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US 2019/0101868 A1Published application
Clock Device with Automatic Simulation of Sunrise or Sunset
AssigneeLutron Electronics Co., Inc.
InventorsErica Patton, Daniel Raneri
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Abstract
A clock comprises an alarm clock housing having a front face, a clock display occupying at least a portion of the front face, a control on the housing for activating a shade positioning function, and a processor within the housing. The processor is responsive to the control for generating at least one shade positioning command to be transmitted to at least one motorized window shade, so as to cause the motorized window shade to move to one or more position at one or more corresponding predetermined interval relative to an alarm time.
Claims1
A clock, comprising:
- a housing having a front face;
- a clock display occupying at least a portion of the front face;
- a shade positioning control on the housing for activating a shade positioning function;
- an audio alarm configured to emit an audible alarm sound;
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- a processor within the housing, the processor responsive to the shade positioning control for generating at least one shade positioning command to be transmitted to at least one motorized window shade, so as to cause the motorized window shade to move to one or more positions at one or more corresponding predetermined shade-movement intervals relative to an alarm time, the processor configured to cause the audio alarm to emit the audible alarm sound at the alarm time or at a predetermined audible-sound interval after the alarm time.
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