Power fetching system for no neutral switch and control method thereof, no neutral switch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11239739-B2
Application number	US-202016796394-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 20, 2020
Priority date	Jul 31, 2019
Publication date	Feb 1, 2022
Grant date	Feb 1, 2022

Abstract

The present invention relates to a power fetching system for a no neutral switch and a control method thereof, and a no neutral switch, wherein the power fetching system is connected to an electrical device and a wireless controller, and the wireless controller controls a switch module for changing an operating state of the electrical device. The power fetching system includes: a power fetching module, connected between a power source and the wireless controller, the power source supplying power to the wireless controller and the electrical device, where the power fetching module is configured to obtain power from the power source and supply the obtained power to the wireless controller during energization of the electrical device; and a control module, connected to the power fetching module, and configured to detect power consumption of the wireless controller and provide a control signal to the power fetching module according to a change in power consumption of the wireless controller to adjust the power obtained by the power fetching module from the power source.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power fetching system for a no neutral switch, comprising,
a power fetching module; and
a control module, configured to connect to and control the power fetching module,
wherein the power fetching module is connected in series to an electrical device through a wireless controller, and the wireless controller controls a switch module to control the operation of the electrical device,
wherein the power fetching module is further connected between a power source and the wireless controller and configured to obtain power from the power source and supply the obtained power to the wireless controller; and
wherein the control module is configured to detect power consumption of the wireless controller and provide a control signal to the power fetching module according to a change in power consumption of the wireless controller to adjust the power obtained by the power fetching module from the power source.

2. The power fetching system of claim 1 , wherein the control module detecting the power consumption of the wireless controller comprises detecting a plurality of voltages corresponding to the power consumptions of the wireless controller, and gradually adjusting a duty cycle of the control signal according to the detected voltages to adjust the power obtained by the power fetching module from the power source.

3. The power fetching system of claim 2 , wherein the control module is configured to:
adjust the duty cycle of the control signal to a first predetermined duty cycle when the detected voltage is greater than a first threshold;
reduce the duty cycle of the control signal from the first predetermined duty cycle to a second predetermined duty cycle when the detected voltage is less than a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is less than the first threshold; and
reduce the duty cycle of the control signal from the second predetermined duty cycle to a third predetermined duty cycle when the detected voltage is less than a third threshold, wherein the third threshold is less than the second threshold.

4. The power fetching system of claim 3 , wherein the control module is configured to gradually reduce the duty cycle of the control signal by a predetermined amount.

5. The power fetching system of claim 1 , wherein the power fetching module comprises: a power fetching load, connected in series with the electrical device.

6. The power fetching system of claim 5 , wherein the power fetching module further comprises:
a plurality of switching units, connected in parallel with the power fetching load, wherein the plurality of switching units are turned on or off according to the control signal.

7. The power fetching system of claim 6 , wherein the power fetching module further comprises:
a rectifier circuit, configured to cooperate with the plurality of switching units to obtain power during a positive half cycle and a negative half cycle of the power source.

8. The power fetching system of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of switching units comprise two MOS transistors connected in reverse series.

9. The power fetching system of claim 1 , wherein the electrical device is a lighting device.

10. A no neutral switch, comprising:
the power fetching system of claim 1 ; and
a power converter, configured to convert a voltage output by the power fetching system into a supply voltage
that is supplied to the wireless controller, to control the operation of the electrical device.

11. A method of controlling the power fetching system for the no neutral switch, wherein the power fetching system is connected in series to an electrical device through a wireless controller, the wireless controller controls a switch module to control the operation of the electrical device, and the power fetching system comprises a power fetching module and a control module configured to connect to and control the power fetching module, wherein the power fetching module is further connected between a power source and the wireless controller, the method comprising:
obtaining power from the power source by the power fetching module and supplying the obtained power to the wireless controller; and
detecting power consumption of the wireless controller by the control module and providing a control signal to the power fetching module according to a change in power consumption of the wireless controller to adjust the power obtained by the power fetching module from the power source.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the detecting the power consumption of the wireless controller by the control module comprises:
detecting a plurality of voltages corresponding to the power consumptions of the wireless controller by the control module, and gradually adjusting a duty cycle of the control signal according to the detected voltages to adjust the power obtained by the power fetching module from the power source.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the gradually adjusting the duty cycle of the control signal comprises:
adjusting the duty cycle of the control signal to a first predetermined duty cycle by the control module when the detected voltage is greater than a first threshold;
reducing the duty cycle of the control signal from the first predetermined duty cycle to a second predetermined duty cycle by the control module when the detected voltage is less than a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is less than the first threshold; and
reducing the duty cycle of the control signal from the second predetermined duty cycle to a third predetermined duty cycle by the control module when the detected voltage is less than a third threshold, wherein the third threshold is less than the second threshold.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the gradually adjusting the duty cycle of the control signal comprises: gradually reducing the duty cycle of the control signal by a predetermined amount.

15. A computer readable storage medium storing a stored computer readable program, wherein a device in which the computer readable storage medium is located is controlled to perform the method according to claim 11 while the computer readable program is running.

16. A processor configured to run a program to perform the method of claim 11 .

17. A computer program product, tangibly stored on a computer readable medium and comprising computer executable instructions, wherein the computer executable instructions, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform the method of claim 11 .

18. The power fetching system of claim 1 , wherein the wireless controller is further configured to receive a wireless control signal from a user or a mobile terminal to control the electrical device.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the wireless controller is further configured to receive a wireless control signal and the method further comprising using the wireless controller to receive a wireless control signal from a user or a mobile terminal to control the electrical device.

Assignees

• Consumer Lighting Us Llc
• Savant Tech Llc

Inventors

• Xing Dong
• Chen Weihu
• Wang Fanbin
• Wang Aijun
• Hu Jinpeng

Classifications

• H05B47/19

  via wireless transmission · CPC title

• Y02B20/40

  Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection · CPC title

• H04W52/0254 Primary

  detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device · CPC title

• Y02D30/70

  in wireless communication networks · CPC title

• H02M7/219 Primary

  in a bridge configuration · CPC title