US 11,723,139 B2
Method for setting up and operating a network of luminaires
Helmut Schröder, Wiesbaden (DE); Daniel Brand, Cologne (DE); and Didier Wellens, Kraainem (BE)
Assigned to SCHREDER, Brussels (BE)
Filed by SCHREDER, Brussels (BE)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/813,250.
Application 17/813,250 is a continuation of application No. 17/068,680, filed on Oct. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,497,105.
Application 17/068,680 is a continuation of application No. 16/275,454, filed on Feb. 14, 2019, granted, now 10,806,012, issued on Oct. 13, 2020.
Application 16/275,454 is a continuation of application No. 15/525,265, granted, now 10,212,789, issued on Feb. 19, 2019, previously published as PCT/EP2015/076144, filed on Nov. 10, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 14192579 (EP), filed on Nov. 10, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0353977 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05B 47/19 (2020.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC H05B 47/19 (2020.01) [H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 40/246 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control module for use in a luminaire of a network of luminaires, said control module comprising:
a long-range communication module,
a short-range communication module, and
a controller,
said control module being configured for providing a control output for controlling a driver of the luminaire,
said control module being configured for being set up as a group controller of a group of control modules which are configured to communicate between each other through the respective short-range communication modules of the control modules of the group,
said control module being configured to transmit to a server through the long-range communication module, when set up as a group controller, at least one of environmental, luminaire and control module information received from at least one other control module of the group via the short-range communication module, and/or to receive from the server through the long-range communication module, when set up as a group controller, information for at least one other control module of the group and to transmit said information through the short-range communication module.