JP6666955B2 - Method for grasping space where electronic device is located using charger of electronic device, electronic device and charger - Google Patents

Description

  The following description relates to a method for grasping a space where an electronic device is located by utilizing a charger of the electronic device, and the electronic device and the charger. Further, the following description relates to a computer program that is combined with a computer and causes the computer to execute the space grasping method according to the embodiment of the present invention, and a recording medium that stores the computer program.

  2. Description of the Related Art An electronic device driven indoors such as an electronic device used in a home network service needs to know a space where the electronic device is located indoors. For example, the electronic device not only determines its own position in the room, but also the type of the space in which the electronic device itself is located, such as “living room”, “kitchen”, and “bedroom”. Information may be required.

  In the related art, in order to obtain information on such a space, a video obtained by a camera is analyzed, a sensor is used, or a user directly sets a type of a space in which an electronic device is located. I was For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a camera-based real-time position recognition system and a real-time position recognition method using the system. However, in the process of grasping the type of space using a camera, relatively expensive processing such as image analysis is required, and a relatively long time is required. Further, there are cases where the type of space is erroneously recognized only by video analysis. Similarly, even with a method using a sensor, the position of an electronic device can be acquired from the sensed information, but it is difficult to determine the type of space from the acquired position of the electronic device. . Further, such a conventional technique is to first grasp the space when the electronic device is located in another room due to moving of the user or when the position or space of the electronic device is changed in the same room. They also have the problem of having to start over. When the user directly inputs information on the space of the electronic device, the user must input information on a new space every time the electronic device changes position (for example, moves the electronic device from “living room” to “bedroom”). There was such an annoyance.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2010-0026776

  A space grasping method for grasping a space where an electronic device is located is provided by utilizing a charger of the electronic device. Further, the present invention provides a computer program for causing a computer to execute the space grasping method according to the embodiment of the present invention by combining the electronic device, the charger, and the computer, and a recording medium storing the computer program.

  A space in which a plurality of chargers are arranged by allowing each of a plurality of chargers of an electronic device arranged in a plurality of partitioned spaces in a room to provide information on a type of a space in which the chargers are arranged. By allowing the electronic device to determine the type of space in which the electronic device is located by the selected charger based on the signal strength of the wireless communication signal to the plurality of chargers, Provided is a technique capable of immediately grasping the position of the device and the type of space in which the electronic device is located. In addition, the present invention also provides a technique capable of grasping, in real time, the type of space where the changed electronic device is located, even when the position of the electronic device is changed. In addition to this, even if the physical space itself is changed due to moving, etc., simply providing a charger in each space will provide a technology that allows electronic devices to immediately grasp the type of space where they are located I do.

  According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for grasping a space of an electronic device, comprising the steps of: receiving identification information on each of a plurality of chargers of an electronic device arranged in a plurality of partitioned spaces in a room; Selecting one of the chargers based on the signal strength of the wireless communication signal, and identifying the type of the space in which the selected charger is located by the space type identifier included in the identification information of the selected charger. A method of determining a space, comprising: determining a type of a space in which a selected charger is disposed as a type of a space where an electronic device is located.

  In another aspect of the present invention, when the electronic device is electrically connected to one of the plurality of chargers arranged in the plurality of partitioned spaces in the room for charging, the electronic device is electrically connected. Confirming a space type identifier included in the identification information of the charger connected to the electronic device, and determining a type of the space identified by the confirmed space type identifier as a type of the space where the electronic device is located. Provided is a space grasping method characterized by the following.

  In another aspect of the present invention, receiving charger identifiers of a plurality of chargers arranged in a plurality of partitioned spaces in a room, and setting a type of a space corresponding to each of the received charger identifiers Storing the set space type corresponding to the received charger identifier in the database in association with each other, and searching the database according to the charger identifier received from the first charger among the plurality of chargers. Extracting the type of the space set corresponding to the received charger identifier of the first charger as the type of the space where the first charger is disposed. Provide a way.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for causing a computer to execute the space grasping method.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer program for causing a computer to execute the space grasping method in combination with a computer.

  In a further aspect of the invention, an electronic device includes at least one processor implemented to execute computer readable instructions, wherein at least one processor is located in a plurality of partitioned spaces in a room. Receiving identification information about each of the plurality of chargers of the placed electronic device, selecting one charger based on the signal strength of the wireless communication signal of each of the plurality of chargers, and setting the identification information of the selected charger to Identifying the type of space in which the selected charger is located by the included space type identifier, and determining the type of space in which the selected charger is located as the type of space in which the electronic device is located. To provide electronic devices.

