Intelligent lighting control system multi-way schemes for switch bases
AssigneeSavant Systems, LLC
InventorIan Charles Smith
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Abstract
A multi-way circuit having a plurality of base modules may be used in multi-way schemes for lighting control devices. The multi-way circuit may operate with a controller and the base modules of a lighting control system to provide a fully functional, multi-way toggle circuit, even when the switches installed in the base module are not paired or in their off modes. The multi-way toggle circuit can be defined as follows: if any button in the circuit is pressed (indicating a desire to change the load state), then the load toggles its state between on and off.
Claims17
A lighting control system comprising:
- a base housing for a lighting switch;
- a multi-way circuit coupled to the base housing, the multi-way circuit having switches configured to provide a multi-way toggle circuit, wherein each switch includes one or more transistors having a plurality of states;
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- a controller configured to toggle a state of a load coupled to the multi-way circuit between an on state and an off state, wherein one of the transistor states is a wait state where the transistors are off and the load is energized.
A lighting control system comprising:
- a base housing for a lighting switch, the base housing including a well having a high power circuit electrical connector for sinking and sourcing high in-line power from and to a wall electrical outlet, the high power circuit electrical connector configured to engage a low power circuit electrical connector of a light switch module configured to nest, at least in part, in the well;
- a multi-way circuit coupled to the base housing, the multi-way circuit having switches configured to provide a multi-way toggle circuit, wherein each switch includes one or more transistors having a plurality of states;
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- a controller configured to toggle a state of a load coupled to the multi-way circuit between an on state and an off state, wherein one of the transistor states is a wait state where the transistors are off and the load is energized.
A lighting control system comprising:
- a base housing for a lighting switch;
- a multi-way circuit coupled to the base housing, the multi-way circuit having switches configured to provide a multi-way toggle circuit, wherein each switch includes one or more transistors having a plurality of states;
- a controller configured to toggle a state of a load coupled to the multi-way circuit between an on state and an off state, wherein one of the transistor states is a wait state where the transistors are off and the load is energized;
- a light switch actuator coupled to the base housing;
- an actuator circuit board system coupled to the light switch actuator, the light switch actuator configured to move with respect to the actuator circuit board system, the actuator circuit board system having a low power circuit electrically connected to a low power circuit electrical connector, the low power circuit including at least one processor, and
- a tactile display housed in the light switch actuator and electrically coupled to the at least one processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.