TW201620268A - Smart appliance control method and system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a smart appliance control method applied to a smart appliance control system. The smart appliance control system is conformed to the specification of Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol, and comprises a control host connected to the Internet and at least one smart appliance. The method is executed by a handheld communication device and includes the following steps: connecting to the control host for obtaining in-house network connection information recorded by the control host; checking the in-house network connection information to determine if the handheld communication device is existed; if existed, enabling the control host to perform an in-house control mode according to the UPnP protocol; and, if not, enabling the control host to perform an external control mode according to an external protocol to connect to the control host.

Description

Smart home appliance control method and system

The invention relates to a smart home appliance control method and system, in particular to a smart home appliance control method and system for providing a home or outdoor control mode according to the home network connection information.

The universal plug-and-play (UPnP) protocol network architecture includes at least one device and a control point; the device has at least one service; the control point is used to detect all devices and retrieve services. related information. Discovery is the process by which the control point detects all devices. There are two main modes. One mode is that when a new device joins the network, the device sends a description and information about the device to the control point. Another mode is when a new control point joins the network, the control point sends a request to the device containing information about which types of devices are interested, and a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) broadcast message for the device to return the message. If the device receives the broadcast message and confirms that its type meets the requirements, it will return a message to the control point.

The smart home appliance control system of the existing application universal plug-and-play protocol includes at least one smart home appliance and a control host. When the smart home appliance is connected to the power source and the network, the IP address is automatically obtained, and different smart home appliances are allocated differently. The IP address; thereby, the control host is able to identify different smart appliances. The control technology of the existing smart home appliance is preset to the home control mode, that is, the preset user is located in the house, and then the device list is established by sending a broadcast message to control the device list.

However, the user may be outside the house. If the smart home appliance needs to be controlled outside the house, the search method of sending the broadcast message will be time consuming as a whole. Therefore, there is a need for a technique that can be quickly identified and determined to be set to the home control mode or set to the home control mode.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a smart home appliance control method and system that improves upon the prior art.

Therefore, the smart home appliance control method of the present invention is applied to a smart home appliance control system, which conforms to the specifications of the universal plug-and-play protocol, has a control host connected to the network and at least one smart home appliance, and the method is The handheld communication device performs the following steps: (a) the handheld communication device is connected to the control host to obtain an in-home network connection information of the control host; (b) the handheld communication device is compared to the in-home network Whether the connection information exists in the handheld communication device; (c) if the home network connection information exists, the control host performs the home control mode according to the universal plug-and-play protocol; and (d) if the home interior The network connection information does not exist, so that the control host is connected to the control host according to the off-home communication protocol for the off-home control mode.

In some implementations, before step (a), the method further includes the step of: the handheld communication device controlling the control host to send a broadcast message to Searching for the smart home appliance; after receiving the broadcast message, the smart home appliance sends the stored information of a home network connection to the control host, and the control host records the home network connection information.

In some implementations, the home network connection information has a service setting identifier, an internet protocol network segment, and/or a wireless module internet protocol address.

The smart home appliance control system of the present invention comprises at least one smart home appliance, a control host and a handheld communication device.

The smart home appliance has a memory module, a processing module and a wireless network module. The processing module is electrically connected to the memory module, and the wireless network module is electrically connected to the processing module, and is controlled by the processing module to be connected to the handheld communication device.

The control host has a wired network interface, a wireless network interface, a recording unit and a control unit. The wired network interface is electrically connected to an external network; the wireless network interface and the smart home appliance and the handheld communication device transmit information by wireless transmission; the control unit connects the wireless network interface to the handheld communication device line.

The handheld communication device has a wireless network unit, a storage unit and a processing unit. The wireless network unit is connected to the control host, the storage unit is electrically connected to the storage unit and the wireless network unit, and the wireless network unit is controlled to be connected to the control host to obtain an in-home network. Road connection information, and whether there is information about the connection network in the home, if the home network connection information exists, the control host performs the house control mode according to the universal plug-and-play agreement, if the house Internal network connection information is not Existing, the control host is connected to the control host according to an off-home communication protocol to perform an off-home control mode.

