Industry Patents
Patent: 6331813
Multiparameter Device Control Apparatus and Method
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| Patent Number: |
6331813 |
| Title: |
Multiparameter Device Control Apparatus and Method |
| Abstract: |
The present invention in one embodiment incorporates multi-parameter
lighting devices within a power line carrier system or apparatus. The
apparatus comprises a power line, a control device, and a first lighting
device. The power line may supply a primary signal having a frequency. The
control device may include at least one actuation device which may be a
plurality of actuation devices. The control device may be connected to a
first power outlet of the power line. The first lighting device may have a
plurality of parameters. The first lighting device can include a processor
and first motor. The first motor of the lighting device can be used to
vary a first parameter of the plurality of parameters of the first
lighting device. The first lighting device can be connected to a second
power outlet of the power line. The control device can send out a first
secondary signal on the power line in response to actuation of at least
one actuation device and the first secondary signal can have a frequency
which is different from the frequency of the primary signal. The processor
of the first lighting device can respond to the first secondary signal by
causing the position of the first motor to change and thereby changing the
first parameter of the plurality of parameters of the first lighting
device. The first secondary signal can be a digitally modulated carrier
signal and the frequency of the first secondary signal can be the carrier
frequency of the first secondary signal. The first motor of the first
lighting device can be in a prior position before the processor of the
first lighting device receives the first secondary signal from the power
line and the processor can change the position of the first motor
incrementally or to an absolute position. Pre-set commands can be used to
vary parameters of the lighting device.
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| Country of Issue: |
US |
| First Named Inventor: |
Belliveau |
| Assignee: |
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| Continuation or Divisional of: |
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| International Classification: |
H04M 11/04 |
| US Classification: |
340/310.01 |
| Issue Date: |
12-18-2001 |
| Filing Date: |
05-25-1999 |
| Application : |
09/318139 |
| Notes: |
High End Systems |
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