CN115751620A

CN115751620A - Air conditioning system and household appliance running state monitoring method

Info

Publication number: CN115751620A
Application number: CN202211296668.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王洪新; 林忠超; 孙恺; 刘伟杰
Original assignee: Qingdao Hisense Hitachi Air Conditioning System Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Hisense Hitachi Air Conditioning System Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-10-21
Filing date: 2022-10-21
Publication date: 2023-03-07

Abstract

The application provides an air conditioning system and a state monitoring method of household appliances, particularly relates to the technical field of smart home, and is used for monitoring the states of the household appliances through an air conditioning control device. This air conditioning system includes: an air-conditioning indoor unit; an air conditioner outdoor unit; the display is used for displaying the centralized control interface; the communicator is used for establishing communication connection with the indoor unit of the air conditioner, the outdoor unit of the air conditioner and household appliances, and the household appliances are other than the indoor unit of the air conditioner and the outdoor unit of the air conditioner; the controller is electrically connected with the communicator and the display; the controller is configured to: acquiring running state information of an air conditioner indoor unit, an air conditioner outdoor unit and household electrical appliance equipment through a communicator; and displaying the running state information of the air conditioner indoor unit, the air conditioner outdoor unit and the household appliance equipment in the centralized control interface through the display.

Description

Air conditioning system and household appliance running state monitoring method

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of smart home, in particular to an air conditioning system and a method for monitoring the running state of household electrical appliances.

Background

At present, along with the improvement of living standard, household appliances in families are more and more, and intelligent home systems are more and more perfect, bring convenience for the life of users.

However, in a home with many home appliances, a user needs to spend a lot of time to check the operating states of the home appliances one by one, which is not good for user experience. If the user is left out of checking the running state of the household appliance, not only resource waste may be caused, but also certain potential safety hazards may exist.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides an air conditioning system and a method for monitoring the running states of household appliances, which are used for displaying the running states of other household appliances on a control device of the air conditioning system, so that a user can check and control the running states of an indoor unit and an outdoor unit of an air conditioner conveniently, and the user can check the running states of other household appliances conveniently.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the embodiment of the present application adopts the following technical solutions:

in a first aspect, an air conditioning system is provided, comprising:

an air-conditioning indoor unit;

an air conditioner outdoor unit;

the display is used for displaying the centralized control interface;

the communicator is used for establishing communication connection with the indoor unit of the air conditioner, the outdoor unit of the air conditioner and household appliances, and the household appliances are other than the indoor unit of the air conditioner and the outdoor unit of the air conditioner;

the controller is electrically connected with the communicator and the display; the controller is configured to:

acquiring running state information of an air conditioner indoor unit, an air conditioner outdoor unit and household electrical appliance equipment through a communicator;

and displaying the running state information of the air conditioner indoor unit, the air conditioner outdoor unit and the household appliance equipment in the centralized control interface through the display.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application at least has the following beneficial effects: in general, air conditioners and other home devices are distributed in different rooms, so that when a user needs to check the states of the air conditioners and other home devices, not only a lot of time is needed, but also the rest of other family members is affected when the user checks the states at night. According to the method and the device, the running states of the equipment are displayed in the centralized control interface of the display of the air-conditioning control device according to the obtained running state information of the air-conditioning indoor unit, the air-conditioning outdoor unit, the running state of at least one of the air-conditioning indoor unit and the household electrical appliances except the air-conditioning outdoor unit, so that a user can check the running state of the air conditioner through the air-conditioning control device and check the running states of the household electrical appliances except the air conditioner on the air-conditioning control device. Therefore, on one hand, the time for the user to check the running state of the household appliance can be shortened, and on the other hand, the potential safety hazard caused by the fact that the user neglects to detect the running state of the household appliance can be avoided.

In some embodiments, the communicator in the air conditioning system is further configured to establish a communication connection with a window state detection device, the window state detection device being configured to detect a state of a window; the controller is further configured to: receiving a transmission signal of the window state detection device through the communicator, wherein the transmission signal represents the state of the window; and displaying the state information of the window in the centralized control interface through the display according to the state of the window represented by the transmitting signal.

