JP2017530483A - Method for controlling and managing electronic devices, and control system applying the method - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for controlling and managing an electronic device is provided. A method for controlling and managing an electronic device includes at least one control device that performs deduction management for at least one electronic device, and has at least one controllable instance of a projectable space for building a workspace. And at least one unified tool used to drive at least one electronic device is selectively added into an instance of the projectable space, and the corresponding controller can project using the projector Projected workspaces are automatically built on the control unit, and at least one unified tool is run on the corresponding control unit. Depending on the operation before And a step of executing at least one task by driving at least one electronic device. [Selection] Figure 7

Description

  The present invention relates to a control management method, and more particularly to a method for controlling and managing an electronic device using a workspace, and a control system to which the method is applied.

  With the progress of information communication technology, information technology, digitization, human-centered and convenient smart life are becoming the future trends. Consumer electronics related to daily life is the key to realizing a digital home and smart life. For this reason, smarter home appliances are the future development direction that the industry should aim for.

  So-called smart home appliances refer to consumer electronic products and household appliances having an Internet connection function. The above-mentioned Internet connection refers to connection to a wide area service network or a local area home network, and various home appliances are connected via the Internet. The main purpose is to realize digital home, smart, and system integration.

  In order to realize connection and integration of various home appliances, the industry is currently moving toward a direction in which developers can communicate between different brands, different products, or home appliances with different functions using a unified communication protocol. For example, Qualcomm in the United States provides home appliance manufacturers with communication chips based on the AllJoyn open source architecture. DLNA (registered trademark) (DLNA, Digital Living Network Alliance) established by companies such as Microsoft, Philips, Sony, etc. A communication protocol is being built to enable this. The Taiwan Institute of Industrial Technology Green Energy and Environmental Research Institute also provides SANANet control protocols to home appliance manufacturers. Thus, any user can control all home appliances that can be connected to the network and have a common communication protocol and information obtained from these home appliances using a single control device (e.g., a smartphone), Moreover, since each home appliance has a common communication protocol, it can operate interactively. However, since home appliance manufacturers of different brands are in a competitive relationship, in view of commercial profit, there is an ugly use of a communication protocol or communication chip common to home appliance manufacturers of different brands.

  In addition, new communication protocols may be developed in the future and provided to old and new home appliances, but the new communication protocol may become incapable of communicating with other communication protocols and old communication protocols. . In such a case, a home appliance developed using a communication chip based on a new communication protocol becomes impossible to communicate with other home appliances or perform interactive operations. For this reason, a new communication protocol can be easily and conveniently added to the control device at present, and a flexible work environment is required in which unnecessary communication protocols can be deleted from the control device at any time.

  In addition, all home appliances can be easily integrated and managed by a single control device, but when one or more users use the control device, or when the control device is not in a location where the user can use it Inconvenient, lacked flexibility. For example, if the user wants to remotely control the TV in the living room, but the control device is placed in a bedroom, the user must move to the bedroom and bring the control device.

  The present invention provides a method for controlling and managing an electronic device and a control system to which the method is applied, and a plurality of electronic devices developed by the same communication protocol and / or different communication protocols can be driven by the same control apparatus, and After simple settings are made, a plurality of control devices share a common control rule and / or control interface, enabling operation by a single user and / or a plurality of users, and controlling these electronic devices. The main purpose is to make it possible and make people's lives more convenient.

  In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a method for controlling and managing an electronic device, wherein at least one user can perform control management for at least one electronic device by at least one control device.

A method for controlling and managing the electronic device includes:
An instance of a projectable space for constructing a workspace is provided to the at least one controller, and at least one unified tool for driving the at least one electronic device is selectively included in the instance of the projectable space. Steps added to
The corresponding control device uses a projector to analyze the instance of the projectable space, and the projected workspace corresponding to the workspace constructed by the instance of the projectable space is on the control device. And the at least one unified tool includes driving the at least one electronic device to perform at least one task in response to an operation on the corresponding controller.

In a preferred embodiment, the control system of the present invention comprises:
At least one electronic device;
At least one control device,
Each of the control devices analyzes a projectable space instance using a projector, and a projected workspace is constructed corresponding to the workspace constructed by the projectable space instance, and the at least At least one unified tool for driving one electronic device is selectively added into the instance of the projectable space, and the at least one unified tool is responsive to an operation on the corresponding controller. One electronic device is driven to perform at least one task.

  In a preferred embodiment, the at least one unified tool includes one formed after being unified by at least one device driver.

  In a preferred embodiment, the at least one device driver is developed in a corresponding software development kit (SDK) of the at least one electronic device.

  In a preferred embodiment, the at least one unified tool includes a plurality of unified device drivers respectively formed by a plurality of device drivers of the plurality of unified electronic devices, and the plurality of device drivers are unified. Are placed in the projected workspace and are compatible with each other.

  In a preferred embodiment, the method for controlling and managing an electronic device is at least applied to a smart home appliance integrated control system, a medical equipment integrated control system, a security management system, a fire and fire prevention control system, or a traffic system.

