CN116016006A - A kind of household electrical appliance and its control method - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a household electrical appliance and a control method thereof, relates to the technical field of household electrical appliances, and is used for improving flexibility of household electrical appliance configuration NFC chips. The home appliance includes: an apparatus main body; one or more near field communication, NFC, chips located within the device body; a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more NFC chips, the controller configured to: receiving a starting instruction of a first NFC chip; responding to a control instruction for starting the first NFC chip, and acquiring configuration information of the first NFC chip; according to the configuration information of the first NFC chip, a multi-NFC service starting module is controlled, and a first NFC system service is started from one or more NFC system services; and transmitting a starting instruction to a first NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the first NFC system service to be started according to the first NFC system service, and loading the first NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the first NFC system service to be started.

Description

A kind of household electrical appliance and its control method

technical field

The present application relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a household appliance and a control method thereof.

Background technique

NFC (near field communication, NFC) technology is a short-distance high-frequency wireless communication technology. In the field of home appliances, NFC technology plays an important role. It can not only provide simple, low-cost, safe, low-power It can also provide many application functions, thus bringing a new level of convenience to the entire smart home.

Existing home appliances usually have a built-in NFC chip and can only provide one NFC service. When it is necessary to replace a new NFC chip for a smart home appliance, a new version of the system software needs to be redeveloped, which greatly increases the time spent on software development and The cost of maintenance.

Contents of the invention

The present application provides a household electrical appliance and a control method thereof, which are used to improve the flexibility of configuring an NFC chip in the household electrical appliance.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present application adopts the following technical solutions.

In the first aspect, the embodiment of the present application provides a household electrical appliance, which includes: a device main body; one or more near-field communication NFC chips located in the device main body; a controller communicatively connected to the one or more NFC chips, The controller is equipped with an operating system, and the operating system includes multiple NFC service startup modules, one or more NFC system services, one or more NFC HIDL service modules, and one or more NFC chip driver modules, and each NFC HIDL service module corresponds to a NFC system service, each NFC chip driver module corresponds to an NFC HIDL service module; the controller is configured to: receive the start instruction of the first NFC chip; respond to the control instruction of starting the first NFC chip, and obtain the first NFC chip. Configuration information; according to the configuration information of the first NFC chip, control the multi-NFC service startup module, and start the first NFC system service from one or more NFC system services; according to the first NFC system service, to the first NFC to be started The first NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the system service transmits the startup command, and loads the first NFCHIDL service module corresponding to the first NFC system service to be started.

The technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present application brings at least the following beneficial effects: the home appliance provided by the present application includes a plurality of NFC chips and a multi-NFC service activation module, and when the home appliance is used, the multi-NFC service activation module can The identification information of the NFC chip starts an NFC system service among multiple NFC system services. In this way, the service module of multiple NFC chips is added to the home appliance, so that the home appliance can support multiple NFC chips and multiple NFC system services, which greatly reduces the cost of development and maintenance.

In some embodiments, the controller is configured to: receive an NFC switching instruction, the NFC switching instruction includes the identification information of the second NFC chip to be switched; respond to the NFC switching instruction, and obtain the configuration information of the second NFC chip; by Many NFC service start modules control the first NFC system service stop service, and start the second NFC system service from one or more NFC system services; The second NFCHIDL service module transmits the startup instruction, and loads the second NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the second NFC system service to be started.

It can be understood that based on the multiple NFC chips and multiple NFC service startup modules included in the home appliance provided by this application, in the scenario where the home appliance is configured with multiple NFC chips, the running NFC service module can be stopped according to the NFC switching instruction , and start the NFC chip indicated in the switching instruction in multiple NFC service modules. In this way, the home appliance can flexibly switch NFC services according to user needs, which greatly increases the flexibility and adaptability of the home appliance.

In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to: transmit a stop instruction to the first NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the second NFC system service, and uninstall the first NFC HIDL service corresponding to the first NFC system service to be started module.

In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to: receive a first NFC read instruction input by the user; and read the user's NFC device information through the first NFC system service in response to the first NFC read instruction.

