CN1770724A - Network household electrical appliance control system - Google Patents

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CN1770724A
CN1770724A CNA2005101249084A CN200510124908A CN1770724A CN 1770724 A CN1770724 A CN 1770724A CN A2005101249084 A CNA2005101249084 A CN A2005101249084A CN 200510124908 A CN200510124908 A CN 200510124908A CN 1770724 A CN1770724 A CN 1770724A
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Abstract

To construct a network household electric appliance control system advantageously in cost by using a digital television equipped with an Internet connecting function. This network household electric appliance control system is provided with: a server 300 connected to the Internet 10 for storing an operation picture for operating various network household electric appliances 150; a router 110 for performing connection control between LAN side connection equipment and the Internet; a television 160 connected to the router on which a network communication function for executing an Internet browser is loaded; a network household electric appliance 150 equipped with a communication function for a cable/radio communication network 30 for executing an operation instructed by the control information received by the communication function; and a gateway 120 connected to the LAN side of the router, and connected through a cable communication network and a radio communication network to the network household electric appliance for transmitting the control information transmitted from the server through the router to the network household electric appliance.

Description

Network domestic electric appliance control system
Technical field
The present invention relates to the multiple network household electrical appliances with network function are carried out remote-operated network domestic electric appliance control system.
Background technology
In recent years, the home appliance with communication function is that network home appliance and its utilize the research and development of technology to become increasingly prosperous.If buy the client of this network home appliance, (home gateway) is set to gateway with residential gateway, constructs wired, wireless home network at premises, and with this home-network linkups to router, then can be connected on the Internet by this router.Thus, it for example is the computer in pocket telephone, PDA (personal digital assistant), pocket pc and the place of going out etc. that client can utilize the portable terminal with function of browse, visit oneself residential gateway and network home appliance etc. from the place of going out, carry out telemonitoring, remote operation.
Because each home appliance manufacturing company makes and sells the diverse network household electrical appliances, therefore, client in most cases, be that to have bought for example be that washing machine is that xxx type, the refrigerator of xx company is the yyy type of yy company mostly, air-conditioning is the situation of the product of this difference that relates to different manufacturing companies of the zzz type of zz company.In this case, in constructing home network, the expectation residential gateway can not carried out distinctively mutually with the diverse network household electrical appliances of each company and connect, communicates by letter, and carries out telemonitoring, far distance controlled.
Although but for each product being added the various functions of each company, the communication standardization of network home appliance constantly develops, but, on communicating with execution monitoring control with the diverse network household electrical appliances that are connected each company on the residential gateway, in the network home appliance side, the manufacturing source makes communicator communicate by letter with microserver in advance, the software of telemonitoring control can be installed, but must be on the family expenses gateway new installation can communicate software with execution monitoring, control with initiate network home appliance.
Because network home appliance also is a home appliance, therefore, with identical in the past, also buy in and be positioned over premises from retail shop, because client expects just can use all functions that comprise communication function at once once connecting power supply, therefore, the client that can not require to have bought product installs new software to gateway.
On the other hand, both be home appliance but, can have considered the various functions of every kind of home appliance because the new speed of technology is fast, and the software that can enlist the services of these functions to be installed in advance also be unpractical in the residential gateway.
If consider these factors, we be desirably in outer setting registered for respectively with the ASP server (Server ofan Application Service Provider) of the corresponding communication function of various network home appliances, telemonitoring, the necessary software of control, under situation about certain network home appliance newly being connected on the home network, can visit the ASP server automatically from residential gateway, from the information of MIN network home appliance, download and use and the corresponding software of this home appliance.
Therefore, by the present inventor a kind of network domestic electric appliance control system has been proposed, it is on this global network in the Internet, the ASP server that home appliance is controlled usefulness is set to external server, when the operating terminal of client's premises is controlled home appliance via residential gateway, send GUI (Graphical User Interface) to operating terminal to transmittance, and it is shown in the browser, can monitor the control home appliance by this GUI from external server.This is a system configuration shown in Figure 16, and the present networks appliance control system is by constituting with lower member: be arranged at router one 10 in client's dwelling house 100, residential gateway 120, diverse network household electrical appliances 151-153, as the certificate server 500 of user's member management server 200 of the ASP server (external server) 300 that is arranged at the home appliance information server on the World Wide Web the Internet 10, the customer information management server that is connected with this ASP server 300 as passing through private local area network 20 and execution user member's authentication service.
