CN117202177A - Intelligent electrical device, user device and related methods - Google Patents

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to smart electrical devices, user devices, and related methods. The intelligent electrical device includes: a wireless communication module; a UWB module; and a processor configured to: sending a network access request through the UWB module; receiving data from a user device, wherein the data comprises a network key of a network in which the user device is located, the user device being configured to generate the data based on a network access request of the UWB module; parsing the data to obtain the network key; and accessing the wireless communication module to a network according to the network key. Thus, the smart electrical device may obtain a network key through communication of the UWB module with the user device and may access the network through the wireless communication module.

Description

Intelligent electrical device, user device and related methods

Technical Field

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to smart home systems and, more particularly, to smart electrical devices, devices for network interconnection of smart electrical devices, and related methods.

Background

With the development of internet of things, household electrical equipment is more and more intelligent and intelligent home systems are more and more common. The smart home system includes a gateway and a plurality of smart electrical devices interconnected with the gateway. Conventional smart home systems exist in a variety of ways for interconnecting smart electrical devices.

In some conventional approaches, the intelligent electrical devices may be directly interconnected with the gateway. For example, when the smart electrical device may automatically broadcast a request for network access, the gateway may implement the network interconnection in response to the request from the smart device. The method has the problem that the gateway cannot respond to the request of each intelligent electrical device in time, and network storm is easy to generate.

In some other conventional approaches, the gateway implements the network interconnection in response to a request from the smart device by a user operating the smart electrical device to trigger a request to access the network. This interconnection approach solves the problem of network storms, but requires the user to operate the intelligent electrical device. This poses a great challenge for smart electrical devices, because smart electrical devices are not always in an easy to operate location, e.g., many smart electrical devices, such as ceiling-mounted light fixtures, are difficult to operate directly; this can cause significant problems for the network interconnection of the intelligent electrical devices. It would be desirable to provide a way in which conventional networking methods can be improved to optimize access to the network by intelligent electrical devices.

Disclosure of Invention

According to example embodiments of the present disclosure, a smart electrical device, a user device and related methods are presented that address or at least partially address one or more of the above-mentioned problems.

In a first aspect of the present disclosure, a smart electrical device is provided. The intelligent electrical device includes: a wireless communication module; a UWB module; and a processor configured to: sending a network access request through the UWB module; receiving data from a user device, wherein the data comprises a network key of a network in which the user device is located, the user device being configured to generate the data based on a network access request of the UWB module; parsing the data to obtain the network key; and accessing a network through the wireless communication module according to the network key.

According to the intelligent electrical device of the embodiment of the disclosure, the network key can be acquired through the communication between the UWB module and the user equipment and can be accessed into a network through the wireless communication module.

In some embodiments, the network key is an encrypted network key. Thus, the security of the network can be improved.

In some embodiments, the data is encrypted based on a key of the smart electrical device itself, wherein the user device is configured to obtain the key of the smart electrical device and to generate the data based on the key encrypting the network key. Thus, the security of the network can be further improved.

In some embodiments, parsing the data to obtain the network key may include: decrypting the data based on a key of the smart electrical device itself.

In some embodiments, the wireless communication module may support one or more of Zigbee, wiFi, BLE Mesh, thread protocols. Thus, the intelligent electrical device according to the present disclosure may be used for networking of multiple protocols.

In a second aspect of the present disclosure, a user equipment is provided. The user equipment comprises: a wireless communication module; a UWB module; and a processor configured to: acquiring a network key of a network where the user equipment is located; receiving, by the UWB module, a network access request from at least one intelligent electrical device; and transmitting, by the UWB module, data including a network key to the at least one smart electrical device, wherein the smart electrical device is configured to be able to access the network based on the network key.

According to the user equipment of the embodiment of the disclosure, the network key can be provided through the communication between the UWB module and the intelligent electric equipment, so that the intelligent electric equipment can be accessed into a network through the wireless communication module of the intelligent electric equipment.

In some embodiments, the network key is an encrypted network key.

In some embodiments, the processor may be further configured to: acquiring a key of the at least one intelligent electrical device itself; and generating the data based on the encrypting the network key.

