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WO1992002981A1
WO1992002981A1 PCT/FI1991/000242 FI9100242W WO9202981A1 WO 1992002981 A1 WO1992002981 A1 WO 1992002981A1 FI 9100242 W FI9100242 W FI 9100242W WO 9202981 A1 WO9202981 A1 WO 9202981A1
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Tapio Marttinen
Pekka Raatikainen
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Smart Set Oy
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G08SIGNALLING
    • G08CTRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS
    • G08C23/00Non-electrical signal transmission systems, e.g. optical systems
    • G08C23/06Non-electrical signal transmission systems, e.g. optical systems through light guides, e.g. optical fibres
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H02GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02JCIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J13/00Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network
    • H02J13/00004Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network characterised by the power network being locally controlled
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H02GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02JCIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J13/00Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network
    • H02J13/00006Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network characterised by information or instructions transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated power network element or electrical equipment
    • H02J13/00019Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network characterised by information or instructions transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated power network element or electrical equipment using optical means
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B47/00Circuit arrangements for operating light sources in general, i.e. where the type of light source is not relevant
    • H05B47/10Controlling the light source
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B47/00Circuit arrangements for operating light sources in general, i.e. where the type of light source is not relevant
    • H05B47/10Controlling the light source
    • H05B47/175Controlling the light source by remote control
    • H05B47/19Controlling the light source by remote control via wireless transmission
    • H05B47/195Controlling the light source by remote control via wireless transmission the transmission using visible or infrared light
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H02GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02JCIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J2310/00The network for supplying or distributing electric power characterised by its spatial reach or by the load
    • H02J2310/10The network having a local or delimited stationary reach
    • H02J2310/12The local stationary network supplying a household or a building
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B47/00Circuit arrangements for operating light sources in general, i.e. where the type of light source is not relevant
    • H05B47/10Controlling the light source
    • H05B47/175Controlling the light source by remote control
    • H05B47/196Controlling the light source by remote control characterised by user interface arrangements
    • H05B47/197Sound control or voice control

