EP1573694A2 - Module de revetement de surface, systeme de revetement de surface et procede permettant de determiner la distance separant des modules du systeme de revetement de surface d'au moins un point de reference, systeme processeur, structure du tissu textile et structure de revetement de surface - Google Patents

Module de revetement de surface, systeme de revetement de surface et procede permettant de determiner la distance separant des modules du systeme de revetement de surface d'au moins un point de reference, systeme processeur, structure du tissu textile et structure de revetement de surface

Info

Publication number
EP1573694A2
EP1573694A2 EP03812563A EP03812563A EP1573694A2 EP 1573694 A2 EP1573694 A2 EP 1573694A2 EP 03812563 A EP03812563 A EP 03812563A EP 03812563 A EP03812563 A EP 03812563A EP 1573694 A2 EP1573694 A2 EP 1573694A2
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
processor
message
tile
surface covering
arrangement
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
EP03812563A
Other languages
German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Stefan Jung
Christl Lauterbach
Guido Stromberg
Thomas Sturm
Annelie STÖHR
Werner Weber
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Infineon Technologies AG
Original Assignee
Infineon Technologies AG
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from DE10337940A external-priority patent/DE10337940A1/de
Application filed by Infineon Technologies AG filed Critical Infineon Technologies AG
Publication of EP1573694A2 publication Critical patent/EP1573694A2/fr
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F19/00—Advertising or display means not otherwise provided for
    • G09F19/22—Advertising or display means on roads, walls or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a surface covering module, a surface covering module arrangement, a method for determining a distance from surface covering modules of the surface covering module arrangement to at least one reference position, a processor arrangement, a textile fabric structure and a surface covering structure.
  • sensors and actuators preferably display elements
  • floors, walls or ceilings should be able to perceive contact and / or pressure optionally or in combination and react to the existence of a touch and / or pressure with an optical display or an acoustic display.
  • Display units should be able to be attached and operated in a simple, inexpensive and fault-tolerant manner.
  • the installation of the sensors or actuators should be adaptable to a variety of sizes and geometric shapes from a floor, a wall or a ceiling.
  • each sensor or actuator is controlled individually and is provided separately with power lines and data lines.
  • the data lines were routed individually or via routers to be installed separately to a central processing unit.
  • complex control software is required to control the respective sensors or actuators, which has to be adapted to the special geometry of the respective special solution in order to enable spatial or level detection of objects, in particular people.
  • [2] describes a control panel with buttons and a control board.
  • [3] also describes a floor cladding module in which power cables or data cables are permanently installed and are coupled to a power cable or data cable from another floor cladding module.
  • Computer chips and sensors can also be contained in the floor covering module, for example for detecting temperature or a weight bearing on the floor covering module.
  • the general problem with the processor arrangement known from [1] is that each processor must be equipped with four or six mutually independent bidirectional communication connections to the respective four or six neighboring processors.
  • microcontrollers i.e. Processors, which offer themselves as a central control element in the processor elements which contain the processors, via standardized communication interfaces, but the number of standardized communication interfaces usually provided by a microcontroller is significantly less than the four or required in the processor arrangement described above, or six communication interfaces.
  • bus systems such as a bus system in which a serial-parallel interface (SPI interface) is used, alternatively a bus system according to the controller area network.
  • SPI interface serial-parallel interface
  • the invention is based on the problem of integrating electronics in a floor, in a wall or in a ceiling in a simple and inexpensive manner.
  • the problem is solved by an area cladding module, an area cladding module arrangement, by a method for determining the distance from area cladding modules of the area cladding module arrangement to at least one reference position with the features according to the independent patent claims.
  • a surface covering module has at least one power supply connection, at least one data transmission interface and at least one processor unit, which is coupled to the power supply connection and to the data transmission interface.
  • a module with a regular structure for covering a surface preferably a floor, a wall or a ceiling
  • a processor unit for electronic data processing which processor unit can be supplied with power via a likewise provided power supply connection and which receives the data to be processed by means of the data transmission interface.
  • a processor unit is embedded in a regular component for covering a surface.
  • the individual surface cladding modules thus represent independent units that. however, due to the additionally provided components, are able to be divided into several surface cladding modules in one surface
  • Cladding module arrangement to exchange electronic messages via the data transmission interface and thus, for example, to enable a local position determination of the respective surface cladding module within the surface cladding module arrangement or with respect to a predetermined reference position. This makes it very easy for a surface covering module to determine its position within a surface without additional external information.
  • Surface cladding modules must be arranged within the area covered with them so that the respective surface cladding module can be uniquely addressed within the surface cladding module arrangement.
  • a surface covering module arrangement has a plurality, preferably a plurality, of surface covering modules, which are coupled to one another by means of the respective power supply connection and the respective data transmission interface.
  • a first message is generated by a processor unit of a first surface covering module, the first Message contains a first distance information, which the distance of the first
  • the first message is sent from the processor unit of the first surface covering module to the processor unit of the second surface covering module and, depending on the distance information, the distance of the second surface covering module from the Reference position determined or saved.
  • the processor unit of the second cladding module also generates a second message which contains a second distance information which contains the distance of the second area cladding module or the distance of a third area cladding module receiving the second message from the reference position.
  • the second message is sent from the processor unit of the second surface covering module to the processor unit of the third surface covering module.
  • the second distance information which contains the distance of the second area cladding module or the distance of a third area cladding module receiving the second message from the reference position.
  • Distance information the distance of the third surface covering module from the reference position is determined or stored.
  • the method steps described above are carried out for all of the surface covering modules contained in the surface covering module arrangement and coupled to one another via the data transmission interface.
  • the respective position of each surface covering module within the surface covering module arrangement and its distance from at least one reference position have thus been determined using local information only.
  • the reference position can in principle be arbitrary, preferably the reference position is a position at which a portal processor described below is located, which controls the processor units in the surface covering module arrangement and initiates communication from outside the surface covering module arrangement.
  • the reference position can also be a position within the surface covering module arrangement, in which case a surface covering module is preferably arranged at and assigned to the reference position.
  • the reference position at the edge that is at the top or bottom row or the left or right column for the event that the processor units are arranged in the surface Verposedsmodul- arrangement in matrix form in rows and columns.
  • the transmission of information into or out of the surface covering module arrangement preferably takes place by means of the portal processor exclusively via at least a part of the surface covering modules located at the edge of the surface covering module arrangement.
  • the first distance is assigned, for example the distance value "1", which indicates that the inlet surface covering module is at a distance "1" from the portal processor.
  • the processor unit sending the message is inserted into the message from the reference position and is transmitted to the processor unit to be received, the distance value "1" is transmitted from the first processor unit to the second processor unit in the first message and from The received distance value of the second processor unit is incremented by a value "1".
  • the incremented value "2" is now stored as an updated second distance value of the second processor unit.
  • the second distance value is incremented by a value "1" and a third
  • Distance value is generated and transmitted to the third processor unit and stored there.
  • the corresponding procedure is carried out in a corresponding manner for processor units of all surface cladding modules, and the distance value assigned to a processor is updated after receipt of a message with distance information whenever the received distance value is less than the stored distance value.
  • a surface covering module arrangement has a large number of surface covering modules. Each surface covering module is coupled to at least one surface covering module adjacent to it via a bidirectional communication interface, the data transmission interface.
  • messages are exchanged between the processor units of the respective surface covering modules, preferably between processor units of adjacent surface covering modules, wherein each message contains distance information which indicates the distance of one Surface cladding module with a processor unit sending the message or a processor unit receiving the message, from the reference position (also referred to as distance value), and each processor unit being set up in such a way that the distance information of a received message from the distance information of its own surface cladding module the reference position can be determined or stored. Due to the use of only local information and the exchange of electronic messages, in particular between processors directly adjacent surface cladding modules, the procedure is very robust against occurring faults and failures of individual surface cladding modules or individual connections between two surface cladding modules.
  • Embodiments of the invention relate to the method according to the invention and the processor arrangement according to the invention.
  • Data transmission interface are integrated in a connector.
  • the data processing can be carried out electronically via electronic lines contained in the surface covering module or optically by means of optical lines integrated therein, at least one power line being provided according to one embodiment of the invention, which couples the processor unit to the power supply connection and at least one data line, which, like set out above, can also be set up as an optical data line, the processor unit being coupled to the data transmission interface by means of the data line.
  • the surface covering module can be a wall covering module, a floor covering module or a ceiling covering module.
  • the invention is not limited to the use of closed rooms, but the surface cladding modules can also be in one Trade fair set-up only cover a floor that is not limited by side walls.
  • the surface covering module is set up as a tile, as a tile, as a parquet element or as a laminate element, with which one surface is covered in each case.
  • At least one sensor can also be integrated in the surface covering module.
  • a sound sensor, a pressure sensor (for example a piezo crystal sensor), a gas sensor, a vibration sensor, a deformation sensor or a tensile stress sensor can be used as the sensor.
  • the surface covering module has at least one actuator integrated therein.
  • the actuator is, for example, an imaging unit or a sound generating unit, preferably a liquid crystal display unit or a polymer electronics display unit, generally any type of display unit, or a loudspeaker that generates a sound wave, generally each element that generates an electromagnetic wave, is provided ,
  • a vibration-generating element is provided.
  • the tiles are preferably ceramic tiles or solid carpet tiles, for example cork flooring elements, alternatively brick-like components which are used to cover a surface in analogy to a Lego brick.
  • the surface covering module can have a hexagonal shape, in which case each surface covering module has up to six adjacent surface covering modules, each of which is coupled to one another via a bidirectional communication interface in the data transmission interface.
  • hexagonal surface cladding modules When using hexagonal surface cladding modules, a very high packing density achieved within the surface cladding module arrangement.
  • the surface covering module can each have a rectangular shape, in which case each surface covering module each has up to four adjacent surface covering modules, each of which is coupled to one another via a bidirectional communication interface, the data transmission interface.
  • the local positions of the surface cladding modules within the surface cladding module arrangement are determined by starting from a processor unit of a surface cladding module at an introduction point of the surface cladding module.
  • Cladding module arrangement in each case position determination messages which have at least one row parameter z and one column parameter s which contain the row number or column number of the area cladding module with the processor unit sending the message or the row number or column number of the processor unit receiving the message within the area Cladding module arrangement contains, are transmitted to processor units of immediately adjacent surface cladding modules and by the processor unit of the respective surface cladding module by the following steps be carried out:
  • new position measurement messages are generated with new row parameters and new column parameters, which each contain the row number and column number of the area - Cladding module with the processor unit sending the message or contains the line number and column number of the processor unit receiving the message, and these are transmitted via the bidirectional communication interfaces to a respective neighboring surface cladding module.
  • the own distance value of the surface covering module is changed in an iterative process if the previously stored distance value is greater than the distance value received in the respective received message increased by a predetermined value, and in the event that a processor unit changes its own distance value, this generates a distance measurement message and sends it via all communication interfaces to processor units of adjacent surface covering modules, the Distance measurement message each contains its own distance as distance information or the distance value that the receiving surface covering module has from the portal processor.
  • the distance value can be changed by a value increased by a predetermined value compared to one's own distance value, preferably by the value “1”.
  • the invention is particularly suitable for use in the following areas of application:
