US 2010/0245032 A1 · Intelligence outdoor shading arrangement

Abstract

An intelligence outdoor shading arrangement includes an outdoor shading system, an environmental sensor device and a functional controller. The outdoor shading system includes at least an outdoor shading device including a supporting frame, a power source, an awning frame suspendedly and movably supported by the supporting frame, and a shelter mounted to the awning frame to define a shading area under the shelter. The environmental sensor device is electrically linked to the power source and is installed to the outdoor shading system for detecting an environmental change of the shading system in responsive to the shading area thereof. The functional controller is electrically linked to the environmental sensor device and is operatively controlled the awning frame of the outdoor shading system, wherein when the functional controller receives a command signal from the environmental sensor device, the awning frame is automatically adjusted to regulate the shading area thereof in responsive to the environmental change of the outdoor shading system.

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Dependent claims

An intelligence outdoor shading arrangement, comprising:

an outdoor shading system which comprises at least an outdoor shading device comprising a power source, a supporting frame, an awning frame suspendedly and movably supported by said supporting frame, and a shelter mounted to said awning frame to define a shading area thereunder;
an environmental sensor device which is electrically linked to said power source for detecting an environmental change of said outdoor shading system in responsive to said shading area;
and
a controller which is electrically linked to said environmental sensor device and is operatively controlled said supporting frame and said awning frame of said shading device, wherein when said controller receives a command signal from said environmental sensor device, at least one of said supporting frame and said awning frame is adjusted to regulate said shading area thereof in responsive to the environmental change of said shading system.

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A method of controlling an intelligence outdoor shading arrangement which comprises an outdoor shading system including one or more outdoor shading devices, an environmental sensor device for detecting an environmental change of the outdoor shading system in respective to a shading area thereof, and a controller electrically linked to the environmental sensor device, comprising the steps of:

(a) activating controllers of two or more outdoor shading devices by means of a central control unit so as to activate said outdoor shading devices within a control network at a standby mode;
(b) selecting preference settings at a control panel of said central control unit according to a user preference;
(c) setting said central control unit at an “auto” mode that said central control unit synchronously activates said controllers to concurrently control an operation of said outdoor shading devices in responsive to an environmental change of said control network;
and
(d) deactivating said central control unit to switch off said controllers such that all said outdoor shading devices within said control network are deactivated.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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