KR100756553B1 - Home-network system for user-based - Google Patents

Abstract

A user-based home network system is provided to offer user-based information in accordance with a user's profiles by perceiving a location and information on the user through RF(Radio Frequency) communication, and to collect the user's preference information in real time to display the collected information on a ubiquitous table screen, thereby supplying a substantial service through an electronic device. A home server(160) stores a user's preference information. A web crawler(110) crawls the preference information in real time. A ubiquitous table(120) displays the crawled preference information. A virtual control monitoring unit(130) controls an electronic device(140) by receiving a control signal from the ubiquitous table. A portable terminal(150) provides the preference information by identifying a user through RF communication with the ubiquitous table.

Description

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1 is a configuration diagram of a user-customized service system according to the present invention;

2 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a virtual control monitoring unit according to the present invention.

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110: Web Crawler 120: Ubiquitous Table

130, 200: virtual control monitoring unit 140: electronic equipment

150: mobile terminal 160: home server

210: MCU 220: signal conversion unit

230: Zigbee transceiver 240: infrared signal processing unit

The present invention relates to a user-customized home network system, and more particularly, to a user-defined home network system for identifying a user's identity and location through RF communication and providing customized information according to a user's profile.

In general, the home network is to install various communication equipment and control / monitoring equipment in the home, and then connect them to the network or digital devices or equipment in the home / outside.

The system for realizing such a home network applies information and communication technology to the electronic devices used in the home to easily manage and operate the electronic devices in the home and abroad, thereby providing functions such as home security, disaster prevention, and access control. Included by default.

In general, the home network system is integrated with wired / wireless Internet while simultaneously managing all the information of the occupants using any one of telephone line communication, power line communication (PLC), LAN cable communication, coaxial cable communication, and wireless communication. By operating, you can control and manage all the systems in your home from the outside.

The conventional home network system includes a service device, a core device, and a human device.

The service device refers to a product that realizes real value as a product targeted for a home network. Products corresponding to these service devices include living facilities such as gas, heating, lighting, curtains, ventilation, and security equipment, and information appliances such as air conditioners, washing machines, purifiers, TVs, home theaters, refrigerators, and microwave ovens.

The core device is an infrastructure of a home network that interfaces a service device to a human device, and refers to an expensive essential device or a product having low user value. Products corresponding to these core devices include generation devices such as gateways, home servers, blocking filters, hubs, and public equipment such as web servers, mail servers, and DHCP servers (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Servers).

Human device refers to a product that helps a user easily use a home network. This means a dedicated device such as a web pad, web video phone, wall pad, home auto, and the like, and a combined device such as a personal PC, a mobile phone, a PDA, and a notebook.

However, in a group residence such as a large apartment complex, most of the dedicated devices are used to control and use the complex and diverse services and cores of the home network in the home, and for example, to control some devices of the home network while watching TV. There is an inconvenience to move to the place where the device is located.

In addition, conventionally, there are various types of wall pads that inform the cooking method, weather, etc. of the food, which has only a function of selecting and viewing a predetermined data directly, rather than providing customized information, thereby providing a customized service according to a user. Not only the range and contents of the service that can be provided but also are determined, the user has the inconvenience of having to select the service directly. In addition, since only limited data is provided, the contents of the information are inadequate, and the information as different from the user's interests is provided, thereby degrading its value as information.

The present invention devised to solve the problems of the prior art as described above is to identify the user's identity and location through RF communication to provide customized information according to the user's profile, and to provide the user's preferred information based on the user's profile It is an object of the present invention to provide a user-customized home network system that collects in real time and displays the actual service on an ubiquitous table screen.

The object of the present invention is a home server for storing a user's preference information; A web crawler for crawling the preference information in real time; It is achieved by a user-defined home network system including a ubiquitous table for displaying the crawled preference information and a virtual control monitoring unit for receiving a control signal from the ubiquitous table to control the electronic device.

Prior to this, terms or words used in the specification and claims should not be construed as having a conventional or dictionary meaning, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to best explain their own invention. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

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

1 is a view showing a user-customized home network system according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a user-customized home network system 100 includes a web crawler 110, a ubiquitous table 120, a virtual control monitoring unit 130, an electronic device 140, and a mobile terminal 150. , Home server 160 is included.

The web crawler 110 searches the web to find new web pages, update old web page information, and remove deleted pages to provide the latest search results.

The ubiquitous table 120 may manipulate and move contents on the table, and may transmit and receive files in real time with the personal portable terminal 150.

The virtual control monitoring unit (VCM) 130 collects various environmental information on the home network and transmits control information of the electronic device 140 by using ZigBee wireless network technology based on IEEE 802.15.4. It is a home network integrated management module.

The electronic device 140 includes a TV, audio, a DVD player, a home theater, a refrigerator, an air conditioner, and the like, and the portable terminal 150 includes a mobile phone, a PDA, and the like.

The home server 160 is a user database that stores a profile directly input by a user and a profile generated by learning a behavior pattern of the user. That is, the home server 160 registers unique information such as the latest movie information of the user's favorite genre, preferred music information, and channel information of the preferred channel.

Therefore, when the user having the mobile terminal 150 accesses the ubiquitous table 120, the user accesses the home server 160 through user authentication, and provides a service required by the user using the stored user profile. It is.

