EP4162461A1 - Zweikanal-empfang - Google Patents
Zweikanal-empfangInfo
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- EP4162461A1 EP4162461A1 EP21732172.8A EP21732172A EP4162461A1 EP 4162461 A1 EP4162461 A1 EP 4162461A1 EP 21732172 A EP21732172 A EP 21732172A EP 4162461 A1 EP4162461 A1 EP 4162461A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
- G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
- G05B15/00—Systems controlled by a computer
- G05B15/02—Systems controlled by a computer electric
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
- A47C31/00—Details or accessories for chairs, beds, or the like, not provided for in other groups of this subclass, e.g. upholstery fasteners, mattress protectors, stretching devices for mattress nets
- A47C31/008—Use of remote controls
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
- A47B88/00—Drawers for tables, cabinets or like furniture; Guides for drawers
- A47B88/40—Sliding drawers; Slides or guides therefor
- A47B88/453—Actuated drawers
- A47B88/457—Actuated drawers operated by electrically-powered actuation means
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
- A61G2203/00—General characteristics of devices
- A61G2203/10—General characteristics of devices characterised by specific control means, e.g. for adjustment or steering
- A61G2203/12—Remote controls
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- G—PHYSICS
- G08—SIGNALLING
- G08C—TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS
- G08C17/00—Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link
- G08C17/02—Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link using a radio link
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- G—PHYSICS
- G08—SIGNALLING
- G08C—TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS
- G08C2201/00—Transmission systems of control signals via wireless link
- G08C2201/40—Remote control systems using repeaters, converters, gateways
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- G—PHYSICS
- G08—SIGNALLING
- G08C—TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS
- G08C2201/00—Transmission systems of control signals via wireless link
- G08C2201/40—Remote control systems using repeaters, converters, gateways
- G08C2201/42—Transmitting or receiving remote control signals via a network
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- the present invention relates to an arrangement of at least one furniture element and at least one control device according to the preamble of claim 1.
- the present invention also relates to a method for operating such an arrangement.
- the present invention also relates to a computer program product for executing such a method.
- the present invention also relates to a control device for such an arrangement.
- the object of the invention is to specify an arrangement, a method, a computer program product and a control device which do not have the disadvantages discussed above and in particular enable a simplified structure, simplified configuration and simplified operation.
- the arrangement comprises at least one furniture element, which is preferably designed in the form of a furniture drive or a furniture lock. At least part of a piece of furniture can be driven or activated with the furniture element.
- the furniture drive or the furniture lock can in particular be designed with a servomotor or servomotor.
- a drawer, a furniture flap or a furniture door can in particular be understood as a part of a piece of furniture.
- a part of a piece of furniture can be understood to be a part that can be moved relative to a furniture body, or a part that can be activated — for example, locked or unlocked.
- a furniture element designed as a furniture drive can be used to drive at least part of a piece of furniture - that is, for example, a retractable and extendable drawer, a pivotable furniture flap or a pivotable furniture door.
- a furniture element designed as a furniture lock at least part of a piece of furniture - for example a lockable drawer, a lockable furniture flap or a lockable furniture door - can be activated, for example released or blocked for access by a user.
- a part of the furniture lock such as a rotating bar or a locking bolt can be activated and, if necessary, also driven.
- a furniture lock is provided by a furniture element designed as a furniture drive, in that an activation of the furniture drive can be enabled or disabled.
- the arrangement further comprises at least one control device for controlling the at least one furniture element.
- the at least one furniture element can through an operating command can be controlled by the at least one control device with a control command.
- At least one incoming operating command can be received by a control device of the arrangement and, depending on the at least one received operating command, at least one outgoing control command for controlling at least one furniture element can be output by at least one control device.
- the at least one control device has at least one transmission device with which at least one digital control command can be transmitted wirelessly to the at least one furniture element.
- the transmitting device can transmit a digital signal to the at least one furniture element via a wireless transmission path, wherein the digital signal can be a digitally encoded control command.
- the at least one furniture element has a suitable receiving device.
- the arrangement can be easily adapted to a varying number of control devices and / or furniture elements. Wireless sending also simplifies the installation, configuration and maintenance of the arrangement, since there is no need to lay, assign and maintain wired control lines.
- a control command can generally be a digitally coded data packet which is suitable for controlling the furniture element.
- the at least one control device has at least one first receiving device with which at least one digital operating command sent according to a first transmission protocol can be received.
