CN110831112B

CN110831112B - Network connection method, intelligent household equipment, intelligent gateway and electronic equipment

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Publication number: CN110831112B
Application number: CN201911081009.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王雄辉
Original assignee: Shenzhen Oribo Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Oribo Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-11-07
Filing date: 2019-11-07
Publication date: 2022-05-03
Anticipated expiration: 2039-11-07
Also published as: CN110831112A

Abstract

The application discloses a network connection method and device of intelligent home equipment, electronic equipment and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of intelligent home. The method comprises the following steps: when network connection fails, a wireless hotspot is started, and a service set identifier SSID of the wireless hotspot comprises designated characters; when a wireless connection request sent by an intelligent gateway with successful network connection is received, establishing wireless connection with the intelligent gateway, wherein the wireless connection request is generated when the intelligent gateway detects that the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains the specified character; receiving distribution network information prestored by the intelligent gateway through the wireless connection, wherein the distribution network information comprises configuration information of networks successfully connected by the intelligent gateway; and performing network connection according to the distribution network information. According to the method, the intelligent home equipment can be rapidly accessed to the network through the intelligent gateway, and the convenience and the success rate of the intelligent home equipment accessing to the network are improved.

Description

Network connection method, intelligent household equipment, intelligent gateway and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of smart home, in particular to a network connection method, smart home equipment, a smart gateway and electronic equipment.

Background

The intelligent home control system is characterized in that various intelligent home devices (such as audio and video devices, lighting, curtains, air conditioners, refrigerators and the like) are connected together through the Internet of things technology to provide multiple functions and means such as household appliance control, lighting control, curtain control, environment monitoring, heating and ventilation control, infrared forwarding, programmable timing control and the like. However, some smart home devices cannot be connected to the internet of things cloud platform, so that the smart home devices cannot be controlled. Therefore, how to ensure that the smart home devices are successfully connected to the network is a research hotspot of the current smart home technology.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above problems, the application provides a network connection method, an intelligent home device, an intelligent gateway and an electronic device, which can realize the fast network access of the intelligent home device through the intelligent gateway, and improve the convenience and success rate of the network access of the intelligent home device.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a network connection method for smart home devices, where the method includes: when network connection fails, a wireless hotspot is started, and a service set identifier SSID of the wireless hotspot comprises designated characters; when a wireless connection request sent by an intelligent gateway with successful network connection is received, establishing wireless connection with the intelligent gateway, wherein the wireless connection request is generated when the intelligent gateway detects that the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains the specified character; receiving distribution network information prestored by the intelligent gateway through the wireless connection, wherein the distribution network information comprises configuration information of networks successfully connected by the intelligent gateway; and performing network connection according to the distribution network information.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a network connection method for an intelligent gateway, where the method includes: when a wireless hotspot of the intelligent home equipment is detected, acquiring a Service Set Identifier (SSID) of the wireless hotspot; when the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains the designated character, sending a wireless connection request to the intelligent home equipment, wherein the wireless connection request is used for indicating the intelligent home equipment to establish wireless connection with the intelligent gateway; and when the wireless connection with the intelligent home equipment is successfully established, sending pre-stored distribution network information to the intelligent home equipment, wherein the intelligent home equipment is used for carrying out network connection according to the distribution network information, and the distribution network information comprises the configuration information of the network successfully connected by the intelligent gateway.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an intelligent home device, where the intelligent home device includes: the device comprises a hotspot opening module, a connection establishing module, an information receiving module and a network connection module. The hotspot opening module is used for opening a wireless hotspot when network connection fails, wherein a Service Set Identifier (SSID) of the wireless hotspot comprises designated characters; the connection establishing module is used for establishing wireless connection with the intelligent gateway when receiving a wireless connection request sent by the intelligent gateway with successful network connection, wherein the wireless connection request is generated when the intelligent gateway detects that the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains the specified character; the information receiving module is used for receiving distribution network information prestored by the intelligent gateway through the wireless connection, wherein the distribution network information comprises configuration information of a network successfully connected by the intelligent gateway; and the network connection module is used for performing network connection according to the distribution network information.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an intelligent gateway, where the intelligent gateway includes: the device comprises an identification acquisition module, a request sending module and an information sending module. The identification acquisition module is used for acquiring a Service Set Identification (SSID) of a wireless hotspot when the wireless hotspot of the intelligent household equipment is detected; the request sending module is used for sending a wireless connection request to the intelligent home equipment when the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains specified characters, wherein the wireless connection request is used for indicating the intelligent home equipment to establish wireless connection with the intelligent gateway; the information sending module is used for sending pre-stored distribution network information to the intelligent home equipment when the wireless connection with the intelligent home equipment is successfully established, wherein the intelligent home equipment is used for carrying out network connection according to the distribution network information, and the distribution network information comprises configuration information of a network successfully connected with the intelligent gateway.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, including: one or more processors; a memory; one or more application programs, wherein the one or more application programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, and the one or more application programs are configured to execute the network connection method of the smart home device provided by the first aspect or the network connection method of the smart gateway provided by the second aspect.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium having a program code that can be invoked by a processor for execution, where the program code causes the processor to execute the network connection method for the smart home device provided in the first aspect, or execute the network connection method for the smart gateway provided in the second aspect.

