CN112665137A - Air conditioner control method and device, storage medium and air conditioner - Google Patents
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The invention provides an air conditioner control method, an air conditioner control device, a storage medium and an air conditioner, wherein the method comprises the following steps: after entering a fingerprint identification mode, receiving first fingerprint information input through a belonging remote controller; searching whether more than one piece of pre-stored fingerprint characteristic information has first fingerprint characteristic information matched with the first fingerprint information; if first fingerprint characteristic information matched with the first fingerprint information is found, acquiring first air conditioner setting parameters corresponding to the first fingerprint characteristic information; and controlling the operation of the corresponding air conditioner according to the acquired first air conditioner setting parameter corresponding to the first fingerprint characteristic information. The scheme provided by the invention can quickly and accurately realize the personalized setting and operation of different users on the operation of the air conditioner by identifying the fingerprint characteristics of the users.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of control, in particular to an air conditioner control method and device, a storage medium and an air conditioner.
Background
When different users use the air conditioner, the air conditioner parameters need to be reset or selected, the implementation steps are complex, and the method is inconvenient and difficult to implement. Aiming at the occasions with multiple rooms and multiple air conditioners, the individual exclusive setting of each air conditioner needs to be realized, the setting needs to be carried out on each air conditioner one by one, and the process is complicated.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention is directed to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art, and provides an air conditioner control method, an air conditioner control device, a storage medium, and an air conditioner, so as to solve the problem in the prior art that when different users use the air conditioner, the air conditioner parameters need to be reset or selected.
One aspect of the present invention provides an air conditioner control method, including: after entering a fingerprint identification mode, receiving first fingerprint information input through a belonging remote controller; searching whether more than one piece of pre-stored fingerprint characteristic information has first fingerprint characteristic information matched with the first fingerprint information; if first fingerprint characteristic information matched with the first fingerprint information is found, acquiring first air conditioner setting parameters corresponding to the first fingerprint characteristic information; and controlling the operation of the corresponding air conditioner according to the acquired first air conditioner setting parameter corresponding to the first fingerprint characteristic information.
Optionally, the method further comprises: after entering a fingerprint registration mode, receiving second fingerprint information and second air conditioner setting parameters input through the remote controller; performing feature extraction on the received second fingerprint information to generate second fingerprint feature information; and correspondingly storing the generated second fingerprint characteristic information and the received second air conditioner setting parameters.
Optionally, the remote controller is a master remote controller in a wireless device network or a remote controller of any air conditioner in the wireless device network; the wireless equipment network comprises at least two air conditioners serving as terminal nodes; the at least two air conditioners are respectively in communication connection with the coordinator in a wireless mode; and when the remote controller is a master remote controller, the remote controller is wirelessly connected with and communicates with the coordinator, and the coordinator is used for controlling the at least two air conditioners.
Optionally, controlling the operation of the corresponding air conditioner according to the acquired first air conditioner setting parameter corresponding to the first fingerprint feature information includes: when the remote controller is a master remote controller, generating a corresponding control instruction according to the first air conditioner setting parameter, sending the control instruction to the coordinator, and sending the control instruction to a target air conditioner by the coordinator; and when the remote controller is the remote controller of any air conditioner, generating a corresponding control instruction according to the first air conditioner setting parameter, and sending the control instruction to the air conditioner controlled by the remote controller.
Optionally, the wireless device network further includes a display device, configured to display the operation state information of the at least two air conditioners; and/or, the wireless equipment network also comprises more than one routing node, each routing node is wirelessly connected with the coordinator, and each routing node is connected with at least one air conditioner; and the coordinator sends the control command to the target air conditioner through a routing node connected with the target air conditioner.
Another aspect of the present invention provides an air conditioning control apparatus, including: the first receiving unit is used for receiving first fingerprint information input by the remote controller after entering a fingerprint identification mode;
the searching unit is used for searching whether first fingerprint characteristic information matched with the first fingerprint information exists in more than one piece of fingerprint characteristic information stored in advance; the acquisition unit is used for acquiring a first air conditioner setting parameter corresponding to the first fingerprint characteristic information if the search unit finds the first fingerprint characteristic information matched with the first fingerprint information; and the control unit is used for controlling the operation of the corresponding air conditioner according to the first air conditioner setting parameter corresponding to the first fingerprint characteristic information acquired by the acquisition unit.
Optionally, the method further comprises: the second receiving unit is used for receiving second fingerprint information and second air conditioner setting parameters which are input through the remote controller after entering the fingerprint registration mode; the generating unit is used for performing feature extraction on the received second fingerprint information to generate second fingerprint feature information; and the storage unit is used for correspondingly storing the generated second fingerprint characteristic information and the received second air conditioner setting parameter.
