US 12,474,916 B2
Updating firmware using a NFC sticker
Daniel Renaud, Tyne And Wear (GB); Jonathan Lupin, Inverness (GB); and Adam Baker, Tyne And Wear (GB)
Assigned to Tridonic GmbH & Co KG, Dornbirn (AT)
Appl. No. 18/252,603
Filed by Tridonic GmbH & Co KG, Dornbirn (AT)
PCT Filed Oct. 13, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/078256
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 11, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/100947, PCT Pub. Date May 19, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20207395 (EP), filed on Nov. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0004632 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 8/65 (2018.01); H04B 5/26 (2024.01); H04B 5/70 (2024.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01) [H04B 5/26 (2024.01); H04B 5/70 (2024.01); H05B 47/19 (2020.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising a driver device for driving at least one lighting device (4) and a passive near field communication tag (3), the driver device comprising
a driving circuit (5) having a housing,
a control circuit (6) contained in the housing configured to control the driving circuit (5) based on a firmware stored in a memory (7) contained in the housing, and
a driver transceiver (8) contained in the housing configured to perform near field communication via a driver antenna (9), and the control circuit (6) is configured to control the driver transceiver (8) to detect a presence of the near field communication tag (3) within range of the driver antenna (9)
wherein
the passive near field communication tag (3) is contained in a sticker device comprising means configured to display visually a firmware version identifier, wherein the passive near field communication tag (3) contained in a sticker device comprises a data file that corresponds to the version identifier,
a tag antenna (14) which together with the passive near field communication tag forms a sticker transceiver that is configured to perform near field communication and to transmit the stored data file in response to a received transmission request, and
releasable adhesive (15) adapted to attach the sticker device to a the housing (12) of the driver device (2),
wherein the control circuit (6) is configured to control the driver transceiver (8) to acquire a data file from the detected passive near field communication tag (3) contained in the sticker device, to perform at least one of updating the firmware or controlling the driving circuit (5) based on the acquired data file, and is further configured to control the light driving circuit (5) to stop providing a load current to the lighting device (4) in case the driver transceiver (8) does not detect the presence of a sticker transceiver within range of the driver antenna (9).