FR3034897A1 - METHOD FOR RECORDING AND CONSULTING PRESENCE IN A DOMOTIC NETWORK - Google Patents

Abstract

The method (10) for recording and consulting the presence in a home network comprises: - a step (105) of connecting an external device to an internal device of the data network associated with a local, - a step (110) ) for detecting a user identifier associated with the external device, - a step (115) for recording, on a computer memory, information representative of the detected user identifier and a piece of information. time stamp of the detection, - a step (120) of access to the recording by a user associated with a detected user identifier and - a step (125) of display of the recording. In embodiments, the method (10), upstream of a display step, a display aggregation step (187) associating a marker with each information based on the timestamp information of each said information.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention aims a method of recording and consultation of presence in a home automation network. It applies, in particular, to the monitoring of presence in a room and the identification of acts performed in that room.

STATE OF THE ART Some systems in the field of home automation monitoring implement a set of surveillance cameras capturing images of the premises, these recorded images can be viewed later. These systems, commonly used, are intended to allow the identification of one or more individuals, known or unknown to the owner of the local, according to their appearance. These systems, very practical in home security applications during the absence of the owner, are visible or recognizable in the case where they are hidden.

On the other hand, these systems do not allow a tracking of comings and activities performed by non-malicious users, such as family members or relatives. Indeed, in the aforementioned systems, it is necessary to view the entirety of a video to recognize and identify the actions of a user. For this reason again, the viewing of recordings is only performed in security applications. Finally, the memorization of important events of the local, and the participants in these events, is today carried out by social networks, but this memorization depends on the good will of at least one of the participants. In addition, this memorization does not necessarily imply that the participants were together during the event, which may cause oversights or errors. OBJECT OF THE INVENTION The present invention aims to remedy all or part of these disadvantages. For this purpose, according to a first aspect, the present invention aims at a method for recording and consulting presence in a home automation network, which comprises: a step of connecting an external device to an internal device of the network; of data associated with a local, - a step of detecting a user identifier associated with the external device, - a step of recording, on a computer memory, information representative of the detected user identifier and detection timestamp information; - a step of accessing the registration by a user associated with a detected user identifier; and - a step of displaying the record. With these provisions, a user can consult in a synthetic manner 15 all the accesses to a room, by a user carrying a device external to the home network, depending on the connection of this external device to an internal device of the network. In this way, the input and output of the user of the local are recorded according to the connection of a device of this user to the network representing this room. This monitoring requires, apart from a possible connection between the internal device and the external device to use this external device, no particular action on the part of the user. In embodiments, the method that is the subject of the present invention comprises a step of capturing sound and / or image by the external device and a step of recording, in the computer memory, the sound and / or the captured image and timestamp information of the capture. These embodiments allow the memorization of events by at least one user, the recording of this event being accessible to the participants of this event and, in variants, to the authorized users of the home automation network.

In embodiments, the method that is the subject of the present invention comprises: a step of inputting a text by a user with regard to a recording in the memory selected by the user; a step of recording entered text in combination with the selected record and - a step of displaying each recorded text when the record is displayed.

These embodiments allow a user to add information relating to a record, which information may be contextual in relation to the record. In embodiments, the method of the present invention comprises a step of recording at least one operating state of a secondary internal device, not connected to the external device, of the operating network while the external device is in operation. is connected to the internal device. These embodiments make it possible to determine which devices were in operation when a user was in the room, which makes it possible in particular to determine and record the activities performed by this user.

In embodiments, an operating state corresponds to the playback of an audio track by the secondary internal device, at least one piece of information representative of the audio track being read is stored in the memory. These embodiments make it possible, for example, to store the name, the interpreter of a track or the track directly in the memory for later consultation. In embodiments, an operating state corresponds to the playback of a video track by the secondary internal device, at least one piece of information representative of the video track being read is stored in the memory. These embodiments make it possible to store, for example, the name of a film or this film directly in the memory for later consultation. In embodiments, the method that is the subject of the present invention comprises a step of adding an internal device to the network, information representative of this addition and timestamp information of this addition being recorded during the registration step.