  In a preferred embodiment, the method of controlling and managing an electronic device further comprises the step of loading an instance of the projectable space into the corresponding controller by a uniform resource identifier (URI).

  In a preferred embodiment, the at least one controller comprises a computer, consumer electronics, handheld electronic device, wearable electronic device, or a combination thereof.

  In a preferred embodiment, the at least one control device performs control management of at least two different types of electronic devices.

  In a preferred embodiment, the at least two different types of electronic devices are manufactured by different manufacturers, provided with different functions, or manufactured by different manufacturers and provided with different functions.

  In a preferred embodiment, the instance of the projectable space is an object, an extensible markup language (XML), or an instance created in a structured language or a structured protocol ( instance).

  In a preferred embodiment, the projector is built into the corresponding control device or the projector is loaded into the corresponding control device.

It is the schematic of the implementation concept of the unified method applied to the method of controlling and managing the electronic device which concerns on this invention in embodiment. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a preferred concept that uses a unified script as an intermediate language for realizing a personal workspace. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a preferred arrangement of uniform elements in a personal workspace applied to a method for controlling and managing an electronic device according to the present invention. 1 is a schematic diagram of an initial state of a method for constructing a projected workspace applied to a method for controlling and managing an electronic device according to the present invention in a preferred embodiment. 1 is a schematic diagram of an initial state of a method for constructing a projected workspace applied to a method for controlling and managing an electronic device according to the present invention in a preferred embodiment. 1 is a schematic diagram of an initial state of a method for constructing a projected workspace applied to a method for controlling and managing an electronic device according to the present invention in a preferred embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a relative relationship between a projectable space instance and a projected workspace applied to a method for controlling and managing an electronic device according to the present invention. 6 is a flowchart of a preferred method of controlling and managing an electronic device according to the present invention. It is the schematic of the initial state of the use condition of the control system which applies and controls the method of controlling the electronic device concerning the present invention concerning the preferred embodiment, and the method. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an operation concept of the control system shown in FIG. 8, and two electronic devices are controlled and managed by a notebook personal computer. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an operation concept of the control system shown in FIG. 8, and two electronic devices are controlled and managed by a smartphone. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an operation concept of the control system shown in FIG. 8, and two electronic devices are controlled and managed by a wearable electronic device. FIG. 9B is a schematic diagram of the relative relationship between the projected workspace shown in FIG. 9A and the corresponding projectable space instance in the preferred embodiment. FIG. 9B is a schematic diagram of the relative relationship between the projected workspace shown in FIG. 9B and the corresponding projectable space instance in the preferred embodiment. FIG. 9C is a schematic diagram of the relative relationship between the projected workspace shown in FIG. 9C and the corresponding projectable space instance in the preferred embodiment. FIG. 9D is a schematic diagram of an interactive operation concept between the projected workspace shown in FIG. 9C and the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

  The present invention facilitates a more complete understanding with the following description, including examples of the following terms and conclusions. For the sake of brevity, in this specification, publications containing the published content of the invention are cited in the text for reference.

  In the following, embodiments of the present invention are not limited and only show various aspects and features of the present invention. Regarding the technical significance that is most restricted, the “information source” described in the text refers to an order of codes that are translated into useful information, and the useful information is used for organizing and labeling information. Information sources include websites (eg, Internet services), intranets, social networks, software, e-books, databases, and other information media (eg, recording media used for non-transitory computers, recording media for mobile devices) ). The “original information” described in the text includes files, web pages, databases, policies, rules, or any information that can be accessed by related devices and servers. The “original tool” described in the main text is a utility program. , Widgets, intelligent agent tools, application programs, service tools, or any executable elements accessible to the associated equipment and server. However, the information source, the original information, and the original tool are not limited to those described above.

  Note that both “original information” and “original tool” are embodiments of the “original element” described in the text, and in the practice of the present invention, a plurality of “original sources” from the same or different “information sources” are used. The “elements” are all modeled into a plurality of “unified elements” through a unified method, and a plurality of “unified elements” are all compatible with each other in the same work environment, and can perform a specific task in cooperation. Both the “unified tool” and the “unified information unit” are embodiments of the “unified element”. Also, the “Matterizer” described in the text is a component, device, or program code that unifies the “original element”.

  In one embodiment, the above-described unification method is configured such that original information acquired from at least one information source of a plurality of information sources is reorganized based on a unified data model, so that the original information is modeled into a unified information unit. The original tool is modeled into a unified tool by reorganizing the original tool that is modeled and / or obtained from at least one information source of multiple sources based on other unified data models Is done. The unified data model and the other unified data model are the same or different, and the above-mentioned unified method is completed by a materializer.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an implementation concept of a unified method applied to a method for controlling and managing an electronic device according to the present invention in an embodiment. FIG. 1 shows that the materializer 992 reorganizes the attributes and related links of the original element 991 based on the unified data model 993, the original element 991 is modeled into the unified element 994, and the basic attributes of the unified element 994 are the original elements. It includes a link that displays the type and location of the original element.

