CN1317866C - Local network control method using TV set - Google Patents

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CN1317866C
CN1317866C CNB2003101052537A CN200310105253A CN1317866C CN 1317866 C CN1317866 C CN 1317866C CN B2003101052537 A CNB2003101052537 A CN B2003101052537A CN 200310105253 A CN200310105253 A CN 200310105253A CN 1317866 C CN1317866 C CN 1317866C
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The present invention will relate to local network systems. In particular, it relates to a local network control method using a television set; this method is to use a television set and download the update programs of the respective devices on the local network system from a server via a PC (personal computer) and the internet, thereby updating the respective related devices. The invention discloses a local network control method by using a television, which has the technical key points that: setting a control stage for judging the connection and working state of every equipment connected on the local network from TV set and then making a control stage based on local network for related equipment; a stage of displaying menu related to the control of local network by using screen display picture of TV set in the control stage; when the displayed menu is used to make the downloading process selected by user, according to the corresponding downloading menu the PC can be controlled so as to make the program downloading stage of related equipment.

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Utilize the local network control method of television set
Technical field
The present invention will be referred to home network system.Especially will be referred to a kind of local network control method of utilizing television set.This method will be utilized television set, and download the refresh routine of each equipment of home network system by PC (personal computer) and internet from server, remove to upgrade equipment that each is correlated with whereby.
Background technology
Fig. 1 shows the structured flowchart of traditional home network system.As shown in Figure 1, traditional home network system is by local network portion 10, and is connected with the communication network of this local network by wired or wireless grade, and is used to provide that the service department 11 of information constitutes.
Local network portion 10 is usually in ground such as family, is a department of basic unified management and the various home appliances of control etc. with circuit; And service department 11 is for instance based on the internet, and the various refresh routines of local network device are provided from server, is equivalent to the department of a server system.
Local network portion 10 is a kind of circuits that are used for networking, and for instance, utilizes power line (powercable) that communication/control and power supply are provided.Fig. 1 is illustrated in the situation of utilizing power line to constitute home network system traditionally.As shown in Figure 1, traditional local network portion 10 is by the power line 101 that is used to provide communication/control and power supply, by power line 101 with being connected the power line modem 102-105 that each equipment on the network communicates/controls, and be connected to each home appliance on the network by power line modem 102-105, as PC106, air conditioner 107, washing machine 108,, microwave oven 109 waits and constitutes.In addition, comprise that the service department 11 that connects internet and server etc. is the communication lines 111 that communicate with PC by being used for, utilize communication line 111 to be used for connecting the internet 112 of local network and server, with internet 112 serves as that the basis is used to provide the server 113 of various information and refresh routine etc. to each equipment of local network, is used for terminal equipment 114 to server 113 input data to wait and constitute.
In having the traditional local network system of said structure, based on power line 101, by the modulator-demodulator 102-105 of power line, each equipment 106-109 carries out data communication mutually, and obtains power supply and carry out work; In addition,, utilize PC106 to download after the new program, download each equipment of giving again in order to be connected each equipment on the local network.
That is to say,, be connected to internet 112,, download the relevant equipment of giving by power line modem 102 with power line 101 then from the program of server 113 download institute locking equipments by communication line 111 for the down loading updating program allows PC106 carry out work.For instance, be used for controlling the new procedures of air-conditioner air direction, in service department 11, utilize terminal equipment 114, if import as data to server 113, so with PC106, communication line 111 and internet 112 are the basis, corresponding wind direction control program is downloaded to PC106, the wind direction control program that then this is downloaded is again by power line modem 102, and power line 101 and power line are adjusted demodulator 103, and downloading and giving relevant equipment is air conditioner 107.
In addition, in traditional home network system, confirm whether to have new program and download this new procedures owing to operate PC106 in person by the user, thus the user place that must go to the PC place operate PC can, very inconvenient.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of local network control method of utilizing television set, this method is when controlling local network by television set, utilize home network system in order to be more convenient for, utilize television set to download the refresh routine of local network device from server, sending to each relevant equipment then, is that the basis can be carried out the processing of the refresh routine of home network system more easily with the television set therefore.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of local network control method of utilizing television set, this method is when controlling local network by television set, utilize home network system in order to be more convenient for, utilize television set to download the refresh routine of local network device from server, sending to each relevant equipment then, therefore is the control of each equipment on the processing of the basis refresh routine that can carry out home network system more easily and the network with the television set.
