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US 11,006,509 B2Granted
Node and method of controlling devices connected to node
AssigneeIgor, Inc.
InventorDwight L. Stewart
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Abstract
Example embodiments relate to a node and a method of controlling devices connected to the node. In example embodiments the devices may be, but are not required to be, lights.
Claims12
A node comprising:
- a microprocessor;
- and
- an emergency backup circuit comprising an energy storage unit and a relay configured to route power from the energy storage unit to an output driver when a countdown executed by the microprocessor reaches a predetermined value, wherein the microprocessor stores a user command and controls a powered device using the user command until the countdown executed by the microprocessor reaches the predetermined value and controls the powered device using the energy storage unit if the countdown reaches the predetermined value.
A node comprising:
- a microprocessor;
- and
- an emergency backup circuit comprising an energy storage unit and a relay configured to route power from the energy storage unit to an output driver when a countdown executed by the microprocessor reaches a predetermined value, wherein the microprocessor stores a user command and controls a powered device using the user command until the countdown executed by the microprocessor reaches the predetermined value and controls the powered device using the energy storage unit if the countdown reaches the predetermined value and the microprocessor operates in an emergency operations mode if an emergency countdown reaches the predetermined value.
A node comprising:
- a microprocessor;
- and
- an emergency backup circuit comprising an energy storage unit and a relay configured to route power from the energy storage unit to an output driver when a countdown executed by the microprocessor reaches a predetermined value, wherein the microprocessor stores a user command and controls a powered device using the user command until the countdown executed by the microprocessor reaches the predetermined value and controls the powered device using the energy storage unit if an emergency countdown reaches the predetermined value and operates in an emergency operations mode by controlling the powered device to have a certain dim level or executing a script.
A system comprising:
- a microprocessor;
- and
- an emergency backup circuit comprising an energy storage unit and a relay configured to route power from the energy storage unit to an output driver when a countdown executed by the microprocessor reaches a predetermined value, wherein the microprocessor stores a user command and controls a powered device using the user command until an emergency countdown reaches the predetermined value and controls the powered device in an emergency mode using the energy storage unit if the emergency countdown reaches the predetermined value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.