CN114326420A

CN114326420A - Intelligent grouping method and device for equipment, intelligent equipment and storage medium

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Publication number: CN114326420A
Application number: CN202111508538.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李树彬
Original assignee: Shenzhen Oribo Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Oribo Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-10
Filing date: 2021-12-10
Publication date: 2022-04-12

Abstract

The application discloses an intelligent grouping method of equipment, an intelligent grouping device, intelligent equipment and a storage medium, wherein the intelligent grouping method of the equipment is applied to control equipment in a group control system, the control equipment is connected with a plurality of execution equipment, the group control system further comprises a server, and the intelligent grouping method of the equipment comprises the steps of receiving a grouping instruction sent by the server; in response to the grouping instruction, dividing the plurality of execution devices into at least one device group, wherein each execution device in the device group supports unified control; and generating and sending the grouping success information to the server. The method realizes that the state of the grouping instruction executed by the control equipment is used as the grouping success information for feedback, and the result of successful association of a plurality of execution equipment and the equipment group is not used as the grouping success information for feedback, so that the control equipment is prevented from waiting for a long time due to the feedback overtime or the feedback failure of the execution equipment in the equipment grouping process, and the grouping efficiency of the equipment grouping process is improved.

Description

Intelligent grouping method and device for equipment, intelligent equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of smart home technologies, and in particular, to an intelligent device grouping method, an intelligent device grouping apparatus, an intelligent device, and a storage medium.

Background

Along with the rapid development of mobile intelligent terminals, home equipment is also more and more intelligent. The intelligent home is characterized in that a home space is used as a platform, devices related to home life are integrated by utilizing a comprehensive wiring technology, a network communication technology, a safety precaution technology, an automatic control technology, an audio and video technology and the like, an efficient management system of home facilities and family schedule affairs is constructed, the safety, convenience, comfortableness and artistry of home devices are improved, and the environment-friendly and energy-saving living environment is realized.

In the prior art, in order to implement batch control on multiple pieces of home equipment, multiple pieces of home equipment need to be divided into one equipment group, and group control operation is performed on the equipment group. In the grouping process of the plurality of household devices, the main control device receives a grouping instruction sent by the server and groups the plurality of household devices, and after confirming that each household device is successfully grouped, the main control device feeds back successful grouping information to the server. However, in the process of confirming whether each household device is successfully grouped, the household device is easily overtime by the main control device, so that the host needs to wait for a long time, thereby reducing the grouping efficiency of the device grouping.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above problems, the present application provides an apparatus intelligent grouping method, an intelligent grouping apparatus, an intelligent apparatus, and a storage medium, which can implement feedback of a state of a grouping instruction executed by a control apparatus as grouping success information, instead of feedback of a result of successful association between a plurality of execution apparatuses and an apparatus group as grouping success information, so that it is possible to avoid that the control apparatus needs to wait for a long time due to an execution apparatus feedback timeout or a feedback failure, and improve the grouping efficiency in an apparatus grouping process.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an intelligent device grouping method, which is applied to a control device in a group control system, where the control device is connected to multiple execution devices, the group control system further includes a server, and the intelligent device grouping method includes: receiving a grouping instruction sent by a server; in response to the grouping instruction, dividing the plurality of execution devices into at least one device group, wherein each execution device in the device group supports unified control; and generating and sending the grouping success information to the server.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides another intelligent device grouping method, which is applied to a server in a group control system, where the group control system further includes a control device, the control device is connected to multiple execution devices, and the intelligent device grouping method includes: sending a grouping instruction to the control equipment, wherein the grouping instruction is used for instructing the control equipment to group a plurality of execution equipment into at least one equipment group, and generating and feeding back grouping success information so that each execution equipment in the equipment group supports unified control; and receiving the grouping success information fed back by the control device.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus intelligent grouping device, which is applied to a control device in a group control system, where the control device is connected to multiple execution devices, the group control system further includes a server, and the apparatus intelligent grouping device includes an instruction receiving module, a grouping module, and an information sending module. The instruction receiving module is used for receiving a grouping instruction sent by the server; the grouping module is used for responding to a grouping instruction and dividing the execution equipment into at least one equipment group, and all the execution equipment in the equipment group supports unified control; and the information sending module is used for generating and sending the grouping success information to the server.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides another device intelligent grouping apparatus, which is applied to a server in a group control system, where the group control system further includes a control device, the control device is connected to multiple execution devices, and the device intelligent grouping apparatus includes a grouping instruction sending module and an information receiving module. The grouping instruction sending module is used for sending a grouping instruction to the control equipment, wherein the grouping instruction is used for instructing the control equipment to group the execution equipment into at least one equipment group, and generating and feeding back grouping success information so that the execution equipment in the equipment group supports unified control; and the information receiving module is used for receiving the grouping success information fed back by the control equipment.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a smart device, including a memory; one or more processors coupled with the 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 device intelligence grouping method as provided in the first or second aspect above.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a program code is stored in the computer-readable storage medium, and the program code may be invoked by a processor to execute the device intelligent grouping method provided in the first aspect or the second aspect.