Optionally, the remote controller is a master remote controller in a wireless device network or a remote controller of any air conditioner in the wireless device network; the wireless equipment network comprises at least two air conditioners serving as terminal nodes; the at least two air conditioners are respectively in communication connection with the coordinator in a wireless mode; and when the remote controller is a master remote controller, the remote controller is wirelessly connected with and communicates with the coordinator, and the coordinator is used for controlling the at least two air conditioners.
Optionally, the controlling unit controls the operation of the corresponding air conditioner according to the first air conditioner setting parameter corresponding to the first fingerprint feature information acquired by the acquiring unit, and includes: when the remote controller is a master remote controller, generating a corresponding control instruction according to the first air conditioner setting parameter, sending the control instruction to the coordinator, and sending the control instruction to a target air conditioner by the coordinator; and when the remote controller is the remote controller of any air conditioner, generating a corresponding control instruction according to the first air conditioner setting parameter, and sending the control instruction to the air conditioner controlled by the remote controller.
Optionally, the wireless device network further includes a display device, configured to display the operation state information of the at least two air conditioners; and/or, the wireless equipment network also comprises more than one routing node, each routing node is wirelessly connected with the coordinator, and each routing node is connected with at least one air conditioner; and the coordinator sends the control command to the target air conditioner through a routing node connected with the target air conditioner.
A further aspect of the invention provides a storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, carries out the steps of any of the methods described above.
Yet another aspect of the present invention provides an air conditioner comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, wherein the processor implements the steps of any of the methods described above when executing the program.
In another aspect, the invention provides an air conditioner, which comprises the air conditioner control device.
According to the technical scheme of the invention, the personalized setting and operation of different users on the operation of the air conditioner can be quickly and accurately realized by identifying the fingerprint characteristics of the users; for the occasion of multiple air conditioners, one person can simultaneously operate multiple air conditioners under the wireless equipment network, and the state parameters of each air conditioner can be displayed so that a user can know the result after operation.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of an air conditioner control method according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 shows a flow diagram of the steps of performing fingerprint enrollment;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a wireless device network architecture according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a method for controlling an air conditioner according to the present invention;
fig. 5 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an air conditioning control apparatus according to the present invention;
fig. 6 shows a block diagram of another embodiment of the air conditioning control device according to the present invention.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the specific embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention, and not restrictive of the full scope of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present invention and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the invention described herein are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
The invention provides an air conditioner control method. The method of the invention may be implemented in a remote control. Fig. 1 is a schematic method diagram of an embodiment of an air conditioner control method provided by the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the air conditioner control method includes at least step S110, step S120, step S130, and step S140.
Step S110, after entering the fingerprint identification mode, receiving first fingerprint information input through the corresponding remote controller.
For example, a fingerprint identification mode can be entered by operating a preset key on the remote controller, or the default mode of the remote controller is the fingerprint identification mode, the remote controller is internally provided with a fingerprint sensor and is correspondingly provided with a fingerprint input area, a user can input own fingerprint through the fingerprint input area arranged on the remote controller, and the remote controller receives the fingerprint (first fingerprint information) input by the user through the fingerprint identification area.
Step S120, searching whether there is first fingerprint feature information matched with the first fingerprint information in more than one piece of pre-stored fingerprint feature information.
Specifically, after first fingerprint information input by a user is received, feature extraction is performed on the first fingerprint information to obtain fingerprint feature information, and whether first fingerprint feature information matched with the extracted fingerprint feature information exists in more than one piece of prestored fingerprint feature information is searched. For example, if the similarity between the extracted fingerprint feature information and the first fingerprint feature information reaches a preset similarity threshold, it is determined that the two are matched.
Step S130, if the first fingerprint characteristic information matched with the first fingerprint information is found, acquiring a first air conditioner setting parameter corresponding to the first fingerprint characteristic information.
Specifically, the fingerprint feature information is stored in correspondence with the air conditioner setting parameters, that is, one fingerprint may correspond to one air conditioner setting parameter. The more than one fingerprint characteristic information and the corresponding more than one air conditioner setting parameter can be stored in a database, after first fingerprint information input by a user is received, characteristic extraction is carried out on the first fingerprint information to obtain fingerprint characteristic information, whether first fingerprint characteristic information matched with the extracted fingerprint characteristic information exists in the more than one pre-stored fingerprint characteristic information or not is searched in the database, and if the first fingerprint characteristic information matched with the first fingerprint information is searched, the first air conditioner setting parameter corresponding to the first fingerprint characteristic information is obtained from the database.
Step S140, controlling the operation of the corresponding air conditioner according to the acquired first air conditioner setting parameter corresponding to the first fingerprint feature information.
In a specific implementation manner, a corresponding control instruction is generated according to the first air conditioner setting parameter, and the control instruction is sent to the air conditioner controlled by the remote controller, so that the control of the working mode and/or the control parameter of the air conditioner is realized. The control instruction is specifically a control signal, for example, a corresponding infrared control signal is sent to the controlled air conditioner according to the first air conditioner setting parameter.
