Communication network
阅读说明:本技术 通信网络 (Communication network ) 是由 D·富尔曼 S·克莱因 于 2018-06-18 设计创作,主要内容包括:本发明涉及用于在车辆(2)和家居设备(3)之间数据交换的通信网络(1),具有家居局域网(5)、在各个家居设备(3)与局域网(5)之间的通信接口(6)、在车辆(2)和配属于车辆(2)的应用(9)之间的至少一个通信连接(14)、用于使应用(9)与家居局域网(5)连接的转接功能,该转接功能设计用于所述应用(9)与各个家居设备(3)之间的数据交换。本发明的通信网络(1)的特点是,通过至少一个关联表(12)将车辆(2)的状态信号或家居设备(3)的状态信号与家居设备(3)的功能或车辆功能对应关联。(The invention relates to a communication network (1) for exchanging data between a vehicle (2) and a domestic device (3), comprising a domestic local area network (5), a communication interface (6) between the respective domestic device (3) and the local area network (5), at least one communication connection (14) between the vehicle (2) and an application (9) associated with the vehicle (2), and a switching function for connecting the application (9) to the domestic local area network (5), which switching function is designed for exchanging data between the application (9) and the respective domestic device (3). The communication network (1) according to the invention is characterized in that the status signals of the vehicle (2) or of the domestic appliance (3) are associated with the functions of the domestic appliance (3) or vehicle functions by means of at least one association table (12).)
1. A communication network (1) for exchanging data between a vehicle (2) and a domestic device (3), having a domestic local area network (5), a communication interface (6) between the respective domestic device (3) and the domestic local area network (5), at least one communication connection (14) between the vehicle (2) and an application (9) associated with the vehicle (2), a switching function for connecting the application (9) to the domestic local area network (5), which switching function is designed for exchanging data between the application (9) and the respective domestic device (3),
it is characterized in that the preparation method is characterized in that,
the status signal (15) of the vehicle (2) or the status signal (15) of the domestic device (3) is correspondingly associated with the function of the domestic device (3) or the vehicle function by means of at least one association table (12), in order to characterize the status signal (15) of the vehicle (2) by the function of the domestic device (3) and in order to characterize the status signal (15) of the domestic device (3) by the vehicle function.
2. Communication network (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the switching function forwards the data to a defined device (3) or vehicle function according to at least one association table (12), wherein the defined device (3) or vehicle function is designed to: performing a function predetermined by or corresponding to said data stored in the association table (12).
3. Communication network (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a first association table (12) is present in particular for the direction of communication from the vehicle (2) to the home local area network (5).
4. Communication network (1) according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that a second association table (12) is present in particular for the direction of communication from the home local area network (5) to a vehicle (2).
5. A communication network (1) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that said application (9) is designed to be independent of said home local area network (5) and of the vehicle (2) and to allow indirect communication between said vehicle (2) and said home local area network (5).
6. The communication network (1) according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said at least one association table (12) is located in said application (9).
7. The communication network (1) according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said application (9) is executable on an external server (10), in particular an external server (10) of a service provider.
8. The communication network (1) according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application (9) is designed as an internet application and/or as an application on a mobile terminal (26), in particular, or is provided as a user interface.
9. The communication network (1) according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said transfer function is realized by means of an internet connection between said application (9) and a router (11) of said home local area network (5).
10. Communication network (1) according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said communication connection (14) is realized by a radio connection.
11. The communication network (1) according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the home local area network (5) is implemented in the form of a WLAN and/or a bluetooth network.
12. A method for associating a vehicle function with a function of a domestic appliance (3) with each other in a communication network (1) according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the function of the domestic appliance (3) executes a function state characterizing the status signal (15) of the vehicle (2) and the function of the vehicle (2) executes a function state characterizing the status signal (15) of the domestic appliance (3).
13. Method according to claim 12, characterized in that the corresponding association of function execution and function status is performed by means of said at least one association table (12).
