KR100390530B1 - Apparatus and Method for remote control and monitoring using internet - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a remote control and monitoring apparatus and method for performing home automation, factory automation, safety monitoring and remote control using a web on the Internet.

Features of the present invention includes a host unit, a server unit and a web client unit for performing remote control and monitoring on the web, including at least one host unit for receiving and processing video, audio, control signals and detection signals; A server unit for programming corresponding information such as an image, an audio, a control signal, and a detection signal processed by the host unit into a website; And at least one web client unit for remotely controlling and monitoring the information programmed in the server unit with a web browser.

According to the present invention, by using the web of the Internet for remote control and observation, any type of computer is equipped with a web browser, and it is possible to detect video, sound, control and various signals anywhere without installing a separate program. When applied to the wireless Internet, the mobile communication equipment can operate the function wirelessly, and at least one host or web client provides a home or factory to provide services for home or factory automation by providing at least one host and web client. The host unit is installed in the server unit, and the server unit operates as a web server that transmits image, control, and sensing information about the Internet service.

Description

Apparatus and Method for remote control and monitoring using internet}

The present invention relates to a remote control and monitoring apparatus and method using the Internet, and more particularly, to a remote control and monitoring apparatus and method for performing home automation, factory automation, safety monitoring and remote control using the web on the Internet. will be.

Recently, the exponentially increasing number of Internet sites are widely used throughout the industry. It is a form of providing video, etc. remotely using the web on the Internet. The video chat (chatting), etc. is used, and it is possible to send and receive remote video, control, and sensing signals by performing dedicated internet programming without using the web of the Internet. In addition, a device that enables remote control of home appliances installed in a house in a virtual reality to enable air conditioner operation, temperature setting, VCR (Video Cassett Recorder) reservation, lighting operation, and crime prevention is implemented.

However, such a remote control device has the following problems.

Devices that send and receive remote images, control and sensing signals by performing dedicated Internet programming are expensive and require a separate client or install a dedicated program.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to remotely observe a state of a control object as an image and receive a voice signal, receive a detection signal, and receive a control signal using a web on the Internet. The present invention provides a remote control and monitoring apparatus and method using the Internet for transmitting and remotely controlling and monitoring.

1 is a block diagram of a remote control and monitoring apparatus using the Internet according to the present invention,

2 is an embodiment of a remote control and monitoring apparatus using the Internet according to the present invention,

3 is an embodiment of a remote control and monitoring apparatus using the Internet according to the present invention,

4 is a flowchart for implementing a remote control and monitoring apparatus using the Internet according to the present invention shown in FIG.

5 is another flowchart for implementing a remote control and monitoring apparatus using the Internet according to the present invention shown in FIG.

6 is another flowchart for implementing a remote control and monitoring apparatus using the Internet according to the present invention shown in FIG.

Figure 7 is an embodiment showing on the web page a remote control and monitoring method using the Internet according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: wired / wireless internet network 200: host unit

201: voice input unit 202: video input unit

203: control signal output unit 204: detection signal input unit

300: server unit 301: server network unit

302: web server 303: database

400: web client 401: web browser

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, the host unit is installed in the place where the control target is located, receives the image data, the acoustic data and the sensing data related to the installation place, and outputs a control signal for controlling the control target ; A server unit connected to the host unit through the Internet and setting a homepage for each web client, storing image data, sound data, and sensing data received from the host unit, and transmitting the stored control signal to the host unit; And at least one web client unit connected to the server unit through the Internet, receiving image data, sound data, and sensing data stored in the server unit in a programmed form and displaying the same through a web browser, and transmitting a control signal to the server unit. Disclosed is a remote control and monitoring apparatus using the Internet.

Preferably, the host unit includes an image input unit capable of inputting image data; A voice input unit capable of inputting sound data; A control signal output unit for outputting a control signal capable of driving a motor or the like as a control signal; A detection signal input unit capable of inputting a detection signal; And a host network unit for transmitting and receiving a signal output from each means.

Preferably, the server unit server network unit for transmitting and receiving the video, audio, control signals and detection signals of the host unit; A web server unit for programming transmission and reception information of the server network unit to a website; And a database for sharing data between the server network portion and the web server portion.

