Patents by Inventor James A. McBryde
James A. McBryde 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).
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Patent number: 11671787Abstract: A lighting management system includes communications circuitry, processing circuitry, and a memory. The memory stores instructions, which, when executed by the processing circuitry cause the lighting management system to receive a message from a lighting fixture via the communications circuitry, the message indicating a proximal presence of a detected mobile device to the lighting fixture, and performing one or more actions in response to receipt of the message. By performing the one or more actions upon receipt of the message as described above, a lighting system may be provided with additional functionality that enhances the lighting system.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: IDEAL Industries Lighting LLCInventors: John Roberts, James McBryde
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Publication number: 20210352436Abstract: A lighting management system includes communications circuitry, processing circuitry, and a memory. The memory stores instructions, which, when executed by the processing circuitry cause the lighting management system to receive a message from a lighting fixture via the communications circuitry, the message indicating a proximal presence of a detected mobile device to the lighting fixture, and performing one or more actions in response to receipt of the message. By performing the one or more actions upon receipt of the message as described above, a lighting system may be provided with additional functionality that enhances the lighting system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: John Roberts, James McBryde
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Patent number: 11076471Abstract: A lighting management system includes communications circuitry, processing circuitry, and a memory. The memory stores instructions, which, when executed by the processing circuitry cause the lighting management system to receive a message from a lighting fixture via the communications circuitry, the message indicating a proximal presence of a detected mobile device to the lighting fixture, and performing one or more actions in response to receipt of the message. By performing the one or more actions upon receipt of the message as described above, a lighting system may be provided with additional functionality that enhances the lighting system.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: IDEAL Industries Lighting LLCInventors: John Roberts, James McBryde
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Publication number: 20200221562Abstract: A lighting management system includes communications circuitry, processing circuitry, and a memory. The memory stores instructions, which, when executed by the processing circuitry cause the lighting management system to receive a message from a lighting fixture via the communications circuitry, the message indicating a proximal presence of a detected mobile device to the lighting fixture, and performing one or more actions in response to receipt of the message. By performing the one or more actions upon receipt of the message as described above, a lighting system may be provided with additional functionality that enhances the lighting system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: John Roberts, James McBryde
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Patent number: 10278250Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lighting fixture that is capable of providing white light over an extended range of correlated color temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: James McBryde, Randy Demuynck, Andrew Dummer, Daniel J. Pope, Heidi Loepp, P. Joseph DeSena, Jr.
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Patent number: 10271405Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a light source, a housing coupled to the light source, communications circuitry, and control circuitry. The housing includes an opening through which light from the light source is provided. The control circuitry includes a memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the control circuitry cause the lighting fixture to adjust one or more light output parameters of the light source, and store fixture location information describing a location of the lighting fixture in response to receipt of the fixture location information from the communications circuitry. By storing fixture location information describing the location of the lighting fixture, the location of the lighting fixture may be used to send messages to lighting fixtures in the same location and/or retrieve data from lighting fixtures in the same location, which may be beneficial in many circumstances.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Deese, James McBryde, William L. Dungan, John J. Trainor, Robert Bowser, Nathan R. Snell
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Publication number: 20180110111Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a light source, a housing coupled to the light source, communications circuitry, and control circuitry. The housing includes an opening through which light from the light source is provided. The control circuitry includes a memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the control circuitry cause the lighting fixture to adjust one or more light output parameters of the light source, and store fixture location information describing a location of the lighting fixture in response to receipt of the fixture location information from the communications circuitry. By storing fixture location information describing the location of the lighting fixture, the location of the lighting fixture may be used to send messages to lighting fixtures in the same location and/or retrieve data from lighting fixtures in the same location, which may be beneficial in many circumstances.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Matthew Deese, James McBryde, William L. Dungan, John J. Trainor, Robert Bowser, Nathan R. Snell
