| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 340900100 | Addressing | 14 |
| 20110037566 | Lighting Control System and Method for Operating a Lighting Control System - A lighting control system comprising: at least two luminaires ( | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110068900 | Location-based addressing lighting and environmental control system, device and method - Location-Based Addressing (LBA) is a method of controlling and commissioning networked lighting devices. The lighting devices communicate over a wireless network using radio frequency communication protocols. The lighting devices are commissioned or grouped based on their respective locations in a building floor plan or a building architecture. The lighting devices are commissioned to respond to radio frequency communications that correspond to their respective locations. This imposed location-based architecture reduces the amount of transmitted data required to control the lighting devices and, thus, reduces the radio bandwidth required to control the lighting devices. In other words, controlling devices “multicast” instructions and controlled devices “listen” for instructions and act only upon instructions that correspond to their respective location. Hand shaking or two-way communication between the controlling devices and the controlled devices is not required. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110140851 | WAKEUP-ON-DEMAND APPARATUS AND MEHTOD, SENSOR DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND WAKEUP-ON-DEMAND METHOD OF SENSOR DEVICE - A wakeup-on-demand apparatus includes: a wakeup radio receiver (WRR) receiving a first radio signal to detect an address; and a main radio transceiver (MRT) responding to the first radio signal, transmitting and receiving a second radio signal for data communication, when the detected address coincides with a preset address. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110169606 | AUTOMATIC ADDRESS SELECTION FOR CONTROLLABLE DEVICES - Controlling controllable devices ( | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110193683 | PHYSICAL ADDRESSING FOR TRANSIENT VOLTAGE SURGE SUPPRESSOR MODULES - A multidimensional addressing network for a power system comprising a number of substantially identical modules monitoring a plurality of surge suppressors. Each module may be uniquely selected or identified based at least in part on its physical relationship with the base plates and other modules. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110221569 | Remotely Powered and Remotely Interrogated Wireless Digital Sensor Telemetry System with a Plurality of Transponders Connected to a Single Receiver Coil or Antenna - An electronic system includes a reader and a remotely powered and remotely interrogated transponder. The transponder includes a plurality of transponders connected to a single radiation receiving device. Each of the transponders receives power derived from radiation from the reader. Each of the transponders has an address. Each of the transponders has a system to transmit data so as to avoid collisions. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110279231 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA IN AN AUTOMATED CONTROL SYSTEM - A control system has a plurality of spatially distributed stations. At least some of the stations have input connectors for connecting sensors or output connectors for connecting actuators. The stations are connected from station to station to form a series of stations. The series has a first station, at least one second station and a last station. The first station and every second station have a successor in the series. Every second station and the last station have a predecessor in the series. In order to transmit data in this control system, the first station generates a number of separate data telegrams which is equal to the number of second stations plus the last station. Each data telegram is addressed to precisely one of the stations. The first station sends the data telegrams on by one at defined time intervals to its successor, wherein the data telegrams are addressed in reverse order of the stations. Every second station receives a data telegram from its respective predecessor and sends the received data telegram to its respective successor in the manner of a bucket brigade until it receives a data telegram which is addressed itself. The second stations and the last station each generate an individual reply telegram which is directed to the first station, and send the individual reply telegrams to their respective predecessors in the manner of a bucket brigade. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120068824 | METHOD OF ASSIGNING A SYSTEM ADDRESS TO CONTROL DEVICES OF A LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM - A system for independent control of electric motors and electric lights includes a plurality of two-wire wallstations coupled in series via power wires between an alternating-current (AC) source and a light/motor control unit. The light/motor control unit is preferably located in the same enclosure as an electric motor and an electric light and has two outputs for independent control of the motor and the light. The light/motor control unit and the wallstations each include a controller and a communication circuit that is coupled to the power wiring via a communication transformer and communicate with each other using a loop current carrier technique. The light/motor control unit and the wallstations utilize pseudo random orthogonal codes and a median filter in the communication process. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20130181813 | REMOTE COMMISSIONING OF AN ARRAY OF NETWORKED DEVICES - A system and method for identification of a particular one device from an array of networked devices. Each of the devices are individually addressable by a controller on the network, and a technician preferably identifies a particular one device by use of a handheld remote control. Pointing one of transmitter/receiver pair at a device including the complementary component allows remote disambiguation based upon ranging and signal strength, particularly when using a pair of orthogonal antennas to discriminate and confirm which particular device is being pointed to by the remote. Optional confirmation helps improve identification robustness, and then the properly identified device may be configured/commissioned. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20140062661 | INTERFACE ARBITRATION FOR A WIRED TAG - Various exemplary embodiments relate to an integrated circuit (IC) including: a memory; a radio frequency (RF) interface configured to access the memory; a wired interface connected to a host and configured to access the memory; and an arbitration module configured to prevent concurrent access to the memory by more than one interface. Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method of controlling access in a dual interface tag having a wired interface and a radio frequency (RF) interface operable in an idle state, a wired lock state, and a RF locked state. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062662 | METHOD OF SELECTIVELY PAIRING WIRELESS CONTROLLER TO MULTIPLT DENTAL/MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS - In a dental operatory system a master device coordinates the activity levels of multiple slave devices. The master device coordinates activity via a communication link with all slave devices. A communication protocol incorporates a closed system addresses scheme in which the master device learns all associated addresses of slave devices, and all slave devices learn all associated addresses of the master device. Each communication between master device and any slave device includes both the master device address and the slave device address. The master device scans all slave devices for an activity status and determines which slave device exhibits a threshold level of activity, and whether activity is increasing or decreasing. The master device passes a communication control token to the slave device to be controlled by operation of the master device. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20150028998 | Location-Based Addressing Lighting and Environmental Control System, Device and Method - Location-Based Addressing (LBA) is a method of controlling and commissioning networked lighting devices. The lighting devices communicate over a wireless network using radio frequency communication protocols. The lighting devices are commissioned or grouped based on their 5 respective locations in a building floor plan or a building architecture. The lighting devices are commissioned to respond to radio frequency communications that correspond to their respective locations. This imposed location-based architecture reduces the amount of transmitted data required to control the lighting devices and, thus, reduces the radio bandwidth required to control the lighting devices. In other words, controlling devices “multicast” instructions and controlled devices “listen” for instructions and act only upon instructions that correspond to their respective location. Hand shaking or two-way communication between the controlling devices and the controlled devices is not required. | 01-29-2015 |
| 340900110 | Group addressing | 1 |
| 20130154799 | SELECTIVELY ADDRESSING TRANSPONDERS - Selectively addressing transponders A method of selectively addressing one or more transponders in a set ( | 06-20-2013 |
| 340900160 | Programming of the address | 1 |
| 20140184389 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device comprises a storage unit, a determination unit, controller, and a communication unit. The storage unit stores pieces of registration information including information concerning a target device and information concerning a direction of the target device. The determination unit detects a first direction of this electronic device. The controller selects one piece of first registration information from the pieces of registration information based on the first direction and sets a first target device based on selected information. The communication unit transmits a control signal that is used for controlling the first target device. | 07-03-2014 |
