JP3218804U - Home device consumable management system - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a home device consumable management system for monitoring and warning of home device consumables by combining NFC tag seals with mobile phone software. A home device consumable management system includes a sticker, at least one handheld device, and a cloud server facility. The sticker has a release paper and a sticker body 12. An activation travel is provided on the release paper. The activation travel is covered by the sticker body 12. The sticker body 12 has an NFC circuit, and sticks the sticker body 12 to consumables that must be replaced regularly or home devices that must be cleaned periodically. The handheld device 2 includes a reminder software unit 21 that communicates with the cloud server facility 3. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a home device consumable management system, and more particularly to a home device consumable management system that combines mobile phone software with an NFC tag seal to monitor and warn home device consumables.

NFC is an abbreviation for Near Field Communication, a wireless technology developed by Philippe in 2003 and popularized by famous manufacturers such as Nokia. The Pan-European Union was established by companies, universities and consumers.
NFC consists of non-contact RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification), uses a single chip that combines a sensor card reader and sensor card, uses a point-to-point function, and within a short frequency range. It has the feature which operates in.

  Therefore, since NFC performs information communication between a mobile phone and another NFC device (for example, a mobile phone, an NFC label, a payment device), the device having an NFC circuit is connected between the mobile phone and the NFC mechanism. You can share data with.

  Since NFC has low price characteristics, when NFC tag stickers are attached to home device consumables devices and combined with mobile phone software, the home device consumables are replaced or regularly cleaned. When the time is reached, the user is notified via the mobile phone software that the time has been reached, and the user is notified that the time for replacement of consumables or the time for periodic cleaning has been reached. Therefore, there is no need to worry about forgetting, and it is possible to prevent forgetting to replace consumables or forgetting to clean for a long time.

  A main object of the present invention is to provide a home device consumable management system that monitors and alerts home device consumables by combining NFC tag seals with mobile phone software.

  In order to solve the above problems, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a home device consumable management system comprising a sticker, at least one handheld device, and a cloud server facility, , Having a release paper and a sticker body, an activation travel is provided on the release paper, the activation travel is covered by the sticker body, and the sticker body has an NFC circuit and is periodically replaced. Affixing the sticker body to a consumable or home device that must be periodically cleaned, the handheld device includes a reminder software unit that communicates with the cloud server facility, the reminder software unit comprising: Interface management module, identification and authentication module A device basic setting module, an alarm time setting module, an alarm method setting module, an alarm mode setting module, and a device file generation upload module, wherein the interface management module provides at least one operation interface, and the identification and authentication module Is connected to the interface management module, inputs or scans at least one activation travel on the operation interface, scans the sticker body with the handheld device, and then transmits NFC data transmitted from the NFC circuit. The identification authentication module determines whether the NFC data is the same as the content of the activation travel, and the device basic setting module determines whether the interface management module And when the NFC data is the same as the contents of the activation travel, at least one basic setting data is input on the operation interface, and the alarm The time setting module is connected to the interface management module and the device basic setting module, and inputs or selects at least one alarm time setting data. The alarm method setting module is connected to the interface management module and the device basic setting module. And inputting or selecting at least one alarm method data, and the alarm mode setting module is connected to the interface management module and the device basic setting module, and at least One alarm mode data is input or selected, and the device file generation upload module is connected to the device basic setting module, the alarm time limit setting module, the alarm method setting module, and the alarm mode setting module, and generates the device file. An upload module constructs an NFC device configuration file from the basic configuration data, the alarm time limit data, the alarm method data, and the alarm mode data, uploads the NFC device configuration file, and the cloud server facility includes the reminder software A storage unit that communicates with the unit and receives and stores at least one of the NFC device configuration files; Includes the basic setting data, the alarm time limit data, the alarm method data, and the alarm mode data. The time determination unit is connected to the storage unit, and the consumable of the home device is connected based on the alarm time data. A message alarm unit is connected to the time limit determination unit to determine whether a replacement time or a cleaning time has been reached, and when a set time is reached, a message for replacement or cleaning is transmitted to the handheld device. A home device consumable management system is provided.

