Method for configuring the communication between at least one actuator and a remote control unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11790768-B2
Application number	US-202017627658-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2020
Priority date	Jul 15, 2019
Publication date	Oct 17, 2023
Grant date	Oct 17, 2023

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for configuring the communication between at least one actuator and a remote control, in order to enable a control of the at least one actuator by the remote control, the at least one actuator being configured to communicate with the remote control, the communication between the at least one actuator and the remote control being established according to a first protocol or according to a second protocol, the communication according to the second protocol being implemented via a connection to a router connected to the mains, the method being implemented by a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal being configured to communicate according to the first protocol with the at least one actuator, and with the remote control, the mobile terminal being configured to communicate with the router according to the first protocol or according to a third protocol, the method comprising the following steps: —identifying an identifier of the at least one actuator, —identifying an identifier of the remote control, —analysing in order to detect a presence or absence of the router, —if the absence of the router is detected by the mobile terminal during the analysis step, transmitting, to the remote control, the identifier of the at least one actuator and/or transmitting, to the actuator, the identifier of the remote control, then transmitting, to the remote control and to the actuator, a request to deactivate the first protocol, if the presence of the router is detected by the mobile terminal during the analysis step, transmitting, to the router, the identifier of the at least one actuator and the identifier of the remote control.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for configuring communication between at least one actuator and a remote control unit, to enable a control of the at least one actuator from the remote control unit, the at least one actuator being configured to communicate with the remote control unit, the communication between the at least one actuator and the remote control unit being established according to a first protocol or according to a second protocol, the communication according to the second protocol being implemented via a connection to a router connected on the mains, the method being implemented by a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal being configured to communicate according to the first protocol with at least one actuator, and with the remote control unit, the mobile terminal being configured to communicate with the router according to the first protocol or according to a third protocol, the method comprising the following steps:
identification of an identifier of the at least one actuator,
identification of an identifier of the remote control unit,
analysis to detect a presence or an absence of the router,
if the absence of the router is detected by the mobile terminal during the analysis step, transmission to the remote control unit of the identifier of the at least one actuator and/or transmission to the actuator of the identifier of the remote control unit, then transmission to the remote control unit and to the actuator a request for activating the first protocol,
if the presence of the router is detected by the mobile terminal during the analysis step transmission to the router of the identifier of the at least one actuator and identifier of the remote control unit.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one actuator is standalone.

3. The method according to claim 1 , comprising, if the presence of the router is detected, a step of transmitting to the at least one actuator a request for activating the second protocol.

4. The method according to claim 1 , comprising, if the presence of the router is detected, a step of transmitting to the remote control unit a request for activating the second protocol.

5. The method according to claim 2 , comprising, if the presence of the router is detected, a step of transmitting to the remote control unit a request for activating the second protocol.

6. A method for configuring communication between at least one actuator and a remote control unit, to enable a control of the at least one actuator from the remote control unit, the at least one actuator being configured to communicate with the remote control unit, the communication between the at least one actuator and the remote control unit being established according to a first protocol or according to a second protocol, the communication according to the second protocol being implemented via a connection to a router, the method comprising the following steps implemented by the at least one actuator:
transmission to a mobile terminal of an identifier of the at least one actuator;
activation on the at least one actuator of the first protocol and of the second protocol;
when an absence of a router is detected during an analysis step implemented by a mobile terminal, reception of a request for activating the first protocol transmitted by said mobile terminal, after a transmission, by the mobile terminal, to the remote control unit of the identifier of the at least one actuator and/or transmission, by the mobile terminal, to the actuator of the identifier of the remote control unit;
upon completion of a predetermined period from the reception, deactivation of the second protocol;
when a presence of a router is detected during an analysis step implemented by a mobile terminal, reception of a request for activating the second protocol emitted by the mobile terminal.

7. A method for configuring communication between at least one actuator and a remote control unit, to enable a control of the at least one actuator from the remote control unit, the at least one actuator being configured to communicate with the remote control unit, the communication between the at least one actuator and the remote control unit being established according to a first protocol or according to a second protocol, the communication according to the second protocol being implemented via a connection to a router, the method comprising the following steps implemented by the remote control unit:
transmission to a mobile terminal of an identifier of the remote control unit;
activation on the remote control unit of the first protocol and of the second protocol;
when an absence of a router is detected during an analysis step implemented by a mobile terminal, reception of a request for activating the first protocol transmitted by said mobile terminal, after a transmission, by the mobile terminal, to the remote control unit of the identifier of the at least one actuator and/or transmission, by the mobile terminal, to the actuator of the identifier of the remote control unit;
upon completion of a predetermined period from the reception, deactivation of the second protocol;
when a presence of a router is detected, reception of a request for activating the second protocol emitted by the mobile terminal or by the actuator.

8. A home automation apparatus or an actuator of a home automation apparatus comprising an electronic component, the electronic component comprising:
a first communication module configured to implement a first protocol, and
a second communication module configured to implement a second protocol, and
a management module configured to implement the method according to claim 3 .

Assignees

• Somfy Activites Sa

Inventors

• Desbrugères Thibaut
• Vicente Rémi
• Pauchard Emmanuel
• Bigonneau Stéphane
• Salsini Maxime

Classifications

• G08C17/02 Primary

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• A47H5/00

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• G08C2201/20

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• G08C2201/40

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• G08C2201/42

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