Arrangement and method for controlling electronically controllable devices and systems in public and private buildings

• US 10,333,732 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2015
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: iHaus AG
• Original Assignee: iHaus AG
• Inventors: Klug, Robert, Meiller, Dieter, Roth, Hans Martin
• Primary Examiner(s): Gupta, Raj R
• Application Number:
  US14/972,833
• Publication Number:
  US 20160191263A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,286 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25011 Domotique, I-O bus, home automation, building automation
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/283 Processing of data at an internetworking point of a home automation network

Abstract

The invention relates to an arrangement for controlling electronically controllable devices and systems in public and private buildings and a method for controlling electronically controlling devices and systems in public and private buildings. Thus, the arrangements and methods for building automation are improved so that a user can generate combined control routines which comply with his wishes without prior knowledge of the effect of the individual control commands. Furthermore, the control routines are proposed to the user upon request by the user.

Claims

1. An arrangement for controlling electronically controllable devices or systems in public and private buildings, the arrangement comprising:

at least one device or system and a control device associated with a building, the control device configured to issue control commands based on an input by a user and executed by controlling a function of the at least one device or the system,

wherein the at least one device or the system is configured to selectively change its condition as a function of the control commands issued by the control device,

wherein recording devices for recording control commands issued by the control device and executed by the at least one device or system and association devices are provided which enable the user of the arrangement to associate one or plural issued, executed and recorded control commands with a selectable control routine,

wherein identificaton devices for identifying interrelated control commands are provided which propose to the user to associate the interrelated control commands with the control routine,

wherein the identification devices are configured to identify control commands as interrelated which are issued within a predetermined time period or which are issued for devices or systems of a particular space, and

wherein the control device is a computer, a web server, a tablet, a socket server or a cloud.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein display devices are provided for displaying the control commands in a selected and elapsed time period.

3. The arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the time period is 15 minutes at the most.

4. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the recording devices for recording the control commands are configured to record only control commands initiated by the user.

5. The arrangement according to claim 1,

wherein the recording devices are configured so that a starting point or an end point of a recording is determinable by the user,

wherein it is provided that the association devices are configured to associate all recorded control commands with the control routine.

6. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the control devices are configured to automatically execute the control routine at a predetermined point in time or directly after activation by the user.

7. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the arrangement is configured to enable the user to remove control commands from an existing control routine or to associate control commands with the existing control routine.

8. A method for controlling electronically controllable devices and systems in public and private buildings,

wherein at least one device or system associated wiith the building and control devices for issuing control command for controlling a function of the at least one device or the system are provided,

wherein the at least one device or system is configured to selectively change its condition as a function of the control command from the control devices,

wherein the control command from the control devices are recorded and a user is enabled to associate one or plural of the recorded control commands with a selectable control routine,

wherein interrelated control commands are identified and it is proposed to the user to associate the interrelated control commands with the control routine,

wherein the control commands which are issued within a predetermined time period or for system or devices of a particular space are identified as interrelated, and wherein the arrangement according to claim 1 is being used.

9. A method, comprising the step:

controlling electronically controllable devices and systems in public and private buildings,

wherein at least one device or system associated with the building and control devices for issuing control commands based on an input a user and executed by controlling a function of the at least one device or the system are provided,

wherein the at least one device or system is configured to selectively change its condition as a function of the control commands issued by the control devices,

wherein the control commands issued by the control devices are executed by the at least one device or system and recorded and a user is enabled to associate one or plural of the issued and recorded control commands with a selectable control routine,

wherein interrelated control commands are identified and it is proposed to the user to associate the interrelated control commands with the control routine,

wherein the control commands which are issued within a predetermined time period or for systems or devices of a particular space are identified as interrelated, and

wherein the control device is a computer, a web server, a tablet, a socket server or a cloud.