APPLICATION SUCH AS AN ELECTRICALLY ADJUSTABLE BED OR ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN PATIENT LIFT

• US 20090299528A1
• Filed: 01/02/2008
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Linak A/S (Linak Holding A/S)
• Original Assignee: Linak A/S (Linak Holding A/S)
• Inventors: Jensen, Svend Erik Knudsen
• Granted Patent: US 9,576,470 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/275
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/20 Binding and programming of remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared

Abstract

Application such as, for instance electrically adjustable beds or electrically driven patient lifts with an actuator system comprising at least one electromechanical actuator, a power supply and a control unit and a cordless control, characterized in that all applications each have their own unique address and when a command is sent from the control, said command contains the specific address of exactly that application.

Claims

1. An application such as an electrically adjustable beds or electrically driven patient lift with an actuator system comprising at least one electromechanical actuator, a power supply and a control unit and a cordless control, wherein all applications each having their own unique address and when a command is sent from the control, said command contains the specific address of exactly that application.

2. The application according to claim 1, wherein all controls are paired with the application at the time of the manufacturing.

3. The application according to claim 1, wherein an application and a hand control is frequently paired.

4. The application according to claim 1, wherein the hand control as well as the application is equipped with both a transmitter and a receiver.

5. The application according to claim 1, wherein the hand control is wished paired with a application, it transmits a special command, which contains a request for an initialization response and an address.

6. The application according to claim 5, wherein the application always responds to such a frame with an initialization response containing its own address.

7. The application according to claim 6, wherein an application receives a request for an initialization response, which contains its own address, it responds with the initialization response, but in addition it signals directly to the user that it has received an initialization request with the address.

8. The application according to claim 7, wherein signaling can be an acoustic response in the form of a buzzer, which gives out a sound, and/or a visual response like for instance a light indicator.

9. The application according to claim 8, wherein the transmitter/receiver is of the IR-type or radio or ultra sound.

10. The application according to claim 1, wherein the transmitters/receivers are a combination of IR, radio, ultra sound or other possibilities for instance the line of communication from the control to the application is radio, while the return communication is IR.