Instruction broadcast by sensor

• US 5,969,492 A
• Filed: 11/26/1997
• Issued: 10/19/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Somfy SA
• Original Assignee: Somfy SA
• Inventors: Holzmayer, Bernhard, Pepin, Laurent, Cheron, Eric, Motte, Emeric
• Primary Examiner(s): Masih, Karen
• Application Number:
  US08/978,563
• Time in Patent Office: 692 Days
• Field of Search: 318/266, 318/560, 318/569, 318/625, 318/34, 318/51, 364/492, 364/147
• US Class Current: 318/266
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 2009/6818 using sensors
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/68 Operating devices or mechanisms, e.g. with electric drive
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2814 Exchanging control software or macros for controlling appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving configuration of the network and network elements H04L41/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality

Abstract

The network (N) links control modules (CM) of a device (M) on the basis of a common instruction and of a quantity measured by a sensor (S) associated with a measurement module (MM). The instruction is formulated in the measurement module and broadcast over the network by the measurement module together with the measurement value.

Claims

1. A network (N) comprising control modules (CM) which are linked, each control module controlling a device (M) on the basis of a common instruction and a quantity measured by a sensor (S) associated with a measurement module (MM) linked to the network (N), wherein the instruction is formulated in the measurement module and broadcast over the network by the measurement module together with the measurement value for interpretation by each device.

2. A network comprising:

a plurality of control modules,

said plurality of control modules being linked,

each control module controlling a device,

a sensor,

a measurement module,

said measurement module being connected to said sensor to receive a quantity measurement from said sensor,

said measurement module calculating an instruction value and a measurement value from the quantity measurement received from the sensor, and

said measurement module being connected to each of said control modules to deliver to said control modules said instruction value and said measurement value.