TWI573418B - Smart home devices controlling method and system - Google Patents

Description

Method and system for controlling smart home equipment

The invention relates to a smart control technology, in particular to a method and a system for controlling a smart home device.

In the current smart home field, Internet technology is often used to cover a range of smart home devices (such as audio and video equipment, lighting systems, curtain equipment, air conditioning equipment, security systems, digital cinema systems, network appliances, etc.). Connected together to control smart home devices through smart home control devices, including home appliance control, lighting control, curtain control, remote phone control, indoor and outdoor remote control, burglar alarm, environmental monitoring, air conditioning control, infrared forwarding, and Programmable timing control and many other functions and means. The certain range is, for example, a family range, an office range, and the like.

Compared with ordinary household equipment, smart home equipment not only has traditional residential functions, but also has network communication, information appliances, equipment automation, and provides efficient, comfortable, safe and convenient integration of systems, structures, services and management. An environmentally friendly living environment that provides a full range of information interactions. Through the smart home control device, the smart home devices can be controlled and operated conveniently, indicating that the family and the outside maintain information exchange, optimize people's lifestyles, help people effectively arrange time, and enhance the safety of home life.

The current smart home technology only provides a way to control the smart home devices in the home through the smart home control device.

In some cases, family members have left and no one is at home. At this time, smart home devices need to be automatically controlled to change the state of the equipment; however, existing solutions cannot meet the demand.

The invention provides a method for controlling a smart home device, which can realize automatic control of a smart home device based on the location of the mobile device.

The present invention provides a system for controlling a smart home device that enables automatic control of smart home devices based on the location of the mobile device.

A method for controlling a smart home device, the method comprising: a smart home control device acquiring a control message, the control message being triggered based on a preset mobile device being outside a specified range, including a smart home device identifier and corresponding control state information; The smart home control device converts the control state information into a state control command that meets the requirements of the corresponding smart home device; the smart home control device sends the converted state control command to the smart home device corresponding to the smart home device identifier, and performs device state control. .

A system for controlling a smart home device, the system comprising a smart home control device and a smart home device; the smart home control device acquiring a control message, the control message being triggered based on a preset mobile device being outside a specified range, including The smart home device identifier and the corresponding control state information; converting the control state information into a control command that meets the requirements of the corresponding smart home device; and transmitting the converted control command to the smart home device corresponding to the smart home device identifier; The smart home device receives a state control command from the smart home control device and performs state setting according to a state control command. As can be seen from the above solution, in the present invention, the smart home control device acquires a control message, and the control message is triggered based on the preset mobile device being outside the specified range, including the smart home device identifier and the corresponding control state information; smart home control The device converts the control state information into a state control instruction that satisfies the requirements of the corresponding smart home device, and sends the device to the smart home device for device state control. With the solution of the present invention, the smart home control device controls the state of the smart home device for the case where the family member has left and the home is unmanned, that is, the preset mobile device is outside the specified range; thus, the mobile device based position pair is realized. Smart home devices are automatically controlled.

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12‧‧‧Smart home control device

120‧‧‧ Third Control Message Processing Module

13a~13z‧‧‧Smart home equipment

14‧‧‧Preset mobile device

140‧‧‧First location information acquisition module

141‧‧‧First Control Message Processing Module

142‧‧‧Second position information acquisition module

143‧‧‧Second Control Message Processing Module

144‧‧‧ third location information acquisition module

1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for controlling a smart home device according to the present invention; FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a smart home device according to the present invention; FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a smart home device according to the present invention; Embodiment 2 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a smart home device according to the present invention; FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a scenario for controlling a smart home device according to the present invention; FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a smart home device according to the present invention; Schematic diagram of the system structure of the control.

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the embodiments and drawings.

With the development of society and the maturity of mobile communication technologies, mobile devices are increasingly becoming an essential part of people's lives. Through mobile devices, people can get rid of the limitations of distance and communicate with people in any corner of the globe for text, voice and video. This has greatly improved people's work efficiency, improved people's quality of life, and provided a broad space for development of mobile device production technology. Commonly used mobile devices include devices such as mobile phones.

In the existing smart home technology, automatic control of smart home devices cannot be realized for family members who have left and no one at home. In order to solve the above problems, the present invention realizes automatic control of a smart home device in combination with a commonly used mobile device. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for controlling a smart home device according to the present invention. The method includes the following steps: Step 101: A smart home control device acquires a control message, and the control message is triggered when the preset mobile device is outside a specified range. The control message contains the smart home device identification and corresponding control status information.

