Smart Nightlight Rotatable Controller Wireless Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional night lights often lack aesthetic appeal, functionality, and durability, with limited options for customization and control.
Innovation Solution
A smart, dimmable, and portable night light featuring a rotatable light source controller with sensors for manual adjustment and wireless control, allowing users to select color, intensity, and timer functions, powered by both AC and rechargeable battery sources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If conventional night lights are constructed with simple materials and designs, then manufacturing cost is reduced, but aesthetics and functionality deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The night light device integrates multiple functions including dimmable lighting control via rotatable controller, wireless communication capabilities, motion sensing, and rechargeable battery power. This multi-functionality approach allows a single device to provide aesthetic lighting control, portability, and smart features, resolving the contradiction between simple construction and enhanced functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dimmable light intensity control through a rotatable controller that adjusts lighting parameters. This parameter change capability allows the night light to adapt between different lighting conditions and user preferences, enhancing functionality without requiring multiple separate devices.
2Ease of operation
If night lights are made portable with battery power, then mobility is improved, but power duration and reliability worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The night light employs a rechargeable battery system that can be dynamically recharged via AC adapter when needed. This dynamic power management allows the portable device to maintain extended operational duration by transitioning between battery power and AC recharging, resolving the contradiction between portability and power duration.
3Ease of operation
If manual control mechanisms are added to night lights, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical control systems with wireless communication technology. The rotatable controller uses optical or magnetic sensing rather than complex mechanical linkages, and wireless devices can control the night light remotely through wireless protocols, reducing mechanical complexity while maintaining ease of operation.
4Adaptability or versatility
If wireless control features are integrated, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity and energy consumption worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless control system operates periodically rather than continuously, activating only when control commands are received or when status updates are needed. This periodic operation mode allows the night light to maintain wireless adaptability while minimizing energy consumption from the rechargeable battery.
Data Source
AI summary
A night light includes a housing, a dimmable light source operatively connected to a rotatable light source controller rotatable about an axis and at least one first sensor mounted within the housing operative to sense rotation of the rotatable light source. The at least one first sensor outputs a signal representative of the rotation. Further, the rotatable light source can be rotated by a hand of a user. Still further, the light night can be controlled via wireless communication.