  In this embodiment, the original element 991 includes at least original information (not shown) or original tool (not shown), but is not limited thereto. Next, in the above-described unified method, when the attribute acquired from the original information corresponds to the attribute unified in the unified information unit, the unified information unit is directly generated by the materializer 992. If the attributes obtained from the original information do not correspond to the attributes unified in the unified information unit, the original information is redefined by first performing a logical reorganization on the attributes and related links of the original information. The original information is converted into new original information corresponding to the attribute whose attribute is unified in the unified information unit, and the unified information unit is indirectly generated.

  If the original tool is compatible with the work environment of the workspace, the unified tool directly generates the unified tool. If the original tool is not compatible in the workspace environment, the unified tool is generated indirectly by driving the original tool with an adapter and / or software development kit (SDK) of the original tool. The Also, the adapter provides an interface implementation that is compatible with the workspace.

  “A specific implementation method of a unified method”, “a specific acquisition method of a unified element”, and “a specific operation method of a materializer” according to the present embodiment are described in US Patent Application No. 14/324669 “A METHOD OF With reference to UNIFYING INFORMATION AND TOOL FROM A PLURALITY OF INFORMATION SOURCES, Chinese Patent Application No. 201416768564. based on US Patent Application No. 14/324669, claiming international priority. Reference is made to X, “Method for unifying information and tools from multiple sources and the method, and computer program product and apparatus applying the method”, and will not be repeated here. In addition, those skilled in the art can make any design change that achieves the same effect according to the actual application demand.

  Below, two unification methods different from the above-mentioned explanation are illustrated. The first unified method is a data unified method applied to Garmin's satellite navigation, and the point of interest (POI) function of Garmin's satellite navigation is the source that is input by the above-mentioned data unified method. The corresponding unified point information (unified information unit) is acquired by executing the unified process on the point information (original information). The second method is a tool unification method applied to the Android system. The Android system is an open source mobile operating system based on Linux (registered trademark), however, many of the application programs (original tools) in the Android system are programmed in Java (registered trademark), Therefore, all application programs (original tools) programmed with Java (registered trademark) are modeled into a unified application program (unified tool) compatible with the Android system by the above tool unification method, and can be executed on the Android system. Become.

  Further, as used herein, “workspace” refers to a workspace for interactively operating at least one materializer and / or at least one tool and / or at least one information to perform a specific task, and At least one information and / or at least one tool is input into the workspace by at least one materializer, but the method of inputting information and / or tools into the workspace is not limited to this. Next, the information importers (information importers 9881, 9882, 9883, etc. in FIG. 5) described below are all embodiments of the materializer. The “unified script” described in the text refers to an intermediate language for realizing a workspace, and at least one materializer and / or at least one information and / or at least one by the “unified script”. Tools are provided in the workspace (eg built-ins and plug-ins).

  In one embodiment, the at least one information is at least one unified information unit formed after at least one original information obtained from at least one information source is unified, and the at least one information The tool is at least one unified tool formed after at least one original tool obtained from at least one information source is unified. Based on the different tasks, the user adds the necessary unified information units and / or unified tools from the corresponding information source (eg, built-in or plug-in) into the personal workspace. Therefore, the “workspace” is a user-oriented “personal workspace”.

  More specifically, refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, which is a schematic diagram of a preferred concept of using a unified script as an intermediate language for realizing a personal workspace, and FIG. 3 is a personal work shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a preferred arrangement of spaces. 2 and 3 show the unified information unit 985 ′ corresponding to the original information 985 in the Dropbox® 982 and the compatible original tool 986 in the cloud storage 983 according to the user's task needs. The combination of the corresponding first unified tool 986 ′ and the second unified tool 987 ′ corresponding to the incompatible original tool 987 in the server 984 is illustrated in the personal workspace 981. More specifically, the user first edits the unified script 980 as an intermediate language for realizing the personal workspace 981, and the unified script 980 uses the information input device 9881 of the Dropbox (registered trademark) 982 and the information in the cloud storage 983. The input device 9882 and the information input device 9883 of the server 984 are configured. The original information 985 in the Dropbox (registered trademark) 982 is unified into the unified information unit 985 ′ by the information input device 9881 and is input to the personal workspace 981. For example, although not limited, the unified script 980 indicates an intermediate language for realizing a workspace, and the information input unit 9882 is a Dropbox (registered trademark) 982 materializer.

  2 and 3 are original tools 986 with which the original tools stored in the cloud storage 983 are compatible (ie, the compatible original tools 986 are in the personal workspace 981). The first unified tool 986 ′ corresponding to the original tool 986 that is compatible with the unified script 980 (the information input device 9882 is used). It is illustrated that it is provided directly to the work space 981.

  On the other hand, the original tool stored in the server 984 is an incompatible original tool 987 (that is, the incompatible original tool 987 is a component used as a unified tool in the personal workspace 981). A second unified tool 987 'corresponding to the original incompatible tool 987 by a script 980 (in which a compatible adapter 989 and information input device 9883 are utilized) Further illustration is provided for the workspace 981.

