RF remote dimmer controller

• US 20060012317A1
• Filed: 07/14/2004
• Published: 01/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shin-Yung Chiu, Tse-Hung Lin
• Original Assignee: Shin-Yung Chiu, Tse-Hung Lin
• Inventors: Chiu, Shin-Yung, Lin, Tse-Hung
• Application Number:
  US10/890,133
• Publication Number:
  US 20060012317A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/294
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

This invention discloses a RF remote dimmer controller that comprises a wireless transmitter, a receiver, a microcontroller, an optical coupler, a phase control microcontroller and a power driver; wherein after the transmitter transmits a radio frequency (RF) signal, the signal is received by the receiver and then identified and decoded by the microcontroller; and the microcontroller transmits the control signal to the input end of an optical coupler and drives the output end of the optical coupler to receive the light signal activating the input end in order to output the corresponding control signal to the input end of a phase control microcontroller and activate to output the corresponding control signal to the input end of the phase control microcontroller; while a CTC timer of the phase control microcontroller is used to compute the pulse wave width of the control signal inputted from the optical coupler to control the phase of the corresponding conduction angle of the power driver according to the pulse wave width of the inputted signal in order to change the phase of the conduction angle of the lamp and achieve the effect of controlling and adjusting the brightness of a lamp at a remote end.

Claims

1. A remote dimmer controller, comprising a wireless transmitter and a remote dimmer control circuit;

wherein said wireless transmitter transmits a RF signal for dimming a light and said remote dimmer control circuit comprising;

a receiver, for receiving said RF signal transmitted from said wireless transmitter;

a microcontroller (MCU), for identifying and decoding said RF signal received by said receiver and output said RF signal to an input port of An optical coupler;

an optical coupler module, comprising at least one optical coupler, and an input port of said each optical coupler initializes an optical signal after receiving said signal and outputting said signal through an output port; and

a phase control module, for computing a pulse wave width of an input signal and controlling the phase of a conduction angle of a light bulb according to the pulse wave width of said input signal.

2. The remote dimmer controller of claim 1, wherein said phase control module comprises at least one group of phase control microcontroller (MCU) and an alternate current silicon control transistor TRIAC connected in a series, and said phase control microcontroller is capable of computing a pulse wave width of said input signal and driving said TRIAC to change the phase of a conduction angle for said light bulb according to the pulse wave width of said input signal.

3. The remote dimmer controller of claims 1, wherein said microcontroller (MCU) is capable of memorizing said identification code transmitted from said wireless transmitter.

4. The remote dimmer controller of claims 2, wherein said microcontroller (MCU) is capable of memorizing said identification code transmitted from said wireless transmitter.

5. The remote dimmer controller of claims 1, wherein in said phase control microcontroller (MCU) is capable of manually setting the phase of said conduction angle.

6. The remote dimmer controller of claims 2, wherein in said phase control microcontroller (MCU) is capable of manually setting the phase of said conduction angle.

7. The remote dimmer controller of claims 1, wherein in said remote dimmer control circuit is disposed selectively inside or outside a base of said lamp.

8. The remote dimmer controller of claims 2, wherein in said remote dimmer control circuit is disposed selectively inside or outside a base of said lamp.

9. The remote dimmer controller of claim 3, wherein in said remote dimmer control circuit is disposed selectively inside or outside a base of said lamp.

10. The remote dimmer controller of claim 4, wherein in said remote dimmer control circuit is disposed selectively inside or outside a base of said lamp.

11. The remote dimmer controller of claim 5, wherein in said remote dimmer control circuit is disposed selectively inside or outside a base of said lamp.

12. The remote dimmer controller of claim 6, wherein in said remote dimmer control circuit is disposed selectively inside or outside a base of said lamp.