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US 6,307,463 B1Granted
Telephone remote control timer
OwnerHiou-Shen Chouinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a telephone remote control timer having a control circuit board inside a housing thereof. The control circuit board contains an AC power source circuit, a stabilized rectification circuit, a ringing circuit, a signal receiving circuit, a holding circuit, a microprocessor, a timing circuit and a reset circuit. The timing data can be transmitted to the microprocessor of the present invention through a telephone line for a convenient timing control in starting or stopping the power supply.
Claims3
A telephone remote control timer comprising:
- an AC power source circuit having input function of AC power source and being composed of a relay, the AC power socket, and a thermistor;
- a stabilized rectification circuit converting AC power source into DC power source for supplying required power to other circuits and other devices after AC power source is inputted through the AC power source circuit;
- a microprocessor used to connect and process all circuits;
- a ringing circuit used to send the ringing signals from the telephone set to said microprocessor through an optical coupler;
- a holding circuit used to receive a control signal from said microprocessor to actuate a relay thereof;
- a signal receiving circuit connected with said AC power socket and an induction coil through a telephone signal cable and being used to send the dialing numbers to said microprocessor;
- a timing circuit used to save the timing signal sent by said microprocessor and to regularly feed signals back to said microprocessor;
- a reset circuit interposed between said microprocessor and said timing circuit while the timing data previously saved can be completely eliminated by a reset key mounted on a housing of said timer;
- wherein the timing data are transmitted to said microprocessor through telephone line for a convenient timing control in starting or stopping the power supply to an electrical appliance, and wherein said microprocessor defines the setting value of said timing circuit and controls said AC power source circuit, said stabilized rectification circuit, said ringing circuit, said signal receiving circuit, said hold circuit and said reset circuit after receipt of control signals sent by said signal receiving circuit so as to reach a complete function of the telephone remote control.
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