ENERGY HAVESTERS AS USER INTERFACES

In various embodiments, an energy harvesting unit (102, 402, 502, 602, 702, 902) may be configured to convert captured light into current. Logic (104, 404, 504, 604, 704, 904) operably coupled with the energy harvesting unit may be configured to detect a current fluctuation at the energy harvesting...

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Hauptverfasser:	RAJAGOPALAN, RUBEN, BROERS, HARRY, VAN DEN BIGGELAAR, THEODORUS JOHANNES PETRUS, SHI, LIANG
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER COMPUTING CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER COUNTING ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING ELECTRIC HEATING ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-REDRADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, E.G. USINGPHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES PHYSICS SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
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Zusammenfassung:	In various embodiments, an energy harvesting unit (102, 402, 502, 602, 702, 902) may be configured to convert captured light into current. Logic (104, 404, 504, 604, 704, 904) operably coupled with the energy harvesting unit may be configured to detect a current fluctuation at the energy harvesting unit. The current fluctuation may be caused by a corresponding fluctuation in light captured by the energy harvesting unit. The logic may be further configured to determine that the detected current fluctuation matches a predefined current fluctuation pattern associated with deliberate modulation of light captured by the energy harvesting unit. In some embodiments, the logic may generate appliance control data for controlling one or more appliances (120, 130, 132) based on the matching predefined current fluctuation pattern. In some embodiments, the logic may control light output by one or more light sources (960).