The utility model content
The technical problems to be solved in the utility model is in order to overcome the awkward defective of intelligent domestic system of the prior art, a kind of household appliance controlling system easy to use that utilizes digital TV set-top box to realize to be provided.
The utility model solves above-mentioned technical problem by following technical proposals: a kind of household appliance controlling system, and its characteristics are that it comprises: set-top box; The remote controller that is complementary with this set-top box; The external controller that at least one links to each other with this set-top box, each this external controller all links to each other with at least one household electrical appliance; Wherein, this set-top box has a household electrical appliance control module, and this household electrical appliance control module is according to these household electrical appliance being controlled by this external controller from this control of remote controller instruction.
Preferably, this system also comprises the television set that links to each other with this set-top box, and this household electrical appliance control module also has an EFR STK module that contains household electrical appliance Control-Menu figure layer, and this external controller feeds back to this set-top box with the real-time status of these household electrical appliance.
Wherein, this set-top box links to each other with this television set by audio-video signal line, rf signal line or communication.
Preferably, this household electrical appliance Control-Menu figure layer contains at least one house plane graph, shows the position of these household electrical appliance and the real-time status information of these household electrical appliance on this house plane graph.
Preferably, this remote controller is provided with a switch key, and this household electrical appliance control module also has all die change pieces, and this handover module is used to discern the change action of this switch key, and controls this set-top box and switch between TV functions and household electrical appliance controlled function.
Preferably, this household electrical appliance control module also has a timing module, having carried out change action at this switch key makes this set-top box be switched to the household electrical appliance controlled function, if in a Preset Time, this set-top box is not received any remote control command from this remote controller again, and then this timing module will be controlled this handover module this set-top box is switched to TV functions.
Wherein, this set-top box links to each other with this external controller by communication or wire communication mode.
Another technical scheme of the present utility model is: a kind of household appliance controlling system, and its characteristics are that it comprises: set-top box; The television set that links to each other with this set-top box; The signal transceiver module that comprises a signal projector and a signal receiver, this signal projector all links to each other with this set-top box with this signal receiver, this signal projector and this television set are complementary, and be located at this television set signal receiver window place and this signal receiver window is covered fully; The remote controller that is complementary with this signal receiver; The external controller that at least one links to each other with this set-top box, each this external controller all links to each other with at least one household electrical appliance; Wherein, this set-top box has a household electrical appliance control module, this household electrical appliance control module has a control command parsing module, being used for study and parsing controls these household electrical appliance from this control of remote controller instruction and by this external controller, and this external controller feeds back to this set-top box with the real-time status of these household electrical appliance, and this household electrical appliance control module also has an EFR STK module that contains household electrical appliance Control-Menu figure layer.
Preferably, this remote controller is provided with a switch key, this household electrical appliance control module also has all die change pieces, this handover module is used to discern the change action of this switch key, and control this signal projector and between opening and closed condition, switch, and control this set-top box and between TV functions and household electrical appliance controlled function, switch.
Preferably, this household electrical appliance control module also has a timing module, having carried out change action at this switch key makes this signal projector be switched to closed condition and this set-top box to be switched to the household electrical appliance controlled function, if in a Preset Time, this set-top box is not being received any remote control command from this remote controller, and then this timing module will be controlled this handover module and open this signal projector and this set-top box is switched to TV functions.
Wherein, this set-top box links to each other with this television set by audio-video signal line, rf signal line or communication.
Wherein, this set-top box links to each other with this external controller by communication or wire communication mode.
Preferably, this household electrical appliance Control-Menu figure layer contains at least one house plane graph, shows the position of these household electrical appliance and the real-time status information of these household electrical appliance on this house plane graph.
Wherein, this signal projector and this signal receiver are integral structure or split-type structural.
Wherein, be provided with the light shield that is used to isolate light between this signal projector and this signal receiver.