In some embodiments, the processor may be further configured to select one smart electrical device to access the network from the at least one smart electrical device, wherein the selecting comprises: acquiring orientation data of the at least one intelligent electrical device through the UWB module; and selecting one smart electrical device from the at least one smart electrical device based on a relationship of the orientation of the user device and the orientation of the at least one smart electrical device. The term "orientation data" herein refers to data related to the position of the smart electrical device relative to the user device, and may include, for example, distance of the smart electrical device relative to the user device, relative position of the smart electrical device relative to the user device, orientation of the smart electrical device relative to the user device, and even attitude of the smart electrical device. These data may be obtained by processing point cloud data captured by an antenna array of the UWB module. In some embodiments, the orientation data may be used to identify the identity of the smart electrical device to facilitate the user device to identify and select the smart electrical device.

In some embodiments, the wireless communication module may support one or more of Zigbee, wiFi, BLE Mesh, thread protocols.

In a third aspect of the present disclosure, a network interconnection method for intelligent electrical devices is provided. The method comprises the following steps: sending a network access request through a UWB module of the intelligent electrical equipment; receiving data from a user device, wherein the data comprises a network key of a network in which the user device is located, the user device being configured to generate the data based on a network access request of the UWB module; parsing the data to obtain the network key; and accessing a network through a wireless communication module of the intelligent electrical equipment according to the network key.

In a fourth aspect of the present disclosure, a network interconnection method for intelligent electrical devices is provided. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a network key of a network where the user equipment is located; receiving a network access request from at least one intelligent electrical device through a UWB module of the user device; and transmitting, by the UWB module of the user device, data including a network key to the at least one smart electrical device, wherein the smart electrical device is configured to be able to access the network based on the network key.

In some embodiments, the network interconnection method may further include: selecting one intelligent electrical device to be connected to a network from the at least one intelligent electrical device, wherein the selecting comprises: acquiring orientation data of the at least one intelligent electrical device through the UWB module of the user device; the UWB module of the user device obtains orientation data of the user device and selects one intelligent electrical device from the at least one intelligent electrical device based on a relationship between the orientation data of the user device and the orientation data of the at least one intelligent electrical device.

In some embodiments, selecting one smart electrical device from the at least one smart electrical device may include: the smart electrical device is selected based on the user device being substantially aligned with the at least one smart electrical device.

In a fifth aspect of the present disclosure, an intelligent home network is provided. The intelligent home network comprises: a gateway; and a plurality of smart electrical devices according to any of the first aspects, the smart electrical devices being adapted to interconnect with the gateway.

In a sixth aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer instructions for causing the computer to perform the method according to any one of the third and fourth aspects.

It should be understood that what is described in this summary is not intended to limit the critical or essential features of the embodiments of the disclosure nor to limit the scope of the disclosure. Other features of the present disclosure will become apparent from the following description.

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The above and other features, advantages and aspects of embodiments of the present disclosure will become more apparent by reference to the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals designate like or similar elements, and wherein:

FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of an example environment in which various embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented;

FIG. 2 shows a schematic structural diagram of a smart electrical device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 shows a schematic structural diagram of a user equipment according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 illustrates a flow chart of a network interconnection method for intelligent electrical devices, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 shows a flowchart of a network interconnection method for user equipment according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

fig. 6 illustrates a block diagram of an apparatus capable of implementing various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While certain embodiments of the present disclosure have been shown in the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, but are provided to provide a more thorough and complete understanding of the present disclosure. It should be understood that the drawings and embodiments of the present disclosure are for illustration purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.

In describing embodiments of the present disclosure, the term "comprising" and its like should be taken to be open-ended, i.e., including, but not limited to. The term "based on" should be understood as "based at least in part on". The term "one embodiment" or "the embodiment" should be understood as "at least one embodiment". The terms "first," "second," and the like, may refer to different or the same object. Other explicit and implicit definitions are also possible below.

