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WO2002065670A1
WO2002065670A1 PCT/FR2001/000452 FR0100452W WO02065670A1 WO 2002065670 A1 WO2002065670 A1 WO 2002065670A1 FR 0100452 W FR0100452 W FR 0100452W WO 02065670 A1 WO02065670 A1 WO 02065670A1
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Jean-Yves Charron
Gérard Panhelleux
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  • the invention relates to communication systems making it possible to provide comments and / or information relating to the local environment to users equipped with terminals and placed in direct view of a transmitting station.
  • the invention is applicable in very diverse situations. It finds a particularly important, but not exclusive, application in the dissemination of comments as and when visits to successive rooms or places by listeners in any number, each equipped with a miniature portable receiver.
  • the invention aims in particular to provide a communication system and method of low cost, easy to use and great flexibility of use.
  • the invention proposes a communication system to passive user terminals, comprising:
  • Each terminal will generally consist of a card-shaped box, intended to be hung on a garment or placed in a pocket so that the sensor overflows from it, and an earpiece connected to the box by a cord.
  • the sensor is fitted with a wide field input azimuth optic (at least 90 °) so as to receive direct infrared radiation or diffused by obstacles whatever the direction towards which the carrier turns.
  • the transmitter will have a high diffusion field and a power adapted to the extent of the area it must cover. For this, it will generally include several modules assigned to adjacent angular sectors in azimuth and all diffusing the same signal at the same wavelength.
  • Each module will include several light-emitting diodes mounted in series or in parallel and at least one output lens. This lens will generally be from Fresnel or Weisman. All modules receive the same modulated input signal.
  • the invention makes it easy to constitute a system providing comments in several languages simultaneously. It suffices to provide a transmitter having several sets of modules, for example superimposed, transmitting at different wavelengths and terminals provided with an input color filter making it possible to select one of the wavelengths corresponding to a channel.
  • the diffusion will generally take place at a wavelength between 850 and 1800 nm. If several channels are provided, a band of 80 nm wide for each will be used, for example, with a guard band of at least 20 nm between them.
  • the adapted modulation will advantageously be of a non-standardized type reducing the risks of interference, for example in pulse width, called PWM; however, other types of modulation can be used, in particular delta, pulse pause (PPM), etc. Furthermore, the transmission can be scrambled.
  • PWM pulse width
  • PPM pulse pause
  • the transmission can be scrambled.
  • synchronous demodulation and color filtering gives high immunity to ambient light.
  • the terminals may also include means for restoring a recorded message, while the terminal is already out of service with regard to the reception of broadcast information and / or means for receiving information by radio from a station of the kind described in patent application No. 99 07743.
  • - Figure 1 is an overall diagram of a system, a single diffuser being shown;
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a transmitter usable in the system of Figure 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a transmitter usable in the system of Figure 1;
  • FIG. 4 is an exploded diagram showing a possible constitution of the receiving terminal.
  • the system shown in Figure 1 can be viewed as comprising a transmitter, consisting of a central station 10 and one or more broadcasters 12, and portable reception terminals 14.
  • a transmitter consisting of a central station 10 and one or more broadcasters 12, and portable reception terminals 14.
  • the following description corresponds to the case where there is broadcast simultaneous information in several languages from the same broadcaster.
  • Each diffuser 12 is designed to diffuse infrared radiation carrying the information to be communicated in a solid angle which depends on the volume served by the diffuser.
  • the diffuser serves an angle of approximately 120 ° in azimuth. It is in the form of a column having superimposed layers each assigned to a wavelength or emission ⁇ 1, ... ⁇ n.
  • Each layer consists of several modules having emission lobes 13 which partially overlap.
  • each module comprises a light source placed at the bottom of a compartment delimited by vertical walls 16 and horizontal walls 18, advantageously reflecting to better use the light power supplied by the sources.
  • the source of each module can consist of a set of several light-emitting diodes 20 (LEDs) or of several laser diodes placed in series or in parallel.
  • the LEDs of the different layers are chosen to emit respectively at wavelengths ⁇ 1, ..., ⁇ n.
  • the emission band of the laser diodes is narrow enough that it is generally not necessary to place a color filter in front of it.
  • a color filter is interposed between the source and the environment.
  • the commissioning of the diffuser can be controlled by a local switch, for example when the visits are carried out under the guidance of a guide.
  • a local switch for example when the visits are carried out under the guidance of a guide.
  • the visit is free
  • the start of the broadcast while no broadcast is already in progress, can be caused by a presence detector, to which a layer 22 is assigned.
  • This detector can be of a type commonly used at present to give the alarm in the event of intrusion.
  • the central station 10 represented is constituted by a control desk and auxiliaries such as a tape recorder 24 with several tracks or a set of tape recorders, a magneto-optical disc or DVD player 26, etc. and a microphone 28 making it possible to make announcements.
  • the console is connected to the various diffusers by transmission cables 30. If each diffuser has its own power supply, its own audio generator and switching means controlled by the presence detector, the link can be unidirectional. In the case of control from the console, the link is bidirectional, so as to transmit the presence signals to the console.
