Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide between a kind of mode that adopts radio communication, the neighbours next door not can the phase mutual interference, the equipment in the digital home network can be general, adopted friendly User Interface, by patterned display mode, telepilot is with general remote controller that can carry out the bidirectional information communication between the information household appliances and the method for utilizing it that home appliance is controlled.A kind of method of utilizing general remote controller that home appliance is controlled is characterized in that: this method comprises equipment browse, device control, status poll and four steps of equipment control: wherein
1) step of described equipment browse is:
After the general remote controller start is the access arrangement function of browse;
General remote controller is the reading and saving equipment list on the storer externally at first, checks the device file of in store which equipment on the current externally storer;
If do not comprise any device file in the current device table, then on LCD, also do not add any equipment in the current system of prompting user;
If processor fetch equipment table, preserve some equipment in the discovering device table, then processor is according to the relevant information in the equipment list, read the device file of this equipment, by the analyzing device file, obtain the title of this equipment, and the icon of this equipment, and the icon and the title of this equipment is presented on the LCD in patterned mode;
If there is more equipment in the current system, processor will carry out the processing of paging, and the user can find devices needed by page turning;
Processor is waited for user's keyboard input simultaneously, if the user supresses directionkeys, processor will be expressed the equipment of the current selection of user by the mode that the title of equipment is instead shown;
Behind the selected a certain equipment of user, press acknowledgement key, then enter the device control function of this equipment; If the user presses cancel key, access arrangement management function then;
2) step of described device control is:
Processor at first reads the device file of this equipment, and the content of device file is resolved, and by the analyzing device file, can obtain describing the icon and the corresponding character of every function of this equipment;
Processor will represent that the icon of each function and corresponding character are presented on the screen;
After selected a certain the function of user's direction of passage key, the function that processor will be selected according to the user, from the device file of this equipment, extract the command word of this function correspondence, if the order that the user selects is the order of parametric type, processor is then with the parameter of this command word together with user's input, according to forming packet with the communications protocol between the household electrical appliances equipment, and send the radio-frequency communication unit to;
The packet that the radio-frequency communication unit is sent processor here is launched radiofrequency signal after carrying out signal modulation and power amplification processing by antenna;
After the radiofrequency signal that the telepilot that home appliance one termination is received sends, carry out that signal amplifies, after the demodulation process, restore corresponding packet; According to the command word in the packet, home appliance carries out corresponding action;
After home appliance executes the specified function of user, its state changes, state after home appliance will change, according to telepilot with the communications protocol between the household electrical appliances equipment, form packet, and after the processing through the radio frequency unit of home appliance one end, send with the form of radiofrequency signal;
After the radio-frequency communication unit of telepilot end receives the radiofrequency signal of home appliance transmission, through after signal amplification, the demodulation process, restore packet, and give processor and do further processing equally; Processor is resolved this packet according to the information in the device file, obtains the up-to-date state of home appliance and is presented on the screen; The user just can understand the result of command execution by the screen of telepilot, and watches every state of equipment;
3) step of described status poll is:
The icon of device status inquiries is provided in the device file of equipment, and when telepilot executing state query function, telepilot is at first to equipment transmit status querying command, and the equipment state that obtains is shown to the user by the setting of device file;
4) step of described equipment control is:
After the telepilot access arrangement management function, demonstrate two icons of interpolation equipment and sweep equipment on the screen;
After the user selects the unit deletion function, processor will demonstrate current which equipment that exists according to the information of preserving in the equipment list in equipment list, the user can select a certain equipment by the direction of passage key, behind the selected equipment that will delete of user, press acknowledgement key, processor at first will be selected the device file of equipment and delete from external memory storage, and then delete in the relevant information slave unit table with this equipment, and equipment list is upgraded the back preserve, after the user presses cancel key, will finish unit deletion and operate and return;
After the user selects equipment to add function, processor at first points out the user to import the sequence number of new equipment on screen, behind the user input sequence number, press acknowledgement key, processor will be according to the sequence number of user input to the order of corresponding apparatus transmitting apparatus file request, after home appliance receives the device file request command that telepilot sends, the device file of oneself preserving is sent to telepilot by radiofrequency signal, after telepilot is received the entire equipment file, device file is kept in the external memory storage, in equipment list, add the relevant information of new equipment simultaneously, and preserve the table of updating the equipment.
