Lighting control device generating power from mechanical energy and lighting device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9877377
APP PUB NO 20170231067A1
SERIAL NO

15423373

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A lighting control device having a first wireless communicator that wirelessly communicates with a lamp; first memory that stores identification information identifying the lighting control device; a first controller that transmits a control command for controlling the lamp to the lamp via the first wireless communicator; an operator interface suspended under its own weight; and a power generator that is connected to the operator interface, generates power from mechanical energy produced by the operator interface being moved in a predetermined direction, and supplies the power to the first controller, the first memory, and the first wireless communicator. Further, when the operator interface is moved and the first controller receives the power, the first controller reads the identification information from the first memory, transmits the identification information and the control command to the lamp via the first wireless communicator, so as to control the lamp.

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PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTDOSAKA JAPAN OSAKA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ando, Tamotsu Osaka, JP 32 183

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