CN103945011A - Interior air conditioning system and control method thereof - Google Patents
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The invention relates to an interior air conditioning system and a control method thereof. A target vehicle is provided with hardware equipment so as to be communicated with a service platform, receive instructions and upload data; the service platform is responsible for receiving and processing the data, and is communicated with a user through an IM (Instant Messaging) platform; and a user uses a mobile phone to be communicated with the service platform through the IM platform, so as to realize a target function. The advantages of the IM platform are combined with a manual intelligent technology, so that a brand new vehicle using mode can be realized in a vehicle-mounted filed, and traditional functions are provided for the user through an instant communication platform in a driving service way. Any application is not needed to be arranged on a mobile phone through a user, and the user can be communicated with the vehicle so as to finish a vehicle using function by a most habitual and natural way.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to car working application field, be specifically related to air-conditioning system and control method thereof in a kind of car.
Background technology
The air conditioning control method existing is at present manually opened air-conditioning after car owner gets on the bus, existing problem mainly contains, and in the time that weather is hot especially or cold especially, air-conditioning can not heat at once or freeze after opening, after need to waiting a few minutes, just produce effect, brought by bus inconvenience to car owner.Be combined with the Internet and network by car, use immediate communication platform as control device, can before car owner gets on the bus, just environment inside car be adjusted to suitable temperature, give and brought by bus the lifting using.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide air-conditioning system in a kind of car, and a kind of efficient, quick and easy, method based on Air-condition system control in immediate communication platform car of saving time, saving worry is provided, brand-new test with car body for user provides a kind of.Hardware device is installed on target vehicle, can with service platform communication, receive instruction, uploading data; Service platform is responsible for transmitting-receiving and the processing of data, and by immediate communication platform and user communication; User uses its mobile phone by immediate communication platform and service platform communication, realize target function.Concrete technical scheme is as follows:
Air-conditioning system in a kind of car, comprises car-mounted terminal, service platform, and immediate communication platform and client, wherein,
Described car-mounted terminal communication is connected to service platform, its collection for the information of carrying out and/or processing, and the transmission of information data and/or reception;
Described service platform communication is connected to car-mounted terminal and can receives its information data, and described service platform is connected to client and can be sent information data to it by immediate communication platform communication;
Described client is controlled by user, and passes through immediate communication platform control connection to car-mounted terminal and/or service platform.
Further, described car-mounted terminal comprises message processing module, vehicle body transducer, and control module, memory module and communication module, wherein,
Described message processing module communication is connected to memory module, and can be to its storage and/or calling data;
The communication of described vehicle body transducer is connected to message processing module, and it is for detection of corresponding state and send data to message processing module;
Described control module communication is connected to message processing module;
Described communication module communication is connected to message processing module, and can send data to it, and/or receives data from it.
Further, described vehicle body transducer is vehicle interior temperature transducer, for gathering vehicle interior temperature data; Described control module control connection is to whole-vehicle air-conditioner system.
Further, described service platform comprises processing center, user information center, and information receiving module and information sending module, wherein,
Described processing center communication is connected to the communication module of car-mounted terminal;
Described user information center respectively communication is connected to processing center and information receiving module;
Described information receiving module communication is connected to immediate communication platform;
Described information sending module respectively communication is connected to processing center and immediate communication platform.
Further, described service platform also comprises speech recognition system and speech synthesis system, wherein, speech recognition system communication is connected to speech synthesis system, and the equal communication of speech recognition system and speech synthesis system is connected to processing center, speech recognition system has been used for the system of speech identifying function, voice is converted into the text message/instruction of appointment; Speech synthesis system has been used for the system of speech-sound synthesizing function, and text message/instruction is converted into speech data.
Further, processing center is for the treatment of the information from automobile and car owner; User information center is for recording user and vehicle corresponding relation, and after user N send information to common platform account, platform is forwarded to information on the vehicle with its binding again; Information reception/sending module is for the data communication between service platform processing center and immediate communication platform.
