US 12,273,823 B2
Control device having an adaptive transmit power
Ankit Bhutani, Aston, PA (US); Richard S. Camden, Coopersburg, PA (US); and Kaiming Li, Allentown, PA (US)
Assigned to Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed by Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/825,180.
Application 17/825,180 is a continuation of application No. 16/852,245, filed on Apr. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,388,677.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/836,348, filed on Apr. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0286976 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/18 (2023.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 52/22 (2009.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01)
CPC H04W 52/228 (2013.01) [H04L 1/18 (2013.01); H04L 12/2803 (2013.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01); H04L 2012/2841 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A remote control device, comprising:
a battery;
a user interface;
a wireless communications circuit; and
a processor configured to:
receive a user input via the user interface;
determine a lighting control command of a plurality of lighting control command types for transmission in a message configured to control a lighting load based on the user input, wherein the plurality of lighting control command types comprise a lighting control command configured to turn a lighting load on, a lighting control command configured to turn a lighting load off, or a lighting control command configured to adjust a lighting level of the lighting load;
determine, based on the determined lighting control command configured to control the lighting load, a selected transmit power of a plurality of transmit powers for transmitting the message; and
transmit the message at the selected transmit power via the wireless communications circuit.