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Patent number: 9888546Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a light source, a housing coupled to the light source, communications circuitry, and control circuitry. The housing includes an opening through which light from the light source is provided. The control circuitry includes a memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the control circuitry cause the lighting fixture to adjust one or more light output parameters of the light source, and store fixture location information describing a location of the lighting fixture in response to receipt of the fixture location information from the communications circuitry. By storing fixture location information describing the location of the lighting fixture, the location of the lighting fixture may be used to send messages to lighting fixtures in the same location and/or retrieve data from lighting fixtures in the same location, which may be beneficial in many circumstances.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Deese, James McBryde, William L. Dungan, John J. Trainor, Robert Bowser, Nathan R. Snell
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Patent number: 9835691Abstract: An emergency lighting module for providing emergency power to a solid state luminaire. The emergency lighting module includes a first input configured to receive a DC input voltage from the solid state luminaire, a second input configured to receive a status signal indicative of the status of an AC line voltage, and a first output configured to supply a DC output voltage to the solid state luminaire. The emergency lighting module is configured to supply the DC output voltage to the solid state luminaire in response to a reduction of the AC line voltage.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2012Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: John J. Trainor, James A. McBryde, Randall L. Powers, Michael J. Harris, Patrick J. O'Flaherty
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Patent number: 9750112Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a light source, a housing coupled to the light source, communications circuitry, sensor circuitry, and control circuitry. The housing includes an opening through which light from the light source is provided. The control circuitry includes a memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the control circuitry cause the lighting fixture to transmit sensor data obtained from the sensor circuitry via the communications circuitry for persistent storage of the sensor data. By transmitting sensor data from the lighting fixture for persistent storage thereof, the sensor data may be used to characterize a space in which the lighting fixture is located.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Deese, James McBryde, Bill Dungan, John J. Trainor, Rob Bowser, Nathan R. Snell
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Patent number: 9723680Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lighting fixture that is capable of providing white light over an extended range of correlated color temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Daniel J. Pope, Andrew Dummer, James McBryde, Heidi Loepp, P. Joseph DeSena, Jr., Priyanka S Medida
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Patent number: 9595845Abstract: Methods and systems for emergency lighting are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention provide a solid-state lighting system, light fixture or a collection of light fixtures, with a control input that is used to cause the system to dim to a specific level during an outage in order to conserve power in a building where power is backed up by an emergency inverter or a back-up generator. With embodiments of the invention, there is no need to run a separate power feed, as might otherwise be required for keeping distributed batteries charged or for running specified emergency-only fixtures from back-up power. In some embodiments the solid-state lighting system includes an occupancy sensor wherein the specified light output level is determined at least in part based on the occupancy of a room. In some embodiments, the system can be selectively configured for the specified output level.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: James McBryde, James Michael Lay, Chris Simonsen
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Publication number: 20170048952Abstract: A lighting management system includes communications circuitry, processing circuitry, and a memory. The memory stores instructions, which, when executed by the processing circuitry cause the lighting management system to receive a message from a lighting fixture via the communications circuitry, the message indicating a proximal presence of a detected mobile device to the lighting fixture, and performing one or more actions in response to receipt of the message. By performing the one or more actions upon receipt of the message as described above, a lighting system may be provided with additional functionality that enhances the lighting system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: John Roberts, James McBryde
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Publication number: 20170048950Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a light source, a housing coupled to the light source, communications circuitry, and control circuitry. The housing includes an opening through which light from the light source is provided. The control circuitry includes a memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the control circuitry cause the lighting fixture to adjust one or more light output parameters of the light source, and store fixture location information describing a location of the lighting fixture in response to receipt of the fixture location information from the communications circuitry. By storing fixture location information describing the location of the lighting fixture, the location of the lighting fixture may be used to send messages to lighting fixtures in the same location and/or retrieve data from lighting fixtures in the same location, which may be beneficial in many circumstances.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Matthew Deese, James McBryde, William L. Dungan, John J. Trainor, Robert Bowser, Nathan R. Snell
