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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7852230 | Method of communication and home automation installation for its implementation The method of communication is intended to be implemented in a home automation installation for motorized maneuvering of a moveable element for closure, for privacy or for solar protection or of a screen including a master unit and at least one slave unit linked to ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7760108 | Methods and systems for remotely starting engines of vehicles A method for remotely starting an engine of a vehicle includes the steps of transmitting a first plurality of engine start signals to the vehicle and transmitting a second plurality of engine start signals to the vehicle. Each of the first plurality of engine start ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7659832 | Electrically controlled actuating element on a machine An electrically controlled actuating element is arranged on a machine by a flange connection consisting of a mounting flange (4) and a machine flange (2), and is controlled by an electric control subsystem (6). Embedded in the mounting flange ( | 02/09/2010 |
| 7411515 | Remote control with low battery indication The invention is a method and remote control apparatus for controlling an electronic device that is capable of indicating a low battery state without the need for cooperation with the electronic device. In one aspect, the invention is a remote control apparatus for ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7315162 | Reducing power consumption of electrical meters The invention contemplates an electrical power meter and method of operating the electrical power meter. The inventive power meter includes a power supply for converting alternating current (AC) voltage to a direct current (DC) voltage for powering the electronic co... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7277772 | Mail inserter machine remote control with a scanner An integrated remote control and integrated scanner (20) for use with a mail inserter (10), including a user interface and device logic module (20b), a transceiver (20a) for wirelessly communicating with the mail inserter ( | 10/02/2007 |
| 7184501 | Method of synchronous serial communication and system for synchronous serial communication A method and system for serial communication capable of increasing the speed of the transmission of serial data are provided. A block mode is employed if transmission of serial data having a specific length is required, and under which data to be transmitted are div... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7164364 | Swimming pool spotlight lighting system This system is characterized in that it comprises a radio remote control, with transmission protocol, and a modulator-receiver decoding the radio signal and modulating the network voltage to thus transmit the information to the light source being installed inside th... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7127305 | Method and apparatus for unified control of multiple devices A method and apparatus to control any one of a plurality of devices. The method comprises, for each device of the plurality, receiving a definition language. The definition language including a command description to be associated with the device. The method further... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7081830 | Home electrical appliance control device, control method, control program and home electrical appliance The present invention provides a control device that controls home electrical appliances via a communication line by using function codes which are set without being specialized for specific home electrical appliances. In particular, the present invention provides a... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7034899 | Radio command device A control unit (10) superimposes command signals on AC power passing on a power line or network (40). A command unit (20) controls and powers an electrical load (50) such as a motor M. A command processor (26) receives radio freque... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6587052 | Vehicle remote control and voice message recording device with remote control system and related methods A vehicle remote control and voice message recording system includes a vehicle remote function controller and associated receiver in the vehicle, and a vehicle remote control and voice message recording device to be carried by a user. The vehicle remote c... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6563419 | Control and data transmission system The invention is based on the object of making available a control and data transmission system which uses simple components to permit current-modulated data transmission via a serial bus, and whose components can be used in a flexible way. For this purpo... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6498567 | Generic handheld remote control device A system and remote control device that controls an appliance, and obtains a desired function of the appliance, by invoking a remote procedure call in a remote server which will thereby actually control the appliance. The remote control device comprises a... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6097520 | Remote control receiver and method of operation A system for the detection of user-selected remote control commands from virtually any appliance remote control includes a hardware processor with self-clocking circuit to detect and sample an incoming data stream. The data are error-corrected and compres... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5914667 | Advanced embedded code hopping system having master fixed code encryption A system for monitoring and controlling an area comprising a controller for controlling system operational functions; at least one remote-control transmitter for transmitting system commands to the controller in a code word having a fixed word and a hoppi... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5898386 | Electronic appliance system, electronic appliance and remote controller A remote controller has an ID signal generating means for generating a unique identifying signal that is exclusive to a particular set of the remote controller and an electronic appliance. The electronic appliance has storage means for storing the ID sign... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5880677 | System for monitoring and controlling electrical consumption, including transceiver communicator control apparatus and alternating current control apparatus A system that monitors and controls electrical power consumption that will be retrofitted to a typical consumer electrical power arrangement (typical arrangement-electrical feed line from a provider, a meter, a circuit breaker and individual input wiring ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5850189 | Apparatus and method for infrared communication A transmission mode selector, for changing a transmission mode selector, and a reception mode selector, for changing a reception mode, are added to an infrared communication circuit that conventionally supports an IrDA; and a UART that controls serial com... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5818351 | Data transfer system A data transfer system is disclosed in which digital signal conditions existing in different positions of series-connected units can serially be transferred, the transfer of the signal conditions being effected in synchronism with clock pulses emitted by ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5790046 | Sensor with a programmable switching threshold A programmable switching threshold sensor including a sensing element having its measurement output terminals connected to a comparator, a current-signal generator, for generating a reference current signal changing in steps. An encoding unit has a code a... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5781123 | Operator control logging device for an electrical device In a logging device for registering the frequency of manually entered operator control functions for an electrical device, the frequency of entered operator control functions are selectively counted. Consequently, it can be established with which frequenc... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5734329 | Method and apparatus for superimposing self-clocking multifunctional communications on a static digital signal line A communication system for allowing a master to send commands to one or more slave devices across a normally static digital signal line of a bus. The master includes command logic for asserting a sequence of digital pulses according to a predetermined pro... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5726638 | Method and device for serial communication An asynchronous serial communication device in which data transmitted at different speeds coexist and are exchanged. Time losses when errors are generated are effectively eliminated when asynchronous serial data communications for diagnostic failures are ... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5555267 | Feedforward control system, method and control module A control system (FIGS. 2, 3, 5, 6) and method in which multiple levels, or stages (128, 130, 132), of logical decisions are made by selectively feedforwarding output signals (356) from control modules (72) to the inputs of other modules (80), preferably ... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5512888 | Communications system having a semiconductor integrated circuit for simultaneous mode control and a system control method In a communications system having a plurality of stations interconnected by a two-line circuit, in which the two-line circuit consists of a data bus circuit for transmitting a series of data bits between at least one sending station and at least one recei... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5450403 | Method and apparatus for multiplex transmission A multiplex transmission apparatus includes a communication control circuit connected to a bus for successively receiving data from the bus, and the received data is output from an output port to a load via an output circuit. The successively received dat... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5398326 | Method for data communication A system architecture which provides efficient data communication, over a one-wire bus, with a portable data module which does not necessarily include any accurate time delay circuit whatsoever. The time delay circuit in the module can be extremely crude.... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5357141 | Electronic device An apparatus for controlling motor vehicle safety devices has a plurality of sensors, each coupled to a control unit. The control unit in turn activates inertial restraining devices based on the output signals generated by the sensors.... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5341131 | Communications system and a system control method In a communications system having a plurality of stations interconnected by a two-line circuit, in which the two-line circuit consists of a data bus circuit for transmitting a series of data bits between at least one sending station and at least one recei... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5307055 | Display control device incorporating an auxiliary display A method for controlling a system for presenting to an audience images on a primary display or displays that incorporates a auxiliary monitor. The auxiliary monitor may be used in a variety of ways to assist in the presentation of information on the prima... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5223832 | Serial data transmission circuit A serial data transmission circuit for performing a data transmission in a serial form includes a data shift signal input terminal, a data latch signal input terminal, and an output selector, the output of which is connected to a serial data output termin... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5210846 | One-wire bus architecture A system architecture which provides efficient data communication, over a one-wire bus, with a portable data module which does not necessarily include any accurate time delay circuit whatsoever. The time delay circuit in the module can be extremely crude.... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5132681 | Intelligent switch system The present invention proposes a system, comprising intelligent switches (1-9), which are embedded on wall surface near entrance on each floor, possessing display unit with touch panel on the front, displaying and outputting the selection menu and the inf... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5128677 | Apparatus and method for transferring data along a serial data bus An apparatus and method are disclosed for transferring data between devices located on a serial data bus of a data communication system. A first counter and flag are provided which are associated with a device on the serial data bus. The first counter and... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5049876 | Data communication system A dialogue system uses a three wire bus connecting a central station with a plurality of substations with two of the wires carrying an AC supply voltage and a third one of the wires carrying data by means of a closed loop of the AC carrying wires and the ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4929949 | Radio control transmitter having improved display characteristics A radio control transmitter, and more particularly, a digital radio control transmitter uses analog digital conversion within the transmitter and provides improved display characteristics of the trim settings involved with respect to the various control s... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4914428 | Digital remote control transmission apparatus A digital remote control apparatus for transmitting digital instruction signals to a controllable apparatus includes a transmitter for transmitting a coded digital instruction signal composed of a sequence of synchronization pulses having a predetermined ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4899267 | Spotlight and control system therefor A multifunction spotlight and control system therefor, the spotlight functions each being adjustable by a bipolar stepper motor, a control means such as a dimmer unit for enabling analogue control of the rotational positions of the motors, and a second co... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4888585 | Information signal transmitting device An information signal transmitting device which can transmit a large amount of information rapidly and readily with a simplified construction of a reduced size and can be produced at a reduced cost. The device comprises a movable unit and a fixed unit bet... | 12/19/1989 |
