KR20050121133A - Method for protecting and managing pet by in-home device - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a pet care management method using an indoor device. The present invention includes the steps of accessing a Home Network Serving Node (HNSN) using a mobile phone or a PC; Performing home access corresponding to an ID and password of a user in the HNSN; Converting the image photographed by the pet management camera to the mobile phone or PC environment via RG and HNSN and transmitting to the mobile phone or PC; And performing control of an indoor device by using a mobile phone or a PC. According to the present invention, the user can be facilitated by remotely performing pet management using a mobile phone or a PC from the outside.

Description

Method for protecting and managing pet by in-home device}

The present invention relates to a pet care management method by a premises device, and more particularly, to a pet protection management method by a premises device that controls a premises device related to pet management using a mobile phone or a PC from the outside.

Recently, due to the wide spread of the Internet and the development of communication technology, the field of home network and home automation for connection and utilization of various electric / electronic devices and communication devices in the home or office has been attracting attention.

Conventional home automation is mainly made up of videophones and interphones to check visitors, but various functions including gas leaks and fire alarms are gradually being added. However, such a simple set of functions is not really home automation. In other words, not only some devices are controlled and monitored, but they are configured as a network to control, monitor, and operate all the devices connected to the network, and computer-related devices are configured as data networks to the external Internet. Making the connection available is truly home automation.

In the home network field, standardization and technology development are being actively performed for each communication method such as wireless LAN, Bluetooth, and IrDA communication using a wired LAN such as HomePNA or IEEE1394, and HomeRF. In the field of home automation, so-called Lonwork-based building automation devices are attracting attention.

Integrated standardization of home network and home automation related technologies is still inadequate, and home servers required to perform comprehensive home automation control that can support various protocols and support remote control and home control using wired / wireless communication line or Internet network. The development of the home gateway is also in progress.

On the other hand, corresponding to various communication protocols, a control device capable of integrated management of devices (electric appliances) distributed in the home has also been developed. That is, a control device for a home network that can support all communication protocols such as IEEE1394, USB, IrDA, X-10, and Lonwork is being developed.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a pet protection management method by the indoor device for controlling the indoor device related to pet management using a mobile phone or a PC from the outside.

As a technical idea for achieving the above object of the present invention, the present invention comprises the steps of performing a connection to a home network serving node (HNSN) using a mobile phone or a PC; Performing home access corresponding to an ID and password of a user in the HNSN; Converting the image photographed by the pet management camera to the mobile phone or PC environment via RG and HNSN and transmitting to the mobile phone or PC; And performing control of an indoor device by using a mobile phone or a PC.

At this time, in the step of performing the control of the indoor device, when the control to listen to the music from the mobile phone or PC, the music downloaded and stored in the corresponding indoor device is executed. In addition, in the step of performing the control of the indoor device, when the control to supply the food from the mobile phone or PC, the feeding is made by driving the feeding device of the indoor device.

On the other hand, the captured image is stored in the pet image server, it is also preferred that the pet image server relayed through the HNSN and delivered to the mobile phone or PC.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the configuration and operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

1 is a schematic view showing the overall system of the present invention. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of a home network service (HNSN) system interworking with a home gateway (RG) and a music download server according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention is largely an area for generating a control / control state signal, a network for transmitting and receiving it, an area for performing event management such as a pet management control signal, the Internet, and the home. It consists of an area to be installed. The pet image server is further provided to store the pet image and transmit the pet image to an area for generating the control / control state signal.

The area for generating the control / control state signal may use a mobile phone (cdma2000 1x Ev-Do, WCDMA) 10 that generates and transmits a control / control state signal, or provides a control / control state signal. A notebook (WLAN) 12 or a PDA (WCDMA, WLAN) 14 or the like which generate and transmit and receive may be used.

The network that transmits the data transmitted from the mobile phone 10, the notebook 12, and the PDA 14 or the data transmitted from the HNSN 22 receives a control signal transmitted from the mobile phone 10 to receive a network. Or a base station 16 which transmits the transmitted control status signal to the mobile phone 10, and receives a control signal transmitted from the notebook 12 or the PDA 14 to the network or transmits the received control signal. An access point (AP) 18 that transmits a control status signal to the notebook 12 or PDA 14, and a signal transmitted from the base station 16 and the access point 18 in a wired or wireless manner to receive the pet; It consists of a mobile network 20 for transmitting to the area for performing event management, such as animal management control signals.

The event management area is a home network serving node (HNSN) 22 performing a central server function. The HNSN 22 is connected to the Internet 24 to perform event management such as a pet management control signal of an area installed in the home. The configuration thereof will be described later in detail.

The area installed in the premises includes an RG (Regular Gateway) 26, which is a premises gateway connected to the Internet 24, and any data network that can be linked with data processing to perform control, monitoring and interlocking operations. The device 28 is made up of configurable home appliances, computers, security equipment, remote meter reading equipment, remote medical equipment and the like. In reference numeral 28, the device will be denoted by the same reference numeral for convenience of description. In this embodiment, the device 28 is a conventional audio device that can play music or melody to the pet, and a device that can provide a certain amount of food to the pet (hereinafter referred to as "Pet-care device") Etc.

