WO2007093660A2

WO2007093660A2 - Multi-purpose remote control device

Info

Publication number: WO2007093660A2
Application number: PCT/ES2007/000088
Authority: WO
Inventors: Victor Garcia Rodriguez
Original assignee: Victor Garcia Rodriguez
Priority date: 2006-02-16
Filing date: 2007-02-16
Publication date: 2007-08-23
Also published as: ES1062278U; WO2007093660A3; ES1062278Y

Abstract

The invention relates to a multi-purpose remote control device including an outer casing (1) containing an electric circuit with a microcontroller (6) which is connected to a single push button (2) which is in turn connected to a battery (7) including a radio frequency module (13), a built-in antenna (5), an LED (3) modulation output (4) and resistors (11 and 12). According to the invention, as a function of the pulses received by the microcontroller (6) at the input (14), either one channel or another channel is activated, each of said channels being associated with the emission of a code which activates a preprogrammed mechanism. The microcontroller (6) includes a diode (8), a Zener diode (10) and a small electrolytic capacitor (9) for powering same for at least a second and a half between one pulse and the next. In addition, the microcontroller is provided with flash memory, RAM memory and internal EEPROM memory such that it can be programmed by the installer or the user.

Description

MULTI-REMOTE CONTROLLER DEVICE

D E S C R I P C I Ó N

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates, as stated in the present specification, to a multi-purpose remote control device that provides the function to which a series of advantages and features are intended, apart from others inherent in its organization and constitution, which will be described in detail below, and that represent an innovative alternative and / or improvement to what is already known in this field.

More specifically, the object of the invention consists of a remote control device, of the type essentially intended for the opening of doors or mechanisms for access to enclosures, garages and the like, which by means of a different number of presses on a single button Activate up to four different corresponding or related channels each with the different doors or mechanisms to which it has been programmed.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

At present and as a reference to the state of the art, it should be mentioned that remote control devices are widely known which, whether by means of radio frequency or infrared, activate mechanisms and devices of different kinds.

Such devices, however, specifically in the field at hand, generally They have a single button and therefore operate a single door or mechanism.

On the other hand, in the case of needing to operate more than one door or mechanism, they incorporate more buttons, as many as doors or mechanisms, so that each of them is related to an emission channel, being therefore the largest command and with a greater number of elements and parts in its constitution which often entails a greater risk of failure as well as a higher cost of manufacturing and battery consumption, in addition to the possible confusion of the user when distinguishing one or the other, in definitively simply summarize several remote controls in the same housing.

It is therefore necessary to create a remote control that simplifies the need to operate or open and close different doors or mechanisms, such as the one advocated by the present invention, and of which it is worth mentioning that the petitioner declares to ignore the existence of any another that has similar technical, structural and constitutive characteristics and whose purpose is to solve the aforementioned drawbacks that presently known systems have for the same purpose.

EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION

The multi-purpose remote control device that the invention proposes, constitutes in itself an obvious novelty within its field of application since, according to its use, its operation is greatly simplified, reducing the amount of components that integrate it and consequently reducing its manufacturing costs and eventual breakdowns of these, but above all facilitating its use to the user.

Specifically, the multipurpose remote control that the invention proposes consists of a device constituted in a conventional way by a housing that houses in its interior properly coupled and interconnected the different elements that make its operation possible, incorporating in a characterizing and innovative way, such As mentioned at the beginning of this memory, a single button, which depending on the number of keystrokes it receives from the user, attempts to drive up to four different mechanisms, since said button can be associated with up to four different channels.

Thus, when the user makes a single pressure on the actuation button, the device activates a first frequency modulation channel to which the emission of a certain code has been associated (said code may be of standard or variable type), when the user makes two consecutive presses on the button, this activates the second channel, when he makes three the third and thus up to a maximum of four channels, each of them activating the corresponding mechanism to which it is associated and for which previously been scheduled

It should be noted that the last pulse must be slightly longer, so that the device can interpret correctly and without the possibility of error the number of pulsations made in order to activate one channel or another. For this, the multi-purpose remote control device of the invention has an electrical circuit that incorporates a microcontroller, which connected to the button counts the amount of pulsations it receives, being connected to a conventional type of battery, incorporating a module radio frequency, with an antenna (integrated in the printed circuit itself), and having a modulation output through a led, as well as the corresponding resistors, and incorporating to allow its proper operation and continuous feeding between pulsations, a small electrolytic capacitor and a diode, so as to allow the microcontroller to be maintained for at least one second and a half between one pulse and the next.

It should be noted that, in an alternative embodiment, the invention can dispense with said capacitor, keeping the circuit permanently connected and in a "stand by" mode in a constant manner, in which case, however, the battery consumption is consequently, although reduced, constant and therefore greater.

On the other hand, the mentioned microcontroller has flash memory, ram memory as well as internal eeprom memory, so that it allows both its programming for the incorporation of the different modulations corresponding to each channel through the appropriate software, directly by the installer from a computer or console including the codes in the printed circuit, as by the user himself, since it allows both obtaining and entering the codes manually, that is, that the device also advantageously allows the copying of other controls. For this, it is enough to keep the button pressed for more than 30 seconds, after the corresponding keystrokes to the desired channel, after which the device, by means of the appropriate programming, stops emitting modulation going on to show the corresponding code by means of flashes (as many as the figure corresponding to a more extended interval between one number and the next) of the led that incorporates the housing.

