Patents by Inventor Jeff D. Walters
Jeff D. Walters 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: 8260575Abstract: A network operation center for a light management system having networked intelligent luminaire managers. A plurality of networked luminaire managers, each collocated with a respective luminaire, monitor the status of their respective luminaires. The luminaire managers include transmitters for transmitting status information about their respective luminaires and third-party devices to a network server. The luminaire managers communicate with each other, whereby they form a network.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2011Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLCInventors: Jeff D. Walters, Charles J. Darnell, Zachary S. Gibler, David A. Henderson, Michael M. Minarczyk, William Eric Holland
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Publication number: 20110288658Abstract: A network operation center for a light management system having networked intelligent luminaire managers. A plurality of networked luminaire managers, each collocated with a respective luminaire, monitor the status of their respective luminaires. The luminaire managers include transmitters for transmitting status information about their respective luminaires and third-party devices to a network server. The luminaire managers communicate with each other, whereby they form a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: ABL IP HOLDING LLCInventors: Jeff D. Walters, Charles J. Darnell, Zachary S. Gibler, David A. Henderson, Michael M. Minarczyk, William Eric Holland
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Patent number: 8010319Abstract: A network operation center for a light management system having networked intelligent luminaire managers. A plurality of networked luminaire managers, each collocated with a respective luminaire, monitor the status of their respective luminaires. The luminaire managers include transmitters for transmitting status information about their respective luminaires and third-party devices to a network server. The network server forwards the received status information from the networked luminaire managers to a computer of an owner/operator of the plurality of luminaires and/or a third-party user. The luminaire managers communicate with each other, whereby they form a network.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2010Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLCInventors: Jeff D. Walters, Charles J. Darnell, Zachary S. Gibler, David A. Henderson, Michael M. Minarczyk, William Eric Holland
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Patent number: 7911359Abstract: A light management system having networked intelligent luminaire managers. A plurality of networked luminaire managers, each collocated with a respective luminaire, monitor the status of their respective luminaires. The luminaire managers include transmitters for transmitting status information about their respective luminaires and third-party devices to a network server. The network server forwards the received status information from the networked luminaire managers to a computer of an owner/operator of the plurality of luminaires and/or a third-party user. The luminaire managers communicate with each other, whereby they form a network.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2006Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLCInventors: Jeff D. Walters, Charles J. Darnell, Zachary S. Gibler, David A. Henderson
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Publication number: 20100287081Abstract: A network operation center for a light management system having networked intelligent luminaire managers. A plurality of networked luminaire managers, each collocated with a respective luminaire, monitor the status of their respective luminaires. The luminaire managers include transmitters for transmitting status information about their respective luminaires and third-party devices to a network server. The network server forwards the received status information from the networked luminaire managers to a computer of an owner/operator of the plurality of luminaires and/or a third-party user. The luminaire managers communicate with each other, whereby they form a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: ABL IP HOLDING LLCInventors: Jeff D. Walters, Charles J. Darnell, Zachary S. Gibler, David A. Henderson, Michael M. Minarczyk, William Eric Holland
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Patent number: 7761260Abstract: A network operation center for a light management system having networked intelligent luminaire managers. A plurality of networked luminaire managers, each collocated with a respective luminaire, monitor the status of their respective luminaires. The luminaire managers include transmitters for transmitting status information about their respective luminaires and third-party devices to a network server. The network server forwards the received status information from the networked luminaire managers to a computer of an owner/operator of the plurality of luminaires and/or a third-party user. The luminaire managers communicate with each other, whereby they form a network.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2008Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLCInventors: Jeff D. Walters, Charles J. Darnell, Zachary S. Gibler, David A. Henderson, Michael M. Minarczyk, William Eric Holland
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Patent number: 7603184Abstract: A light management system having networked intelligent luminaire managers. A plurality of networked luminaire managers, each collocated with a respective luminaire, monitor the status of their respective luminaires. The luminaire managers include transmitters for transmitting status information about their respective luminaires such as, for example, a lamp out condition upon occurrence of such a lamp out condition, to a network server. The network server forwards the received status information from the networked luminaire managers to a computer of an owner/operator of the plurality of luminaires. The luminaire managers communicate with each other, whereby they form a network.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2006Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLCInventors: Jeff D. Walters, Charles J. Darnell, Zachary S. Gibler, David A. Henderson, Michael M. Minarczyk, William Eric Holland
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Patent number: 7546168Abstract: A plurality of networked luminaire managers, each collocated with a respective luminaire, monitor the status of their respective luminaires. The luminaire managers include transmitters for transmitting status information about their respective luminaires and third-party devices to a network server. The network server forwards the received status information from the networked luminaire managers to a computer of an owner/operator of the plurality of luminaires and/or a third-party user. The luminaire managers communicate with each other, whereby they form a network.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2006Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLCInventors: Jeff D. Walters, Charles J. Darnell, Zachary S. Gibler, David A. Henderson
