KR100618656B1 - Appliance control system and method using dynamic software downloading - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a home appliance control system using dynamic software downloading and a method thereof, the home appliance control system using dynamic software downloading, wherein the remote control to dynamically provide the client software for the control, from the remote controller Home appliance control means for receiving and executing a message generated by executing the controlling client software, the home appliance control means comprising: first network communication means for communication with the remote controller; Remote controller access detection means for detecting an access of the remote controller and establishing a connection relationship through the first network communication means; Control software providing means for providing the control client software to the remote controller; Control response means for processing the home appliance control message received from the remote client and the controlling client software to be transmitted to the remote controller after being connected with the remote controller; First message analyzing means for interpreting the message received from the remote controller and delivering the message to a corresponding software module; Home appliance performance control means for processing the control message from the remote controller to operate the home appliance, and transmitting the operation result to the remote controller through the first network communication means.

Appliances, Remote Controllers, Control Client Software, Dynamic Downloading, Interrupts

Description

Home appliance control system using dynamic software downloading and its method {Appliance control system and method using dynamic software downloading}             

1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a home appliance control system using dynamic software downloading according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a home appliance control system according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a detailed configuration diagram of one embodiment of a home appliance control unit according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a detailed configuration diagram of one embodiment of a remote controller according to the present invention.

5 is a detailed configuration diagram of a remote controller software module according to the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating one embodiment of a method for controlling a home appliance of a home appliance control unit according to the present invention;

7 is a flowchart illustrating one embodiment of a method of controlling a home appliance of a remote controller according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

100a to 100n: home appliance 110: home appliance control unit

111: home appliance performance control unit 112: remote controller access detection unit

113: message analysis unit 114: control software client unit

115: control response unit 116: first network communication unit

200: remote controller 210: input and output port

220: screen output unit 230: graphic control unit

240: central processing unit 250: auxiliary storage unit

260: main memory 261: remote input and output control

262: software execution unit 263: control screen configuration unit

264: message analysis unit 265: dynamic software downloading processing unit

266: second network communication unit

The present invention relates to a system and method for controlling a home appliance using dynamic software downloading. In particular, by incorporating dynamic software downloading technology into a home appliance, a response software for controlling the home appliance is embedded in each home appliance, and the remote controller is connected dynamically. Appliances using dynamic software downloading to effectively control the appliance while transmitting the appliance control client software to the remote controller and executing the appliance control software downloaded from the remote controller to communicate with the control response software of the appliance A control system and method thereof are provided.

Conventional home appliance control method is a fixed button that sends a constant key value to provide a function of the home appliance from a remote controller (remote controller) is built in the remote control can be used only for a limited use is a remote control for a specific device There exists a problem that requires a plurality of remote control in a normal home by being present separately.

In addition, the home appliance and the remote control is equipped with a simple controller (or microcomputer), and supports only one-way communication, and supports only a simple function of passively controlling the home appliance by interpreting the key value sent from the remote control.

In addition, it is not easy to add advanced functions because there is no software processing function, and there are remote controllers that support common functions by inputting key code values of various companies in advance to control popular general-purpose appliances such as TV or video. There is a limited range of devices that can be used as a method of controlling key values by specifying a predetermined code value in advance for each country or company, and there is a problem in that new devices or products of other manufacturers are incompatible and thus cannot be used.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, in order to utilize the dynamic software downloading and execution technology to control the home appliance, to remotely control a plurality of home appliances using a single remote control, And a method of controlling the home appliance using dynamic software downloading for controlling the home appliance by adding a software processing technology to the remote controller and controlling the home appliance by using an intelligent wireless remote controller (or terminal) for controlling the home appliance and a home appliance bidirectional data communication technology. The purpose is to provide.

The apparatus of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the home appliance control system using dynamic software downloading, dynamically providing the control client software to the remote controller, generated by executing the control client software from the remote controller Home appliance control means for receiving and executing a message, the home appliance control means comprising: first network communication means for communication with the remote controller; Remote controller access detection means for detecting an access of the remote controller and establishing a connection relationship through the first network communication means; Control software providing means for providing the control client software to the remote controller; Control response means for processing the home appliance control message received from the remote client and the controlling client software to be transmitted to the remote controller after being connected with the remote controller; First message analyzing means for interpreting the message received from the remote controller and delivering the message to a corresponding software module; And a home appliance performance control means for processing the control message from the remote controller to operate the home appliance, and transmitting the operation result to the remote controller through the first network communication means.

