WINDOW AND DOOR HARDWARE WITH INTEGRATED WIRELESS SENSORS

• US 20110015789A1
• Filed: 07/17/2009
• Published: 01/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The Bronze Craft Corporation
• Original Assignee: The Bronze Craft Corporation
• Inventors: LaJeunesse, James R.
• Application Number:
  US12/504,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20110015789A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/278
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2825 Reporting to a device located outside the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with telemetering systems H04M11/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A system for the sensing of ambient parameters within an enclosure is provided having: a hardware closure whereby an aperture to the enclosure is secured; at least one sensor disposed within the hardware closure; a wireless transmitter disposed within the hardware, communicating with the at least one sensor; a base station, wirelessly in communication with the transmitter; a processing unit, whereby data collected by the sensor and transmitted by the transmitter to the base station is processed and information relevant to the environment of the enclosure obtained.

Claims

1. A system for the sensing of ambient parameters within an enclosure, the system comprising:

A hardware closure whereby an aperture to said enclosure is secured;

At least one sensor disposed within said hardware closure;

A wireless transmitter disposed within said hardware, communicating with said at least one sensor;

A base station, wirelessly in communication with said transmitter;

A processing unit, whereby data collected by said sensor and transmitted by said transmitter to said base station is processed and information relevant to the environment of the enclosure obtained.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said information relevant to the environment of said enclosure is related to a user.

3. The system according to claim 1 wherein said information relevant to the environment of said enclosure is relayed to an environmental control system.

4. The system according to claim 3 wherein said environmental control system is selected from the group of environmental control systems consisting of lighting controls, heating controls, air conditioning controls, security systems, humidity control systems and combinations thereof.

5. The system according to claim 1 wherein said sensor is a pressure sensor disposed between first and second parts of said hardware closure, such that when said hardware closure is latched, said pressure sensor is compressed.

6. The system according to claim 1 wherein said sensor is a photosensor, whereby light intensity entering said aperture is measured.

7. The system according to claim 1 wherein said sensor is a thermal sensor, whereby ambient temperature is measured.

8. The system according to claim 1 wherein said sensor is a thermal sensor, whereby external temperature is measured.

9. The system according to claim 1 wherein said processing unit is a central processor receiving data from a plurality of enclosures.

10. The, system according to claim 1 wherein said enclosure is a room.

11. The system according to claim 1 wherein said aperture is a window.

12. The system according to claim 1 wherein said aperture is a door.

13. The system according to claim 1 further comprising a photorechargable power storage device supplying power to said sensor and said transmitter.

15. The method according to claim 13, further comprising adjusting environmental controls based on results from said processing.

14. A method for monitoring conditions of a room, said method comprising:

Installing sensors in window and door hardware disposed within a room;

Coupling said sensors to wireless transmitters disposed proximately to said window and door hardware;

Linking wirelessly said wireless transmitters to a base station;

Processing data collected by said sensors with a processor receiving said data collected by said sensors.

16. The method according to claim 14 wherein said environmental controls comprise of heating/cooling systems.

17. The method according to claim 14 wherein said environmental controls comprise lighting systems.

18. The method according to claim 14 wherein said environment controls comprise premises security systems.