As described above, with the development of the internet of things technology, the smart home system can connect various smart electrical devices through the gateway, which enables a user to conveniently operate the smart electrical devices through the gateway. However, conventional networking methods for smart electrical devices suffer from a variety of drawbacks, which are primarily related to smart home itself.

For example, in some cases, a large number of smart electrical devices are included in a smart home system. In some applications, after a building is finished and a large number of intelligent electrical devices are deployed, networking of these intelligent electrical devices is required. In addition, if multiple devices broadcast network access at the same time, the gateway may not be able to respond to the network access request of the devices in time, resulting in a network storm problem.

In addition, these large numbers of intelligent electrical devices are distributed at various locations of the building, and in the case where a user is required to operate each intelligent electrical device distributed at the building to trigger a network access request, the user is required to operate the intelligent electrical devices one by one, which is inefficient. A more serious problem is that the access control components of some of these large numbers of intelligent electrical devices may be difficult to access, such as ceiling-mounted luminaires and the like, which undoubtedly increase the difficulty of network interconnection.

In addition, with the pursuit of further intellectualization of smart home systems, it is required that the smart electrical devices be able to provide information regarding the location of the smart electrical devices in the building and/or regarding the identity of the smart electrical devices themselves, which may facilitate users to be able to quickly identify the smart electrical devices prior to networking to improve networking efficiency. Moreover, these location information and/or identity information may also be used for optimization of the intelligent control strategy of the intelligent electrical device after networking.

In this regard, the inventors of the present disclosure have found through a great deal of intensive and eager study that networking of intelligent electrical devices can be conveniently achieved by providing UWB (Ultra Wideband) in the intelligent electrical devices and effectively utilizing the characteristics of UWB. As is well known in the art, UWB is a carrierless communication technology that uses non-sinusoidal narrow pulses on the order of nanoseconds to picoseconds to transmit data, while time modulation techniques allow for a significant increase in transmission speed, with relatively low power consumption and more accurate positioning capabilities. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, automatic networking of smart electrical devices may be achieved by utilizing UWB without requiring any manual operation of the smart electrical devices by a user. The smart home system, the smart electrical device, the user device and the associated methods according to embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of an example environment 100 in which various embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented. As shown in fig. 1, environment 100 may include a gateway 30 and a plurality of intelligent electrical devices 10. A plurality of intelligent electrical devices 10 may be arranged at different spatial locations of a building. Each smart electrical device 10 may include a wireless communication module through which it may communicate with the gateway 30. To enable interconnection of multiple intelligent electrical devices 10 with gateway 30, environment 100 may also include user devices 20. The user equipment may be any device that includes a wireless communication module and a UWB module. In some embodiments, the user device may be a cell phone, tablet computer, or any other portable electrical device.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic structural diagram of the smart electrical device 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 2, the smart electrical device 10 may include a wireless communication module 12, a UWB module 14, and a processor 16.

The wireless communication module 12 may support one or more of the protocols Zigbee, wiFi, BLE Mesh, thread, and the like. The gateway 30 may accordingly support one or more of the protocols Zigbee, wiFi, BLE Mesh, thread, and the like. Thus, in the event that the smart electrical device 10 is connected to the network in which the gateway 30 is located, the smart electrical device 10 may communicate with the gateway 30 and other devices within the gateway 30 via the wireless communication module 12. The UWB module 14 of the smart electrical device 10 is configured to enable communication with a smart device having a corresponding UWB module.

The processor 16 is any data processor having computing capabilities and may send instructions to the wireless communication module 12 and UWB module 14 to effect data interaction. To achieve networking, the processor 16 is configured to: issuing a request to access the network through UWB module 14; receiving data from the user device 20, wherein the data comprises a network key of a network in which the user device 20 is located, the user device 20 being configured to generate data based on the network access request of the UWB module 14; parsing the data to obtain a network key; and enabling the wireless communication module 12 to access the network based on the network key.