According to the above embodiments, the state of the window, such as the side-hung state, the tilted-open state, or the closed state, can be obtained according to the received signal transmitted by the window state detection device. Through the state information who shows the window in the centralized control interface, can remove from the user and walk to each window in order to detect each window state, facilitate for the user, simultaneously, also avoid detecting the window state in each room night, influence other family members and have a rest.

In some embodiments, the controller of the air conditioning system is further configured to: displaying a control corresponding to the household appliance in the centralized control interface through a display; receiving an operation instruction interactively input by a user through a control corresponding to the household appliance through the communicator; responding to the operation instruction, and controlling the household appliance to execute target operation corresponding to the operation instruction; the target operation comprises: and starting up or shutting down.

According to the embodiment, the control corresponding to the household appliance is displayed in the centralized control interface, so that a user can interact with the control corresponding to the household appliance to input the operation instruction to control the start or the shutdown of the household appliance, and the user is prevented from being required to approach the household appliance to start or shut down the household appliance.

In some embodiments, the household appliance is powered on through the PLC intelligent switch, and the communicator includes a PLC module electrically connected to the PLC intelligent switch; the controller is configured to, in response to the operation instruction, control the home appliance device to perform a target operation corresponding to the operation instruction, and specifically configured to: and sending a control signal corresponding to the operation instruction to the PLC intelligent switch through the communicator, wherein the control signal is used for controlling the PLC intelligent switch so as to control the household appliance to be started or shut down.

According to the embodiment, the power connection and the communication connection between the household appliance and the control device can be realized through the PLC technology, when a user inputs an operation instruction on the control device to control the household appliance to be started or shut down, the control device sends a corresponding control signal to the PLC intelligent switch through the PLC module to control the PLC intelligent switch to be switched off or switched on. When the PLC intelligent switch is closed, the household appliance is communicated with the power supply through the PLC intelligent switch, and the household appliance is started to operate; when the PLC intelligent switch is switched off, the household appliance is powered off and shut down.

In some embodiments, the communicator is further configured to establish a communication connection with an image capturing device, and the image capturing device is configured to capture an image of a window; the controller is configured to: acquiring an image of a target object acquired by an image acquisition device, wherein the target object comprises a window; and displaying the image of the target object in the centralized control interface.

It can be known from the above embodiments that, in order to further determine the state of the window, in some families, an image capture device may be installed to monitor the state of the window, and the control device in the embodiment of the present application may further obtain the image of the window captured by the image capture device, and display the image of the window in the centralized control interface. The image may be periodically acquired picture information of the window, or may be real-time video information of the window. In this way, the user can directly see the actual state of the window on the display of the control device to view and monitor the state of the window.

In some embodiments, the air conditioning system includes an image acquisition device; the image acquisition device is also used for acquiring images of indoor users, and the target object also comprises the images of the indoor users; the controller is configured to: acquiring an image of an indoor user through a communicator; determining the number of indoor users according to the images of the indoor users; and adjusting the running state of the air conditioner according to the number of indoor users.

According to the embodiment, because the number of the indoor users is different, and the refrigerating capacity or the heating capacity required by the air conditioning system is also different, the images of the indoor users can be collected through the image collecting device of the air conditioning system, and the number of the indoor users is determined according to the collected images of the indoor users. Further, the running state of the air conditioner is adjusted according to the number of indoor users, so that the refrigerating capacity or the heating capacity of the air conditioner can meet the requirements of the users. Simultaneously, through multiplexing the image of this image acquisition device collection window to the image of display window in the centralized control interface realizes the collection to the image of window, need not to install image acquisition device for this reason additionally.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a control method applied to the air conditioning system, where the method includes:

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a controller, including: one or more processors; one or more memories; wherein the one or more memories are used to store computer program code comprising computer instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the controller to perform the control method provided by the second aspect.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer-readable storage medium including computer instructions that, when controlled on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method provided in the second aspect and possible implementation manners.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a computer program product directly loadable into a memory and containing software code, which when loaded and executed by a computer is able to carry out the method as provided in the second aspect and possible implementations.

It should be noted that the computer instructions may be stored in whole or in part on a computer-readable storage medium. The computer readable storage medium may be packaged with or separately from a processor of the controller, which is not limited in this application.