Because a fingerprint can correspond an air conditioner setting parameter, consequently a user can set up multiple air conditioner setting parameter, and the user only needs the fingerprint of input oneself can set for own exclusive air conditioner setting parameter, and when control air conditioner, the user only needs the fingerprint of input oneself can control the air conditioner and operate according to own exclusive setting parameter.
In another specific embodiment, the remote controller is a master remote controller in a wireless device network or a remote controller of any air conditioner in the wireless device network; the wireless equipment network comprises at least two air conditioners serving as terminal nodes; the at least two air conditioners are respectively in communication connection with the coordinator in a wireless mode; and when the remote controller is a master remote controller, the remote controller is wirelessly connected with and communicates with the coordinator, and the coordinator is used for controlling the at least two air conditioners. The wireless mode includes ZigBee, bluetooth, and WiFi, for example. The wireless device network may be a ZigBee network, for example. The ZigBee technology has the advantages of low power consumption, ad hoc network, low complexity, low cost, short time delay, large capacity, high stability and safety and the like, is applied to a network in a small household area, and has good cost performance.
And when the remote controller is the remote controller of any air conditioner in the wireless equipment network, generating a corresponding control instruction according to the first air conditioner setting parameter, and sending the control instruction to the air conditioner controlled by the remote controller. Specifically, the control instruction is a control signal, for example, a corresponding infrared control signal is sent to the controlled air conditioner according to the first air conditioner setting parameter.
And the at least two air conditioners in the wireless equipment network share the more than one piece of fingerprint characteristic information and the corresponding air conditioner setting parameters which are stored in advance. That is, the fingerprint feature information and the corresponding air conditioner setting parameters set by the remote controller of the air conditioner in the wireless device network can be shared by each air conditioner in the wireless device network, for example, after the fingerprint feature information and the corresponding air conditioner setting parameters are entered, the fingerprint feature information and the corresponding air conditioner setting parameters can be stored locally in each air conditioner or stored in a database shared by each air conditioner.
And when the remote controller is a master remote controller, generating a corresponding control instruction according to the first air conditioner setting parameter, sending the control instruction to the coordinator, and sending the control instruction to a target air conditioner by the coordinator. Specifically, the control instruction is specifically a control signal. When the user operates the main remote controller, the user can select a control object, namely the air conditioner to be controlled. For example, the main remote controller sends out a corresponding infrared control signal to the coordinator according to the first air conditioner setting parameter, and after receiving the infrared control signal, the coordinator transmits the infrared control signal to the corresponding target air conditioner according to a control object selected by a user, namely the target air conditioner. The target air conditioner can be any air conditioner node or a plurality of air conditioner nodes, namely, the main remote controller can control any one air conditioner according to selection and can also control any plurality of air conditioners simultaneously.
Optionally, the wireless device network further includes more than one routing node, each routing node is wirelessly connected with the coordinator, and each routing node is connected with at least one air conditioner; the coordinator may transmit the control command to the target air conditioner through a routing node connected with the target air conditioner. For example, when the distance between the coordinator and the target air conditioner exceeds a preset distance, the coordinator sends the control command to the target air conditioner through a routing node connected with the target air conditioner.
That is, when the transmission distance is long, the signal can be emphasized by the routing node. For a plurality of air conditioners, if the air conditioners are set to be in the same working mode, only a target air conditioner to be set needs to be selected on the main remote controller, and then the same setting parameters are transmitted to the air conditioners through the coordinator and the routing node. The routing node can also select the information transmission line, improve the communication speed and reduce the communication load, thereby leading the network system to fully exert greater benefit. Therefore, a program may be provided to cause the routing node to forward the signal transmitted from the coordinator regardless of the transmission distance, and to select the line to be transmitted.
Optionally, the wireless device network further includes a display device, configured to display the operation state information of the at least two air conditioners. Specifically, the at least two air conditioners in the wireless device network can send the real-time running state information of the air conditioners to the coordinator, and the coordinator sends the received running state information to the display for displaying, so that the real-time running states of the air conditioners in the wireless device network can be checked through the display.
Figure 2 shows a flow diagram of the steps of performing fingerprint enrollment. Referring to fig. 2, the step of performing fingerprint registration may specifically include steps S102 to S106.
And step S102, after entering the fingerprint registration mode, acquiring second fingerprint information and second air conditioner setting parameters input through the remote controller.
Step S104, performing feature extraction on the received second fingerprint information to generate second fingerprint feature information.
And step S106, correspondingly storing the generated second fingerprint characteristic information and the received second air conditioner setting parameter.
