An illuminating lamp includes a box-shaped casing, a plurality of LED light-emitting elements disposed on a light-emitting surface of the box-shaped casing, a conducting wire and an electrical plug for connecting a power source, and a selector switch panel for functional operation disposed on a nonlight-emitting surface of the box-shaped casing. A transparent or semi-transparent outer protective cover is disposed outside the light-emitting surface of the box-shaped casing. A control device including a plurality of control units is disposed in the box-shaped casing.

Apparatus, systems, and methods for remotely dimming lights are disclosed. In one embodiment, a light-dimming apparatus for placement within a lighting enclosure of a lighting fixture is disclosed. The light-dimming apparatus can comprise a plurality of input and output terminals, a dimmer module, one or more motion sensing modules, a fail-safe module, and a microcontroller unit comprising a plurality of wireless communication modules, and one or more processor cores. The one or more processor cores can be programmed to execute instructions to receive a dimming command from another device via at least one of the plurality of wireless communication modules, receive zero-crossing signals from the dimmer module, and transmit switching signals to the dimmer module to modulate the power supplied to the lighting load to dim the brightness of the lighting load.

Disclosed are systems and methods for commissioning, localizing, and re-localizing a system device used for monitoring physical environments. A disclosed system for localizing a system device comprises a computing cloud, a building server, and a gateway. The computing cloud comprises various application modules, including an application module for receiving a user's selection of the system device on a portable electronic device, a project service module for receiving and transmitting a request to open a wireless network of a gateway, and a plugin module for receiving an enhanced request to open a wireless network of a gateway, and for transmitting a request to open a specific type of wireless network at the gateway. The building server is communicatively coupled with the computing cloud, the gateway is communicatively coupled with the building server, and the system device is communicatively coupled with the gateway.

A system of light devices including a first light device and a second light device. The first light device having a first housing, a first light, a first transceiver, a first electronic processor. The second light having a second housing, a second light, a second transceiver, a second electronic processor. The first electronic processor is coupled to the first light and the first transceiver, and configured to control operation of the first light, and transmit, via the first transceiver a command to the second light device. The second electronic processor coupled to the second light and the second transceiver, and configured to receive, via the second transceiver, the command from the first light device, and change an operational parameter of the second light in response to the command from the first light device.

A ponytail holder includes a frustoconical base having first and second parts each mutually hinged to move between an open position and a closed position about the ponytail. The bottom edge of the base is at least partially covered with an electrically conductive surface. A frustoconical cover is fixable with the base and includes at least two conductive projections each adapted for a snap fit with the bottom edge of the base to mechanically and electrically secure the cover to the base. A plurality of LEDs fixed with the cover are connected to the battery when the cover is engaged with the base. A controller provides power from the battery to the LEDs in a variety of ways to create a unique lighting effect based on a rotational position of the cover, an ambient sound level, a selected lighting mode, or a wireless command signal.

A system for use in controlling operating functions of a controllable device includes a hand-held device and an intermediate device in communication with the hand-held device and the controllable device. The hand-held device is adapted to receive a gesture based input and to transmit a signal having data representative of the gesture based input. The intermediate device has programming for translating the data representative of the gesture based input in a signal received from the hand-held device into a command signal to be communicated to the controllable device wherein the command signal has a format appropriate for controlling an operating function of the controllable device that is associated with the gesture based input.

According to a first aspect disclosed herein, there is provided a controller for controlling a first light source to emit light into a pupil of a human user in order to reduce at least one biological effect of light from a second light source on the human user, the controller comprising: a first input for receiving light property data indicating a property of the light from the second light source, said property being of a type which causes a biological effect on the human user; a second input for receiving pupil data indicating a size of the pupil of the human user; an output for sending control commands to the first light source; a processor configured to: determine, using the light property data received via the first input, that the light from the second light source has said property; in response to said determination that the light from the second light source has said property, determine, using said pupil data received via the second input, a current size of the pupil; and on condition that the current size of the pupil is determined to be larger than a minimum size, control the first light source to emit light not having said property into the pupil and thereby reduce the size of the pupil.

A system for use in controlling operating functions of a controllable device includes a hand-held device and an intermediate device in communication with the hand-held device and the controllable device. The hand-held device is adapted to receive a gesture based input and to transmit a signal having data representative of the gesture based input. The intermediate device has programming for translating the data representative of the gesture based input in a signal received from the hand-held device into a command signal to be communicated to the controllable device wherein the command signal has a format appropriate for controlling an operating function of the controllable device that is associated with the gesture based input.

A system for controlling lighting devices at one or more light-enabled facilities includes a processor in communication with a portable electronic device. The processor is configured to transmit a set of available scenes for one or more gateway controllers to the portable electronic device, receive a light operation request comprising a selected scene and a time duration from the portable electronic device, determine whether the portable electronic device is authorized to cause a gateway controller associated with the selected scene to implement the light operation request, and if the portable electronic device is authorized to cause the gateway controller associated with the selected scene to implement the light operation request, transmit the light operation request and an authorization token to cause the gateway controller to activate at least one lighting device according to the selected scene and the time duration to the gateway controller associated with the selected scene.

Multipurpose systems can include networked devices configured to include microphones, motion sensors, video cameras, touchscreens, optical sensors, speakers, or other suitable devices. The networked devices can include networking capabilities that enable the networked device to communicate with target devices and other networked devices. A system of networked devices can identify a target location or a target device by analyzing audio signals received at microphones of the networked devices. For example, a plurality of networked devices can identify a particular networked device that is in closest proximity to a user by analyzing an audio intensity of an audio signal received at the plurality of networked devices. The identified networked device can serve as a master device that can control a state of target devices.