14. Method according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that the supplementary display of the functional status is carried out by a mobile terminal (26).
15. Method according to claim 14, characterized in that the functions of the vehicle (2) and/or the functions of the domestic appliance (3) can be triggered by a, in particular, mobile terminal (26).
16. Method according to claim 13, 14 or 15, characterized in that the at least one association table (12) can be changed or at least configured with parameters by means of a, in particular, mobile terminal (26).
17. The method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the operating interface of the in particular mobile terminal (26) provides an option in the first highest level (27) between the functionality of the domestic device (3) and the functionality of the vehicle (2).
18. A method according to claim 17, characterised in that the operator interface provides the possibility in a second level (24) for managing the functions of the domestic appliance or of the vehicle (2), depending on the choice in the first highest level (27).
19. A method according to claim 17 or 18, characterized in that the operator interface provides a status display for the success or the failure of the functional check of the household device (3) and/or of the vehicle (2).
20. A method according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the characterization of the functional status is performed by the adjustment of light in the domestic appliance (3) and/or the vehicle (2).
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a communication network for data exchange between a household appliance and a vehicle according to the type defined in detail in the preamble of claim 1. The invention also relates to a method of associating vehicle functions with home equipment functions in such a communication network.
Background
In the home sector, more and more network-enabled home appliances are emerging which are connected to one another via a local area network, such as a wired or wireless network, and which can be controlled, for example, by an application, preferably a mobile terminal, such as a smartphone. The control access is generally carried out through a home local area network, and the local area network is generally connected to the internet, so that the home local area network can be remotely accessed in the world, and the home equipment can be accessed finally. If remote access via a longer distance is not necessary, a wireless interface for a mobile device, WLAN communication or bluetooth communication is taken as an alternative for controlling the household device. Examples of such home appliances that can be networked are, for example, refrigerators, televisions and, in particular, lighting devices, which can be controlled by programming with regard to the switching times, the light colors produced, etc. Also referred to in this connection as smart home or smart home application.
The prior art in the form of DE 102012202688 a1 now discloses networking between at least sometimes an electric vehicle (which can be charged via the domestic network) and at least a charging station (which is part of a network-enabled household device). The charging of the vehicle battery can be controlled accordingly via a terminal, for example a smartphone, so that the current from the renewable energy source (if available) can be used as long as the vehicle is not used immediately. In this way, the energy mix can be optimized, so that, for example, vehicle charging can be carried out predominantly with regenerative energy. Another important possibility is that the vehicle can feed back to the mobile terminal, so that it can be seen on the mobile terminal whether the vehicle battery is fully charged. However, this always requires the user to reach the mobile terminal, which is correspondingly complicated, for example, as a result of frequent interaction with the mobile terminal when the user wants to continuously know the charging state of his vehicle battery.
US 2016/0261425 a1 describes a communication network between smart homes, vehicles and the cloud and applications (so-called apps). Through the communication network, function control and remote control through data transmission by means of the cloud can be realized. For example, the thermostat may be turned up when the vehicle is near a smart home.
The professional article "Practical trigger-action programming in the smart home" (conference record of human factors in the computing system of SIGCHI convention, toronto, ontario, canada, page 803-.
Furthermore, the incorporation of vehicles into such a communication environment is known from the specialist article "Proof of Concept of Home IoT connected vehicles" (Colotta M. editor, Sensors, Basel, Switzerland, 2017.06.17,1289) http:// doi.Org/10.3390/sl 7061289 by KIM, Y et al.
With regard to other prior art, reference may be made to DE 102009019753 a1, which finally shows an intelligent charging station that communicates with the vehicle via the server of the electric power service provider to control the charging process and simplify charging billing.