That is, the user-customized home network system 100 according to the present invention is a user profile stored in the home server 160 through user authentication when a user with the mobile terminal 150 approaches the ubiquitous table 120 ( The user inputs the profile and the profile generated by learning the user's behavior pattern) to infer the service that the user needs, which is not merely providing fixed information, but the current situation and user's preference pattern, user Infer the optimal service through the profile of, etc. to dynamically configure and provide.

Thereafter, the web crawler 110 crawls the latest movie information, favorite music information, and favorite channel information of a favorite genre, which is information required by the user, based on the user's profile stored in the home server 160 in real time. To display the information in the ubiquitous table 120.

The ubiquitous table 120 detects the identity and location of the user by performing RF communication with the user portable terminal 150 and sends a control signal to the virtual control monitoring unit 130, the virtual control monitoring unit 130 is a TV, The electronic device 140 such as an audio, a DVD player, and a home theater is controlled.

Here, the virtual control monitoring unit 130 receives the control signal from the ubiquitous table 120 through the Zigbee communication module, and transmits the received control signal to the electronic device through the infrared signal processor to control the electronic device.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user includes a customized service inference function, and uses an engine having a web crawling function to provide real-time information. In addition, RF communication with a user's personal portable terminal is used to identify a user's identity and location, and device control through infrared communication is performed through a device control through a power line communication and a virtual control monitoring unit to control an actual electronic device.

Here, the user inferred service inference function refers to accessing a home server through user authentication when a user with a mobile terminal approaches a ubiquitous table, and infers a service required by a user using a user profile stored in the home server. Instead of simply providing predetermined information, the optimal service is inferred based on the current situation, the user's preference pattern, the user's profile, and the like to dynamically configure and provide a user-customized service.

In addition, providing information through web crawling is to crawl the web in real time based on the user's profile learned / stored on the home server and display it in the ubiquitous table. Breaking the limits of the usefulness of the information provided through the display, the user can crawl the customized information he / she wants in real time and keep it up to date.

In addition, intelligent device control for providing a service dynamically controls a multimedia device such as a TV, an audio, a DVD player, or a home theater in order to provide an intelligent service to a user. It automatically plays the movie by controlling the home theater, and in the same way, it controls the audio to play the preferred music.

In detail, when the ubiquitous table is installed in the living room of the home, the user infers the service that the user can receive through user authentication when the user approaches the ubiquitous table with the mobile terminal. For example, if the result of the service inference is to play a movie, the ubiquitous table screen displays the latest information of the movie through real-time web crawling and plays the movie through intelligent device control.

In addition, if the result of user's customized service inference shows the preferred TV program, the real-time broadcasting list of the channel and the information of the currently broadcasting program are displayed on the ubiquitous table through real-time web crawling, and the TV is automatically turned on by intelligent device control. , It automatically changes to user's favorite channel.

In addition, if the user shows the preferred stock information service as a result of the customized service inference, real-time information of the stocks of interest to the user is displayed through the ubiquitous table through real-time web crawling. These services may be provided as an integrated service depending on the situation.

Accordingly, the present invention uses the ubiquitous table that provides a customized service based on a user profile according to a situation, and actively provides information and device control services desired by the user, free from the limitation of passive service provision that provides a service upon user's request. Provided automatically to increase user convenience.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a virtual control monitoring unit according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, the virtual control monitoring unit 200 is largely composed of a MCU (Micro Cotrol Unit) 210, a transceiver 230, and an infrared signal processor 240.

The sensed analog signal is converted into a digital value through the signal converter 220 of the MCU 210, which is preferably an analog digital converter (ADC). The converted digital value is transmitted to the ubiquitous table through the Zigbee transceiver 230.

Meanwhile, a digital value corresponding to the user profile information is received from the ubiquitous table and processed to generate an electronic device control signal for the processed result.

The virtual control monitoring unit 200 receives the control signal through the Zigbee transceiver 230, and transmits the received control signal to the electronic device through the infrared signal processor 240 to control the electronic device.

In this case, the infrared signal processor 240 includes a learning type infrared sensor, as well as control infrared signals that are preset and stored in a ubiquitous table, as well as through a user's input for a new infrared signal band due to the addition of a new electronic device. It enables the ubiquitous table to store and manage infrared signals for control.

The virtual control monitoring unit 200 includes a UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter) and a SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) for extending the function.

Although the present invention has been shown and described with reference to the preferred embodiments as described above, it is not limited to the above embodiments and those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Various changes and modifications will be possible.

Therefore, the user-customized home network system of the present invention grasps the user's identity and location through RF communication and provides customized information according to the user's profile, thereby enabling interworking with service providers through wired and wireless networks, thereby expanding the service. It can be used as a competitive next-generation intelligent service, and it can be used to provide context-adaptive intelligent service suitable for ubiquitous network environment.

Claims (7)

A home server for storing preference information of a user; A web crawler for crawling the preference information in real time; Ubiquitous table for displaying the preference information crawled A virtual control monitoring unit configured to control an electronic device by receiving a control signal from the ubiquitous table; And A mobile terminal for identifying a user through the ubiquitous table and RF communication and providing the preference information Custom home network system comprising a. delete delete The method of claim 1, The ubiquitous table is a user-customized home network system, characterized in that for operating and moving on the table. The method of claim 1, The virtual control monitoring unit is a user-customized home network system, characterized in that the Zigbee communication with the ubiquitous table. The method of claim 1, The virtual control monitoring unit is a user-customized home network system, characterized in that the infrared communication with the electronic device. The method of claim 1, The electronic device includes a TV, audio, a DVD player, a home theater, a refrigerator, and an air conditioner.

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