WO2013001549A1

WO2013001549A1 - Devices connect and operate universally by learning

Info

Publication number: WO2013001549A1
Application number: PCT/IN2012/000466
Authority: WO
Inventors: Ravindra K. Shetty; Amar Muniraju
Original assignee: Shetty Ravindra K; Amar Muniraju
Priority date: 2011-06-29
Filing date: 2012-06-29
Publication date: 2013-01-03

Abstract

A novel method for controlling devices has been proposed. These devices are generally appliances used in home or office or any enterprise. These devices are controlled through a universal wireless learning remote. All or few of these appliances may have unique controlling profile (home, office, entertainment...) to work in few or all legally acceptable frequency or frequency bands which operate in all possible wired or wireless or internet or hybrid technologies. Trans-receiVer receives the appropriate control signal directly from a remote or through signal boosters/repeaters or any communication methods like wired or wireless or internet or Internet protocol (IP). After decrypting the signal, learning module send the appropriate signal to the appliance processing control unit. In few cases signals are processed for either appropriate wired or wireless band or technologies or both depending upon operational requirement of the reference appliance or device. It could also possible that universal appliance/device keep on sending its profile and level of operation to the medium at appropriate time interval so that when a control device is ON then user just to send the signal. It is also possible that appliance devices may have universal learning or self-learning mechanism to send and receive all types of parameters. In few cases these universal appliance have the capability to work in multiple operational frequency and technologies.

Description

Devices connect and operate universally by learning

Field of the Invention

Embodiments of the invention generally relate to the devices which connect and operate universally by multi way learning.

Background of the Invention

Currently available devices or appliances namely television (TV) air condition(AC) , geysers, heaters, refrigerators, home entertainment systems, lifestyle products etc. communicate with respective product manufacturers remote controls which generally operate in line of sight technologies such as infrared (IR). For few products universal infrared remotes are available, but it operate only on certain products. Therefore, there is a need for whole perception on the device operation and its control. Devices will act as universal learning products to accept control and appropriate parameter signals from any of the radio frequency - RF (wireless) band viz, infra red (IR), Bluetooth, ISM band, state or country approved electromagnetic frequency band with technologies like blue tooth, zigbee, wifi, wimax and all other possible and available technologies. All these device connect and operate universally may have built in processing unit, trans-band converter, trans technology converters, built in or external sensors, Tran receiver, computing, memory units and self-learning mechanism devices. These universally communicating devices connect directly to the controlling device or wired or wireless or internet or any other available communication technologies. These communications are two ways and it, will be direct or learning based with the controlling device.

Summary of the Invention

Embodiments of the invention related to a system comprising trans-receiver, trans- band converter, trans- technology converter, a processing unit and control unit coupled to the device or appliances. In few cases the coupling could be direct. In few cases either it may be through trans band converter or through trans wireless technologies or in few cases with both, the trans-receiver further coupled to a plurality of devices, and the receiver is configured to receive a signal from the transmitter and the signal received by the receiver is appropriately decoded to control at least one of a plurality of devices coupled to the receiver.

Brief Description of the Drawings

FIG. 1 is diagram illustrating an exemplary embodiment of devices connects and operate universally by any of the device in accordance with the invention.

Detailed Description

Principles of the present invention include a systematic approach to automatically control devices of any manufacturer and technology at a specified location through any mode of communication.

Reference is not made to Fig. 1, which illustrates an exemplary embodiment [100] of a universal learning device having a built in transmitter or trans-receiver, sensor, power backup, computing device with peripherals coupled directly or through repeaters [300] or any communication media [400] to a device or appliance [200]. Learning device [100] could be any controlling device; it will send signals in any of the electromagnetic frequency spectrum namely radio frequency, GSM or wireless or microwave or audio, video or multimedia or internet or combination thereof. Remote [100] and device/appliances [200] are also share and display other parameters, ( e.g. temperature and its variation, pressure, auto set, moisture level, humidity, power usage, varying speed, intensity,...) with the device other than just on and off status.

It should be well understood by one skilled in the art that learning device 100 may consist of multiple learning devices coupled to a single device or appliances 200 or coupled to multiple devices 200. In one of the embodiment, the signal from Learning device [100] will be generated by pressing the button or touch screen, mechanical pad or human interface or voice recognition or gesture recognition or motion control by automatic generation or by acknowledging the learning based universal device/appliances or it could be automatically set to operate on particular day of the time or in periodic intervals of time.

In one of the embodiment, device [200] and universal learning device [100] connects directly or through signal boosters or repeaters [300] or wired or wireless or internet [400] or combination thereof.

