Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
  • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
  • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
  • G06F3/16—Sound input; Sound output
  • G06F3/165—Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
  • H04R29/00—Monitoring arrangements; Testing arrangements
  • H04R29/001—Monitoring arrangements; Testing arrangements for loudspeakers
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
  • H04R29/00—Monitoring arrangements; Testing arrangements
  • H04R29/007—Monitoring arrangements; Testing arrangements for public address systems

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a method implementing a plurality of devices connectable to a remote unit, and a device control assembly comprising at least one man-machine interface adapted to allow a user to configure the devices.
• the invention also relates to a corresponding installation.
• the devices in question are so-called “intelligent” devices, that is to say capable of operating in several configurations, depending in particular where they are.
• An object of the invention is therefore to provide a method for a user to easily identify the device he is configuring, especially in the case where the devices are structurally similar to each other, and lacking a screen for displaying a configuration parameter that the user would be modifying.
• the subject of the invention is a method implementing:
• each apparatus comprising a memory adapted to store at least one identifier of the apparatus, and at least one configuration parameter representative of a configuration of the apparatus, and
• a driving assembly adapted to remotely control the apparatuses, the steering assembly comprising at least one man-machine interface,
• the method further comprising the steps of: - selection by the user of any of the configuration parameters using the man-machine interface,
• the method comprises one or more of the following characteristics, taken separately or in any technically possible combination:
• the devices of said plurality of devices have an external appearance similar to each other for the user;
• each of said plurality of apparatuses does not have a screen for displaying the configuration parameter of said apparatus
• each of said plurality of apparatuses comprises an acoustic enclosure
• each apparatus comprises at least one membrane capable of emitting sound waves, the visual signal comprising beats of the membrane detectable to the eye by the user;
• the beats of the membrane have a non-zero frequency and less than or equal to 20 Hz, preferably less than or equal to 15 Hz;
• the selected configuration parameter is a device identification label for the user, a device operating parameter, or a position parameter of the device with respect to at least one other device of the device; said plurality of devices.
• the invention also relates to an installation comprising:
• each apparatus comprising a memory adapted to store at least one identifier of the apparatus, and at least one configuration parameter representative of a configuration of the apparatus, and a set of remote control of the plurality of devices, the control assembly comprising at least one man-machine interface adapted for a user to select any one of the configuration parameters,
• the steering assembly being adapted for:
• each apparatus being adapted for:
• FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an installation according to the invention.
• FIG. 2 is a detail view schematically showing one of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1.
• the installation 1 comprises a plurality of devices 10, a remote unit 20 which is for example a server, and a control unit 30 adapted to individually configure the plurality of devices 10.
• the installation 1 is for example an acoustic installation located in a room or a theater (not shown).
• the plurality of apparatuses 10, in the example shown in Figure 5, comprises two apparatuses 10A and 10B which are structurally similar to each other.
• the plurality of devices 10 comprises more than two devices.
• the apparatus of the plurality of apparatuses 10 being structurally similar to each other, only the apparatus 10A will be described in detail hereinafter.
• the apparatus 10A is for example an acoustic speaker, advantageously intended to be located at a given location of the room or the aforementioned room.
• the apparatus 10A is advantageously connectable to the remote unit 20 by electromagnetic waves, for example by a protocol compliant with the IEEE 802.1 1 standard, or by a wired connection, of the ETHERNET or CPL type (abbreviation of "in-line carrier currents"). ).
• the apparatus 10A is a temperature sensor or other home automation sensor known to those skilled in the art, intended to be located in a given room of a larger set (not shown) such as a flat.
• the apparatus 10A comprises a box 32 and at least one loudspeaker 34 disposed in an opening of the box.
• the apparatus 10A further comprises a memory 36 adapted to store at least one identifier 38 of the apparatus 10A and at least one configuration parameter 40 representative of a configuration of the apparatus 10A, a processor 42, and a processor unit. communication 44 adapted to exchange information with the remote unit 20 and with the control unit 30.
• the box 32 is of any shape, for example parallelepipedal or spherical.
• the casing 32 is advantageously devoid of any screen for displaying the configuration parameter 40 of the apparatus 10A.
• the loudspeaker 34 is of a type known per se to those skilled in the art.
• the loudspeaker 34 comprises for example a frame 46 fixed to the casing 32, and a membrane 48 movable relative to the frame 46 and adapted to emit sound waves.
• the speaker 34 is further adapted to print the membrane 48 beat movements detectable to the eye by a user.
• the beat movements have a non-zero frequency and less than or equal to 20 Hz, preferably less than or equal to 15 Hz.
• the beat movements advantageously have an amplitude A along an axis D of the speaker 34 between 0.1 and 50 mm, advantageously between 1 mm and 20 mm.
• the axis D is for example defined as the axis of one or more coil (s) (not shown) for moving the membrane 48, or as an axis of symmetry of the membrane 48 at rest.
