# US 2013/0159640 A1 · System and method of reading and writing operating parameters and data for a control device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0159640 A1 - Document ID: US20130159640A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/715,880 - Filed: 2012-12-14 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-16 - Assignees: Shanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd. - Inventors: Jun Lu; Zhongmin Chen; Pengcheng Gao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130159640A1 ## CPC - G06F 1/266: {Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips} - G06F 12/00: Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures (digital input from, or digital output to record carriers, e.g. to disk storage units, G06F3/06) - F16K 31/00: {Actuating devices;} Operating means; Releasing devices {(regulating means G05D)} - E03C 1/057: {touchless, i.e. using sensors} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - F16K: VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING {(devices for emptying and evacuating the excess liquid in valves or conduits F16L55/07)} - E03C: DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER (not connected to either water-supply main or to waste pipe A47K; devices of the kind used in the ground E03B, E03F); SINKS ## Abstract The present disclosure provides a system for reading and writing operating parameters and real-time data for a control device. The system includes a power source, and a read/write device powered by the power source, the read/write device configured to conduct modulation of the power supply voltage based on a predetermined encoding mode. The system also includes a control device powered by the read/write device, wherein operating parameters and data information are exchanged between the control device and the read/write device, and the control device is configured to conduct demodulation of an output voltage transmitted by the read/write device. The system further includes power lines electrically connecting the power source to the read/write device and the read/write device to the control device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for reading and writing operating parameters and real-time data for a control device, the system comprising: a power source; a read/write device powered by the power source, the read/write device configured to conduct modulation of the power supply voltage based on a predetermined encoding mode; a control device powered by the read/write device, wherein operating parameters and data information are exchanged between the control device and the read/write device, and the control device is configured to conduct demodulation of an output voltage transmitted by the read/write device; and power lines electrically connecting the power source to the read/write device and the read/write device to the control device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising memory installed in the control device, the memory used to store data related to the operating parameters. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the memory is non-volatile memory. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the read/write device comprises a voltage modulation component and a current sampling and testing component, the voltage modulation component configured to provide the output voltage to the control device and to cause the output voltage to carry a data signal, and the current sampling and testing component configured to obtain the data information transmitted by the control device based on the change patterns of the power supply current. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the voltage modulation component comprises: a first micro-control unit; an operational amplifier, wherein an in-phase input terminal of the operational amplifier is connected to the first micro-control unit by a first resistor and is connected to the power source by a second resistor; and a first emitter follower, wherein a base electrode of the first emitter follower is connected to an output terminal of the operational amplifier, a collector electrode of the first emitter follower is connected to the power source, and an emitter electrode of the first emitter follower generates output voltage to supply the control with power. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein a voltage sampling circuit is installed in the control device, the voltage sampling circuit conducting sampling and analog-digital conversion of the output voltage. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the output voltage in the voltage sampling circuit is connected to a collector electrode of a second emitter follower through a third and fourth resistor, the emitter electrode of the second emitter follower being grounded, the voltages at the connection points of the third and fourth resistors being divided voltage values of the third and fourth resistors when the second emitter follower is connected, and these divided voltage values are transmitted to another micro-control unit for analog-digital conversion, thus obtaining the voltage fluctuation signal, and then conducting demodulation based on the encoding rules and obtaining the information transmitted from the read/write device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the control device further comprises a current feedback component configured to send data related to the operating parameters back to the read/write device, wherein a power device is regularly controlled within the current feedback component based on the encoding mode and data content in order to achieve regular changes in the power supply current. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the power device is one of an electromagnetic valve coil, an LED indicator light, or an infrared emitting diode. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the current sampling and testing component includes a ZXCT1009F integrated circuit chip for current sampling and testing. ### Claim 11 A sensor faucet, comprising: a system for reading and writing operating parameters and real-time data for a sensor or controller, the system comprising: a power source; a read/write device powered by the power source, the read/write device configured to conduct modulation of the power supply voltage based on a predetermined encoding mode; a control device powered by the read/write device, wherein operating parameters and data information are exchanged between the control device and the read/write device, and the control device is configured to conduct demodulation of an output voltage transmitted by the read/write device; and power lines electrically connecting the power source to the read/write device and the read/write device to the control device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The sensor faucet of claim 1, the system further comprising memory installed in the control device, the memory used to store data related to the operating parameters. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The sensor faucet of claim 12, wherein the memory is non-volatile memory. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The sensor faucet of claim 11, wherein the read/write device comprises a voltage modulation component and a current sampling and testing component, the voltage modulation component configured to provide the output voltage to the control device and to cause the output voltage to carry a data signal, and the current sampling and testing component configured to obtain the data information transmitted by the control device based on the change patterns of the power supply current. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The sensor faucet of claim 14, wherein the voltage modulation component comprises: a first micro-control unit; an operational amplifier, wherein an in-phase input terminal of the operational amplifier is connected to the first micro-control unit by a first resistor and is connected to the power source by a second resistor; and a first emitter follower, wherein a base electrode of the first emitter follower is connected to an output terminal of the operational amplifier, a collector electrode of the first emitter follower is connected to the power source, and an emitter electrode of the first emitter follower generates output voltage to supply the control with power. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The sensor faucet of claim 15, wherein a voltage sampling circuit is installed in the control device, the voltage sampling circuit conducting sampling and analog-digital conversion of the output voltage. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The sensor faucet of claim 16, wherein the output voltage in the voltage sampling circuit is connected to a collector electrode of a second emitter follower through a third and fourth resistor, the emitter electrode of the second emitter follower being grounded, the voltages at the connection points of the third and fourth resistors being divided voltage values of the third and fourth resistors when the second emitter follower is connected, and these divided voltage values are transmitted to another micro-control unit for analog-digital conversion, thus obtaining the voltage fluctuation signal, and then conducting demodulation based on the encoding rules and obtaining the information transmitted from the read/write device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The sensor faucet of claim 17, wherein the control device further comprises a current feedback component configured to send data related to the operating parameters back to the read/write device, wherein a power device is regularly controlled within the current feedback component based on the encoding mode and data content in order to achieve regular changes in the power supply current. ### Claim 19 A method for reading and writing the operating parameters and real-time data of a control device, the method comprising: providing a power source; powering a read/write device with the power source; causing the read/write device to conduct modulation of the power supply voltage based on a predetermined encoding mode; powering a control device by the read/write device; causing the control device and the read/write device to exchange operating parameters and data information, and to conduct demodulation of an output voltage transmitted by the read/write device; and providing from the power source by one or more power lines. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising: providing a voltage modulation component and a current sampling and testing component within the read/write device, causing the voltage modulation component to provide the output voltage to the control device; causing the output voltage to carry a data signal; and obtaining the data information transmitted by the control device based on the change patterns of the power supply current.