Positive progressive effect of the present utility model is: the digital TV set-top box that this household appliance controlling system directly utilizes existing family to become basically universal to use is as the microprocessor of whole system, the user only need use set-top box remote controller or TV remote controller to the set-top box sending controling instruction, just can control respectively television set and household electrical appliance easily, even also can achieve effective control for household electrical appliance within the infrared remote control scope not; In addition, because this household appliance controlling system directly uses original household TV remote controller or set-top box remote controller, the user need not to relearn the complicated using method of grasping other dedicated remote controls, has greatly improved the ease of use of this system; In addition, this household appliance controlling system is lower to the improvement cost of existing household lines, the user not only need not to buy separately dedicated remote control, and in order to realize the control to each household electrical appliance, also only needs to install an external controller additional on original circuit of each household electrical appliance and get final product; In addition, this household appliance controlling system adopts the original household television set as human-computer interaction interface, when set-top box is in household electrical appliance controlled function state, on television screen, directly show a house plane graph, and on figure, directly demonstrate the position and the real-time status information thereof of each household electrical appliance, make the user can obtain the feedback information of state of a control in real time; In addition, when subscriber household is provided with multiple TV set, many corresponding set-top box and a plurality of corresponding TV set remote controller or set-top box remote controller in each room, the user can realize by the combination of any television set, any set-top box and any one remote controller easily to the unified control of each household electrical appliance within doors.
Embodiment
Provide the utility model preferred embodiment below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, to describe the technical solution of the utility model in detail.
Embodiment 1
The structure of the household appliance controlling system in the present embodiment as shown in Figure 1, it comprises: digital TV set-top box 1, the quantity of this set-top box 1 can be one, also can be for disperseing to be located at user many of each room within doors, when the user has many these set-top box 1 in each room, he can choose at random any this set-top box 1 more easily and realize control to each household electrical appliance; With the remote controller 2 that this set-top box 1 is complementary, correspondingly, this remote controller 2 also can be for one or more, and the user chooses at random any one this remote controller 2 all can realize controlled function; The external controller 3 that at least one links to each other with this set-top box 1, each this external controller 3 all links to each other with at least one household electrical appliance 4; Wherein, this set-top box 1 has a household electrical appliance control module 11, because this set-top box 1 is to mate mutually with this remote controller 2, therefore this household electrical appliance control module 11 can directly be resolved the control command from this remote controller 2, controls by 3 pairs of these household electrical appliance 4 of this external controller then.
Wherein, this set-top box 1 can link to each other with this external controller 3 by communication, also can link to each other with this external controller 3 by the wire communication mode.Communication described herein can be WIFI (WirelessFidelity, Wireless Fidelity), bluetooth or Zigbee (a kind of short range wireless transmission technology) or the like, this set-top box 1 with control command by transmission of wireless signals to this external controller 3, this wireless signal that this external controller 3 will receive is demodulated into control signal, and this household electrical appliance 4 are carried out control actions according to this control signal, simultaneously, this external controller 3 can also detect the operating state of these household electrical appliance 4 in real time, and this real-time status is constantly fed back to this set-top box 1.Wire communication mode described herein can be divided into two classes again, the first kind is the most easy direct-connected control, be applicable to simple ON/OFF formula household electrical appliance such as electric light are controlled, at this moment, this external controller 3 is a relay, this set-top box 1 realizes the on/off switch operation of household electrical appliance such as electric light by the break-make of controlling this relay, and naturally, the on off operating mode of this relay also can be known to this set-top box 1 in real time; Second class be utilize RS485 RS422 the communication pattern realized such as RS232 chip, power line carrier, computer network, this set-top box 1 transfers to this external controller 3 with control command by wire signal, this wire signal that this external controller 3 will receive is demodulated into control signal, and this household electrical appliance 4 are carried out control actions according to this control signal, simultaneously, this external controller 3 can also detect the operating state of these household electrical appliance 4 in real time, and this real-time status is constantly fed back to this set-top box 1.
Preferably, for good man-machine dialog interface can be provided in controlled function, grasp system status information in real time for the user, this system also comprises the television set 5 that links to each other with this set-top box 1, correspondingly, this household electrical appliance control module 11 also need be provided with an EFR STK module 111 that contains household electrical appliance Control-Menu figure layer.After the user enters the household electrical appliance controlled function, this television set 5 just will become man-machine interface, utilize in this set-top box original video superimpose device to export on the display screen of this television set 5 after adding to television video frequency signal household electrical appliance Control-Menu figure is stacked by this EFR STK module 111, utilize 2 pairs of these Control-Menus of this remote controller to operate for the user; And after the user closed the household electrical appliance controlled function, 111 of this EFR STK modules can be closed household electrical appliance Control-Menu figure layer, thereby recovered the broadcast of TV programme on the display screen of this television set 5.In the present embodiment, this household electrical appliance Control-Menu figure layer contains a house plane graph, when at a plurality of rooms even a plurality of floor, also can comprise a plurality of houses plane graph, and show the position of these household electrical appliance 4 and the real-time status information of this household electrical appliance 4 on this house plane graph, for example adopt shades of colour or figure to represent the different operating state of these household electrical appliance 4, thus, the user just can learn its remote control result by the change of above-mentioned color or figure in real time when Control-Menu is operated.Wherein, this set-top box 1 can link to each other with this television set 5 by audio-video signal line, rf signal line or communication or the like, with the stack of the display frame that realizes above-mentioned this television set 5 of household electrical appliance Control-Menu figure course.