Specifically, a user can enter a fingerprint registration mode by operating a preset key on the remote controller, the remote controller is internally provided with a fingerprint sensor and correspondingly provided with a fingerprint input area, the user can input own fingerprint through the fingerprint input area arranged on the remote controller, and the affiliated remote controller receives the fingerprint input by the user through the fingerprint identification area, namely second fingerprint information. The user may reselect air conditioner setting parameters or may select to use current air conditioner setting parameters, for example, the user wants to set the current setting parameters to own exclusive mode, may select a registered fingerprint mode, and enter his own fingerprint. And after receiving second fingerprint information input by the user, performing feature extraction to generate second fingerprint feature information. Optionally, when the user registers the fingerprint, because the inclination angles of the fingerprint input by the user are different, and the receiving area of the fingerprint is smaller by the sensor, the area of the fingerprint which is most easily contacted with the sensor is selected, the area is subjected to multi-partition processing, the user is prompted to input the fingerprint from different angles for many times, so that the input fingerprint is continuously perfected, finally, the whole fingerprint characteristic is input, the synthesized fingerprint characteristic template is stored in the database, and then a similarity threshold value is set. The second fingerprint characteristic information and the received second air conditioner setting parameter can be correspondingly stored in a database.
Alternatively, when the same fingerprint is registered, if the fingerprint is registered, the overlay process is performed, that is, after fingerprint feature information is generated (for example, an input fingerprint is synthesized into a fingerprint feature template), whether the fingerprint feature template is registered or not is determined, and if the fingerprint feature template is registered, the original fingerprint feature template and the corresponding air conditioner setting parameter are overlaid.
When fingerprint identification is carried out, the recorded fingerprint is searched in the database based on a preset similarity threshold value. If the similarity exceeds the set similarity threshold, the matching is successful, otherwise, the database is searched, and if the corresponding fingerprint cannot be searched, the matching failure is displayed.
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a wireless device network structure according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown in fig. 3, taking ZigBee network as an example, the wireless device network described in the present invention includes a user monitoring part and a ZigBee network part. The user monitoring part comprises a main remote controller, remote controllers (a fingerprint air conditioner remote controller 1, a fingerprint air conditioner remote controller 2 and a fingerprint air conditioner remote controller 3) of all air conditioners and a display. The main remote controller is used for selecting and controlling an air conditioner in the ZigBee network; the remote controllers of all the air conditioners control the single corresponding air conditioner; the display is used for displaying the on-off state and the running state (including the working mode and/or the state parameter information) of each air conditioner in the network. The ZigBee network comprises a coordinator, an air conditioner node and a routing node (a routing forwarding function is added on the basis of a terminal node); the air conditioning nodes comprise air conditioning nodes 1, air conditioning nodes 2 and air conditioning nodes 3, and the routing nodes comprise routing nodes 1, routing nodes 2 and routing nodes 3. In a ZigBee network, a routing node, i.e., a ZigBee router, is an FFD (full function device) with communication associated with a node, and can forward a message to other devices. The end node, i.e. the ZigBee end device, is typically an RFD (semi-functional device). One FFD can communicate with multiple RFDs, while RFDs can typically only communicate with FFDs one-to-one.
The invention adopts the on-demand communication mode, the receiving node is initialized after being electrified, and then the radio frequency receiver is started to wait for receiving the data until the data is received. After the sending node is powered on, initialization (the same as that of the receiving node) is carried out, and then data are sent through the radio frequency module. And the receiving node judges the destination address of the received data after receiving the data, receives the data if the destination address is the address of the receiving node, and discards the data if the destination address is not the address of the receiving node.
The coordinator is mainly used for establishing a ZigBee network and then selecting a request of a receiving terminal (air conditioner) node. If a certain terminal (air conditioner) node is allowed to join, a network address is allocated to the node to enable the node to join the established network, then the coordinator can communicate with the terminal (air conditioner) node and the routing node, and finally the coordinator collects and processes the response and contacts with the user monitoring part. The routing node mainly plays a role in information transfer, namely, the communication distance between the coordinator and the terminal node is lengthened, so that the efficiency of information receiving and sending is improved, and the effect of information transfer is enhanced. The terminal node (air conditioner node), for example, may be a processor on an air conditioner, and is mainly used to query a real-time operating state of the air conditioner, so as to upload corresponding information. The terminal node can also receive a control command sent by the main remote controller through the coordinator, and further control the air conditioner to be set to a corresponding working mode.
For clearly explaining the technical solution of the present invention, the following describes an execution flow of the air conditioner control method provided by the present invention with a specific embodiment.
Fig. 4 is a schematic method diagram of an embodiment of an air conditioner control method according to the present invention. As shown in fig. 4, firstly, the system is powered on for initialization, if a user wants to set the air conditioner setting parameter at this time to an exclusive mode of the user, the user can select a registered fingerprint mode, inputs a fingerprint of the user through a remote controller, generates fingerprint characteristic information, correspondingly stores the fingerprint characteristic information and the air conditioner setting parameter at this time into a database, and ends the operation, and the fingerprint characteristic information and the air conditioner setting parameter are correspondingly stored, that is, one fingerprint can correspond to one air conditioner setting parameter. On the basis, a user selects a fingerprint identification mode, inputs fingerprint information, extracts fingerprint characteristic information from the fingerprint information input by the user, matches the fingerprint characteristic information stored in the database, if the user inputs a fingerprint registered before, searches corresponding air conditioner setting parameters in the database, generates a corresponding control instruction after processing, sends the corresponding control instruction to the air conditioner, and controls the on-off and the operation of the air conditioner.
