TW201929556A - Home appliance managing an operating right regardless of a server - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a home appliance that manages an operating right regardless of a server. [Solution means] A home appliance having a transmission/reception portion that can receive a request from an operating terminal comprises: a determination portion that determines whether or not to a request is accepted/rejected; a terminal information storage portion that stores operational terminal information as storage terminal information; a processing portion that enables the home appliance to execute motion; and the determination portion that compares operating terminal information of the transmission source of the request with storage terminal information to determine whether the request is accepted or rejected.

Description

Home appliance

The invention relates to household electrical appliances.

In recent years, household appliances such as vacuum cleaners, washing machines, refrigerators, and air conditioners have become connected to a wide area network such as the Internet, and information or operations of home appliances can be obtained from outside the home. It is known that before the operation of the home electric appliance issued by the operation terminal such as a smart phone is made effective, in order to avoid improper operation or the like, for example, authentication (pairing) is performed between the operation terminal and the home electric appliance. Home appliances can only be operated from a paired machine. In this case, it is also possible to pair a plurality of home appliances with a plurality of operation terminals. However, when an operation request (command) for the home appliance is performed from a plurality of operation terminals at the same time, it is desired to achieve smooth processing.

In Patent Document 1, the server 5 has an operation right management unit 5-3 that manages the operation right (paragraphs 0017, 0043, and FIG. 8). [Prior Technical Literature] [Patent Literature]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2015-82778

[The problem that the invention wants to solve]

Patent Document 1 deals with the management of control rights by a server. Therefore, for example, when it is impossible to connect to a server, how to manage the control of the controlled machine is not clear. [Technical means to solve the problem]

The present invention, which is created in view of the above-described situation, is a home electric appliance that can receive a request from a terminal of an operation terminal, and has a determination unit that determines the acceptance of the request; and memorizes the operation terminal information. a terminal information storage unit that is information of the memory terminal; and a processing unit that causes the home appliance to perform an operation; the determination unit compares the operation terminal information of the required transmission source with the memory terminal information to determine the acceptance of the request.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. [Example 1]

Figure 1 is a model diagram of the machine control system of the present embodiment. The machine control system is composed of a wide area network 2, operation terminals 3, 5, a wireless LAN router 4, and home electric appliances.

[Operation Terminals 3, 5] The operation terminals 3, 5, for example, the users of the home electric appliance 6 are preferably all portable terminals. The operation terminals 3, 5 are machines that can communicate with the home appliances 6 by using a wide area network protocol and a wireless communication protocol. In the case of communication using the wireless communication protocol, the wireless LAN router 4 can communicate with the home appliance 6.

In the present embodiment, among the operation terminals 3, 5, the terminal not located in the wireless communication port with the wireless LAN router 4 is referred to as the first operation terminal 3, and the terminal located in the wireless communication port is referred to as the second operation terminal 5 . Further, for the sake of simplicity, the area in the communication area with the wireless LAN router 4 is referred to as "home", and the area outside the communication area is referred to as "outside house".

[Wireless LAN Router 4] The wireless LAN router 4 transmits the information transmitted to the wireless LAN router 4 to another device (the operation terminal 3, 5, home appliances 6) by using the WAN protocol and the wireless communication protocol. ) The machine.

[Home Appliances 6] The home appliances 6 are machines that can communicate with the operation terminals 3 and 5 by communication with the wireless LAN router 4 by using a wireless communication protocol. As the home electric appliance 6, for example, a vacuum cleaner, a washing machine, a refrigerator, an air conditioner, or the like can be exemplified, but it is not particularly limited.

The home electric appliance 6 can accept start-up, drive, and drive completion, and their reservation, or by operation of the operation terminal 3, 5 through the operation of the switch or button disposed in the home electric appliance 6, or It is a request (command) such as adjustment of the action in the drive.

The home electric appliance 6 includes a transmission/reception unit 61, a determination unit 63 that determines the acceptance of the request based on the permission condition, a processing unit 62 that performs the execution of the request for the acceptance of the acceptance, and a terminal that memorizes the operation right information. The information storage unit 64 and the elapsed time measuring unit 65 that measures the latest operation from the determination unit 63 and the like.

