KR100469958B1 - A system for cleaning and security using internet and the method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a security combined cleaning system and method using the Internet. In the present invention, the cleaner connected to the server system 30, the control computer 10 and the user terminal 40 through the Internet 20, and is connected to the control computer 10 using the user terminal 40. (16) is operated. At this time, the cleaner 16 displays the screen of the inside of the house H on the user terminal 40 through the camera 17 so that the user can perform the cleaning while checking the inside of the house H directly. In addition, the cleaner 16 has a heat sensor 18 to detect the intruder from the outside also serves as a crime prevention.

Description

A security system for cleaning and security using the Internet and its method {A system for cleaning and security using internet and the method}

The present invention relates to a security combined cleaning system and method using the Internet, and more particularly, to a security combined cleaning system and method using the Internet to clean the house through the Internet and to carry out the security of the house.

The development of transportation has greatly widened people's life radius. In Korea, it has already become a one-day living zone several decades ago, and even a foreign country has become a one-day living zone. In addition, with the development of communication and the Internet, people's living area is getting wider.

As a result, people spend more time each day away from their homes. In addition, women's social activities are gradually increasing, and relatively many people participate in economic activities regardless of gender.

In this situation, people had more time to leave their homes and engage in economic or other activities, leaving more time for their homes. Of course, in some cases, working from home often means more time at home, but in general, people often leave their homes.

In particular, as the nuclear family grows and the income earned by the dual-workers increases, they often empty their homes during the day. Therefore, it became very necessary to share household labor between men and women. Here, cleaning is one of the things that housewives need to do regularly, but it is one of the hardest things for housewives, and it's simple and time-consuming. And even if you have free time while you are away from home, doing housework is very inefficient except when your home is very close.

On the other hand, one of the problems that emerge as the time to empty the house is a security problem. Not to mention, especially when the house is empty, the security problem is very important even if only the elderly and young children.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the conventional problems as described above, it is to be able to clean while checking the status of the house from a remote place using the Internet.

Another object of the present invention is to make the cleaning through the game to be more fun to clean.

Another object of the present invention is to make efficient use of the spare time.

Another object of the present invention is to check the situation inside the house at a remote location to be able to crime.

1 is a block diagram showing a preferred embodiment of the configuration of a security combined cleaning system using the Internet according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow chart showing sequentially setting the security mode in the embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow chart showing sequentially the whole progress of the embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a flow chart showing that the cleaning mode in the embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a flow chart showing that the cleaning game to proceed in the embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a flow chart showing sequentially the security mode in the embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: Control Computer 13: Connection Program

14: Control Application 16: Cleaner

17: camera 18: thermal sensor

20: Internet 30: Server System

32: Server 33: Cleaning program

34: Game program 35: Security program

36: Member Database 37: Game Database

40: user terminal 42: mobile phone

44: phone

According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the object as described above, the present invention provides a state inside the house through the camera while moving inside the house, a cleaner capable of cleaning, and controls the operation of the cleaner and the The cleaner control unit receiving the detection signal provided by the cleaner, and connected to the cleaner control unit via the Internet to receive the detection signal transmitted from the cleaner control unit to check the internal state of the house and accordingly a signal or game for direct control of the cleaner And a server controller for selectively receiving a signal for controlling the cleaner through the server, and a server controller connected to the cleaner controller and the client controller through the Internet to perform signal transmission between the client controller and the cleaner controller. .

The cleaner further includes a heat sensor, and detects an intruder from the outside when setting the security mode to provide to the server controller through the cleaner controller.

The cleaner control unit is installed separately from the cleaner and uses a personal computer.

The client control unit is a terminal capable of accessing the Internet.

According to another feature of the present invention, the present invention provides a state inside the house through the camera while moving inside the house, and performing the cleaning by controlling the vacuum cleaner to suck the dust through a server on the Internet, the operation of the cleaner A standby connection step of controlling the cleaner control unit is connected to a server on the Internet to receive authentication and waits for an operation command, and the server on the Internet allows a user to access a separate terminal and authenticate the user while the cleaner is in standby mode. An authentication step for providing a, and the screen inside the house to be delivered through the cleaner to the user terminal, the cleaning program or the game program on the server is selectively driven according to the control signal provided through the terminal to the cleaner control unit Blue to control the operation of the cleaner by providing a control signal And a termination step of terminating the connection state of the user through the terminal when the cleaning step is completed.

In the cleaning step, a video screen inside the house is displayed in real time through the camera of the cleaner on the terminal.