  Preferably, the activation travel is a code label or a bar code label, the code label is a combination of characters, codes, and / or numbers, and the bar code label is a QR code (registered trademark).

  The message alarm unit preferably transmits a message for exchanging or cleaning consumables to the handheld device by a short message or e-mail transmission method of a mobile phone.

  The home device consumables management system of the present invention can monitor and warn home device consumables by combining NFC tag stickers with mobile phone software.

1 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a home device consumables management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the reminder software unit of the consumables management system of the home device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a cloud server facility of a consumables management system for home devices according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the sticker of the consumables management system of the home device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which displayed the activation travel by causing the sticker of the consumables management system of the home device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which displayed the activation travel by causing the sticker of the consumables management system of the home device which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a state when a device is added to the home device consumables management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of a state when a device is added to the consumables management system of the home device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of a state when a device is added to the consumables management system of the home device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of a state when a device is added to the consumables management system of the home device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of a state when a device is added to the consumables management system of the home device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of a state when a device is added to the consumables management system of the home device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of a state when a device is added to the consumables management system of the home device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the use condition of the sticker main body of the consumables management system of the home device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a time determination and transmission process of a consumable management system for home devices according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  Other technical contents, features, and effects of the present invention will be made clear in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments with reference to the drawings.

Please refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4A, FIG. 4B and FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4A, 4B, and 4C, the home device consumable management system according to the embodiment of the present invention includes at least a sticker 1, a handheld device 2, and a cloud. It consists of server equipment 3. As shown in FIG. 4A, the sticker 1 includes a release paper 11 and a sticker body 12 pasted on the release paper 11.
As shown in FIG. 4B, an activation travel 111 is provided on the release paper 11. The activation travel 111 is a sign label (a sign label is a combination of letters, signs or / and numbers) or a bar code label (a bar code label is a QR code or a two-dimensional bar code). The activation travel 111 is covered with the sticker body 12, and the activation travel 111 can be seen by tearing the sticker body 12. An NFC circuit 121 is provided on the sticker main body 12, and several sticker main bodies 12 are pasted and covered on the release paper 11.
As shown in FIG. 4C, the activation travel 111 displayed under the torn sticker body 12 is a QR code.

The handheld device 2 has a reminder software unit 21. The handheld device 2 may be a smartphone or a tablet PC. The reminder software unit 21 includes an interface management module 211, an identification / authentication module 212, a device basic setting module 213, an alarm time limit setting module 214, an alarm method setting module 215, an alarm mode setting module 216, and a device file generation upload module 217.
The interface management module 211 provides at least one operation interface, and the identification and authentication module 212 inputs or scans at least one activation travel via the operation interface described above, and scans the sticker body 12 by the handheld device 2. Thereafter, NFC data transmitted from the NFC circuit is obtained. The identification authentication module 212 determines whether or not the NFC data is the same as the content of the activation travel.

  When the device basic setting module 213 determines that the NFC data is the same as the contents of the activation travel 111 in the identification and authentication module 212, the device basic setting module 213 inputs at least one basic setting data through the operation interface.

  The alarm time setting module 214 inputs or selects at least one alarm time data. The alarm method setting module 215 inputs or selects at least one alarm method data. The alarm mode setting module 216 inputs or selects at least one alarm mode data.

  The device file generation upload module 217 constructs an NFC device setting file from the basic setting data, alarm time limit data, alarm method data, and alarm mode data, and uploads the NFC device setting file to the cloud server facility 3.

  The cloud server facility 3 includes a storage unit 31, a time limit determination unit 32, and a message alarm unit 33. The storage unit 31 receives and stores at least one NFC device setting file. The NFC device setting file includes basic setting data, alarm time limit data, alarm method data, and alarm mode data.