According to the scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, when the network connection of the intelligent household equipment fails, the service set identifier SSID of the wireless hotspot comprises the designated characters by starting the wireless hotspot so as to wait for the connection of the intelligent gateway. When a wireless connection request sent by an intelligent gateway with successful network connection is received, the intelligent home equipment can establish wireless connection with the intelligent gateway, wherein the wireless connection request is generated when the intelligent gateway detects that the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains the specified character. Then, the intelligent household equipment can receive the pre-stored distribution network information of the intelligent gateway through wireless connection, so that the intelligent household equipment can carry out network connection according to the distribution network information. The distribution network information comprises configuration information of a network which is successfully connected with the intelligent gateway. Therefore, the intelligent home equipment can be rapidly accessed to the network through the intelligent gateway, the network distribution process of the intelligent home equipment is simplified, and the network access convenience and success rate of the intelligent home equipment are improved.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is apparent that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments, not all embodiments, of the present application. All other embodiments and drawings obtained by a person skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present application without inventive step are within the scope of the present application.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of an application environment suitable for the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 shows a flowchart of a network connection method of smart home devices according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 shows a flow diagram of a network connection method of smart home devices.

Fig. 4 shows a flowchart of a network connection method of smart home devices according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a network connection method of an intelligent gateway according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a network connection method of an intelligent gateway according to another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 shows a flowchart of step S440 in the network connection method of the intelligent gateway according to the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 shows a block diagram of a smart home device according to an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 9 shows a block diagram of an intelligent gateway according to one embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 10 is a block diagram of an electronic device for executing a network connection method of an intelligent home device or a network connection method of an intelligent gateway according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 11 is a storage unit, according to an embodiment of the present application, configured to store or carry program codes for implementing a network connection method of an intelligent home device or a network connection method of an intelligent gateway according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions better understood by those skilled in the art, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application.

With the rapid development of the internet of things and smart home, various types of smart household appliances and smart home controllers are emerging in the market. However, some smart home appliances and smart home controllers cannot establish a connection with a physical network (IoT) platform (e.g., a smart home cloud platform) after being powered on. For example, a smart socket, a smart air conditioner, and the like that can be connected to a network through a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) may be connected to the IoT platform after acquiring an SSID/key of the WiFi router so as to connect to the network, or after acquiring an IP Address (Internet Protocol Address) to connect to the IoT platform. Therefore, the smart home system needs to allow the smart home device to connect to the network first by some means, and then establish an association relationship with the smart home device. At present, the intelligent household electrical appliance is usually manually configured to add a network, time and labor are wasted, certain professional knowledge is needed for manual configuration, and the practicability is not wide.

In view of the above problems, the applicant has studied and proposed a network connection method and apparatus for smart home devices, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium according to an embodiment of the present application for a long time, and automatically implement fast network access for smart home devices through a smart gateway, thereby simplifying a network distribution process of the smart home devices, improving convenience and success rate of network access for the smart home devices, and improving an intelligence level of the smart gateway.

The following first describes an application environment provided in the embodiments of the present application.

Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present application provides an intelligent home control system 10, where the intelligent home control system 10 includes a gateway device 100, a home device 200 connected to the gateway device 100, and a server 300 connected to the gateway device 100. The number of the gateway devices 100 may be at least one, and the number of the home devices 200 may be at least one. When the number of gateway apparatuses 100 is plural, communication connection between different gateway apparatuses 100 is also possible.

In the embodiment of the present application, the gateway device 100 is an intelligent gateway controlled by an intelligent home, and can implement functions such as system information acquisition, information input, information output, centralized control, remote control, and linkage control. The gateway device 100 may be responsible for specific security alarm, appliance control, and power consumption information acquisition. The gateway equipment can also perform information interaction with products such as an intelligent interaction terminal and the like in a wireless mode. The gateway device 100 also has a wireless routing function, excellent wireless performance, network security and coverage area.

In this embodiment, the household device 200 may include various intelligent household devices, sensing devices, detection devices, and the like, which are disposed in an indoor space, for example, an intelligent television, an intelligent refrigerator, an intelligent air conditioner, and the like. The home devices 200 connected to the gateway device 100 may interact with the gateway device 100 for information and instructions. The home devices 200 installed in the indoor spaces are connected to the gateway device 100, and the home devices 200 in each indoor space are controlled by the gateway device 100. The gateway device 100 and the home device 200 may be connected through communication manners such as bluetooth, WiFi (Wireless-Fidelity), ZigBee (ZigBee technology), and the like, and of course, the connection manner of the gateway device 100 and the home device 200 may not be limited in this embodiment of the application.

In this embodiment, the server 300 may be a conventional server or a cloud server, and a specific server type may not be limited in this embodiment. The server 300 connected to the gateway apparatus 100 may wirelessly interact with the gateway apparatus 100. The gateway devices 100 disposed in different indoor spaces may be communicatively connected to the same server 300 through a network to perform information interaction between the server 300 and the gateway device 100.

According to the home control system, the embodiment of the application provides a network connection method of intelligent home equipment, and the network connection method of the intelligent home equipment is applied to the intelligent home equipment and the gateway equipment in the home control system. A specific network connection method of the smart home device is described below.

Referring to fig. 2, an embodiment of the present application provides a network connection method for smart home devices, which may be applied to smart home devices in a smart home control system, where the smart home control system may further include an intelligent gateway, the smart home devices may be the home devices, the intelligent gateway may be the gateway devices, and the network connection method for the smart home devices may include:

step S110: and when the network connection fails, opening a wireless hotspot, wherein the service set identifier SSID of the wireless hotspot comprises specified characters.

In this embodiment of the application, the smart home device may be a home device that has a WIFI module and needs to access a network, such as a smart television, a smart refrigerator, or a smart air conditioner. In order to realize the control of the I0T cloud platform on the smart home devices, the smart home devices generally need to be connected to a network. Therefore, when the smart home device fails to connect to the network, in order to ensure that the smart home device can be connected to the network, the smart home device can automatically start a wireless hotspot (Access Point, AP) of the smart home device, and set the SSID of the wireless hotspot to a character string containing a specified character, so that the smart home device can acquire configuration information of an available network through the wireless hotspot, thereby realizing network connection. The SSID of the wireless hotspot can be understood as the name of the wireless hotspot, and other devices can search the SSID to find the wireless hotspot for wireless connection.