The specified range is the area where the home device is located, and the preset mobile device is a mobile device that is often within the specified range. Trigger control message when the preset mobile device leaves the specified range; control The message contains at least one smart home device identification that needs to be controlled, along with corresponding control status information.

Step 102: The smart home control device converts the control state information into at least one state control instruction that meets a requirement of the corresponding smart home device.

Different smart home devices can receive different instruction formats, so it is necessary to convert at least one state control message into at least one state control command that satisfies the requirements of the corresponding smart home device.

Step 103: The smart home control device sends the converted at least one state control command to the at least one smart home device corresponding to the at least one smart home device identifier to perform device state control.

According to different needs, different state-of-the-art control can be performed on different smart home devices. For example, in step 101, the control status information acquired by the smart home control device includes an open state or a closed state. Similarly, the step includes: the smart home control device sends an open command or a close command to the smart home device corresponding to the smart home device identifier. To put the smart home device on or off.

In step 101, the smart home control device can obtain the control message in a plurality of manners; the smart home control device can be actively acquired, or can be transmitted to the smart home control device by the preset mobile device. The following is a description of the embodiments.

Method 1 : The step of acquiring the control message by the smart home control device includes: the preset mobile device acquires one location information of the mobile device; the preset mobile device determines whether the acquired location information is outside a specified range, and if yes, the preset mobile device The at least one smart home device identifier and the corresponding control status information that are required to be remotely controlled are searched for, and the found smart home device identification and control status information are included in the control message and sent to the smart home control device.

The above method is applicable to the case where the preset mobile device is one.

The mobile device obtains its own location information, which can be implemented in various ways, such as straight Obtained from the information recorded in the network base station; or, the location information is acquired by the GPS set in the mobile device.

The preset mobile device sends the control message to the smart home control device, which can be sent directly or forwarded via a web server. The smart home control device of the present invention can transmit and receive wireless network data and can perform wireless connection. For the information interaction between the preset mobile device and the smart home control device via the network server, the network server can provide smart home control services, mobile devices and smart home control devices to pre-view the network. The server is registered, and then, after logging in to the smart home control service, information can be forwarded through the web server.

The preset mobile device sends the control message to the smart home control device, which may be specifically: the preset mobile device sends the control message and the device identifier to the network server; the network server sends the control message to the smart device corresponding to the device identifier. Home control device.

Method 2: The preset mobile device includes at least one slave mobile device and one master mobile device, and the smart home control device acquires the control message by: the master mobile device acquires location information of all the slave mobile devices; the master mobile device according to the self Location information and location information of all slave mobile devices to determine whether all of the preset mobile devices are outside the specified range, and if so, to find at least one of the records of the master mobile device or the slave mobile device that needs remote control The smart home device identifier and the corresponding control status information include the smart home device identification and control status information found in the control message and sent to the smart home control device.

The method is applicable to the preset mobile device having two or more situations, one of which is used as the master mobile device, and the other as the slave mobile device, the slave mobile device can periodically transmit the location information to the master mobile device, or according to the main The command of the mobile device transmits the position information.

Manner 3: The smart home control device presets a mapping relationship table, where the mapping relationship table includes a mapping relationship between at least one preset mobile device state information and the control message, where the control message in the mapping relationship includes at least one smart home device identifier And control status information; smart home control The steps for the device to obtain the control message include: The smart home control device acquires location information of at least one preset mobile device; The smart home control device determines whether all the preset mobile devices are outside the specified range, and if yes, determines that the state is the leaving state, and finds the smart home device identifier and the control state information corresponding to the leaving state from the mapping relationship.

The smart home control device obtains the location information of the preset mobile device, and the implementation thereof is various. E.g: Method A: Each preset mobile device periodically transmits the location information to the network server, and the smart home control device acquires the location information from the network server as needed. In the third manner, the step of the smart home control device acquiring the location information of all the preset mobile devices may specifically include: The smart home control device requests the network server for location information of the preset mobile device; The network server extracts the location information corresponding to the preset mobile device from the location database, and feeds back to the smart home control device; the location database stores the location information transmitted by the preset mobile device.

Method B: the smart home control device requests the network server to preset the location information of the mobile device according to the need, and the network server sends the request to the corresponding preset mobile device to notify the preset mobile device to transmit the location, and feedback Smart home control device.