In the cleaning step in which the game program is driven, the game screen is overlapped with a real-time video representing the inside of the house provided by the camera of the cleaner and appears on the user's terminal.

The game program provides a character that interferes with cleaning on the screen provided through the cleaner, and if the level is increased by sucking more than a certain amount of dust while removing the interference of the character, the suction power of the cleaner is increased.

If the game program does not remove the interference of the character, a penalty value is given and the screen provided by the cleaner is reduced according to the value.

The cleaner further includes a heat sensor, and in the standby connection step, the heat sensor detects an external invader and provides a detection signal.

When the heat sensor detects the intruder, the cleaner generates an alarm sound and provides a detection alarm to the user's terminal.

The detection alarm is provided in the form of dialing a designated telephone number.

The detection alarm is provided to the user's terminal in the form of an e-mail.

The detection alarm provided by the e-mail includes an image provided by the camera.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, preferred embodiments of the anti-theft security system and method using the Internet according to the present invention having the configuration as described above will be described in detail.

Figure 1 shows a preferred embodiment of a security combined cleaning system according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the present invention includes a control computer 10, a cleaner 16, a server system 30, and a user terminal 40.

The control computer 10 is installed in the user's home (H), the control program for controlling the connection program 13 for transmitting and receiving the necessary data in connection with the Internet 20 and the cleaner 16 to be described below The program 14 is provided. Such a control computer 10 preferably uses a general personal computer. However, depending on the design conditions, the control computer 10 may be integrally installed with the cleaner 16 itself. The control computer 10 is provided with a speaker (not shown) for generating an alarm sound when an intruder is detected.

The connection program 13 exchanges various data necessary for cleaning using the cleaner 16 and cleaning and crime prevention through a game through a connection with the Internet 20. The control program 14 controls the operation of the cleaner 16 and controls the exchange of various data between the cleaner 16 and the control computer 10. That is, the data necessary for the movement of the cleaner 16 is provided to the cleaner 16, and various sensing signals detected by the cleaner 16 are transmitted to the control computer 10 through the connection program 13. It is sent to the server system 30 to be described.

On the other hand, the configuration of the cleaner 16 is as follows. The operation of the cleaner 16 is controlled by the control program 14, and has various configurations necessary for movement. Since the movement of the cleaner 16 may use the same configuration and principle as the control of a model car using wired or wireless, detailed description will not be provided.

In addition, the cleaner 16 is generally provided with a configuration necessary for cleaning. That is, a configuration capable of sucking dust using a vacuum suction input is provided. If necessary, other cleaning methods may be selectively adopted in addition to vacuum suction.

Such a cleaner 16 is equipped with a camera 17 to implement the present system. The camera 17 provides a front field of view for movement and crime prevention of the cleaner 16, and the image data obtained therefrom is transferred to the control computer 10 through the control program 14.

And the cleaner 16 is provided with a thermal sensor 18 for security purposes. The heat sensor 18 uses an infrared sensor that responds to a person and detects the intruder when the intruder enters the house (H). The detection signal of the thermal sensor 18 is also transmitted to the control computer 10 through the control program 14.

The control computer 10 is connected to the server system 30 through the Internet 20. Looking at the configuration of the server system 30 as follows. The server system 32 is provided with a server 32. The server 32 is connected to the Internet 20 to exchange various signals transmitted from the control computer 10 and the user terminal 40 to perform various operations for performing the system of the present invention. In this case, a web server for accessing the Internet 20 may be provided separately from the server 32. However, in this embodiment, only the server 32 is provided.

The server 32 is provided with various programs for implementing the system of the present invention. First, a cleaning program 33 is provided. The cleaning program 33 performs the cleaning mode, and is used when the user simply performs the cleaning by controlling the cleaner 16 through the Internet 20. In other words, while watching the image provided through the camera 17, the user to suck the dust while controlling the movement of the cleaner (16).

Next, a game program 34 is provided. The game program 34 is to perform the cleaning game mode. This allows the cleaning to be performed while playing a game. When the game is performed by the game program 34, the cleaning is performed.

The contents of the game program 34 may be various. For example, if only one is described, an image provided by the camera 17 is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 40 to be described below. The characters of the game overlap on this screen. In this case, the character is to prevent the user from cleaning in the game, for example, there may be an alien or a mischievous child who disturbs the house (H).

That is, the character acts to prevent the user from cleaning. For example, an alien fires a ray gun towards a cleaner, causing the cleaner to break down, or a child spraying liquid to break the cleaner, or hitting the cleaner with a baseball or soccer ball to hinder the cleaning.

