Patents by Inventor William Lark, JR.

William Lark, JR. 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).

  • Publication number: 20190254150
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system. A detector circuit of a lighting control module detects a line voltage of an electrical line connected to a power terminal of the light control module. The lighting control module is configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit of a light fixture electrically connected to the lighting control module. The lighting control module reduces a flow of electricity transmitted to the lighting circuit to turn off the respective light fixture in response to detecting substantially no change in the line voltage over a pre-specified period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Clark Edwards, William Lark, JR., Erik Allen Charlton
  • Patent number: 10378200
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides apparatuses, methods and systems operable to provide transformable living spaces. The system includes a chassis and a configurable unit movably coupled to the chassis for at least one of translation and rotation with respect to the chassis. The system also includes at least one drivetrain assembly movably coupling the configurable unit to the chassis. The system includes at least one actuator coupled to the configurable unit by the at least one drivetrain assembly. The system also includes at least one robotic controller communicatively coupled to the at least one actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Ori Inc.
    Inventors: Hasier Larrea-tamayo, Ling Yi Liu, Kent Larson, William Lark, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20190243539
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system for automated lighting adjustments. The system includes a first light control module configured to cause a transmission of a first quantity of electrical energy to a first lighting circuit of a first light fixture electrically connected to the first lighting control module. The system transmits a control message from the first light control module to at least one second light control module configured to cause a transmission of a second quantity of electrical energy to at least one second lighting circuit of at least one second light fixture electrically connected to the at least one second lighting control module. The system changes a flow of electricity from the at least one second light control module to the at least one second lighting circuit based on the input received via the first light control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Ann Claire Lim Chi Cheung, William Lark, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20190239321
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system. A first light control module of a plurality of light control modules determines a time of day. Each light control module in the plurality of light control modules configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit of a light fixture electrically connected to the respective lighting control module. Occupancy at the first light control module is detected after a specific time of day. The flow of electricity from one or more light control modules in the plurality of light control modules is changed to change the flow of electricity to the respective lighting circuits connected to the one or more light control modules to turn off the respective light fixture based on the occupancy detection the time of day.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Erik Allen Charlton, William Lark, Jr., Ann Claire Lim Chi Cheung
  • Publication number: 20190239319
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system including an electrical connector interface. The lighting control system includes a module housing, a switch control circuit positioned in the module housing and including a processor configured to modulate a flow of electrical energy to a lighting circuit via a dimmer circuit to produce a plurality of lighting scenes. The lighting control system includes a graphical user interface coupled to the module housing and communicably coupled to the switch control circuit. The lighting control system includes a first electrical connector electrically connected to the switch control circuit and at least one of extending from and recessed in a surface of the module housing. The electrical connector includes a plurality of electrical pins. The first electrical connector is configured for a press fit engagement with a second electrical connector of a base module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Nicholas David Pennycooke, William Lark, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20190182935
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides lighting control system synchronization apparatuses and method of implementing lighting control system synchronization apparatuses. The lighting control system includes a communication module and a controller configured to coordinate electrical power delivery of a remote lighting control module with electrical power delivery of a local lighting control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: William LARK, JR., Ann Claire Lim Chi Cheung, Ryan AYLWARD, Canyon BLISS, Erik Allen CHARLTON
  • Publication number: 20190182940
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system configured for automated lighting adjustments. A light control module of the lighting control system receives a signal, such as an alarm signal, from an electronic device, such as a mobile electronic device. The light control module is configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit of a light fixture electrically connected to the lighting control module. The light control module causes a quantity of electrical energy to be transmitted to a lighting circuit at a particular time of day determined based on the alarm signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Erik Allen Charlton, William Lark, JR., Ann Claire Lim Chi Cheung
  • Publication number: 20190141819
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides apparatuses and methods for bulb detection for a lighting control system. The apparatus includes a lighting control module configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit of a light fixture electrically connected to the lighting control module. The apparatus includes a detector circuit positioned in the lighting control module. The detector circuit is configured to measure a response of the lighting circuit to the transmission of the quantity of electrical energy. The apparatus also includes a controller in electrical communication with the detector circuit. The controller is specially programmed to correlate the quantity of electrical energy transmitted to the lighting circuit to the response of the lighting circuit. The controller is further programmed to determine the bulb type of a bulb electrically coupled to the lighting circuit of the light fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Noon Home, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Aylward, Andreas Wagner, Erik Charlton, William Lark, JR., Nicholas David Pennycooke
  • Publication number: 20190098728
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides lighting control system multi-switch apparatuses and methods. The apparatus includes a lighting control module including at least three electrical terminals. The lighting control module configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit of a light fixture electrically connected to the lighting control module. The apparatus includes a detector circuit positioned in the lighting control module. The apparatus includes a controller in electrical communication with the detector circuit, the controller specially programmed to cause a call signal to be transmitted to a switch connected to the traveler terminal, the call signal configured to request the switch connected to the traveler terminal transmit a response signal to the controller to identify the switch connected to the traveler terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: William Lark, JR.
  • Patent number: 10212790
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system configured for automated lighting adjustments. A light control module of the lighting control system receives a signal, such as an alarm signal, from an electronic device, such as a mobile electronic device. The light control module is configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit of a light fixture electrically connected to the lighting control module. The light control module causes a quantity of electrical energy to be transmitted to a lighting circuit at a particular time of day determined based on the alarm signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Noon Home, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Allen Charlton, William Lark, Jr., Ann Claire Lim Chi Cheung
  • Patent number: 10143069
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system for automated lighting adjustments. The system includes a first light control module configured to cause a transmission of a first quantity of electrical energy to a first lighting circuit of a first light fixture electrically connected to the first lighting control module. The system transmits a control message from the first light control module to at least one second light control module configured to cause a transmission of a second quantity of electrical energy to at least one second lighting circuit of at least one second light fixture electrically connected to the at least one second lighting control module. The system changes a flow of electricity from the at least one second light control module to the at least one second lighting circuit based on the input received via the first light control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Noon Home, Inc.
