REMOTE/RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20080299961A1
• Filed: 07/11/2007
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dometic GmbH (Dometic Group AB)
• Original Assignee: Dometic GmbH (Dometic Group AB)
• Inventors: Muller, Volker, Peter, Jorg
• Application Number:
  US11/776,247
• Publication Number:
  US 20080299961A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances

Abstract

The invention describes a radio communication arrangement to be used especially in leisure facilities and to operate especially according to the ZigBee standard. In the area of motor vans, caravans, mobile homes or boats, secondary facilities, such as air conditioners, venting windows and lighting systems can be controlled with the arrangement. Likewise, sensor signals concerning the status of the battery charge, of a fresh water container or of alarm signals from smoke and movement detectors can be received and processed by the inventive installation by radio. Preferably, the signals can be put out or passed on over a cellular phone network to a cellular phone, in order to supply information directly to the user concerning his recreational vehicle.

Claims

1. radio communication arrangement (100) with a first device and a second device, the first device (20, 410) having first means (28, 315) for transmitting a first command signal to the second device (320, 330, 340, 350) and with second means for receiving a second radio signal from the second device (320, 330, 340, 350);

the second device (320, 330, 340, 350) having at least third means (315, 62) for transmitting the second radio signal.

2. The radio communication arrangement (100) of claim 1, for which a means (68) for detecting a parameter at the site of the second device is assigned to the second device (320, 330, 340, 350) and has means (55) for passing on the parameter to the third means (62).

3. The radio communication arrangement (100) of one of the preceding claims, for which the second device (320, 330, 340, 350) had a fourth means (62) for receiving the first radio command signal and implementation means (68), which are configured so that they arrange for the implementation of a control command contained in the first radio command signal.

4. The radio communication arrangement (100) of claim 1, for which the second device (320, 330, 340, 350) is connected with an input/output device (65).

5. The radio communication arrangement (100) of claim 3, for which the implementation means is assigned to at least one of the following facilities:

refrigerator, air conditioner, lighting fixtures, awning, escalator, water pump, heating system and skylight.

6. The radio communication arrangement (100) of claim 3, for which fifth means (52, 62) for implementing the radio communication according to a coded standard protocol, especially a protocol compliant with the ZigBee standard, are present.

7. The radio communication arrangement (100) of claim 1, for which the first device (20, 410) has at least one display (21) for indicating at least one information (23) relating to the second device (330), and an input facility (22) for selecting the second device (330).

8. The radio communication arrangement (100) of claim 7, for which the input facility (22) is constructed so that a first radio command signal can be generated over an input.

9. The radio communication arrangement (100) of claim 6, for which the first device (410) has sixth means (56) for communicating directly or indirectly with a third device (420) of a cellular phone network, especially GSM.

10. The radio communication arrangement (100) of claim 9, for which the sixth means is configured so that a first radio command signal can be generated over it.

11. The radio communication arrangement (100) of claim 10, for which the sixth means is configured so that it conditions and/or passes on the second radio signal.

12. The radio communication arrangement (100) of claim 9, which is converted to conform to a short message standard, especially SMS.

13. The radio communication arrangement (100) of claim 9, for which seventh means are disposed in the first device (20, 410), which are configured so that they send at least a first radio signal as a result of receiving the second radio signal and/or on a timed basis.