In this household appliance controlling system, the switching between TV functions and the household electrical appliance controlled function can be designed as by the user manually to be carried out on the set top box operations panel, also can be designed as by the user and is undertaken by this remote controller 2.In one scheme of back, need to be provided with a switch key on this remote controller 2, original any button all can be set to this switch key on this remote controller 2, correspondingly, this household electrical appliance control module 11 need be provided with all die change pieces 112, this handover module 112 is used to discern the action that the user presses down this switch key, and controls this set-top box 1 according to this identifying information and switch between TV functions and household electrical appliance controlled function.
Preferably, this household electrical appliance control module 11 can also be provided with a timing module 113, press this switch key down the user, this set-top box 1 is switched to after the household electrical appliance controlled function, if the user has abandoned subsequent operation, cause in a Preset Time (for example 30 seconds) this set-top box 1 not receive any remote control command from this remote controller 2 again, then this timing module 113 can call this handover module 112 automatically this set-top box 1 is switched the telegram in reply visual function.
Below to control the parlor electric light be example that the course of work of this household appliance controlling system of present embodiment is described with the user:
If the user wants to close the parlor when seeing TV electric light, he at first presses down the switch key on this remote controller 2, this handover module 112 is after recognizing this operation, the operating state that can control this set-top box 1 switches to the household electrical appliance controlled function by original TV functions, at this moment, this EFR STK module 111 can be with the stacked television image vision signal that adds to of household electrical appliance Control-Menu figure, thereby on the display screen of this television set 5, play out the house plane graph that shows this electric light position, wherein, according to the open/close state of this external controller 3 to this electric light of this set-top box 1 feedback, be used in this house plane graph representing that the figure of this electric light can present corresponding color, for example, shown in red electric light figure under the current state of turning on light.Next, if the user did not operate this remote controller 2 in 30 seconds again, then this timing module 113 can call this handover module 112 automatically with this set-top box 1 switching telegram in reply visual function, at this moment, this EFR STK module 111 is closed household electrical appliance Control-Menu figure layer, returns to normal TV programme broadcasting pictures on the display screen of this television set 5; And if the household electrical appliance Control-Menu that the user showed on according to video screen in 30 seconds is pressed selector button on this remote controller 2 to choose controlling object (parlor electric light), press down definite key then, this electric light is once switched between open/close state, the color of the electric light figure that shows on the picture also can change once thereupon simultaneously, for example, electric light is closed after the user presses down definite key, and on display screen, be shown as blue electric light figure, after control procedure finishes, the user only need click the switch key on this remote controller 2 again, just can make this set-top box 1 switch the telegram in reply visual function from the household electrical appliance controlled function, at this moment, this EFR STK module 111 is closed household electrical appliance Control-Menu figure layer, returns to normal TV programme broadcasting pictures on the display screen of this television set 5.
