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Somfy Activites Sa

Fabien Rousseau

Serge Bruno

Pierre-Emmanuel Cavarec

Eric Paul Lagarde

Norbert Dupielet

Mathieu Prevoteau

Bernard Grehant

Serge Neuman

Florent Pellarin

Sébastien Lemaitre

David Mugnier

Frédéric Devis

Pierre Mignot

Rémi Sourain

Pierre Emmanuel Cavarec

Frederic Maraval

Frédéric Maraval

Michel Ramus

Eric LaGarde

Sébastien Lemaître

Josiane Dunand

Pierre Geriniere

Valérie Bourgeois

Yves-Marie Saint-Drenan

Damien Tine

David Faure

Ben Bosse

Stéphane Caregnato

Pierre-Emmanuel Caravec

Vincent Depreux

Rémy Sourain

Omar Louhichi

Delphine Bechevet

Rémi De Bettignies

Olivier Benferhat

A method for controlling a shading device includes: moving a screen by electrical activation of an electromechanical actuator; determining a value of data representing operation of a motorised drive device during screen movement; and comparing the determined data to a first predetermined threshold. Depending on the result, the method includes: reducing a rotational speed setpoint of an output shaft of the electromechanical actuator if the value of the determined data≥the value of the first predetermined threshold, to reduce power consumed by the electromechanical actuator; or maintaining the rotational speed setpoint of the output shaft of the electromechanical actuator as long as the determined data<the value of the first predetermined threshold. The determined data is the power consumed or the torque delivered by the electromechanical actuator. The determining, comparing, and reducing are iterated until a value of a second predetermined speed threshold is reached.

Method for controlling the operation of a shading device, and associated shading device

A method for testing compatibility between the energy needs of an electrically autonomous home-automation device and a predetermined location for a photovoltaic module comprising a step (Etp) of selecting and storing an electrically autonomous home-automation device, a step (Etp) of inputting and storing position data relative to the predetermined location, a step (Etp) of defining and storing a shadow mask, a step (Etp) of calculating the change in the amplitude of the solar radiation received at the predetermined location over the course of a year and a step (Etp) of calculating an energy balance from the change in the amplitude of the solar radiation received at the predetermined location and the energy needs of the selected home-automation device.

Method for testing compatibility

Disclosed is a method for determining a solar mask for a facility that comprises a step (E) of positioning a mobile terminal at a predetermined location of a photovoltaic panel. Following the step (E), the method comprises a step (E) of taking a single photograph with a camera of the mobile terminal and a step (E) of determining an orientation of the camera, during the step (E), by means of an orientation detection device and a controller of the mobile terminal. The method further comprises a step (E) of extending at least one contour of the photograph, in at least one direction, and a step (E) of superimposing data from the extended photograph with a sun path diagram, in a common reference frame, so as to determine the solar mask.

Method for determining a solar mask for an installation and method for checking the compatibility of a motorized drive device

The present invention relates to a method of controlling an actuator for a mobile item of equipment in building comprising the steps consisting in: deploying a model (M) linking at least one modelling parameter (P) with at least one characteristic physical quantity (C) of the environment or of the operation of the actuator exhibiting a temporal evolution; collecting a set of measurement values (VCm) relating to the at least one characteristic physical quantity (C) of the environment or of the operation of the actuator in the course of a measurement interval (Tm), each measurement value (VCm) being associated with an instant (Tm) of the measurement interval (Tm); determining or correcting at least one value (VP) of the at least one modelling parameter (P) in such a way that a modelled temporal evolution (Ee) defined on the basis of the application of the model (M) of the at least one value (VP) of modelling parameter (P) corresponds to or approaches an observed temporal evolution (Eo) of the characteristic physical quantity (C) determined on the basis of the set of measurement values (VCm); applying or correcting a definition of the operation of the actuator () as a function of a determined or corrected value (VP) of the at least one parameter (P). The present invention also relates to an actuator implementing such a method.

Method for controlling an actuator for a building movable equipment

A method for controlling and/or monitoring at least one actuator of a visual or thermal comfort device in a building, includes the steps of: collecting data from a plurality of control points configured to send at least one control order to at least one actuator, the data including, for at least each control point, information relating to an instantaneous measurement value of a physical quantity relating to comfort or to the energy consumption in the building. The measurement value is determined at the location of the control point. The method further includes the step of exploiting the data, wherein the exploitation includes the definition of at least one correspondence between an instantaneous measurement value of a physical quantity and a spatial location of the measurement of the physical quantity in the building.

Method for controlling and/or monitoring at least one actuator

A motor-driven carriage () for opening/closing a curtain, includes a housing () that is provided with two members () for suspending the housing from a rail (), wherein a friction wheel (), which is driven by an electric motor and which is to contact at least one rolling surface () of the rail, is rotatably mounted inside the housing. The carriage () also includes a cradle () provided with two other members () for suspending the cradle from the rail (), which are separate from the members () for suspending the housing (), as well as elements () for coupling to the curtain. The cradle is mounted onto the housing () and is driven by the housing when the latter moves along the rail, the housing () and the cradle () optionally being capable of relative movement there between.

Motor-driven carriage, and blackout equipment including such a carriage

A method for operating a motorized solar protection home automation installation, comprising:

Method for operating a motorized solar protection home automation installation

Method of communicating by radio frequencies in a home-automation installation comprising at least one command transmitter and at least one command receiver, comprising the following steps: receiving by virtue of a radiofrequency receiver of a command receiver a signal transmitted by a command transmitter, &#x2014;measuring the power level of the signal received, comparing the power level measured with a power level recorded in a memory of powers that are blocked at the level of the command receiver, in the case where the measured power level corresponds to the power level recorded in memory, not processing the signal received.

Method of communicating by radio frequencies in a home-automation installation

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Mieussy, France

Fabien Rousseau