# US 10,504,359 B2 · Wireless control system initiated by power generation

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- Number: US 10,504,359 B2
- Document ID: US10504359B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/145,965
- Filed: 2018-09-28
- Published: 2019-04-04
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2017-09-29
- Assignees: Ablic Inc.
- Applicants: ABLIC Inc.
- Inventors: Sadashi Shimoda; Yusuke Takeuchi; Taro Yamasaki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10504359B2

## CPC

- G08C 17/02: using a radio link
- H01M 8/04552: {of the individual fuel cell}
- H01M 8/04798: {of fuel cell reactants}
- H02S 40/10: Cleaning arrangements
- H02S 40/30: Electrical components
- H02S 50/00: Monitoring or testing of PV systems, e.g. load balancing or fault identification
- H01M 6/04: Cells with aqueous electrolyte
- H01M 8/16: Biochemical fuel cells, i.e. cells in which microorganisms function as catalysts
- Y02E 10/50: Photovoltaic [PV] energy
- Y02E 60/50: Fuel cells
- G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G)
- H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- H02S: GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES (obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H10F; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H10K30/00; thermoelectric devices H10N10/00; pyroelectric devices H10N15/00)
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

There is provided a wireless control system which has a node apparatus including a power generating device, a capacitor and a voltage conversion circuit device connected to the power generating device, and a wireless device having a transmitter function, and connected to the voltage conversion circuit device; a gateway device having a transceiver function of transmitting and receiving a wireless signal transmitted from the node apparatus; and a server device connected to the gateway device, and further has a receiving device which receives a signal transmitted from the gateway device having the transceiver function, and an actuator operated by a signal sent from the receiving device, and in which power with which the node apparatus operates is supplied from the power generating device, and the power generated in the power generating device is increased and decreased by the actuator.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A wireless control system comprising:
a node apparatus comprising:
a power generating device,
a capacitor and a voltage conversion circuit device connected to the power generating device, and
a wireless device configured to transmit a first wireless signal, and connected to the voltage conversion circuit device;
a gateway device configured to receive the first wireless signal transmitted from the node apparatus and transmit a second wireless signal;
a server device connected to the gateway device;
a receiving device configured to receive the second wireless signal transmitted from the gateway device; and
an actuator configured to operate by a signal sent from the receiving device,
the power generating device generating and supplying power with which the node apparatus operates, and
the actuator increasing or decreasing the power generated in the power generating device.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The wireless control system according to claim 1, wherein the power generating device is a power generating device which generates power by an oxidation-reduction reaction caused by water leakage, and
wherein the actuator stops the water leakage to reduce the power generated in the power generating device.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The wireless control system according to claim 1, wherein the power generating device is a power generating device which generates power by current generating bacteria, and
wherein the actuator controls an activity of the current generating bacteria to increase and decrease the power generated in the power generating device.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The wireless control system according to claim 1, wherein the power generating device is a power generating device which generates power by a photoelectric conversion element, and
wherein the actuator controls a state of the photoelectric conversion element to increase the power generated in the power generating device.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The wireless control system according to claim 1, wherein the power per time generated in the power generating device is smaller than power per time consumed by the node apparatus.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The wireless control system according to claim 1, wherein a transmission cycle of the first wireless signal transmitted from the node apparatus is controlled by an amount of the power generated in the power generating device.