KR101584932B1 - Session-based home automation system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a session-based home automation system. Session-based home automation is carried out. A session is defined according to each user and situation. Different services can be provided according to a user even in the same situation. The operation states of smart appliances can be optimally customized. Thereby, the situation of generating an event is determined from various viewpoints. Even though the same event is generated in the same situation, a different coping method is provided according to a user. So, an effective home automation system can be realized.

Description

[0001] Session-based home automation system [0002]

The present invention relates to a home automation system, and more particularly, to a session-based home automation system that performs session-based home automation instead of event based in a smart home environment and customizes a session for customized home automation .

Recently, a home automation system has been widely developed in which various electronic devices in a home are organically combined to improve the convenience of home life and secure safety.

For example, if a person turns on a gas burner at home and forgets for a while and then goes out for a long time, this situation is a dangerous situation that can lead to a fire. Also, when no one is in the house, it is dangerous for an outsider to break into the house.

However, most home automation systems currently recognize such a dangerous situation as an event unit, so that it can be handled in a manner similar to an event generated by a normal smart home appliance, so that a one-time notification such as SMS can be displayed to the user's smartphone. Some home automation systems also allow users to program the appropriate processes according to which events occur.

However, even if the same event occurs, it may be necessary to perform another process depending on the situation at the time the event occurs. In such a case, it may be rather problematic that a preprogrammed process is performed.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2008-0034628 discloses an apparatus and method for providing a home network user interface using a shape recognition technology. The apparatus includes a shape input unit for photographing a user and obtaining user shape information, And a user interface providing module for identifying the user and outputting a user interface screen specialized for the user to the display means.

However, in such a conventional home automation system, there is a difficulty that an event-based execution process must determine whether the situation is a situation only by occurrence of one event, and even if the same event occurs in the same situation, There is a problem that the conventional home automation system can not effectively cope with such a case.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a smart home environment that can manage the situation and to provide a customizing function capable of providing different services according to the user even in the same situation.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2008-0034628 (April 22, 2008)

It is an object of the present invention to overcome the above-described problems of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a smart home appliance Based home automation system that customizes the operating state of the home automation system to an optimal state.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a smart phone including: a smart phone for inputting a session registration and a cancellation request according to a user's command; If the updated state information of the smart home system and sensors of the smart home system is received from the device state manager, the maintenance condition of the registered session is determined through the information, A session keeper for managing session maintenance status and notifying a service manager of a session in which a session maintenance status is updated; And receives updated information from the smart home system every time an event is generated from the smart home appliance or the sensor, and acquires and manages status information on the smart home appliance and the sensors from the smart home system. A device state manager for delivering device state information to the session keeper and the service manager; A service manager for registering and releasing a service in response to a service registration and release request from the smartphone, determining whether to perform service by receiving updated session maintenance status information from the session keeper, and outputting a service activation scenario; And a service activator for generating the service activation scenario received from the service manager as a message used by the smart home system and transmitting the generated message to the smart home system to enable a service to be provided, Home automation system.

The registered session of the session keeper includes each session ID, session name, maintenance condition, and maintenance status as information.

When the service start event corresponding to the session is generated while a session is maintained, the service manager provides the service that the smart home system previously designated by the user according to the service activation scenario.

When the device status information is changed, the device status manager transmits the device status information to the session keeper first.

The service manager stores the session ID, the session maintenance status, and information about the service associated with the session.

Preferably, each of the services comprises a pair of a service start event and a service activation scenario, the service start event comprises a set of status information of the devices, and the activation scenario comprises a sequence of status information of devices to be controlled.

According to the session-based home automation system according to the present invention configured as described above, the session-based home automation is performed, and a session is defined for each user and each situation, By customizing the operation state of the device to an optimal state, it is possible to judge the event occurrence situation in various ways, so that even if the same event occurs in the same situation, it is possible to implement a more efficient home automation system by providing different countermeasures according to the user There is an effect.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a session-based home automation system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram for explaining the control flow of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating state information stored in each part of the session-based home automation system of FIG. 1. FIG.

The present invention may have various modifications and various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a session-based home automation system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram for explaining a control flow of FIG. 1, FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing state information stored in each part of the home automation system. FIG.

As shown in the figure, the session-based home automation system according to the present invention includes a smart phone 100, a smart home system 200, a device state manager 300, a session keeper 400, A service activator 500 and a service manager 600. [

The session keeper 400 is a component that performs session management based on a session registration and release request from the smartphone 100. The registered session has information of session ID, session name, maintenance condition, and maintenance status as shown in Table 1. When the updated state information of the smart home system and sensors of the smart home system 200 is received from the device state manager 300, the session keeper 400 determines a maintenance condition of the registered session through the information, do. If there is a session in which the session maintenance status is updated, the service manager 600 is notified of the session.

Session ID Session name Maintenance condition Maintenance state 0x01 Sleeping device [0x01] == BEDROOM LIVE 0x02 On ignition device [0x03] == ON SLEEP 0x03 Resting device [0x01] == LIVINGROOM LIVE 0x04 Out device [0x01]! = INDOOR SLEEP 0x05 Watching a movie device [0x01] == LIVING_ROOM
&& device [0x07] == ON SLEEP ... ... ... ...

