US 11,757,996 B2
Ceiling fan for establishing a system for local control of a space
Robert Conrad Martin, Tolland, CT (US); Brett Daniel Pare, Hartford, CT (US); and Michael Richter, Canton, CT (US)
Assigned to HUBBELL INCORPORATED (DELAWARE), Shelton, CT (US)
Filed by Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/896,912.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/860,898, filed on Jun. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0396295 A1, Dec. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. H04L 67/125 (2022.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F04D 25/06 (2006.01); F04D 27/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/16 (2006.01); A61L 9/12 (2006.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); G08C 17/00 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 67/125 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/165 (2013.01); A61B 5/4803 (2013.01); A61L 9/12 (2013.01); F04D 25/06 (2013.01); F04D 27/00 (2013.01); F21V 23/003 (2013.01); F21V 33/0096 (2013.01); G08C 17/00 (2013.01); A61L 2209/111 (2013.01); G08C 2201/31 (2013.01); G08C 2201/34 (2013.01); G08C 2201/93 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ceiling fan for a space, the ceiling fan comprising:
a first communication interface configured to provide communications between the ceiling fan and a plurality of peripheral devices over a local network;
a second communication interface configured to provide communications between the ceiling fan and an external network; and
one or more control devices configured to provide one or more control signals, via the first communication interface, to control operation of one or more of the peripheral devices, based on data indicative of a mood profile for the space,
wherein the one or more control devices are configured to obtain the data indicative of the mood profile for the space by presenting a user with a plurality of predefined mood profiles for the space, prompting the user to select the mood profile from the plurality of predefined mood profiles for the space, and receiving the data indicative of the mood profile for the space from the user to the ceiling fan via the second communication interface.