WIRELESS SWITCH ASSEMBLY, RELAY RETRANSMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM AND MEMORY CARD

• US 20130120112A1
• Filed: 07/14/2011
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dongjing Zhao
• Original Assignee: Dongjing Zhao
• Inventors: Zhao, Dongjing
• Granted Patent: US 9,666,065 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.64
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25011 Domotique, I-O bus, home automation, building automation
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25187 Transmission of signals, medium, ultrasonic, radio
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/10 Address translation
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07 with integrated circuit chips
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/155 Ground-based stations H04B7/204 takes precedence

Abstract

A wireless switch assembly, comprising: a wireless switch comprising a control switch; a wireless transmitter connected to the control switch and transmitting a corresponding control signal according to the instruction of the control switch; a first identification card pluggably mounted in the wireless switch and connected to the wireless transmitter; a wireless receiver connected to a controller of a controlled piece and communicating with the wireless switch through radio frequency signal or optical signal. The wireless receiver has a second identification card pluggably mounted therein. The present invention can achieve a remote control by a low power consumption wireless transceiver module and matches the wireless switch to the wireless receiver via the identification cards, thus eliminating the need for complicated control wiring, therefore greatly reducing the complexity of wiring, saving electric wires and cables, and reducing cost.

Claims

1. A switch assembly, comprising:

a wireless switch, comprising;

a control switch;

a wireless transmitter, connected with the control switch for transmitting a corresponding control signal according to an instruction from the control switch;

a first identification card, pluggably mounted in the wireless switch and connected with the wireless transmitter; and

a wireless receiver, connected with a controller of a controlled component, communicating with the wireless switch via a RF signal or an optical signal, and having a second identification card pluggably mounted in the wireless receiver, wherein corresponding identity codes are set in the first identification card and the second identification card respectively, the wireless receiver first determines whether an identity code carried by the control signal matches an identity code set in the second identification card after receiving the control signal from the wireless switch, and only when the identity code carried by the control signal matches the identity code set in the second identification card, the wireless receiver feeds the control signal to the controller and the controller controls the controlled component according to the control signal.

2. The switch assembly according to claim 1, wherein the controlled component is a lighting device, and the controller is a electrical relay, a dimmer switch, a coupler or a thyristor for controlling the lighting devices.

3. The switch assembly according to claim 1, wherein there are a plurality of wireless switches and a plurality of wireless receivers working at frequencies matching each other, and the plurality of wireless switches match the plurality of wireless receivers according to identity codes set in the first identification cards and the second identification cards.

4. The switch assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first identification card and the second identification card are both field programmable.

5. The switch assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first identification card and the second identification card are pluggably disposed in the wireless switch and the wireless receiver through an IC memory card slot or a chip socket respectively.

6. The switch assembly according to claim 1, wherein the wireless switch further comprises:

a photovoltaic component, set on a panel of the wireless switch; and

a rechargeable battery or a super capacitor, connected with the photovoltaic component for storing an electric energy generated by the photovoltaic component and supplying power to the wireless switch.

7. The switch assembly according to claim 1, wherein:

there are one wireless switch and a plurality of wireless receivers, in which at least one identity code set in the second identification cards in the plurality of wireless receivers matches with the identity code set in the first identification card in the wireless switch;

there are a plurality of wireless switches and one wireless receiver, in which at least one identity code set in the first identification cards in the plurality of wireless switches matches with the identity code set in the second identification card in the wireless receiver;

or

there are a plurality of wireless switches and a plurality of wireless receivers, in which a plurality of identity codes are set in the first identification cards in the plurality of wireless switches and in the second identification cards in the plurality of wireless receivers respectively.

8. The switch assembly according to claim 1, wherein wireless channel assignment codes are stored in the first identification card and the second identification card respectively for assigning corresponding wireless channels for apparatuses in which the first identification card and the second identification card are inserted respectively;

and/or apparatus type codes each corresponding to one apparatus are also stored in the first identification card and the second identification card respectively.

10. The switch assembly according to claim 1, wherein cipher keys matching each other are also stored in the first identification card and the second identification card respectively.

9. (canceled)

11. A relay forwarding control system, comprising:

a first wireless control device, controlling a first controlled strong electricity component, having a first receiving identity code and a first transmitting identity code, and configured to control the first controlled strong electricity component according to a control instruction after a matched control instruction is received according to the first receiving identity code and to forward the control instruction to a next hop wireless control device according to the first transmitting identity code; and

a plurality of wireless relay control devices, each controlling one controlled strong electricity component, and each having a corresponding receiving identity code and a corresponding transmitting identity code, wherein the receiving identity code of each wireless relay control device matches the transmitting identity code of a previous hop wireless control device, the transmitting identity code of the each wireless relay control device matches the receiving identity code of a next hop wireless control device, and each wireless relay control device is configured to control a corresponding controlled strong electricity component according to a control instruction after the control instruction matching the receiving identity code of each wireless relay control device is received and to forward the control instruction to a next hop wireless control device according to the transmitting identity code of each wireless relay control device, in which the next hop wireless control device is at a predetermined distance from the previous hop wireless control device.

12. The relay forwarding control system according to claim 11, wherein each wireless relay control device forwards the control instruction to the next hop wireless control device according to the transmitting identity code of each wireless relay control device after a predetermined time is exceeded.

13. The relay forwarding control system according to claim 11, wherein:

each wireless control device has an IC memory card slot or a chip socket and an IC memory card or a memory chip matching the IC memory card slot or the chip socket, in which a corresponding receiving identity code and a corresponding transmitting identity code are set in the IC memory card or the memory chip, and the IC memory card or the memory chip is field programmable;

or

each wireless control device comprises a wireless receiving and transmitting chip comprising field programmable memory.

14. The relay forwarding control system according to claim 13, wherein a receiving wireless channel assignment code and/or a transmitting wireless channel assignment code are also set in the IC memory card, the memory chip or the wireless receiving and transmitting chip, and each wireless control device transmits and/or receives the control instruction according to a wireless channel assigned according to the receiving wireless channel assignment code and/or the transmitting wireless channel assignment code.

15. The relay forwarding control system according to claim 13, wherein a check code is also set in the IC memory card, the memory chip or the wireless receiving and transmitting chip, each wireless control device determines whether the received transmitting identity code of the previous hop wireless control device is correct, and if not, each wireless control device sends a failure feedback to the previous hop wireless control device or requires the previous hop wireless control device to retransmit.

16. The relay forwarding control system according to claim 13, wherein each wireless control device further comprises a state detection module and has an independent identification, and the state detection module is configured to detect a state of a controlled strong electricity component and to feed a detection result and the independent identification back to the previous hop wireless control device.

17. A memory card for matching wireless apparatuses or identifying a wireless apparatus, comprising:

a memory card body, with a plurality of regions for containing a plurality of memory chips; and

a plurality of memory chips, storing identity codes, and connected with the memory card body through a plurality of breakable connection structures to fix the plurality of memory chips in corresponding regions respectively, in which identity codes stored in at least part of the plurality of memory chips are associated with each other.

18. The memory card according to claim 17, wherein identity codes stored in at least part of the plurality of memory chips are identical with each other for matching the wireless apparatuses.

19. The memory card according to claim 17, wherein a wireless channel assignment code is also stored in each memory chip for assigning a corresponding wireless channel for an apparatus in which each memory chip is inserted.

20. The memory card according to claim 17, wherein apparatus type codes each corresponding to one apparatus are also stored in each memory chip.

21. The memory card according to claim 17, wherein each memory chip adopts a cryptographic algorithm and a cipher key which match each other.

22. (canceled)