The beneficial effects described in the second aspect to the fifth aspect in the present application may refer to the beneficial effect analysis of the first aspect, and are not described herein again.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the present invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the example serve to explain the principles of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an air conditioning system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a control device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of another control device provided in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another control device provided in the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of an application scenario of a control device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic flowchart of a method for monitoring a state of a home appliance according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic flowchart of another home appliance state monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 9 is a schematic view of an application scenario of a window state detection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 10 is a schematic flowchart of another home appliance state monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 11 is a schematic flowchart of another home appliance state monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of another controller according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. 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 application.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

The terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

The term "and/or" herein is merely an association relationship describing an associated object, and means that there may be three relationships, for example, a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, it should be noted that the terms "connected" and "connected" are to be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, unless explicitly stated or limited otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art. In addition, when a pipeline is described, the terms "connected" and "connected" are used in this application to have a meaning of conducting. The specific meaning is to be understood in conjunction with the context.

The terms "comprising" and "having," and any variations thereof, as referred to in the description of the present application, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Furthermore, in the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to mean serving as examples, illustrations or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" or "e.g.," is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, use of the word "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present concepts related in a concrete fashion.

As described in the background, before going out or going to bed, a user usually detects the operation status of each home appliance and the status of a window in a home to avoid potential safety hazards. However, the larger the number of home appliances in a home is, the longer the time for a user to detect the operation state of the home appliances is, which wastes the time of the user.

In view of this, embodiments of the present application provide an air conditioning system and a method for monitoring an operation state of a home appliance, which can make a user clearly know the operation state of the home appliance by displaying the operation states of an air conditioning indoor unit, an air conditioning outdoor unit, an air conditioning indoor unit, and each home appliance other than the air conditioning outdoor unit on a display of an air conditioning control device in a centralized manner. On one hand, the time of the user is saved, and on the other hand, the potential safety hazard is reduced.

The air conditioning system provided by the embodiment of the application can be a cabinet air conditioner, an on-hook air conditioner, a water air conditioner, a window air conditioner, a central air conditioner and a multi-connected air conditioner, and the embodiment of the application does not limit the air conditioning system.

Fig. 1 is a structural diagram of an air conditioning system according to an embodiment of the present application. Referring to fig. 1, the air conditioning system 1 includes: indoor unit 100, outdoor unit 200, connection pipe 300, and control device 400.

In some embodiments, the indoor unit 100 may be an indoor unit or a cabinet unit. Taking an indoor pendant (shown in fig. 1) as an example, the indoor pendant is usually mounted on an indoor wall surface.

In some embodiments, the outdoor unit 200 is generally disposed outdoors to assist heat exchange of indoor environment.

In some embodiments, the connection pipe 300 is disposed between the indoor unit 100 and the outdoor unit 200, and is used to connect the indoor unit 100 and the outdoor unit 200 to form a refrigerant circuit for circulating a refrigerant.

In some embodiments, the control device 400 is typically provided at an entrance door or in a main bedroom for remotely controlling the air conditioner. As shown in fig. 2, the control device 400 may include a housing 401, a display 402, a human-computer interaction device 403, a communicator 404, and a controller 405.

The controller 405 is electrically connected to the display 402, the human-computer interaction device 403, and the communicator 404.

In some embodiments, the housing 401 may be approximately rectangular as shown in FIG. 3, or may have other shapes.

In some embodiments, the display 402 may be a liquid crystal display panel, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel. The specific type, size, resolution, etc. of the display panel are not limited.

In some embodiments, the display 402 can be used to display a centralized control interface, which can display the operation status of the indoor unit, the outdoor unit, and other home appliances.

For example, the air conditioner is in a cooling mode or a heating mode, the household appliance is in a power-on state or a power-off state, and the like. For example, in fig. 3, the operation mode, the set temperature, and the wind speed of the air conditioner 1, the operation mode, the set temperature, and the wind speed of the air conditioner 2, the on state of the water heater, the off state of the television, the tilt-open state of the window 1, and the closed state of the window 2 are displayed in the centralized control interface.

In some embodiments, a control corresponding to the home appliance device may be displayed in the centralized control interface, so that a user inputs an operation instruction on the control corresponding to the home appliance device to control the home appliance device to be turned on or turned off. For example, in fig. 3, a control corresponding to a water heater and a control corresponding to a television are displayed in the centralized control interface, and the corresponding water heater or television can be turned on or off by clicking the controls.