    Inventors: Ann Claire Lim Chi Cheung, William Lark, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10123398
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides lighting control system multi-switch apparatuses and methods. The apparatuses include a lighting control module including at least three electrical terminals. The lighting control module is configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit of a light fixture electrically connected to the lighting control module. The apparatus includes a detector circuit positioned in the lighting control module. The detector circuit is electrically coupled to the traveler terminal and is configured to detect a grounding of the traveler terminal. The apparatus includes a controller in electrical communication with the detector circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Noon Home, Inc.
    Inventors: William Lark, Jr., Ryan Aylward, Peng Li
  • Publication number: 20180311826
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides apparatuses, methods and systems operable to provide transformable living spaces. The system includes a chassis and a configurable unit movably coupled to the chassis for at least one of translation and rotation with respect to the chassis. The system also includes at least one drivetrain assembly movably coupling the configurable unit to the chassis. The system includes at least one actuator coupled to the configurable unit by the at least one drivetrain assembly. The system also includes at least one robotic controller communicatively coupled to the at least one actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Hasier Larrea-Tamayo, Ling Yi Liu, Kent Larson, William Lark, JR.
  • Patent number: 10034353
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides apparatuses and methods for bulb detection for a lighting control system. The apparatus includes a lighting control module configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit of a light fixture electrically connected to the lighting control module. The apparatus includes a detector circuit positioned in the lighting control module. The detector circuit is configured to measure a response of the lighting circuit to the transmission of the quantity of electrical energy. The apparatus also includes a controller in electrical communication with the detector circuit. The controller is specially programmed to correlate the quantity of electrical energy transmitted to the lighting circuit to the response of the lighting circuit. The controller is further programmed to determine the bulb type of a bulb electrically coupled to the lighting circuit of the light fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Noon Home, Inc.
    Inventors: William Lark, Jr., Ryan Aylward, Andreas Wagner, Erik Charlton, Nicholas David Pennycooke
  • Patent number: 9967959
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system. The lighting control system includes a module housing, a graphical user interface coupled to the module housing and a switch control circuit positioned in the housing and including a processor. The processor is configured to modulate the flow of electrical energy to a lighting circuit via a dimmer circuit. The switch control circuit is electrically connected to the graphical user interface. The processor is also configured to identify a device identification address compare the identified device address with one or more registered identification addresses saved in a dataset. The processor is configured to catalogue a command received at the processor and at least one event parameter detected contemporaneously with receipt of the command, if the identified proximate device identification address corresponds to one of the one or more registered device identification addresses saved in the dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Noon Home, Inc.
    Inventors: Ann Claire Lim Chi Cheung, William Lark, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9955555
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides lighting control system multi-switch apparatuses and methods. The apparatus includes a lighting control module including at least three electrical terminals. The lighting control module configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit of a light fixture electrically connected to the lighting control module. The apparatus includes a detector circuit positioned in the lighting control module. The apparatus includes a controller in electrical communication with the detector circuit, the controller specially programmed to cause a call signal to be transmitted to a switch connected to the traveler terminal, the call signal configured to request the switch connected to the traveler terminal transmit a response signal to the controller to identify the switch connected to the traveler terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Noon Home, Inc.
    Inventor: William Lark, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180070429
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system. The lighting control system transmitts a first wireless signal from a first light control module to a second light control module at a launch time. The first wireless signal is detected at the second light control module. A second wireless signal is transmitted from the second light control module to the first light control module in response to detecting receipt of the first wireless signal. The lighting control system detects receipt of the second wireless signal at the first light control module. A receipt time of the detection of the second wireless signal is recorded. The lighting control system determines a time of flight measured from the launch time to the receipt time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventor: William Lark, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180070430
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system. A detector circuit of a lighting control module detects a line voltage of an electrical line connected to a power terminal of the light control module. The lighting control module is configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit of a light fixture electrically connected to the lighting control module. The lighting control module reduces a flow of electricity transmitted to the lighting circuit to turn off the respective light fixture in response to detecting substantially no change in the line voltage over a pre-specified period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Clark Edwards, William Lark, JR., Erik Allen Charlton
  • Publication number: 20180070431
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system. A first light control module of a plurality of light control modules determines a time of day. Each light control module in the plurality of light control modules configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit of a light fixture electrically connected to the respective lighting control module. Occupancy at the first light control module is detected after a specific time of day. The flow of electricity from one or more light control modules in the plurality of light control modules is changed to change the flow of electricity to the respective lighting circuits connected to the one or more light control modules to turn off the respective light fixture based on the occupancy detection the time of day.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Erik Allen Charlton, William Lark, Jr., Ann Claire Lim Chi Cheung
  • Publication number: 20180070424
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system. The lighting control system detects a temperature reading from a temperature sensor of each light control module in a plurality of light control modules. Each light control module in the plurality of light control modules is configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit of a light fixture electrically connected to the respective lighting control module. The lighting control system controls at least one of a heating and an air conditioning system to adjust heating or cooling based on the temperatures detected by the temperature sensor of the light control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: William Lark, JR., Erik Allen Charlton