US 12,334,729 B2
Optimization of load control environments
Brent Protzman, Easton, PA (US); Rangasayee Sapthasayee, Plymouth Meeting, PA (US); and Craig A. Casey, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Assigned to Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Appl. No. 17/787,520
Filed by Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/065886
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/127355, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/949,541, filed on Dec. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0385063 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H05B 47/105 (2020.01); H05B 47/11 (2020.01); H05B 47/115 (2020.01)
CPC H02J 3/00 (2013.01) [H05B 47/105 (2020.01); H02J 2310/12 (2020.01); H02J 2310/62 (2020.01)] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system controller, the system controller comprising:
a control circuit configured to:
define a threshold for a comfort metric, wherein the comfort metric indicates a comfort level based on a plurality of comfort variables in a load control environment;
define a range for a power metric, wherein the power metric indicates a power level based on a plurality of power parameters in the load control environment;
receive, from each of one or more sensors disposed in the load control environment, a respective signal that includes data representative of at least one of the plurality of comfort variables;
receive, from each of one or more sensors, a respective signal that includes data indicative of at least one of the plurality of power parameters;
determine a value that corresponds to the comfort metric using the received data representative of the at least one of the plurality of comfort variables;
determine a value that corresponds to the power metric using the received data representative of the at least one of the plurality of power parameters; and
automatically control one or more load control devices in the load control environment to maintain the determined value that corresponds to the comfort metric above the defined threshold value for the comfort metric while maintaining the determined value that corresponds to the power metric within the defined range for the power metric.