NETWORK OF SYNCHRONOUS SELF-CONTAINED LIGHT BEACONS

• US 20130134906A1
• Filed: 06/06/2011
• Published: 05/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michel Picariello
• Original Assignee: Michel Picariello
• Inventors: Picariello, Michel
• Application Number:
  US13/701,808
• Publication Number:
  US 20130134906A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/312
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/10 Controlling the light source
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/1965 using handheld communication devices

Abstract

System of beacons comprising a beacon (1) provided with an electric energy supply module (11), a radio communication module (12), a logic processing unit (13) comprising a memory and a clock synchronized with a reference clock, the electric energy supply means (11) comprising an electric energy generator (110) and an energy storing means (111).

Claims

1. System of beacons comprising a beacon (1) provided with an electric energy supply module (11), a radio communication module (12), a logic processing unit (13), said system characterized in that said logic processing unit comprises a memory and a clock synchronized with a reference clock, and said electric energy supply means (11) comprising an electric energy generator (110) and an energy storing means (111).

2. System according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises a control means (2) of the beacon (1), said control means (2) comprising a radio communication module (25), input means (24) and a central processing unit (23) including a clock and a memory.

3. System according to claim 2, characterized in that the clock of the control means (2) is the reference clock.

4. System according to claim 2, characterized in that the control means (2) further comprises a communication interface (21) arranged to allow the communication of said control means (2) with a user terminal.

5. System according to claim 4, characterized in that the user terminal is arranged to load, via a computer program, a program of instructions into the memory of the control means (2).

6. System according to claim 2, characterized in that the control means (2) is arranged to allow the loading of a program of instructions into the memory of the beacon (1).

7. System according to claim 5, characterized in that the program of instructions is dependent on data collected from a system of sensors.

8. System according to claim 2, characterized in that the control means (2) is arranged to synchronize the clock of the beacon (1) with its clock.

9. System according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a set of beacons (1) set up in a wireless network.

10. System according to claim 9, characterized in that the network comprises a coordinating beacon (1), the clock of which serves as reference clock instead of the clock of the control means (2).

11. Signaling method by means of at least one beacon (1) provided with an electric energy supply module (11), a radio communication module (12) and a logic processing unit (13), which method is characterized in that it comprises:

a step of transforming one form of energy into electric energy;

a step of storing electric energy;

a step of synchronizing a clock, included in the logic processing unit (13), with a reference clock;

a step of executing, by the beacon (1), a program of instructions included in a memory included in the logic processing unit (13).

12. Method according to claim 11, characterized in that it comprises a step of communication of the beacon (1) with a control means (2).

13. Method according to claim 12, characterized in that the communication step comprises a configuration step allowing a program of instructions to be downloaded from the control means (2) to the memory of the beacon (1).

14. Method according to claim 11, characterized in that the synchronization step comprises:

the receipt of a synchronization frame by the beacon (1);

the slaving of the frequency of the clock of the beacon (1) by means of the synchronization frames received.

15. Method according to claim 14, characterized in that the synchronization step further comprises a step of verification of synchronization.