In some embodiments, the specified characters in the SSID may be preset default characters that can be used to distinguish and identify the smart home devices. For example, the designated character may be "HomeMate _ AP" set at the factory, and may represent that the smart home device may be connected to a HomeAI cloud platform. Specifically, when the intelligent gateway scans nearby wireless hotspots, if the SSID of one wireless hotspot is detected to include the designated character, the intelligent gateway can judge that the electronic device generating the wireless hotspot is an intelligent home device in the intelligent home control system, and therefore accurate interaction between the intelligent gateway and the intelligent home device is guaranteed. Further, since a plurality of smart home devices may be included in the smart home control system, in some embodiments, in order to distinguish each smart home device, the wireless hotspot SSID of the smart home device may be a combination of a specific character and a custom character. The custom characters are used for distinguishing different smart home devices, and may be generated according to a random algorithm or preset, which is not limited herein.

In some embodiments, the smart home devices may be smart home devices that are not configured with a network. After the smart home device is powered on, whether a connectable available network exists in the current environment can be detected, wherein the available network is used for representing that the network can be normally connected to the internet. For example, a key-free WIFI network is available. If the connection exists, the intelligent household equipment can try to connect, and if the connection is successful, the intelligent household equipment can be considered to have successfully accessed the network. If the connection fails or no available network capable of being connected exists in the current environment, the smart home device may start a wireless hotspot of the smart home device, and set a service set identifier SSID of the wireless hotspot as a character string including a designated character. In other embodiments, the smart home devices may also be smart home devices that are configured with a network but cannot be currently connected to the configured network. When the intelligent home equipment tries to connect with the configured network, if the connection fails, the wireless hotspot of the intelligent home equipment can be started, so that the intelligent home equipment can be started.

In some embodiments, when the user finds that the smart home device is not successfully connected to the network currently and the smart home device itself is not found in time due to a fault or the like, the user may also manually trigger the smart home device to start the wireless hotspot, which is not limited herein.

Step S120: and when a wireless connection request sent by an intelligent gateway with successful network connection is received, establishing wireless connection with the intelligent gateway, wherein the wireless connection request is generated when the intelligent gateway detects that the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains the specified character.

In this embodiment of the application, the smart gateway may be an electronic device having a characteristic of a smart home gateway in a smart home control system, for example, a smart television that may be regarded as a smart gateway, and the like, which is not limited herein. The functions of system information acquisition, information input, information output, centralized control, remote control, linkage control and the like can be realized through the system.

In this embodiment of the present application, the intelligent gateway that has successfully connected to the network may scan and detect whether a wireless hotspot whose SSID contains the specified character exists nearby. If the wireless hotspot exists, the intelligent gateway can generate a wireless connection request and send the wireless connection request to the intelligent household equipment generating the wireless hotspot. When the intelligent home equipment receives the wireless connection request sent by the intelligent gateway, the intelligent home equipment can establish wireless connection (namely AP connection) with the intelligent gateway, so that the intelligent home equipment can perform data interaction with the intelligent gateway according to the wireless connection.

Step S130: and receiving distribution network information sent by the intelligent gateway through the wireless connection, wherein the distribution network information comprises configuration information of a network which is prestored and successfully connected by the intelligent gateway.

In the embodiment of the application, after the intelligent home equipment is successfully connected with the intelligent gateway, the intelligent gateway can send the pre-stored distribution network information to the intelligent home equipment through the wireless connection, so that the intelligent home equipment can receive the distribution network information sent by the intelligent gateway through the wireless connection. The distribution network information includes configuration information of a network which is pre-stored by the intelligent gateway and successfully connected, that is, the intelligent gateway can send the configuration information of the network which is successfully connected in the history record (including the configuration information of the network which is successfully connected at present by the intelligent gateway) to the intelligent home equipment.

In some embodiments, the configuration information for the network may be information required for the smart home devices to connect to the network. For example, the SSID and key (passed) information of the Router (Router) may be used, but is not limited thereto. The router is a device for connecting each local area network and each wide area network in the internet, and is a hub of the internet. The router has the functions of judging network addresses and selecting IP paths, and can establish flexible connection in a multi-network interconnection environment.

Step S140: and performing network connection according to the distribution network information.

In the embodiment of the application, after the intelligent home equipment acquires the distribution network information sent by the intelligent gateway, network connection can be performed according to the distribution network information. Therefore, the intelligent home equipment can access the network quickly through the configuration information of the network successfully connected with the intelligent gateway, manual configuration is not needed, and the convenience and the success rate of the intelligent home equipment access are improved.

In some embodiments, when the received distribution network information includes the SSID and the key of the network, the smart home device may scan and detect whether a wireless network corresponding to the SSID exists nearby. If so, the smart home device may automatically configure the network to the SSID and password of the wireless network, thereby connecting to the wireless network.

In some embodiments, when the wireless hotspot of the smart home device is turned on, network connection cannot be performed simultaneously. Therefore, after the intelligent home equipment acquires the distribution network information sent by the intelligent gateway through the wireless connection, the wireless connection can be disconnected, namely, the wireless hotspot is closed, and then the network is connected through the distribution network information. In other embodiments, when the smart home device can simultaneously perform the opening of the wireless hotspot and the connection with the network, the smart home device may first disconnect the wireless connection, and then disconnect the wireless connection after successfully connecting to the network. Therefore, when the network is not successfully connected to the network, new distribution network information can be acquired through the wireless connection.

In some embodiments, after the smart home devices are successfully connected to the network according to the distribution network information, the smart home devices may be connected to the smart home cloud platform, so as to establish an association relationship with the smart home devices through the cloud platform. For example, the binding relationship between the smart home devices and the user account, such as the linkage relationship between the smart home devices.

