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    Summary Procedure for replacing batteries (131,135) in a plurality of remote controls (130,134), which remote controls are battery operated and arranged to regulate the function of the respective electronics units (110,111). The invention is illustrated by the fact that each remote control is brought into contact with a respective receiver (120,121) of radio signals from the remote control in question, in that the remote control is asked to supply the voltage has at least one battery installed in the remote control being asked to send sand. a radio signal to the receiver, which radio signal carried information concerning the voltage status of the battery, of the receiver being caused to receive and interpret said radio signal and of sending a message to a central server (160,170), which message carried information regarding the voltage status of the battery, and of the central server automatically accesses information for an operator (10) cm that a battery change should be performed has the remote control in question. The invention relates to a system for automatically administering the replacement of such batteries.
    公开号:SE1351025A1
    申请号:SE1351025
    申请日:2013-09-04
    公开日:2015-03-05
    发明作者:Martin Ljunggren Chevalley；Mathias Adolfsson
    申请人:Innspire Intelligent Hotels Ab；
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    专利说明:

    The present invention relates to a method for replacing batteries in remote controls, and to a system for automatically administering the replacement of such batteries.
    In commercially operated properties, such as hotels and conference facilities, in which there are a large number of electronic devices, such as televisions, projectors and so on, which are operated with the aid of remote controls, there is a problem of logistically handling battery changes in such remote controls.
    To ensure that all remote controls work satisfactorily at all times, you can, for example, change the batteries regularly, regardless of their status. This leads to unnecessary waste, as some batteries will be replaced before it becomes necessary.
    It is also possible to replace batteries in the remote controls in which the status of the batteries has accumulated so much that the function of the remote control is affected. This entails a risk that a user of the remote control will not be able to use the electronics unit according to the desired schedule before the batteries are replaced.
    The present invention solves this problem, and offers a system and method for replacing batteries in remote controls which both maximizes the use of the batteries and minimizes the risk of downtime.
    The present invention solves the problems described above.
    Thus, the invention relates to a method for replacing batteries in a plurality of remote controls, which remote controls are battery-powered and arranged to regulate the function of the respective electronic units, which method is characterized in that each remote control is brought into contact with each other. with a respective receiver of radio signals from the remote control, that the remote control is caused to measure the voltage of at least one boat installed in the remote control, that the remote control is asked to send a radio signal to the respective receiver, which radio signal of the voltage is information the respective receiver is caused to receive and interpret said radio signal and to send a message to a central server, which message carried information regarding the voltage status of the battery, and by the central server automatically accessing information for an operator am that a b re-replacement should be performed when the spring control is in place.
    The invention also relates to a system for automatically administering the replacement of such batteries.
    The invention will now be described in detail, with reference to exemplary embodiments of the invention and the accompanying drawing, in which: Figure 1 is an overview view of a system 100 according to the present invention, designed to automatically administer and perform a method according to the invention.
    The system 100 comprises two remote controls 130, 134, two electronic units 110, 111, two receivers 120, 121 and at least one server, which may comprise a PMS system (Property Management System) and / or a central server 170. Preferably Msöhiingstext.docx M 13- 09-04130037EN 3 If the number of remote controls and corresponding electronic devices is a plurality, such as at least 20, preferably at least 100.
    Both the first remote control 130 and the second remote control 134 comprise one or more respective batteries 131, 135, which Or are connected to a respective probe 132, 136 for radio signals. The respective transmitter 132, 136 may also be arranged to transmit signals in the form of infrared light. Furthermore, the respective probe 132, 136 may be arranged to transmit the signals which Or Omned to control the electronics unit 110, 111, which may be light or radio signals. The transmitter 132, 136 is powered by the battery 131, 135 via a connection there.
    The remote controls 130, 134 further comprise a respective motor means 133, 137, which Or is connected to the battery 131, 134 and arranged to feed. battery 131, 134 output voltage. The feeding means 133, 137 Or above also connected to the probe 132, 136, alit via suitable connections.
    The electronic units 110, 111 may, for example, be normal television sets, projectors, sound systems and / or other types of electronic units which are arranged to be remotely controlled by means of a respective remote control 130, 134.