The transmission/reception unit 61 receives the request (command) from the operation terminals 3 and 5 or the information (operation terminal information) inherent to the operation terminals 3 and 5, and responds to the determination result of the determination unit 63 or the processing result of the processing unit 62. And sent to the operation terminal 3, 5.

The determination unit 63 determines the acceptance of the request received by the transmission and reception unit 61 based on the permission condition set in advance. The determination unit 63 of the present embodiment receives the operation terminal information unique to each of the operation terminals 3 and 5 which are the transmission sources of the request, and the operation terminal information stored in the terminal information storage unit 64 (hereinafter referred to as the transmission unit 61). To compare the memory terminal information), by judging the acceptance of the decision. Specifically, in the case where the terminal information is not memorized, or when the operation terminal information and the memory terminal information included in the request received by the transceiver unit 61 are identical, the acceptance of the license request is not the case. Not allowed. Further, the determination unit 63 can cause the terminal information storage unit 64 to memorize the operation terminal information.

The processing unit 62, the interpretation determination unit 63, approves the request for acceptance, and causes the home electric appliance 6 to execute the processing corresponding to the request. For example, when the driving of the home electric appliance 6 is required, the home electric appliance 6 is driven in accordance with this. In addition to this, it is possible to comply with various requirements such as photographing by the imaging unit mounted on the home electric appliance 6 and return of photographed data.

The terminal information storage unit 64 can set (memorize) the stored terminal information in response to the request of the determination unit 63. The memory terminal information can be erased in response to the timing of the timer unit 65. When the memory terminal information is not set, if the transceiver unit 61 receives the operation terminal information, the determination unit 63 causes the operation terminal information to be set to the memory terminal information. In this embodiment, if the transceiver unit 61 receives the request from one of the operation terminals 3, 5 in the case where the memory terminal information is not set, the operation terminal information of the operation terminal is set as the memory terminal information. (Is given the right to operate). The request from the operation terminal to which the operation right is given is permitted by the determination unit 63.

The timer unit 65 measures the last operation time point of the home electric appliance 6, for example, the transmission unit 61, the determination unit 63, or the processing unit 62 (for example, the time when the processing unit 62 last performed the processing) The elapsed time. When the specified time has elapsed, the memory terminal information is erased.

The transmission/reception unit 61 is, for example, a wireless communication board, the determination unit 63 and the processing unit 62 are, for example, a processor, the terminal information storage unit 64 is, for example, a semiconductor memory medium, and the timer unit 65 is, for example, a clock counter.

As described above, the home electric appliance 6 of the present embodiment has the terminal information storage unit 64 that stores the operation terminal information, the determination unit 63 that determines the acceptance of the request, the determination unit 63 that gives the operation right, and the timer unit 65 that erases the operation right. Therefore, for example, when updating or erasing the condition of the operation right, each of the home electric appliances 6 is updated with software (carcass) or when the newly manufactured home electric appliance 6 is manufactured. Install the latest software and you can handle it. In this regard, for example, if the server is separately set up and the server manages the operation right, it is easy to derive the maintenance server if the update of the condition is required, and it affects all the home appliances that the server handles. Hey. In other words, according to the present embodiment, when the update of the condition or the like is performed, the range of the influence can be reduced.

[Command from Operation Terminals 3, 5] Programs (applications) for issuing commands to the home appliances 6 are installed in the operation terminals 3, 5. When the application is to order the home appliance 6 from outside the house, the application is configured to send a command by using the WAN protocol, and when it is intended to be commanded from the house, it is configured to be sent via the wireless LAN router 4 by the wireless communication protocol. command. Of course, in the case of a home, it is also possible to switch to communication using the WAN protocol by the user's choice.

When it is not limited to where the operation terminal is located in the house and outside the house, and a plurality of operation terminals 3, 5 want to request the same home appliance 6 at the same time, if all the requirements are accepted, there is a The actions of the users who operate the terminals 3, 5 are all different. Therefore, it is desirable that only one of the operation terminals 3, 5 temporarily monopolizes the operation right, and the operation right is eliminated at the time point when the request from the operation terminal 3, 5 ends. In the present embodiment, the home appliance product 6 is used to manage the operation right.

