DE202017107341U1 - Hand-held transmitter with voice control - Google Patents

Abstract

Hand transmitter (10) for controlling at least one door drive system of a door (2), wherein the components are integrated in a housing (11) and the hand transmitter (10) forms a mobile, transportable unit and wherein by means of the hand transmitter (10) control commands in the form of Radio signals to the door drive system (1) are transferable, characterized in that in the housing (11) a voice control (15) is provided which is adapted to receive voice commands and convert it into control commands.

Description

The invention relates to a remote control for controlling a door drive system.

Hand-held transmitters, to which the present invention relates, constitute small portable units by means of which control commands in the form of function signals can be transmitted to one or more door drive systems for actuating, in particular closing or opening a door.

The components of the hand-held transmitter are integrated in a housing whose design is so small that a user can easily carry the hand-held transmitter in a pocket of a garment or fix it to a vehicle.

Since with the remote control by the emission of radio signals, a contactless data transmission takes place, the user does not need to operate operating units on the door drive system to open or close the door. Rather, the user can stand at a relatively large distance to the gate and already operate the gate with the remote control from this distance.

This is particularly advantageous when the gate is designed as a rotary sliding or garage door. A user can then already while driving in a motor vehicle from the motor vehicle without manually pressing the remote control open a garage door and then gain access to the garage or to a site via the already open gate without waiting.

Known handheld transmitters have keys lying on the outside of the housing as operating elements. By pressing certain keys, the individual control commands can be generated, which are then transmitted as radio signals.

The invention has for its object to provide a transmitter of the type mentioned, which has high functionality with low design effort.

To solve this problem, the features of claim 1 are provided. Advantageous embodiments and expedient developments of the invention are described in the dependent claims.

The invention relates to a remote control for controlling at least one door drive system of a door, wherein the components are integrated in a housing. The hand-held transmitter forms a mobile, transportable unit. Control commands in the form of radio signals can be transmitted to the door drive system by means of the hand-held transmitter. In the housing, a voice control is provided, which receives trained voice commands and converts them into control commands.

The invention thus generally relates to an arrangement with a hand-held transmitter and one or more door drive systems with which one door can be opened and closed in each case.

The voice control provided in the hand-held transmitter according to the invention enables a particularly simple and user-friendly operation. A user can activate the hand-held transmitter by a simple voice command, so that the hand-held transmitter sends a corresponding control command as a radio signal to the respective door drive system, whereby the door can be operated, in particular opened or closed.

The advantage here is that the user does not have to manually operate the remote control for this purpose. Thus, for example, the user can carry the hand-held transmitter in a pocket of his clothing and leave the hand-held transmitter there when he gives the voice command. The user thus keeps both hands free, thus continuing other operations, such as carrying bags and the like, while activating the hand-held transmitter by the voice command.

Since a manual operation of the remote control is no longer necessary, the ease of use of the remote control is significantly increased. It is also advantageous that previously necessary buttons on the remote control can be at least partially, preferably completely eliminated.

The inventive transmitter can be used to operate gates of all kinds. In particular, various doors can be actuated with a hand-held transmitter by a plurality of door drive systems. The hand-held transmitter can then emit radio signals with different codes in order to selectively control individual door drive systems with these. Accordingly, then the different control commands can be activated with different voice commands.

Gates in the form of garage doors are particularly advantageous operated with a hand-held transmitter.

In particular, in this application, a driving in a motor vehicle user while driving on the door enter a voice command in the remote control, which then generates a control command in particular to open the gate. In this case, the user does not have to manipulate the hand-held transmitter by hand, but can leave it in a pocket of the clothing or in its storage location. This eliminates a time-consuming search or picking up the remote control and also manual operation of the remote control.

Since these account for the attention of the user, that is, driver of the motor vehicle, impairing activity, driving safety is significantly increased.

According to an advantageous embodiment, the voice control of the hand-held transmitter has a voice recognition module, by means of which entered voice commands can be recognized.

Further advantageously, the voice control has a computer unit with a memory unit. The allocation of voice commands to control commands is stored in the memory unit.

The operation of this arrangement is such that it is checked for a voice command detected with the voice recognition module, whether this is known, that is, whether it is stored in the memory unit. If this is the case, the control command stored for the voice command is activated in the computer unit and transmitted as a radio signal to the associated door drive system.

The assignment of voice commands to defined control commands stored in the memory unit can be learned in the manual transmitter in a teach-in process before commissioning.

The functional unit of the hand-held transmitter can be extended to the effect that the speech recognition module and the computer unit is assigned a voice output module, via which voice messages are output.

This can be used, for example, when the user enters a voice command into the voice recognition module, which is not stored in the memory unit. The computer unit then activates a voice message stored in the memory unit, which is output via the voice output module and notifies the user that an invalid voice command has been entered. This considerably increases the ease of use of the hand-held transmitter.