DE 102008022771 a1 discloses transmitting vehicle sensor data and diagnostic data to a server in a similar situation. By means of a telecommunication connection, such as GPRS, UMTS or LTE or another form of radio standard, vehicle sensor data can be collected, so that the functional status of the vehicle can be determined. The data can then be transmitted continuously or as needed, for example, as diagnostic data to a server of the service provider, in order to prepare the vehicle in the factory in the event of a vehicle service check, so that repairs can be carried out quickly and efficiently. The user terminal can then be bound in so far as data is transmitted from the vehicle via the user terminal and its telecommunications network to the server, respectively. The data then arrives from the server, for example, at the manufacturer that is scheduled for the next service check, so that the direct communication link between the vehicle and the manufacturer can be dispensed with.
Disclosure of Invention
The object of the present invention is to further develop a communication network having the features of the preamble of claim 1 on the basis of the features of the aforementioned prior art in such a way that the status signals of the vehicle or of the domestic appliances can be visualized in a simple and easily known manner.
According to the invention, this object is achieved by a communication network having the features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments and developments emerge from the dependent claims.
The communication network of the invention is used for data exchange between vehicles and household equipment. The system comprises a home local area network and communication interfaces between home devices and the home local area network. Furthermore, at least one communication link is provided between the vehicle and the application assigned to the vehicle. The application can be run, for example, in the vehicle itself, on a fixed or mobile terminal or, in particular, on an external server, such as a server of a service provider or of a vehicle manufacturer. The communication network according to the invention also comprises a transfer function enabling the application to communicate with the home local area network, the transfer function being designed for exchanging data between the application and the respective home devices. The invention provides that the vehicle status signal or the status signal of the domestic appliance is associated with the domestic appliance function or the vehicle function by means of at least one association table. Thus, the association table within the communication network of the present invention allows: home device specific functions or vehicle functions are performed in a manner independent of user remote control, as is common in traditional smart home applications. It nevertheless exists in parallel with or as a supplement to the teachings of the present invention. The object of the communication network of the invention is that the home local area network, for example, learns comprehensively the current status of the selected vehicle and displays the vehicle status by means of corresponding functions of the home devices. The vehicle battery power can be visually presented, for example, by adjusting the light color of the home lighting device. Communication can also take place in the other direction, so that, for example, an unclosed window in a house is informed to the vehicle by a corresponding sensor of the home and is represented there optically, haptically and/or acoustically, for example by changing the illumination color of the mood interior lighting or other display function. By means of such networking, it is possible, for example, to carry out a reaction of the domestic appliance when a rain sensor as a domestic appliance reacts and the vehicle roof or vehicle roof (if a convertible vehicle) is simultaneously open, which indicates the problem to the vehicle user, for example by the lighting component changing its color in the domestic. Meanwhile, the following control can be carried out: the window or sliding roof or headliner may be closed.
In this case, an advantageous embodiment of the communication network according to the invention provides that the switching function forwards data to a specific device or vehicle function according to at least one association table, wherein the specific device or vehicle function is designed to: performing a function predetermined by or corresponding to the data and stored in the association table. The data may for example contain how the respective household device should react when it arrives from the vehicle at the household device, e.g. a lighting device in the user's house changes its color in a desired way when the vehicle battery is fully charged or a house alarm rings when someone tries to intrude into a vehicle parked in front of the house, etc.
As already described, the communication can take place here not only from the vehicle to the home lan but also in the reverse direction. Ideally, one association table is set for one direction of communication at the time and one association table is set for the other direction of communication.
In this case, the communication network according to the invention is advantageously designed such that the at least one correlation table is located in the application associated with the vehicle. At least one association table or in particular one association table per communication direction can be in particular located in the application. The application plays an important role in the communication network of the present invention, since it ultimately coordinates the implementation of the communication from the vehicle to the application and thus to the home lan and vice versa. It is therefore particularly simple and efficient to provide at least one association table in the application.