  • Communication network components can be integrated into wall, floor or ceiling cladding known per se.
  • the claddings are regular elements which are arranged in predetermined directions, preferably in an orthogonal or hexagonal arrangement, to cover one
  • the invention is not restricted to tiles or also to tiles, but rather can be applied to any regular element suitable for surface covering or surface cladding.
  • the invention is also based on the problem of providing a processor arrangement in which the processors used do not have to be equipped with additional communication interfaces in the processor elements.
  • a processor arrangement has at least one interface processor which provides a message interface for the processor arrangement. Furthermore, a multiplicity of processors are provided, with at least some of the processors arranged directly adjacent to one another being coupled to one another for the exchange of electronic messages. Furthermore, a multiplicity of sensors and / or actuators is provided in the processor arrangement, with each processor of the multiplicity of processors being assigned a sensor and / or an actuator and coupled to the respective processor, with sensor data and / or actuator data in the electronic messages can be transferred from or to the interface processor.
  • the processors arranged directly adjacent to one another are coupled to one another at least partially in accordance with a regular coupling topology of a degree greater than one.
  • a textile fabric structure has a processor arrangement described above, the processors being arranged in the textile fabric structure. Furthermore, electrically conductive threads are provided in the textile fabric structure, which couple the processors to one another. Furthermore, the textile fabric structure contains conductive data transmission threads which couple the processors together. In addition are electrically non-conductive threads are present in the textile fabric structure.
  • the electrically conductive threads and the conductive data transmission threads are on the edge of the
  • Textile fabric structure each provided with electrical interfaces or data transmission interfaces.
  • the structure of the textile fabric structure has the advantage over the prior art that it can be produced over a large area and can easily be cut into any desired shape. It can therefore be easily adapted to any surface on which it is to be installed. It is not necessary to subsequently couple the individual processor elements provided in the textile fabric structure, such as sensors or actuators (e.g. light-emitting diodes) or processors, since the processor elements are already coupled to one another within the textile fabric structure.
  • sensors or actuators e.g. light-emitting diodes
  • a plurality of processor elements are embedded in a textile fabric structure to cover a surface.
  • the individual processor elements are preferably provided within the textile fabric structure on the basis of additional ones
  • Components capable of exchanging electronic messages with other processor elements in the textile fabric structure via the data transmission threads and thus, for example, enabling a local position determination of the respective processor element within the textile fabric structure, preferably according to the method described in [1] or with respect to a predetermined reference position , ie to carry out a self-organization.
  • a textile fabric structure described above is provided, on which a surface covering is fixed.
  • the invention can be clearly seen in that, due to the regular coupling topology of the degree greater than one within the processor arrangement of the
  • Integration effort and the manual effort for the processor elements with the processors in the processor arrangement is reduced in such a way that instead of the previously four or six bidirectional communication interfaces (see FIG. 2), only a reduced number of communication interfaces is required, so that it is no longer necessary to provide additional communication interfaces in a processor element in addition to the communication interfaces already provided by the processor itself. In particular, only two communication interfaces are required instead of the originally required four or six communication interfaces. Two communication interfaces are provided in many microcontrollers commercially available today, ie processors are provided.
  • the processor elements can be manufactured significantly more cost-effectively and with fewer components, without relying on standardized communication, i.e. without having to forego the use of a standardized communication protocol.
  • a point-to-point communication connection is no longer used for coupling two processors which are arranged directly adjacent to one another, which would correspond to a coupling topology of the degree one, but instead becomes a regular coupling -Topology of the degree greater than one used, preferably a regular bus coupling topology or a regular ring coupling topology.
  • any regular higher-value (greater than one) coupling topology can be used for coupling the processors which are arranged directly adjacent to one another within the processor arrangement.
  • a particularly simple, and therefore cost-effective and robust, regular coupling topology of the degree greater than one is a regular bus coupling topology, according to which the processors which are arranged directly adjacent to one another are coupled to one another.
  • a simple and therefore inexpensive regular coupling topology of the degree greater than one is a regular ring coupling topology for coupling the processors arranged directly adjacent to one another.
  • the regular bus coupling topology is set up according to one of the following communication interface standards:
  • Serial-parallel interface SPI interface
  • Controller area network interface CAN
  • the processors can be arranged in rows and columns in the form of a matrix, alternatively in the form of a hexagonal structure.
  • the electrically conductive threads are set up in such a way that they can be used to supply energy to the plurality of processors and / or actuators.
  • the conductive data transmission threads are electrically conductive.
  • the conductive data transmission threads can be optically conductive.
  • each processor element from the plurality of processor elements is coupled to all adjacent processor elements by means of the conductive threads and the conductive data transmission threads, i.e. with a regular rectangular grid with four neighboring processor elements each.
  • At least one sensor is preferably coupled to the plurality of processors.
  • a sensor can be a pressure sensor, a heat sensor, a smoke sensor, an optical sensor or a noise sensor.
  • the textile fabric structure has at least one imaging element and / or
  • Sound wave generating element and / or a vibration generating element which is coupled to at least a part of the plurality of processor elements.
  • the textile fabric structure has at least one actuator integrated therein.
  • the actuator is, for example, an imaging unit or a sound generating unit, preferably a liquid crystal display unit or a polymer electronics display unit, generally any type of display unit, or a loudspeaker which generates a sound wave, generally each element generating an electromagnetic wave.
  • a vibration-generating element is another possible actuator provided.
  • the plurality of processors and / or sensors and / or actuators is set up in the textile fabric structure in such a way that electronic messages are exchanged between the first processor element and a second, neighboring one to determine a respective distance of a first processor element from a reference position
  • Each message contains distance information which indicates the distance of a processor element sending the message or of a processor element receiving the message from the reference position. Furthermore, the plurality of processor elements are set up in such a way that the distance to the reference position can be determined or stored from the distance information of a received message.
  • the surface cladding structure is preferably designed as a wall cladding structure or floor cladding structure or ceiling cladding structure.
  • the surface covering structure can at least over
  • Portions of the textile fabric structure have a textile uniformly interwoven with electrically conductive wires.
  • the textile which is covered with electrically conductive wires, can be used to avoid "electrosmog" in the vicinity of
  • the invention is particularly suitable for use in the following areas of application:
  • a textile fabric structure according to the invention contains, in addition to a base fabric preferably made of synthetic fiber (electrically non-conductive threads), conductive threads, preferably conductive warp and weft threads, which preferably consist of metal wires, for example copper, polymer filaments, carbon filaments or other electrically conductive wires. If metal wires are used, a coating of nobler metals, for example gold or silver, is preferably used as corrosion protection in the event of moisture or aggressive media. Another possibility is to isolate metal threads by applying an insulating varnish, for example polyester, polyamideimide, or polyurethane. In addition to electrically conductive fibers, optical fibers made of plastic or glass can also be used as data transmission threads.
  • the base fabric of the textile fabric structure is preferably produced in a thickness which corresponds to a thickness of the processor element to be integrated, hereinafter also called microprocessor modules, e.g. Sensors, LEDs and / or microprocessors is adapted.
  • a sensor can e.g. a pressure sensor, a heat sensor, a smoke sensor, an optical sensor or a noise sensor.
  • a distance between the optically and / or electrically conductive fibers is preferably selected such that it matches a connection grid of the processor elements to be integrated.
  • the invention is not restricted to a carpet, but can be applied to any element suitable for surface covering or surface covering, generally to any processor arrangement in which a processor has a sensor and / or or an actuator is assigned.
  • the textile fabric structure according to the invention with integrated microelectronics, processor units and / or sensors and / or actuators, e.g. Indicator light is fully functional and can be fixed under various types of surface cladding. Examples include non-conductive textiles, carpets, parquet, plastic, curtains, roller blinds, wallpapers, insulating mats, tent roofs, plaster layers, screed and textile concrete.
  • the fixing is preferably carried out by means of gluing, laminating or vulcanizing.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of a tile arrangement according to a first embodiment of the invention
  • Figures 2a to 2c top views of tiles according to the invention, a rectangular tile (Figure 2a), a triangular tile (Figure 2b) or a hexagonal tile (Figure 2c);
  • FIG. 3 shows a top view of a tile of the tile arrangement from FIG. 1;
  • Figure 4 is a schematic plan view of a tile arrangement according to the first embodiment of the invention with a central control computer;
  • Figure 5 is a plan view of a tile arrangement according to a second embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 6 is a plan view of a tile in a hexagonal shape
  • FIGS. 7a and 7b a directed graph (FIG. 7a) and an undirected graph (FIG. 7b);
  • Figure 8 shows a directed tree
  • FIGS. 9a and 9b show a sketch of a processor arrangement, modeled as an undirected graph (FIG. 9a) and as a directed graph (FIG. 9b);
  • FIG. 10 shows a sketch of different routing routes as a directed tree with an input node as the root
  • FIG. 11 shows a sketch of an optimized routing tree
  • FIGS. 12a to 12j show a sketch of the routing tree from FIG. 11 at different activation times
  • Figures 13a to 13f a sketch of the routing tree
  • FIG. 14 shows a plan view of two hexagonal tiles, the bidirectional message exchange between the two tiles being shown
  • Figure 15 is a sketch of an incoherent tile
  • FIG. 16 shows a sketch of a coherent tile when sending measurement coherence messages
  • FIG. 17 shows a sketch of a tile which is used to explain the sending of measurement position messages
  • FIG. 18 shows a sketch of a tile arrangement after the position of the individual tiles has been determined within the tile arrangement
  • FIG. 19 shows a sketch of a tile which is used to explain the sending of a MessDistance message
  • Figure 20 shows the tile arrangement after
  • the tile arrangement having a plurality of introducing processor units at the lower edge of the tile arrangement;
  • Figure 21 shows a tile arrangement after
  • FIG. 22 shows a sketch of a tile which is used to explain the reception and transmission of MessOrganize messages
  • Figure 23 is a sketch of a tile based on the
  • Figure 24 is a sketch of a tile based on the
  • Figure 25 is a sketch of a plurality of tiles, based on the organization and the exchange of messages via channels that the communication interfaces of the
  • Figure 26 shows a tile arrangement after regular backward organization in the event that all tiles in the bottom line of the tile arrangement
  • Information can be supplied to or sent from or to a portal processor
  • FIG. 27 shows a tile arrangement after regular backward organization has taken place in the event that information can be supplied or sent to or from a portal processor every third tile in the bottom line of the tile arrangement;
  • FIG. 28 shows a sketch of a processor unit, on the basis of which the reception and transmission of MessCountNodes messages is explained,
  • FIG. 29 shows a sketch of a tile, on the basis of which the reception and transmission of MessNodesSize messages is explained,
  • Tiles in the bottom line of the tile arrangement can be supplied or sent to or from a portal processor
  • FIG. 31 shows the tile arrangement after the throughput of the tiles has been determined in the event that information can be supplied or sent to or from a portal processor in the bottom line of the tile arrangement every third tile;
  • FIG. 32 shows a sketch of a tile which is used to explain the sending of MessColDistance messages
  • FIG. 33 shows a sketch of a tile, on the basis of which the reception and transmission of MessBlockToken messages is explained;
  • FIG. 34 is a sketch of a tile on the basis of which the receipt of a MessToken message by an "uncolored"
  • FIG. 35 shows the tile arrangement after meander channels have been determined in the tile arrangement when tokens have been issued in the event that all tiles in the bottom line of the tile arrangement have information can be supplied or sent from or to a portal processor;
  • FIG. 36 is a sketch of a tile which is used to explain the reception and transmission of MessDeleteChannels messages
  • FIG. 37 is a sketch of a tile which is used to explain the reception and transmission of MessColOrganize messages
  • FIG. 38 shows the tile arrangement after the reorganization has taken place in the event that information from or to a portal processor can or can be sent to every third tile in the bottom line of the tile arrangement;
  • FIG. 39 shows the tile arrangement after reorganization in the event that all tiles in the bottom line of the tile arrangement can be supplied with or sent to or from a portal processor
  • FIG. 40 shows a sketch of a processor unit, on the basis of which the initialization of the introduction tile color is explained by means of a MessColDistance message;
  • Information can be supplied to or sent from or to a portal processor
  • Tile in the bottom line of the tile arrangement Information can be supplied to or sent from or to a portal processor
  • FIG. 43 shows a sketch of a tile, on the basis of which the reception and transmission of measurement numbering messages is explained
  • Figure 44 is a sketch of the tile arrangement after it has been made
  • FIG. 45 shows the tile arrangement after numbering has taken place in the event that information can be supplied or sent to or from a portal processor every third tile in the bottom line of the tile arrangement;
  • FIG. 46 shows a routing table according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 47 shows a sketch of a tile arrangement which is used to explain the routing and the representation of data
