Service Method Of Gas Appliances

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016041069-A1
Application number	US-201514918482-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 20, 2015
Priority date	May 16, 2013
Publication date	Feb 11, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A service method of gas appliances includes: Detecting the gas appliances at the client ends to generate detecting signals. Transmitting the detecting signals to a service end. Identifying which client end the detecting signals come from. Examining the detecting signals to find whether the gas appliance has an abnormal condition; and informing the client end when the abnormal condition is found. After all, the service end may monitor the gas appliances at the client end, and inform the client for repair when the gas appliance has detected an abnormal signal or has damaged parts.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A service method of a gas appliance, wherein the gas appliance includes a heater and a controller; the heater burns gas to supply a room with hot air, and the controller controls the heater to keep the room in a desired temperature, the service method comprising the steps of:
detecting the heater and the controller of the gas appliance, and generating a detecting signal accordingly; examining the detecting signal to find whether the gas appliance has an abnormal condition; and generating service information if the abnormal condition is found.

2 . The service method as defined in claim 1 , wherein the service information includes information of service stations.

3 . The service method as defined in claim 1 , wherein the service information includes a link of a website on Internet, and the website shows a trouble shooting procedure of the abnormal condition.

4 . The service method as defined in claim 1 , further comprising the steps of transmitting the detecting signal from a client end to a service end, and identifying which client end the detecting signal comes from.

5 . The service method as defined in claim 4 , wherein the detecting signal is transmitted to the service end through Internet.

6 . The service method as defined in claim 4 , further comprising the step of informing the client end when the abnormal condition is found.

7 . The service method as defined in claim 5 , further comprising the steps of temporally saving the detecting signal in a buffer, and automatically transmitting the detecting signal to the service end once the gas appliance is connected to Internet.

8 . The service method as defined in claim 4 , wherein the client end further transmits an ID code together with the detecting signal for identification of the client end.

9 . A service method of a gas appliance, wherein the gas appliance includes a heater and a controller; the heater burns gas to supply a room with hot air, and the controller controls the heater to keep a temperature of the room in a desired temperature, the service method comprising the steps of:
detecting the heater and the controller of the gas appliance, and generating a detecting signal accordingly; transmitting the detecting signal from a client end to a service end; identifying which client end the detecting signal come from; and examining the detecting signal to obtain running information of the heater and the controller.

10 . The service method as defined in claim 9 , further comprising the step of informing the client end if an abnormal condition is found.

11 . The service method as defined in claim 9 , wherein the detecting signal is transmitted to the service end through Internet.

12 . The service method as defined in claim 11 , further comprising the steps of temporally saving the detecting signal in a buffer, and automatically transmitting the detecting signal to the service end once the gas appliance is connected to Internet.

13 . The service method as defined in claim 10 , further comprising the step of transmitting service information to the client end if the abnormal condition is found.

14 . The service method as defined in claim 13 , wherein the service information includes information of service stations.

15 . The service method as defined in claim 13 , wherein the service information includes a link of a website on Internet, and the website shows a trouble shooting procedure of the abnormal condition.

16 . The service method as defined in claim 9 , wherein the client end further transmits an ID code together with the detecting signal for identification of the client end.

Assignees

• Grand Mate Co Ltd

Inventors

• Huang Chung-Chin
• Huang Chin-Ying
• Huang Hsin-Ming
• Huang Hsing-Hsiung

Classifications

• F23N2231/20

  Warning devices · CPC title

• F23N5/24

  Preventing development of abnormal or undesired conditions, i.e. safety arrangements (F23N5/02 - F23N5/18 take precedence) · CPC title

• H04L12/2823

  Reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network (device-related reporting H04L43/065; arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00) · CPC title

• F02D41/1495 Primary

  Detection of abnormalities in the air/fuel ratio feedback system · CPC title

• G06F11/2294

  by remote test · CPC title