  FIG. 3 also shows that the user arranges the unified information unit 985 ′, the first unified tool 986 ′, and the second unified tool 987 ′ in a specific area of the personal workspace 981 according to the actual application needs ( For example, grouping or placing) is illustrated. Finally, the user can access or control the corresponding unified information unit using the unified tool according to the operational relationship between the unified tool and the unified information unit (for example, by clicking or dragging between them). Execute the necessary tasks.

  In this embodiment, “a specific implementation method in which a unified script is used as an intermediate language for realizing a personal workspace”, “a unified information unit and / or a necessary information required by a user according to actual application needs "A specific implementation method for performing tasks by freely combining unified tools into a personal workspace based on corresponding information sources" is US Patent Application No. 14/325466 "METHOD FOR PERFORMING TASK ON UNIFIED INFORMATION UNITS IN" Further reference to “A PERSONAL WORKSPACE”, US patent application No. 14/324669 and US patent application No. 14/325466 are based on the Chinese patent application No. 20141079658.4 “Personal workspace” based on the claim of international priority claim Method for combining elements, and computer program applying the method Refer to “Gram Products and Systems” and will not be described in detail here.

  Incidentally, the above-described personal workspace is only an embodiment of the workspace, and the workspace applied to the present invention is not limited to the above. For example, a unified script as an intermediate language for realizing a workspace is edited in advance, and the workspace becomes a workspace in which a default materializer and / or default information and / or a default tool is built-in. Such a workspace is not limited to use by a single user, but can be operated simultaneously or separately by multiple users depending on the actual application demand. In addition, the “workspace” described in the text is projected onto any electronic device having a computing ability by the “projection method of the workspace”, and “projected workspace (projected workspace) on any electronic device in which any user has a computing ability”. ) ”Can be operated.

  In one embodiment, the workspace projection method first obtains a projectable space instance that a unified script instantiates with a unified resource identifier (URI). A unified script is defined such that a workspace constructed by at least one of a materializer, information, and tools is located (eg, as described above), and an instance of a projectable space corresponds to a workspace Used to construct a projected workspace and includes providing an interface that can perform tasks by manipulating at least one of a materializer, information, and tools. Next, a projector is utilized to analyze the projectable space instance and build a work environment in which at least one of the materializer, information, and tools is placed in the projectable space instance. And the projected workspace is executed, whereby at least one user and the projected workspace are interactively operated.

  In the workspace projection method, the projector is obtained from a remote data station, a projectable space instance, or from a preloaded application program and loaded into an engine that provides a compatible environment to run the projector. Is done. The engine includes a Java (registered trademark) script engine, a Windows (registered trademark) application program, or a Linux (registered trademark) application program, but is not limited to the above. The unified script is formed by being declared in a document type definition (DTD), an extensible markup language schema (XML schema), a structured language, a structured protocol, or the like. , Not limited to those described above. An instance of a projectable space is an object, an extensible markup language (XML) document, or an instance generated by a structured language or a structured protocol, etc. However, it is not limited to the above.

  Further, a method for projecting a workspace will be described in more detail below by taking some embodiments as an example. Please refer to FIG. 4, FIG. 5A to FIG. 5B and FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an initial state of the above-described workspace projection method in the preferred embodiment, FIGS. 5A and 5B are schematic diagrams of an operation concept of the workspace projection method shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the relative relationship between the projectable space instance shown in FIG. 4 and the projected workspace shown in FIG. 8B. In the initial state shown in FIG. 4, there are a first electronic device 971 and a second electronic device 972 that are connected to each other (for example, connected through the Internet), and the first electronic device 971 has a projectable space. An instance 973 is stored, and a projector 974 is built in the second electronic device 972.

  The unified script 980 is formed by being declared in a document type definition (DTD), and at least one information input device (matterizer embodiment) and / or at least one unified information unit and / or at least one unified. An object 973 defined and projected so that a workspace constructed by the tool is arranged is an instance generated in Extensible Markup Language (XML) and corresponds to the workspace as shown in FIG. Used to build the projected workspace 976 and information inputs and / or unified information units and / or unified tools are added to or removed from them. The above description is described in more detail below.

  Further, the projector 974 of the second electronic device 972 causes the work environment 975 used for the operation of the workspace 976 projected on the second electronic device 972 to be constructed, and the microkernel 977 (see FIG. 6) is configured as the work environment 975. At least one information input device and / or at least one unified information unit and / or at least one unified tool added to the projected workspace 976. When the second electronic device 972 acquires the projectable space instance 973 in the first electronic device 971 using the unified resource identifier, the projector 974 of the second electronic device 972 starts analysis on the projectable space instance 973 ( (See FIG. 8A). After the projectable space instance 973 is analyzed by the projector 974, the projected work space 976 is constructed on the work environment 975 based on the contents analyzed by the projectable space instance 973 (see FIG. 8B). This allows the user of the second electronic device 972 to interact with the workspace 976 projected via the second electronic device 972 and perform related tasks.