So, on ASP server 300, can connect outside this portable terminal 401 of portable phone, PDA and PC 402 etc. by the Internet 10.
In each client's dwelling house 100, be provided with the router one 10 that is used to be connected on the Internet 10, and management is as the residential gateway 120 of the home network 30 of sub-network, thereby, on this gateway 120, by as wired with and/or the home network 30 of wireless subnetworks connected the network home appliance 151-153 of premises.This home network 30 for example constitutes by any in bluetooth (registered trade mark) net, power line network, Ethernet (registered trade mark), the WIFI wireless network or by these a plurality of networks.On router one 10, connected personal computer 130 or equal with it home terminal as controller, provide operational order to multiple network household electrical appliances 151-153 from the operation screen that is shown in wherein, thus can the concentrative implementation remote operation.
But, in the network domestic electric appliance control system that constitutes like this, must be in order to be connected to the operation of the diverse network household electrical appliances 151-153 on the home network 30, and outside network home appliance, connect personal computer or special-purpose home terminal, and come executable operations by them respectively, thereby exist system cost to become expensive problem.
(inventing problem to be solved)
The present invention be directed to this network domestic electric appliance control system that is proposed, self-evidently seek to make improvements, purpose is to provide a kind of utilization to have the Digital Television of Internet connection function, can be on cost the network domestic electric appliance control system of favourable system and arranging.
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One of the present invention is characterised in that a kind of network domestic electric appliance control system, and it has: maintain the operation screen that is used to operate the diverse network household electrical appliances, connect server on the internet; Be connected the router of controlling between the connection device of carrying out LAN (local area network (LAN)) side and the described the Internet; Be connected to described router LAN one side, the television set of the network communicating function of carrying out internet browsing has been installed; Network home appliance, have at the communication function of wire net or wireless communication networks, carry out by utilizing the indicated operation of the received control information of this communication function; And gateway is connected to LAN one side of described router and utilizes described wire net or wireless communication networks is connected with described network home appliance, will be sent to this network home appliance via the control information that described router sends from described server.
Can be set in the network domestic electric appliance control system of 1 feature of the invention described above: described server has the database of GUI picture of each TV of multiple model, when the visit of having accepted from described TV, obtain current information and this television model information of described gateway, afterwards, from described database, extract the GUI picture corresponding, and carry out download at this television set with this television set.
In the network domestic electric appliance control system of 1 feature of the invention described above, can be set at: comprise the iframe mark (tag) that described GUI picture shows each parts that wherein comprise, and the cgi instruction that provides at the operational order of these parts is provided each iframe mark.
In the network domestic electric appliance control system of 1 feature of the invention described above, can be set at: any one operation input in each parts that described network communicating function shows in detecting at described GUI picture, and in described server, carry out the CGI (Common GatewayInterface) that is comprised in the iframe mark of these parts, by described gateway this operational order is sent to described network home appliance, described network home appliance sends to described server with the execution result of described operational order, described server receives the execution result of the operation control of described network home appliance, change the demonstration of these parts, network communicating function to described television set sends and the corresponding pictorial data of these parts demonstration after changing, the network communicating function of described television set is accepted this pictorial data from described server, afterwards, the demonstration of this parts of described GUI picture is changed to the corresponding demonstration of result with described operation control.
In the network domestic electric appliance control system of 1 feature of the invention described above, can be set at: comprise regularly and actively carry out inquiry, and make this result be reflected to the iframe mark of pictorial data of these parts of described GUI picture described gateway.
Can be set in the network domestic electric appliance control system of 1 feature of the invention described above: described database is to be used for many homogeneous networks household electrical appliances are unified central controlled GUI picture, and it is included in the LoginLogout register that comprises the operand logins/logoffs login that each network home appliance is set in this GUI picture centralized control picture with parts.
In the network home appliance control of 1 feature of the invention described above, can be set at, at the GUI picture of above-mentioned many homogeneous networks household electrical appliances are GUI pictures of unified centralized control this many homogeneous networks household electrical appliances, and it has that household electrical appliances from this GUI picture conversion to the operation screen of each network home appliance select to comprise with parts, this centralized control picture LoginLogout register usefulness parts centralized control picture that operand logins/logoffs that each network home appliance is set logins and at each operation screens of many network home appliances of the same race.
Can be set at described homogeneous networks household electrical appliances in the network domestic electric appliance control system of 1 feature of the invention described above is air-conditioning or lighting device.