With the remote control, different control commands can be generated and transmitted as radio signals to an associated door drive system.

In particular, the or a gate can be opened or closed by means of control commands.

Furthermore, the or a gate can be moved into a ventilation position by means of control commands.

In a fan position, the door is not completely closed, but leaves a narrow ventilation slot in the door opening free, so that ventilation of the closable with the door interior is guaranteed. This function is particularly useful for garage doors to avoid mold in the garage by aeration.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, an acknowledgment signal in the form of a radio signal is sent back to the handheld transmitter to a received control command in the or a door drive system.

The acknowledgment signal informs the user whether a dispensed control command has been received and executed on the associated door drive system.

Advantageously, the voice control is designed to report the acknowledgment signal with a voice message.

In particular, the voice message is output via the voice output module.

According to an advantageous embodiment, a rechargeable energy store is integrated in the hand-held transmitter.

In particular, the rechargeable energy storage is an accumulator.

The hand-held transmitter has an interface for charging the energy store.

With the rechargeable energy storage, the hand-held transmitter has a self-sufficient power supply, so that it can be used as a mobile unit without it having to be permanently connected to a power supply.

In order to charge the energy store from time to time, the hand-held transmitter has an interface for connection to a charging unit, which can be designed in different forms.

According to a first variant of the energy storage can be charged by means of a cable connection to a power supply.

According to a further variant of the energy storage can be charged by means of a USB charger.

Furthermore, the energy storage can be charged by means of an inductive charging station.

Finally, the energy storage can be charged by means of a cigarette lighter in a motor vehicle or permanently powered.

The interface is always adapted to the design of the charging unit.

• 1: Schematische Schnittdarstellung eines Torantriebssystems für ein Tor.
• 2: Einzeldarstellung eines Laufwagens des Torantriebssystems gemäß 1.
• 3: Handsender zur Betätigung des Torantriebssystems gemäß 1.

The invention will be explained below with reference to the drawings. Show it:

• 1 : Schematic sectional view of a door drive system for a goal.
• 2 : Individual representation of a carriage of the door drive system according to 1 ,
• 3 : Hand transmitter for actuating the door drive system according to 1 ,

1 schematically shows an embodiment of a door drive system 1 for a goal 2 , The gate 2 is formed in the present case of a garage door, which closes a door opening of the garage in a closed position and releases the door opening in an open position.

The gate 2 is in the present case of a sectional door, with several articulated sections 2a educated. The gate 2 is laterally in rails 3 guided and can be moved from the open position to the closed position and vice versa. To move the gate 2 is the door drive system 1 provided, which one on a guide rail 4 movably mounted carriage 5 having.

As in 2 shown schematically, is in the carriage 5 an electric drive 6 integrated, which drives an unillustrated gear or the like, which is in engagement with a guide means, for example a chain, which runs in the guide rail. In the carriage 5 is still a control unit 7 integrated. Furthermore, there is a transmitting / receiving module 8th arranged for sending and receiving radio signals. The carriage 5 is articulated with a push rod 9 with the upper edge of the gate 2 connected. Depending on the direction of rotation of the electric drive 6 becomes the carriage 5 on the guide rail 4 moved forward or backward, causing the gate 2 is moved in the direction of open position or closed position.

For actuating the door drive system 1 is the in 3 illustrated handheld transmitter 10 intended. In principle, with the remote control 10 also several door drive systems 1 be operated.

The components of the remote control 10 are in a housing 11 integrated, which may consist of plastic and / or of a metallic material.

The size of the case 11 is dimensioned so that it can be held in the hand by a user.

In the transmitter 10 is a computer unit 12 with a storage unit 13 integrated. The computer unit 12 can be formed by a microprocessor.

Furthermore, in the transmitter 10 another transceiver module 14 provided for transmitting and receiving radio signals. Between the send / receive module 14 of the remote control 10 and the transceiver module 8th of the carriage 5 that is the door drive system 1 , a bidirectional transmission of radio signals can take place. According to a simplified embodiment, in the transmitter 10 also be integrated only one transmission module and in the carriage 5 a receiving module, so that only a unidirectional transmission of radio signals from the transmitter 10 to the door drive system 1 he follows.

According to the invention is in the transmitter 10 a voice control 15 integrated, which in any case is a voice recognition module 15a and preferably a speech output module 15b having.

Furthermore, the remote control 10 a rechargeable energy storage in the form of a rechargeable battery 16 is trained. Finally, an interface 17 provided for connection to an external charging unit, via which the accumulator 16 can be charged.

