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US 11,307,675 B2Granted
Button configuration and function learning
AssigneeCrestron Electronics, Inc.
InventorsPhilip Kirkpatrick, Douglas Jacobson
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Abstract
A keypad capable of being configured with multiple button configurations with buttons of various heights is configured to recognize the button configuration through actuations of the buttons. The keypad is placed in a configuration mode by inputting an unresolvable condition to the keypad. Once in the configuration mode, the buttons are individually actuated in a predefined order to configure the size and function of each button.
Claims24
A method for configuring a keypad of a load control system comprising:
- (a) providing the keypad comprising a base unit and a first button assembly, the first button assembly having a first button configuration defining a number and arrangement of one or more buttons;
- (b) the keypad entering a configuration mode in response to an actuation of one or more buttons of the first button assembly;
- (c) alternately actuating one or more buttons of the first button assembly in a first predefined sequence;
- (d) the keypad detecting the first predefined sequence and recognizing the first predefined sequence as corresponding to a second button configuration defining a number and arrangement of one or more buttons;
- (e) the keypad exiting the configuration mode in response to an actuation of one or more buttons of the first button assembly;
- (f) the keypad operating according to the second button configuration;
- (g) decoupling the first button assembly from the base unit of the keypad;
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- (h) coupling a second button assembly having the second button configuration to the base unit of the keypad.
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A keypad of a load control system comprising:
- (a) a base unit and a first button assembly, the first button assembly having a first button configuration defining a number and arrangement of one or more buttons;
- (b) the keypad adapted to enter a configuration mode in response to an actuation of one or more buttons of the first button assembly,
- (c) the keypad adapted to detect alternate actuation of one or more buttons of the first button assembly in a first predefined sequence;
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- (d) the keypad adapted to detect the first predefined sequence and to recognize the first predefined sequence as corresponding to a second button configuration defining a number and arrangement of one or more buttons;
- (e) the keypad further adapted to exit the configuration mode in response to an actuation of one or more buttons of the first button assembly;
- (f) the keypad further adapted to operate according to the second button configuration;
- (g) the first button assembly adapted to decoupled from the base unit of the keypad;
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- (h) a second button assembly with a second button configuration adapted to couple to the base unit of the keypad.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.