Switch terminal methods with wiring components secured to circuitry wiring without external live points of contact

• US 10,496,048 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2017
• Issued: 12/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Edison Labs, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Edison Labs, Inc.
• Inventors: Billings, Colin
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Ramesh B
• Application Number:
  US15/822,109
• Publication Number:
  US 20180120784A1
• Time in Patent Office: 739 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/024 in which a parameter or coefficient is automatically adjusted to optimise the performance
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/0265 the criterion being a learning criterion
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/048 using a predictor
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/24133 Distances to prototypes
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/454 Integrating the filters into a hierarchical structure, e.g. convolutional neural networks [CNN]
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/764 using classification, e.g. of video objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/82 using neural networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/20 Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16

Abstract

A method is provided for controlling a first switch terminal or equivalent of a building occupied by one or more building occupants. One or more switch terminals are provided at a system including a plurality of switch terminal parameters for a switch terminal relative to the building. A first computer system is coupled to the first switch terminal or equivalent of the building at a first location of the building. A first plurality of sensors is coupled to the first switch terminal or equivalent and the first computer system. At least a portion of the sensors are configured to provide signal data to the first computer system. The first computer system produces a command or data output that relates to at least one of: a command output for a local control system, a command output for a different system, a data output for a different system and a command output for a non-local device or a data output that is a non-local device. Each of an output includes learned data from that is based on a machine intelligence from previous data collected about patterns of a building occupant and used to provide an adaptive control system for the building. A locking mechanism is configured to couple wiring components to circuitry wiring without live points of contact.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a first switch terminal or equivalent of a building occupied by one or more building occupants, comprising:

providing first and second switch terminals at a system including a plurality of switch terminal parameters for a switch terminal relative to the building, the second switch terminal coupled to and interacting with the first switch terminal to coordinate their operations and provide that the second switch terminal supplements information obtained from the first switch terminal, comprising;

using a first computer system and a second computer system coupled to the first and switch terminals respectively of the building;

providing a first and a second plurality of sensors coupled to the first and second switch terminals, the first computer system and the second computer system, at least a portion of the sensors are configured to provide signal data to the first computer system and second computers, the first and second computer systems producing a command or data output that relates to at least one of;

a command output for a local control system, a command output for a different system, a data output for a different system, a command output for a non-local device or a data output that is a non-local device;

an interface included with the first switch terminal to receive a command input from a building occupant and serves as a point of interaction between the first computer system and the building occupant, the interface selected from at least one of;

touch, graphics, sound, position, movement, voice, communication, wireless, and radio; and

using a locking mechanism configured to couple wiring components of the first and second switch terminals to circuitry wiring without live points of contact.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

using the locking mechanism that provides the coupling without screw terminals or fixed friction connect terminals.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

using the locking mechanism that is a mechanical locking mechanism.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

using the locking mechanism at an exterior surface of the switch terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

using the locking mechanism that includes a sliding element.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

using the locking mechanism that provides a resistance of decoupling a circuit wiring from a wiring component.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

using the locking mechanism to allow for repeated coupling and decoupling.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

using the locking mechanism that has a release element to deactivate the coupling.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

using the locking mechanism to couple without damaging circuit wiring.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

using the locking mechanism to allow for a reinsertion of a it to be re-inserted of circuitry wiring in a same or another opening to achieve the coupling.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

a pivot element with a pivot point that is part of the locking element.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

a release mechanism included that is part of the locking element.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

a pivoted bar coupled to the pivot element.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

a spring element configured to act on the pivot element.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the pivot bar is a Pawl element.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the Pawl bar includes teeth at one end.