阅读说明：本技术 居家设备控制系统及其方法 (Household equipment control system and method thereof ) 是由 吕兴宏 于 2019-03-22 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供一种居家设备控制系统及其方法,系统包括监控装置、移动通讯装置及居家控制闸道器。移动通讯装置提供第一操作界面用以接收连线请求,依据连线请求经由区域网络登录至监控装置并且产生识别码。居家控制闸道器包括微处理器模块、预存储识别码的存储模块、闸道管理模块及第二通讯电路。第二通讯电路接收并且传送识别码及设备控制指令至闸道管理模块,且闸道管理模块判断识别码相同于预存储的识别码的其中之一时,启动设备控制指令所对应的至少一居家设备对应的居家控制功能。(The invention provides a household equipment control system and a method thereof. The mobile communication device provides a first operation interface for receiving a connection request, logs in to the monitoring device through the local area network according to the connection request and generates an identification code. The household control gateway comprises a microprocessor module, a storage module for pre-storing identification codes, a gateway management module and a second communication circuit. The second communication circuit receives and transmits the identification code and the equipment control instruction to the gateway management module, and when the gateway management module judges that the identification code is the same as one of the pre-stored identification codes, the gateway management module starts a home control function corresponding to at least one home equipment corresponding to the equipment control instruction.)

1. A home appliance control system comprising:

the monitoring device comprises a control server and a first communication circuit;

the mobile communication devices are used for providing a first operation interface for receiving a connection request, wherein the mobile communication devices log in the control server through a local area network according to the connection request and generate identification codes; and

a home control gateway, comprising:

a microprocessor module;

a memory module coupled to the microprocessor module and pre-storing one or more identification codes;

a gateway management module coupled to the microprocessor module; and

a second communication circuit coupled to the microprocessor module and the gateway management module,

wherein the second communication circuit receives the identification code and the device control command via the first communication circuit and transmits the identification code and the device control command to the gateway management module, the device control command is used for instructing to turn on or turn off a home control function corresponding to at least one home device,

when the gateway management module judges that the identification code is identical to one of one or more identification codes prestored in the storage module, the gateway management module starts the home control function corresponding to at least one home device corresponding to the device control instruction.

2. The home device control system of claim 1, wherein the monitoring apparatus is a digital video recorder.

3. The home appliance control system of claim 1, wherein the identification code and the appliance control command conform to a transmission format of a PTZ protocol, the first communication circuit transmitting the identification code and the appliance control command to the gateway management module according to the PTZ protocol.

4. The home appliance control system of claim 1, wherein the identification code is generated according to a user name and a password registered to the control server via the local area network.

5. The home device control system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of identification codes are pre-stored to the storage module by manual input.

6. The home device control system of claim 1, wherein the number of the plurality of identification codes is less than a predefined value.

7. The home appliance control system of claim 1, wherein the first operation interface is accessed with a browser or accessed with a mobile device application.

8. The home device control system of claim 1, wherein the area network is a wired area network or a wireless area network.

9. A home appliance control method, comprising:

pre-storing one or more identification codes;

receiving a connection request, logging in a control server of a monitoring device through a local area network according to the connection request and generating an identification code;

receiving and transmitting the identification code and a device control command, wherein the device control command is used for instructing to turn on or turn off a home control function corresponding to at least one home device,

and when the identification code is judged to be the same as one of the pre-stored or multiple identification codes, starting the home control function corresponding to at least one home device corresponding to the device control instruction.

10. The home appliance control method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the monitoring device is a digital video recorder.

11. The home device control method according to claim 9, wherein the step of receiving and transmitting the identification code and the device control command instructing to turn on or off at least the home control function corresponding to the home device further comprises:

and transmitting the identification code and the equipment control command which conform to the transmission format of the PTZ communication protocol according to the PTZ communication protocol.

12. The home appliance control method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the step of receiving the connection request, logging in to the control server of the monitoring apparatus via the area network according to the connection request and generating the plurality of identification codes further comprises:

the identification code is generated according to the name and password of the user logged in the control server through the local area network.

13. The home device control method of claim 9, wherein the pre-storing the plurality of identification codes further comprises:

and pre-storing the plurality of identification codes in a manual input mode.

14. The home device control method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the number of the plurality of identification codes is less than a predefined value.