In the present invention, the smart home control device acquires a control message, and the control message is triggered when the preset mobile device is outside the specified range, and the control message includes the smart home device identifier and the corresponding control state information; the smart home control device controls the state information. The state control command is converted into a requirement to meet the requirements of at least one smart home device, and sent to the smart home device for device state control. With the solution of the present invention, the smart home control device controls the smart home device to perform state control for the case where the family member has left and the home is unmanned, that is, the preset mobile device is outside the specified range; thus, the mobile device is used to implement the wisdom. Remote control of home equipment.

The smart home device is controlled by the present invention through the processes of FIGS. 2, 3 and 4 below. The method is described by way of example.

2 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a smart home device according to the present invention, which includes the following steps: Step 201: A preset mobile device acquires a location information of itself.

Step 202: The preset mobile device determines whether the acquired location information is outside the specified range. If yes, the at least one smart home device identifier and the corresponding control state information that need to be remotely controlled are searched from the record of the preset mobile device. The found smart home device identification and control status information is included in the control message and sent to the smart home control device.

Step 203: The smart home control device acquires a control message, and when the preset mobile device is outside the specified range, the control message is triggered, and the control message includes at least one smart home device identifier and corresponding control state information.

Step 204: The smart home control device converts the control state information into a state control instruction that satisfies the requirements of the corresponding smart home device.

Step 205: The smart home control device sends the converted state control command to the smart home device corresponding to the smart home device identifier, and performs device state control.

As shown in FIG. 5, it is a schematic diagram of a scenario for controlling a smart home device according to the present invention, in which the mobile phone is outside the specified range.

3 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a smart home device according to the present invention. In this embodiment, the preset mobile device includes at least one slave mobile device and one master mobile device, and the following steps are included: Step 301: The master mobile device acquires location information of the slave mobile device.

Step 302: The master mobile device determines, according to the location information of the user and the location information of the slave mobile device, whether all the preset mobile devices are outside the specified range, and if so, searches for the remote from the record of the master mobile device. The at least one smart home device identifier and the corresponding control status information are controlled, and the found smart home device identifier and control status information are included in the control message and sent to the smart home control device.

Step 303: The smart home control device converts the control state information into a state control command that satisfies the requirements of the corresponding smart home device.

Step 304: The smart home control device sends the converted state control command to the smart home device corresponding to the smart home device identifier, and performs device state control.

Referring to FIG. 4, a third embodiment of a method for controlling a smart home device according to the present invention is provided. In this embodiment, a smart home control device presets a mapping relationship table, where the mapping relationship table includes preset mobile device status information and Controlling the mapping relationship between the messages, the control message in the mapping relationship includes smart home device identification and control status information; the process of FIG. 4 includes the following steps: Step 401: The smart home control device acquires location information of all preset mobile devices.

Step 402: The smart home control device determines whether all the preset mobile devices are outside the specified range, and if yes, determines that the state is the leaving state, and finds the smart home device identifier and the control state information corresponding to the leaving state from the mapping relationship.

Step 403: The smart home control device converts the control state information into a state control instruction that satisfies the requirements of the corresponding smart home device.

Step 404: The smart home control device sends the converted state control command to at least one smart home device corresponding to the smart home device identifier, and performs device state control.

6 is a schematic structural diagram of a system for controlling a smart home device according to the present invention, such a system includes a smart home control device 12 and smart home devices 13a-13z;

The smart home control device 12 acquires a control message, and when the preset mobile device 14 is outside the specified range, the control message is triggered, and the control message includes the smart home device identifier and the corresponding control state information; and the control state information is converted into the corresponding wisdom. a control command required by the home equipment 13a~13z; sending the converted control command to the smart home device 13a~13z corresponding to the smart home device identifier; The smart home devices 13a to 13z receive the state control commands from the smart home control device 12, and perform state setting in accordance with the state control commands.

In another embodiment, the system for controlling the smart home devices 13a-13z further includes a preset mobile device 14 and a network server 15, and the preset mobile device 14 includes a first location information acquiring module 140 and a first control. The first location information acquisition module 140 obtains its own location information and sends it to the first control message processing module 141. The first control message processing module 141 receives the first location information acquisition module. The location information of 140 determines whether the acquired location information is outside the specified range, and if so, searches for the smart home device identifier and corresponding control status information that need to be remotely controlled from the local record, and the smart home device that will be found The identification and control status information is included in the control message, and the control message and the device identifier are sent to the network server 15; the network server 15 receives the control message and the device identifier from the first control message processing module 141, and controls The message is sent to the smart home control device 12 corresponding to the device identification.

