Wireless switch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10756771-B2
Application number	US-201816639561-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2018
Priority date	Jan 5, 2018
Publication date	Aug 25, 2020
Grant date	Aug 25, 2020

Abstract

A wireless switch comprising: a movable section provided to be freely displaceable; an operation unit elastically held by the movable section and, when in a non-neutral state, vibrating as a result of an action of elastic force that causes return to a neutral state and displacing the movable section in a direction corresponding to a direction of the vibration; a power generation unit generating a voltage of a polarity corresponding to a direction of displacement when the movable section has been displaced; a wireless transmission unit wirelessly transmitting a signal on the basis of power generated by the power generation unit; and a voltage supply control circuit, when the operation unit in the neutral state has been operated such that the operation unit is brought into a non-neutral state, supplying a voltage to the wireless transmission unit using power generated by the power generation unit at a time of an initial state change of the operation unit and then disabling voltage supply to the wireless transmission unit by the power generated by the power generation unit accompanying the vibration of the operation unit caused by the action of the elasticity afterward.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless switch comprising:
a movable section provided to be freely displaceable;
an operation unit elastically held by the movable section and, when in a non-neutral state, vibrating due to an action of an elastic force that causes return to a neutral state and displacing the movable section in a direction corresponding to a direction of a vibration;
a power generation unit generating a voltage of a polarity corresponding to a direction of displacement when the movable section has been displaced;
a wireless transmission unit wirelessly transmitting a signal based on a power generated by the power generation unit; and
a voltage supply control circuit, when the operation unit in the neutral state has been operated such that the operation unit is brought into the non-neutral state, supplying a voltage to the wireless transmission unit using the power generated by the power generation unit at a time of an initial state change of the operation unit and then disabling a voltage supply to the wireless transmission unit by the power generated by the power generation unit accompanying the vibration of the operation unit caused by the action of the elastic force afterward.

2. The wireless switch according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage supply control circuit comprises
voltage supply lines for supplying the voltage from the power generation unit to the wireless transmission unit;
a switch element shunt-connected to the voltage supply lines and blocking the voltage supply to the wireless transmission unit using conduction; and
a switch element control circuit charged with a voltage of a polarity opposite to the polarity of the voltage generated by the power generation unit and to be supplied to the wireless transmission unit and causing the switch element to conduct electricity.

3. The wireless switch according to claim 2 , wherein the switch element control circuit is a circuit which is connected between the voltage supply lines with a diode that prevents backflow of the voltage of the polarity to be supplied to the wireless transmission unit and a capacitor connected in series and in which a voltage at a connection point of the diode and the capacitor is output to the switch element as a control signal.

Assignees

• Omron Tateisi Electronics Co

Inventors

• Marumo Katsuya
• Kawashima Yasushi
• Umeki Hajime
• Obata Junji
• Yano Keisuke

Classifications

• Y02D10/00

  Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management · CPC title

• H04B1/04

  Circuits · CPC title

• G06F1/26

  Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof (for memories G11C) · CPC title

• H04B1/1615 Primary

  Switching on; Switching off, e.g. remotely (battery saving circuits associated with selective call operation H04W52/00; details of power consumption reduction in a PLL, H03L7/0802, H03L7/14, H03L2207/08, H03L2207/18; muting amplifiers by gain control see H03G3/34) · CPC title

• H04B1/02 Primary

  Transmitters · CPC title