If you do not remove the character's obstruction, you get a penalty score if you hit a ray gun or ball, or inhale liquid. As the penalty score increases, the suction power of the cleaner 16 gradually decreases, and when the penalty score reaches a predetermined level or more, the suction power is completely lost and the game ends. Also, hitting a ray gun, a ball, or inhaling a liquid can cause part of the screen to be broken at that time, or the field of view will gradually become blurred, making the cleaning process no longer possible.

And if you keep playing the game for a certain period of time, or if you inhale more than a certain amount of dust, you will continue to the next level. At the new level, the suction power of the cleaner 16 is further increased, and of course, the movement of the character that obstructs cleaning is also made faster. And if the suction amount of dust is below a certain level during the game, the suction force of the cleaner 16 is lowered.

Next, a security program 35 is provided. The security program 35 is operated by receiving a signal detected through the heat sensor 18 in a security mode, the necessary alarm signal to the user terminal 40 or the mobile phone 42 and the telephone 44 Will be provided.

On the other hand, the cleaning program 33, the game program 34 and the security program 35 described above may be provided as a whole program.

And a member database 36 for member management of the server system 30 is provided. The member database 36 stores the ID, password, personal information, etc. of a member who has subscribed to the service provided by the system of the present invention, and particularly stores a phone number or an e-mail address required for the operation of the security application. do. In addition, there are various data related to the service provided by the system, for example, the serial number of the control program of the member or the serial number of the cleaner 16.

Next, there is a game database 37. The game database 37 stores information related to a game. In particular, the game database 37 stores the level, weapons, scores, and dust intakes of the game being played by the user. Such a game database 37 and a member database 36 may be made of a single database.

On the other hand, the user terminal 40 is used by the user to control the cleaner 16 from a remote location outside the house (H), as long as it can be connected to the Internet 20 may be any. For example, your laptop, your company's computer, your PC's computer, a cell phone with an Internet connection, and a PDA.

The user terminal 40 has a connection program 41 for connecting to the server 32 via the Internet 20 to perform the cleaning program 33, the game program 34 and the security program 35 Should be provided. The connection program 41 may be downloaded in an authentication step in which a user accesses the server 32 through the user terminal 40 and inputs an ID and a password. That is, if the user terminal 40 has been continuously used, since there is already a connection program 41, there is no need to download a new one, but when the user terminal 40 is connected using the new user terminal 40, the connection program 41 should be downloaded.

Meanwhile, in the crime prevention mode, when the heat sensor 18 of the cleaner 16 detects an intruder, an alarm signal for alerting the intruder is transmitted to the user terminal 40 or the user's designated mobile phone 42 or phone 44. .

Hereinafter will be described in detail the process of performing a security combined cleaning system according to the present invention having the configuration as described above.

First, the setting of the cleaner 16 to the standby mode (actually the security mode) before going out is demonstrated using FIG. First, the control computer 10 is turned on, and the connection program 13 is driven (S50). The connection program 13 is connected to the server 32 via the Internet 20 (S52). When the first access to (32) is entered, authentication is performed by entering an ID and password. (S54)

When the ID and password are input, the server 32 searches the member database 36 to determine whether the member is present. (S56) If the user is not a member, access to the server 32 is blocked. (S58) In this case, the server (32) It is not accessible, and a separate process is required to register a new ID and password or to take the necessary measures (pay the service fee).

If it is determined that the member is a member, the user sets the security mode. (S59) If the security mode is set, the control program 14 of the control computer 10 starts to be driven and the cleaner 16 can be controlled. do. That is, when a control signal is transmitted from the user terminal 40 connected through the Internet 20, the control program 14 transmits the control signal to the cleaner 16 so that the operation of the cleaner is performed and detected by the cleaner 16. The signal is to be in a state capable of transmitting to the server 32 via the Internet (20).

In this state, the user may control the cleaner 16 using the user terminal 40 and receive an alarm signal from the cleaner 16. Of course, the security mode is not necessarily set, but can be kept in the standby state only if necessary.

Next, the user controls the cleaner 16 through a user terminal with reference to FIG. 3. The user drives the user terminal 40 (S60) and accesses the server system 30 through the Internet 20. The server 32 asks for an ID and password when the user connects, and allows access to the server 32 if the input ID and password belong to a member. At this time, the server 32 is allowed access only when the control computer 10 of the member of the ID and password is in the security mode, otherwise access to the server 32 is blocked (S65).

On the other hand, if the ID and password is authenticated and the connection to the server 32 is made, it is checked whether the connection program 41 is installed in the user terminal 40. (S66) If the connection program 41 is installed If not, the connection program 41 is downloaded, and the connection program 41 starts. (S68)

When the connection program 41 is driven, the cleaning program 33, the game program 34, and the security program 35 can be operated through the server 32 of the server system 30. That is, according to the user's selection, it is possible to select the cleaning mode (S80) or cleaning game mode (S90).

After performing either the cleaning mode S80 or the cleaning game mode S90, the server 32 asks whether the server 32 is to be terminated (S72), and disconnects the server 32 if it is desired to be terminated. If you do not want to exit and want to run other modes, select the mode you want to work on.

On the other hand, with reference to Figure 4 will be described that the cleaning mode (S80) is in progress. When the cleaning mode S80 is selected, the inside of the house H provided by the camera 17 is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 40. The cleaner 16 waits in a state that can be operated by the user's control (S84). In this state, the server 32 asks whether to start cleaning (S86), and the user starts cleaning. In this case, the cleaning is performed while moving the cleaner 16 while watching the video screen displayed on the user terminal 40.

At this time, the control program 14 is driven through the cleaning program 33 to produce an operation of the cleaner 16. In this way, while the cleaning is in progress, the user determines the cleaning state through the video screen (S89) and determines whether to continue cleaning. If the cleaning state is insufficient, go to step S88 to continue the cleaning. If it is determined that the cleaning state is good, the user ends the cleaning mode (S89 ').

Next, the cleaning game mode (S90) is selected and described with reference to Figure 5 to proceed with the cleaning while playing the game. When the cleaning game mode (S90) is selected, the video program provided from the camera 17 is displayed on the user terminal 40 by the game program 34. (S91) And the cleaner 16 is the control Wait for input of a command from a user in a state that can be operated by the control of the program 14 (S92).

When the user selects the start of the cleaning game (S93), the game screen overlaps the video screen provided by the camera 17 and is displayed on the user terminal 40 by the operation of the game program 34. Then, the user is provided with a task to be performed in the game (S94).

If the user is assigned a task, the user proceeds to the cleaning game (S95) and checks the amount of dust sucked by the cleaner (S96), if the reference value is lower than the score of the game is lowered, the score is lowered When the predetermined time is over, the driving force of the cleaner is reduced.

If the amount of dust exceeds the reference value, the score is increased, and if the score exceeds a predetermined level, the driving force of the cleaner is increased. (S98) Here, the driving force may be increased as the level of the game is increased.

On the other hand, the character may appear during the game, if you do not want the appearance of the character can go directly to step S103. If you want the appearance of the character (S99) to attack the character to prevent the cleaning to be prevented (S100) Here, in order to remove the interference of the character, the user can use the item, which is his weapon.

If the character's obstruction is overcome, the character is destroyed and the user gets a score, and the suction power of the cleaner 16 can be improved (S101). If the character's interference is not overcome (for example, a ray gun or a ball) Or cleaning, the character's attack is interrupted for a certain period of time, or the cleaning screen is slightly broken and the view is blurred. As a result, the score is also lowered, and the driving force of the cleaner 16 is also lowered (S102).

As described above, it is determined whether the mission setting time has elapsed while the game is in progress (S103). If the time has not yet elapsed, the process proceeds to step S95 and the game continues. When the task setting time has elapsed, it is determined whether the task has been completed (S104). Here, the task completion is to determine whether the task given in step S94 is completed. The suction amount of dust or the area of the space where cleaning is performed are performed. Judging by

If the mission is not completed, the game level is kept at the current level and the suction power of the cleaner 16 is lowered. In addition, depending on the score, the item that is a weapon for attacking the character may be lost.

Next, if the mission is completed, raise the game level of the user. The suction power of the cleaner 16 is also increased according to the level, and a new item is provided according to the score.

Then, it asks whether to continue the new game (S108). If the user wants to continue the game, the process goes to S94. And if you want to end the cleaning game mode ends. (S109)

On the other hand, it describes how to perform the security in the present system. In fact, the security mode is set by selecting the security mode by connecting the cleaner 16 to the server system 30 through the control computer 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

When the user sets the security mode (S110), the heat sensor 18 of the cleaner 16 starts to operate (S112). At this time, the operation of the heat sensor 18 is set to the security mode It takes place after a certain delay in consideration of the time the user can leave the house (H). If the heat sensor 18 is activated to detect the intruder while continuing to perform the detection (S114) If the intruder enters the house (H) from the outside (S114), the heat sensor 18 detects this. To provide a detection signal to the control computer 10. (S116)

Upon receiving the detection signal, the control computer 10 first generates an alarm sound through the speaker and provides an alarm signal to the security program 35 of the server 32.

The security program received the alarm signal 35 dials the phone number in the member database 36 and delivers an alarm message to the user. In addition, the alarm message is transmitted to the user terminal 40 in the form of an e-mail. (S120) Here, the information transmitted by the e-mail may be delivered with not only a voice message but also a captured picture of a screen provided through the camera.

In this case, the user can answer the phone or receive an e-mail to confirm and take necessary action. On the other hand, if the user does not answer the phone or check the e-mail, the control computer 10 continuously repeats the above operation such as generating an alarm sound.

And once the user's action is confirmed whether to cancel the security mode (S124), if the user wants to release the security mode is terminated, otherwise enters the security mode again.

On the other hand, the user can look inside the house (H) while moving the cleaner 16 without cleaning in the cleaning mode (S80). Therefore, the status of the inside of the house can be easily checked from a remote location.

According to the crime prevention combined cleaning system and method using the Internet according to the present invention as described in detail above, the user can perform the cleaning of the house at any time remotely over the Internet at any time.

In particular, since the cleaning is in progress while playing the game in order to increase the fun of the user in the cleaning, it is possible to proceed more tedious cleaning work.

And there is a heat sensor in the vacuum cleaner to detect outside intruders and can always grasp the situation of the house transmitted through the camera, so you can always see the internal situation of the house, if only the elderly or children are at home Security problem can be solved.

Claims (14)

A cleaner that allows you to move around inside the house while providing a house interior with the camera, A cleaner controller which controls an operation of the cleaner and receives a detection signal provided from the cleaner; Receives a detection signal transmitted from the cleaner control unit connected to the cleaner control unit through the Internet to check the internal state of the house, and accordingly selectively receives a signal for direct control of the cleaner or a signal for controlling the cleaner through a game. Client control unit, And a server control unit connected to the cleaner control unit and the client control unit through the Internet to perform signal transmission between the client control unit and the cleaner control unit. The method of claim 1, wherein the cleaner further comprises a heat sensor, the security combined cleaning system using the Internet to detect an intruder from the outside when setting the security mode provided to the server control unit through the cleaner control unit. According to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the cleaner control unit is installed separately from the cleaner, the security combined cleaning system using the Internet, characterized in that using a personal computer. The system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the client control unit is a terminal capable of connecting to the Internet. In moving the inside of the house to provide the inside of the house through the camera, and cleaning the dust is controlled by a server on the Internet to suck the dust, A standby connection step in which a cleaner control unit controlling the operation of the cleaner is connected to a server on the Internet to authenticate and wait for an operation command; An authentication step of allowing a server to access a user through a separate terminal and authenticating a user while the cleaner is on standby; Providing a screen inside the house delivered through the cleaner to the user's terminal, the cleaning program or the game program on the server is selectively driven according to the control signal provided through the terminal to provide a control signal to the cleaner control unit A cleaning step of controlling the operation of the cleaner; When the cleaning step is completed, including a termination step of canceling the user's connection state through the terminal security combined use cleaning method using the Internet, characterized in that configured. The method of claim 5, wherein in the cleaning step, a video screen of the inside of the house is displayed in real time through the camera of the cleaner on the terminal. The method of claim 5, wherein in the cleaning step in which the game program is driven, a crime prevention combined cleaning method using the Internet characterized in that a game screen is overlapped with a real-time video indicating the inside of a house provided by a camera of the cleaner and displayed on a user terminal. Way. The method of claim 7, wherein the game program provides a character that prevents cleaning on the screen provided through the cleaner, and if the level is increased by sucking more than a certain amount of dust while removing the interference of the character, the suction power of the cleaner increases. Anti-theft cleaning method using the Internet, characterized in that. The method of claim 7, wherein the game program gives a penalty value if it does not remove the interference of the character, and reduces the screen provided through the cleaner according to the value. The method of claim 5, wherein the cleaner further comprises a heat sensor, and the heat sensor detects an external intruder and provides a detection signal in the standby connection step. 7. The method of claim 10, wherein when the heat sensor detects an intruder, the cleaner generates an alarm sound and provides a detection alarm to a terminal of the user. The method of claim 11, wherein the detection alarm is provided in a form of calling a designated telephone number. The method of claim 11, wherein the detection alarm is provided to a user terminal in the form of an e-mail. The method of claim 13, wherein the detection alarm provided by the e-mail includes an image provided by the camera.