- a digital signal via a wireless or wired transmission path can be received by the control device, wherein the digital signal can be a digitally coded operating command according to a first transmission protocol.
- the at least one control device has at least one second receiving device with which at least one digital operating command sent according to a second transmission protocol different from the first transmission protocol can be received.
- the second receiving device can be used to receive a digital signal from the control device via a wireless or wired transmission path, wherein the digital signal can be an operating command that is digitally encoded in accordance with a second transmission protocol.
- the at least one control device can in principle serve as an interface for networking different input devices and different furniture elements.
- An operating command can generally be a digitally coded data packet which can be received by a receiving device of the control device.
- An operating command can generally serve to operate or also to configure the arrangement or a part of the arrangement.
- the digital coding and the wireless or wired transmission of the operating commands can take place in accordance with one or more transmission protocols, it being possible that the transmission protocols may correspond to known standards.
- the control device has at least a first and a second receiving device, the at least two receiving devices being able to receive operating commands sent according to different transmission protocols
- the arrangement can be operated with operating commands sent according to different transmission protocols. Due to the presence of at least two receiving devices which can receive operating commands sent according to different transmission protocols, a different transmission protocol can be used depending on the requirements for operating the arrangement. The following requirements can, for example, be relevant for the use or selection of a transmission protocol: range, data rate, security, energy requirement, infrastructure, redundancy, latency or availability.
- the at least one control device has at least one transmission device which is designed to send an operating command in accordance with the first and / or second transmission protocol.
- an operating command received by a control device of the arrangement can be passed on to at least one further control device of the arrangement.
- the at least one transmission device with which the at least one digital control command can be wirelessly sent to the at least one furniture element sends the at least one digital control command according to a third transmission protocol different from the first and second transmission protocol.
- a third transmission protocol can be selected for the transmission of the at least one digital control command, which has a particularly low energy requirement and a particularly low latency, but possibly has a reduced data rate compared to the first and second transmission protocols.
- the control command can be sent - and thus at least one furniture element controlled - independently of the selection of the transmission protocol for receiving the operating command.
- the first transmission protocol can be a radio transmission protocol in accordance with the IEEE 802.11 standard and / or a wired transmission protocol in accordance with the Ethernet standard.
- the IEEE 802.11 standard is a well-known family of standards for wireless local area networks (WLAN).
- the standard referred to as Ethernet is a well-known technology for wired data networks. A so chosen first
- the transmission protocol can enable high data rates and broad compatibility of the control device for devices from which operating commands can be received with the first receiving device of the control device.
- the second transmission protocol can be a radio transmission protocol in accordance with the Bluetooth standard.
- the standard referred to as Bluetooth is an industrial standard for data transmission between devices over short distances using radio technology. A second chosen so
- Transmission protocol can enable low energy consumption and widespread compatibility of the control device for devices from which operating commands can be received with the second receiving device of the control device.
- the digital control command can be sendable in accordance with a third transmission protocol different from the first and second transmission protocol.
- the third transmission protocol can be a radio transmission protocol in accordance with a ShockBurst TM or Enhanced ShockBurst TM standard.
- ShockBurst TM or Enhanced ShockBurst TM are well-known radio transmission protocols and are designed for operation in the worldwide ISM frequency band at 2.4 GHz.
- a third transmission protocol selected in this way can enable minimal energy consumption and minimal latency times for controlling at least one furniture element.
- the digital operating command can be generated by a user via a user interface, the user interface through a touch-sensitive screen (touchscreen) of an input device and / or a voice input into a voice recognition device and / or a control element (buttons, footswitch) of an input device that can be operated manually or by a pedal and / or gesture control that can be performed by a user - for example implemented with sensors such as infrared - or ultrasonic sensors or a camera - an input device can be formed.
- the arrangement can have one or more input devices.
- An input device can in principle be a device that can be operated by a user, such as a computer, a tablet or a smartphone.
- a design of an input device similar to a remote control - for example in the form of a radio button - or a control panel should not be excluded.
- An input device can have a transmission device with which at least one operating command can be transmitted in accordance with the first and / or second transmission protocol.
- a user can generate at least one operating command via an optionally menu-guided user interface, for example by selecting a menu item and confirming by interacting with the input device.
- the arrangement can comprise at least one voice recognition device for generating a digital operating command, the voice recognition device having at least one microphone for capturing a voice command from a user, at least one conversion device for generating a digital operating command from the voice command, at least one transmitting device for sending a digital operating command to the Control device may include.