The following describes the air conditioner control method provided by the present invention with reference to fig. 3 and 4. Firstly, the system is powered on, fingerprint information is registered by default, the main remote controller is selected to be in a fingerprint identification mode by default, and an air conditioner node 2 and an air conditioner node 3 to be connected are selected. The user inputs fingerprints through the main remote controller, after matching corresponding air conditioner setting parameters, the main remote controller sends corresponding control commands to the coordinator, the coordinator sends control signals to the air conditioner nodes 2 and 3 through the routing nodes after information processing, operation of the air conditioner nodes 2 and 3 is controlled, each air conditioner node can transmit real-time working operation state information to the coordinator, and the coordinator transmits the real-time working operation state information to the display to display the state of each air conditioner. The fingerprint air conditioner remote controllers 2 and 3 can also control the corresponding air conditioner nodes 2 and 3, and once the working running state and the setting parameters of the air conditioner are changed, the terminal nodes detect the change and finally transmit the changed information to the display for displaying.
The invention provides an air conditioner control device. The inventive device may be implemented in a remote control.
Fig. 5 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an air conditioning control apparatus according to the present invention. As shown in fig. 5, the control apparatus 100 includes a first receiving unit 110, a searching unit 120, an obtaining unit 130, and a control unit 140.
The first receiving unit 110 is configured to receive first fingerprint information input through the corresponding remote controller after entering the fingerprint identification mode.
For example, a fingerprint recognition mode may be entered by operating a preset key on the remote controller, or the default mode of the remote controller is the fingerprint recognition mode, the remote controller has a fingerprint sensor built therein and a fingerprint input area correspondingly set, a user may input his/her fingerprint through the fingerprint input area set on the remote controller, and the first receiving unit 110 receives the fingerprint (first fingerprint information) input by the user through the fingerprint recognition area.
The searching unit 120 is configured to search whether there is first fingerprint feature information that matches the first fingerprint information in more than one piece of fingerprint feature information that is stored in advance.
Specifically, after the first receiving unit 110 receives first fingerprint information input by a user, the searching unit 120 performs feature extraction on the first fingerprint information to obtain fingerprint feature information, and searches whether there is first fingerprint feature information matching the extracted fingerprint feature information in more than one piece of pre-stored fingerprint feature information. For example, if the similarity between the extracted fingerprint feature information and the first fingerprint feature information reaches a preset similarity threshold, it is determined that the two are matched.
Fig. 6 shows a block diagram of another embodiment of the air conditioning control device according to the present invention. As shown in fig. 6, the control device 100 further includes a second receiving unit 102, a generating unit 104, and a saving unit 106.
The second receiving unit 102 is configured to receive second fingerprint information and second air conditioner setting parameters input through the corresponding remote controller after entering the fingerprint registration mode; the generating unit 104 is configured to perform feature extraction on the second fingerprint information received by the second receiving unit 102 to generate second fingerprint feature information; the saving unit 106 is configured to correspondingly save the second fingerprint feature information generated by the generating unit 104 and the received second air conditioner setting parameter.
Specifically, a user can enter a fingerprint registration mode by operating a preset key on the remote controller, the remote controller is internally provided with a fingerprint sensor and correspondingly provided with a fingerprint input area, the user can input own fingerprint through the fingerprint input area arranged on the remote controller, and the second receiving unit 102 receives the fingerprint input by the user, namely second fingerprint information, through the fingerprint identification area. The user may reselect air conditioner setting parameters or may select to use current air conditioner setting parameters, for example, the user wants to set the current setting parameters to own exclusive mode, may select a registered fingerprint mode, and enter his own fingerprint. After the second receiving unit 102 receives the second fingerprint information entered by the user, the generating unit 104 performs feature extraction on the entered second fingerprint information to generate second fingerprint feature information. The saving unit 106 saves the second fingerprint feature information generated by the generating unit 104 in correspondence with the received second air conditioner setting parameter.
Optionally, when the user registers the fingerprint, because the inclination angles of the fingerprint input by the user are different, and the receiving area of the fingerprint is smaller by the sensor, the area of the fingerprint which is most easily contacted with the sensor is selected, the area is subjected to multi-partition processing, the user is prompted to input the fingerprint from different angles for many times, so that the input fingerprint is continuously perfected, finally, the whole fingerprint characteristic is input, the synthesized fingerprint characteristic template is stored in the database, and then a similarity threshold value is set. The saving unit 106 may correspondingly save the second fingerprint feature information and the received second air conditioner setting parameter in a database.
