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US 11,112,762 B2Granted
Universal programming station with orientable blocks
AssigneeOrange
InventorsThierry Gaillet, Sylvain Leroux
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Abstract
A universal programming station with orientable blocks includes several blocks that can have variable orientations on a support. The orientations of the blocks determine programming instructions applicable to various devices. Such a programming station is intuitive and can be used easily. Moreover, connecting the station with a management platform, via a communication network, promotes the universal character of same with respect to the devices to be programmed.
Claims11
A universal programming station comprising:
- orientable blocks for programming operations of at least one device, wherein respective orientations of several blocks on a support of the station correspond, by a configuration of said several blocks and of the support, to at least one programming instruction to program an operation of the device;
- a detection module configured to detect the respective orientations of the blocks carried by the support;
- and
- a communication module configured to send to a management platform, by using a communication network, data representing the at least one programming instruction corresponding to the blocks and to their respective orientations on the support.
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A method for programming operations of at least one device, the method comprising:
- providing a universal programming station that has orientable blocks for programming the operations of said at least one device, wherein respective orientations of several blocks on a support of the station correspond, by a configuration of said several blocks and of the support, to at least one programming instruction to program an operation of the device, and wherein the station is provided with a detection module configured to detect the respective orientations of the blocks carried by the support, and is provided with a communication module configured to send to a management platform, by using a communication network, data representing the at least one programming instruction corresponding to the blocks and to their respective orientations on the support, and wherein providing the universal programming station further comprises connecting the station to the management platform by using the communication network;
- by the management platform:
- configuring the blocks and the support by assigning programming instructions or programming instruction elements to the orientations of the blocks on the support;
- by the station:
- detecting current orientations of the blocks carried by the support, then sending to the management platform, by using the communication network, data which identify said current orientations of the blocks;
- by a user:
- modifying an orientation of at least one of the blocks carried by the support, in order to form a new current orientation of the at least one block;
- by the station:
- repeating the detecting for the new current orientation of the at least one block whose orientation has been modified;
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- by the management platform:
- determining at least one programming instruction which corresponds to the current orientations of the blocks on the support, as identified by the data received, then in collaboration with another platform relating to the device, controlling an operation of said device which is in accordance with the determined programming instruction.
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