Patents by Inventor Valentin Burtea

Valentin Burtea has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Touch-less switching
    Patent number: 10320384
    Abstract: A light switch network comprises a plurality of light switch units, each comprising a gesture interface to sense a user gesture by receiving at least one gesture signal from a sensing zone, and configured to exchange one or more gesture status signals with at least one other switch unit in the network in relation to the received gesture signal; each switch being enabled, on receiving the gesture signal: in a first mode, to change a designated switch mode and/or state in response to the gesture signal; or in a second mode, to not change the designated switch mode and/or state according to one or more conditions associated with the status signals received from the other switch unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: XYZ INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Andrew H. Lohbihler, Michael Kosic, Kevin Kowalchuk, Valentin Burtea
  • TOUCH-LESS SWITCHING
    Publication number: 20190044510
    Abstract: A light switch network comprises a plurality of light switch units, each comprising a gesture interface to sense a user gesture by receiving at least one gesture signal from a sensing zone, and configured to exchange one or more gesture status signals with at least one other switch unit in the network in relation to the received gesture signal; each switch being enabled, on receiving the gesture signal: in a first mode, to change a designated switch mode and/or state in response to the gesture signal; or in a second mode, to not change the designated switch mode and/or state according to one or more conditions associated with the status signals received from the other switch unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew H. Lohbihler, Michael Kosic, Kevin Kowalchuk, Valentin Burtea