  According to a further aspect of the present invention, there is provided a charger for providing electric power for charging an electronic device, the user interface for setting one of a plurality of types different from each other with respect to a space, and setting with a user interface. An identification information generation unit that generates identification information including a space type identifier corresponding to the type, and a communication unit that transmits the generated identification information to the electronic device by wireless communication. I do.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the space where an electronic device is located can be grasped | ascertained by utilizing the charger of an electronic device. In particular, it is possible to grasp not only the position of the electronic device but also the type of space in which the electronic device is located.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the position of an electronic device and the kind of space where an electronic device is located can be grasped immediately, and even if the position of an electronic device is changed, the space where the changed electronic device is located Type can be grasped in real time.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, even if the physical space itself is changed by moving etc., only by installing a charger in each space, an electronic device can grasp | ascertain immediately the kind of the space in which the electronic device is located.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of an indoor environment for grasping a space of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface for setting a type of a space in which a charger is arranged according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating another example of a user interface for setting a type of a space where a charger is arranged according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of providing identification information through a mobile device of a user according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example in which identification information is provided through a server according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an electronic device that grasps a type of a space by connecting to a charger according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the electronic device and the server according to the embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for grasping a space of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method of determining a type of a space by connecting to a charger according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for automatically adjusting an environment setting according to a determined type of space according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a method of setting a space type for a charger identifier of a charger by an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of a charger according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  The space grasping method according to the embodiment of the present invention may be executed by an electronic device located indoors. At this time, the computer program according to one embodiment of the present invention may be installed and driven in the electronic device, and the electronic device executes the space grasping method according to one embodiment of the present invention according to the control of the driving computer program. May do it. The above-described computer program may be combined with an electronic device realized by a computer, and may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium for causing the computer to execute the space grasping method.

  In order to grasp the space of such an electronic device, a plurality of chargers arranged indoors may be used. Each of the plurality of chargers may be a physical device for providing power for charging the electronic device.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of an indoor environment for grasping the space of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. A plan view 100 in FIG. 1 shows a partitioned space in a room and types of the spaces (living room, kitchen, entrance, bathroom, bedroom, and the like). Also, in the plan view 100, the electronic device 110 is arranged in the “living room”, and the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, and 150 of the electronic device 110 are “living room”, “bedroom 1”, “bedroom 2”, “ The example shown in FIG.

  In this embodiment, the electronic device 110 may wirelessly communicate with each of the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, 150, and receive identification information from each of the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, 150 by wireless communication. May be. At this time, the identification information is transmitted in the form of a unique identifier transmitted by the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, and 150 to identify themselves in a wireless network, such as a Wi-Fi SSID (Service Set Identifier). May be. In this case, the identification information may include a charger identifier for identifying the charger and / or a space type identifier for identifying the type of space in which the charger is located. For example, assuming that the charger identifiers of the first charger 120, the second charger 130, the third charger 140, and the fourth charger 150 are “111”, “222”, “333”, and “444”, respectively, When it is assumed that the space type identifiers of "living room", "bedroom 1", "bedroom 2", and "bedroom 3" are "AAA", "BBB", "CCC", and "DDD", respectively, they are received from the first charger 120. The identification information to be performed may be generated in a form including both the charger identifier and the space type identifier, such as “111_AAA”. The identification information received from the second charger 130 is in the form of “222_BBB”, the identification information received from the third charger 140 is in the form of “333_CCC”, and the identification information received from the fourth charger 150 is Each of them may be generated in the form of “444_DDD”. Here, the meaning of the space type identifier may be defined in advance so that the electronic device 110 can grasp the type of the space from the space type identifier described above.

  In some embodiments, the identification information may include only the space type identifier. For example, the space type identifier “AAA” may be used as an identifier for identifying the first charger 120 at the same time as identifying “living room”. In this case, the electronic device 110 identifies the chargers 120, 130, 140, 150 as individual charger identifiers, rather than identifying them as "living room" chargers, "bedroom 1" chargers, and the like. Good.

  In this case, the electronic device 110 may recognize which charger is arranged in which type of space by receiving the identification information from each of the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, and 150. For example, the electronic device 110 may recognize from the identification information “111_AAA” that the first charger 120 that is the charger having the charger identifier “111” is located in “living room”. In the embodiment in which the identification information includes only the space type identifier, in the electronic device 110, the first charger 120 that transmits the identification information including the space type identifier “AAA” is disposed in the “living room”. You may know that it is a charger.