In addition, in the network domestic electric appliance control system of 1 feature of the invention described above, can be set at: described database for 1 title of indication central controlled GUI picture, it comprises this GUI picture has been linked identical or multiple network household electrical appliances and the GUI picture of corresponding operational order is provided at each network home appliance.
According to the present invention, the television set as the network communicating function of the execution network browsing of a network home appliance has been installed in utilization, can carry out the operation that is connected respectively to other network home appliances on the home network, even if not for this remote operation outside the network home appliance private home terminal and personal computer etc. being connected on the home network, also can make with low costization of system and arranging.
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Fig. 1 is the block diagram of the network domestic electric appliance control system of 1 embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is expression visits the television set in the foregoing description the step of database as operating terminal a key diagram.
Fig. 3 is that expression visits the television set in the foregoing description and signs in to server as operating terminal, to the first half of the flow chart of the step under the situation of specific household electrical appliances executable operations.
Fig. 4 is that expression visits the television set in the foregoing description and signs in to server as operating terminal, to the latter half of the flow chart of the step under the situation of specific household electrical appliances executable operations.
Fig. 5 is the key diagram that expression makes the conversion of the operation screen that operation produced that the air-conditioning of the foregoing description closes.
Fig. 6 is the key diagram of the HTML of the air-conditioning operation screen that sends to television set of the ASP server with above-mentioned execution mode.
The key diagram of the HTML of the operating condition of Fig. 7 air-conditioning that to be the ASP server of expression in the foregoing description send to television set.
Fig. 8 is that the ASP server of expression in the foregoing description sends to television set, and makes the key diagram of centralized control picture of the air-conditioning of its demonstration.
Fig. 9 is that the centralized control picture conversion of the air-conditioning of expression from the foregoing description is to the key diagram at the control corresponding picture of specific air-conditioning.
Figure 10 is the first half of flow chart of order of the centralized control operation of the air-conditioning of expression in the above-mentioned execution mode.
Figure 11 is the latter half of flow chart of order of the centralized control operation of the air-conditioning of expression in the above-mentioned execution mode.
Figure 12 is that the focus control mode of air-conditioning of expression from above-mentioned execution mode is transformed into the flow chart of independent control model with the step of carrying out independent control.
Figure 13 is the ASP server in the foregoing description sent and made the key diagram of centralized control picture from the lighting device of its demonstration to television set.
Figure 14 is the key diagram of the ASP server relevant household electrical appliances centralized control picture when television set sends and make the going out of its demonstration in the foregoing description.
Figure 15 is when the going out flow chart of the step of centralized control associated appliance of expression in the above-mentioned execution mode.
Figure 16 is the block diagram of existing example.
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Below, will describe embodiments of the present invention in detail based on accompanying drawing.Fig. 1 represents the structure of the network domestic electric appliance control system of 1 embodiment of the present invention.The network domestic electric appliance control system of present embodiment is by constituting with lower member: be arranged at router one 10, residential gateway 120, the air-conditioning (1) 151 as the diverse network household electrical appliances, air-conditioning (2) 152, lighting device 153 in client's dwelling house 100, have carry out internet browsing can be with the television set 160 of the network communicating function 161 of Internet connection and as the ASP server 300 that is arranged on the home appliance information server on the global network the Internet 10.In the present embodiment, the situation that this ASP server 300 is comprised user's member management server 200 and certificate server 500 etc. describes, wherein user's member management server 200 is connected by private local area network shown in Figure 16 20, as the customer information management server, and certificate server 500 is used to carry out user member's authentication service.On this ASP server 300, also can connect outside this portable terminal 401 of portable phone, PDA and PC 402 etc. by the Internet 10 shown in Figure 16.
In each client's dwelling house 100, be provided with the router one that is used to be connected on the Internet 10 10 and management residential gateway 120 as the home network 30 of sub-network, on this residential gateway 120 via as wired with and/or the home network 30 of unlimited sub-network and connected the network home appliance 151-153 of premises.This home network 30 is by for example being that any in bluetooth (registered trade mark), power line network, Ethernet (registered trade mark), the WIFI wireless network or this a plurality of networks constitute.On router one 10, connected have can carry out internet browsing and with the television set 160 of the network communicating function 161 of Internet connection.It is characterized in that in the network domestic electric appliance control system of present embodiment, this television set 160 is carried out the personal computer 130 shown in Figure 16 or the running of home terminal.For this reason, this television set 160 is adopted the digital television that can carry out internet browsing.