  The time determination unit 32 determines whether or not the consumables of the home device have reached the replacement time or the cleaning time based on the alarm time data, and if so, the message alarm unit 33 causes the handheld device 2 to A mobile phone short message is automatically transmitted or an electronic mail (E-mail) is transmitted. If an e-mail is transmitted, it may be received by a device that can read the e-mail in addition to the handheld device 2.

  When a new device is newly added, the steps include the following steps (1) to (4) as shown in FIG.

(1) When a new NFC device is newly added (step 501), first, it is determined whether a new function has been activated (step 502). If it is determined that there is no new function, the flow proceeds to another flow A503. If it is determined that the NFC key is present, the NFC key is input (activation travel) (step 504).

(2) Thereafter, the sticker body is scanned to obtain NFC data transmitted by the NFC circuit (step 505), and then it is determined whether the NFC data is the same as the content of the activation travel (step 506). If it is determined that they are not the same, a message such as an input error is displayed on the operation interface 2111 of the reminder software unit 21 (step 507).

(3) If it is determined that the NFC data and the content of the activation travel are the same, input of the device name, device description and device position content is started (step 508), and then the alarm time limit The process proceeds to input (step 509), alarm method input (step 510), and alarm mode input (step 511).

(4) Finally, it is determined whether or not the input data is accurate (step 512). If it is determined that the data is not accurate, a message indicating that the input data is incorrect is displayed on the operation interface 2111 of the reminder software unit 21 (step 513). If it is determined that it is correct, a message indicating that the input data is correct is displayed on the operation interface 2111 and the local host database (data stored in the reminder software unit 21) is updated (step 514).

  Please refer to FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B. As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the user inputs or scans the activation travel on the operation interface 2111 of the reminder software unit 21, scans the sticker body, obtains the NFC data transmitted by the NFC circuit, and then obtains the NFC data. Is the same as the content of the activation travel.

  If it is determined that they are the same, as shown in FIGS. 6C to 6F, the user sets basic setting data (the data includes photo data or moving image data), alarm time limit data, alarm method data, alarm mode. Enter the data. Alarm method data is sent by mobile phone or e-mail, and after setting is completed, an NFC device setting file is constructed with basic setting data, alarm time limit data, alarm method data and alarm mode data, and NFC device setting Upload the file to the cloud server facility 3.

  In addition to uploading the already set NFC device to the cloud server facility 3, since the file is stored in the reminder software unit 21, the user opens and corrects the contents of the setting file, and the corrected setting file is displayed. You may upload it again and replace it with an old configuration file.

  Please refer to FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, after the user sticks the sticker body 12 on the consumable of the home device 4, the alarm time period is managed via the reminder software unit 21, and this management step is performed in step (1) of FIG. Shown in (4).

(1) After opening the application (step 801), first, it is determined whether or not connected to the Internet (step 802). Also in step 503 of FIG. 5, it is determined whether or not connected to the Internet (step 802). If it is determined that there is not, it is determined whether or not there is a step performed by the reminder software unit 21 (step 808). If it is determined that there is no connection, the process returns to the step of determining whether or not it is connected to the Internet.

(2) If it is determined that the local host database (setting file) is connected to the Internet, the local host database (setting file) is updated by the cloud server facility after uploading the local host database (setting file) to the cloud server facility (step 803). Is determined (step 804). If not updated, it is determined whether or not the set time has reached the deadline (step 806). If updated, the data stored in the cloud server facility is updated (step 805), and it is determined whether the set time has reached the deadline by the cloud server facility (step 806).

(3) Subsequently, when it is determined that the set time has not reached the deadline, the process proceeds to step 808, and when it is determined that the set time has reached the deadline, a message is transmitted based on the setting (step 807).

(4) Finally, the process proceeds to step 808 to determine whether or not it has a function of transmitting a message. If it is determined that it does not exist, the process returns to step 802. Step 809 is performed, and after completion, the process returns to step 802 to repeat the operation.