Further, another apparatus of the present invention, in the home appliance control system using dynamic software downloading, executes the control client software received from the home appliance to configure the control screen, the processing result of the control message sent from the home appliance Control means for receiving and processing rules; Storage means for providing a storage space for downloading and executing a control client program from the home appliance; And screen display means for outputting the control screen and displaying the home appliance control result, wherein the control means comprises: second network communication means for communicating with the home appliance; Software downloading processing means for downloading and storing client software for control by requesting the home appliance after being connected to the home appliance through the second network communication means; Control screen configuration means for executing the downloaded control client software and configuring a control screen for operating the home appliance through the executed control client software; Second message analyzing means for interpreting the message received from the home appliance and transmitting the same to the software module; And input / output control means for controlling the control message generated by the control screen configuration means to be transmitted through the second network communication means and receiving a control message processing result of the home appliance received through the second network communication means. Characterized in that it comprises a.

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On the other hand, the method of the present invention, the home appliance control method using the dynamic software downloading, the home appliance is operated, the home appliance control unit waiting for an interrupt or access from the remote controller; An information providing step of the home appliance control unit detecting an interrupt or an access from the remote controller to establish a connection relationship, and providing information of the home appliance to the remote controller; A software dynamic providing step of the home appliance control unit dynamically receiving the response from the remote control unit and providing the client software for controlling the home appliance; A reception mode switching step of switching, by the controller of the home appliance, to a message reception mode from the remote controller; A processing step of receiving, by the remote controller, a control message generated by executing the controlling client software, interpreting the received message and transmitting the received message to the home appliance performance control unit; And a remote controller transmitting step of transmitting, by the control response unit, the message execution result to the remote controller through a first network communication unit.

Another method of the present invention provides a method of controlling a home appliance using dynamic software downloading, comprising: an information receiving step of receiving information of the home appliance after the remote controller is connected to the home appliance through a second network communication unit; A software receiving step of receiving, by the remote controller, the information of the household electrical appliance, receiving the client software for controlling the household electrical appliance from the household appliance through the second network communication unit by transmitting a request signal to the household electrical appliance; Configuring the control screen to control the home appliance by executing the received control client software; A transmission step of transmitting, by the remote controller, a control message to the home appliance via the second network communication unit; And when the result message is received from the home appliance through the second network communication unit, after interpreting the result message, outputting a result screen to a screen output unit.
As described above, the present invention detects the access of the remote control in the home appliance and establishes a connection relationship, and the home appliance transmits the client software for controlling the home appliance to the remote control by using a dynamic software downloading and execution technology. By using the downloaded software to configure the control screen, and using the control screen of the remote control to communicate with the home appliances, there is a feature that can control a plurality of devices using a single remote control.

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The present invention incorporates dynamic software downloading technology into home appliances, and embeds response software for controlling home appliances for each home appliance, and when the remote controller is connected, dynamically transmits home appliance control client software to the remote controller, and downloads the home appliance downloaded from the remote controller. It is a technology belonging to the field of home appliance control for effectively controlling the home appliance while executing the device control software to communicate with the control response software of the home appliance via a network.

Existing home appliance control technology can control only a limited range of home appliances using a remote control having a fixed function, it is impossible to support the development of new home appliances, and only supports one-way communication from the remote control to home appliances There is a limitation of the control function.

Therefore, in the present invention, the dynamic software downloading technology is used to control home appliances, thereby supporting the two-way reception function between the home appliance and the remote controller, thereby overcoming the limitation of a simple control function supporting only one-way communication and reinforcing the communication function between the home appliance and the remote controller. It provides inter-device compatibility, and by adding a processor and memory to the remote control, dynamically downloads client software for control from various home appliances when needed, runs on the remote control itself, communicates with each other, and remotely controls the home appliance. In addition, the present invention provides a method for controlling a home appliance comprising a method of recycling a memory through a process of automatically deleting a corresponding program from a memory when the control of the home appliance is terminated by the remote controller. You can control the device.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a home appliance control system using dynamic software downloading according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a home appliance control system using dynamic software downloading according to the present invention includes a TV (TV) having a response software for controlling home appliances and control client software for transmitting a control message to a remote controller. Portable terminals such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) and portable computers (HPCs) equipped with home appliances (100a to 100n) such as TVs, audio and microwave ovens, embedded processors such as SA1110, MIPS, MPC860, and X86; It includes a remote controller 200 such as a cellular phone, a personal communication terminal (PCS), etc. that supports data transmission and reception functions.

The home appliance control program may be installed and operated in a system having various operating systems such as VxWorks, VRTX, Windows CE, and Linux.

2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a home appliance control system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the home appliance 100a according to the present invention includes a home appliance 100a and a home appliance control unit 110 for controlling the home appliance.

