System and a method for communicating user interaction data to one or more communication devices

• US 9,509,178 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2015
• Issued: 11/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2Z Innovations Incorporated (EPIC Semiconductors, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: R2Z Innovations Incorporated (EPIC Semiconductors, Inc.)
• Inventors: Richter, Wolfgang, Zadeh, Faranak
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, An T
• Application Number:
  US14/629,700
• Publication Number:
  US 20160248481A1
• Time in Patent Office: 644 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00001 characterised by the display of information or by user interaction, e.g. supervisory control and data acquisition systems [SCADA] or graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00002 characterised by monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00028 involving the use of Internet protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/00 Circuit arrangements for ac mains or ac distribution networks
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/001 Energy harvesting or scavenging
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/05 using capacitive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/30 State monitoring, e.g. fault, temperature monitoring, insulator monitoring, corona discharge
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/40 Display of information, e.g. of data or controls

Abstract

A system attached to an object for communicating the object information to communication devices. The system includes an electronic circuitry to communicate an identification-information, and a hub section coupled to the communication device to power the electronic circuitry and further receives the identification-information transmitted from the electronic circuitry. The electronic circuitry may be embedded in a single chip/printed decal/flexible polymer foil. The hub section includes a generator, a first converter, a first switching unit, a first electrode, a first detection unit, and a hub controller. The electronic circuitry includes a second electrode, a floating electrode, a second converter, a buffer, a second detection unit, a modulation unit, and an analog processing unit. The hub controller authenticates the electronic circuitry on receiving the modulated identification-information; further the hub controller communicates the object information to the electronic circuitry and the communication devices based on the modulated identification-information.

Claims

1. A system attached to an object for communicating the object information to one or more communication devices, the system comprising:

an electronic circuitry to communicate an identification-information; and

a hub section coupled to the one or more communication devices to power the electronic circuitry and further receives the identification-information transmitted from the electronic circuitry;

wherein the hub section comprising;

a generator to receive DC power from a DC source of the communication device for generating low level AC power;

a first converter to shift the low level AC power received from the generator to high level AC power;

a first electrode connected to the first converter for emitting alternating electric field of fixed frequency;

a first switching unit operative to transfer the low level AC power generated from the generator to the first electrode;

a first detection unit to detect a change in alternating electric-field across the first electrode; and

a hub controller to send a command data to the electronic circuitry based on the detected information for transmitting a first object information to the electronic circuitry, wherein the electronic circuitry comprising;

a second electrode to receive the alternating electric field emitted from the first electrode;

a floating electrode to float the alternating electric field to the ground for forming a closed electric circuit with at least one of the object and the hub section;

a second converter connected to the second electrode to convert the received alternating electric field into the low level DC energy;

a buffer configured to store the low level DC energy received from the second converter;

a second detection unit operative to measure the variation in the alternating electric field over the second electrode, and further releases identification-information for communicating with the hub controller based on the command data;

a modulation unit operative to modulate the alternating electric field with the identification-information received from the second detection unit; and

wherein the hub controller authenticates the electronic circuitry on receiving the modulated identification-information, further the hub controller communicates the first object information to the electronic circuitry and the communication devices based on the modulated identification-information;

wherein the second detection unit comprising;

a first Schmitt trigger configured to generate a pulse interval signal related to the variation in the alternating electric field across the second electrode;

a second Schmitt trigger configured to generate a clock signal on receiving AC power from the second electrode;

a counter configured to receive the pulse interval signal and the clock signal for generating a counter-value of the alternating electric field; and

an interpreter interprets the counter-value into electric-field percentage value indicating the identification-information of the electronic circuitry, wherein the modulation unit modulates the identification-information of the electronic circuitry, and further transmits the modulated identification-information to the hub controller.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the second detection unit further comprising:

a third Schmitt trigger configured to generate a pulse signal associated with the command data received from the hub controller;

a flip-flop to receive the pulse signal from the third Schmitt trigger for generating a digital value associated with the command data;

a shift register configured to shift the digital value into a digital code indicating the command data and further transmits the digital code to the interpreter, wherein the interpreter outputs the identification-information by executing the digital code received from the shift register; and

a switch register to receive the identification-information from the interpreter, and further transmits the identification-information to the modulation unit.

3. The system according to the claim 1, wherein the hub controller comprising a decoding-sub circuit to decode the modulated identification-information received from the modulation unit, wherein the hub controller outputs the first object information based on the decoded information.