In another embodiment, the system for controlling the smart home devices 13a-13z further includes a preset mobile device 14 and a network server 15, and the preset mobile device 14 includes at least one slave mobile device and one master mobile device. The slave mobile device and the master mobile device respectively include a second location information acquiring module 142. The master mobile device includes a second control message processing module 143. The second location information acquiring module 142 obtains the slave mobile device and the master respectively. The location information of the mobile device is transmitted to the second control message processing module 143. The second control message processing module 143 determines whether all the preset mobile devices 14 are based on the location information and the location information of all the slave mobile devices. Outside the specified range, if yes, find the smart home device identification and corresponding control status information that need remote control from the record of the master mobile device, and include the smart home device identification and control status information that is found in the control. In the message, the control message and the device identifier are sent to the network server 15; the network server 15 is connected. The control message and the control device identifier from the second control message processing module 143 are received, and the control message is sent to the smart home control device 12 corresponding to the device identifier.

In another embodiment, the system for controlling the smart home devices 13a-13z further The at least one preset mobile device 14 and the network server 15 are included; each preset mobile device 14 includes a third location information acquiring module 144, and the smart home control device 12 includes a third control message processing module 120; The information obtaining module 144 obtains the location information of the preset mobile device and transmits the location information to the network server 15; the network server 15 receives the location information from the third location information acquiring module 144, corresponding to the preset mobile device. The location information is stored in the location database; the location information of the preset mobile device from the third control message processing module 120 is received, and the location information corresponding to the preset mobile device is extracted from the location database. The information is sent to the smart home control device 12; the third control message processing module 120 pre-sets a mapping relationship table, where the mapping relationship table includes a mapping relationship between the state information of the preset mobile device 14 and the control message, and the control information in the mapping relationship Including smart home device identification and control status information; sending a location acquisition request to the network server 15, receiving the feedback from the network server 15 The location information is used to determine whether all the preset mobile devices 14 are outside the specified range. If yes, the status is determined to be the leaving state, and the smart home device identification and control status information corresponding to the leaving state are searched from the mapping relationship. Control message.

In another embodiment, the control status information acquired by the smart home control device 12 includes an open state or a closed state; the smart home control device 12 sends an open command or a close command to the smart home devices 13a 13z corresponding to the smart home device identifier; The smart home devices 13a-13z receive state control commands from the smart home control device 12 to turn the smart home devices 13a-13z on or off.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalents, improvements, etc., which are made within the spirit and principles of the present invention, should be included in the present invention. Within the scope of protection.

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Claims (7)