3 is a detailed block diagram of an embodiment of a home appliance control unit according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the home appliance controller 110 according to the present invention includes a first network communication unit 116 and a remote controller 200 for supporting message exchange and data communication with the remote controller 200. Remote controller access detection unit 112 that detects an access and establishes a connection relationship through the first network communication unit 116, and client software and remote controller for control to be transmitted to the remote controller 200 after being connected to the remote controller 200 ( A control response unit 115 for processing the home appliance control message received from the 200, a message analysis unit 113 for interpreting the message received from the remote control unit 200 and transmitting it to the corresponding software module, and a control response unit The control software client 114 for providing the control client software to be transmitted to the remote controller 200 at 115 and the control message from the remote controller 200 are processed. W operate the home appliances (100a) and a first network communication unit 116 performs appliance controller 111 to transmit to the remote controller 200 through the results.

4 is a detailed configuration diagram of an embodiment of a remote controller according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the remote controller 200 according to the present invention stores and analyzes a central processing unit (CPU) 240 for software processing and control client software received from the home appliance 200a for control. Outputting the auxiliary storage unit 250, which contains the system software module necessary to configure the screen, the main memory unit 250 necessary for executing the control client program downloaded from the home appliance (100a), and the control screen And a graphic controller 230 which receives an output result for displaying the home appliance control result from the screen output unit 220 and the central processing unit 240 and transmits the output result to the screen output unit 220.

Here, the input of the remote controller 200 uses a touch screen method, and the communication with the home appliance 100a uses a wireless communication method.

5 is a detailed configuration diagram of a remote controller software module according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, the remote controller software module according to the present invention is mounted in the main memory unit 260, and the detailed configuration thereof is as follows.

After the second network communication unit 266 for supporting message exchange and data communication with the home appliance 100a and the home appliance 100a through the second network communication unit 266, The dynamic software downloading processing unit 265 dynamically receives and mounts client software, the software execution unit 262 for executing the downloaded control client software, and the control client software executed in the software execution unit 262. A control screen configuration unit 263 constituting a control screen for remotely operating the home appliance 100a, a message analysis unit 264 for interpreting a message received from the home appliance 100a and transmitting it to the corresponding software module; Remote input / output control unit 261 in charge of input / output processing such as message transmission status and result message input to home appliance 100a. It includes.

Now, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a method for controlling home appliances using dynamic software downloading according to the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method of controlling a home appliance of the home appliance control unit according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, an operation of the home appliance 100a is started 300 and an interrupt of the remote controller 200 is generated by setting an event reception mode for responding to an interrupt request from the remote controller 200. It is determined whether or not (302).

If the determination result 302, the interrupt does not occur, the remote controller access detection unit 112 checks the access of the remote controller 200 (304), the access of the remote controller 200 in accordance with the test result 304 It is determined whether there is (306).

As a result of the determination 306, if there is no access of the remote controller 200, the process proceeds to step 302 of determining whether an interrupt of the remote controller 200 has occurred, and if there is an access of the remote controller 200, the control response unit 115. ) Provides information of the home appliance 100a to the remote controller 200 through the first network communication unit 116 (308), and the control response unit 115 determines whether there is a reaction from the remote controller 200 within a predetermined time. Determination 310.

As a result of the determination 302, if an interrupt from the remote controller 200 occurs, the process proceeds to step 308 of providing information of the home appliance 100a to the remote controller 200.

As a result of the determination 310, if there is no reaction from the remote controller 200, the remote controller access detection unit 112 disconnects the remote controller 200 (318), and there is an interrupt from the remote controller 200. In step 302, the first network communication unit 116 establishes a network connection relationship with the remote controller 200 if there is a response from the remote controller 200.

In addition, the control software client 114 of the home appliance control unit 110 dynamically transmits the client software for controlling the home appliance to the remote controller 200 through the first network communication unit 116 (314). In operation 316, a message is received from the remote controller 200, and it is determined whether a message is received from the remote controller 200.

As a result of determination 320, if the message is not received, the message reception mode is maintained, and if the message is received, the message analysis unit 113 of the home appliance control unit 110 interprets the received message to perform the home appliance execution control unit 111. In step 322, the control response unit 115 transmits the message execution result to the remote controller through the first network communication unit 116 (324).

7 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method of controlling a home appliance of a remote controller according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 7, the operation of the remote controller 200 is started (400), and the remote input / output controller 261 of the main memory unit 260 determines whether an interrupt has occurred (402).

As a result of determination 402, if no interruption occurs, the remote controller 200 approaches the home appliance 100a (404), and the second network communication unit 266 receives the home appliance 100a from the home appliance control unit 110. 406 is received, and the remote input / output controller 261 determines whether there is a response (408).