15. The home appliance control method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the step of receiving the connection request, logging in to the control server of the monitoring apparatus via the area network according to the connection request and generating the identification code further comprises:

accessing the connection request by a browser or receiving the connection request by a mobile device application, logging in to the control server of the monitoring device via the local area network according to the connection request and generating the identification code.

16. The home device control method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the area network is a wired area network or a wireless area network.

Technical Field

The invention relates to a household control technology, in particular to a household equipment control system and a household equipment control method.

Background

The rapid development of computer technology has led to the development of many automated devices, such as washing machines, dish washing machines, and floor sweeping robots, in the daily life of the general public. In addition, as the population structure of the home changes, the social work pattern changes, so that the manpower invested in the home business is gradually replaced by the machine. Can integrally manage and control various electric appliances or equipment in home, such as: the integration schemes of lighting lamps, televisions, security systems, air conditioners, audio-visual sound devices and the like are continuously showing new, and the terms of Smart Home (Smart Home), digital Home (digital Home), Electronic Home (Electronic Home), Home Automation (Home Automation) and the like also appear in succession.

The Home Automation Control System (Home Automation Control System) utilizes Automation equipment, computer software technology and program application, and combines with Home equipment, such as televisions, electric cookers, air conditioners, refrigerators, gas switches, alarm systems, security systems, monitoring systems and other equipment, to improve the Home comfort and Home safety. The home automation control system usually includes a control system and a control host, and a user issues a control command through the control system and drives each device through the control host. In addition, through various wireless communication transmission technologies, such as GPRS, WiFi, WiMAX, 3G or 4G …, even when going on a business trip, on vacation, or on a tour, the internet can still be connected through the network connection function of the devices such as mobile phones and notebook computers, so as to remotely control the devices in the home, or to start security and monitor the home situation, thereby providing greater flexibility and convenience.

The present invention relates to a monitoring system, and more particularly, to a monitoring system for remotely controlling a home device, which can be used for monitoring a home device.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a household equipment control system and a method thereof, which are combined with the existing monitoring system to enable a user to simply, conveniently and safely carry out remote control on household equipment.

The invention provides a household equipment control system, which comprises: the monitoring device, at least one mobile communication device and the home control gateway. The monitoring device comprises a control server and a first communication circuit. The mobile communication devices provide a first operation interface for receiving a connection request, log in to the control server through a local area network according to the connection request and generate an identification code. The household control gateway comprises a microprocessor module, a storage module, a gateway management module and a second communication circuit. The memory module is coupled to the microprocessor module and pre-stores one or more identification codes. The gateway management module is coupled to the microprocessor module. The second communication circuit is coupled to the microprocessor module and the gateway management module, wherein the second communication circuit receives the identification code and the equipment control instruction through the first communication circuit and transmits the identification code and the equipment control instruction to the gateway management module, the equipment control instruction is used for indicating to turn on or turn off the home control function corresponding to at least one home equipment, and when the gateway management module judges that the identification code is the same as one of one or more identification codes prestored by the storage module, the gateway management module starts the home control function corresponding to the at least one home equipment corresponding to the equipment control instruction.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, in the home appliance control system, the monitoring device is a digital video recorder.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, in the home device control system, the identification code and the device control command conform to a transmission format of a PTZ protocol, and the first communication circuit transmits the identification code and the device control command to the gateway management module according to the PTZ protocol.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, in the household appliance control system, the identification code is generated according to a user name and a password which are logged in the control server through the local area network.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, in the household appliance control system, the identification codes are pre-stored in the storage module in a manual input manner.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, in the household appliance control system, the number of the identification codes is smaller than a predefined value.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, in the home appliance control system, the first operation interface is accessed by a browser or accessed by a mobile device application.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, in the home device control system, the area network is a wired area network or a wireless area network.