Alternatively, when the same fingerprint is registered, if the fingerprint is registered, the overlay process is performed, that is, after fingerprint feature information is generated (for example, an input fingerprint is synthesized into a fingerprint feature template), whether the fingerprint feature template is registered or not is determined, and if the fingerprint feature template is registered, the original fingerprint feature template and the corresponding air conditioner setting parameter are overlaid.
When fingerprint identification is carried out, the recorded fingerprint is searched in the database based on a preset similarity threshold value. If the similarity exceeds the set similarity threshold, the matching is successful, otherwise, the database is searched, and if the corresponding fingerprint cannot be searched, the matching failure is displayed.
The obtaining unit 130 is configured to obtain a first air conditioner setting parameter corresponding to first fingerprint feature information if the searching unit 120 finds the first fingerprint feature information matching the first fingerprint information.
Specifically, the fingerprint feature information is stored in correspondence with the air conditioner setting parameters, that is, one fingerprint may correspond to one air conditioner setting parameter. The more than one fingerprint feature information and the corresponding more than one air conditioner setting parameter may be stored in a database, after the first receiving unit 110 receives first fingerprint information input by a user, performs feature extraction on the first fingerprint information to obtain fingerprint feature information, the searching unit 120 searches whether there is first fingerprint feature information matching the extracted fingerprint feature information in the more than one pre-stored fingerprint feature information from the database, and if the first fingerprint feature information matching the first fingerprint information is found, the obtaining unit 130 obtains the first air conditioner setting parameter corresponding to the first fingerprint feature information from the database.
The control unit 140 is configured to control operation of a corresponding air conditioner according to the first air conditioner setting parameter corresponding to the first fingerprint feature information acquired by the acquisition unit.
In a specific implementation manner, a corresponding control instruction is generated according to the first air conditioner setting parameter, and the control instruction is sent to the air conditioner controlled by the remote controller, so that the control of the working mode and/or the control parameter of the air conditioner is realized. The control instruction is specifically a control signal, for example, a corresponding infrared control signal is sent to the controlled air conditioner according to the first air conditioner setting parameter.
Because a fingerprint can correspond an air conditioner setting parameter, consequently a user can set up multiple air conditioner setting parameter, and the user only needs the fingerprint of input oneself can set for own exclusive air conditioner setting parameter, and when control air conditioner, the user only needs the fingerprint of input oneself can control the air conditioner and operate according to own exclusive setting parameter.
In another specific embodiment, the remote controller is a master remote controller in a wireless device network or a remote controller of any air conditioner in the wireless device network; the wireless equipment network comprises at least two air conditioners serving as terminal nodes; the at least two air conditioners are respectively in communication connection with the coordinator in a wireless mode; and when the remote controller is a master remote controller, the remote controller is wirelessly connected with and communicates with the coordinator, and the coordinator is used for controlling the at least two air conditioners. The wireless mode includes ZigBee, bluetooth, and WiFi, for example. The wireless device network may be a ZigBee network, for example. The ZigBee technology has the advantages of low power consumption, ad hoc network, low complexity, low cost, short time delay, large capacity, high stability and safety and the like, is applied to a network in a small household area, and has good cost performance.
When the remote controller is a remote controller of any air conditioner, the control unit 140 generates a corresponding control instruction according to the first air conditioner setting parameter, and sends the control instruction to the air conditioner controlled by the remote controller. Specifically, the control instruction is a control signal, for example, a corresponding infrared control signal is sent to the controlled air conditioner according to the first air conditioner setting parameter.
And the at least two air conditioners in the wireless equipment network share the more than one piece of fingerprint characteristic information and the corresponding air conditioner setting parameters which are stored in advance. That is, the fingerprint feature information and the corresponding air conditioner setting parameters set by the remote controller of the air conditioner in the wireless device network can be shared by each air conditioner in the wireless device network, for example, after the fingerprint feature information and the corresponding air conditioner setting parameters are entered, the fingerprint feature information and the corresponding air conditioner setting parameters can be stored locally in each air conditioner or stored in a database shared by each air conditioner.
When the remote controller is a master remote controller, the control unit 140 generates a corresponding control instruction according to the first air conditioner setting parameter, and sends the control instruction to the coordinator, and the coordinator sends the control instruction to a target air conditioner. Specifically, the control instruction is specifically a control signal. When the user operates the main remote controller, the user can select a control object, namely the air conditioner to be controlled. For example, the main remote controller sends out a corresponding infrared control signal to the coordinator according to the first air conditioner setting parameter, and after receiving the infrared control signal, the coordinator transmits the infrared control signal to the corresponding target air conditioner according to a control object selected by a user, namely the target air conditioner. The target air conditioner can be any air conditioner node or a plurality of air conditioner nodes, namely, the main remote controller can control any one air conditioner according to selection and can also control any plurality of air conditioners simultaneously.
