Decorative Light System

• US 20120086349A1
• Filed: 10/06/2011
• Published: 04/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Segan LLC
• Original Assignee: Segan LLC
• Inventors: SEGAN, Marc H.
• Application Number:
  US13/267,568
• Publication Number:
  US 20120086349A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/187
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/31 Phase-control circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/325 Pulse-width modulation [PWM]

Abstract

A light string includes a plurality of remote units and a control unit. Each of the plurality of remote units includes a microcontroller and is connected to a plurality of lights. Each microcontroller stores one or more programs for controlling the lights in the plurality of lights. The control unit is connected to the plurality of remote units by a power supply line. The control unit sends information via the power supply line to the plurality of remote units. The information indicates a program of the one or more programs to be executed by the microcontroller of each of the remote units to individually control the plurality of lights.

Claims

22-1. The light string according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to store in a non-volatile memory the information indicating the program last sent to the plurality of remote modules.

24. A light string, comprising:

a plurality of remote units, with each comprising a microcontroller and being connected to a plurality of lights, wherein each microcontroller is configured to store one or more programs for controlling the lights in the plurality of lights; and

a power supply line configured to provide an AC waveform to the plurality of remote units, wherein the microcontrollers of each of the remote units are configured to initiate execution of the one or more programs to individually control the plurality of lights in response to the plurality of remote units receiving the AC waveform via the power supply line.

25. A light string, comprising:

a plurality of remote units, each comprising a microcontroller and being connected to a different single light, wherein each microcontroller is configured to store one or more programs for controlling the single light, and wherein the single light is integrated with the remote unit; and

a control unit connected to the plurality of remote units by a power supply line, the control unit configured to send information via the power supply line to the plurality of remote units, the information indicating a program of the one or more programs to be executed by the microcontroller of each of the remote units to control the single light.