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US 2012/0074782 A1Published application
System and method for load control
OwnerJoseph W. Hodges, Richard J. Hodges +2inventors
InventorsJoseph W. Hodges, Richard J. Hodges, Thomas D. Lasky, John A. Sopuch
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Abstract
An example system includes a sensor configured to generate a human-in-area signal. The human-in-area signal may indicate that a human is in an area of the sensor. The system may further include a power-saving device in communication with the sensor and configured to receive the human-in-area signal. The power-saving device may provide power to a load based at least in part on a load demand and in accordance with the human-in-area signal.
Claims23
1-20. (canceled)
A system comprising:
- a sensor configured to generate a human-in-area signal indicating that a human is in an area of the sensor;
- and
- a power-saving device in communication with the sensor and configured to receive the human-in-area signal and provide power to a load based at least in part on a load demand and in accordance with the human-in-area signal.
A system comprising:
- a sensor configured to generate a human-in-area signal indicating that a human is in an area of the sensor;
- a master power-saving device in communication with the sensor and configured to receive the human-in-area signal and provide power to a master load based at least in part on a master load demand and in accordance with the human-in-area signal,
- wherein the master power-saving device is configured to generate a master signal in accordance with the master load demand and the human-in-area signal;
- and
- a slave power-saving device in communication with the master power-slaving device configured to receive the master signal from the master power-saving device and provide power to a slave load in accordance with the master signal.
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