4. The system according to the claim 1, wherein the electronic circuitry further comprising one or more analog processing unit connected to a first external device, further the one or more analog processing unit decodes the first object information received from the hub controller to release an analog signal to the first external device.

5. The system according to the claim 1, wherein the electronic circuitry further comprising one or more optical unit to release an output signal, wherein a switch register switches the one or more optical unit upon receiving identification-information from an interpreter.

6. The system according to the claim 1, comprising a serial peripheral interface (SPI) connected to a switch register to perform at least one of:

switching an external device upon receiving a switch-command data from the hub controller through the switch register;

charging the second external device using the stored DC energy upon receiving a charge-command data from the hub controller through the switch register;

reading a second object information from the second external device upon receiving a read-command data from the hub controller through the switch register; and

writing data from the interpreter to the second external device upon receiving a write-command data from the hub controller through the switch register, wherein the hub controller receives the second object information from the second external device through the modulation unit, and further transmits the second object information to the communication device.

7. The system according to the claim 6, wherein the hub section further comprising a wireless transceiver to communicate the first object information and the second object information from the hub controller to the communication device.

8. A method for communicating an object information to one or more communication devices, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving DC power from a DC source of the one or more communication devices for generating low level AC power through a generator;

shifting the low level AC power received from the generator to high level AC power through a first converter;

emitting alternating electric field of fixed frequency through a first electrode;

transferring the low level AC power generated from the generator to the first electrode through a first switching unit;

detecting a change in alternating electric-field across the first electrode through a first detection unit;

sending a command data to the electronic circuitry based on the detected information for transmitting a first object information to the electronic circuitry through a hub controller;

receiving the alternating electric field emitted from the first electrode through a second electrode;

floating the alternating electric field to the ground for forming a closed electric circuit with at least one of the object and the hub through a floating electrode;

converting the received alternating electric field into the DC energy through a second converter;

storing the DC energy received from the second converter through a buffer;

measuring the variation in the alternating electric field over the second electrode, and further releasing identification-information for communicating with the hub controller based on the command data through a second detection unit;

modulating the identification-information received from the second detection unit through a modulation unit;

authenticating the electronic circuitry on receiving the modulated identification-information through the hub controller; and

releasing the first object information to the electronic circuitry and the communication devices from the hub controller; and

further comprising the steps of;

generating a pulse interval signal related to the variation in the alternating electric field across the second electrode through a first Schmitt trigger;

generating a clock signal on receiving AC power from the second electrode through a second Schmitt trigger;

receiving the pulse interval signal and the clock signal for generating a counter-value of the alternating electric field through a counter;

interpreting the counter-value into electric-field percentage value indicating the identification-information of the electronic circuitry through an interpreter; and

modulating the identification-information of the electronic circuitry, and further transmits the modulated identification-information to the hub controller through the modulation unit.

9. The method according to claim 8 further comprising the steps of:

generating a pulse signal associated with the command data received from the hub controller through a third Schmitt trigger;

receiving the pulse signal from the third Schmitt trigger for generating a digital value associated with the command data through a flip-flop;

shifting the digital value into a digital code indicating the command data and further transmits the digital code to the interpreter though a shift register; and

receiving the identification-information from the interpreter, and further transmits the identification-information to the modulation unit through a switch register.

10. The method according to the claim 8 further comprising the step of decoding the modulated identification-information received from the modulation unit through a decoding-sub circuit.

11. The method according to the claim 8 further comprising the step of decoding the first object information received from the hub controller to release an analog sound wave to an external device through an analog processing unit.

12. The method according to the claim 8 further comprising the steps of:

releasing an output signal though one or more optical unit; and

switching the optical unit upon receiving identification-information from the interpreter through the switch register.

13. The method according to the claim 8 further comprising the steps of:

switching an external device upon receiving a switch-command data from the hub controller through the switch register;

charging the external device using the stored DC energy upon receiving a charge-command data from the hub controller through the switch register; and

reading a second object information from the external device upon receiving a read-command data from the hub controller through the switch register;

receiving the second object information from the external device through the modulation unit, and further transmitting the second object information to the communication device; and

writing data from the interpreter to the second external device upon receiving a write-command data from the hub controller through the switch register.

14. The method according to the claim 13 further comprising the step of communicating the first object information and the second object information from the hub controller to the communication device through a wireless transceiver.