The scheme provided by the application is applied to the control equipment in the group control system, the control equipment is connected with the multiple execution equipment, the group control system further comprises a server, the control equipment receives the grouping instruction sent by the server and responds to the grouping instruction to group the multiple execution equipment into at least one equipment group, each execution equipment in the equipment group supports unified control and generates and sends grouping success information to the server, the feedback of the state that the control equipment has executed the grouping instruction as the grouping success information is realized, the feedback is not carried out by taking the result that the multiple execution equipment is successfully associated with the equipment group as the grouping success information, the control equipment is prevented from waiting for a long time due to the fact that the execution equipment is subjected to feedback overtime or feedback failure in the equipment grouping process, and the grouping efficiency of the equipment grouping process is improved.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic view of a scenario of a group control system according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 shows a flowchart of an intelligent grouping method for devices according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 shows another flowchart of the device intelligent grouping method provided in the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for obtaining an association status of an execution device corresponding to a device group in the device intelligent grouping method shown in fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is another flowchart illustrating a method for obtaining an association status of an execution device corresponding to a device group in the device intelligent grouping method shown in fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a method for obtaining an association status of an execution device corresponding to a device group in the device intelligent grouping method illustrated in fig. 3.

Fig. 7 shows another flowchart of the device intelligent grouping method provided in the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 shows a block diagram of a structure of an apparatus intelligent grouping device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 9 shows another structural block diagram of the device intelligent grouping apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 10 shows a functional block diagram of an intelligent device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 11 illustrates a computer-readable storage medium provided in an embodiment of the present application for storing or carrying program codes for implementing the device intelligent grouping method provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, 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, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. The components of the embodiments of the present application, generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, can be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present application, presented in the accompanying drawings, is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed application, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.

In the description of the present application, it is noted that the terms "first", "second", "third", and the like are used merely for distinguishing between descriptions and are not intended to indicate or imply relative importance.

In the prior art, in order to implement batch control on multiple pieces of home equipment, multiple pieces of home equipment need to be divided into one equipment group, and group control operation is performed on the equipment group. In the grouping process of the plurality of household devices, the main control device receives a grouping instruction sent by the server and groups the plurality of household devices, and after confirming that each household device is successfully grouped, the main control device feeds back successful grouping information to the server. However, in the process of determining whether each household device is successfully grouped, the master control device is prone to cause the host to wait for a long time due to the problem of feedback timeout or feedback failure of the household devices, thereby reducing the grouping efficiency of device grouping.

In view of the above problems, the inventors have studied for a long time and proposed an apparatus intelligent grouping method, an intelligent grouping apparatus, an intelligent apparatus, and a storage medium provided in the embodiments of the present application, which implement that a state of a grouping instruction executed by a control apparatus is fed back as grouping success information, instead of feeding back as grouping success information a result of successful association between a plurality of execution apparatuses and an apparatus group, so that it is possible to avoid that the control apparatus needs to wait for a long time due to an execution apparatus feedback timeout or a feedback failure in an apparatus grouping process, thereby improving the grouping efficiency of the apparatus grouping process.

Referring to fig. 1, a schematic diagram of an application scenario of the group control system provided in the embodiment of the present application is shown, and the application scenario includes a control device 100, a plurality of execution devices 200, and a server 300, where the control device 100 may be in communication connection with the plurality of execution devices 200 and the server 300, respectively, and the control device 100 may perform data interaction with the plurality of execution devices 200 and the server 300, respectively. The control device 100 may be configured to receive a group control instruction sent by the server 300, divide the plurality of execution devices 200 into at least one device group, and send grouping success information to the server 300 to implement grouping operations on the plurality of execution devices 200.

Among them, the control device 100 may be a gateway device, for example, a local area network/host gateway device, a local area network/local area network gateway device, or an internet/wide area network gateway device; the execution device 200 can be an intelligent socket, an intelligent lighting device, an intelligent door lock, an intelligent television, an intelligent sound box, an intelligent mirror, an intelligent floor sweeping robot, an intelligent clothes rack, an intelligent curtain, an intelligent camera, an intelligent temperature and humidity detector, an intelligent carbon monoxide alarm, a door and window sensor, a human body sensor, an intelligent water immersion detector, an intelligent alarm device and the like.

The server 300 may be an independent physical server, a server cluster or a distributed system formed by a plurality of physical servers, a cloud server providing basic cloud computing services such as a cloud service, a cloud database, cloud computing, a cloud function, cloud storage, a Network service, cloud communication, a middleware service, a domain name service, a security service, a Content Delivery Network (CDN), big data, an artificial intelligence platform, and the like.

The types of the control device 100, the execution device 200, and the server 300 are not limited herein, and may be specifically set according to actual needs.

Reference will now be made to specific examples.

Referring to fig. 2, a flowchart of a method for intelligently grouping devices according to an embodiment of the present application is shown. In a specific embodiment, the device intelligent grouping method may be applied to the control devices 100 in the group control system shown in fig. 1, and the flow shown in fig. 2 will be described in detail below by taking the control devices 100 as an example, and the device intelligent grouping method may include the following steps S110 to S130.

Step S110: and receiving a grouping instruction sent by the server.

