CN105207857A - Household electrical appliance, connector, and communication system and communication method for household electrical appliance - Google Patents

Household electrical appliance, connector, and communication system and communication method for household electrical appliance Download PDF

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CN105207857A
CN105207857A CN201410251177.9A CN201410251177A CN105207857A CN 105207857 A CN105207857 A CN 105207857A CN 201410251177 A CN201410251177 A CN 201410251177A CN 105207857 A CN105207857 A CN 105207857A
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解凤玲
何荣佳
毛宏建
鲜志雄
龙永文
黄永兴
翁文丰
周子航
刘志云
尹二强
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The invention discloses a household electrical appliance, a connector, and a communication system and a communication method for the household electrical appliance. The communication system for the household electrical appliance comprises the household electrical appliance, an external device, and a connector, the household electrical appliance comprises at least one first interface module, the connector comprises a second interface module corresponding to one of the at least one first interface module, after one of the at least one first interface module is connected with the second interface module, the connector is used for acquiring and recognizing information of the household electrical information, and after the information of the household electrical appliance is recognized, and the connector enters a network connection mode so that the household electrical appliance communicates with the external device via the connector. Therefore, according to the communication system for the household electrical appliance, the household electrical appliance can be directly connected with the connector in need of communication with the external device, users can independently select the household electrical appliance connected to the network, the cost of the household electrical appliance of the Internet of Things is reduced, the maintenance is facilitated, the household electrical appliance can normally work when the connector has faults, and user experience is enhanced.

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The communication system of household electrical appliance, connector and household electrical appliance and communication means
Technical field
The present invention relates to household electrical appliance technical field, particularly the communication means of the communication system of a kind of communication system of household electrical appliance, a kind of household electrical appliance, a kind of connector and a kind of household electrical appliance.
Background technology
Internet of Things refers to: by information sensing equipment such as radio-frequency (RF) identification, infrared inductor, global positioning system, laser scanners, by the agreement of agreement, any article are connected with the Internet, carry out information exchange and communicate, to realize a kind of network of Weigh sensor, location, tracking, monitor and managment.Namely be on the basis of the Internet, its user side extended and expands between any article and article, carrying out information exchange and a kind of network communicated.
Based on the household electrical appliance of Internet of Things by becoming the development trend of household electrical appliance, but the price with the Internet of Things module of network connecting function in relevant household electrical appliance is higher, and, due to the complex structure of Internet of Things module, its rate of breakdown is higher.Especially, when Internet of Things module breaks down, often cause whole household electrical appliance cisco unity malfunction.Therefore, there are the needs improved in relevant household electrical appliance.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is intended to solve one of technical problem in correlation technique at least to a certain extent.
For this reason, first object of the present invention is the communication system proposing a kind of household electrical appliance, and this communication system enables user independently select to access the household electrical appliance of Internet of Things as required, and normally works when guaranteeing household electrical appliance failed cluster.
Second object of the present invention is to propose a kind of household electrical appliance.3rd object of the present invention is to propose a kind of connector.4th object of the present invention is the communication means of the communication system proposing a kind of household electrical appliance.
The communication system of the household electrical appliance of embodiment proposition according to a first aspect of the present invention, comprising: household electrical appliance, described household electrical appliance comprise at least one first interface module; External equipment; Connector, described connector comprises second interface module corresponding with at least one first interface module described, wherein, one at least one first interface module described be connected with described second interface module after, described connector is for obtaining and identifying the information of household electrical appliance, and after the information identifying described household electrical appliance, described connector is entered network connection mode and is communicated with described external equipment by described connector to make described household electrical appliance.
According to the communication system of the household electrical appliance of the embodiment of the present invention, after at least one first interface module of household electrical appliance one is connected with the second interface module of connector, connector obtains and identifies the information of household electrical appliance, and after identifying the information of household electrical appliance, connector is entered network connection mode and is communicated with external equipment by connector to make household electrical appliance.Thus, Internet of Things module in correlation technique is isolated independently connector from household electrical appliance by the communication system of these household electrical appliance, the connector independently providing network to connect can be connected from the different household electrical appliance with first interface module neatly, household electrical appliance need directly to be connected with connector when communicating with external equipment, user is enable independently to select the household electrical appliance of access network, thus reduce the cost of internet of things home appliance, be convenient to maintenance, can guarantee during connector fault that household electrical appliance can normally work, improve the experience of user.And user freely can match the quantity of connector and connector, connector also can be produced by third party manufacturer and provide, and sells separately connector, thus makes user can independent assortment household electrical appliance and connector, improves the experience of user.
In addition, the communication system of household electrical appliance according to the above embodiment of the present invention can also have following additional technical characteristic:
According to one embodiment of present invention, described connector also comprises memory module, described household electrical appliance also comprise information module, wherein, the information of described household electrical appliance is write the memory module of described connector by terminal equipment, or the information of described household electrical appliance is stored among the information module of described household electrical appliance, reads from described household electrical appliance when described connector is connected with described household electrical appliance.
Particularly, according to one embodiment of present invention, described connector also comprises: identification module, and described identification module is connected with described second interface module, for obtaining and identifying the information of described household electrical appliance; Network connecting module, described network connecting module is connected with described identification module, and wherein, identify the information of described household electrical appliance at described identification module after, described network connecting module enters network connection mode.