Beneficial effect of the present invention is: this control of remote controller is to liking the information household appliances in " digital home network standard ", telepilot adopts the mode of radio communication, wireless signal can penetrate wall, for user's control provides convenience, adopted the home control network communication protocol in " digital home network standard " simultaneously, avoid the phase mutual interference between the neighbours next door, guaranteed the safe and reliable of user's control.This telepilot has also adopted the device file patented technology in " digital home network standard ", thereby has guaranteed the general and device independent of telepilot.This telepilot has also adopted friendly User Interface, by patterned display mode, the user not only can control home appliance, also can inquire about the current state of home appliance simultaneously, has realized that telepilot is with information communication two-way between the information household appliances.
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Fig. 1 is the composition diagram of general remote controller of the present invention
Fig. 2 is the control flow chart of general remote controller of the present invention
Fig. 3 is that the equipment browse LCD of general remote controller of the present invention shows synoptic diagram
Fig. 4 is that LCD does not show synoptic diagram when having equipment in the handing of general remote controller of the present invention
Fig. 5 is the process flow diagram of the device control part of general remote controller of the present invention
Fig. 6 is that the icon of the equipment of general remote controller of the present invention shows synoptic diagram at LCD
Fig. 7 is that the power supply function of general remote controller of the present invention shows synoptic diagram at LCD
Fig. 8 is that the power supply open state of general remote controller of the present invention shows synoptic diagram at LCD
Fig. 9 is that the one-parameter of general remote controller of the present invention is controlled at LCD demonstration synoptic diagram
Figure 10 is that two parameters of general remote controller of the present invention are controlled at LCD demonstration synoptic diagram
Figure 11 is that three parameters of general remote controller of the present invention are controlled at LCD demonstration synoptic diagram
Figure 12 is that the day settings of general remote controller of the present invention show synoptic diagram at LCD
Figure 13 is that the repeating transmission of general remote controller of the present invention shows synoptic diagram at LCD
When being the Communications failure of general remote controller of the present invention, Figure 14 shows synoptic diagram at LCD
When being the status poll of general remote controller of the present invention, Figure 15 shows synoptic diagram at LCD
Figure 16 is that the equipment control state of general remote controller of the present invention shows synoptic diagram at LCD
Figure 17 is that the equipment control state of general remote controller of the present invention shows synoptic diagram at LCD
When being the list entries of general remote controller of the present invention, Figure 18 shows synoptic diagram at LCD
Figure 19 is that the equipment of general remote controller of the present invention does not have to show synoptic diagram at LCD when corresponding
Figure 20 is that the equipment of general remote controller of the present invention shows synoptic diagram at LCD when transmitting data
Figure 21 is that the equipment equipment of general remote controller of the present invention shows synoptic diagram at LCD when adding successfully
Figure 22 is the process flow diagram of the equipment control part of general remote controller of the present invention
Embodiment
The novel universal telepilot mainly comprises core processing unit, external memory unit, four ingredients of radio communication unit and man-machine interface unit, referring to Fig. 1.
Radio communication unit: this part is mainly finished the transmission and the reception of radiofrequency signal.
When telepilot will be to the home appliance transmitting control commands, processor obtained the control corresponding instruction, and gives radio communication unit according to the device file of preserving in the external memory storage; Radio communication unit is launched control signal after finishing signal modulation, power amplification with the form of radio frequency; During home appliance Returning equipment state, radio communication unit receives the radiofrequency signal that home appliance sends, and signal is carried out filtering, demodulation and A/D conversion, and the state that equipment is returned is given processor processing at last.