  At this time, the electronic device 110 may select one charger based on the signal strength of the wireless communication signal of each of the plurality of chargers, and determines the type of space in which the selected charger is located by using the electronic device 110 May be determined as the type of space in which is located. For example, even if the distance between the electronic device 110 and a specific charger is short, if there is an obstacle such as a wall, the signal strength of the wireless communication signal may be weak. Therefore, since the charger with the highest signal strength of the wireless communication signal is likely to be located in the same space as the electronic device 110, the electronic device 110 selects the charger with the highest signal strength of the wireless communication signal and selects It may be determined that electronic device 110 is located in the same space as the selected charger. In the embodiment of FIG. 1, it is assumed that the electronic device 110 selects the first charger 120 as the charger having the highest signal strength of the wireless communication signal. In this case, from the viewpoint of the electronic device 110, “111_AAA” that is the identification information of the first charger 120 may be confirmed. In other words, by acquiring the space type identifier “AAA” from the confirmed identification information “111_AAA”, the electronic device 110 can grasp that the type of the space where the electronic device 110 is located is “living room”. become able to.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the electronic device 110 can acquire information on the type of the space in which the electronic device 110 is located by communicating with the chargers arranged in the plurality of partitioned spaces in the room. become able to.

  Information about the type of space in which the electronic device 110 is located may be used in various ways according to the type of the electronic device 110 and the services provided by the electronic device 110 to the user. For example, an artificial intelligence speaker of a home network service that provides a voice-based service to a user through a voice-based input / output interface can be considered. Such an artificial intelligence speaker can provide more appropriate information in response to a user's voice request depending on the type of space in which the speaker is currently located. In addition, equipment that moves in the indoor space, such as a robot cleaner, can know where it is currently located, and various equipment can be used in different environments depending on the type of space in which it is currently located. An embodiment in which the setting is automatically changed is conceivable.

  As a more specific example, the environment setting may be changed so that the artificial intelligence speaker located in the “bedroom” is output at a lower volume than the artificial intelligence speaker located in the “living room”. The environment setting may be changed so that the brightness of the screen and the light-emitting unit of the robot cleaner in the robot cleaner located in "" is lower than that of the robot cleaner located in "living room".

  As another example, a case where the user sets information about a specific space is conceivable. When the user sets “bedroom 2” as a child room, when the electronic device 110 is located in “bedroom 2”, the user does not provide adult content or does not provide information registered with a parent account. Settings may be changed. Further, the electronic device 110 may change the environment setting such that the sound output in “bedroom 2” is changed from the sound provided by default to the voice of the character.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface for setting a type of a space in which a charger is arranged according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows an example of the dial 210 implemented outside the charger. The user may turn such a dial 210 to set the type of space where the corresponding charger is located. For example, FIG. 2 shows an example in which the type of space set in “living room” is changed to “bedroom 1” by turning dial 210. In this case, before turning the dial 210, the charger may transmit identification information including “AAA” which is a space type identifier corresponding to “living room”, and after turning the dial 210, the charger outputs “AAA”. Identification information including “BBB” that is a space type identifier corresponding to “bedroom 1” may be transmitted.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating another example of a user interface for setting a type of a space in which the charger is arranged according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 shows an example of the display 310 and the buttons 320 realized outside the charger. The dotted box 330 is an example in which the user presses the button 320 to change the type of space virtually. FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment in which when the user presses a button 320, the type of space displayed on the display 310 changes. At this time, the type of the space where the charger is arranged may be set as the type of the space currently displayed on the display 310. In other words, FIG. 3 can be said to mean an example in which the user changes the type of space in which the charger is arranged from “bedroom 2” to “bedroom 3”. In this case, the charger may transmit identification information including “DDD” that is a space type identifier corresponding to “bedroom 3”.

  The type of space shown in the above-described embodiment is merely one embodiment for describing the invention, and the type of space may be set in various other ways. For example, various types of space such as “dress room”, “bathroom”, and “laundry room” may be further included. Such a kind of space is applicable to an embodiment described later.

  On the other hand, in the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the charger generates and transmits identification information including the charger identifier and the space type identifier. On the other hand, by transmitting only the charger identifier, the charger may be provided with the identification information including the charger identifier and the space type identifier via the electronic device 110, the user's mobile device, and / or the server.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of providing identification information through a mobile device of a user according to an embodiment of the present invention. A plan view 400 in FIG. 4 shows a partitioned space in a room and types of the spaces (living room, kitchen, entrance, toilet, bedroom, etc.). In addition, the plan view 400 shows that the electronic device 110 is arranged in the “living room”, and the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, and 150 of the electronic device 110 are “living room”, “bedroom 1”, “bedroom 2”, and “ The example shown in FIG.

  In this embodiment, each of the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, 150 may transmit a charger identifier. In this case, the user's mobile device 410 may receive the charger identifier transmitted from the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, 150 and recognize the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, 150. At this time, the user may set the type of the space in which each of the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, 150 recognized by the mobile device 410 is arranged. To this end, the mobile device 410 may have an application associated with the electronic device 110 and the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, and 150 installed and driven. A function for setting the type of space in which each of 130, 140, and 150 is arranged may be provided to the user.

