Patent ID: 7129850

Claim:
A switch device comprising: a housing including a front panel having an opening formed therein, a lens attached to said housing, to enclose said opening of said front panel of said housing, a circuit board disposed in said housing, for being coupled between an electric power source and an electric appliance, a remote detecting device including a light emitting and receiving device for generating lights to detect whether users are going toward said housing of said switch device or not, said remote detecting device including a first indicating light member attached to said circuit board, to indicate whether an electric power energy has been supplied to said remote detecting device or not, and a second indicating light member attached to said circuit board, to indicate whether said light emitting and receiving device is working or not, and a control device coupled to said remote detecting device, for controlling and actuating the electric appliance, when said light emitting and receiving device has detected that a user is going toward or close to said housing of said switch device.