Apparatuses and methods to detect and provision for lighting interfaces

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9538614
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14588281

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Methods and apparatuses relate to detection and provisioning for lighting interfaces. In one embodiment, a hardware apparatus includes a sensing module to detect a lighting interface from a plurality of lighting interfaces to power a light emitting element, and a dimming module to supply multiple power levels of the lighting interface to the light emitting element. In another embodiment, a hardware apparatus further includes a communication module to provide a signal from a network to the sensing module to detect the lighting interface. A lighting interface may be a digital lighting interface or an analog lighting interface.

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ECHELON CORPORATION2901 PATRICK HENRY DRIVE SANTA CLARA CA 95054

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Dhingra, Vijay San Jose, US 3 2

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