Trainable RF receiver for remotely controlling household appliances
First Claim
1. A system for selectively controlling the operation of at least one lamp and at least one garage door opener, comprising:
- a control module including a housing;
contacts positioned on said housing, said contacts adapted to be connected to at least one lamp through residential AC power conductors;
terminals positioned on said housing, said terminals adapted to be connected to conductors coupled to at least one garage door opener mechanism;
a selector switch positioned on said housing for selecting garage door or light control operations; and
circuit means positioned in said housing, said circuit means including a train switch movable between training and operating positions for controlling said circuit means between training and operating modes of operation, said circuit means responsive in said training mode of operation to the receipt of a radio frequency control signal of unknown frequency in the range of 200 to 400 MHz for receiving and learning the frequency and signal format of said received signal, said circuit means coupled to said selector switch for storing operations to be associated with each of said control signals in said training mode, and said circuit means adapted to output control signals to said contacts for communication over the AC power conductors for controlling lamps, and to said terminals for controlling operation of the garage door mechanism, whereby said circuit means outputs control signals to said terminals and said contacts in accordance with stored associated operations upon receipt of learned control signals when each of said learned control signals is received when said train switch is in said operating position.
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Abstract
A control system selectively controls the operation of at least one lamp and at least one garage door opener. The control system includes a control module. The control module includes connectors adapted to be coupled to at least one lamp through household AC power conductors. The control module also includes terminals adapted to be connected to a garage door opener mechanism. A circuit positioned in the control module receives and identifies radio frequency signals, stores control information associated with a plurality of received signals from a remote control in a training mode and outputs control signals for communication over the AC power line and the garage door mechanism in accordance with the stored control signals when one of said remote control signals is received in an operating mode. The control module also includes a selector used to select garage door and/or light control operations to be associated with a signal received by the control module in a training mode.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for selectively controlling the operation of at least one lamp and at least one garage door opener, comprising:
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a control module including a housing; contacts positioned on said housing, said contacts adapted to be connected to at least one lamp through residential AC power conductors; terminals positioned on said housing, said terminals adapted to be connected to conductors coupled to at least one garage door opener mechanism; a selector switch positioned on said housing for selecting garage door or light control operations; and circuit means positioned in said housing, said circuit means including a train switch movable between training and operating positions for controlling said circuit means between training and operating modes of operation, said circuit means responsive in said training mode of operation to the receipt of a radio frequency control signal of unknown frequency in the range of 200 to 400 MHz for receiving and learning the frequency and signal format of said received signal, said circuit means coupled to said selector switch for storing operations to be associated with each of said control signals in said training mode, and said circuit means adapted to output control signals to said contacts for communication over the AC power conductors for controlling lamps, and to said terminals for controlling operation of the garage door mechanism, whereby said circuit means outputs control signals to said terminals and said contacts in accordance with stored associated operations upon receipt of learned control signals when each of said learned control signals is received when said train switch is in said operating position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for controlling at least one outlet module coupled to household AC power conductors responsive to a control signal from a remote control, comprising:
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a control module housing; contacts positioned in said housing and adapted to be plugged into an AC power outlet; a sensor for receiving a control signal from a radio frequency remote control; and a circuit including a train switch movable between training and operating positions, said circuit responsive when said train switch is in said training position for learning and storing the frequency and signal format of a control signal received from a remote control, said frequency of said control signal being within the range of 200 to 400 MHz and storing a module control signal to be associated with the received control signal in a training mode, said circuit coupled to said contacts for selectively controlling the outlet module according to the operations stored for said stored signal when said stored signal is received from a remote when said train switch is in an operating position. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19)
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13. A system for controlling operation of a garage door opener and household lamps, comprising:
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a control module including a receiver for detecting control signals from remote controls, said receiver adapted to learn the frequency and signaling format of a plurality of control signals and associate a respective operation with each learned control signal, said control module adapted to be coupled to AC power conductors, wherein the frequency of the control signal is within the range of 200 to 400 MHz; a garage door opener mechanism adapted to be coupled to said control module and for moving a garage door in response to at least one control signal; a remote module for connection to AC power conductors for receiving a control signal from the control module through the AC power conductors; and wherein when said control module is connected to AC power conductors, the garage door opener mechanism is connected to said control module, the remote modules are connected to AC power conductors, and the control module is trained to each one of a plurality of control signals, the control module is responsive to radio frequency control signals from remote controls to selectively control the remote modules and the garage door opener mechanism according to the respective associated operation stored for each received control signal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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