  • the transmitter can have the basic principle given by the block diagram of FIG. 2, in the case where each broadcaster has its own power supply and receives the audio signal from the central station.
  • the central station comprises, for each diffuser 12, a low-frequency mixer 32 provided with adjustable means for balancing between the channels. This mixer has as many channels as there are languages in which broadcasting must be done simultaneously.
  • Each channel of the mixer is associated with a modulation and amplification chain having, in series, a switch 34 and a modulator 36, generally with pulse width modulation.
  • the modulator 36 receives a high frequency signal supplied by an oscillator 38 at adjustable frequency, for example using a voltage generator 40.
  • a pulse width modulation PWM
  • PWM pulse width modulation
  • the modulated signal supplied by the modulator 36 is applied to a power amplifier 42 which supplies the sources of all the modules of the same horizontal layer.
  • a power amplifier 42 which supplies the sources of all the modules of the same horizontal layer.
  • On the output beam of each set of light-emitting diodes are placed a color filter 44 and a Fresnel lens 46 intended to form the output lobe.
  • a reflector can be placed behind the diodes.
  • the power necessary for operation is supplied by a power source 48. This source supplies the components and a generator 56 of regulated current during the periods of excitation of the LEDs.
  • the presence detector 50 which, in addition, sends to the central station an initialization signal on a conductor 54.
  • This signal is used by a management device 57 having auxiliary control outputs. Manual switches 52 placed on each channel make it possible to select the active channels.
  • the opto-electronic part of the terminals can have the principle construction shown in FIG. 3.
  • the sensor 60 is constituted by a photodiode or a phototransistor which receives the scattered infrared light, through a wide field Fresnel lens 62 and a filter color 64 intended for select the frequency band to be processed by the terminal.
  • the output signal from the sensor 60 is applied to an amplifier 62.
  • the amplified signal is processed by a bandpass filter 64.
  • the filter 64 is advantageously tunable. Thus, it is possible to use the same electronics on all terminals.
  • the filtered signal is transmitted to a discriminator comparator 66 making it possible to separate the useful infrared pulses from the parasitic light fluxes, for example by performing synchronous detection.
  • Amplifier 62 supplies a DC voltage component which can be used as a reference voltage in comparator 66.
  • the signal consists of pulses.
  • pulse width modulation these pulses are applied to a divider by two 68 which decodes the signal. After each pulse there is also a change in output level and a pulse duration modulation signal is obtained reproducing the original signal.
  • the signal is then applied to a low-pass filter 70, which will generally be an active filter, making it possible to recover a low-frequency drive signal from an amplifier 72 (class B amplifier in general).
  • the divider by two 68 advantageously comprises a delay network which avoids an erroneous synchronization of the divider caused by parasites in the received signal. This delay network maintains the previous level on the data input for a short duration, of the order of a micro second, making it possible to eliminate the influence of the state of the clock input.
  • the components which have just been described are powered by a battery
  • a programmer 78 deactivates the battery after a determined period after the first start-up, for example after twenty four hours.
  • the terminal is designed to go into standby state when the switch is closed, with a minimum consumption of current.
  • the terminal then carries an additional sensor 96 supplied from standby.
  • this sensor maintains or switches off all the circuits of terminal 14 so as to have a minimum consumption outside the periods of presence in an environment where there is diffusion of infrared radiation. in the detection band. As soon as you return to an area where radiation is diffused, circuit 78 leaves its standby state and supplies all the circuits of terminal 14 again.
  • the delay programming initialized during the first start-up, is not influenced by standby.
  • the electronics shown in FIG. 3 make it possible to provide a recorded message, after the battery 74 has been put out of service.
  • a second battery 80 which makes it possible to supply a message generator 84, by closing a second switch 82.
  • a second programmer 86 can then be provided to limit the time during which it will be possible to listen to the recorded message.
  • each terminal can be that shown diagrammatically in FIG. 4.
  • the terminal represented consists of a card having a bottom 88 and a cover 90, the external faces of which can carry an advertisement, glued to a frame 92 containing the active components and of which the edge carries the pushbuttons of the switches 76 and 82.
  • the sensor 60 is placed on the cover, in a position and an orientation such that it collects the infrared flux diffused when the card is placed in a breast pocket and overflows.
  • the card is connected to a headset 94 by a wire.
  • the system can be provided so as to allow an operator placed at the control desk to intervene by interrupting the broadcast of the recorded messages and by broadcasting an announcement using a microphone 96 on all of the channels.
  • One of the layers of the diffuser 12 may include receivers making it possible to receive a transmission originating from the module and to restore it locally.
  • the central station must be modified so as to allow the portable module to take control by temporarily interrupting control from the central station.
  • An amplifier may be provided on the diffuser, connected by a wired link to additional remote receivers, not accessible by the scattered infrared radiation. Such a connection will, for example, allow a management or a management office to ensure the security and management of visitor flows.
  • the portable terminals can also be designed to receive both the infrared broadcast of a system of the kind which has just been described and the radio broadcast provided for in a system of the kind described in the patent application No. 99 07743 already mentioned. .