Preferably, the server unit, the host unit and the web client unit are all connected to the Internet, and when the wireless Internet is used, the mobile communication terminal device is the web client unit and is remotely controlled by a web browser using WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) technology. Or monitoring.

Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a host unit, a server unit, and a web client unit to perform remote control and monitoring on the web, by setting a customer home page and a database record, determining whether the host unit requests a service, A first step of repeatedly performing a service request if there is no request; A second step of determining whether a flag of a database of a server part is a predetermined value when the service request of the host part is made in a first step and repeating the process until the flag becomes a predetermined value; A third step of transmitting a service start signal to a host network of a host unit if a flag of a database of the server unit is a predetermined value in a second process; A fourth step of receiving a video, audio, and detection signal from the host network part of the host part after performing the third step, and recording the received signal in a record of a database of the server part; A fifth process of reading the control signal record of the database of the server unit and transmitting the control signal to the host network unit of the host unit after performing the third process; And after performing the fourth process and the fifth process, respectively, determine whether to initialize the flag of the database of the server unit, and if it is determined that it is not initialized, return to the fourth process and the fifth process and determine whether there is a service termination request if initialized. If there is no service termination request, the process returns to the third process, and if there is a service termination request, the sixth process returns to the first process of determining whether to request the service.

Another feature of the present invention is to request a service from a server and perform a remote control and monitoring on the web by determining whether a service start signal has been transmitted from the server network to the host network of the host. Determining whether a service start signal is transmitted from a server network unit of the server unit to a host network unit of the host unit, and repeatedly receiving a service start signal if the service start signal is not transmitted; In the first process, when the service start signal is transmitted to the host network unit of the host unit, a server network unit of the server unit inputs image data, sound data, and a detection signal from the host network unit of the host unit, and transmits it to the host network unit of the host unit; A third step of transmitting a control signal to the host network unit of the host unit and transmitting the control signal to the host network unit of the host unit if the service start signal is transmitted to the host network unit of the host unit in a first process; And after determining whether to terminate the service after performing the second process and the third process, respectively, returning to the second process and the third process if the service is not terminated, and terminating the service if the service is to be terminated. Includes 4 courses.

Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a server unit for remote control and monitoring on the web, the web server unit of the server unit calling the HTML file and setting the flag of the database of the server unit to a predetermined value; A second step of reading a record of image data, sound data, and a detection signal when the flag is set to a predetermined value in the first step and displaying the record on the home page of the customer; A third step of clicking the control signal button and recording the control signal record in the database of the server unit if the flag is set to a predetermined value in the first step; A fourth process of determining whether to terminate the homepage after performing the second process and the third process, and returning to the second process and the third process if the homepage is not terminated; And a fifth process of initializing and terminating the flag of the database of the server unit when the homepage is finished in the fourth process.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible even if displayed on the other drawings.

1 is a block diagram of an apparatus for implementing a remote control and monitoring method using the Internet according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the apparatus of the present invention includes a host unit 200 including a host 1 210, a host 2 220, a server unit 300, a web client 1 410, and a web client 2 420. It consists of a web client unit 400, etc., and is connected to the Internet network (100).

The host unit 200 has at least one number and receives an image, a voice, and a detection signal photographing a scene of a control target, and outputs control information. The place where a target to be controlled or observed is installed at a remote place. In addition, the web client unit 400 has at least one or more numbers connected to one server unit 300 to the Internet network 100, each of the sockets of the TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) protocol ( It is programmed and connected by the socket method. At this time, the place where the object to be controlled or observed is installed is a place where a house, a factory site, or a general control object is located.

2 is an embodiment of an apparatus for implementing a remote control and monitoring method using the Internet according to the present invention.

In FIG. 2, the host unit 200 includes an audio input unit 201, an image input unit 202, a control signal output unit 203, a detection signal input unit 204, and a host network unit 205. The voice input unit 201 is connected to a microphone MIC, which is a voice input device, the image input unit 202 is connected to a camera CM for image input, and the control signal output unit 203 is a driving means such as a motor or a relay. The sensing signal input unit 204 is connected to a sensor SS such as an optical sensor, a temperature sensor, a displacement sensor, and the like. When the camera CM uses a USB (Universal Serial Bus), the USB port is directly used. When the TV standard (for example, NTSC) is used, a separate video input board is mounted.

