WIRELESS BUILDING AUTOMATION AND CONTROL NETWORK

• US 20090150004A1
• Filed: 09/27/2006
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Powers, Russell L., Brown, Andrew C., Keith, William L., Wang, Ling, Cai, James, Crouse, Kent E., Grouev, George L.
• Application Number:
  US12/066,413
• Publication Number:
  US 20090150004A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/286
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00022 using wireless data transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• 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 12/2836 Protocol conversion between an external network and a home network controlling appliance services of a home automation network from a device located outside the home and the home network H04L12/2818; protocol conversion H04L69/08; adaptation of digital video signals for transport over a specific home network H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/20 End-user application control systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/246 the system involving the remote operation of lamps or lighting equipment
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/126 using wireless data transmission

Abstract

A network (20) employs a wireless network topology (30), a wireless network manager (40). Network (20) further employs a wireless device (70) and wireless device manager (80) pairing and/or a wireless system (90) and a wireless system manager (100) pairing. Managers (40, 80) cooperatively control an operating profile and monitor an operational status of the device (70). Managers (40, 100) cooperatively control an operating profile and monitor an operational status of system (90). Manager (40) can be installed on a computer (150, 170) and wirelessly communicate within network (20) via a wireless control device (160, 180) employing a port connector (161, 181) that can be plugged into a port (151, 171) of the computer (150, 170). Device (70) or system (90) can implement a digital ballast (120) that determines an average power consumption of the digital ballast (120) drawn by a power interface (121) of digital ballast (120).

Claims

1. A wireless building and automation control network (20), comprising:

a wireless network topology (30);

a wireless network manager (40);

a wireless device (70); and

a wireless device manager (80) operable to be in wireless communication with the wireless network manager (40) in accordance with a communication protocol of the wireless network topology (30), and

wherein the wireless network manager (40) and the wireless device manager (80) are cooperatively operable to control an operating profile and to monitor an operational status of the wireless device (70).

2. The wireless building and automation control network (20) of claim 1, wherein the wireless network manager (40) and the wireless device manager (80) are further cooperatively operable to commission and bind the wireless device (70) to the wireless building and automation control network (20).

3. The wireless building and automation control network (20) of claim 1, wherein the wireless network manager (40) and the wireless device manager (80) are further cooperatively operable to monitor a power consumption by the wireless device (70).

4. The wireless building and automation control network (20) of claim 1, wherein the wireless network manager (40) and the wireless device manager (80) are further cooperatively operable to predicatively diagnosis an operational status of the wireless device (70).

5. The wireless building and automation control network (20) of claim 1, wherein the wireless network manager (40) and the wireless device manager (80) are further operable to perform an internal on-air upgrade.

6. A wireless building and automation control network (20), comprising:

a wireless network topology (30);

a wireless network manager (40);

a wireless system (90); and

a wireless system manager (100) operable to be in wireless communication with the wireless network manager (40) in accordance with a communication protocol of the wireless network topology (30),

wherein the wireless network manager (40) and the wireless system manager (100) are cooperatively operable to control an operating profile and to monitor an operational status of the wireless system (90).

7. The wireless building and automation control network (20) of claim 6, wherein the wireless network manager (40) and the wireless system manager (100) are further cooperatively operable to commission and bind the wireless system (90) to the wireless building and automation control network (20).

8. The wireless building and automation control network (20) of claim 6, wherein the wireless network manager (40) and the wireless system manager (100) are further cooperatively operable to monitor a power consumption by the wireless system (90).

9. The wireless building and automation control network (20) of claim 6, wherein the wireless network manager (40) and the wireless system manager (100) are further cooperatively operable to predicatively diagnosis an operational status of the wireless system (90).

10. The wireless building and automation control network (20) of claim 6, wherein the wireless network manager (40) and the wireless system manager (100) are further operable to perform an internal on-air upgrade.

11. A digital ballast (120), comprising:

a ballast controller (122); and

a power interface (121) operable electrically communicate a root means square voltage (V_RMS) and a roots means square current (I_RMS) to the ballast controller (122),

wherein the root means square voltage (V_RMS) and the roots means square current (I_RMS) are indicative of a power output of the power interface (121); and

wherein the ballast controller (122) is operable to determine an average power consumption of the digital ballast (120) as a product of the root means square voltage (V_RMS) and the roots means square current (I_RMS).

12. The digital ballast (120) of claim 11, wherein the power interface (121) includes means for generating the root means square voltage (V_RMS) and the roots means square current (I_RMS).

13. The digital ballast (120) of claim 11, wherein the ballast controller (122) is further operable to predict an operational life time of digital ballast (120).

14. The digital ballast (120) of claim 13, wherein a prediction of an operational life time of the digital ballast (120) is function of at least one of a number of attempts to strike a light source (111) being powered by digital ballast (120), an internal temperature of digital ballast (120), a number of standby hours for digital ballast (120), a number of hours of powering the light source (111) by digital ballast (120) and a total number of power-on hours of digital ballast (120).

15. The digital ballast (120) of claim 11, wherein the ballast controller (122) is further operable to predict an operational life time of a light source (111) being powered by digital ballast (120).

16. The digital ballast (120) of claim 14, wherein a prediction of an operational life time of the light source (111) is function of at least one of a number of run hours of the light source (111), a number of time the light source (111) has been started by the digital ballast (120), and any DC voltage increases across the light source (111).

17. A wireless control device (160, 180), comprising:

a controller (163, 183) operable to perform data and signal transfers with a computer (150, 170), and to perform data and signal transfers with a wireless network node;

a transceiver (164, 184) operable to establish a wireless communication between the controller (163, 183) and the wireless network node;

a port connector (161, 181) operable to plug the wireless control device (160, 180) into a port (151, 171) of a computer (150, 170); and

a data/signal converter (162, 182) operable to convert data and signal transfers between the controller (163, 183) and the computer (150, 170) via the port connector (161, 181) and the port (151, 171).

18. The wireless control device (160, 180) of claim 17,

wherein the port connector (161, 181) is a universal serial bus connectors;

and

wherein the data/signal converter (162, 182) operates as a universal serial bus interface for the controller (163, 183).

19. The wireless control device (160, 180) of claim 17,

wherein the port connector (161, 181) is a compact flash connector;

and

wherein the data/signal converter (162, 182) operates as a compact flash interface for the controller (163, 183).

20. The wireless control device (160, 180) of claim 17, wherein the transceiver (164, 184) is a radio frequency based transceiver.