To achieve the above object, the present invention, promptly utilize the local network control method of television set, to have following phase characteristic, that is: be provided with one from the get on set condition of the connection of judging each equipment on the local network that is connected and work etc. of television set, then relevant equipment carried out a kind of control stage based on local network; Be provided with in the control stage,, show the stage of menu that will be relevant with the control of local network with the on-screen displays of television set; When the menu that is shown when utilization carries out user-selected downloading process, remove to control PC according to the respective downloaded menu, so as to carrying out the program download phase of relevant device.
Also have a feature to be in addition, in the local network control method of utilizing television set of the present invention, above-mentioned PC will be after the server down loading updating program that is connected the external data communication net as the internet be also stored, in case when television set require to be downloaded relevant program, relevant program is downloaded to equipment.
Effect of the present invention is: will utilize television set to control home network system, and when new program is provided from server each equipment on being connected local network, can utilize television set by PC to each relevant device downloads refresh routine.
And, can remove in traditional program downloading control by the present invention, be provided with the inconvenience that the operation PC of PC place downloads relative program to each; And in listening to the process of TV, also can utilize the menu screen of OSD local network, by the simple operations of remote controller keyboard, just can remove to download refresh routine to an equipment.
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Fig. 1 is traditional home network system block diagram.
Fig. 2 is a home network system block diagram of the present invention.
The example of picture method for expressing when Fig. 3 is a control local network of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is in the present invention, promptly utilizes in the local network control method of television set, and the flow chart of TV control procedure is shown.
Fig. 5 is in the present invention, promptly utilizes in the local network control method of television set, and the flow chart of personal computer control procedure is shown.
By example invention is described in further detail below with reference to accompanying drawings, but following example only is the present invention's example wherein, the rights protection scope of not representing the present invention and being limited, the scope of the present invention is as the criterion with claims.
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Fig. 2 shows the structure of home network system of the present invention.As shown in Figure 2, home network system of the present invention is to be the local network control that the basis forms with the television set, and this point will be different from the existing system shown in Fig. 1.Home network system of the present invention is roughly by television set portion 20, and local network portion 21 and network service department 22 constitute.
Television set portion 20 also will go to carry out detection and control to each equipment on the local network except the receiving function of finishing general television set, and the control downloading process.For this reason, it is made of following several sections, is provided with the antenna 201 that is used for receiving TV RF signals that is:; Be provided with TV signal acceptance division 202, it will carry out channel selection to the TV RF signals of utilizing antenna 201 to receive, and intermediate frequency process and VSB (residual sideband) handle; Be provided with from the broadcast singal of TV signal acceptance division 202 outputs, the video signal decoder 203 of decoding video signal; Be provided with and be used for the CPU204 of control of video decoder in interior television set all functions; Be provided with the memory of data 205 that is used for storing and exporting CPU204; Be provided with the control that receives CPU204, the VDP (video data processor) 206 that display image signals (GUI) is handled; Be provided with the mixing portion 207 of output signal of the output of mixed video decoder 203 and VDP206 of being used for; Be provided with the picture signal and the image/deflection handling part 208 of being partial to processing that are used for showing from 207 outputs of mixing portion; Be provided with the CPT (central data terminal) 209 that is used for showing from the synthesized image signal of image/deflection handling part 208 outputs; Be provided with from the broadcast singal of TV signal acceptance division 202 output the sound equipment handling part 210 that acoustic signal is decoded and controlled; Be provided with the enlarging section 211 that is used for amplifying from the acoustic signal of sound equipment handling part 210 outputs; Be provided with and used the loud speaker 212 of exporting the audio signal that in enlarging section 211, obtains amplifying; Be provided be used for communicating by letter and Controlled CPU 204 and local network portion 21 between the interface 213 of data.
In addition, local network portion 21 is made of following several sections, that is: the interface 213 that is provided with television set side links to each other, and is used for control data communication and the control power line modem 221 by the local network of television set; Be provided with the power line 222 that is used to provide communication/control and power supply; Being provided with by power line 222 follows each equipment that is connected on the network to communicate/control the power line modem 223~226 of usefulness; And be connected each home appliance on the network by power line modem 223~226, and as PC227, air conditioner 228, washing machine 229 ..., microwave oven 230 etc.
In addition, comprise the service department 22 of network connection and server etc., will constitute, that is: be provided with the communication line 241 that communicates usefulness with PC by following several sections; Be provided with the internet 242 that utilizes communication line 241 to be connected usefulness with server with local network portion; Be provided with based on internet 242, the server 243 of various information and refresh routine etc. is provided to each local network device; Be provided with the terminal of using to server 243 input data 244.