In some implementations, the handheld communication device controls the control The host sends a broadcast message to search for the smart home appliance; after receiving the broadcast message, the smart home appliance sends the stored home network connection information to the control host, and the control host records the home network connection Line information.

In some implementations, the home network connection information has A service setting identifier, an internet protocol network segment, and/or a wireless module internet protocol address.

The effect of the invention is that whether the user is in the house or in the house In addition, when the control of smart home appliances is to be carried out, the information of the home network connection is used to determine the connection information of the home network. Therefore, it can quickly identify whether the house control mode or the home control mode should be provided. Save time by getting all device information.

1, 1'‧‧‧Handheld communication device

10‧‧‧Processing unit

100‧‧‧Control system

11‧‧‧Wireless network unit

12‧‧‧ storage unit

121‧‧‧Database

2‧‧‧Control host

20‧‧‧Control unit

21‧‧‧Wireless Network Interface

22‧‧‧Wired network interface

23‧‧‧recording unit

3‧‧‧Smart Appliances

30‧‧‧Wireless network module

31‧‧‧Processing module

32‧‧‧Memory Module

500‧‧‧External network

301~304‧‧‧Steps

401~405‧‧‧Steps

Other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an embodiment of the smart home appliance control system of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a system block. FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a pre-processing procedure in an embodiment of the smart home appliance control method of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the follow-up of the method embodiment Processing program.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, a smart home appliance The control system 100 includes at least one smart home appliance 3, a control host 2, and a handheld communication device 1. The control host 2 is electrically connected to an external network 500.

The smart home appliance 3 has a memory module 32 and a processing module 31. And a wireless network module 30. The memory module 32 is used for recording information, and the processing module 31 is electrically connected to the memory module 32. The wireless network module 30 is electrically connected to the processing module 31, and is controlled by the processing module 31 to be connected to the handheld communication device 1 for transmission. The information recorded by the memory module 32.

The control host 2 has a wired network interface 22 and a wireless network. The interface 21, a recording unit 23 and a control unit 20. The wired network interface 22 is electrically connected to the external network 500. The wireless network interface 21 and the smart home appliance 3 and the handheld communication device 1 transmit messages by wireless transmission. The control unit 20 causes the wireless network interface 21 to be connected to the handheld communication device 1 to transmit the information recorded by the recording unit 23 to the handheld communication device 1.

The handheld communication device 1 has a wireless network unit 11, a storage The storage unit 12 and a processing unit 10 are provided. The wireless network unit 11 is connected to the control host 2. The processing unit 10 is electrically connected to the storage unit 12 and the wireless network unit 11, and controls the wireless network unit 11 to be connected to the control host 2.

In this embodiment, the handheld communication device 1 can remotely control the main control The machine 2 sends a broadcast message to search for the smart home appliance 3; after receiving the broadcast message, the smart home appliance 3 sends the stored information of a home network connection to the control host 2, controls the host 2 and records the home network connection. Line information; the handheld communication device 1 receives and stores the home network connection information to the control host 2 . The home network connection information has a service setting identifier, an internet protocol network segment, and/or a wireless module internet protocol address.

Taking the handheld communication device 1 in the same house as an example, if the handheld communication device 1 compares the information of the home network connection of the control host 2, the control command is sent to cause the control host 2 to perform the house according to the universal plug-and-play protocol. Control mode. Taking another handheld communication device 1' that is not in the home as an example, since the search will determine that the home network connection information does not exist, the control host 2 is based on the off-site communication protocol (eg, 3G communication protocol) and control. Host 2 is connected for the off-site control mode.

Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the smart home appliance 3 control method of the present invention is executed by the handheld communication device 1 and includes the following steps.

See Figure 3 for the pre-processing program that never created any data. First, the handheld communication device 1 enters an application screen for controlling the smart home appliance (step 301); then, the control host 2 issues a broadcast message for searching (step 302); waits for a predetermined time (step 303), for example: 3~4 Seconds; the device list is created and the network connection information of each device is recorded (step 304) in a database 121 of the storage unit 12.

Referring to FIG. 4, a subsequent processing procedure for the related data has been established in the database 121. The handheld communication device 1 enters an application screen for controlling the smart home appliance (step 401); and compares whether there is home network connection information in the database 121 (step 402)? If there is home network connection information, the home control mode is entered (step 403), that is, the control host 2 performs the home control mode according to the universal plug-and-play protocol.