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  • the present invention relates to a procedure for the con ⁇ trol of an electric device as defined in the introductory part of claim 1.
  • All the electrical devices in an intelligent building are connected to the control system.
  • the transmission of the control data to the device to be controlled can at present be realized e.g. by a solution in which the controlling device sends the control commands into a network, either a separate galvanic data network connecting all the devices or the electrical network.
  • Each device receives the com ⁇ mands and checks the device addresses contained in them to see if the command is addressed to the device in question.
  • Such a system requires a microprocessor-based logic in each device. Although microelectronics is a fast-developing area, it is not to be expected that such a logic will be cheap enough in near future to be used e.g. in the control ⁇ lers of individual lamps.
  • the capacity of the network constitutes a limit which will be reached at some stage, so this may restrict further variegation of the control actions. If the control commands are transmitted over the electric network, the electric conductors will carry an intermittent mains current which generates radio interference.
  • Fl-patent publication 79772 describes a system for control ⁇ ling the power of mainly resistive loads such as illumina ⁇ tors, electric heaters and the like, in which the loads are connected to wall sockets and contolled by signals trans ⁇ mitted via optic fibres connected to a common control unit.
  • the procedure referred to can be applied in the control of other types of appli ⁇ ances as well by selecting the control signal according to the type of device to be controlled, in the manner defined in the claims to follow.
  • the control signals are thyristor firing signals gener ⁇ ated in a control unit and fed via optic fibre into a con ⁇ troller inbuilt in a socket or a special adapter.
  • Devices distant-controlled by means of infrared signals can be supplied a control signal having the form of the distant controller's own the pulse train.
  • Devices designed with a view to control by the system can be controlled by serial data transfer in accordance with any conventional protocol.
  • the r.p.m. of an electric motor can be controlled by means of a frequency signal whose frequency determines the speed of rotation of the motor.
  • a step motor requires two pulse trains with a 90° phase shift between them. In this case, the control takes up the control connections of two normal devices. In the case of a motor rotating in one direction only, one of the pulse trains can be formed from the other. In both cases, the number and frequency of the pulses determine the span and speed of the movement controlled by the motor.
  • control can be effected by two states in which light is either present or absent in the fibre.
  • the control signal can also be coded so as to render it secret. This will be done if the system is to be used e.g. to close the cabins and drawers in an office, in which case the lock is pro ⁇ vided with electronics recognizing the code.
  • Fig. 1 presents a set of equipment applicable for imple ⁇ menting the procedure of the invention.
  • Fig. 2 presents another set of equipment applicable for implementing the procedure of the invention.
  • Fig. 3 presents a third set of equipment applicable for implementing the procedure of the invention.
  • Fig. 4. presents a plug, a connecting conductor and a device to be controlled.
  • Fig. 1 presents a set of equipment based on the system proposed in the above-mentioned Fl-publication 79772.
  • the equipment comprises a control unit, two optic cables 2 with an optic fibre inside, and a wall socket consisting of a socket body 3 and a cover 4. That part of the cover in which the plug is inserted is provided with a hole 5 for the end of the optic cable.
  • the control unit contains a controller part 6 based on a microprocessor M.
  • the control signals are fed via the optic fibre in the optic cable to the socket 5 cover.
  • the controller itself may be a thyris ⁇ tor or triac controller built inside the plug of e.g. an illuminator, the control signal being transmitted to the contr ,ler via the optic fibre.
  • the brightness of illumina ⁇ tion is controlled using phase angle control. However, this is not applicable in the control of e.g. electric heaters because of the large interference signals generated. There ⁇ fore, electric heaters are controlled using zero point con ⁇ trol. In other words, each device connected to the system needs a control signal suited for the particular device.
  • the plug 7, which is inserted into the socket, is provided with a light-sensitive element 8 placed directly opposite to the fibre end in the socket cover.
  • a light-sensitive element 8 placed directly opposite to the fibre end in the socket cover.
  • the dimmer elec ⁇ tronics for an illuminator is placed inside the plug.
  • the plug may accommodate inside it the circuitry for the generation of a device recognition code, to be de ⁇ scribed later on.
  • control unit which functions as a nodal unit which can be connect ⁇ ed to the central unit of the whole control system or to a higher node, is able to use software options to change the type of control signal supplied to each socket.
  • the con ⁇ troller part of the control unit may be a circuit card as shown in Fig. 1, having at its lower edge fibre optic con ⁇ nectors 9 for fibres connecting it to the socket covers etc.
  • control card has for each illuminator a phase-angle counter 10 whose setpoint is altered by the microprocessor (M) 11 when the brightness of illumination is changed, but when the device to be controlled is e.g. a motor, its control signal is supplied via the same connec ⁇ tors.
  • M microprocessor
  • the plug which houses e.g. the dimmer electronics, may also be an adapter 12 as illustrated in Fig. 2, connected between the load plug 13 and the socket.
  • control logic e.g. a circuit generating firing pulses, 18, its power amplifier 19, a fibre 2, a circuit to be controlled 20, e.g. a dimmer mounted in a plug, and its amplifier 21
  • control logic e.g. a circuit generating firing pulses, 18, its power amplifier 19, a fibre 2
  • a circuit to be controlled 20 e.g. a dimmer mounted in a plug, and its amplifier 21
  • such recognition can be achieved by providing the controller in the plug with a guided light transmitter, a LED 22, 23, instead of a light-sensitive phototransistor as proposed in Fl-publication 79772.
  • a forward current is passed through a LED, it emits light with a wavelength characteristic of the LED.
  • the LED can serve both as transmitter and as receiver.
  • a transmitter and a receiver integrated in the same housing, which can be applied to the same purpose.
  • This recognition circuitry which is placed in the plug of the connected device or in a case containing the control electronics, said case being mounted in conjunction with the plug, consists of a unit 24 gener ⁇ ating the recognition code and its amplifier 25, connected to the circuit to be controlled.
  • the coding in itself is performed using techniques known in the art. After the LED 23 functioning as a receiver, e.g. under phase angle con ⁇ trol, has received a firing pulse, the time interval before the next pulse normally equals one half-cycle.
  • the transmitting LED 22 in the nodal unit can be switched to reception and the arriving code can be analyzed by passing it via an amplifier 26 to the code recognition unit 27, which is connected to the microprocessor 11.
  • An arrangement whereby a high-power pulse is fed into a sensor and then the same sensor is switched to reception to pro ⁇ vide a signal of a considerably lower power is part of pre ⁇ viously known technology, used e.g. in ultrasonic radars.
  • the procedure of the invention is also capable of transmit ⁇ ting information about the condition of the device con ⁇ nected, indicating e.g. if the device is damaged, and it can be used to give simple commands to the system. For example, if an individual table lamp connected to the sys ⁇ tem is turned off by its power switch, the system will be unable to light it again, but if operating the lamp switch causes a coded extinguish request to be sent to the system, then the lamp will remain under system control.
  • control electronics can be fitted e.g. inside the plug or in a special adapter connected be ⁇ tween the socket and the plug.
  • this is not pos ⁇ sible in all cases, but the control signal must be passed into the case of the device 28 to be controlled, e.g. a CD player, as illustrated by Fig. 4.
  • it is pos ⁇ sible to convert the control signal into electrical form in an adapter 29 containing the logic generating the recogni ⁇ tion code and pass it via a conductor 31 separated from the power supply cable 30 or via an additional cord or optic fibre from the adapter to the device to be controlled.