  Hereinafter, the relationship between the above-described unified script 980, the projectable space instance 973, and the projected work space 976 will be described using the usage state illustrated in FIG. 7 as an example. The usage situation shown in FIG. 7 is constructed as a workspace for allowing a user who can read the jpg format image file and the gif format image file to be projected and stored in the designated Internet space. In this usage situation, the unified script 980 is declared in the document type definition (DTD), and the projectable space instance 973 is generated in the extensible markup language (XML).

  In addition, an information input device and a unified tool are added to the instance 973 of the projectable space, and at least one unified information unit corresponding to at least one original information is projected by the information input device in the workspace 976. Entered. In this usage situation, the information input device is a Dropbox (registered trademark) input device (ie, a broken line frame 9761 shown in FIG. 6), and the original information is a jpg format image file 9791 in the Dropbox (registered trademark) 979 information source. , 9792, and gif format image file 9793, the unified information unit is unified jpg format image file 9791 ', 9792', and unified gif format image file 9793 'described later, and the unified tool is an image viewer (ie, A broken line frame 9762 shown in FIG. 6 is used to read a format image file input into the projected workspace 976.

  In addition, the projected workspace 976 is constructed after being analyzed by the projector 974 in the second electronic device 972 in the projectable space instance 973 and on the projected workspace 976 a Dropbox® input 9761 ′. An image viewer 9762 ′ (corresponding to the dashed line frame 9762 shown) and an image viewer 9762 ′ (corresponding to the dashed line frame 9761 shown) are arranged in the Dropbox® 979 information source by the Dropbox® input device 9761 ′. Jpg format image files 9791, 9792 and gif format image files 9793 are unified and input to the projected workspace 976, and jpg format image files 9791, 9792, and Unified jpg format image file 9791, each corresponding to if format image file 9793 ', 9792', and unified gif format image file 9793 'is displayed on the work space 976, which is projected. Next, when the user of the second electronic device 972 performs an operation on any one of the unified jpg format image files 9791 'and 9792' and the unified gif format image file 9793 'by a specific operation method (for example, unified Any one of the jpg format image files 9791 'and 9792' and the unified gif format image file 9793 'is clicked, or the unified jpg format image files 9791' and 9792 'and the unified gif format image file 9793' Any one of them is dragged to the image viewer 9762 '), and the image viewer 9762' uses the unified jpg format image files 9791 ', 9792', and the unified gif file. Matte any one of the contents of the image file 9793 'is displayed read, so users can be observed. The Dropbox (registered trademark) input unit 9761 ′ and the image viewer 9762 ′ described above are equipped with a microkernel 977.

  Incidentally, the unified resource identifier of the instance 973 of the projectable space is a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) unified resource identifier or a file transfer protocol (FTP) unified resource identifier, and the first electronic device 971 and the second electronic device 972. Is an integrated device, the unified resource identifier of the instance 973 of the projectable space is also a local file unified resource identifier. However, the form of the unified resource identifier is not limited to the above. In addition, the projectable space instance 973 is accessible to authorized users or authorized electronic devices other than being accessible to the original editor. For example, an authorized user can obtain a projectable space instance 973 with a unified resource identifier using an authorized user account and password.

  The “specific method of acquiring the workspace projection method” described in the present embodiment refers to US Patent Application No. 14/577772 “METHOD OF PROJECTING A WORKSPACE AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME”, and US Patent Application No. 14/324669. , 14/325466, 14/577772 based on Chinese patent application No. 201410814138.5 “workspace projection method and system applying the workspace projection method” Detailed description here is omitted.

  Incidentally, the above-described workspace projection method is only a projection method in which the proposed workspace is projected onto any electronic device having a computing capability, provided that the workspace is projected onto any electronic device having a computing capability. The present invention is not limited to the above-described ones, and those skilled in the art can make any design change that achieves the same effect according to the actual application demand.

  Utilizing the above or other related techniques, the present invention develops a method for controlling and managing electronic devices. The purpose of the method for controlling and managing an electronic device according to the present invention is mainly to allow a user to operate any control device capable of connecting to the Internet to control the same type and different types of electronic devices, and to be connected to the Internet. Regardless of the number of devices, they can be easily arranged at one time, and a plurality of control devices that can be connected to the Internet can share settings through a common control rule or control interface. Different types of electronic devices are electronic devices that are manufactured by different manufacturers but provided with the same function, or electronic devices that are provided with different functions but manufactured by the same manufacturer, or manufactured by different manufacturers Refers to an electronic device that provides functionality.

  Next, a method for controlling and managing an electronic device according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the embodiments and the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a preferred method for controlling and managing an electronic device according to the present invention. A method for controlling and managing electronic devices is as follows:
An instance of a projectable space for constructing a workspace is provided to the at least one controller, and at least one unified tool for driving the at least one electronic device is selectively included in the instance of the projectable space. Step P1 added to
The corresponding control device uses a projector to analyze the instance of the projectable space, and the projected workspace corresponding to the workspace constructed by the instance of the projectable space is on the control device. The at least one unified tool includes a step P2 of driving the at least one electronic device to perform at least one task in response to an operation on the corresponding control device.