• the identifier 38 of the apparatus 10A is for example a serial number, or any other information intrinsic to the apparatus 10A and making it possible to distinguish it from the apparatus 10B.
• the configuration parameter 40 is for example an identification label of the device 10A intended for the user, such as a name.
• the configuration parameter 40 of the apparatus 10A is the "left speaker” label
• the configuration parameter of the apparatus 10B is the "right speaker” label.
• the processor 42 when running an operating software of the apparatus 10A, is adapted to read from the memory 36, to exchange signals with the communication unit 44, and to send electrical signals to the loudspeakers 34. said signals being transformed into sound waves by the loudspeaker.
• the communication unit 44 is advantageously adapted to communicate according to a protocol compliant with the IEEE 802.1 1 standard, that is to say in wifi.
• the remote unit 20 is for example a server.
• the remote unit 20 comprises a communication unit 50 adapted to exchange signals with the communication units 44 of the apparatuses 10A, 10B.
• the information transmitted by the communication unit 50 is, for example, electromagnetic signals intended to be transformed into sound waves by the plurality of apparatuses 10.
• the communication unit 50 is adapted to receive information from the communication units. communication 44 of the plurality of apparatuses 10.
• the communication unit 50 is able to communicate with the control unit 30 in a unidirectional or bidirectional manner.
• the control unit 30 is for example a terminal adapted to configure the plurality of devices 10, and advantageously the remote unit 20.
• the control unit 30 is a computer, for example of the tablet or smart phone type ("smartphone " in English).
• the control unit 30 comprises a man-machine interface 52, such as a touch screen, a configuration software 54, and a communication unit 56 adapted to send information to the communication units 44 of the plurality of devices 10. .
• the configuration software 54 and the man-machine interface 52 are adapted to allow a user to edit the configuration parameters 40 of the plurality of devices 10.
• edit is meant here select to check, enter or change the configuration parameter 40.
• the configuration software 54 and the man-machine interface 52 make it possible to open a window 58 for editing the configuration parameter 40 relating to the apparatus 10A.
• the operation of the installation 1 will now be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 and to the configuration example of assigning a name to each of the apparatuses 10A, 10B of the plurality of apparatuses 10.
• the user can see that one of the devices 10A, 10B is on the left with respect to the other, while the other apparatus 10A, 10B is on the right. However, the user is not able to determine a priori whether the apparatus 10A is on the right or left. However, the user wishes to assign to the devices 10A, 10B the identification labels "left speaker” and "right speaker” without being mistaken.
• the user edits the configuration parameter 40 which implicitly corresponds to the apparatus 10A.
• edit is meant the fact for the user to act on the driving assembly 30 so as to read, enter, or modify the configuration parameter 40.
• the editing window 58 is initially empty. However, the control unit 30 detects that the user selects the editing window 58 relating to the configuration parameter 40 of the loudspeaker 10A.
• the driving assembly 30 then provides an identification parameter of the apparatus whose configuration parameter is edited, that is to say the apparatus 10A.
• the control unit 30 then sends an identification request signal 60 through the communication unit 56.
• the signal 60 is advantageously transmitted by electromagnetic waves, for example transited by a radio link compliant with the IEEE 802.1 1 standard, or else transited by a wired link of the ETHERNET or CPL type.
• the signal 60 contains the identification parameter provided by the driving assembly.
• the apparatuses 10A, 10B of the plurality of apparatuses 10 receive the signal 60 and the identification parameter. Each apparatus 10A, 10B compares the received identification parameter with the identifier 38 contained in its memory 36 to obtain a comparison result.
• the apparatus 10A emits a visual signal in the form of beats of its membrane 48.
• the beats of the membrane 48 are detected by the user as coming from the apparatus 10A, which allows the user to identify that he is editing an identification label of the apparatus 10A.
• the user then notes that the apparatus whose membrane 48 is animated with beats is, respectively, to the left or to the right of the apparatus not emitting such a signal and seizes in the window 58, respectively, the label of 'left speaker', or 'right speaker' identification.
• the apparatus 10A stops transmitting said visual signal.
• the apparatus 10A stops transmitting the visual signal after a predetermined time.
• the apparatus 10A does not emit a visual signal, but an audible signal as a function of the comparison result, that is to say a sound wave obtained by movements of the membrane whose frequency is greater than or equal to 20 Hz.
• the apparatus 10A transmits both the visual signal and the sound signal mentioned above.
• the configuration parameter 40 edited by the user is an operating parameter of the apparatus 10A, such as a threshold representative of a maximum sound volume.
• the facility 1 allows the user to identify the device of the plurality of devices 10 which he is editing a configuration parameter. This allows the user to decide knowingly what values he wishes to give to the configuration parameters 40 and to a plurality of devices 10.
• the communication units 44, 50, 56 communicate with each other by a wired network of ETHERNET or CPL type.

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