  As can be seen from the above, the home device consumables management system of the present invention has the following advantages (1) and (2) as compared with the prior art.

(1) Combine the NFC tag sticker with the home device and combine the mobile phone software, and if the time for managing consumables or cleaning regularly reaches the user, the mobile phone software will inform the user that the time limit has been reached. Notify and perform replacement or cleaning.

(2) Forgetting to replace consumables or cleaning them for a long time in order to inform the user that home device consumables will be replaced or cleaned regularly (eg, water filter filters or air conditioner filter screens). Prevent forgetting.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed as described above so that those skilled in the art can understand them, but these do not limit the present invention in any way. Various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the scope of the utility model registration claim of the present invention should be broadly interpreted including such changes and modifications.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sticker 2 Handheld apparatus 3 Cloud server equipment 4 Home device 11 Release paper 12 Sticker main body 21 Reminder software unit 31 Storage unit 32 Time determination unit 33 Message alarm unit 111 Activation travel 121 NFC circuit 211 Interface management module 212 Identification and authentication module 213 Device Basic setting module 214 Alarm time setting module 215 Alarm method setting module 216 Alarm mode setting module 217 Device file generation upload module 2111 Operation interface

Claims (3)

A home device consumable management system comprising a sticker, at least one handheld device and a cloud server facility,
The sticker has a release paper and a sticker body, and an activation travel is provided on the release paper, the activation travel is covered by the sticker body, the sticker body has an NFC circuit, and is regularly Affix the sticker body to consumables that must be replaced regularly or home devices that must be cleaned regularly,
The handheld device includes a reminder software unit that communicates with the cloud server facility;
The reminder software unit includes an interface management module, an identification authentication module, a device basic setting module, an alarm time setting module, an alarm method setting module, an alarm mode setting module, and a device file generation upload module.
The interface management module provides at least one operation interface;
The identification and authentication module is connected to the interface management module, inputs or scans at least one activation travel on the operation interface, scans the sticker body with the handheld device, and then is transmitted from the NFC circuit. Obtaining the NFC data, the identification and authentication module determines whether the NFC data is the same as the content of the activation travel,
The device basic setting module is connected to the interface management module and the identification / authentication module. When the identification / authentication module determines that the NFC data is the same as the content of the activation travel, at least one on the operation interface Basic setting data is entered,
The alarm time setting module is connected to the interface management module and the device basic setting module, and inputs or selects at least one alarm time setting data;
The alarm method setting module is connected to the interface management module and the device basic setting module, and inputs or selects at least one alarm method data;
The alarm mode setting module is connected to the interface management module and the device basic setting module, and inputs or selects at least one alarm mode data;
The device file generation upload module is connected to the device basic setting module, the alarm time setting module, the alarm method setting module, and the alarm mode setting module,
The device file generation upload module constructs an NFC device setting file from the basic setting data, the alarm time limit data, the alarm method data, and the alarm mode data, uploads the NFC device setting file,
The cloud server facility includes a storage unit that communicates with the reminder software unit and receives and stores at least one NFC device configuration file;
The NFC device setting file includes the basic setting data, the alarm time limit data, the alarm method data, and the alarm mode data.
The time determination unit is connected to the storage unit and determines whether the consumable of the home device has reached a replacement time or a cleaning time based on the alarm time data,
The message alarm unit is connected to the time determination unit, and when a set time is reached, a message for replacement or cleaning is transmitted to the handheld device,
Home device consumables management system.   The activation travel is a sign label or a barcode label, the sign label is a combination of characters, signs, and / or numbers, and the barcode label is a QR code (registered trademark). The consumable management system for home devices according to claim 1.   2. The home device according to claim 1, wherein the message alarm unit transmits a message for exchanging or cleaning consumables to the handheld device using a short message or e-mail transmission method of a mobile phone. Consumable management system.

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