KR0156274B1 - Energy saving integrate home and office managing electronic system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a power-saving home and office integrated management electronic system configured to automatically handle various situations occurring in a home or office according to a pre-stored program.

Energy-saving home and office integrated management electronic system of the present invention, the power management to control its own power management and power supply of peripheral devices, power management to stably supply power to the operating device by generating power itself in an emergency such as power failure system; A relay module for connecting a power supply circuit of a peripheral device under control of the power management system; A control system using a microprocessor in which a program for controlling a whole function is embedded; A plurality of sensor modules for sensing a situation such as a home and a shopping mall; Communication unit for transmitting the signal generated from the sensor module; Personal computer (PC) with hard disk; A telephone system which transmits and receives necessary information (voice information, data information) through a telephone line and is controllable by a control system; A ROM having a program for executing a specific function and having voice information; RAM for data storage for temporarily storing processed data and for use by a PC as needed; And a power monitoring system that detects an on / off state of the input power and delivers the power to the control system.

Description

Energy-saving home and office integrated management electronic system

1 is a schematic block diagram of a power saving home and office integrated management electronic system of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing a specific example of a power saving home and office integrated management electronic system of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart showing an operating state of the integrated management electronic system of the present invention performing a power saving function.

4 is a flowchart showing an operating state according to another embodiment of the integrated management electronic system of the present invention performing a power saving function.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

101: monitoring and alarm system 102: communication system

103: control system 104: power management system

201: power management system 202: relay module

203: control system 204: communication unit

205: sensor module 206: personal computer (PC)

207: telephone system 208: ROM

209: RAM 210: power monitoring system

[Field of Invention]

The present invention relates to an energy-saving intergrate home and office managing electronic system (ES IHOMES) configured to automatically handle various situations occurring in a home or an office according to a pre-stored program.

More specifically, various situations occurring in the home or office in connection with a personal computer such as the IBM PC, which is currently widely used, such as a telephone call, a fax signal, a modem signal, a fire Saves unnecessary energy and does not supply commercial power due to power failure when proper operation is performed by a preset program, such as when signals are input from multiple monitoring sensors installed for detection, gas leak detection and theft prevention. If not, it relates to a power saving home and office integrated management electronic system with its own power generation. The present invention relates in particular to the improved invention of Korean Patent Application No. 94-1827, currently patented No. 133356, filed by the present applicant.

[Background of invention]

At home or in the office, a variety of tasks are required to make and receive calls, to prepare for a fire, or to protect the home from robbery. If there is a person in your home or office, you can efficiently handle what happens, but if you are all away from your family or if you are all away from the office, you will be unprotected if you have an urgent call or a robbery. I was often faced with. The home automation device is used to effectively cope with this situation. The home automation apparatus has been diversified from simple things such as receiving a call and recording a memo to detecting a robbery intrusion or fire and contacting a predetermined place.

The functions included in most home automation devices include the function of monitoring the surrounding situation such as gas leakage, fire or invasion of robbery, and notifying the occurrence of an abnormal condition according to a predetermined method. It includes the ability to automatically respond to incoming messages and record messages. In the alarm home automation device, when an abnormal situation is detected, an alarm sound is mainly used to make an alarm. However, this method was inconvenient to always live in the home or office.

A further development in such an alarm system is a device for contacting a predetermined place through a telephone line, for example, a police station, a branch office, a fire department, a professional security company, or a neighboring house. An example of such a device is disclosed in the mutual emergency report information system between a plurality of households in Korea Patent Publication No. 93-509.

The alarm system is configured to be able to cope with an emergency situation between neighbors by transmitting the alarm sound and voice to the other neighboring house when an emergency occurs in any one house among at least three neighboring houses. Therefore, even if there were no people in the home, the information was delivered to the neighbors' houses so that they could cope with the emergency situation more efficiently.

However, the above alarm system is effective in a specific field, such as a method, a fire, the following problems occurred. That is, the alarm system judges only a specific situation such as a fire or a robbery, and performs only a predetermined task. Therefore, when the call comes in, when the call comes in or when the call is made automatically, it is wasted by controlling the electric equipment in the home. It was not possible to cope effectively with various complex situations such as saving energy.