The voice input unit 201 is a function of delivering the situation of the target site to a remote customer as a sound, and is composed of a sound card and a driver, and the image input unit 202 is controlled or observed from an image input camera CM. Input image data of the current state of the target to be processed.

The control signal output unit 203 uses the information received from the server unit 300 to play a role of moving a motor or driving a relay according to the contents thereof, as well as a controller of a high-performance device such as a robot as well as a motor or a relay. By connecting, the robot can be controlled by the web browser 401 of the remote web client unit 400. The sensing signal input unit 204 inputs the surrounding situation data of the control target and transmits a corresponding signal to the server unit 300, and the host network unit 205 is a server network unit 301 of the server unit 300 and various signals. In order to send and receive the voice file, the voice file obtained from the voice input unit 201 is transmitted to the server network unit 301, and the image obtained from the image input unit 202 is transmitted to the server network unit 301, and from the server unit 300. Receives the transmitted control signal, and transmits the detection signal obtained from the detection signal input unit 204 to the server unit (300).

Meanwhile, the server unit 300 is a server network unit 301, a web server unit 302, and a database (DataBase: hereinafter referred to as DB) that plays a role of relaying voice, video, control, and detection signals. It is composed. The server network unit 301 of the server unit 300 transmits and receives a signal to and from the host unit 200. The data of the image photographed by the camera CM is received through the image input unit 202 and the control signal output unit ( The control signal for controlling through the 203 is transmitted to the host unit 200. The web server unit 302 is built to allow the customer to view the situation of the control object through the web browser 401 of the web client unit 400, which is a web programming language (HyperText Markup Language) file or Java JAVA language can be used and produced using CGI (Common Gateway Interface) or Java Servlet. When using the wireless Internet, instead of HTML files, WML (Wireless Markup Language) based on WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) is used. At this time, the CGI reads and records a record of the DB 303.

The web server unit 302 receives the image and the detection signal received by the server network unit 301 when the HTML file of the web server unit 302 is opened using the web browser 401 of the web client unit 400. It performs the function of showing the image, the function of playing the voice and the state of the detected information.

In addition, the CGI recognizes when the button indicating the control of the target is clicked on the web browser 401 and stores the data in a record form in the DB 303.

In the dimension of the processor, the server unit 300 operates two processors divided into the server network unit 301 and the web server unit 302, and shares the DB 303 with each other. Can be integrated into.

The web client unit 400 refers to a computer in which a web browser 401 is installed in a personal computer and a workstation, and when the HTML file corresponding to the web server unit 302 of the server unit 300 is opened, Refers to video, audio, and detection signals in the form of video, audio, and buttons, and refers to an interface environment that allows a user to click a control button. Therefore, due to the characteristics of the web browser 401, a computer equipped with the web browser 401 in any place or any computer can observe an image of the current state from a remote place and view the state of a detection signal. Can give a control signal.

3 is an embodiment of an apparatus for implementing a remote control and monitoring method using the Internet according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a remote control and monitoring apparatus using the Internet according to the present invention shown in FIG. It is a flow chart.

In FIGS. 3 and 4, the DB 303 of the server unit 300 prepares a record for inputting / outputting information related to customers who want to receive a service, and the record is a video signal handled by the host unit 200. , A sense signal, a control signal, a voice signal, and a flag value, and a flag is a signal used to exchange information of each component. The server network unit 301 and the web server unit 302 may exchange information of the DB 303, and the record of the DB 303 in the initial state is "0".

The server unit 300 sets a customer home page and a DB 303 record to send and receive the information of the corresponding customer on the DB 303 to the customer who wants to receive the service (step S100). When the customer homepage and the DB 303 record are set in step S100, it is determined whether to request a service that means to operate the host network unit 205 of the host unit 200 (step S101), and the host network unit 205. If does not request the service is started, repeat step S101 until the service is requested.

