Patents by Inventor Theodore E. Weber

Theodore E. Weber 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).

  • Patent number: 11990028
    Abstract: A system including a lighting controller and a radio adapter. The lighting controller includes a smart port and is configured to control at least one lighting fixture. The radio adapter is communicatively coupled to the lighting controller via the smart port. The radio adapter is configured to establish a wireless communication link between the lighting controller and an external device, communicatively couple the external device to the lighting controller via the smart port, and provide a master clock timing signal to the lighting controller via the smart port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: HLI SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Bruce Rhodes, Christopher Lane Bailey, Mark Rosenau, Brian Gaza
  • Patent number: 11934161
    Abstract: System and method provide wireless distributed lighting control systems implementing a secure peer-to-peer, self-organizing and self-healing mesh network of actuators and system inputs. The system and method can be designed specifically for indoor and outdoor lighting where actuators include in-fixture, on-fixture and circuit control modules with ON/OFF and full range dimming capabilities, and system inputs include occupancy/vacancy sensors, daylight sensors and switches. A unique messaging protocol facilitates wireless and wired communication between actuators and system inputs, and provides web-based commissioning and monitoring of the lighting control system using a wireless access point accessible from a local network or Internet which can provide an intuitive and easy to use Graphical User Interface (GUI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HLI SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Terrence R. Arbouw, Ronald K. Bender, Ronald J. Cummings-Kralik, Michael D. Crane, Thomas J. Hartnagel, Robert A. Martin, Peter A. Moyle, Gregory F. Smith, Stephan K. Zitz
  • Patent number: 11842041
    Abstract: A system including an electronic processor, a transceiver communicatively coupled to the electronic processor, a display communicatively coupled to the electronic processor and a non-transient memory medium communicatively coupled to the electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to generate a graphical representation based on at least one configuration file, the graphical representation including a button, present the graphical representation on the display, receive, via the display, a user input indicative of selecting the button, and transmit, via the transceiver, a lighting system control command based selection of the button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: HLI SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Timothy E. Willis, Christopher Lane Bailey
  • Publication number: 20230229295
    Abstract: A system including an electronic processor, a transceiver communicatively coupled to the electronic processor, a display communicatively coupled to the electronic processor and a non-transient memory medium communicatively coupled to the electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to generate a graphical representation based on at least one configuration file, the graphical representation including a button, present the graphical representation on the display, receive, via the display, a user input indicative of selecting the button, and transmit, via the transceiver, a lighting system control command based selection of the button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Timothy E. Willis, Christopher Lane Bailey
  • Patent number: 11612024
    Abstract: A method of determining a drive signal provided to a light-emitting diode (LED). The method including sensing, via a first sensor, a first light intensity corresponding to a natural light in a room, sensing, via a second sensor, a second light intensity for a zone of the room, determining, via the controller, an expected light intensity, and determining, via the controller, whether the second light intensity exceeds the expected light intensity. The method further including, in response to determining that the second light intensity exceeds the expected light intensity, determining, via the controller, an artificial light intensity, determining, via the controller, the drive signal based on a desired light intensity for the zone of the room, the artificial light intensity, the first light intensity, and the second light intensity, and controlling, via the controller, the driver to provide the drive signal to the LED array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HLI Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Terrence R. Arbouw, Michael L. Muecke
  • Patent number: 11562643
    Abstract: A system including a lighting controller and a radio adapter. The lighting controller includes a smart port and is configured to control at least one lighting fixture. The radio adapter is communicatively coupled to the lighting controller via the smart port. The radio adapter is configured to establish a wireless communication link between the lighting controller and an external device, communicatively couple the external device to the lighting controller via the smart port, and provide a master clock timing signal to the lighting controller via the smart port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Bruce Rhodes, Christopher Lane Bailey, Mark Rosenau, Brian Gaza
  • Patent number: 11494066
    Abstract: A system including an electronic processor, a transceiver communicatively coupled to the electronic processor, a touch screen display communicatively coupled to the electronic processor and a non-transient memory medium communicatively coupled to the electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to generate a graphical representation based on at least one configuration file, the graphical representation including a button, present the graphical representation on the touch screen display, receive, via the touch screen display, a user input indicative of selecting the button, and transmit, via the transceiver, a lighting system control command based selection of the button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hubbell Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Timothy E. Willis, Christopher Lane Bailey