Below, with reference to Fig. 2, earlier to the present invention, promptly the course of work to the home network system television set portion 20 that utilizes television set describes.
Antenna 201 receives the radiofrequency signal of TV, offers the acceptance division 202 of television set then.The acceptance division 202 of television set will carry out the selection of broadcasting channel to the TV signal that receives, and the broadcast singal of selected channel carried out intermediate frequency process and detection, from broadcast singal, remove to isolate video and audio-frequency information bag then again, wherein video information packets is offered Video Decoder 203, and the audio-frequency information bag is offered audio treatment part 210.
The video information packets (video transmission stream) of 203 pairs of selected channels of Video Decoder is decoded, and (Y/U V) is transferred to blender 207 brightness and colour signal; Blender 207 is then the GUI picture signal that obtains handling in VDP206, after being mixed with brightness and colour signal, is transferred to image/deflection handling part 208; Image/deflection handling part 208 to carry out signal processing and deflection processing in order showing to the picture signal that receives, and to show by CPT209.
In addition, sound equipment handling part 210 will be decoded to the aural information bag, and tone (Tone) is controlled, and after amplifier 211 amplifies, output to loud speaker 212 again.
From selecting television broadcasting station,, all under the control of CPU204, carry out up to the processing and the output procedure of audio/video signal; Control needed data or the data of being deposited are provided and memory 205 will remove to store CPU204.
Interface 213 is to be used for an instrument communicating and control between television set and the local network.For instance, interface is a serial communication interface, and CPU204 will go to download program in the local network portion 21 by interface 213 so, perhaps the state of each equipment be retrieved etc.For this reason, local network portion 21 will be connected with interface 213 by power line modem 221, thereby remove to finish control by television set and the transmission status information of equipment by television set.
And local network portion 21 will utilize power line 222 to form a local network; And each equipment 227-230 will or receive control by power line modem 223-226 transceive data; Especially come to communicate by the modulator-demodulator 221 that is connected power line 222 with television set.
In addition, Internet service portion 22 will utilize communication modem 241 to form connection with the internet 242 of PC227, and pass through terminal 244 to server 243 input data; Server 243 will be given information to home network system by internet 242 and communication line 241.
Below, with reference to Fig. 3~Fig. 5,, as mentioned above, utilize television set to come to be each equipment on the local network in the home network system of above explanation, the process of downloading new service routine describes.
At first, during Fig. 3 shows in the present invention, the example of control picture method for expressing during local network.
If selected local network, the key frame 30,31 that is used for controlling local network so will obtain showing; At the initial stage of selecting local network, with the picture that demonstrates shown in Fig. 3 a; At this moment, the Control-Menu picture of each equipment on will demonstrating on the menu screen to network, as menu screen 301 to air conditioner 228, menu screen 302 to washing machine 229, to the menu screen 304 of microwave oven 230, also have on Fig. 2 unshowned picture Tian jin cabbage pickled in sweet and sour household freezer the wedding 304 etc. of evil.The demonstration of these menu screens is according to the instruction by user's input, removes to control the related menu picture that VDP206 exports a kind of like OSD picture by CPU204, therefore can demonstrate menu screen as shown in Figure 3 on CPT209.
Fig. 3 b is when having selected download air conditioner procedural item especially in key frame, a sub-menu screen that can obtain showing, and it shows the download directory menu 301a of wind direction and the choice menus 301b that in the wind direction download directory whether wind direction is downloaded.
As Fig. 3 a, shown in the b,, will go the program of download user selection by Fig. 4 and program shown in Figure 5 according to menu screen.Fig. 4 shows by television set one side, control local network that is undertaken by CPU204 and control process of downloading; Fig. 5 shows PC one side and carries out the control procedure that the internet connects and downloads.
At first, with reference to Fig. 4, describe as follows to cross local network control that CPU204 carries out and the control procedure that downloads from television set one square tube.
Then the incipient stage 401, CPU204 will carry out TV main routine (TV Main Routme) (stage 402).In next stage (403), CPU204 will be by serial interface 213, power line modem 221, the power line modem 223-226 of power line 222 and each equipment removes to detect the connection state of each equipment 227-230, and from each equipment 227-230, by power line modem 223-226, power line 222, power line modem 221 and serial interface 213 will go to download the state status (stage 404) of relevant device.Then, the state value of each equipment is deposited into (stage 405) in the memory 205, and will goes to check the input value (stage 406) of remote controller keyboard.