When requesting a service for operating the host network unit 205 in step S101, the server network unit 301 of the server unit 300 sets each record of the DB 303 to &quot; 0 &quot; Request the service to complete the initialization process.

When the web browser 401 of the remote web client 400 calls the HTML file 302a installed in the web server 302 of the server 300, the homepage is displayed. The HTML file 302a displays a video information of a remote location, plays a voice, displays a sensor signal, and simultaneously provides a control signal to a remote location by clicking a button on the screen.

If a service request is made in step S101, it is determined whether the flag of the DB 303 is set to "1" (step S102), and if the flag is not "1", step S102 is repeated. When the flag of the DB 303 becomes "1" at the moment of calling the HTML file 302a in step S102, the server network unit 301 recognizes the state in which the flag is changed to "1" and the host network unit 205. The start signal of the service is transmitted (step S103).

When the start signal of the service is transmitted in step S103, the server network unit 301 of the server unit 300 receives the video, audio, and detection signals from the host network unit 205 (step S104), and the web client unit 400 When the control signal button on the home page is clicked, the CGI 302b records and stores each record in the DB 303 (step S105).

The server network unit 301 receives the video, audio, and detection signals received in step S104 from the host network unit 205 in a predetermined cycle, respectively. The predetermined cycle can be arbitrarily set and immediately received after the signal is displayed on the homepage. You can receive the signal, and the time difference between sending and receiving video, audio, and detection signals.

On the other hand, if the start signal of the service is delivered in step S103, click the control signal button on the homepage of the web client unit 400 reads the control signal record of the DB (303) (step S106), to the host network unit 205 The control signal is transmitted (step S107).

After performing steps S105 and S107, it is determined whether the flag is "0" (step S108), and if the flag is not "0", the process returns to steps S104 and S106, and if the flag is "0", it is determined whether to request service termination. (Step S109), if there is no service termination request, the process returns to step S102, and if there is a service termination request, the process returns to step S101.

5 is another flowchart for implementing a remote control and monitoring apparatus using the Internet according to the present invention shown in FIG.

In FIG. 5, when a service request is made to the server unit 300 (step S200), it is determined whether a service start signal is input to the host network unit 205 (step S201). In step S201, if the service start signal is input, the host network unit 205 inputs an image, an audio signal, and a detection signal (step S202), and transmits an image, audio, and detection signal to the server network unit 301 ( Step S203).

If the service start signal is input in step S201, the host network unit 205 receives a control signal of a record on the DB 303 via the server network unit 301 (step S204), and returns the control signal to the server network unit ( 301) (Step S205). When the control signal is transmitted in step S205, the control signal output unit 203 of the host network unit 205 outputs a signal for driving a motor or a relay.

After performing steps S203 and S205, it is determined whether to terminate the service (step S206). If the service is not terminated, the process returns to steps S202 and S204. When the service ends, the function of the host unit 200 ends.

6 is another flowchart for implementing a remote control and monitoring apparatus using the Internet according to the present invention shown in FIG.

In Fig. 6, when the HTML file 302a installed in the web server unit 302 is called (step S300), the flag is set to "1" (step S301).

If the flag is set to "1" in step S301, the record of the video, audio, and detection signals is read (step S302), and the video, audio, and detection signals are displayed on the homepage (step S303). If the flag is set to "1" in step S301, the control signal button on the home page of the web client unit 400 is clicked (step S304), and the control signal record is recorded in the DB 303 (step S305). After performing steps S303 and S305, it is determined whether the homepage is to be terminated (step S306). If the homepage is not terminated, the process returns to steps S302 and S304, and when the homepage is finished, the flag is set to "0" (step S307). .

FIG. 7 is a view illustrating a remote control and monitoring method using the Internet according to the present invention on a web page, wherein a remote web page displays a state of an image, audio, and a detection signal of the host unit 200. And process the control signal (Command).

As described above, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined by the claims below and equivalents thereof.

As a result, according to the remote control and monitoring method using the Internet according to the present invention the following advantages occur.