Further, according to one embodiment of present invention, described memory module stores the security code relevant to the information of described household electrical appliance, described connector also comprises: receiver module, described receiver module is connected with described identification module, the password that described receiver module inputs for receiving user, wherein, when described identification module judges that the password that described user inputs is consistent with described security code, described network connecting module enters network connection mode.
The household electrical appliance of embodiment proposition according to a second aspect of the present invention, comprise: at least one first interface module, at least one first interface module described is used for being connected with the second interface module of connector, and at least one first interface module described one is connected with described second interface module and after described connector identifies the information of household electrical appliance, described household electrical appliance are communicated with external equipment by described connector.
According to the household electrical appliance of the embodiment of the present invention, after at least one first interface module being connected with the second interface module of connector, and after connector identifies the information of household electrical appliance, household electrical appliance are communicated with external equipment by connector.Thus, the communication system of these household electrical appliance is connected with independently providing the connector of network by first interface module, household electrical appliance need directly to be connected with connector when communicating with external equipment, user is enable to select household electrical appliance whether access network independently, neatly, thus reduce the cost of internet of things home appliance, be convenient to maintenance, during connector fault, can guarantee that household electrical appliance can normally work, improve the experience of user.
In addition, household electrical appliance according to the above embodiment of the present invention can also have following additional technical characteristic:
According to one embodiment of present invention, described household electrical appliance also comprise information module, wherein, the information of described household electrical appliance is stored among the information module of described household electrical appliance, read from described household electrical appliance when described connector is connected with described household electrical appliance, or the information of described household electrical appliance writes described connector by terminal equipment.
The connector of embodiment proposition, comprising: the second interface module according to a third aspect of the present invention, and described second interface module is used for being connected with at least one first interface module of described household electrical appliance; Identification module, described identification module is connected with described second interface module, for obtaining and identifying the information of described household electrical appliance; Network connecting module, described network connecting module is connected with described identification module, and wherein, identify the information of described household electrical appliance at described identification module after, described network connecting module enters network connection mode.
According to the connector of the embodiment of the present invention, after second interface module is connected with at least one first interface module of household electrical appliance, connector obtains and identifies the information of household electrical appliance, and after identifying the information of household electrical appliance, connector is entered network connection mode and is communicated with external equipment by connector to make household electrical appliance.Thus, this connector can be connected from the different household electrical appliance with first interface module neatly, for household electrical appliance provide network connecting function, household electrical appliance need directly to be connected with connector when communicating with external equipment, whether user independently will be selected as required by household electrical appliance access network, thus reduce the cost of internet of things home appliance, be convenient to maintenance, can guarantee during connector fault that household electrical appliance can normally work, improve the experience of user.And user freely can match the quantity of connector and connector, connector also can be produced by third party manufacturer and provide, and sells separately connector, thus makes user can independent assortment household electrical appliance and connector, improves the experience of user.
In addition, connector according to the above embodiment of the present invention can also have following additional technical characteristic:
According to one embodiment of present invention, described connector also comprises memory module, wherein, the information of described household electrical appliance is write the memory module of described connector by terminal equipment, or the information of described household electrical appliance is stored among described household electrical appliance, reads from described household electrical appliance when described connector is connected with described household electrical appliance.
Further, according to one embodiment of present invention, described memory module stores the security code relevant to the information of described household electrical appliance, described connector also comprises: receiver module, described receiver module is connected with described identification module, the password that described receiver module inputs for receiving user, wherein, when described identification module judges that the password that described user inputs is consistent with described security code, described network connecting module enters network connection mode.
The control method of the communication system of the household electrical appliance of embodiment proposition according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the communication system of described household electrical appliance comprises household electrical appliance, connector and external equipment, and described communication means comprises the following steps: described household electrical appliance are connected with described connector; Described connector obtains and identifies the information of household electrical appliance; After the information identifying described household electrical appliance, described connector is entered network connection mode and is communicated with described external equipment by described connector to make described household electrical appliance.
According to the communication means of the communication system of the household electrical appliance of the embodiment of the present invention, after household electrical appliance are connected with connector, connector obtains and identifies the information of household electrical appliance, and after the information identifying described household electrical appliance, connector is entered network connection mode and is communicated with external equipment by connector to make household electrical appliance.Thus, Internet of Things module in correlation technique is isolated independently connector from household electrical appliance by the control method of the communication system of these household electrical appliance, the connector that sampling independently provides network to connect, can be connected from different household electrical appliance neatly, user is enable independently to select the household electrical appliance of access network, household electrical appliance need directly to be connected with connector when communicating with external equipment, thus reduce the cost of internet of things home appliance, be convenient to maintenance, can guarantee during connector fault that household electrical appliance can normally work, improve the experience of user.
In addition, the communication system of household electrical appliance according to the above embodiment of the present invention can also have following additional technical characteristic:
According to one embodiment of present invention, the information of described household electrical appliance writes described connector by terminal equipment, or the information of described household electrical appliance is stored among described household electrical appliance, reads from described household electrical appliance when described connector is connected with described household electrical appliance.
Further, according to one embodiment of present invention, after the information identifying described household electrical appliance, described communication means also comprises: described connector receives the password of user's input; When the password judging that described user inputs is consistent with described security code, enter network connection mode.
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Fig. 1 is the block diagram of the communication system of household electrical appliance according to the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the block diagram of the communication system of household electrical appliance according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is the block diagram of the household electrical appliance according to the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the block diagram of household electrical appliance according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 5 is the block diagram of the connector according to the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the block diagram of connector according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 7 is the flow chart of the communication means of the communication system of household electrical appliance according to the embodiment of the present invention; And
Fig. 8 is the flow chart of the communication means of the communication system of household electrical appliance according to the present invention's specific embodiment.