In this embodiment, the control device may receive a packet instruction sent by the server, where the packet instruction carries device information of the multiple execution devices. The device information may include at least any one of a device ID (e.g., a device SN code, a device IP address, etc.), a device feature code (e.g., a preset device name, a custom device name, etc.), a device parameter (e.g., a rated voltage, a rated current, a maximum operating voltage, etc.), a device type (e.g., a smart light, a smart television, a smart air conditioner, a smart stereo, a smart refrigerator, a smart camera, etc.), a device installation area (e.g., a living room, a bedroom, a kitchen, a dining room, a bathroom, a balcony, etc.), historical usage information (e.g., a historical on time, a historical operating brightness, a historical operating current, a historical operating voltage, a historical operating color temperature, etc.), and control switch information for controlling an execution device, etc. (e.g., a switch name, a switch type, etc.).

In some embodiments, the group control system may further include a terminal device, and the terminal device may be communicatively connected to the server and perform data interaction with the server. When a user needs to perform grouping operation on a plurality of execution devices, the user can input device information of the plurality of execution devices into the terminal device, the terminal device receives and responds to the device information and sends the device information to the server, the server receives and responds to the device information, a grouping instruction carrying the device information is generated and sent to the control device, and the control device receives the grouping instruction sent by the server.

The terminal device may be a mobile terminal device (e.g., a mobile phone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), etc.). The user can touch and input the grouping information on the operation interface of the terminal equipment, and can also send voice information containing the grouping information to the terminal equipment.

In some embodiments, when a user needs to perform a grouping operation on a plurality of execution devices, the user may input a grouping request at a terminal device, the terminal device receives and responds to the grouping request, and sends the grouping request to a server, the server receives and responds to the grouping request, may search pre-stored device information of the plurality of execution devices connected to a control device, generate a grouping instruction carrying the device information, and send the grouping instruction to the control device, and the control device receives the grouping instruction sent by the server.

Step S120: in response to the grouping instruction, the plurality of execution devices are grouped into at least one device group.

In this embodiment of the application, after receiving a grouping instruction sent by a server, a control device may, in response to the grouping, divide a plurality of execution devices into at least one device group according to a preset grouping rule, where each execution device in the device group supports unified control. The preset grouping rule can be used for representing the corresponding relation between the equipment group and the equipment information.

Specifically, after receiving the grouping instruction sent by the server, the control device may create, in response to the grouping instruction, the plurality of execution devices into at least one device group according to a preset grouping rule and device information of the plurality of execution devices, the device group including the device information of the corresponding execution device, and associate the plurality of execution devices with the corresponding device group, respectively, based on the device information of the plurality of execution devices.

For example, the preset grouping rule may be an equipment type rule or an equipment installation area rule, and the plurality of execution devices may include an intelligent lamp 1, an intelligent lamp 2, an intelligent lamp 3, an intelligent air conditioner 1, an intelligent air conditioner 2, an intelligent air conditioner 3, an intelligent sound box 1, an intelligent sound box 2, an intelligent sound box 3, and the like. The control device can create the intelligent lamp 1, the intelligent lamp 2 and the intelligent lamp 3 into a device group 1, and associate the intelligent lamp 1, the intelligent lamp 2 and the intelligent lamp 3 with the device group 1; the intelligent air conditioners 1, 2 and 3 are established into an equipment group 2, and the intelligent air conditioners 1, 2 and 3 are all associated with the equipment group 2; establish intelligent stereo set 1, intelligent stereo set 2 and intelligent stereo set 3 as equipment group 3 to all be associated with equipment group 3 with intelligent stereo set 1, intelligent stereo set 2 and intelligent stereo set 3. Similarly, the intelligent lamp 1, the intelligent air conditioner 1, the intelligent sound box 1 and the like are installed in the living room, and the intelligent lamp 2, the intelligent air conditioner 2 and the intelligent sound box 3 are installed in the dining room. The control device can create the intelligent lamp 1, the intelligent air conditioner 1 and the intelligent sound 1 which are installed in the living room into a device group 7, and associate the intelligent lamp 1, the intelligent air conditioner 1 and the intelligent sound 1 with the device group 7; the intelligent lamp 2, the intelligent air conditioner 2 and the intelligent sound box 2 to be installed in the restaurant are established as the equipment group 8, and the intelligent lamp 2, the intelligent air conditioner 2 and the intelligent sound box 2 are all associated with the equipment group 8.

The preset grouping rule may also be a combination rule of the device type and the device installation area, and the plurality of execution devices may include a living room intelligent lamp 1, a living room intelligent lamp 2, a living room intelligent lamp 3, a bedroom intelligent lamp 1, a bedroom intelligent lamp 2, a living room sound 1, a living room sound 2, a living room sound 3, and the like. The control equipment can create the intelligent lamp 1 in the living room, the intelligent lamp 2 in the living room and the intelligent lamp 3 in the living room into an equipment group 4, and associate the intelligent lamp 1 in the living room, the intelligent lamp 2 in the living room and the intelligent lamp 3 in the living room with the equipment group 4; establishing the bedroom intelligent lamp 1 and the bedroom intelligent lamp 2 as an equipment group 5, and associating the bedroom intelligent lamp 1 and the bedroom intelligent lamp 2 with the equipment group 5; the living room sound 1, the living room sound 2, and the living room sound 3 are created as a device group 6, and the living room sound 1, the living room sound 2, and the living room sound 3 are all associated with the device group 6.

It should be noted that the type of the preset grouping rule is not limited herein, and the preset grouping rule may be specifically set according to actual requirements.

