Automated dimmer wall switch with a color multi-touch LCD/LED display
AssigneesAlexander Uchenov, Sergey Musolin
InventorSergey Musolin
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Abstract
An automated dimmer switch is provided. The dimmer has a color sensor display embodied into plastic or metal housing. The dimmer includes a mother board, a central processor for processing incoming data, an operating memory and a flash memory. The dimmer also has various sensors for use with corresponding smart home technologies and a wireless module for connecting to a network standard IEEE 802.11a/b/n utilizing different internet protocols and chips for other wireless technologies such as Bluetooth and Z-Wave. The dimmer can include a motion sensor, such that the display image changes gradually from stand-by mode to display of interface icons for dimmer operation. The stand-by mode image when not in operation is derived from surrounding wall texture.
Claims16
An automated universal wall-mountable dimmer comprising:
- a housing;
- a motherboard mounted in the housing;
- a processor on the motherboard that controls environmental parameters of a room;
- a memory coupled to the processor;
- a color sensor display connected to the motherboard and attached to the housing,
- wherein, the color sensor display, in a quiescent state, displays a raster image that matches a pattern and color of a wall on which the dimmer is mounted, wherein a pattern on the display is aligned with the pattern of the wall so as to make the dimmer substantially invisible in the quiescent state, and
- wherein the raster image is received from a mobile device via a wireless connection;
- a sensor configured to detect an approaching person, wherein, in response to the detection by the sensor, the color sensor display displays an icon-based graphical user interface,
- wherein the color sensor display displays data provided by the processor and receives user control inputs via user gestures that are detected when performed about 10-20 cm from the color sensor display, and
- wherein the dimmer is configured to communicate with other dimmers such that environmental parameters in other rooms where the other dimmers are located can be controlled from the dimmer.
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