KR101679703B1 - IoT/M2M Configuration Method through Usage Analysis - Google Patents

Abstract

An IoT / M2M system configuration method is provided through use analysis. In the system control method according to the embodiment of the present invention, when a trigger event occurs, an operation profile matching the same trigger event, occurrence time zone and side information is searched, and a control event according to the searched operation profile is executed. Accordingly, since the IoT / M2M system can be used without setting up a separate user after installation, the convenience of the user can be increased and the operation method based on the user's usage behavior can be presented to the user through the operation profile .

Description

Method for setting IoT / M2M system through use analysis {IoT / M2M Configuration Method through Usage Analysis}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for providing an automated function, and more particularly, to automatic setting of devices used in a things Internet and an intelligent object communication environment.

Things used in the Internet (IoT - Internet of Things) and machine-to-machine (M2M) systems include sensor and network functions. This enables a variety of services by allowing the device to acquire peripheral information, exchange acquired information with one another, or transmit it to another system via a local network or an Internet connection. IoT / M2M can be applied to various fields such as home automation, wearable, smart vehicle, facility management, disaster prevention, and energy management.

Many IoT / M2M systems are on the market now, but they have not been activated yet. There are various reasons such as uncommon standard, high price, but one of them is inconvenience of management and setting. When the IoT / M2M system is applied to a home, office, building or a specific site, there are as many as a few tens or hundreds or thousands of devices installed. It is very cumbersome for an administrator to manually register and set up individual devices, and it may not be possible if the number of individuals increases. In addition, setting up and management can be made more difficult if a non-expert person in the home environment wants to use the system.

It is possible to discover installed IoT / M2M devices and verify the functions provided by self-configuration technology such as zero-configuration, It can be cumbersome or difficult.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for generating an operation profile by analyzing a usage pattern or a usage pattern of a device installed in an IoT / And the system can be operated by automatically applying the generated operation profile.

Another object of the present invention is to present the generated operation profile to a user so that the user can directly review and modify the profile and apply it to the system.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system control method including: a first search step of searching, when a trigger event occurs, operation profiles having the same trigger event and an occurrence time zone; A second retrieval step of retrieving an operation profile having additional information among the operation profiles retrieved in the first retrieval step; A third retrieval step of retrieving an operation profile that contains the most control event if the operation profile matching the additional information is not retrieved in the second retrieval step; And executing a control event according to the operation profile retrieved in the second retrieving step or the third retrieving step.

The system control method according to an embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that if an operation profile having the same occurrence time and the same trigger event is not retrieved in the first retrieval step, The method comprising the steps of:

Further, the system control method according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include adding the control event to the new operation profile when a control event occurs within a predetermined time.

In addition, the system control method according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include: monitoring an additional control event by the user after the execution step; And generating a new operation profile including a further generated control event when the control event is further generated.

In addition, the system control method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: comparing a generated new operation profile with previously stored operation profiles; Updating the additional information of the previously stored operation profile if there is a previously stored operation profile matching the same trigger event, occurrence time zone and control event; And deleting the generated new operation profile.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a system, the method comprising: updating supplementary information of an operation profile when a control event is not additionally generated.

Further, the additional information may be a day of the week.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control apparatus including: a communication unit for communicating with surrounding objects; A storage for storing operational profiles; And when the trigger event is generated by the neighboring object, searches the operation profiles having the same trigger event and the occurrence time of the same event, searches for the operation profile having the same additional information among the retrieved operation profiles, And a processor for retrieving an operation profile that contains the control event most frequently and executing a control event according to the retrieved operation profile.

As described above, according to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to use the IoT / M2M system without setting a separate user after installation of the IoT / M2M system.

Also, according to embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to present an operation method that the user is not aware of through the provision of the operation profile based on the user usage behavior.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart for explaining a process of creating a new operation profile by event detection;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart provided for explanation of a continuous event recording timer timeout process; FIG.
Figure 3 is a flow chart provided in the description of the operation profile management and application process,
4 is a block diagram of a gateway capable of performing the above-described operation profile creation / management / application.

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

1. Operation Profile

In a typical IoT / M2M environment, various sensors, actuators, and communication devices are installed. These devices are managed through a gateway device. The gateway monitors and collects events for devices registered to it.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the system event is classified into two types, a "trigger event" that occurs automatically due to the detection of the sensor and a "control event" that occurs due to the user's operation.

The operation profile proposed in the embodiment of the present invention is generated in the form of an "if ... then ..." conditional statement, and the "if" part consists of one or a plurality of "trigger events" and " Quot; control event ".

And "additional information" for determining whether or not the other profile is applied. The operation profile creation and management according to the user's usage behavior monitoring is performed in the gateway device.