The invention provides a household equipment control method, which comprises the following steps: pre-storing one or more identification codes; receiving a connection request, logging in a control server of the monitoring device through a local area network according to the connection request and generating an identification code; receiving and transmitting an identification code and a device control instruction, wherein the device control instruction is used for indicating to turn on or turn off a home control function corresponding to at least one home device; and when the identification code is judged to be the same as one of the one or more pre-stored identification codes, starting a home control function corresponding to at least one home device corresponding to the device control instruction.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, in the household appliance control method, the monitoring device is a digital video recorder.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, in the method for controlling home devices, the step of receiving and transmitting the identification code and the device control command, wherein the device control command indicates to turn on or off the home control function corresponding to at least one home device further includes: and transmitting the identification code and the equipment control command which conform to the transmission format of the PTZ communication protocol according to the PTZ communication protocol.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, in the method for controlling home equipment, the step of receiving a connection request, logging in to a control server of the monitoring device via a local area network according to the connection request and generating an identification code further includes: the identification code is generated according to the user name and password logged in the control server through the LAN.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the method for controlling home devices, wherein the step of pre-storing the identification codes further includes: and pre-storing the identification codes in a manual input mode.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, in the method for controlling home devices, the number of the identification codes is smaller than a predefined value.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the method for controlling home equipment, wherein the step of receiving a connection request, logging in to a control server of the monitoring device via a local area network according to the connection request and generating an identification code further includes: the browser is used for accessing or the mobile device application program is used for receiving the connection request, and the control server of the monitoring device is logged in through the local area network according to the connection request and generates the identification code.

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the home device control method includes that the local area network is a wired local area network or a wireless local area network.

Based on the above, the home device control system and the method thereof provided by the invention combine the existing monitoring system, and the monitoring system transmits the identification code and the device control command conforming to the transmission format of the PTZ communication protocol to the home control gateway by using the PTZ communication protocol, so that the home control function corresponding to the home device is remotely controlled according to the device control command, and a user can simply, conveniently and safely remotely control the home device.

In order to make the aforementioned and other features and advantages of the invention more comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a remote home control according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a home control system according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a home control gateway, according to an example embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a first operation interface of the mobile communication device according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a home control system according to an example embodiment.

Description of the reference numerals

10: household control system

20: household control gateway

30: regional network

40: mobile communication device

50: mobile telephone network

60: monitoring device

102: power supply apparatus

104: lighting device

106: security device

108: air conditioning equipment

110: household appliance

112: audio-visual entertainment equipment

602: control server

604: first communication circuit

402: first operation interface

202: microprocessor module

204: memory module

206: gateway management module

208: second communication circuit

S501: the step of pre-storing one or more identification codes in a storage module

S503: receiving a connection request through a first operation interface, logging in a control server through a local area network according to the connection request and generating an identification code

S505: receiving and transmitting the identification code and a device control command through the first communication circuit, wherein the device control command is used for instructing the step of turning on or turning off the home control function corresponding to at least one home device

S507: judging whether the identification code is identical to one of one or more pre-stored identification codes

S509: starting a home control function corresponding to at least one home device corresponding to the device control instruction

S511: not starting the home control function corresponding to at least one home device corresponding to the device control instruction

Detailed Description

With the maturity of network technology, if the steps of user identity confirmation can be simplified by combining with the existing monitoring system and a safe remote control mode is provided, it is imperative that the automatic home control system can be operated more conveniently and easily. The present invention has been developed based on the above-mentioned concept.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a remote home control system according to an example embodiment.

Referring to fig. 1, the remote home control environment generally includes home devices, a home control gateway 20, a local area network 30, a mobile communication device 40, a mobile phone network 50 and a monitoring device 60.

The home devices include a power supply device 102, a lighting device 104, a security device 106, an air conditioning device 108, a home device 110, and an audio-visual entertainment device 112. However, it should be understood that the home appliance is not limited to the above, and the home appliance is not limited to the invention. For example, the power device 102, the lighting device 104, the security device 106, the air conditioning device 108, the home device 110, and the audio/visual entertainment device 112 respectively have a control chip or a control circuit for receiving the device control command from the home control gateway 20 and performing the functional operation of the corresponding home device according to the device control command.

The home control gateway 20 has one or more communication channels through which a user can communicate with the home control gateway 20 to remotely control the home devices.

The local area network 30 is a wireless local area network (Wi-Fi) established according to the local area network protocol transmission standard, and the home control gateway 20 can communicate with other electronic devices having network connection capability through the local area network 30. For example, the local area network transmission standard is an 802.11 series transmission standard according to the internet protocol, which is established by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), however, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the local area network 30 may be a wired local area network.