  In this case, the mobile device 410 may generate a space type identifier that matches the charger identifier according to the type of the space set by the function, and may perform charging as in the identification information described with reference to FIG. Identification information including a device identifier and a space type identifier may be generated for each of the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, 150. In addition, the mobile device 410 transmits the generated identification information to the electronic device 110, and as described above, the type of the space in which the electronic device 110 is located based on the signal strength of the wireless communication signal. Can be determined.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of providing identification information through a server according to an embodiment of the present invention. The plan view 500 of FIG. 5 shows the divided spaces in the room and the types of the spaces (living room, kitchen, entrance, toilet, bedroom, etc.). In addition, the plan view 500 shows that the electronic device 110 is arranged in the “living room”, and the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, and 150 of the electronic device 110 are “living room”, “bedroom 1”, “bedroom 2”, “bedroom 2”, respectively. The example shown in FIG.

  In this embodiment, each of the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, 150 may transmit a charger identifier. In this case, the user's mobile device 410 may receive the charger identifier transmitted by the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, 150 and recognize the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, 150. At this time, the user may set the type of the space in which each of the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, 150 recognized by the mobile device 410 is arranged. To this end, the mobile device 410 may have an application associated with the electronic device 110 and the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, and 150 installed and driven. A function for setting the type of space in which each of 130, 140, and 150 is arranged may be provided to the user.

  In this case, the mobile device 410 may generate a space type identifier matching the charger identifier according to the space type set by the function. In the present embodiment, the mobile device 410 transmits the identification information including the charger identifier and the space type identifier to each of the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, and 150, like the identification information described with reference to FIG. The generated identification information may be transmitted to the external server 510. In this case, the external server 510 may store and manage the received identification information, and may transmit the received identification information to the electronic device 110. Therefore, as described above, the electronic device 110 can determine the type of the space in which the electronic device 110 is arranged based on the signal strength of the wireless communication signal.

  In this manner, the identification information can be transmitted from the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, 150 to the electronic device 110 in various ways, and the electronic device 110 determines the type of the space in which the electronic device 110 is located. It can be used for

  Meanwhile, in another embodiment, the electronic device 110 may be directly connected to a charger for charging. In this case, the electronic device 110 may determine the type of the space of the connected charger as the type of the space where the electronic device 110 is located.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an electronic device that determines the type of space by connecting to a charger according to an embodiment of the present invention. A plan view 600 in FIG. 6 shows a partitioned space in a room and types of the spaces (living room, kitchen, entrance, toilet, bedroom, etc.). Also, the plan view 600 shows that the electronic device 110 is arranged in “bedroom 1”, and the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, 150 of the electronic device 110 are “living room”, “bedroom 1”, “bedroom 2”, An example in which it is arranged in “bedroom 3” is shown.

  In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which the electronic device 110 is electrically connected to the second charger 130 for charging in the “bedroom 1”. In FIG. 6, the electrical connection for charging is indicated by a dotted arrow 610. In this case, the electronic device 110 may receive the identification information from the electrically connected second charger 130 by electrical connection from the previously received identification information and confirm the space type identifier. At this time, the electronic device 110 may determine the type of the space identified by the confirmed space type identifier as the type of the space where the electronic device 110 is located. In other words, unlike the contents described with reference to FIG. 1, the electronic device 110 according to the embodiment does not need to receive the identification information from each of the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, and 150 and is electrically connected. The identification information may be directly received from the charger to determine the type of space in which the electronic device 110 is located.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of an electronic device and a server according to an embodiment of the present invention. The server 720 in FIG. 7 may correspond to, for example, the external server 510 described above. On the other hand, the mobile device 410 of the user may also be implemented to include an internal configuration that is the same as or similar to the internal configuration of the electronic device 110 described below.

  The electronic device 110 and the server 720 may include memories 711 and 721, processors 712 and 722, communication interfaces 713 and 723, and input / output interfaces 714 and 724, respectively. Each of the memories 711 and 721 is a computer-readable recording medium, and includes a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), and a permanent mass storage device such as a disk drive. Is fine. Here, a permanent mass storage device such as a ROM and a disk drive may be included in the electronic device 110 or the server 720 as another permanent storage device that is distinguished from the memories 711 and 721. The memories 711 and 721 include an operating system and at least one program code (for example, codes for an application installed in the electronic device 110 and driven by the electronic device 110 to provide a specific service). May be stored. Such a software component may be loaded from a computer-readable recording medium other than the memories 711 and 721. Such another computer-readable recording medium may include a computer-readable recording medium such as a floppy drive, a disk, a tape, a DVD / CD-ROM drive, and a memory card. In other embodiments, software components may be loaded into the memories 711, 721 through communication interfaces 713, 723, which are not computer-readable storage media. For example, at least one program is a program of the electronic device 110 based on a computer program (for example, the above-described application) installed by a file provided by a file distribution system that distributes an installation file of a developer or an application via the network 730. It may be loaded into the memory 711.

