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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179062 | Method of operation for an electromechanical actuator for an awning with arms A method of operating an electromechanical actuator (6) for an awning with arms (1), comprising a control unit (8), stop detection means (9) and means (7) for measuring a parameter (Ucapa) of the actuator, the awning bei... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8125165 | Motorized screen configuration and grouped control methods, automatic controller for implementing this method and home automation installation comprising such an automatic controller An automatic control mechanism for a group of motorized screens in which each screen includes a load bar that is displaced according to a predefined travel and wherein the control mechanism determines a shift parameter between a first reference position of each scre... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8106768 | Method of operating a self-powered home automation sensor device for detecting the existence of and/or for measuring the intensity of a physical phenomenon The method of operation applies to a self-powered home automation sensor device for detecting the existence of and/or for measuring the intensity of a first physical phenomenon, comprising a means of converting an effect of a second physical phenomenon into electric... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8073569 | Method of configuring a system for driving a screen for closure, sun protection, or projection purposes The method of switching an electronic unit of a movable screen for closures, sun protection devices and the like to a training mode on the basis of a predetermined series of control signals received from a control member, the series of signals being the result of ex... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073553 | Method for configuring a roller shutter automatic control device and roller shutter automatic control device The method allows the configuration of a blind control device being capable of sending at least one automatic control command at a time changing in the course of a year in a periodic manner, the period being equal to the calendar year. It is wherein it comprises a f... | 12/06/2011 |
| D649557 | Display screen with user interface icons | 11/29/2011 |
| 8050885 | Method for determining the effects of the wind on a blind A method for determining the effects of the wind on a blind (1) or the like that is provided with a sensor means (231) for measuring the effects of the wind in a first measurement direction (X1) and in a second measurement direction (Y1... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8044630 | Device of radioelectric signals transmitter and/or receiver type Radiofrequency device (30; 30′; 30″; 30′″) controlling means for supplying at least one electrical load (14, 14′) and comprising a radiofrequency unit (11) of radiofrequency signals transmitter and/or receiver type and connected by a f... | 10/25/2011 |
| D647065 | Casing for remote control | 10/18/2011 |
| 8009433 | Radio control device, electrical actuator and home automation installation including such a device A radio control device used to control a motor for driving a mobile screen which includes a printed circuit to control the motor, power supply conductors for the motor and printed circuit, and an aerial which is connected to the printed circuit and coupled electroma... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8008883 | Method of adjusting a motorized solar protection installation with no hard end-stop A method of adjusting a motorized solar protection installation (1) comprising a screen (3) that can be displaced by activation of an actuator (6) provided with an electronic position counting device (7) and means (9) of detecting ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7941846 | Method of securing the learning mode of a home automation device A method of securing the learning mode of a device includes an assembly of at least one command transmitter, communicating with a command receiver capable of driving an element providing for the security and/or the comfort of a building and capable of being switched... | 05/10/2011 |
| D633442 | Equipment for control of electric power | 03/01/2011 |
| 7860679 | Method of testing and installing a home automation remote control unit A method of testing and installing a remote control unit (RCU) for controlling elements (ACT1, ACT2, ACT3) of a home automation network, intended for managing the security or heat or light comfort in a building, comprising the use of software (A... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860481 | Low power rf control system A low power rf control system includes a controller that operates at a low clock speed when an associated rf receiver is deenergized and a high clock speed when the controller energizes the receiver. The receiver can be on for a short period, off for a short period ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7852765 | Actuator control method A synchronized control method for actuators driving a moving device includes the sending of a signal repeating a frame including the code of the control to be executed, inserting into the frame sent a time information item representative of the control generation du... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844353 | Method of communication by relay between a portable remote control and home automation appliances The method governs the operation of a home automation installation comprising a portable remote control, a relay and home automation appliances, and in which at least some home automation appliances can receive, by wireless channel, control commands sent by the port... | 11/30/2010 |
| D627306 | Remote control | 11/16/2010 |
| D625693 | Remote control | 10/19/2010 |
