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Digital, touchless electrical switch

  • US 7,115,856 B2
  • Filed: 12/08/2003
  • Issued: 10/03/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A non-contact electrical toggle switch, comprising:

  • an electronic switching element;

    a motion detection element configured to detect two independent movements which mimic the movements required to physically switch a conventional toggle switch, wherein the mimicking includes the movement characteristics of duration, direction, and distance; and

    if the motion detection element detects one of the two movements, causing the electronic switching element to switch between a first and second electrical state in a manner which corresponds to only how a conventional toggle switch would operate in response to the detected movement, wherein the first electrical state corresponds to an electrical on state and the second electrical state corresponds to an electrical off state.

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