- a microphone can be present in an input device, for example a smartphone, a conversion device for generating a digital operating command from the voice command by a computer-aided service, possibly decentralized in a cloud service, and a transmission device for sending a digital operating command to the control device in turn be present in an input device, such as a smartphone again.
- the arrangement can have at least one Internet-compatible communication device for connecting the arrangement, in particular the control device, to the Internet.
- the arrangement in particular the control device, can receive data, operating commands and / or information for generating operating commands from the Internet.
- Data can also be sent to internet-based services and / or to devices with an internet connection by means of an internet-compatible sending device of the arrangement.
- control device and the furniture element can be constructed structurally separate from one another and can be arranged or arranged spatially separate from one another.
- a control device and a furniture element can be installed independently of one another.
- control device can have at least one user operating mode and one configuration operating mode.
- a digital operating command for controlling at least one furniture element can be received by the first and / or second receiving device of the at least one control device.
- the user operating mode can correspond to normal use of the arrangement, for example daily use of a piece of furniture in the arrangement after the arrangement has been configured.
- the first and / or second receiving device of the at least one control device can receive a digital operating command for configuring the control device.
- an operating command can be used to configure the arrangement or a part of the arrangement.
- Such an operating command can be used, for example, to store in a memory of the control device which furniture elements the arrangement comprises and how these are to be controlled by control commands.
- addresses of the receiving device of the furniture elements for example, addresses of the receiving device of the furniture elements, function assignments of the furniture elements with regard to their design as furniture drive or furniture lock, assignment of the furniture elements to drivable or activatable parts of at least one piece of furniture of the arrangement, information on the configuration of the transmission protocols, can be stored in the control device by a digital operating command in a memory. or general network architecture of the arrangement.
- the at least one control device receives at least one digital operating command sent in accordance with a first transmission protocol by means of the at least one first receiving device.
- the at least one control device receives in a receiving method step by means of the at least one second receiving device at least one digital operating command sent according to a second transmission protocol.
- the at least one control device sends at least one digital control command wirelessly to a receiving device of the at least one furniture element by means of the at least one transmitting device.
- Advantages of such a method are flexible reception of a digital control command in accordance with a first and / or second transmission protocol by at least one receiving device of the control device and wireless transmission of a digital control command to a furniture element.
- operation of an arrangement as described above can be set up, implemented and adapted in a simple manner.
- At least one control device of the arrangement in a first forwarding method step sends an operating command received in a receiving method step according to the first and / or second transmission protocol to a further control device of the arrangement.
- At least one furniture element wirelessly transmits at least one previously received digital control command to a receiving device of another furniture element of an arrangement by means of at least one transmission device assigned to the furniture element.
- Transmission protocols are received and sent. This enables the reception and transmission to be adapted to different requirements in terms of range, data rate, security, energy consumption, infrastructure, redundancy, latency or availability.
- the at least one digital control command in the shipping method step, can be sent to a receiving device of the at least one furniture element with at least one of the following measures:
- Bidirectional communication should not be ruled out, but bidirectional communication can contribute to reduced latency times and reduced energy requirements.
- Sending can take place addressed directly to the receiving device of the at least one furniture element. This means that there is no need for “pairing” before each dispatch, which can have a positive effect on latency times.
- the address of the receiving device of a furniture element can, for example, have been stored in a memory of the control device in a configuration operating mode.
- Sending can take place without an acknowledgment of receipt by a sending device of the furniture element. In this way it can be avoided, for example, that the furniture element has to be switched back and forth from an operating mode in which the furniture element is in a ready-to-receive state to an operating mode in which the furniture element is in a ready-to-transmit state.
- Sending can preferably take place without an unsolicited acknowledgment of receipt.
- Sending can basically be done without an acknowledgment of receipt, although the option to request an acknowledgment of receipt (for example, depending on the composition of a control command).
- Sending can take place without checking the readiness to receive of the receiving device of the at least one furniture element.
- the receiving device of the at least one furniture element is basically in a ready-to-receive state and does not have to be switched to a ready-to-receive state during operation. It should not be ruled out that the furniture element can be put into a ready-to-send state by a corresponding control command.
- the at least one digital control command can be sent with a fixed or predeterminable routing.
- a control command that is sent on in a further, second dispatch method step can follow a fixedly predetermined or fixedly predeterminable route between furniture elements of the arrangement.
- the at least one digital operating command can be generated by a user via a user interface.