In a second aspect, the embodiment of the present application provides a control method for household electrical appliances, the method comprising: receiving an activation instruction of the first NFC chip; and obtaining configuration information of the first NFC chip in response to the control instruction of activation of the first NFC chip ; According to the configuration information of the first NFC chip, control the multi-NFC service startup module, start the first NFC system service from one or more NFC system services; according to the first NFC system service, to the first NFC system service to be started The corresponding first NFCHIDL service module transmits the startup instruction, and loads the first NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the first NFC system service to be started.

In a third aspect, the embodiment of the present application provides a controller, including: one or more processors; one or more memories; wherein, one or more memories are used to store computer program codes, and the computer program codes include computer instructions, When one or more processors execute computer instructions, the controller executes any one of the control methods for household appliances provided in the second aspect.

In the fourth aspect, the embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium includes computer instructions, and when the computer instructions are run on the computer, the computer is made to execute any one of the home appliances provided in the second aspect control method.

In the fifth aspect, the embodiment of the present invention provides a computer program product, which can be directly loaded into the memory and contains software codes. After the computer program product is loaded and executed by a computer, it can realize the functions as provided in the second aspect. A control method for any kind of home appliances.

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

For the beneficial effects described in the second aspect to the fifth aspect of the present application, reference may be made to the beneficial effect analysis of the first aspect, which will not be repeated here.

Description of drawings

The accompanying drawings are used to provide a further understanding of the technical solution of the present invention, and constitute a part of the description, and are used together with the embodiments of the application to explain the technical solution of the present invention, and do not constitute a limitation to the technical solution of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of a method for controlling a home appliance provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a diagram of an operating system architecture of a home appliance provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a hardware configuration of a home appliance provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a control method for a household electrical appliance provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a logic block diagram of a control method for a household electrical appliance provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of another control method for a household electrical appliance provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a logic block diagram of another method for controlling household electrical appliances provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a controller provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the application with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the application. Apparently, the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the application, not all of them. Based on the embodiments in this application, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts belong to the scope of protection of this application.

It should be noted that all directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back...) in the embodiments of the present invention are only used to explain the relationship between the components in a certain posture (as shown in the accompanying drawings). Relative positional relationship, movement conditions, etc., if the specific posture changes, the directional indication will also change accordingly.

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

In the description of this application, it should be noted that, unless otherwise clearly stipulated and limited, the terms "connected" and "connected" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integrated ground connection. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand the specific meanings of the above terms in this application in specific situations. In addition, when describing pipelines, "connected" and "connected" used in this application have the meaning of conducting. The specific meaning needs to be understood in conjunction with the context.

In the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used as examples, illustrations or illustrations. Any embodiment or design scheme described as "exemplary" or "for example" in the embodiments of the present application shall not be interpreted as being more preferred or more advantageous than other embodiments or design schemes. Rather, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present related concepts in a concrete manner.

At present, more and more home appliance manufacturers apply NFC technology to home appliances, but usually only one NFC chip is configured in home appliances, and only one NFC service can be provided. When home appliance manufacturers need to replace home appliances with new When using a new NFC chip, a new version of the system software needs to be developed, which greatly increases the cost of software development and maintenance.

Based on this, an embodiment of the present application provides a home appliance, including multiple NFC chips and a multi-NFC service startup module. When using a home appliance, the multi-NFC service startup module can start multiple An NFC system service in NFC system service. In this way, the service module of multiple NFC chips is added to the home appliance, so that the home appliance can support multiple NFC chips and multiple NFC system services, which greatly reduces the cost of development and maintenance.

In the embodiment of the present application, the NFC chip may be all models of NFC chips currently available in the market, which is not limited.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of a method for controlling a household appliance provided in some embodiments of the present application. As shown in FIG. 1 , the application scenario includes a home appliance device 1 and an NFC device 2 .

The home appliances 1 refer to various electric appliances and electronic appliances used in homes and the like. For example, the home appliance 1 shown in FIG. 1 may be an air conditioner, a TV, a washing machine, a stereo, etc., and the home appliance should have at least one NFC chip. The present application does not impose special restrictions on the specific form of the household electrical appliance 1 .

The NFC device 2 can be a remote control, mobile phone, tablet computer, personal computer (personal computer, PC), personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant, PDA), smart watch, netbook, wearable electronic device, etc., and can also be in other forms, Terminal devices with network communication functions, and NFC devices should have NFC reading functions. The NFC device 2 shown in FIG. 1 is only an example of the NFC device 2 , and the present application does not specifically limit the specific form of the NFC device 2 .

