45 results about "Home wiring" patented technology

A loop carrier system includes a home local area network having plural telephone modules and a hub coupled to in-home telephone wiring. The telephone modules and the hub communicate voice signals over the in-home wiring in a dedicated frequency band above baseband POTS. The hub converts between voice signals and voice packets and is connected to a network access device for transferring the voice packets from the home local area network to a telecommunications network which routes the voice packets to a gateway. The gateway converts between the voice packets and a circuit format compatible with a local digital voice switch. The gateway includes an ATM switch and a call processing adjunct coupled to the ATM switch. The call processing adjunct controls the conversion between voice packets and the circuit format at the ATM switch. The call processing adjunct communicates with the home local area network using a first signaling protocol such as Media Gateway Control Protocol, Session Initiation Protocol or H.323, and with the local digital switch using a second signaling protocol such as GR-303 for controlling call processing in the communication system.

A method of dynamic spectral bandwidth allocation in home phone-line networking (HPN). An HPN terminal is configured to sense transmission activity in a frequency sub-band corresponding to a broad-band high-speed service, such as ADSL. If no activity is detected, the HPN terminal uses the sub-band for communication with other HPN terminals. As a result, major impediments to HPN networking, such as crosstalk from neighboring home networks and signal attenuation due to the unpredictable topology of the in-home wiring, are minimized or possibly mitigated. In addition, the capacity accessible to HPN terminals may be increased. Consequently, the robustness of HPN networking is improved and higher data throughput rates may be supported.

The invention may be broadly conceptualized as an approach in which a intelligent controller (102) is in communication with appliances (116-122) over the alternating current home wiring and is in communication with a user profile (204) contained in a database (202) at a web server (104) via a modem (206) enabling configuration and programming of the appliances (116-122) to occur over a web device (112) in addition to time synchronization of the clocks in the intelligent controller (102) and appliances (116-122) with the web server (104) in order to maintain the correct time.

The invention discloses a housing-unit access control device based on wireless communication and housing-estate access control system. The housing-unit access control device based on wireless communication comprises a building-door terminal and a plurality of indoor terminals, wherein the building-door terminal comprises a building-door controller, a wireless communication module, a display screen, an electric lock controller, a camera, an electroacoustic device and a digital key; each indoor terminal comprises an indoor controller, a wireless communication module, a display screen, an electroacoustic device and a control key; and the wireless communication module of the building-door terminal is in wireless communication connection with the wireless communication modules of the indoor terminals. The invention has the advantages that the cost is reduced by utilizing free communication of a 3G-visual communication trunking network, and the defects of more wires in the rooms and difficulty in maintenance in the access control device and system are effectively overcome; the indoor terminals are connected with a security detector, so that when an owner is not at home, a personal mobile terminal can be used for monitoring indoor security equipment remotely and carrying out remote meeting; and when no person is at home, guests can enter the room in advance for waiting.

A loop carrier system includes a home local area network having plural telephone modules and a hub coupled to in-home telephone wiring. The telephone modules and the hub communicate voice signals over the in-home wiring in a dedicated frequency band above baseband POTS. The hub converts between voice signals and voice packets and is connected to a network access device for transferring the voice packets from the home local area network to a telecommunications network which routes the voice packets to a gateway. The gateway converts between the voice packets and a circuit format compatible with a local digital voice switch. A network element includes a Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA)-based server, CORBA-based managed objects accessible by the CORBA-based server and a CORBA-based applications programming interface (API). The CORBA-based API is coupled to an external operations support system which can manage the plural CORBA-based managed objects directly.

A system for testing a conductor of a structure can include a test device connected to the conductor. The test device is configured to test an electrical characteristic of the conductor and to produce a test result based at least in part on the electrical characteristic. A service provider network may be configured to communicate with the test device to initiate a test and / or to obtain the test result. A customer may use a computing device to obtain information regarding the test result, as well as guidance for troubleshooting and resolving a problem detected with the electrical conductor, such as a fault.

