WO2016058366A1 - Smart home appliance control method and home control center - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a smart home appliance control method for a home control center, the control method comprising: a router module receives a control instruction and transmits the control instruction to a smart home control module, the control instruction carrying a home appliance device identifier; the smart home control module parses the control instruction to obtain the home appliance device identifier that the control instruction carries, determines the target home appliance according to the home appliance device identifier, processes the control instruction into a home appliance control signal compatible with the target home appliance, and transmits the home appliance control signal and the home appliance device identifier to the router module; the router module transmits the received home appliance control signal to the smart home appliance that the home appliance device identifier represents so as to enable the control of the smart home appliance. Additionally, the home control center uses dual chip control such that the speed of the home network is not affected during the control process of smart home appliance. Also disclosed is a home control center.

Description

Smart home appliance control method and home control center

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201410547107.8, entitled "Control Method for Smart Home Appliances and Home Control Center", filed on October 15, 2014, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. In the application.

Technical field

The invention belongs to the technical field of home appliance control, and in particular relates to a control method of a smart home appliance and a home control center.

Background technique

Smart home appliances are home appliances that are formed by introducing microprocessors, sensor technology, and network communication technologies into home appliances. Smart home appliances can receive user control commands in the home or remotely. At present, there are more and more types of smart home appliances appearing in the user's home, such as smart TVs, smart refrigerators, and smart air conditioners.

How to realize the control of smart home appliances is an urgent problem to be solved by those skilled in the art.

Summary of the invention

In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for controlling a smart home appliance, which can control a smart home appliance through a home control center. The invention also discloses a home control center.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:

The invention discloses a control method of a smart home appliance, wherein the control method is applied to a home control center, the home control center is placed in a smart home system, and the smart home system further comprises a control terminal interacting with the home control center The home control center includes a smart home control module and a routing module, and the smart home control module and the routing module can perform data interaction, and the smart home appliance can perform data interaction with the routing module, where the control method includes:

The routing module receives a control instruction, and sends the control instruction to the smart home control module, where the control instruction carries a home appliance identifier;

The smart home control module parses the control command to obtain a home appliance carried by the control command Identifying, by the device identifier, the target home appliance according to the home appliance identifier, processing the control command as a home appliance control signal adapted to the target home appliance, and transmitting the home appliance control signal and the home appliance identifier to the routing module;

The routing module sends the received home appliance control signal to the smart home appliance characterized by the home appliance identification.

Preferably, the smart home control module includes a control chip and an external memory connected to the control chip, and the control method further includes: the routing module receives operation data fed back by the smart home appliance, and sends the operation data to the The smart home control module includes: the operating data includes a home appliance identifier of the smart home appliance; the smart home control module receives the running data sent by the routing module, and stores the running data to the external memory.

Preferably, after receiving the running data sent by the routing module, the smart home control module further includes: if the running data includes user demand data, the smart home control module sends the user demand data To the routing module, wherein the user demand data includes fault information, control signal response information, and home appliance operating parameters;

The routing module transmits the user demand data to the cloud server and the control terminal.

Preferably, the user demand data further includes electrical information for the household appliance and running time information of the household appliance.

Preferably, after receiving the running data sent by the routing module, the smart home control module further includes: the smart home control module uses a running data of the smart home appliance to search for a corresponding control mode of the smart home appliance; the smart home The control module generates a home appliance control signal adapted to the smart home appliance based on the control mode, and transmits the home appliance control signal and the home appliance identifier to the routing module.

Preferably, in a case where a plurality of smart home appliances perform data interaction with the routing module, and the plurality of smart home appliances request to acquire data, the control method further includes: the smart home control module reads from the external memory Taking data, sending the data to the routing module; the routing module outputting the data to the plurality of smart home appliances.

Preferably, the method further includes: after receiving the registration request of the smart home appliance, the routing module sends the registration request to the smart home control module, where the registration request carries device related information, The device-related information includes the home appliance identification and type information of the smart home appliance; the smart home control module parses the registration request, obtains type information of the smart home appliance carried by the registration request, and determines according to the type information of the smart home appliance Whether the smart home appliance is identifiable If the device is an identifiable device, the device-related information of the smart home appliance is recorded to complete registration, and if it is an unrecognizable device, the registration fails.

Preferably, after the smart home control module completes registration of the smart home appliance, the service registration is performed, including:

The smart home control module searches for a communication APP (application) adapted to the registered smart home appliance. If there is a corresponding communication APP locally, the service registration is successful; if there is no matching communication APP locally, the smart home control module will send The message is found in the cloud to find a matching communication APP. If the cloud does not find the corresponding communication APP, the service registration fails. If the cloud has a corresponding communication APP, the communication APP is downloaded, and the service registration is successful.

Preferably, the smart home control module searches for a communication APP adapted to the registered smart home appliance, and the smart home control module searches the external memory for a communication APP adapted with the registered smart home appliance.

Preferably, the smart home system further includes a cloud server that interacts with the home control center, and the smart home control module searches for a communication APP that is adapted to the registered smart home appliance, including: the smart home control module The routing module sends a program query request, where the program query request includes type information of the smart home appliance that has been registered; the routing module transmits the program query request to the cloud server, and receives the communication APP fed back by the cloud server. Sending the communication APP to the smart home control module.

