Patent ID: 9524622
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: G01S,G08B,G08C,H05B

Claim Text:
1. A light-based system for identifying personal items comprising: a personal mobile electronic communication device transmitting a first signal for indicating a device identifier; a processor approximately ascertaining the location of the personal mobile electronic communication device by a GPS or signal analysis technology; a personal item transmitting a second signal for indicating an item identifier; a memory associating the device identifier with the item identifier; a communication network receiving the first signal from the personal mobile electronic communication device and the second signal from the personal item, determining the device identifier from the first signal and the item identifier from the second signal, and transmitting the device identifier and the item identifier to the processor, wherein the processor checks the memory for an association between the device identifier and the item identifier, and generates an illumination command dependent on the association; a lighting controller separate from the personal mobile electronic communication device and personal item and operably controlling a plurality of luminaires in a room, receiving the illumination command and, in response to the illumination command, controlling an illumination proximate to the personal item by at least one individually-controllable luminaire of the plurality of luminaires in a lighting network such that the illumination proximate to the personal item visually indicates the association between the personal item and the personal mobile electronic communication device; and wherein the lighting controller further controls the illumination to visually indicate the association in the memory with a first illumination and to visually indicate a lack of association in the memory with a second illumination different than the first illumination.