Thus, the smart electrical device 10 may communicate with the UWB module of the user device 20 via the UWB module 14 to obtain the network key of the gateway. After acquiring the network key, the smart electrical device 10 may communicate with other devices in the network through the wireless communication module 12.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the network access request is sent out by the UWB module 14, and the user equipment 20 processes the request sent out by the UWB module 14 of the intelligent electrical device 10 without directly communicating with the gateway, so that network storm caused by untimely response of the gateway 30 is avoided. Further, since the smart electric device 10 acquires the network key through communication with the user device 20, the security of the network is improved. In addition, since the UWB module 14 included in the smart electrical device 10 is capable of providing physical location and distance information, such as the location and orientation of the smart electrical device 10, such information provides useful information for the smart electrical device 10. For example, a user may conveniently determine the location and orientation of the smart electrical device 10 based on such information, and in turn, the identity of the smart electrical device 10.

In some embodiments, the network key is an encrypted network key. In this case, the security of the network itself can be improved.

In some embodiments, data received by the smart electrical device 10 from the user device 20 may be further encrypted. For example, the smart electrical device 10 may provide the user device 20 with a key regarding the smart electrical device 10 itself via the UWB module 14. The user device 20 may be secondarily encrypted based on the key of the smart electrical device 10 itself. The processor 16 of the smart electrical device 10 may be configured to decrypt data based on the key of the smart electrical device 10 itself. Thus, the security of the network can be further improved.

Fig. 3 shows a schematic structural diagram of a user equipment 20 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 3, the user device 20 may include a wireless communication module 22, a UWB module 24, and a processor 26. Alternatively, the user device 20 may also include a user interface 28 through which user interaction with the user device may be accomplished.

The wireless communication module 22 of the user equipment 20 may support one or more of Zigbee, wiFi, BLE Mesh, thread, and the like protocols. Thus, in the case where the user device is in a local area network where the gateway 30 is located, the user device 20 may communicate with devices within the local area network through the wireless communication module 22.

Processor 26 is any data processor having computing capabilities and may send instructions to wireless communication module 22 and UWB module 24 to enable data interaction. To achieve networking, the processor 26 is configured to: acquiring a network key of a network where the user equipment 20 is located; receiving, by the UWB module 24, a request to access the network from the at least one smart electrical device 10; and transmitting data including the network key to the at least one smart electrical device 10 via the UWB module 24, wherein the smart electrical device 10 is configured to be capable of accessing the network based on the data.

Thus, the smart electrical device 10 may communicate with the UWB module of the user device 20 via the UWB module 24. User device 20 may provide the network key of the gateway to smart electrical device 10 via UWB module 24. After the smart electrical device 10 obtains the network key, the smart electrical device 10 may communicate with other devices in the network through the wireless communication module 22.

Acquiring a network key of the network in which the user device 20 is located may include a variety of implementations. In some embodiments, user device 20 may automatically obtain the network key from gateway 30 after accessing the local area network in which gateway 30 is located. In other embodiments, the user device 20 may receive an input network key from a user via the user interface 28.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the network access request sent by the intelligent electrical device 10 is processed by the user device 20, so that network storm caused by untimely response of the gateway 30 is avoided. Further, since the smart electric device 10 acquires the network key through communication with the user device 20, the security of the network is improved.

Further, the smart electrical device 10 includes a UWB module 14 according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the UWB module 14 being in UWB communication with a UWB module 24 of the user device 20. Thus, the user device 20 may obtain orientation data about the smart electrical device 10, which may be active, for example, by processing the obtained point cloud data. As non-limiting examples, the orientation data may include information of the smart electrical device 10 relative to the user device location, distance, direction, and the like. In some embodiments, the orientation data may be further used to identify the identity of the smart electrical device 10. In this case, the user device can easily identify the smart electrical device 10 by means of the orientation data, and thus perform the networking configuration.

In some embodiments, the network key is an encrypted network key. In this case, the security of the network itself can be improved.

In some embodiments, the processor 26 is further configured to: acquiring a key of at least one smart electrical device 10 itself; and encrypting the network key to generate data. The smart electrical device 10 provides the user device 20 with a key regarding the smart electrical device 10 itself. The user device 20 may be secondarily encrypted based on the key of the smart electrical device 10 itself. The processor 26 of the smart electrical device 10 may be configured to secondarily encrypt the network key to generate data that is sent to the smart electrical device 10. Thus, the security of the network can be further improved.