  • FIG. 48 shows a sketch of a tile which is used to explain the reception and transmission of MessRetry messages
  • FIG. 49 shows an overview of the messages used
  • Figure 50 is a schematic circuit diagram of a tile according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 51 is a plan view of a connector of a
  • FIG. 53 shows a processor arrangement according to another aspect of the invention.
  • FIG. 54 shows an enlarged section A of the processor arrangement from FIG. 53;
  • FIG. 55 shows a processor arrangement according to another aspect of the invention.
  • FIG. 56 shows a sketch of a processor element, as is provided in the exemplary embodiments according to the invention.
  • FIG. 57 shows a processor arrangement according to another aspect of the invention.
  • Figure 58 shows a processor arrangement according to a fourth embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows a tile arrangement 100 with a large number of rectangular tiles which are arranged in rows and columns in matrix form and which, as will be explained in more detail below, are coupled to one another via data transmission interfaces, one tile 101 each with one of them immediately adjacent tile 101 is coupled.
  • FIG. 3 shows the tile 101 with a plurality of nine display elements 301, 302 in this exemplary embodiment, of which eight display elements 301 are arrow-shaped and one that is arranged in the middle of the tile 101 display element 302 as a cross.
  • Display elements 301, 302 serve to display a path that a user who walks over the tile arrangement 100 has to take in order to arrive at a desired, predetermined destination.
  • the directional arrow display elements 301 have one or more corresponding backlights, each of which individually controls one or more of the arrow-shaped display elements 301, with each of which one or more of the display elements 301 are illuminated.
  • a sensor element 5001 is provided in the tile 101, as shown in a circuit diagram in FIG. 50, which is designed as a pressure sensor according to this exemplary embodiment.
  • Each tile 101 also has a processor 5002, in accordance with this exemplary embodiment a microprocessor, and, if the tile 101 is rectangular, each has a connector 5003, 5004, 5005, 5006 on each side of the rectangular tile 101.
  • the connectors 5003, 5004, 5005, 5006 each have a ground connection 5007, 5008, 5009, 5010, and a data transmission connection 5011, 5012, 5013, 5014 as
  • Data transmission interface the interface being set up as a bidirectional communication interface, and a power supply connection 5015, 5016, 5017, 5018 to which the supply voltage VQD is applied.
  • the power connector 5015, 5016, 5017, 5018 is coupled to the processor 5002 just like everyone Data transmission connection 5011, 5012, 5013, 5014 and each ground connection 5007, 5008, 5009, 5010.
  • the individual components of the tile 101 are coupled via electrical lines 5019, 5020, 5021, 5022.
  • the microprocessor 5002 is coupled to the display elements 301, 302 via a first control line 5023, via which the respective display element 301, 302 control signals are supplied and with the sensor element 5001 via a second
  • Control line 5024 by means of which data acquired by sensor element 5001 are transmitted to processor 5002 by means of sensor element 5001.
  • Each connector 5003, 5004, 5005, 5006 is arranged on the underside of the tile 101 and is also referred to below as a docking bay.
  • each connector 5003, 5004, 5005, 5006 of the tile 101 can be mechanically and electrically connected to its respective counterpart on the tile 101 arranged immediately adjacent to one another.
  • FIG. 51 shows an enlarged illustration of the plug connector 5003 with the ground connection 5007, the data transmission connection 5011 and the power supply connection 5015.
  • the tile connector 5210 is first placed, for example, embedded in the plaster or a tile grid, and then the tile 101 with the respective docking bay is attached to the tile connector 5210.
  • FIGS. 52A and 52B This situation is shown in FIGS. 52A and 52B, in which the cross-sectional view of the connector 5003 with the respective plug connections 5007, 5011, 5015 and the corresponding connections of the tile connector 5210, a corresponding ground connection 5211, a corresponding data transmission interface 5212 , and a corresponding power supply connection 5213 are shown.
  • the connector 5003 has a cavity 5201, in which the connections 5007, 5011, 5015 are arranged and formed. On the side walls 5202 of the cavity 5201, nose-shaped recesses 5203 are provided, into which nose-shaped elements 5214, 5215 of the tile connector 5210 engage as a click lock, whereby the mechanical coupling of the connector 5003 to the tile connector 5210 is achieved.
  • the lighting elements shown in the tile 101 in FIG. 3 can be set up as a light-emitting diode or even as an arbitrarily complex screen and can be used to define fixed or dynamic paths.
  • a trade fair or a tour of the museum for example, the way to a subsequent sight can be shown, the overall system finding out the position of the respective visitor through the respective sensor element 501 and thus being able to give them individual directions.
  • a tile can also have a radio transmission / reception system via which a user transmits his identity, for example by means of a radio transmitter, which is received by the radio receiver in the tile 101 and, depending on the respective user identity, a user-specific guidance can be carried out by a user Museum or by a fair.
  • the sensor can be configured as a pressure sensor with weight determination, as an inductive sensor, as a capacitive sensor (Edison sensor) as an optical sensor or as a moisture sensor.
  • a pressure sensor with weight determination as an inductive sensor, as a capacitive sensor (Edison sensor) as an optical sensor or as a moisture sensor.
  • the individual tiles 101 can be of any design, for example rectangular as shown in FIG. 2a, triangular as shown in FIG. 2a, or hexagonal as shown in FIG. 2c.
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic view of the tile arrangement 100 with the plurality of tiles 101 and a tile data portal 401 arranged on one side of the tile arrangement 100 with at least one portal processor for the introduction of Information about the processors of the respective tiles 101 in the tile arrangement 100.
  • the portal processor is coupled to at least one tile 101 and guides it over the respective one
  • the respective portal processor of the tile data portal 401 has no information about the size and configuration of the tile arrangement 100.
  • the individual processor units of the tiles 101 also have no information about their respective orientation, i.e. Orientation, or their local position within the tile assembly 100.
  • the portal processor of the tile portal 401 triggers a self-organization of the processor arrangement, such as it is explained in more detail below.
  • the tiles 101 of the tile arrangement 100 learn their position and orientation as well as information paths for image construction, that is to say for feeding information to be displayed to the respective display units, which should actually represent the respective information.
  • This learning process is carried out using messages which are exchanged between processor units in each case adjacent tiles 101 in the tile arrangement 100. Some of the knowledge that has been learned is brought out again is given to the tile portal 401, to the extent that the tile portal 401 will later need to supply the image information in the correct ways and in the correct sequence to the tile arrangement 100 to display the information to be displayed in each case.
  • the type of information to be displayed must be taken into account for the procedure for distributing information within the tile arrangement 100.
  • each processor of a tile 101 is individually addressed by the portal processor of the tile portal 401. This leads to a routing of the information to the corresponding tiles 101 and thus to the corresponding processor units within the tile arrangement 100 which is necessary in the context of the presentation of the information.
  • the following special features of the routing problem must be taken into account in the context of routing information: There are only routing routes between the
  • Network that is, the meshing of the individual tile processors within the tile arrangement 101 provided.
  • the choice of routing routes within the tile arrangement 100 is based on local information that is exchanged between the individual tile processors using electronic messages.
  • two phases are to be distinguished in the context of the use of a tile arrangement 100 according to the invention:
  • Tile processors within the tile arrangement and thus the overall shape of the tile arrangement Self-organization of routing routes starting from the portal processor, that is to say the processor of the tile portal 401, to each tile processor in the tile arrangement 100 in such a way that each tile processor from the processor of the tile within a predetermined maximum number of time cycles -Portals 401 can receive an electronic message.
  • the actual use of the tile arrangement 100 as part of the acquisition and / or presentation of information the data is transferred from or to the
  • the tile processors 402 as shown in FIG. 1, in the event that they have a rectangular shape, preferably a square shape, on each side of the rectangle via one of the four bidirectional communication interfaces 403 thus provided per tile processor 402 and above via electrical lines 404 each coupled to the tile processor 402 directly adjacent to a respective tile processor 402.
  • each tile 101 has a hexagonal shape and six bidirectional communication interfaces 501 are provided for each tile 101, likewise on each side, that is to say the side edge, of the respective tile 101.
  • each tile 101 and thus each tile processor has six neighboring tile processors, with which the respective tile 101 is coupled via a bidirectional communication interface 501 and an electrical line 502 for the exchange of electronic messages.
  • the tile arrangement 100 thus has three types of individual components:
  • Tiles 101 each of which is assigned up to six bidirectional communication interfaces 501 and electrical lines 502, and
  • Bidirectional connections furthermore also as bidirectional communication interface 501 and electronic line 502 assigned to the respective communication interface 501, each of which couples two tiles 101 or one tile 101 and the portal processor, and
  • the hexagonal tile 101 can have six different orientations, as shown in FIG. According to FIG. 6, the individual connections, that is to say also the individual communication interfaces 501, have already been oriented during the self-organization phase, as will be explained in more detail below. According to this exemplary embodiment, the connections are numbered and identified with cardinal directions for better understanding, the following nomenclature being used according to this exemplary embodiment:
  • a first alignment 0 (east) (reference number 600), in other words an alignment to the right,
  • a second orientation 1 (northeast) (reference number 601), in other words an orientation to the top right,
  • a fourth orientation 3 (west) (reference number 603), in other words an orientation to the left,
  • a fifth orientation 4 (southwest) (reference numeral 604), in other words an orientation towards the bottom left, and
  • a sixth orientation 5 (south-east) (reference number 605), in other words an orientation towards the bottom right.
  • Couplings to tiles 101 has only one side of the tile assembly 100.
  • this is the lower side of the tile arrangement 100, that is to say clearly the south side, the couplings likewise, by definition, running over the south-west side, that is to say over the fifth alignment direction of the respective tiles 101.
  • both the positioning and the orientation of the individual introduction points of information relating to the tiles 101 in FIG Tile arrangement 100 as well as the shape and orientation of the individual tiles 101 in the tile arrangement 100 are basically arbitrary.
  • tile processors of the tiles of the bottom row in the form of a matrix, that is to say arranged in rows and columns, tile processors of the tile arrangement 100, or
  • tile processors 101 of the tiles of the bottom line of the tile arrangement in a predetermined, regular, that is to say periodic distance, that is to say, for example, every third, fifth, tenth, etc., tile processor within the bottom row of the tile arrangement 100th
  • the portal processor 401 knows the number of its connections to the tile processors 402 after the tile arrangement 100 has been produced, in other words the number of introduction points for supplying information to tile processors 402 within the tile arrangement 100, but not necessarily that Dimension and the configuration of the tile arrangement 100, that is to say the actual shape and arrangement of the tiles 101 within the tile arrangement 100.
  • a directional information for example the south side, does not necessarily have to represent a straight line within the tile arrangement 100.
  • the component has partial failures, for example a direction of a bidirectional connection between the respective processor unit only works intermittently (that is to say it has a loose contact or works methodologically incorrect, for example a processor which sends an incorrect message).
  • the third state is not considered for the sake of simplifying the illustration of the invention, that is to say one component is either faultless or defective in the following. Therefore, according to these exemplary embodiments, it does not matter whether a component does not exist due to a special shape of the tile arrangement (that is to say, for example, a display unit film which has the shape of a triangle), or whether the respective component is due to a manufacturing defect or due to a failure Wear was broken.
  • a special shape of the tile arrangement that is to say, for example, a display unit film which has the shape of a triangle
  • Each tile processor in the tile arrangement 100 is set up in such a way that it can carry out the following actions within a time cycle:
  • Reading of one or more electronic messages which are present on one or more connections that is to say via one or more bidirectional communication interfaces of the respective tile processor, and which were sent by a neighboring tile processor in the previous time cycle.
  • An electronic message can therefore only be transmitted from one tile processor to a neighboring tile processor within a time cycle.
  • tile processors and the tile portal 401 are modeled together as a directed graph and the routing paths as a directed tree.
  • ⁇ : j ((x, y), (y, x)) e V 2 XV 2 ; with x, y 6 VJ CV 2 XV 2
  • [x, y]: ⁇ (x, y), (y, x) ⁇ , for all x, y e V.
  • undirected graph with set of vertices (set of nodes) V, set of edges M and incidence mapping u.
  • FIG. 7 a shows a directed graph 700 and FIG. 7 b shows an undirected graph 701.
  • V, E, g be a directed graph
  • V, E, g is called directed tree, if there is a w ⁇ V such that
  • the second condition in the above definition 4 guarantees the uniqueness of the root, which would otherwise not exist, and prevents the existence of "superfluous" edges in the tree.
  • Figure 8 shows an example of a directed tree 800 as part of the directed graph outlined in Figure 7a.
  • Lemma 5 (properties of a directed tree)
  • V E (v): ⁇ v ⁇ u ⁇ z ⁇ V; T E (v, z) ⁇ ⁇
  • the overall network of the tile arrangement 100 including the portal processor 401 is shown below as a graph.
  • an undirected graph is first considered.
  • An equivalent directed graph is then derived to determine the routing.
  • (v, E, g) be the directed graph for which the following applies: For every m ⁇ M consider new elements m ⁇ and m such that
  • u (m) l (H, for all m ⁇ M.
  • v, E, g a display unit graph, also referred to below as a display graph.
  • FIGS. 9a and 9b A corresponding undirected graph 900 (see FIG. 9a) and the equivalent directional tile arrangement graph 901 (FIG. 9b) are shown as examples in FIGS. 9a and 9b.
  • a hexagonal 4x4 tile field with a defect is selected.
  • the above definition 9 is general.
  • the networks considered have further restrictive properties, which are only briefly mentioned here:
  • the directed graph 901 is generally a flat graph or a graph which can be smoothed (extensions are conceivable in which this only applies to the sub-graph which does not contain the portal node 902 if the feed lines 904 are not on the edge of the Tile arrangement 100 can be fed).
  • nodes 903 which have a direct connection to the portal node 902.
  • these nodes are referred to as lead-in nodes 903, that is to say they represent the reference positions to which the lead-in tile processors of the tile arrangement are assigned.
  • feed lines 904 The edges from the portal node 902 to the introduction node 903 are referred to below as feed lines 904 and the edges 905 between tile processors as network connections.
  • Definition 10 (supply lines, network connections, initiation nodes)
  • E net : ⁇ E; g ⁇ " (e) ⁇ w ⁇ g + (e) ⁇ wj.
  • the set of initiator nodes is defined by
  • v port : g ⁇ E port / - Furthermore, the problem is considered that an electronic message is to be transmitted to each node of a tile arrangement graph from the portal node within a time frame (within a refresh rate).
  • the routing tree is not unique; in general the amount of all possible trees is unmanageable.
  • (v, E, g) be a display graph with portal nodes w ⁇ V.
  • the set of all permitted directed trees in (v, E, g) is defined as
  • K: -JK CE; (V, K, g
  • FIG. 10 An exemplary permissible tree 1000 is shown in FIG. 10 with the corresponding routing routes with the portal node 1001 as the root node of the directed tree 1000.
  • the following terms are introduced based on Definition 10:
  • Definition 12 (supply lines, network connections)
  • (v, E, g) be a tile graph with portal nodes w ⁇ V and the set K of the permissible edge sets.
  • the problem can also be understood as a multi-criteria combinatorial optimization problem with two target functions.
  • the routing tree 1000 according to FIG. 10 is certainly not optimal, namely according to none of the above criteria.
  • the tree 1100 according to FIG. 11 is even cut in 0 with O3.
  • (V, ⁇ , g) be a tile graph with portal node w.
  • r:
  • ⁇ will contain the information on how many electronic messages are to be transmitted over the individual edges from K in the individual time cycles. Conditions at ⁇ are formulated in such a way that the capacities are maintained and in the end there is an electronic message in each node. A distinction is not yet made in ⁇ between different messages (i.e. the individual tile data). It is not yet clear from ⁇ how a special single tile date can be routed to the respective target tile. However, certain "single" routing matrices ⁇ ⁇ ,
  • K - ⁇ k] _, ..., k r ⁇ ⁇ K (note:
  • ⁇ ) is a matrix
  • c p ort means the capacity of the supply lines
  • c ne t means the capacity of the network connections
  • q means the maximum queue length
  • ⁇ : n is called routing duration.
  • j ⁇ ) become with
  • the extension compared to the previously considered routing trees consists primarily in the fact that ⁇ also contains a temporal component.
  • the matrix entry ij, i e ⁇ 1, ... n ⁇ j ⁇ ⁇ 1, ... r ⁇ states that messages are transmitted over the edge kj in the i-th time pulse ⁇ ij.
  • Condition (i) ensures compliance with specified supply capacities and network capacities.
  • Condition (ii) ensures the necessary causality in the network. Messages can only be forwarded from a node if they have been sent to this node beforehand (i.e. at least one time clock earlier).
  • Condition (iii) takes into account space constraints in the nodes.
  • the routing matrix together with the routing tree, thus specifies a routing method with an indication of the chronological sequence of the individual steps, which simultaneously supplies the network with messages.
  • ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ : ⁇ ⁇ - ⁇ _ ⁇ l.
  • ⁇ ⁇ 1 ⁇ . l ⁇ l ⁇ r
  • a matrix entry ⁇ .. 1 indicates that the message is forwarded to v over the edge kj in the i-th time cycle.
  • ⁇ : ⁇ ⁇ 1 . l ⁇ l ⁇ r
  • Definition 19 (minimum routing duration)
  • K - ⁇ ki, .. -k r ⁇ ⁇ K and let Cp 0r t, c ne -, q ⁇ N.
  • ⁇ ) a routing matrix understood from the following
  • Optimal routing is understood to mean routing from the following set
  • K -fici, k r ⁇ ⁇ K, ⁇ ⁇ Rc port , c net , q ( ⁇ ) '
  • Introductory node arrives and is forwarded step by step to its respective target node, that is to say the target tile processor, in the subsequent time intervals.
  • the messages to the nodes further away are fed in first, later the messages to the nodes located close to the portal node, that is to say the tile processor.
  • the small squares each symbolize an electronic message 1201, which is routed via the portal node 1202 to the introductory tile processors 1203 in the tile arrangement 100.
  • the first two messages 1201 are fed to the introductory tile processors 1203, that is to say the tile processors of the tile arrangement 100, via which the information about the tile arrangement can be fed to the respective tile processors and buffered there (see Fig.12b).
  • the first two messages have already been transmitted to first inner nodes 1204 of the tile arrangement and two further messages 1201 have been fed to the introductory tile processors 1203.
  • Fig. 2h, Fig.l2i show the successive progress of the transmission of the messages up to their respective target tile processor after each time cycle.
  • a routing matrix is thus developed that defines an optimal (c p ⁇ r t, c ne t. Q) routing via (V, K, g
  • the minimum routing duration can finally be determined from it.
  • Such routing is again sketched in Figs. 13a to Fig. 13f.
  • n: max d ⁇ (v) ve V port
  • n max n u . ue port
  • a "sufficiently wide branch” is clearly present when the following applies to all initiating nodes: look at the branch of the initiating node, arrange the associated nodes according to the ascending path length. Then the path lengths of the nodes should only increase every c nodes by the value 1, i.e. c nodes of path length 2, c nodes of path length 3, ....
  • the capacities of the respective nodes and the feed lines are low, it is more important to ensure a uniform throughput in the initiating node, since in this case the throughput through the initiating nodes is usually the decisive factor for limiting the routing duration downwards , In this case, the introductory nodes represent a constriction of the tree. With higher capacities, on the other hand, it is more important to ensure that there are enough branches in the tree and therefore short path lengths. Here it is usually the path lengths that limit the routing duration downwards. Very high capacity, however, are no longer useful because the hexagonal network limits the number of branches and certain minimum path length of the network topology, ie • topology of the meshing and coupling of the tile processors specified in the tile assembly 100 are.
  • the portal processor is the topology of the network, i.e. the arrangement of the tile processors in the processor arrangement is unknown.
  • the tile processors are meshed with each other through bidirectional connections.
  • Every contact with other components for self-organization (position determination, creation of routing tables, etc.) and for image construction is handled by different messages.
  • 14 shows a tile processor of a first tile 1401 with a hexagonal shape and a tile processor of a second tile 1402, which also has a hexagonal shape.
  • the first tile 1401 has six bidirectional communication interfaces 1403, which is indicated by a double arrow in FIG. 14.
  • the second tile 1402 also has six bidirectional communication interfaces 1404.
  • the first tile 1401 and the second tile 1402 are coupled to one another via a feed line 1405, that is to say an electrically conductive connection, which of course can also be configured as an optical communication link or as a radio link such that both a first message 1406 from the first tile 1401 is received the second tile 1402 can also be transmitted as a second message 1407 from the second tile 1402 to the first tile 1401.
  • a feed line 1405 that is to say an electrically conductive connection, which of course can also be configured as an optical communication link or as a radio link such that both a first message 1406 from the first tile 1401 is received the second tile 1402 can also be transmitted as a second message 1407 from the second tile 1402 to the first tile 1401.
  • all tiles 1401, 1402 and thus all tile processors are fully meshed with one another via the corresponding feed lines and the bidirectional communication interfaces in a fault-free state.
  • the self-organization process thus consists of distributed uniform algorithms that transmit these electronic messages via their communication interfaces.
  • the tile processor units learn the alignment of their tile and their flat position within the tile arrangement and the distance of the respective tile from the portal processor, generally from a reference position.
  • the reference position can also be the position of a processor unit, which is located at the point of introduction of the tile arrangement 100.
  • local routing paths are defined between the individual tiles and the portal processor.
  • the algorithms for selecting the routing routes are designed in such a way that the information flows evenly Routing duration is as minimal as possible.
  • the self-organization also defines the algorithm for distributing the information when using the tile arrangement 100 as part of the information display using the tile arrangement 100. Due to the special design of the method, the shape of the tile arrangement 100 and thus also the individual components that are out of the ordinary play no role, so that a high fault tolerance is achieved according to the invention.
  • functions lying below the functions required according to the invention for example ping messages, securing the transmission by means of checksums, acknowledgment of receipt, new request for defective messages, etc., are not taken into account in the following. However, these can easily be implemented within the scope of the invention.
  • each tile processor based on received messages, creates a data record for each of its neighboring tile processors, which records the data obtained Stores information in a memory assigned to the respective processor.
  • the tile processors learn how to align the tiles evenly.
  • measurement coherence messages are sent, which contain as parameters the number of connections that the receive connection is counterclockwise from the east, as defined above.
  • Each tile processor is set as incoherent for initialization.
  • the processor unit 1500 receiving the measurement coherence message 1501 carries out the following steps:
  • the east direction is determined based on the message parameter and all connection names / connection numbers are aligned accordingly.
  • the processor unit 1500 is set as coherent.
  • Measurement coherence messages 1601, 1602, 1603, 1604, 1605, 1606 are sent out by processor unit 1500 over all connections, the parameters of which are selected such that the respective measurement coherence message 1601, 1602, 1603, 1604, 1605, 1606 receiving processor units 101 can align themselves correctly in the above manner (see FIG. 16).
  • the partial process for uniform alignment is started by the portal processor transmitting the measurement coherence message (2) with the parameter value 2 to the respective introductory tile processors via its connections.
  • the partial process terminates when the last processor unit has become coherent.
  • the number of times required to carry out the process corresponds to the maximum distance of a tile processor from the portal processor. Until the last message communication "dies", one or two more clock cycles may be required.
  • the tile processors automatically determine their local position within the tile arrangement by exchanging electronic messages with one another.
  • the coordinate system according to this exemplary embodiment is selected such that the column numbers in the rows are alternately even or odd.
  • the coordinate system can be selected very canonically in the case of an orthogonal structure of the tile arrangement.
  • the hexagonal field enables a processor to determine the positions of its neighboring tiles from its own position (i, j) with row i and column j, regardless of the geometry of the tile arrangement.
  • the respective positions are shown in FIG. 17 for the processor unit of a tile 1500.
  • Fig. 17 it has been agreed as a convention that the column numbers increase from west to east (from left to right) and the line numbers increase from south to north (from bottom to top).
  • Embodiment Mess osition messages 1701, 1702, 1703, 704, 1705, 1706 exchanged, which contain two parameters, namely the row number and the column number, the processor unit sending the measurement position message 1701, 1702, 1703, 1704, 1705, 1706 as from its assumed position which the processor unit receiving the respective message 1701, 1702, 1703, 1704, 1705, 1706 has calculated.
  • each tile processor For initialization, the position of each tile processor is defined as (0.0). The process of determining the position begins with each tile processor as soon as it has become coherent, as explained above.
  • the measurement position messages 1701, 1702, 1703, 1704, 1705, 1706 are then sent over all connections, as shown in FIG.
  • the respective receiving processor unit carries out the following steps:
  • measurement position messages 1701, 1702, 1703, 1704, 1705, 1706 are sent over all connections, as in FIG. 17 shown.
  • the partial procedure is ended when there are no more changes in position.
  • Fig. 18 shows an example of the tile arrangement 1800 with various defects, which has automatically determined the positions of the individual processors and thus the tiles according to the procedure described above. According to this embodiment, both failed, i.e. faulty processors used as well as failed connections.
  • This exemplary embodiment also serves in the further course of this description in two variants with a different number of introductory processor units for describing the further partial methods.
  • Process is limited by the maximum distance of a tile processor from another tile processor in the processor arrangement. Until the last message communication "dies", one or two more clock cycles may be required. Usually, however, depending on the geometry of the processor arrangement 1800, the partial method can usually be carried out even faster.
  • the portal processor displays information, it is mapped onto the coordinate system of the tile arrangement 1-800 thus determined.
  • the information that is now stored locally is transmitted to the portal processor, so that a corresponding mapping can take place in the portal processor.
  • FIG. 18 in the tile arrangement, for each tile 1801, its local position within the tile arrangement 1800 is plotted in the form of a value dome.
  • Distance of a processor unit and thus the tile from the portal processor that is to say the length of the path from the tile processor to the portal processor (see also definition 6), generally the distance of a tile in the tile arrangement 1800 from a predetermined reference position.
  • the distance of each tile 1801 is defined as "infinite". According to this exemplary embodiment, the distance between each tile processor and the portal processor is defined as a value that is greater than a maximum value that can be assumed as a distance within the tile arrangement.
  • the process of determining the distance is then carried out by the portal processor by sending MessDistance (0) -
  • MessDistance messages 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 are sent to the respectively adjacent processor units via all connections (cf. FIG. 19).
  • the respective MessDistance message 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 each contains as parameters the distance value that the processor unit of the tile 1500 determined in the previous step.
  • the partial procedure terminates when there are no more changes in distance.
  • FIG. 20 and FIG. 21 show the tile arrangement 1800 according to a first exemplary embodiment and a tile arrangement 2100 according to a second exemplary embodiment, wherein in the tile arrangement 1800 according to the first exemplary embodiment all processor units 2001 of the tiles in the bottom line 2002 of the Tile arrangement 1800 are coupled to the portal processor via whose south-west side in 2003.
  • the bottom line 2101 of the tile arrangement 2100 contains both tiles 2102 which are not coupled to the portal processor and tiles 2101 which communicate with the portal processor via their communication interfaces 2104 arranged on the southwest side are coupled.
  • every third tile in the bottom line 2101 is connected to the portal processor via its communication interface located on the southwest side.
  • each processor unit of a tile can also store the distance of its direct neighboring processor units from the portal processor locally for later use based on the messages received.
  • the own distance value of the processor unit is changed in an iterative process when the previously stored distance value is greater than the received distance value in the respective received message, which value has been increased by a predetermined value.
  • a processor unit changes its own distance value, it generates a measurement distance message and sends it to neighboring processor units via all communication interfaces, the measurement distance message each containing the own distance as distance information or the distance value that the received processor unit from the Portal processor, preferably a value increased by a predetermined value compared to the own distance value, preferably a distance value which is increased by the value "1".
  • the distance of a tile processor from a respective reference position has been determined and is therefore known and is preferably stored in the memory of the respective processor as the respective distance information.
  • connections between the respective processor units are hereinafter referred to as channels.
  • the sets of processor units with the portal processor as the root node and the channels as the edges between the respective processor units form a tree. This tree is used for the subsequent routing as described above in connection with the graph-theoretical basics.
  • the channels are determined in a regular manner so that each processor unit is connected to the portal node in the shortest possible way.
  • each tile processor of a tile 1500 is defined as “unorganized”.
  • the organization process is carried out by the portal processor by sending MessOrganize messages 2201, 2202, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206, which have no parameters, over all connections started away.
  • Additional Mess Organize messages are sent over all connections with the exception of the receive connection, that is to say the connection via which the MessOrganize message 2201, 2202, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206 was received (cf. FIG. 22 ).
  • the processor unit determines a neighboring processor unit, the tile of which is at a smaller distance than it itself from the reference position, and thus preferably from the portal processor. It will be the one Neighbor processor unit selected and defined as a "predecessor", the tile of which is the first to have a smaller distance than the tile of the processor unit 5 itself in the order defined in accordance with FIGS. 23 and 24.
  • the connection between the processor unit and its "predecessor" is established especially excellent and called "channel”.
  • the set of tile processors with the portal processor as nodes and the channels as edges then form a tree. With a regular display without 10 errors, this procedure leads to a "zigzag pattern" when defining the channels.
  • the processor that receives the Mess Channel message defines the sender as the "successor".
  • the connection between the processor unit and the "successor" is then correspondingly
  • the partial process terminates after all processor units have organized themselves in this way.
  • Fig. 25 shows an example of an organized processor unit of a tile 2500, the connections 2501, which are channels, being optically highlighted.
  • the information to be displayed or recorded is routed via channels 2501.
  • Fig. 26 and Fig. 27 show examples of the tile arrangement 1800 and 2100 after automatic organization, as described above.
  • the number of times required to carry out the partial process for rearward-facing self-organization corresponds to the maximum distance of a tile from the Portal processor. In this case, one or two more clock cycles may be required until the last message communication "dies".
  • this algorithm determines an element of the "optimal amount" Oj_ defined above.
  • the procedure described above leads to the fact that the portions of the tile arrangement 1800, 2100 which are shaded by the crack are essentially supplied by a single supply line from the portal to the display Organization described.
  • Throughput is the amount of information to be displayed that must be processed or passed on by this processor.
  • This number is identical to the amount of information received over the input channel.
  • a tree structure must have been organized in the tile arrangement 1800, 2100, for example by means of channels, as described above.
  • the partial process is started by the portal processor by sending measurement count notes messages, which have no parameters, over all connections to the respective initiating processor units.
  • the processor unit receiving the MessCountNodes message performs the following steps:
  • MessCountNodes messages 2802 are again sent over all output channels of the processor unit receiving the MessCountNodes message, as shown in FIG.
  • All neighboring processor units which are connected to one another via output channels are marked with a throughput with the throughput value "0".
  • a MessNodesSize message 2901 is sent to the respective predecessor processor unit via the input channel.
  • 29 shows two incoming MessNodesSize messages for a processor unit 1500, a first incoming MessNodesSize message 2901 which contains the value di and a second incoming MessNodesSize message 2902 with the parameter ⁇ .2.
  • the processor unit receiving the MessNodesSize message performs the following steps: - - '
  • the neighboring processor unit from which the MessNodesSize message 2901, 2902 was received is marked with the throughput parameter of the MessNodesSize message. 2. If at least one output channel is marked with a throughput with the throughput value “0 ⁇ , the processing is ended.
  • the part procedure terminates after the portal processor has received a MessNodesSize message over all connections. • ⁇ - - -
  • the number of times required to carry out the partial process corresponds to twice the maximum distance of a tile from the portal processor. In this case, one or two more clock cycles may be required until the last message communication "dies".
  • 30 and 31 show examples of the tile arrangement 1800 and 2100, respectively, after the throughputs have been determined automatically in the manner described above.
  • the respective throughput value is specified in the respective tile processors. These examples show that the throughputs of those introduction processor units are very high, which have to supply the area of the tile arrangement 1800 and 2100 shaded by the respective horizontal crack 2600, 2700. Therefore, an alternative is described below
  • each introduction point is loaded with tokens of a different "color". In this way, the tile arrangement 1800, 2100 in
  • color is used for a clearer representation and accordingly an area marked with the same marking as the "color region”.
  • Portal nodes may be enlarged to a maximum due to the coloring.
  • the processor unit sending the token becomes
  • the colored tile that is the marked processor unit, only from the respective predecessor token.
  • Tokens are preferably sent via channels.
  • the color distance determines the length of the shortest path of a tile to the portal processor, whereby -a-all tiles of
  • the color distance of each tile is defined as infinite and its color as undefined.
  • the distance of each tile to the portal processor is defined as a value that is greater than a maximum value that can be assumed as a distance within the tile arrangement.
  • the processor unit also marks its neighboring processor units and thus its neighboring tiles as undefined colored with an infinite color difference.
  • Processor unit is marked with the color c and the color distance a.
  • the own color difference d is set as the minimum of the color differences of neighbors marked in the same color plus the value 1.
  • measurement block token messages are used according to the invention, that is, after receiving such a measurement block token message, no more tokens may be sent to these blocked neighboring processor units.
  • the Processor unit receiving the MessBlockToken message Upon receipt of an incoming MessBlockToken message 3301 with the color c and the color distance parameter a as message parameters, the Processor unit receiving the MessBlockToken message performed the following steps:
  • the processor unit sending the MessBlockToken message is set as blocked and marked with the color c and the color difference a.
  • step 5 If the color c does not match the own color f, that is to say the color of the processor unit receiving the measurement block token message, the processing is continued with step 5 described further.
  • the own color difference d is set as the minimum of the color differences of neighboring processor units marked in the same color plus the value 1.
  • step 3 If, due to step 3, there is a change in the own color difference d, the processor unit sends measurement messages 3201, 3202, 3203, 3204, 3205, 3206 from the processor unit to all connections
  • a measurement block token message 3302 with the parameters (f, d) is generated and sent via the input channel, as shown in FIG. 33.
  • So-called measurement token messages are used according to the invention for coloring, ie for marking processor units and thus for defining color regions, ie for marked areas within the processor arrangement 1800, 2100.
  • the potential own color spacing pd is set as the minimum of the color spacings of neighboring processor units + 1 colored with the color f.
  • Processor unit is set as blocked. Your own color is set as f and your own color difference as pd.
  • a measuring channel message is sent to the processor unit and the processor unit is set as organized. This defines the input channel.
  • Measuring block token messages 3402, 3403, 3404, 3405-, 3406 are sent over all connections with the exception of the input channel of the processor unit 1500, as shown in FIG. 34, in order to prevent a token assignment from there.
  • a measurement block token message 3402, 3403, 3404, 3405, 3406 sent over the input channel, as shown in Fig. 33.
  • the process unit is colored differently.
  • a MessToken message with the parameters (g, f) is sent via this output channel, that is, the token is passed on and processing is ended.
  • a MessBlockToken message is sent via the input channel - because the token cannot be passed on.
  • these channels are deleted with MessDeleteChannels messages and later new set.
  • the message is provided with a parameter "sta p", the value of which is not identical to the correspondingly stored parameter in the processor unit.
  • the portal processor uses a different "stamp" parameter for each reorganization.
  • the processor unit receiving the respective MessDeleteChannels message carries out the following steps:
  • MessDeleteChannels messages 3602, 3603, 3604, 3605, 3606 are sent with the parameter "stamp" over all connections with the exception of the connection to the processor unit sending the MessDeleteChannels message, as shown in FIG. 36.
  • the processing of incoming MessColOrganize messages 3701 and the sending of MessColOrganize messages 3702, 3703, 3704, 3705, 3706 is largely identical to the processing of MessOrganize messages, as described above.
  • One difference, however, is that the neighboring processor units under consideration have to be colored in the same way as the processing processor unit, and that it is not the distance but the color distance that is used as a criterion.
  • connections are specifically labeled "channels”.
  • the portal processor sends a MessColDistance message 4001 (see FIG. 40) with the parameters (f, -0) with different color parameters f over all connections. All neighboring processor units thus mark the portal processor with a different color.
  • the portal processor sends successive measurement token messages with the parameters (g, f) with identical weight g ⁇ NQ and different color parameters f over all connections in order to color all processor units of the tile arrangement 1800, 2100.
  • the partial procedure terminates when MessBlockToken messages have arrived via all connections of the tile processor, that is, when the tile arrangement 1800, 2100 has been completely colored.
  • the entire tile arrangement 1800, 2100 can always be completely colored using this process.
  • meandering paths 3801 are formed within the colored areas, so that the processor units are not connected to the portal processor by the shortest possible distance.
  • the portal processor therefore sends a MessDeleteChannels message, as explained above, over all connections in order to delete the channels formed.
  • a MessColOrganize message is sent across all connections, which creates new channels within the colored areas, which then represent the shortest connections.
  • the weight g indicates how much the color difference one
  • the processor unit may be larger than the distance itself.
  • the greater the weight g the better balanced the tree that will be created, but the longer the paths in this tree are.
  • the best choice of weight usually depends on the transport properties of the respective connections, i.e. how many messages can be sent over a connection per time cycle. The smaller this number is, the larger usually the best weight will have to be.
  • all tile processors that is to say the processor units within the tile arrangement 1800, 2100, are numbered consecutively.
  • the numbers are then used as routing addresses for routing.
  • the collected local information from the respective processor units to the portal processor.
  • the overall routing table is then created in the portal processor.
  • the partial process of numbering is started by the portal processor by sending measurement numbering messages 4301 via the output channels of the portal processor, which are transmitted to the initiating processor units.
  • the processor unit's own number is set to the value n, which corresponds to the value of the received measurement numbering message "'" ' 4301 ". - - -
  • An additional measurement numbering message 4302 generated by the processor unit is generated over all output channels of the processor unit and with the parameters n + 1, n + d ⁇ + 1, n + d + d2 + 1, ••• sent, where d, d 2 , ... are the throughputs of the corresponding neighboring processor units.
  • the sub-method terminates when the last processor has been numbered by the last processor unit.
  • the number of time cycles required to carry out the partial method corresponds to the maximum distance of a processor unit via channels from the portal processor. Until the last message communication "dies", one or two more clock cycles may also be required in this partial method.
  • FIGS. 4 and 45 show the tile arrangements 1800 (FIG. 44) and 2100 (FIG. 45) after the individual processor units have been numbered within the respective tile arrangement.
  • the number of a processor unit can easily be used as an address for routing of data or images, """because each output channel a processor unit is assigned a unique number interval.
  • Each processor unit can thus a simple routing table to create.
  • the table for the processor unit numbered 123 is as shown in the routing table 4600 in FIG. 46.
  • the locally generated information is communicated to the portal processor by means of MessCollectlnfo messages, which contain the following message parameters:
  • the MessCollectInfo messages are sent by the processor units as soon as the respective processor unit has been numbered.
  • the tile processor can route the information to be displayed using the tile numbers.
  • the portal processor sends messages of type MessRGB that are provided with the following parameters:
  • Red-green-blue values or, alternatively, only a control signal for switching on a light-emitting diode integrated in the tile.
  • Fig. 47 shows an example of an information display on the tile arrangement.
  • the display is independent of the selected routing tree.
  • the selection and evaluation of routing matrices was described previously, that is to say essentially of routing routes.
  • the evaluation criterion was the routing duration. Because a real combinatorial optimization due to the
  • the freely selectable parameter is the weight g. This process can be used to (partially) optimize the routing duration
  • routing that has the shortest routing duration can then finally be used.
  • the portal processor uses the message MessRetry, which deletes all channels, color regions and color distances, as shown in Fig. 48.
  • the MessRetry message is provided with the "stamp" parameter, the value of which is not identical to the corresponding stored parameter of the processor unit. In other words, the portal processor uses a different "stamp" parameter each time it is reset.
  • the own stamp parameter is set to the value of the stamp parameter value "stamp" contained in the MessRetry message.
  • Additional MessRetry messages 4802 are transmitted over all connections with the exception of the connection to the processor unit sending the MessRetry message, as shown in FIG.
  • an error can only be that a previously connected neighboring processor can no longer be reached. However, it cannot judge whether only the connection to this neighboring processor or whether the neighboring processor itself has failed.
  • an error message hereinafter referred to as the MessError message, can be sent to the portal processor, which identifies it itself, preferably using its own tile number as the message parameter, and which additionally contains the number of the newly failed connection.
  • a possible reaction of the portal processor to such a message is a global reset of the tile arrangement with the help of a measurement reset message.
  • each tile processor forwards this message to all neighboring processors and deletes all data that were determined by the organization.
  • each tile processor should adhere to a certain dead time, before which it does not react to further messages. The dead time prevents the measurement reset message from being repeated an infinite number of times.
  • Fig. 49 gives an overview of the messages used and their respective parameters.
  • the technical equipment of a tile 101 according to the invention can be implemented in numerous individual variants for the sensor elements and display elements.
  • the elementary component of a tile is the respective processor unit, which is coupled with power lines and data lines to the processor units of immediately adjacent tiles.
  • this creates a regular network, as explained above.
  • the portal processor is also provided at the edge of the tile arrangement 100, as explained above.
  • the portal processor is the central one
  • Control component of the house technology or trade fair technology Information can be entered into the system, ie in the tile assembly 100 are sent as shown in Fig.4. However, sensor information can also be led out of the system to the portal processor 401.
  • the tile arrangement 100 is installed in accordance with the following individual steps:
  • the portal processor is attached to one or more tiles, which are preferably located on the edge of the installed area, i.e. are located at the edge of the tile arrangement 100;
  • a very fault-tolerant system is created, which can be used very well even in the case of willful damage (in alarm systems) or in the event of a disaster (for example, for use as a control system or detector for the unconscious even in the event of progressive destruction, e.g. by fire).
  • FIG. 53 is a schematic illustration of a textile fabric structure 5300 according to an embodiment of the Invention shown.
  • FIG. 54 shows an enlarged section A of the processor arrangement from FIG. 53.
  • the textile fabric structure 5300 has a coarse-mesh fabric as the basic structure, which is formed from non-conductive threads 5301. Furthermore, the textile fabric structure 5300 has electrically conductive threads 5302, 5307. The electrically conductive threads 5302 serve as grounding for the processor elements 5303 to be integrated into the textile fabric structure 5300 and explained in more detail below.
  • the electrically conductive threads 5307 are used for the power supply of the processor elements 5303 to be integrated into the textile fabric structure 5300. Furthermore, the textile fabric structure 5300 has conductive threads 5304, which are used for data transmission from and to the processor elements 5303 to be integrated.
  • the electrically conductive threads 5302, 5307 and the conductive data transmission threads 5304 are preferably arranged in the fabric in a square grid, so that a square grid of intersection areas 5305 (cf. FIG. 54) is formed in the textile fabric structure 5300.
  • the threads, both the electrically conductive threads 5302, 5307, the conductive data transmission threads 5304 and the non-conductive threads 5301 are preferably cut out, as a result of which a gap is formed in the textile fabric structure 5300 into which the processor elements 5303 are inserted.
  • processor elements 5303 After the processor elements 5303 have been inserted into the textile fabric structure 5300, they are coupled to the respective threads at their external connections, in particular at their communication interfaces, in particular to the electrically conductive threads 5302 and 5307 for the power supply or grounding of the respective thread Processor element and with the conductive data transmission threads 5304 for the transmission of data between adjacent processor elements 5303.
  • the respective processor element 5303 is thus supplied with electrical energy by means of the electrically conductive threads 5302 and 5307 and electronic messages are exchanged between the processor elements 5303 by means of the data transmission threads 5304 in accordance with the respective communication protocol which is used in accordance with the configuration of the respective communication interface of the processor element ,
  • intersection areas 5305 it is indicated in FIG. 54 that the respectively corresponding conductive threads 5302, 5304, 5307 are coupled to one another, so that a ring structure 5306 of the data lines is formed in accordance with this exemplary embodiment of the invention.
  • the coupling between the processor element 5303 and the electrically conductive threads 5302 and 5307 and conductive data transmission threads 5304 can be realized by contacting through a flexible printed circuit board or by means of so-called wire bonding.
  • the processor elements 5303 in the textile fabric structure 5300 are encapsulated, so that the coupling area between the processor element 5303 and the electrically conductive threads 5302 and 5307 and the conductive data transmission threads 5304 is insulated and also a mechanically robust and waterproof protection is ensured.
  • Such an "intelligent" textile fabric structure 5300 can form as a base or as an intermediate layer of a wall covering or floor covering or another type of technical textiles. For example, it can also be used as a layer of a textile concrete construction.
  • Processor elements 5303 of the textile fabric structure 5300 can be coupled to or contain a large number of different types of sensors and / or actuators.
  • processor elements 5303 can be coupled to or contain a large number of different types of sensors and / or actuators.
  • the electrically conductive threads 5302 and 5307 and the conductive data transmission threads 5304 are in the
  • Textile fabric structure 5300 woven. On the four sides of the textile fabric structure 5300, the conductive threads 5302, 5307 and the conductive data transmission threads 5304 are contacted with supply lines and data lines (not shown). A carpet is fixed on the textile fabric structure 5-3-00 according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • the textile fabric structure 5300 according to the invention with integrated microelectronics, sensors and / or actuators, for example indicator lights, is functional on its own and can be fixed under different types of surface cladding.
  • surface cladding are non-conductive textiles, carpets, parquet, plastic, curtains, wallpapers, insulating mats, tent roofs, plaster layers, screed and textile concrete.
  • the fixing is preferably carried out by means of gluing, laminating or vulcanizing. To avoid "electrosmog" in the surroundings of people, the textile fabric structure 5300 according to the invention can be used to help them
  • Shielding can also be applied to a textile uniformly covered with electrically conductive wires. It is however, it should be noted that certain areas, for example areas via capacitance sensors, may not be covered by the shield.
  • Microelectronics is coupled, preferably at one point on the edge of the textile fabric structure 5300, to a central control unit, for example a simple personal computer, hereinafter referred to as interface processor 5308, by means of an electrical connecting line 5309.
  • a central control unit for example a simple personal computer, hereinafter referred to as interface processor 5308, by means of an electrical connecting line 5309.
  • An evaluation system 5310 set up as a personal computer, and / or a control system 5310, with which electronic messages are read in by the interface processor 5308 or introduced into the processor arrangement 5300, in other words, is coupled to the interface processor 5308 are sent to processor elements 5303 of processor arrangement 5300, in particular for controlling an actuator coupled to the respective processor of processor element 5303.
  • a self-organization process is carried out at the beginning of the use of the textile fabric structure 5300, which is described above or in [1].
  • the learning phase described above and in [1] begins, after the completion of which each processor element 5303 has its exact physical position within the textile fabric structure 5300 in relation to a reference position, preferably based on the position of the interface processor 5308. Furthermore, paths for data streams are automatically configured through the grid, which means that sensor information or display information about identified defective areas can be routed around within the fabric structure 5300.
  • Defective areas are recognized and avoided by the self-organization of the network.
  • the network of processor elements 5303 is still functional even when the textile fabric structure 5300 is cut into a shape which is predetermined by the respective intended use.
  • processor elements 5303 are thus clearly coupled to one another with the aid of local ring structures.
  • Each processor element 5303 is connected to exactly two rings 5306, formed by ring lines, which means that only two communication interfaces per processor element 5303 are sufficient for communication with four neighboring processor elements arranged adjacent to one another.
  • Ring structure degenerated into a point-to-point connection that is to say clearly to form a ring made up of two users, but this has no influence on the structure of processor elements 5303.
  • the previously existing conductive threads 5302, 5304, 5307 of the matrix arrangement of the textile fabric structure 5300 according to FIG. 53 can be used to build up the local ring topologies.
  • FIG. 56 shows an exemplary processor element 5303, as is used in all exemplary embodiments of the invention.
  • the processor element 5303 has a sensor 5601 and a processor 5602, for example a microcontroller XC161 or XC164 from Infineon Technologies AG.
  • Processor 5602 has a first
  • the sensor 5601 is coupled to a data input connection 5605 by means of a connecting line 5606.
  • the first communication interface 5603 is via a second
  • Connection line 5607 is coupled to a first input / output interface connection 5608 and the second communication interface 5604 is coupled to a second input / output interface connection 5610 by means of a third connection line 5608.
  • the sensor 5601 is preferably set up as a pressure sensor, so that the textile fabric structure 5300 makes it possible to determine when the carpet in which the textile fabric structure 53-00 is inserted is locally resolved.
  • a carpet can preferably be used in a department store in which the attractiveness of individual goods locations is to be determined on the basis of the length of time the buyer is staying or particularly long lines in a checkout area are to be automatically detected in order to open further checkouts if necessary.
  • Another area of application for such a textile fabric structure is alarm systems.
  • the two input / output interface connections 5608 and 5610 are arranged on opposite sides of the processor element 530.3.
  • processor element 5303 such as, for example, memory elements, clock generation devices, voltage supply, etc., are for the sake of Clarity not shown in Fig. 56, but provided in the processor element 5303.
  • the processor 5602 is preferably set up in such a way that sensor data detected by the sensor 5601 and transmitted to the processor 5602 are preprocessed and then transmitted to the interface processor 5308 via the conductive threads.
  • any number of interface processors 5308 are provided in the processor arrangement, preferably in the textile fabric structure 5300.
  • the processor element 5303 may contain an actuator, for example an imaging element, preferably a light-emitting diode, as an alternative or in addition to the sensor 5601.
  • connection structure is shown in a simplified manner in FIG. 53 compared to the illustration in FIG. 54, since only the data lines 5302 are shown there.
  • connecting lines i.e. some threads are optional for the functionality of the textile fabric structure 5300, so that a number of specific implementations result from the omission of redundant connecting lines in the textile fabric structure 5300.
  • FIG. 55 shows a processor arrangement, preferably likewise designed as a textile fabric structure 5500, according to another exemplary embodiment of the invention.
  • Standard bus communication protocol such as
  • the communication interfaces 5603, 5604 are set up for communication in accordance with the respective bus communication protocol. This means that the communication interfaces 5603, 5604, for example, as
  • Interface or CAN interface can be configured.
  • the topology of the local connections between the processor elements is determined by the type of connection of the processor elements 5303 to the grid-shaped data lines of the textile fabric structure, generally the processor arrangement.
  • the textile fabric structure 5500 is set up in such a way that the processor elements are coupled using local buses and using standardized communication interfaces, which have already found widespread use, particularly in the microcontroller field.
  • the connecting lines of the buses according to this exemplary embodiment are provided with the reference number 5501 in FIG.
  • processor elements 5303 arranged on the edge of the processor arrangement 5500, each of which has two communication interfaces 5603, 5604, are connected to each bus connecting line 5501, as described above.
  • 57 shows a processor arrangement 5700 according to another exemplary embodiment of the invention.
  • a bus 5701 is provided for coupling the processor elements 5303.
  • connection topologies of the first type 5705 and of the second type 5706 are arranged alternately both vertically and horizontally, ie in a checkerboard pattern.
  • the small variety of connections and the similarity as well as the simple structure of the processor elements 5303 leads to a particularly cost-effective implementation of the processor arrangement 5700 according to this exemplary embodiment of the invention.
  • 58 shows a processor arrangement 5800 according to another exemplary embodiment of the invention.
  • the processor elements 5303 are configured hexagonally according to the exemplary embodiment of the invention, but have the same elements as described above.
  • a ring topology ie a connection of adjacent processor elements 5303 by means of a ring structure 5801, as shown in FIG. 58, is likewise provided in the processor arrangement 5800 for coupling the hexagonal processor elements 5303.
  • AN168 The IC Serial Bus: Theory and Practical Consideration Using Philips Low-Voltage PCF84Cxx and PCD33xx ⁇ C Families, December 1988.

Landscapes

  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Accounting & Taxation (AREA)
  • Marketing (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
  • Treatment Of Fiber Materials (AREA)
  • Digital Computer Display Output (AREA)
  • General Factory Administration (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un module de revêtement de surface présentant un port d'alimentation en courant, une interface de transmission de données et un processeur qui est couplé au port d'alimentation en courant et à l'interface de transmission de données.
EP03812563A 2002-12-10 2003-12-10 Module de revetement de surface, systeme de revetement de surface et procede permettant de determiner la distance separant des modules du systeme de revetement de surface d'au moins un point de reference, systeme processeur, structure du tissu textile et structure de revetement de surface Withdrawn EP1573694A2 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE10257672 2002-12-10
DE10257672 2002-12-10
DE10337940A DE10337940A1 (de) 2002-12-10 2003-08-18 Prozessor-Anordnung, Textilgewebestruktur und Flächenverkleidungsstruktur
DE10337940 2003-08-18
PCT/DE2003/004060 WO2004053711A2 (fr) 2002-12-10 2003-12-10 Module de revetement de surface, systeme de revetement de surface et procede permettant de determiner la distance separant des modules du systeme de revetement de surface d'au moins un point de reference, systeme processeur, structure du tissu textile et structure de revetement de surface

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP1573694A2 true EP1573694A2 (fr) 2005-09-14

Family

ID=32509746

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP03812563A Withdrawn EP1573694A2 (fr) 2002-12-10 2003-12-10 Module de revetement de surface, systeme de revetement de surface et procede permettant de determiner la distance separant des modules du systeme de revetement de surface d'au moins un point de reference, systeme processeur, structure du tissu textile et structure de revetement de surface

Country Status (6)

Country Link
US (1) US20060241878A1 (fr)
EP (1) EP1573694A2 (fr)
JP (1) JP2006514381A (fr)
AU (1) AU2003296523A1 (fr)
DE (1) DE10394146D2 (fr)
WO (1) WO2004053711A2 (fr)

Families Citing this family (33)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7814242B1 (en) 2005-03-25 2010-10-12 Tilera Corporation Managing data flows in a parallel processing environment
DE102005035383B4 (de) * 2005-07-28 2011-04-21 Infineon Technologies Ag Prozessorelement, Verfahren zum Initialisieren einer Prozessor-Anordnung und Prozessor-Anordnung
EP1929110B1 (fr) 2005-09-28 2013-12-18 The Coleman Company, Inc. Systeme electrique pour tente
DE102005052005B4 (de) * 2005-10-31 2007-10-18 Infineon Technologies Ag Prozessor-Anordnung
DE102006012133A1 (de) * 2006-03-16 2007-09-20 Memminger-Iro Gmbh Datenübertragung in einem System aus textiltechnischen Baueinheiten
US7636835B1 (en) * 2006-04-14 2009-12-22 Tilera Corporation Coupling data in a parallel processing environment
US7577820B1 (en) * 2006-04-14 2009-08-18 Tilera Corporation Managing data in a parallel processing environment
US7539845B1 (en) * 2006-04-14 2009-05-26 Tilera Corporation Coupling integrated circuits in a parallel processing environment
EP2142983A1 (fr) * 2007-03-29 2010-01-13 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Dispositif d'affichage de découpe à la mesure et procédé de commande de celui-ci
US8558755B2 (en) * 2007-12-11 2013-10-15 Adti Media, Llc140 Large scale LED display system
US8648774B2 (en) 2007-12-11 2014-02-11 Advance Display Technologies, Inc. Large scale LED display
WO2009108193A1 (fr) * 2008-02-27 2009-09-03 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Briques informatiques d'architecture
US8327114B1 (en) 2008-07-07 2012-12-04 Ovics Matrix processor proxy systems and methods
US8131975B1 (en) 2008-07-07 2012-03-06 Ovics Matrix processor initialization systems and methods
US7958341B1 (en) 2008-07-07 2011-06-07 Ovics Processing stream instruction in IC of mesh connected matrix of processors containing pipeline coupled switch transferring messages over consecutive cycles from one link to another link or memory
US8145880B1 (en) 2008-07-07 2012-03-27 Ovics Matrix processor data switch routing systems and methods
KR101829308B1 (ko) * 2011-04-22 2018-02-20 동우 화인켐 주식회사 필름의 패턴의 사행 제어 장치
US9207904B2 (en) 2013-12-31 2015-12-08 Ultravision Technologies, Llc Multi-panel display with hot swappable display panels and methods of servicing thereof
US9416551B2 (en) 2013-12-31 2016-08-16 Ultravision Technologies, Llc Preassembled display systems and methods of installation thereof
US20150187237A1 (en) 2013-12-31 2015-07-02 Ultravision Holdings, Llc System and Method for a Modular Multi-Panel Display
US9582237B2 (en) 2013-12-31 2017-02-28 Ultravision Technologies, Llc Modular display panels with different pitches
US9195281B2 (en) 2013-12-31 2015-11-24 Ultravision Technologies, Llc System and method for a modular multi-panel display
US9766171B2 (en) 2014-03-17 2017-09-19 Columbia Insurance Company Devices, systems and method for flooring performance testing
US10706770B2 (en) 2014-07-16 2020-07-07 Ultravision Technologies, Llc Display system having module display panel with circuitry for bidirectional communication
KR101974909B1 (ko) * 2016-01-18 2019-05-03 한국과학기술원 모듈 결합식 스마트 바닥 타일 및 이를 이용한 스마트 바닥 시스템
DE102016212947B4 (de) 2016-07-15 2021-09-23 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. Vorrichtung, System und Verfahren zur Aktivitätsdetektion
KR102018430B1 (ko) 2017-09-08 2019-09-04 최연서 취급성이 우수한 발광장치
US10872291B2 (en) * 2017-12-22 2020-12-22 Alibaba Group Holding Limited On-chip communication system for neural network processors
DE102018103793B4 (de) * 2018-02-20 2022-03-31 Ardex Gmbh Verfahren zum Erfassen eines Ereignisses in einem Raum sowie Flächensensorik
CN109247774A (zh) * 2018-03-16 2019-01-22 濮阳玉润新材料有限公司 一种拼接式可水洗被、褥床品
IT201800010047A1 (it) * 2018-11-05 2020-05-05 Gunnebo Entrance Control Ltd Gate di controllo accesso
WO2021240221A1 (fr) * 2020-05-29 2021-12-02 Universita' Degli Studi Di Pavia Dipartimento Di Ingegneria Civile E Architettura Système d'objets intelligents, en particulier des pavés
CN111915488B (zh) * 2020-08-05 2023-11-28 成都圭目机器人有限公司 大数据下的高性能图像瓦块图生成方法

Family Cites Families (15)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4387127A (en) * 1980-05-12 1983-06-07 Ralph Ogden Membrane switch control panel arrangement and label assembly for labeling same
US4742511A (en) * 1985-06-13 1988-05-03 Texas Instruments Incorporated Method and apparatus for routing packets in a multinode computer interconnect network
JPS63240667A (ja) * 1987-03-28 1988-10-06 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> 並列デ−タ処理装置
JP2565281B2 (ja) * 1993-03-11 1996-12-18 日本電気株式会社 並列計算機におけるプロセッサ番号自動設定装置
US5671362A (en) * 1995-04-04 1997-09-23 Cowe; Alan B. Materials monitoring systems, materials management systems and related methods
US5857858A (en) * 1996-12-23 1999-01-12 General Electric Company Demountable and repairable low pitch interconnect for stacked multichip modules
GB2324373B (en) * 1997-04-18 2001-04-25 Timothy Macpherson Position and motion tracker
US6340957B1 (en) * 1997-08-29 2002-01-22 Xerox Corporation Dynamically relocatable tileable displays
US5941714A (en) * 1997-09-23 1999-08-24 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Digital communication, programmable functioning and data transfer using modular, hinged processor elements
JP4044187B2 (ja) * 1997-10-20 2008-02-06 株式会社半導体エネルギー研究所 アクティブマトリクス型表示装置およびその作製方法
US6111756A (en) * 1998-09-11 2000-08-29 Fujitsu Limited Universal multichip interconnect systems
US6469901B1 (en) * 2000-05-15 2002-10-22 3C Interactive, Inc. System and method for cartridge-based, geometry-variant scalable electronic systems
JP2002117920A (ja) * 2000-10-06 2002-04-19 Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Ltd プラズマディスプレイ装置
US20020149571A1 (en) * 2001-04-13 2002-10-17 Roberts Jerry B. Method and apparatus for force-based touch input
DE20211697U1 (de) * 2002-07-30 2002-09-26 Winkler Hans Georg Anordnung zur kapazitiven Überwachung

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
See references of WO2004053711A2 *

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
WO2004053711A3 (fr) 2004-10-28
JP2006514381A (ja) 2006-04-27
DE10394146D2 (de) 2005-10-27
AU2003296523A8 (en) 2004-06-30
US20060241878A1 (en) 2006-10-26
WO2004053711A2 (fr) 2004-06-24
AU2003296523A1 (en) 2004-06-30

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
WO2004053711A2 (fr) Module de revetement de surface, systeme de revetement de surface et procede permettant de determiner la distance separant des modules du systeme de revetement de surface d&#39;au moins un point de reference, systeme processeur, structure du tissu textile et structure de revetement de surface
DE10307505B4 (de) Textilgewebestruktur, Flächenverkleidungsstruktur und Verfahren zum Bestimmen eines Abstands von Mikroelektronikelementen der Textilgewebestruktur zu mindestens einer Referenzposition
EP1665005B1 (fr) Ensemble processeur, structure en tissu textile, structure d&#39;habillage de surfaces et procede de transmission d&#39;energie electrique entre une pluralite d&#39;elements de processeur adjacents
EP2030491B9 (fr) Dispositif de couches textiles, matrice de couches textiles et procédé de fabrication d&#39;un dispositif de couches textiles
EP1987370B1 (fr) Disposition de capteur/activateur et procede pour la localisation respectivement le guidage d&#39;objets et/ou de personnes mobiles sur une surface a l&#39;aide d&#39;une disposition de capteur/activateur
DE102005052005B4 (de) Prozessor-Anordnung
DE102007001225A1 (de) Flächenverkleidungselement, Flächenverkleidungselement-Anordnung und Verfahren zum Herstellen eines Flächenverkleidungselementes
DE102017102597A1 (de) Managementsystem für elektrische Vorrichtungen
EP1449110A2 (fr) Procede pour determiner l&#39;ecart d&#39;unites processeurs par rapport a au moins une position de reference dans un ensemble de processeurs, et ensemble de processeurs
DE19755792A1 (de) Textiles Flächengebilde mit mikrostrukturierter Verdrahtung
EP2506096A2 (fr) Procédé de transmission logique de capteurs et d&#39;actionneurs dans le cadre de la mise en service d&#39;un système d&#39;installation
DE10337940A1 (de) Prozessor-Anordnung, Textilgewebestruktur und Flächenverkleidungsstruktur
DE102005035383B4 (de) Prozessorelement, Verfahren zum Initialisieren einer Prozessor-Anordnung und Prozessor-Anordnung
WO2005015427A1 (fr) Ensemble de processeurs, structure de tissu textile, structure de revetement de surface et procede de transmission de messages electroniques entre les processeurs d&#39;un ensemble de processeurs
DE10158784A1 (de) Verfahren zum Bestimmen eines Abstands von Prozessoreinheiten zu mindestens einer Referenzposition in einer Prozessor-Anordnung und Prozessor-Anordnung
DE10158781A1 (de) Pixel-Anordnung
DE102012024163B4 (de) Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Wandverkleidung
WO2016174080A1 (fr) Procédé d&#39;identification de dispositifs d&#39;éclairage électriques
DE102015111276A1 (de) Modulares Beleuchtungssystem
EP4344455A1 (fr) Structure textile plate souple en forme de bande et kit de pièces
DE102014108091A1 (de) Verfahren zur Konfiguration eines Raumreglers sowie Gebäude
CN111046548A (zh) 一种组态模型构建系统及其方法
DE102017120719A1 (de) Verfahren zur Zuordnung eines dezentralen Geräts eines Regelungssystems zur Verteilung der Heiz- und/oder Kühlleistung eines Heiz- und/oder Kühlsystems zu einem Regelkanal einer zentralen Regeleinheit
DE19732803A1 (de) Busleitungsanordnung, insbesondere zur Überwachung eines Gebäudes oder zur Betätigung von Verbrauchern in und/oder an dem Gebäude im Rahmen einer elektrischen Gebäudeinstallation, z.B. Gebäudebusleitungsanordnung
DE102014000820A1 (de) Modular aufgebauter Bodenbelag

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20050426

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A2

Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Extension state: AL LT LV MK

DAX Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
RBV Designated contracting states (corrected)

Designated state(s): DE FR

RIN1 Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected)

Inventor name: WEBER, WERNER

Inventor name: STOEHR, ANNELIE

Inventor name: STURM, THOMAS

Inventor name: STROMBERG, GUIDO

Inventor name: LAUTERBACH, CHRISTL

Inventor name: JUNG, STEFAN

RIN1 Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected)

Inventor name: WEBER, WERNER

Inventor name: STOEHR, ANNELIE

Inventor name: STURM, THOMAS

Inventor name: STROMBERG, GUIDO

Inventor name: LAUTERBACH, CHRISTL

Inventor name: JUNG, STEFAN

17Q First examination report despatched

Effective date: 20070430

GRAP Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1

RIC1 Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant

Ipc: G09F 19/22 20060101ALI20090105BHEP

Ipc: G08B 13/10 20060101AFI20090105BHEP

RTI1 Title (correction)

Free format text: SURFACE PANELING MODULE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE DISTANCE OF SURFACE PANELING MODULES OF THE SURFACE PANELING MODULE ARRANGEMENT TO AT LEAST ONE REFERENCE POSIT

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN

18D Application deemed to be withdrawn

Effective date: 20090603