Step S130: and generating and sending the grouping success information to the server.

In this embodiment of the application, after the control device performs the operation of dividing the plurality of execution devices into at least one device group based on the grouping instruction, the control device may generate grouping success information based on the executed grouping instruction, and does not need to wait for the execution devices to send the grouping success information after all the execution devices confirm that the corresponding device group has been successfully created and successfully associated with the corresponding device group.

In some embodiments, the grouping success information may characterize that each of the plurality of executing devices has successfully associated the corresponding device group.

In other embodiments, the grouping success information may also only characterize that the control device has performed corresponding device group creation and device group association operations on the plurality of execution devices based on the grouping instruction.

In the embodiment of the present application, after the control device performs the operation of dividing the plurality of execution devices into at least one device group based on the grouping instruction, the grouping success information can be generated and sent to the server so that the server can receive the grouping success information fed back by the control equipment, the grouping success information can be divided into at least one equipment group based on the grouping instruction sent by the server, the grouping success is generated and sent to the server, by feeding back the state in which the control device has executed the grouping instruction as the grouping success information, instead of feeding back as grouping success information the result of successful association of each of the plurality of execution devices with the device group, the control equipment can be prevented from waiting for a long time due to the fact that the equipment feedback is overtime or fails, and the grouping efficiency of the equipment grouping process is improved.

Referring to fig. 3, a flowchart of a device intelligent grouping method according to another embodiment of the present application is shown. In a specific embodiment, the device intelligent grouping method may be applied to the control devices 100 in the group control system shown in fig. 1, and the flow shown in fig. 3 will be described in detail below by taking the control devices 100 as an example, and the device intelligent grouping method may include the following steps S210 to S260.

Step S210: and receiving a grouping instruction sent by the server.

Step S220: at least one device group is created in response to the grouping instruction.

Step S230: the plurality of execution devices are respectively associated with the corresponding device groups based on the device information of the plurality of execution devices.

In this embodiment, step S210, step S220, and step S230 may refer to the content of the corresponding steps in the foregoing embodiments, and are not described herein again.

Step S240: it is determined whether there is an unassociated performing device in the device group.

In this embodiment, the execution devices may include an associated execution device and an unassociated execution device. In order to ensure the accuracy of the grouping success information fed back by the control device, the control device may determine whether there is an unassociated execution device in the device group, and if there is an unassociated execution device in the device group, it indicates that the control device has not successfully grouped the plurality of execution devices. Specifically, the device information may further include an association state, and the control device may acquire the association state of the execution device corresponding to the device group, and may determine whether there is an execution device that is not associated in the device group according to the association state.

Wherein the association state may include an associated state and an unassociated state. When the control equipment acquires that the execution equipment corresponding to the equipment group is in the associated state, determining that no un-associated execution equipment exists in the equipment group; when the control device acquires that at least one execution device in an unassociated state exists in the execution devices corresponding to the device group, determining that the unassociated execution device exists in the device group.

As an embodiment, the device information of the execution device may further include status flag information, the status flag information is generated based on when the control device associates the execution device with the device group, and the status flag information may include first status flag information for indicating that the association of the execution device with the device group is successful, and second status flag information for indicating that the association of the execution device with the device group is failed. As shown in fig. 4, which shows a flowchart of a method for acquiring an association status of an execution device corresponding to a device group in the device intelligent grouping method provided in this embodiment, the method for acquiring an association status of an execution device corresponding to a device group may include steps S241 to S2412.

Step S241: and acquiring state mark information generated when each execution device is associated with the corresponding device group.

Step S2411: and when the acquired state flag information of each executing device corresponding to the device group is the first state flag information, determining that the executing devices corresponding to the device group are all in the associated state.

Step S2412: and when the acquired state mark information of each executing device corresponding to the device group has the second state mark information, determining that at least one executing device in the state of not being associated exists in the executing devices corresponding to the device group.

As another implementation, as shown in fig. 5, which shows a flowchart of another method for acquiring association statuses of execution devices corresponding to a device group in the device intelligent grouping method provided in this embodiment, the method for acquiring association statuses of execution devices corresponding to a device group may include steps S242 to S2422.

Step S242: and sending a first detection instruction to the equipment group.

After associating the multiple execution devices with the corresponding device groups respectively, the first detection instruction may be sent to the device groups in a multicast manner, where the first detection instruction may be used to control the execution devices corresponding to the device groups to operate and send feedback information, and the feedback information may be used to represent that the execution devices have received and responded to the first detection instruction. The control device may determine the association state of the execution device corresponding to the device group according to whether feedback information fed back by the execution device is received within the first preset time period.

The first preset time length may be a time length preset by a user, or a time length dynamically adjusted by the control device according to an actual time length of the feedback information received from the execution device. The first preset time period may be 1 second(s), 2s, 5s, and the like, and the value of the first preset time period and the setting mode of the first preset time period are not limited herein, and may be specifically set according to actual requirements.

Step S2421: and if the feedback information of each execution device corresponding to the device group is received within the first preset time length, determining that the execution devices corresponding to the device group are all in the associated state.

Step S2422: and if the feedback information of all the execution devices corresponding to the device group is not received within the first preset time, determining that at least one execution device in an unassociated state exists in the execution devices corresponding to the device group.