- a generation can be achieved by interaction with the user interface by the user via a touch-sensitive screen (“touchscreen”) of an input device and / or a voice input into a voice recognition device and / or a control element that can be operated manually or by the user on a pedal
- Input device and / or gesture control of an input device that can be executed by a user.
- different digital control commands can be generated and / or in a second generation method step Different digital control commands are sent in the dispatch process step.
- a control can differ in terms of speed, distance, permissibility or implementation.
- the furniture element in an activation method step, can be activated by at least one received digital control command.
- An activation can in particular comprise a drive or an activation of at least part of a piece of furniture by the furniture element.
- An activation of the at least one furniture element with the control command received wirelessly by the receiving device of the at least one furniture element can take place within a time span of less than 100 ms, preferably less than 50 ms, from the sending of the digital control command by the control device.
- the at least one control device can have at least one user operating mode and one configuration operating mode.
- a digital operating command can be received by the receiving device of the at least one control device for controlling at least one furniture element.
- a digital operating command can be received by the receiving device of the at least one control device for configuring the control device.
- an operating command can be used to configure the arrangement or a part of the arrangement.
- Such an operating command can be used in a Configuration method step can be stored in a memory of the control device, for example, which furniture elements the arrangement comprises and how these are to be controlled by control commands.
- addresses of the receiving device of the furniture elements, function assignments of the furniture elements with regard to their design as a furniture drive or furniture lock, assignment of the furniture elements to drivable or activatable parts of at least one piece of furniture in a memory can be used in a memory.
- Information on the configuration of the transmission protocols or the general network architecture of the arrangement can be stored.
- Digital operating commands for configuring the arrangement can be generated, sent and received analogously to operating commands for operating the arrangement.
- Protection is also sought after for a computer program product, comprising commands which, when executed by a processing unit, cause the processing unit to execute a method as described above from a memory unit which is in a data connection with the processing unit or can be brought into such a connection.
- the computer program product can, for example, be stored in at least one storage unit of a control device and can be executed by the at least one computing unit of a control device.
- Control device for an arrangement as described above.
- Such a control device can advantageously have at least one processing unit at least one storage unit which is in data connection or can be brought into connection with it.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic illustration of an embodiment of an arrangement
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic illustration of an embodiment of an input device.
- FIG. 4a and 4b are perspective views of embodiments of furniture
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a further embodiment of a
- FIG. 6 shows a perspective view of a further embodiment of a piece of furniture
- FIG. 7 shows a schematic sequence of an embodiment of a method
- FIG. 8 shows a schematic sequence of a further embodiment of a method.
- Figure 1 shows an embodiment of an arrangement 1 from a furniture element 2, such as a furniture drive 3 or a furniture lock 4, with which at least part 5 of a piece of furniture 6 can be driven or activated, and a control device 7 for controlling the at least one furniture element 2 with a control command by an operating command.
- the control device 7 has at least one transmitting device 8, with which at least one digital control command can be wirelessly transmitted to a receiving device 11 assigned to the furniture element 2.
- a digital operating command sent in accordance with a first transmission protocol 21 can be received with a first receiving device 9, and a digital operating command sent in accordance with a second transmission protocol 22 different from the first transmission protocol 21 can be received with a second receiving device.
- the transmission device 8 with which the at least one digital control command can be transmitted wirelessly to the at least one furniture element 2, at least one digital operating command can be sent according to a third transmission protocol 23 different from the first 21 and second 22 transmission protocol.
- the first transmission protocol 21 can advantageously be a radio transmission protocol in accordance with the IEEE 802.11 standard and / or a wired transmission protocol in accordance with the Ethernet standard.
- the first receiving device 9 shown in FIG. 1 it is designed for data transmission in accordance with the IEEE 802.11 standard and in accordance with the Ethernet standard.
- the second transmission protocol 22 can advantageously be a radio transmission protocol in accordance with the Bluetooth standard.
- the digital control command can be sent according to a third transmission protocol 23 different from the first and second transmission protocol 21, 22, the third transmission protocol 23 being a radio transmission protocol according to a ShockBurst TM or Enhanced ShockBurst TM standard.
- the furniture element 2 can optionally have a transmitting device 34. It is conceivable that a digital control command in accordance with the third transmission protocol 23 can be sent with the optional transmission device 34.
- control device 7 has a computing unit 25 and a storage unit 26 which is in data connection 27 or can be brought into contact with it.
