TW201943176A - Intelligent apparatus monitoring system having auto-reporting operation status and a status sensor thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an intelligent apparatus monitoring system having auto-reporting operation status and a status sensor thereof. The intelligent apparatus monitoring system has at least one status sensor and a monitor equipment. The status sensor is used to mounted on a corresponding apparatus, such as household device, but is not electronically connected to the household device to sense whether the household device operating or not and output a sensing signal. The sensing signal is transmitted to the monitor equipment and then the monitor equipment updates and stores a new operation status of the household device according to the sensing signal. A blind spot of monitoring the conventional household device in the intelligent apparatus monitoring system can be solved.

Description

Smart device monitoring system and status sensor for actively reporting operating status

The present invention relates to a smart device monitoring system for a smart home, and more particularly to a smart device monitoring system that can actively report the operation status of home appliances.

With the high penetration of smartphones and tablets, wireless network communication environments have also been established in indoor spaces such as offices, homes, and factories. Therefore, more wireless communication environments and smartphones as user interfaces have been introduced on the market. Applications or products, such as: anti-theft monitoring systems, home security, home medical, smart appliances, smart devices, etc.

Taking smart home appliances as an example, smart home appliances mainly have wireless networking functions, allowing consumers to use smart phones and send control commands to smart home appliances through wireless networks, enabling remote remote control of indoor smart home appliances to improve the quality of life; On the one hand, smart home appliances can also actively return information to smart phones for consumption to confirm the status of the smart home appliances.

Another type of smart home is further proposed, which integrates and controls all smart home appliances in the room through a smart monitoring host, and provides consumers to set the use status of all smart home appliances in the room according to their own living habits (such as adjusting indoor light, temperature, and controlling audiovisual equipment Etc.) for more convenient control of smart appliances at home. However, the currently available smart home appliances still do not cover all types of appliances in the home, and smart home appliances have not yet been popularized. Therefore, smart home appliances still retain the infrared remote control function of ordinary home appliances, with exclusive infrared (IR) remote control or radio frequency (RF) ) Remote control for independent operation.

At present, there are coexistence of traditional home appliances and smart home appliances. The infrared remote control or radio frequency remote control of traditional home appliances can only transmit operation instructions in one direction. Traditional home appliances, infrared remote control or radio frequency remote control do not have the ability to return signals. For home smart monitoring hosts, it is really impossible to effectively integrate traditional appliances into the smart device monitoring system; even if a wireless remote control for traditional appliances is introduced on the market, as shown in Figure 8, the smart monitoring host 60 can control it through a wireless network. The wireless remote controller 61 sends an infrared operation signal to the traditional electrical appliance 40, but it still only has a one-way signal transmission function and no return signal function. Although the traditional home appliance 40 can be incorporated into the smart device monitoring system, the monitoring blind spot will eventually appear For example, when the intelligent monitoring host 60 transmits an infrared signal including an opening instruction to the air conditioner through the wireless remote control 61, the air conditioner does not receive the infrared signal and does not start up successfully, but as far as the intelligent monitoring host 60 is concerned, It has been recorded that the current air conditioner is turned on, and the next control of the air conditioner will also be performed. Wrong, but can not fully achieve true wisdom monitoring.

Therefore, as far as smart homes integrating traditional home appliances and smart home appliances are concerned, their monitoring technology still needs to be further improved and enhanced.

In view of the monitoring blind spots of the above-mentioned smart device monitoring system or similar monitoring systems, the main purpose of the present invention is to propose a smart device monitoring system that actively reports the operating status and its state sensor, so as to solve the monitoring blind spots of current smart device monitoring systems.

The main technical means used to achieve the above purpose is to make the intelligent device monitoring system for actively reporting the operating status include: at least one status sensor, each status sensor stores a unique identification code, and is used for fixing on a device To generate a sensor signal after sensing the operating status of the device, and then transmit the sensor signal together with its unique identification code to the outside; and a monitoring device that is connected to each of the status sensors and receives the status sensors. The sensing signal and its unique identification code, and the operating state of the device corresponding to the status sensor stored and updated according to the received sensing signal; wherein the monitoring device stores the unique identification code of each of the status sensors and each of the status sensors. The operating status of the device.