Preferably, the smart home system further includes a cloud server that interacts with the home control center, and the routing module receives the control instruction, including:

The routing module receives the control command sent by the control terminal; or the routing module receives the control command sent by the cloud server, and the control command sent by the cloud server to the routing module is sent by the control terminal to the Cloud server.

The invention also discloses a home control center, the home control center is placed in a smart home system, the smart home system further comprising a control terminal interacting with the home control center;

The home control center includes a smart home control module and a routing module, and the routing module includes a plurality of network ports or wireless interfaces, and the smart home appliance can perform data interaction with the routing module;

The routing module receives a control command, and sends the control command to the smart home control module, where the control command carries a home appliance identifier, and then receives the home sent by the smart home control module. And electrically detecting the electrical control signal and the home appliance control signal, and sending the home appliance control signal to the smart home appliance characterized by the home appliance identifier;

The smart home control module parses the control command, obtains a home appliance identifier carried by the control command, determines a target home appliance according to the home appliance identifier, and processes the control command into a home appliance control adapted to the target home appliance And transmitting, by the signal, the home appliance control signal and the home appliance identifier to the routing module.

Preferably, the smart home control module includes: a control chip; a plurality of peripheral interfaces connected to the control chip; the routing module includes: a routing chip; a plurality of network ports connected to the routing chip and/or multiple Wireless interface.

Preferably, the peripheral interface connected to the control chip comprises a USB universal serial bus interface, a memory interface, a flash memory interface, a radio frequency interface and a high definition multimedia interface; the network port connected to the routing chip comprises a plurality of Gigabit Ethernet ports The wireless interface connected to the routing chip includes a wifi wireless fidelity interface and a zigbee zigbee module interface.

Preferably, the smart home control module further includes an external memory connected to the control chip; the routing module is further configured to receive operation data fed back by the smart home appliance, and send the operation data to the smart home control module The operating data includes a home appliance identifier of the smart home appliance; the smart home control module is further configured to receive the running data sent by the routing module, and store the running data to the external memory.

Preferably, in the case that the operation data includes user requirement data, the smart home control module is further configured to send the user requirement data to the routing module, where the user requirement data includes fault information and control Signal response information; the routing module is further configured to transmit the user demand data to the cloud server and the control terminal.

Preferably, the smart home control module is further configured to use a running data of the smart home appliance to search for a corresponding control mode of the smart home appliance, and then generate a home appliance control signal adapted to the smart home appliance based on the control mode, The home appliance control signal and the home appliance identifier are sent to the routing module;

The smart home control module is further configured to perform data mining analysis by using running data of the smart home appliance to obtain an optimal control mode of the smart home appliance, and then generate a home appliance control signal adapted to the smart home appliance based on the optimal control mode. And transmitting the home appliance control signal and the home appliance identifier to the routing module to implement automatic control of the smart home appliance.

Preferably, the smart home control module is further configured to perform data mining analysis by using running data of the smart home appliance, and obtain an optimal control mode of the smart home appliance, and then generate and adapt the smart home appliance based on the optimal control mode. The home appliance control signal transmits the home appliance control signal and the home appliance identification to the routing module to implement automatic control of the smart home appliance.

Preferably, in a case where a plurality of smart home appliances perform data interaction with the routing module, and the plurality of smart home appliances request to acquire data, the smart home control module is further configured to read data from the external memory, Sending the data to the routing module, the routing module is further configured to output the data to the plurality of smart home appliances.

Preferably, the routing module is further configured to: after receiving the registration request of the smart home appliance, send the registration request to the smart home control module, where the registration request carries device related information, where the device is related The information includes the home appliance identification and type information of the smart home appliance; the smart home control module is further configured to parse the registration request, obtain type information of the smart home appliance carried by the registration request, and according to the type information of the smart home appliance Determining whether the smart home appliance is an identifiable device, if it is an identifiable device, recording device related information of the smart home appliance to complete registration, and if it is an unrecognizable device, determining that the registration fails.

Preferably, after the smart home control module completes registration of a smart home appliance, it is also used to find a communication APP adapted to the smart home appliance that has been registered. If there is a corresponding communication APP locally, the service registration is successful; if there is no local Matching communication APP, the smart home control module will send a message to the cloud to find a matching communication APP. If the cloud does not find the corresponding communication APP, the service registration fails. If the cloud has a corresponding communication APP, download the communication APP, and the service registration success. .

It can be seen that the beneficial effects of the present invention are: the control method of the smart home appliance disclosed by the present invention is applied to a home control center mainly including a smart home control module and a routing module, and the smart home control module and the routing module can perform data interaction, and The smart home appliance can exchange data with the smart home control module through the routing module. After receiving the control instruction, the routing module sends the control instruction to the smart home control module, and the smart home control module determines the target home appliance, and processes the received control command into a home appliance control signal adapted to the target home appliance, and the smart home control After the module sends the home appliance control command and the home appliance device identification of the target home appliance to the routing module, the routing module sends the home appliance control command to the smart home appliance characterized by the home appliance identification, that is, sends the home appliance control command to the target home appliance to realize the smart function. Control of home appliances. In addition, the home control center uses dual-chip control, so that the network speed of the home network will not be affected during the control of the smart home appliances.

In addition, the home control center disclosed by the present invention can receive control commands sent by the user to implement control of the smart home appliance.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only It is an embodiment of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings according to the provided drawings without any creative work.

