METHOD FOR COUPLING/ UNCOUPLING BETWEEN A TRANSMITTER AND A RECEIVER

• US 20100297951A1
• Filed: 02/03/2009
• Published: 11/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS (Schneider Electric SE)
• Original Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS (Schneider Electric SE)
• Inventors: Emmanuel, Michel, Chauvet, Francis
• Granted Patent: US 8,519,833 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/70
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for coupling/uncoupling between a transmitter (1) and a receiver (2) capable of communicating with one another via a wireless link, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:

• • transmission of a first signal by the transmitter (1),
  • transmission of a second signal by said transmitter (1),
  • amplitude processing by the receiver (2) of the first signal (30, 32) and of the second signal (31, 33) received and storage or deletion by the receiver of an identification code (C1, C2, Cn) of the transmitter (1) according to the processing carried out.

Claims

1-22. -22. (canceled)

23. A method for coupling/uncoupling between a transmitter and a receiver capable of communicating with one another via a wireless link, the method comprising:

transmission of a first signal by the transmitter;

transmission of a second signal by the transmitter;

amplitude processing by the receiver of the first signal and of the second signal received and storage or deletion by the receiver of an identification code of the transmitter according to the processing carried out.

24. A method according to claim 23, wherein the processing compares the amplitude of the first signal or the second signal received by the receiver with a first threshold value.

25. A method according to claim 24, wherein the processing compares an amplitude variation between the first signal and the second signal received with a second threshold value.

26. A method according to claim 23, wherein the processing is carried out in a learning mode activated in the receiver.

27. A method according to claim 26, wherein the learning mode is activated in the receiver for a predetermined time after the receiver is powered up.

28. A method according to claim 23, wherein the first signal is transmitted by the transmitter at a first distance from the receiver and the second signal is transmitted by the transmitter at a second distance from the receiver, the second distance being different from the first distance.

29. A method according to claim 28, wherein, in event of a coupling, the first distance is greater than the second distance.

30. A method according to claim 28, wherein, in event of an uncoupling, the first distance is less than the second distance.

31. A method according to claim 23, wherein the second signal is transmitted a number of times in succession to indicate to the receiver a rank to be given to the transmitter.

32. A method according to claim 23, wherein the first signal and the second signal are transmitted using a button of the transmitter.

33. A method according to claim 32, wherein the first signal is transmitted when the button is pressed and the second signal is transmitted when the button is released.

34. A method according to claim 33, further comprising following, in the receiver, a trend of the amplitude between the transmission of the first signal and the transmission of the second signal and detecting a sufficient increase or decrease in the amplitude to store or delete the identification code of the transmitter.

35. A method according to claim 23, further comprising displaying on the receiver a coupling or an uncoupling between the transmitter and the receiver.

36. A method according to claim 35, wherein the displaying is performed using a light-emitting diode that is capable of blinking at a variable frequency to indicate the coupling or uncoupling between the transmitter and the receiver.

37. A receiver capable of communicating by wireless link with a transmitter, comprising:

storage means configured to store an identification code corresponding to the transmitter;

processing means configured to perform an amplitude processing operation on a first signal sent by the transmitter and a second signal sent by the same transmitter and to store in the storage means the identification code of the transmitter or deleting from the storage means the identification code corresponding to the transmitter depending on the processing carried out.

38. A receiver according to claim 37, wherein the processing means further compares the amplitude of the first signal or of the second signal received by the receiver with a first threshold value.

39. A receiver according to claim 38, wherein the processing means further compares an amplitude variation between the first signal and the second signal received with a second threshold value.

40. A receiver according to claim 37, wherein the processing means further detects a trend of the amplitude between the first signal and the second signal.

41. A receiver according to claim 37, wherein the receiver includes a learning mode in which a transmitter is stored or deleted.

42. A receiver according to claim 41, wherein the learning mode is activated in the receiver for a predetermined time after the receiver is powered up.

43. A receiver according to claim 37, wherein the second signal is transmitted a number of times in succession to indicate to the receiver a rank to be given to the transmitter.

44. A receiver according to claim 37, wherein the receiver comprises a light-emitting diode capable of blinking at a variable frequency to indicate a storage or a deletion of the transmitter.

44-1. A receiver according to claim 37, wherein the receiver comprises a light-emitting diode capable of blinking at a variable frequency to indicate a storage or a deletion of the transmitter.