If it is determined that the interrupt has occurred, the process proceeds to step 406 of receiving the information of the home appliance 100a through the second network communication unit 266.

If the determination result 408, if there is no reaction, the remote input / output controller 261 releases the connection relationship with the home appliance 100a (422), and proceeds to the process of determining whether an interrupt has occurred (402). The input / output control unit 261 establishes a connection relationship for data communication with the home appliance 100a through the second network communication unit 266 (410), and the dynamic software downloading processing unit 265 of the auxiliary storage unit 250 is The control client software dynamically receives and stores the control client software from the home appliance 100a through the second network communication unit 266 (412).

When the software execution unit 262 executes the received control client software and transmits the execution result to the control screen configuration unit 263, the control screen configuration unit 263 may control the home appliance 100a. A control screen is constructed (414).

The remote input / output control unit 261 receives the control message from the control screen configuration unit 263 and transmits the control message to the home appliance 100a through the second network communication unit 266 (416), and the second network communication unit 266. ) Receives the result message from the home appliance 100a (418), and transmits the result message to the message analysis unit 264, the message analysis unit 264 transmits the result message to the control screen configuration unit 264, the control screen configuration The unit 264 outputs the result screen to the screen output unit 220 through the graphic controller 230 (420).

As described above, the method of the present invention may be implemented as a program and stored in a recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.) in a computer-readable form.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited to the drawings.

The present invention as described above, by detecting the connection relationship between the home appliance and the remote control, by dynamically downloading the control software and running the software downloaded from the remote control to communicate with the home appliance, in the limit of the simple remote control fixed function In addition, the software can be dynamically executed to configure a control screen and expand the environment to perform two-way communication with home appliances, so that a single remote control can effectively control a plurality of home appliances, and it is also effective in the emergence of new home appliances. There is an effect to cope with.

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delete delete In the home appliance control system using dynamic software downloading, Control means for executing the control client software received from the household electrical appliance to configure a control screen, and receiving and processing the processing result of the control message sent from the household electrical appliance; Storage means for providing a storage space for downloading and executing a control client program from the home appliance; And A screen display means for outputting the control screen and displaying the home appliance control result; The control means, Second network communication means for communicating with the home appliance; Software downloading processing means for downloading and storing client software for control by requesting the home appliance after being connected to the home appliance through the second network communication means; Control screen configuration means for executing the downloaded control client software and configuring a control screen for operating the home appliance through the executed control client software; Second message analyzing means for interpreting the message received from the home appliance and transmitting the same to the software module; And Input / output control means for controlling the control message generated by the control screen configuration means to be transmitted through the second network communication means, and receiving a control message processing result of the home appliance received through the second network communication means; Home appliance control system using a dynamic software downloading comprising a. delete In the home appliance control method using dynamic software downloading, A standby step in which the home appliance operates to wait for an interrupt or access from the remote controller; An information providing step of the home appliance control unit detecting an interrupt or an access from the remote controller to establish a connection relationship, and providing information of the home appliance to the remote controller; A software dynamic providing step of the home appliance control unit dynamically receiving the response from the remote control unit and providing the client software for controlling the home appliance; A reception mode switching step of switching, by the controller of the home appliance, to a message reception mode from the remote controller; A processing step of receiving, by the remote controller, a control message generated by executing the controlling client software, interpreting the received message and transmitting the received message to the home appliance performance control unit; And And a remote controller transmitting step of transmitting, by the control response unit, the message execution result to the remote controller through a first network communication unit. The method of claim 5, wherein The software dynamic providing step, A network connection relationship setting step of confirming whether a control response unit of the control unit of the home appliance responds to the provision of information from the remote controller within a predetermined time, and establishing a network connection relationship with the remote controller by a first network communication unit; And Dynamic transmission step of the control software client unit of the home appliance control unit to dynamically transmit the home appliance control client software to the remote controller via the first network communication unit Home appliance control method using dynamic software downloading comprising a. delete In the home appliance control method using dynamic software downloading, An information receiving step of receiving information of the home appliance after the remote controller is connected to the home appliance through a second network communication unit; A software receiving step of receiving, by the remote controller, the information of the household electrical appliance, receiving the client software for controlling the household electrical appliance from the household appliance through the second network communication unit by transmitting a request signal to the household electrical appliance; Configuring the control screen to control the home appliance by executing the received control client software; A transmission step of transmitting, by the remote controller, a control message to the home appliance via the second network communication unit; And And receiving a result message from the home appliance through the second network communication unit, interpreting the result message, and outputting a result screen to a screen output unit. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete

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