1 is a schematic structural view of a home control center according to the present disclosure;

2 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a smart home appliance according to the present disclosure;

3 is a flowchart of another method for controlling a smart home appliance according to the present disclosure;

4 is a flowchart of a process for registering a newly added smart home appliance according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another home control center according to the present disclosure; FIG.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of a home control center according to the present disclosure.

detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

The invention discloses a control method for a smart home appliance, which is applied to a home control center, and can control a smart home appliance through a home control center.

The home control center is placed in a smart home system, and the smart home system further includes a control terminal that interacts with the home control center. The home control center includes a smart home control module and a routing module, wherein the smart home control module and the routing module are capable of data interaction, and the smart home appliance can perform data interaction with the routing module. FIG. 1 shows a structure of a home control center, including a smart home control module 100 and a routing module 200. The routing module 200 includes a plurality of network ports and/or multiple wireless interfaces, and the smart home appliance can communicate with the network port or the wireless interface. The routing module 200 performs data interaction.

Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a smart home appliance according to the present disclosure. The control The method includes:

Step S21: The routing module receives the control instruction, and sends the control instruction to the smart home control module, where the control instruction carries the home appliance identifier.

The control command received by the routing module carries the home appliance identifier, and the smart appliance represented by the home appliance identifier is the operation target of the control operation. The routing module can receive control commands sent by the user through the control terminal.

Step S22: The smart home control module analyzes the control command, obtains the home appliance identifier carried by the control command, determines the target home appliance according to the home appliance identifier, processes the control command into a home appliance control signal adapted to the target home appliance, and uses the home appliance control signal and the home appliance The identity is sent to the routing module.

Step S23: The routing module sends the received home appliance control signal to the smart home appliance characterized by the home appliance identification.

The smart home control module parses the received control command to obtain the home appliance identifier carried by the control command, and then the smart home control module determines the target home appliance by using the home appliance identifier, and processes the received control command into the home appliance adapted to the target home appliance. After the control signal, the home appliance control signal and the home appliance identification are sent to the routing module, and the routing module sends the home appliance control signal to the target home appliance to control the target home appliance.

The control method of the smart home appliance disclosed by the invention is applied to a home control center mainly comprising a smart home control module and a routing module, and the smart home control module and the routing module can perform data interaction. After receiving the control instruction, the routing module sends the control instruction to the smart home control module, and the smart home control module determines the target home appliance, and processes the received control command into a home appliance control signal adapted to the target home appliance, and the smart home control After the module sends the home appliance control command and the home appliance device identification of the target home appliance to the routing module, the routing module sends the home appliance control command to the smart home appliance characterized by the home appliance identification, that is, sends the home appliance control command to the target home appliance to realize the smart function. Control of home appliances. In addition, the home control center uses dual-chip control, so that the network speed of the home network will not be affected during the control of the smart home appliances.

It should be noted that the smart home system may further include a cloud server, and the routing module 200 may receive control commands in two ways.

First, when the control terminal is close to the home control center (currently the indoor mode), the user sends a control command to the home control center through the control terminal. That is, the routing module 200 receives the control command sent by the control terminal, wherein the control terminal can be a portable device such as a mobile phone.

Second, when the control terminal is far away from the home control center (currently in the outdoor mode), the user sends a control command to the cloud server through the control terminal, and then the cloud server sends a control command to the routing module 200. That is, the routing module 200 receives the control command sent by the cloud server, where the control command sent by the cloud server to the routing module is sent by the control terminal to the cloud server. Among them, the cloud server is also an integral part of the smart home system.

In addition, the home control center disclosed by the present invention, the smart home control module 200 can be implemented based on the Android system, to the extent that the manufacturer can develop the Android-based control program according to the own home appliance, and the routing module 100 can be based on openWRT (embedded Linux distribution) OS implementation.

Referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is a flowchart of another method for controlling a smart home appliance according to the present disclosure. The smart home control module of the home control center includes a control chip and an external memory connected to the control chip, such as a hard disk. The control method includes:

Step S31: The routing module receives the control instruction, and sends the control instruction to the smart home control module, where the control instruction carries the home appliance identifier.

Step S32: The smart home control module analyzes the control command, obtains the home appliance identifier carried by the control command, determines the target home appliance according to the home appliance identifier, processes the control command into a home appliance control signal adapted to the target home appliance, and uses the home appliance control signal and the home appliance The identity is sent to the routing module.

Step S33: The routing module sends the received home appliance control signal to the smart home appliance characterized by the home appliance identification.

Step S34: The routing module receives the running data fed back by the smart home appliance, and sends the running data to the smart home control module. The operating data fed back by the smart home appliance includes the home appliance identifier of the smart home appliance.

Step S35: The smart home control module receives the running data sent by the routing module, and stores the running data to the external memory.

In the control method of the smart home appliance shown in FIG. 3, the routing module receives the running data fed back by the smart home appliance, and then the routing module sends the running data of the smart home appliance to the smart home control module. The smart home control module stores the running data of the smart home appliance to the external memory, so that the user can view the running state of the smart home appliance. When the smart home appliance fails, the user can find the cause of the fault through the running data stored in the external memory.

It should be noted here that the order of execution of steps S34 and S35 is not limited to that shown in FIG. In the implementation, steps S31 to S33 are sequentially performed, steps S34 and S35 are sequentially performed, and the execution order of steps S31 to S33 and steps S34 to S35 is determined by the timing of receiving the control instruction and the operation data.

