Patent ID: 11950343
Assignee: HLI SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A control device comprising:
a memory storing at least one defined light profile associated with a user; and
a processor configured to:
detect the presence of a user in or near a space illuminated by a light fixture based on one or more signals indicative of the presence of the user in or near the space; and
responsive to detecting the presence of the user in or near the space:
access data associated with a defined light profile associated with the user,
control a light output of the light fixture in accordance with the data associated with the defined light profile associated with the user by adjusting an intensity or color temperature of the light output of the light fixture according to the defined light profile associated with the user and a time of day,
increase the color temperature of the light output for a period of time after a detected sunrise event, and
decrease the color temperature of the light output from the period of time after sunrise until detection of a sunset event;

detect the absence of the user in or near the space illuminated by the light fixture based on one or more signals indicative of an absence of the user in or near the space; and responsive to detecting the absence of the user in or near the space:
access data associated with a default light profile, and
control the light output of the light fixture in accordance with the data associated with the default light profile by adjusting, by the one or more control devices, one or more of the intensity and the color temperature of the light output of the light fixture according to the default light profile.