Method of disabling the keyboard keys of a command-emitting device
AssigneeSomfy SAS
InventorAlain Bejean
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of disabling the keyboard keys of a command-emitting device. The inventive method is characterised in that it comprises repeated iterations of the following steps: the automatic disabling of at least some keys on the command-emitting device once a command has been sent and the cancellation of said key-disabling operation by means of a specific action on the command-emitting device. One such method can be used to disable the keyboard keys of a command-emitting device when said device is being placed in a pocket or bag.
Claims11
A method of disabling the buttons of the keypad of a command transmitter intended to control an appliance for security and/or access control in a building, which comprises repetitions of the following steps:
- automatic disabling of at least certain buttons of the command transmitter after a command is sent, while specific buttons remain active to send at least a safety command;
- and
- cancellation of the disabling of the buttons through a specific action on the command transmitter.
A command transmitter comprising:
- a microcontroller connected to buttons for transmitting radiofrequency commands to control an appliance for security and/or access control in a building,
- wherein specific buttons remain active in a partially inhibited mode, at least some of them remaining active to send safety commands, the non-specific buttons having no effect in this partially inhibited mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.