As another implementation manner, as shown in fig. 6, which is a flowchart illustrating a method for acquiring an association status of an executing device corresponding to a device group in the device intelligent grouping method provided in this embodiment, the method for acquiring an association status of an executing device corresponding to a device group may include steps S243 to S2442.

Step S243: and sending a second detection instruction to the equipment group.

After the multiple execution devices are respectively associated with the corresponding device groups, a second detection instruction may be sent to the device groups in a multicast manner, where the second detection instruction is used to control the associated execution devices in the device groups to operate.

Step S244: and detecting the working state information of each execution device corresponding to the device group within a second preset time length.

The second preset time length may be a time length preset by a user, or a time length dynamically adjusted by the control device according to the actual time length detected from the operating state information of the execution device. The second preset time period may be 3 seconds(s), 4s, 8s, and the like, and the value of the second preset time period and the setting mode of the second preset time period are not limited herein, and may be specifically set according to actual requirements. The operating state information may include operating current information or operating voltage information, etc.

As an example, the operating state information may include operating current information, and the control device may detect the operating current information of each execution device corresponding to the device group within a second preset time period.

As another example, the operating state information may include operating voltage information, and the control device may detect the operating voltage information of each execution device corresponding to the device group within a second preset time period.

Step S2441: and if the working state information of all the execution devices is not detected to reach the preset condition within the second preset time, determining that at least one execution device in the unassociated state exists in the execution devices corresponding to the device group.

The preset condition corresponds to the operating state information, and the preset condition may be used to represent a condition for starting operation of the execution device, and may include a current threshold, a voltage threshold, or the like.

As an example, the operating state information may include operating current information, and the preset condition may include a current threshold. And if the control equipment does not detect that the working current information of all the execution equipment reaches the current threshold value within the second preset time, determining that at least one execution equipment in the execution equipment corresponding to the equipment group is in an unassociated state.

As another example, the operating state information may include operating voltage information, and the preset condition may include a voltage threshold. And if the control equipment does not detect that the working voltage information of all the execution equipment reaches the voltage threshold value within the second preset time, determining that at least one execution equipment in the execution equipment corresponding to the equipment group is in an unassociated state.

Step S2442: and if the working state information of each execution device corresponding to the device group reaches the preset condition within the second preset time, determining that the execution devices corresponding to the device group are all in the associated state.

As an example, the operating state information may include operating current information, and the preset condition may include a current threshold. And if the control equipment detects that the working current information of each executing equipment corresponding to the equipment group reaches the current threshold value within the second preset time, determining that the executing equipment corresponding to the equipment group is in the associated state.

As another example, the operating state information may include operating voltage information, and the preset condition may include a voltage threshold. And if the control equipment detects that the working voltage information of each execution equipment corresponding to the equipment group reaches the voltage threshold value within the second preset time, determining that the execution equipment corresponding to the equipment group is in the associated state.

Step S250: and when the unassociated execution device exists in the device group, associating the unassociated execution device with the corresponding device group.

In this embodiment, when the control device determines that there is an unassociated execution device in the device group, the unassociated execution device may be associated with the corresponding device group, which may ensure that each execution device may be successfully grouped, and improve the grouping success rate in the device grouping process.

Step S260: and generating and sending the grouping success information to the server.

In this embodiment, the step S260 may refer to the content of the corresponding step in the foregoing embodiments, and is not described herein again.

According to the scheme provided by the application, the control device receives a grouping instruction sent by the server, responds to the grouping instruction, creates at least one device group, associates a plurality of execution devices with the corresponding device groups respectively based on device information of the execution devices, determines whether the execution devices which are not associated exist in the device groups, associates the execution devices which are not associated with the corresponding device groups when the execution devices which are not associated exist in the device groups, generates and sends grouping success information to the server, feeds back the state of the grouping instruction executed by the control device as the grouping success information instead of feeding back the result of successful association of the execution devices with the device groups as the grouping success information, and can avoid that the control device needs to wait for a long time due to overtime or failure of feedback of the execution devices in the process of grouping the devices, the grouping efficiency of the equipment grouping process is improved.

Further, after the grouping success information is sent, the control device executes creation of a device group to the multiple execution devices based on the grouping instruction, associates the execution devices with the device group, detects whether the execution devices which are not associated exist in the device group, and associates the execution devices which are not associated with the corresponding device group if the execution devices which are not associated exist in the device group are determined, so that each execution device can be successfully grouped, and the grouping success rate of the device grouping process is improved.

Referring to fig. 7, a flowchart of a method for intelligently grouping devices according to still another embodiment of the present application is shown. In a specific embodiment, the device intelligent grouping method may be applied to the server 300 in the group control system shown in fig. 1, and the flow shown in fig. 7 will be described in detail below by taking the server 300 as an example, and the device intelligent grouping method may include the following steps S310 to S320.

Step S310: and sending a grouping instruction to the control equipment.

In this embodiment, the grouping instruction carries device information of a plurality of execution devices, and the grouping instruction may be used to instruct the control device to group the plurality of execution devices into at least one device group according to a preset grouping rule and the device information, and generate and feed back grouping success information, so that each execution device in the device group supports unified control.