In some embodiments, where multiple smart electrical devices 10 need to be interconnected, the processor 26 is further configured to select one smart electrical device 10 to be connected to the network from the at least one smart electrical device 10. The selection of one smart electrical device 10 to be connected to the network from the at least one smart electrical device 10 may comprise a variety of implementations.

In some embodiments, the user device 20 may manually select the smart electrical devices 10 to be interconnected by displaying the smart electrical devices 10 to be interconnected in a menu on the user interface 28. In this case, since the user does not need to do any additional operation with respect to the smart electric device 10, the interconnection of the smart electric device 10 can be conveniently achieved even if the smart electric device 10 is located at a place where the user is inconvenient to touch.

In some embodiments, the smart electrical device 10 to be interconnected may be selected from a plurality of smart electrical devices 10 by a positional relationship between the user device 20 and the smart electrical device 10. For example, orientation data of at least one smart electrical device 10 is obtained by UWB module 24; and selecting one smart electrical device 10 from the at least one smart electrical device 10 based on the relationship of the orientation of the user device 20 and the orientation of the at least one smart electrical device 10. Thus, in this case, the user device 20 can automatically select the smart electric devices 10 to be interconnected from the plurality of smart electric devices 10 based on the relative positional relationship between the user device 20 and the smart electric devices 10 without requiring the user to manually operate.

In some embodiments, the user may also adjust the position of the user device 20 such that the user device 20 is aligned in a certain direction with the smart electrical device 10 to be interconnected. In this case, the user can easily select the smart electric devices 10 to be interconnected by simply adjusting the direction of the user device 20.

In some embodiments, after one smart electrical device 10 is connected to the network, the user may adjust the orientation of the user device 20 so that the user device 20 aligns with the smart electrical device 10 of the next network to be connected, thereby facilitating interconnection for the smart electrical device 10 of the next network to be connected.

Fig. 4 illustrates a flow chart of a network interconnection method 400 for intelligent electrical devices, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 4, method 400 may include the following acts. At block 402, a request to access a network is issued by the UWB module 14 of the smart electrical device 10. At block 404, data is received from the user device 20, wherein the data includes a network key of a network in which the user device 20 is located, the user device 20 being configured to generate data based on the network access request of the UWB module 14 of the smart electrical device 10. At block 406, the data is parsed to obtain a network key. At block 408, the network is accessed through the wireless communication module 12 of the smart electrical device 10 based on the network key.

Fig. 5 shows a flowchart of a network interconnection method 500 for user devices according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 5, method 500 may include the following acts. At block 502, a network key of a network in which the user device 20 is located is obtained. The user device may obtain the network key of the network in which the user device 20 is located in a number of ways. In some embodiments, user device 20 may be in the same local area network as gateway 30, user device 20 may request a network key from gateway 30 and gateway 30 may provide the network key to user device 2. In some embodiments, the network key may be entered into the user device 20 by a user through an operator interface of the user device 20.

At block 504, a request to access a network from at least one smart electrical device 10 is received by UWB module 24 of user device 20. At block 506, data including a network key is transmitted to the at least one smart electrical device 10 through the UWB module 24 of the user device 20, wherein the smart electrical device 10 is configured to be able to access the network based on the data.

In some embodiments, the network interconnection method may further include: selecting one smart electrical device 10 to be connected to a network from the at least one smart electrical device 10, wherein the selecting comprises: acquiring, by the UWB module 24 of the user device 20, orientation data of the at least one smart electrical device 10; the UWB module of the user device 20 obtains orientation data of the user device 20 and selects one smart electrical device 10 from the at least one smart electrical device 10 based on a relationship between the orientation data of the user device 20 and the orientation data of the at least one smart electrical device 10.

In some embodiments, selecting one smart electrical device 10 from at least one smart electrical device 10 includes: the smart electrical device 10 is selected based on the user device 20 being substantially aligned with the at least one smart electrical device 10.