If the user utilizes the keyboard of remote controller to import, CPU204 will go to judge whether the value of input is local network instruction (stage 407) so.If keyboard input-value is not the local network instruction, will convert the stage (402) of carrying out the TV main routine so to; If keyboard input-value is local network instruction, will go on CPT209 so to show that the local network menu is (with reference to Fig. 3 a) (stage 408).
In addition, will go to carry out the function of tonic chord (stage 409) of local network, and remove the menu selective value (stage 410) of checking that user's remote controller is selected.Then, in the next stage (411), judge with going whether the selective value of this menu is that a project of being correlated with download is selected; If not selecting with downloading relevant project, will transfer to the stage (412) so, go to judge whether to be to have imported end key (END).If imported end key, will transfer to ending phase (418) so; If not having imported end key, will turn back to so and carry out the local network function of tonic chord stage (409).
If in the stage (411) of judging the menu input value, selected download, for instance shown in Fig. 3 b, if in air conditioner menu screen 301, selected download, will demonstrate relative equipment so, i.e. the download menu picture 301a of air conditioner and 301b (stage 413).
But, under the situation of non-selected download, will go to check whether imported cancel key (stage 415); If imported cancel key, will transfer to ending phase (418) so; If do not import cancel key, will turn back to the demonstration stage (413) of download menu picture so.
In the download menu picture that shows, if the user has selected download, so will be from the program (stage 416, stage 417) of PC227 to relevant device downloads related menu.That is to say, as said in front, in CPU204, pass through serial interface 213, power line modem 221, power line 222 and power line modem 223, to communicate with PC227, and pass through power line modem 223 and power line 222, to the relevant new procedures (here being the new procedures of relevant controlling air-conditioner air direction) of relevant device downloads from PC227; If finish the storing process of download value, so just go power cut-off (stage 418).
Below, the control procedure that downloads of being undertaken by PC one side is described with reference to accompanying drawing 5.
Then an incipient stage 501, PC227 will carry out the main routine (stage 502) of PC, and be connected to server 243 (stage 503) by communication line 241 and internet 242.Then read download directory (stage 504) from server 243; Go then to judge whether new program (stage 505) is arranged in download directory.If the result who judges does not have new program, will transfer to the stage 506 so, and set the variable value M (n) of equipment for ' 0 ', transfer to stage expense 509 then.
If the result who judges has new program, will go to download this program so and also be stored (stage 507); Download after the new program, will correspondingly the variable value M (n) of equipment be set for ' 1 ' (stage 508) respectively.For instance, suppose that M (1) refers to air conditioner, M (2) refers to washing machine, and M (3) refers to microwave oven, M (4) refers to the Tian jin cabbage pickled in sweet and sour household freezer, if at this moment air conditioner and electronic cooker are had new program, will set M (1)=1 so, M (3)=1, and set M (2)=0, M (4)=0.Then, the n value was set at for 4 (equipment of meaning has 4) (stages 509); And the judged result that will whether download according to equipment, store relevant download variable value Sa (n), go power cut-off process (510-514) then.
That is to say, in the stage 510, will remove to judge whether to have set for M (n)=1; If set M (n)=1 for, this will illustrate equipment n was once downloaded new program so, therefore will remove to download this Pg that downloads (n), and be deposited among the parameter Sa (n); In next stage 512 and 513, make the n value reduce 1 one by one then, up to as n=0 the time, end, to carry out repeatedly since the process in stage 510, be that n is respectively 4,3,2,1 o'clock, according to corresponding apparatus M (4), M (3), M (2), M (1) has and does not download new procedures, comes to store to relevant parameter Sa (n).

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1, a kind of local network control method of utilizing television set, it is characterized in that: be provided with (1) and judge the set condition of the connection and the work of each equipment on the local network that is connected, then relevant equipment is carried out stage based on the control of local network from television set; (2) show stage of a menu screen relevant with the phosphor screen picture of television set with local network control; When (3) menu screen that is shown when utilization carries out user-selected downloading process, remove to control PC, the stage of downloading so as to the program of carrying out relevant device according to corresponding download menu.
2, according to the local network control method of utilizing television set described in the claim 1, it is characterized in that: above-mentioned PC will be after the server down loading updating program that is connected the external data communication net be also stored, in case when television set require to be downloaded relevant program, relevant program is downloaded to equipment.
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