As can be seen from the above description, the smart device monitoring system of the present invention mainly provides a status sensor, which is fixed on a corresponding device, such as a housing of a home appliance, and does not need to be electrically connected to the device to sense whether the device is running or not. Generate a sensor signal, and then send the sensor signal to the monitoring device. The monitoring device updates the actual operating status of each device stored according to the sensor signal, and solves the monitoring blind spot in the smart device monitoring system integrating traditional devices.

The main technical means used to achieve the above purpose is to make the state sensor of the smart device monitoring system include: a controller; a network module, which is electrically connected to the controller; a first state sensor, which The first state sensor is electrically connected to the controller, and outputs the first induction signal to the controller; and a power circuit provides working power; The controller sends the first sensing signal to the outside through the network module.

From the above description, it can be known that the status sensor of the present invention is mainly used in a smart device monitoring system, and can be fixed on a corresponding device, such as a housing of a home appliance, but can sense the operation of the device without being electrically connected to the device and generate a sensor. Signal, and the sensor signal is transmitted to the outside, so that the smart device monitoring system can obtain the actual operating status of the device, and solve the monitoring blind spot that appears when integrating traditional devices.

The present invention is to improve a smart device monitoring system that integrates traditional devices and smart devices to ensure that there are no monitoring blind spots in the monitored environment. The following further describes the technical content of the present invention in detail with multiple embodiments and drawings.

First, please refer to FIG. 1, a first embodiment of a smart device monitoring system for actively reporting operating status according to the present invention includes a monitoring device 10, at least one status sensor 20, and at least one power 40; wherein the monitoring device 10 It can be a cloud monitoring device or a local monitoring device. In this embodiment, the local monitoring device 10 is used and connected to an indoor wireless network (such as a WIFI wireless network) where it is installed, each of which is a status sensor. 20 can be wired or wirelessly connected to the monitoring device 10 for two-way communication; in this embodiment, the monitoring device 10 is connected to each of the status sensors 20 using another wireless communication protocol and communicates bidirectionally, and After the connection is successful, a different identification code (such as an IP address) is assigned to each of the status sensors 20 connected, that is, the monitoring device 10 stores a unique identification code of each status sensor 20, and each status sensor The device 20 also stores a unique identification code, and is used for fixing to a corresponding device, such as the home appliance 40, without being electrically connected to the device; specifically, each of the status sensors 20 can be fixed on a housing of the home appliance 40. In this embodiment, the monitoring device 10 can select wireless communication protocols such as Z-Wave, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Power Line Communication (PLC), and Thread. The communication protocol is merely an example of the present invention, and is not limited thereto. In the following, the home appliance 40 is used as the operation description of the device in this case.

Please refer to FIG. 2 for a second embodiment of the smart device monitoring system for actively reporting the operating status of the present invention. Compared with the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the second embodiment further includes at least one wireless remote control 30. The wireless remote controllers 30 are connected to the monitoring device 10 by using the wireless communication protocol, and are controlled by the monitoring device 10 to transmit infrared signals or radio frequency signals corresponding to the control instructions. Each of the wireless remote controllers 30 is provided at a corresponding location. The home appliance 40 can receive an infrared signal or a radio frequency signal to transmit the infrared signal or the radio frequency signal to the corresponding home appliance 40, so that the monitoring device 10 can remotely control the home appliance 40 through the wireless remote controllers 30.