Embodiment 2
The structure of this household appliance controlling system in the present embodiment as shown in Figure 2, this system includes set-top box 1 similarly to Example 1, external controller 3, household electrical appliance 4 and television set 5, but, present embodiment is compared with embodiment 1 also has following difference: this system in the present embodiment also includes signal transceiver module 6, this signal transceiver module 6 comprises a signal projector 61 and a signal receiver 62, this signal projector 61 all links to each other with this set-top box 1 with this signal receiver 62, this signal projector 61 is complementary with this television set 5, and is located at the signal receiver window place of this television set 5 and this signal receiver window is covered fully; In addition, the remote controller 2 ' that is adopted in the present embodiment is the remote controller that is complementary with this signal receiver 62, for example, can directly utilize this television set 5 first wifves' Infrared remote controller.Preferably, also can be provided with a switch key as described in example 1 above on this remote controller 2 '.But because this set-top box 1 can't directly be controlled by this TV remote controller 2 ', so purpose in order to realize this set-top box 1 being controlled by this remote controller 2 ', also have additional a control command parsing module 114 in this household electrical appliance control module 11 in the present embodiment, be used for storage, identification and parsing control command from this TV remote controller 2 '; In addition, for corresponding with this signal transceiver module 6, this handover module 112 ' in the present embodiment is recognizing this switch key pressed down by the user after, not only between TV functions and household electrical appliance controlled function, switch, also control this signal projector 61 and between opening and closed condition, switch as controlling this set-top box 1 as described in the embodiment 1.The quantity of this signal transceiver module 6 can determine that each this signal transceiver module 6 is corresponding to this television set 5 according to the quantity of set-top box in the user family and television set.Wherein, this signal projector 61 can be integral structure with this signal receiver 62, also can be split-type structural, and, also be provided with the light shield that is used to isolate light between this signal projector 61 and this signal receiver 62, cut off direct communication between this television set 5 and this remote controller 2 ' with this, make that this television set 5 is merely able to receive remote control command from this signal projector 61, promptly, when this signal projector 61 is closed, this remote controller 2 ' just can't carry out remote control to the TV functions of this television set 5, only when this signal projector 61 is opened, the TV programme control signal that the user sends by this remote controller 2 ' can be after being received by this signal receiver 62, be sent to this signal projector 61 and the final signal receiver window that arrives this television set 5 via this set-top box 1, thereby the TV programme of playing on this television set 5 is controlled.
Still to control the parlor electric light be example that the course of work of this household appliance controlling system of present embodiment is described with the user:
If the user wants to close the parlor when seeing TV electric light, he at first presses down the switch key on this remote controller 2 ', this handover module 112 is after recognizing this operation, the operating state that can control this signal projector 61 is switched to by unlatching closes, operating state with this set-top box 1 switches to the household electrical appliance controlled function by original TV functions simultaneously, at this moment, this EFR STK module 111 can be with the stacked television image vision signal that adds to of household electrical appliance Control-Menu figure, thereby on the display screen of this television set 5, play out the house plane graph that shows this electric light position, wherein, according to the open/close state of this external controller 3 to this electric light of this set-top box 1 feedback, be used in this house plane graph representing that the figure of this electric light can present corresponding color, for example, shown in red electric light figure under the current state of turning on light.Next, if the user did not operate this remote controller 2 ' in 30 seconds again, then this timing module 113 can call this handover module 112 automatically the operating state of this signal projector 61 is switched to unlatching by closing, and with this set-top box 1 switching telegram in reply visual function, at this moment, this EFR STK module 111 is closed household electrical appliance Control-Menu figure layer, returns to normal TV programme broadcasting pictures on the display screen of this television set 5; And if the household electrical appliance Control-Menu that the user showed on according to video screen in 30 seconds is pressed selector button on this remote controller 2 ' to choose controlling object (parlor electric light), press down definite key then, this electric light is once switched between open/close state, the color of the electric light figure that shows on the picture also can change once thereupon simultaneously, for example, electric light is closed after the user presses down definite key, and on display screen, be shown as blue electric light figure, after control procedure finishes, the user only need click the switch key on this remote controller 2 ' again, just can make the operating state of this signal projector 61 switch back unlatching by closing, and this set-top box 1 is switched the telegram in reply visual function from the household electrical appliance controlled function, at this moment, this EFR STK module 111 is closed household electrical appliance Control-Menu figure layer, return to normal TV programme broadcasting pictures on the display screen of this television set 5, the user can continue to utilize this remote controller 2 ' that the TV programme of watching is selected.
Control command parsing module described in the foregoing description, EFR STK module, handover module and timing module or the like all can be realized by existing software program method and in conjunction with existing hardware technology, so do not repeat them here.
In sum, this household appliance controlling system of the present utility model directly utilizes existing set-top box that various household electrical appliance are controlled, simultaneously can directly use original TV remote controller or set-top box remote controller, greatly improve the property easy to use of this system; In addition, the improvement cost of this household appliance controlling system is lower; In addition, this household appliance controlling system also utilizes the original household television set to realize the good man-machine interaction interface.
Though more than described embodiment of the present utility model, it will be understood by those of skill in the art that these only illustrate, protection range of the present utility model is limited by appended claims.Those skilled in the art can make numerous variations or modification to these execution modes under the prerequisite that does not deviate from principle of the present utility model and essence, but these changes and modification all fall into protection range of the present utility model.