For example, referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a network connection method of a smart home device. Specifically, when the gateway device 100 (smart gateway) finds a wireless AP whose SSID is "HomeMate _ AP" nearby, it connects to the wireless AP, thereby establishing an AP connection with the smart home device 200 that generates the wireless AP. The intelligent gateway can send the SSID and the password of the router 400 to the intelligent home equipment, the intelligent home equipment breaks off the wireless AP after receiving the SSID and the password, and is connected with the router according to the SSID and the password, so that a user can bind the intelligent home equipment with a user account through the intelligent home cloud platform, and the intelligent home equipment can be rapidly accessed to the network and connected with the IOT platform.

According to the network connection method of the intelligent household equipment, when the network connection of the intelligent household equipment fails, the wireless hotspot can be automatically opened to wait for the connection of the intelligent gateway. When a wireless connection request sent by the intelligent gateway with successful network connection is received, the intelligent home equipment can establish wireless connection with the intelligent gateway. Then, the intelligent household equipment can receive the pre-stored distribution network information of the intelligent gateway through wireless connection, so that the intelligent household equipment can carry out network connection according to the distribution network information. The distribution network information comprises configuration information of a network which is successfully connected with the intelligent gateway. Therefore, the intelligent home equipment is quickly and automatically accessed to the network through the intelligent gateway, the network distribution process of the intelligent home equipment is simplified, and the network access convenience and success rate of the intelligent home equipment are improved.

Referring to fig. 4, another embodiment of the present application provides a network connection method for an intelligent home device, where the network connection method for the intelligent home device may include:

step S210: and when the network connection fails, opening a wireless hotspot, wherein the service set identifier SSID of the wireless hotspot comprises specified characters.

Step S220: and when a wireless connection request sent by an intelligent gateway with successful network connection is received, establishing wireless connection with the intelligent gateway, wherein the wireless connection request is generated when the intelligent gateway detects that the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains the specified character.

Step S230: and receiving distribution network information sent by the intelligent gateway through the wireless connection, wherein the distribution network information comprises configuration information of a network successfully connected by the intelligent gateway.

Step S240: and performing network connection according to the distribution network information.

In the embodiment of the present application, the specific implementation process of steps S210 to S240 may refer to the content of the foregoing embodiment, and will not be described herein again.

In some embodiments, when the distribution network information sent by the intelligent gateway to the intelligent home device includes configuration information of a target network to which the intelligent gateway is currently connected, the intelligent home device may directly perform network connection according to an SSID and a key of the target network. It can be understood that, because the intelligent gateway has been successfully connected to the available target network at present, the intelligent home device can also be successfully connected to the target network directly according to the SSID and the key of the target network, thereby greatly improving the network access success rate of the intelligent home device.

Further, in some embodiments, when the distribution network information sent by the intelligent gateway to the intelligent home devices is a configuration information list of multiple networks, that is, when the distribution network information further includes configuration information of other networks to which the intelligent gateway has successfully connected, in order to avoid congestion and delay of the network due to a large number of intelligent home devices being connected to the same network, the intelligent home devices may also perform network connection according to the configuration information of the other networks. As an implementation manner, the smart home device may perform network connection according to SSIDs and keys of other networks when detecting that the load rate of the target network is greater than the preset load rate.

The load rate of the network may also be understood as a utilization rate of a network bandwidth, which may be a ratio of an actual traffic volume of the current network to a maximum tolerable traffic volume, or a ratio of an actual occupied bandwidth of the current network to a maximum available bandwidth, and the load rate of the network is only required to represent a congestion state of the network. For example, the time duration may be determined according to the transmission duration of the data packet. In some embodiments, the preset load rate may be stored in the terminal device, and may be specifically set according to a specific application environment, and the specific preset load rate is not limited in this embodiment. For example, it may be set to 80%.

In some embodiments, the smart home devices may detect a load rate of the target network in real time when being connected to the target network, and if it is detected that the load rate of the target network is greater than a preset load rate, the smart home devices may change network connection according to configuration information of other networks in the configuration information lists of the plurality of networks. The load rate of a target network is reduced, and real-time control of the intelligent home control system is guaranteed.

In other embodiments, the intelligent gateway may also transmit the distribution network information for multiple times without transmitting all the distribution network information at one time, so as to reduce the storage occupancy rate of the intelligent home equipment. Specifically, referring to fig. 4 again, the network connection method of the smart home device may further include:

step S250: and when the network connection performed according to the distribution network information fails, receiving new distribution network information sent by the intelligent gateway through the wireless connection again.

Step S260: and performing network connection according to the new distribution network information.

Specifically, when the smart home device attempts network connection according to the received network distribution information, if the connection fails, the smart home device may receive new network distribution information sent by the intelligent gateway through the wireless connection between the smart home device and the smart home device again until the smart home device is successfully connected to the network. If the connection is successful, the intelligent home equipment can break the wireless connection, so that the intelligent gateway does not need to send other distribution network information, and the storage occupancy rate of the intelligent home equipment is reduced.

In some embodiments, the intelligent gateway may send the distribution network information to the intelligent home devices one by one according to the pre-stored priorities of the networks from high to low, so as to ensure that the intelligent home devices can be connected to a good and non-congested network. Or the distribution network information can be sent to the intelligent home equipment one by one according to the pre-stored priorities of the plurality of networks from back to front so as to ensure that the intelligent home equipment can be connected to the normally available network. The specific rule that the intelligent gateway sends the distribution network information for multiple times is not limited herein.

As an implementation manner, when the wireless hotspot of the smart home device is opened and cannot be simultaneously connected with the network, the smart home device may disconnect the wireless connection, and when the smart home device tries network connection according to the received network distribution information, and the connection fails, the wireless connection between the smart home device and the smart home device is reestablished to obtain new network distribution information for network connection.