The mobile communication device 40 is a user's mobile communication equipment, and includes a subscriber identity Module Card (SIM Card). The mobile communication device 40 is, for example, a cellular Phone (Cell Phone), a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) mobile Phone, a Smart Phone (Smart Phone), or the like, and the invention is not limited to the type of the mobile communication device 40.

The Mobile phone network 50 provides telecommunication services For telecommunication service providers, such as Global System For Mobile Communications (GSM), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), or Personal Handy-phone System (PHS), etc.

The monitoring device 60 has one or more communication channels, and the user can transmit the identification code and the device control command to the home control gateway 20 via the communication channels according to the PTZ communication protocol to communicate with the home control gateway 20 for remote control of the home device.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a home control system according to an example embodiment, and fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a home control gateway according to an example embodiment.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, in an exemplary embodiment, the home control system 10 includes a mobile communication device 40, a monitoring device 60, and a home control gateway 20.

The monitoring device 60 includes a control server 602 and a first communication circuit 604. In an exemplary embodiment, the monitoring device 60 may be a Digital Video Recorder (DVR). The mobile communication device 40 used by the user can communicate with the home control gateway 20 by transmitting the identification code and the device control command to the home control gateway 20 via the first communication circuit 604 according to the PTZ communication protocol.

The mobile communication device 40 provides a first operation interface 402 for receiving a connection request. For example, the first operation interface 402 is a web control interface (i.e., accessed through a browser) or a mobile device Application (APP) interface for remote operation.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a first operation interface of the mobile communication device according to an example embodiment.

Referring to fig. 2 to 4, a user inputs a user name and a password through the first operation interface 402 to receive a connection request, transmits the connection request through the lan 30 and logs in to the control server 602, and after receiving the connection request and logging in to the control server 602, the control server 602 generates a unique identification code according to the user name and the password. The unique identification code is generated according to the user name and the password, for example, the identification code can be the user name. When it is confirmed that the connection request of the mobile communication device 40 is allowed, the control right for controlling the home control system 10 can be obtained, and the user can input a device control command through the first operation interface 402 to turn on or off the home control function corresponding to the home device in the home control system 10.

The home control gateway 20 includes a microprocessor module 202, a memory module 204, a gateway management module 206, and a second communication circuit 208.

In the present exemplary embodiment, the Microprocessor module 202 is, for example, a Central Processing Unit (CPU) or other Programmable Microprocessor (Microprocessor), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a Programmable controller, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Programmable logic Device (Programmable L organic Device, P L D), or the like.

The memory module 204 is coupled to the microprocessor module 202. The memory module 204 may be an embedded memory unit or an external memory unit. The embedded Memory unit may be a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Flash Memory (Flash Memory), a magnetic disk storage device (magnetic disk storage device), and the like. The external memory unit may be a Compact Flash (CF) memory card, a Secure Digital (SD) memory card, a Micro Secure Digital (Micro SD) memory card, a Memory Stick (MS), or the like. Specifically, in the exemplary embodiment, the storage module 204 is configured to store one or more identification codes, and may also store one or more programs or applications, and an operating system, for controlling the operation of the home control gateway 20.

In addition, before the user wants to perform the remote home control operation through the home control gateway 20, the user must pre-store the identification code in the storage module 204 of the home control gateway 20. In this exemplary embodiment, the user may store one or more identification codes.

In an exemplary embodiment, the home control gateway 20 provides a second operation interface through which the user can store the identification code into the storage module 204 by manual input. For example, in the case of storing the identification code in the storage module 204 of the home control gateway 20 by manual input, the second operation interface of the home control gateway 20 may include an input screen of the identification code, and the user may manually input the identification code through an electronic device having a physical keyboard or a virtual keyboard. For another example, the user can input the pre-stored identification code into the short message through the mobile communication device and transmit the short message to the home control gateway 20 for storage. For another example, the user can also use the phone keypad to input the identification code into the home control gateway 20 for storage through the voice operation service provided by the home control gateway 20. In the exemplary embodiment, the number of the identification codes that can be stored may be less than a predefined value, wherein the predefined value is estimated according to the capacity of the storage module 204.

The gateway management module 206 is coupled to the microprocessor module 202. The second communication circuit 208 is coupled to the microprocessor module 202 and the gateway management module 206.