- control device 7 can be suitable for executing a computer program product, comprising commands which, when executed by the arithmetic unit 25, cause the arithmetic unit 25 to execute a method as described below from the memory unit 26.
- the control device 7 can have at least one user operating mode and one configuration operating mode, with a digital operating command for controlling at least one furniture element 2 being receivable in the user operating mode by the first 9 and / or second 10 receiving device of the at least one control device 7 and / or in the configuration operating mode by the first 9 and / or the second 10 receiving device of the at least one control device 7 can receive a digital operating command for configuring the control device 7.
- addresses of the receiving device 11 of the furniture elements 2, function assignments of the furniture elements 2 with regard to their design as furniture drive 3 or furniture lock 4, assignment of the furniture elements 2 to drivable or activatable parts 5 of at least one piece of furniture can be made in the control device 7 by a digital operating command in a memory unit 6 of the arrangement 1, information on the configuration of the transmission protocols 21, 22, 23, or general network architecture of the arrangement 1 can be stored.
- control device 7 and the furniture element 2 of the arrangement 1 are designed to be structurally separate from one another and can be or are arranged spatially separated from one another.
- FIG. 2 shows a particularly advantageous embodiment of an input device 14, this input device having different versions of user interfaces 12.
- the user interface 12 can be operated by a touch-sensitive screen 13 of the input device 14 and / or a voice input into a voice recognition device 15 and / or an operating element 16 of the input device 14 and / or operated manually or by a user Gesture control that can be carried out by a user, here for example with the aid of the camera 30 of the input device 14, is embodied.
- the input device 14 can, for example, generate and send operating commands.
- the operating commands can be used to control a furniture element 2, to configure the arrangement 1 and in particular the control device 7, and to switch to different operating modes of the control device 7 and the furniture elements 2.
- the individual user interfaces 12 can be divided into different input devices 14 embodied separately from one another.
- the input device 14 has a combined transmitting and receiving device 19, by means of which data transmission in accordance with the transmission protocols 21, 22 is possible.
- the input device 14 can also have separate, fewer or more devices for data transmission.
- the voice recognition device 15 for generating a digital operating command comprises at least one microphone 17 for capturing a voice command from a user at least one conversion device 18 for generating a digital operating command from the voice command, the conversion device 18 here with commands that can be executed by the processing unit 28 from a At least one transmitting device, in this embodiment designed as a transmitting and receiving device 19 of the input device 14, for sending a digital operating command to the control device 7 is formed.
- a microphone 17 can be provided for the speech recognition device 15 in an input device 14, for example a smartphone, and a converter 15 for generating a digital operating command from the voice command by a computer-aided service, possibly decentralized in one Cloud service (see FIG. 3), and a transmission device for sending a digital operating command to the control device 7, in turn, in an input device 14, again for example a smartphone.
- a gesture control of an input device 14 that can be executed by a user can be provided analogously with the aid of a sensor, for example with the camera 30 in the embodiment shown, and with commands that can be executed by the computing unit 28 from a memory unit 29.
- FIG. 1 A particularly preferred embodiment of an arrangement 1 is shown in FIG. 1
- the arrangement initially has different furniture elements 2, which are designed as furniture drives 3 for different furniture flaps and furniture doors, and as a furniture lock 4.
- the arrangement also has a control device 7 for controlling the furniture elements 2, wherein the control device 7 can basically be designed according to the embodiment shown in FIG.
- the arrangement 1 has different input devices 14 with which at least one digital operating command encoded according to a first transmission protocol 21 and / or according to a second transmission protocol 22 different from the first transmission protocol 21 can be sent to the control device.
- the at least one control device 7 has at least one first receiving device 9, with which at least one digital operating command sent according to a first transmission protocol 21 can be received, and at least one second receiving device 10, with which at least one digital operating command can be received according to a second transmission protocol 22 sent different from the first transmission protocol 21 can be received.
- the different input devices 14 can, for example, in the form of the embodiment of an input device 14 shown in FIG be trained about so-called intelligent personal assistants.
- Such input devices 14 can in principle have functionalities such as those of the embodiment shown in FIG.
- the arrangement 1 has at least one Internet-compatible communication device 20 for connecting the arrangement 1, in particular the control device 7, to the Internet 24.
- a data transmission can take place according to a first transmission protocol 21 and / or according to a second transmission protocol 22 different from the first transmission protocol 21.
- the arrangement 1 can alternatively or additionally have a further embodiment of a speech recognition device 15 for generating a digital operating command, which in the embodiment shown in FIG a voice command of a user at least one converter 18 for generating a digital operating command from the voice command, wherein the converter 18 can be implemented by a computer-aided service, as shown here, for example, decentrally in a cloud service 32 on the Internet 24, at least one transmission device for sending a digital operating command to the control device 7.
- FIG. 4a shows an embodiment of a piece of furniture 6 as an upper cabinet with a part 5 in the form of a flap pivoting flap that can be driven by a furniture element 3 designed as a furniture drive 3.
- FIG. 4b shows an embodiment of a piece of furniture 6 as a drawer with a part 5 in the form of individual drawers that can be locked by a furniture element 3 designed as a furniture lock 4.
- FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of a piece of furniture 6 as a drawer with a part 5 in the form of individual drawers that can be driven by a furniture element 3 designed as a furniture drive 3.
- FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of a piece of furniture 6 as a refrigerator with a part 5 in the form of a furniture door that can be driven by a furniture element 3 designed as a furniture drive 3.
- FIG. 7 the sequence of an embodiment of a method for operating an arrangement 1 as described above is shown in a block diagram, reference being made to the previously described parts of the embodiments of arrangement 1 with reference numerals. In order to operate the arrangement 1, it is not necessary to always carry out all the method steps mentioned.
- the method comprises the following method steps: the at least one control device 7 receives in a receiving method step c by means of the at least one first receiving device 9 at least one digital operating command sent according to a first transmission protocol 21, and / or the at least one control device 7 receives in a receiving method step c by means of the at least one second receiving device 10 at least one digital operating command sent according to a second transmission protocol 22, and the at least one control device 7 sends in a sending method step f by means of the at least one sending device at least one digital control command wirelessly to a receiving device 11 of the at least one furniture element 2.
- the digital operating command received in the receiving method step c and the digital control command sent in the sending method step f can be received and sent according to different transmission protocols 21, 22, 23.
- reception method step c there is a reception according to the first transmission protocol 21 according to the IEEE 802.11 standard and / or according to the Ethernet standard, and / or in the reception method step c there is a reception according to the second transmission protocol 22 according to the Bluetooth standard, and / or in the dispatch method step f, dispatch takes place in accordance with a third transmission protocol 23 according to ShockBurst TM or according to the Enhanced ShockBurst TM standard, which differs from the first 21 and second 22 transmission protocols.
- FIG. 8 the sequence of a particularly preferred embodiment of a method for operating an embodiment of an arrangement 1 as described above is shown in a block diagram, the previously described parts of the embodiments of arrangement 1 again being referred to with reference symbols.
- the method comprises at least the following method steps: a first generation method step a an operating command dispatch method step b a reception method step c an optional first forwarding method step d a second generation method step e a sending method step f a second receiving method step g an optional second forwarding method step h an activation method step i a configuration method step j
- the at least one digital operating command can be generated by a user via a user interface 12, generation through interaction with the user interface 12 by the user via a touch-sensitive screen of an input device 14 and / or a voice input in a speech recognition device and / or an operating element of an input device 14 that can be actuated manually or by a pedal and / or a gesture control of an input device 14 that can be performed by a user.
- a dispatch of at least one digital operating command to at least one control device 7 can take place in an operating command dispatch method step b.
- At least one digital operating command can be received in a manner analogous to the execution of the method in FIG. 7 in a receiving method step c.
- a digital operating command is received by the receiving device 9, 10 of at least one control device 7 for controlling at least one furniture element 2.
- a digital operating command is received by the receiving device 9, 10 of the at least one control device 7 for configuring the control device 7, wherein a configuration can take place in a corresponding configuration method step j.
- an operating command received in the receiving method step c can be forwarded to at least one further control device 7.
- At least one control command can be generated with the at least one operating command received in the receiving method step c.
- the dispatch of at least one digital control command can take place analogously to the execution of the method in FIG. 7 in a dispatch method step f.
- the at least one digital control command can be received by a receiving device 11 of at least one furniture element 2.
- a control command received in receiving method step c can be forwarded to at least one further furniture element 2.
- an activation of the furniture element 2 in particular a drive or an activation of at least a part 5 of a piece of furniture 6 by the furniture element 2, can take place by the received at least one digital control command.
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATA50492/2020A AT523880B1 (de) | 2020-06-05 | 2020-06-05 | Zweikanal-Empfang |
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