If there is no online connection information in the home, the comparison exists. Home network connection information (step 404)? The external network connection information is, for example, an IP address used by the 3G communication. If there is an off-site network connection information, the external control mode is entered (step 405), that is, the control host 2 is based on the off-site communication protocol ( For example, the 3G communication protocol is connected to the control host 2 for the external control mode. In this embodiment, the external control is mainly performed through the built-in web application interface (Web API) of the control host 2; The external network connection information indicates that no data has been created yet, and then returns to step 302 of FIG. 3 to establish related materials.

In summary, the effect of the present invention lies in: no matter where the user is In the house or outside the house, when the control of the smart home appliance 3 is to be carried out, the information of the home network connection is used to determine the home network connection information. Therefore, the home control mode can be quickly identified. Or the acquisition of all device information by the off-home control mode saves the operation time, so the object of the present invention can be achieved.

However, the above is only an embodiment of the present invention, when The scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, that is, the simple equivalent changes and modifications made by the present invention in the scope of the invention and the patent specification are still within the scope of the invention.

1, 1'‧‧‧Handheld communication device

2‧‧‧Control host

3‧‧‧Smart Appliances

500‧‧‧External network

Claims (8)

A smart home appliance control method is applied to a smart home appliance control system, which conforms to the specifications of the universal plug-and-play protocol, has a control host connected to the network and at least one smart home appliance, and the method is controlled by a handheld device The device performs the following steps: (a) the handheld communication device is connected to the control host to obtain an in-home network connection information of the control host; (b) the handheld communication device is connected to the home network. Whether the information exists in the handheld communication device; (c) if the home network connection information exists, the control host performs the in-home control mode according to the universal plug-and-play protocol; and (d) if the home network The connection information does not exist, so that the control host connects to the control host according to the off-home communication protocol to perform the external control mode. The smart home appliance control method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of: before the step (a), the handheld communication device controls the control host to send a broadcast message to search for the smart home appliance; and the smart home appliance receives the broadcast After the message, the stored network connection information of the home is sent to the control host, and the control host records the network connection information of the home. The smart home appliance control method according to claim 1, wherein the home network connection information has a service setting identifier, an internet protocol network segment, and/or a wireless module internet protocol address. The smart home appliance control method according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein, in step (d), comparing whether there is a home network connection information, if the home network connection information exists, The control host is connected to the control host according to an off-home communication protocol to perform an off-site control mode. A smart home appliance control system, the smart home appliance control system comprising at least one smart home appliance, a control host and a handheld communication device; the smart home appliance has: a memory module, a processing module, electrically connected to the memory module, and a wireless network module electrically connected to the processing module and controlled by the processing module to be connected to the handheld communication device; the control host has: a wired network interface, electrically connected to an external network, and a wireless The network interface, the smart home appliance and the handheld communication device transmit information by wireless transmission, a recording unit, a control unit, and the wireless network interface is connected to the handheld communication device; the handheld communication device has: a wireless network unit, connected to the control host, a storage unit, and a processing unit, electrically connected to the storage unit and the wireless network unit, and controlling the wireless network unit to connect with the control host to obtain the control An in-home network connection recorded by the recording unit of the host The information is stored in the storage unit, and if the information about the connection in the home network exists, if the information of the connection in the home network exists, the control host performs the home control mode according to the universal plug-and-play protocol. If the home network connection information does not exist, the control host is connected to the control host according to the off-home communication protocol for the outside-home control mode. The smart home appliance control system of claim 5, wherein the handheld communication device controls the control host to send a broadcast message to search for the smart home appliance; and the smart home appliance receives the broadcast message and stores the memory module The information of the intranet connection is sent to the control host, and the control host records the network connection information of the home. The smart home appliance control system of claim 5, wherein the home network connection information has a service setting identifier, an internet protocol network segment, and/or a wireless module internet protocol address. The smart home appliance control system of claim 5, 6 or 7, wherein the handheld communication device further compares whether there is a home network connection information, and if the home network connection information exists, the control is The host connects to the control host according to the off-home communication protocol for the outside-home control mode.