As another home automation device, I use a device that automatically answers and records when a call comes in. However, its function is not widely available and is not widely used. The problem with such a device is that it operates with its own power supply, but during power outages, only its own system can operate and other connected devices may not work, which may lead to a home or office in a defenseless state. In addition, since the home automation equipment has to be purchased separately according to the intended use, not only the overall cost increases but also the problem of not managing the home or office effectively.

One example that solves this problem is Patent Application No. 133356, Home and Office Integrated Management Electronic System, filed and registered by the present applicant. The integrated management electronics system has a microprocessor embedded therein to perform a necessary task using a peripheral ROM, a RAM, and control hardware. However, these microprocessors cannot access infinitely large ROMs and RAMs, so the use of hard disks is inevitable to perform functions such as voice mailboxes that require large amounts of memory. For home automation, if the microprocessor uses a large amount of RAM or a hard disk, the overall system size increases, and a controller for the hard disk needs to be added, causing a cost increase.

The method used to make up for this drawback is to connect the home automation system with a general purpose personal computer (PC) using a microprocessor installed in the home automation device itself, a small amount of ROM and RAM, and simple control hardware. A method of performing various complicated functions that a device should perform is used.

However, the home automation equipment connected to such a PC has to be large at all times in order to perform its functions, and the result of wasting unnecessary power has been a concern whether the PC always operates normally. Furthermore, intruders from outside may intentionally cut off the power supply to homes or offices, or even in situations such as power outages, such home automation devices may not perform any functions. It happened.

In general, when a PC is not used, a so-called green computer, which has a power saving function that minimizes the amount of power consumed by minimizing the power automatically supplied after a certain time, is sold for use. When the green computer or the like does not receive a signal from the keyboard for a predetermined time, the green computer cuts power consumption according to a preset program and maintains only minimum power to reduce waste of power.

In addition, in order to prevent data loss caused by power failure due to power failure or user's carelessness, it has a function to install the power monitoring device and store the data stored in the RAM in the nonvolatile memory when the power is suddenly cut off. However, such a green computer only serves to cut off the power supplied to the computer, and has not been given the ability to manage and save power to the peripherals or home automation devices in the true sense.

The present inventors came to invent a new concept of power saving home and office integrated management electronic system that adds a power saving function to the home and office integrated management electronic system of Patent No. 133356 registered by the applicant to solve the above problems. will be.

[Purpose of invention]

It is an object of the present invention to detect various situations occurring in a home or an office by using a single system, and to accurately detect each situation and use the integrated management electronic system that can notify the situation. If a signal is not input from a peripheral device such as a modem or a fax device, the PC is fundamentally shut down to sense the surroundings while using low power consumption, and re-powers the PC when a signal is input. It is to provide a power-saving home and office integrated management electronic system configured to perform.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a power-saving home and office integrated management electronic system that operates regardless of the state of the commercial power supply by providing a power generation device itself so that the home or office does not fall into an unattended state even during a power failure. .

[Summary of invention]

Energy-saving home and office integrated management electronic system of the present invention to achieve the above object, the power management of its own power management and peripheral devices, and generates power in the event of an emergency such as a power outage to power the device in operation Reliable power supply management system; A relay module for connecting a power supply circuit of a peripheral device under control of the power management system; A control system using a microprocessor in which a program for controlling a whole function is built; A plurality of sensor modules for sensing a situation such as a home and a shopping mall; Communication unit for transmitting the signal generated from the sensor module; Personal computer (PC) with hard disk; A telephone system for transmitting and receiving necessary information (voice information, data information) through a telephone line and being controlled by a control system; A ROM having a program for executing a specific function and having voice information; RAM for data storage for temporarily storing processed data and for use by a PC as needed; And a power monitoring system that detects an on / off state of the input power and delivers the power to the control system.

[Description of Specific Embodiment of the Invention]

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

The present invention relates to an energy saving intergrated home and office managing electronic system (ES IHOMES) configured to be automatically handled according to a predetermined program for various situations occurring in a home or an office.

More specifically, in connection with a personal computer such as the IBM PC which is widely used now, various situations occurring in the home or office, such as a telephone call, a fax signal, a modem signal, When signals are input from multiple monitoring sensors installed to prevent fire, gas and theft, the PC is always turned on to perform proper operation by a preset program, saving unnecessary energy and furthermore, It relates to a power-saving home and office integrated management electronics system with its own power generation in case of no power supply.