As another embodiment, when the smart home device can simultaneously perform the opening of the wireless hotspot and the network connection, the smart home device may first continuously drop the wireless connection with the smart home device, so that when the smart home device tries the network connection according to the currently received distribution network information and the connection fails, the smart home device may directly continue to receive new distribution network information according to the existing wireless connection.

According to the network connection method of the intelligent home equipment, when the intelligent home equipment fails to connect the network according to the distribution network information sent by the current intelligent gateway, the intelligent home equipment receives new distribution network information sent by the intelligent gateway through wireless connection with the intelligent gateway again, and network connection is carried out according to the new distribution network information. Therefore, the intelligent gateway does not need to send all distribution network information at one time, so that the storage occupancy rate of the intelligent home equipment is reduced, and the intelligent home equipment is rapidly and automatically accessed to the network.

Referring to fig. 5, an embodiment of the present application provides a network connection method for an intelligent gateway, which may be applied to an intelligent gateway in an intelligent home control system, where the intelligent home control system may further include an intelligent home device, the intelligent home device may be the home device, the intelligent gateway may be the gateway device, and the network connection method for the intelligent network may include:

step S310: when a wireless hotspot of the intelligent household equipment is detected, a service set identifier SSID of the wireless hotspot is obtained.

In the embodiment of the application, the intelligent gateway can scan and detect nearby wireless hotspots and acquire the SSID of each wireless hotspot to judge whether the wireless hotspot with the SSID containing the specified character exists.

In some embodiments, the intelligent gateway may scan and detect nearby wireless hotspots every specified duration, so as to determine whether surrounding intelligent home devices have successfully accessed the network according to whether the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains the specified character, thereby effectively ensuring real-time control of the intelligent home control system.

Step S320: and when the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains the designated character, sending a wireless connection request to the intelligent home equipment, wherein the wireless connection request is used for indicating the intelligent home equipment to establish wireless connection with the intelligent gateway.

In this embodiment of the application, when a wireless hotspot whose SSID contains the specified character is detected to exist in nearby wireless hotspots, the intelligent gateway may regard the device generating the wireless hotspot as an intelligent home device and is not connected to the network. Therefore, the intelligent gateway can generate a wireless connection request and send the wireless connection request to the intelligent household equipment generating the wireless hotspot so as to establish wireless connection with the intelligent household equipment, and therefore the intelligent gateway can send the distribution network information of the available network to the intelligent household equipment. The wireless connection request is used for indicating the intelligent household equipment to establish wireless connection with the intelligent gateway.

Step S330: and when the wireless connection with the intelligent home equipment is successfully established, sending pre-stored distribution network information to the intelligent home equipment, wherein the intelligent home equipment is used for carrying out network connection according to the distribution network information, and the distribution network information comprises the configuration information of the network successfully connected by the intelligent gateway.

In the embodiment of the application, when the smart home device receives the wireless connection request sent by the smart gateway, the smart home device may establish wireless connection (i.e., AP connection) with the smart gateway, so that the smart gateway may perform data interaction with the smart home device according to the wireless connection. Specifically, after the intelligent home device and the intelligent gateway successfully establish the wireless connection, the intelligent gateway can send the pre-stored distribution network information to the intelligent home device through the wireless connection. Therefore, the intelligent household equipment can also receive the distribution network information sent by the intelligent gateway through the wireless connection, and carry out network connection according to the distribution network information.

It is understood that the specific implementation process of steps S310 to S330 may refer to the content of the foregoing embodiments, and will not be described herein again.

According to the network connection method of the intelligent home equipment, when a wireless hotspot with an SSID containing specified characters is detected, the intelligent home equipment corresponding to the wireless hotspot can be connected, and pre-stored distribution network information is automatically sent to the intelligent home equipment through the wireless hotspot. The intelligent home equipment is used for carrying out network connection according to distribution network information, and the distribution network information comprises configuration information of a network successfully connected by the intelligent gateway. Therefore, when the network connection of the intelligent household equipment fails and the wireless hotspot is opened, the intelligent gateway can automatically send the network distribution information to the intelligent household equipment, so that the intelligent household equipment can quickly access the network, the network distribution flow of the intelligent household equipment is simplified, and the network access convenience and success rate of the intelligent household equipment are improved.

Referring to fig. 6, another embodiment of the present application provides a network connection method for an intelligent gateway, where the network connection method for the intelligent gateway may include:

step S410: when a wireless hotspot of the intelligent household equipment is detected, a service set identifier SSID of the wireless hotspot is obtained.

In the embodiment of the present application, step S410 can refer to the contents of the foregoing embodiments, and is not described herein again.

Step S420: and when the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains the specified characters, judging whether the current connection with the network is successful.

In this embodiment of the present application, when it is detected that an SSID in a nearby wireless hotspot contains a specified character, the smart gateway may consider the device generating the wireless hotspot to be a smart home device and not connected to the network. In order to ensure that the intelligent household equipment can successfully surf the internet, at least the intelligent gateway is ensured to be successfully connected with the network at present and can surf the internet normally. Therefore, when the subsequent intelligent gateway sends the distribution network information to the intelligent home equipment, the intelligent home equipment has at least one available network (namely, the network to which the intelligent gateway is successfully connected at present) which can be connected. Therefore, in some embodiments, when the smart home device detects that the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains the specified character, it may be determined whether it is currently successfully connected to the network.

Step S430: and if the current network is successfully connected with the network, sending a wireless connection request to the intelligent household equipment, wherein the wireless connection request is used for indicating the intelligent household equipment to establish wireless connection with the intelligent gateway.