Residential gateway 120 carries out network service with the network home appliance 151-153,160 that is connected on the home network 30, the supervision control data of storage diverse network household electrical appliances, and external command sent to each network home appliance, send replying from each network home appliance, when existing, provide the GUI that sees through described later from operation control that television set 160 is used for carrying out at network home appliance 151-153 by browser access.
Network home appliance 151-153 is washing machine, refrigerator, air-conditioning, roaster etc. (by mark 150 expressions), they have a kind of communication function, be used for the controller that is used for operating this network home appliance of control, the data of record manufacturing company, ProductName, model, operation troubles resume are with the microserver of carrying out storage, carry out network services with residential gateway 120 afterwards.
ASP server 300 is kept for monitoring, control image information, the control information of the various network home appliances of each company and the information of carrying out the network home appliance of control, in addition, also carry out and kept the necessary Customer Information of authentification of user, in addition, also collect supervision, the control information of the network home appliance of premises, for each client controls the operation that picture is provided as GUI according to the kind of its television set 160 with supervision correspondingly for each client.
Next, the operation with regard to the network domestic electric appliance control system of said structure describes.
<user member registration 〉
For the network domestic electric appliance control system that utilizes present embodiment must be carried out user's member registration, this user's member registration is by visiting ASP server 300 from television set 160 via router one 10, accept user's member registration picture, input and the personal information, identification code, the password that send user member wait and carry out from this picture.ASP server 300 is in user's member registration step, also receive and register unique identifying information of router one 10, residential gateway 120, also having the identifying information that is connected to the network home appliance 151,152,153 on the residential gateway 120 by home network 30 in addition, for example is MAC Address.
The registration of<new household electrical appliances 〉
If the network home appliance that will newly buy is connected on the home network 30, then residential gateway 120 detects it, and collect the information of initiate network home appliance, automatically utilize the unique ID of oneself on ASP server 300, to carry out registration, afterwards, the information that transmits initiate network home appliance for example is manufacturing company's title, ProductName, model, ID.In ASP server 300,, then make its ID corresponding, and it is registered as network home appliance information with residential gateway 120 if received the information of new registration equipment.If registration finishes, the notice that then will finish returns to residential gateway 120, thereby both just in the family expenses network 120 1 sides also information of renewable connection device.
<operation resume storage 〉
ASP server 300 is each residential gateway 120 storage operation resume of coupled network home appliance group 151,152,153 respectively.For example energized, powered-down, laundry finish if any incident taken place any one among the network home appliance group, the dirty alarm of filter screen etc., and then this network home appliance sends to residential gateway 120 with this incident.Residential gateway 120 is notified at incident, and the ASP server 300 of linked object is appointed as in visit in advance, and carries out login automatically, sends the event information from this network home appliance.In ASP server 300, make the event information that is received corresponding, and log on as the record (log) of this network home appliance with the ID of residential gateway 120.Thus, ASP server 300 replaces each user member's residential gateway 120 to store, the record of supervising the network household electrical appliances, so that residential gateway 120 1 sides are not applied excessive burden.Thus, not to the high function of residential gateway 120 1 side requests, high performance specification, reduced its cost.
<from the visit of television set 〉
User member can be from television set 160 by the browser that wherein starts to network home appliance 151-153 executable operations, control.Thus, shown in the flow chart of Fig. 3, Fig. 4, user member makes television set 160 open, start browser, visits residential gateway 120 (step S101) from browser menu.Receive it, afterwards, residential gateway 120 has added the cookie of regulation at access request, links in advance, afterwards, visits certain ASP server 300 (step S103) by the Internet 10.ASP server 300 request login step (step S105, S107), if user member to this from television set 160 inputs and logined ID and password (step S109), then residential gateway 120 is sent to ASP server 300 (step S111) with this log-on message.ASP server 300 is carried out authenticating step (step S113).Afterwards, if this authenticating step success, then carry out in ASP server 300 1 sides and discern aforesaid cookie, thereby can carry out the setting of multiple operation control, and send corresponding with it remote operation menu screen (step S115-S119) from television set 160 1 sides.