In some embodiments, the human-computer interaction device 403 is used for enabling interaction between a user and the control device 400, and the human-computer interaction device 403 may include one or more of a physical key or a touch screen display panel. The user can interact with the indoor unit, the outdoor unit, or other household appliances through the human-computer interaction device 403, adjust the operation mode, temperature, etc. of the air conditioner, or control the operation state of other household appliances. For example, in fig. 3, the user may select and adjust the operation mode, temperature, and wind speed of the selected air conditioner through the physical keys "function selection", "temperature", "wind speed", "+", "-" on the human-computer interaction device 403. The control corresponding to the water heater or the television can be operated through the touch screen display panel to control the water heater or the television to be turned on or turned off.

In some embodiments, communicator 404 is a component for communicating with external devices or external servers according to various communication protocol types. For example: the communication device may include at least one of a Wi-Fi chip, a bluetooth communication protocol chip, a wired ethernet communication protocol chip, or other network communication protocol chip or near field communication protocol chip, and an infrared receiver. The control device 400 may transmit control signals and data signals to the indoor unit of the air conditioner, the outdoor unit of the air conditioner, other home appliances, and the window state detecting device through the communicator 404. For example, the indoor unit of the air conditioner, the outdoor unit of the air conditioner, other home appliances, and the window state detection device receive a power-on command or a power-off command from the control device 400 through the communicator 404.

In some embodiments, the communicator 404 may further include a Power Line Communication (PLC) module electrically connected to the PLC intelligent switch, for controlling the on/off of the household appliance by controlling the on/off of the intelligent switch. Among them, PLC is a communication method for transmitting data and media signals using a power line.

In some embodiments, the controller 405 refers to a device that can generate an operation control signal according to the instruction operation code and the timing signal, and instruct the audio device to execute the control instruction. Illustratively, the controller 405 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a general purpose processor Network Processor (NP), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a microprocessor, a microcontroller, a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), or any combination thereof. The controller 405 may also be other devices with processing functions, such as a circuit, a device, or a software module, which is not limited in any way by the embodiments of the present application.

In some embodiments, the controller 405 may be a Micro Controller Unit (MCU). The MCU is also called a single chip Microcomputer (MCU) or a single chip Microcomputer (MCU), and is a chip-level computer formed by appropriately reducing the frequency and specification of the cpu, and integrating the memory (memory), the counter (Timer), the USB, the a/D converter, the UART, the PLC, the DMA, and other peripheral interfaces, and even the LCD driver, on a single chip, so as to perform different combination controls for different applications.

In addition, the controller 405 may be used to control the operation of various components in the control device 400 such that the various components of the control device 400 operate to perform various predetermined functions of the control device 400.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, the air conditioning system 1 may further include an image capturing device 500 disposed on the indoor unit 100. The image acquisition device 500 is in communication connection with the control device 400 in a wired or wireless manner. The image capture device 500 may be used to capture an image of a window such that the control device 400 displays the image of the window captured by the image capture device 500 to a user. Illustratively, the image capture device may be a camera.

In some embodiments, the image capturing device 500 may be further configured to capture images of indoor users, so that the control device 400 determines the number of indoor users according to the captured images of the indoor users, and thus adjusts the operating state of the air conditioner according to the number of indoor users.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 5, the display 402 may display the image of the window captured by the image capturing device, so that the user can visually check the actual state of the window through the image.

The embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the execution subject of the household appliance state monitoring method provided hereinafter may be a control device of an air conditioning system or a controller in a control device.

For example, as shown in fig. 6, the control device is connected to each home appliance through a PLC smart switch. The principle is that the control device can transmit data through wires connected with each household appliance without setting up a network again. Specifically, the control device loads the control signal on the current and transmits the control signal to the PLC intelligent switch corresponding to the home appliance device by using power, so that the home appliance device is controlled to be turned on or turned off by controlling the PLC intelligent switch to be turned on or off. The H-Link is a control bus of air conditioning system communication data. The control device can be connected with the air conditioner indoor unit and the air conditioner outdoor unit through the H-Link, and sends corresponding control signals to the air conditioner indoor unit or the air conditioner outdoor unit according to operation instructions input by a user so as to control the air conditioner indoor unit or the air conditioner outdoor unit. The control device may receive a signal transmitted from a detection component of the window detection device through Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) to determine the state of the window according to the signal.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 7, the present application provides a method for monitoring a state of a household appliance, applied to a control device of an air conditioning system, the method including the following steps:

s101, obtaining running state information of the air conditioner indoor unit, the air conditioner outdoor unit and the household appliance through the communicator.