Consider indexs such as the power of radiofrequency signal and through characteristic, in the embodiment of this patent, radiofrequency signal has adopted the ISM wave band of 915Mhz, and the user also can adopt other wave band according to actual conditions.What telepilot adopted with the communication between the household electrical appliances equipment is home control network communication protocol in " digital home network standard ".
Core processing unit: this part not only will be finished the base band signal process of radio frequency part, is responsible for the read access to external memory storage, the input processing of keyboard and the output of LCD in addition and shows.Processor unit also is responsible for device file is resolved, and the work such as communications protocol processing in " digital home network standard ".
External memory unit: this part is mainly used in the device file of each home appliance of storage.
The novel universal telepilot has adopted the device file technology in " digital home network standard ", describes various information household appliances equipment by device file, and external memory storage just is used to preserve the device file of each home appliance.Externally storer is wherein also preserved a equipment list simultaneously, is used for representing always total which equipment of current system.Processor can demonstrate the armamentarium in the system according to equipment list, and behind the selected a certain equipment of user, processor finds the corresponding apparatus file according to equipment list, and this equipment is handled accordingly.
The man-machine interface unit: this part is mainly finished the work of man-machine interaction.Wherein output interface is a LCD, and telepilot demonstrates in patterned mode for which home appliance in the current system, and each home appliance has the information such as current state of which function and home appliance; Input interface is a keyboard, and the user can browse between each equipment and between each function of equipment by the direction of passage key, can enter the next stage interface of each function by acknowledgement key, returns the upper level interface by cancel key.If touch-screen is arranged on the LCD, also can utilize the input interface of touch-screen as the user, the user is as long as just can realize function corresponding by clicking corresponding icon.
Whole telepilot is very small and exquisite, has only size as the general mobile phone, and very convenient user uses.This telepilot not only can be controlled home appliance at home simultaneously, also is applicable to the central controlled occasions of multiple devices such as market, hotel.
Fig. 2 is the control flow chart of general remote controller of the present invention.The function that the novel universal telepilot is realized mainly comprises: equipment browse, device control, status poll and equipment control.
Equipment browse:
So-called equipment browse function is meant the user can browse current which equipment that exists in telepilot, the user can select a certain equipment and control.After the telepilot start is the access arrangement function of browse.Telepilot is the reading and saving equipment list on the storer externally at first, checks the device file of in store which equipment on the current externally storer.If do not comprise any device file in the current device table, then on LCD, show picture as shown in Figure 4, also do not add any equipment in the current system of prompting user.If processor fetch equipment table, preserve some equipment in the discovering device table, then processor is according to the relevant information in the equipment list, read the device file of this equipment, by the analyzing device file, just can obtain the title of this equipment, and the icon of this equipment, and the icon and the title of this equipment be presented on the LCD, in patterned mode as shown in Figure 3.If there is more equipment in the current system, processor will carry out the processing of paging, and the user can find devices needed by page turning.Processor is waited for user's keyboard input simultaneously, if the user supresses directionkeys, processor will be expressed the equipment of the current selection of user by the mode that the title of equipment is instead shown.Behind the selected a certain equipment of user, press acknowledgement key, will enter the device control function of this equipment.If the user presses cancel key, with the access arrangement management function.
Device control:
Fig. 5 is the process flow diagram of the device control part of general remote controller of the present invention.In the device control function, the user can watch selected equipment and have which function, and selects a certain function that equipment is controlled, current state that simultaneously can query facility, and the current state of equipment is presented on the screen prompting user in patterned mode.