In other words, by using the web of the Internet for remote control and observation, any type of computer equipped with a web browser enables video surveillance, sound surveillance, control and detection of various signals from anywhere without installing a separate program. At least one host and web client are provided to install a host unit inside a house or factory of a subscriber who wants to provide services for home automation, and the server unit sends and receives image information, control information, and sensing information about the web server. Internet service is possible by operating.

Claims (7)

A host unit installed at a location where a control object is located and receiving image data, sound data, and sensing data related to the installation place, and outputting a control signal for controlling the control object; A server unit connected to the host unit through the Internet and setting a homepage for each web client, storing image data, sound data, and sensing data received from the host unit, and transmitting the stored control signal to the host unit; And At least one web connected to the server unit through the Internet, receiving image data, sound data, and sensing data stored in the server unit in a programmed form and displaying the same through a web browser, and transmitting the control signal to the server unit. Remote control and monitoring device using the Internet comprising a client unit. The method of claim 1, wherein the host unit An image input unit capable of inputting image data; A sound input unit capable of inputting sound data; A control signal output unit for outputting a control signal capable of driving a motor or the like as a control signal; A detection signal input unit capable of inputting a detection signal; And Remote control and monitoring device using the Internet, characterized in that it comprises a host network for transmitting and receiving signals output from each of the parts. The method of claim 1, wherein the server unit A server network unit for transmitting and receiving image data, sound data, control signals, and detection signals of the host unit; A web server unit for programming transmission and reception information of the server network unit to a website; And And a database for sharing data between the server network unit and the web server unit. The Internet of claim 1, wherein the server unit, the host unit, and the web client unit are connected through a wireless Internet, and the web client unit includes a mobile communication terminal having a web browser to which a WAP technology is applied. Remote control and monitoring device using. In the remote control and monitoring on the web having a host unit, a server unit and a web client unit, A first step of setting a customer home page and a database record and determining whether to request a service, and repeatedly performing a service request if there is no service request of the host; A second step of determining whether a flag of a database of the server unit is a predetermined value when the service request of the host unit is made in the first step and repeating the process until the flag becomes a predetermined value; A third step of transmitting a service start signal to a host network of the host unit if a flag of the database of the server unit is a predetermined value in the second process; A fourth step of receiving image data, sound data, and a detection signal from a host network part of the host part after performing the third step, and recording the received signal in a record of a database of the server part; A fifth process of reading a control signal record of a database of the server unit and transmitting a control signal to a host network unit of the host unit after performing the third process; And After performing the fourth process and the fifth process, respectively, it is determined whether to initialize the flag of the database of the server unit. If it is determined that it is not initialized, it returns to the fourth process and the fifth process. Determining whether there is a service termination request, and returning to the third process if there is no service termination request, and returning to the first process of determining whether to request a service from the host unit if there is a service termination request. Control and monitoring method. In the remote control and monitoring on the web by requesting a service to the server unit and determining whether a service start signal is transmitted from the server network unit of the server unit to the host network unit of the host unit, Receiving a service start signal repeatedly if the service start signal has not been transmitted; When the service start signal is transmitted to the host network unit of the host unit in the first step, the server network unit of the server unit inputs the image data, the acoustic data and the detection signal from the host network unit of the host unit, and transmits the signal to the host network unit of the host unit. Second process; A third step of transmitting a control signal to a host network part of the host part and transmitting a control signal to the host network part of the host part if a service start signal is transmitted to the host network part of the host part in the first step; And After performing the second process and the third process, respectively, it is determined whether to terminate the service. If the service is not terminated, the operation returns to the second process and the third process. Remote control and monitoring method using the Internet comprising the step of terminating. In the remote control and monitoring on the web having a server unit, A first step of calling the HTML file of the server unit and setting a flag of the database of the server unit to a predetermined value; A second step of reading a record of image data, sound data, and a detection signal when the flag is set to a predetermined value in the first step and displaying the record on the homepage of the customer; A third step of clicking a control signal button and recording a control signal record in a database of the server unit when the flag is set to a predetermined value in the first step; A fourth process of determining whether to terminate the homepage after performing the second process and the third process, and returning to the second process and the third process if the homepage is not terminated; And And a fifth process of initializing and terminating a flag of the database of the server unit if the homepage is terminated in the fourth process.