Reprogrammable smart actuator or refrigerated cabinet with web server
AssigneeTyco Fire & Security GmbH
InventorsStéphane Norbert Marcel Gil, Alessandro Bonfanti, Alejandro Gonzalez Pozo, Keith Herbert Gifford, Bernard Philippe Clement
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Abstract
An actuator includes a motor, a drive member coupled to the motor and structured to transfer movement from the motor to an external mechanism, and a control chip configured to host a web server, connect with a wireless communication network and provide access to the web server via the wireless communication network, and control the motor using reprogrammable control logic. The reprogrammable control logic is adjustable by a user via the web server and the wireless communication network.
Claims20
An actuator, comprising:
- a motor;
- a drive member coupled to the motor and structured to transfer movement from the motor to an external mechanism;
- and
- a control chip coupled to the motor and configured to:
- host a web server, wherein the web server provides a web page;
- provide access to the web page via a wireless communication network;
- and
- control the motor using reprogrammable control logic, wherein the reprogrammable control logic is adjustable by a user via the web page.
A system comprising:
- a personal computing device;
- and
- an actuator comprising:
- a motor;
- a drive member coupled to the motor and structured to transfer movement from the motor to an external mechanism;
- and
- a control chip coupled to the motor and configured to:
- host a web page;
- provide the personal computing device with direct access to the web page via a wireless communication network;
- and
- control the motor using reprogrammable control logic, wherein the reprogrammable control logic is reprogrammable via user inputs to the web page via the personal computing device.
A refrigerated cabinet, comprising:
- a refrigeration circuit;
- and
- a thermostat coupled to the refrigeration circuit and comprising a control chip configured to:
- host a web server, wherein the web server provides a web page;
- provide access to the web page via a wireless communication network;
- control operation of the refrigeration circuit using reprogrammable control logic;
- and
- provide information relating to the operation of the refrigeration circuit on the web page.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.