Module with a radio transceiver device and an actuator, system, and method with this module and a central unit
AssigneeEnOcean GmbH
InventorsFrank Schmidt, Andreas Schneider, Christian Bach
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Abstract
A module with a radio transceiver device, an actuator, and an activation device. Also disclosed is a system comprising such a module and a central unit, and a method with such a module and a central unit and the activation device with the radio transceiver device. The radio transceiver device is coupled with the actuator and with an electrical energy source, and the activation device is constructed to feed electrical energy from the electrical energy source to the radio transceiver device and the actuator.
Claims28
A module comprising:
- a radio transceiver device;
- an actuator;
- and
- an activation device,
- wherein the activation device is coupled with the radio transceiver device, with the actuator, and with an electrical energy source, the electrical energy source comprising a thermoelectric converter constructed to convert environmental energy into electrical energy, and
- wherein the activation device is constructed to feed electrical energy from the electrical energy source to the radio transceiver device and/or to the actuator.
A system with at least one module comprising:
- a radio transceiver device;
- an actuator;
- and
- an activation device;
- wherein the activation device is coupled with the radio transceiver device, with the actuator, and with an electrical energy source, the electrical energy source comprising a thermoelectric converter constructed to convert environmental energy into electrical energy,
- wherein the activation device is constructed to feed electrical energy from the electrical energy source to the radio transceiver device and/or to the actuator, and
- wherein a central unit is provided, constructed to receive, transmit, and process radio signals and to communicate wirelessly with the radio transceiver device of the module.
A method for operating a module and a central unit,
- wherein the module comprises an activation device, a radio transceiver device, and an actuator,
- wherein the activation device supplies electrical energy from an electrical energy source to the radio transceiver device and to the actuator, the electrical energy source comprising a thermoelectric converter constructed to convert environmental energy into electrical energy, and
- wherein with the supplied electrical energy, the radio transceiver device transmits a communications readiness signal that signals to a remote central unit that the radio transceiver device is ready for reception.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.