The server may send a grouping instruction to the control device, the control device receives and responds to the grouping instruction, and creates the multiple execution devices into at least one device group according to a preset grouping rule and device information, where the device group includes device information of corresponding execution devices, and the control device may associate the multiple execution devices with corresponding device groups, respectively, based on the device information of the multiple execution devices, generate grouping success information, and feed back the grouping success information to the server.

In some embodiments, the group control system may further include a terminal device, and the terminal device may be communicatively connected to the server and perform data interaction with the server. When a user needs to perform grouping operation on a plurality of execution devices, the user can input device information of the plurality of execution devices into the terminal device, the terminal device receives and responds to the device information and sends the device information to the server, and the server receives and responds to the device information, generates a grouping instruction carrying the device information and sends the grouping instruction to the control device. The control device receives and responds to the grouping instruction, groups the execution devices into at least one device group, supports unified control for each execution device in the device group, and generates and feeds back grouping success information to the server.

In some embodiments, when a user needs to perform a grouping operation on a plurality of execution devices, the user may input a grouping request in a terminal device, the terminal device receives and responds to the grouping request, forwards the grouping request to a server, and the server receives and responds to the grouping request, may search device information of a plurality of execution devices connected to a control device, which is stored in advance, generate a grouping instruction carrying the device information, and send the grouping instruction to the control device. The control device receives and responds to the grouping instruction, groups the execution devices into at least one device group, supports unified control for each execution device in the device group, and generates and feeds back grouping success information to the server.

Step S320: and receiving the grouping success information fed back by the control device.

In this embodiment, after sending the grouping instruction to the control device, the server may receive the grouping success information fed back by the control device, wherein the grouping success information is generated by the control device based on an operation of the grouping instruction to create the plurality of execution devices as at least one device group and to associate the plurality of execution devices with the device group, instead of being generated based on the result that each of the plurality of execution devices has successfully created the corresponding device group and successfully associated to the corresponding device group, it is achieved that the state in which the control device has executed the grouping instruction is fed back as grouping success information, instead of feeding back as grouping success information the result of successful association of each of the plurality of execution devices with the device group, the control equipment can be prevented from waiting for a long time due to the fact that the equipment feedback overtime or the feedback failure is executed in the equipment grouping process, and the grouping efficiency of the equipment grouping process is improved.

In some embodiments, the grouping success information may carry a correspondence relationship between the characterization device group and the execution device. After receiving the grouping success information fed back by the control device, the server can send a group control instruction corresponding to the device group to the control device, and the control device receives and responds to the group control instruction and sends the group control instruction to the corresponding device group in a multicast mode, so that group control operation on the execution device is realized.

According to the scheme provided by the application, the server sends the grouping instruction to the control equipment, the grouping instruction is used for indicating the control equipment to group the execution equipment into at least one equipment group according to the preset grouping rule and the equipment information, grouping success information is generated and fed back, so that the execution equipment in the equipment group supports unified control, the server receives the grouping success information fed back by the control equipment, the condition that the control equipment has executed the grouping instruction is taken as the grouping success information to be fed back, the result that the execution equipment is successfully associated with the equipment group is not taken as the grouping success information to be fed back, the situation that the control equipment needs to wait for a long time due to overtime or failure in the process of grouping the equipment can be avoided, and the grouping efficiency of the equipment grouping process is improved.

Referring to fig. 8, which illustrates an apparatus intelligent grouping device 400 provided in an embodiment of the present application, the apparatus intelligent grouping device 400 may be applied to the control apparatus 100 shown in fig. 1, and the apparatus intelligent grouping device 400 shown in fig. 8 will be described in detail below by taking the control apparatus 100 as an example, and the apparatus intelligent grouping device 400 may include an instruction receiving module 410, a grouping module 420, and an information sending module 430.

The instruction receiving module 410 may be configured to receive a grouping instruction sent by a server; the grouping module 420 may be configured to, in response to a grouping instruction, divide the multiple execution devices into at least one device group, where each execution device in the device group supports unified control; the information sending module 430 may be used to generate and send packet success information to the server.

In some embodiments, the grouping instruction carries device information of a plurality of execution devices, and the grouping module 420 may include a creating unit and an associating unit.

The creating unit may be configured to create at least one device group in response to the grouping instruction, the device group including device information of a corresponding execution device; the associating unit may be configured to associate the plurality of execution devices with the corresponding device groups, respectively, based on the device information of the plurality of execution devices.

In some embodiments, the execution devices include associated execution devices and non-associated execution devices, and the device intelligent grouping apparatus 400 may further include a determination module and an association module.

The determining module may be configured to determine whether there is an unassociated execution device in the device group after the associating unit associates the plurality of execution devices with the corresponding device groups, respectively; the association module may be configured to associate the unassociated execution device with the corresponding device group when it is determined that the unassociated execution device exists in the device group.

In some embodiments, the device information includes an association status, and the determining module may include an obtaining unit, a first determining unit, and a second determining unit.

The obtaining unit may be configured to obtain association statuses of the execution devices corresponding to the device group, where the association statuses include an associated status and an unassociated status; the first determining unit may be configured to determine that no execution device exists in the device group if all the execution devices corresponding to the device group are in the associated state; the second determining unit may be configured to determine that the device group has the unassociated execution device when at least one execution device in the unassociated state exists in the execution devices corresponding to the device group.