When initial user's member registration, also after the appending when registration of new household electrical appliances, owing to registered the type of 150 groups of the network home appliances that identify oneself with on the residential gateway 30 in advance from residential gateway 120, manufacturer, model, can carry out the type of the television set 160 of network browsing, manufacturer, and model, therefore, the structure of this menu screen is at the log-on message of ASP server 300 1 sides with reference to the user member of access originator, as with the corresponding picture of the definition of television set 160, and from 150 groups of the network home appliances registered, be selected to the picture structure of the household electrical appliances of operand.Thus, can make and just corresponding size or contents such as the definition of the television set 160 that shows the GUI picture that is used for network home appliance operation and performance.
Therefore, from the GUI picture of television set 160, specify the particular network household electrical appliances user member, and after operation requests sent to ASP server 300 (step S121-S125), ASP server 300 calls the GUI service picture of this network home appliance (being called household electrical appliances (1) here) of registered in advance, and send it to television set 160, and make this browser menu show the operation screen (step S127-S131) of this network home appliance.
Having carried out the GUI service picture of user member in being shown in television set 160 for example is after energized, powered-down, temperature setting operation etc. are operated, operational order is sent to residential gateway 120, residential gateway 120 instructs so that its execution receives this execution result (step S133-S139) from this network home appliance (1) at this network home appliance (1) transmit operation.Afterwards, should operate execution result and send to ASP server 300 from residential gateway 120, as logout, as the resume of this network home appliance (1) of this user member of database, afterwards, registration powered-down (step S141, S143).
Residential gateway 120 therefore if ASP server 300 has received operating result, is then downloaded the GUI picture (step S145) that has reflected this type operating result at the television set 160 in the source of transmission owing to do not keep the GUI image information.Television set 160 shows this picture behind the GUI picture that has received the control result, and makes user's member verification operating result (step S147).
Thus, both just with regard to network home appliance group's Action Events, also can concentrated, collection management be carried out in its record as each user member, and can reduce the burden of residential gateway 120 thus in ASP server 300 1 sides.
Fig. 5 illustration the remote operation picture of browsing the air-conditioning in the picture of television set 160.Want to utilize remote operation to close under this class situation of air-conditioning in certain room user member from television set 160, if the air-conditioning in the purpose room of appointment from the actions menu picture, then in the operation screen of the air-conditioning of the sort of purpose of displayed map (A), also shown the html page of expression current state.Here, the purpose air-conditioning is current " cooler is in service ", emphasizes to have shown " connection " button.To this, after the remote manipulator that utilizes television set 160 usefulness provides shutoff operation, this out code is sent to ASP server 300, the out code of having specified this air-conditioning ID is turned back to the residential gateway 120 in transmission source from ASP server 300, residential gateway 120 will instruct and send to suitable air-conditioning by home network 30, and this air-conditioning is closed.Afterwards, if confirmed closed condition, then residential gateway 120 returns to ASP server 300 with the information of closed condition with air-conditioning ID.If ASP server 300 has received this signal, then carry out the register update that the running status of the suitable air-conditioning of this user member's premises is set at " closing " in the database in this device, and the information that will become " closing " state sends to the television set 160 in transmission source.Receive this information, afterwards, the browser of television set 160 in the operation pages of this air-conditioning, when current state being made as " stopping ", changes to the state of emphasizing to show the Close button shown in Fig. 5 (B).
Be transformed under the situation of the browser page Fig. 5 (B) from this Fig. 5 (A), at preoperative page executable operations, obtaining entering into behind the operating result after the page of this state of expression is carried out the step that rewrites, from carried out above-mentioned " closing " operation the time be carved into the waiting time that sends the browser page position that shows closed condition from ASP server 300, the picture of television set 160 can become the state that continues not show any content.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, ASP server 300 adopts the iframe of the demonstration HTML mark of browsing pages to come actual executable operations, the parts of not direct correlation operation is continued to carry out show, the mode of the demonstration of the parts that change with change state is only carried out and browsed.Promptly, as shown in Figure 6, utilize iframe to define each page of " state demonstration " parts shown in Figure 5, " X button " parts, " X button " parts, and, at each parts, utilize CGI to execute instruction in ASP server 300 1 sides, consequently each parts is changed show state according to execution result.
