Patent ID: 9326407
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H02G,H05K

Claim Text:
1. An automated universal wall-mountable dimmer comprising: a housing; a motherboard mounted in the housing; a processor on the motherboard that controls environmental parameters of a room; a memory coupled to the processor; a color sensor display connected to the motherboard and attached to the housing, wherein, the color sensor display, in a quiescent state, displays a raster image that matches a pattern and color of a wall on which the dimmer is mounted, wherein a pattern on the display is aligned with the pattern of the wall so as to make the dimmer substantially invisible in the quiescent state, and wherein the raster image is received from a mobile device via a wireless connection; a sensor configured to detect an approaching person, wherein, in response to the detection by the sensor, the color sensor display displays an icon-based graphical user interface, wherein the color sensor display displays data provided by the processor and receives user control inputs via user gestures that are detected when performed about 10-20 cm from the color sensor display, and wherein the dimmer is configured to communicate with other dimmers such that environmental parameters in other rooms where the other dimmers are located can be controlled from the dimmer.