Bobby J Taylor

US Patent:

20200084863, Mar 12, 2020

Filed:

Sep 6, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/562840

Inventors:

- Cincinnati OH, US
Bobby Duane Taylor - Blue Ash OH, US

International Classification:

H05B 37/02
H04W 4/029
H04W 4/33
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

Systems, methods, and computer program products for commissioning and controlling a lighting system, and tracking mobile devices. The lighting system comprises a plurality of system nodes including smart nodes and light fixtures. The smart nodes communicate with the mobile devices and the light fixtures to facilitate configuration and adjustment of the lighting system. The smart nodes may also receive signals from legacy control devices, and map the received control signals to control signals that are compatible with the light fixtures. The smart nodes may transmit beacon signals having unique identifiers that are received by the mobile devices. The mobile devices may in turn communicate received signal strengths for the beacon signals back to the smart nodes. The smart nodes may store this tracking data in a database to determine where and how long the mobile devices are in a location and to provide location-based services.

US Patent:

20180339158, Nov 29, 2018

Filed:

May 24, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/988354

Inventors:

- Cincinnati OH, US
Bobby Duane Taylor - Blue Ash OH, US

International Classification:

A61N 1/36
A61N 1/05
A61B 3/12

Abstract:

Systems, methods, and computer program products for closed loop control of a lighting system. A plurality of system nodes are in communication with a database management system. Each node includes a supervisory controller, a fixture, communication modules, and sensor modules. The node adjusts the output of the fixture in accordance with data from the database management system and/or data from a mobile device. The node senses environmental conditions near the node, such as characteristics of the light, temperature, humidity, occupancy, and movement in an area near the node, and transmits data indicative of these conditions to the database management system. The database management system analyzes the data and makes further adjustments to the output of the nodes based thereon. These adjustments to the output of the fixture may include adjustments configured to stimulate a biological response in visual receptors of a person near the node.

US Patent:

20180317073, Nov 1, 2018

Filed:

Apr 25, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/962295

Inventors:

- Cincinnati OH, US
Bobby Duane Taylor - Blue Ash OH, US

International Classification:

H04W 4/80
H04W 48/12

Abstract:

Systems, methods, and computer program products for communicating information to a mobile device in response to the mobile device receiving a beacon signal from an electronic tag. The electronic tag includes a near-field communication module configured to transmit a near-field beacon signal encoded with a universally unique identifier. The near field communication module may transmit the near-field beacon signal periodically or in response to the electronic tag receiving an interrogation signal from the mobile device. In response to receiving the near-field beacon signal, the mobile device queries a database using the universally unique identifier encoded in the beacon signal. In response to receiving the query, the database searches for data associated with the universally unique identifier and transmits the data to the mobile device for display to the user.

US Patent:

20180249297, Aug 30, 2018

Filed:

Feb 24, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/441968

Inventors:

- Cincinnati OH, US
Bobby Duane Taylor - Blue Ash OH, US

International Classification:

H04W 4/04
G01S 5/02

Abstract:

Systems, methods, and computer program products for determining the location of, and for communicating with a mobile device. An intelligent fixture transmits a first signal having a first spatial resolution and a second signal having a second spatial resolution. The spatial resolutions may be determined by a radiation pattern of the antenna broadcasting the signal. The mobile device receives at least one of the first and second signals, and determines an approximate location based thereon. An approximate location based on the first signal may be more accurate than an approximate location based on the second signal due to the different spatial resolutions of the signals. Location specific information may be transmitted to the mobile device based on the approximate location. The intelligent fixture may use an antenna having one spatial resolution for transmitting and receiving communication signals, and another antenna having a different spatial resolution for broadcasting beacon signals.