2. Create Operation Profile

The operation profile creation according to the user's usage behavior monitoring is performed through the following process, as shown in FIG. 1 is a flowchart provided in explanation of a process of generating a new operation profile by event detection.

When an event occurs, it is checked whether the type of the event is a "trigger event" (S110). If it is the "trigger event" (S110-YES), it is checked whether the "profile ID generation flag" is set (S120). The "profile ID generation flag" indicates whether to create a new profile. Initially, the "profile ID generation flag" is set to 1 (flag set).

If the "profile ID generation flag" is set (S120-YES), a new profile ID is generated so as to be distinguishable from other profiles (S130), and the "profile ID generation flag" is set to 0 (flag clear).

Next, a "continuous event recording timer" is defined to form an IF statement based on the generated "trigger event" and to associate and record a control event that may occur after the trigger event occurs (THEN syntax formation) (S140).

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, if no control event occurs before the timer times out (that is, the THEN syntax is absent), the profile being recorded is deleted, and if a control event has occurred The profile being recorded is stored (S200).

If a control event occurs (S110-No) and the "profile ID generation flag" is 0 (ie, the timer is valid) (S150-YES), the event is added to the THEN statement and the profile is updated (S160).

If the trigger event occurs consecutively before the THEN statement is formed (S110-YES and S120-NO) (S170-NO), the report IF statement is updated with the compound trigger event (S180).

When the profile is completed (S190), other information such as the day of the week is also recorded in the profile as "additional information ".

Through the above process, the trigger events and control events generated in the vicinity are grouped into one unique operation profile.

3. Management / Application of Operation Profile

The operation profile management according to the user's usage behavior monitoring is performed through the process shown in FIG. Figure 3 is a flow chart provided in the description of the operation profile management and application process.

When a trigger event occurs, the previously stored operation profiles are searched (S305). If a profile matching the same trigger event condition and time can not be found (S310-No or S325-No), a new operation profile by event detection is generated (S315). The process of creating a new operation profile has been described in detail with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG.

If it is found that the profiles match the occurrence time zone (YES in step S310-YES), a profile matching the additional information is searched (S330). If a profile matching the additional information is found (S335-YES), the profile is executed (S340).

On the other hand, if the additional information does not match (S335-No), the operation profile having a large number of control events is selected and performed (S345). After performing the profile, a "continuous event recording timer" is driven (S350). If a control event is additionally generated by the user before the timer is timed out (S355-Yes), a new operation profile according to the event recording is generated (S360), and the same operation control event sequence , The additional information is updated (S365).

If the control event does not occur before the timer times out (S355-No), the side information of the performed profile is updated (S370).

4. Example of use

4.1. Example # 1

The user installs the system and does not create separate operating rules. The system is configured to automatically create and apply operational rules by default. The system analyzes the events that occur, creates an operation profile according to the system usage pattern of the user, records and applies the operation profile.

For example, the system detects that the I / O sensor is activated at 9 am on Monday (trigger condition), the light is on within 5 minutes (continuous event timeout), the air conditioner is turned on and the temperature is set to 25 degrees. In this regard, it is checked whether there is a profile related to "entry-in event ". If the related profile does not exist, a new profile (profile A: entry-in event, 9 am ± 10 minutes → light on, air conditioner (On, 25 degrees), additional information: Monday) is generated and stored.

If the I / O sensor is activated at 9:05 am on Tuesday, the system will search for Profile A for "Access In Event" related profiles. Then, check whether the "outgoing in event" occurred in the allowable time zone of Profile A (9 am ± 10 minutes) and execute the profile. If the user does not take any action within 5 minutes for the automatically executed action (On, Air Condition (On, 25 degrees)), the profile information is updated (Profile A: ± 10 minutes → light on, air conditioner (On, 25 degrees); Additional information: Monday, Tuesday).

On the same condition on Wednesday, when Profile A is executed, if the user further walks the blind within 5 minutes, a new profile is created (Profile B: In / Out Event, 9 am ± 10 min → Light On, ), Blind walking; additional information: Wednesday.

On Thursday at 9 am When an "In-In Event" occurs, the system finds two profiles (Profile A, B) that have the same trigger conditions. Check whether the corresponding day of the week exists in the additional information of the two profiles. If there is no corresponding day of week, execute the event with a large number of events among the two profiles (Profile B). If the user does not take any action, Profile B will be updated (Profile B: In-Out Event, 9 am ± 10 minutes → Light On, Air Conditioner (On, 25 degrees), Blind Walking, Additional Information: Wednesday, Thursday) .

If the user leaves the blind within the next 5 minutes after execution of the "Entry In Event" on Friday at 9:00 am, the system detects that the related event sequence is the same as the existing Profile A and updates Profile A (Profile A : Access In Event, 9 am ± 10 min → Light On, Air Condition (On, 25 degrees); Additional Information: Monday, Tuesday, Friday.

At 9:00 AM on Monday, after the "Enter In Event", confirm that "A" is displayed on the additional information of Profile A but there is two applicable profiles, and execute Profile A. If the user sets the air conditioner temperature to 20 degrees within 5 minutes after executing Profile A, it tries to modify the profile. If there was only Monday in the additional information of the profile A, the temperature of the setting information of the profile A would be modified by 20 degrees. However, since the additional information of the profile A is added to the additional information, Profile is created (Profile C: Entry In Event, 9 am ± 10 min → Light On, Air Conditioner (On, 20 degrees); Additional Information: Monday).

4.2. Example # 2

The administrator sets up the basic interlocking function through the system setting. The administrator sets the system to "operational rule recommendation status". The system collects the generated user usage pattern and generates the profile. Provides administrators with operational profiles that are collected at a specified period (day, week, or month) and time. At this time, the newly generated profiles are analyzed for occurrence time and period. In addition, the degree of similarity is analyzed in comparison with the profile used and applied to the system.

Administrators can review collected operational profiles and analysis information, apply profiles after they are applied to the system or modify them (add / delete events or add exceptions). If the administrator does not review the profile within the specified time, continue to accumulate the profiles according to the settings or delete the collected profiles and collect them again.

5. Gateway

4 is a block diagram of a gateway capable of performing the above-described operation profile creation / management / application. 4, the gateway 400 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 410, a control unit 420, and a storage unit 430.

The communication unit 410 establishes and maintains a communication connection with peripheral objects, and the storage unit 430 is a storage medium in which the above-described operation profiles are stored.

The control unit 420 executes the algorithm shown in Figs. 1 to 3 to perform generation, management, and application of the operation profile.

6. Variations

Up to now, the IoT / M2M system setting method through use analysis has been described in detail with a preferred embodiment.

Although the subject of the system control is assumed to be the gateway in the above embodiment, it is only an example for convenience of explanation. The technical idea of the present invention can also be applied to the case where it is replaced with another control device other than the gateway.

In the above embodiment, it is assumed that the additional information is a day of the week, but this is also merely an example. It is needless to say that other information other than the day of the week (for example, month, season, weather, etc.) can be used as supplementary information.

If the number of control events is equal to the number of control events in step S345 of FIG. 3, it is possible to select an operation profile having the latest execution time.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

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Claims (8)

A first searching step of searching, when a triggering event occurs, operating profiles whose occurrence time period coincides with the same triggering event;
A second retrieval step of retrieving an operation profile having additional information among the operation profiles retrieved in the first retrieval step;
A third retrieval step of retrieving an operation profile that contains the most control event if the operation profile matching the additional information is not retrieved in the second retrieval step;
Executing a control event according to the operation profile retrieved in the second retrieving step or the third retrieving step;
Generating a new operation profile based on the generated trigger event and the occurrence time period if the operation profile matching the same trigger event and the same occurrence time is not found in the first search step;
Adding the control event to the new operation profile when a control event occurs within a predetermined time;
Monitoring the additional control event by the user after the execution step;
Generating a new operation profile including an additional control event when the control event is further generated;
Comparing the generated new operation profile with pre-stored operation profiles;
Updating the additional information of the previously stored operation profile if there is a previously stored operation profile matching the same trigger event, occurrence time zone and control event;
Deleting the generated new operation profile;
And updating the additional information of the executed operation profile if a control event is not additionally generated.
delete delete delete delete delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the additional information is a day of the week.
A communication unit for communicating with surrounding objects devices;
A storage for storing operational profiles; And
When the trigger event is generated by the surrounding object, the operation profiles matching the same trigger event and the occurrence time zone are searched, the operation profile matching the additional information among the searched operation profiles is searched, And a processor for retrieving an operation profile that contains the control event most frequently if it is not retrieved and executing a control event according to the retrieved operation profile,
The processor comprising:
If the same trigger event and the same operation time profile are not found, a new operation profile is generated based on the generated trigger event and the generated time zone. If a control event occurs within a predetermined time, the control event is added to the new operation profile ,
Monitoring an additional control event by the user after executing the control event according to the retrieved operation profile,
When a control event is further generated, a new operation profile including an additional generated control event is generated, and the generated new operation profile is compared with the previously stored operation profiles to determine whether the same trigger event, If there is an operation profile, the additional information of the previously stored operation profile is updated, the new operation profile created is deleted,
And updates the additional information of the executed operation profile if a control event is not additionally generated.

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