Touch-less switching
AssigneeXyz Interactive Technologies Inc.
InventorsAndrew H. Lohbihler, Michael Kosic, Kevin Kowalchuk, Valentin M. Burtea
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Abstract
A light switch network comprises a plurality of light switch units, each comprising a gesture interface to sense a user gesture by receiving at least one gesture signal from a sensing zone, and configured to exchange one or more gesture status signals with at least one other switch unit in the network in relation to the received gesture signal; each switch being enabled, on receiving the gesture signal: in a first mode, to change a designated switch mode and/or state in response to the gesture signal; or in a second mode, to not change the designated switch mode and/or state according to one or more conditions associated with the status signals received from the other switch unit.
Claims16
A light switch device, comprising a gesture interface, the interface configured to receive a signal from a neighboring detection zone, a display region adjacent the interface, the display region oriented to represent a switch display path between a maximum light mode and a minimum light mode, the display region including a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), the interface configured to activate one or more of the LEDs to present one or more of a sleep mode, the maximum light mode, the minimum light mode, and a mode between the maximum and minimum light modes.
A hands-free light switch device, comprising a processor, a gesture sensor in communication with the processor, and an output, the gesture sensor including one or more pulse emitters and one or more pulse receivers, the processor configured to process data corresponding to signals received by the one or more receivers, to detect range and/or movement of a gesturing user appendage, the processor configured to relate a range value and/or a movement value to an intended change from a first mode and/or state to a second mode and/or state, and to issue a control signal at the output to enable the intended change, and one or more position indicators responsive to the processor and configured to display one or more signals indicative of the intended change.
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