  An instance of a projectable space is arranged under the control of a control rule or a control interface according to a user's wish (described later with an embodiment as an example). The at least one control device is a computer, a household appliance, a handheld electronic device, a wearable electronic device, or a combination thereof, but is not limited thereto.

  Referring to FIGS. 8 to 10C, FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an initial state of use of a method for controlling and managing an electronic device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and a control system to which the method is applied. 9C are schematic diagrams of the operation concept of the control system shown in FIG. 8, and FIGS. 10A to 10C are projected workspaces and corresponding projectable spaces in the preferred embodiment shown in FIGS. 9A to 9C, respectively. It is the schematic of the relative relationship of the instance.

  The control system of the present invention includes at least one electronic device and at least one control device, and each control device analyzes a projectable space instance using a projector and is constructed by the projectable space instance. A projected workspace corresponding to the workspace is constructed. At least one unified tool used to drive the at least one electronic device is selectively added into an instance of the projectable space, and the at least one unified tool is responsive to operation on a corresponding controller. And driving at least one electronic device to perform at least one task. In the non-limiting example shown in FIG. 8, the control system 2 includes a first electronic device 21, a second electronic device 22, a component device 23, a notebook computer 241, a smartphone 242, and a smartphone 242 connected to each other through a network (for example, the Internet) There is a wearable electronic device 243 (referred to as control device 24). A first communication chip 211 developed based on the first communication protocol is installed in the first electronic device 21, and a second communication chip 221 developed based on the second communication protocol is installed in the second electronic device 22. Is done. The first communication protocol is different from the second communication protocol. The controller 24 is a computer, a household appliance, a handheld electronic device, or a wearable electronic device, but is not limited thereto. For example, the first communication chip 211 and the second electronic device are respectively developed based on a communication chip developed based on Qualcomm's AllJoyn open source architecture and a communication protocol of DLNA (registered trademark) (DLNA). However, the present invention is not limited to these.

  For example, three users 81, 82, and 83 enter the control system 2 using a notebook computer 241, a smartphone 242, and a wearable electronic device 243, respectively, and perform control management of one or more electronic devices. . First, the configuration device 23 (eg, a computer) has a projectable space instance 31, and the projectable space instance 31 is generated and compiled according to the actual demands of users 81, 82, and 83. . That is, in this preferred embodiment, an instance 31 of a space in which authorized users (users 81, 82, and 83) can project a plurality of unified tools 41 corresponding to the first electronic device 21 and the second electronic device 22, respectively. Add it selectively and compile it. When the projectable space instance 31 is loaded into the control device 24 (for example, the uniform resource identifier transmission method), the projectable space instance 31 is analyzed by the corresponding control device 241, 242, or 243. The projected work space 32A, 32B, or 32C is constructed. Next, the workspace 32A, 32B, or 32C projected by the corresponding control device 241, 242, or 243 is executed. Accordingly, the users 81, 82, and 83 can appropriately control and manage the first electronic device 21 and / or the second electronic device 22 to execute a necessary task.

  In this embodiment, the notebook computer 241, the smartphone 242, and the wearable electronic device 243 all have a projector 244 for operating the workspaces 32 </ b> A, 32 </ b> B, and 32 </ b> C projected on the control devices 241, 242, or 243. Each working environment 2441 is constructed and provided with a microkernel 2412 corresponding to the workspace to equip and launch a plurality of unified tools 41 that are compiled into a projectable space instance 31. When the notebook personal computer 241, the smart phone 242, and the wearable electronic device 243 load the projectable space instance 31 from the component device 23, the projector 244 starts analysis of the projectable space instance 31. Next, the projected workspaces 32A, 32B, or 32C are constructed on the work environment 2441 based on the contents analyzed by the projector 244, respectively. Thereby, every user 81, 82, and 83 can control the execution of the tasks of the first electronic device 21 and / or the second electronic device 22 by operating their respective control devices 241, 242, and 243. . The projector 244 is built in the control device 24. The projector 244 can also be loaded from an external storage device (not shown) through the Internet.

  In this preferred embodiment, the plurality of unified tools 41 includes a unified first device driver 411 belonging to the first electronic device 21 and a unified second device driver 412 belonging to the second electronic device 22, and a projectable space. Is an object generated in an extensible markup language (XML). FIG. 10A to FIG. 10C show the correspondence between the compiled contents of the instance 31 of the projectable space and the unified first device driver 411 and / or the unified second device driver 412 in the projected work spaces 32A to 32C. Are shown, and two of the two ends of the broken line correspond to each other. In this embodiment, the first device driver and the second device driver are developed by a software development kit (SDK) corresponding to the first electronic device 21 and the second electronic device 22, respectively, and have an Internet connection function. It is stored in a specific storage device, but is not limited to the above.

  FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram based on the interactive operation concept of control management according to the present invention, in which the projected workspace of the notebook computer shown in FIG. 9A, the first electronic device, and the second electronic device. In the present embodiment, the first corresponding to the unified first electronic device 21 in the process in which the unified first device driver 411 and the unified second device driver 412 are constructed in the workspace 32A projected together. A device driver and a second device driver corresponding to the second electronic device 22 are arranged in the projected workspace 32A. Accordingly, the unified first device driver 411 and the unified second device driver 412 communicate with each other in a compatible manner. Accordingly, communication is performed with the first communication chip 211 of the first electronic device 21 that communicates with the unified first device driver 411 using the first communication protocol, and with the unified second device driver 412 with the second communication protocol. The second communication chip 221 of the second electronic device 22 is operated interactively and performs a task jointly. Further, the projected workspace 32B and the projected workspace 32C also perform an interactive operation with the first electronic device 21 and / or the second electronic device 22 in the same manner as described above, and the re-description thereof is omitted.

  Incidentally, the authorized user can set the control authority of each user 81, 82, and 83 by compiling the projectable space instance 31 according to the actual application demand. FIGS. 10A-10C illustrate that the compiled content of the projectable space instance 31 includes identity information 301. Taking FIG. 10A as an example, in the identity information 301, the account names of users 81, 82, and 83 are displayed as David, Mary, and John, respectively, and the passwords corresponding to the account names David, Mary, and John are ABC, 123 and xyz are displayed. Further, the contents of the compilation of the instance 31 in the projectable space include authority information 302 and 303. The authority information 302 displays that all three users 81, 82, and 83 with account names David, Mary, and John have control authority for the first electronic device 21. That is, in the process in which the projected workspaces 32A, 32B, and 32C are constructed in the notebook computer 241, the smartphone 242, and the wearable electronic device 243, respectively, the unified workspaces 32A, 32B on which the first device driver 411 is projected. , 32C. Accordingly, each user 81, 82, and 83 can control the first electronic device 21 to execute the task by operating his / her control device 24 by correctly inputting the account and the password. On the other hand, the authority information 303 indicates that the users 81 and 82 having the account names David and Mary have the authority to control the second electronic device. That is, in the process in which the projected workspaces 32A, 32B, and 32C are built in the notebook computer 241, the smartphone 242, and the wearable electronic device 243, the workspaces 32A and 32B onto which the unified second device driver 412 is projected. Only placed inside. Therefore, it is possible to control the second electronic device 22 to execute the task by correctly inputting the account and password by the users 81 and 82. Since the unified second device driver 412 is not placed in the projected workspace 32C, the user 83 operates his / her control device 24 (ie, the wearable electronic device 243) to execute the task of the second electronic device 22. I can't control it.

  Next, a method for controlling and managing an electronic device according to the present invention will be described with an example. In the description of this example, the first electronic device 21 and the second electronic device 22 are two household appliances, for example, a television and an air conditioner, the users 81, 82, and 83 are all members of a family, and the family The authorized person can compile the instance 31 of the space where the project can be performed, and corresponds to the first electronic device 21 and the unified first device driver 411 and second electronic device 22. And a unified second device driver 412 can be added into the projectable space instance 31. Through the above-described one-time compilation, any authorized family member can load the projectable space instance 31 into his / her control device, and can control the first electronic device 21 and / or the second electronic device 22. . For this reason, it is not necessary to spend time and labor to set a control rule or a control interface for each control device.

  Of course, the number of control devices that are loaded with instances of projectable space each owned by a family member is not limited to one, and the control devices are located at different locations in the home depending on the actual situation. For example, the control device may be a tablet computer placed in a living room and a smartphone placed in a bedroom, and is not limited. Next, a family who is originally in the living room and wants to operate the TV by remote control can use the tablet computer as a control device, and does not need to go to the bedroom and bring a smartphone.

  As can be seen from the above description, a plurality of electronic devices (for example, a home appliance or a plurality of home appliances) developed with the same communication protocol and / or different communication protocols by the method for controlling and managing the electronic device according to the present invention. Electrical appliances) or communication chips can be controlled and managed by a single control device. In addition, after a simple setting, a plurality of control devices can share a common control rule and / or control interface, and a single user or a plurality of users can control the electronic device and the electronic device. Yes, people's lives become more convenient.

  However, all the above are only embodiments, and those skilled in the art can make any design change that achieves the same effect according to the actual application demand. For example, the design may be changed, and the component device may be a common device with some control device. In addition, for example, the above-mentioned example in life applies the method for controlling and managing the electronic device according to the present invention to the smart home appliance integrated control system. However, similarly, the medical equipment integrated control system and the security management system are applied. The present invention may be applied to the field of fire fighting / fire prevention control system or transportation system.

  The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and does not limit the scope of claims of the present invention. Modifications or modifications that achieve equivalent effects without departing from the spirit of the present invention are also within the scope of the present invention. Contained within.

