US 11,781,377 B2
Controlling motorized window treatments in response to multiple sensors
Stephen Lundy, York, PA (US); Brent Protzman, Easton, PA (US); Timothy Gill, Bethlehem, PA (US); and Michael J. Zizza, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed by Lutron Technology Company LLC, Coopersburg, PA (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/890.
Application 15/690,382 is a division of application No. 14/748,128, filed on Jun. 23, 2015, granted, now 9,752,383, issued on Sep. 5, 2017.
Application 17/000,890 is a continuation of application No. 15/690,382, filed on Aug. 30, 2017, granted, now 10,753,147.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/015,760, filed on Jun. 23, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0140234 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. E06B 9/68 (2006.01); E06B 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 9/68 (2013.01) [E06B 9/32 (2013.01); E06B 2009/6818 (2013.01); E06B 2009/6827 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motorized window treatment system controller, comprising:
communications interface circuitry; and
control circuitry configured to:
receive, via the communications interface circuitry, a plurality of signals from a master sensor group that includes a corresponding plurality of sensors disposed across a building façade;
based on current signal data and stored historical signal data, dynamically form, within the master sensor group, a plurality of sensor sub-groups, each of the plurality of sensor sub-groups including at least a portion of the sensors forming the plurality of sensors included in the master sensor group;
associate one or more window treatments with each of the plurality of sensor sub-groups;
for each of the plurality of sensor sub-groups:
determine a sub-group trend using the current signal data and the historical signal data from at least a portion of the sensors included in the respective sensor sub-group;
based on the determined sub-group trend reading for the sensor sub-group, determine a window treatment mode for the one or more window treatments associated with the respective sensor sub-group; and
communicate an output to the one or more window treatments via the communications interface circuitry.