US 11,815,868 B2
Load control with integral control interface
A. M. Sarwar Jahan, Jamaica, NY (US); Abhishek D. Golwala, Northvale, NJ (US); Ankit Milan Sanghvi, Hicksville, NY (US); Abrar Quazi, Melville, NY (US); and Michael Ross, Melville, NY (US)
Assigned to LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO., INC., Melville, NY (US)
Filed by Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Melville, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/483,992.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/120,423, filed on Dec. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0171355 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G08B 5/22 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/042 (2013.01) [G08B 5/22 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2639 (2013.01); G06F 3/0202 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A load control, comprising:
a wall-box mounted housing;
an electrical device to control electrical power to a load, the electrical device being disposed at least partially within the wall-box mounted housing;
a controller disposed at least partially within the wall-box mounted housing, and being operatively coupled to control operation of the electrical device in an operational mode, the controller being user-programmable in a settings mode via a saved settings data structure comprising multiple control settings, the settings data structure including multiple columns and rows of control settings; and
a control interface, the control interface comprising:
a first button switch to selectively advance through the columns of the settings data structure in the settings mode of the controller for user-programming of the controller, the first button switch being selectable by a user without disassembly of the load control;
a second button switch to selectively advance through the rows of the settings data structure in the settings mode of the controller for user-programming of the controller, the second button switch being selectable by the user without disassembly of the load control;
one or more light indicators to signal a column of the settings data structure to which the controller has been advanced in the settings mode of the controller, and to signal a row of the settings data structure to which the controller has been advanced in the settings mode of the controller; and
wherein a light indicator device of the one or more light indicators signals:
different colors for different column locations within the settings data structure, and different numbers of flashes for different row locations within the settings data structure; or
different numbers of flashes for different column locations within the settings data structure, and different colors for different row locations within the settings data structure.