Further, the data that message processing module gathers for receiving vehicle interior temperature transducer, and data are judged; Data are sent to service platform processing center by communication module; The instruction that control module is transmitted for receiving message processing module, the line space of going forward side by side regulation and control system; Memory module is used for storing message processing module user profile after treatment; The data message that communication module sends for receiving message processing module, and send data to service platform processing center, receive the data that come from service platform processing center simultaneously.
Further, described client is smart mobile phone.
In above-mentioned car, the control method of air-conditioning system, comprises the steps:
(1) by vehicle interior temperature sensor senses state variation;
(2), when vehicle interior temperature is higher than maximum, or lower than minimum value, car-mounted terminal initiatively sends to service platform by state;
(3) service platform is according to vehicle interior temperature generated data information, and sends to user by immediate communication platform;
(4) user feeds back with information;
(5) service platform, receiving after the feedback information of step (4), carries out information analysis to it, translates into machine instruction, then is handed down to car-mounted terminal;
(6) car-mounted terminal receives after instruction, completes the operation of air-conditioning control.
Further, in step (1), also comprise by timer and understand current time; In step (2), also comprise described in determining step (1) that the time gap commuter time is a certain preset value; And/or data message is natural language described in step (3); And/or information is natural language described in step (4).
The present invention relates generally to the field of car networking, artificial intelligence, immediate communication platform, air-conditioning control and cloud storage/calculating, is specifically related to artificial intelligence, 3G/4G/WIFI network communication, air-conditioning control, car-mounted terminal.Compared with currently available technology, the present invention utilizes the advantage of immediate communication platform, in conjunction with artificial intelligence technology, realizes the brand-new car pattern of using in automotive field, and traditional function is being offered to user in the mode of taking the initiative in offering a hand by immediate communication platform.User needn't install any application on mobile phone, is accustomed to most with it, and the most natural mode and vehicle carry out communication to be completed and use car function.Specifically:
1. the present invention, for providing a kind of brand-new user to test with car body, can operate and manage vehicle more easily.
The present invention remove from user get off after management vehicle special application need to be installed, greatly simplified user's operation.
3. the theory of taking the initiative in offering a hand that the present invention proposes is overturned passive type service mode in the past, by vehicle spontaneous for user serves, promote user experience.
4. the present invention is in conjunction with the advantage separately of immediate communication platform, artificial intelligence and car networking, for car internet services provides outstanding example.
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Describe the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings below, it is a kind of preferred embodiment in numerous embodiments of the present invention.
In a preferred embodiment:
A kind of method based on Air-condition system control in immediate communication platform car, this invention is mainly by vehicle interior temperature sensor senses state variation, understand current time by timer, in the time being a certain value apart from the commuter time, and vehicle interior temperature is higher than maximum, lower than minimum value, car-mounted terminal initiatively occurs to service platform by state; Service platform synthesizes natural language according to vehicle interior temperature, and sends to user by immediate communication platform; User feeds back with natural language, and service platform is receiving after feedback information, and it is carried out to natural language parsing, translates into machine instruction, then is handed down to car-mounted terminal; Car-mounted terminal receives after instruction, completes the operation of air-conditioning control.
In-vehicle device mainly comprises:
1. message processing module: be responsible for receiving the data that vehicle interior temperature transducer gathers, and data are judged; Data are sent to service platform processing center by communication module.
2. vehicle body transducer: be responsible for gathering vehicle interior temperature data.
3. control module: be responsible for receiving the instruction that message processing module transmits, carry out air-conditioning control.
4. memory module: be responsible for storage message processing module user profile after treatment, comprise: the commuter time.
5. communication module: be responsible for receiving the data message that message processing module sends, and send data to service platform processing center; Receive the data that come from service platform processing center simultaneously.
Service platform mainly comprises:
6. processing center: be responsible for processing the information from automobile and car owner.
