fixture when the fixture is not assigned to the group, and the user can remove a fixture from a group in the same way when the fixture was previously assigned to the group. Additional user gestures are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Redwood Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Henig, David Fowler, Deepak Nulu, David Leonard, Carl P. Zwanzig
  • COMMISSIONING LIGHTING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20150115805
    Abstract: Commissioning a lighting system is disclosed. A user can be provided with a pointing device capable of emitting or returning a signal which can be received by detectors co-located with each fixture in the lighting system. The user can add a fixture to a group by aiming the pointing device at the fixture when the fixture is not assigned to the group, and the user can remove a fixture from a group in the same way when the fixture was previously assigned to the group. Additional user gestures are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Henig, David Fowler, Deepak Nulu, David Leonard, Carl P. Zwanzig
  • Commissioning lighting systems
    Patent number: 8981913
    Abstract: Commissioning a lighting system is disclosed. A user can be provided with a pointing device capable of emitting or returning a signal which can be received by detectors co-located with each fixture in the lighting system. The user can add a fixture to a group by aiming the pointing device at the fixture when the fixture is not assigned to the group, and the user can remove a fixture from a group in the same way when the fixture was previously assigned to the group. Additional user gestures are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Redwood Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Henig, David Fowler, Deepak Nulu, David Leonard, Carl P. Zwanzig
  • COMMISSIONING LIGHTING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20110199004
    Abstract: Commissioning a lighting system is disclosed. A user can be provided with a pointing device capable of emitting or returning a signal which can be received by detectors co-located with each fixture in the lighting system. The user can add a fixture to a group by aiming the pointing device at the fixture when the fixture is not assigned to the group, and the user can remove a fixture from a group in the same way when the fixture was previously assigned to the group. Additional user gestures are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: REDWOOD SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Henig, David Fowler, Deepak Nulu, David Leonard, Carl P. Zwanzig