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Household electrical appliance 1, external equipment 2, connector 3, at least one first interface module 10, information module 11, second interface module 30, memory module 31, identification module 32, network connecting module 33, receiver module 34.
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Be described below in detail embodiments of the invention, the example of described embodiment is shown in the drawings, and wherein same or similar label represents same or similar element or has element that is identical or similar functions from start to finish.Be exemplary below by the embodiment be described with reference to the drawings, be intended to for explaining the present invention, and can not limitation of the present invention be interpreted as.
The communication means of the communication system of the communication system of the household electrical appliance proposed according to the embodiment of the present invention, household electrical appliance, connector and household electrical appliance is described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is the block diagram of the communication system of household electrical appliance according to the embodiment of the present invention.As shown in Figure 1, the communication system of these household electrical appliance comprises: household electrical appliance 1, external equipment 2 and connector 3.
As shown in Figure 1, household electrical appliance 1 comprise at least one first interface module 10, namely say, household electrical appliance 1 can be provided with one or more first interface module 10, and when first interface module 10 is multiple, multiple first interface module 10 can be dissimilar interface, also can be the interface of identical type.External equipment 2 can be the terminal equipments such as mobile phone, panel computer, notebook computer, also can be the equipment such as router, server, communicates between external equipment 2 with connector 3 by wired or wireless mode.
As shown in Figure 1, connector 3 comprises the second interface module 30, second interface module 30 is corresponding with at least one first interface module 10, namely say, one at least one first interface module 10 has identical interface type with the second interface module 30, such as, second interface module 30 is USB (UniversalSerialBus, USB) interface module, one at least one first interface module 10 is attachable usb interface module corresponding thereto, wherein, one at least one first interface module 10 be connected with the second interface module 30 after, connector 3 is for obtaining and identifying the information of household electrical appliance, and after identifying the information of household electrical appliance, connector 3 is entered network connection mode and is communicated with external equipment 2 by connector 3 to make household electrical appliance 1.
Be understandable that, connector 3 is connected with the household electrical appliance with first interface module by the second interface module 30, and multiple household electrical appliance with first interface module can share same connector 3.
That is, connector 3 has the function of interconnection network, connector 3 is detachably connected to household electrical appliance 1 by the second interface module 30, namely say, household electrical appliance 1 by the first interface model calling corresponding with the second interface module 30 to connector 3, after household electrical appliance 1 are connected with connector 3, can connector 3 obtain the information of household electrical appliance and judge identify the information of household electrical appliance, when connector 3 successfully identifies the information of household electrical appliance, connector 3 selects switching to enter network connection mode, household electrical appliance 1 can be realized and access Internet of Things, thus household electrical appliance 1 can carry out normal Internet of Things with external equipment 2 communicates, household electrical appliance are controlled by terminal equipment to make user.And when connector 3 None-identified goes out the information of household electrical appliance, the information of household electrical appliance can be re-write, or change connector.
It should be noted that, the information of household electrical appliance can be identification string, wherein, identification string can comprise in the classification information of household electrical appliance, company-information, type information and other information one or more.Connector 3 is after the information obtaining household electrical appliance, first the information such as classification information, company-information, type information that can identify household electrical appliance from identification string is judged whether, if, then household electrical appliance 1 and connector 3 are supporting, and household electrical appliance 1 carry out normal Internet of Things by connector 3 with external equipment 2 and communicate; If not, then household electrical appliance 1 and connector 3 do not match, and can re-write the information of household electrical appliance, or change connector.
In addition, be understandable that, when household electrical appliance 1 are not connected with connector 3, household electrical appliance 1 can not interconnection network, namely can not communicate with external equipment 2, but household electrical appliance 1 normally can carry out the work under off-line state.
According to one embodiment of present invention, as shown in Figure 2, connector 3 also can comprise memory module 31, household electrical appliance 1 also can comprise information module 11, wherein, the information of household electrical appliance can be write the memory module 31 of connector 3 by terminal equipment, or the information of household electrical appliance can be stored among the information module 11 of household electrical appliance 1, reads from household electrical appliance 1 when connector 3 is connected with household electrical appliance 1.Wherein, memory module 31 is connected with the second interface module 30, terminal equipment is by the memory module 31 of the second interface module 30 by the information of household electrical appliance write connector 3, information module 11 can store or generate the information of household electrical appliance, and information module 11 is connected with at least one first interface module 10.
Specifically, when the information of household electrical appliance is stored among the information module 11 of household electrical appliance 1, after connector 3 is connected with household electrical appliance 1, information module 11 is also connected with the second interface module 30, thus, when connector 3 is connected with household electrical appliance 1, connector 3 can read the information of household electrical appliance from information module 11.Like this, when connector 3 None-identified goes out the information of household electrical appliance, the information of household electrical appliance can be re-write.After connector 3 obtains the information of household electrical appliance, first judge whether the information that can identify household electrical appliance, when connector 3 successfully identifies the information of household electrical appliance, connector 3 selects switching to enter network connection mode; When connector 3 None-identified goes out the information of household electrical appliance, replaceable connector.
When the information of household electrical appliance writes the memory module 31 of connector 3 by terminal equipment, household electrical appliance 1 can not comprise information module 11, the information of household electrical appliance is before connector 3 is connected with household electrical appliance 1, to write direct connector 3 by the terminal equipment such as mobile phone, computer or network, like this, when connector 3 None-identified goes out the information of household electrical appliance, the information of household electrical appliance can be re-write.