7. user information center: be responsible for recording user and vehicle corresponding relation, after user N send information to common platform account, platform is forwarded to information on the vehicle with its binding again.
8. information reception/sending module: be responsible for the data communication between service platform processing center and immediate communication platform.
9. immediate communication platform: third party's immediate communication platform, be responsible for instant messaging between user.
10. speech recognition system: for completing the system of speech identifying function, voice can be converted into the text message/instruction of appointment.
11. speech synthesis systems: for completing the system of speech-sound synthesizing function, text message/instruction can be converted into speech data.
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12. smart mobile phones: be responsible for receiving the confirmation of automobile transmission and feedback information being sent to immediate communication platform by immediate communication platform.
In a preferred embodiment:
Shown in Figure 1, the present invention is to provide a kind of method based on Air-condition system control in immediate communication platform car, system composition is divided into in-vehicle device and service platform two large divisions; In-vehicle device comprises message processing module, vehicle body transducer, control module, memory module and communication module 5 modules; Service platform comprises processing center, user information center, information reception/sending module, speech recognition system and speech synthesis system six major parts; In-vehicle device mainly completes the collection of vehicle interior temperature data, data sending/receiving and air-conditioning control; The main work of service platform is to receive from the status data of vehicle, and is converted into natural language and sends to user, receives user's feedback information, and is translated into instruction and sends to in-vehicle device to carry out air-conditioning control.
Data flow of the present invention is as follows:
1) vehicle body status data: gather vehicle interior temperature data by car inner sensor.
2) user's use habit data: by message processing module record, and be stored into storage module, then read from memory module while needing.
3) control command: the action message of execution is sent to control module by message processing module, and control module is controlled air-conditioning.
4) information after treatment: message processing module sends to processing center by the data message after calculating by communication module, and processing center is resolved according to the information of order, is transmitted to user.
5) speech data after instruction/synthetic: process the instruction sending through after phonetic synthesis, be converted into the understandable natural language of user.
6) immediate communication platform issues data: the form that data transaction is become to specify, is issued to user by immediate communication platform.
7) user's sending/receiving data: user receives the data from vehicle from immediate communication platform, and user sends to the data of vehicle; The data that user sends by immediate communication platform.
8) user and vehicle binding data: the binding relationship data of user and vehicle.Processing center is found the user of binding with it according to the ID of vehicle, and information is sent to targeted customer by processing center
9) on car/user data: from vehicle body with user-dependent data and user's smart mobile phone in user habit data.
10) director data after voice messaging/parsing: the voice messaging data that user sends, resolve and return to machine language/instruction by module 15.
Participate in shown in Fig. 2, the present invention is to provide a kind of method based on Air-condition system control in immediate communication platform car, it is as follows that car owner records specific works flow process the quitting time:
1. vehicle launch, active control unit;
2.T1> current time >T2, is: carry out next step, and no: processing finishes;
Memory time number >N, be: carry out next step, no: processing finishes;
4. average <t memory time of current time-, is: carry out next step, and no: processing finishes;
5. current time, in quitting time section, is returned to true;
6. current time, not in quitting time section, is returned to false;
7. storage current time.
Participate in shown in Fig. 3, the present invention is to provide a kind of method based on Air-condition system control in immediate communication platform car, ACTIVE CONTROL air-conditioning specific works flow process is as follows:
1. obtain current time;
2. obtain the commuter time;
3. commuter time-current time <t, is: carry out next step, and no: processing finishes;
4. vehicle interior temperature <C or vehicle interior temperature >C, is: carry out next step, and no: processing finishes;
5. whether inquiry car owner needs to open air-conditioning, is: carry out next step, and no: processing finishes;
6. open air-conditioning and be adjusted to temperature C;
7. sending message informing car owner air-conditioning opens.
By reference to the accompanying drawings the present invention is exemplarily described above; obviously specific implementation of the present invention is not subject to the restrictions described above; as long as the various improvement that adopted method design of the present invention and technical scheme to carry out; or directly apply to other occasion without improvement, all within protection scope of the present invention.