These embodiments allow a user to consult the acquisition chronology of the goods that constitute the home automation network. In embodiments, the method of the present invention includes a step of determining an anniversary date of the addition of an internal device, a step of recording the detected date, and a step of displaying information representative of the anniversary date when a detected date of display corresponds to the birthday date. These embodiments notably make it possible to visualize the expiration of a guarantee, for example. In embodiments, the method that is the subject of the present invention comprises: a step of learning a configuration of a user as a function of a command sent by the external device and a control step, by a device internal network, a device controlled in the configuration learned when the external device is connected to the internal device. These embodiments allow, as soon as a user associated with the internal device connects to the home network, to automatically configure different internal devices according to the learned configurations. In embodiments, the method that is the subject of the present invention comprises: a step of displaying, on a screen of the external device, information representative of a learned configuration and a confirmation or cancellation step; , by the user, issuing a command of the learned configuration, the control step being performed in case of confirmation of the issuance of a command of the learned configuration. These embodiments allow a user associated with the external device to choose whether or not a command associated with a learned configuration is to be transmitted. In embodiments, the method of the present invention comprises: a step of receiving, by an internal device of the network, a representative configuration of a configuration learned from at least one other home network and 3034897 a step of controlling, by an internal device of the network, a device controlled in the received configuration when the external device is connected to the internal device. In embodiments, the method which is the subject of the present invention comprises, upstream of a display step, a step of aggregating information to be displayed associating a marker with each information as a function of the information of timestamp of each said information. These embodiments allow the display of grouped information in the form of events so as to clarify the display of the information lo to which the user has access. In embodiments, the display of a set of aggregated information is performed according to the user identifier. These embodiments make it possible to determine which users have access to information relating to an event.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES Other particular advantages, aims and features of the invention will become apparent from the following nonlimiting description of at least one particular embodiment of the method which is the subject of the present invention, with reference to the appended drawings. in which: FIG. 1 represents, schematically, a particular flow diagram of the process which is the subject of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of a particular embodiment of a device implementing the The method of the present invention and - Figure 3 shows schematically an access interface to the recordings made during the implementation of the method object of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF EXAMPLES OF THE INVENTION This description is given in a nonlimiting manner, each feature of an embodiment being combinable with any other feature of any other embodiment in an advantageous manner. Furthermore, each parameter 3034 89 7 6 of an exemplary embodiment can be implemented independently of other parameters of said exemplary embodiment. Note that the term "one" is used in the sense of "at least one". It is already noted that the figures are not to scale.

The term "external device to a home automation network" is understood to mean any device serving as a user interface on the network such as, for example: a smartphone, a digital tablet or a computer.

This external device allows a user to interact with the internal devices of the home network or to access content through one of the internal devices of this network such as, for example, a set-top box (translated into French by "set-top box"). An "internal device" is any device integrating the architecture of the home automation network independently of the presence or absence of a user in the vicinity of this network. This home automation network has a distributed or star architecture. The communication standard implemented between two internal devices or between an internal device and an external device is independent of other standards implemented between two other devices of the network zo. FIG. 1, which is not to scale, shows a sectional view of an embodiment of the process 10 of the present invention. This method 10, preferably iterative, recording and consultation of presence in a home network, comprises: a step 105 of connection of an external device to an internal device of the data network associated with a local, a step 110 for detecting a user identifier associated with the external device; a step 115 for recording, on a computer memory, information representative of the detected user identifier and time stamping information; detection, - a step 120 of access to registration by a user associated with a detected user identifier and a step 125 of displaying the record. The connection step 105 is performed, for example, by pairing the external device with an internal device of the network. This pairing depends on the communication standard used by the internal device. This pairing can implement an authentication mechanism. A user identifier, transmitted by the external device or allocated by the internal device, is registered on the network. For example, the external device implements the authentication protocol of a standard among the Bluetooth standards (trademark) or 802.11 IEEE called "Wi-Fi".

When the external device is connected to the internal device, the user identifier is detected during a detection step 110 of this user identifier. This detection step 110 is performed, for example, by a computer circuit of the internal device detecting a user identifier in the exchanges made between the internal device and the external device during the connection step 105. The user forms, for example, an element of a communication frame transmitted by the external device. In variants, the detection step 110 is performed by another internal device of the network, the internal device having served as a connection interface transmitting all or part of the connection exchanges to this other internal device.

The recording step 115 is performed, for example, by the implementation of a computer memory present within the home network. The internal device having realized the detection 110 of the user identifier communicates this identifier to the memory. In variants, another internal device communicates this user identifier to the computer memory and thus acts as a relay for the internal device having carried out the detection 110. In variants, the computer memory is deported from this home automation network and belongs to another data network, this other data network being accessible through an internal device acting as a gateway. In these variants, the computer memory is, for example, a data server and the internal device acting as a gateway is, for example, a set-top box. Timestamp information is associated with the registration of the user ID. This timestamp information corresponds to a time stamp of the connection 105 by the internal device then implemented, for example.