Optionally, the wireless device network further includes more than one routing node, each routing node is wirelessly connected with the coordinator, and each routing node is connected with at least one air conditioner; the coordinator may transmit the control command to the target air conditioner through a routing node connected with the target air conditioner. For example, when the distance between the coordinator and the target air conditioner exceeds a preset distance, the coordinator sends the control command to the target air conditioner through a routing node connected with the target air conditioner.
That is, when the transmission distance is long, the signal can be emphasized by the routing node. For a plurality of air conditioners, if the air conditioners are set to be in the same working mode, only a target air conditioner to be set needs to be selected on the main remote controller, and then the same setting parameters are transmitted to the air conditioners through the coordinator and the routing node. The routing node can also select the information transmission line, improve the communication speed and reduce the communication load, thereby leading the network system to fully exert greater benefit. Therefore, a program may be provided to cause the routing node to forward the signal transmitted from the coordinator regardless of the transmission distance, and to select the line to be transmitted.
Optionally, the wireless device network further includes a display device, configured to display the operation state information of the at least two air conditioners. Specifically, the at least two air conditioners in the wireless device network can send the real-time running state information of the air conditioners to the coordinator, and the coordinator sends the received running state information to the display for displaying, so that the real-time running states of the air conditioners in the wireless device network can be checked through the display.
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a wireless device network structure according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown in fig. 3, taking ZigBee network as an example, the wireless device network described in the present invention includes a user monitoring part and a ZigBee network part. The user monitoring part comprises a main remote controller, remote controllers (a fingerprint air conditioner remote controller 1, a fingerprint air conditioner remote controller 2 and a fingerprint air conditioner remote controller 3) of all air conditioners and a display. The main remote controller is used for selecting and controlling an air conditioner in the ZigBee network; the remote controllers of all the air conditioners control the single corresponding air conditioner; the display is used for displaying the on-off state and the running state (including the working mode and/or the state parameter information) of each air conditioner in the network. The ZigBee network comprises a coordinator, an air conditioner node and a routing node (a routing forwarding function is added on the basis of a terminal node); the air conditioning nodes comprise air conditioning nodes 1, air conditioning nodes 2 and air conditioning nodes 3, and the routing nodes comprise routing nodes 1, routing nodes 2 and routing nodes 3. In a ZigBee network, a routing node, i.e., a ZigBee router, is an FFD (full function device) with communication associated with a node, and can forward a message to other devices. The end node, i.e. the ZigBee end device, is typically an RFD (semi-functional device). One FFD can communicate with multiple RFDs, while RFDs can typically only communicate with FFDs one-to-one.
The invention adopts the on-demand communication mode, the receiving node is initialized after being electrified, and then the radio frequency receiver is started to wait for receiving the data until the data is received. After the sending node is powered on, initialization (the same as that of the receiving node) is carried out, and then data are sent through the radio frequency module. And the receiving node judges the destination address of the received data after receiving the data, receives the data if the destination address is the address of the receiving node, and discards the data if the destination address is not the address of the receiving node.
The coordinator is mainly used for establishing a ZigBee network and then selecting a request of a receiving terminal (air conditioner) node. If a certain terminal (air conditioner) node is allowed to join, a network address is allocated to the node to enable the node to join the established network, then the coordinator can communicate with the terminal (air conditioner) node and the routing node, and finally the coordinator collects and processes the response and contacts with the user monitoring part. The routing node mainly plays a role in information transfer, namely, the communication distance between the coordinator and the terminal node is lengthened, so that the efficiency of information receiving and sending is improved, and the effect of information transfer is enhanced. The terminal node (air conditioner node), for example, may be a processor on an air conditioner, and is mainly used to query a real-time operating state of the air conditioner, so as to upload corresponding information. The terminal node can also receive a control command sent by the main remote controller through the coordinator, and further control the air conditioner to be set to a corresponding working mode.
The present invention also provides a storage medium corresponding to the air conditioning control method, having a computer program stored thereon, which when executed by a processor, performs the steps of any of the aforementioned methods.
The invention also provides an air conditioner corresponding to the air conditioner control method, which comprises a processor, a memory and a computer program which is stored on the memory and can run on the processor, wherein the processor realizes the steps of any one of the methods when executing the program.
The invention also provides an air conditioner corresponding to the air conditioner control device, which comprises the air conditioner control device.
Therefore, according to the scheme provided by the invention, the personalized setting and operation of different users on the operation of the air conditioner can be quickly and accurately realized by identifying the fingerprint characteristics of the users; for the occasion of multiple air conditioners, one person can simultaneously operate multiple air conditioners under the wireless equipment network, and the state parameters of each air conditioner can be displayed so that a user can know the result after operation.
The functions described herein may be implemented in hardware, software executed by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software executed by a processor, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Other examples and implementations are within the scope and spirit of the invention and the following claims. For example, due to the nature of software, the functions described above may be implemented using software executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwired, or a combination of any of these. In addition, each functional unit may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.
In the embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed technology can be implemented in other ways. The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units may be a logical division, and in actual implementation, there may be another division, for example, multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, units or modules, and may be in an electrical or other form.