2 control system 21 first electronic device 22 second electronic device 23 component device 24 control device 31 projectable space instance 32A projected workspace 32B projected workspace 32C projected workspace 41 uniform tool 81 user 82 User 83 User 211 First communication chip 221 Second communication chip 241 Notebook computer 242 Smartphone 243 Wearable electronic device 244 Projector
301 Identity Information 302 Authority Information 303 Authority Information 411 Unified First Device Driver 412 Unified Second Device Driver 971 First Electronic Device 972 Second Electronic Device 973 Projectable Space Instance 974 Projector 975 Work Environment 976 Projected Workspace 977 Microkernel 979 Dropbox (registered trademark)
980 Unified Script 981 Personal Workspace 982 Dropbox (registered trademark)
983 Cloud storage 984 Server 985 Original information 985 'Unified information unit 986 Original tool 986' First unified tool 987 Original tool 987 'Second unified tool 989 Adapter 991 Original element 992 Materializer 993 Unified data model 994 Unified element 2441 Work environment 2412 Microkernel 9731 Unified script 9761 Broken line frame 9762 'Dropbox (registered trademark) input device 9762 Broken line frame 9762' Image viewer 9791 jpg format image file 9791 'Unified jpg format image file 9792 jpg format image file 9792' Unified jpg format image File 9793 gif format image file 9793 'unified gif format image file 9881 Information input unit 9882 Information input unit 9883 Information input unit P1 Step P2 Step

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A method for controlling and managing an electronic device in which at least one electronic device is controlled and managed by at least one control device, the method comprising:
An instance of a projectable space for constructing a workspace is provided to the at least one controller, and at least one unified tool for driving the at least one electronic device is selectively included in the instance of the projectable space. Steps added to
The corresponding control device uses a projector to analyze the instance of the projectable space, and the projected workspace corresponding to the workspace constructed by the instance of the projectable space is on the control device. And the at least one unified tool includes driving the at least one electronic device to perform at least one task in response to an operation on the corresponding control device. A method for controlling and managing electronic devices.   2. The method of controlling and managing an electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one unified tool includes one formed after being unified by at least one device driver.   3. The method of controlling and managing an electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the at least one device driver is developed by a software development kit (SDK) of the corresponding at least one electronic device. .   The at least one unified tool includes a plurality of unified device drivers respectively formed by a plurality of device drivers of the plurality of unified electronic devices, and the projection after the plurality of device drivers are unified. The method for controlling and managing an electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the electronic device is compatible with each other by being arranged in a designated workspace.   The method for controlling and managing an electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the method is used for control management of a smart home appliance integrated control system, a medical equipment integrated control system, a security management system, a fire and fire prevention control system, or a traffic system.   The method of controlling and managing an electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the projectable space instance is loaded into the corresponding control device by a uniform resource identifier (URI).   2. The method of controlling and managing an electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one control device includes a computer, a consumer electronics device, a handheld electronic device, a wearable electronic device, or a combination thereof.   2. The method of controlling and managing an electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one control apparatus performs control and management of at least two different types of electronic devices.   9. The at least two different types of electronic devices are manufactured by different manufacturers or provided with different functions, or manufactured by different manufacturers and provided with different functions. To control and manage multiple electronic devices.   An instance of the projectable space is an object, an extensible markup language (XML), or an instance generated in a structured language or a structured protocol A method for controlling and managing an electronic device according to claim 1. At least one electronic device;
At least one control device,
Each control device causes a projectable space instance to be analyzed using a projector, and a projected workspace corresponding to the workspace constructed by the projectable space instance is constructed, and the at least At least one unified tool for driving one electronic device is selectively added into the instance of the projectable space, and the at least one unified tool is responsive to an operation on the corresponding controller. A control system that drives one electronic device to perform at least one task.   12. The control system according to claim 11, wherein the at least one unified tool includes one formed after being unified by at least one device driver.   13. The control system according to claim 12, wherein the at least one device driver is developed by a software development kit (SDK) of the corresponding at least one electronic device.   The at least one unified tool includes a plurality of unified device drivers respectively formed by a plurality of device drivers of the plurality of unified electronic devices, and the projection after the plurality of device drivers are unified. The control system according to claim 12, wherein the control system is compatible with each other by being arranged in a designated workspace.   The control system according to claim 11, wherein the control system is used for control management of a smart home appliance integrated control system, a medical equipment integrated control system, a security management system, a fire and fire prevention control system, or a traffic system.   12. Control system according to claim 11, characterized in that the corresponding control device is loaded with an instance of the projectable space by means of a uniform resource identifier (URI).   The control system of claim 11, wherein the at least one controller comprises a computer, a consumer electronics, a handheld electronic device, a wearable electronic device, or a combination thereof.   12. The control system according to claim 11, wherein the at least one control apparatus performs control management of at least two different types of electronic devices.   The control system according to claim 11, wherein the projector is built in the corresponding control device or is loaded into the control device corresponding to the projector.   An instance of the projectable space is an object, an extensible markup language (XML), or an instance generated in a structured language or a structured protocol The control system according to claim 11, wherein: