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  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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Definitions

• the present invention relates to a device for managing the illumination of a climbing wall in order primarily to dynamically mark paths, called paths, to be carried out by the users, said routes being predefined by the manager of said wall depending on the difficulty. desired and / or the level of the user, said management device also to exploit the associated animation capabilities.
• Climbers have always sought to rate the climbing routes in difficulty.
• the courses were traced by placing colors, each course of different colors representing a route with its own degree of difficulty.
• the multiple overlaps of the course and the catch of all colors make the readability of the layouts for the least difficult.
• plugs provided with lights to be mounted on a climbing wall with usual fastening means consist of a body comprising an outer portion for supporting a climber and a substantially planar mounting face adapted to cooperate with said climbing wall.
• the body advantageously comprises an internal compartment made from a transparent or translucent construction material capable of allowing light to pass through.
• Said light climbing jacks also comprise one or more light sources disposed inside the body or the inner compartment, or close to said jacks or else flush with the surface thereof, said light sources being connected to a power source through power cables disposed behind the climbing wall and passing through said wall through orifices.
• this type of light is not compatible with a renewal of the climbing wall consisting of a change in the position of said plugs either by changing their geographical position on the wall, or by rotation of said plugs around their axis. Indeed, if the position of the light sockets changes, it may be necessary to extend the power supply wiring and new through holes in said climbing wall. These operations are tedious and expensive because it is not always easy to access the back of the climbing wall, once it is put in place. Similarly, it is necessary to mount / disassemble the plugs frequently for cleaning. These operations are then delicate because it is necessary each time to connect / disconnect the plugs to the power supply cables. Finally, the multiplication of orifices may ultimately weaken the climbing wall.
• the object of the present invention is therefore to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks and to propose a climbing wall illumination device that is easy to set up, autonomous and makes it possible to easily change the course of said climbing wall at a lower level. cost and without complex and expensive operations, said device being adapted to be installed on the majority of existing climbing walls.
• an illumination management device for an artificial climbing wall remarkable in that it comprises at least one transmission loop arranged to be attached to the back of the wall and able to emit an electromagnetic field through said wall, at least one light socket arranged to be fixed to the front of said wall and being adapted to receive an electronic card comprising at least one light source and a reception loop adapted to receive said electromagnetic field emitted by the associated transmission loop to convert it into electric current for supplying said light source, and a control box of the light source being arranged to be connected to an electrical network to supply electrical power to said loop transmission and being able to send commands to manage the illumination of said light source.
• the electronic card advantageously comprises a presence detector of a climber on the associated jack, the presence detector being preferably a flexible blade switch associated with a magnet or an RFID reader associated with a tag, the magnet or the tag is presenting in the form of a bracelet arranged to be worn by a climber.
• the electronic card also includes a controller and a microcontroller allowing in particular the management of identification information of the light source and the associated socket.
• the electronic card is embedded in the material of the socket.
• the electronic card is embedded in the material of an independent removable subassembly capable of being inserted into the back of the socket.
• the plug or subassembly comprises a portion of flexible material for receiving the electronic card.
• the control box includes a power supply for supplying power to said transmission loop and a microcontroller for controlling the proper operation of the illumination management device.
• the illumination management device comprises a multiplatform software interface.
• the software interface is preferably made in the form of a web server embedded in said control box light sources.
• the illumination management device comprises at least one interactive terminal for managing the illumination of one or more channels and the control box comprises a connection means allowing the terminal to be connected to the software interface embedded in said housing via a wireless protocol or via cables.
• the illumination management device comprises a bidirectional connection between the socket (s) and the light source control box making it possible to time and record the time taken by a light source. climber to achieve the chosen path.
• the bidirectional link preferably uses radio frequencies and the electronic board of the socket and the control box of the light sources each comprise a transceiver.
• FIG. 1 is a front view of a plug of an illumination management device of a climbing wall according to the invention
• FIG. 2 is a vertical section of the socket of Figure 1 fixed on a climbing wall;
• FIG. 3 is a front view of a climbing wall equipped with a plurality of devices for managing the illumination according to the invention
• FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a climbing wall equipped with a plurality of illumination management devices and a software interface terminal;
• FIG. 5 is a diagram of a first operating principle associated with a first variant of the climbing wall illumination management device according to the invention.
• FIG. 6 is a diagram of a second operating principle associated with a second variant of the climbing wall illumination management device according to the invention.
• the management device 1 for illuminating a climbing wall 2 comprises at least one transmission loop 3 arranged to be fixed to the rear of the wall 2, connected to an electrical network and capable of emitting an electromagnetic field through said wall 2, and a light socket 4 arranged to be fixed to the before said wall 2 by means of fixing means 5 of the bolts or screws for example, said socket 4 being able to receive an electronic card 6 comprising at least one light source 7 and a receiving loop 8 adapted to receive said electromagnetic field emitted by the associated transmission loop 3 and converting it into an electric current for supplying said light source 7.
• front of the climbing wall 2 denotes the face facing the climber when the latter is about to climb said wall 2, and "back" the opposite face.
• the electronic card 6 is preferably embedded in the resin of the socket 4 in order to make the whole waterproof and robust, said resin being conventionally of the orthophthalic or polyurethane polyester or epoxy type, for example, and becoming hard after molding.
• the electronic card 6 may be embedded in a portion of the socket 4 made of "flexible" material , such as silicone for example, the flexible portion is then then itself embedded in a harder resin.
• This variant embodiment not shown would facilitate the extraction of the electronic card 6, and therefore to consider the recycling thereof.
• the electronic card 6 is embedded in an independent removable subassembly which will be inserted on the back of the socket 4, the latter comprising a reservation adapted to receive said subset.
• the latter may also be embedded in a portion of the subassembly made of "soft" material, such as silicone for example, the flexible portion then being then she herself drowned in a harder resin.
• the electronic card 6 may, prior to immersion in the socket 4 or in the subassembly, be cast in a protective resin.
• This resin can also soften the possible mechanical stresses during the solidification of the resin of the catches 4.
• the light source 7 is advantageously an LED
• LEDs Light Emitting Diode in English, diode electroluminescent in French
• the use of LEDs also makes it possible to adjust easily the intensity of the luminous flux to adapt the management device 1 to the ambient lighting conditions.
• each socket 4 Since the atmosphere near the wall 2 is laden with magnesia dust, each socket 4 is thus easily removable, allowing frequent cleaning in order to ensure the reliability and durability of said management device 1.
• an emission loop 3 may advantageously be associated with several reception loops 8 and thus with a plurality of sockets 4 for simultaneously supplying a plurality of light sources 7.
• This configuration allows a great modularity of the wall 2 thanks to the variability the position of the catches 4.
• the management device 1 also comprises a control box 9 able to activate the transmission loops 3 in order to switch on or off the light sources 7 of the sockets 4 and a software interface preferably operating on from an interactive terminal 10 for managing the illumination of one or more channels.
• the software interface can also be used on other hardware platforms with, for example, functional restrictions depending on the users.
• a version of the mobile phone software interface, of the Smartphone type will allow an opener to install the sockets alone in order to create new channels.
• a Smartphone / PC / interactive terminal version will allow you to visualize and choose lanes, and to save various parameters specific to climbers.
• a PC version (Personal Computer in English) will be mainly dedicated to the computer of the manager of the climbing room equipped with the management device 1 according to the invention.
• the software interface can be used for "announcement" screens placed in different parts of the room to communicate on the technical capabilities and functionality of the management device 1 and to present information on the other channels available in the room.
• the software interface is preferably made in the form of a web server embedded in said control box 9 of the light sources 7, said control box comprising a connection means 11 enabling at terminal 10 to be connected to the software interface embedded in said housing via a wireless protocol, of the "WIFI” type for example, or via cables of the "ETHERNET” type, for example.
• the software interface of the management device 1 makes it possible to graphically scroll the channels and the walls and, if the selected wall is not in use, to illuminate the programmed channels chosen on the wall concerned.
• the choice of a channel actuates the illumination of the light sources 7 concerned and advantageously an inaccessibility of all other channels using light sources 7 forming part of the chosen path.
• the software interface advantageously makes it possible to time and record the time taken by a climber to achieve the chosen route.
• This last feature requires setting up a presence detector 12 of the climber on the electronic card 6 of the management device 1.
• the detection of the climber is advantageously of the magnetic type and can be associated with a bracelet comprising a magnet carried by the climber, said magnet modifying the magnetic field near the socket and allowing the detection of the presence of the climber.
• This detector is preferably a Switch type switch with flexible blade (ILS or REED switch) for its life and reliability.
• This feature further requires the establishment of a bidirectional link between the plug (s) 4 and the control box 9 of the light sources 7.
• This bidirectional link advantageously uses radio frequencies.
• the electronic card 6 also includes a regulator 13 and a microcontroller 14, in particular for managing the identification information of the light source 7 and the associated jack 4.
• the opener makes it possible, thanks to the presence detector 12, to allocate to each socket 4 the registered channel has a unique identifier, said unique identifier making it possible to turn on the light source 7 only as a function of the needs, the chosen channel and the commands of the control box 9.
• control box 9 which is connected to at least one transmission loop 3, also comprises a power supply 15 for supplying said transmission loop 3 with power and a microcontroller 16 to control the proper functioning of the management device 1.
• the electronic card 6 of the socket 4 and the control box 9 also each comprise a transceiver, preferably of the radiofrequency type, respectively 17, 18.
• the management device 1 can operate according to at least two principles.
• the first operating principle shown schematically in FIG. 5, provides three modes of operation: the installation mode, the use mode and the channel programming mode.
• the transmission loops 3 are activated and the control box 9 sends an order indicating to any socket 4 entering into activity (power up) and detecting a climber to store a unique identifier contained in the order, said unique identifier then serving to respond only to specific orders associated with said unique identifier and sent by the control box 9.
• the take is then initialized and activated with an identifier and the opener can switch to take 4 next, and so on.
• the control box 9 of the light sources 7 activates the transmission loops 3 and the light sources 7 receive commands by demodulation of the signal received by the reception loop 8. If the order is a broadcast command or contains their identifier then the light sources 7 execute the order and light, otherwise the light sources 7 remain off in standby mode, corresponding to low consumption.
• the software interface makes it possible to send a "broadcast” command to all the light sources 7 so that they are ready to receive and to memorize the identifier of the channel being programmed, if the presence detector 12 is activated by the opener.
• the plug 4 becomes active for the channel being programmed and then stores the channel identifier, contained in the "broadcast” command, in its memory identifiers for which it will have to perform an action. To indicate that it has taken into account its selection, take 4 can take a defined color.
• the opener can select and deselect a plug by "activating" or not its presence sensor.
• the software interface sends a "broadcast” command at the end of channel programming in order to place the jacks 4 in use mode.
• Each socket 4 now knows whether or not it should make an order concerning the programmed channel in question, by searching in its memory for the channel identifier associated with the order it receives. Thus, if the channel identifier is present then it performs the requested action, otherwise it does nothing.
• the second operating principle shown schematically in FIG. 6, provides four operating modes: the installation mode, the use mode, the channel programming mode and the timing mode.
• the first three modes of operation are identical to those described above.
• the management device 1 when the management device 1 is in timing mode (the only mode that necessarily requires a bidirectional link), preferably of the radiofrequency type, when the climber is detected by the bracelet or the presence of the climber, the socket 4 sends its identifier and the presence information at the control unit 9 of the light sources 7, by radiofrequency link, thanks to their respective transceivers 17, 18.
• This bidirectional link allows in particular to determine the time between each take 4 and the total duration of the way.
• the device for managing the illumination of an artificial climbing wall according to the invention is associated, thanks to a bidirectional connection of the radiofrequency type, to a marker or identification tag (tag RFID) carried by each climber, said tag being preferably in the form of a bracelet.
• tag RFID marker or identification tag
• the transmission loop has the ability to communicate bidirectionally with the electronic card of each socket having at least one receiving loop but also with RFID tags and other RFID sensors.
• This association allows an automatic identification of the climber by the transmission loop and the control box of the light sources.
• the openers can validate the addition of a catch to a route with the identification tag of the bracelet without having to connect with the software interface.
• any user will see his statistics updated automatically, as soon as he is recognized on a route.
• the management device 1 of the illumination according to the invention applies more particularly to the marking of the tracks on artificial climbing walls, but it can also be used to ensure the decoration / animation of the climbing room by the use of illumination sequences made for this purpose.
• management device 1 of the illumination according to the invention which have just been described are only particular illustrations, in no way limiting the invention.

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