KR20060099588A - Home automation system and gateway device connected to a home gateway through a mobile communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a home automation system and a home gateway device connected to a home gateway through a mobile communication network. More specifically, an external terminal is connected to a system operation server through the Internet, and the system operation server is provided in a home through a mobile communication network. The mobile phone is connected to the home gateway by a connection tweet, so that there is no need for an internet PC for home automation or a home gateway having a corresponding function or a separate server. The present invention relates to a home automation system and a home gateway device that controls a home gateway using a communication function, an operating system, and a storage function, and also enables reverse monitoring notification by an active connection in a mobile phone in a home.

To this end, the present invention, in the home gateway device, the mobile phone connection unit is provided, the power connection unit is provided, the communication path connection unit of the home appliance is provided, and transmits a control signal to the home appliance and wired or wireless and receives the status signal It is characterized in that the signal receiving and receiving unit is provided, and the control unit for analyzing the signal received from the mobile phone and the home appliance through the signal receiving and receiving unit and calculates the signal transmitted to them,

In a home automation system, a first mobile phone having a mobile phone system upgraded to automatically communicate with a home gateway device and a system operation server is provided, and the home gateway device is combined with the first mobile phone and a home appliance. And an external terminal such as a second mobile phone or an Internet PC that is externally monitored and controlled, and has a protocol for processing transmission and reception of the first mobile phone and an external terminal period. An operation server is provided, and the home gateway device is characterized in that it is provided with a number of household devices connected by a wired or wireless communication path.

Home Automation, Home Gateway, Mobile Network, Mobile Phone, Internet

Description

 Home automation system and gateway device connected to a home gateway through a mobile communication network

1 is a peripheral configuration diagram connected to form a home gateway device,

2 is an overall configuration diagram of a home automation system,

3 is a diagram briefly showing a connection system of home automation;

4 is a flowchart of a home automation system,

5 is an example of a WAP page of a second mobile phone.

The present invention relates to a home automation system and a home gateway device connected to a home gateway through a mobile communication network. More specifically, an external terminal is connected to a system operation server through the Internet, and the system operation server is provided in a home through a mobile communication network. The mobile phone is connected to the home gateway by a connection tweeter, thereby eliminating the need for an internet PC for home automation or a home gateway having a corresponding function or a separate server. The present invention relates to a home automation system and a home gateway device that controls a home gateway using a communication function, an operating system, and a storage function of the home gateway, and also enables reverse monitoring notification by an active connection in a mobile phone in a home.

In general, in order to remotely monitor or operate home appliances from outside, user terminals such as mobile phones or Internet PCs, which can be connected to the Internet as a user's terminal, servers to be connected, and home gateways that monitor and control home appliances are required. . In other words, a connection system between an external terminal and a home gateway is required. FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a connection system of a home automation system. In comparison with this, in the case of a single house, a server connected to an external terminal and a home gateway is integrated with a home gateway device. There is a problem that the installation cost is high because the server is installed in a separate unit, there is a problem that the upgrade according to the change of home appliances should be directly managed. In a complex such as an apartment, one server is shared by each household. In this case, a communication line L4 between the server and the home gateway device in the home should be separately installed. In other words, this is mainly used in newly established complexes, and there is a problem in that existing complexes are difficult.

Mobile phones have a high memory and processing power to be called small computers, but their lives are short and are often thrown away.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention includes a home gateway device that upgrades an idle mobile phone and relays communication between the mobile phone and a home device, and includes a system operation server, and executes a system operation server in an external terminal. L6), the idle server (L7, l8) in the system operating server, the home gateway device (L9) in the idle mobile phone, the home appliance (L10) in the home gateway device, so that the information can be passed back to the direction of the station, the server It is an object of the present invention to provide a home gateway device and a home automation system that can be jointly used by a service company, using an unused mobile phone, and does not require a separate communication facility, and can monitor and control home appliances from the outside at low cost. It is.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a home gateway device, which is provided with a mobile phone connection unit, a power connection unit, a communication path connection unit of a home appliance, and transmits a control signal to the home appliance and wired or wirelessly. And a signal receiving and receiving unit for receiving a status signal, and comprising a control unit for analyzing a signal received from a mobile phone and a home appliance through the signal receiving and receiving unit and calculating a signal transmitted thereto.