In preferred embodiments, the disconnection of the device external to the home automation network is also recorded and dated. In variants, a user can enter, from the external device connected to the home automation network, a text to be timestamped, recorded and displayed during a display step. The access step 120 is performed by for example, by a communicating terminal on a data network capable of interacting with the computer memory, such as a network implementing the Internet protocol (known to those skilled in the art under the name "IF"). During this access step 120, only a user authorized by the home automation network has access to the computer memory, which assumes that the user has connected at least one external device to an internal device of the network. In variants, a network administrator user may grant temporary or permanent access to a user who has not connected an external device to the home network.

The display step 125 is performed, for example, by the implementation of a screen of the communicating terminal implemented during the access step 120. This screen displays a user interface whose content is read in computer memory. In this display step 125, for example, the date and time of each connection of an external device of a user to an internal device is listed from top to bottom in an anti-chronological manner. During this display step 125, all the records, without any condition of nature, are displayed. In variants, only a part of the records is displayed.

In preferred embodiments, the disconnection of the device external to the home network is displayed during this display step 125. In embodiments, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the method 10 comprises a capture step 130 of FIG. sound and / or image by the external device. This capture step 130 is performed, for example, by the use of an image, video or microphone sensor of the external device. After the access step 120, the user can control the recording 135 of the sound and / or the image in the computer memory, this recording being associated with a timestamp information of the capture 130 made.

In variants, when the external device detects the capture 130 and the connection to the network, this external device controls the recording of the content captured through the home network or through an internal device acting as a gateway to the computer memory.

During the display step 125, information representative of the sound and / or the captured image is displayed in the record stream antichronologically. This representative information may be a computer link to access the fully captured content, the information corresponding to a reduced portion of this content.

In embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, the method 10 comprises: a step 140 of inputting a text by a user with regard to a recording in the memory selected by the user, a step 145 of the entered text in association with the selected record and - a step 150 of displaying each recorded text when the record is displayed. When a user has performed the access step 120, this user can select a record displayed during the display step 125 and control the input 140 of a text. The input step 140 is performed, for example, by the implementation of a human-machine interface such as a keyboard or a mouse associated with a displayed virtual keyboard. The recording step 145 is performed by storing the text entered during the inputting step 140 in the computer memory. This recording step 145 is triggered by the user, through the man-machine interface. In variants, timestamp information of the recording and / or input is recorded and associated with the recording of the text.

The display step 150 is performed in a similar manner to the display step 125. Preferably, these display steps, 125 and 150, are merged. In embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, the method 10 comprises a step 155 for recording at least one operating state of a secondary internal device, not connected to the external device, of the network. in operation while the external device is connected to the internal device. This recording step 155 comprises, for example, a step of identifying the state of each secondary internal device of the network, a step 5 of collecting these states by the recording device 155 and a control step of recording 155 states corresponding to predetermined states of these secondary internal devices. The predetermined states depend on the type of the secondary device. For example, a connected television type secondary device may transmit a status identifier representative of the playback of sound and / or video content. Thus, an operating state may correspond to the reading of an audio track by the secondary internal device, at least one piece of information representative of the audio track read being stored in the memory. This information representative of the audio track read is, for example, a link to this audio track or a string corresponding to the title of this audio track. An operating state may correspond to the playback of a video track by the secondary internal device, at least one piece of information representative of the video track being read is stored in the memory.

