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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2017
Google Incorporated, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael J. Lombardi, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Joseph L. Allore, Mundelein, IL (US);
Mitchell J. Hodges, Plainfield, IL (US);
Sagid Dalvi, Aurora, IL (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A modular lighting control system is disclosed for lighting control, modular home electronic devices and home networking of modular electronic devices. The system includes a switch module having one or more magnets, a wireless power transmission coil, an infrared light transmitter and an infrared light receiver and a user interface module having one or more wireless power reception coils, one or more magnets, an infrared light emitter and an infrared light detector. The user interface module can be removably attached to and powered by one or more of the switch modules and communicate with one or more of the switch modules without any mechanical attachment or electrical connection on either the switch module or the user interface module.