In the present exemplary embodiment, the second communication circuit 208 receives the identification code and the device control command via the first communication circuit 604 and transmits the identification code and the device control command to the gateway management module 206, wherein the first communication circuit 604 transmits the identification code and the device control command to the gateway management module 206 according to the PTZ communication protocol.

The gateway management module 206 indicates the current control state of the home control gateway 20 as an on mode, an off mode, or others. For example, when the control state of the home control gateway 20 is the on mode, the representative home control gateway 20 allows remote control of the home devices. For example, when the control state of the home control gateway 20 is the off mode, it represents that the home control gateway 20 does not allow the remote control of the home device. The invention is not limited in this respect to the aspects contained in the control state. For example, the device control instructions are used to correspond to turning on and off the lighting device 104. For example, the device control command is used to correspond to turning on and off of the air conditioner 108. For example, the device control command is used to correspond to a temperature adjustment of the air conditioning device 108. For example, the device control instructions may correspond to turning on and off the audiovisual entertainment device 112. The invention does not limit the actuation of the device control command and the home control function corresponding to the home device. For example, the functions of the gateway management module 206 are implemented in the form of program code and stored in the storage module 204. Moreover, when the home control gateway 20 is powered on, the microprocessor 202 runs the program codes to execute the functions of the gateway management module 206.

In addition, when the gateway management module 206 determines that the identification code is identical to one of the one or more identification codes pre-stored in the storage module 204, the gateway management module 206 identifies that the connection request received from the mobile communication device 40 via the local area network 30 is allowed, and the gateway management module 206 starts the home control function corresponding to the at least one home device corresponding to the device control instruction.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a home appliance control method according to an example embodiment.

Referring to fig. 5, in step S501, the user pre-stores one or more identification codes in the storage module 204 by manual input. For example, the identification codes may be pre-stored in the storage module by manually inputting the identification codes through the second operation interface of the home control gateway 20. And the number of identification codes is less than a predefined value.

In step S503, the mobile communication device 40 receives the connection request through the first operation interface 402, logs in to the control server 602 through the local area network 30 according to the connection request, and generates the identification code. The first operation interface 402 is accessed by a browser or a mobile device application.

In step S505, the second communication circuit 208 receives and transmits the identification code and the device control command to the gateway management module 206 via the first communication circuit 604, wherein the device control command is used to instruct to turn on or turn off the home control function corresponding to at least one home device. The identification code is generated by the user name and password logged into the control server 602 through the local area network 30 according to the connection request.

In step S507, the gateway management module 206 determines whether the identification code is identical to one of the one or more identification codes pre-stored in the storage module 204.

In step S509, if the gateway management module 206 determines that the identification code is identical to one of the one or more identification codes pre-stored in the storage module 204, the gateway management module 206 starts a home control function corresponding to at least one home device corresponding to the device control instruction.

In step S511, if the gateway management module 206 determines that the identification code is not identical to one of the one or more identification codes pre-stored in the storage module 204, the gateway management module 206 does not start the home control function corresponding to the at least one home device corresponding to the device control instruction.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, in an exemplary embodiment, assuming that the user returns to home and wants to open the door using the mobile communication device 40 through the first operation interface 402, first, the user inputs a user name and a password through the first operation interface 402 to receive a connection request, the mobile communication device 40 logs in to the control server 602 through the local area network 30 according to the connection request, and the control server 602 generates an identification code. Moreover, the user can also input a device control command through the first operation interface 402, and the device control command is used for instructing to open the door lock of the gate. The control server 602 transmits the transport format identifier and the device control command conforming to the PTZ protocol to the home control gateway 20 via the first communication circuit 604. Specifically, the home control gateway 20 determines whether the identification code is identical to one of the pre-stored identification codes. When the identification code is confirmed to be the same as the pre-stored identification code, the home control gateway 20 determines that the connection request is allowed, and instructs to open the door lock of the gate according to the device control instruction. Thereby opening the gate to enable the user to smoothly enter the home.

To sum up, the home device control system and method of the embodiment of the invention transmit the identification code and the device control command conforming to the transmission format of the PTZ communication protocol to the home control gateway 20 through the existing DVR device, so as to remotely control the home control function corresponding to the home device according to the device control command. Therefore, the user can simply, easily, conveniently and safely control the household equipment through the remote end of the mobile communication device.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the above embodiments, it should be understood that various changes and modifications can be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.