A method for controlling a smart home device includes: acquiring a control message by a smart home control device, and triggering the control message when at least one preset mobile device is outside a specified range, the control message including at least one smart home device Identifying and corresponding at least one control status information; the smart home control device converts the at least one control status information into at least one status control instruction that meets a requirement of the corresponding plurality of smart home devices, wherein the smart home devices are different types a device device, and the smart home control device can process an instruction format of a different type of device device; the smart home control device transmits the converted at least one state control command to the smarts corresponding to the at least one smart home device identifier a home device that performs device state control; the at least one preset mobile device includes at least one slave mobile device and a master mobile device; and the master mobile device acquires at least one location information of the at least one slave mobile device, or At least one slave action device week To this manner corresponding to the master mobile device transmits the at least one location. According to the method for controlling the smart home device according to the first aspect of the patent application, the step of the smart home control device acquiring the control message further includes: the at least one preset mobile device acquiring a location information of the preset; the at least one pre- Setting, by the mobile device, whether the acquired location information is outside the specified range, and if yes, searching for the at least one smart home device identifier that needs to be remotely controlled from the record of the at least one preset mobile device and corresponding at least And controlling the status information, and the found at least one smart home device identifier and the at least one control status information are included in the control message and sent to the smart home control device. The method for controlling a smart home device according to claim 1, wherein the master mobile device determines whether the at least one slave is based on one location information of the user and the at least one location information of the at least one slave mobile device The mobile device and the master mobile device are in the Outside the specified range, if yes, the at least one smart home device identifier and the corresponding at least one control status information that need to be remotely controlled are searched from the record of the master mobile device, and the at least one smart home will be found. The device identifier and the at least one control state information are sent to the smart home control device in the control message; wherein the smart home control device may preset a mapping relationship table, where the mapping relationship table includes at least one preset mobile device The status information and the at least one control message, the at least one preset mobile device status information and the at least one control message have at least one mapping relationship, and the control information in the at least one mapping relationship includes the at least one smart home device identifier and The at least one control status information; the step of the smart home control device acquiring the at least one control message further comprises: the smart home control device acquiring location information of at least one preset mobile device, the smart home control device determining whether the at least one pre- Set the mobile devices to be outside the specified range, and if so, Determine the at least one predetermined status information to mobile devices leave the state, and to find out from the mapping relationship and leave the state corresponding to the at least one home device identification and the wisdom of the at least one control state information. According to the method for controlling the smart home device according to the third aspect of the patent application, the step of the smart home control device acquiring the location information of the at least one preset mobile device further comprises: the smart home control device to a network server Requesting location information of the at least one preset mobile device; the network server extracts location information corresponding to the at least one preset mobile device from a location database, and feeds back to the smart home control device; the location database is saved The location information transmitted by the at least one preset mobile device. A system for controlling a smart home device, the system for controlling a smart home device includes a smart home control device, a network server, and a plurality of smart home devices, wherein the plurality of smart home devices are different types of devices The device, and the system for controlling the smart home device can process an instruction format of different kinds of device devices; the smart home control device acquires a control message when at least one preset mobile device is in a designated Excluding the control message, the control message includes at least one smart home device identifier and corresponding at least one control state information; converting the at least one control state information into one or more control commands that meet the at least one smart home device requirement Transmitting the converted at least one control command to the at least one smart home device corresponding to the at least one smart home device identifier; the plurality of smart home devices respectively receiving a corresponding state control command from the smart home control device And setting the state according to the state control command; wherein the at least one preset mobile device includes a first location information acquiring module and a first control message processing module; the first location information acquiring module acquires its own a location information is sent to the first control message processing module; the first control message processing module receives the location information from the first location information acquisition module, and determines the obtained location information. Whether it is outside the specified range, and if so, from the record of the preset mobile device Searching for the at least one smart home device identifier and the corresponding at least one control state information that need to be remotely controlled, generating a control message according to the found at least one smart home device identifier and the at least one control state information, The control message and a smart home control device identifier are sent to the network server; the network server receives the control message from the first control message processing module and the smart home control device identifier, and the control message is Sending to the smart home control device corresponding to the smart home control device identifier. A system for controlling a smart home device according to claim 5, wherein the preset mobile device further comprises at least one slave mobile device and a master mobile device, the at least one slave mobile device and the master mobile device Each of the master mobile devices includes a second control information processing module, and the second location information acquisition module can periodically acquire the master mobile device and the slaves. A location information of the mobile device is transmitted to the second control message processing module; the second control message processing module can actively obtain the master mobile device and the dependent actions The location information of the device, and determining, according to the location information of the master mobile device and the location information of the slave mobile devices, whether the slave mobile devices and the master mobile device are outside the designated range, if If yes, the at least one smart home device identifier that needs to be remotely controlled and the corresponding at least one control state information are searched from the record of the master mobile device, and the at least one smart home device identifier and the at least a control status information is included in a control message, the control message and a smart home control device identifier are sent to the network server; and the network server receives the control from the second control message processing module The message and the smart home control device identifier transmit the control message to the smart home control device corresponding to the smart home control device identifier. . The system for controlling the smart home device according to claim 5, further comprising a network server, wherein the at least one preset mobile device comprises a third location information acquiring module, the smart home control device The third control information processing module includes: at least one third location information acquiring module, respectively acquiring at least one location information of the at least one preset mobile device, and transmitting the information to the network server; the network server, Receiving the at least one location information from the at least one third location information acquiring module, storing the at least one location information corresponding to the at least one preset mobile device in a location database, and receiving the third control message Receiving, by the processing module, at least one location acquisition request of the at least one preset mobile device, extracting, by the location database, the at least one location information corresponding to the at least one preset mobile device, and feeding back to the smart home control device; The third control message processing module pre-sets a mapping relationship table, where the mapping relationship table includes at least one preset mobile device state At least one mapping relationship between the information and the at least one control message, the at least one control message in the at least one mapping relationship includes the at least one smart home device identifier and the at least one control state information, the third control message processing mode The group sends the at least one location acquisition request to the network server, and receives the at least one location information fed back by the network server, determining whether the at least one preset mobile device is outside the designated range, and if yes, determining The state is a leaving state, and the at least one smart home device corresponding to the leaving state is found out from the at least one mapping relationship And identifying the at least one control status information as the control message acquired by the smart home control device.