Method for coupling/uncoupling between a transmitter and a receiver

• US 8,519,833 B2
• Filed: 02/03/2009
• Issued: 08/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS (Schneider Electric SE)
• Original Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS (Schneider Electric SE)
• Inventors: Emmanuel, Michel, Chauvet, Francis
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Benjamin C
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHAM, QUANG
• Application Number:
  US12/863,855
• Publication Number:
  US 20100297951A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,666 Days
• Field of Search: 340/12.5, 340/12.51, 340/12.52, 340/12.53, 340/12.54, 340/13.1, 340/13.2, 340/13.21, 340/13.22, 340/13.24, 455/70, 370/254
• US Class Current: 340/12.5
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for coupling/uncoupling between a transmitter (1) and a receiver (2) capable of communicating with one another via a wireless link, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:

• • transmission of a first signal by the transmitter (1),
  • transmission of a second signal by said transmitter (1),
  • amplitude processing by the receiver (2) of the first signal (30, 32) and of the second signal (31, 33) received and storage or deletion by the receiver of an identification code (C1, C2, Cn) of the transmitter (1) according to the processing carried out.

Claims

1. A method for coupling/uncoupling between a transmitter and a receiver capable of communicating with one another via a wireless link, the method comprising:

transmitting by the transmitter a first signal comprising an identification code of the transmitter;

transmitting by the transmitter a second signal comprising the identification code of the transmitter;

comparing, by the receiver receiving the first signal and the second signal, an amplitude of the first signal with an amplitude of the second signal received; and

storing or deleting, by the receiver, the identification code of the transmitter according to whether the comparison results in the amplitude of the first signal being less than or greater than the amplitude of the second signal.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising comparing the amplitude of the first signal or the amplitude of the second signal received by the receiver with a first threshold value.

3. The method according to claim 2, the comparing includes comparing an amplitude variation between the amplitude of the first signal and the amplitude of the second signal received with a second threshold value.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the first signal is transmitted by the transmitter at a first distance from the receiver and the second signal is transmitted by the transmitter at a second distance from the receiver, the second distance being different from the first distance.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the comparing is carried out in a learning mode activated in the receiver.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the learning mode is activated in the receiver for a predetermined time after the receiver is powered up.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first signal is transmitted by the transmitter at a first distance from the receiver and the second signal is transmitted by the transmitter at a second distance from the receiver, the second distance being different from the first distance.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein, in an event of a coupling, the first distance is greater than the second distance.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein, in an event of an uncoupling, the first distance is less than the second distance.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second signal is transmitted a number of times in succession to indicate to the receiver a rank to be given to the transmitter.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first signal and the second signal are transmitted using a button of the transmitter.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the first signal is transmitted when the button is pressed and the second signal is transmitted when the button is released.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

following, in the receiver, a trend of an amplitude variation between the transmission of the first signal and the transmission of the second signal; and

detecting a sufficient increase or decrease in the amplitude variation to store or delete the identification code of the transmitter.

14. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying on the receiver a coupling or an uncoupling, corresponding to said storing or deleting respectively, between the transmitter and the receiver.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the displaying is performed using a light-emitting diode that is capable of blinking at a variable frequency to indicate the coupling or uncoupling between the transmitter and the receiver.

16. A receiver capable of communicating by wireless link with a transmitter, comprising:

storage means configured to store an identification code corresponding to the transmitter; and

processing means configured to;

perform a comparing operation of an amplitude of a first signal comprising the identification code of the transmitter sent by the transmitter with an amplitude of a second signal comprising the identification code of the transmitter sent by the same transmitter, and

store in the storage means the identification code of the transmitter or delete from the storage means the identification code corresponding to the transmitter depending on the comparing operation results in the amplitude of the first signal being less than or greater than the amplitude of the second signal.

17. The receiver according to claim 16, wherein the comparing operation including comparing the amplitude of the first signal or of the amplitude of the second signal received by the receiver with a first threshold value.

18. The receiver according to claim 17, wherein the processing means further compares an amplitude variation between the amplitude of the first signal and the amplitude of the second signal received with a second threshold value.

19. The receiver according to claim 18, wherein the first signal is transmitted by the transmitter at a first distance from the receiver and the second signal is transmitted by the transmitter at a second distance from the receiver, the second distance being different from the first distance.

20. The receiver according to claim 16, wherein the processing means further detects a trend of an amplitude variation between the first signal and the second signal.

21. The receiver according to claim 16, wherein the receiver includes a learning mode in which a transmitter is stored or deleted.

22. The receiver according to claim 21, wherein the learning mode is activated in the receiver for a predetermined time after the receiver is powered up.

23. The receiver according to claim 16, wherein the second signal is transmitted a number of times in succession to indicate to the receiver a rank to be given to the transmitter.

24. The receiver according to claim 16, wherein the receiver comprises a light-emitting diode capable of blinking at a variable frequency to indicate a storage or a deletion of the transmitter.