KR101862141B1 - Home automation system using home profile and gateway apparatus for providing home automation service - Google Patents

Abstract

The home automation service system 100 using the home profile includes a position sensor device 110 disposed in a division area of a home and determining a position of a user, position information of a user and operation information of a home appliance based on initial home profile information A control device 130 for controlling the operation of the home appliance according to the position of the user on the basis of the home profile information, and a sensor device, a home appliance, a home profile management device And an interface device 150 for transferring information between the control device and the control device.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a home automation service system and a home automation service providing home automation service system using a home profile,

The technology described below relates to a home automation service system and a gateway device.

The home automation service system basically provides the same service to all the houses where the system is installed.

In this regard, there is an attempt to provide a home automation service reflecting the characteristics of an individual user. A home service using a personal profile requires a technique for identifying a user and a technique for measuring a response of a user. Most of the conventional methods use a portable information terminal to identify users and receive user responses to learn.

Korean Patent No. 10-0858051 Korean Patent No. 10-1352539

The portable information terminal possessed by the individual has a problem that the resources are limited and the personalized information learned by the portable terminal is leaked because of the security. Especially, due to the nature of the home service, there is a limitation that it is difficult to find a satisfactory conflict resolution method for all users when there is a difference in preference for using the same device among users in a home.

The following description is to provide a system or an apparatus for providing a home automation service based on home profile information reflecting the characteristics of a family member rather than an individual.

The solutions to the technical problems described below are not limited to those mentioned above, and other solutions not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

The home automation service system using the home profile includes a location sensor device disposed in a division area of a house to determine a location of a user, home profile information based on user's location information and home appliance operation information based on initial home profile information, A control device for controlling the operation of the home appliance according to the position of the user based on the home profile information, and an interface device for transferring information between the sensor device, the home appliance, the home profile management device, and the control device .

The initial home profile information may be determined based on at least one of a residence area, a residence type, an age range of a family member, or health status information of a family member.

The home profile management apparatus extracts a pattern of the user's use of the home appliance using the profile database storing the initial home profile information, the timer and the time information indicating the time information, the location information, and the operation information, And updates the extracted pattern to the initial home profile information when it differs from the pattern for use of the specific home appliance.

A gateway device for providing a home automation service includes a position sensor device disposed in a division area of a home and transmitting position information of a user, a home appliance device transmitting operation information, an environment sensor device disposed in the division area, An initial home profile information and a home profile information to be updated, a time profile information, a location information, and an operation information, A usage pattern storage unit for storing the usage profile, and a profile management unit for generating and managing the home profile information by updating the usage pattern to the initial home profile information when the usage pattern is different from the corresponding pattern stored in the initial home profile information, And initial home profile Using a beam or a groove profile update information to a control unit for controlling the home devices.

The technology described below can provide the initial home profile information reflecting the family member characteristics to provide the automated service while learning the characteristics of the family members and updating the home profile information to provide customized services for each family.

The effects of the techniques described below are not limited to those mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

FIG. 1 shows an example of home profile information.
2 is an example of a block diagram showing a configuration of a home automation service system using a home profile.
FIG. 3 is an example of a flowchart illustrating a process 200 in which home profile information for providing a home automation service is generated and managed.
4 is an example of a block diagram showing a configuration of a gateway apparatus for providing a home automation service.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

The terms first, second, A, B, etc., may be used to describe various components, but the components are not limited by the terms, but may be used to distinguish one component from another . For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component. And / or < / RTI > includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

As used herein, the singular " include " should be understood to include a plurality of representations unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, and the terms " comprises & , Parts or combinations thereof, and does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, components, components, or combinations thereof.

Before describing the drawings in detail, it is to be clarified that the division of constituent parts in this specification is merely a division by main functions of each constituent part. That is, two or more constituent parts to be described below may be combined into one constituent part, or one constituent part may be divided into two or more functions according to functions that are more subdivided. In addition, each of the constituent units described below may additionally perform some or all of the functions of other constituent units in addition to the main functions of the constituent units themselves, and that some of the main functions, And may be carried out in a dedicated manner. The home automation service system 100 using the home profile of the present invention and the gateway device 300 for providing the home automation service for this reason will be described in detail with reference to FIG. It is clear that the constitution of the constituent parts according to the present invention can be different from the corresponding figure within the scope of achieving the object of the present invention.

