Patent ID: 9615429
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G05B,G08B,H05B,Y02B

Claim:
1. An illuminating device, comprising: a computing component configured to determine a change in a state associated with a room in which the illuminating device is located based on a signal from a sensor, wherein the change in the state includes entry into a first state, a second state, or a third state, wherein determining the entry into the first state includes determining a first time a person has entered the room after the room has been set to be in an unoccupied state, wherein determining the entry into the second state includes determining a subsequent entry into the room after the entry into the first state has been determined and while the room is unoccupied, and wherein determining the entry into the third state includes determining that a first person is occupying the room when a second person enters the room after the entry into the first state has been determined; and an illuminating component configured to: