EP1415290B1 - Perfectionnement pour télécommande à changement de mode de fonctionnement - Google Patents

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EP1415290B1
EP1415290B1 EP02751486.8A EP02751486A EP1415290B1 EP 1415290 B1 EP1415290 B1 EP 1415290B1 EP 02751486 A EP02751486 A EP 02751486A EP 1415290 B1 EP1415290 B1 EP 1415290B1
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  • the present invention relates to a remote control device of a home automation type comfort management system, having at least two modes of operation, a first automatic mode of operation, and a second mode of manual operation and comprising a remote control consisting of by a housing comprising at least one remote control transmitter and a control keyboard.
  • the controlled system consists, for example, in a control means of a heating and air conditioning device, a device for moving sashes or dynamic solar protections, or lighting.
  • the affected systems are found in homes, offices or commercial buildings.
  • It relates more particularly to a remote control device in which at least two modes of operation are provided, a so-called manual mode, in which the device essentially obeys orders given by a manual control means, for example a remote control box. , and a so-called automatic mode, in which the device essentially obeys the orders of a supervisor program.
  • this mode change is provided by a specific push button.
  • a push button is aesthetically more pleasant than a pull switch. Its use facilitates compliance with any sealing constraints. It is very economical. On the other hand, it does not indicate what state we are after the maneuver. It is therefore necessary to add at least one indicating indicator, such as a light emitting diode, to indicate this state.
  • the mode indicator light can not be permanently on for simple consumption reasons. It is therefore at the moment when the user will act on one of the control buttons that this mode indicator function will be activated.
  • This reproach can also be applied in the same way to older devices containing a pull switch, or even to a device which contains one or more light-emitting diodes permanently illuminated.
  • the design of the product most often requires that the pull of the switch is discreet, and moreover it is not written in large characters on the front plate of the remote control product the meaning of each position, or the status of the switch. 'an indicator. It is therefore understandable that elderly or just low vision will have trouble knowing the state of the system, except to move to be closer to the control point.
  • the remote control can also give spontaneous orders for the user to find from one room to another the same application. For example, if the user leaves, with his remote control, a first room in which the TV is connected to a program, and it enters a second room containing a TV, the remote control will eventually turn it on and will switch on this same program.
  • the location of one room to another can be provided by the detection of transmitters fixed in each room, or by more sophisticated means, GPS type.
  • Document is known US 5,790,021 a device for finding a remote control by causing it to be emitted by an audible signal.
  • This device comprises the remote control and a support comprising an electronic circuit. When the remote control is removed from this support, the electronic circuit is closed and sends to the remote after a certain time a signal controlling the emission of an audible signal by the remote control and to find it.
  • Document is known DE 39 33 966 a keyboard device whose keys are movable between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the presses on the keys have a first meaning and, in the second configuration, the presses on the keys have a second meaning.
  • the present invention proposes to overcome the disadvantages of the prior devices, by proposing a control ergonomics mode changes, which is much more intuitive than those of the prior art, and which may, in some embodiments of products according to this ergonomics, contribute to permanent visibility of the mode used, while ensuring autonomy and reduced costs.
  • the remote control according to the invention is not intended to cause changes in mode during a passage from one room to another of the user, and is not concerned about the position of said user , but the change of mode is done by moving a part of the device relative to the other, the mode change activated according to the invention must instead be able to be performed in the same room.
  • the device of the invention does not use communication with an information source, and does not require any modification of the functionalities of the user interface.
  • the remote control device is characterized in that said housing is movably mounted in a support between a first position corresponding to the first operating mode and at least a second position corresponding to the second operating mode. and in that it comprises means for detecting the position of the housing relative to the support and means for modifying the operating mode as a function of the detected position of the housing.
  • the housing is mounted movable in translation in the support.
  • the means for detecting the position of the housing relative to the support comprise at least one sensor and the means for modifying the operating mode as a function of the detected position of the housing comprise a processor.
  • the sensor may consist of a push button or a magnetic switch or a Hall effect switch.
  • the housing is elongate, of substantially parallelepipedal shape, while the support is for example an upwardly open frame, having the shape of a U, to comprise a lower border, and two lateral borders, while the main housing is slidably mounted in the central housing between the two side edges to be movable from the first position to at least a second position.
  • the housing can be positioned in two positions corresponding to two modes of automatic operation, and in a position corresponding to a manual mode of operation, and vice versa in two modes of manual operation, and in a single position corresponding to a mode of operation. automatic.
  • the device advantageously has means for indexing the relative positions of the housing relative to the support.
  • the figures 5 represents a diagrammatic front view, an alternative embodiment of the remote control.
  • the remote control with the general reference (1) consists of two parts (2, 3), movable relative to each other.
  • a main housing (2) comprising at least one remote control transmitter (4) and a control keyboard (5).
  • the said main housing (2) is movably mounted in translation in a support (3), which can serve as a wall, table or other support.
  • the transmitter (4) is for example of the radio frequency type, while the control keyboard (5) makes it possible to send commands to a receiver (11) of the installation, connected to a control device (12). ).
  • the housing (2) is elongate, of substantially parallelepipedal shape, while the support (3) is for example an upwardly open frame, having the shape of a U, to comprise a lower border (6), and two borders (7, 8) while the main housing (2) is slidably mounted in the central housing (9) between the two side edges (7, 8) to be movable from a first position (A) as illustrated. to the figure 1 to at least a second position (B) as shown in figure 2 .
  • the remote control In the first position (A), the remote control is in its automatic operating position and it is this mode of operation which is activated, in the second position (B), it is the manual mode which is activated.
  • the main housing (2) In the first position (A), said automatic operating position, the main housing (2) is in the lower position in the receiving housing (9), that is to say completely engaged in its support (3), of so that the lower edge (10) of said housing is in contact with the lower edge (6) of said support (3).
  • the main housing (2) In the second position (B), said manual operating position, the main housing (2) is moved from its first position (A) upwards by a distance (D1) so that its lower edge ( 10) is separated from the lower edge (6) of the support (3), to be no longer in contact with the latter. Note that this separation (D1) is visible unambiguously at a distance of a few meters, and the user can then know if his remote control is in manual operating position, or automatic.
  • the change of position is sufficient to move the control device (12) from a first mode to a second mode of operation. It is understood that as soon as the housing (2) has reached its separate position (B) of manual operation, this operating mode no longer changes when increasing the distance (D1). Thus, the user can, in the so-called manual operation, either leave the housing in its support, as illustrated in FIG. figure 2 or remove it completely to separate it from the support.
  • the device comprises means for detecting the position of the housing (2), with respect to the support (3).
  • the housing (2) comprises in its lower part a sensor (13) connected to the processor (14), said sensor being intended to recognize if the housing is in the first position (A), or in the second position (B) .
  • the sensor (13) can be of any type, and for example a switch or a simple push button whose moving part is pressed by the contact with the support (3) when the lower part of the housing (2) is in the position (A) as illustrated in figure 1 .
  • the distance (D1) to move from the first position to the second position will be greater than the stroke (D2) of the moving part of the push button.
  • This sensor embodiment (13) will be advantageously replaced by a shape, known to those skilled in the art, not requiring drilling the housing.
  • a magnetic switch with a flexible blade (Reed) disposed on the same printed circuit as the processor (14) intended to be operated very short distance by a magnet (15) which would be housed in the lower edge (6) of the support (3) facing the location of the sensor (13).
  • a Hall effect sensor One could also use a Hall effect sensor.
  • the housing includes means for changing the operating mode according to the detected position of the housing.
  • the sensor (13) is connected to an input of the processor (14), for example to an interrupt input.
  • the sensor and this input are in the logic state 1 in the first position (A) and in the logic state 0 in the second position (B).
  • the processor On change of state of such an input, the processor, possibly put in idle mode to reduce its consumption, switches to active mode.
  • the figure 4 represents a flowchart of the interrupt program activated at the input (20) by a change of state of the processor.
  • the state of the sensor is read by the software module (21), then a test (22) is performed to orient the program on the module (23) if it is a state 1 or on the module (24). ) if it is a state (0).
  • the processor transmits to the transmitter (4) a command to switch to automatic mode.
  • the processor transmits to the transmitter a command to switch to manual mode. When this command is received by the receiver (11), it causes the change of mode of the control device (12).
  • the invention is not limited to the embodiment described above. Indeed, it is possible to imagine, for example, several positions that are well separated visually, for each of the modes of operation. Thus, one could provide two positions corresponding to two modes of automatic operation, and a position corresponding to a manual mode of operation. Similarly, one could provide two positions corresponding to two manual modes of operation, and a single position corresponding to an automatic mode of operation.
  • the figure 5 illustrates an alternative embodiment, according to which, there are three positions for the housing, which comprises two sensors (13 ', 13 "), activated or not by the same magnet (15).
  • the sensor (13 ') In the fully engaged position, the sensor (13 ') is activated, a height displacement (D3) activates the sensor (13 "), a displacement of height equal to or greater than (D4) no longer activates any sensor.
  • means for indexing the relative positions of the housing (2) with respect to the support (3) can advantageously be provided, for example, projecting profiles arranged on the side walls of the housing (2), intended for engage in corresponding hollow profiles made on the support (3), and then define stable and defined positions of the housing in its support.
  • the displacement of the housing relative to the support is a translational movement, but it could be otherwise.
  • the support comprises several housings (9) for receiving the housing.
  • one of the housing could be dedicated to the first position corresponding to automatic operation, while a second housing could be dedicated to the second position corresponding to manual operation.
  • the various positions of the housing are well visually identifiable, and translate at best, intuitively the current mode of operation.

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