Also, in performing a method or an operation method, each of the processes constituting the method may take place differently from the stated order unless clearly specified in the context. That is, each process may occur in the same order as described, may be performed substantially concurrently, or may be performed in the opposite order.

Hereinafter, a home automation service system 100 using a home profile and a gateway device 300 providing a home automation service will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

The technology described below basically provides a home automation service using home profile information. The home profile information is updated according to the usage pattern of the resident. That is, the home automation service system described below analyzes usage patterns of certain users, and learns and analyzes the usage patterns of the users to update the home profile information.

Also, the home automation service system starts the automation service using the initial home profile information. The initial home profile information has a pattern for control of each home appliance according to information such as a residence area, a member age, and the like. Accordingly, the user may initially construct the initial home profile information by selecting a variable suitable for each assumption, or the system operator may set the initial home profile information suitable for the assumption. Then, the home automation service system generates home profile information by updating a new user pattern with the initial home profile information.

For household appliances or devices that are used together at home, the method of usage is determined according to the current situation of the family, such as the composition of the family or the family relationship, especially the economic situation, the presence of the baby, the disease, and the examinee rather than the individual preference. Therefore, it is possible to improve the user satisfaction by providing the service based on the home profile, which learns the characteristics of usage by the home rather than the service based on the personal preference.

FIG. 1 shows an example of home profile information. 1 (a) is a table showing residence area information and an average temperature in the area. For example, the home automation service system reflects current time information (March), so that the average temperature of area A (area A) is 15 degrees, area B is 22 degrees, and area C is 30 degrees. Assume temperature is in degrees Celsius. The home automation service system can maintain the home heating apparatus at an appropriate level in the room according to the temperature information. Of course, the home automation service system can precisely control the heating device by dividing the morning, lunch, evening, or dawn by time zone.

FIG. 1 (b) is an example of a table showing age information of a family member, general power saving degree (power saving index) information and time information of the age group. Generally, younger generations are less likely to save electricity than older generations. Accordingly, the home automation service system can customize the use time of the heating, the home appliance, the lighting time, or the brightness of the lighting according to the age of the family member.

The home automation service system uses an initial home profile to perform an automated service, and then uses a pattern of updating the home profile information by learning the usage patterns of the family members. Therefore, the home profile information includes an initial home profile.

The home profile information may include information on various criteria or areas. Basically, the initial home profile information can be composed of several formal patterns depending on the number of household members, the average age of the parents, the age of the child, and the area.

The initial home profile is based on the residential areas of Seoul / Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Jeolla and Jeju, and household heads of more than 70 years old, 50 ~ 60 years old, 20 ~ 40 years old. / High, and more, and apply the default values according to whether or not there is a long-term care patient in particular. Since the average temperature or humidity differs depending on the region, the basic control section may be set differently. As the age of the head of household increases, the tendency is to pay more attention to energy conservation as age increases, and the lower the age, the greater the tendency to use convenience than the waste of resources. Depending on the age of the child, the use time of the TV, computer, etc. can be limited. In the case of a long-term care patient with uncomfortable behavior, the temperature / humidity / lightness control can be set more granularly.

2 is an example of a block diagram showing a configuration of a home automation service system 100 using a home profile. Detailed descriptions of the components commonly used and studied in the home automation service system 100 will be omitted.

The home automation service system 100 using the home profile includes a position sensor device 110 disposed in a division area of a home and determining a position of a user, position information of a user and operation information of a home appliance based on initial home profile information A control device 130 for controlling the operation of the home appliance according to the position of the user on the basis of the home profile information, and a sensor device, a home appliance, a home profile management device And an interface device 150 for transferring information between the control device and the control device. Further, the home automation service system 100 using the home profile may further include an environmental sensor device 140 for measuring at least one of temperature, humidity, illuminance, CO ₂ concentration, or noise level for the division area.

FIG. 2 illustrates a home automation service system 100 using a home profile in the home, but the home profile management device 120 may be included in a remote server. If the home profile management apparatus 120 exists in the server, the home profile information for each home should be stored in the controller 130 or a separate storage device disposed in the home.

