Patents by Inventor Richard Dolf

Richard Dolf 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).

  • Publication number: 20160234899
    Abstract: Systems, methods and articles for providing illumination systems with selectively adjustable illumination patterns which reduce the need for a utility or luminaire distributer to stock luminaires with different illumination patterns and reduce the need for pre-planning installations. Illumination patterns may be adjusted wirelessly from the ground or from a central location. Implementations may allow scheduled dimming of luminaires, dimming in defined physical directions and scheduled adjustment of light patterns. The luminaires of the present disclosure may provide different light color illumination, such as amber color, in defined zones which may be required in biologically sensitive areas or other applications. Notifications, such as severe storm warning alerts, may be signaled to the public by turning on or flashing an amber colored or other colored luminaire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: William G. Reed, Richard Dolf
  • Publication number: 20160037605
    Abstract: An illumination system verifies whether one or more aspects of an output signal provided by a photosensitive transducer fall within a threshold of an expected value for the aspect. The aspect may include a sunrise time, a sunset time, a dawn time, a dusk time, a solar noon time, a solar midnight time, or similar. Upon verification the illumination system uses a microcontroller to adjust one or more output parameters of a solid-state light source responsive to the output signal provided by the photosensitive transducer. Where verification is not possible, the illumination system uses the microcontroller to adjust one or more output parameters of the solid-state light source responsive to a schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: William G. Reed, Dale H. DeGraff, Richard Dolf
  • Patent number: 9131552
    Abstract: An illumination system verifies whether one or more aspects of an output signal provided by a photosensitive transducer fall within a threshold of an expected value for the aspect. The aspect may include a sunrise time, a sunset time, a dawn time, a dusk time, a solar noon time, a solar midnight time, or similar. Upon verification the illumination system uses a microcontroller to adjust one or more output parameters of a solid-state light source responsive to the output signal provided by the photosensitive transducer. Where verification is not possible, the illumination system uses the microcontroller to adjust one or more output parameters of the solid-state light source responsive to a schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Express Imaging Systems, LLC
    Inventors: William G. Reed, Dale H. DeGraff, Richard Dolf
  • Publication number: 20150077019
    Abstract: An illumination system verifies controls the operation of a luminaire without the use of any photometric data. The illumination system uses data indicative of a current time, date or latitude to determine one or more aspects of a solar event. Such aspects can include a scheduled, predicted or expected time of occurrence of the scheduled solar event. Responsive to the determination of a scheduled, predicted or expected time of occurrence of the scheduled solar event, a control subsystem can adjust the luminous output of a light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: William G. Reed, Dale H. DeGraff, Richard Dolf
  • Patent number: 8896215
    Abstract: An illumination system verifies controls the operation of a luminaire without the use of any photometric data. The illumination system uses data indicative of a current time, date or latitude to determine one or more aspects of a solar event. Such aspects can include a scheduled, predicted or expected time of occurrence of the scheduled solar event. Responsive to the determination of a scheduled, predicted or expected time of occurrence of the scheduled solar event, a control subsystem can adjust the luminous output of a light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Express Imaging Systems, LLC
    Inventors: William G. Reed, Dale H. DeGraff, Richard Dolf
  • Publication number: 20140062341
    Abstract: An illumination system verifies controls the operation of a luminaire without the use of any photometric data. The illumination system uses data indicative of a current time, date or latitude to determine one or more aspects of a solar event. Such aspects can include a scheduled, predicted or expected time of occurrence of the scheduled solar event. Responsive to the determination of a scheduled, predicted or expected time of occurrence of the scheduled solar event, a control subsystem can adjust the luminous output of a light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: EXPRESS IMAGING SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: William G. Reed, Dale H. DeGraff, Richard Dolf
  • Publication number: 20140028198
    Abstract: An illumination system verifies whether one or more aspects of an output signal provided by a photosensitive transducer fall within a threshold of an expected value for the aspect. The aspect may include a sunrise time, a sunset time, a dawn time, a dusk time, a solar noon time, a solar midnight time, or similar. Upon verification the illumination system uses a microcontroller to adjust one or more output parameters of a solid-state light source responsive to the output signal provided by the photosensitive transducer. Where verification is not possible, the illumination system uses the microcontroller to adjust one or more output parameters of the solid-state light source responsive to a schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: EXPRESS IMAGING SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: William G. Reed, Dale H. DeGraff, Richard Dolf
  • Publication number: 20070011335
    Abstract: Using Bluetooth to provide the network management functions such as device discovery, service discovery, security negotiation, and connection establishment. Upon a Bluetooth connection being established between the Bluetooth-enabled devices an IP channel availability query is made. This is accomplished by using information request signals from the Bluetooth L2CAP protocol layer. If an IP channel is available on both the devices and the communication modules using that IP channel are compatible the devices will then establish a secondary Internet Protocol (IP) based data channel between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Gregory Burns, Richard Dolf, Todd Malsbary