In some embodiments, the user can use the NFC device 2 to control the home appliance 1 . For example, the home appliance is a refrigerator, and the NFC device is a mobile phone, and the user performs touch sensing on the mobile phone and the refrigerator to establish a communication connection. After the mobile phone establishes a communication connection with the refrigerator, the user can control the refrigerator through the mobile phone.

Fig. 2 is a diagram of an operating system architecture of a home appliance according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 2, from top to bottom are the NFC API interface, multiple NFC service startup modules, multiple NFC system services, multiple NFC HIDL service modules, and multiple NFC chip driver modules.

It should be noted that the startup process of the operating system of the home appliance is a bottom-up process. After the home appliance is turned on, the NFC chip driver module is loaded to control the operation of the NFC chip, and the NFC chip hardware parameters are abstracted to start the NFC HIDL service module. The NFC HIDL service module provides a hardware interface for the NFC system service, and starts the NFC system service after the NFC HIDL service module is started. After the NFC system service is started, load multiple NFC service startup modules to flexibly adapt to multiple NFC HIDL service modules. After all NFC-related modules are started, the application program in the NFC device can switch the NFC chip through the NFC API interface.

Fig. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram of a household electrical appliance provided by the present application according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in Figure 3, the home appliance 100 includes: a controller 150, a multi-NFC service start module 160, a plurality of NFC chips, such as NFC chips 111, NFC chips 112, etc., a plurality of NFC system services, such as NFC system services 121, NFC System service 122, etc., multiple NFC driver modules, such as NFC driver module 131, NFC driver module 132, etc., multiple NFC HIDL (hardware interface definition language, HIDL) service modules, such as NFC HIDL service module 141, NFC HIDL service module 142, etc. .

Wherein, a plurality of NFC chips are connected to the controller 150 respectively, and the NFC chips are used to support the communication function of the home appliance. Optionally, some NFC chip products contain an encryption logic circuit and an encryption/decryption module, so that the NFC chip can also encrypt/decrypt the communication of the home appliance.

In some embodiments, multiple NFC chips can be pre-written with identification information, and the identification information is used to control the home appliance to perform specific functions, including but not limited to specific functions such as power-on, power-off, mode, and wind speed. Optionally, the implementation form of the identification information stored in the NFC chip includes Uniform Resource Locator (UniformResource Locator, URL) link information. Optionally, each identification information corresponds to a function, and the NFC chip can store different identification information to control the home appliance to perform different functions.

The multi-NFC service starting module 160 is connected with the controller 150, and is used for controlling the starting or stopping of multiple NFC system services.

A plurality of NFC system services are respectively connected to the controller 150 for providing a plurality of NFC system services, so as to control the start or stop of the NFC system services through the multi-NFC service start module.

Multiple NFC driver modules are respectively connected to the controller 150, and the NFC driver modules are used to ensure the normal operation of the NFC chip in the household appliance.

A plurality of NFC HIDL service modules are respectively connected with the controller 150, and the NFC HIDL service modules control the NFC chip through the NFC driver module.

In the embodiment shown in this application, the controller 150 refers to a device that can generate an operation control signal to instruct the air conditioning system to execute the control instruction according to the instruction operation code and the timing signal. Exemplarily, the controller 150 may be a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), a general-purpose processor, a network processor (network processor, NP), a digital signal processor (digital signal processing, DSP), a microprocessor, a microprocessor Controller, programmable logic device (programmable logic device, PLD), or any combination thereof. The controller 150 may also be other devices with processing functions, such as circuits, devices or software modules, which are not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

In addition, the controller 150 may be used to control the operation of various components inside the household electrical appliance, so that the various components of the household electrical appliance operate to implement various predetermined functions of the household electrical appliance, such as the baking function of the smart oven.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 3 , the household appliance 100 may further include a communicator 180 and a memory 170 .

In some embodiments, the communicator 180 is used to establish a communication connection with other network entities, such as establishing a communication connection with a terminal device. The communicator 180 may include a radio frequency (radio frequency, RF) module, a cellular module, a wireless fidelity (wireless fidelity, WIFI) module, a GPS module, and the like. Taking the RF module as an example, the RF module can be used for receiving and sending signals, in particular, sending received information to the controller 150 for processing; in addition, sending out signals generated by the controller 150 . Generally, the RF circuit may include but not limited to an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier (low noise amplifier, LNA), a duplexer, and the like.