A system for raising and lowering a ceiling fixture featuring a reel box with a cable reel and cable, and a motor connected to the cable reel. The cable extends out of the reel box and attaches to a ceiling fixture. The motor rotates the cable reel to wind and unwind the cable. A hollow female cone is connected below the reel box. The cable passes through the female cone. A male cone is attached to the cable below the female cone. The male cone has is adapted to fit inside the female cone. Electrical contact rings are disposed on the inner surface of the female cone for house wiring and the outer surface of the male cone for fixture wiring. When the male cone is in the female cone, the electrical contact rings operatively connect.

A premises wiring system (112) comprising a back-end interface (122) communicating with at least one communications system and a front-end interface (126) communication with disparate communications devices configured for electrical signalling. At least one fiber-optic pair (146) couples the front-end and back-end interfaces. The front-end and back-end interfaces convert electrical signals destined for transmission over the pair into optical signals prior to transmission.

The invention discloses an intelligent illumination control system which comprises a cloud server, at least one intelligent home device and at least one intelligent illumination device. The intelligent illumination device comprises a control module, an illumination module, a microphone module and a wireless communication module, wherein the illumination module, the microphone module and the wireless communication module are connected with the control module. The intelligent home device comprises a wireless communication unit. The intelligent illumination device is connected with the cloud server through the wireless communication module, and the intelligent home device is connected with the cloud server through the wireless communication unit. The invention further provides an intelligent illumination control method. Compared with the prior art, current home wiring does not need to be changed in the intelligent illumination control system and method, the intelligent home device can be remotely and wirelessly controlled through a wireless network, and home intelligence is achieved.

A system for testing a conductor of a structure can include a test device connected to the conductor. The test device is configured to test an electrical characteristic of the conductor and to produce a test result based at least in part on the electrical characteristic. A service provider network may be configured to communicate with the test device to initiate a test and / or to obtain the test result. A customer may use a computing device to obtain information regarding the test result, as well as guidance for troubleshooting and resolving a problem detected with the electrical conductor, such as a fault.

Methods and apparatus for providing electrical energy to an electrical circuit without using a pronged plug are disclosed. A power connector includes a substrate with openings for receiving prongs of an electrical plug. Contacts supported on the substrate extend into the openings. The contacts are connected to the electrical circuit. The substrate is placed over an electrical outlet receptacle. When the prongs of the electrical plug are inserted through the two openings of the power connector and into the outlet receptacle, the prongs touch each of the contacts, respectively, such that electrical power can be supplied to the electrical circuit connected to the pair of contacts. The power connector can be incorporated into a wall plate mounted over an electrical outlet, either in place of or directly over an existing wall plate. An electrical circuit is housed within the wall plate. Typical electrical circuit devices powered by the present invention include night lights, emergency lights, air fresheners, air purifiers, pest controls, alarms, smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, amplifiers, antennae, motion sensors, home security modules, home automation modules, surge protectors, electronic filters, load indicators, and home-wiring based network connections for telephones or local area networks (LANS).

A cable network tester includes separate ports for receiving downstream and upstream signals, and separate signal processing circuitry for parallel processing the downstream and upstream signals. Results of the upstream and downstream testing, including upstream and downstream frequency scans and other tests related to incoming subscriber services and home wiring integrity, may be simultaneously displayed in real time. The tester may be configured for automatic port connection detection and routing.

A system for testing a conductor of a structure can include a test device connected to the conductor. The test device is configured to test an electrical characteristic of the conductor and to produce a test result based at least in part on the electrical characteristic. A service provider network may be configured to communicate with the test device to initiate a test and / or to obtain the test result. A customer may use a computing device to obtain information regarding the test result, as well as guidance for troubleshooting and resolving a problem detected with the electrical conductor, such as a fault.

The invention discloses an intelligent electric energy meter for realizing a fault arc detection function and a realization method thereof. A user load circuit is sampled in real time by voltage and current sampling channels, electricity quantity and electricity fee metering is carried out by a professional metering module, data of the sampling channels are shared at the same time for fault arc voltage and current detection, a fault arc characteristic frequency detection module is added, fault arc judgment is carried out through a software algorithm, parallel fault arcs, series fault arcs andground fault arcs are detected reliably, and on the basis of not increasing a large hardware cost and not changing the original home wiring, active fault arc event reporting can be carried out throughan electric energy meter centralized meter reading system, and low-cost and high-efficiency fault arc detection and early warning functions are realized.