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1. an air-conditioning system in car, is characterized in that, comprises car-mounted terminal, service platform, and immediate communication platform and client, wherein,
Described car-mounted terminal communication is connected to service platform, its collection for the information of carrying out and/or processing, and the transmission of information data and/or reception;
Described service platform communication is connected to car-mounted terminal and can receives its information data, and described service platform is connected to client and can be sent information data to it by immediate communication platform communication;
Described client is controlled by user, and passes through immediate communication platform control connection to car-mounted terminal and/or service platform.
2. air-conditioning system in car as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, described car-mounted terminal comprises message processing module, vehicle body transducer, and control module, memory module and communication module, wherein,
Described message processing module communication is connected to memory module, and can be to its storage and/or calling data;
The communication of described vehicle body transducer is connected to message processing module, and it is for detection of corresponding state and send data to message processing module;
Described control module communication is connected to message processing module;
Described communication module communication is connected to message processing module, and can send data to it, and/or receives data from it.
3. air-conditioning system in car as claimed in claim 2, is characterized in that, described vehicle body transducer is vehicle interior temperature transducer, for gathering vehicle interior temperature data; Described control module control connection is to whole-vehicle air-conditioner system.
4. air-conditioning system in the car as described in any one in claim 1-3, is characterized in that, described service platform comprises processing center, user information center, and information receiving module and information sending module, wherein,
Described processing center communication is connected to the communication module of car-mounted terminal;
Described user information center respectively communication is connected to processing center and information receiving module;
Described information receiving module communication is connected to immediate communication platform;
Described information sending module respectively communication is connected to processing center and immediate communication platform.
5. air-conditioning system in car as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that, described service platform also comprises speech recognition system and speech synthesis system, wherein, speech recognition system communication is connected to speech synthesis system, and the equal communication of speech recognition system and speech synthesis system is connected to processing center, and speech recognition system has been used for the system of speech identifying function, voice is converted into the text message/instruction of appointment; Speech synthesis system has been used for the system of speech-sound synthesizing function, and text message/instruction is converted into speech data.
6. air-conditioning system in the car as described in claim 4 or 5, is characterized in that, processing center is for the treatment of the information from automobile and car owner; User information center is for recording user and vehicle corresponding relation, and after user N send information to common platform account, platform is forwarded to information on the vehicle with its binding again; Information reception/sending module is for the data communication between service platform processing center and immediate communication platform.
7. air-conditioning system in car as claimed in claim 2 or claim 3, is characterized in that, the data that message processing module gathers for receiving vehicle interior temperature transducer, and data are judged; Data are sent to service platform processing center by communication module; The instruction that control module is transmitted for receiving message processing module, the line space of going forward side by side regulation and control system; Memory module is used for storing message processing module user profile after treatment; The data message that communication module sends for receiving message processing module, and send data to service platform processing center, receive the data that come from service platform processing center simultaneously.
8. air-conditioning system in the car as described in any one in claim 1-7, is characterized in that, described client is smart mobile phone.
9. the control method of air-conditioning system in car as described in claim 1-8, is characterized in that, comprises the steps:
(1) by vehicle interior temperature sensor senses state variation;
(2), when vehicle interior temperature is higher than maximum, or lower than minimum value, car-mounted terminal initiatively sends to service platform by state;
(3) service platform is according to vehicle interior temperature generated data information, and sends to user by immediate communication platform;
(4) user feeds back with information;
(5) service platform, receiving after the feedback information of step (4), carries out information analysis to it, translates into machine instruction, then is handed down to car-mounted terminal;
(6) car-mounted terminal receives after instruction, completes the operation of air-conditioning control.
10. the control method of air-conditioning system in car as claimed in claim 9, is characterized in that, step also comprises by timer and understands current time in (1); In step (2), also comprise described in determining step (1) that the time gap commuter time is a certain preset value; And/or data message is natural language described in step (3); And/or information is natural language described in step (4).
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