Virtual room-based light fixture and device control

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9055627
APP PUB NO 20120284672A1
SERIAL NO

13551289

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In one embodiment, a virtual room-based user interface includes one or more virtual rooms. Each virtual room is rendered from one or more images captured of a corresponding physical room of a structure, and includes depictions of one or more light fixtures within the physical room, one or more furnishings within the physical room and one or more boundaries of the physical room. A user selects a particular depiction of a particular light fixture within a particular virtual room. In response, a state of the particular light fixture within the corresponding physical room is changed. Also, appearance of the particular virtual room is updated such that the depiction of the particular light fixture shows the particular light fixture with the changed state and the depictions of the one or more boundaries or the one or more furnishings show lighting effects resulting from the changed state.

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  • SAVANT SYSTEMS, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cipollo, Nicholas J Hyannis, US 21 622
Madonna, Robert P Hyannis, US 71 2750

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