System and Method for Controlling at Least One Device

• US 20080315987A1
• Filed: 07/04/2005
• Published: 12/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: VKR Holding A/S (Villum Fonden)
• Original Assignee: VKR Holding A/S (Villum Fonden)
• Inventors: Andreasen, Bjarne Ravndal, Nielsen, Martin Sandal
• Granted Patent: US 8,698,608 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.7
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/042 using digital processors G05B19/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2222 Use of priority levels for gaining access to resources
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house

Abstract

System and method for controlling at least one device (2, 3) such as for example an operator for a door, a gate, a window, blinds, shutters, a curtain, an awning or a light source. The system includes at least one controllable unit (10, 14) associated with the at least one device and a plurality of nodes (12, 16, 19, 20, 22) for transmitting control signals to the at least one controllable unit (10, 14). At least one of the plurality of nodes (12, 16, 19, 20, 22) for transmitting control signals are configured for transmitting a command originator, the command originator including an identification of a predetermined type of the node (12, 16, 19, 20, 22), from which the signal originates.

Claims

1-12. -12. (canceled)

13. System for controlling at least one device such as for example an operator for a door, a gate, a window, blinds, shutters, a curtain, an awning or a light source, said system comprising:

at least a controllable unit associated with said at least one device; and

a plurality of nodes for transmitting control signals to said at least one controllable unit;

wherein at least one of said plurality of nodes for transmitting control signals is configured for transmitting a command originator and an indication of a period of time, said command originator comprising an identification of a predetermined type of the node, from which the signal originates.

14. System according to claim 13, wherein said at least one controllable unit is configured for transmitting information relating to said command originator in response to a received control signal, the execution of which is denied in consequence of a previous control signal, to which the command originator was related.

15. System according to claim 13, wherein said node, from which a denied control signal was transmitted, comprises means for indicating information relating to a command originator.

16. System according to claim 13, wherein said at least one controllable unit is configured for storing information relating to a command originator received with a control signal, and said at least one controllable unit further is configured for rejecting a control signal originating from a node having a corresponding command originator.

17. System according to claim 13, wherein said at least one controllable unit comprises means for storing and handling command originator information.

18. System according to claim 17, wherein said means for storing and handling command originator information comprises timer function means.

19. System according to claim 17, wherein said means for storing and handling command originator information comprises means for rejecting said stored command originator information at the lapse of said time period indicated by said control signal.

20. Method of operating a device such as for example an operator for a door, a gate, a window, blinds, shutters, a curtain, an awning or a light source, which device is associated with a controllable unit, said controllable unit being designed for receiving control signals from a plurality of nodes in a control system and activating said device in accordance with said control signals, wherein a command originator is assigned to a control signal, said command originator comprising an identification of a predetermined type of the node, from which the signal originates, and a corresponding period of time is indicated by said control signal.

21. Method according to claim 20, whereby said at least one controllable unit transmits information relating to said command originator in response to a received control signal, the execution of which is denied in consequence of a previous control signal, to which the command originator was related.

22. Method according to claim 20, whereby information relating to a command originator received with a control signal is stored by said at least one controllable unit, and whereby said at least one controllable unit further is configured for rejecting a control signal originating from a node having a corresponding command originator.

23. Method according to claim 20, whereby said at least one controllable unit comprises means for storing and handling command originator information.

24. Method according to claim 23, whereby said stored command originator information is rejected at the lapse of a time period.

25. Method according to claim 23, whereby said stored command originator information is rejected at the lapse of said time period indicated by said control signal.

21-1. Method according to claim 20, whereby information relating to a command originator is indicated by the node, from which a denied control signal was transmitted.