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Eric Cheron

Emeric Motte

Serge Neuman

Laurent Gauthier

Michel Fournet

Alain Tranchand

Herbert Rodas

Francis Valoteau

Morgan Roux

Eric LaGarde

Lionel Symoen

Thierry Beaujeu

Vyacheslav Baran

Laurent P&eacute;pin

Bernhard Holzmayer

Laurent Pepin

François Geriniere

Alexey Pavlov

A method for operating an installation for the automated control of the conditions in a building, the installation including a central control unit, electrical equipment items with which areas of the building are equipped and a unit for managing sensor(s) suitable for measuring an input physical quantity, includes modelling the building and the building areas, obtaining at least one first value of the input physical quantity measured by the sensor(s), iteratively determining values of at least one output physical quantity, as a function of at least one second value of the input physical quantity, of the model of the building and of the areas of the building, and using the determined values in order to control the electrical equipment items.

Method for configuring and operating sun-protection equipment in a building

Method for communicating information by infrared radiation between a control command transmitter for a motorized product for closure, privacy or solar protection in a building and a control command receiver, comprising the transmission of a communication frame including:

Method for communicating information by infrared rays between a transmitter and a receiver in a home-automation network

A transmitter is adapted to transmit a command, toward one or more receivers. Each receiver is adapted to receive said command and identify said transmitter, which as transmitted it. Furthermore, each receiver is adapted to supply a signal addressed to an installer, for example, a visual signal, by actuating an operator connected to the receiver. The method for matching a transmitter and a receiver includes assigning a subset or a rank to each receiver; then the receivers supply a signal, depending on their subset or their rank, for example, in response to a rank modifying command. When only the receiver to be matched supplies a signal, the installer emits a command from the transmitter. The receiver, which has just supplied the signal, receives the command and is matched to the transmitter, which has transmitted it. the matching is carried out without any action on the receivers, simply by means of commands transmitted from the transmitter.

Method for transmitter and receiver matching

The invention concerns a method for controlling an electric motor driving a body in translation between an initial position and a final position determined by a stop, by powering the motor with reduced voltage in the final position approach phase. The motor has a torque/speed characteristic such that the torque at null speed decreases with the supply voltage. As the approach phase starts, the method consists in determining a reduced voltage by decreasing the rotational speed of the motor from a nominal value to a predetermined reduced value and in cutting the motor power supply if the motor rotational speed drops below a predetermined threshold value.

Method for controlling an electric motor driving a body in translation

The process comprises a user acting on an initial group control module so as to commence the hooking up as a first step. It also includes the following steps: a request for signaling in the network of all the modules which are hooked up with the initial group control module by comparing the addresses which they have stored with the address of the initial group control module, the user acting on one or more of the modules of the network so as to hook it up with the initial group control module or to cancel it s hookup with the initial group control module. The process is terminated by the user acting on the initial group control module in order to terminate the hookup.

Process for hooking up a group control module with a control module and/or an action module and/or a measurement module

The network (N) links control modules (CM) of a device (M) on the basis of a common instruction and of a quantity measured by a sensor (S) associated with a measurement module (MM). The instruction is formulated in the measurement module and broadcast over the network by the measurement module together with the measurement value.

Instruction broadcast by sensor

The device comprises a control point (CP) equipped with Up and Down contacts, the actuation of which causes the rotation of the motor in the desired direction, a control and supply box (CB) containing a logic processing unit (LPU), switching means controlled by the logic unit and means for establishing a direction of rotation of the motor. The means for establishing a direction of rotation of the motor furthermore comprise means (LPU, CLK, DC) for recognizing the direction of rotation of the shutter or roller blind, a memory of EEPROM type (MI) for recording the direction of rotation of the motor instruction issued by the control point and a programmed processor for comparing the recognized direction of displacement with the instruction emanating from the control point.

Control device for asynchronous motor of shutter or roller blind

Installation comprising several receiving points and several transmitting points. A control installation especially useful for controlling the operation of roller blinds or shutters. The control installation has several receiving points (4), several transmitting points (1) and the relay points (2) are connected to a common BUS line so as to be able to intercommunicate. The transmitting points (1) are provided in order to transmit signals on the BUS line. Each signal is a frame formed of at least one identifying element and of at least one element defining an order to be executed by the receiver. A particular address code, to which the identifying element corresponds is assigned to each transmitting point. The relay points are equipped with a logic processing unit having memories which are provided in order to store at least one identifying element. The allocating of the address to the transmitter allows the control installation to exhibit very high flexibility.

Communication system between a plurality of transmitters and receivers

The present invention provides controls for driving roller blinds, rolling shutters and doors. The controls include a two directional motor, a control panel, switches, power supply, and a logic processing unit which are all interconnected to allow the user to partially or fully raise and lower the blinds. The direction of the blinds can be changed at any time and also stopped at any time.

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Taninges, France

Eric Cheron