The memory 170 can be used to store software programs and data. The controller 150 executes various functions and data processing of the home appliance by executing software programs or data stored in the memory 170 . The memory 170 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid-state storage devices. The memory stores an operating system that enables the home appliance to operate. In the present application, the memory 170 may store an operating system and various application programs, and may also store codes for executing the control method for household appliances provided by the embodiment of the present application.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the hardware structure shown in Figure 3 does not constitute a limitation to the home appliance, and the home appliance may include more or less components than shown in the figure, or combine certain components, or arrange different components .

The embodiments provided by the present application will be described in detail below in combination with the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 4, the embodiment of the present application provides a control method for a household electrical appliance, which is applied to the controller 150 in the household electrical appliance shown in FIG. 3 above, and the method includes the following steps:

S101. Receive an activation instruction of the first NFC chip.

Wherein, the first NFC chip is one of the multiple NFC chips of the household appliance. For example, the first NFC chip may be the NFC chip 111 or the NFC chip 112 in FIG. 3 .

It should be noted that a home appliance with an NFC chip is usually configured with an NFC chip by default. When the home appliance is activated for the first time, or when the home appliance is started every time, the controller of the home appliance can receive the startup instruction of the default configured NFC chip (that is, the above-mentioned first NFC chip), so as to activate the NFC chip by starting the NFC chip. Chips provide communication functions for home appliances.

In some embodiments, the home appliance is turned on, and the controller receives an activation instruction of the first NFC chip to provide the home appliance with a communication function by activating the first NFC chip.

Exemplarily, if the NFC chip pre-configured in a refrigerator can be the NFC chip 111 in FIG. 3 , then when the refrigerator is turned on, the controller can obtain an activation instruction of the NFC chip 111 . Or, if the NFC chip pre-configured in an air conditioner can be the NFC chip 112 in FIG. 3 , then when the air conditioner is turned on, the controller can obtain a startup instruction of the NFC chip 112 .

S102. Acquire configuration information of the first NFC chip in response to a control instruction for starting the first NFC chip.

Wherein, the configuration information of the above-mentioned first NFC chip may be information such as the model of the NFC chip, the UID internal code of the chip, and the like.

Optionally, the memory of the home appliance may pre-store configuration information of multiple NFC chips of the home appliance. Therefore, the controller can acquire the identification information of the first NFC chip from the configuration information of the multiple NFC chips.

In some embodiments, the controller acquires the configuration information in the first NFC chip according to the received startup instruction of the first NFC chip.

S103. According to the configuration information of the first NFC chip, control the multi-NFC service starting module to start the first NFC system service from one or more NFC system services.

Wherein, the first NFC system service is one of multiple NFC system services of the home appliance.

Optionally, multiple NFC chips in the home appliance have a one-to-one correspondence with multiple NFC system services.

Exemplarily, the NFC chip 111 in FIG. 3 corresponds to the NFC system service 121 , and the NFC chip 112 corresponds to the NFC system service 122 .

Thus, if the above-mentioned first NFC chip is the NFC chip 111 in FIG. 3 , then based on the configuration information of the NFC chip 111, the controller can determine the NFC system service 121 as the above-mentioned first NFC system service, so that the controller starts the NFC system service. Service 121 to provide a first NFC system service.

In some embodiments, according to the configuration information of the first NFC chip, the multi-NFC service starting module starts the first NFC system service corresponding to the first NFC chip.

S104. According to the first NFC system service, transmit a startup instruction to the first NFCHIDL service module corresponding to the first NFC system service to be started, and load the first NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the first NFC system service to be started.

Wherein, the first NFC HIDL service module is one of a plurality of NFC HIDL service modules of the home appliance.

Optionally, multiple NFC system services in the home appliance have a one-to-one correspondence with multiple NFC HIDL service modules.

Exemplarily, the NFC system service 121 in FIG. 3 corresponds to the NFC HIDL service module 141, and the NFC system service 122 corresponds to the NFC HIDL service module 142.

