# US 2019/0174611 A1 · Light switch as touchless controller > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0174611 A1 - Document ID: US20190174611A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/990,789 - Filed: 2018-05-28 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-04 - Inventors: Javier Senas - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190174611A1 ## CPC - H05B 47/115: by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings - G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)} - H03K 17/945: Proximity switches (H03K17/96 takes precedence) - H03K 17/96: Touch switches (specially adapted for electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G21/08) - H05B 45/10: Controlling the intensity of the light - H05B 47/19: via wireless transmission - H05B 47/1975: {Gesture control} - H03K 2217/94052: with evaluation of actuation pattern or sequence, e.g. tapping - Y02B 20/40: Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H03K: PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) - Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS ## Abstract The invention is a wall-mounted light switch that includes a sensor module configured to detect a touchless gestures and a controlling module configured to control the light source in response to the detected first gesture. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wall-mounted light switch comprising a sensor module and at least one controlling module, wherein the sensor module is configured to detect a first gesture of a given first set of touchless gestures of a user, and wherein the at least one controlling module is configured to control an electrical device different from the light source according to the detected first gesture. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The light switch according to claim 1, wherein the controlling module comprises a wireless communication module adapted to control the light source wirelessly. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The light switch according to claim 1, wherein the sensor module is further configured to detect a second gesture of a given second set of touchless gestures of a user and a second controlling module, wherein the second controlling module is configured to control a light source according to the detected second gesture. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The light switch according to claim 2, wherein the sensor module is further configured to detect a second gesture of a given second set of touchless gestures of a user and a second controlling module, wherein the second controlling module is configured to control a light source according to the detected second gesture. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The light switch according to claim 3, wherein the second controlling module comprises a communication module configured to control the electrical device wirelessly. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The light switch according to claim 4, wherein the second controlling module comprises a communication module configured to control the electrical device wirelessly. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The light switch according to claim 1, wherein the electrical device is one or more of the following devices: a blind, a shade, a door, a marquise, a water valve, a heating, an air conditioning. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The light switch according to claim 1, wherein the sensor module comprises at least one of a touchless sensor and a proximity sensor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The light switch according to claim 2, wherein the sensor module comprises at least one of a touchless sensor and a proximity sensor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The light switch according to claim 7, wherein the sensor module comprises at least one of a touchless sensor and a proximity sensor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The light switch according to claim 3, wherein the sensor module comprises at least one of a touchless sensor and a proximity sensor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The light switch according to claim 8, wherein the touchless sensor is at least one of an infrared, capacitive, radar, Doppler effect, sonar, hall effect, optical, image, inductive, magnetic and ultrasonic-based sensor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The light switch according to claim 8, wherein the proximity sensor is at least one of an infrared, capacitive, radar, Doppler effect, sonar, hall effect, optical, image, inductive, magnetic and ultrasonic-based sensor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The light switch according to claim 1, further comprising a wall housing, electrical power wiring, and light switch circuitry housing. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The light switch according to claim 1, wherein the light switch is configured to be programmable. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The light switch according to claim 1, further comprising a dimmer. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The light switch according to claim 1, further comprising a means for creating an augmented reality signal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The light switch according to claim 1, further comprising communications module which enables connection to the Internet. ### Claim 19 A wall-mounted light switch comprising a sensor module and at least one controlling module, wherein the sensor module is configured to detect a first gesture of a given first set of touchless gestures of a user, and wherein the at least one controlling module is configured to control a light source according to the detected first gesture, wherein the controlling module comprises a wireless communication module adapted to control the light source wirelessly, wherein the sensor module is further configured to detect a second gesture of a given second set of touchless gestures of a user and a second controlling module, wherein the second controlling module is configured to control an electrical device different from the light source according to the detected second gesture, wherein the second controlling module comprises a communication module configured to control the electrical device wirelessly, and wherein the sensor module comprises at least one of a touchless sensor and a proximity sensor. ### Claim 20 A wall-mounted light switch comprising: a sensor module, a first controlling module, and a second controlling module, wherein the sensor module comprises infrared, capacitive, radar, Doppler effect, sonar, hall effect, optical, image, inductive, magnetic and ultrasonic-based sensor and the sensor module is configured to detect a first gesture of a given first set of touchless gestures of a user and a second gesture of a given second set of touchless gestures of a user and a second controlling module, wherein the first controlling module is configured to control a light source according to the detected first gesture, and comprises a wireless communication module adapted to control the light source wirelessly, wherein the second controlling module is configured to control one or more of a blind, a shade, a door, a marquise, a water valve, a heating, an air conditioning according to the detected second gesture, and the second controlling module comprises a communication module configured to control the electrical device wirelessly.