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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2010
Rahul Goyal, Tyrone, GA (US);
Oscar Neundorfer, Senoia, GA (US);
James Fair, Fayetteville, GA (US);
Ahmed Elgayyar, Senoia, GA (US);
Rahul Goyal, Tyrone, GA (US);
Oscar Neundorfer, Senoia, GA (US);
James Fair, Fayetteville, GA (US);
Ahmed Elgayyar, Senoia, GA (US);
Cooper Technologies Company, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An electrical wiring device operates in more than one operating mode and includes a microcontroller, an occupancy detection sensor communicably coupled to the microcontroller, and at least one accessible user interface communicably coupled to the microcontroller. The accessible user interface is accessible to an end-user without having to disassemble any portion of the device. The accessible user interface is manipulated to select one of several operating modes. In some embodiments, the device includes a night light that also can be an accessible user interface. In some of those embodiments, one of the operating modes includes a night light operating mode, wherein the device's operation is dependent upon the status of the night light. In some embodiments, an indicator is included to inform the end-user when to stop manipulating the accessible user interface.