Smart switch
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsDavid Yu, Charles B. Swope, Michael J. Macaluso
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Abstract
A smart switch produces a signal responsive to movement of said switch between a first state and a second state. The said switch has a first state position and a second state position. The switch can be moved from said first state to said second state responsive to a force applied to said switch. The switch includes a transducer, such as a load cell, that is responsive to said force for producing a transducer signal indicative of the force applied to said switch. The transducer signal is indicative of the amount of movement of said switch from said first state to said second state.
Claims18
A smart switch for producing a signal responsive to movement of said switch between a first state and a second state, comprising:
- a switch having a first state and a second state;
- said switch being moved from said first state to said second state responsive to a force applied to said switch;
- said switch including a transducer responsive to said force for producing a transducer signal indicative of the force applied to said switch;
- and wherein,
- said transducer signal is indicative of the amount of movement of said switch, from said first state to said second state;
- and
- wherein said switch is moved from said first state to said second state at a rate of movement responsive to the amount of said force applied to said switch;
- and said transducer signal is indicative of rate of movement of said switch from said first state to said second state.
A radio responsive to the movement of a switch from a first position to a second position for controlling separate functions of said radio responsive to the amount of movement of said switch in moving from said first position to said second position, comprising:
- a plurality of components separately operable in response to separate respective control signals;
- said radio having a fully operational state when said components are each made operable;
- and
- at least a first of said components is made operable in response to a second of said components being made operable;
- a switch having a first state and a spaced apart second state and being moved from said first state to said second state responsive to a force applied to said switch;
- said switch including a transducer responsive to said force producing a transducer signal indicative of the force applied to said switch and the amount of movement of said switch from said first state to said second state;
- a signal processor connected to said transducer for producing said separate respective control signals and produces a signal indicative of the rate of said movement of said switch from said first state to said second state;
- and wherein,
- said separate respective control signals are produced sequentially in response to said movement of said switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.