    In a part of, in connection with or independent of the respective electronics unit 110, 111, but preferably in the same room or at least local as the electronics unit 110, 111 in question, there is a respective receiver 120, 121 arranged, which Or arranged to receive a radio signal transmitted from the respective transmitter 132, 136 in the corresponding remote control 130, 134.
    MsOhiingstext.docx M 13- 09-04130037EN 4 The receiver 120, 121, or the electronics unit 110, 111 in the event that these both constitute an integrated unit, are connected to an intranet or other communication network 150 installed locally in the property, and via the communication network with a for the property serving server 160 which, for example, forms part of the said PMS system.
    Via the Internet 20, the server 160, and possibly also the transmitter 120, 121, is further connected to a central server 170. The central server 170, and possibly also the server 160, is then in contact, via the Internet 20, with an electronics unit 140 belonging to a operator 10 of the system, such as a caretaker. The electronics unit 140 kdn yard any internet connected device, such as a mobile phone, a portable or desktops computer or a tablet. It is preferred that the unit 1 be a portable unit comprising a screen for presenting information, i.e. a portable unit for general purposes, such as a so-called smart mobile phone, a tablet or a computer.
    Thus, the respective remote controls 130, 134 are arranged to regulate the function of the respective electronics units 110, 111, in a conventional manner and with the use of, for example, signals in the form of infrared light or radio signals.
    According to the invention, each respective remote control 130, 134 is brought into contact with the respective receiver 120, 121 via radio signals transmitted by the remote control 130, 134 and received wirelessly by the receiver 120, 121. Furthermore, each respective remote control 130, 134 feeds regularly, as at least once a week, preferably at least once a day, the output voltage of at least one, preferably all, of the Msöhiingstext.docx M 13- 09-04130037SE or the batteries 131, 135 installed in the remote control 130, 134.
    Furthermore, the remote control 130, 134 transmits to the receiver 120, 121, after or in connection with said supply, a radio signal which carried information concerning the voltage status of the battery. Such information can be of different types and formats.
    According to a preferred embodiment, the remote control 130, 134 transmits information in the form of a value for the current voltage status of the battery (s) 131, 135 installed in the remote control 130, 134. In this case, the receiver 120, 121 may be arranged to compare said value with a predetermined minimum tolerable value for such a battery voltage.
    According to an alternative preferred embodiment Or, on the other hand, the supply means 133, 137 are instead arranged to perform such a comparison between the supplied battery voltage and such a predetermined value. In this case, the information is preferably transmitted to the receiver 120, 121 only in case the charged battery voltage falls below said predetermined value. Then the transmitted radio signal can thus have an extremely simple format, since the information carried by the radio signal Or binar and only signals an excessively low battery voltage.
    In case the battery voltage is compared with such a predetermined value, it is preferred that the predetermined value constitutes a voltage below which a battery of the type used in the remote control 130, 134 can be considered exhausted or in need of charging.
    MsOhiingstext.docx M 13- 09-04130037EN 6 The receiver 120, 121 is caused to receive and interpret said radio signal, including said possible comparison with the predetermined value. Then, the receiver 120, 121 sends a message to the central server 160 or 170, which message carries information regarding the battery voltage status. Such a message thus does not always need to be sent upon receipt of said radio signal, but is sent in certain embodiments only when battery voltage has fallen below said predetermined value and this has been detected by the food means 133, 137 or the receiver 120, 121 as above. In other embodiments, information in the form of a value for the battery voltage is always forwarded to the central server 160 or 170. Finally, the central server 160 or 170 automatically provides information to the operator that a battery change should be performed at the remote control 130, 134. so is the case.
    Such access may be, for example, in the form of a message sent to the operator 10 electronics unit 140, such as an SMS (Short Message Service), an e-mail message or an electronic message of another type, and / or in the form of a central publication, such as on a website accessible to operator 10 via unit 140. It is especially preferred that the information be accessed via an interface of unit 140 which operator 10 normally uses to obtain information on other tasks to be performed on the property. Examples include a section which is arranged to provide information on which rooms are to be cleaned, in which case the operator 10 is a cleaning staff.
    The available information may include, for example, a value for current battery status and / or a prompt for Msöhiingstext.docx M 13- 09-04130037EN 7 to replace batteries in the remote control 130, 134 in question. Thus, the information also preferably includes information regarding where in the property the remote control 130, 134 is located.
