Patent ID: 9529345
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: E06B,G05B,Y02A,Y02B

Claim Text:
1. A system to automatically adjust a window covering, the system comprising: at least one sensor configured to provide sensor data comprising a current state of an area associated with a window; a hub device in communication with a mesh network and configured to transmit through the mesh network a window covering command to control a position of an electronic window covering configured to at least partially cover and uncover the window, the mesh network configured to propagate the window covering command using powerline signaling and radio frequency (RF) signaling; a receiver comprising a first antenna and a second antenna, the receiver configured to detect with the first antenna an electromagnetic field generated by a presence of a carrier signal that is added to a powerline waveform, the carrier signal comprising a first RF signal having a first frequency, the presence of the carrier signal indicating that the window covering command is encoded onto the powerline, the receiver further configured to wake up from an inactive state upon detecting the electromagnetic field generated by the presence of the carrier signal on the powerline in order to receive with the second antenna the window covering command via a second RF signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency; and a window covering controller in communication with the receiver and operably connected to the electronic window covering, the window covering controller configured to automatically adjust the electronic window covering from a first position to a second position based on the window covering command, the window covering controller further in communication with the sensor and configured to transmit the sensor data to the receiver for propagation through the mesh network to the hub device, the hub device further configured to compare the sensor data with a desired state and to provide the window covering command to adjust the position of the window covering based at least in part on the comparison.