According to the present invention, the following situation occurs in the office or home;

1) Early detection of gas leaks, intrusions of strength or occurrences of fire,

2) Automatically call any place you set in advance (for example, police station, branch office, professional security company, friend or neighbor's house) to notify you of an emergency or alert sound,

3) In general, it provides telephone services such as telephone answering, telephone forwarding, and message forwarding and voice mailbox.

4) It saves energy by managing the power supplied to home appliances and cutting off the power supply to devices not used (PC, monitor, or printer),

5) In case of sudden power failure or voltage fluctuations, the device is protected by its own device.

6) When the program embedded in this integrated management electronic system is executed, if necessary, certain functions (for example, the computer program and data state performed before power failure are safely stored in the computer's nonvolatile memory and the power is supplied again) It is possible to comprehensively manage the situation such as to return to its original state and to perform a function such as performing a complicated task through a PC in some cases. In other words, when a home automation device is connected to a PC and performs various functions, the microprocessor consumes a lot of power to save power and the microprocessor consumes a large amount of power at all times while the power consumption is not turned on. If it detects a call or checks a call, it performs simple and simple phone calls that can be handled by itself.If a computer such as a PC with a large amount of memory is needed, the PC is controlled by a microprocessor and a relay. By supplying power, it performs sophisticated functions including voice mail and fax functions as well as advanced home automation functions. In other words, the conventional home automation system has a lot of electricity because the power consumption of the PC must always be on, while the present invention performs the above functions with low power, of course, the power management system of the present invention in the event of power failure It is an electronic system that can perform the above functions in any case by stably supplying power using the included power generator.

Shown in FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a power saving integrated management electronic system of the present invention. As shown, a safety and alarm system 101 to which a plurality of sensors (not shown) are connected for sensing the situation in an office, such as a home or a shopping mall, a communication system 102 for communication and communication of a situation, and a whole It consists of a control system 103 using a microprocessor to control the system and a power management system 104, the overall function of which is controlled by the control system 103 by the microprocessor.

The monitoring and alarm system 101 notifies the control system 103 via a communication channel when it detects an emergency such as a fire, gas leak, or invasion of a robbery. The control system 103, which has received a notification signal informing of an emergency, performs a function of notifying the police, a friend, a fire station, or a neighbor's house of an emergency message predetermined according to an event that occurs using the telephone system according to the signal. The monitoring and alarm system 101 is generally connected to a sensor module, for example, a pyro electric detector, a gas detector, and a fire detector to monitor an external situation. The Pyroelectric detector is a sensor for detecting a body temperature of a person, and detects a change in the body temperature of a person moving through a specific place (this mainly means an abnormal passage) and transmits this signal to the alarm system 101. According to the same method, the gas detector is installed in the kitchen to detect a signal generated by the leakage of gas and send out a signal. In addition, a fire detector for monitoring the occurrence of a fire detects and detects the intensity of the light emitted from the light emitting diodes (LED) back-scattered due to the smoke of the fire. 101). However, one of ordinary skill in the art will readily recognize that other types of detectors may be used than those listed above.

The detected signal is generally generated as an analog signal, which is input to the control system 103 which is a microprocessor and converted into a digital signal. The control system 103 determines whether the situation detected by the predetermined decision logic (stored as a program in the microprocessor and aquatic) is regarded as an emergency or a normal state. The energy-saving integrated management electronic system of the present invention outlined as above is described as an example with reference to the detailed block diagram of FIG.

The power management system 104 shown in FIG. 1 saves air space by cutting off the power supply of electronic devices, such as computers, televisions, lights, faxes, or modems, in accordance with predetermined criteria. It can work. In addition, even when the supply of commercial AC power is interrupted, it is possible to supply power to the system by generating power using an internal battery (or storage battery) and an inverter. This can be easily configured by the prior art.

In particular, a feature of the integrated management electronic system of the present invention is to detect the power usage of a plurality of electrical devices by detecting the state of each electronic device. In the case of computers, for example, power line power status, CPU idling status, I / O device usage status, and data bus utilization status are monitored, and abnormal conditions are detected and normal power is supplied. Safely store your data for full playback, then turn off power to your particular system. In this way, energy savings can be achieved and the energy thus obtained can provide a large amount of power over a long period of time to a system that still requires power in the event of a power outage.

