Wireless sensor system, method and apparatus with switch and outlet control
AssigneePowercast Corporation
InventorsCharles E. Greene, Daniel W. Harrist
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Abstract
In some embodiments an apparatus includes a wireless sensor configured to be operatively coupled to a network gateway device that is configured to receive one of a first data packet or a second packet from the wireless sensor. The wireless sensor is configured to send the first data packet at a first time on a first frequency, the first data packet including a payload associated with a value of a measurement that was measured by the wireless sensor. The wireless sensor is configured to send the second data packet at a second time on a second frequency, the second data packet includes a payload associated with the value.
Claims36
An apparatus, comprising:
- a junction box defining an interior cavity;
- and
- a wireless device at least partially disposed within the interior cavity, the wireless device including a processor, a button operatively coupled to the processor, a power storage component operatively coupled to the processor, a switch operatively coupled to the processor, a radio operatively coupled to the processor, and an antenna operatively coupled to the radio,
- the wireless device configured to be coupled to a first AC line via a first connection and to a second AC line via a second connection, the switch coupled to the first connection and the second connection and configured to transition between a first configuration in which power can be provided from the first AC line to the second AC line via the switch and a second configuration in which power is not provided to the second AC line, the processor configured to transition the switch between the first configuration and the second configuration in response to a user's physical interaction with the button, the radio and the antenna configured to communicate a value of a characteristic of the wireless device to a network gateway device, the power storage component configured to provide operational power to the processor.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a junction box defining an interior cavity;
- and
- a wireless device at least partially disposed within the interior cavity, the wireless device including a processor, a button operatively coupled to the processor, an AC/DC converter operatively coupled to the processor, a switch operatively coupled to the processor, a radio operatively coupled to the processor, and an antenna operatively coupled to the radio,
- the wireless device configured to be coupled to a first AC line via a first connection, to a second AC line via a second connection, and to a neutral line via a third connection,
- the switch coupled to the first connection and the second connection and configured to transition between a first configuration in which operational power can be provided from the first AC line to the second AC line via the switch and a second configuration in which operational power is not provided to the second AC line, the processor configured to transition the switch between the first configuration and the second configuration in response to a user's physical interaction with the button, the radio and the antenna configured to communicate a value of a characteristic of the wireless device to a network gateway device, the processor configured to receive operational power from the first AC line via the switch when the switch is in the second configuration, the processor coupled to the neutral line via the AC/DC converter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.