Please refer to FIG. 3. The above state sensor 20 mainly includes a controller 21, a network module 22, a first state sensor 23 and a power circuit 24, and may further include a second state sensor. 25. A light indicator 26, a display 27, and a switch 28; wherein the power circuit 24 provides working power for the circuit units; the network module 22 is electrically connected to the controller 21, in this embodiment The network module 22 is a wireless module for two-way communication with the monitoring device 10 through a wireless communication protocol; the first state sensor 23 and the second state sensor 25 are electrically connected to the controller. 21, after sensing the operation state of the corresponding electrical appliance 40, transmitting the first and / or second sensing signal to the controller 21, and the controller 21 uniquely identifies the first and / or second sensing signal with the unique The code is transmitted back to the monitoring device 10 through the network module 22, and the network module 22 transmits the first and / or the second sensing signal together with its unique identification code to the outside according to the wireless communication protocol; as for The light indicator 26 and the display 27 It is electrically connected to the controller 21, and is controlled by the controller 21 to change the indicator number and display content; and the switch 28 is electrically connected to the controller 21, so that when the state sensor 20 is used for the first time, The control of the switch 28 is connected to or disconnected from the monitoring device 10. The switch 28 may be an independent component or integrated with the display 27 into a touch-sensitive display.

The above network module 22 uses a wireless communication protocol that matches the monitoring device 10, such as: Z-Wave, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Power Line Communication (PLC), Thread, etc. The same is not the case. In this embodiment, the network module is a Z-Wave wireless module, which includes a radio frequency (RF) antenna ANT. When connecting to the monitoring device 10 for the first time, the monitoring device 10 must be in a learning mode. , And then press the switch 28 of the state sensor 20 several times (for example, 3 times) to connect with the monitoring device 10; similarly, to disconnect the connection, the monitoring device 10 must be in a disconnected mode, and then Press the switch several times to disconnect.

In this embodiment, the first state sensor 23 is a vibration sensor, and the second state sensor 25 is an electromagnetic wave detector (also called an electric field detector), both of which can be used as detection sensors. It is used to test whether the electrical appliance 40 is running. As shown in FIG. 4, the vibration sensor includes a vibration sensing unit 231 and a first signal amplifying unit 232. The vibration sensing unit 231 is through the first signal amplifying unit. 231 is electrically connected to the controller 21 to amplify the vibration sensing signal as the first sensing signal and output to the controller 21; and the second state sensor 25 is an electromagnetic wave detector. It includes an electromagnetic wave detection unit 251, a second signal amplification unit 252, and an analog digital conversion unit 253. The electromagnetic wave detection unit 251 amplifies the detection signal through the second signal amplification unit 252, and then the signal is amplified by the second signal amplification unit 252. The analog digital conversion unit 253 converts the digital detection value into a corresponding digital detection value, and outputs the digital detection value to the controller 21 as the second sensing signal. In addition, the present invention can also use other sensors, such as a temperature sensor, for detecting the operation of the electrical product. These state sensors do not need to be electrically connected to the home appliance to sense whether they are running or not.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the power circuit 24 includes a battery 241, a power protection unit 242, and a voltage stabilization unit 243. The voltage stabilization unit 243 is electrically connected to the power supply via the power protection unit 242. The battery 241, which stabilizes the voltage of the battery 241 and outputs it to each of the circuit units; and the controller 21 is electrically connected to a voltage detection unit 211, and is electrically connected to the voltage stabilization unit 243 through the voltage detection unit 211, In order to detect whether the current output voltage is lower than a preset voltage, if it is lower than the preset voltage, a low battery alarm is transmitted to the monitoring device 10 through the network module 22 together with the unique identification code. The monitoring device 10 receives a low voltage. The battery warning will report the low battery warning to the user device 50 through the indoor wireless network. As shown in FIG. 1, the user will be actively reminded to replace the battery 241 of the status sensor on the specific home appliance.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the light indicator 26 includes a light-emitting diode unit 261 and a driving unit 262. The inventive diode unit 261 is electrically connected to the control through the driving unit 262. The controller 21 controls the driving unit 262 according to the first sensing signal and / or the second sensing signal of the first state sensor 23 and / or the second state sensor 25 to drive the light emitting diode. The body unit 261 displays the lights corresponding to the current first and / or second sensing signals. For example, the light emitting diode unit 261 includes different lights that operate at different speeds, so it can be based on the strength of the vibration or the strength of the electromagnetic wave. Through the light signal display, provide users with a visual understanding of the speed of the appliance.

In this embodiment, the display 27 is electrically connected to the controller 21. When the controller 21 receives the first and / or second sensing signals, it further determines the current sensing values of the home appliance, such as electromagnetic wave values, vibrations, etc. The controller 21 can control the display 27 to display the electromagnetic wave value and the vibration value. In addition, the controller 21 can further detect the current battery 241 power through the voltage detection unit 211, and the controller 21 can also control the display. 27 displays the current power value of the state sensor 20. In this way, the user can more clearly understand the current operation status of the home appliance and the battery power through the judgment of the value. In addition, in order to save power, the controller may be set to output the information to the display after receiving a specific number of pressings of the switch 28, or often press to enter the setting form of the state sensor.

To sum up, assuming that a plurality of state sensors 20 are installed in a household, all of the state sensors 20 will actively return their sensing signals and low battery warnings to the monitoring device 10, so the monitoring device 10 stores and updates The information of the state sensors 20 is shown in the following table:

The above is a description of the system architecture of the smart device monitoring system of the present invention. The following further describes the actual operation process of the smart device monitoring system of the present invention.

When the user can use the smart phone APP or tablet device 50 to open a smart monitoring interface (which can be in the form of an APP) and update the monitoring device 10 via the WIFI wireless network to return the home appliance to the home for 40 turns. It is then displayed on the smart monitoring interface; please refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 3 and FIG. 5. Since each of the status sensors 20 is fixed to the corresponding home appliance 40, its controller 21 receives the first status sensor. After the first sensing signal and / or the second sensing signal of the sensor 23 and / or the second state sensor 25, it is actively sent back to the monitoring device 10; in this embodiment, the monitoring device 10 is based on each of the state sensors. The first and / or second inductive signals returned by 20 determine the operating status of the corresponding home appliance 40 and update the previously stored operating status of the appliance 40. In addition, the controller 21 of each of the status sensors 20 may also The received induction signal is used to judge the operation status of the corresponding home appliance 40, and then the current operation status of the home appliance 40 is actively returned to the monitoring device 10 for storage and update.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, when a user holds the infrared remote controller 51 of a traditional home appliance to control it to stop or start running, the status sensor 20 on the traditional home appliance 40 will actively respond to the response signal to the monitoring device 10 by The monitoring device 10 further judges and updates the current operating status of the home appliance 40. In this way, when another user opens the smart monitoring user interface with a user device 50 such as a smart phone APP or a tablet at a remote location, the display can be displayed. The monitoring device 10 uploads the latest operation status of the home appliance, thereby knowing the actual operation status of the home appliance 40 in the home.

For example, when the user uses the air conditioner's infrared remote control to turn off the air conditioner before going out, the air conditioner cannot be turned off smoothly due to misalignment or the battery of the infrared remote control is out of power, and the user leaves without confirmation. You can turn on the smart monitoring interface and confirm the operation status of household appliances through the APP on your smartphone. Because the motor of the air conditioner generates vibrations and electromagnetic waves, the status sensor fixed on the air conditioner will sense and actively respond to the response signal. When the monitoring device receives the sensor signal, it can be judged that the current air conditioner is still running. When the user opens the smart monitoring interface to watch, it can be learned that the air conditioner has not been shut down smoothly.

Please refer to FIG. 2, FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 again. When a user uses a smart phone APP or a tablet device 50 to open a smart monitoring user interface, in addition to displaying the current home appliance operating status through the smart monitoring user interface, Further, through the smart monitoring interface, click the home appliance control item, and send the operation instruction corresponding to the home appliance 40 back to the monitoring device 10. When the monitoring device 10 receives the operation instruction S1, it will send the corresponding control instruction according to the operation instruction to control the corresponding The smart home appliance or the wireless remote controller 30 controls the corresponding traditional home appliance 40 to start or stop operation S2. For example, when the user activates the control items of the home mode of the smart monitoring interface before going home, the home mode includes operation instructions such as turning on an air conditioner, turning on a television, turning on a smart air cleaner, turning on a smart lamp, and the like. The device 10 receives the operation mode of the home mode, that is, transmits the infrared signal including the start-up instruction to the air conditioner and the television (traditional home appliance 40) through the wireless remote control 30, and directly transmits the start-up instruction to the smart air cleaner and smart light ( Smart appliances 40 '); Then, the monitoring device 10 waits for the status sensor 20 on the air conditioner and the television to return its sensing signal S3, and after receiving the first and / or second receiving sensing signal S4, it further follows the first The first and / or second receiving sensor signals determine whether the air conditioner and the TV have been successfully turned on, that is, the operating state S5 is determined. If the air conditioner has not started and the TV judges that it is running, the monitoring device 10 will transmit and start again Instruct the wireless remote controller 30 (S2) of the air conditioner, and then re-transmit the infrared signal including the start-up instruction until the air conditioner is judged Jog run. In addition, the monitoring device 10 stores and updates the latest operating states S7 of the appliances 40 to avoid monitoring blind spots that may occur when the appliances 40 are controlled next time because of the stored operating state record errors.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, since the control codes of the start-up command and the shutdown command of most infrared remote controllers 51 are the same, if the monitoring device 10 records that the air conditioner is on, but the air conditioner is actually turned off and not running, The next time you control, you need to issue a shutdown command to the air conditioner, and control the wireless remote control 30 to send an infrared signal to the air conditioner. At this time, the air conditioner will start up after receiving the infrared signal. Therefore, by setting the wireless state sensor 30 on the air conditioner, the present invention can immediately return the induction signal for the presence or absence of operation of the air conditioner, and the monitoring device 10 can accurately know the actual operation status of the air conditioner based on the induction signal. And timely update the operation records to successfully solve the smart home monitoring blind spot for traditional home appliances.

As can be seen from the above description, the smart device monitoring system of the present invention mainly provides a status sensor, which is fixed on the corresponding device, and does not need to be electrically connected to the device to sense whether the device is running or not, and generates a sensing signal. The sensor signal is transmitted to the monitoring device, and the monitoring device updates the actual operating status of each device stored by the sensor signal according to the sensor signal, and solves the monitoring blind spot that occurs when the traditional device and smart device are integrated.

The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention in any form. Although the present invention has been disclosed by the embodiments as above, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person with ordinary knowledge in the technical field of the art, Within the scope not departing from the technical solution of the present invention, when the above disclosed technical content can be used to make a few changes or modifications to equivalent equivalent embodiments, as long as it does not depart from the technical solution of the present invention, it is in accordance with the technical essence of the present invention. Any simple modifications, equivalent changes, and modifications made to the above embodiments still fall within the scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

10‧‧‧Monitoring equipment

20‧‧‧ State Perceptron

21‧‧‧controller

211‧‧‧Voltage detection unit

22‧‧‧Network Module

23‧‧‧First State Sensor

231‧‧‧Vibration sensing unit

232‧‧‧The first signal amplification unit

24‧‧‧ Power Circuit

241‧‧‧battery

242‧‧‧Power Protection Unit

243‧‧‧Regulator

25‧‧‧Second state sensor

251‧‧‧ electromagnetic wave detection unit

252‧‧‧Second signal amplification unit

253‧‧‧ Analog Digital Conversion Unit

26‧‧‧light indicator

261‧‧‧light-emitting diode unit

262‧‧‧Drive unit

27‧‧‧Display

28‧‧‧Switch

30‧‧‧Wireless remote control

40‧‧‧Household appliances

40’‧‧‧smart appliances

50‧‧‧user device

FIG. 1 is a system diagram of a first preferred embodiment of a smart device monitoring system for actively reporting an operating state of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a system diagram of a second preferred embodiment of a smart device monitoring system for actively reporting an operating state of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a wireless alarm host and a status sensor according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the wireless alarm host of the present invention. FIG. 5: The operation flowchart of FIG. 1 according to the present invention. Fig. 6: The operation flowchart of Fig. 2 of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the monitoring device in the operation process of FIG. 2 according to the present invention. Figure 8: System diagram of an existing smart device monitoring system.

Claims (10)

A smart device monitoring system for actively reporting operation status includes: at least one status sensor, each status sensor stores a unique identification code, and is used to be fixed on a device to generate a sensing signal after sensing the device operation status , And then send the sensing signal together with its unique identification code to the outside; and a monitoring device connected to each of the status sensors and receiving the sensing signal and its unique identification code sent by each status sensor, and according to the received The sensor signal stores and updates the device operating status corresponding to the status sensor returned; wherein the monitoring device stores the unique identification code of each status sensor and the operating status of each device. The smart device monitoring system according to claim 1, further comprising at least one wireless remote controller, each wireless remote controller is connected to the monitoring device and is controlled by the monitoring device to emit an infrared signal corresponding to a control instruction or RF signal. According to the smart device monitoring system described in claim 1 or 2, each of the status sensors includes: a controller; a network module electrically connected to the controller for two-way communication with the monitoring device; A first state sensor is electrically connected to the controller and outputs a first induced signal to the controller; and a power circuit provides working power; the controller is configured to connect the first state sensor to the first state sensor. The first sensing signal and the unique identification code are transmitted back to the monitoring device through the network module. According to the smart device monitoring system described in claim 3, each of the status sensors further includes: a second status sensor electrically connected to the controller, and outputting a generated second sensing signal to the controller A light indicator, which is electrically connected to the controller, and is driven by the controller to adjust the display light; a display, which is electrically connected to the controller and is controlled by the controller to change the display content; and a switch , Which is electrically connected to the controller; the above controller returns the first and second sensing signals and the unique identification code to the monitoring device through the network module together. According to the smart device monitoring system described in claim 4, the first state sensor is a vibration sensor, and the second state sensor is an electromagnetic wave detector or an electric field detector. The smart device monitoring system according to claim 5, wherein: the vibration sensor includes: a vibration sensing unit to generate a vibration sensing signal; and a first signal amplifying unit electrically connected to the vibration The sensing unit and the controller amplify the vibration sensing signal as the first sensing signal and output it to the controller; the electromagnetic wave detector includes: an electromagnetic wave detecting unit to generate an electromagnetic wave A detection signal; a second signal amplification unit electrically connected to the electromagnetic wave detection unit to amplify the electromagnetic wave detection signal; and an analog digital conversion unit electrically connected to the second signal amplification unit and the controller, The amplified electromagnetic wave detection signal is converted into a corresponding digital detection value and used as the second sensing signal, and then the digital detection value is output to the controller. The smart device monitoring system according to claim 6, wherein: the power circuit includes a battery, a power protection unit, and a voltage stabilization unit; wherein the voltage stabilization unit is electrically connected to the battery through the power protection unit, and the battery is The voltage is output to each circuit unit after voltage stabilization; the controller is electrically connected to a voltage detection unit, and is electrically connected to the voltage stabilization unit through the voltage detection unit to detect whether the current output voltage is lower than a predetermined voltage Set the voltage. If it is lower than the preset voltage, a low battery warning is sent to the monitoring device through the network module together with the unique identification code. According to the smart device monitoring system described in claim 3, the network module is a wireless module and performs two-way communication with the monitoring device through the wireless communication protocol, that is, the induction signal and the unique signal are transmitted according to the wireless communication protocol. The identification code is transmitted to the monitoring device. A status sensor of a smart device monitoring system is used to be fixed on a device, and includes: a controller; a network module, which is electrically connected to the controller; a first status sensor, which is used to Inductive equipment operating status and generating a first inductive signal, the first inductive sensor is electrically connected to the controller and outputs the first inductive signal to the controller; and a power circuit to provide working power; the controller The first sensing signal is transmitted to the outside through the network module. The status sensor according to claim 9, further comprising: a second status sensor for sensing the operating status of the device and generating a second sensing signal, the second status sensor is electrically connected to the A controller that outputs the second sensing signal to the controller; a light indicator that is electrically connected to the controller and is driven to adjust the display light; a display that is electrically connected to the controller Is controlled by the controller to change the display content; and a switch is electrically connected to the controller; the controller is configured to transmit the first and second sensing signals to the outside through the network module.