  Processors 712, 722 may be configured to process computer program instructions by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input / output operations. The instructions may be provided to the processors 712, 722 by the memories 711, 721 or the communication interfaces 713, 723. For example, the processors 712, 722 may be configured to execute instructions received according to program codes stored in a recording device such as the memories 711, 721.

  The communication interfaces 713 and 723 may provide a function for the electronic device 110 and the server 720 to communicate with each other via the network 730, or the electronic device 110 and / or the server 720 may connect to another electronic device (as an example). , A charger or the user's mobile device 410) or other server. As an example, a request generated by the processor 712 of the electronic device 110 according to a program code stored in a recording device such as the memory 711 may be transmitted to the server 720 via the network 730 under the control of the communication interface 713. Conversely, control signals, commands, contents, files, and the like provided under the control of the processor 722 of the server 720 are received by the electronic device 110 through the communication interface 713 of the electronic device 110 via the communication interface 723 and the network 730. You may. For example, control signals, commands, contents, files, and the like of the server 720 received through the communication interface 713 may be transmitted to the processor 712 and the memory 711, and the contents, files, and the like may be stored in a storage medium that the electronic device 110 can further include. (The permanent storage device described above).

  The input / output interface 714 may be a means for interfacing with the input / output device 715. For example, the input device may include a device such as a microphone, a keyboard or a mouse, and the output device may include a device such as a display and a speaker. As another example, the input / output interface 714 may be a means for interfacing with a device in which functions for input and output are integrated into one, such as a touch screen. The input / output device 715 may be composed of the electronic device 110 and one device. In addition, the input / output interface 724 of the server 720 may be connected to the server 720 or may be a unit for interfacing with an input or output device (not shown) that the server 720 can include. .

  Also, in other embodiments, the electronic device 110 and the server 720 may include fewer or more components than the components of FIG. However, most prior art components need not be clearly shown in the figures. For example, the electronic device 110 may be realized to include at least a part of the input / output device 715 described above, or may include a transceiver, a GPS (Global Positioning System) module, a camera, various sensors, a database, and the like. Other components may be further included. As a more specific example, when the electronic device 110 is a smartphone, generally, an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a camera module, various physical buttons, buttons using a touch panel, input / output ports, vibration Various components such as a vibrator for the electronic device 110 may be further included in the electronic device 110.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for grasping the space of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The space grasping method according to the present embodiment may be executed by a computer device such as the electronic device 110 described above. At this time, the processor 712 of the electronic device 110 may be implemented to execute a control instruction (instruction) based on an operating system code included in the memory 711 or at least one program code. Here, the processor 712 controls the electronic device 110 such that the electronic device 110 performs steps 810 to 850 included in the space grasping method of FIG. 8 according to a control command provided by a code stored in the electronic device 110. May be.

  In operation 810, the electronic device 110 may receive identification information on each of the plurality of chargers disposed in the plurality of partitioned spaces in the room. As described above, the identification information may include a space type identifier for identifying a type of the space in which the corresponding charger is arranged, and in some embodiments, further includes a charger identifier for identifying the charger. May be included. The space type identifier may be directly set by the user using the charger or the mobile device 410 described above, and the identification information may be transmitted to the electronic device 110 via the charger or the mobile device 410 or the external server 510. .

  For example, each of the plurality of chargers includes a user interface for setting one type from among a plurality of types different from each other with respect to the space, and the one type set on the user interface corresponds to the space in which the corresponding charger is arranged. May be realized so as to generate a space type identifier for identifying the type of the space.

  In one embodiment, each of the plurality of chargers generates identification information including a charger identifier, which is information for identifying the corresponding charger, and a space type identifier generated by the corresponding charger. To be transmitted by wireless communication.

  In another embodiment, each of the plurality of chargers is configured to transmit a charger identifier, which is information for identifying the corresponding charger, to a user's mobile device (for example, the mobile device 410 described above). The type of space corresponding to the charger identifier in the user's mobile device may be determined. In this case, the type of space determined by the mobile device or a server that communicates with the mobile device via the network (for example, the external server 510 described above) is identified as the type of space in which the corresponding charger is located. A space type identifier may be generated. Also, identification information including a charger identifier and a space type identifier for the corresponding charger may be generated in the mobile device or the server, and transmitted to the electronic device 110.

  In operation 820, the electronic device 110 may select one charger based on the signal strength of the wireless communication signal of each of the plurality of chargers. For example, the electronic device 110 may select a charger having the highest signal strength of the wireless communication signal.

