Switch augmentation
AssigneeNovaVolta Limited
InventorsChi Ho Hui, Kei Wing Nelson Ho
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Abstract
A light switch adapter with slight modification to an existing wall light switch turns the existing wall light switch into a smart device by replacing the existing screws with elongated screws. To further secure the adaptation, each of the elongated screw may contain an adapter screw head or fastener or knobbed protrusion that firmly couples the light switch adapter through an opening of the rear side of the light switch adapter. In another embodiment, the opening contains or shaped as a circlip or a C-clip that allows the adapter screw head snap into the opening securely.
Claims20
An apparatus for augmenting a mechanism, the mechanism having an actuator for operating the mechanism, the apparatus comprising an adapter and a connecting means;
- the connecting means having a plurality of knobbed protrusions and being fixable relative to the mechanism;
- the adapter comprising an actuator and a controller, wherein operation of the controller triggers the actuator of the adapter;
- the adapter further having a plurality of slots corresponding with the plurality of knobbed protrusions and being securable to the connecting means by sliding the slots over the knobbed protrusions, thereby aligning the actuator of the adapter with the actuator of the mechanism in use;
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- wherein, in use when the actuator of the adapter is aligned with the actuator of the mechanism, triggering of the actuator of the adapter operates the actuator of the mechanism.
An energy-saving touchless motion detection apparatus comprising:
- a motion sensor requiring power to be able to detect motion;
- a capacitive sensor configured to detect a change in an electrical field in a region of air near to the apparatus;
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- a battery for selectively providing power to the motion sensor;
- wherein the battery normally does not provide power to the motion sensor to save energy, and when the capacitive sensor detects a change in the electrical field, the battery provides power to the motion sensor for the motion sensor to confirm the presence of motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.