The household electrical appliance may be any household electrical appliance except an indoor air conditioner unit and an outdoor air conditioner unit, for example, one or more of a water heater, an illuminating lamp, a television and a humidifier. The number of the home appliances may be one or more, and the embodiment of the present application is not limited in any way.

As a possible implementation manner, the control device acquires the operation state information of the air conditioner through the H-Link.

As another possible implementation manner, the control device determines the operation state information of the household electrical appliances such as the water heater and the lighting lamp corresponding to each PLC intelligent switch according to the state of the PLC intelligent switch.

And S102, displaying the running state information of the air conditioner indoor unit, the air conditioner outdoor unit and the household appliance in the centralized control interface through the display.

The embodiment shown in fig. 7 brings at least the following advantages: in general, air conditioners and other home devices are distributed in different rooms, so that when a user needs to check the states of the air conditioners and other home devices, not only a lot of time is needed, but also the rest of other family members is affected when the user checks the states at night. According to the method and the device, the running states of the equipment are displayed in the centralized control interface of the display of the air-conditioning control device according to the obtained running state information of the air-conditioning indoor unit, the air-conditioning outdoor unit, the running state of at least one of the air-conditioning indoor unit and the household electrical appliances except the air-conditioning outdoor unit, so that a user can check the running state of the air conditioner through the air-conditioning control device and check the running states of the household electrical appliances except the air conditioner on the air-conditioning control device. Therefore, on one hand, the time for the user to check the running state of the household appliance can be shortened, and on the other hand, the potential safety hazard caused by the fact that the user neglects to detect the running state of the household appliance can be avoided.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 8, the present application further provides a method for monitoring a state of a home device, where the method includes the following steps:

s201, receiving a transmission signal of the window state detection device through the communicator, wherein the transmission signal represents the state of the window.

Wherein, window state detection device is used for detecting the state of window, and this window detection device includes at least one detection component. The detection component can touch the switch when receiving extrusion to transmit a signal '1' to the control device, and the detection component transmits a signal '0' to the control device when not receiving extrusion.

As a possible implementation manner, the control device receives the transmission signal of the window state detection device through the WiF i.

And S202, displaying the state information of the window in the centralized control interface through the display according to the state of the window represented by the transmitting signal.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 9, a first detection assembly and a second detection assembly are mounted on the upper and lower sides of the window. When the window is in a closed state, the first detection assembly and the second detection assembly are squeezed to respectively transmit a signal '1' to the control device, and the control device determines that the state of the window is in the closed state after receiving the transmission signal '1' of the first detection assembly and the transmission signal '1' of the second detection assembly, so that the state of the window is displayed in the centralized control interface as 'closed'; when the window is in a side-hung state, the first detection assembly and the second detection assembly are not extruded and respectively transmit a signal '0' to the control device, and the control device determines that the state of the window is in a side-hung state after receiving the transmission signal '0' of the first detection assembly and the transmission signal '0' of the second detection assembly, so that the state of the window is displayed in a centralized control interface to be in a side-hung state; when the window is in the inclined opening state, the first detection assembly is squeezed, the second detection assembly is not squeezed, and the control device determines that the window is in the inclined opening state after receiving the transmission signal '1' of the first detection assembly and the transmission signal '0' of the second detection assembly, so that the state of the window is displayed in the centralized control interface as the inclined opening state.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 10, the present application further provides a home device status monitoring method, including the following steps:

and S301, displaying a control corresponding to the household appliance in the centralized control interface through the display.

Illustratively, one or more of a control corresponding to the water heater, a control corresponding to the illuminating lamp and a control corresponding to the television are displayed on the centralized control interface.

And S302, receiving an operation instruction interactively input by a user through a control corresponding to the household appliance through the communicator.

For example, a user inputs a shutdown instruction on a control corresponding to the water heater, and the control device may receive the shutdown instruction of the user through the control, so as to control the water heater by the user.

And S303, responding to the operation instruction, and controlling the household appliance to execute the target operation corresponding to the operation instruction.

The target operation comprises starting up or shutting down.