[Setting of Operation Rights and Processing of Requirements for Home Appliances 6] FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the processing of requirements and management of operation rights of the machine control system of the present embodiment.

First, the home electric appliance 6 judges whether or not the request from the operation terminals 3, 5 has been received (step S10). If the request is being received (Yes in step S10), it is confirmed whether or not the memory terminal information exists (step S100). Even if the request is not being received (No at step S10), it is confirmed whether or not the memory terminal information exists (step S20).

In the case where the memory terminal information is set in step S100 (Yes in step S100), it is confirmed whether or not the operation terminal information of the operation terminal requesting the transmission source matches the memory terminal information (step S200). When the memory terminal information is not set (step S100, No), the operation terminal information of the operation terminal requesting the transmission source is set to the memory terminal information (step S110), and the processing unit 62 is caused to execute and request the corresponding processing ( Step S111), returning to step S10.

In the case where the memory terminal information is set in step S20 (Yes in step S20), it is confirmed whether or not the counted time by the timer unit 65 has passed the predetermined time (step S30). When the memory terminal information is not set (step S20, No), the process returns to step S10.

In the case where the predetermined time has elapsed in step S30 (Yes in step S30), the memory terminal information (elimination operation right) is erased (step S40), and the flow returns to step S10. When the predetermined time has not elapsed (step S30, No), the process returns to step S10.

Next, in step S200, when it is the same (step S200, Yes), the processing unit 62 is caused to execute and request the corresponding processing (step S300), resetting the timer unit 65 to start counting (step S301), and returning. Step S10. When there is no match (step S200, No), the request source is notified of the request rejection request (step S210), and the process returns to step S10. As a notification of refusal of the acceptance, it is possible to notify only the refusal of the refusal, or to notify the operation terminal that is currently given the operation right, or to notify the operation terminal that is being given the operation right, how long it has been since the last operation (timekeeping section) Counting status of 65).

[Setting of Types of Commands Available in and Outside the House] The determination unit 63 of the present embodiment can obtain the information that the operation terminals 3, 5 are transmitting from the home and the house, and use the determination. In the case of the outside of the house, the type of the order that is feasible for the home appliance product 6 may be the same as the type of the order that is feasible in the case of the house, or may be a type that is less than this. Examples of the command include reading of a start-up reservation, a start command, an end reservation, an end command, an automatic (self-discipline) drive command, a manual drive command, and a reservation status of the home electric appliance 6. Among them, for example, a drive command under manual (for example, a command such as advancing or jumping from the current position), because the degree of freedom of the commander is high, it can be designed to be feasible only in the home mode from the viewpoint of safety. In addition, for example, it is also possible to design only the information to be read from both the house and the house, and the requirements for the operation of the home appliance 6 are only accepted from the house. In this way, it is designed to be executable only in the in-home mode depending on the type of the command, whereby the person other than the user of the home electric appliance 6 can be reduced to execute the command. This setting can be changed when the operation terminals 3, 5 are located in the house, or can be changed by operating the switch of the home electric appliance 6, or the like.

The replacement of the timer unit 65 may be designed to include the memory terminal information erasing unit that erases the operation terminal information memorized in the terminal information storage unit 64 due to some phenomenon, instead of the timer unit 65. For example, it may be configured such that when one of the operation terminals 3, 5 is given a representative right and the operation terminal receives a request to erase the operation terminal information, the operation right is eliminated.

[Setting of Priority Orders of Operation Terminals 3, 5] The terminal information storage unit 64 of the present embodiment may be configured to memorize the priority order information of the operation terminals 3, 5. For example, the user of the home electric appliance 6 can perform the setting of one of the operation terminals 3, 5 in preference to the other by the operation of the home electric appliance 6 or the operation terminals 3, 5. In the present embodiment, the setting operation terminal 3 is set to be prioritized.

In this case, it is assumed that the first operation terminal 3 transmits a request for the home electric appliance 6 while the terminal information storage unit 64 stores the operation terminal information of the second operation terminal 5 (the second operation terminal has the operation right). At this time, the determination unit 63 detects that the priority order of the first operation terminal 3 that has received the request is higher than that of the second operation terminal 5 that has the operation right, and for example, notifies the operation terminal 3 of the following information (1) to (3). A part or all of the operation terminal 5 is notified of the following information (4) or (5) instead of step S210. (1) The current memory terminal information is set to other terminals. (2) The current memory terminal information is set to the operation terminal 5. (3) Information on the memory terminal information elimination department. For example, the measurement time of the time measuring unit 65. (4) Other operating terminals that are higher priority than themselves are sending requests. (5) The first operation terminal 3 of the operation terminal having a higher priority than itself is transmitting the request.

