Problem Statement:

Coming from an agricultural area, Prem observed the difficulty of farmers faced at night being when they had to go far from home to faraway fields to switch on or off the pump used to water the fields. The farmer also needs to know, sitting at home, if the power supply is on at the pumping station so that he can decide whether to switch it on or cut it off if it is running. The mobile phone operated switch he has designed, addresses all these requirements by enabling farmers to know the electricity status and remotely switch the pump as required, from the comfort of his home and that too without spending any money.

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Detail:

The mobile phone operated switch is an instrument with an attached mobile phone and modified circuit, which can toggle a device between switch-off and switch-on conditions and also be used as a conduit to know the status of a remote operating device.

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Prem Singh Saini
Address: Ambala, Haryana
City: Ambala
State: Haryana
PIN Code 134003

Link: The device is a retrofittable kit made up of amplifier, electronic counter, switching unit, relay switch, power supply and timer circuits, which give signal to the mobile phone’s inbuilt PCB and completes the operation. The electronic counter counts the number of rings, takes appropriate action according to device status and sends specific signal to the user. In addition, the gadget is able to inform the user whether the device has been switched on/ off or the electricity is there or not through a feedback signal.
Manufacturing Capacity: d) Licensing, e) Franchising
Photo Links:

• https://fincomindia.nic.in/writereaddata/html_en_files/oldcommission_html/fincom13/state_innovation/13fc/haryana/book1.pdf
• https://www.usmp.edu.pe/pdf/nif_presentation.pdf

Problem Scale: 1) India
News Link 5:

• A patent search for similar devices yielded the following relevant patents. A system and method for communicating with a remote location to monitor the device, the system includes a calling transceiver, a central transceiver, and a satellite described in US Patent 5,588,038 dated 24 Dec. 1996. A secure entry system, which uses radio transmissions to communicate with locks, keys, and related components throughout the system US
  Patent:
• 6,072,402. dated 6 July 2000 and a method and a device for utilization of mobile radio telephones for surveillance and/or control purposes (US
  Patent:7,031,665.
• 18th April 2006).