Patents by Inventor Steven Downs

Steven Downs 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).

  • Patent number: 12193125
    Abstract: A lighting system includes a wake-up light source to emit a wake-up light beam and a plurality of luminaires located in a space. A respective luminaire includes an illumination light source to emit illumination lighting for the space, a light sensor to detect light, a wireless transceiver configured for wireless communication, and a memory. The respective luminaire further includes a processor coupled to the light sensor, the wireless transceiver, and the memory. The respective luminaire further includes wake-up programming in the memory. Execution of the wake-up programming by the processor causes the respective luminaire to: (a) detect a plurality of light measurements above a light threshold; (b) determine whether the plurality of light measurements are in accordance with a pattern; and (c) in response to determining the plurality of light measurements are in accordance with the pattern, enter a beaconing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Gomez Sam Selvaraj, Steven Downs, Ryan A. Zaveruha
  • Publication number: 20240032176
    Abstract: A lighting system includes a wake-up light source to emit a wake-up light beam and a plurality of luminaires located in a space. A respective luminaire includes an illumination light source to emit illumination lighting for the space, a light sensor to detect light, a wireless transceiver configured for wireless communication, and a memory. The respective luminaire further includes a processor coupled to the light sensor, the wireless transceiver, and the memory. The respective luminaire further includes wake-up programming in the memory. Execution of the wake-up programming by the processor causes the respective luminaire to: (a) detect a plurality of light measurements above a light threshold; (b) determine whether the plurality of light measurements are in accordance with a pattern; and (c) in response to determining the plurality of light measurements are in accordance with the pattern, enter a beaconing mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Gomez Sam Selvaraj, Steven Downs, Ryan A. Zaveruha
  • Publication number: 20190340894
    Abstract: A light and motion detection sensor includes a light-emitting diode (LED) indicator configured to provide intermittent light from the LED indicating that the light and motion detection sensor is operating, a photocell sensor configured to detect ambient light, a passive infrared (PIR) sensor having a lens and configured to detect infrared radiation, and a sensor retainer configured to retain the light and motion detection sensor in a mounting, transmit ambient light to the photocell sensor, and transmit the intermittent light from the LED indicator such that the intermittent light from the LED indicator is visible from the sensor retainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: John R. Johnson, Steven Downs, Troy T. Miller, Brett S. Carlson