  In operation 830, the electronic device 110 may identify the type of the space where the selected charger is located, based on the space type identifier included in the identification information about the selected charger. As described above, the space type identifier may be information for identifying the type of the space in which the corresponding charger is arranged. Since the embodiment for generating such a space type identifier has been described in detail above, repeated description will be omitted.

  In operation 840, the electronic device 110 may determine the type of the space where the selected charger is located as the type of the space where the electronic device 110 is located. In this case, electronic device 110 determines the type of space in which the selected charger is located as the type of space in which electronic device 110 is located, based on the space type identifier included in the identification information of the selected charger. May be. The determined type of space may be used by the electronic device 110 to provide information and services to the user, or may be used to automatically change the environment setting of the electronic device 110.

  On the other hand, the signal strength of the wireless communication signal of the charger is all weak (for example, equal to or less than a preset first threshold value) or the Wi-Fi signal strength at which the electronic device 110 is connected to an AP (Access Point) is weak. If it is sufficiently strong (for example, equal to or greater than a preset second threshold), the space where the charger is not disposed is recognized, or the space where the AP is disposed is arbitrarily determined as the space where the electronic device 110 is located. May be set. In addition, in consideration of a general living environment, a general space such as “living room” may be arbitrarily set as the space of the electronic device 110.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method of determining a type of a space by connecting to a charger according to an embodiment of the present invention. Steps 910 to 930 of FIG. 9 may be performed by the electronic device 110 in parallel with steps 810 to 850 of FIG. For example, the embodiment of FIG. 9 may be implemented as another embodiment that is distinct from the embodiment of FIG.

  In operation 910, when the electronic device 110 is electrically connected to one of the plurality of chargers for charging, the electronic device 110 may identify the electrically connected charger. It may be received by a logical connection. For example, the charger may be electrically connected to the electronic device 110 via a general USB terminal or a mini 5-pin type USB terminal, and may transmit identification information to the electronic device 110 by such an electrical connection. May be.

  In operation 920, the electronic device 110 may check a space type identifier included in the received identification information. As described above, the identification information may include a space type identifier, and in some embodiments, may further include another charger identifier for identifying the charger. The electronic device 110 may extract the space type identifier from the identification information received through the electrical connection.

  In operation 930, the electronic device 110 may determine the type of the space identified by the confirmed space type identifier as the type of the space where the electronic device 110 is located. As described above, the space type identifier may identify the type of the space where the corresponding charger is located. The electronic device 110 may determine the type of the space identified by the confirmed space type identifier as the type of the space where the electronic device 110 is located.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method of automatically adjusting environment settings according to the determined type of space according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In step 1010, the electronic device 110 stores the environment setting value of the electronic device 110 preset as a default for each type of space or the environment setting value of the electronic device 110 preset by the user for each type of space in a database. May be stored and managed. For example, the electronic device 110 may manage, as a default value, a luminance value of a screen or a light emitting unit that is different for each type of space, such as “living room”, “kitchen”, and “bedroom”. As another example, the user presets different maximum output volume levels for each type of space, such as “living room”, “kitchen”, “bedroom”, or uses “bedroom 2”. The user is set as "child" or "parents", and the content provided in "bedroom 2" is restricted according to such a user, or the electronic output outputted in "bedroom 2" according to the user is set. Various environment setting values may be set in advance, such as designating the voice of the device 110 as the voice of a specific character. As described above, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that the environment setting value that can be set according to the type of space can be set extremely variously according to the type of the electronic device 110 and the service that the electronic device 110 can provide. It can be easily understood from the embodiments of the present invention described above. For example, if the electronic device 110 is an artificial intelligence speaker that provides an audio response in response to a user's audio request, environment settings related to the search may be changed according to the type of space. The step 1010 may be performed before the type of the space where the electronic device 110 is located is determined, as in the step 850 of FIG. 8 and the step 930 of FIG.

  In operation 1020, the electronic device 110 may extract a configuration value corresponding to the determined type of space from the database. The electronic device 110 may search a database according to the determined type of space, match the type of space, and extract a stored environment setting value. At this time, it can be easily understood that various types of environment setting values can be matched for one type of space.

  In operation 1030, the electronic device 110 may change an environment setting of the electronic device 110 according to the extracted environment setting value. As described above, according to the present embodiment, the electronic device 110 can automatically change the environment setting value suitable for the type of the space according to the type of the space automatically recognized by the charger. Become.

  In another embodiment, the electronic device 110 may set and utilize the space type corresponding to the charger identifier of the charger.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method in which an electronic device sets a type of a space with respect to a charger identifier of a charger according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In operation 1110, the electronic device 110 may receive a charger identifier for a plurality of chargers arranged in a plurality of partitioned spaces in the room.

  In operation 1120, the electronic device 110 may set a space type corresponding to each of the received charger identifiers. For example, the electronic device 110 may provide a user with a function for setting the type of space corresponding to each charger identifier.

  In operation 1130, the electronic device 110 may store the received charger identifier and the corresponding set space type in a database in association with each other. For example, the charger identifier "111" and the corresponding space type "living" may be stored in the database in association with each other.

  Steps 11010 to 1130 described above may be a pre-process in which the electronic device 110 sets a space type for each charger identifier, and a subsequent step 1140 may use the space type for each set charger identifier. Process.

  In operation 1140, the electronic device 110 searches the database according to the charger identifier received from the first charger among the plurality of chargers, and sets the database corresponding to the received charger identifier of the first charger. May be extracted as the type of space in which the first charger is disposed. As an example, when it is determined that the signal strength of the first charger among the plurality of chargers is the highest based on the signal strength of the wireless communication signal, the electronic device 110 stores the charger identifier of the first charger in a database. After searching from, if the type of space where the first charger is arranged is “living room”, the type of space where the electronic device 110 is located may be grasped as “living room” based on this. When the charger having the highest signal strength changes from the first charger to the second charger due to the movement of the position of the electronic device 110, the electronic device 110 searches the database according to the charger identifier of the second charger. Thereby, the type of the space in which the second charger is arranged may be grasped, and the type of the grasped space may be determined as the type of the space according to the position where the electronic device 110 has moved.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram for explaining an example of the internal configuration of the charger according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 12, the charger 1200 according to the embodiment of FIG. 12 may include a user interface 1210, an identification information generation unit 1220, and a communication unit 1230.

  The user interface 1210 may set one of a plurality of different types of space. 2 and 3 described above, different types of user interfaces that the charger 1100 can include have been described.

  The identification information generation unit 1220 may generate identification information including a charger identifier for identifying the charger and / or a space type identifier corresponding to the type set in the user interface 1210. Since the charger identifier, the space type identifier, and the identification information have been described in detail above, repeated description will be omitted.

  The communication unit 1230 may transmit the generated identification information to the electronic device by wireless communication. A plurality of chargers (for example, the plurality of chargers 120, 130, 140, and 150 described above) having an internal configuration like the charger 1200 illustrated in FIG. 12 may be present. 110. In this case, the electronic device 110 confirms the charger having the highest signal strength of the wireless communication signal among the plurality of chargers, confirms the space type identifier included in the confirmed charger identification information, and confirms the confirmation. The type of the space identified by the space type identifier may be determined as the type of the space where the electronic device 110 is located. In addition, the determined type of space may be used from various viewpoints, such as providing information and services suitable for the space, changing the environment setting value of the electronic device 110, and the like.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the space where the electronic device is located can be grasped by utilizing the charger of the electronic device. In particular, it is possible to grasp not only the position of the electronic device but also the type of space in which the electronic device is located. In addition, the position of the electronic device and the type of space where the electronic device is located can be immediately grasped, and even if the position of the electronic device is changed, the type of the space where the changed electronic device is located can be determined in real time. Can be grasped. Furthermore, even when the physical space itself is changed due to moving or the like, the electronic device can immediately recognize the type of space where the electronic device is located simply by installing a charger in each space.

  The above-described system or apparatus may be realized by hardware components, software components, or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, the devices and components described in the embodiments may be, for example, a processor, a controller, an ALU (arithmetic logic unit), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a FPGA (field programmable gate array), a PLU (programmable logic unit), a microprocessor or a microprocessor. It may be implemented utilizing one or more general purpose or special purpose computers, such as various devices capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the OS. The processing device may also respond to the execution of the software, access the data, and store, manipulate, process, and generate the data. Although one processing device may be described as being used for convenience of understanding, those skilled in the art will appreciate that a processing device may include multiple processing elements and / or multiple types of processing elements. Will understand. For example, a processing device may include multiple processors or one processor and one controller. Other processing configurations, such as a parallel processor, are also possible.

  The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of these, configuring the processing unit to operate as desired, or instructing the processing unit independently or collectively. You can do it. The software and / or data may reside on any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual device, computer storage medium or device in order to be interpreted based on the processing device or to provide instructions or data to the processing device. It may be embodied. The software may be distributed on computer systems connected by a network, and may be stored or executed in a distributed manner. The software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable storage media.

