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US 8,416,074 B2Granted
Solar powered portable control panel
OwnerLaurence P. Sadwickinventor
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Abstract
A solar powered portable control panel is disclosed herein for wirelessly controlling one or more lights or other devices. An embodiment of the control panel includes a solar panel, a regulator connected to the solar panel, a power storage device connected to the regulator, a wireless transceiver, a controller connected to the power storage device, and a user interface connected to the controller. The user interface is adapted to accept control input and provide it to the controller. The controller is adapted to transmit commands on the wireless transceiver.
Claims17
A control panel comprising:
- a solar panel;
- a regulator connected to the solar panel;
- a power storage device connected to the regulator;
- a wireless transceiver;
- a controller connected to the power storage device;
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- a user interface connected to the controller, the user interface being adapted to accept control input and provide it to the controller, the controller being adapted to transmit commands on the wireless transceiver, wherein the user interface comprises a multi-color dimming lighting control interface.
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A control panel comprising:
- a solar panel;
- a regulator connected to the solar panel;
- a power storage device connected to the regulator;
- a wireless transceiver;
- a controller connected to the power storage device;
- a temperature sensor connected to the controller;
- a light sensor connected to the controller;
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- a user interface connected to the controller, the user interface being adapted to accept multi-color dimming light control input, the controller being adapted to generate light control commands based in part on the user interface and in part on an ambient light level measured by the light sensor, the user interface further being adapted to accept temperature control input, the controller being adapted to generate temperature control commands based in part on the user interface and in part on an ambient temperature measured by the temperature sensor and on a remote ambient temperature measured by a remote control panel, the controller further being adapted to transmit the light control commands and the temperature control commands on the wireless transceiver.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.