Systems and Methods for Remotely Controlling an Electrical Load

• US 20110043052A1
• Filed: 10/27/2010
• Published: 02/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Adura Technologies (Acuity Brands, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Adura Technologies (Acuity Brands, Inc.)
• Inventors: Corr, Michael, Huizenga, Charles
• Application Number:
  US12/913,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20110043052A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/112
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

Systems and methods for remotely controlling an electrical load are provided. A switch is associated with controlling one or more electricity-consuming devices. After electrically isolating the switch from the electricity-consuming device, an adapter is communicatively coupled to and used to detect the state of the switch. The adapter generates and wirelessly transmits a signal indicative of the detected state of the switch to a controller that controls operation of the device based on at least the state of the switch as detected by the sensor and indicated by the wirelessly transmitted signal.

Claims

1. A computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for remotely controlling an electrical load, the method comprising:

detecting a state of a switch electrically isolated from the electrical load; and

transmitting a wireless signal indicative of the state of the switch to a controller, the controller controlling the electrical load based on at least the state of the switch as indicated by the signal.