Light control unit with detachable electrically communicative faceplate
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a base;
a faceplate detachably mounted to the base such that power and data electrical contacts of the faceplate are coupled to respective power and data electrical contacts of the base, wherein the faceplate comprises a user input interface; and
a remote set of light fixtures communicably coupled to the base;
wherein the base and the faceplate each comprise memory and a processor, and wherein the respective memories of the base and the faceplate each comprise respective processor-executable program instructions to facilitate electrical communication between the base and the faceplate to independently control each of the remote set of light fixtures based on input to the user input interface.
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Abstract
Lighting systems are provided which include a remote set of light fixtures communicably coupled to a base and a faceplate detachably mounted to the base such that electrical contacts of the faceplate are coupled to respective electrical contacts of the base. The faceplate includes one or more user input interfaces and/or one or more environmental sensors. In some cases, the base and faceplate are each programmed to facilitate communication between the base and the faceplate to independently control each of the light fixtures based on input to the user input interface(s) and/or the environmental sensor(s). In addition or alternatively, either the base or the faceplate is programmed to auto-configure hardware and/or software of the faceplate and the base, respectively. In some cases, the base may be programmed to individually auto-configure differing hardware and/or software of a plurality of different faceplates when they are respectively coupled to the base.
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25 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a base; a faceplate detachably mounted to the base such that power and data electrical contacts of the faceplate are coupled to respective power and data electrical contacts of the base, wherein the faceplate comprises a user input interface; and a remote set of light fixtures communicably coupled to the base; wherein the base and the faceplate each comprise memory and a processor, and wherein the respective memories of the base and the faceplate each comprise respective processor-executable program instructions to facilitate electrical communication between the base and the faceplate to independently control each of the remote set of light fixtures based on input to the user input interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A base of a light control system, wherein the base comprises:
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power and data electrical contacts arranged to respectively couple to power and data electrical contacts of a plurality of different faceplates which when individually connected to the base collect and send information to the base to control one or more remote light fixtures of the light control system; a processor; and memory comprising program instructions executable by the processor to individually auto-configure differing hardware and/or software of the plurality of different faceplates when they are respectively coupled to the base. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A detachable faceplate for a light control system, wherein the faceplate comprises:
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a user input interface disposed on a first side of the detachable faceplate; power and data electrical contacts disposed on a second side of the detachable faceplate which opposes the first side; an electronic identification tag; a processor; and memory comprising program instructions executable by the processor to auto-configure hardware and/or software of a base of the light control system. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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