The interface device 150 connects each device included in the home automation service system 100 using the home profile. The interface device 150 may be a wired device (LAN or the like) using a certain communication protocol or a wireless network device such as a Zigbee. In some cases, data may be exchanged through a mobile communication network. In case of a wireless network device, each configuration should have a communication module for wireless communication. Furthermore, if the home profile management apparatus 120 exists in a remote server, the interface apparatus 150 that connects the home profile management apparatus 120 can provide a variety of information such as an Internet network using a Wi-Fi AP, Lt; / RTI >

The location sensor device 110 is a configuration for extracting location information to grasp a usage pattern of a resident. Whether the current occupant is in the living room or in the kitchen. Therefore, the position sensor device 110 can be variously used, such as a camera device, an infrared sensor device, and an ultrasonic device.

Further, the position sensor device 110 may be a sensor device possessed by a resident. For example, it is possible to determine the location of a resident using a Wi-Fi communication or the like in the home, or the location of a resident can be roughly grasped using a GPS device. In this case, the sensor device possessed by the resident is a device having a built-in communication module for performing the communication, and a mobile device such as a smart phone may be used.

The position sensor device 110 can check whether the occupant is in a specific position in the house and can check whether or not the occupant is currently in the house. Specific locations can be divided into areas such as living rooms, bathrooms, kitchens, and rooms, which are called division zones. FIG. 2 shows a configuration in which the position sensor apparatus A 110 is disposed in the section zone A and the position sensor apparatus B 110 is disposed in the section zone B. FIG.

The controller 130 controls the home appliance using position information of a resident using the provided home profile information.

The environmental sensor device 150 measures at least one of temperature, humidity, illuminance, CO ₂ concentration, or noise level for the division zone. Therefore, the environmental sensor device 150 can use a specific sensor device depending on the object to be measured. The technology related to the environmental sensor device is a general description, so a detailed description will be omitted.

The home profile management apparatus 120 updates the home profile information by learning the usage pattern of the family members based on the initial home profile information.

The home profile management apparatus 120 includes a profile database 121 for storing initial home profile information, a timer 122 for notifying time information, a pattern for use of the home appliance by the user using time information, And an arithmetic operation unit 123 for updating the extracted pattern to the initial home profile information when the initial home profile information differs from the pattern for use of the specific home appliance.

The initial home profile information is pattern information on the usage of the home appliance determined based on at least one of the residence area, the residence type, the age range of the family member, or the health status information of the family member as described above.

The home profile management apparatus 120 can update the home profile information by further using the information measured by the environment sensor apparatus 150. [ In this case, the control device 130 may store various information such as temperature, humidity, illuminance, CO2 concentration, sound, and the like, which are information measured by the environmental sensor device 150 based on the home profile information provided by the home profile management device 120 And provide appropriate services accordingly.

FIG. 3 is an example of a flowchart illustrating a process 200 in which home profile information for providing a home automation service is generated and managed.

First, when an entrance or a position of a resident is detected (210) in a location sensor device 110 disposed in a house, an automation service is provided according to information such as a division zone and a time zone where the resident is located based on the initial home profile information 220). Thereafter, the resident (user) is checked whether he or she prefers the provided service (230). For example, if a resident is located in front of a TV, lights up a particular TV channel, and the resident does not take any other action, he or she prefers the service, and if the resident immediately turns off the lights or changes the channel on the TV, will be.

In order to learn home profile information, certain pattern information of residents should be generated. Accordingly, if the resident satisfies the provided service, the reinforcement signal for the corresponding service is stored (240). If the resident does not satisfy the provided service, the resignation signal for the corresponding service is stored (250).

If it is determined that the profile learning period is correct (160), the profile data is learned using the accumulated usage patterns of the residents (270). The profile learning cycle can be set to perform learning immediately when a usage pattern is generated, or can be set to be performed when a certain period or a predetermined amount of usage pattern data is accumulated.

Thereafter, the home profile management apparatus extracts the learned home profile information (280) and updates the home profile information (290).

In FIG. 2, the home automation service system 100 is configured and the controller 130 is separately configured. However, the control device 130 and the home profile management device 120 may be implemented in one physical device.