In some embodiments, the device information of the execution device includes status flag information, and the obtaining unit may include an obtaining subunit, a first determining subunit, and a second determining subunit.

The obtaining subunit may be configured to obtain status flag information generated when each execution device is associated with a corresponding device group, where the status flag information includes first status flag information used to indicate that the execution device is successfully associated with the device group, and second status flag information used to indicate that the execution device is failed to be associated with the device group; the first determining subunit may be configured to determine that the execution devices corresponding to the device group are all in the associated state when the obtained state flag information of each execution device corresponding to the device group is all the first state flag information; the second determining subunit may be configured to determine that at least one execution device in the execution devices corresponding to the device group is in an unassociated state when the acquired state flag information of each execution device corresponding to the device group has the second state flag information.

In some embodiments, the obtaining unit may further include a first transmitting subunit, a third determining subunit, and a fourth determining subunit.

The first sending subunit may be configured to send a first detection instruction to the device group, where the first detection instruction is used to control an execution device corresponding to the device group to work and send feedback information; the third determining subunit is configured to determine that the execution devices corresponding to the device group are all in an associated state when receiving the feedback information of each execution device corresponding to the device group within the first preset time period; the fourth determining subunit may be configured to determine that there is at least one execution device in an unassociated state in the execution devices corresponding to the device group when the feedback information of all the execution devices corresponding to the device group is not received within the first preset time period.

In some embodiments, the obtaining unit may further include a second transmitting subunit, a detecting subunit, a fifth determining subunit, and a sixth determining subunit.

The second sending subunit may be configured to send a second detection instruction to the device group, where the second detection instruction is used to control the operation of the associated execution device in the device group; the detection subunit may be configured to detect, within a second preset duration, working state information of each execution device corresponding to the device group; the fifth determining subunit is configured to determine that at least one execution device in the unassociated state exists in the execution devices corresponding to the device group if the working state information of all the execution devices is not detected to reach the preset condition within the second preset time period; the sixth determining subunit may be configured to determine that, when it is detected that the working state information of each of the execution devices corresponding to the device group reaches the preset condition within the second preset time period, all the execution devices corresponding to the device group are in the associated state.

Referring to fig. 9, which illustrates an apparatus intelligent grouping device 500 according to another embodiment of the present application, the apparatus intelligent grouping device 500 may be applied to the server 300 shown in fig. 1, and the apparatus intelligent grouping device 500 shown in fig. 9 will be described in detail below by taking the server 300 as an example, and the apparatus intelligent grouping device 500 may include a grouping instruction sending module 510 and an information receiving module 520.

The grouping instruction sending module 510 may be configured to send a grouping instruction to the control device, where the grouping instruction is used to instruct the control device to group a plurality of execution devices into at least one device group, and generate and feed back grouping success information, so that each execution device in the device group supports unified control; the information receiving module 520 may be configured to receive packet success information fed back by the control device.

In some embodiments, the grouping success information carries a corresponding relationship used for characterizing the device group and the execution device, and the device intelligent grouping apparatus 500 may further include a group control instruction sending module.

The group control instruction sending module may be configured to send a group control instruction corresponding to the device group to the control device after the information receiving module 520 receives the grouping success information fed back by the control device, where the group control instruction is used to instruct the control device to multicast the group control instruction to the corresponding device group.

Referring to fig. 10, which shows a functional block diagram of an intelligent device 600 provided by another embodiment of the present application, the intelligent device 600 may include one or more of the following components: memory 610, processor 620, and one or more applications, wherein the one or more applications may be stored in memory 610 and configured to be executed by the one or more processors 620, the one or more applications configured to perform a method as described in the aforementioned method embodiments.

The Memory 610 may include a Random Access Memory (RAM) or a Read-Only Memory (Read-Only Memory). The memory 610 may be used to store instructions, programs, code, sets of codes, or sets of instructions. The memory 610 may include a stored program area and a stored data area, wherein the stored program area may store instructions for implementing an operating system, instructions for implementing at least one function (such as receiving a grouping instruction, responding to the grouping instruction, grouping execution devices into at least one device group, transmitting grouping success information, creating a device group, associating execution device and device group, determining unassociated execution device, associating unassociated execution device and device group, obtaining an association status, determining that there is no unassociated execution device, determining that there is an unassociated execution device, obtaining status flag information, determining an associated status, determining an unassociated status, transmitting a first detection instruction, controlling the execution device to operate, transmitting feedback information, transmitting a second detection instruction, detecting operating status information, transmitting a grouping instruction, and receiving grouping success information, etc.), instructions for implementing the various method embodiments described below, and the like. The storage data area may also store data created by the smart device 600 during use (such as grouping instructions, device groups, grouping success information, device information, associated executing devices, unassociated executing devices, associated status, unassociated status, status flag information, first status flag information, second status flag information, first detection instructions, feedback information, first preset duration, second detection instructions, operating status information, second preset duration, and preset conditions), and the like.

Processor 620 may include one or more processing cores. The processor 620 connects various parts throughout the smart device 600 using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the smart device 600 and processes data by executing or executing instructions, programs, code sets, or instruction sets stored in the memory 610 and invoking data stored in the memory 610. Alternatively, the processor 620 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 620 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 620, but may be implemented by a communication chip.

