US 12,432,832 B2
Apparatus for a luminaire and a method of operating a luminaire
Marlon Van Den Berg, Nijmegen (NL); Jan Lansdaal, Eindhoven (NL); and Mark Van Moorsel, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 16/499,394
Filed by SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Mar. 15, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/056564
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 30, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/177766, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 4, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 17163297 (EP), filed on Mar. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0105885 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. H05B 47/19 (2020.01); H05B 47/11 (2020.01)
CPC H05B 47/19 (2020.01) [H05B 47/11 (2020.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Apparatus for a luminaire, the apparatus comprising:
a wireless communications interface for wirelessly communicating with a control device;
a light sensor configured to detect a light source separate from the control device; and
a controller;
wherein upon detection of illumination by the light sensor, the wireless communications interface is turned from an off state to an on state,
wherein the controller can control the wireless communication interface to switch between a first mode and a second mode, and in the first mode, the wireless communications interface does not transmit advertising messages, and in the second mode, the wireless communications interface enters an advertising state during which the wireless communications interface wirelessly transmits one or more advertising messages;
wherein the controller is configured to control the wireless communications interface such that upon the light sensor being illuminated above a threshold, the wireless communications interface changes from the first mode to the second mode, and the threshold is defined by at least a duration of the illumination;
wherein when the light sensor has not been illuminated above a threshold, the controller is configured to switch the wireless communications interface from the first mode into the second mode upon receipt of a passcode; and
wherein the controller is configured to establish a paired wireless connection with the control device based on the advertising messages, the paired wireless connection including direct bi-directional communications between the controller and the control device.