Thus, if the above-mentioned first NFC system service is the NFC system service 121 in FIG. 3 , then based on the NFC system service 121, the controller can determine the NFC HIDL service module 141 as the above-mentioned first NFC HIDL service module.

In some embodiments, after the first NFC HIDL service module is started, the controller loads the first NFC driver module corresponding to a plurality of NFC driver modules, and sends a startup command to the first NFC HIDL service module to start the first NFC driver module. NFCHIDL service module.

Among them, multiple NFC HIDL service modules in the home appliance have a one-to-one correspondence with multiple NFC driver modules.

Exemplarily, the NFC HIDL service module 141 in FIG. 3 corresponds to the NFC driver module 131, and the NFC HIDL service module 142 corresponds to the NFC driver module 132.

Thus, if the above-mentioned first NFC HIDL service module is the NFC HIDL service module 141 in FIG. 3, the controller can determine the NFC driver module 131 as the above-mentioned first NFC driver module.

Further, the first NFC HIDL service module controls the first NFC chip through the first NFC driver module.

In some embodiments, the controller may receive a first NFC read instruction input by a user. Furthermore, in response to the first NFC read instruction, the user's NFC device information is read through the first NFC system service.

In some embodiments, when the user places the NFC device within the communication range of the NFC chip in the home appliance, for example, the user touches the NFC device with a preset NFC sensing position on the home appliance, thereby inputting the first NFC sensor to the home appliance. Read instructions. It should be understood that the type of the first NFC is the type of NFC in the user's NFC device.

In some embodiments, the home appliance may also receive an instruction to connect the user's NFC device to the home appliance.

Specifically, the user can start the NFC service function of the NFC device, so that the NFC device is in a waiting state, and in this state, the NFC device can obtain other NFC devices within the nearby NFC communication range. Moreover, during the operation of the home appliance, it is always in the NFC ready-to-connect state, or the user can also start the NFC service function of the home appliance, so that the home appliance is also in the NFC ready-to-connect state. Therefore, when the NFC device and the home appliance are within the NFC communication range, the home appliance can establish a communication connection with the NFC device.

In some embodiments, after the home appliance and the NFC device establish a communication connection, the controller provides the NFC service for the NFC device through the first NFC system service, and obtains the NFC device information including: MAC address (media access control address, MAC), device type , machine code and other information, and then based on the NFC device information, the home appliance and the NFC device are successfully bound.

In some embodiments, the home appliance provides the NFC service for the NFC device according to the startup process shown in FIG. 2 .

It should be noted that after the identification information stored in the NFC chip of the home appliance is transmitted to the NFC device through a near-field communication connection, the application program of the NFC device can use the above identification information to serve the user, so as to realize that the NFC chip in the home appliance is an NFC device. Provide NFC service.

Exemplarily, the NFC device is a mobile phone, and the home appliance is a refrigerator. The user opens an APP for controlling home appliances on the mobile phone, such as a smart home APP. The user selects the connection mode on the smart home APP operation interface, and puts the mobile phone within the communication range of the NFC chip of the refrigerator, and then establishes an NFC communication connection between the mobile phone and the refrigerator. After the NFC communication connection between the mobile phone and the refrigerator is completed, the refrigerator obtains information such as the MAC and model of the mobile phone, and then the mobile phone and the air conditioner are successfully bound.

The home appliance provided by this application includes multiple NFC chips and a multi-NFC service startup module. When using a home appliance, the multi-NFC service startup module can start one of the multiple NFC system services according to the identification information of the pre-configured NFC chip. system service. In this way, the service module of multiple NFC chips is added to the home appliance, so that the home appliance can support multiple NFC chips and multiple NFC system services, which greatly reduces the cost of development and maintenance.

Combined with the logic block diagram, the complete flow of the control method of the household appliance is exemplarily introduced below:

As shown in Figure 5, based on the embodiment shown in Figure 4, when the home appliance has an NFC chip, the control process includes:

When the home appliance is turned on, the user touches the NFC device to the NFC chip configured by default in the home appliance, and obtains the configuration information in the NFC chip. The multi-NFC service starting module starts the NFC system service corresponding to the NFC chip according to the configuration information of the NFC chip. After the NFC system service is started, start the corresponding NFC HIDL service module and load the corresponding NFC chip driver module. After all NFC-related modules are started, the NFC chip configured by default in the home appliance provides control services for the application program of the NFC device.

