Wireless remote control bulb device

• US 6,759,966 B1
• Filed: 09/01/2000
• Issued: 07/06/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Linsong Weng, Nugewin Electronics Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Hugewin Electronics Co., Ltd., Linsong Weng
• Inventors: Weng, Linsong
• Primary Examiner(s): Horabik, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): BANGACHON, WILLIAM L
• Application Number:
  US09/653,308
• Time in Patent Office: 1,404 Days
• Field of Search: 340/825.69, 340/825.72, 340/310.01, 340/310.02, 340/825.53, 340/825.22, 340/539, 340/825.52, 341/173, 341/176, 362/251, 315/291, 315/313, 315/314, 315/316, 315/363, 315/149, 315/294
• US Class Current: 340/9.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/28 using pulse code
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 39/088 by wireless means, e.g. infrared transmitting means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

A wireless remote-controlled lighting system is composed of a remote controller module and a remote control receiver installed in each of at least one addressable light bulb. Each addressable light bulb has assigned thereto a unique address, which is stored in a memory at each bulb. The remote controller module is used to emit a remote control signal to be received by the remote control receiver, the address for which has been entered into the remote controller module by a user. Once it has been determined that a transmitted address code matches the unique address stored in one of the addressable light bulbs, the bulb will be triggered into the applicable on/off state responsive to a control code transmitted with the address code.

Claims

1. A wireless remote-control lighting system comprising:

at least one addressable light bulb, each of which including;

a unique address code;

a lighting element; and

a base portion incommutably coupled to said lighting element and being displaceable from said wireless remote-control lighting system, said base portion including;

a receiver for receiving an electromagnetic signal transmitted wirelessly thereto, said electromagnetic signal including a control code and an identifying address code;

a learning/discriminating device coupled to said receiver for providing a confirmation signal responsive to said control code upon the determination that said identifying address code matches said unique address code;

a switching device coupled to said learning/discriminating device for selectively controlling electrical current responsive to said confirmation signal;

a storage device for storing said unique address code, said identifying address code and said control code; and

a power converter for providing DC power to said receiver, said learning/discriminating device, said switching device, and said storage device from AC line power; and

a remote controller module for encoding and transmitting said electromagnetic signal, said remote controller module including;

a central processing unit for controlling components of said wireless remote-controlled lighting system in accordance with user input, said user input including said identifying address code of a corresponding addressable light bulb and a control code for setting an on/off state of a corresponding addressable light bulb;

a display device for displaying said user input;

a data entry device for entering said user input;

a local storage device for storing said user input;

a transmitter for transmitting said electromagnetic signal to said at least one addressable light bulb; and

a timer for automatically triggering the transmission of said electromagnetic signal to said at least one addressable light bulb at a user-selected time.

2. The wireless remote-controlled lighting system as recited in claim 1, wherein said electromagnetic signal is a radio frequency signal.

3. The wireless remote-controlled lighting system as recited in claim 1, wherein said switching device is a triac.

4. The wireless remote-controlled lighting system as recited in claim 1, wherein said storage device in said at least one addressable light bulb and said local storage device in said remote controller module are electrically erasable programmable read-only memories.

5. The wireless remote-controlled lighting system as recited in claim 1, wherein said data entry device includes a keyboard.

6. The wireless remote-controlled lighting system as recited in claim 1, wherein said data entry device includes a serial communications port for entering said user input from an external digital device.

7. The wireless remote-controlled lighting system as recited in claim 1, wherein said data entry device includes a receiver for entering said user input from another remote controller module via a wireless link.

8. The wireless remote-controlled lighting system as recited in claim 1, wherein said base portion is threaded.