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Publication number: 20170048949Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a light source, a housing coupled to the light source, communications circuitry, sensor circuitry, and control circuitry. The housing includes an opening through which light from the light source is provided. The control circuitry includes a memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the control circuitry cause the lighting fixture to transmit sensor data obtained from the sensor circuitry via the communications circuitry for persistent storage of the sensor data. By transmitting sensor data from the lighting fixture for persistent storage thereof, the sensor data may be used to characterize a space in which the lighting fixture is located.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Matthew Deese, James McBryde, Bill Dungan, John J. Trainor, Rob Bowser, Nathan R. Snell
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Patent number: 9560703Abstract: An emergency lighting module for providing emergency power to a solid state luminaire includes a microcontroller, and a detector coupled to the microcontroller and configured to detect a status signal indicative of a status of an AC line voltage, the emergency lighting module is configured to output a dimming control signal to the solid state luminaire in response to a reduction of the AC line voltage. The microcontroller is further configured to output a select signal to the solid state luminaire to cause the solid state luminaire to dim in accordance with the dimming control signal when the dimming control signal is output.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2012Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: John J. Trainor, James A. McBryde, Randall L. Powers
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Patent number: 9549448Abstract: A wall controller that is used for controlling CCT is disclosed. A user input interface allows a user to provide a CCT parameter by pressing a button, entering a value, or the like. The user output interface can provide the user with an indication of a CCT level, which may represent an actual or current CCT level, a maximum or minimum CCT level setting, or the like for an associated lighting fixture. The communication interface facilitates communications with the associated lighting fixture. The control circuitry is configured to receive user input via the user interface; send a signal based on the user input toward the lighting fixture via the communication interface; and control the user output interface to provide the indication of the CCT level. The signal based on the user input may be indicative of an increase or decrease in CCT level, a specific CCT level, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Daniel J. Pope, James McBryde
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Patent number: 9504131Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a light source, a housing coupled to the light source, communications circuitry, sensor circuitry, and control circuitry. The housing includes an opening through which light from the light source is provided. The control circuitry includes a memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the control circuitry cause the lighting fixture to transmit sensor data obtained from the sensor circuitry via the communications circuitry for persistent storage of the sensor data. By transmitting sensor data from the lighting fixture for persistent storage thereof, the sensor data may be used to characterize a space in which the lighting fixture is located.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Deese, James McBryde, Bill Dungan, John J. Trainor, Rob Bowser, Nathan R. Snell
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Patent number: 9366799Abstract: According to one aspect, a luminaire comprises a waveguide body including a central section and first and second separate side sections extending away from the central section along first and second opposed directions, respectively. The central section includes a coupling portion and the waveguide body has a length and includes a plurality of light extraction features that extract light out of the side sections. At least one LED is disposed adjacent the coupling portion and is operated by a power circuit to produce light that is directed into the waveguide body by the coupling portion. At least one structural member extends along the length of the waveguide body for supporting the waveguide body and encloses at least one of the power circuit and the at least one LED.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Kurt S. Wilcox, John W. Durkee, James Michael Lay, Shawn Heeter, Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr., James McBryde
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Publication number: 20160141914Abstract: Methods and systems for emergency lighting are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention provide a solid-state lighting system, light fixture or a collection of light fixtures, with a control input that is used to cause the system to dim to a specific level during an outage in order to conserve power in a building where power is backed up by an emergency inverter or a back-up generator. With embodiments of the invention, there is no need to run a separate power feed, as might otherwise be required for keeping distributed batteries charged or for running specified emergency-only fixtures from back-up power. In some embodiments the solid-state lighting system includes an occupancy sensor wherein the specified light output level is determined at least in part based on the occupancy of a room. In some embodiments, the system can be selectively configured for the specified output level.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: James McBryde, James Michael Lay, Chris Simonsen