In a home automation system, a first mobile phone having a mobile phone system upgraded to automatically communicate with a home gateway device and a system operation server is provided, and the home gateway device is combined with the first mobile phone and a home appliance. And an external terminal such as a second mobile phone or an Internet PC, which is provided with a home gateway connected by wired or wireless, and monitors and controls from the outside. A server is provided, and various home appliances connected with a home gateway device and a wired / wireless communication path are equipped with an external terminal, a system operation server (L6), a system operation server and an idle mobile phone (L7, l8), an idle mobile phone, and a home gateway device. (L9), the home gateway device and the home appliance (L10) is characterized by consisting of wired and wireless connection And

As a preliminary step, the system operation server, the first mobile phone, and the home gateway communicate with each other and register a contracted signal to each device (1) .As an operation step, the system is operated through an internet network from an external terminal. Step (2) of accessing the server, the system operation server is connected to the first mobile phone through the mobile communication network to transmit the status request signal of the home appliances (3), the first mobile phone requests the status to the home gateway through the insertion connection Transmitting the signal (4), the home gateway transmits the signal of the collected status information of the home appliance to the first mobile phone, and the first mobile phone to the service operation server (5), the service operation server is the status information signal (6) transmitting to the external terminal with the Internet page of the WAP or WEB, the customer sees the transmitted page and the data value to be newly adjusted to the Internet of the external terminal Step 7 of inputting and transmitting to the system operation server, transmitting data values to be adjusted from the system operation server to the first mobile phone and the first mobile phone to the home gateway device according to the contracted signal (8), the home gateway The device sends a signal to the home appliance according to the data value to be adjusted (9), the home appliance adjusts to the data value to be adjusted and transmits the status information to the home gateway device (10); It is characterized by consisting of a step (11) repeated until the user stops operation,

In the above, the communication signal between the system operation server and the first mobile phone is to transmit information by a contracted voice signal,

In addition, the home gateway device is characterized in that it is executed voluntarily starting from the step (5) when the status information collected from the state information is collected and updated from time to time in advance of the allowable data value set in advance have.

1 is a block diagram of a home gateway device,

2 is an overall configuration diagram of a home automation system,

3 of FIG. 3 is a diagram briefly showing a connection system of home automation;

4 is a flowchart of a home automation system,

5 is an example of a WAP page of a second mobile phone.

Looking at the process of monitoring and controlling the home automation system to be the target by the process as shown in Figure 4 in the same state as the configuration of the home gateway device of Figure 1 and the home automation system of Figure 2 as follows.

The first step is preliminary step, in which the system operation server, the first mobile phone, and the home gateway communicate with each other and register a contracted signal to each device, where the contracted signal is turned on. The system operation server and the first mobile phone can wirelessly recognize the signals that can be distinguished by turning off and adjusting them, and the first mobile phone and the home gateway device are connected to each other by a connection jack, and the home gateway device and the home device are connected to each other wirelessly or wirelessly. The contracted signals are registered with each other to enable communication and control.

The second step is the following operation step, in which the external terminal accesses the system operation server through the Internet network. You will be connected to the operator server. In this case, when the external terminal is the second mobile phone, it may be directly connected to a user URL that can operate the user's home device according to the CID (caller number).

In the third step, the system operation server connects to the first mobile phone through the mobile communication network and transmits a status request signal of the home appliances. The system operation server uses the mobile communication network to connect with the first mobile phone or the Internet. It sends a status request signal by connecting to the first mobile phone associated with the ID.

In the fourth step, the first mobile phone transmits a status request signal to the home gateway through the insertion connection path. When the first mobile phone receives the connection and status request signal automatically according to the step, the home gateway connected to the connection jack is connected. It sends a status request signal by connecting to the device.

In the fifth step, the home gateway transmits the signal of the collected home appliance status information to the first mobile phone and the first mobile phone to the service operation server. The home gateway device collects and updates the home appliance status information from time to time. In this state, the state information of the current home appliance is transmitted according to the request, that is, the information is transmitted to the service operation server via the first mobile phone in the reverse order of the above steps.

In the sixth step, the service operation server transmits the status information signal to the external terminal using the WAP or WEB Internet page. The service operation server is in the WAP page format when the user's external terminal is connected to the second mobile phone. If it is connected to internet PC, it is sent to external terminal in WEP page format. FIG. 5 is an example of a WAP page of a second mobile phone. When the external terminal is a mobile phone, FIG.

In the seventh step, the customer views the transmitted page and inputs a new data value to be adjusted from the Internet page of the external terminal to the system operation server. The user views the transmitted page and recognizes the status information. In order to change the status, the data value to be adjusted on the page is input from the internet page and transmitted to the system operation server. For example, the screen 200 of FIG. 5 is displayed by selecting 'air conditioner' from the screen 100 of FIG. 5 received in the above step, in which the data value is input to the service management server.

The eighth step is to transmit the data value to be adjusted from the system operating server to the first mobile phone and the first mobile phone to the home gateway device according to the contracted signal. The system operating server contracts the data value to be adjusted from the external terminal. The signal is converted into a signal and transmitted to the first mobile device, and the first mobile phone is then transmitted to the gate device.

In the ninth step, the home gateway device sends a signal to the home appliance according to the data value to be adjusted, and the home gateway device converts the data value to be adjusted from the first mobile phone into a contracted signal and transmits it to each home appliance. . It is a communication path of IEEE 1394, which is a terminal communication, or a communication path of a PLC, which is an electric line communication, or a communication channel of a wireless LAN, and receives a result value adjusted in the following step.