In some embodiments, if the smart gateway is successfully connected to the network currently, the smart gateway may send a wireless connection request to the smart home device to establish a wireless connection with the smart home device, so that the smart gateway may send the distribution network information of the available network to the smart home device. It can be understood that, if the smart gateway is not successfully connected to the network, it may be considered that the smart gateway is not currently connected to the network, and it is very likely that the smart home device cannot be assisted in accessing the network.

S440: and when the wireless connection with the intelligent home equipment is successfully established, sending pre-stored distribution network information to the intelligent home equipment, wherein the intelligent home equipment is used for carrying out network connection according to the distribution network information, and the distribution network information comprises the configuration information of the network successfully connected by the intelligent gateway.

In the embodiment of the present application, step S440 can refer to the contents of the foregoing embodiments, and is not described herein again.

In some embodiments, when the distribution network information pre-stored by the smart gateway may include configuration information of a plurality of networks that are successfully connected, as an implementation, the smart gateway may send the configuration information of the plurality of networks to the smart home device. As another embodiment, the intelligent gateway may also send only the configuration information of the network to which the current intelligent gateway is successfully connected to the intelligent home device.

As another embodiment, the intelligent gateway may also evaluate and send configuration information of a suitable network to the intelligent home device. Specifically, referring to fig. 7, step S440 may include:

step S441: and when the wireless connection with the intelligent household equipment is successfully established, acquiring configuration information of an optimal network from pre-stored configuration information of a plurality of networks, wherein the optimal network is the network with the minimum load rate in the plurality of networks.

Step S442: and sending the configuration information of the optimal network to the intelligent household equipment.

In some embodiments, the intelligent gateway may perform load rate detection on a plurality of pre-stored networks that are successfully connected to determine congestion of each network. Then, the intelligent gateway can determine a network with the minimum load rate from the multiple networks to serve as an optimal network, and sends configuration information of the optimal network to the intelligent home equipment.

As one way, the intelligent gateway may send the same detection packet to multiple networks to determine the load rates of the multiple networks according to the time of receiving the response packet, so as to determine the advantages and disadvantages of the multiple networks. Then, the intelligent gateway can use the network corresponding to the shortest receiving time as the network with the minimum load rate in the plurality of networks, namely the optimal network.

In some embodiments, the intelligent gateway may also prioritize the load rate of each of the plurality of networks. The network with a low load rate has a high priority. When the intelligent gateway sends the configuration information of the network to the intelligent home equipment for multiple times, the intelligent gateway can send the configuration information of the network according to the sequence of the priority levels.

It can be understood that when the network to which the intelligent gateway is currently connected is busy, the optimal network sent to the intelligent home devices is not the network to which the intelligent gateway is connected, so that the problem of network delay caused by the fact that a plurality of intelligent home devices are connected to the same network can be avoided.

According to the network connection method of the intelligent gateway, when a wireless hotspot with an SSID containing specified characters is detected, if the intelligent gateway is successfully connected with a network at present, the intelligent gateway can be connected to the intelligent home equipment corresponding to the wireless hotspot, and pre-stored distribution network information is automatically sent to the intelligent home equipment through the wireless hotspot. Therefore, when the network connection of the intelligent household equipment fails and the wireless hotspot is opened, the intelligent gateway needs to ensure that the intelligent household equipment is accessed to the network, so that the intelligent household equipment can be successfully accessed to the network after the network distribution information is sent to the intelligent household equipment, and the convenience and the success rate of the network access of the intelligent household equipment are improved.

Referring to fig. 8, which shows a block diagram of a smart home device 500 provided in the present application, the smart home device 500 may include: a hotspot opening module 510, a connection establishing module 520, an information receiving module 530 and a network connection module 540. The hotspot opening module 510 is configured to open a wireless hotspot when network connection fails, where a service set identifier SSID of the wireless hotspot includes a designated character; the connection establishing module 520 is configured to establish a wireless connection with the intelligent gateway when receiving a wireless connection request sent by the intelligent gateway with a successful network connection, where the wireless connection request is generated when the intelligent gateway detects that the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains the specified character; the information receiving module 530 is configured to receive, through the wireless connection, distribution network information sent by the intelligent gateway, where the distribution network information includes configuration information of a network that is pre-stored by the intelligent gateway and is successfully connected; the network connection module 540 is configured to perform network connection according to the distribution network information.

In some embodiments, the distribution network information may include configuration information of a target network to which the smart gateway is currently connected, where the configuration information may include an SSID and a key, and the network connection module 540 may be specifically configured to: and performing network connection according to the SSID and the secret key of the target network.

Further, in some embodiments, the distribution network information may further include configuration information of other networks to which the intelligent gateway is successfully connected, and the smart home device 500 may further include: and a load judgment module. And the load judging module is used for performing network connection according to the SSIDs and the secret keys of other networks when the load rate of the target network is greater than a preset load rate.

In some embodiments, the smart home device 500 may further include: the device comprises an information updating module and a network reconnection module. The information updating module is used for receiving new distribution network information sent by the intelligent gateway through the wireless connection again when the network connection according to the distribution network information fails; and the network reconnection module is used for performing network connection according to the new distribution network information.

In summary, according to the network connection method and device for the smart home devices provided by the embodiments of the present application, when the network connection of the smart home devices fails, the wireless hotspot can be automatically opened to wait for the connection of the smart gateway. When a wireless connection request sent by the intelligent gateway with successful network connection is received, the intelligent home equipment can establish wireless connection with the intelligent gateway. Then, the intelligent household equipment can receive the pre-stored distribution network information of the intelligent gateway through wireless connection, so that the intelligent household equipment can carry out network connection according to the distribution network information. The distribution network information comprises configuration information of a network which is successfully connected with the intelligent gateway. Therefore, the intelligent home equipment is quickly and automatically accessed to the network through the intelligent gateway, the network distribution process of the intelligent home equipment is simplified, and the network access convenience and success rate of the intelligent home equipment are improved.

