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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2004
Applicants:
Thomas Sturm, Kirchheim, DE;
Guido Stromberg, München, DE;
Inventors:
Thomas Sturm, Kirchheim, DE;
Guido Stromberg, München, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/00 (2006.01); G05B 11/01 (2006.01); G05B 19/18 (2006.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A transmission/reception device is provided merely as an embedded system, and a domestic appliance control program and/or an industrial appliance control program is/are transferred from the transmission/reception device to an external control apparatus, and the latter is used to control the appliances. In addition, the appliances contain at least one sensor for recording state information about the respective appliance, the recorded sensor variables being transferred to the external control apparatus.