Lighting control network

• US 8,755,913 B2
• Filed: 02/15/2010
• Issued: 06/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: McCormack, James Joseph Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): KASENGE, CHARLES R
• Application Number:
  US13/201,519
• Publication Number:
  US 20110295389A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,583 Days
• Field of Search: 700/1, 700/19, 700/275, 315/291, 315/312
• US Class Current: 700/19
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

A control system (10) comprises:

• • a controlled device (15) controlled by a controller (30) having receiving means (34) for receiving command signals (40), and having a first, second and third storage locations (31, 32, 33) for storing a personal ID or address (PID), network ID (NID), and the ID (RCID) of a remote control device, respectively;
  • at least one user-operable remote control device (17), designed for transmitting command signals.

A command signal comprises a target address code, a network ID code, a sender address code, and a command code.

Normally, the controller only responds to control signals if target address code, network ID code, and sender address code match with the information in memory.

The controller is capable of operating in a NO NETWORK mode (200), in which the controller responds to a reset command irrespective of target address code, the network ID code, and the sender address code.

Claims

1. A control system, comprising:

a network;

a controlled device comprising a controller configured to wirelessly receive a command signal on the network, a-first storage location storing a personal ID, a second storage location storing a network ID, and a third storage location storing a remote control ID; and

a user-operable remote control device configured to transmit the command signal on the network at a first power level;

wherein the command signal comprises a first data portion containing a target address code, a second data portion containing a network ID code, a third data portion containing a sender address code, and a fourth data portion containing a command code;

wherein the controller is further configured to operate in one of the group consisting of a normal mode and a no network mode, wherein in the normal mode, the controller, in response to receiving the control signal, reads the target address code and performs a first comparison of the target address code with the personal ID, reads the network ID code and performs a second comparison of the network ID code with the network ID, and reads the sender address code and performs a third comparison of the sender address code with the remote control ID, and, if any one of the group consisting of the first comparison, the second comparison, and the third comparison does not match, is configured to perform one of the group consisting of ignoring the command code, and executing the command code, wherein in the no network mode, the controller, in response to receiving a reset command comprising the control signal containing a reset command code in the fourth data portion, executes a response procedure, wherein the controller is further configured to;

report itself to the network after power up;

wait for a response from the network; and

enter the no network mode if the controller does not receive a response having the network ID.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controlled device comprises a lamp, and the controller is further configured to blink the lamp after entering the no network mode.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controlled device comprises a lamp, and wherein the controller, after receiving the reset command in the no network mode, is further configured to blink the lamp and to receive a confirm command and respond to said confirm command by executing the response procedure.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the response procedure comprises performing a reset further comprising deleting the network ID from the second storage location and returning all settings to a set of default values.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the response procedure comprises at least one of the group consisting of replacing the network ID in the second storage location by a code contained in the second data portion of the reset command, and replacing the sender code in the third storage location by a code contained in the third data portion of the reset command.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the remote control device is further configured to transmit the reset command at a second power level, wherein the second power level is lower than the first power level.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the remote control device is configured to transmit the reset command comprising at least one of the group consisting of a non-standard lamp address code in the first data portion, a non-standard network code in the second data portion, and a non-standard sender code in the third data portion.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller, after receiving the reset command in the no network mode, is further configured to blink the lamp and to receive a confirm command and respond to said confirm command by executing the response procedure.

9. A control system, comprising:

a network;

a controlled device comprising a controller configured to wirelessly receive a command signal on the network, a-first storage location storing a personal ID, a second storage location storing a network ID, and a third storage location storing a remote control ID; and

a user-operable remote control device configured to transmit the command signal on the network at a first power level;

wherein the command signal comprises a first data portion containing a target address code, a second data portion containing a network ID code, a third data portion containing a sender address code, and a fourth data portion containing a command code;

wherein the controller is further configured to operate in one of the group consisting of a normal mode and a no network mode, wherein in the normal mode, the controller, in response to receiving the control signal, reads the target address code and performs a first comparison of the target address code with the personal ID, reads the network ID code and performs a second comparison of the network ID code with the network ID, and reads the sender address code and performs a third comparison of the sender address code with the remote control ID, and, if any one of the group consisting of the first comparison, the second comparison, and the third comparison does not match, is configured to perform one of the group consisting of ignoring the command code, and executing the command code, wherein in the no network mode, the controller, in response to receiving a reset command comprising the control signal containing a reset command code in the fourth data portion, executes a response procedure, wherein the controlled device further comprises a lamp, and the controller is further configured to blink the lamp after entering the no network mode.

10. A control system, comprising:

a network;

a controlled device comprising a controller configured to wirelessly receive a command signal on the network, a-first storage location storing a personal ID, a second storage location storing a network ID, and a third storage location storing a remote control ID; and

a user-operable remote control device configured to transmit the command signal on the network at a first power level;

wherein the command signal comprises a first data portion containing a target address code, a second data portion containing a network ID code, a third data portion containing a sender address code, and a fourth data portion containing a command code;

wherein the controller is further configured to operate in one of the group consisting of a normal mode and a no network mode, wherein in the normal mode, the controller, in response to receiving the control signal, reads the target address code and performs a first comparison of the target address code with the personal ID, reads the network ID code and performs a second comparison of the network ID code with the network ID, and reads the sender address code and performs a third comparison of the sender address code with the remote control ID, and, if any one of the group consisting of the first comparison, the second comparison, and the third comparison does not match, is configured to perform one of the group consisting of ignoring the command code, and executing the command code, wherein in the no network mode, the controller, in response to receiving a reset command comprising the control signal containing a reset command code in the fourth data portion, executes a response procedure, wherein the remote control device is further configured to transmit the reset command at a second power level, wherein the second power level is lower than the first power level.