Referring to fig. 9, which shows a block diagram of an intelligent gateway 600 provided in the present application, the intelligent gateway 600 may include: an identification acquisition module 610, a request sending module 620 and an information sending module 630. The identification obtaining module 610 is configured to obtain a service set identification SSID of a wireless hotspot when the wireless hotspot of the smart home device is detected; the request sending module 620 is configured to send a wireless connection request to the smart home device when the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains a specified character, where the wireless connection request is used to instruct the smart home device to establish a wireless connection with the smart gateway; the information sending module 630 is configured to send pre-stored distribution network information to the smart home devices when the wireless connection with the smart home devices is successfully established, where the smart home devices are configured to perform network connection according to the distribution network information, and the distribution network information includes configuration information of a network to which the smart gateway is successfully connected.

In some embodiments, the distribution network information may include configuration information of a plurality of networks, and the information sending module 630 may be specifically configured to: when the wireless connection with the intelligent household equipment is successfully established, acquiring configuration information of an optimal network from pre-stored configuration information of a plurality of networks, wherein the optimal network is the network with the minimum load rate in the plurality of networks; and sending the configuration information of the optimal network to the intelligent household equipment.

In some embodiments, the request sending module 620 may be specifically configured to: when the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains the designated character, judging whether the current connection with the network is successful; and if the current network is successfully connected with the network, sending a wireless connection request to the intelligent household equipment.

In summary, the network connection method and device for the intelligent gateway provided by the embodiment of the application can be used for connecting to the intelligent home equipment corresponding to the wireless hotspot when detecting the wireless hotspot containing the specified character by the SSID, and automatically sending the pre-stored distribution network information to the intelligent home equipment through the wireless hotspot. The intelligent home equipment is used for carrying out network connection according to distribution network information, and the distribution network information comprises configuration information of a network successfully connected by the intelligent gateway. Therefore, when the network connection of the intelligent household equipment fails and the wireless hotspot is opened, the intelligent gateway can automatically send the network distribution information to the intelligent household equipment, so that the intelligent household equipment can quickly access the network, the network distribution flow of the intelligent household equipment is simplified, and the network access convenience and success rate of the intelligent household equipment are improved.

It can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described apparatuses, modules and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, the coupling between the modules may be electrical, mechanical or other type of coupling.

In addition, functional modules in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing module, or each of the modules may exist alone physically, or two or more modules are integrated into one module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode.

Referring to fig. 10, a block diagram of an electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. The electronic device 100 may be the smart home device or the smart gateway. The electronic device 100 in the present application may include one or more of the following components: a processor 110, a memory 120, and one or more applications, wherein the one or more applications may be stored in the memory 120 and configured to be executed by the one or more processors 110, the one or more applications configured to perform a method as described in the aforementioned method embodiments.

Processor 110 may include one or more processing cores. The processor 110 connects various parts within the entire intelligent gateway 100 using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the intelligent gateway 100 and processes information by executing or executing instructions, programs, code sets, or instruction sets stored in the memory 120 and calling up information stored in the memory 120. Alternatively, the processor 110 may be implemented in hardware using at least one of Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), and Programmable Logic Array (PLA). The processor 110 may integrate one or more of a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a modem, and the like. Wherein, the CPU mainly processes an operating system, a user interface, an application program and the like; the GPU is used for rendering and drawing display content; the modem is used to handle wireless communications. It is understood that the modem may not be integrated into the processor 110, but may be implemented by a communication chip.

The Memory 120 may include a Random Access Memory (RAM) or a Read-Only Memory (Read-Only Memory). The memory 120 may be used to store instructions, programs, code sets, or instruction sets. The memory 120 may include a program storage area and an information storage area, wherein the program storage area may store instructions for implementing an operating system, instructions for implementing at least one function (such as a touch function, a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), instructions for implementing the above-described method embodiments, and the like. The information storage area may also store information created by the electronic device 100 during use (e.g., detection information, preset thresholds, preset times), etc.

In some embodiments, electronic device 100 may also include a communication module 130. The communication module 130 is used for receiving and transmitting electromagnetic waves, and implementing interconversion between the electromagnetic waves and electrical signals, so as to communicate with a communication network or other devices. The communication module 130 may include various existing circuit elements for performing these functions, such as an antenna, a radio frequency transceiver, a digital signal processor, an encryption/decryption chip, a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card, memory, and so forth. The communication module 130 may communicate with various networks such as the internet, an intranet, a preset type of wireless network, or other devices through a preset type of wireless network. The preset types of wireless networks described above may include cellular telephone networks, wireless local area networks, or metropolitan area networks. The Wireless network of the above-mentioned preset type may use various Communication standards, protocols and technologies, including but not limited to Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM), Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), bluetooth, Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) (e.g., IEEE802.11 a, IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11g and/or IEEE802.11 n), Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (Max-11 Max), other protocols for email, instant messaging, and short messaging, and any other suitable messaging protocol.

Referring to fig. 11, a block diagram of a computer-readable storage medium according to an embodiment of the present application is shown. The computer-readable storage medium 800 has stored therein program code that can be invoked by a processor to perform the methods described in the method embodiments above.