Certainly, in other embodiments of the invention, when the information of household electrical appliance writes the memory module 31 of connector 3 by terminal equipment, connector 3 also can not need the information identifying household electrical appliance.
It should be noted that, before connector 3 is connected with household electrical appliance 1, need to carry out initialization to connector 3, such as, empty the household electrical appliance information of the household electrical appliance connected before stored in memory module 31, or by terminal equipment, initial configuration information is write the memory module 31 of connector 3.Preferably, when initial configuration information is the information of household electrical appliance, then show that the information of household electrical appliance is the memory modules 31 being write connector 3 by terminal equipment, now, the information of connector 3 identifiable design household electrical appliance, also can the information of nonrecognition household electrical appliance.
According to a concrete example of the present invention, household electrical appliance 1 can be electric cooker, electromagnetic oven, pressure cooker, water dispenser, water purifier, soy bean milk making machine, insulating pot, air-conditioning, refrigerator, washing machine etc.Preferably, for household electrical appliance 1 for washing machine, when user needs washing machine to access Internet of Things, washing machine can be connected with connector 3, after washing machine is connected with connector 3, can connector 3 obtain the information of household electrical appliance and judge identify the information of household electrical appliance, when connector 3 successfully identifies the information of household electrical appliance, connector 3 selects switching to enter network connection mode, washing machine i.e. accessible Internet of Things, thus washing machine can carry out normal Internet of Things with external equipment 2 communicates, thus, user controls washing machine by terminal equipment, such as, washing machine can be controlled start, control the operational mode of washing machine.
Particularly, according to an embodiment of invention, as shown in Figure 2, connector 3 also comprises: identification module 32 and network connecting module 33.
Wherein, identification module 32 is connected with the second interface module 30, for obtaining and identifying the information of household electrical appliance; Network connecting module 33 is connected with identification module 32, and wherein, identify the information of household electrical appliance at identification module 32 after, network connecting module 33 enters network connection mode.
That is, when connector 3 is connected with household electrical appliance 1, first identification module 32 obtains the information of household electrical appliance, judge whether the information that can identify household electrical appliance, when identification module 32 successfully identifies the information of household electrical appliance, network connecting module 33 can enter network connection mode according to the recognition result switching of identification module 32, thus network connecting module 33 can be accessed by the Internet of Things that household electrical appliance need access, controls household electrical appliance to make terminal equipment.
Further, according to an embodiment of invention, as shown in Figure 2, memory module 31 stores the security code relevant to the information of household electrical appliance, and connector 3 also comprises receiver module 34, and receiver module 34 is connected with identification module 32, receiver module 34 is for receiving the password of user's input, wherein, when identification module 32 judges that the password that user inputs is consistent with security code, network connecting module 33 enters network connection mode.
That is, after identification module 32 obtains and identifies the information of household electrical appliance, connector 3 points out user to input password, such as, connector 3 is by display unit prompting user, after identification module 32 obtains the password of user's input and the security code of memory module 31 storage, judge that whether the password that user inputs is consistent with security code, when only having identification module 32 to judge that the password that user inputs is consistent with security code, network connecting module 33 just can enter network connection mode according to the judged result of identification module 32.
According to the communication system of the household electrical appliance of the embodiment of the present invention, after at least one first interface module of household electrical appliance one is connected with the second interface module of connector, connector obtains and identifies the information of household electrical appliance, and after identifying the information of household electrical appliance, connector is entered network connection mode and is communicated with external equipment by connector to make household electrical appliance.Thus, Internet of Things module in correlation technique is isolated independently connector from household electrical appliance by the communication system of these household electrical appliance, the connector independently providing network to connect can be connected from the different household electrical appliance with first interface module neatly, household electrical appliance need directly to be connected with connector when communicating with external equipment, user is enable independently to select the household electrical appliance of access network, thus reduce the cost of internet of things home appliance, be convenient to maintenance, during connector fault, can guarantee that household electrical appliance can normally work.And user freely can match the quantity of connector and connector, connector also can be produced by third party manufacturer and provide, and sells separately connector, thus makes user can independent assortment household electrical appliance and connector, improves the experience of user.
Fig. 3 is the block diagram of the household electrical appliance according to the embodiment of the present invention.As shown in Figure 3, household electrical appliance 1 comprise: at least one first interface module 10, at least one first interface module 10 is for being connected with the second interface module of connector, and at least one first interface module 10 one is connected with the second interface module and after connector identifies the information of household electrical appliance, household electrical appliance 1 are communicated with external equipment by connector.
That is, household electrical appliance 1 by first interface model calling to connector, after household electrical appliance 1 are connected with connector, can the information of connector acquisition household electrical appliance also judge the information that identify household electrical appliance, when connector successfully identifies the information of household electrical appliance, connector selects switching to enter network connection mode, household electrical appliance 1 i.e. accessible Internet of Things, thus household electrical appliance 1 can carry out normal Internet of Things with external equipment communicates, household electrical appliance are controlled by terminal equipment to make user.And when connector None-identified goes out the information of household electrical appliance, the information of household electrical appliance can be re-write, or change connector.