For example, a gateway device that transmits a control signal to each of the home appliances 50 manages the home profile information and can control the home appliances 50 based thereon. The gateway device may be implemented by a variety of devices, and may be implemented in an AP device that provides Internet services.

4 is an example of a block diagram showing the configuration of the gateway device 300 for providing the home automation service.

The gateway device 300 for providing a home automation service includes a position sensor device disposed in a division area of a home and transmitting position information of a user, a home appliance device transmitting operation information, and an environment sensor A profile database unit 330 for storing initial home profile information and home profile information to be updated, time information, position information, and operation information A usage pattern storage unit 340 for extracting and storing a usage pattern of the user's home appliance using the home profile information stored in the initial home profile information storage unit 340. If the usage pattern is different from the corresponding pattern stored in the initial home profile information based on the initial home profile information, A profile management unit 350 for updating the profile information to generate and manage home profile information, And a control unit 360 for controlling the home appliance using initial home profile information or updated home profile information.

The interface unit 310 includes a position sensor interface 311 for communicating with a position sensor device for the gateway device 300 to acquire position information of a resident, A home appliance interface 312 for transmitting a signal, and an environment sensor interface 313 for receiving information of an environmental sensor device disposed in the division area. In the case where the position sensor is a mobile terminal possessed by a user, the position sensor interface 311 may be a communication module for performing close-range communication (bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc.) with a mobile terminal such as a smart phone or a communication module for exchanging data through a mobile communication network Lt; / RTI >

The timer 320 is a device for extracting the year, month, date, or time information. The gateway device 300 utilizes the time information extracted by the timer 320 to control the home appliance 50. The gateway device 300 also uses time information to update the home profile information.

The profile database unit 330 is a storage medium for storing the home profile. In FIG. 4, the initial profile 331 and the profile 332 are separately stored in the profile database 330. The gateway device 330 performs the home automation service using the initial initial home profile information 331. [ Then, the home automation service is performed by using the home profile information reflecting the usage pattern of the resident. Therefore, the initial home profile information does not need to be maintained in the initial state. However, since the system can be reset and used again in some cases, it is desirable to keep the initial home profile information 331 separately.

The initial home profile information may be determined based on at least one of the residence area information, the residence type information, the age group information of the family member, or the health status information of the family member. The residential area information may include at least one of an average temperature according to a residence area, a temperature by time zone, an average humidity, a humidity by time zone, and a roughness by time zone. The residence type information may include at least one of a single-family house, a multi-family house, an apartment or a residential floor. The age information may include at least one of an average age of adult members, a maximum age among adult members, a minimum age among adult members, the number of adult members, an age of a minor, a number of a minor, or a child's attendance status information. The health condition information may include at least one of the family member's presence or absence of the patient, the age of the member having the disease among family members, the type of disease, or environmental information for treating the disease.

The profile management unit 350 generates a usage pattern of the resident using at least one of the resident location, the usage information of the home appliance, and the environment information, and stores the usage pattern in the usage pattern storage unit 340. Then, the profile management unit 350 reflects information on the usage pattern in the home profile information according to the learning cycle. The updated home profile information is stored in the storage 332 of the profile database unit.

Further, the profile management unit 350 may update the home profile information by further using the schedule information of the user. In this case, since the resident's schedule information is additionally required, a device for receiving or storing the information will be needed.

We describe a hypothetical scenario that provides a service using a home profile. If the current time is 8:00 pm and the user enters the living room and sits in front of the living room TV, the gateway device 300 automatically turns on the living room lighting since the person enters the dark living room according to the information initially set in the home profile. If the user prefers to watch TV in the dark, or if he is sensitive to the electricity bill and wants to watch TV news, he turns off the lighting in the living room that turns on automatically and turns on the TV. The usage pattern information is stored in the usage pattern storage unit 340 shown in Fig.

The profile management unit 350 performs learning based on the usage pattern information of the resident. Various known learning algorithms may be used at this time. The usage pattern information of the resident may be stored in the usage pattern storage unit 340 and the learning may be performed immediately. Alternatively, the usage pattern storage unit 340 may store the usage pattern for a predetermined period of time You can also learn. The learned information is converted into a format suitable for storing in the profile database 330 through the profile management unit 350, thereby replacing the information of the conventional home profile.

If the usage pattern learning and updating of the home profile information are repeated for a certain period of time, then when the user is seated in front of the living room TV at the same time, the smart home system turns on the TV and turns on the channel mainly watched by the user, instead of lighting the living room. Such an automated service using the home profile can be provided without any personal identification function for identifying individual users. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an automated and customized service by learning services mainly used in each home without a portable information terminal, face recognition, or other body identification device.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description of the present invention are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed. It will be understood that variations and specific embodiments which may occur to those skilled in the art are included within the scope of the present invention.

50: Home Appliances
100: Home automation service system using home profile
110: Position sensor device 120: Home profile management device
121: profile database 122: computing device
123: timer 130: control device
140: environmental sensor device 150: interface device
300: Gateway device providing home automation service
310: interface unit 311: position sensor interface
312: Home Appliance Interface 313: Environmental Sensor Interface
320: Timer 330: Profile database part
331: initial home profile 332: home profile
340: Usage pattern storage unit 350: Profile management unit
360:

Claims (13)

In a home automation service system,
A position sensor device disposed in each division area of the house to determine a position of the user;
The first home profile information is stored, and at least one household appliance operates using the position of the user for each user, the time at which the user is located in the division zone, and the operation information of the household appliance arranged in the division zone at the time A home profile management device for extracting a series of patterns for updating the first home profile information and generating second home profile information;
And controlling the operation of the at least one home appliance on the basis of the first home profile information and after the second home profile information is generated, A control device for controlling a series of operations for the at least one household electric device according to the control signal; And
And an interface device for transferring information between the sensor device, the home electric appliance, the home profile management device, and the control device,
Wherein the first home profile information is determined based on at least one of a residence area, a residence type, an age range of a family member, and health status information of a family member. delete The method according to claim 1,
The home profile management apparatus
A profile database storing the first home profile information;
A timer for indicating time information; And
When the initial pattern for use of the household appliance stored in the first groove profile information differs from the series of patterns, the series of patterns is updated to the first home profile information to generate the second home profile information Home automation service system using home profile including computing device. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising an environment sensor device for measuring at least one of temperature, humidity, illuminance, CO ₂ concentration or noise level of the division area. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the home profile management apparatus uses the home profile to generate the series of patterns by further using information measured by the environment sensor apparatus. An interface unit for transmitting and receiving signals to and from an environment sensor device disposed in the division area and transmitting environmental information;
A timer for indicating time information;
A profile database for storing first home profile information and second home profile information;
A series of usage patterns in which at least one household appliance operates using the location of the user, the environment information, the time at which the user is located in the division zone and the operation information of the household appliance arranged in the division zone for each user, A usage pattern storage unit for extracting and storing the extracted usage pattern;
Updating the series of usage patterns to the first home profile information when the series of usage patterns are different from the corresponding patterns stored in the first home profile information based on the first home profile information, A profile management unit for generating and managing information; And
And controlling the operation of the at least one home appliance on the basis of the first home profile information and after the second home profile information is generated, And a control unit for controlling a series of operations for the at least one household electric appliance according to the control information,
Wherein the first home profile information is determined based on at least one of residence area information, residence type information, age group information of a family member, or health status information of a family member. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the environmental information is at least one of temperature, humidity, illuminance, CO ₂ concentration, or noise level for the division zone. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the profile management unit provides the home automation service to update the first home profile information by further using the schedule information of the user. delete The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the residence area information includes at least one of an average temperature according to a residence area, a temperature according to a time zone, an average humidity, a humidity according to a time zone, and an illuminance according to a time zone. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the residence type information includes at least one of a single-family house, a multi-family house, an apartment, or a residential floor. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the age information includes at least one of an average age of adult members, a maximum age among adult members, a minimum age among adult members, a number of adult members, age of minor, number of minor, Providing a gateway device. The method according to claim 6,
The health status information
Wherein the home automation service comprises at least one of information on the presence or absence of a patient among the family members, age of a member having a disease among family members, disease type, or environmental information for treating a disease.

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