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Abstract

The invention relates to a system for optically communicating with passive user terminals. Said system comprises a fixed transmitter (10, 12) which is equipped to diffuse sound by infrared means to a space intended to be filled with listeners and single-use and limited-life miniature terminals (14), having an infrared sensor which is adapted to the transmitter and which is positioned so as to be exposed to the infrared rays when the terminal is worn.

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SYSTEME DE COMMUNICATION PAR VOIE OPTIQUE VERS DES TERMINAUX PASSIFS ET EMETTEUR POUR UN TEL SYSTEME OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TO PASSIVE TERMINALS AND TRANSMITTER FOR SUCH A SYSTEM

L'invention concerne les systèmes de communication permettant de fournir, à des usagers munis de terminaux et placés en vue directe d'une station émettrice, des commentaires et/ou informations en liaison avec l'environnement local.The invention relates to communication systems making it possible to provide comments and / or information relating to the local environment to users equipped with terminals and placed in direct view of a transmitting station.

L'invention est applicable dans des situations très diverses. Elle trouve une application particulièrement importante, mais non exclusive, dans la diffusion de commentaires au fur et à mesure de la visite de pièces ou de lieux successifs par des auditeurs en nombre quelconque, munis chacun d'un récepteur portatif miniature.The invention is applicable in very diverse situations. It finds a particularly important, but not exclusive, application in the dissemination of comments as and when visits to successive rooms or places by listeners in any number, each equipped with a miniature portable receiver.

A l'heure actuelle, il existe des systèmes exigeant que chaque auditeur soit muni d'un récepteur radio ou d'un lecteur d'enregistrement qui lui est remis à l'entrée et qu'il doit restituer à la sortie du site visité. Ces récepteurs sont coûteux et complexes.At present, systems exist which require that each listener be provided with a radio receiver or a recording player which is given to him at the entrance and which he must return at the exit of the site visited. These receivers are expensive and complex.

Par ailleurs, on a déjà utilisé la diffusion de données par voie infrarouge dans des systèmes complexes.In addition, data broadcasting by infrared has already been used in complex systems.

L'invention vise notamment à fournir un système et un procédé de communication de coût faible, d'utilisation aisée et de grande flexibilité d'emploi. L'invention propose dans ce but un système de communication vers des terminaux passifs d'usager, comprenant :The invention aims in particular to provide a communication system and method of low cost, easy to use and great flexibility of use. To this end, the invention proposes a communication system to passive user terminals, comprising:

- un émetteur fixe muni de moyens de diffusion sonore par voie infrarouge vers un espace destiné à être occupé par des auditeurs et - des terminaux miniatures à utilisation unique et à durée de vie limitée, portant un capteur infrarouge adapté à l'émetteur, placé de façon à être exposé au rayonnement infrarouge lorsque le terminal est porté.- a fixed transmitter fitted with infrared sound diffusion means to a space intended to be occupied by listeners and - miniature terminals with single use and limited life, carrying an infrared sensor adapted to the transmitter, placed so as to be exposed to infrared radiation when the terminal is worn.

Chaque terminal sera généralement composé d'un boîtier en forme de carte, destiné à être accroché à un vêtement ou placé dans une poche de façon que le capteur en déborde, et d'une oreillette reliée au boîtier par un cordon. Le capteur est muni d'une optique d'entrée à grand champ en azimut (au moins 90°) de façon à recevoir le rayonnement infrarouge direct ou diffusé par des obstacles quelle que soit la direction vers laquelle se tourne le porteur. L'émetteur aura un champ de diffusion élevé et une puissance adaptée à l'étendue de la zone qu'il doit couvrir. Pour cela, il comportera généralement plusieurs modules affectés à des secteurs angulaires adjacents en azimut et diffusant tous le même signal à la même longueur d'onde. Chaque module comportera plusieurs diodes électroluminescentes montées en série ou en parallèle et au moins une lentille de sortie. Cette lentille sera généralement de Fresnel ou de Weisman. Tous les modules reçoivent le même signal modulé d'entrée.Each terminal will generally consist of a card-shaped box, intended to be hung on a garment or placed in a pocket so that the sensor overflows from it, and an earpiece connected to the box by a cord. The sensor is fitted with a wide field input azimuth optic (at least 90 °) so as to receive direct infrared radiation or diffused by obstacles whatever the direction towards which the carrier turns. The transmitter will have a high diffusion field and a power adapted to the extent of the area it must cover. For this, it will generally include several modules assigned to adjacent angular sectors in azimuth and all diffusing the same signal at the same wavelength. Each module will include several light-emitting diodes mounted in series or in parallel and at least one output lens. This lens will generally be from Fresnel or Weisman. All modules receive the same modulated input signal.

L'invention permet de constituer aisément un système fournissant simultanément des commentaires en plusieurs langues. Il suffit en effet de prévoir un émetteur ayant plusieurs jeux de modules, par exemple superposés, émettant à des longueurs d'onde différentes et des terminaux munis d'un filtre de couleur d'entrée permettant de sélectionner l'une des longueurs d'onde correspondant à un canal.The invention makes it easy to constitute a system providing comments in several languages simultaneously. It suffices to provide a transmitter having several sets of modules, for example superimposed, transmitting at different wavelengths and terminals provided with an input color filter making it possible to select one of the wavelengths corresponding to a channel.

Dans la pratique, la diffusion s'effectuera en général à une longueur d'onde comprise entre 850 et 1800 nm. Si plusieurs canaux sont prévus, on utilisera par exemple une bande de 80 nm de large pour chacun, avec une bande de garde d'au moins 20 nm entre eux.In practice, the diffusion will generally take place at a wavelength between 850 and 1800 nm. If several channels are provided, a band of 80 nm wide for each will be used, for example, with a guard band of at least 20 nm between them.

La modulation adaptée sera avantageusement d'un type non standardisé réduisant les risques de brouillage, par exemple en largeur d'impulsions, dite PWM ; toutefois d'autres types de modulation sont utilisables, notamment delta, à pause d'impulsions (PPM), etc .. Par ailleurs l'émission peut être embrouillée. L'utilisation d'une démodulation synchrone et d'un filtrage de couleur donne une immunité élevée à la lumière ambiante.The adapted modulation will advantageously be of a non-standardized type reducing the risks of interference, for example in pulse width, called PWM; however, other types of modulation can be used, in particular delta, pulse pause (PPM), etc. Furthermore, the transmission can be scrambled. The use of synchronous demodulation and color filtering gives high immunity to ambient light.

Les terminaux peuvent comporter de plus des moyens de restitution d'un message enregistré, alors que le terminal est déjà hors service en ce qui concerne la réception d'informations diffusées et/ou des moyens de réception d'information par voie radioélectrique provenant d'une station du genre décrit dans la demande de brevet n° 99 07743. Les caractéristiques ci-dessus ainsi que d'autres apparaîtront mieux à la lecture de la description qui suit d'un mode particulier de réalisation donné à titre d'exemple non limitatif. La description se réfère aux dessins qui l'accompagnent, dans lesquels : - la figure 1 est un schéma d'ensemble d'un système, un seul diffuseur étant représenté ;The terminals may also include means for restoring a recorded message, while the terminal is already out of service with regard to the reception of broadcast information and / or means for receiving information by radio from a station of the kind described in patent application No. 99 07743. The above characteristics as well as others will appear better on reading the following description of a particular embodiment given by way of nonlimiting example. The description refers to the accompanying drawings, in which: - Figure 1 is an overall diagram of a system, a single diffuser being shown;

- la figure 2 est un synoptique d'un émetteur utilisable dans le système de la figure 1 ;- Figure 2 is a block diagram of a transmitter usable in the system of Figure 1;

- la figure 3 est le synoptique d'un émetteur utilisable dans le système de la figure 1 ;- Figure 3 is a block diagram of a transmitter usable in the system of Figure 1;

- la figure 4 est un schéma éclaté montrant une constitution possible de terminal récepteur.- Figure 4 is an exploded diagram showing a possible constitution of the receiving terminal.

Le système montré en figure 1 peut être regardé comme comportant un émetteur, constitué d'un poste central 10 et d'un ou plusieurs diffuseurs 12, et des terminaux portables de réception 14. La description qui suit correspond au cas où il y a diffusion simultanée d'informations en plusieurs langues à partir du même diffuseur.The system shown in Figure 1 can be viewed as comprising a transmitter, consisting of a central station 10 and one or more broadcasters 12, and portable reception terminals 14. The following description corresponds to the case where there is broadcast simultaneous information in several languages from the same broadcaster.

Chaque diffuseur 12 est prévu pour diffuser un rayonnement infra-rouge portant l'information à communiquer dans un angle solide qui dépend du volume desservi par le diffuseur. Dans le cas schématisé sur la figure 1 , le diffuseur dessert un angle d'environ 120° en azimut. Il se présente sous forme d'une colonne ayant des couches superposées affectées chacune à une longueur d'onde ou d'émission λ1 ,... λn. Chaque couche est constituée de plusieurs modules ayant des lobes d'émission 13 qui se recouvrent partiellement. Dans le cas illustré chaque module comporte une source de lumière placée au fond d'un compartiment délimité par des parois verticales 16 et des parois horizontales 18, avantageusement réfléchissantes pour mieux utiliser la puissance lumineuse fournie par les sources. La source de chaque module peut être constituée par un jeu de plusieurs diodes électroluminescentes 20 (LED) ou de plusieurs diodes laser placées en série ou en parallèle. Les LED des différentes couches sont choisies pour émettre respectivement aux longueurs d'onde λ1 ,..., λn. La bande d'émission des diodes laser est suffisamment étroite pour qu'il ne soit généralement pas nécessaire de placer un filtre de couleur devant elle. En cas d'utilisation de sources moins sélectives telles que des LED, un filtre de couleur est interposé entre la source et l'ambiance.Each diffuser 12 is designed to diffuse infrared radiation carrying the information to be communicated in a solid angle which depends on the volume served by the diffuser. In the case shown diagrammatically in FIG. 1, the diffuser serves an angle of approximately 120 ° in azimuth. It is in the form of a column having superimposed layers each assigned to a wavelength or emission λ1, ... λn. Each layer consists of several modules having emission lobes 13 which partially overlap. In the illustrated case, each module comprises a light source placed at the bottom of a compartment delimited by vertical walls 16 and horizontal walls 18, advantageously reflecting to better use the light power supplied by the sources. The source of each module can consist of a set of several light-emitting diodes 20 (LEDs) or of several laser diodes placed in series or in parallel. The LEDs of the different layers are chosen to emit respectively at wavelengths λ1, ..., λn. The emission band of the laser diodes is narrow enough that it is generally not necessary to place a color filter in front of it. When using less selective sources such as LEDs, a color filter is interposed between the source and the environment.

La mise en service du diffuseur peut être commandée par un interrupteur local, par exemple lorsque les visites s'effectuent sous la conduite d'un guide. Lorsqu'au contraire la visite est libre, le début de la diffusion, alors qu'aucune diffusion n'est déjà en cours, peut être provoquée par un détecteur de présence, auquel est affectée une couche 22. Ce détecteur peut être d'un type couramment utilisé à l'heure actuelle pour donner l'alerte en cas d'intrusion.The commissioning of the diffuser can be controlled by a local switch, for example when the visits are carried out under the guidance of a guide. When, on the contrary, the visit is free, the start of the broadcast, while no broadcast is already in progress, can be caused by a presence detector, to which a layer 22 is assigned. This detector can be of a type commonly used at present to give the alarm in the event of intrusion.

Le poste central 10 représenté est constitué par un pupitre de régie et des auxiliaires tels qu'un magnétophone 24 à plusieurs pistes ou un jeu de magnétophones, un lecteur 26 de disque magnéto-optique ou DVD, etc.. et un microphone 28 permettant de faire des annonces. Le pupitre est relié aux différents diffuseurs par des câbles de transmission 30. Si chaque diffuseur a une alimentation propre, un générateur audio propre et des moyens de commutation commandés par le détecteur de présence, la liaison peut être unidirectionnelle. Dans le cas d'un contrôle à partir du pupitre, la liaison est bidirectionnelle, de façon à transmettre les signaux de présence au pupitre.The central station 10 represented is constituted by a control desk and auxiliaries such as a tape recorder 24 with several tracks or a set of tape recorders, a magneto-optical disc or DVD player 26, etc. and a microphone 28 making it possible to make announcements. The console is connected to the various diffusers by transmission cables 30. If each diffuser has its own power supply, its own audio generator and switching means controlled by the presence detector, the link can be unidirectional. In the case of control from the console, the link is bidirectional, so as to transmit the presence signals to the console.

L'émetteur peut avoir la constitution de principe donné par le synoptique de la figure 2, dans le cas où chaque diffuseur comporte une alimentation propre et reçoit le signal audio du poste central. Le poste central comporte, pour chaque diffuseur 12, un mélangeur basse fréquence 32 muni de moyens réglables d'équilibrage entre les voies. Ce mélangeur comporte autant de voies qu'il y a de langues dans lesquelles la diffusion doit se faire simultanément. A chaque voie du mélangeur est associée une chaîne de modulation et d'amplification ayant, en série, un interrupteur 34 et un modulateur 36, généralement à modulation de largeur d'impulsion. Le modulateur 36 reçoit un signal haute fréquence fourni par un oscillateur 38 à fréquence réglable, par exemple à l'aide d'un générateur de tension 40. Si on utilise une modulation en largeur d'impulsions (PWM), il est avantageux d'adopter un oscillateur fournissant un signal de sortie triangulaire symétrique. Il est possible d'utiliser un même oscillateur haute fréquence dans la mesure où la séparation entre les voies est assurée suffisamment à la réception par une sélectivité de couleurs. Toutefois, pour réduire encore les brouillages, il est préférable d'utiliser un oscillateur 38 par voie, les différents oscillateurs étant à des fréquences différentes. Il est souhaitable d'utiliser une modulation à front raide et largeur d'impulsion courte, afin de pouvoir fournir une puissance crête élevée à la source. Pratiquement, on adoptera une fréquence de répétition des impulsions comprises entre 30 et 300 kHz.The transmitter can have the basic principle given by the block diagram of FIG. 2, in the case where each broadcaster has its own power supply and receives the audio signal from the central station. The central station comprises, for each diffuser 12, a low-frequency mixer 32 provided with adjustable means for balancing between the channels. This mixer has as many channels as there are languages in which broadcasting must be done simultaneously. Each channel of the mixer is associated with a modulation and amplification chain having, in series, a switch 34 and a modulator 36, generally with pulse width modulation. The modulator 36 receives a high frequency signal supplied by an oscillator 38 at adjustable frequency, for example using a voltage generator 40. If a pulse width modulation (PWM) is used, it is advantageous to adopt an oscillator providing a symmetrical triangular output signal. It is possible to use the same high frequency oscillator as long as the separation between the channels is sufficiently ensured at reception by a color selectivity. However, to further reduce interference, it is preferable to use one oscillator 38 per channel, the different oscillators being at different frequencies. It is desirable to use steep edge and short pulse width modulation in order to be able to provide high peak power to the source. In practice, a pulse repetition frequency between 30 and 300 kHz will be adopted.

Le signal modulé fourni par le modulateur 36 est appliqué à un amplificateur de puissance 42 qui alimente les sources de tous les modules d'une même couche horizontale. On peut notamment utiliser quatre diodes électroluminescentes 22 par module, ce qui conduit à placer vingt quatre diodes en série dans le cas d'un diffuseur du genre montré en figure 1 . Sur le faisceau de sortie de chaque jeu de diodes électroluminescentes sont placés un filtre de couleur 44 et une lentille de Fresnel 46 destinés à former le lobe de sortie. Un réflecteur peut être placé derrière les diodes. La puissance nécessaire au fonctionnement est fournie par une source de puissance 48. Cette source alimente les composants et un générateur 56 de courant régulé pendant les périodes d'excitation des LED. Elle est commandée par le détecteur de présence 50 qui, de plus, envoie au poste central un signal d'initialisation sur un conducteur 54. Ce signal est exploité par un organe de gestion 57 présentant des sorties de commande des auxiliaires. Des interrupteurs manuels 52 placés sur chaque voie permettent de sélectionner les voies actives.The modulated signal supplied by the modulator 36 is applied to a power amplifier 42 which supplies the sources of all the modules of the same horizontal layer. One can in particular use four light-emitting diodes 22 per module, which leads to placing twenty-four diodes in series in the case of a diffuser of the type shown in FIG. 1. On the output beam of each set of light-emitting diodes are placed a color filter 44 and a Fresnel lens 46 intended to form the output lobe. A reflector can be placed behind the diodes. The power necessary for operation is supplied by a power source 48. This source supplies the components and a generator 56 of regulated current during the periods of excitation of the LEDs. It is controlled by the presence detector 50 which, in addition, sends to the central station an initialization signal on a conductor 54. This signal is used by a management device 57 having auxiliary control outputs. Manual switches 52 placed on each channel make it possible to select the active channels.

La partie opto-électronique des terminaux peut avoir la constitution de principe montrée en figure 3. Le capteur 60 est constitué par une photodiode ou un phototransistor qui reçoit la lumière infrarouge diffusée, à travers une lentille de Fresnel 62 à grand champ et un filtre de couleur 64 destiné à sélectionner la bande de fréquence que doit traiter le terminal. Le signal de sortie du capteur 60 est appliqué à un amplificateur 62. Le signal amplifié est traité par un filtre passe-bande 64. Lorsque le système est prévu pour que les différents canaux correspondent à des fréquences porteuses différentes, ce qui sera le cas en général, le filtre 64 est avantageusement accordable. Ainsi, il est possible d'utiliser une même électronique sur tous les terminaux. Le signal filtré est transmis à un comparateur discriminateur 66 permettant de séparer les impulsions infrarouge utiles des flux lumineux parasites, par exemple en effectuant une détection synchrone. L'amplificateur 62 fournit une composante de tension continue qui est utilisable comme tension de référence dans le comparateur 66.The opto-electronic part of the terminals can have the principle construction shown in FIG. 3. The sensor 60 is constituted by a photodiode or a phototransistor which receives the scattered infrared light, through a wide field Fresnel lens 62 and a filter color 64 intended for select the frequency band to be processed by the terminal. The output signal from the sensor 60 is applied to an amplifier 62. The amplified signal is processed by a bandpass filter 64. When the system is designed so that the different channels correspond to different carrier frequencies, which will be the case in generally, the filter 64 is advantageously tunable. Thus, it is possible to use the same electronics on all terminals. The filtered signal is transmitted to a discriminator comparator 66 making it possible to separate the useful infrared pulses from the parasitic light fluxes, for example by performing synchronous detection. Amplifier 62 supplies a DC voltage component which can be used as a reference voltage in comparator 66.

A la sortie du comparateur, le signal est constitué par des impulsions. Dans le cas d'une modulation en largeur d'impulsion, ces impulsions sont appliquées à un diviseur par deux 68 qui décode le signal. Après chaque impulsion il y a aussi changement de niveau de sortie et on obtient un signal à modulation de durée d'impulsion reproduisant le signal d'origine.At the output of the comparator, the signal consists of pulses. In the case of pulse width modulation, these pulses are applied to a divider by two 68 which decodes the signal. After each pulse there is also a change in output level and a pulse duration modulation signal is obtained reproducing the original signal.

Le signal est ensuite appliqué à un filtre passe bas 70, qui sera généralement un filtre actif, permettant de récupérer un signal à basse fréquence d'attaque d'un amplificateur 72 (amplificateur de classe B en général). Le diviseur par deux 68 comporte avantageusement un réseau de retard qui évite une synchronisation erronée du diviseur provoquée par des parasites dans le signal reçu. Ce réseau de retard maintient le niveau précédent sur l'entrée de données pendant une durée brève, de l'ordre de la micro seconde, permettant d'écarter l'influence de l'état de l'entrée d'horloge. Les composants qui viennent d'être décrits sont alimentés par une pileThe signal is then applied to a low-pass filter 70, which will generally be an active filter, making it possible to recover a low-frequency drive signal from an amplifier 72 (class B amplifier in general). The divider by two 68 advantageously comprises a delay network which avoids an erroneous synchronization of the divider caused by parasites in the received signal. This delay network maintains the previous level on the data input for a short duration, of the order of a micro second, making it possible to eliminate the influence of the state of the clock input. The components which have just been described are powered by a battery

74 mise en service par appui sur un bouton poussoir 76. Un programmateur 78 met hors service la pile au bout d'un délai déterminé après la première mise en route, par exemple au bout de vingt quatre heures.74 put into service by pressing a push button 76. A programmer 78 deactivates the battery after a determined period after the first start-up, for example after twenty four hours.

Avantageusement, le terminal est prévu pour se mettre en état de veille lors de la fermeture de l'interrupteur, avec une consommation minimale de courant. Le terminal porte alors un capteur supplémentaire 96 alimenté dès mise en veille.Advantageously, the terminal is designed to go into standby state when the switch is closed, with a minimum consumption of current. The terminal then carries an additional sensor 96 supplied from standby.

En l'absence de détection infra-rouge, ce capteur maintient ou commute à l'arrêt tous les circuits du terminal 14 de façon à avoir une consommation minimale en dehors des périodes de présence dans un milieu où existe la diffusion de rayonnement infra-rouge dans la bande de détection. Dès retour dans une zone où est diffusé un rayonnement, le circuit 78 quitte son état de veille et alimente à nouveau tous les circuits du terminal 14. La programmation de délai, initialisée lors de la première mise en route, n'est pas influencée par la mise en veille.In the absence of infrared detection, this sensor maintains or switches off all the circuits of terminal 14 so as to have a minimum consumption outside the periods of presence in an environment where there is diffusion of infrared radiation. in the detection band. As soon as you return to an area where radiation is diffused, circuit 78 leaves its standby state and supplies all the circuits of terminal 14 again. The delay programming, initialized during the first start-up, is not influenced by standby.

L'électronique représentée sur la figure 3 permet de fournir un message enregistré, après mise hors service de la pile 74. Pour cela il comporte une seconde pile 80 qui permet d'alimenter un générateur de message 84, par fermeture d'un second interrupteur 82. Un second programmateur 86 peut alors être prévu pour limiter la durée pendant laquelle il sera possible d'écouter le message enregistré.The electronics shown in FIG. 3 make it possible to provide a recorded message, after the battery 74 has been put out of service. For this it comprises a second battery 80 which makes it possible to supply a message generator 84, by closing a second switch 82. A second programmer 86 can then be provided to limit the time during which it will be possible to listen to the recorded message.

La constitution de chaque terminal peut être celle schématisée en figure 4. Le terminal représenté est constitué par une carte ayant un fond 88 et un couvercle 90, dont les faces externes peuvent porter une publicité, collées sur un cadre 92 contenant les composants actifs et dont la tranche porte les boutons poussoirs des interrupteurs 76 et 82. Le capteur 60 est placé sur le couvercle, dans une position et une orientation telles qu'il collecte le flux infrarouge diffusé lorsque la carte est placée dans une poche de poitrine et déborde. La carte est reliée à une oreillette 94 par un fil. Le système peut être prévu de façon à permettre à un opérateur placé au pupitre de régie d'intervenir en interrompant la diffusion des messages enregistrés et en diffusant une annonce à l'aide d'un microphone 96 sur l'ensemble des canaux. Il est également possible d'intercaler des messages publicitaires entre ceux qui ont un caractère informationnel. De plus, il est possible de prévoir l'intervention d'un tiers, par exemple d'un guide, muni d'un module baladeur émetteur-récepteur. L'une des couches du diffuseur 12 peut comporter des récepteurs permettant de recevoir une émission provenant du module et de la restituer localement. Dans ce cas le poste central doit être modifié de façon à permettre au module baladeur de prendre la main en interrompant temporairement le contrôle depuis le poste central. Il peut être prévu sur le diffuseur un amplificateur relié par une liaison filaire à des récepteurs supplémentaires à distance, non accessibles par le rayonnement infra-rouge diffusé. Une telle liaison permettra par exemple à une régie ou un bureau de gestion d'assurer la sécurité et la gestion de flux de visiteurs. Les terminaux portables peuvent de plus être prévus pour recevoir aussi bien la diffusion infra rouge d'un système du genre qui vient d'être décrit que la diffusion hertzienne prévue dans un système du genre décrit dans la demande de brevet No. 99 07743 déjà mentionné. The constitution of each terminal can be that shown diagrammatically in FIG. 4. The terminal represented consists of a card having a bottom 88 and a cover 90, the external faces of which can carry an advertisement, glued to a frame 92 containing the active components and of which the edge carries the pushbuttons of the switches 76 and 82. The sensor 60 is placed on the cover, in a position and an orientation such that it collects the infrared flux diffused when the card is placed in a breast pocket and overflows. The card is connected to a headset 94 by a wire. The system can be provided so as to allow an operator placed at the control desk to intervene by interrupting the broadcast of the recorded messages and by broadcasting an announcement using a microphone 96 on all of the channels. It is also possible to insert advertising messages between those that are informational. In addition, it is possible to provide for the intervention of a third party, for example a guide, provided with a portable transmitter-receiver module. One of the layers of the diffuser 12 may include receivers making it possible to receive a transmission originating from the module and to restore it locally. In this case the central station must be modified so as to allow the portable module to take control by temporarily interrupting control from the central station. An amplifier may be provided on the diffuser, connected by a wired link to additional remote receivers, not accessible by the scattered infrared radiation. Such a connection will, for example, allow a management or a management office to ensure the security and management of visitor flows. The portable terminals can also be designed to receive both the infrared broadcast of a system of the kind which has just been described and the radio broadcast provided for in a system of the kind described in the patent application No. 99 07743 already mentioned. .