Specifically, the information of household electrical appliance can be identification string, wherein, identification string can comprise in the classification information of household electrical appliance, company-information, type information and other information one or more.After household electrical appliance 1 are connected with connector, connector obtains the information of household electrical appliance, and judge whether the information such as classification information, company-information, type information that can identify household electrical appliance from identification string, if, then household electrical appliance 1 and connector are supporting, and household electrical appliance 1 carry out normal Internet of Things by connector and external equipment and communicate; If not, then household electrical appliance 1 and connector do not match, and can re-write the information of household electrical appliance, or change connector.
It should be noted that, household electrical appliance 1 can be provided with one or more first interface module 10, and when first interface module 10 is multiple, multiple first interface module 10 can be dissimilar interface, also can be the interface of identical type.Second interface module of connector is corresponding with at least one first interface module 10, namely say, connector is connected with the household electrical appliance with first interface module by the second interface module, one at least one first interface module 10 has identical interface type with the second interface module, such as, second interface module is USB (UniversalSerialBus, USB) interface module, one at least one first interface module 10 is attachable usb interface module corresponding thereto.
In addition, be understandable that, when household electrical appliance 1 are not connected with connector, household electrical appliance can not interconnection network, namely can not communicate with external equipment, but household electrical appliance normally can carry out the work under off-line state.
According to one embodiment of present invention, as shown in Figure 4, household electrical appliance 1 also comprise information module 11, wherein, the information of household electrical appliance can be stored among the information module 11 of household electrical appliance 1, read from household electrical appliance when connector is connected with household electrical appliance 1, or the information of household electrical appliance writes connector by terminal equipment.
Specifically, information module 11 can store or generate the information of household electrical appliance, and information module 11 is connected with at least one first interface module 10.When the information of household electrical appliance can be stored among the information module 11 of household electrical appliance 1, after connector is connected with household electrical appliance 1, information module 11 is also connected with the second interface module, thus, when connector is connected with household electrical appliance 1, connector can read the information of household electrical appliance from information module 11.
When the information of household electrical appliance writes the memory module of connector by terminal equipment, household electrical appliance 1 can not comprise information module 11, the information of household electrical appliance, before connector is connected with household electrical appliance 1, to be write direct connector by the terminal equipment such as mobile phone, computer or network.Certainly, in other embodiments of the invention, when the information of household electrical appliance writes the memory module of connector by terminal equipment, connector also can not need the information identifying household electrical appliance.
According to a concrete example of the present invention, household electrical appliance 1 can be electric cooker, electromagnetic oven, pressure cooker, water dispenser, water purifier, soy bean milk making machine, insulating pot, air-conditioning, refrigerator, washing machine etc.Preferably, for household electrical appliance 1 for washing machine, when user needs washing machine to access Internet of Things, washing machine can be connected with connector, after washing machine is connected with connector, can the information of connector acquisition household electrical appliance also judge the information that identify household electrical appliance, when connector successfully identifies the information of household electrical appliance, connector selects switching to enter network connection mode, washing machine i.e. accessible Internet of Things, thus washing machine can carry out normal Internet of Things with external equipment communicates, thus, user controls washing machine by terminal equipment, such as, washing machine can be controlled start, control the operational mode of washing machine.
To sum up, according to the household electrical appliance of the embodiment of the present invention, after at least one first interface module one being connected with the second interface module of connector, and after connector identifies the information of household electrical appliance, household electrical appliance are communicated with external equipment by connector.Thus, the communication system of these household electrical appliance is connected with independently providing the connector of network by first interface module, household electrical appliance need directly to be connected with connector when communicating with external equipment, user is enable to select household electrical appliance whether access network independently, neatly, thus reduce the cost of internet of things home appliance, be convenient to maintenance, during connector fault, can guarantee that household electrical appliance can normally work, improve the experience of user.
Fig. 5 is the block diagram of the connector according to the embodiment of the present invention.As shown in Figure 5, connector 3 comprises: the second interface module 30, identification module 32 and network connecting module 33.
Wherein, second interface module 30 is for being connected with at least one first interface module of household electrical appliance, one at least one first interface module has identical interface type with the second interface module 30, such as, second interface module 30 is USB (UniversalSerialBus, USB) interface module, one at least one first interface module is attachable usb interface module corresponding thereto; Identification module 32 is connected with the second interface module 30, for obtaining and identifying the information of household electrical appliance; Network connecting module 33 is connected with identification module 32, and wherein, identify the information of household electrical appliance at identification module 32 after, network connecting module 33 enters network connection mode.
That is, when the second interface module 30 is connected with household electrical appliance 1, first identification module 32 obtains the information of household electrical appliance, judge whether the information that can identify household electrical appliance, when identification module 32 successfully identifies the information of household electrical appliance, network connecting module 33 can enter network connection mode according to the recognition result switching of identification module 32, thus network connecting module 33 can be accessed by the Internet of Things that household electrical appliance need access, to make household electrical appliance be communicated with external equipment by connector, and then user controls household electrical appliance by terminal equipment.
Specifically, connector 3 has the function of interconnection network, connector 3 is detachably connected to household electrical appliance by the second interface module 30, after household electrical appliance are connected with the second interface module 30 of connector 3, identification module 32 obtains the information of household electrical appliance and judges whether to identify the information of household electrical appliance, when identification module 32 successfully identifies the information of household electrical appliance, network connecting module 33 selects switching to enter network connection mode, thus makes household electrical appliance access Internet of Things.And when identification module 32 None-identified goes out the information of household electrical appliance, the information of household electrical appliance can be re-write, or change connector.