It should be noted that the selection of the smart electrical device 10 by aligning the user device 20 with the at least one smart electrical device 10 in a certain direction is merely exemplary. In some embodiments, the user device 20 may also select the smart electrical device 10 based on relative distance information between the user device 20 and the smart electrical device 10. In still other embodiments, the user device 20 may also select the smart electrical device 10 based on a combination of the relative distance between the user device 20 and the smart electrical device 10 and the directional relationship between each other. This is particularly advantageous in case of a high number of smart electrical devices 10.

Once the smart electrical devices 10 to be interconnected are selected, the user device may send the network key to the selected smart electrical device, for example, through its application. The smart electrical device, after obtaining the network key, is able to access the network in which the gateway is located.

After one smart electrical device 10 is configured, the next smart electrical device 10 may be configured. For example, in some embodiments, the user may select through a menu presented on a user interface of the user device. In other embodiments, the user may adjust the orientation of the user device by adjusting the orientation of the user device with respect to other intelligent electrical devices, whereby the user device may automatically select the next intelligent electrical device 10 to be interconnected based on the orientation data of the user device with respect to other intelligent electrical devices. The above-described operations are performed for each of the smart electric devices 10 until the network interconnection of all the smart electric devices 10 is completed. Thus, according to the system and method of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the network interconnection of the smart electrical device 10 can be achieved in a simple manner without requiring the user to do any additional operations with respect to the smart electrical device 10.

Fig. 6 illustrates a block diagram of a computing device 600 capable of implementing various embodiments of the disclosure. As shown, the device 600 includes a Central Processing Unit (CPU) 601 that can perform various suitable actions and processes in accordance with computer program instructions stored in a Read Only Memory (ROM) 602 or loaded from a storage unit 608 into a Random Access Memory (RAM) 603. In the RAM 603, various programs and data required for the operation of the device 600 may also be stored. The CPU 601, ROM 602, and RAM 603 are connected to each other through a bus 604. An input/output (I/O) interface 605 is also connected to bus 604.

Various components in the device 600 are connected to the I/O interface 605, including: an input unit 606 such as a keyboard, mouse, etc.; an output unit 607 such as various types of displays, speakers, and the like; a storage unit 608, such as a magnetic disk, optical disk, or the like; and a communication unit 609 such as a network card, modem, wireless communication transceiver, etc. The communication unit 609 allows the device 600 to exchange information/data with other devices via a computer network, such as the internet, and/or various telecommunication networks.

The processing unit 601 performs the various methods and processes described above, such as processes 400, 500. For example, in some embodiments, the processes 400, 500 may be implemented as a computer software program tangibly embodied on a machine-readable medium, such as the storage unit 608. In some embodiments, part or all of the computer program may be loaded and/or installed onto the device 600 via the ROM 602 and/or the communication unit 609. When the computer program is loaded into RAM 603 and executed by CPU 601, one or more of the steps of processes 400, 500 described above may be performed. Alternatively, in other embodiments, CPU 601 may be configured to perform processes 400, 500 in any other suitable manner (e.g., by means of firmware).

The functions described above herein may be performed, at least in part, by one or more hardware logic components. For example, without limitation, exemplary types of hardware logic components that may be used include: a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an Application Specific Standard Product (ASSP), a system on a chip (SOC), a load programmable logic device (CPLD), etc.

Program code for carrying out methods of the present disclosure may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages. These program code may be provided to a processor or controller of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus such that the program code, when executed by the processor or controller, causes the functions/operations specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram to be implemented. The program code may execute entirely on the machine, partly on the machine, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the machine and partly on a remote machine or entirely on the remote machine or server.

In the context of this disclosure, a machine-readable medium may be a tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. The machine-readable medium may be a machine-readable signal medium or a machine-readable storage medium. The machine-readable medium may include, but is not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. More specific examples of a machine-readable storage medium would include an electrical connection based on one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

Moreover, although operations are depicted in a particular order, this should be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in sequential order, or that all illustrated operations be performed, to achieve desirable results. In certain circumstances, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Likewise, while several specific implementation details are included in the above discussion, these should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present disclosure. Certain features that are described in the context of separate embodiments can also be implemented in combination in a single implementation. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single implementation can also be implemented in multiple implementations separately or in any suitable subcombination.

