Home automation system having user controlled definition function
First Claim
1. A home automation system having a user controlled definition function and operated in response to input of a call code, said system including power line controller modules each for switching power to an appliance in response to receipt of a control code and variable visual display means for displaying input video information, said home automation system comprising:
- video display processing means having a font memory and a video memory, for assessing font data received from said font memory corresponding to a character code in response to receipt of said character code and providing a video signal corresponding to assessed font data to said variable visual display means;
control means for providing to said video display processing means said character code input as alphanumeric characters corresponding to a user defined number, a name of said appliance, said call code and said control code in response to a user defined function mode, said control means storing said name of said appliance, said call code and said control code in a storage region having an address corresponding to said user defined number, and transmitting said call code and said control code to interfacing means in response to input of said user defined number; and
said interfacing means for transmitting said call code and said control code output from said control means to said power line controller modules.
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Abstract
A home automation system having a user controlled definition function is operated in response to input of an inherent call code. The system includes power line controller PLC modules for switching power to appliances connected thereto in response to receipt of a control code; monitoring devices for displaying input video information; a video display processing device having a font memory and a video memory for assessing font data corresponding to a character code received from the font memory in response to receipt of the character code and for providing a video signal corresponding to the assessed font data to the monitoring device; a control device for providing to the video display processing device character code corresponding to a user defined number, device name, call code, and control code in response to a set user defined function; the control device also stores the user defined number, the call code, and the control code in an address region corresponding to the user defined number, and transmits the call code and control code in response to input of the user defined number; and an interfacing device for transmitting the call code and control code output from the control device to the power line controller PLC modules.
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14 Claims
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1. A home automation system having a user controlled definition function and operated in response to input of a call code, said system including power line controller modules each for switching power to an appliance in response to receipt of a control code and variable visual display means for displaying input video information, said home automation system comprising:
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video display processing means having a font memory and a video memory, for assessing font data received from said font memory corresponding to a character code in response to receipt of said character code and providing a video signal corresponding to assessed font data to said variable visual display means; control means for providing to said video display processing means said character code input as alphanumeric characters corresponding to a user defined number, a name of said appliance, said call code and said control code in response to a user defined function mode, said control means storing said name of said appliance, said call code and said control code in a storage region having an address corresponding to said user defined number, and transmitting said call code and said control code to interfacing means in response to input of said user defined number; and said interfacing means for transmitting said call code and said control code output from said control means to said power line controller modules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A home automation system for controlling operation of a plurality of appliances each connected to a respective one of a plurality of power line controller modules, said system comprising:
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input means for entering an alphanumeric name of one of said plurality of appliances to be controlled, a house code representative of a household corresponding to said one of said plurality of appliances to be controlled, a unit code representative of one of said plurality of power line controller modules to be controlled, a control code representative of one of an ON and OFF function of said one of said plurality of appliances to be controlled and a user defined number representative of a memory address where said alphanumeric name, said house code, said unit code and said control code are stored after entry; controller means for providing character code corresponding to said user defined number, said alphanumeric name, said house code, said unit code and said control code to video display processing means, said video display processing means for accessing font data received from a font memory corresponding to said character code in response to receipt of said character code and providing a video signal corresponding to accessed font data to variable visual display means; and interfacing means for receiving said house code, said unit code and said control code from said controller means, and transmitting said house code, said unit code and said control code to said plurality of power line controller modules to enable control of said one of said plurality of appliances in response to input of said user defined number. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for controlling a home automation system having input means for entering key data, variable visual display means for displaying said key data, control means for controlling operation of said system, a plurality of appliances and a corresponding plurality of power line controller modules, said method comprising the steps of:
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entering for one of said plurality of appliances, via said input means, a user defined number, an alphanumeric designation representative of a user defined name for said one of said plurality of appliances, a control code representative of one of an ON function and an OFF function of said one of said plurality of appliances, a house code representative of a household corresponding to said one of said plurality of appliances, and a unit code representative of one of said plurality of power line controller modules corresponding to said one of said plurality of appliances; displaying, on said variable visual display means, said user defined number, said alphanumeric designation, said control code, said house code and said unit code for said one of said plurality of appliances; storing said alphanumeric designation, said control code, said house code and said unit code in a memory address represented by said user defined number in response to entry of a data storage key; transmitting said house code, said unit code and said control code to said one of said plurality of power line controller modules in response to input of said user defined number; and performing one of said ON and OFF functions of said one of said plurality of appliances in dependence upon said control code. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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