In this case, a very advantageous development provides that the application is designed to be independent of the home lan and the vehicle and to allow communication between the vehicle and the home lan. The application then plays a dominant role within the communication network. For this purpose, it is possible to communicate between the application and the vehicle via the application and its connection to the vehicle via communication, in particular electrical communication, for example via GPRS, UMTS, LTE or the like, and on the other hand between the application and the home local area network, for example via an internet connection and a router in the home local area network or the like. This overall functionality is thus possible without having to establish a direct communication connection between the vehicle and the home local area network.
This is particularly advantageous in the case where the application can be run on an external server, in particular a server of a service provider, according to a very advantageous design of the concept. The entire communication can then be made via such an external server. This has the significant advantage that the association between the functions of the home lan and thus of the final home devices and the functions in the vehicle can be made independently of the distance of the vehicle from the home and independently of a direct connection (for example via bluetooth communication or the like) which can in principle also be provided in addition or simultaneously. The driver or user of the vehicle can then also infer the state of his home equipment from functions in his vehicle when he is relatively far away from home, for example, while driving, traveling, etc.
The application can in this case be designed in particular as an internet application and/or as an application on a mobile terminal, such as for example a smartphone, or be controlled by such an application as a user interface. This allows a high level of flexibility and a high user availability, since a very simple and efficient control can thus be achieved, which is practically independent of the location of the user, in particular via a mobile terminal, such as a smartphone, and in particular independent of the extent to which it is close to the household appliance on the one hand and the vehicle on the other hand.
As already described above, according to an advantageous development of the concept, the switchover function can be realized by means of internet communication between the application and the router of the home lan. The communication link between the vehicle and the application can be realized by radio communication. The home lan can be implemented, for example, as a WLAN network and/or a bluetooth network, so that new home devices that are very simple and efficient can be incorporated into the network without requiring wired connections.
Now, the method according to the invention for associating vehicle functions and home equipment functions in such a communication network provides for: the functional state of the vehicle state signal is represented by functional execution of the home device, and the functional execution of the vehicle represents the functional state of the state signal of the home device. Thus, by means of the method according to the invention, the individual states or all states of the vehicle or the domestic appliance can be depicted by corresponding functions in the domestic appliance or the vehicle, so that the user is always informed about the vehicle functions or their domestic appliance functions, whether he is in the home or left in the vehicle. He does not need to study for this the complex display to which he can display functions in multiple levels, but rather the information is simply and efficiently conveyed by the functionality of the home equipment, for example by intervening in the lighting in the home range; or conversely, intervene in the ambient interior lighting within the vehicle.
The corresponding association of the function execution with the function state is performed here by means of at least one association table.
According to an advantageous further development of the method, the functional status and its supplementary visual display can be displayed by a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal can be, for example, a stationary computer or, in particular, a smartphone. In this regard, the functional status may be displayed in addition to information about the home equipment or vehicle functions. According to an advantageous development of the concept, provision can also be made here for the functions of the vehicle and/or the domestic appliance to be able to be triggered by means of a mobile terminal, in particular. Thus, in addition to the functional state of one system being described by functions within another system, respectively, it is also possible, as hitherto known from the smart home field, to control not only home devices but also vehicle functions in a novel manner.
In particular, the at least one association table can be changed or at least configured with parameters by a mobile terminal. Storing the function state and the corresponding function in the at least one association table. By changing or configuring the parameters, each function may be individually tuned for each functionality, for example. For example, it is conceivable to display an open range in a vehicle, which is detected by the home. This may be done, for example, by the ambiance vehicle lighting flashing in a certain color. Since the association table can be changed or parameters configured, the user can now, for example, choose in which color such an alarm should be implemented. He can for example take a correspondingly strong warning color, like for example red, for functional states of great importance to him, while he can select other colors or other functions for things of less importance from his point of view. The association table and thus finally the functionality of the inventive communication network or the inventive method can thus be adapted to the individual needs of the current personnel.
According to a very advantageous development of the method, it can also be provided that the operating interface of the mobile terminal provides a first highest level of options between the functions of the home device and the functions of the vehicle. Such an operating interface, which is designed in particular as an application program or application on a smartphone, can thus provide in its top-level operating interface the basic option of whether a home function or a vehicle function should be managed. According to an advantageous development of the idea, the home functions or vehicle functions can then be managed in the following stages according to the selection in the highest stage. For example, new functions can be set up, the reaction to the function and thus ultimately the association table can be adjusted, or the function status can be seen directly in the application on the terminal.
A further advantageous embodiment also provides that the user interface has a status display for successful or unsuccessful checking of the home device function or vehicle function. For example, the home device check can be performed by function management in such a way that a device, for example a networked alarm system, is checked whether it is functional. The status display can then be used to indicate whether the alarm is operational or in operation, or whether a fault is present, in a very simple and efficient manner. It is obvious that similar situations can also be envisaged for any other function of the home and also for the vehicle side, so that individual functional areas of the vehicle or the entire vehicle can be checked. The status display can then be used to detect whether the vehicle is fully operational or has a corresponding fault or is subject to maintenance, for example, as soon as possible, which can be indicated, for example, by an intermediate level in the display, in particular in the form of a green, orange and red signal light display.
In principle, all functions are suitable for displaying, for example, the respective functional state of the vehicle via the home or the respective functional state of the home via the vehicle. The user need only have programmed the association table himself or be aware of the logical associations so that he can associate the functionalities present with the respective functional states. However, according to an extremely simple development of the concept, it is provided that the representation of the functional state is performed by adjusting the light in the household device and/or the vehicle. Such visual display by light modulation is very simple and efficient. The light can be used in a very wide variety, for example, in terms of its brightness, its color, the duration of the switch-on, the switching-on cycle, for example, like blinking at different speeds, etc., in order to visually display the functional state in a simple and efficient manner. In this case, a freely programmable lighting device as a household device is one of the main applications of smart home applications, and is therefore available in a correspondingly simple and efficient manner. In the case of vehicles, too, the illumination of the dashboard and the interior is increasingly carried out by means of complex lighting strategies in order to enhance the comfort of the vehicle user by means of so-called ambiance interior lighting. The information can be displayed simply and efficiently by means of light intensity, light color or periodic on-off illumination, so that the possibility of displaying the functional state of the household equipment in the vehicle simply and efficiently can be realized by means of light adjustment.
Drawings
Further advantageous designs of the communication network according to the invention result from the following embodiments, which are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
fig. 1 shows a schematic illustration of one possible communication network according to the invention;
FIG. 2 illustrates the vehicle-to-home communication direction;
FIG. 3 shows a flow chart with respect to FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary association table with respect to FIGS. 2 and 3;
FIG. 5 shows the direction of communication from home to vehicle;
FIG. 6 shows a flow chart with respect to FIG. 3;
FIG. 7 illustrates an exemplary association table with respect to FIGS. 5 and 6; and
fig. 8 shows display options via an operating interface of a preferably mobile terminal for monitoring and arranging the method according to the invention.
Detailed Description
A communication network 1 for data exchange between a
The
Now, illustrated in fig. 2-4: the functional status of the sensors 7 (illustrated in fig. 1) in the
In the illustration of fig. 2, a home 4 is again shown, as well as, for example, a household device 3, in this case a lighting device. Furthermore, the
Examples of the status signals 15 within the
In this case, some lights in the home 4 can be defined as household devices 3, which accordingly indicate the functional state of some
The opposite communication direction is now shown in fig. 5, 6 and 7. For example, an alarm as a home device 3 can be triggered in the home 4, which is symbolized in the illustration of fig. 5 by the illumination of an
Similar to the illustration of fig. 3, one possible procedure is shown in fig. 6 for the communication directions described herein. The
The various applications are again shown in an association table 12 as shown in fig. 7. The
Finally, the operating concept as may be implemented on a mobile terminal, such as a smartphone, indicated at 26, is shown in the diagram of fig. 8. On the
Returning to the highest or
In summary, this allows the status signals 15 of, for example, the
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