Organically integrating and controlling the systems 101, 102, 104 is the control system 103, the control system 103 has a program for operation is built.

The program is a dedicated program that detects an event occurring in the surroundings and takes appropriate action according to the event.

In particular, the energy-saving home and office integrated management electronic system of the present invention can be manufactured as an external type that can be installed according to the outside of the PC is composed of a built-in type or a separate device that is integrally formed and installed inside the PC to be connected. Therefore, the present invention has the advantage of large expandability and easy installation.

A detailed circuit block diagram of the power saving integrated management electronic system of the present invention is shown in FIG. The electronic system of the present invention includes a power management system 201 for supplying power to the entire apparatus, a relay module 202 for selectively supplying power supplied from the power management system 201 to the PC 206, and a microprocessor. It includes a control system for controlling the entire stroke 203, wireless communication, power line communication, and communication unit 204 used for data transmission and reception with the sensor module 205, a sensor module to which a plurality of detection sensors are connected 205, personal computer 206, telephone system 207 including fax, modem, etc., RAM 209 for temporary data storage, and power monitoring system 210 for sensing the on / off state of the power source used. It consists of.

As shown in FIG. 2, all the power needed to operate the bone is supplied through the power management system 201. If the situation does not occur, for example, if no call is received and there is no signal from the sensor informing of the occurrence of an emergency such as a method or a fire, the power management system 201 causes the relay module 202 to operate. Power is supplied to the control system 203, the communication unit 204, and the sensor module 205 through the personal computer 206 is not supplied. If a telephone signal is input through the telephone system 207 to perform a function using the computer 206, and after the execution is completed, another signal is not input for a preset time, for example, 10 minutes. 206 may cut off the power supply to save wasted power. Of course, it is possible to cut off the power supply unconditionally after the current processing function is completed, but if the situation occurs frequently, it is not preferable because the computer device itself is excessively applied.

The operating state of the integrated management electronic system of the present invention, referring to Figure 3, the microprocessor-based control system 203 is always on while consuming little power, and controls a contact point of the relay module 202 to generate a lot of power. Since power is not supplied to the consuming PC 206, the PC is turned off to save power. In such a situation, when a signal is input from the sensor module 205 to which a telephone or fax signal or a plurality of sensors are connected through the telephone system, the control system 203 is input according to a program stored in the ROM 208. ) And performs a specific function such as voice information output corresponding to a tone signal and a voice input for an ARS (Audio Response System). At the same time, the power supply control command is transmitted to the power management system 201 to supply power to the PC 206 through the relay module 202. In general, since the PC 206 takes a predetermined time (about 2 minutes) to boot up, all the work occurring during this time is performed by the ROM 208 and the control system 203. It is temporarily stored in the RAM 209. The control system 203 confirms that the PC 206 is completely booted up through the communication line, and then transfers the data temporarily stored in the RAM 209 to the PC 206, and the PC 206 controls the control system 203. Performs tasks that require complex and large amounts of memory that could not be performed by. The tasks performed by the PC 206 include receiving voicemail information, storing voice messages on a large capacity hard disk, playing and transmitting emergency voice messages stored on the hard disk in case of an emergency such as a fire, and This includes, for example, the automatic calling system (ACS) with a database of necessary data. After the PC 206 performs all of the above-described tasks, when the work completion signal is transmitted to the control system 203 as an electrical signal through the interface, the control system 203 transmits the relay module to the power management system 201. A power saving function is performed by issuing an off control command of 202 to block power supply to the PC 206.

When an emergency condition such as a fire, theft or gas leak occurs, or when wireless communication or power line communication is performed, the control system 203 controls signals input through the sensor module 205 and the communication unit 204 in the same manner. In the first step, the PC 206 commands the power management system 201 to supply power to the PC 206, waits for the PC 206 to boot up, and then executes the above-described task requiring more complex and large memory. Power saving effect can be obtained by letting the 20 process and cutting off the power supply to the PC 206 after all the work is performed.

Since such a function turns on the PC even when the PC 206 does not need to be turned on, there is still a concern about power loss. For example, if you simply dialed for a call and left the call without leaving a message to the caller, the PC 206 would simply turn it on and off again without doing anything, thus leaving unnecessary power loss. Will be.