The computer-readable storage medium 800 may be an electronic memory such as a flash memory, an EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read only memory), an EPROM, a hard disk, or a ROM. Alternatively, the computer-readable storage medium 800 includes a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium. The computer readable storage medium 800 has storage space for program code 810 to perform any of the method steps of the method described above. The program code can be read from or written to one or more computer program products. The program code 810 may be compressed, for example, in a suitable form.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and not to limit the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not necessarily depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A network connection method of intelligent household equipment is characterized by comprising the following steps:

when network connection fails, a wireless hotspot is started, and a service set identifier SSID of the wireless hotspot comprises designated characters;

when a wireless connection request sent by an intelligent gateway with successful network connection is received, establishing wireless connection with the intelligent gateway, wherein the wireless connection request is generated when the intelligent gateway detects that the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains the specified character;

receiving distribution network information sent by the intelligent gateway through the wireless connection, wherein the distribution network information comprises one of a plurality of pieces of configuration information of successfully connected networks prestored by the intelligent gateway, and the plurality of networks are arranged according to the sequence of the connection time with the intelligent gateway from back to front;

performing network connection according to the distribution network information;

when network connection performed according to the distribution network information fails, receiving new distribution network information sent by the intelligent gateway through the wireless connection again according to an arrangement sequence, wherein a network corresponding to the new distribution network information is a network connected with the intelligent gateway before the intelligent gateway is connected with the network corresponding to the distribution network information;

and performing network connection according to the new distribution network information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the distribution network information comprises configuration information of a target network to which the smart gateway is currently connected, wherein the configuration information comprises an SSID and a key, and wherein the performing network connection according to the distribution network information comprises:

and performing network connection according to the SSID and the secret key of the target network.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the distribution network information further comprises configuration information of other networks to which the intelligent gateway has successfully connected, and wherein the method further comprises:

and when the load rate of the target network is greater than the preset load rate, performing network connection according to the SSIDs and the secret keys of the other networks.

4. A network connection method of an intelligent gateway is characterized by comprising the following steps:

when a wireless hotspot of the intelligent home equipment is detected, acquiring a Service Set Identifier (SSID) of the wireless hotspot;

when the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains the designated character, sending a wireless connection request to the intelligent home equipment, wherein the wireless connection request is used for indicating the intelligent home equipment to establish wireless connection with the intelligent gateway;

when the wireless connection with the intelligent home equipment is successfully established, sending pre-stored distribution network information to the intelligent home equipment, wherein the intelligent home equipment is used for carrying out network connection according to the distribution network information, the distribution network information comprises one of configuration information of a plurality of networks which are successfully connected with the intelligent gateway, and the plurality of networks are arranged according to the sequence of the connection time with the intelligent gateway from back to front;

and when the network connection of the intelligent household equipment according to the distribution network information fails, sending new distribution network information to the intelligent household equipment through the wireless connection again according to the arrangement sequence so as to control the intelligent household equipment to perform network connection according to the new distribution network information, wherein the network corresponding to the new distribution network information is a network connected with an intelligent gateway before the network corresponding to the distribution network information is connected.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the distribution network information includes configuration information of a plurality of networks, and the sending the pre-stored distribution network information to the smart home devices when the wireless connection with the smart home devices is successfully established includes:

when the wireless connection with the intelligent household equipment is successfully established, acquiring configuration information of an optimal network from pre-stored configuration information of a plurality of networks, wherein the optimal network is the network with the minimum load rate in the plurality of networks;

and sending the configuration information of the optimal network to the intelligent household equipment.

6. The method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the sending a wireless connection request to the smart home device when the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains a specified character comprises:

when the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains the designated character, judging whether the current connection with the network is successful;

and if the current network is successfully connected with the network, sending a wireless connection request to the intelligent household equipment.

7. The utility model provides an intelligent household equipment, its characterized in that, intelligent household equipment includes:

the hotspot starting module is used for starting a wireless hotspot when network connection fails, wherein the service set identifier SSID of the wireless hotspot comprises designated characters;

the connection establishing module is used for establishing wireless connection with the intelligent gateway when receiving a wireless connection request sent by the intelligent gateway with successful network connection, wherein the wireless connection request is generated when the intelligent gateway detects that the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains the specified character;

the information receiving module is used for receiving distribution network information sent by the intelligent gateway through the wireless connection, wherein the distribution network information comprises one of a plurality of pieces of configuration information of networks which are pre-stored by the intelligent gateway and are successfully connected, and the networks are arranged according to the sequence from back to front of the time for connecting the networks with the intelligent gateway;

the network connection module is used for carrying out network connection according to the distribution network information;

the information updating module is used for receiving new distribution network information sent by the intelligent gateway through the wireless connection again according to the arrangement sequence when the network connection performed according to the distribution network information fails; and the network reconnection module is used for performing network connection according to the new distribution network information, wherein the network corresponding to the new distribution network information is a network connected with the intelligent gateway before the intelligent gateway is connected with the network corresponding to the distribution network information.

8. An intelligent gateway, the intelligent gateway comprising:

the identification acquisition module is used for acquiring a Service Set Identification (SSID) of a wireless hotspot when the wireless hotspot of the intelligent household equipment is detected;

the request sending module is used for sending a wireless connection request to the intelligent home equipment when the SSID of the wireless hotspot contains specified characters, wherein the wireless connection request is used for indicating the intelligent home equipment to establish wireless connection with the intelligent gateway;

the information sending module is used for sending prestored distribution network information to the intelligent home equipment when the wireless connection with the intelligent home equipment is successfully established, wherein the intelligent home equipment is used for carrying out network connection according to the distribution network information, the distribution network information comprises one of configuration information of a plurality of networks which are successfully connected with the intelligent gateway, and the networks are arranged according to the sequence of the connection time with the intelligent gateway from back to front; and when the network connection of the intelligent household equipment according to the distribution network information fails, sending new distribution network information to the intelligent household equipment through the wireless connection again according to the arrangement sequence so as to control the intelligent household equipment to carry out network connection according to the new distribution network information, wherein the network corresponding to the new distribution network information is a network connected with an intelligent gateway before the network corresponding to the distribution network information is connected.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory;

one or more applications, wherein the one or more applications are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more applications configured to perform the method of any of claims 1-3 or configured to perform the method of any of claims 4-6.