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Double Patenting
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Claims 1-8 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-7 of Patent No. US 12,426,142.
Below is the table of comparison between claims in cases involved in this double patenting rejection.
Differences are underlined.
Subject Application Claim Text
Application # 19/298,470 (hereafter ‘470)
Conflicting Patent Claim Text
US Patent # 12,426,142 (hereafter ‘142)
1.A method for automatically adjusting the lighting parameters of a space, wherein a plurality of smart lamp groups, a plurality of ambient light sensor modules, a control module, and an interface device are arranged in the space and are connected through a wireless communication protocol; and the smart lamp group and the interface device are respectively paired to the ambient light sensor module and the control module through the wireless communication protocol, the method comprising the following steps: driving the smart lamp groups to illuminate in the space, wherein the ambient light sensor module drives the smart lamp groups to illuminate in the space by using the lighting parameters of the preset light recipe; setting the target lighting parameters in the space by a user through the control module, wherein the control module sets the equivalent melanism illuminance (EML) and circadian action factor (CAF) of the human circadian rhythm according to the interval of the daily time, as the target lighting parameters in the space; driving the ambient light sensor module to perform an ambient light detection in the space by the control module and sending the ambient light detection value to the control module; and determining if the ambient light detection value is the same as the value of the target lighting parameters, wherein the control module compares the ambient light detection value in the actual environment with the value of the target lighting parameters, wherein when it is determined that the ambient light detection value is the same as the value of the target lighting parameters, the ambient light sensor module continues to drive the smart lamp groups to illuminate with the lighting parameters of the preset light recipe; and
when it is determined that the ambient light detection value is not the same as the value of the target lighting parameters, the control module drives the ambient light sensor module performs a dimming procedure to the smart lamp groups, wherein the dimming procedure comprising the following steps: performing the dimming procedure according to the target lighting parameters by the ambient light sensor module, so that the value of the lighting parameter in the actual environment is the same as the value of the set target lighting parameters; and
adjusting an illuminance uniformity of the space according to the actual illuminance detected by the ambient light sensor module, after the calculation of the illuminance uniformity formula, the illuminance uniformity is adjusted to be the same as a target illuminance uniformity.
1. A method for automatically adjusting the lighting parameters of a space, wherein a plurality of smart lamp groups, a plurality of ambient light sensor modules, a control module, and an interface device are arranged in the space and are connected through a wireless communication protocol; the smart lamp group and the interface device are respectively paired to the ambient light sensor module and the control module through the wireless communication protocol; and the control module and interface device are connected to the cloud through the Artificial Intelligence of Things, the method comprising the following steps: driving the smart lamp groups to illuminate in the space, wherein the ambient light sensor module drives the smart lamp groups to illuminate in the space by using the lighting parameters of the preset light recipe; setting the target lighting parameters in the space, wherein the control module sets the equivalent melanopic illuminance (EML) and circadian action factor (CAF) of the human circadian rhythm according to the interval of the daily time, as the target lighting parameters in the space; driving the ambient light sensor modules to perform an ambient light detection in the space by the control module and sending the ambient light detection value to the control module; and determining if the ambient light detection value is the same as the value of the target lighting parameters, wherein the control module compares the ambient light detection value in the actual environment with the value of the target lighting parameters, wherein when it is determined that the ambient light detection value is the same as the value of the target lighting parameters, the ambient light sensor module continues to drive the smart lamp groups to illuminate with the lighting parameters of the preset light recipe; and when it is determined that the ambient light detection value is not the same as the value of the target lighting parameters, the control module drives the ambient light sensor module performs a dimming procedure to the smart lamp groups, wherein the dimming procedure comprising the following steps: performing the dimming procedure according to the target lighting parameters by the ambient light sensor module, so that the value of the lighting parameter in the actual environment is the same as the value of the set target lighting parameters; and adjusting an illuminance uniformity of the space according to the actual illuminance detected by the ambient light sensor module, after the calculation of the illuminance uniformity formula, the illuminance uniformity is adjusted to be the same as a target illuminance uniformity.
2.The method according to claim 1, wherein the interface device is paired with the ambient light sensor module and the control module through a software-as-a-service (SaaS) or platform-as-a-service (PaaS) system program.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the interface device is paired with the ambient light sensor module and the control module through a software-as-a-service (SaaS) or platform-as-a-service (PaaS) system program.
3.The method according to claim 1, wherein the lighting parameters of the preset light recipe includes illuminance, CCT, color rendering (Ra), equivalent melanism illuminance (EML), circadian action factor (CAF), light flicker frequency and/or illuminance uniformity.
3.The method according to claim 1, wherein the lighting parameters of the preset light recipe includes illuminance, Correlated Color Temperature(CCT), color rendering (Ra), equivalent melanism illuminance (EML), circadian action factor (CAF), light flicker frequency and/or illuminance uniformity.
4.The method according to claim 3, further comprising the step of establishing a numerical database of CAF or EML parameters, and automatically replacing CAF or EML target parameters according to the time interval.
4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising the step of establishing a numerical database of CAF or EML parameters, and automatically replace CAF or EML target parameters according to the time interval
5.The method according to claim 1, wherein when it is determined that the ambient light detection value is the same as the value of the target lighting parameters, further includes a step to adjust the power parameters of the smart lamp group to control the power value of the paired smart lamp group by the control module according to the location of the ambient light sensor module.
5.The method according to claim 1, wherein when it is determined that the ambient light detection value is the same as the value of the target lighting parameters, further includes a step to adjust the power parameters of the smart lamp group to control the power value of the paired smart lamp group by the control module according to the location of the ambient light sensor module.
6.The method according to claim 5, wherein adjusting the power parameters of the smart lamp group is to control the power of the smart lamp group by pulse width modulation (PWM).
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein adjusting the power parameters of the smart lamp group is to control the power of the smart lamp group by pulse width modulation (PWM).
7. The method according to claim 7, wherein the formula for illuminance uniformity is as the following equation 1. illuminance uniformity = minimum illuminance / average luminance (equation1)
7. The method according to claim 7, wherein the formula for illuminance uniformity is as the following equation 1. illuminance uniformity = minimum illuminance / average luminance (equation1)
8. wherein the control module and interface device are connected to the cloud through the Artificial Intelligence of Things.
1.“and the control module and interface device are connected to the cloud through the Artificial Intelligence of Things”.
Regarding claim 1, all limitations of the subject application '470 are included in claim 1 of the stated patent ‘142.
Conclusion
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/SYED M KAISER/Examiner, Art Unit 2831 /ABDULLAH A RIYAMI/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2831
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