As described above, instead of turning on the PC at the same time as a specific situation as a method of increasing the power saving effect, the control system 203 performs all necessary tasks and stores the result in the RAM 209. After the work situation is finished, the result is transmitted to the PC 206. This is shown in the flowchart of FIG. This is similar to the above function of detecting a signal from a sensing sensor or a signal from the telephone system 207, primarily using a RAM 209 to perform a task in accordance with signals input from telephone lines and sensors. It stores the generated data and supplies power to and controls the PC 206 using the relay module 202 connected to the power management system 201 only when it is determined that a large capacity hard disk installed in the PC 206 is needed. This is performed by transmitting necessary data through communication between the system 203 and the PC 206. When the control system 203 and the PC 206 complete the task, the control system 203 controls the relay module 202 of the power management system 201 to cut off the power supplied to the PC 206 to return to the power saving mode. After the power saving mode is restored, it waits for a signal to be input as a standby state again.

Since the power management system 201 of the present invention has its own power generating device, the power monitoring device 210 monitors the occurrence of a power failure situation so that a power failure or an intruder intentionally cuts off a power supply, such as a DC battery (or a storage battery). By generating a commercial power source using a power generation device including a) and an inverter performs a normal function in any case, thus serves to protect the home and office from defenseless conditions. Of course, if the storage capacity of the battery or battery is affected, it is desirable to operate for at least two days without the aid of an external power source.

As described above, the present invention can accurately detect each situation using a single system for various situations occurring in a home or an office, and notify the situation to a predetermined place or a police station. Furthermore, it provides a lot of phone-related functions necessary to manage home or office, and it can save power by controlling the power supply of electronic equipment only when necessary. In addition to supplying power, it has the function to safely store the state of power failure of connected electronic devices in non-volatile memory of computer and restore it to the original state when power is supplied again. By connecting personal computers used in homes and offices to home automation devices to handle the complex tasks that traditional home automation devices cannot perform, increasing the efficiency of computer use and enhancing power saving functions. Before power-saving integrated management To the systems.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments thereof, modifications and variations are possible within the spirit and scope of the invention and are obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains, and therefore the invention should be limited only by the appended claims. do.

Claims (3)

An automation device for managing electronic devices such as homes and offices, which adjusts its own power management and power supply to peripheral devices, and generates power by itself in an emergency such as a power outage to stably supply power to a device in operation. Power management system 201; A relay module 202 for connecting a power supply circuit of a peripheral device by the control of the power management system 201; A microprocessor-based control system 203, which includes a ROM 208 incorporating a program for controlling overall functions and power savings, initializing the system, holding voice information, and performing specific functions before the PC is booted up; A plurality of sensor modules 205 for sensing a situation such as a home and a shopping mall; A communication unit 204 for transmitting a signal generated from the sensor module 205; It includes a large-capacity hard disk and receives voice mailbox information, and stores voice messages, plays and transmits voice messages stored on the hard disk in case of an emergency such as a fire, and performs phone calls by continuously making necessary data in database. A PC 206 connected to the control system 203 by a communication line; A telephone system 207 including a telephone, a fax, a modem, or the like for transmitting and receiving necessary information through a telephone line; A RAM 209 for storing data for temporarily storing data processed by the control system 203; It consists of a power monitoring system 210 for detecting the on / off state of the input power, the power supply by the control system 203 is cut off the power supplied to the PC 206 during signal standby and the signal is detected Energy-saving integrated management electronic system, characterized in that is controlled to be supplied. The system of claim 1, wherein the power management system 201 performs a necessary function in the microprocessor 203 when a specific situation occurs and stores the generated data in the RAM 209, and secondly stores the result in the PC. Energy-saving integrated management electronic system, characterized in that the transmission to the large capacity of the memory (206) to perform the necessary task. The RAM 209 of claim 1, wherein the power management system 201 stores the generated data in the RAM 209 after the microprocessor 203 performs the required function at the same time as the occurrence of a specific situation. When data exceeding the processing capacity of the processor 203 is input, the PC 206 is powered up and booted up. Secondly, the data generated after the function is transferred to the large-capacity memory of the PC 206 to perform the required task. Energy-saving integrated management electronic system, characterized in that performed.