Wireless reception and transmission
A method for operating a system is formed by at least one furniture element, preferably a furniture drive or a furniture lock, with which at least one part of an item of furniture can be driven or activated, and at least one control device for controlling the at least one furniture element with a control command via an operating command. In a first receiving method step, the at least one control device wirelessly receives at least one digital operating command by at least one receiving device and, in a transmitting method step, the at least one control device wirelessly transmits at least one digital control command to a receiving device of the at least one furniture element by at least one transmitting device.
1 . A method for operating a system comprising a furniture element configured to drive or activate a part of an item of furniture, and a control device for actuating the furniture element with a control command through an operating command, the method comprising:
wirelessly receiving a digital operating command using a receiving device of a control device in a first receiving step,
wirelessly transmitting a digital control command to a receiving device of the furniture element by a transmitting device,
effecting a reception of the wirelessly transmitted digital control command by the receiving device of the furniture element in a second receiving step, and
effecting an activation of the furniture element through the digital control command wirelessly received by the receiving device of the furniture element using the control device within a period of less than 100 ms from the transmission of the digital control command.
2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the digital operating command received in the first receiving step and the digital control command wirelessly transmitted are received and transmitted according to different transmission protocols.
3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the wirelessly transmitting the digital control command to the receiving device of the element includes:
unidirectionally effecting transmission between the control device and the receiving device of the furniture element, and/or
directly addressing transmission to the receiving device of the furniture element, and/or
effecting transmission by a transmitting device of the furniture element without a confirmation of receipt, and/or
effecting transmission without checking the readiness to receive of the receiving device of the furniture element, and/or
effecting transmission with a fixedly predefined or predefinable routing of the digital control command.
4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the wirelessly transmitting of the digital control command to the receiving device of the element includes effecting transmission by the transmitting device of the furniture element without requesting the confirmation of receipt.
5 . The method according claim 1 , wherein:
in the first receiving step, a reception of the digital operating command is effected using a transmission protocol according to the IEEE 802.11 standard and/or the Bluetooth standard, and/or
the wirelessly transmitting comprises effecting transmission of the digital control command according to a ShockBurst™ or Enhanced ShockBurst™ transmission protocol.
6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the control device has a user operating mode and a configuration operating mode, wherein:
in the user operating mode, a reception of the digital operating command by the receiving device of the control device for actuating the furniture element is effected, and/or
in the configuration operating mode, a reception of the digital operating command by the receiving device of the control device for configuring the control device is effected.
7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the furniture element has a user operating mode and a configuration operating mode, wherein:
the receiving device of the furniture element is in or transferrable to a ready-to-receive state in the user operating mode, and/or
a reception of the digital control command by the receiving device of the furniture element is effected in the user operating mode for activating the furniture element, and/or
a reception of the digital control command by the receiving device of the furniture element is effected in the user operating mode according to a ShockBurst™ or Enhanced ShockBurst™ transmission protocol, and/or
a reception of the digital control command is effected by the receiving device of the furniture element in the configuration operating mode for configuring the furniture element, and/or
a reception of the digital control command is effected by the receiving device of the furniture element in the configuration operating mode according to a Bluetooth transmission protocol.
8 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising generating the digital operating command by a user via a user interface.
9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the generating is effected through an interaction with the user interface by the user via:
a touchscreen of an input device, and/or
a voice input into a speech-recognition device, and/or
an operating element of an input device operable by the user by hand or foot, and/or
a gesture control of an input device performed by the user.
10 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising generating the digital control command with the digital operating command received in the first receiving step.
11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein, depending on the digital operating command received in the first receiving step:
different digital control commands are generated in the generating, and/or
different digital control commands are transmitted in the wirelessly transmitting.
12 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the activation of the furniture element comprises an activation of a drive or an activation of at least one part of an item of furniture by the furniture element.
13 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the activation of the furniture element is effected by the control device within a period of less than 50 ms from the transmission of the digital control command.
14 . A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the computer program comprising commands from a memory unit to be brought into data connection with a processing unit configured to, when the commands are executed by the processing unit, perform:
wirelessly receiving a digital operating command using a receiving device of a control device in a first receiving step,
wirelessly transmitting a digital control command to a receiving device of the furniture element by a transmitting device,
effecting a reception of the wirelessly transmitted digital control command by the receiving device of the furniture element in a second receiving step, and
effecting an activation of the furniture element through the digital control command wirelessly received by the receiving device of the furniture element using the control device within a period of less than 100 ms from the transmission of the digital control command.
15 . A system comprising:
a furniture element configured to drive or activate a part of an item of furniture, and
a control device for actuating the furniture element, the control device including:
a transmitting device configured to wirelessly transmit a digital control command to the furniture element, and
a first receiving device configured to wirelessly receive a digital operating command,
wherein the control device is configured to actuate the furniture element to:
wirelessly receive the digital operating command using the first receiving device in a first receiving step,
wirelessly transmit the digital control command to a second receiving device of the furniture element by the transmitting device,
effect a reception of the wirelessly transmitted digital control command by the second receiving device in a second receiving step, and
effect an activation of the furniture element through the digital control command wirelessly received by the second receiving device using the control device within a period of less than 100 ms from the transmission of the digital control command.
16 . The system according to claim 15 , wherein:
the digital operating command is receivable by the receiving device according to the IEEE 802.11 standard and/or according to the Bluetooth standard, and/or
the digital control command is transmissible according to a ShockBurst™ or Enhanced ShockBurst™ standard.
17 . The system according to claim 15 , further comprising a user interface configured to allow a user to generate the digital operating command, wherein the user interface includes:
a touchscreen of an input device, and/or
a voice input into a speech-recognition device, and/or
an operating element of an input device operable by the user by hand or foot, and/or
gesture control of an input device that can be performed by the user.
18 . The system according to claim 15 , wherein the transmitting device of the control device is a first transmitting device, the system further comprising a speech-recognition device configured to generate the digital operating command, wherein the speech-recognition device includes:
a microphone configured to detect a voice command of a user,
a conversion device configured to generate the digital operating command from the voice command, and
a second transmitting device configured to transmit the digital operating command to the control device.
19 . The system according to claim 15 , wherein the control device and the furniture element are structurally separate from each other and are arranged spatially separate from each other.
20 . A control device for the system according to claim 15 .