  • Publication number: 20220137574
    Abstract: System and method provide wireless distributed lighting control systems implementing a secure peer-to-peer, self-organizing and self-healing mesh network of actuators and system inputs. The system and method can be designed specifically for indoor and outdoor lighting where actuators include in-fixture, on-fixture and circuit control modules with ON/OFF and full range dimming capabilities, and system inputs include occupancy/vacancy sensors, daylight sensors and switches. A unique messaging protocol facilitates wireless and wired communication between actuators and system inputs, and provides web-based commissioning and monitoring of the lighting control system using a wireless access point accessible from a local network or Internet which can provide an intuitive and easy to use Graphical User Interface (GUI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Terrence R. Arbouw, Ronald K. Bender, Ronald J. Cummings-Kralik, Michael D. Crane, Thomas J. Hartnagel, Robert A. Martin, Peter A. Moyle, Gregory F. Smith, Stephan K. Zitz
  • Patent number: 11188041
    Abstract: System and method provide wireless distributed lighting control systems implementing a secure peer-to-peer, self-organizing and self-healing mesh network of actuators and system inputs. The system and method can be designed specifically for indoor and outdoor lighting where actuators include in-fixture, on-fixture and circuit control modules with ON/OFF and full range dimming capabilities, and system inputs include occupancy/vacancy sensors, daylight sensors and switches. A unique messaging protocol facilitates wireless and wired communication between actuators and system inputs, and provides web-based commissioning and monitoring of the lighting control system using a wireless access point accessible from a local network or Internet which can provide an intuitive and easy to use Graphical User Interface (GUI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Terrence R. Arbouw, Ronald K. Bender, Ronald J. Cummings-Kralik, Michael D. Crane, Thomas J. Hartnagel, Robert A. Martin, Peter A. Moyle, Gregory F. Smith, Stephan K. Zitz
  • Patent number: 11073809
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for controlling electrical loads in one or more areas. A method includes transmitting, with a microcontroller via a transceiver, a sync packet including a unique address of the lighting fixture control module to a bus. The method includes listening, via the transceiver, on the bus. The method includes placing the microcontroller into a master operation mode when a master sync timeout period expires without receiving a second sync packet including a unique address for a second master device from the bus. The method includes placing the microcontroller into a subordinate operation mode when the second sync packet is received from the bus during the master sync timeout period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Mark A. Rosenau, Thomas J. Hartnagel, Michael L. Muecke, Terrence R. Arbouw
  • Publication number: 20210120640
    Abstract: A method of determining a drive signal provided to a light-emitting diode (LED). The method including sensing, via a first sensor, a first light intensity corresponding to a natural light in a room, sensing, via a second sensor, a second light intensity for a zone of the room, determining, via the controller, an expected light intensity, and determining, via the controller, whether the second light intensity exceeds the expected light intensity. The method further including, in response to determining that the second light intensity exceeds the expected light intensity, determining, via the controller, an artificial light intensity, determining, via the controller, the drive signal based on a desired light intensity for the zone of the room, the artificial light intensity, the first light intensity, and the second light intensity, and controlling, via the controller, the driver to provide the drive signal to the LED array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Terrence R. Arbouw, Michael L. Muecke
  • Patent number: 10863596
    Abstract: A method of determining a drive signal provided to a light-emitting diode (LED). The method includes in response to determining that a second light intensity exceeds the expected light intensity, determining, via the controller, an artificial light intensity based on a task-to-sensor ratio, determining, via the controller, a total natural light intensity based on the second light intensity and the artificial light intensity, determining, via the controller, a non-useful natural light intensity based on the total natural light intensity, the first light intensity, and the task-to-sensor ratio, determining, via the controller, the drive signal based on a desired light intensity for the zone, the total natural light intensity, the non-useful natural light intensity, and the artificial light intensity, and controlling, via the controller, the driver to provide the second drive signal to the LED array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Terrence R. Arbouw, Michael L. Muecke
  • Publication number: 20200196406
    Abstract: A method of determining a drive signal provided to a light-emitting diode (LED). The method includes in response to determining that a second light intensity exceeds the expected light intensity, determining, via the controller, an artificial light intensity based on a task-to-sensor ratio, determining, via the controller, a total natural light intensity based on the second light intensity and the artificial light intensity, determining, via the controller, a non-useful natural light intensity based on the total natural light intensity, the first light intensity, and the task-to-sensor ratio, determining, via the controller, the drive signal based on a desired light intensity for the zone, the total natural light intensity, the non-useful natural light intensity, and the artificial light intensity, and controlling, via the controller, the driver to provide the second drive signal to the LED array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Terrence R. Arbouw, Michael L. Muecke
