Patents Assigned to X-10 Ltd.
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING MACRO ROUTINES IN A REMOTE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20100156694
    Abstract: A remote control for appending commands into a learned macro routine of commands is provided. A receiver is arranged to receive signals from one or more remote controls, wherein the signals represent one or more commands comprising a macro. The remote control stores the macro in memory and has “learned” the received macro. The learned macro can be modified by appending one or more additional commands into the macro using commands already contained within the remote control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: X-10 LTD.
    Inventors: David J. Rye, James R. Phillips, George E. Stevenson
  • REMOTE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20100127912
    Abstract: A remote control device having an emitter pointing in a direction generally non-parallel to a plane defined by the buttons. In some versions three emitters are provided, with the emitters pointing in different directions and having different radiation patterns. In additional versions, at least some of the buttons include Braille markings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: X-10 LTD.
    Inventors: David J. Rye, James R. Phillips
  • Panic button security alarm system
    Patent number: 6310539
    Abstract: An alarm unit including a normally open switch is embedded in or affixed to an item that can be easily carried by an individual, such as a toy animal or other soft toy or cushion, or which can be worn by the individual, such as a watch. The item can thus be carried by the individual wherever he or she is seated in the home. When the individual senses the presence of an intruder, he or she presses against the portion of the item that includes the alarm unit, thereby to close or actuate the switch and activate an alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: X - 10 Ltd.
    Inventors: David Rye, George Stevenson
  • Appliance control
    Patent number: 6229433
    Abstract: An automated appliance control system includes a unit which transmits binary coded address and function control signals along the a.c. power line to a plurality of appliance control modules connected to the power line at various locations in the home. The binary coded signals transmitted along the a.c. power line are in the form of binary rf bursts which occur before and after the a.c. power line zero crossing points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: X-10 Ltd.
    Inventors: David John Rye, James Phillips, Lesley Alan Leech, David Richard Thompson