FR2900191A1 - Roller-blinds` or blinds` set opening and closing controlling method for e.g. dwelling, involves opening roller-blind or blind at opening hour that is latest hour between opening hour programmed by user and hour representing sun rise time - Google Patents

Abstract

The method involves opening a roller-blind or a blind at an opening hour, by a control unit of a control center, and closing the roller-blind or the blind, at a closing time, by the control unit. The opening hour is the latest hour between the opening hour programmed by a user and an hour representing the sun rise time, where the sun rise time is calculated by an algorithm. An independent claim is also included for a control center for providing a command for opening or closing a roller-blind or a set of roller-blinds or blinds.

Description

The present invention relates to a method of controlling opening and

  closing at least one shutter or at least one group of shutters or blinds of the type which comprises an opening step at an opening time and a closing step at a closing time.

  The use of shutters or motorized blinds is now widespread in homes or business premises. These devices operate through a control box comprising two control members that can be actuated by the user, one for opening the shutter, or blind, and the other to its closure.

  There are shutters, or blinds, which are controlled by scheduling processes of opening and closing time. For example, certain methods allow manual programming of the hours of opening and closing by the user. With this method, the user can choose, sometimes according to the days of the week, the opening and closing time of shutters. Some processes also allow you to program different opening and closing times for different components. Other methods use schedules of opening and closing shutters according to the time of sunrise and sunset. Such methods use an astronomical clock integrated in the shutter control devices.

  Such automatic methods of opening and closing roller shutters or motorized blinds, however, have some disadvantages. The manual programming methods of the schedules by the user do not always make it possible to profit optimally from the totality of the external luminosity. Indeed, the shutters are programmed to open and close at a predetermined time by the user while the outdoor brightness at this scheduled time varies with the seasons. It may be that the shutters open before sunrise, and it is also possible that the shutters close after sunset. Processes using a schedule based on sunrise and sunset times using an astronomical clock are also not always suitable. Indeed, it is not always desirable that, for example, the shutters open at the same time as the sun rises. This is particularly the case in summer, when the sun rises extremely early. The object of the present invention is to provide a method of controlling the opening and closing of at least one roller shutter or at least one group of roller shutters or blinds that allows to enjoy the outside brightness of any optimum taking into account the rhythm of life of the user. For this purpose, a method of controlling the opening and closing of at least one rolling shutter or at least one group of shutters, or blinds according to the present invention, is of the type which comprises a step of opening to an opening hour and a closing step at a closing time, characterized in that said opening time is a function of a time programmed by the user and a time representative of the time of the sunrise. Sun. Thus, this method allows the opening of shutters or blinds at a given time which is in line with both the time chosen by the user and the external brightness. According to one characteristic of the invention, the opening time of at least one rolling shutter, or at least one group of shutters or blind is the latest time between the time programmed by the user and the representative time of the sunrise time. According to one embodiment of the invention, the method according to the invention is a method for controlling the opening and closing of at least one rolling shutter or at least one group of rolling shutters or blinds of the type which comprises an opening step at an opening time and a closing step at a closing time, characterized in that said closing time is a function of a closing time programmed by the user and a representative time the time of sunset. According to one embodiment of the invention, the closing time of at least one rolling shutter, or at least one group of shutters or blinds is the least late hour between the time programmed by the user and representative time of sunset time. Advantageously, the representative hours of sunset and sunrise are calculated by an algorithm. The present invention also relates to a control unit for controlling the opening and / or closing of at least one roller shutter or at least one group of roller shutters or blinds comprising a clock, one or more memories, a user interface and a control unit, characterized in that the control unit is programmed to open at least one roller shutter or at least one group of roller shutters or blinds at an opening time which is a function of a opening time programmed by the user and a representative hour of the sunrise time. According to a feature of the invention, said control unit is programmed to open at least one roller shutter or at least one group of roller shutters or blinds at an opening time which is the latest time between one hour of user-programmed opening and a representative hour of sunrise time. According to one embodiment, the invention also relates to a control unit for controlling the opening and / or closing of at least one roller shutter or at least one group of roller shutters or blinds comprising a clock , one or more memories, a user interface and a control unit, characterized in that the control unit is programmed to close at least one shutter or at least one group of shutters or blinds at a closing time which is a function of a closing time programmed by the user and a time representative of the time of sunset. According to a characteristic of the invention, said control unit is programmed to close at least one shutter or at least one group of shutters or blinds at a closing time which is the least time between a scheduled closing time by the user and a representative hour of sunset time.

  The characteristics of the invention mentioned above, as well as others, will emerge more clearly on reading the following description of an exemplary embodiment, said description being given in relation to the attached drawings, among which: FIG. . 1 represents a flow diagram of the steps of implementing a method of opening and closing a shutter or blind according to the present invention, FIG. 2 illustrates an embodiment of a method of controlling the opening of a shutter or awning according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 illustrates a control unit which is provided to implement a method of opening and / or closing a roller shutter or blind according to the present invention. Fig. 1 is a flow chart showing the progress of a method of controlling the opening and closing of a shutter according to the invention. We call Ho, the opening time and Hf, the closing time of a roller shutter. During a daily initialization step 1.1, the method determines the opening time Ho and the closing time Hf of the roller shutter. The Ho opening time is a function of a user-programmed opening time and a representative sunrise time. Likewise, the closing time Hf is a function of a user-defined closing time and a representative hour of the sunset. According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the opening time Ho is the latest time between the opening time programmed by the user, hereinafter called the hour Hou, and the representative hour of the hour of the sunrise, denominated thereafter the hour Hos, ie Ho = max (Hou; Hos). The closing time Hf is, for example, the least late hour between the closing time programmed by the user, hereinafter referred to as the Hfu time, and the time representative of the bedtime of the sun, later called the hour Hfs, Hf = min (Hfu; Hfs). The method then controls the opening of the shutter during step 1.2, at the opening time Ho. In step 1.3, the method controls the closure of the shutter at the closing time Hf . It should be noted that it remains within the scope of the invention if the closing time Hf is the closing time programmed by the user Hfu or the hour representative of the sunset time Hfs.

  Fig. 2 illustrates an embodiment of a method according to the invention for opening and closing a shutter. The method consults, during step 2.1, the time t indicated by the clock. The method then verifies, during step 2.2, whether the time indicated by the clock coincides with the opening time programmed by the user Hou. If the hours are identical, the method checks, during step 2.3, whether the opening time programmed by the user Hou is later than the time representative of the sunrise time Hos, or the same. If the time Hou is later than the time Hos, or the same, then there is opening of the shutter during an opening step 2.4. On the other hand, if the hour H 0 is less late than the hour H 0, the process rejoins step 2.1 and in this case there is no opening of the shutter. If, during step 2.2, the time indicated by the clock does not coincide with the opening time programmed by the user Hou, then the method checks, in step 2.5, if the time indicated by the clock coincides with the hour representative of the sunrise time Hos. If the time indicated by the clock coincides with the time Hos, the process verifies, during step 2.6, whether the representative hour of the sunrise Hos is later than the opening time programmed by the clock. Hou user. If this is the case, then there is opening of the shutter during an opening step 2.4. On the other hand, if the time Hos is less late than the hour Hou, the process rejoins the step 2.1 and in this case there is no opening of the shutter. If the time indicated by the clock does not coincide with the time Hos, the process joins step 2.1 and there is no opening of the shutter. The method also allows the closure of the shutter. To do this, the method consults, during step 2.7, the time t indicated by the clock. The method then verifies, in step 2.8, whether the time indicated by the clock coincides with the closing time programmed by the user Hfu. If the hours are identical, the method checks, during step 2.9, whether the closing time programmed by the user Hfu is less late than the hour representative of the sunset time Hfs, or the same. If the time Hfu is less late than the hour Hfs, or the same, then there is closure of the shutter during a closing step 2.12. On the other hand, if the time Hfu is later than the hour Hfs, the process rejoins the step 2.7 and in this case there is no closure of the shutter. If, during step 2.7, the time indicated by the clock does not coincide with the closing time programmed by the user Hfu, then the method verifies, in step 2.10, whether the The time indicated by the clock coincides with the hour representative of the sunset time Hfs. If the time indicated by the clock coincides with the time Hfs, the method checks, during the step 2.11, if the representative time of the sunset Hfs is less late than the closing time programmed by the Hfu user. If this is the case, then there is closure of the shutter during a closing step 2.12. On the other hand, if the time Hfs is later than the time Hfu, the process rejoins the step 2.7 and in this case there is no closure of the shutter. If the time indicated by the clock does not coincide with the time Hfs, the process joins step 2.7 and there is no closure of the shutter.

  Fig. 3 illustrates a control unit 1 of a shutter 2 for implementing a method of opening and closing a roller shutter according to the invention. The control unit 1 comprises a clock 15, for example, of the quartz type, indicating the time, at least one memory 13, a user interface 16 and a control unit 12. In a memory part 131 are stored the opening time and closing time of shutter 2, programmed by the user. Another portion of memory 132 stores the control software of the control unit 1, for example, a function in the form of an algorithm that makes it possible to calculate the sunrise and sunset times of the day in question according to the geographical location. This location is, for example, entered by the user at the time of installation of the central unit 1. Any other means of obtaining these hours can be used. The user interface 16 includes a keyboard 162 allowing the user to enter, for example, the scheduled opening and / or closing times, and a screen 161 for displaying the instructions. The control unit 12 is provided to implement the method according to the present invention. Opening and / or closing shutter 2 are treated according to the method according to the invention. The control unit 1 is, in addition, connected to the motor M of the shutter 2, for example, for its control opening or closing.

  It will be understood that, according to the invention, a method can take place or several processes can take place simultaneously. In the same control unit, the process can take place several times with different programmed opening and closing times to control different shutters or groups of shutters.

Claims (9)

  1) A method of controlling the opening and closing of at least one rolling shutter 2 or at least one group of shutters or blinds of the type which comprises an opening step at an opening time Ho and a step closing time at a closing time Hf, characterized in that said opening time Ho is a function of an opening time programmed by the user Hou and a time representative of the sunrise time Hos .   2) Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the opening hour Ho at least one shutter 2 or at least one group of shutters or blinds is the latest time between the hour user-programmed opening time Hou and the hour representative of the sunrise time Hos.   3) A method of controlling the opening and closing of at least one rolling shutter 2 or at least one group of shutters or blinds of the type which comprises an opening step at an opening time Ho and a step closing at a closing time Hf, characterized in that said closing time Hf is a function of a closing time programmed by the user Hfu and a time representative of the sunset time Hfs.   4) Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the closing time Hf at least one shutter 2 or at least one group of shutters or blinds is the least time between user-programmed closing time Hfu and the hour representative of the sunset time Hfs.   5) Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the representative hours of the bedtime Hfs and sunrise Hos of the sun are calculated by an algorithm.   6) Control unit 1 intended to ensure the control opening and / or closing of at least one shutter 2 or at least one group of shutters or blinds comprising a clock 15, one or more memories 13, 14, an interfaceutilizer 16 and a control unit 12, characterized in that the control unit 12 is programmed to open at least one roller shutter or at least one group of shutters 2 or blinds at an opening time Ho which is a function of an opening hour programmed by the user Hou and a representative hour of the sunrise time Hos.   7) Control unit 1 according to claim 6, characterized in that said control unit 12 is programmed to open at least one shutter 2 or at least one group of shutters or blinds at an opening hour Ho, which is the latest time between an opening hour programmed by the user Hou and a representative hour of the sunrise time Hos.   8) control unit 1 intended to ensure the control opening and / or closing of at least one shutter 2 or at least one group of shutters or blinds comprising a clock 15, one or more memories 13, 14, a user interface 16 and a control unit 12, characterized in that the control unit 12 is programmed to close at least one shutter 2 or at least one group of shutters or blinds at a closing time Hf which is a function of a closing time programmed by the user Hfu and a representative hour of the sunset time Hfs.   9) Control unit 1 according to claims 6 to 8, characterized in that said control unit 12 is programmed to close at least one shutter 2 or at least one group of shutters or blinds at a closing time Hf, which is the least late hour between the scheduled closing time by the Hfu user and the hour representative of the Hfs sunset time.