    According to a particularly preferred embodiment, the receiver 120, 121 is arranged to, upon receipt of said radio signal, send a message to the server 160, which as stated forms a PMS system or a part of a PMS system. The PMS system / o is used in this case in the hotel or conference facility in which the remote control 130, 134 is used. It is also preferred that the PMS system communicates not only with the unit 140, but also with the electronic units 110, 111. Furthermore, it is then preferred that the electronic units 110, 111/5 comprise a respective screen, that the PMS system is arranged to, When a message is sent to the operator 10 am that the battery is to be replaced, the PMS system sends a message, via the network 150, to the respective electronics unit 110, 111 am of the upcoming battery change, and that the electronics unit 110, 111 in response to its The respective screen shows information for a user of the electronics unit 110, 111 that a battery change will take place for the respective remote control 130, 134.
    It is preferred that the present system includes a large number of remote controls 130, 134. In this case, it is preferred that the central server 170 and / or said PMS system receive a plurality of messages from several receivers 120, 121, and that it central server 170 or the PMS system to the operator 10, via the unit 140, on the basis of the received messages compiles and accesses a list of remote controls 130, 134 whose batteries 131, 135 should be replaced.
    MsOhiingstext.docx M 13- 09-04130037EN 8 In this case, it is preferred that said list only includes spring controls 130, 134 whose respective batteries 131, 134 have a voltage below the predetermined value given above. It will be appreciated that this predetermined value may be different for different spring controls 130, 134. The availability may be similar to that described above.
    Thus, such a list will be produced and made available to the operator 10 at a frequency NOT necessarily the same as that for receiving messages from the receivers 120, 121. Rather, it is preferred that such a list be compiled and made available regularly, for example at least once a week but not more often than once a day, so that the operator 10 can perform the required bat- for all spring controls 130, 134 which have batteries 131, 135 which need to be replaced.
    In this case, it is preferred that the central server 170 or the PMS system receive information regarding the respective battery voltage in the usual remote control 130, 134, and that the remote controls 130, 134 included in the said list be those whose battery voltage risks fall below a predetermined value before the next time falls for compiling a list of the type described herein.
    Alternatively, the receiver 120, 121 is arranged to compare the measured battery voltage with the predetermined value described above, and that only if the measured voltage is less than the predetermined value send the above-described message to the central server 170 or 160.
    A method and a system according to the invention thereby obtain the advantages described in the introduction, by offering a method for, for commercially operated properties where a starting number of remote controls is used, changing batteries well in advance of the remote controls cease to function.
    According to a further preferred embodiment, the receivers 120, 121 or a central server 160 or 170 which are regularly visited by the battery status information for the remote controls 130, 134 are arranged to monitor the frequency of receiving battery status information for each / 0 remote control 130, 134, respectively, and if no update has been sent by a certain remote control 130, 134 for a certain predetermined period of time, a central server 160, 170 is arranged to send, to the operator 10, via the unit 140, a message am that the signals from the remote control 130, / 5 134 in question have ceased. This may, for example, indicate that a guest has removed the batteries from the remote control in question; that the remote control has been stolen; or accidentally followed by among used song clothes or the like. This allows the operator 10 to quickly take appropriate action when this occurs.
    In this case, it is especially preferred that the receivers 120, 121 regularly receive information including a voltage value that reflects the respective battery status of the respective remote controls 130, 134, and that either the receivers 120, 121 or a central server 160 or 170 hosted by a regular update of the battery status of each respective remote control 130, 134 for each recently received voltage value for the battery status of the remote control 130, 134 in question with a previously received voltage value. The said message is sent to you only in the case of the voltage value before the signals from the remote control 130, 134 in question were Over a certain predetermined value immediately before the signals from the remote control 130, 134 ceased, otherwise only one message as above is sent, MsOhiingstext.docx M 13- 09-04130037EN 10 meaning that new batteries are required in the remote control 130, 134 in question.
    Above, preferred embodiments have been described. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that many changes may be made to the described embodiments without departing from the spirit of the invention.
    Thus, the central server 170 and the PMS system, the specific server 160, can be arranged to cooperate in different ways.
    For example, the server 160 may maintain an updated register of the remote controls 130, 134 and forward the above-described communication to the units 110, 111. In this case, it may be the server 160 which compiles the said list. Alternatively, the central server 170 may maintain an updated register of the remote controls 130, 134 and maintain communication with the unit 140. In this case, the central server may operate several facilities, such as several hotels and / or conference facilities, so that one or more operators 10 together perform battery replacement on several such systems in a synchronized and thus efficient manner.
    It may further be that a server 160 or 170 receives said messages from the receivers 120, 121, but that it is the other server 170 or 160 which accesses the information or list to the operator 10, after communication between the servers 160, 170 via the network 150 and the Internet 20.
    Thus, the invention should not be limited by the described embodiments, but may be varied within the scope of the appended claims.
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    [1]
    A method for replacing batteries (131,135) in a plurality of remote controls (130,134), which remote controls are battery operated and arranged to regulate the function of the respective electronic units (110,111), characterized in that each remote control is brought into contact with a respective receiver (120,121) of radio signals from the remote control in question, in that the remote control is asked to supply the voltage has at least one bat installed in the remote control, in that the remote control is asked to transmit a radio signal to the respective receiver, which radio signal carried information regarding the battery voltage. the receiver is caused to receive and interpret said radio signal and to send a message to a central server (160,170), which message carried information regarding the voltage status of the battery, and that the central server automatically accesses information for an operator (10) am that a battery change bor utforas has fja rrkontrollen ifraga.
    [2]
    A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the receiver (120,121), upon receiving said radio signal, sends a message to a Property Management System (PMS) used in a commercially operated property in which the remote control (130,134) is used.
    [3]
    A method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the central server (170) and / or a PMS used in a commercially operated property in which the remote control (130,134) is used receives a plurality of messages from several recipients (120,121), and that the central server or PMS to the operator (10) has access to a list of remote controls whose batteries (131,135) should be replaced. MsOhiingstext.docx M 13- 09-04130037SE 12
    [4]
    A method according to claim 3, characterized in that said list only comprises remote controls (130,134) whose batteries (131,135) have a voltage below a predetermined value.
    [5]
    A method according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the receiver (120,121) compares the applied voltage with a predetermined Tar, and only in the case where the applied voltage is less than the predetermined value sends the message to the central server (160,170).
    [6]
    A system (100) for automatically administering the replacement of batteries (131,135) in a plurality of remote controls (130,134) included in the system, which remote controls are battery operated and arranged to regulate the function of the respective electronics units (110,111), characterized in that each remote control Arranged to be in contact with a respective receiver (120,121) of radio signals from the remote control in question, in that the remote control in question comprises a feed means (133, 137), arranged to meet the voltage has at least one battery installed in the remote control, in that the remote control is arranged to send a radio signal to the respective receiver, which radio signal carried information regarding the voltage status of the battery, by the respective receiver Or arranged to receive and interpret said radio signal and to send a message to a central server included in the system (160,170). , which message carried information regarding the battery voltage status, and a v that the central server Or arranged to automatically access information for an operator (10) am that a battery change should be performed has the remote control in question.
    [7]
    A system (100) according to claim 1, characterized in that the receiver (120,121) is arranged to, upon receipt of said radio signal, send a message to a Property Management System (PMS) used in a system. commercially operated property in which the remote control (130,134) is used.
    [8]
    System (100) according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the central server (170) and / or a PMS used in a commercially operated property in which the remote control (130,134) is used is arranged to receive a plurality of messages from several receiver (120,121), and by the fact that the central server or PMS is arranged to compile and make available to the operator (10) on the basis of such received messages a list of remote controls whose batteries (131,135) should be replaced.
    [9]
    A system (100) according to claim 8, characterized in that said list comprises only remote controls (130,134) whose batteries (131,135) have a voltage below a predetermined value.
    [10]
    A system (100) according to any one of claims 6-8, characterized in that the receiver (120,121) is arranged to compare the applied voltage with a predetermined value, and only in case the applied voltage is less than the predetermined value to send the message to the central server (160,170). Msöhiingstext.docx M 13- 09-04130037SE 133 1 137 1/1
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