In some embodiments, in response to the operation instruction, the method for controlling the home appliance to execute the target operation corresponding to the operation instruction includes the following steps: and sending a control signal corresponding to the operation instruction to the PLC intelligent switch through the communicator, wherein the control signal is used for controlling the PLC intelligent switch so as to control the household appliance to be started or shut down.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 11, the present application further provides a home device status monitoring method, including the following steps:

s401, acquiring the image of the target object acquired by the image acquisition device through the communicator.

Wherein the target object comprises a window.

In some embodiments, the image capturing device is further configured to capture an image of an indoor user, and the image of the indoor user is used by the controller to determine the number of indoor users so as to adjust the operating state of the air conditioner according to the number of indoor users.

According to the embodiment, the number of the indoor users is different, and the refrigerating capacity or the heating capacity required by the air conditioning system is also different, so that the images of the indoor users can be collected through the image collecting device of the air conditioning system, and the number of the indoor users is determined according to the collected images of the indoor users. Furthermore, the running state of the air conditioner is adjusted according to the number of indoor users, so that the refrigerating capacity or the heating capacity of the air conditioner can meet the requirements of the users.

S402, displaying the image of the target object in the centralized control interface through the display.

Known from the above embodiment, for further confirming the state of window, in some families, can install image acquisition device and monitor the state of window, the controlling means in this application embodiment can also multiplex the image acquisition device who is used for gathering indoor user quantity, obtains the image of the window that image acquisition device gathered to show the image of window in centralized control interface, realize the collection to the image of window, need not to install image acquisition device for this reason additionally. The image may be periodically acquired picture information of the window, or may be real-time video information of the window. In this way, the user can directly see the actual state of the window on the display of the control device to view and monitor the state of the window.

It can be seen that the foregoing describes the solution provided by the embodiments of the present application primarily from a methodological perspective. In order to implement the above functions, the embodiments of the present application provide a hardware structure and/or a software module corresponding to each function. Those of skill in the art will readily appreciate that the various illustrative modules and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as hardware or combinations of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is performed as hardware or computer software drives hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present application, the controller may be divided into the functional modules according to the above method example, for example, each functional module may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode. Optionally, the division of the modules in the embodiment of the present application is schematic, and is only a logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation.

As shown in fig. 12, the controller 405 further includes a processor 4051, and optionally, further includes a memory 4052 and a communication interface 4053, which are connected to the processor 4051. The processor 4051, memory 4052, and communications interface 4053 are connected by a bus 4054.

The processor 4051 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a general purpose processor Network Processor (NP), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a microprocessor, a microcontroller, a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), or any combination thereof. The processor 4051 may also be any other device with processing functionality, such as a circuit, a device, or a software module. The processor 4051 may also include multiple CPUs, and the processor 4051 may be a single-core (single-CPU) processor or a multi-core (multi-CPU) processor. A processor herein may refer to one or more devices, circuits, or processing cores that process data (e.g., computer program instructions).

The memory 4052 may be a read-only memory (ROM) or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and instructions, a Random Access Memory (RAM) or other types of dynamic storage devices that can store information and instructions, an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) or other optical disc storage, optical disc storage (including compact disc, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc, blu-ray disc, etc.), a magnetic disc storage medium or other magnetic storage device, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer, which is not limited by the embodiments of the present application. The memory 4052 may be separate or integrated with the processor 4051. The memory 4052 may contain, among other things, computer program code. The processor 4051 is configured to execute the computer program code stored in the memory 4052, thereby implementing the control method provided by the embodiment of the present application.

Communication interface 4053 may be used to communicate with other devices or communication networks (e.g., ethernet, radio Access Network (RAN), wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), etc. communication interface 4053 may be a module, circuitry, transceiver, or any other device capable of communicating.

The bus 4054 may be a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, an Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus, or the like. The bus 4054 may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 10, but this is not intended to represent only one bus or type of bus.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium, which includes computer-executable instructions, and when the computer-executable instructions run on a computer, the computer is enabled to execute any one of the control methods of the air conditioning system provided in the foregoing embodiments.

Embodiments of the present application further provide a computer program product containing computer executable instructions, which when run on a computer, causes the computer to execute any one of the control methods of an air conditioning system provided in the foregoing embodiments.

