Various methods and systems for smart home devices are presented. Such smart home devices may include one or more environmental sensors that are configured to detect the presence of one or more environmental conditions. Such smart home devices may include a light comprising a plurality of lighting elements. Such a light may be configured to illuminate using a plurality of colors and, possibly, a plurality of animation patterns. Such smart home devices may include a processing system configured to cause the light to illuminate using the plurality of colors and the plurality of animation patterns in response to a plurality of states of the smart home device.

A controllable light source is provided that includes a load control circuit and an integrated lighting load. The controllable light source is configured to receive wirelessly communicated commands transmitted by a remote control device associated with the controllable light source, such as a rotary remote control device. The controllable light source may include an actuator for associating the controllable light source with the remote control device, such that the load control circuit is operable to adjust the intensity of the lighting load in response to wireless signals received from the remote control device. The controllable light source may support the actuator such that the actuator may be actuated when the controllable light source is installed in a fixture.

A method for creating a desired lighting effect. The desired lighting effect is created by using a plurality of apparatuses at a controlled access venue which are capable of actuating one or more lights. The apparatuses in conjunction can create a desired lighting affect. The desired lighting effect can be customized to alleviate crowds. The desired lighting effect can also help to identify and direct aid to attendees in distress.

An LED light fixture includes one or more optical transceivers that have a light support having a plurality of light emitting diodes and one or more photodetectors attached thereto, and a processor in communication with the light emitting diodes and the one or more photodetectors. The processor is constructed and arranged to generate a communication or data transfer signal.

A network system in a building complex linking different locations together and facilitating information and data exchange and access, includes N number of autonomous nodes for receiving, processing, and storing sensory data collected by one or more sensors relating to an environment in N number of regions within the building complex. The nodes are configured to communicate and share sensory data among the N number of nodes and to generate a dynamic virtual map of the building complex environment that is accessible by users having access to the network.

The present disclosure generally relates to providing lighting effects.

A marker system includes an enclosure with a controller therewithin. Emitters are electrically interfaced to the controller and include visible wavelength emitters and infrared wavelength emitters. The controller is configured to selectively initiate a flow of electric current though the visible wavelength emitters or through the infrared wavelength emitters causing the visible wavelength emitters or the infrared wavelength emitters to emit light and the light passes through the enclosure. There is at least one infrared detector, each of which is electrically interfaced to the controller and each of which is configured to detect infrared light that enters the enclosure. When the controller receives an electrical signal from any of the at least one infrared detector indicating reception of infrared light, the controller emits a signal to warn of the reception of infrared light (e.g., an audible signal, a vibration, a wireless signal, a wired signal).

A user device includes UWB antennas and a signal processing unit connected to the UWB antennas. The signal processing unit is configured to trigger a point-command operation in response to an input to the user device from a user of the user device, pair with a targeted device after the point-command operation is triggered, wherein pairing with the targeted device involves determining that the user device is pointed at the targeted device based on an AoA of UWB pings that are received from the targeted device on the UWB antennas of the user device, interpret a user generated point-command that is received at the user device from the user to produce a machine-readable point-command, wherein the user generated point-command is interpreted at least in part based on the pairing with the targeted device, and transmit the machine-readable point-command from the user device to the targeted device via a wireless signal.

Bed structures are presented. The bed structure may include a bed frame for supporting at least one of a mattress or a mattress foundation, at least one illumination device mounted on the bed frame, and a control system. The control system includes at least one sensor and being configured to illuminate the at least one illumination device responsive to predetermined environmental conditions determined by the at least one sensor. In another aspect, a bed structure includes at least one illumination device mounted on the bed frame, and a control system configured to illuminate the at least one illumination device responsive to predetermined environmental conditions. The control system includes a motion sensor, a light sensor, a timer, and a remote control system facilitating operation of the at least one illumination device responsive to user input control or a predetermined control sequence.

Networked intelligent lighting devices may utilize visual light communication to perform autonomous neighbor discovery, for example, as part of a map generation process. Individually, each intelligent lighting device within an installation transmits a series of packets via visual light communication for receipt by one or more of the other intelligent lighting devices. Receiving intelligent lighting devices record the number of received packets from each transmitter. Records of numbers of received packets are conveyed via a data communication network to a centralized process. The centralized process utilizes the conveyed records to determine neighbor relationships between lighting devices, for example to generate a map of devices as located within the installation.