Patents by Inventor Jonathan McGinty

Jonathan McGinty 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).

  • Automated control method and apparatus
    Patent number: 10813198
    Abstract: There is described a device and method for automatically controlling a lighting system including at least two lighting devices. The method comprises the steps of: determining a set of lighting devices to be controlled in an automated mode; determining a start reference time and an end reference time; and determining that one or more criteria for operating in the automated mode are met. Then a lighting device to be the first activated lighting device is selected from deactivated lighting devices of the set of lighting devices; and the first activated lighting device is activated during a pre-determined time period defined relative to the start reference time. Subsequently a lighting device to be the first deactivated lighting device is selected from activated lighting devices; and the first deactivated lighting device is deactivated during a pre-determined time period defined relative to the end reference time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Centrica Hive Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan McGinty, Richard Burke, Nicholas Charles Leith
  • Automated control method and apparatus
    Publication number: 20190059143
    Abstract: There is described a device and method for automatically controlling a lighting system including at least two lighting devices. The method comprises the steps of: determining a set of lighting devices to be controlled in an automated mode; determining a start reference time and an end reference time; and determining that one or more criteria for operating in the automated mode are met. Then a lighting device to be the first activated lighting device is selected from deactivated lighting devices of the set of lighting devices; and the first activated lighting device is activated during a pre-determined time period defined relative to the start reference time. Subsequently a lighting device to be the first deactivated lighting device is selected from activated lighting devices; and the first deactivated lighting device is deactivated during a pre-determined time period defined relative to the end reference time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan McGinty, Richard Burke, Nicholas Charles Leith