In the device control function, processor at first reads the device file of this equipment, and the content of device file is resolved.Particular content about device file can be referring to the relevant portion of device file in " digital home network standard ".By the analyzing device file, can obtain describing the icon and the corresponding character of every function of this equipment.Processor will represent that the icon of each function and corresponding character are presented on the screen, as shown in Figure 6.The user can select a certain function by the direction of passage key, if the function that this equipment has is more, processor will carry out paging to be handled.After selected a certain the function of user, the function that processor will be selected according to the user, from the device file of this equipment, extract the command word of this function correspondence, if the order that the user selects is the order of parametric type, processor is then with the parameter of this command word together with user's input, according to forming packet with the communications protocol between the household electrical appliances equipment, and give the radio-frequency communication unit.The packet that the radio-frequency communication unit is sent processor here is launched radiofrequency signal after carrying out processing such as signal modulation and power amplification by antenna.After home appliance one termination is received the radiofrequency signal that telepilot sends, after carrying out signal amplifications, demodulation etc. and handling, restore the packet of correspondence.According to the command word in the packet, home appliance carries out corresponding action.After home appliance executes the specified function of user, its state changes, state after home appliance will change, according to telepilot with the communications protocol between the household electrical appliances equipment, form packet, and after the processing through the radio frequency unit of home appliance one end, send with the form of radiofrequency signal.After the radio-frequency communication unit of telepilot end receives the radiofrequency signal of home appliance transmission, after handling through signal amplification, demodulation etc. equally, restore packet, and give processor and do further processing.Processor is resolved this packet according to the information in the device file, obtains the up-to-date state of home appliance and is presented on the screen.The user just can understand the result of command execution by the screen of telepilot, and watches every state of equipment.
Behind the selected a certain equipment of user, press acknowledgement key with the access arrangement control function.Remote controller displays goes out the repertoire icon of this equipment, and when icon during more than four, processor is realized page-turning function.Each icon below obtains in icon and the character reminding slave unit file with two its functional meanings of character reminding.Referring to Fig. 6.
Telepilot can be realized two types control: switching mode control and parametric type control.Wherein switching mode control does not need the parameter control function corresponding to power switch, function selecting etc.; Parametric type control was provided with etc. corresponding to temperature setting, time needs the parameter control function.
Behind the selected a certain icon of user, press acknowledgement key, telepilot is at first to equipment transmit status querying command, and it is anti-apparent with icon to return sign indicating number according to the state of equipment, with the current state of indication equipment.As shown in Figure 7.
The user can select a certain function by the direction of passage key, and telepilot is by the anti-function of expressing the current selection of user that shows of literal, and as above figure represents the current off-mode that is in of this equipment, and the user selects power up function.
If after the selected a certain function of user, press acknowledgement key, telepilot sends this function control instruction corresponding to equipment, and the state of receiving equipment returns sign indicating number, returns sign indicating number according to up-to-date state, upgrades current demonstration.Be illustrated in figure 8 as the demonstration of carrying out behind the power up function.The user will return the upper level interface by cancel key.
For parametric type control, telepilot has been realized single parameter control function (as the temperature setting), 2 parameter control functions (as clock setting) and 3 parameter control functions (as the date setting).
Wherein the function of single parameter mainly comprises temperature setting, process selection etc.
Please refer to shown in Figure 9.When the user carried out single parameter control function, telepilot is the state of query facility at first, and the Set For Current of equipment is presented in the interface shown in Figure 9:
The function that is provided with text prompt of the top of screen wherein, the centre is a scroll bar, the Set For Current of the position indication equipment of slide block, the below is the text prompt of the current setting of equipment.
The user can the direction of passage key changes the position of slide block, refreshes the text prompt of below simultaneously.The user presses acknowledgement key after selecting new parameter, and telepilot sends to equipment with new parameter setting, and returns the current demonstration of sign indicating number renewal according to the state of equipment.To return the upper level interface by cancel key.