In order to solve the problems in the prior art, the session defined in Table 1 defines a situation that may occur in everyday life in the present invention. As shown in Table 1, each session has a maintenance condition and maintenance status information. When a service start event corresponding to the session occurs during a certain session is maintained, the smart home system stores the service activation event Service.

If the session maintenance condition is satisfied, the session is maintained and home automation needs to be performed when a specific condition is satisfied while the session is maintained. At this time, the specific condition is expressed as a set of service start events, and the home automation process is expressed as a service activation scenario.

The device status manager 300 receives updated information from the smart home system 200 whenever an event occurs from the smart home appliance or sensor, obtains status information on the smart home appliance and the sensors from the smart home system 200, do.

Device ID Device Classification Name of device condition 0x01 Smart Watch Smart Watch 1 INDOOR 0x02 door lock Main door CLOSE 0x03 Gas range Kitchen Gas Range ON 0x04 fan A private fan LEVEL1 0x05 fan Living room fan OFF 0x06 Boiler Boiler OFF ... ... ... ...

When the information update of the device status manager 300 is completed, the updated device status information is transmitted to the session keeper 400 and the service manager 600. At this time, when the device status information is changed, the session in the LIVE status can be changed to the SLEEP status, or vice versa. In this case, since the service is provided depending on the maintenance state, the device state information must be transmitted to the session keeper 400 first.

The service manager 600 receives a service registration and release request from the smartphone 100 and receives a service management function for registering and releasing a service and a session maintenance status information from the session keeper 400 to determine whether to perform a service Function. Here, the service management is performed through information on the session ID, the session maintenance status, and the service associated with the session, as shown in Table 3 below.

Session ID Session state Service startup events and activation scenarios 0x01 LIVE

0x02 SLEEP

0x03 SLEEP

0x04 LIVE

0x05 LIVE

... ... ...

At this time, since the service to be provided according to the service start event may be different even in the same session, there may exist several services in the same session, and each service is composed of a service start event and a service activation scenario pair. The service start event consists of a set of status information of the devices and the activation scenario consists of a sequence of status information of the devices to be controlled.

When the service start event corresponding to the session is generated while a certain session is maintained, the service manager 600 preferably provides the service that the smart home system previously designated by the user according to the service activation scenario.

The service activator 500 generates a service activation scenario received from the service manager 600 as a message used by the smart home system 200 so that the service can be provided to the user substantially and transmits the generated message to the smart home system 200. [ So that the service can be provided.

Therefore, according to the session-based home automation system according to the present invention configured as described above, it is possible to perform session-based home automation and define a session for each user and each situation to provide different services according to the user By customizing the operation state of the smart home appliance to the optimal state, it is possible to judge the event occurrence situation in various ways and to provide a more efficient home automation system by providing various countermeasures according to the user even if the same event occurs in the same situation .

The embodiments of the present invention described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings relate to the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to encompass all of the technical ideas of the present invention so that various equivalents It should be understood that water and variations may be present. Therefore, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and that various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. , Such changes shall be within the scope of the claims set forth in the claims.

100: Smartphone
200: Smart Home System
300: Device Status Manager
400: Session Keeper
500: Service activator
600: Service Manager

Claims (6)

A smartphone for inputting a session registration and release request according to a user's command;
If the updated state information of the smart home system and sensors of the smart home system is received from the device state manager, the maintenance condition of the registered session is determined through the information, A session keeper for managing session maintenance status and notifying a service manager of a session in which a session maintenance status is updated;
And receives updated information from the smart home system every time an event is generated from the smart home appliance or the sensor, and acquires and manages status information on the smart home appliance and the sensors from the smart home system. A device state manager for delivering device state information to the session keeper and the service manager;
Wherein the service registration and release request is received from the smartphone to register and release the service, and the updated session maintenance status information is received from the session keeper to determine whether to perform the service. In the case where the service corresponding to the specific session A service manager for outputting a predetermined service activation scenario corresponding to a start event received through the status information;
And a service activator for generating the service activation scenario received from the service manager as a message used by the smart home system and delivering the generated message to the smart home system to enable a service to be provided, Automation system.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the registered session of the session keeper comprises:
A session name, a maintenance condition, and a maintenance state of each session ID, a session name, a maintenance condition, and a maintenance status.
3. The method of claim 2,
The service manager,
Wherein when a service start event corresponding to the session is generated while a certain session is maintained, the smart home system provides a service previously specified by the user according to the service activation scenario.
The method according to claim 1,
The device status manager,
And when the device state information is changed, the device state information is transmitted to the session keeper first.
The method according to claim 1,
The service manager,
A session ID, a session maintenance state, and information on a service associated with the session.
6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein each of the services is configured as a pair of a service start event and a service activation scenario,
Wherein the service initiation event comprises a set of state information of devices and the activation scenario comprises a sequence of state information of devices to be controlled.

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