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Patent number: 7546167Abstract: A network operation center for a light management system having networked intelligent luminaire managers. A plurality of networked luminaire managers, each collocated with a respective luminaire, monitor the status of their respective luminaires. The luminaire managers include transmitters for transmitting status information about their respective luminaires and third-party devices to a network server. The network server forwards the received status information from the networked luminaire managers to a computer of an owner/operator of the plurality of luminaires and/or a third-party user. The luminaire managers communicate with each other, whereby they form a network.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2006Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: ABL IP Holdings LLCInventors: Jeff D. Walters, Charles J. Darnell, Zachary S. Gibler, David A. Henderson
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Patent number: 7529594Abstract: A light management system having networked intelligent luminaire managers and an activation device. A plurality of networked luminaire managers, each collocated with a respective luminaire, monitor the status of their respective luminaires. The luminaire managers include transmitters for transmitting status information about their respective luminaires and third-party devices to a network server. The network server forwards the received status information from the networked luminaire managers to a computer of an owner/operator of the plurality of luminaires and/or a third-party user. The luminaire managers communicate with each other, whereby they form a network.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2006Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLCInventors: Jeff D. Walters, Charles J. Darnell, Zachary S. Gibler, David A. Henderson
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Publication number: 20080147337Abstract: A network operation center for a light management system having networked intelligent luminaire managers. A plurality of networked luminaire managers, each collocated with a respective luminaire, monitor the status of their respective luminaires. The luminaire managers include transmitters for transmitting status information about their respective luminaires and third-party devices to a network server. The network server forwards the received status information from the networked luminaire managers to a computer of an owner/operator of the plurality of luminaires and/or a third-party user. The luminaire managers communicate with each other, whereby they form a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2008Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicant: Acuity Brands, Inc.Inventors: Jeff D. WALTERS, Charles J. Darnell, Zachary S. Gibler, David A. Henderson, Michael M. Minarczyk, William Eric Holland
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Patent number: 7333903Abstract: A network operation center for a light management system having networked intelligent luminaire managers. A plurality of networked luminaire managers, each collocated with a respective luminaire, monitor the status of their respective luminaires. The luminaire managers include transmitters for transmitting status information about their respective luminaires and third-party devices to a network server. The network server forwards the received status information from the networked luminaire managers to a computer of an owner/operator of the plurality of luminaires and/or a third-party user. The luminaire managers communicate with each other, whereby they form a network.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2006Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: Acuity Brands, Inc.Inventors: Jeff D. Walters, Charles J. Darnell, Zachary S. Gibler, David A. Henderson, Michael M. Minarczyk, William Eric Holland
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Patent number: 5895986Abstract: A photoelectric load control system for applying power to a light or load as a function of ambient light level and as a function of the length of daylight or darkness. The system includes a switching circuit for selectively applying power to the light or load for turning the light or load on and off; an ambient light level sensor for providing a signal which varies between a first state and a second state in response to the ambient light level; and a uniquely programmed processor responsive to this signal for activating the switching circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1997Date of Patent: April 20, 1999Inventors: Jeff D. Walters, Lucinda Seigel
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Patent number: 5434475Abstract: An outdoor lighting control includes a photosensor responsive to ambient outdoor light and an alternating current relay with a pair of contacts movable between make and break positions. The relay includes a contact actuating arrangement that responds to the photosensor and alternating current bias the contacts into a make position and move the contacts electromagnetically into a break position. The contact actuating arrangement includes a coiled extension spring for moving the contacts into the make position and a resilient armature which biases the armature toward the break position. The spring and armature have respective resiliences sufficiently stiff and responsive to the alternating current to limit chatter in the contacts during passage from the make position to the break position to 15 milliseconds when the photosensitive means senses a transition between dark and daylight.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 1992Date of Patent: July 18, 1995Assignee: Pacific Scientific CompanyInventors: Jeff D. Walters, Paul M. Buonpane
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Patent number: 5132596Abstract: An outdoor lighting control includes a photosensor responsive to ambient outdoor light and an alternating current relay with a pair of contacts movable between make and break positions. The relay includes a contact actuating arrangement that responds to the photosensor and alternating current bias the contacts into a make position and move the contacts electromagnetically into a break position. The contact actuating arrangement is sufficiently stiff and responsive to the alternating current to limit chatter in the contact during passage from make to break to fifteen milliseconds when the photosensor senses a transition between dark and daylight. Preferably, the chatter is limited between 1 and 10 milliseconds.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1991Date of Patent: July 21, 1992Assignee: Pacific Scientific CompanyInventors: Jeff D. Walters, Paul M. Buonpane