Abstract: A lighting fixture having a light source, a light sensor, a communication interface, and circuitry is described. In addition to controlling the light source, the circuitry is adapted to monitor for a light signal provided from a handheld device via the light sensor; upon receiving the light signal, measure a signal level associated with the light signal; and effect transmission of the signal level to the handheld device via the communication interface. In one embodiment, the circuitry is further configured to receive an instruction to monitor for the light signal from the handheld device via the communication interface such that the circuitry begins monitoring for the light signal upon receiving the instruction.

Abstract: A handheld device for merging groups of lighting fixtures is disclosed. The handheld device includes a communication interface configured to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of lighting fixtures and control circuitry. In one embodiment, the control circuitry is configured to effect selection of a first lighting fixture or a first switch module that is grouped with a first group of lighting fixtures via the communication interface; identify the first group of lighting fixtures; effect selection of a device-to-be-added that is not initially associated with the first group of lighting fixtures via the communication interface; determine a new group by adding the device-to-be-added to the first group of lighting fixtures; create group assignment information for the new group; and send the group assignment information to each of the first group of lighting fixtures and the device-to-be-added of the new group via the communication interface.

Abstract: In KVM systems for comparing new video frames to reference frames to update video, a method of reducing the effects of noise comprising (i) determining the differences between the sets of pixel values for new and reference pixels to produce a difference set of difference elements for each pixel; (ii) weighting the absolute value of each difference element within the difference set (iii) summing the weighted difference elements over all of the pixels of the horizontal line of the sub-block to produce a weighted difference element sum; (iv) determining whether the weighted difference element sum exceeds a predetermined sum threshold; (v) if yes, determining that the sub-block has changed so as to require updating.

Abstract: A method of capturing video from a target computer to update a remote computer's video with the video output of the target computer. The new video frame comprises a series of new frame pixels to be captured The method comprises (A) receiving for comparison a new frame pixel from the series; then (B) comparing the new frame pixel to a corresponding reference frame pixel; then (C) if the final new frame pixel has not been captured, repeating steps A and B for the next new frame pixel in the series.