WIRELESS RELAY

• US 20150222349A1
• Filed: 01/29/2015
• Published: 08/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Voyomotive, LLC
• Original Assignee: Voyomotive, LLC
• Inventors: Sloan, Adam, Vogt, Robert IV
• Application Number:
  US14/608,970
• Publication Number:
  US 20150222349A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/15528 Control of operation parameters of a relay station to exploit the physical medium
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/12 Access point controller devices

Abstract

This invention provides a wireless relay which derives power for operation from voltages connected to inputs to the relay. The wireless relay has a radio receiver, a microcontroller, control terminals, and switched terminals. Optionally, the wireless relay may further comprise a transmitter.

Claims

1. A wireless relay comprising a radio receiver, a microcontroller, and a relay.

2. A wireless relay according to claim 1 further comprising a radio transmitter.

3. A wireless relay according to claim 1 further comprising a power scavenging circuit.

4. A wireless relay according to claim 1 further comprising a radio transmitter and a power scavenging circuit.

5. A wireless relay according to claim 1 further comprising a pull up circuit.

6. A wireless relay according to claim 1 further comprising a pull down circuit.

7. A wireless relay according to claim 1 further comprising a pull up circuit and a pull down circuit.

8. A wireless relay according to claim 4 further comprising a decryption key.

9. A wireless relay according to claim 4 further comprising an overvoltage protection circuit.

10. A wireless relay according to claim 4 wherein the power scavenging circuit comprises an array of diodes.

11. According to claim 4 in which the receiver and transmitter comprise a packet based protocol transceiver.

12. A wireless relay according to claim 5 in which the receiver and transmitter comprise a packet based protocol transceiver.

13. A wireless relay according to claim 6 in which the receiver and transmitter comprise a packet based protocol transceiver.

14. A wireless relay according to claim 7 in which the receiver and transmitter comprise a packet based protocol transceiver.

15. A wireless relay according to claim 1 wherein the relay is normally open.

16. A wireless relay according to claim 1 wherein the relay is normally closed.

17. A wireless relay according to claim 4 wherein the relay is normally open.

18. A wireless relay according to claim 4 wherein the relay is normally closed.

19. A wireless relay according to claim 1 further comprising a connector board.

20. A wireless relay according to claim 4 further comprising a connector board.

21. A wireless relay according to claim 5 further comprising a connector board.

22. A wireless relay according to claim 6 further comprising a connector board.

23. A wireless relay according to claim 8 further comprising a connector board.

24. A wireless relay according to claim 1 further comprising a circuit to simulate relay coil resistance.

25. A wireless relay according to claim 4 further comprising a circuit to simulate relay coil resistance.

26. A wireless relay according to claim 1 further comprising a 3-axis accelerometer.

27. A wireless relay according to claim 2 further comprising a 3-axis accelerometer.

28. A wireless relay according to claim 1 further comprising a linear voltage regulator.

29. A wireless relay according to claim 1 further comprising a switching voltage regulator.

30. A wireless relay according to claim 1 wherein the relay is a 6V relay.

31. A wireless relay according to claim 1 further comprising a differential amplifier.

32. A wireless relay according to claim 1 further comprising a core board with terminals that can be used to reprogram the microcontroller.

33. A wireless relay according to claim 1 further comprising a reverse-voltage protection circuit.

34. A wireless relay according to claim 4 further comprising a reverse-voltage protection circuit.