Patent ID: 11871495
Assignee: LUTRON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 3:
4. A control device for time-shifting an output parameter of one or more electrical load devices from a current time-of-day in a defined show to a user selected time-of-day in the defined show, the control device comprising:
a communication circuit configured to communicate with an input device;
a load control circuit for controlling the one or more parameters of the electrical load;
a control circuit operably connected to the communication circuit and the load control circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to:
receive, via the communication circuit from the input device a first user input that includes a request to provide a time-shifted portion of the defined show by shifting the defined show from the current time-of-day to a user selected time-of-day that differs from the current time of day;
receive, via the communication circuit from the input device, a second user input that includes an endpoint event for the time-shifted portion of the defined show, wherein upon occurrence of the endpoint event the output parameter of each of the one or more electrical devices returns to the output parameter that corresponds to the then current time-of-day of the defined show;
determine a time-shifted output parameter value for each of the one or more electrical load devices, wherein the time-shifted output parameter value is determined based on the time-shifted portion of the defined show;
cause the load control circuit to adjust the output parameter of each of the one or more electrical load devices to the determined time-shifted output parameter value such that the output parameter of the electrical load device follows the time-shifted portion of the defined show until the occurrence of the endpoint event; and
return the output parameter value of each of the one or more electrical load devices to the output parameter value that corresponds to the defined show at the then current time of day responsive to the occurrence of the endpoint event.