Next, the first operation terminal 3 receives an inquiry as to whether or not the operation right is acquired from the home electric appliance 6. When the (mandatory) acquisition of the operation right is desired, the intention is returned to the home electric appliance 6, whereby the determination unit 63 erases the operation right of the second operation terminal 5 and assigns the operation right to the first operation terminal 3. . [Embodiment 2]

The configuration of this embodiment can be made the same as that of the first embodiment except for the following points. [Server 1] Server 1 is a machine that can communicate with other machines using the WAN protocol. The server 1 can communicate with other devices by, for example, utilizing communication of a wireless communication protocol and a wide area network protocol from the home electric appliance 6.

In the present embodiment, when the first operation terminal 3 that cannot communicate with the wireless communication protocol (outside the house) is not required to transmit the request for the home electric appliance 6, the request is sent to the server 1. In this request, the number (home appliance number) unique to the home appliance 6 to be used is included. The home appliance number is obtained by performing authentication processing by the operation terminals 3 and 5 and the home electric appliance 6.

On the other hand, the home electric appliance 6 is configured to periodically inquire whether or not the server 1 is required to exist, or is configured to be constantly connected to the server 1 to receive the request to reach the server 1 in an instant. When asked, the server 1 is notified of its own home appliance number, and the server 1 confirms whether or not the request for a uniform home appliance number exists. If a corresponding request is found, the server 1 transmits a request to the home appliance 6. By doing so, it is possible to improve the security. The present invention is not limited to home electric appliances, and can be applied to a machine having a communication function.

1‧‧‧Server

2‧‧‧ Wide Area Network

3‧‧‧1st operation terminal

4‧‧‧Wireless LAN Router

5‧‧‧2nd operation terminal

6‧‧‧Home Appliances

61‧‧‧Transceiver

62‧‧‧Processing Department

63‧‧‧Decision Department

64‧‧‧ Terminal Information Memory Department

65‧‧‧Timekeeping Department (memory terminal information elimination department)

[Fig. 1] A model diagram of a machine control system of Embodiment 1 [Fig. 2] A flowchart of a request process performed by the machine control system of Embodiment 1 [Fig. 3] A model diagram of the machine control system of Embodiment 2

Claims (4)

A home electric appliance, which is characterized in that: a home appliance that can receive a request from a terminal of an operation terminal, and includes: a determination unit that determines acceptance of a request; and a terminal that memorizes operation terminal information as a memory terminal information An information storage unit; and a processing unit that causes the home appliance to perform an operation; and the determination unit compares the operation terminal information of the required transmission source with the memory terminal information to determine the acceptance of the request. The home appliance product according to claim 1, wherein the memory terminal information erasing unit that erases the memory terminal information is erased by the memory terminal information erasing unit, and the transmitting and receiving is performed. When the mobile terminal receives the request, the terminal information storage unit sets the operation terminal information of the operation terminal of the required transmission source to the memory terminal information. The home appliance product according to the second aspect of the invention, wherein the memory terminal information erasing unit includes a time counting unit, and when the time measuring unit counts for a predetermined time or longer, the memory terminal information is erased. The home appliance according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the operating terminal may be distinguished by a priority order, and when the transmitting and receiving unit receives the information corresponding to the memory terminal information, When the operation terminal further requires the operation terminal of the high priority order, the operation terminal of the high priority order is notified of part or all of the following information (1) to (3), and/or corresponds to the information of the memory terminal. The operation terminal notifies the following information (4) or (5): (1) the current memory terminal information is set to other terminals, (2) the current memory terminal information is set to the operation terminal corresponding to the aforementioned memory terminal information, (3) The information of the memory terminal information erasing unit is (4) the other operating terminal with higher priority than itself is transmitting the request, and (5) the high priority operating terminal of the operating terminal having higher priority than itself is transmitting the request.