US 12,264,536 B2
Motorized shade with automated configuration and control
Ryan Edward Chacon, Carthage, MO (US); Jason Turner, Joplin, MO (US); and Joshua Amos Carrier, Carl Junction, MO (US)
Assigned to Wideband Labs, LLC, Joplin, MO (US)
Filed by Wideband Labs, LLC, Joplin, MO (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/022,235.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/537,336, filed on Jul. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0032404 A1, Jan. 31, 2019
Int. Cl. E06B 9/68 (2006.01); E06B 9/42 (2006.01); E06B 9/72 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 9/42 (2013.01) [E06B 9/72 (2013.01); H01M 10/44 (2013.01); H01M 10/46 (2013.01); H04L 12/10 (2013.01); E06B 2009/6809 (2013.01); H01M 2220/10 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motorized roller shade, comprising:
a motor operable to rotate a roller tube onto which shade material is rolled or unrolled to respectively raise and lower the shade;
logic and control circuitry operable to actuate the motor and to communicate over a power over Ethernet network to receive commands indicative of a desired operation of the shade; and wherein the logic and control circuitry is further operable to actuate the motor autonomously without receiving a command or transmitting shade information to or from any other motorized shades or to a central server; and
a rechargeable battery positioned within the roller tube and in electrical communication with the logic and control circuitry and the motor, the battery operable to power the motor and the logic and control circuitry,
wherein the logic and control circuitry includes a non-volatile memory that stores shade and configuration parameters, including limits, memory positions, speed, schedules, target velocity, server hostname, network statistics, and other operational and physical parameters, and wherein the stored parameters allow the logic and control circuitry to autonomously operate the shade in synchronization with other motorized roller shades having the same configuration communication to a local or cloud server is interrupted.