As a preferred solution, after the smart home system includes the control terminal and the cloud server, after the smart home control module receives the running data sent by the routing module, the following steps are also included:

In the case that the running data includes user demand data, the smart home control module sends the user demand data to the routing module, wherein the user demand data includes fault information and control signal response information; the routing module transmits the user demand data to the cloud server and controls terminal.

Based on the above method, when the smart home appliance fails, the running data fed back by the smart home appliance includes fault information. After the routing module transmits the fault information to the cloud server, the cloud server may provide different processing solutions according to the fault information, such as notifying the maintenance personnel. Home repair, or inform the user of the fault condition by SMS, after the routing module transmits the control signal response information to the control terminal, the user can determine whether the previous operation was successful.

Preferably, the user demand data further includes home appliance power information and home appliance running time information. The user can know the power consumption of the home appliance through the electricity information of the home appliance, and understand the running time of the home appliance through the running time information of the home appliance.

In addition, after the smart home control module receives the running data sent by the routing module, the following steps can also be set:

The smart home control module uses the operating data of the smart home appliance to find a corresponding control mode of the smart home appliance; the smart home control module generates a home appliance control signal adapted to the smart home appliance based on the control mode, and sends the home appliance control signal and the home appliance device identifier to the routing module. Thereafter, the routing module sends the received home appliance control signal to the smart home appliance characterized by the home appliance identification.

The smart home control module of the home control center pre-stores the control mode of each smart home appliance. When the smart home control module receives the running data of the smart home appliance, it can find the data according to the running data. The corresponding control mode of the home appliance is then generated based on the control mode to generate an adapted home appliance control signal, and the routing module sends the home appliance control signal to the corresponding smart home appliance to realize automatic control of the smart home appliance. By properly setting the control mode of the smart home appliance, it is possible to optimize the operation of the smart home appliance, such as reducing the power consumption of the smart home appliance, or adjusting the temperature of the smart air conditioner to provide a more suitable indoor temperature.

The smart home control module can perform data mining analysis using the operating data of the smart home appliance to obtain an optimal control mode of the smart home appliance, and then generate a home appliance control signal adapted to the smart home appliance based on the optimal control mode, and the The home appliance control signal and the home appliance identification are sent to the routing module to implement automatic control of the smart home appliance.

In the case that a plurality of smart home appliances and the routing module perform data interaction, and a plurality of smart home appliances request data acquisition, in the respective control methods of the smart home appliance disclosed above, the following steps are further set to implement data sharing:

The smart home control module reads data from the external memory and sends the data to the routing module;

The routing module outputs data to multiple smart appliances.

Here, an example is described in the case where the smart TV and the smart phone communicate with the routing module through the dual-frequency wifi interface of the routing module, if the user sends a request for obtaining the video one to the home control center through the smart TV and the smart phone. The smart home control module reads the video one from the external memory, and then the video module outputs the video to the dual-frequency wifi interface, so that the smart TV and the smart phone acquire the video one.

When a smart home appliance is newly added in the home, the home control center disclosed by the present invention can also perform registration processing on the newly added smart home appliance, and the process thereof is as shown in FIG. 4, including:

Step S41: After receiving the registration request of the smart home appliance, the routing module sends the registration request to the smart home control module. The registration request carries device related information, and the device related information includes the home appliance identification and type information of the smart home appliance;

Step S42: The smart home control module parses the registration request, and obtains the type information of the smart home appliance carried by the registration request.

Step S43: The smart home control module determines whether the smart home appliance is an identifiable device according to the type information of the smart home appliance. If it is an identifiable device, step S44 is performed; otherwise, the process ends.

Step S44: The smart home control module records device related information of the smart home appliance to complete registration.

In the implementation, when the smart home control module includes a radio frequency interface, and the radio frequency interface is connected with the radio frequency module, and the smart home appliance is also provided with the radio frequency module, the smart home control module can also receive the registration request sent by the smart home appliance through the radio frequency module.

As a preferred solution, after the smart home control module completes registration of the smart home appliance, the following steps are also included:

The communication APP adapted to the smart home appliance that has been registered is found. If there is a corresponding communication APP locally, the service registration is successful; if there is no matching communication APP locally, the smart home control module will send a message to the cloud to find a matching communication APP. If the cloud does not find the corresponding communication APP, the service registration fails. If the cloud has a corresponding communication APP, download the communication APP and the service registration is successful.

Among them, the smart home control module can find a communication APP adapted to the smart home appliance that has been registered, and can adopt various methods.

For example, the smart home control module searches the external memory for a communication APP that is adapted to the registered smart home appliance. The external memory of the smart home control module stores a plurality of APPs. After completing registration of a smart home appliance, the communication program adapted to the smart home appliance can be found in the external memory.

For example, the smart home control module sends a program query request to the routing module, where the program query request includes type information of the smart home appliance that has been registered; the routing module transmits the program query request to the cloud server, and receives the communication APP fed back by the cloud server, The communication app is sent to the smart home control module.

Considering that the process of sending a program to the routing module by the cloud server takes up a large bandwidth, in the implementation, after completing the registration of a smart home appliance, the smart home control module first searches for the communication with the smart home appliance in the external memory. APP, if not found, performs the second process to obtain the adapted communication APP from the cloud server.

