Patents by Inventor Kenneth Dale Walma
Kenneth Dale Walma 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: 10966023Abstract: A lighting system with expanded coverage voice operation includes a lighting fixture that includes a wireless transceiver. The lighting system further includes a remote microphone device configured to receive a voice and to transmit wirelessly an audio stream generated from the voice. The lighting fixture is configured to receive the audio stream from the remote microphone device via the wireless transceiver and to transmit the audio stream to a cloud server.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Vaibhav Chavan, Nam Chin Cho, Pengseng Tan, Parth Joshi, Brad Edward Paine, Kenneth Dale Walma, William T. Cook
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Patent number: 10932040Abstract: A lighting system includes a first lighting fixture that includes a first microphone and a first transmitter. The first transmitter is configured to transmit a first digital audio stream generated based on a sound. The lighting system further includes a second lighting fixture that includes a second microphone and a second transmitter. The second transmitter is configured to transmit a second digital audio stream generated based on the sound, where the sound is received by the first microphone and by the second microphone. The lighting system also includes a central processor that can process the first digital audio stream and the second digital audio stream to identify the sound.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Nam Chin Cho, Parth Joshi, Brad Edward Paine, Kenneth Dale Walma, Jr., William T. Cook
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Patent number: 10909696Abstract: A system for determining occupancy includes a first luminaire having a first camera to detect a first occupant and a second luminaire having a second camera to detect a second occupant. The system further includes a processor to determine whether the first camera and the second camera have a common visual field and to determine whether the first occupant and the second occupant are the same occupant in response to determining that the first camera and the second camera have a common visual field.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Kenneth Dale Walma
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Patent number: 10837631Abstract: A lighting module includes an LED light source and a power source coupled to the LED light source. The LED light source is powered by the power source. The power source includes an auxiliary output connection that is terminated at a standardized connector. The power source provides power to an auxiliary device via the standardized connector.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Kenneth Dale Walma, Jr.
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Patent number: 10777064Abstract: A sensing and lighting device includes a lighting fixture comprising a light emitting diode (LED) light source. The sensing and lighting device further includes a sensor to sense the air at the sensor, and a power source. The LED light source and the sensor are powered by the power source.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Kenneth Dale Walma, Nam Chin Cho, Ryan Lamon Cunningham
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Patent number: 10686284Abstract: A controlled-power RJ45 socket includes a housing having a cavity to receive an RJ45 plug. The socket further includes electrical contacts positioned in the cavity and that come in contact with electrical contacts of the RJ45 plug when the RJ45 plug is plugged into the RJ45 socket. A switch is positioned to disconnect the power to the electrical contacts of the RJ45 socket before the electrical contacts of the RJ45 plug are physically detached from the electrical contacts of the RJ45 socket during a de-mating of the RJ45 plug from the RJ45 socket.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventors: James C. Andrews, Kenneth Dale Walma, Geoffrey Granville Hammett, Mark Verheyen
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Patent number: 10673248Abstract: A hybrid distributed low voltage power system can include a first primary power source that distributes line voltage power during a first mode of operation. The system can also include a first secondary power source that receives an input signal during the first mode of operation and distributes a reserve signal during the second mode of operation, where the reserve signal is generated from the input signal. The system can further include a PDM coupled to the first primary power source and the first secondary power source. The system can also include at least one first LV device coupled to the first output channel of the PDM, where the at least one LV device operates using the first LV signal during the first mode of operation, and where the at least one first LV device receives a reserve LV signal during the second mode of operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventors: James Christopher Andrews, Kenneth Dale Walma
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Publication number: 20200149725Abstract: A lighting module includes an LED light source and a power source coupled to the LED light source. The LED light source is powered by the power source. The power source includes an auxiliary output connection that is terminated at a standardized connector. The power source provides power to an auxiliary device via the standardized connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventor: Kenneth Dale Walma, Jr.
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Patent number: 10578291Abstract: A lighting module includes an LED light source and a power source coupled to the LED light source. The LED light source is powered by the power source. The power source includes an auxiliary output connection that is terminated at a standardized connector. The power source provides power to an auxiliary device via the standardized connector.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventor: Kenneth Dale Walma, Jr.
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Patent number: 10575383Abstract: An imaging sensor determines an influence of artificial light from one or more artificial light sources and an influence of natural light in an area associated with a lighting system. On the basis of the influence of the natural light and the influence of the artificial light, the imaging sensor determines the location of the one or more artificial light sources with respect to the location of the imaging sensor. Further, the imaging sensor allocates a portion of the area as an area of influence of the imaging sensor based on a threshold change in luminescence of the area associated with switching on or switching off of the one or more artificial light sources. Responsively, the imaging sensor associates at least one artificial light source of the one or more light sources and occupancy sensors corresponding to the at least one artificial light source with the allocated area of influence.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventor: Kenneth Dale Walma, Jr.
