Time controlled switch
AssigneeBar-Ore Computers Ltd.
InventorNatan Lavie
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Abstract
A time controlled electrical switch operable in a Sabbath state and in a working day state, comprising a switching component for selectively directing the supply of electrical power, or for selectively transmitting a logical input, to a device; a memory device in which is stored local sunset information, calendar information, and predetermined rules for initiating a state changing event relating to a Sabbath state and a working day state; a logical circuit in data communication with the switching component, and a time supplying device. The logical circuit is operable to transmit a signal to the switching component for initiating the state changing event in response to an instantaneous time indicated by the time supplying device and the stored local sunset information, calendar information, and predetermined rules.
Claims11
A time controlled electrical switch comprising:
- a switching component configured for:
- at least one of:
- 1) selectively directing a supply of electrical power or 2) selectively transmitting a logical input, to a device external to the time controlled electrical switch over electrical connections between the switching component and the external device, and
- controlling the electrical connections such that the at least one of the:
- 1) selectively directed supply of electrical power, or 2) the selectively transmitted logical input, are indicators to the external device of either a Sabbath state or a working day state;
- a processor in data communication with the switching component, the processor configured for applying predetermined rules for determining times for initiating a state changing event associated with the Sabbath state and the working day state;
- a communication unit in data communication with the processor, the communication unit configured to receive timing information, calendar information, a geographic location of the time controlled electrical switch, and the predetermined rules;
- and
- a time supplying device in data communication with the processor, the time supplying device configured for sending a current time to the processor such that the processor transmits a signal to the switching component for initiating the state changing event in the switching component, from one of the Sabbath state to the working day state, or the working day state to the Sabbath state, based on the current time, the timing information, the calendar information, the geographic location of the time controlled electrical switch, and the predetermined rules, wherein the switching component automatically reconfigures the electrical connections in response to initiating the state changing event.
A method comprising:
- by a processor:
- responding to a current time sent by a time supplying device by applying predetermined rules for initiating a state changing event associated with a Sabbath state and a working day state for a switching component for at least one of:
- 1) selectively directing a supply of electrical power, or 2) selectively transmitting a logical input to a device external to the switching component over electrical connections between the switching component and the external device;
- controlling the electrical connections such that the at least one of the:
- 1) selectively directed supply of electrical power, or 2) the selectively transmitted logical input, are indicators to the external device of either the Sabbath state or the working day state;
- and
- transmitting a signal to the switching component, the signal for initiation of the state changing event;
- by a communication unit:
- receiving timing information, calendar information, a geographic location of the switch, and the predetermined rules;
- and,
- by the switching component:
- responding to receiving the signal from the processor and initiating the state changing event by automatically reconfiguring the electrical connections to indicate to the external device to at least one of:
- 1) switch from the Sabbath state to the working day state, or 2) switch from the working day state to the Sabbath state, wherein the signal is based on the current time, the timing information, the calendar information, the geographic location of the switch, and the predetermined rules.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.