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REVENDICATIONS 1. Système de communication par voie optique vers des terminaux passifs d'usager, comprenant : - un émetteur ayant au moins un diffuseur fixe muni de moyens de diffusion sonore par voie infrarouge vers un espace destiné à être occupé par des auditeurs et1. Optical communication system towards passive user terminals, comprising: - a transmitter having at least one fixed diffuser provided with sound diffusion means by infrared towards a space intended to be occupied by listeners and - des terminaux récepteurs miniature (14) à utilisation unique pendant une durée de vie limitée, à partir de la mise en service, portant un capteur infrarouge (60) adapté à l'émetteur, placé de façon à être exposé au rayonnement infrarouge lorsque le terminal est porté.- miniature receiver terminals (14) for single use for a limited lifetime, from commissioning, carrying an infrared sensor (60) adapted to the transmitter, placed so as to be exposed to infrared radiation when the terminal is worn. 2. Système selon la revendication 1 , caractérisé en ce que chaque terminal est composé d'un boîtier en forme de carte contenant une pile, destiné à être accroché à un vêtement ou placé dans une poche de façon que le capteur en déborde, et d'une oreillette reliée au boîtier par un cordon.2. System according to claim 1, characterized in that each terminal is composed of a card-shaped housing containing a battery, intended to be hung on a garment or placed in a pocket so that the sensor overflows from it, and d '' a headset connected to the case by a cord. 3. Système selon la revendication 1 , caractérisé en ce que le capteur est muni d'une optique d'entrée à grand champ en azimut de façon à recevoir le rayonnement infrarouge direct ou diffusé par des obstacles quelle que soit la direction vers laquelle se tourne le porteur. 3. System according to claim 1, characterized in that the sensor is provided with a wide field input azimuth optic so as to receive direct infrared radiation or diffused by obstacles whatever the direction towards which turns the wearer. 4. Système selon la revendication 1 , 2 ou 3, caractérisé en ce que le diffuseur comporte plusieurs modules affectés à des secteurs angulaires adjacents en azimut et diffusant tous le même signal à la même longueur d'onde.4. System according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the diffuser comprises several modules assigned to adjacent angular sectors in azimuth and all diffusing the same signal at the same wavelength. 5. Système selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que chaque module comporte plusieurs diodes électroluminescentes montées en série ou en parallèle et au moins une lentille de Fresnel cylindrique de sortie.5. System according to claim 4, characterized in that each module comprises several light-emitting diodes mounted in series or in parallel and at least one cylindrical Fresnel output lens. 6. Système selon la revendication 4 ou 5, caractérisé en ce que l'émetteur a plusieurs jeux de modules émettant à des longueurs d'onde différentes et des terminaux munis d'un filtre de couleur d'entrée permettant de sélectionner l'une des longueurs d'onde correspondant à des jeux. 6. System according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the transmitter has several sets of modules transmitting at different wavelengths and terminals provided with an input color filter making it possible to select one of the wavelengths corresponding to games. 7. Système selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que la diffusion est effectuée à une longueur d'onde comprise entre 850 et 1800 nm, une bande de 80 nm de large étant affectée à chaque canal.7. System according to claim 6, characterized in that the diffusion is carried out at a wavelength between 850 and 1800 nm, a band of 80 nm wide being assigned to each channel. 8. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la diffusion est à modulation de largeur d'impulsions.8. System according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the diffusion is of pulse width modulation. 9. Terminal miniature à utilisation unique et à durée de vie limitée, comportant :9. Miniature terminal for single use and limited life, comprising: - une carte portant un capteur infrarouge (60) placé de façon à être exposé à un rayonnement infrarouge ambiant lorsque la carte est portée ; à travers une optique de focalisation (62) et un filtre de couleur (64), une chaîne de réception ayant des moyens de filtrage et d'amplification, et une pile (76) associée à des moyens (78) pour la mettre hors service au bout d'un temps déterminé après sa mise en service à l'aide d'un interrupteur (76), et- a card carrying an infrared sensor (60) placed so as to be exposed to ambient infrared radiation when the card is worn; through a focusing optic (62) and a color filter (64), a reception chain having filtering and amplification means, and a battery (76) associated with means (78) for deactivating it after a determined time after it has been put into service using a switch (76), and - une oreillette (94) reliée à la carte par un fil. - a headset (94) connected to the card by a wire. 10. Terminal selon la revendication 9, comportant de plus des moyens de restitution d'un message enregistré, alors que le terminal est déjà hors service en ce qui concerne la réception d'informations diffusées. 10. Terminal according to claim 9, further comprising means for restoring a recorded message, while the terminal is already out of service with regard to the reception of broadcast information.
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