US 11,812,534 B2
Transceiver for emulating an input device of a lighting system
Michael Böhnel, Dornbirn (AT); and Thomas Steffens, Dornbirn (AT)
Assigned to Zumtobel Lighting GmbH, Dornbirn (AT)
Appl. No. 17/765,147
Filed by ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH, Dornbirn (AT)
PCT Filed Dec. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/085053
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/130011, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19219771 (EP), filed on Dec. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346210 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H05B 47/18 (2020.01); H05B 47/195 (2020.01)
CPC H05B 47/18 (2020.01) [H05B 47/195 (2020.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transceiver (1) for a local lighting system (L1) comprising a bus (2), at least one luminaire, a driver for the luminaire connected to the bus, and a control unit (3) electrically connected to the bus (2) for controlling communication via the bus (2),
wherein the transceiver (1) comprises
a transmitter (1a) configured to transmit short-range wireless signals to a global lighting system (14) comprising one or more luminaires (L2 . . . LN),
a receiver (1b) configured to receive short-range wireless signals from the global lighting system (14), and
a processing unit (1c) configured to process the received wireless signals from the global lighting system (14); wherein
the transceiver (1) is configured to be electrically connected to the bus (2) of the local lighting system (L1), and
the processing unit (1c) on the transceiver (1) is configured to convert the short-range wireless signals received from the global lighting system into bus signals, such that the transceiver (1) behaves as an input device of the local lighting system (L1) when electrically connected to the bus (2).