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Abstract

Procédé de commande pour dispositif électrique, selon lequel le dispositif (28) est commandé au moyen de signaux de commande produits dans une unité de commande séparée (1), et selon lequel lesdits signaux de commande ont la forme de signaux optiques parcourant une fibre optique (2) sur au moins une partie de leur passage de l'unité de commande (1) au dispositif (28). On peut sélectionner la manière de commander le dispositif électrique afin qu'elle s'adapte aux besoins du dispositif en question, soit au moyen d'une commande faite manuellement soit au moyen d'un signal d'identification transmis par le dispositif à commander à l'unité de commande par l'intermédiaire de la même fibre optique utilisée pour le passage des signaux de commande au dispositif électrique.
PCT/FI1991/000242 1990-08-10 1991-08-09 Procede de commande pour dispositif electrique WO1992002981A1 (fr)

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WO1996000459A1 (fr) * 1994-06-24 1996-01-04 Zumtobel Licht Gmbh Systeme de commande de plusieurs consommateurs repartis dans l'espace et procede de mise en service de ce systeme de commande
US5637933A (en) * 1994-04-05 1997-06-10 Smiths Industries Plc Electrical systems and connectors
EP0833425A3 (fr) * 1996-09-30 1999-08-04 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Système de communication pour un réseau câblé d'alimentation
US5953818A (en) * 1995-09-14 1999-09-21 Johns Manville International, Inc. Method of kerfing insulation boards and duct liners and the like formed from said boards
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EP2548416A4 (fr) * 2010-03-17 2014-03-12 Elbex Video Ltd Procédé et appareil destinés à propager des signaux optiques avec alimentation en énergie à des illuminateurs et des appareils électriques

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GB2275145A (en) * 1993-02-16 1994-08-17 Linde Ag Optical control of automotive electric motor
GB2288291A (en) * 1994-04-05 1995-10-11 Smiths Industries Plc Electrical systems and connectors
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EP1335485A1 (fr) * 2001-11-15 2003-08-13 Metabowerke GmbH Outil electrique semi-portatif ou à la main
CN102165758A (zh) * 2008-09-24 2011-08-24 埃尔贝克斯视象株式会社 用于经由双向ir、光纤和光导线缆来连接ac供电开关、电流传感器和控制装置的方法和器具
EP2329638A4 (fr) * 2008-09-24 2012-08-15 Elbex Video Ltd Procédé et appareil pour connecter des interrupteurs alimentés par courant alternatif, des capteurs de courant et des dispositifs de commande au moyen de câbles bidirectionnels ir, à fibre optique et de guide lumineux
CN102165758B (zh) * 2008-09-24 2014-12-10 埃尔贝克斯视象株式会社 用于经由双向ir、光纤和光导线缆来连接ac供电开关、电流传感器和控制装置的方法和器具
EP2499526A4 (fr) * 2009-11-11 2013-05-29 Elbex Video Ltd Procédé et appareil de couplage de signal optique à des circuits sous boîtiers par l'intermédiaire de câbles optiques et de coupleurs à guide d'ondes optiques
EP2548416A4 (fr) * 2010-03-17 2014-03-12 Elbex Video Ltd Procédé et appareil destinés à propager des signaux optiques avec alimentation en énergie à des illuminateurs et des appareils électriques

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