Gestural control dimmer switch

• US 9,462,664 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2015
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC (Acuity Brands, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC (Acuity Brands, Inc.)
• Inventors: Engel-Hall, Aaron Mathew, Ngai, Peter Y. Y.
• Primary Examiner(s): Donovan, Lincoln
• Assistant Examiner(s): SKIBINSKI, THOMAS S
• Application Number:
  US14/832,967
• Publication Number:
  US 20160234915A1
• Time in Patent Office: 410 Days
• Field of Search: 315/307, 315/294, 315/291, 315/292, 315/308, 702/150, 356/615, 356/614, 345/175, 345/173, 250/221, 340/555, 340/567
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/115 by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

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