  • Publication number: 20200142367
    Abstract: System and method provide wireless distributed lighting control systems implementing a secure peer-to-peer, self-organizing and self-healing mesh network of actuators and system inputs. The system and method can be designed specifically for indoor and outdoor lighting where actuators include in-fixture, on-fixture and circuit control modules with ON/OFF and full range dimming capabilities, and system inputs include occupancy/vacancy sensors, daylight sensors and switches. A unique messaging protocol facilitates wireless and wired communication between actuators and system inputs, and provides web-based commissioning and monitoring of the lighting control system using a wireless access point accessible from a local network or Internet which can provide an intuitive and easy to use Graphical User Interface (GUI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Terrence R. Arbouw, Ronald K. Bender, Ronald J. Cummings-Kralik, Michael D. Crane, Thomas J. Hartnagel, Robert A. Martin, Peter A. Moyle, Gregory F. Smith, Stephan K. Zitz
  • Patent number: 10575375
    Abstract: A lighting system including a driver providing a first drive signal and a second drive signal; an LED array coupled to the driver and configured to receive the first second drive signals; a sensor positioned to sense light intensity for a zone; and an electronic controller. The electronic controller configured to control the driver to provide the first drive signal to the LED array; receive, from the sensor, a first light intensity; retrieve from the memory a task-to-sensor ratio for the sensor; retrieve from the memory a non-useful light intensity; determine an artificial light intensity based on first drive signal and the task-to-sensor ratio; determine the second drive signal based on a desired light intensity for the zone, the non-useful natural light intensity, and the artificial light intensity; and control the driver to provide the second drive signal to the LED array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Terrence R. Arbouw, Michael L. Muecke
  • Patent number: 10564613
    Abstract: System and method provide wireless distributed lighting control systems implementing a secure peer-to-peer, self-organizing and self-healing mesh network of actuators and system inputs. The system and method can be designed specifically for indoor and outdoor lighting where actuators include in-fixture, on-fixture and circuit control modules with ON/OFF and full range dimming capabilities, and system inputs include occupancy/vacancy sensors, daylight sensors and switches. A unique messaging protocol facilitates wireless and wired communication between actuators and system inputs, and provides web-based commissioning and monitoring of the lighting control system using a wireless access point accessible from a local network or Internet which can provide an intuitive and easy to use Graphical User Interface (GUI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Terrence R. Arbouw, Ronald K. Bender, Ronald J. Cummings-Kralik, Michael D. Crane, Thomas J. Hartnagel, Robert A. Martin, Peter A. Moyle, Gregory F. Smith, Stephan K. Zitz
  • Publication number: 20190384248
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for controlling electrical loads in one or more areas. A method includes transmitting, with a microcontroller via a transceiver, a sync packet including a unique address of the lighting fixture control module to a bus. The method includes listening, via the transceiver, on the bus. The method includes placing the microcontroller into a master operation mode when a master sync timeout period expires without receiving a second sync packet including a unique address for a second master device from the bus. The method includes placing the microcontroller into a subordinate operation mode when the second sync packet is received from the bus during the master sync timeout period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Mark A. Rosenau, Thomas J. Hartnagel, Michael L. Muecke, Terrence R. Arbouw
  • Publication number: 20190342981
    Abstract: A system including a lighting controller and a radio adapter. The lighting controller includes a smart port and is configured to control at least one lighting fixture. The radio adapter is communicatively coupled to the lighting controller via the smart port. The radio adapter is configured to establish a wireless communication link between the lighting controller and an external device, communicatively couple the external device to the lighting controller via the smart port, and provide a master clock timing signal to the lighting controller via the smart port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Bruce Rhodes, Christopher Lane Bailey, Mark Rosenau, Brian Gaza
  • Publication number: 20190342968
    Abstract: A system including an electronic processor, a transceiver communicatively coupled to the electronic processor, a touch screen display communicatively coupled to the electronic processor and a non-transient memory medium communicatively coupled to the electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to generate a graphical representation based on at least one configuration file, the graphical representation including a button, present the graphical representation on the touch screen display, receive, via the touch screen display, a user input indicative of selecting the button, and transmit, via the transceiver, a lighting system control command based selection of the button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Timothy E. Willis, Christopher Lane Bailey
  • Patent number: D953344
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Hubbell Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore E. Weber, Timothy E. Willis, Christopher Lane Bailey