In the present case, an inductive interface is provided for connection to an inductive charging station. Alternatively, the accumulator 16 also be charged by means of a USB charger, or by means of a cable connection to a power supply or to a cigarette lighter of a motor vehicle, for which purpose the interface is adapted accordingly

The voice control 15 forms an operator element for the user. In the present case forms the voice control 15 the only operating unit, that is, there are no mechanical control units such as buttons provided, but this is not mandatory.

The operation of the handheld transmitter 10 is such that a user issues a voice command to the transmitter 10 can input from the voice recognition module 15a is recognized. Is in the computer unit 12 the voice command is recognized as valid, a control command is generated in response to the voice command in the door drive system 1 transferred and executed there.

Such voice commands may be "close gate" or "open gate" so that upon receipt of a voice command in the voice command, a control command to close or open the gate 2 generated and as a radio signal in the door drive system 1 is transmitted.

In general, further control commands can be generated in this way, for example, to retract the door into a ventilation position.

The radio signals corresponding to the control command are unambiguously coded and can be determined by the coding in the control unit of the carriage 5 be assigned.

Advantageously, a selection of voice commands is taught in a teach-in before commissioning and each associated with a control command. The voice commands with the associated control command are then stored in the memory unit.

If a user enters a voice command during the work operation following the teach-in process, this is recognized as valid if it matches a stored voice command. If this is the case, the control command associated with the voice command is activated as a radio signal to the door drive system 1 transferred and executed there.

However, if the user enters an invalid language command, no control command is executed. It then becomes advantageous via the speech output module 15b a voice message is issued informing the user that an invalid voice command has been entered.

If a control command is successful from the remote control 10 to the door drive system 1 transferred, this is the door drive system 1 executed. Is the transmitter located 10 with a transceiver module 14 still out of range of the transceiver module 8th of the door drive system 1 , the control command can not be received and executed.

In order to inform the user of the successful execution of a control command, the transceiver module can 8th in the carriage 5 to a received control command an acknowledgment signal as a radio signal to the transmitting / receiving module 14 of the remote control 10 send. The receipt of the acknowledgment signal may then be provided with a suitable voice message associated with the voice output module 15b is indicated or a beep is signaled.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

(1)

Torantriebssystem

(2)

gate

(2a)

section

(3)

rails

(4)

guide rail

(5)

carriage

(6)

drive

(7)

control unit

(8th)

Send / receive module

(9)

pushrod

(10)

transmitter

(11)

casing

(12)

computer unit

(13)

storage unit

(14)

Send / receive module

(15)

voice control

(15a)

Speech recognition module

(15b)

Speech module

(16)

accumulator

(17)

interface

Claims (16)

Hand transmitter (10) for controlling at least one door drive system of a door (2), wherein the components are integrated in a housing (11) and the hand transmitter (10) forms a mobile, transportable unit and wherein by means of the hand transmitter (10) control commands in the form of Radio signals to the door drive system (1) are transferable, characterized in that in the housing (11) a voice control (15) is provided which is adapted to receive voice commands and convert them into control commands. Hand transmitter (10) to Claim 1 , characterized in that the voice control (15) comprises a voice recognition module (15a). Hand transmitter (10) to Claim 1 or 2 , characterized in that the voice control (15) comprises a computer unit (12) with a memory unit, wherein in the memory unit an assignment of voice commands to control commands is stored. Hand transmitter (10) to Claim 3 , characterized in that the assignment of Voice commands for control commands in a learning process can be specified. Hand transmitter (10) to Claim 2 to 5 , characterized in that the voice control (15) comprises a voice output module (15b). Hand transmitter (10) to Claim 1 to 5 , characterized in that the or a gate (2) is opened or closed by means of control commands. Hand transmitter (10) to Claim 1 to 6 , characterized in that by means of control commands the or a gate (2) is moved into a ventilation position. Hand transmitter (10) to Claim 1 to 7 , characterized in that a receipt signal in the form of a radio signal to the remote control (10) is sent back to a received control command in or in a door drive system (1). Hand transmitter (10) to Claim 8 , characterized in that its voice control is adapted to report the acknowledgment signal with a voice message. Hand transmitter (10) to Claim 1 to 9 , characterized in that in this a rechargeable energy storage is integrated. Hand transmitter (10) to Claim 10 , characterized in that the rechargeable energy storage is an accumulator (16). Hand transmitter (10) to Claim 10 to 11 , characterized in that it has an interface for charging the energy store. Hand transmitter (10) to Claim 10 to 12 , characterized in that the energy storage means of a cable connection to a power supply is rechargeable. Hand transmitter (10) to Claim 10 to 12 , characterized in that the energy storage means of a USB charger is rechargeable. Hand transmitter (10) to Claim 10 to 12 , characterized in that the energy storage means of an inductive charging station is chargeable. Hand transmitter (10) to Claim 10 to 12 , characterized in that the energy storage is rechargeable by means of a cigarette lighter in a motor vehicle.

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