In addition, the smart home control module can query the cloud server through the routing module according to the preset time interval to determine whether the program installed by each smart home appliance has an updated version. When there is a newer version, the smart home control module pushes the user through the routing module. Relevant information so that users can choose to update or not update according to their needs. When the user selects the update, the home control center downloads the relevant program from the cloud server and transmits it to the corresponding smart home appliance to complete the program update.

The invention also discloses a home control center, and the user can control the smart home appliance by using the home control center run. FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a home control center disclosed by the present invention. The home control center includes a smart home control module 100 and a routing module 200.

among them:

The routing module 200 includes a plurality of network ports and/or a plurality of wireless interfaces, and the smart home appliance can perform data interaction with the routing module 200. The routing module 200 is further configured to receive the control instruction, send the control instruction to the smart home control module 100, and then receive the home appliance control signal and the home appliance identifier sent by the smart home control module 100, and send the home appliance control signal to the home appliance identification identifier. Smart home appliances. The control command received by the routing module 200 carries the home appliance identifier, and the smart appliance represented by the home appliance identifier is the operation target of the current control operation.

The smart home control module 100 parses the received control command, obtains the home appliance identifier carried by the control command, determines the target home appliance according to the home appliance identifier, processes the control command into a home appliance control signal adapted to the target home appliance, and then sets the home appliance control signal And the home appliance identifier is sent to the routing module 200, so that the routing module 200 sends the home appliance control signal to the corresponding smart home appliance, thereby implementing control of the target home appliance.

The home control center disclosed by the invention is applied to a smart home system, wherein the internal smart home control module and the routing module can perform data interaction, and the smart home appliance can perform data interaction with the routing module. After receiving the control instruction, the routing module sends the control instruction to the smart home control module, and the smart home control module determines the target home appliance, and processes the received control command into a home appliance control signal adapted to the target home appliance, and the smart home control After the module sends the home appliance control command and the home appliance device identification of the target home appliance to the routing module, the routing module sends the home appliance control command to the smart home appliance characterized by the home appliance identification, that is, sends the home appliance control command to the target home appliance to realize the smart function. Control of home appliances.

It should be noted that the smart home system may further include a cloud server, and the routing module 200 may receive control commands in two ways.

First, when the control terminal is close to the home control center (currently the indoor mode), the user sends a control command to the home control center through the control terminal. That is, the routing module 200 receives the control command sent by the control terminal, wherein the control terminal can be a portable device such as a mobile phone.

Second, when the control terminal is far away from the home control center (currently in the outdoor mode), the user sends a control command to the cloud server through the control terminal, and then the cloud server sends a control command to the routing module 200. That is, the routing module 200 receives a control command sent by the cloud server, where the cloud The control command sent by the server to the routing module is sent by the control terminal to the cloud server. Among them, the cloud server is also an integral part of the smart home system.

In addition, the home control center disclosed by the present invention, the smart home control module 200 can be implemented based on the Android system, to the extent that the manufacturer can develop the Android-based control program according to the own home appliance, and the routing module 100 can be based on openWRT (embedded Linux distribution) OS implementation.

Referring to FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is another schematic structural diagram of a home control center according to the present disclosure. The home control center includes a smart home control module 100 and a routing module 200.

among them:

The smart home control module 100 includes a control chip 101 and a plurality of peripheral interfaces connected to the control chip 101. In FIG. 5, the peripheral interfaces connected to the control chip 101 include USB (Universal Serial Bus) interfaces 102 and 103, a memory interface 104 (specifically, a DDR3 interface, DDR3 is a memory specification), and a flash interface 105 (specifically, EMMC). Flash interface), RF (Radio Frequency) interface 106 and HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) 107.

The routing module 200 includes a routing chip 201, a plurality of network ports connected to the routing chip 201, and a plurality of wireless interfaces connected to the routing chip 201. In FIG. 5, the network port connected to the routing chip 201 includes Gigabit Ethernet ports 202, 203, and 204, and the wireless interface connected to the routing chip 201 includes a wifi (Wireless Fidelity) interface 205 and a zigbee module interface 206. . As a preferred embodiment, the wifi interface 205 can employ a dual band wifi interface, such as the 2.4/5 GHz WiFi interface of FIG.

The smart home appliance having the wifi module can perform data interaction with the routing chip 200 through the wifi interface 205. A smart home with a zigbee module can interact with the routing module 200 via the zigbee module interface 206. The smart home appliance having the network port can be connected to any one of the routing modules 200 through the network cable to perform data interaction with the routing module 200. Other devices in the smart home system, such as the control terminal and the cloud server, can also interact with the routing module 200 through a matching network port or wireless interface.

Of course, the settings of the peripheral interface, the network port, and the wireless interface in FIG. 5 are only an example, and the types and the number of the peripheral interfaces, the network ports, and the wireless interfaces in the implementation are not limited thereto.

In the home control center shown in FIG. 5, the routing module 200 includes multiple network ports and multiple wireless interfaces, and other devices in the smart home appliance and the smart home system can pass through the network port or the wireless interface and routing. The module 200 performs data interaction. In addition, the smart home control module 100 includes a plurality of peripheral interfaces, and the smart home control module 100 can perform data interaction with other electronic devices through the peripheral interface. In addition, the home control center uses dual-chip control, so that the network speed of the home network will not be affected during the control of the smart home appliances.

