REMOTELY CONTROLLABLE POWER CONTROL SYSTEM

• Main Authors: JOEL S. SPIRA, ARJUNA KARUNARATNE, JONATHAN A., BARNEY, JOHN, WYLIE, ROBIN C., MOSELEY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.03.1993
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; PHYSICS; SELECTING; SELECTING RESONANT CIRCUITS; SIGNALLING; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILARSIGNALS; TUNING RESONANT CIRCUITS

A remotely controllable power control system wherein the power supplied to a load may be varied locally via an actuator, positionable through a continuous range, on a wall control or from a remote location using a remote control device not electrically wired to the wall control. The load control system includes a transmitter and a wall control/receiver, each having a control actuator for adjusting the power supplied to the load. Control can be obtained by either the transmitter or the wall control/receiver immediately upon manipulation of either control actuator, with the adjustment in power level occurring substantially instantaneously. Communication between the transmitter and the wall control/receiver is by digitally encoded infrared signal.