In some embodiments, as shown in Figure 6, the method may also include the following steps:

S201. Receive an NFC switching instruction, where the NFC switching instruction includes identification information of a second NFC chip to be switched.

Wherein, when the home appliance is running the first NFC chip, the second NFC chip is the other one of the multiple NFC chips in the home appliance except the first NFC chip.

It should be understood that, as shown in FIG. 3 , if the first NFC chip is the NFC chip 111 , the second NFC chip may be the NFC chip 112 . If the first NFC chip is the NFC chip 112 , the second NFC chip can be the NFC chip 111 .

In some embodiments, the user can issue a switching instruction to switch the NFC chip to the home appliance through the application program in the NFC device. The switching instruction includes identification information of the second NFC chip to be switched.

Thereby, if the above-mentioned second NFC chip is the NFC chip 112 in Fig. 3, after the controller receives the NFC switching instruction input by the user, based on the identification information of the second NFC chip in the NFC switching instruction, the identification information of the NFC chip is confirmed. category.

S202. Acquire configuration information of the second NFC chip in response to the NFC switching instruction.

In some embodiments, the controller acquires configuration information of the second NFC chip according to the NFC switching instruction.

Exemplarily, if the running NFC chip is the NFC chip 111, the controller acquires the configuration information of the NFC chip 111 after receiving the NFC switching instruction.

S203. Control the first NFC system service to stop the service through the multi-NFC service starting module, and start the second NFC system service from one or more NFC system services.

In some embodiments, after obtaining the configuration information of the second NFC chip, the controller sends a stop instruction to the multi-NFC service starting module in the household appliance, and the multi-NFC service starting module controls the running first NFC system service to stop running.

Further, after the running first NFC system service stops running, uninstall the first NFC driver module, and stop running the first NFC HIDL service.

Exemplarily, if the running NFC chip is the NFC chip 111, the controller sends a stop instruction to the multi-NFC service starting module in the household appliance, and the multi-NFC service starting module controls the NFC system service 121 to stop running. After the NFC system service 121 stops running, unload the NFC driver module 131, and stop running the NFC HIDL service module 141.

In some embodiments, after the running first NFC system service stops running, the controller sends a startup command to the multi-NFC service startup module, and then the multi-NFC service startup module starts the second NFC system service according to the configuration information of the second NFC chip .

It should be understood that, as shown in FIG. 3 , if the first NFC system service is NFC system service 121 , the second NFC system service may be NFC system service 122 . If the first NFC system service is NFC system service 122 , the second NFC system service can be NFC system service 121 .

Exemplarily, after the NFC system service 121 stops running, the controller sends a start instruction to the multi-NFC service start module in the home appliance, and the multi-NFC service start module starts the NFC system service 122 according to the NFC chip 112 .

S204. According to the second NFC system service, transmit a startup instruction to the second NFCHIDL service module corresponding to the second NFC system service to be started, and load the second NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the second NFC system service to be started.

In some embodiments, after the second NFC system service is started, the second NFC driver module is loaded.

It should be understood that, as shown in FIG. 3 , if the first NFC driver module is the NFC driver module 131 , the second NFC system service can be the NFC driver module 132 . If the first NFC driver module is the NFC driver module 132 , the second NFC driver module can be the NFC driver module 131 .

Exemplarily, after the NFC system service 122 is started, the NFC driver module 132 is loaded.

In some embodiments, after the second NFC driver module is started, the controller sends a start instruction to the second NFC HIDL service module, and starts the second NFC HIDL service module.

It should be understood that, as shown in FIG. 3 , if the first NFC HIDL service module is the NFC HIDL service module 141, the second NFC HIDL service module may be the NFC HIDL service module 142. If the first NFC HIDL service module is NFC HIDL service module 142, the second NFC HIDL service module can be NFC HIDL service module 141.

Exemplarily, after the NFC system service 122 is started, the controller sends a start instruction to the NFC HIDL service module 142, and starts the NFC HIDL service module 142.