When an alarm panel needs to transmit alarm data, it seizes the PSTN and disconnects the premises-wiring. If in a call, the user is cut off immediately and it appears to the user that the connection to the PSTN has been lost. If trying to place a call, the user also perceives that the connection to the PSTN is lost. The present invention provides tonal signals to the user to indicate that the PSTN line is in use by the alarm panel and also notifies the user when the PSTN connection is available for use.

The invention discloses a household all-optical network system and an implementation method thereof. The household all-optical network system comprises a local side OLT, an FTTR optical gateway and a plurality of edge ONUs. The FTTR optical gateway comprises a first ONU standard optical interface, an OLT short-distance optical interface, a PON ONU MAC and a processing unit. The PON ONU MAC is connected with the processing unit, the processing unit is respectively connected with the first ONU standard optical interface and the OLT short-distance optical interface, the first ONU standard optical interface is connected with the local side OLT, and the OLT short-distance optical interface is connected with each edge ONU. According to the invention, the home wiring is of a PON structure, is relatively flexible and easy to expand, can realize one-to-many data transmission in a home network, does not need PON and ETH conversion for signal interaction between an edge ONU and a local side OLT, reduces time delay and jitter, and improves signal quality.

An electrical connector and a method of use of the electrical connector during installation of an Optical Network Terminal (ONT). The ONT includes a power supply unit having a pass-through grounding plug. The pass-through grounding plug includes an electrically-conductive grounding prong that is operable to engage a ground conductor of an electrical component. For installation purposes, for example, using existing home wiring, the grounding prong may be retractable, removable and foldable into a body of the plug. When installing the ONT, one would determine whether a power source to which a power supply unit of the ONT is to be connected is within a predetermined distance from an installation location of the ONT. Further, one would determine whether the power source includes a ground conductor. In instances where there is not a ground conductor, the grounding prong may be removed, folded, or retracted into the body of the plug.

The invention discloses a long-life high-temperature-resistant weather-resistant low-smoke halogen-free irradiation crosslinking polyolefin insulating material as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The long-service-life high-temperature-resistant weather-resistant low-smoke halogen-free irradiation crosslinking polyolefin insulating material comprises the following components in parts by weight: 15-25 parts of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, 5-20 parts of linear low density polyethylene, 3-10 parts of an ethylene-octylene copolymer, 2-10 parts of a maleic anhydride grafting agent, 40-65 parts of a flame retardant, 0.1-1 part of an assistant crosslinker, 0.5-1 part of an antioxidant, 0.5-2 parts of a lubricant and 0.3-1 part of a silane coupling agent. The long-life high-temperature-resistant weather-resistant low-smoke halogen-free irradiation cross-linked polyolefin insulating material disclosed by the invention is excellent in comprehensive performance, high in flexibility, excellent in mechanical property, high-temperature-resistant, long-term high-temperature aging-resistant, good in thermal cracking resistance and good in processability, and is particularly suitable for the fields of building house wiring, nuclear cables and the like.

An interface device and method for selectively coupling the signals of a plurality of communications service providers operating in different frequency bands onto one or more station wire segments of a customer premises wiring plant. The device includes a plurality of service access modules, each of the service access modules comprising a filter network including at least one of a high-pass or bandpass filter, and a low-pass filter connected to a respective communications service provider's signal. A high-band switching module and a low-band switching module are connected to each service access module. At least one station access module is connected to the high-band switching module and the low-band switching module. The station access module includes a filter network comprising at least one of a high-pass or band-pass filter, and a low-pass filter corresponding in pass-bands to the service access module filter network. Each station access module is connected to a station wire segment of the customer premises inside wiring plant. The interface enables each station wire segment of the premises wiring to be concurrently and independently connected to low-band and high-band service providers.

The invention relates to the technical field of optical cable production, and particularly relates to a multi-rubber-covered-wire branch leading-in armored optical cable which enables fiber-to-the-home wiring to be simple and clear, facilitates self-wiring installation of a user and improves practicability. The optical cable comprises three groups of first butterfly-shaped leading-in optical cables, three groups of first non-metal reinforcing members, a plurality of groups of second butterfly-shaped leading-in optical cables and an outer sheath, wherein the three groups of first butterfly-shaped leading-in optical cables and the three groups of first non-metal reinforcing members are stranded, gaps among the three groups of first butterfly-shaped leading-in optical cables are filled with the three groups of first non-metal reinforcing members, the plurality of groups of second butterfly-shaped leading-in optical cables are twisted and wound on the circumferential outer wall formed by twisting the three groups of first non-metal reinforcing members and the three groups of first butterfly-shaped leading-in optical cables, and the outer sheath wraps and clings to the circumferential outer wall formed by twisting the plurality of groups of second butterfly-shaped leading-in optical cables.

A meter hub safety isolation service entrance disconnect switch includes an enclosure configured to mount outside a building and protect contents of the enclosure from ingress of solid foreign objects or the ingress of rain, sleet, or snow and that will be undamaged by the external formation of ice on the enclosure. The enclosure has a dead front cover and removable outside cover in which the outside cover is marked to inform a first responder that the enclosure contains a disconnect switch. The disconnect switch is operable upon removal of the outside cover while the dead front cover remains in place and includes a multi-pole switch having poles sufficient to convey power, neutral and ground as may be required by an electrical power source for a load center serving the premises, the switch opening poles for power and neutral upon actuation, while maintaining the ground of the premises wiring.

A system and method for testing lines to determine service-affecting conditions on a line, such as telephone wiring. Conditions may be identified from low frequency variations in a frequency spectrum measured on the line. The line may be stimulated with a broad spectrum signal, such as may be generated by a DSL modem operating in the L0 state or may be the result of noise on the line. Analysis of the low frequency variations may yield information about the nature of service-affecting conditions allowing conditions, such as un-terminated or poorly-terminated extensions to be identified. The method may be performed by a test device attached to premises wiring in a telephone network and used to determine whether the premises wiring will support VDSL2 or other high speed data services without modification or may indicate changes at the premises to enable the wiring to support high speed data services.

An automatic switching device that alternatively connects the customer's telephony devices via the in-home UTP wiring to the desired telephony service, primary or secondary, upon receiving an incoming call via that service is described. The new device will work reliably with any type of ringing signal provided by the telco, MSO, OTTP, or other service provider. The new device can switch over the entire in-home UTP wiring so that all customer premise equipment connected to the in-home wiring are connected to the desired telephony service no matter the location of the NID, EMTA, PC, ATA or whatever equipment that is providing the service. Furthermore, the new device can either simultaneously disconnect the alternate unused service from the entire in-home wiring or facilitate the use of both services at the same time by implementing call hold feature.

The invention discloses a DC household power system and a wiring method of a household appliance based on the system. The system comprises a household power supply for supplying power to the householdpower system; A high-voltage direct-current bus bar connected with an in-door power supply for supplying power to a high-power electric appliance; A low-voltage dc bus bar connected to an in-house power supply or a high-voltage dc bus bar is use for supplying power to low-power appliances. The invention solves the problems of complex DC home wiring and poor safety in the prior art, and improves the safety and reliability of the DC home system.

The invention discloses an optical fiber movable connector, which comprises a miniature optical cable assembly and an outer sleeve assembly, and is characterized in that the miniature optical cable assembly is arranged in the outer sleeve assembly; the miniature optical cable assembly comprises a conical end cap, an inserting core, a tail handle, a spring, a supporting pipe, an inner corrugated pipe and an optical cable which are arranged in sequence. The outer sleeve assembly comprises an outer sleeve, a rotary cover and an optical cable protection tube. Compared with a traditional fiber-to-the-home wiring scheme in which a pipe penetrating device is pre-embedded, the optical fiber movable connector is more convenient and simpler, and the cost is saved. The miniature optical cable assembly can also be used as a pipe penetrating device, can be pushed and pulled by hands and can also be arranged in a machine mode, and resources are relatively saved. In addition, the miniature optical cable assembly and the outer sleeve assembly are convenient to disassemble and assemble and can be reused.