Please refer to shown in Figure 10.Two parameter control functions are used to set clock.When the user carried out two parameter control functions, telepilot is the current clock setting of query facility at first, and was presented in the interface shown in Figure 10:
The function that is provided with text prompt of the top of screen wherein, the Set For Current of equipment shows in screen, the user can select to make amendment to hour/minute by a left side/right key, by last/following directionkeys modification time, the time that to newly revise by acknowledgement key sends to equipment, and upgrades current demonstration according to the sign indicating number that returns of equipment.To return the upper level interface by cancel key.
Three parameter control functions comprise two kinds of the time set that is accurate to second and day settings.
Some home appliance such as baking box, micro-wave oven etc., its time is set and requires to be accurate to second.As shown in figure 11.User's method of operating is identical with the time set of two parameters.
Figure 12 is the interface of day settings.
Telepilot is the current setting of query facility at first, and being presented at the below of screen, the date that the user can input be set in the edit box in the middle of the screen is by making amendment to LeftArrow, by acknowledgement key new setting is sent to equipment, and return a yard update displayed according to equipment.To return the upper level interface by cancel key.
When telepilot query facility state or transmitting control commands, if do not receive the sign indicating number that returns of equipment, telepilot has the function of repeating transmission.When inquiry of telepilot retransmission state or control command, animation prompting as shown in figure 13 appears on the screen of telepilot.
Retransmit and carry out altogether three times,, then occur prompting shown in Figure 14 on the remote control screen if still unsuccessful after retransmitting for three times.
Status poll:
Status poll: the icon that device status inquiries is provided in the device file of equipment, when telepilot executing state query function, telepilot is at first to equipment transmit status querying command, and the equipment state that obtains is shown to the user by the setting of device file.As Figure 15 is the status poll example of certain washing machine:
Wherein: water temperature is set to 40 ℃, dries rotating speed and is set to 800 rev/mins, and subscription time is 2 hours, and the state of other icon representation can be referring to this equipment corresponding equipment file.
Equipment control:
Figure 22 is the process flow diagram of the equipment control part of general remote controller of the present invention.After the telepilot access arrangement management function, at first demonstrate two icons of interpolation equipment and sweep equipment on screen, the equipment control interface as shown in figure 16.The user can select a certain function by the direction of passage key, after the user presses acknowledgement key, will carry out corresponding operation.After the user presses cancel key, will finish Equipment Management Function, turn back to the equipment browse function.
After the user selects the unit deletion function, processor will demonstrate current which equipment that exists according to the information of preserving in the equipment list in equipment list, as shown in figure 17, the user can select a certain equipment by the direction of passage key, behind the selected equipment that will delete of user, press acknowledgement key, processor at first will be selected the device file of equipment and delete from external memory storage, and then delete in the relevant information slave unit table with this equipment, and equipment list is upgraded the back preserve.After the user presses cancel key, will finish unit deletion and operate and return.
After the user selected equipment to add function, processor at first showed picture as shown in figure 18 on screen, and the prompting user imports the sequence number of new equipment.Behind the user input sequence number, press acknowledgement key, processor will be according to the sequence number of user's input, to the order of corresponding apparatus transmitting apparatus file request, after home appliance receives the device file request command that telepilot sends, the device file of oneself preserving is sent to telepilot by radiofrequency signal, after telepilot is received the entire equipment file, device file is kept in the external memory storage, in equipment list, adds the relevant information of new equipment simultaneously, and preserve the table of updating the equipment.Just increased an equipment like this in telepilot newly, the user can control and status poll new equipment equally.
The hand-held transmission to equipment added device command, if equipment does not have start or sequence numbers, the interface prompt user as Figure 19 appears in telepilot.If the sequence number input is correct and communication telepilot and equipment is normal, then telepilot is carried out the function of receiving equipment file, telepilot occurs as the interface of Figure 20: wherein the screen below is being carried out communication with four symbols of Alternation Display "/-| " to point out the user.As shown in figure 21." equipment added successfully in the screen appearance after data transmitted and finish! " prompting.