In addition, in the case that the smart home control module 100 includes an RF interface connected to the control chip 101 and the RF interface is connected to the RF module, the smart home control module 100 can also receive the control terminal through the RF module. Control instruction. If the smart home appliance is also provided with the radio frequency module, the smart home control module 100 can also send the home appliance control signal to the target home appliance through the radio frequency module after processing the control command as the home appliance control signal adapted to the target home appliance.

As a preferred solution, the smart home control module 100 of the home control center shown in FIG. 5 further includes an external memory 108 connected to the control chip 101, and the external memory 108 is preferably a hard disk. The routing module 200 is further configured to receive the running data fed back by the smart home appliance, and send the received running data to the smart home control module 100. The smart home control module 100 is further configured to receive the operational data sent by the routing module 200 and store the received operational data to the external memory 108. The operating data fed back by the smart home appliance includes the home appliance identifier of the smart home appliance. The user can determine the running status of the smart home appliance by viewing the running data stored in the external memory 108. When the smart home appliance fails, the user can use the running data stored by the external memory 108 to find the cause of the fault.

In the implementation, in the case that the smart home control module 100 includes an RF interface, and the RF interface is connected with a radio frequency module, and the smart home appliance is also provided with the radio frequency module, the smart home control module 100 can directly receive the feedback of the smart home appliance through the radio frequency module. Operating data.

Preferably, in the case that the operation data includes the user requirement data, the smart home control module 100 is further configured to send the user requirement data to the routing module 200, and the routing module 200 transmits the received user requirement data to the cloud server and the control terminal. . The user demand data includes fault information and control signal response information.

Based on the home control center, when the smart home appliance fails, the running data fed back by the smart home appliance includes fault information. After the routing module 200 transmits the fault information to the cloud server, the cloud server may provide different processing solutions according to the fault information, such as a notification. The maintenance personnel performs on-site maintenance, or informs the user of the fault condition through a short message. After the routing module 200 transmits the control signal response information to the control terminal, the user can determine whether the previous operation is successful.

In the implementation, the user demand data may further include electrical information for the household appliance and running time information of the household appliance. The user can know the power consumption of the home appliance through the electricity information of the home appliance, and understand the running time of the home appliance through the running time information of the home appliance.

After receiving the running data fed back by the smart home appliance, the smart home control module 100 can also use the running data of the smart home appliance to find a corresponding control mode of the smart home appliance, and then generate a home appliance control signal adapted to the smart home appliance based on the control mode, and the home appliance control signal The control signal and the home appliance identification are sent to the routing module 200. The routing module 200 transmits the received home appliance control signal to the smart home appliance characterized by the home appliance identification.

The smart home control module 100 of the home control center prestores a control mode of each smart home appliance. After the smart home control module 100 receives the running data of the smart home appliance, it can search for the corresponding control mode of the home appliance according to the running data, and then based on the The control mode generates an adapted home appliance control signal, and the routing module 200 transmits the home appliance control signal to the corresponding smart home appliance to realize automatic control of the smart home appliance. By properly setting the control mode of the smart home appliance, it is possible to optimize the operation of the smart home appliance, such as reducing the power consumption of the smart home appliance, or adjusting the temperature of the smart air conditioner to provide a more suitable indoor temperature.

The smart home control module 100 is further configured to perform data mining analysis using the operating data of the smart home appliance to obtain an optimal control mode of the smart home appliance, and then generate a home appliance control signal adapted to the smart home appliance based on the optimal control mode, and the home appliance control signal is The control signal and the identification of the home appliance are sent to the routing module to realize automatic control of the smart home appliance.

When there are multiple smart home appliances and the routing module 200 performing data interaction, and the plurality of smart home appliances request to obtain data, the smart home control module 100 in the above-mentioned home control center of the present invention is further configured to: read from the external memory 108 The data is fetched and the read data is sent to the routing module 200. The routing module 200 is further configured to output the received data to a plurality of smart home appliances to implement data sharing.

When a smart home appliance is newly added in the home, the home control center disclosed by the present invention can also perform registration processing on the newly added smart home appliance. Specifically, the routing module 200 is further configured to: after receiving the registration request of the smart home appliance, send the registration request to the smart home control module 100, where the registration request carries device related information, and the device related information includes the home appliance identifier of the smart home appliance. And type information. Wisdom The home control module 100 is further configured to parse the registration request, obtain the type information of the smart home appliance carried by the registration request, determine whether the smart home appliance is an identifiable device according to the type information of the smart home appliance, and record the smart home appliance device if it is an identifiable device. The related information is registered, and if it is an unrecognizable device, it is determined that the registration has failed.

In the implementation, when the smart home control module 100 includes an RF interface, and the RF interface is connected with a radio frequency module, and the smart home appliance is also provided with the radio frequency module, the smart home control module can also receive the registration request sent by the smart home appliance through the radio frequency module. .

As a preferred solution, after completing the registration of the smart home appliance, the smart home control module 100 is further configured to search for a communication APP adapted to the smart home appliance that has been registered, and perform service registration. Specifically, the smart home control module 100 searches for a communication APP adapted to the registered smart home appliance. If the adapted communication APP is found, the service registration is successful, and if the adapted communication APP is not found, the service registration fails. .