In Fig. 6,<iframe scr=iyoutai.cgi〉frame that the state that defined shows and the literal of " state demonstrations " and obtain the operating condition of carrying out resulting this network home appliance of CGI by each specified period, demonstration is the HTML of " cooling chamber is in service ", " in stopping " etc. for example.Utilize the suitable part of this HTML in the picture of television set 160, as shown in Figure 5, the frame that the state that shows at the coordinate position of stipulating shows and the literal of " state demonstration ", and show that " cooling chamber is in service ", " in stopping " etc. show the literal of current running statuses.The more detailed content of this jyoutai.cgi is illustrated among Fig. 7.By carrying out jyoutai.cgi, 300 pairs of television sets of ASP server 160 send HTML shown in Figure 7.In this HTML, recording and narrating in the part of " body " is onload=init (), carries out the function of function init () in the moment of reading in it.Afterwards, position at the setTimeout of this function, orientate per 60 seconds as and carry out an init (), television set 160 is according to the cycle that defines among the HTML, via residential gateway 120 pairs of air-conditioning inquiry Current Temperatures, running statuses as this network home appliance, obtain and keep this result, if the appropriate display zone then shows the data of being obtained.
Among Fig. 6,<Iframe scr=on.cgi〉defined at the frame of coordinate position the Show Button of stipulating and the literal of " ON ", also defined the response making operation household appliance control instruction of gateway has been sent to ASP server 300, and made it carry out this instruction, and, according to this result, if the state of push button for connecting, then in order to emphasize the Show Button, for example uses green to be coated with it according to this equipment running status, if running status, then becomes button blank show state for closing.Equally,<iframe scr=off.cgi〉defined at the frame of coordinate position the Show Button of stipulating and the literal of " OFF ", also defined according to shutoff operation the household appliance control instruction of gateway has been sent to ASP server 300, and made it carry out this instruction, and, if according to this result, the state of X button, then to show in order emphasizing for closing according to this equipment running status, for example to be coated with green, if running status for connecting, then utilizes white to be coated with the show state of button.
So, operation screen for each network home appliance of type definition of every kind of action button, with each operational mode respectively as parts, and the HTLM that finishes for the definition of each household electrical appliances, by programming in the mode of utilizing CGI to carry out necessary control, in the operation screen of television set 160, this button is temporary transient before this operating result of reflection not to be shown although have only, but, other buttons can proceed to show with original state, thus the whole picture that can avoid television set 160 before the mirror operation result during in no show state.
Carrying out and to be made as the air-conditioning of network home appliance (1) under the situation of the operation of closing from television set 160, as mentioned above, the out code that residential gateway 120 keeps is carried out in indication, but, for demonstration of change state and button look etc. after receiving this result, carried out the residential gateway 120 of instruction execution and must from the picture of television set 160, send image information back to.But, because residential gateway 120 does not keep image information, and be provided with the function of execution result being submitted to ASP server 300, export the image information of HTML from the ASP server 300 of submitting execution result to, and it is outputed to the television set 160 in transmission source, thus, TV 160 is carried out and reflected the demonstration of controlling the result.Be used to realize that its HTML is for example as follows.
" air-conditioning is being made as under the situation of closing:
kadenseigyo.cgi?
kiki=aircon&type=off&server
=http://server/output.cgi”
Here, kadenseigyo.cgi has specified the instruction on the gateway, and kiki=aircon specifies the air-conditioning that becomes object, and type=off has specified power supply OFF.Like this, server=http:/server/output.cgi has just specified the server of output result's display frame.
The centralized control of<household electrical appliances of the same race 〉
Next, utilize the flow chart of Fig. 8, Figure 10 and Figure 11 that centralized control functions according to the network domestic electric appliance control system of present embodiment is described.In general family, be in each room, on average to be provided with 1 air-conditioning mostly, several air-conditionings are arranged on the router in dwelling house 100.Each is indoor because lighting device is arranged at, and therefore, its number is more.If as network home appliance, utilize home network to connect these, then can carry out centralized control to it.Therefore, below, will describe centralized control functions.
Residential gateway 120 is held and is identified oneself with the multiple class on the home network 30, many network home appliances 150, has registered the ID, operation resume, running status of each household electrical appliances etc. to all ASP servers 300.Therefore, ASP server 300 prepares to be used to carry out central controlled centralized control picture shown in Figure 8 with this homogeneous network household electrical appliances tabulation of air-conditioning, lighting device in the same dwelling house 100.This login has been logined user member from the browser menu of television set 160.In Fig. 8, the centralized control picture 200 that has shown relevant air-conditioning, in Figure 200, be separately positioned on the model hurdle (Japanese: the air-conditioning of the model of putting down in writing is set pattern Column), and selects to be set at and to carry out all central controlled states to them of each bedroom, living room, child room, the setting of Western-style room.Utilize the CGI of above-mentioned iframe mark, hold the running status of each air-conditioning, and it is presented in each hurdle.As the kind of centralized control button, prepared the action button that temperature setting, operational mode switching, component switch, move/stop.Because if then function is also different for the model difference, therefore, in this centralized control picture 200, having prepared both is the action button of any greatest common divisor that can both operate in the household electrical appliances of being registered of the same race.For the air-conditioning that is not the centralized control object, by the display window of link " in the selection ", by it is switched to " except ", it can be got rid of outside the centralized control object.
Shown in the flow chart of Figure 10, Figure 11, after login step (step S201-S213), if the centralized control picture (step S215-S225) of specifying air-conditioning is downloaded in request from new picture, then download centralized control picture 200 shown in Figure 8, and it is presented at (step S227-S231) in the television set 160.
In this centralized control picture 200, if utilize remote manipulator to come high temperature button, the cooling button (step S233) of operating temperature setting, then send this information (step S235 simultaneously to these household electrical appliances group via residential gateway 120, S237), send the alteration command that temperature is provided with for all air-conditionings in selecting, and the temperature that is provided with is after changing carried out room temperature control (step S239) automatically.Afterwards, to send to ASP server 300 via residential gateway 120 from the room temperature information of each air-conditioning, with the room temperature measured value (step S241-S245) of this each air-conditioning more, and to television set 160 download replaced centralized control picture 200 that temperature is set (step S247, S249).
Next, use the flow chart of state transition diagram, Figure 12 of Fig. 9 to illustrate to forward at the operation under the situation of the operation of independent air-conditioning from centralized control picture 200.Think only to operate especially under this class situation of air-conditioning in bedroom user member according to the centralized control picture, at the centralized control picture 200 of Fig. 9 (A) utilize remote manipulator to " change " button executable operations of preparing for the bedroom air-conditioning (step S251, S253).Thus, the browser of television set 160 has been specified the air-conditioning ID in selected bedroom, and the download request of independent control picture 210 is sent to ASP server 300 (step S255).
ASP server 300 calls suitable picture gif at the download request of the independent control picture 210 of having formulated this ID, and the television set 160 to request source is downloaded the gif that has embedded current running state information, and in television set 160 the independent control picture 210 (step S257-S261) shown in the displayed map 9 (B).User member at shown in the television set 160 should indivedual control pictures 210, carry out desired procedure (step S263) such as on/off that temperature is provided with change, power supply, running mode switching, switching air quantity.Behind the independent operational order that has sent at the air-conditioning in this bedroom, utilize the flow process identical to carry out control (step S265-S277) at this air-conditioning with above-mentioned Fig. 4.
So, owing to be set to carry out centralized control and indivedual control, therefore, can from the centralized control picture 200 of Fig. 8, have a guide look of the state of each type in each type of holding in many network home appliances that are provided with in the dwelling house 100, in addition, because new old product, owing in the multiple function operations of different and different each type of grade, also can utilize independent control picture 210 to tackle neatly.
Centralized control is not limited in air-conditioning, also can illumination apparatus implement centralized control.Figure 13 has represented the centralized control picture 201 of lighting device.Can be according to this centralized control picture 201, to be present in the lighting device in room, bedroom, Western-style house, the child room, those lighting devices of selected registration are carried out the operation of energising/outage together in the centralized control picture.
The centralized control of<inhomogeneity household electrical appliances 〉
Next, the centralized control functions to the inhomogeneity household electrical appliances of the network domestic electric appliance control system of present embodiment describes.For example, when user member goes out, the air-conditioning of each chamber all is set to close, the lighting device in each room also all is set to cut out, make this class of illuminating lamp of lighting entry is necessary and certain activity of user member each network home appliance of executable operations explicitly, register a series of operation explicitly with this activity in advance.So, suitable when movable in beginning, utilize inhomogeneity household electrical appliances centralized control functions, can carry out central controlled function to the network home appliance that is necessary is inhomogeneity household electrical appliances centralized control functions.
For this reason, the inhomogeneity household electrical appliances centralized control menu that for example will login types such as " when going out ", " h.d. ", " WA ", " during working " and the all-network household electrical appliances that must operate and corresponding with it respectively operation when each is movable is registered on the ASP server 300, as this user member's inhomogeneity household electrical appliances centralized control menu.