In the above embodiments, the implementation may be wholly or partially realized by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented using a software program, may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer-executable instructions. The processes or functions according to the embodiments of the present application are generated in whole or in part when the computer-executable instructions are loaded and executed on a computer. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer executable instructions may be stored on a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another, for example, the computer executable instructions may be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center via wire (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, digital Subscriber Line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). Computer-readable storage media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer or can comprise one or more data storage devices, such as servers, data centers, and the like, that can be integrated with the media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., DVD), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., solid State Disk (SSD)), among others.

While the present application is described herein in connection with various embodiments, other variations to the disclosed embodiments can be understood and effected by those skilled in the art in practicing the claimed application, from a review of the drawings, the disclosure, and the appended claims. In the claims, the word "comprising" does not exclude other elements or steps, and the word "a" or "an" does not exclude a plurality. A single processor or other unit may fulfill the functions of several items recited in the claims. The mere fact that certain measures are recited in mutually different dependent claims does not indicate that a combination of these measures cannot be used to advantage.

Although the present application has been described in conjunction with specific features and embodiments thereof, it will be evident that various modifications and combinations can be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the application. Accordingly, the specification and figures are merely exemplary of the present application as defined in the appended claims and are intended to cover any and all modifications, variations, combinations, or equivalents within the scope of the present application. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the application. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present application fall within the scope of the claims of the present application and their equivalents, the present application is intended to include such modifications and variations as well.

The above description is only an embodiment of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present disclosure should be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. An air conditioning system, characterized by comprising

An air-conditioning indoor unit;

an air conditioner outdoor unit;

the display is used for displaying the centralized control interface;

the communicator is used for establishing communication connection with the indoor air conditioner, the outdoor air conditioner and household appliances, and the household appliances are household appliances except the indoor air conditioner and the outdoor air conditioner;

a controller electrically connected with the communicator and the display; the controller is configured to:

acquiring running state information of the air conditioner indoor unit, the air conditioner outdoor unit and the household appliance through the communicator;

and displaying the running state information of the air conditioner indoor unit, the air conditioner outdoor unit and the household appliance in the centralized control interface through the display.

2. The air conditioning system of claim 1, wherein the communicator is further configured to establish a communication connection with a window condition detection device configured to detect a condition of a window; the controller is further configured to:

receiving, by the communicator, a transmitted signal of the window condition detection device, the transmitted signal being indicative of a condition of the window;

and displaying the state information of the window on the centralized control interface through the display according to the state of the window represented by the transmitting signal.

3. The air conditioning system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the controller is further configured to:

displaying a control corresponding to the household appliance in the centralized control interface through the display;

receiving an operation instruction which is interactively input by a user through a control corresponding to the household appliance through the communicator;

responding to the operation instruction, and controlling the household electrical appliance to execute target operation corresponding to the operation instruction; the target operation comprises: and starting up or shutting down.

4. The air conditioning system of claim 3, wherein the household appliance is powered on by a PLC intelligent switch, and the communicator comprises a PLC module electrically connected to the PLC intelligent switch;

the controller executes the operation instruction, controls the household appliance to execute a target operation corresponding to the operation instruction, and is specifically configured to:

and sending a control signal corresponding to the operation instruction to the PLC intelligent switch through the communicator, wherein the control signal is used for controlling the PLC intelligent switch so as to control the household appliance to be started or shut down.

5. The air conditioning system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the communicator is further configured to establish a communication connection with an image capture device configured to capture an image of a window; the controller is configured to:

acquiring, by the communicator, an image of the target object acquired by the image acquisition device, the target object including a window;

and displaying the image of the target object in the centralized control interface through the display.

6. The air conditioning system of claim 5, wherein the air conditioning system comprises the image capture device; the target object further comprises an image of an indoor user;

the controller is configured to:

acquiring an image of the indoor user through the communicator;

determining the number of indoor users according to the images of the indoor users;

and adjusting the running state of the air conditioner according to the number of the indoor users.

7. A household electrical appliance operating state monitoring method applied to the control device of the air conditioning system of any one of the preceding claims 1 to 6, the method comprising:

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the method comprises:

9. The method according to claim 7 or 8, comprising:

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the home device is powered on via a PLC smart switch; the controller executes the operation instruction, controls the home appliance device to execute a target operation corresponding to the operation instruction, and is specifically configured to: