KR100747816B1 - Remote monitoring system and method of controlling the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a remote monitoring system and a control method for controlling operation of a product, such as a washing machine and a dryer, installed at a remote location, and identifying and displaying an administrative end regardless of a product selected by a user.

That is, the present invention provides a washing machine and a dryer having a communication module for transmitting and receiving information on an operating state; And a monitoring unit configured to receive information about a selected device according to a user's selection, display an operation state, monitor a non-selected device, and display a termination state when the administration of the non-selected device is terminated. Provide a monitoring system.

Therefore, the present invention can respond more quickly at the time of administrative termination by continuously displaying that the administrative termination has occurred, even if the product having the administrative termination is not selected. There is an effect that can be provided.

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Description

Remote monitoring system and method of controlling the same

1 is a conceptual diagram showing a general remote monitoring system.

Figure 2 is a flow chart showing a control method of the remote monitoring system according to the prior art.

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a remote monitoring system according to the present invention.

4 is a front view showing the remote monitoring unit shown in FIG.

5 is a flow chart showing a control method of the remote monitoring system according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

100: remote monitoring unit 101: first key input unit

102: power supply unit 103: first microcomputer

104: communication unit 105: first display unit

106: warning sound generating unit 200: washing machine

201: first communication module 202: second key input unit

203: second microcomputer 204: first load driving unit

205: second display unit 206: first memory

300: dryer 301: second communication module

302: third key input unit 303: third micom

304: second load driver 305: third display unit

The present invention relates to a monitoring system, and more particularly, to a remote monitoring system and a method for controlling the operation of a product such as a washing machine and a dryer installed at a remote site, and a remote monitoring system capable of identifying and displaying an administrative end regardless of a product selected by a user. .

In general, a washing machine is a device in which a user puts contaminated laundry into a washing tank so that detergent and washing water are properly mixed to perform a washing process, and then complete a washing operation through a rinsing and dehydrating stroke.

In addition, the clothes dryer is a device that blows hot air generated by a heater into a drum to absorb moisture of a drying object and to dry the drying object.

However, in Korea, such a washing machine and a dryer are often installed and operated indoors, but in other countries such as Europe, South America, and the United States, the washing machine and dryer may be installed in a separate place such as an external warehouse or an underground laundry room. many.

This is because foreigners enjoy a lot of housing life in large space, not apartment life like Korea.

Recently, research is being actively conducted to connect household appliances to the Internet environment so that operation can be controlled remotely whenever the operation is needed, so that various household chores can be easily performed without being constrained in space and time. have.

In particular, development has been made for application to a product that takes a relatively long time in performing one operation such as a washing machine and a dryer. However, a conventional washing machine does not perform the operation and automatically operates when a certain time elapses. Considering the fact that the power is cut off and the power consumption is minimized, that is, when the washing machine is cut off, the remote control cannot be achieved.

If you want to perform such remote control and remote monitoring through the Internet, the PCs that can remotely monitor them must be kept on and the home network must be configured to increase the manufacturing cost. there was.

In addition, when the washing machine and the dryer are not installed in the house but installed in an outside warehouse or the basement, it is difficult to set up the network environment as described above. Go to the place where you have installed the laundry and input the operation command, and after inputting the operation command to determine the operation status from time to time to visit the installation site to determine the operation status.

In addition, since an error state or the like generated during the operation cannot be grasped, even though the operation is stopped due to an error generated during the washing or drying stroke, the user may not recognize this and maintain the state.

In addition, in order to input an operation command, it was possible only by moving to a place where a washing machine or a dryer is installed, causing inconvenience to the user.

Therefore, in order to solve this inconvenience, the remote monitoring device 10 is installed in the house to grasp the operating state of the washing machine 20 and the dryer 30 installed outside as shown in FIG. 1.

The control method of the remote monitoring system according to the related art configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 2. First, when the power is connected, the selected product is remotely monitored (S11 to S12).

And it is determined whether the end of the administration (End) has been generated (S13).

Subsequently, when the end of the administration is detected (S13), it is determined whether the product for which the end of administration has been selected is previously selected (S14).

As a result of the determination (S14), if the product whose stroke has been selected is already selected, the stroke end indication and the alarm are simultaneously generated (S15).

On the other hand, if the determination result (S14), the product is not already selected by the end of the stroke only generates an alarm through the remote monitoring device 10 (S16).

However, the remote monitoring system and its control method according to the prior art configured as described above, when the end of the stroke is detected, if the user is not a selected product, only the alarm occurs for a certain time, so that the user does not hear the alarm sound. Since it was not possible to recognize the end, there was a problem of causing deterioration of the laundry and damage to the cloth.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to enable the user to more easily recognize the end of the administration regardless of the product selected by the user in the remote monitoring system.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a washing machine and a dryer having a communication module for transmitting and receiving information on the operating state; And a monitoring unit configured to receive information about a selected device according to a user's selection, display an operation state, monitor a non-selected device, and display a termination state when the administration of the non-selected device is terminated. Provide a monitoring system.

Preferably, the monitoring unit corresponds to a first key input unit for selecting a device to be remotely monitored among the washing machine or a dryer, a communication unit for communicating with a communication module mounted in the washing machine and a dryer, and a communication result through the communication unit. Outputs a control command, detects whether an error occurs, and controls a first micom to control whether or not a product having an error occurs whether or not an end occurs regardless of whether the product is selected by the user, and a control signal of the first micom. The first display unit for displaying an operation state and a warning sound generating unit for displaying an error generated in the product to be remotely monitored according to the control signal of the first microcomputer is characterized in that it comprises.

According to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a control method of a monitoring system having a monitoring unit for monitoring the operating state of the washing machine and dryer, comprising the steps of: selecting a device to operate; Displaying an operating state of the selected device and monitoring whether the administration of the non-selected device is terminated; When the stroke of the non-selected device is terminated, the control method of the remote monitoring system comprising the step of displaying information on the stroke of the non-selected device is provided.
In the displaying of the information about the end of the stroke, when the stroke of the non-selected device is finished, the display screen of the selected device is changed to a screen displaying the stroke end state of the non-selected device and the alarm is set. Can be generated.
In the displaying of the information regarding the end of the stroke, the operation information about the selected device and the stroke end state of the non-selected device may be simultaneously displayed.

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Hereinafter, a remote monitoring system and a control method thereof according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a remote monitoring system according to the present invention, FIG. 4 is a front view showing a first display unit of the remote monitoring unit shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a method of controlling a remote monitoring system according to the present invention. 1 is a flow chart showing an embodiment, Figure 6 is a flow chart according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the remote monitoring system according to the present invention remotely operates an operation state of the washing machine 200 and the dryer 300, and the washing machine 200 and the dryer 300, which are installed in separate spaces other than the home. Simultaneously with monitoring, the remote monitoring unit 100 controls the operations of the washing machine 200 and the dryer 300.

The remote monitoring unit 100 includes a first key input unit 101 for selecting a device that the user wants to remotely monitor among the washing machine 200 and the dryer 300, a power supply unit 102 for supplying power, The washing machine through the first communication unit 104 and the first communication unit 104 to communicate with the washing machine 200 and the dryer 300, and the first communication unit 104 according to the request command input through the first key input unit 101 The first microcomputer 103 to control the operation state of the 200 and the dryer 300 so as to remotely monitor and determine whether an administrative termination has occurred and to display the administrative termination status regardless of the product selected by the user. And the first display unit 105 for displaying the operation state of the washing machine 200 and the dryer 300 according to the control signal of the first microcomputer 103, and for displaying the end of the stroke. Control scene of the first microcomputer 103 According to consist of warning sound generating section 106 for displaying an error occurrence of the washing machine 200 and the dryer 300. The

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the remote monitoring unit 100 may include a display unit 105 for displaying operation states of the washing machine 200 or the dryer 300, and the washing machine 200 or the like. The dryer 300 includes a key input unit 101 for selecting a desired device.

The display unit 105 may include a first display window 105a for displaying an operating state of the washing machine 200, a second display window 105b for displaying an operating state of the dryer 300, and an operation time. And a third display window 105c for displaying the back and the like.

The washing machine 200 includes a first communication module 201 for communicating with the communication unit 104 of the remote monitoring unit 100, a second key input unit 202 for inputting a user request command, and The controller outputs a control signal so that a control operation can be performed according to a user request command input through the key input unit 202, and the current operation state, etc., according to the remote monitoring command input through the first communication module 201 is controlled. A second microcomputer 203 for controlling transmission to the communication unit 104 of (100), a first load driver 204 for driving a load according to a control signal of the second microcomputer 203, and the first A second display unit 205 for displaying an operation state and the like according to the control signal of the microcomputer 203 and a first memory 206 for storing the various menu items related to the operation.

In addition, the dryer 300 includes a second communication module 301 for communicating with the communication unit 104 of the remote monitoring unit 100, a third key input unit 302 for inputting a user request command, and The control signal is output so that the control operation is performed according to the user's request command input through the third key input unit 302, and the current operation state is output according to the remote monitoring command input through the second communication module 301. A third microcomputer 303 for controlling transmission to the remote monitoring unit 100, a second load driver 304 for driving a load according to a control signal of the third microcomputer 303, and the third A third display unit 305 for displaying an operation state and the like according to the control signal of the microcomputer 303, and a second memory 306 for storing the operation-related menus.

In this case, the communication unit 104 and the first and second communication modules 201 and 301 communicate with one of power line communication, wired communication, and wireless communication.

Accordingly, the remote monitoring apparatus according to the present invention directly communicates with the remote monitoring unit 100, the washing machine, and the dryer 200, 300 without going through a network such as a gateway or a separate communication network such as the Internet. This can be done.

That is, the remote monitoring unit 100 displays the operation state of the product selected by the user through the first key input unit 101, that is, the product selected from the washing machine or the dryer, through the first display unit 105 and remotely. Perform monitoring.

In this case, when an error occurs in the washing machine or the dryer, an error occurs in a product other than the product selected by the user in the first display unit 105 to continuously display the administrative termination state regardless of the product selected by the user. If it occurs, move the display to the product where the error occurred, and then generate the error condition and alarm of the product.

[First Embodiment]

The control method of the remote monitoring system according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 5. First, it is determined whether the user connects power to the remote monitoring unit (S101).

Subsequently, when the determination result (S101), the user connected the power to the remote monitoring unit, the dryer is selected from the products to be monitored remotely (S102).

Then, the operation state of the dryer is continuously monitored (S103).

Therefore, the operation state of the dryer is displayed on the remote monitoring unit (S104).

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the stroke ends in the washing machine (S105).

As a result of the determination (S105), if an error occurs in the washing machine, the selected product displayed on the remote monitoring unit is changed to the washing machine (S106).

And the remote end of the washing machine administrative end display and alarm (S107).

When the alarm generation ends, the selected product of the remote monitoring unit is changed again to the dryer (S108 to S109).

Subsequently, in order to display the operation state of the dryer and to display the end of the washing machine, the light emitting diode LED of the portion of the first display for displaying the operation state of the washing machine is continuously lit (S110).

On the other hand, the determination result (S105), if the stroke end is not generated in the washing machine determines whether the stroke end occurs in the dryer (S112).

As a result of the determination (S112), if an error occurs in the dryer, the remote monitoring unit displays an error state of the dryer and generates an alarm (S113).

Subsequently, if the user detects that the power is disconnected, the process ends (S111).

Second Embodiment

The control method of the remote monitoring system according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 5. First, it is determined whether the user connects power to the remote monitoring unit (S201).

Subsequently, when the determination result (S201), the user connected the power to the remote monitoring unit, the washing machine is selected from the products to be monitored remotely (S202).

Then, the operating state of the washing machine is continuously monitored (S203).

Therefore, the operation state of the washing machine is displayed on the remote monitoring unit (S204).

Subsequently, it is determined whether a stroke end occurs in the dryer (S205).

As a result of the determination (S205), if a stroke termination occurs in the dryer, the selected product displayed on the remote monitoring unit is changed to the dryer (S206).

And the end of the operation display and alarm of the dryer to the remote monitoring unit (S207).

When the alarm generation ends, the selected product of the remote monitoring unit is changed again to the dryer (S208 to S209).

Subsequently, in order to display an operating state of the washing machine and to indicate the end of the operation of the dryer, the light emitting diode LED of the portion for displaying the operating state of the dryer is continuously turned on (S210).

On the other hand, the determination result (S105), if the stroke end is not generated in the dryer, it is determined whether the stroke end occurs in the washing machine (S212).

As a result of the determination (S112), if an error occurs in the washing machine, an error state of the washing machine is displayed on the remote monitoring unit and an alarm is generated (S213).

Subsequently, if the user detects that the power is disconnected, the process ends (S111).

As described above, the remote monitoring system and its control method according to the present invention display an error code of a product having a stroke termination when the product having a stroke termination is not selected, and display an operation state of a product having a stroke termination. The light emitting diode (LED) is turned on continuously to generate an alarm for notifying the end of administration.

When the alarm ends, the corresponding LED is continuously turned on to display the operation state of the product previously selected by the user and to display the administration termination of the product in which the administration termination occurs.

As described above, the remote monitoring system and its control method according to the present invention have the following effects.

First, even if the product which has been terminated is not selected, the user can easily check by continuously displaying that the termination has been occurred.

Second, it can improve the reliability of the product because it can respond more quickly at the end of the administration.

Third, it can provide convenience because the user can recognize it more easily.

Claims (6)

Washing machine and dryer having a communication module for transmitting and receiving information on the operating state; And Remote monitoring including a monitoring unit for receiving the information on the selected device according to the user's selection to display the operation state, and monitor the unselected device to display the termination state when the administration of the unselected device is terminated. system. The method of claim 1, The monitoring unit A first key input unit for selecting a device to be remotely monitored among the washer or dryer, a communication unit for communicating with a communication module mounted in the washer and dryer, and a corresponding control command according to a communication result through the communication unit; And a first micom that detects whether an error occurs and controls whether or not a product having an error is terminated regardless of whether the product is selected by the user and displays an operation state according to the control signal of the first micom. And a warning sound generating unit for displaying an error occurring in a product to be remotely monitored according to the control signal of the first microcomputer. The method of claim 2, The first display unit, And a first display window for displaying the operating progress of the washing machine, a second display window for displaying the operating progress of the dryer, and a third display window for displaying the operating time of the washing machine or the dryer. Remote monitoring system. In the control method of the monitoring system having a monitoring unit for monitoring the operating state of the washing machine and dryer, Selecting a device to be operated; Displaying an operating state of the selected device and monitoring whether the administration of the non-selected device is terminated; And displaying information relating to the termination of the stroke of the non-selected device when the stroke of the non-selected device is terminated. The method of claim 4, wherein In the displaying of the information about the end of the administration, And when the stroke of the non-selected device is terminated, changes the display screen of the selected device to a screen displaying the stroke termination state of the non-selected device and generates an alarm. The method of claim 4, wherein In the displaying of the information about the end of the administration, And controlling operation information on the selected device and displaying a stroke end state of the device not selected at the same time.

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