It can be understood that based on the multiple NFC chips and multiple NFC service modules included in the home appliance provided by this application, in the scenario where the home appliance is configured with multiple NFC chips, the running NFC service module can be stopped according to the NFC switching instruction , and start the NFC chip indicated in the switching instruction in multiple NFC service modules. In this way, the home appliance can flexibly switch NFC services according to user needs, which greatly increases the flexibility and adaptability of the home appliance.

As shown in FIG. 7, based on the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, when the home appliance has multiple NFC chips, for example, two NFC chips, the control process includes:

When the home appliance is turned on, the user switches the NFC chip in the home appliance through the application program in the NFC device. According to the information of the switched NFC chip, the multi-NFC service startup module controls the running NFC system service to stop running, and stops the running NFC HIDL service module. Uninstall The running NFC chip driver module. After uninstalling the running NFC chip driver module, the multi-NFC service startup module starts the corresponding NFC system service according to the configuration information of the NFC chip that the user needs to switch, and starts the corresponding NFC HIDL service module, and loads the corresponding NFC chip driver module. After all NFC-related modules are activated, the switched NFC chip in the home appliance provides control services for the application program of the NFC device.

It can be seen that the foregoing mainly introduces the solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application from the perspective of methods. In order to realize the above functions, the embodiments of the present application provide hardware structures and/or software modules corresponding to each function. Those skilled in the art should easily realize that, in combination with the modules and algorithm steps of the examples described in the embodiments disclosed herein, the embodiments of the present application can be implemented in the form of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a certain function is executed by hardware or computer software drives hardware depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art may use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be regarded as exceeding the scope of the present invention.

In this embodiment of the present application, the functional modules of the controller may be divided according to the above method examples. 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 above-mentioned integrated modules can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of software function modules. Optionally, the division of modules in this embodiment of the present application is schematic, and is only a logical function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a controller. As shown in FIG. 8 , the controller 150 includes a processor 3001 , and optionally, a memory 170 connected to the processor 3001 and a communication interface 3003 . The processor 3001 , the memory 170 and the communication interface 3003 are connected through a bus 3004 .

The processor 3001 may be a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), a general-purpose processor, a network processor (network processor, NP), a digital signal processor (digital signal processing, DSP), a microprocessor, a microcontroller, or Programmable logic device (programmable logic device, PLD) or any combination of them. The processor 3001 may also be any other device with processing functions, such as a circuit, device or software module. The processor 3001 may also include multiple CPUs, and the processor 3001 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 for processing data such as computer program instructions.

Memory 170 may be a read-only memory (read-only memory, ROM) or other types of static storage devices that can store static information and instructions, random access memory (random access memory, RAM) or other types that can store information and instructions It can also be an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) or other optical disc storage, optical disc storage ( including compact discs, laser discs, optical discs, digital versatile discs, blu-ray discs, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and can be stored by a computer Any other media used, the embodiment of this application does not make any limitation on this. The memory 170 may exist independently, or may be integrated with the processor 3001 . Wherein, the memory 170 may contain computer program codes. The processor 3001 is configured to execute the computer program code stored in the memory 170, so as to implement a method for controlling a household electrical appliance provided in the embodiment of the present application.

The communication interface 3003 can be used to communicate with other devices or communication networks (such as Ethernet, radio access network (radio access network, RAN), wireless local area networks (wireless local area networks, WLAN), etc.). The communication interface 3003 may be a module, a circuit, a transceiver or any device capable of realizing communication.

The bus 3004 may be a peripheral component interconnect standard (peripheral component interconnect, PCI) bus or an extended industry standard architecture (extended industry standard architecture, EISA) bus, etc. The bus 3004 can be divided into address bus, data bus, control bus and so on. For ease of representation, only one thick line is used in FIG. 8 , but it does not mean that there is only one bus or one type of bus.

An embodiment of the present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium includes computer-executable instructions, and when the computer-executable instructions are run on the computer, the computer executes a method for controlling household appliances as provided in the above-mentioned embodiments .

The embodiment of the present invention also provides a computer program product, which can be directly loaded into the memory and contains software codes. After the computer program product is loaded and executed by a computer, it can realize the household electrical appliance provided by the above embodiment. control method.