Although the subject matter has been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the subject matter defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above. Rather, the specific features and acts described above are example forms of implementing the claims.

Claims (16)

1. A smart electrical device comprising:

a wireless communication module;

a UWB module; and

a processor configured to:

sending a network access request through the UWB module;

receiving data from a user device, wherein the data comprises a network key of a network in which the user device is located, the user device being configured to generate the data based on a network access request of the UWB module;

parsing the data to obtain the network key; and

and accessing a network through the wireless communication module according to the network key.

2. The smart electrical device of claim 1, wherein the network key is an encrypted network key.

3. The smart electrical device of claim 2, wherein the data is encrypted based on a key of the smart electrical device itself, wherein the user device is configured to obtain the key of the smart electrical device and to encrypt the network key based on the key to generate the data.

4. The smart electrical device of claim 3, wherein parsing the data to obtain the network key comprises:

decrypting the data based on a key of the smart electrical device itself.

5. The intelligent electrical device of any of claims 1-4, wherein the wireless communication module supports one or more of Zigbee, wiFi, BLE Mesh, thread protocols.

6. A user equipment, comprising:

a wireless communication module;

a UWB module; and

a processor configured to:

acquiring a network key of a network where the user equipment is located;

receiving, by the UWB module, a network access request from at least one intelligent electrical device; and

transmitting, by the UWB module, data including a network key to the at least one smart electrical device, wherein the smart electrical device is configured to be able to access the network based on the network key.

7. The user equipment of claim 6, wherein the network key is an encrypted network key.

8. The user equipment of claim 6, the processor further configured to:

acquiring a key of the at least one intelligent electrical device itself; and

the data is generated based on the encrypting the network key.

9. The user device of claim 6, the processor further configured to select one of the at least one smart electrical device to access a network, wherein the selecting comprises:

acquiring orientation data of the at least one intelligent electrical device through the UWB module; and

one smart electrical device is selected from the at least one smart electrical device based on a relationship of the orientation of the user device and the orientation of the at least one smart electrical device.

10. The user equipment according to any of claims 6-9, wherein the wireless communication module supports one or more of Zigbee, wiFi, BLE Mesh, thread protocols.

11. A network interconnection method for intelligent electrical devices, comprising:

sending a network access request through a UWB module of the intelligent electrical equipment;

receiving data from a user device, wherein the data comprises a network key of a network in which the user device is located, the user device being configured to generate the data based on a network access request of the UWB module;

parsing the data to obtain the network key; and

and accessing a network through the wireless communication module of the intelligent electrical equipment according to the network key.

12. A network interconnection method for intelligent electrical devices, comprising:

acquiring a network key of a network where the user equipment is located;

receiving a network access request from at least one intelligent electrical device through a UWB module of the user device; and

transmitting, by the UWB module of the user device, data comprising a network key to the at least one smart electrical device, wherein the smart electrical device is configured to be able to access the network based on the network key.

13. The network interconnection method of claim 12, further comprising:

selecting one intelligent electrical device to be connected to a network from the at least one intelligent electrical device, wherein the selecting comprises:

acquiring orientation data of the at least one intelligent electrical device through the UWB module of the user device;

the UWB module of the user equipment obtains the orientation data of the user equipment, and

one smart electrical device is selected from the at least one smart electrical device based on a relationship between the orientation data of the user device and the orientation data of the at least one smart electrical device.

14. The network interconnection method of claim 13, wherein selecting one smart electrical device from the at least one smart electrical device comprises:

the smart electrical device is selected based on the user device being substantially aligned with the at least one smart electrical device.

15. An intelligent home network, comprising:

a gateway; and

a plurality of smart electrical devices according to any of claims 1-5, the smart electrical devices being adapted to interconnect with the gateway.

16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer instructions for causing the computer to perform the method of any one of claims 11-14.