Control Device Comprising an Interface Capable of Proposing the Next Control Command to be Transmitted to a Home-Automation Appliance

• US 20120253483A1
• Filed: 02/28/2012
• Published: 10/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Somfy Activites SA (Somfy SA)
• Original Assignee: Somfy Sas (Somfy SA)
• Inventors: Cavarec, Pierre-Emmanuel, Mignot, Pierre
• Granted Patent: US 8,972,030 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/83
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2814 Exchanging control software or macros for controlling appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving configuration of the network and network elements H04L41/08
• 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 2012/2841 Wireless

Abstract

Method of operation of a control device for a home-automation appliance, wherein the method comprises at least one step of selecting a possible control command from among a plurality of predefined control commands, that may be sent by the control device and at least one step of displaying the command selected by this control device.

Claims

1. Method of operation of a device (21;

22;

23;

24;

25;

26;

210;

211) for controlling a home-automation appliance (41), wherein the method comprises at least one step of selecting a possible control command from among a plurality of predefined control commands, that may be sent by the control device and at least one step of displaying the command selected by this control device.

2. Method of operation according to claim 1, wherein the control command selected and displayed by the control device is the next command that the control device proposes to send to the home-automation appliance.

3. Method of operation according to claim 1, wherein the selection of the command displayed by the control device results from an analysis of the log of the previously sent commands or an analysis of the actual state of the home-automation appliance or a sequence of commands which is predefined by the user.

4. Method of operation according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises a step of modifying, according to a choice of the user, the command selected by the control device.

5. Method of operation according to the claim 4, wherein the modifying step comprises a scrolling in a sequential manner of the plurality of the control commands that may be sent.

6. Method of operation according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises a step of validating and sending the control command selected.

7. Method of operation according to claim 6, wherein the method comprises a step of displaying a stop command subsequent to the step of validating and sending the control command selected.

8. Control device (21;

22;

23;

24;

25;

26;

210;

211) for a home-automation appliance, wherein the device comprises hardware means (211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 31;

32;

33, 103;

34, 104, 114;

35, 105, 1151, 1152, 1153;

36) and processing means able to implement the method of operation according to claim 1.

9. Control device according to claim 8, wherein the hardware means and processing means comprise a means for selecting a control command and at least one display device intended to display a symbol (92;

93;

94;

95;

96) representing the control command selected.

10. Control device according to claim 9, wherein the hardware means and processing means comprise a means (32;

103;

114) for modifying the command selected.

11. Control device according to claim 9, wherein the hardware means and processing means comprise a means (214) for sending the command selected.

12. Control device according to claim 10, wherein the hardware means and processing means comprise a means (214) for sending the command selected.

13. Control device according to claim 9, wherein one and the same key (32) comprises the display device and the modifying means, this same key being able, when it is activated, to trigger the send of the control command.

14. Control device according to claim 9, wherein a first key (33) comprises the display device and wherein at least one second key (103) comprises at least one of the means for modifying or triggering the send of the control command.