Patent ID: 9552721
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G08C

Claim:
1. A method of providing wireless control on an electronic device comprising an exciter module, a wireless command receiving module, and a processor module, said method comprising the steps of: receiving, at the exciter module, a wireless exciting signal from a first wireless module of a control station, wherein the wireless exciting signal comprises a polling message; collecting power from the wireless exciting signal at the exciter module, wherein the exciter module comprises a receiving antenna, a transformer, and a capacitor, a primary winding of the transformer coupled to the receiving antenna and a secondary winding of the transformer coupled to the capacitor; upon the exciter module collecting power to a pre-set level, changing a state of a processor module from an inactive state to an active state and powering the wireless command receiving module with the collected power; sending, once the processor module is powered, a wireless signal comprising an acknowledgement of the received polling message; receiving, at the control station, the acknowledgement, wherein the acknowledgment indicates that the powered wireless command receiving module is ready to receive a wireless control signal comprising a wireless control command; transmitting, by a second wireless module of the control station after the acknowledgement is received, a wireless control signal comprising a wireless control command and an auxiliary wireless control command directing the powered wireless command receiving module and the processor module to return to the inactive state after adjusting a function of the electronic device in accordance with the wireless control command; receiving, at the powered wireless command receiving module, the wireless control signal comprising the wireless control command from the control station; transmitting the wireless control command to the processor module; and adjusting a function of the electronic device in accordance with the wireless control command; returning, based on the received auxiliary command, the wireless command receiving module and the processor module to the inactive state after adjusting the function of the electronic device in accordance with the wireless control command.