This representative information of the video track read is, for example, a link to this video track or a string corresponding to the title of this video track. In embodiments, as represented in FIG. 1, the method 10 includes a step 160 of adding an internal device to the network, information representative of this addition and timestamp information of this addition being recorded. during step 115 of recording. This adding step 160 is performed, for example, by the exchange of communication information between the internal device added to at least one other internal device already present on the home network. This communication information includes, at a minimum, addressing information of the added internal device. In embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, the method 10 comprises a step 165 of determining an anniversary date of the addition of an internal device and a display step 175 of an internal device. information representative of the anniversary date when a detected date of posting is the anniversary date. The determination step 165 is performed, for example, by the implementation of an electronic circuit associated with the computer memory. This electronic circuit calculates the anniversary date of the addition of an internal device by adding a constant value corresponding to an iterative addition of 365 or 366 days according to the years at the date of addition and by comparing the obtained date at the date of completion of this calculation. When the dates correspond, information representative of the birthday date is displayed 175 during the display step 175. In variants, the anniversary dates are pre-recorded in the computer memory 170, the comparison being then performed between these recorded dates and the date at the time of access to the computer memory. The display step 175 is performed similarly to the display steps 125 and 150. Preferably, these display steps 125, 150 and 175 are merged. In embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, the method 10 comprises: a step 180 of training a configuration of a user as a function of a command sent by the external device and a step 185 controlling, by an internal device of the network, a controlled device in the learned configuration when the external device is connected to the internal device. The learning step 180 is performed, for example, by the implementation of an internal device of the network comprising a computing unit and a memory. This internal device records the commands sent by the external device by determining the rules for issuing these commands from the commands thus recorded. These emission rules are based, for example, on: 30 - the frequency of transmission of an order, - the time of issue of an order, - the date of issue of an order, - a sequence of issuing orders, 3034 89 7 12 - the number of external devices connected to the network during the transmission of an order and / or - the presence of a particular user identifier connected to the network during issuing an order.

Once a configuration has been learned by the internal device, this internal device controls the execution of an order when the criteria of the determined rule apply. This notably allows the user not to have to manually control the internal devices of the network, the network acting preventively. Among these commands, and by way of example, there is the issue of a triggering command of a heating or air conditioning device at a temperature usually controlled. In embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, the method 10 comprises: a step 190 of displaying, on a screen of the external device, information representative of a learned configuration and a step 195 of confirmation or cancellation by the user of the issuance of a command of the learned configuration, the 185 command step being performed in case of confirmation of the issuance of a command of the learned configuration.

The display step 190 performed, for example, by a device controlling a screen of the external device. The confirmation step 195 is performed, for example, by a user interface controlled by the operation of a human-machine interface of the external device.

During this step, a command proposal to be sent is displayed and, if confirmed, this command is issued. In case of cancellation, the order is not issued. In embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, the method 10 comprises: a step 197 of reception, by an internal device of the network, of a configuration representative of a configuration learned from at least one other network and a step 199 of controlling, by an internal device of the network, a device controlled in the received configuration when the external device is connected to the internal device. The reception step 197 is carried out, for example, by the implementation of an internal wired or wireless communication device implementing, for example, the IEEE 802.11 standard. This internal device is then connected to a data network on which receives from a computer server a learned configuration. This learned configuration is obtained by a statistical analysis of the user behaviors with respect to respective home network devices of each said user. When the user associated with the external device connects to the home automation network, and when a behavior of this user corresponds to a behavior identified by the server, a configuration is transmitted to the home network.

By behavior is meant both the actions performed by a user and the values of a given or learned user profile. The control step 199 is performed by an internal device of the network. The reception 197 and control 199 steps allow, according to behaviors observed by other home network users, to suggest to the user of a network a configuration corresponding statistically to an observed use. In embodiments, as represented in FIG. 1, the method 10 comprises, upstream of a display step, a step 187 of aggregation of information to be displayed associating a marker with each information as a function of the information. timestamp information of each said information. This aggregation step 187 is performed, for example, automatically according to the information timestamp information. Information recorded in a short time interval, for example five minutes, is agglomerated as it represents a set of actions performed subsequently by a user or set of users. This aggregation is performed in real time, ie as soon as it is stored in the computer memory. In this way, a user implementing the method does not have to create information aggregations manually.

The marker associated with the information may be manually named by a user such as, for example, "user's birthday2". In variants this aggregation step is performed manually by the user.

In variants, the connection of the external device to an internal device or the issuance of a command by the external device triggers the operation of one or more internal devices when a user has manually controlled the creation of an aggregation previously. In these variants, the control of the creation of an event, that is to say of the aggregation of information, causes, for example, when the connection of the external device to an internal device is detected, an internal device of image capture captures an image near the external device. The captured image is then stored on the computer memory and viewable. In embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, the display of a set of agglomerated information is performed according to the user identifier. The events thus recorded can be viewed by different users depending on the display permissions of these users. For example, users whose external device is connected to an internal device during the recording of information in the computer memory can view the information thus recorded. In variants, a user's access to a displayed content is manually authorized by a user having an administrator privilege. In variants, the access of a user depends on a representative attribute of privileges on a profile of that user. The process 10 object of the present invention, as illustrated in FIG. 1, is not limiting with regard to the sequence of steps illustrated, these steps being exchangeable in the preferred case where all or part of this process is iterative. FIG. 2 diagrammatically and seen from above shows a particular embodiment of a device 20 implementing the method 10 which is the subject of the present invention. This device 20 comprises an external device 205 carried by a user entering a home automation network, the home automation network comprising a plurality of internal devices, 210, 215, 220 and 225, of different types.

For example: the devices 210 correspond to connected bulbs controlled by a communicating terminal such as the external device 205, the device 215 corresponds to a connected bulb recently added to the home automation network and whose anniversary date of the addition. corresponds to the day of connection to the network of the external device 205, the device 220 corresponds to a connected television controlled or not by the external device 205 and the device 225 corresponds to a set-top box acting as a gateway to a data network, such as internet for example. FIG. 3 shows a displayed access interface to the recordings made during the implementation of the method 10 of the present invention. This interface 30 corresponds, for example, to a particular situation of the device 20 described with reference to FIG.

This interface 30 is displayed, for example, on a computer screen, digital tablet or computer. On this interface 30, a display of different recordings made during the implementation of the method 10 which is the subject of the present invention is observed, in particular: a piece of information 305 representative of the anniversary date of the internal device 215, a piece of information 310 representative of the connection to the home automation network by the external device 205, - information 315 representative of the playback of an audio and / or video track 25 by the television 220, information representative of the participation in an event by two users, including the user of the external device 205, a text entered by said user being associated with this information. In addition, there is a display area for authorized users to view the contents of the computer memory. For example, in Figure 1, the user of the external device 205 and a user of another external device (not shown) are allowed to view this content.

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REVENDICATIONS1. A method (10) for recording and viewing presence in a home automation network, characterized in that it comprises: a step (105) of connecting an external device to an internal device of the data network associated with a local, a step (110) for detecting a user identifier associated with the external device, a step (115) for recording, on a computer memory, information representative of the detected user identifier and a detection timestamp information; - a registration access step (120) by a user associated with a detected user identifier and a record display step (125). 2. Method (10) according to claim 1, which comprises a step of capture (130) sound and / or image by the external device and a step (135) for recording, in the computer memory, the sound and / or the captured image and a timestamp information of the capture. 3. Method (10) according to one of claims 1 or 2, which comprises: - a step (140) of inputting a text by a user next to a record in the memory selected by the user, a step (145) of recording the text entered in association with the selected record and a step (150) of displaying each recorded text when the record is displayed. 4. Method (10) according to one of claims 1 to 3, which comprises a step (155) for recording at least one operating state of a secondary internal device, not connected to the external device, the network in operation while the external device is connected to the internal device. 3034897 17 5. Method (10) according to claim 4, wherein an operating state corresponds to the reading of an audio track by the secondary internal device, at least one piece of information representative of the audio track read is stored in the memory. 5 6. Method (10) according to one of claims 4 or 5, wherein an operating state corresponds to the playback of a video track by the secondary internal device, at least one piece of information representative of the video track read being recorded in Memory. 10 7. Method (10) according to one of claims 1 to 6, which comprises a step (160) of adding an internal device on the network, information representative of this addition and timestamp information of this addition being recorded during the registration step. 15 The method (10) of claim 7, which includes a step (165) of determining an anniversary date of the addition of an internal device, a step (170) of recording the detected date, and a step of displaying (175) information representative of the anniversary date when a detected date of display corresponds to the birthday date. 9. Method (10) according to one of claims 1 to 8, which comprises: - a step (180) of learning a configuration of a user according to a command issued by the external device and 25 - a step (185) of control, by an internal device of the network, of a device controlled in the learned configuration when the external device is connected to the internal device. The method (10) of claim 9, which includes: a step (190) of displaying, on a screen of the external device, information representative of a learned configuration and a confirmation step (195); cancellation by the user of the issue of a command of the learned configuration, 3034 89 7 18 the control step being performed in case of confirmation of the issuance of a command of the learned configuration. 11. Method (10) according to one of claims 1 to 10, which comprises: - a step (197) for receiving, by an internal device of the network, a representative configuration of a learned configuration of at least another home automation network and - a step (199) of control, by an internal device of the network, of a device controlled in the configuration received when the external device 10 is connected to the internal device. 12. Method (10) according to one of claims 1 to 11, which comprises, upstream of a display step, a step (187) aggregating information to display associating a marker to each information according to timestamp information of each said information. The method (10) of claim 12, wherein the display of a set of aggregated information is performed according to the user identifier.