  The method according to the embodiments may be implemented in the form of program instructions executable by various computer means and recorded on a computer-readable medium. A computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc., alone or in combination. The medium may store the program executable by the computer continuously or may temporarily store the program for execution or download. Further, the medium may be a variety of recording means or storage means in a form in which a single or a plurality of hardware are combined, but it is not limited to a medium directly connected to a certain computer system, and may be a network. They may be dispersed. Examples of media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floppy disks, and the like. It may be configured to store a program command including a ROM, a RAM, a flash memory, and the like. Further, examples of the other medium may include an application store that distributes an application, a site that supplies or distributes various other software, and a recording medium or a storage medium that is managed by a server or the like. Examples of the program instructions include not only machine language codes generated by a compiler but also high-level languages that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

  As described above, the embodiments have been described based on the limited embodiments and the drawings. However, those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations from the above description. For example, the described techniques may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, etc., may be combined in different ways than the described methods. Appropriate results can be achieved even if they are added or combined, replaced or replaced by other components or equivalents.

  Therefore, even different embodiments belong to the appended claims as long as they are equivalent to the claims.

1200: charger 1210: user interface 1220: identification information generation unit 1230: communication unit

Claims (9)

A method for grasping the space of electronic devices,
Comprising the steps of receiving the identification information about each of the plurality of chargers arranged in the partitioned plurality of spaces are in the room, each of the plurality of chargers is information for identifying the corresponding charger charging the vessel identifier is implemented to transmit to the mobile device user, the mobile device of the user, the type of space corresponding to the charger identifier is determined, the communication via the mobile device or the mobile device and the network a server that the type of the determined space is generated spatial type identifier for identifying the type of space in which the battery charger is disposed in question the spatial type and the charger identifier of the question charger step the identification information containing an identifier is transmitted prior Symbol electronic device,
Selecting one charger based on the signal strength of the wireless communication signal of each of the plurality of chargers;
Identifying the type of space in which the selected charger is located, by the space type identifier included in the identification information of the selected charger; and
Determining the type of space in which the selected charger is located as the type of space in which the electronic device is located
Characterized in that it comprises a spatial grasping method. The step of selecting includes:
Select the charger with the strongest signal strength of the wireless communication signal,
The determining step includes:
2. The type of space in which the selected charger is arranged is determined as a type of space in which the electronic device is located, using a space type identifier included in the identification information. Space grasping method described in. Storing and managing in a database environment setting values of the electronic device preset by the user for each type of space or environment setting values of the electronic device preset as defaults for each type of space;
The method according to claim 1, further comprising: extracting an environment setting value corresponding to the determined type of space from the database; and changing an environment setting of the electronic device according to the extracted environment setting value. The space grasping method according to 1. Each of the plurality of chargers arranged in the plurality of partitioned spaces in the room is realized to transmit a charger identifier that is information for identifying the corresponding charger to the user's mobile device, In the user's mobile device, the type of space corresponding to the charger identifier is determined, and in the mobile device or a server communicating with the mobile device via a network, the determined type of space is determined by the corresponding charger. A space type identifier for identifying the type of the arranged space is generated,
An electronic device receiving identification information including a charger identifier and a space type identifier associated with the corresponding charger from the mobile device or the server;
Said electronic device, said plurality of cases which are electrically connected to the order of charging one charger of the charger, check the spatial type identifier included in the electrically linked identification information of the charger And determining the type of the space identified by the confirmed space type identifier as the type of the space in which the electronic device is located. A computer program which, when combined with a computer, causes the computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 . A computer-readable recording medium on which a computer program for causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is recorded. An electronic device including at least one processor implemented to execute computer-readable instructions, the electronic device comprising:
The at least one processor comprises:
Receiving the identification information for each of the plurality of chargers disposed compartmented multiple spatial indoor, wherein the charge each of the plurality of chargers is information for identifying the corresponding charger the vessel identifier is implemented to transmit to the mobile device user, the mobile device of the user, the type of space corresponding to the charger identifier is determined, the communication via the mobile device or the mobile device and the network a server that the type of the determined space is generated spatial type identifier for identifying the type of space in which the battery charger is disposed in question the said charger identifier of the corresponding charger space type identifier the identification information including a is transmitted to the electronic device,
Selecting one charger based on the signal strength of the wireless communication signal of each of the plurality of chargers,
By the space type identifier included in the identification information of the selected charger, identifies the type of space where the selected charger is arranged,
The type of space in which the selected charger is disposed, and determining the type of space in which the electronic device is positioned, electronic devices. The at least one processor comprises:
The type of the space in which the selected charger is disposed using the space type identifier included in the identification information of the charger having the strongest signal strength of the wireless communication signal, as the type of the space in which the electronic device is located The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the electronic device is determined. The at least one processor comprises:
Store and manage in a database the environment setting values of the electronic device preset by the user for each type of space or the environment setting value of the electronic device preset as a default for each type of space,
Extracting environment setting values corresponding to the determined type of space from the database,
The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein an environment setting of the electronic device is changed according to the extracted environment setting value.