It should be noted that, the information of household electrical appliance can be identification string, wherein, identification string can comprise in the classification information of household electrical appliance, company-information, type information and other information one or more.Identification module 32 is after the information obtaining household electrical appliance, first the information such as classification information, company-information, type information that can identify household electrical appliance from identification string is judged whether, if, then household electrical appliance and connector 3 are supporting, and household electrical appliance carry out normal Internet of Things by connector 3 and external equipment and communicate; If not, then household electrical appliance and connector 3 do not match, and can re-write the information of household electrical appliance, or change connector.
According to one embodiment of present invention, as shown in Figure 6, connector 3 also can comprise memory module 31, wherein, wherein, the information of household electrical appliance can be write the memory module 31 of connector 3 by terminal equipment, or the information of household electrical appliance can be stored among household electrical appliance, reads from household electrical appliance when connector 3 is connected with household electrical appliance.
Specifically, wherein, memory module 31 is connected with the second interface module 30, and terminal equipment is by the memory module 31 of the second interface module 30 by the information of household electrical appliance write connector 3.
Specifically, when the information of household electrical appliance is stored among household electrical appliance, after connector is connected with household electrical appliance, connector can obtain the information of household electrical appliance from household electrical appliance.When the information of household electrical appliance writes the memory module 31 of connector 3 by terminal equipment, the information of household electrical appliance is before connector 3 is connected with household electrical appliance, to write direct memory module 31 by the terminal equipment such as mobile phone, computer or network, like this, when identification module 32 None-identified goes out the information of household electrical appliance, the information of household electrical appliance again can be write to memory module 31.
Certainly, in other embodiments of the invention, when the information of household electrical appliance writes memory module 31 by terminal equipment, identification module 32 also can not need the information identifying household electrical appliance.
It should be noted that, before connector 3 is connected with household electrical appliance, need to carry out initialization to connector 3, such as, empty the household electrical appliance information of the household electrical appliance connected before stored in memory module 31, or by terminal equipment, initial configuration information is write memory module 31.Preferably, when initial configuration information is the information of household electrical appliance, then show that the information of household electrical appliance writes memory module 31 by terminal equipment, now, the information of identification module 32 identifiable design household electrical appliance, also can the information of nonrecognition household electrical appliance.
Further, according to an embodiment of invention, as shown in Figure 6, memory module 31 stores the security code relevant to the information of household electrical appliance, and connector 3 also comprises receiver module 34, and receiver module 34 is connected with identification module 32, receiver module 34 is for receiving the password of user's input, wherein, when identification module 32 judges that the password that user inputs is consistent with security code, network connecting module 33 enters network connection mode.
That is, after identification module 32 obtains and identifies the information of household electrical appliance, connector 3 points out user to input password, such as, connector 3 is by display unit prompting user, after identification module 32 obtains the password of user's input and the security code of memory module 31 storage, judge that whether the password that user inputs is consistent with security code, when only having identification module 32 to judge that the password that user inputs is consistent with security code, network connecting module 33 just can enter network connection mode according to the judged result of identification module 32.
To sum up, according to the connector of the embodiment of the present invention, after second interface module is connected with at least one first interface module of household electrical appliance, connector obtains and identifies the information of household electrical appliance, and after identifying the information of household electrical appliance, connector is entered network connection mode and is communicated with external equipment by connector to make household electrical appliance.Thus, this connector can be connected from the different household electrical appliance with first interface module neatly, for household electrical appliance provide network connecting function, household electrical appliance need directly to be connected with connector when communicating with external equipment, whether user independently will be selected as required by household electrical appliance access network, thus reduce the cost of internet of things home appliance, be convenient to maintenance, can guarantee during connector fault that household electrical appliance can normally work, improve the experience of user.And user freely can match the quantity of connector and connector, connector also can be produced by third party manufacturer and provide, and sells separately connector, thus makes user can independent assortment household electrical appliance and connector, improves the experience of user.
Fig. 7 is the flow chart of the communication means of the communication system of household electrical appliance according to the embodiment of the present invention.The communication system of these household electrical appliance comprises household electrical appliance, connector and external equipment, and as shown in Figure 7, communication means comprises the following steps:
S1: household electrical appliance are connected with connector.
Household electrical appliance 1 comprise at least one first interface module, and when first interface module is multiple, multiple first interface module can be dissimilar interface, also can be the interface of identical type.Connector can comprise the second interface module, second interface module is corresponding with at least one first interface module, namely say, connector is connected with the household electrical appliance with first interface module by the second interface module, one at least one first interface module has identical interface type with the second interface module, such as, second interface module is USB (UniversalSerialBus, USB) interface module, one at least one first interface module is attachable usb interface module corresponding thereto.
S2: connector obtains and identifies the information of household electrical appliance.
Wherein, the information of household electrical appliance writes connector by terminal equipment, or the information of household electrical appliance is stored among household electrical appliance, reads from household electrical appliance when connector is connected with household electrical appliance.
When the information of household electrical appliance is stored among household electrical appliance, after connector is connected with household electrical appliance, connector can read the information of household electrical appliance among household electrical appliance.When the information of household electrical appliance writes connector by terminal equipment, the information of household electrical appliance, before connector is connected with household electrical appliance, to be write direct connector by the terminal equipment such as mobile phone, computer or network.
Certainly, in other embodiments of the invention, when the information of household electrical appliance writes connector by terminal equipment, connector also can not need the information identifying household electrical appliance.
It should be noted that, the information of household electrical appliance can be identification string, wherein, identification string can comprise in the classification information of household electrical appliance, company-information, type information and other information one or more.Connector, after the information obtaining household electrical appliance, first judges whether the information such as classification information, company-information, type information that can identify household electrical appliance from identification string.
S3: after identifying the information of household electrical appliance, connector is entered network connection mode and is communicated with external equipment by connector to make household electrical appliance.
That is, connector has the function of interconnection network, connector is detachably connected to household electrical appliance, after household electrical appliance are connected with connector, can the information of connector acquisition household electrical appliance also judge the information that identify household electrical appliance, when connector merit identifies the information of household electrical appliance, connector selects switching to enter network connection mode, household electrical appliance can be made to access Internet of Things, thus household electrical appliance can carry out normal Internet of Things with external equipment communicates, household electrical appliance are controlled by terminal equipment to make user.And when connector None-identified goes out the information of household electrical appliance, the information of household electrical appliance can be re-write, or change connector.
It should be noted that, before connector is connected with household electrical appliance, need to carry out initialization to connector, such as, empty the household electrical appliance information of the household electrical appliance connected before stored in connector, or by terminal equipment, initial configuration information is write connector.Preferably, when initial configuration information is the information of household electrical appliance, then show that the information of household electrical appliance writes connector by terminal equipment, now, the information of connector identifiable design household electrical appliance, also can the information of nonrecognition household electrical appliance.
Specifically, according to the present invention's specific embodiment, as shown in Figure 8, the communication means of the communication system of household electrical appliance comprises the following steps:
S101: initialization is carried out to connector.
S102: connector is connected with household electrical appliance.
S103: connector is attempted obtaining and identified the information of household electrical appliance.
S104: connector judges whether the information that can identify household electrical appliance.If so, then step S105 is performed; If not, then step S101 is performed.
S105: connector switches and enters network connection mode, and household electrical appliance can be made to access Internet of Things, thus household electrical appliance can carry out normal Internet of Things with external equipment communicates, user controls household electrical appliance by terminal equipment.
According to a concrete example of the present invention, wherein, external equipment can be the terminal equipments such as mobile phone, panel computer, notebook computer, also can be the equipment such as router, server, communicates between external equipment with connector by wired or wireless mode.Household electrical appliance can be electric cooker, electromagnetic oven, pressure cooker, water dispenser, water purifier, soy bean milk making machine, insulating pot, air-conditioning, refrigerator, washing machine etc.Preferably, for household electrical appliance 1 for washing machine, when user needs washing machine to access Internet of Things, washing machine can be connected with connector, after washing machine is connected with connector, can the information of connector acquisition household electrical appliance also judge the information that identify household electrical appliance, when connector successfully identifies the information of household electrical appliance, connector selects switching to enter network connection mode, washing machine i.e. accessible Internet of Things, thus washing machine can carry out normal Internet of Things with external equipment communicates, thus, user controls washing machine by terminal equipment, such as, washing machine can be controlled start, control the operational mode of washing machine.
Further, according to an embodiment of invention, among step S3, after identifying the information of household electrical appliance, communication means also comprises: connector receives the password of user's input; When the password judging that user inputs is consistent with security code, enter network connection mode.
That is, after connector obtains and identifies the information of household electrical appliance, connector prompting user inputs password, such as, connector points out user by display unit, and connector judges that whether the password that user inputs is consistent with security code after obtaining the password of user's input and the security code of storage, only have when judging that the password that user inputs is consistent with security code, connector just can enter network connection mode.
To sum up, according to the communication means of the communication system of the household electrical appliance of the embodiment of the present invention, after household electrical appliance are connected with connector, connector obtains and identifies the information of household electrical appliance, and after the information identifying described household electrical appliance, connector is entered network connection mode and is communicated with external equipment by connector to make household electrical appliance.Thus, Internet of Things module in correlation technique is isolated independently connector from household electrical appliance by the control method of the communication system of these household electrical appliance, the connector that sampling independently provides network to connect, can be connected from different household electrical appliance neatly, user is enable independently to select the household electrical appliance of access network, household electrical appliance need directly to be connected with connector when communicating with external equipment, thus reduce the cost of internet of things home appliance, be convenient to maintenance, can guarantee during connector fault that household electrical appliance can normally work, improve the experience of user.
In describing the invention, it will be appreciated that, term " " center ", " longitudinal direction ", " transverse direction ", " length ", " width ", " thickness ", " on ", D score, " front ", " afterwards ", " left side ", " right side ", " vertically ", " level ", " top ", " end " " interior ", " outward ", " clockwise ", " counterclockwise ", " axis ", " radial direction ", orientation or the position relationship of the instruction such as " circumference " are based on orientation shown in the drawings or position relationship, only the present invention for convenience of description and simplified characterization, instead of indicate or imply that the device of indication or element must have specific orientation, with specific azimuth configuration and operation, therefore limitation of the present invention can not be interpreted as.
In addition, term " first ", " second " only for describing object, and can not be interpreted as instruction or hint relative importance or imply the quantity indicating indicated technical characteristic.Thus, be limited with " first ", the feature of " second " can express or impliedly comprise at least one this feature.In describing the invention, the implication of " multiple " is at least two, such as two, three etc., unless otherwise expressly limited specifically.
In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly defined and limited, the term such as term " installation ", " being connected ", " connection ", " fixing " should be interpreted broadly, and such as, can be fixedly connected with, also can be removably connect, or integral; Can be mechanical connection, also can be electrical connection; Can be directly be connected, also indirectly can be connected by intermediary, can be the connection of two element internals or the interaction relationship of two elements, unless otherwise clear and definite restriction.For the ordinary skill in the art, above-mentioned term concrete meaning in the present invention can be understood as the case may be.
In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly defined and limited, fisrt feature second feature " on " or D score can be that the first and second features directly contact, or the first and second features are by intermediary indirect contact.And, fisrt feature second feature " on ", " top " and " above " but fisrt feature directly over second feature or oblique upper, or only represent that fisrt feature level height is higher than second feature.Fisrt feature second feature " under ", " below " and " below " can be fisrt feature immediately below second feature or tiltedly below, or only represent that fisrt feature level height is less than second feature.
In the description of this specification, specific features, structure, material or feature that the description of reference term " embodiment ", " some embodiments ", " example ", " concrete example " or " some examples " etc. means to describe in conjunction with this embodiment or example are contained at least one embodiment of the present invention or example.In this manual, to the schematic representation of above-mentioned term not must for be identical embodiment or example.And the specific features of description, structure, material or feature can combine in one or more embodiment in office or example in an appropriate manner.In addition, when not conflicting, the feature of the different embodiment described in this specification or example and different embodiment or example can carry out combining and combining by those skilled in the art.
Although illustrate and describe embodiments of the invention above, be understandable that, above-described embodiment is exemplary, can not be interpreted as limitation of the present invention, and those of ordinary skill in the art can change above-described embodiment within the scope of the invention, revises, replace and modification.

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1. a communication system for household electrical appliance, is characterized in that, comprising:
Household electrical appliance, described household electrical appliance comprise at least one first interface module;
External equipment;
Connector, described connector comprises second interface module corresponding with at least one first interface module described, wherein, one at least one first interface module described be connected with described second interface module after, described connector is for obtaining and identifying the information of household electrical appliance, and after the information identifying described household electrical appliance, described connector is entered network connection mode and is communicated with described external equipment by described connector to make described household electrical appliance.
2. the communication system of household electrical appliance as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described connector also comprises memory module, described household electrical appliance also comprise information module, wherein, the information of described household electrical appliance is write the memory module of described connector by terminal equipment, or the information of described household electrical appliance is stored among the information module of described household electrical appliance, reads from described household electrical appliance when described connector is connected with described household electrical appliance.
3. the communication system of household electrical appliance as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described connector also comprises:
Identification module, described identification module is connected with described second interface module, for obtaining and identifying the information of described household electrical appliance;
Network connecting module, described network connecting module is connected with described identification module, and wherein, identify the information of described household electrical appliance at described identification module after, described network connecting module enters network connection mode.
4. the communication system of household electrical appliance as claimed in claim 3, is characterized in that, described memory module stores the security code relevant to the information of described household electrical appliance, and described connector also comprises:
Receiver module, described receiver module is connected with described identification module, the password that described receiver module inputs for receiving user, wherein, when described identification module judges that the password that described user inputs is consistent with described security code, described network connecting module enters network connection mode.
5. household electrical appliance, is characterized in that, comprising:
At least one first interface module, at least one first interface module described is used for being connected with the second interface module of connector, and at least one first interface module described one is connected with described second interface module and after described connector identifies the information of household electrical appliance, described household electrical appliance are communicated with external equipment by described connector.
6. household electrical appliance as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that, described household electrical appliance also comprise information module, wherein, the information of described household electrical appliance is stored among the information module of described household electrical appliance, read from described household electrical appliance when described connector is connected with described household electrical appliance, or the information of described household electrical appliance writes described connector by terminal equipment.
7. a connector, is characterized in that, comprising:
Second interface module, described second interface module is used for being connected with at least one first interface module of described household electrical appliance;
Identification module, described identification module is connected with described second interface module, for obtaining and identifying the information of described household electrical appliance;
Network connecting module, described network connecting module is connected with described identification module, and wherein, identify the information of described household electrical appliance at described identification module after, described network connecting module enters network connection mode.
8. connector as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that, described connector also comprises memory module, wherein, the information of described household electrical appliance is write the memory module of described connector by terminal equipment, or the information of described household electrical appliance is stored among described household electrical appliance, reads from described household electrical appliance when described connector is connected with described household electrical appliance.
9. connector as claimed in claim 7, is characterized in that, described memory module stores the security code relevant to the information of described household electrical appliance, and described connector also comprises:
Receiver module, described receiver module is connected with described identification module, the password that described receiver module inputs for receiving user, wherein, when described identification module judges that the password that described user inputs is consistent with described security code, described network connecting module enters network connection mode.
10. a communication means for the communication system of household electrical appliance, is characterized in that, the communication system of described household electrical appliance comprises household electrical appliance, connector and external equipment, and described communication means comprises the following steps:
Described household electrical appliance are connected with described connector;
Described connector obtains and identifies the information of household electrical appliance;
After the information identifying described household electrical appliance, described connector is entered network connection mode and is communicated with described external equipment by described connector to make described household electrical appliance.
The communication means of the communication system of 11. household electrical appliance as claimed in claim 10, it is characterized in that, the information of described household electrical appliance writes described connector by terminal equipment, or the information of described household electrical appliance is stored among described household electrical appliance, reads from described household electrical appliance when described connector is connected with described household electrical appliance.
The communication means of the communication system of 12. household electrical appliance as claimed in claim 10, it is characterized in that, after the information identifying described household electrical appliance, described communication means also comprises:
Described connector receives the password of user's input;
When the password judging that described user inputs is consistent with described security code, enter network connection mode.
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