SYSTEM OF A NUMBER OF REMOTELY CONTROLLABLE SCREENS, SUCH AS WINDOW COVERINGS, A REMOTE CONTROL FOR OPERATING THE SCREENS AND A METHOD INTENDED FOR APPLICATION WITH THE SYSTEM

• US 20110291796A1
• Filed: 09/09/2009
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Coulisse B.V.
• Original Assignee: Coulisse B.V.
• Inventors: Gradussen, Cornelis Bernardus Johannes
• Application Number:
  US13/122,782
• Publication Number:
  US 20110291796A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/4.3
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/06 Respiratory or anaesthetic masks
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0616 with face sealing means comprising a flap or membrane projecting inwards, such that sealing increases with increasing inhalation gas pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0683 Holding devices therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/322 Details of operating devices, e.g. pulleys, brakes, spring drums, drives operating devices E06B9/68 ; devices of general interest specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material B65H75/34
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/56 Operating, guiding or securing devices or arrangements for roll-type closures; Spring drums; Tape drums; Counterweighting arrangements therefor devices of general interest specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material B65H75/34

Abstract

A system of remotely controlled screens including a transmitter and a receiver including a memory at each screen adapted to successively select each screen by setting them into the selected mode and to establish communication between the remote and each screen in the selected mode.

Claims

1. A system of a number of remotely controllable screens, such as window coverings, and a remote control for operating the screens, wherein the remote control comprises a transmitter for transmitting control signals and wherein each of the screens is provided with a receiver for receiving the control signals and with a memory for storing data from the remote control, characterized in that the remote control and each of the screens are provided with a transceiver which is adapted to successively select each of the screens by setting them into a selected mode with the remote control and to establish communication between the remote control and each screen in the selected mode for the purpose of setting the screen in the selected mode.

2. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each screen is provided with a temporary memory for storing data relating to the selection of the screen and a permanent memory for storing data relating to setting of the screen.

3. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the remote control is adapted to send an inventory signal, and wherein each screen is adapted to send a reply to the inventory signal subject to predetermined conditions.

4. A system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the inventory signal comprises a code for the purpose of identifying a screen to be selected, in addition to information relating to a setting session and identification information relating to the remote control, this identification code, session information and remote control identification information being intended for storage in the temporary memory of the screen to be selected.

5. A system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the conditions entail that the screen to be selected has not yet stored any remote control identification information in the permanent memory.

6. A system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the conditions further entail that the screen to be selected has not yet stored the combination of identification code, session information, remote control identification information from the inventory signal in the temporary memory, or that the session information or the remote control identification information in the temporary memory differs from the session information or the remote control identification information from the inventory signal.

7. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the screens is provided with indicator means adapted to visualize the selected mode.

8. A method intended for application with the system as claimed in claim 1, which method is intended for the purpose of setting one or more of the screens such that they can be operated by means of the remote control, comprising the steps of:

(a) successively selecting each of the screens by setting them into a selected mode with the remote control, and

(b) establishing communication between the remote control and each screen in the selected mode for the purpose of setting the screen in the selected mode.

9. A method as claimed in claim 8, wherein step (a) comprises of:

1) the remote control sending an inventory signal;

2) the screens sending a presence signal in response to the inventory signal subject to predetermined conditions;

3) the remote control sending a selection signal to the screen from which a presence signal is received first.

10. A method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising of:

including a code in the inventory signal for the purpose of identifying the screen of step 3, and storing the identification code in the temporary memory of the screen of step 3;

including information relating to a setting session in the inventory signal, and storing the session information in the temporary memory of the screen of step 3; and

including identification information relating to the remote control, and storing the remote control identification information in the temporary memory of the screen of step 3.

11. A method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the conditions of step 9-2 entail that no remote control identification information has yet been stored in the memory of the screen.

12. A method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the conditions of step 9-2 further entail that no combination of identification code, session information, remote control identification information from the inventory signal has yet been stored in the memory of the screen, or that the session information or the remote control identification information in the temporary memory differs from the session information or the remote control identification information from the inventory signal.

13. Method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising step c) of deselecting the selected screen with the remote control after setting of the selected screen has been completed.