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 700 has stored therein a program code 710, the program code 710 being capable of being invoked by a processor to perform the methods described in the method embodiments above.

The computer-readable storage medium 700 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. Optionally, the computer-readable storage medium 700 includes a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium. The computer readable storage medium 700 has storage space for program code 710 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 710 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. An intelligent grouping method of devices is applied to a control device in a group control system, the control device is connected with a plurality of execution devices, the group control system further comprises a server, and the intelligent grouping method of devices comprises the following steps:

receiving a grouping instruction sent by the server;

in response to the grouping instruction, dividing the execution devices into at least one device group, wherein each execution device in the device group supports unified control;

and generating and sending the grouping success information to the server.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the grouping instruction carries device information of a plurality of the execution devices, and the grouping the plurality of the execution devices into at least one device group in response to the grouping instruction includes:

in response to the grouping instruction, creating at least one device group, wherein the device group comprises device information of the corresponding execution device;

associating the plurality of execution devices with the corresponding device groups, respectively, based on device information of the plurality of execution devices.

3. The device intelligent grouping method according to claim 2, wherein the executing devices include associated executing devices and non-associated executing devices, and after the associating the plurality of executing devices with the corresponding device groups, the device intelligent grouping method further comprises:

determining whether there is an unassociated performing device in the device group;

and when the unassociated execution device is determined to exist in the device group, associating the unassociated execution device with the corresponding device group.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the device information includes an association status, and the determining whether there is an unassociated performing device in the device group includes:

acquiring the association state of the execution equipment corresponding to the equipment group, wherein the association state comprises an associated state and an unassociated state;

when the execution devices corresponding to the device group are all in the associated state, determining that the unassociated execution device does not exist in the device group;

and when at least one execution device in the unassociated state exists in the execution devices corresponding to the device group, determining that the unassociated execution device exists in the device group.

5. The intelligent grouping method for the devices according to claim 4, wherein the device information of the executing device includes status flag information, and the obtaining the association status of the executing device corresponding to the device group includes:

acquiring state mark information generated when each execution device is associated with the corresponding device group, wherein the state mark information comprises first state mark information used for representing that the execution device is successfully associated with the device group and second state mark information used for representing that the execution device is failed to be associated with the device group;

when the acquired state flag information of each execution device corresponding to the device group is the first state flag information, determining that the execution devices corresponding to the device group are all in an associated state;

and when the acquired state mark information of each executing device corresponding to the device group has the second state mark information, determining that at least one executing device in the state of not being associated exists in the executing devices corresponding to the device group.

6. The intelligent grouping method for the devices according to claim 4, wherein the obtaining of the association status of the execution devices corresponding to the device group comprises:

sending a first detection instruction to the equipment group, wherein the first detection instruction is used for controlling the execution equipment corresponding to the equipment group to work and sending feedback information;

if the feedback information of each execution device corresponding to the device group is received within a first preset time length, determining that the execution devices corresponding to the device group are all in an associated state;

if the feedback information of all the execution devices corresponding to the device group is not received within a first preset time length, determining that at least one execution device in an unassociated state exists in the execution devices corresponding to the device group; or the like, or, alternatively,

sending a second detection instruction to the equipment group, wherein the second detection instruction is used for controlling the operation of the associated execution equipment in the equipment group;

detecting the working state information of each execution device corresponding to the device group within a second preset time length;

if the working state information of all the execution equipment is not detected to reach the preset condition within the second preset time, determining that at least one execution equipment in an unassociated state exists in the execution equipment corresponding to the equipment group;

and if the working state information of each execution device corresponding to the device group reaches the preset condition within the second preset time, determining that the execution devices corresponding to the device group are all in the associated state.

7. An intelligent grouping method of devices is applied to a server in a group control system, the group control system further comprises a control device, the control device is connected with a plurality of execution devices, and the intelligent grouping method of devices comprises the following steps:

sending a grouping instruction to the control device, wherein the grouping instruction is used for instructing the control device to group the execution devices into at least one device group, and generating and feeding back grouping success information so that each execution device in the device group supports unified control;

and receiving the grouping success information fed back by the control equipment.

8. The device intelligent grouping method according to claim 7, wherein the grouping success information carries a correspondence for characterizing the device group and the execution device, and after receiving the grouping success information fed back by the control device, the device intelligent grouping method further includes:

and sending a group control instruction corresponding to the equipment group to the control equipment, wherein the group control instruction is used for instructing the control equipment to multicast and send the group control instruction to the corresponding equipment group.

9. The device intelligent grouping device is applied to a control device in a group control system, the control device is connected with a plurality of execution devices, the group control system further comprises a server, and the device intelligent grouping device comprises:

the instruction receiving module is used for receiving the grouping instruction sent by the server;

the grouping module is used for responding to the grouping instruction and dividing the execution equipment into at least one equipment group, and all the execution equipment in the equipment group support unified control;

and the information sending module is used for generating and sending the grouping success information to the server.

10. A smart device, comprising:

a memory;

one or more processors coupled with the memory;

one or more applications, wherein the one or more applications are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by one or more processors, the one or more applications configured to perform the device intelligence grouping method of any of claims 1-7 or any of claims 8-9.

11. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon program code that can be invoked by a processor to perform the device intelligence grouping method of any of claims 1 to 7 or any of claims 8 to 9.