The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and the parts serving as the control device may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.
The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a removable hard disk, a magnetic or optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes.
The above description is only an example of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and it is obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.
Claims (12)
1. An air conditioner control method, comprising:
after entering a fingerprint identification mode, receiving first fingerprint information input through a belonging remote controller;
searching whether more than one piece of pre-stored fingerprint characteristic information has first fingerprint characteristic information matched with the first fingerprint information;
if first fingerprint characteristic information matched with the first fingerprint information is found, acquiring first air conditioner setting parameters corresponding to the first fingerprint characteristic information;
and controlling the operation of the corresponding air conditioner according to the acquired first air conditioner setting parameter corresponding to the first fingerprint characteristic information.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
after entering a fingerprint registration mode, receiving second fingerprint information and second air conditioner setting parameters input through the remote controller;
performing feature extraction on the received second fingerprint information to generate second fingerprint feature information;
and correspondingly storing the generated second fingerprint characteristic information and the received second air conditioner setting parameters.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the remote controller is a master remote controller in a wireless device network or a remote controller of any air conditioner in the wireless device network;
the wireless equipment network comprises at least two air conditioners serving as terminal nodes; the at least two air conditioners are respectively in communication connection with the coordinator in a wireless mode;
and when the remote controller is a master remote controller, the remote controller is wirelessly connected with and communicates with the coordinator, and the coordinator is used for controlling the at least two air conditioners.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein controlling the operation of the corresponding air conditioner according to the acquired first air conditioner setting parameter corresponding to the first fingerprint feature information comprises:
when the remote controller is a master remote controller, generating a corresponding control instruction according to the first air conditioner setting parameter, sending the control instruction to the coordinator, and sending the control instruction to a target air conditioner by the coordinator;
and when the remote controller is the remote controller of any air conditioner, generating a corresponding control instruction according to the first air conditioner setting parameter, and sending the control instruction to the air conditioner controlled by the remote controller.
5. The method of claim 3,
the wireless equipment network also comprises display equipment which is used for displaying the running state information of the at least two air conditioners;
and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
the wireless equipment network also comprises more than one routing node, each routing node is wirelessly connected with the coordinator, and each routing node is connected with at least one air conditioner; and the coordinator sends the control command to the target air conditioner through a routing node connected with the target air conditioner.
6. An air conditioning control device, characterized by comprising:
the first receiving unit is used for receiving first fingerprint information input by the remote controller after entering a fingerprint identification mode;
the searching unit is used for searching whether first fingerprint characteristic information matched with the first fingerprint information exists in more than one piece of fingerprint characteristic information stored in advance;
the acquisition unit is used for acquiring a first air conditioner setting parameter corresponding to the first fingerprint characteristic information if the search unit finds the first fingerprint characteristic information matched with the first fingerprint information;
and the control unit is used for controlling the operation of the corresponding air conditioner according to the first air conditioner setting parameter corresponding to the first fingerprint characteristic information acquired by the acquisition unit.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:
the second receiving unit is used for receiving second fingerprint information and second air conditioner setting parameters which are input through the remote controller after entering the fingerprint registration mode;
the generating unit is used for performing feature extraction on the received second fingerprint information to generate second fingerprint feature information;
and the storage unit is used for correspondingly storing the generated second fingerprint characteristic information and the received second air conditioner setting parameter.
8. The apparatus according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the remote controller is a master remote controller in a wireless device network or a remote controller of any air conditioner in the wireless device network;
the wireless equipment network comprises at least two air conditioners serving as terminal nodes; the at least two air conditioners are respectively in communication connection with the coordinator in a wireless mode;
and when the remote controller is a master remote controller, the remote controller is wirelessly connected with and communicates with the coordinator, and the coordinator is used for controlling the at least two air conditioners.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the control unit controls the operation of the corresponding air conditioner according to the first air conditioner setting parameter corresponding to the first fingerprint feature information acquired by the acquisition unit, and includes:
when the remote controller is a master remote controller, generating a corresponding control instruction according to the first air conditioner setting parameter, sending the control instruction to the coordinator, and sending the control instruction to a target air conditioner by the coordinator;
and when the remote controller is the remote controller of any air conditioner, generating a corresponding control instruction according to the first air conditioner setting parameter, and sending the control instruction to the air conditioner controlled by the remote controller.
10. The apparatus of claim 8,
the wireless equipment network also comprises display equipment which is used for displaying the running state information of the at least two air conditioners;
and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
the wireless equipment network also comprises more than one routing node, each routing node is wirelessly connected with the coordinator, and each routing node is connected with at least one air conditioner; and the coordinator sends the control command to the target air conditioner through a routing node connected with the target air conditioner.
11. A storage medium, having stored thereon a computer program which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 5.
12. An air conditioner comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, the processor implementing the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 5 when executing the program, or comprising the control apparatus of any one of claims 6 to 10.
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