BRIDGE DEVICE FOR WIRELESS SENSORS

• US 20200137533A1
• Filed: 10/22/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2018
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Carrier Corporation (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Carrier Corporation (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Inventors: Gattu, Ramakrishna
• Application Number:
  US16/660,209
• Publication Number:
  US 20200137533A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/40 using a wireless architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/80 Arrangements in the sub-station, i.e. sensing device
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/02 Automatically-operated arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/265 for initial activation of new user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

A sensing system includes a wireless sensor configured to generate data corresponding to an environmental condition; a thermostat configured to control an HVAC system in response to the data; a bridge device configured to receive the data from the wireless sensor and configured to transmit the data to the thermostat; wherein the bridge device is configured to communicate with the thermostat using a first communication protocol and configured to communicate with the wireless sensor using a second communication protocol.

Claims

1. A sensing system comprising:

a wireless sensor configured to generate data corresponding to an environmental condition;

a thermostat configured to control an HVAC system in response to the data;

a bridge device configured to receive the data from the wireless sensor and configured to transmit the data to the thermostat;

wherein the bridge device is configured to communicate with the thermostat using a first communication protocol and configured to communicate with the wireless sensor using a second communication protocol.

2. The sensing system of claim 1, wherein the wireless sensor includes a plurality of wireless sensors.

3. The sensing system of claim 2, wherein the bridge device is configured to aggregate data from the wireless sensors and provide the aggregated data to the thermostat.

4. The sensing system of claim 1, wherein the first communication protocol is a first version of a communication standard and the second communication protocol is a second version of the communication standard.

5. The sensing system of claim 1, wherein the wireless sensor is configured as a broadcaster and the bridge device is configured as an observer.

6. The sensing system of claim 1, wherein the wireless sensor is configured as a peripheral and the bridge device is configured as a central.

7. The sensing system of claim 1, wherein the bridge device is configured as a broadcaster and the thermostat is configured as an observer.

8. The sensing system of claim 1, wherein the bridge device is configured as a peripheral and the thermostat is configured as a central.

9. The sensing system of claim 1, wherein the bridge device is configured as a central and the thermostat is configured as a peripheral.

10. A method comprising:

providing a wireless sensor configured to generate data corresponding to an environmental condition;

providing a thermostat configured to control an HVAC system in response to the data;

providing a bridge device configured to receive the data from the wireless sensor and configured to transmit the data to the thermostat;

wherein the bridge device is configured to communicate with the thermostat using a first communication protocol and configured to communicate with the wireless sensor using a second communication protocol.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising provisioning the bridge device, the provisioning comprising:

obtaining a wireless sensor unique identifier;

obtaining a thermostat unique identifier;

storing the wireless sensor unique identifier and the thermostat unique identifier in the bridge device.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein provisioning the bridge device further comprises setting a flag in the bridge device to indicate that the provisioning has terminated.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the first communication protocol is a first version of a communication standard and the second communication protocol is a second version of the communication standard.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the wireless sensor is configured as a broadcaster and the bridge device is configured as an observer.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the wireless sensor is configured as a peripheral and the bridge device is configured as a central.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the bridge device is configured as a broadcaster and the thermostat is configured as an observer.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the bridge device is configured as a peripheral and the thermostat is configured as a central.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the bridge device is configured as a central and the thermostat is configured as a peripheral.