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.
Claims8
A hands-free switch device, comprising a processor, a motion sensor in communication with the processor, and an output, the motion sensor including one or more signal emitters and one or more signal receivers, the processor configured to process data corresponding to signals received by the one or more signal receivers, to detect range or movement of a gesturing user appendage, the processor configured to relate a range value or a movement value to an intended change between at least two modes or states, and to issue a control signal at the output to enable the intended change of modes or states, wherein a first of said modes or states corresponds to an ON/OFF switch mode, a second of said modes or states corresponds to a DIMMER mode, and a third of modes or states corresponds to a SLEEP mode.
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