Like this, after registration step, download inhomogeneity household electrical appliances centralized control menu, and it is shown in the television set 160, therefrom selecting for example is the menu that shown in Figure 14 being called " gone out ", and carries out start-up operation.Thus, shown in the flow chart of Figure 15, ASP server 300 is at this user member " going out " and called the operand network home appliance group that registered and at the operation (step S301-S305) of each household electrical appliances, with suitable operational order send to residential gateway 120 (step S307), from 120 pairs of each household electrical appliances executable operations of residential gateway (step S309, S311).Operating result sends to ASP server 300 (step S313 from residential gateway 120, S315), ASP server 300 is confirmed its operating result (step S317), to confirm that picture sends to television set 160, for example, the message that shows " preparation before going out finishes ", with its be notified to user member (step S319, S321).Thus, the centralized control before user's member verification is gone out finishes, thereby can go out.

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1. network domestic electric appliance control system is characterized in that having:
Be kept for operating the operation screen of diverse network household electrical appliances, and be connected to the server of the Internet;
Carry out the connection device of LAN side and the router of the control of the connection between the described the Internet;
Be connected to the LAN side of described router, the television set of carrying out the network communicating function of internet browsing has been installed;
Have communication function, carry out by the indicated network operating household electrical appliances of the control information that this communication function received at wire net or wireless communication networks; And
Be connected to the LAN side of described router, and be connected with described network home appliance, and will be sent to the gateway of this network home appliance from the control information that described server sends via described router by wire net or wireless communication networks.
2. network domestic electric appliance control system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that,
Described server has each the database of GUI picture of various television sets of multiple model, when the visit of having accepted from described television set, obtain the information of described gateway and the type information of this television set, from described database, extract and the corresponding GUI picture of this TV, and carry out download at this television set.
3. network domestic electric appliance control system as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that,
Described GUI picture comprises the iframe mark of each parts that demonstration wherein comprised, and the cgi instruction that provides at the operational order of these parts is provided each iframe mark.
4. a kind of network domestic electric appliance control system as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that,
Described network communicating function detects any one operation input at each shown in described GUI picture parts, makes described server carry out the ifrarme instruction of these parts, by described gateway suitable operational order is sent to suitable network home appliance,
Described network home appliance will send to described server with the corresponding execution result of described operational order,
Described server changes the demonstration of these parts after receiving the execution result of operation control of described network home appliance, and sends the corresponding pictorial data of demonstration after changing with these parts to the network communicating function of described television set,
The network communicating function of described television set receives the pictorial data from the suitable parts of described server, and the demonstration of the suitable parts of described GUI picture is changed to the corresponding demonstration of execution result with described operation control.
5. network domestic electric appliance control system as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that,
Comprise the iframe mark, be used for termly and actively carry out inquiry, and make this result be reflected to the pictorial data of the suitable parts of described GUI picture at described gateway.
6. as each described network domestic electric appliance control system in the claim 2 to 5, it is characterized in that,
Described database is that many homogeneous networks household electrical appliances are unified central controlled GUI picture, comprise the centralized control picture in this GUI picture, this centralized control picture comprises the LoginLogout operation parts of the operand logins/logoffs login that is used to be provided with each network home appliance.
7. as each described network domestic electric appliance control system in the claim 2 to 5, it is characterized in that,
GUI picture at described many homogeneous networks household electrical appliances is that these many homogeneous networks household electrical appliances are unified central controlled GUI picture, has:
Household electrical appliances from this GUI picture conversion to the operation screen of each network home appliance are selected with parts and the centralized control picture of LoginLogout operation usefulness parts of the operand logins/logoffs login of each network home appliance are set this centralized control picture; And
Each operation screen at described many network home appliances of the same race.
8. as claim 6 or 7 described network domestic electric appliance control systems, it is characterized in that,
Described homogeneous networks household electrical appliances are air-conditionings.
9. as claim 6 or 7 described network domestic electric appliance control systems, it is characterized in that,
Described homogeneous networks household electrical appliances are lighting devices.
10. as each described network domestic electric appliance control system in the claim 2 to 5, it is characterized in that,
Described database is the central controlled GUI picture of 1 title of indication, comprises
Of the same race or multiple network household electrical appliances are linked on this GUI picture and the GUI picture of independent operational order is provided to each of this network home appliance.
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