Those skilled in the art should be aware that, in the above one or more examples, the functions described in the present invention may be implemented by hardware, software, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. A storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and brevity of the description, only the division of the above-mentioned functional modules is used as an example for illustration. In practical applications, the above-mentioned functions can be allocated according to needs It is completed by different functional modules, that is, the internal structure of the device is divided into different functional modules to complete all or part of the functions described above.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed devices and methods may be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only illustrative. For example, the division of the modules or units is only a logical function division, and there may be other division methods in actual implementation. For example a plurality of units or components may be combined or may be integrated into another device, or some features may be omitted, or not implemented. In another point, the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be through some interfaces, and the indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units may be in electrical, mechanical or other forms. A unit described as a separate component may or may not be physically separated, and a component shown as a unit may be one physical unit or multiple physical units, which may be located in one place or distributed to multiple different places. Part or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, each unit may exist separately physically, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above-mentioned integrated units can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of software functional units. If an integrated unit is realized in the form of a software function unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the embodiment of the present application is essentially or the part that contributes to the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the software product is stored in a storage medium Among them, several instructions are included to make a device (which may be a single-chip microcomputer, a chip, etc.) or a processor (processor) execute all or part of the steps of the method described in each embodiment of the present invention. The aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes such as U disk, mobile hard disk, ROM, RAM, magnetic disk or optical disk.

The above is only a specific implementation of the application, but the protection scope of the application is not limited thereto, and any changes or replacements within the technical scope disclosed in the application should be covered within the protection scope of the application . Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be based on the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (8)

1. An electric home appliance, characterized in that it comprises:

an apparatus main body;

one or more near field communication, NFC, chips located within the device body;

a controller in communication connection with the one or more NFC chips, the controller configured with an operating system, the operating system including a multi-NFC service activation module, one or more NFC system services, one or more NFC HIDL service modules, and one or more NFC chip driver modules, each NFC HIDL service module corresponding to one NFC system service, each NFC chip driver module corresponding to one NFC HIDL service module;

the controller is configured to:

receiving a starting instruction of a first NFC chip;

responding to a control instruction for starting the first NFC chip, and acquiring configuration information of the first NFC chip;

controlling the multi-NFC service starting module according to the configuration information of the first NFC chip, and starting a first NFC system service from the one or more NFC system services;

and transmitting a starting instruction to a first NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the first NFC system service to be started according to the first NFC system service, and loading the first NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the first NFC system service to be started.

2. The home device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to:

receiving an NFC switching instruction, wherein the NFC switching instruction comprises identification information of a second NFC chip to be switched;

responding to the NFC switching instruction, and acquiring configuration information of a second NFC chip;

controlling, by the multi-NFC service activation module, the first NFC system service to stop serving, and activating a second NFC system service from the one or more NFC system services;

and transmitting a starting instruction to a second NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the second NFC system service to be started according to the second NFC system service, and loading the second NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the second NFC system service to be started.

3. The home device of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to:

transmitting a stop instruction to a first NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the second NFC system service, and unloading the first NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the first NFC system service to be started.

4. A home appliance according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receiving a first NFC reading instruction input by a user;

and responding to the first NFC reading instruction, and reading NFC equipment information of the user through a first NFC service module.

5. A method for controlling a home appliance, the method comprising:

receiving a starting instruction of a first NFC chip;

responding to a control instruction for starting the first NFC chip, and acquiring configuration information of the first NFC chip;

controlling the multi-NFC service starting module according to the configuration information of the first NFC chip, and starting a first NFC system service from the one or more NFC system services;

and transmitting a starting instruction to a first NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the first NFC system service to be started according to the first NFC system service, and loading the first NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the first NFC system service to be started.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving an NFC switching instruction, wherein the NFC switching instruction comprises identification information of a second NFC chip to be switched;

responding to the NFC switching instruction, and acquiring configuration information of a second NFC chip;

controlling, by the multi-NFC service activation module, the first NFC system service to stop serving, and activating a second NFC system service from the one or more NFC system services;

and transmitting a starting instruction to a second NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the second NFC system service to be started according to the second NFC system service, and loading the second NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the second NFC system service to be started.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

transmitting a stop instruction to a first NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the second NFC system service, and unloading the first NFC HIDL service module corresponding to the first NFC system service to be started.

8. The method according to any one of claims 5 to 7, further comprising:

receiving a first NFC reading instruction input by a user;

and responding to the first NFC reading instruction, and reading NFC equipment information of a user through the first NFC system service.

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