This lack of emission after pressing the button for more than 30 seconds, on the other hand, avoids collision problems between different controls that may eventually be in the same field of action.

The new multipurpose remote control device therefore represents an innovative structure with structural and constitutive characteristics unknown until now for this purpose, reasons that, together with its practical utility, provide it with sufficient grounds to obtain the privilege of exclusivity that is requested .

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that is being made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, this descriptive report is attached, as an integral part thereof, of a set of drawings, in which with character Illustrative and not limiting, the following has been represented:

Figure number 1.- Shows a perspective view of a schematic representation of a exemplary embodiment of the multipurpose remote control device according to the invention.

Figure number 2. - Shows a diagram of the electrical circuit incorporating the device of the invention.

Figures 3 and 4 show respectively in individual block diagrams the association of the different channels that, between a minimum of one and a maximum of four, incorporates the command of the invention with the different doors or mechanisms that each activates (Figure 3), and the association of each of these channels with the corresponding code depending on the number of pulses made and depending on the number of channels that the device incorporates (Figure 4).

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

In view of the aforementioned figures and in accordance with the numbering adopted, an example of a preferred embodiment of the multi-purpose remote control device comprising the parts indicated and described below can be observed.

Thus, as can be seen in Figure 1, the device in question is essentially constituted from an external housing (1) that has a single actuation button or button (2), incorporating a LED ( 3) for the modulation output (4).

In figure 2 it can be seen how the circuit that makes its operation possible consists essentially, in addition to the mentioned button (2), of an antenna (5) integrated in the printed circuit, of a microcontroller (6), a power battery (7), a diode (8), a capacitor (9), with a zener diode (10) as a voltage regulator for the microcontroller (6), two resistors (11) and (12), the mentioned modulation output (4) and the led (3), and a radio frequency module (13).

The aforementioned microcontroller (6) has flash memory, ram memory and internal eepron memory, allowing its programming through the appropriate software, directly by the installer from a computer or console and advantageously by the user, also allowing the obtaining and introduction of codes manually.

Thus, depending on the number of presses made on the button (2) and collected or counted by the microcontroller (6) through the input (14), it will activate one channel or another, so that, as can be seen in the diagrams of figures 3 and 4, when a single pressure is made on the button (2), the microcontroller (β) activates a first frequency modulation channel (Cl) with which the emission of a certain code has been associated and that in turn it activates a certain mechanism or door (Pl), when the user makes two consecutive pressures on the button (2), the second channel (C2) whose code activates the mechanism or the associated door (P2) is activated, when it performs three pressures on the button (2), the third channel (C3) whose code activates the mechanism or associated door (P3) is activated and when four pressures are made on the button (2), the corresponding mechanism or door is activated (P4) , having said mechanisms or doors (Pl), (P2), (P3) and (P4) previously programmed. As mentioned, and as seen in the diagram of figure number 4 in which the four possibilities have been represented, the device or housing (1) can incorporate up to four channels (Cl), (C2), (C3 ) and (C4) respectively, and can also incorporate three (Cl), (C2) and (C3), two (Cl) and (C2), or only one (Cl), the latter being the case of known devices, showing in this figure the correspondence of the pulsations made for the selection of each channel by means of the button (2) with the modulation output (4) and the pressure time (t) thereof.

Describing sufficiently the nature of the present invention, as well as the way of putting it into practice, it is noted that, within its essentiality, it may be implemented in other embodiments that differ in detail from that indicated by way of example. , and which will also achieve the protection that is sought as long as it does not alter, change or modify its fundamental principle.

Claims

1.- MULTI-REMOTE CONTROLLER DEVICE, of the type that, essentially intended for the opening of doors or mechanisms for access to enclosures, garages and the like, acts by issuing codes of standard or variable type, through radio frequency , characterized by the fact that an electrical circuit incorporating a microcontroller (β), connected to a single button, is housed inside its external housing (1).

(2) it counts the amount of pulsations that it receives, being connected to a conventional type battery (7), incorporating the corresponding radio frequency module (13), with an antenna (5) integrated in the printed circuit, and having a modulation output (4) through a led (3), as well as corresponding resistors (11) and (12); in which, depending on the number of presses made on the button (2) and collected or counted by the microcontroller (6) through the input (14), it activates one channel or another, up to a maximum of four, being associated to each of these channels the emission of a certain code that activates a certain previously programmed mechanism.

2. MULTI-REMOTE CONTROL UNIT DEVICE, according to claim 1, characterized in that to allow the adequate operation and continuous feeding of the microcontroller (6) between the pulsations made on the button (2), it incorporates a diode (8 ), a zener diode (10) and a small electrolytic capacitor (9), which allows the microcontroller to be maintained for at least one second and a half between one pulse and the next.

3.- REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE

MULTIPURPOSE, according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the microcontroller

(6) it has flash memory, ram memory and internal eepron memory, allowing its programming by means of the appropriate software, directly by the installer from a computer or console and by the user himself, allowing the obtaining and introduction of form codes manual.