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Publication number: 20200051416Abstract: A sensing and lighting device includes a lighting fixture comprising a light emitting diode (LED) light source. The sensing and lighting device further includes a sensor to sense the air at the sensor, and a power source. The LED light source and the sensor are powered by the power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Kenneth Dale Walma, Nam Chin Cho, Ryan Lamon Cunningham
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Patent number: 10546496Abstract: A parking facility illumination and space indicator system includes a lighting fixture configured to emit an illumination light to illuminate a parking facility and an indicator fixture coupled to the lighting fixture by a first electrical cable. The indicator fixture is configured to indicate availability of one or more parking spaces in the parking facility. The system further includes a sensor coupled to the lighting fixture by a second electrical cable. The sensor is configured to sense availability of the one or more parking spaces for parking. The lighting fixture is configured to provide power to the indicator fixture over the first electrical cable and to the sensor over the second electrical cable. The indicator fixture indicates the availability of the one or more parking spaces based on space availability information from the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventors: Christopher Lee Bohler, Kenneth Dale Walma
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Publication number: 20190387314Abstract: A lighting system with expanded coverage voice operation includes a lighting fixture that includes a wireless transceiver. The lighting system further includes a remote microphone device configured to receive a voice and to transmit wirelessly an audio stream generated from the voice. The lighting fixture is configured to receive the audio stream from the remote microphone device via the wireless transceiver and to transmit the audio stream to a cloud server.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Vaibhav Chavan, Nam Chin Cho, Pengseng Tan, Parth Joshi, Brad Edward Paine, Kenneth Dale Walma, William T. Cook
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Publication number: 20190363497Abstract: A controlled-power RJ45 socket includes a housing having a cavity to receive an RJ45 plug. The socket further includes electrical contacts positioned in the cavity and that come in contact with electrical contacts of the RJ45 plug when the RJ45 plug is plugged into the RJ45 socket. A switch is positioned to disconnect the power to the electrical contacts of the RJ45 socket before the electrical contacts of the RJ45 plug are physically detached from the electrical contacts of the RJ45 socket during a de-mating of the RJ45 plug from the RJ45 socket.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: James C. Andrews, Kenneth Dale Walma, Geoffrey Granville Hammett, Mark Verheyen
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Publication number: 20190364360Abstract: A lighting system includes a first lighting fixture that includes a first microphone and a first transmitter. The first transmitter is configured to transmit a first digital audio stream generated based on a sound. The lighting system further includes a second lighting fixture that includes a second microphone and a second transmitter. The second transmitter is configured to transmit a second digital audio stream generated based on the sound, where the sound is received by the first microphone and by the second microphone. The lighting system also includes a central processor that can process the first digital audio stream and the second digital audio stream to identify the sound.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Nam Chin Cho, Parth Joshi, Brad Edward Paine, Kenneth Dale Walma, JR., William T. Cook
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Patent number: 10476590Abstract: A processor receives data associated with a device. On the basis of the data associated with the device, the processor modulates a light from the artificial light source at a rate imperceptible to a human eye while detectable by a light sensor device. The modulated light is representative of the data associated with the device. The modulated light is detected, demodulated, and decoded by the light sensor device to retrieve the data associated with the device. Further, the data associated with the device is presented by the light sensor device to a user. In addition, the light sensor device is configured to receive input data from the user and communicate the input data to the processor via a wireless link. The processor is configured to receive the input data from the light sensor device and effect a change in a characteristic of the device based on the received input data.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventors: Kenneth Dale Walma, Jr., Brian Elwell
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Patent number: 10468889Abstract: A power distribution module (PDM) can include an input portion configured to receive high-voltage (HV) power from a power source. The PDM can also include a power transfer device electrically coupled to the input portion, where the power transfer device is configured to generate at least one low-voltage signal using the HV power. The PDM can further include an output section electrically coupled to the power transfer device and including a number of output channels. The PDM can also include at least one switch disposed between the output section and the power transfer device, where the at least one switch has an open position and a closed position. The PDM can further include a controller communicably coupled to the at least one switch, where the controller operates the at least one switch between the closed position and the open position based on a power demand measured at the output section.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventors: James Christopher Andrews, Liang Fang, William Lee Shiley, James Moan, Kenneth Dale Walma
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Patent number: 10460586Abstract: A sensing and lighting device includes a lighting fixture comprising a light emitting diode (LED) light source. The sensing and lighting device further includes a sensor to sense the air at the sensor, and a power source. The LED light source and the sensor are powered by the power source.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventors: Kenneth Dale Walma, Nam Chin Cho, Ryan Lamon Cunningham
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Patent number: 10431940Abstract: A power receptacle includes a socket, where a direct current (DC) power signal is provided at the socket to provide a DC power to a device that gets plugged into the socket. The power receptacle further includes a switch that is electrically coupled to the socket. The power receptacle also includes a controller that controls the switch to control whether the DC power signal is available at the socket. The controller controls the switch based on a power control command that is wirelessly received by the power receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventor: Kenneth Dale Walma, Jr.
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Publication number: 20190259276Abstract: A parking facility illumination and space indicator system includes a lighting fixture configured to emit an illumination light to illuminate a parking facility and an indicator fixture coupled to the lighting fixture by a first electrical cable. The indicator fixture is configured to indicate availability of one or more parking spaces in the parking facility. The system further includes a sensor coupled to the lighting fixture by a second electrical cable. The sensor is configured to sense availability of the one or more parking spaces for parking. The lighting fixture is configured to provide power to the indicator fixture over the first electrical cable and to the sensor over the second electrical cable. The indicator fixture indicates the availability of the one or more parking spaces based on space availability information from the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Christopher Lee Bohler, Kenneth Dale Walma