Device having data signal transmission over power line
AssigneeLight Corporation
InventorTed Dekker
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Abstract
A system includes a power source and a plurality of modules, where each module has a control for controlling a function of the module and a user input actuatable by a user. The plurality of modules are electrically connected in series with a power conductor electrically connected between each adjacent module, where the power source provides power to each module over the power conductor. In response to actuation by the user of the user input on a select module of the plurality of modules, the control of the select module generates a control signal that is transmitted to each other module over the power conductor, such that the control of each other module controls the associated function in the same manner as the select module.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a power source;
- a plurality of modules, wherein each module comprises a control for controlling a function of the module and a user input actuatable by a user;
- wherein the plurality of modules are electrically connected with a power conductor electrically connected between each adjacent module, wherein the power source provides power to each module over the power conductor;
- wherein, responsive to actuation by the user of the user input on a select module of the plurality of modules, the control of the select module controls the function of the select module and generates a control signal, and wherein the control signal is transmitted from the select module to each other module of the plurality of modules over the power conductor in parallel;
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- wherein the control of each other module of the plurality of modules, responsive to receiving the control signal, controls the associated function in the same manner as the function of the select module.
A lighting module comprising:
- a power cable configured to transmit power to the lighting module and configured to electrically connect to at least one other lighting module in series;
- a lighting element operable to emit light;
- a user input actuatable by a user;
- a control operable, responsive to actuation by the user of the user input, to control the lighting element;
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- wherein, the control, responsive to actuation by the user of the user input, transmits a control signal from the lighting module over the power cable to a plurality of other lighting module connected in series to the lighting module.
A method comprising:
- connecting a plurality of lighting modules in series with a power conductor electrically connected between each adjacent lighting module, wherein a power source provides power to each lighting module over the power conductor;
- actuating a user input on a select lighting module of the plurality of lighting modules to control a lighting element of the select lighting module and generate a control signal;
- transmitting the control signal from the select lighting module to each other lighting module of the plurality of lighting modules over the power conductor in parallel;
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- controlling the lighting element of each other lighting module to emit light in the same manner as the lighting element of the select lighting module in responsive to receiving the control signal from the select lighting module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.