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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
Carlos Eduardo Restrepo, Atlanta, GA (US);
Darron Kirby Lacey, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Richard A. Pabst, Jr., Fayetteville, GA (US);
Thomas Landrum, Fayetteville, GA (US);
Sheldon Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Lily Du, Shanghai, CN;
Carlos Eduardo Restrepo, Atlanta, GA (US);
Darron Kirby Lacey, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Richard A. Pabst, Jr., Fayetteville, GA (US);
Thomas Landrum, Fayetteville, GA (US);
Sheldon Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Lily Du, Shanghai, CN;
Cooper Technologies Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The touch screen lighting control device provides a multitude of graphical user interface (GUI) displays at a touch screen and is capable of detecting location specific selections based on the GUI to determine control actions for lighting devices, fans and other electrical fixtures. The device includes a mounting strap configured to couple the device to an in-wall junction box, a touch screen, and a thin film transistor communicably coupled to the touch screen for displaying the different displays and receiving selections at the touch screen. A glass panel can also be positioned between the touch screen and the thin film transistor. The GUI presents an interactive template to a user, and the touch screen and thin film transistor determines an interaction from the user based on the user interacting with the interactive template displayed on the GUI a the touch screen.