In the tenth step, the home appliance adjusts the data value to be adjusted and transmits the status information to the home gateway device. The home appliance adjusts the data value to be adjusted and transmits the adjusted result value to the home gateway device through the communication path. do.

The eleventh step is executed again from the above step (5) until the user stops the operation. The state information is transmitted to the first mobile phone as in step 5, and the following process is continuously repeated. If you operate the interruption on the external terminal, the repetition is stopped.

The communication signal between the system operation server and the first mobile phone is configured to transmit information by a contracted voice signal.

The home gateway device is in a state in which the status information of the home appliance is collected and updated from time to time regardless of the above process. In this case, when the home gateway device deviates from the preset allowable data value in the state information collected from time to time regardless of the user's operation, The step (5) is voluntarily executed so that the following steps are repeatedly executed.

That is, when an emergency condition such as an excessive temperature rise or abnormality is detected in a home sensing device, the status information of the first mobile phone, a service operating server, and a second mobile phone in the home gateway device as shown in step 5 above. You will be connected to your phone and it will repeat. The connection method from the service operation server to the second mobile phone may use a text message including a callback URL indicating status information, or may use a short message including a pre-committed text.

The present invention relates to a home automation system and a home gateway device connected to a home gateway through a mobile communication network. More specifically, an external terminal is connected to a system operation server through the Internet, and the system operation server is provided in a home through a mobile communication network. The mobile phone is connected to the home gateway by a connection tweeter, and thus, the mobile phone is required to have a home gateway or a separate server that combines an Internet PC for home automation or a corresponding function. The home gateway can be controlled using the communication function, operating system, and storage function, so that the cost of machinery and communication line cost is low, and additional facilities can be installed in existing buildings. Notification is possible and centrally control service operation server There are advantages as it can smoothly operate the maintenance repair of the system, but also has the advantage discarded piece can recycle mobile phones.

In summary, there is an advantage that the server can be shared by the service company, use unused mobile phones, do not need a separate communication equipment, and can monitor and control the home appliances from the outside at low cost.

Claims (6)

In the home gateway device, A mobile phone connection unit is provided; A communication path connecting portion of the home appliance is provided; A power connection is provided; A signal transmitter / receiver configured to transmit a control signal to the home appliance and wired / wireless and receive a status signal; It is connected to mobile phone and home device by wire / wireless and analyzes the signal received from the first mobile phone and home device through the signal transmitter / receiver and calculates the result value and the target value of the signal sent to them and sends it Home gateway device, characterized in that consisting of a control unit. In the home automation system, A first mobile phone having a mobile phone system upgraded to automatically communicate with a home gateway device and a system operation server by a contracted signal; The home gateway device is provided with the home gateway in a state in which the first mobile phone and the home device are connected to each other by wire and wireless connection, and the state information of the home device is collected and updated from time to time. An external terminal such as a second mobile phone or an Internet PC for monitoring and controlling from the outside; A system operation server having a protocol for processing transmission and reception of a first mobile phone and an external terminal period is provided; It is equipped with various home appliances connected with home gateway devices and wired / wireless, and external terminals and system operation servers, system operation servers and idle mobile phones, idle mobile phones and home gateway devices, home gateway devices and home devices are connected by wire or wireless. Home automation system, characterized in that The method of claim 1, Registering as a preliminary step (1), a contracted signal to each device, in which the system operation server, the first mobile phone, and the home gateway communicate with each other and control the home device; (2) accessing a system operation server through an internet network from an external terminal as an operation step; The system operation server is connected to the first mobile phone through a mobile communication network to transmit the status request signal of the home appliances (3); A first mobile phone (4) transmitting a status request signal to the home gateway through an insertion connection path; Transmitting, by the home gateway, the signal of the collected state information of the home appliance to the first mobile phone and the first mobile phone to the service operation server (5); The service operation server transmits the status information signal to an external terminal as an Internet page of WAP or WEB (6); A customer viewing the transmitted page and inputting a data value to be newly adjusted in an internet page of an external terminal to transmit it to a system operation server (7); Transmitting (8) data values to be adjusted from the system operating server to the first mobile phone and from the first mobile phone to the home gateway device by the contracted signal; (9) the home gateway device sending a signal to the home appliance according to the data value to be adjusted; Adjusting, by the home appliance, a data value to be adjusted and transmitting status information to the home gateway device (10); The home automation system, characterized in that the step (5) is executed again and the step 11 is repeated until the user stops operation, The method of claim 3, wherein The communication signal between the system operation server and the first mobile phone is a home automation system, characterized in that the voice signal is promised to transmit information. The method of claim 3, wherein The home gateway device is voluntarily executed from the step (5) when the status information collected from the home appliance is collected and updated from time to time, when it is out of a predetermined allowable data value. Automation system. The method of claim 5, Home automation system, characterized in that the connection method from the service operation server to the second mobile phone may use a text message including a callback URL indicating the status information, or a short message including a pre-committed text.

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