In one of the embodiment, signals from the universal learning device [100] to appliance [200] may have encrypted and decrypted signal.

In one of the embodiment, device [200] could be any universal learning product or appliance, which will send initial few signals to remote [100] to check its wireless operating frequency and technology by two way learning mechanism.

In one of the embodiment, device /appliance [200] will send signals in any of the electromagnetic frequency spectrum in any wireless technologies. In few cases learning device [100] and device [200] will be operating in multiple frequency and technologies.

In one of the embodiment, current device/appliance [200] operational and controlling statuses are displayed either on remote [100] or device [200] or on both or at intermediate display destinations. This status information will be transmitted live to user at any location through wired or wireless or internet or any other medium of communication in bidirectional communication mode.

In one of the embodiment, communication between device[200] and remote [100] is two way, so that status, power consumption and other parameter of the device may be send or acknowledged at any point of time either through sending command or through predefined preset at any part of the product. Device and Remote may 1 communicate through complete wired or wireless or partial wireless coupling. In few cases remote communicate with multiple receivers and vice versa.

In one of the embodiment, the device [200] could be of any electrical device with any voltage and power ratings suits for any global standards and adoption.

In one of the embodiment, the device [200] could be any universal learning product or appliance. Device or appliance [200] will send initial few signals to remote [100] to check its wireless operating frequency and technology by two way learning mechanism.

In one of the embodiment, device [200] is connected to single appliance or multiple appliances with single universal learning module or few or all have built in learning mechanism. In a further embodiment, trans-band, trans-frequency converters, computing units and learning mechanisms are built in the device [200] or in few cases these will be connected externally to the device/appliance [200] in any of the connecting methods.

In one embodiment, device [200] may be taking input from built in sensors or from externally connected sensors.

In one embodiment, any of the communication signal to be ported to any device to make accessible locally and globally with all available technologies and ports.

In a further embodiment, depending on its operation all or few of the devices [200] are dust proof, water resistant and wet finger tracking.

In a further embodiment, device could be any appliances in home or office, or day to activities or it could be even traffic signal devices or any. These devices [200] are connected directly or by any of the possible networks [400]

Advantages of the invention are that such a mechanism is easy to user and affordable in terms of cost and results in at least about 315 savings.

Claims

Claims We Claim:

1. A system comprising a universal multilevel learning device, where in the universal learning device comprises a trans band, trans frequency and trans-receiver learning system communicatively coupled to the device or appliances, the device further coupled to a plurality of devices, and the device is manually or automatically configured to trans receive signal from the universal learning system and the signal received by the device appropriately decoded to control at least one of the plurality of devices coupled to the device.

2. The system claimed in claim 1 , where in universal learning device and the device may comprise a display device.

3. The system claimed in claim 1, wherein signal is a radio frequency, radio band or an infrared or GSM or internet or wireless of all possible frequency in the electromagnetic spectrum or combination thereof.

4. The system claimed in claim2, where in universal multilevel learning device and device is coupled directly or by wirelesses with or without repeaters or internet or through cloud system.

5. The system claimed in claim I, where in signal from the learning device to device or appliance may reach through wired mode or wireless, with or without repeaters or through internet or any communication technologies and protocols.

6. The system claimed in claim 1 , where in universal learning device may be similar to remote, either remote or device/appliances may have built in trans coder and trans technology units along with processing, display and power units.

7. The system claimed in claim 1 , where in signals in all the units in the complete system are appropriately encrypted and decrypted.

8. The system as claimed in claim 5, where in signals from remote will be generated by pressing the button or touch screen, mechanical pad or human interface or voice recognition or gesture recognition or motion control or by automatic generation or by acknowledging the learning based universal device/appliances.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1 , where in both universal learning device and device includes shutting off device, varying intensity of a device, controlling and communicating back parameters as per the preprogrammed utilities.

10. The system claimed in claim 1 , where in the universal learning device and appliances are electronic device. All of the devices in the system may work in universal learning mechanism with single or multi band and frequency modes. It may also work in standalone mode or may work through built in sensors or device will operate through other than universal learning device.

1 1. The system as claimed in claim 1 , where in device or appliance unit configured to receive a signal from the universal learning remote and is positioned at' predefined locations.

12. The system claimed in claim 1, where in device or appliances will work for any international power supply and norms

13. The system as claimed in claim 1 , where in the universal learning remote and device couple on a one-to-one or one-to-many basis and vice versa. It may also work manually.

14. The system as claimed in claim 1, where in the device could be any appliances in home or office, or day to activities or it could be even traffic signal devices or any. These devices are connected directly or by any of the possible networks.