Patents Assigned to Plimoth Bay Controls, LLC
  • Patent number: 8729834
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein include systems and methods for automated control of lighting systems. Such lighting system controllers can provide a range of control without requiring substantial programming, and that are compatible with existing, conventional, and new lighting systems. Such controllers include devices that can provide several features including network connectivity, a range of output levels, automated demand response control to manage electricity consumption, automated response to secondary sensor input (such as from photoreceptors and motion detectors), and generation of statistics showing power savings. A lighting controller polls a remote server or associated sensors to gather data relating to light output levels, determines to modify light output of corresponding light fixtures, and then transmits radio frequency signals over electrical power lines to light fixtures to modify light output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Plimoth Bay Controls, LLC
    Inventors: John Funderburk, Stephen Anthony Hall, James J. Killion