The smart home control module 100 searches for a communication APP that is adapted to the smart home appliance that has been registered, and can adopt various methods.

For example, the smart home control module 100 searches the external memory 108 for a communication APP that is adapted to the registered smart home appliance. The external memory 108 of the smart home control module 100 stores a plurality of APPs. After completing registration of a smart home appliance, the external memory 108 can be used to find a communication APP adapted to the smart home appliance.

For example, the smart home control module 100 sends a program query request to the routing module 200, and then receives the communication APP sent by the routing module 200, wherein the program query request includes type information of the smart home appliance that has been registered. The routing module 200 transmits the received program query request to the cloud server, and then receives the communication APP fed back by the cloud server, and sends the communication APP to the smart home control module 100.

Considering that the process of the cloud server sending the program to the routing module 200 occupies a large bandwidth, the smart home control module 100 first searches for the smart home appliance in the external memory 108 after completing the registration of a smart home appliance. The matching communication APP, if not found, performs the second processing process to obtain the adapted communication APP from the cloud server.

In addition, the smart home control module 100 can query the cloud server through the routing module 200 according to the preset time interval to determine whether the program installed by each smart home appliance has an updated version. When there is an updated version, the smart home control module 100 passes the routing module. 200 pushes relevant information to the user for use Users choose to update or not update according to their needs. When the user selects the update, the home control center downloads the relevant program from the cloud server and transmits it to the corresponding smart home appliance to complete the program update.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of a home control center according to the present disclosure.

In the home control center disclosed by the present invention, when a computer and other smart home appliances are accessed through the 2.4/5 GHz wifi interface in the routing module 200, the frequency band of the computer and other smart home appliances can be separated by using the 802.11ac protocol, and the computer uses the 5 GHz frequency band. Other smart appliances use the 2.4GHz band to ensure the computer's Internet speed.

In addition, the access control system can be connected to the home LAN to achieve access control security control.

In addition, the home control center of the present invention also has a hard disk protection function, which can protect the memory when the home control center is tilted or greatly vibrated.

Finally, it should also be noted that in this context, relational terms such as first and second are used merely to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply these entities. There is any such actual relationship or order between operations. Furthermore, the term "comprises" or "comprises" or "comprises" or any other variations thereof is intended to encompass a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or device that comprises a plurality of elements includes not only those elements but also Other elements, or elements that are inherent to such a process, method, item, or device. An element that is defined by the phrase "comprising a ..." does not exclude the presence of additional equivalent elements in the process, method, item, or device that comprises the element.

The various embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, and each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the same similar parts between the various embodiments may be referred to each other. For the device disclosed in the embodiment, since it corresponds to the method disclosed in the embodiment, the description is relatively simple, and the relevant parts can be referred to the method part.

The above description of the disclosed embodiments enables those skilled in the art to make or use the invention. Various modifications to these embodiments are obvious to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Therefore, the present invention is not to be limited to the embodiments shown herein, but the scope of the invention is to be accorded