| 7786892 | Method for interpretation of a radio-electrical command A method for the interpretation of a radio-lectrical command for equipment in which the command is interpreted as a function of the emission zone is provided. This is achieved whereby the electromagnetic characteristics of the field generated by the radio-electrical... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7783277 | Low power rf control system A low power rf control system includes a controller that operates at a low clock speed when an associated rf receiver is deenergized and a high clock speed when the controller energizes the receiver. The receiver can be on for a short period, off for a short period ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7777637 | Method for setting a safety threshold above which an awning should be wound up A method for setting a safety threshold that triggers the sending, by an acceleration or movement sensor device (20), of a safety signal that causes a safety movement of a motorized screen (11) used as a closure or as a sunshade or for privacy, said me... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7772798 | Self-powered home automation installation and its method of operation A method of operation of an electric self-powered home automation installation (10) comprising an actuator (1) allowing the movement of a movable screen (2) and a bipolar electric source (6), the actuator comprising a motor (3) for... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7746015 | Method for feeding an operating motor of a rolling shutter and a device for a driven rolling shutter The inventive method makes it possible to feed an alternating current electric motor used for operating a rolling shutter in a building by means of a gear whose performance substantially varies when a movable element drives or is driven by the rolling shutter. The e... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7729807 | Security sensor-transmitter for detecting wind in a home automation installation A sensor-transmitter (20) intended to be fastened to a mobile structure (11, 13, 14) and to transmit a security signal in a home automation installation (10), comprising, in a casing (22, 23): an autonomous power source (36), a vib... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7728542 | Control method and awning installation controlled by this method This method for controlling a motorized awning installation comprises: during the deployment of a cloth, a step of supervising the tension of the cloth, and a step of rolling up the cloth on a tube initiated automa... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7724687 | Method for transmitting information between bidirectional objects Secure transfer of information between a first command transmitter and a second command transmitter such as those employed for remote control of actuators employed in home automation systems for example for opening and closing windows, solar protection, ventilation,... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7701160 | Operating method for a powered roller shutter, and device for implementing same The invention relates to an operating method for a roller shutter comprising an actuator which is used to move the shutter and which consists of: a motor, an electronic control unit for powering the motor, and a control box which is connected to the electronic unit ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7692398 | Actuator for operating a roller blind and method of operating such an actuator The actuator (ACT) is intended to be linked to phase (AC-H) and neutral (AC-N) conductors. It comprises a motor (MOT) provided with windings (W1, W1), a capacitor (CM) disposed between two ends of the windings and the terminals of which form a first (P... | 04/06/2010 |
| D608227 | Anemometer | 01/19/2010 |
| 7639115 | Method for matching bidirectional objects A method for pairing a bidirectional object acting as a command receiver with a bidirectional object acting as a command transmitter, includes the stages of: (a) temporary allocation of at least one bidirectional object acting as a command receiver to a bidirectiona... | 12/29/2009 |
| D603794 | Electric motor | 11/10/2009 |
| D601578 | Icon for a portion of a display screen | 10/06/2009 |
| D598502 | Casing for a control device | 08/18/2009 |
| 7564203 | Actuator with DC motor and with irreversible transmission for maneuvering a roller blind The actuator (ACT) comprises: a DC motor (MOT) having an armature energized via brushes (B) and a bar commutator with segments (L) and driving the movable element (LD) by way of a mechanical transmission device (TRD), and ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7538504 | Method of operation of a home-automation installation The method of operation is applied to an installation comprising an actuator supplied with an AC electric voltage and intended to drive a movable element equipping a building, in a first direction when the AC electric voltage is applied between a neutral conductor a... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7532589 | Method of communication between objects The method applies to objects comprising a memory in which there is a mathematical mapping and at least one key. It is a method which comprises the following steps: calculation, in a first object, of the image of a number via a map... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7525277 | Command-transmitting device for controlling a motorized blind with orientable slats The command-transmitting device comprises control buttons (11, 12) and a movable control element (2b) movable in two directions along a theoretical axis of operation (D1), these control buttons and this movable control element being arran... | 04/28/2009 |
| D590647 | Portal opener | 04/21/2009 |
| 7515338 | Method for operating a motorized screen The method applies to a motorized screen device comprising a screen windable on a winding tube, and at least one means for latching the free end of the screen defining a position termed latched in the direction of winding, the latching being activated in this direct... | 04/07/2009 |