In addition, the pet image (video) is stored therein so that monitoring can be performed through the captured image corresponding to the pet management control signal, and the music or melody list for the pet management and the selected music or melody Pet image server 30 in charge of the transmission will be further provided.

Next, referring to FIG. 2, the detailed configuration and operation of a home network service (HNSN) system interworking with a home gateway (RG) and a music download server will be described.

The HNSN system includes an application server 22a interworking with the mobile network 20; HnsnUPnP 22b serving as a home network middleware; A user / device information DB 22c; And HnsnRgIF 22d serving as a home network interface. At this time, the HnsnUPnP 22b and the HnsnRgIF 22d are linked with the RG 28.

The application server 22a receives and processes a request of each terminal and converts a response from the HnsnUPnP 22b into a format suitable for the terminal.

At this time, each terminal connects to the WEB server of the HNSN 22, and the request of each terminal is analyzed by XML in the user application server 22a and transmitted to the HnsnUPnP 22b. In addition, the response from the HnsnUPnP 22b is converted to each terminal using XML and then transmitted to each user application server 22a.

The HnsnRgIF 22d is a process responsible for RG registration, authentication, and connection management, and communicates with RG 28 using SOAP over TCP / IP. In addition, it is a process performed as a daemon, and receives and processes a request from the RG 28.

Here, SOAP is a protocol used to make XML with Simple Object Access Protocol. It is a protocol that connects different things so that any platform can access the server and service using XML and HTTP.

The HnsnUPnP 22b is a process of receiving and processing equipment control and event control commands from the user application server 22a. This process is executed as a daemon, and receives a request from the user application server 22a or receives a request from the RG 28 and processes it.

In addition, the device and the service description (description) file is obtained from the RG 28 and stored, and the user application server 22a uses it when controlling equipment.

At this time, each process performs XML data parsing of request and response messages, and performs a task of referring to or changing a user and device related database.

The pet protection management method by the indoor device using the system configured as described above will be described.

In the present embodiment will be described for the control process using a mobile phone.

In order to download music or melody to the device in the home via the mobile phone 10 from the outside to operate the Client program in the mobile phone 10 is connected to the Home Network Serving Node (HNSN) (22). At this time, the user's ID and Password are input, and based on this, the home (home) is identified by which HNSN (22).

Thereafter, when the camera attached to the pet-care device 28 requests to view a video (such as a pet's appearance) taken by the camera, the HNSN 22 receives the video (or the video from the pet-care device 28 via the RG 26). Still image). On the other hand, it may be desirable to relay the image to the HNSN (22) via the pet image server 30, including a video or a real-time video taken in advance.

The HNSN 22 converts a received image (or a continuous image file) according to the user's mobile phone 10 environment (since the mobile phone 10 has a different function of displaying an image or an image) to the user's mobile phone ( 10) to pass.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the user selects to play the melody on the mobile phone 10, the HNSN 22 sends the corresponding command to the Pet-care device 28 through the RG 26 in the home. To pass. Pet-care device 28 receives the command to play the downloaded melody (Play).

On the other hand, when the user selects the feeding in the mobile phone 10, the HNSN 22 transmits the command to the Pet-care device 28 through the RG 26 in the home. Pet-care device 28 is commanded to operate the motor of the device to discharge a certain amount of food out.

On the other hand, the pet image server 30 provides a function to download a variety of melody to the pet-care device 28 in the house under the control of the user.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it will be apparent that many modifications are possible by those skilled in the art within the technical spirit of the present invention.

As described above, the pet care management method of the indoor device according to the present invention can facilitate user's convenience by remotely managing the pet using a mobile phone or a PC from the outside.

1 is a schematic view showing the overall system of the present invention.

2 is a detailed configuration diagram of a home network service (HNSN) system interworking with a home gateway (RG) and a pet video server according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a state in which an indoor device control list is displayed.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

10: mobile phone 12: laptop

14: PDA 16: base station

18: access point 20: mobile network

22: HNSN 24: Internet

26: RG 28: device

30: pet video server

Claims (4)

Performing access to a home network serving node (HNSN) using a mobile phone or a PC; Performing home access corresponding to an ID and password of a user in the HNSN; Converting the image photographed by the pet management camera to the mobile phone or PC environment via RG and HNSN and transmitting to the mobile phone or PC; And Performing control of an indoor device using a mobile phone or a PC Pet protection management method by the premises device, characterized in that made. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling of the indoor device comprises: When the control to listen to the music from the mobile phone or PC, the pet protection management method by the indoor device, characterized in that for executing the stored music downloaded to the indoor device. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling of the indoor device comprises: When the control to supply the food from the mobile phone or a PC, the pet protection management method by the indoor device, characterized in that the food supply is made by driving the food supply device of the indoor device. The pet protection management according to claim 1, wherein the photographed image is stored in a pet image server and relayed through the HNSN from the pet image server to the mobile phone or the PC. Way.