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A control method for a smart home appliance, characterized in that the control method is applied to a home control center, the home control center is placed in a smart home system, and the smart home system further comprises a control interaction with the home control center The terminal, the home control center includes a smart home control module and a routing module, and the smart home control module and the routing module can perform data interaction, and the smart home appliance can perform data interaction with the routing module, where the control method includes: The routing module receives a control instruction, and sends the control instruction to the smart home control module, where the control instruction carries a home appliance identifier; The smart home control module parses the control command, obtains a home appliance identifier carried by the control command, determines a target home appliance according to the home appliance identifier, and processes the control command into a home appliance control adapted to the target home appliance Signaling, sending the home appliance control signal and the home appliance identifier to the routing module; The routing module sends the received home appliance control signal to the smart home appliance characterized by the home appliance identification. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the smart home control module comprises a control chip and an external memory connected to the control chip, the control method further comprising: The routing module receives the running data fed back by the smart home appliance, and sends the running data to the smart home control module, where the running data includes a home appliance identifier of the smart home appliance; The smart home control module receives the operational data sent by the routing module, and stores the operational data to the external memory. The control method according to claim 2, wherein after receiving the operation data sent by the routing module, the smart home control module further includes: And the smart home control module sends the user demand data to the routing module, where the user demand data includes fault information, control signal response information, and home appliance operation. parameter; The routing module transmits the user demand data to the cloud server and the control terminal. The control method according to claim 3, wherein the user demand data further includes home appliance power information and home appliance running time information. The control method according to claim 2, 3 or 4, further comprising: after receiving the running data sent by the routing module, the smart home control module further comprises: The smart home control module uses the running data of the smart home appliance to find a corresponding control mode of the smart home appliance; The smart home control module generates a home appliance control signal adapted to the smart home appliance based on the control mode, and sends the home appliance control signal and the home appliance identifier to the routing module. The control method according to claim 5, wherein, in a case where a plurality of smart home appliances perform data interaction with the routing module, and the plurality of smart home appliances request to acquire data, the control method further includes: The smart home control module reads data from the external memory, and sends the data to the routing module; The routing module outputs the data to the plurality of smart home appliances. The control method according to claim 6, wherein the method further comprises: After receiving the registration request of the smart home appliance, the routing module sends the registration request to the smart home control module, where the registration request carries device related information, and the device related information includes the smart home appliance Home appliance identification and type information; The smart home control module parses the registration request, obtains type information of the smart home appliance carried by the registration request, and determines whether the smart home appliance is an identifiable device according to the type information of the smart home appliance, and if it is an identifiable device, Then, the device-related information of the smart home appliance is recorded to complete registration, and if it is an unrecognizable device, the registration fails. The control method according to claim 7, wherein the smart home control module performs service registration after the smart home appliance completes registration, including: The smart home control module searches for a communication APP application adapted to the registered smart home appliance. If there is a corresponding communication APP locally, the service registration is successful; if there is no matching communication APP locally, the smart home control module sends a message to the smart home control module. The cloud finds the matching communication APP. If the cloud does not find the corresponding communication APP, the service registration fails. If the cloud has a corresponding communication APP, the communication APP is downloaded, and the service registration is successful. The control method according to claim 8, wherein the smart home control module searches for a communication APP adapted to the smart home appliance that has been registered, including: The smart home control module searches for the smart home appliance that has been registered in the external memory Adapted communication app. The control method according to claim 8, wherein the smart home system further comprises a cloud server that interacts with the home control center, and the smart home control module searches for communication with the smart home appliance that has been registered. APP, including: The smart home control module sends a program query request to the routing module, where the program query request includes type information of the smart home appliance that has been registered; The routing module transmits the program query request to the cloud server, receives the communication APP fed back by the cloud server, and sends the communication APP to the smart home control module. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the smart home system further comprises a cloud server that interacts with the home control center, and the routing module receives the control instruction, including: The routing module receives a control instruction sent by the control terminal; Alternatively, the routing module receives a control command sent by the cloud server, and the control command sent by the cloud server to the routing module is sent by the control terminal to the cloud server. A home control center, wherein the home control center is disposed in a smart home system, the smart home system further comprising a control terminal that interacts with the home control center; The home control center includes a smart home control module and a routing module, and the routing module includes a plurality of network ports or wireless interfaces, and the smart home appliance can perform data interaction with the routing module; The routing module receives a control command, and sends the control command to the smart home control module, where the control command carries a home appliance identifier, and then receives a home appliance control signal and a home appliance identifier sent by the smart home control module, and Sending the home appliance control signal to the smart home appliance characterized by the home appliance identification; The smart home control module parses the control command, obtains a home appliance identifier carried by the control command, determines a target home appliance according to the home appliance identifier, and processes the control command into a home appliance control adapted to the target home appliance And transmitting, by the signal, the home appliance control signal and the home appliance identifier to the routing module. A home control center according to claim 12, wherein The smart home control module includes: a control chip; and a plurality of peripheral interfaces connected to the control chip; The routing module includes: a routing chip; a plurality of network ports and/or a plurality of wireless interfaces connected to the routing chip. The home control center according to claim 13, wherein the peripheral interface connected to the control chip comprises a USB universal serial bus interface, a memory interface, a flash memory interface, a radio frequency interface, and a high definition multimedia interface; The network port connected to the routing chip includes multiple Gigabit network ports; The wireless interface connected to the routing chip includes a wifi wireless fidelity interface and a zigbee zigbee module interface. The home control center according to claim 14, wherein the smart home control module further comprises an external memory connected to the control chip; The routing module is further configured to receive operation data fed back by the smart home appliance, and send the operation data to the smart home control module, where the operation data includes a home appliance identifier of the smart home appliance; The smart home control module is further configured to receive operation data sent by the routing module, and store the operation data to the external memory. A home control center according to claim 15 wherein: The smart home control module is further configured to send the user demand data to the routing module, where the user data includes fault information and control signal response information. And home appliance operating parameters; The routing module is further configured to transmit the user requirement data to the cloud server and the control terminal. A home control center according to claim 15 or 16, wherein The smart home control module is further configured to use a running data of the smart home appliance to search for a corresponding control mode of the smart home appliance, and then generate a home appliance control signal adapted to the smart home appliance based on the control mode, and use the home appliance control signal to And sending a home appliance identifier to the routing module; The smart home control module is further configured to perform data mining analysis by using running data of the smart home appliance to obtain an optimal control mode of the smart home appliance, and then generate a home appliance control signal adapted to the smart home appliance based on the optimal control mode. And transmitting the home appliance control signal and the home appliance identifier to the routing module to implement automatic control of the smart home appliance. The home control center according to claim 17, wherein in the case where a plurality of smart home appliances perform data interaction with the routing module, and the plurality of smart home appliances request to acquire data, the smart home control module Also for reading data from the external memory, transmitting the data to the routing module, the routing module is further configured to output the data to the plurality of smart homes Electricity. A home control center according to claim 18, wherein The routing module is further configured to: after receiving the registration request of the smart home appliance, send the registration request to the smart home control module, where the registration request carries device related information, where the device related information includes Description of home appliance identification and type information of smart home appliances; The smart home control module is further configured to parse the registration request, obtain type information of the smart home appliance carried by the registration request, and determine, according to the type information of the smart home appliance, whether the smart home appliance is an identifiable device, if When the device is identified, the device-related information of the smart home appliance is recorded to complete registration, and if it is an unrecognizable device, it is determined that the registration fails. A home control center according to claim 19, wherein After the smart home control module completes registration of a smart home appliance, it is also used to find a communication APP adapted to the smart home appliance that has been registered, and perform service registration.

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