KR101896096B1 - Home Service System - Google Patents

Abstract

A home service system is disclosed. A home service system according to an embodiment of the present invention is a home service system using a monthly pad installed at home, a data receiving unit connected to the month pad and receiving usage information from a plurality of devices connected to the month pad, A pattern learning unit that learns a usage pattern of the plurality of devices and a life pattern of the identified residents, a status management unit that provides status information of the plurality of devices, A UI providing unit for providing the resident with a graphical user interface (GUI) for performing control on the plurality of devices corresponding to the control signals of the residents inputted through the GUI, .

Description

Home Service System {Home Service System}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a home service system, and more particularly, to a home service system that uses an appliance state information received from a plurality of electronic devices connected to a wall pad installed in a home, To a home service system that performs device control in consideration of the living environment of the home.

With the development of IT technology, various types of household appliances are used at home, and it is possible to monitor and control the state of household appliances through a wall pad installed at home.

The resident can talk to the visitor and the security office using the wall pad, and can control the common entrance door or check the screen provided from the CCTV installed in the outside.

On the other hand, an attempt has been made to control household appliances and the like from outside or inside the house. However, the wall pad maker provides only the limited functions of the wall pad maker and has a problem of incompatibility with other manufacturers' products.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a home service system capable of performing control of equipment installed in a house regardless of a manufacturer of a wall pad and performing automatic control by learning a living pattern of a resident and a usage pattern of the device.

A home service system according to an embodiment of the present invention is a home service system using a monthly pad installed at home, a data receiving unit connected to the month pad and receiving usage information from a plurality of devices connected to the month pad, A pattern learning unit that learns a usage pattern of the plurality of devices and a life pattern of the identified residents, a status management unit that provides status information of the plurality of devices, A UI providing unit for providing the resident with a graphical user interface (GUI) for performing control on the plurality of devices corresponding to the control signals of the residents inputted through the GUI, .

In addition, the communication unit performs BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) communication with the terminal device used by the resident, and the pattern learning unit can learn the life pattern of the resident using the result of the BLE communication with the terminal device .

Also, the UI providing unit may provide a predetermined GUI corresponding to the identified residents, and the different GUIs may respectively provide different control rights.

In addition, the communication unit may include a plurality of communication modules installed in the home, and the location of the occupant may be determined in consideration of the distance between the plurality of communication modules and the terminal equipment of the resident.

In addition, the communication module may control the device in response to a control signal input from the resident.

In addition, the control unit may control the plurality of devices in consideration of the location information, the predetermined information, and the external information of the resident in the premises, and the external information may include weather information and traffic information .

Also, the GUI may preferentially provide a control UI for a device installed closest to the current location of the resident among the plurality of devices.

In addition, the data receiver may analyze a data packet received from the plurality of devices to determine the type of the device connected to the wall pad.

In addition, the data receiver may assign an identification (ID) to the plurality of devices, and may set the devices installed in the same space in the home to one same group.

Also, the communication unit may periodically output a search signal for determining whether the resident exists.

In addition, the pattern learning unit learns the living pattern of the resident through the control signal inputted by the resident, and the living pattern may include the control pattern of the resident according to the day of the week and the time zone.

The present invention can provide a home service system that can control devices installed in the home regardless of the manufacturer of the wall pad and learns the life patterns of residents and usage patterns of the devices to perform automatic control.

1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a home service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram exemplarily showing the arrangement of a plurality of communication modules according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 illustrate operations of a communication module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating a control operation of the controller according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Brief Description of the Drawings The advantages and features of the present invention, and the manner of achieving them, will be apparent from and elucidated with reference to the embodiments described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the embodiments shown herein but may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the preferred embodiments of the present invention. do. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other aspects of the present invention will become more apparent by describing in detail preferred embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the terms "comprises", "having", and the like are used to specify that a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof. The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a home service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a home service system 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a data receiving unit 110, a communication unit 120, a pattern learning unit 130, a UI providing unit 140, a controller 150, .

The home service system 100 uses a wall pad installed in the house and the data receiving unit 110 is connected to the wall pad and receives usage information from a plurality of devices connected to the wall pad.

Meanwhile, the home service system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention can be understood as a separate device distinguished from the wall pad. Various data provided to the wall pad are collected and processed to provide useful information to the user .

The wall pad can control household appliances installed in the house or provide usage information such as gas, electricity, and water. In the case of a building in which an elevator is installed, the wall pad can provide usage information of the elevator.

The data receiving unit 110 is connected to the wall pad and is connected to a control target device installed in the house at the same time, and receives various data from the control target device. The data includes usage information of each of the control target devices, and may include, for example, on / off information and power usage information of each device.

The data receiving unit 110 is physically connected to the network to which the wall pad and a plurality of devices installed in the home are connected. When a new device is connected to the network, the data receiving unit 110 determines the type of the newly connected device, can do.

Meanwhile, the data receiving unit 110 may analyze the data packet received from the plurality of devices, determine the type of the device connected to the wall pad, and extract information on the current usage state.

The data packet analysis performed by the data receiving unit 110 can be understood as reverse engineering for extracting data transmitted through the home network connecting the wall pad and the respective devices and analyzing the extracted data. Thus, state information of various devices can be obtained regardless of the manufacturer of the wall pad installed in the home, and control of each device can be performed.

The communication unit 120 determines whether there is a resident in the premises, and identifies the resident. The communication unit 120 can determine whether or not the resident is resident in the residence by determining whether the resident's communication terminal is in the residence by using low-power Bluetooth low energy (BLE) communication, The strength of the BLE signal can be analyzed to determine the approximate location of the resident.

Also, the communication unit 120 can grasp the moving line of the resident by grasping the location of the resident, and therefore, it can be understood that the communication unit 120 performs continuous BLE communication with the resident's communication terminal.

Meanwhile, when a plurality of residents reside in the premises, the communication unit 120 identifies (ID) an identification (ID) to a communication terminal used by a resident who lives in the residence .

The pattern learning unit 130 learns usage patterns of the plurality of devices and life patterns of the identified residents. The use patterns of the plurality of devices can be learned through use information of the plurality of devices received by the data receiving unit 110. [

For example, the data receiving unit 110 can receive information on whether or not the heating device is used, the set temperature, etc., with the heating device, and the pattern learning unit 130 learns the usage pattern of the heating device .

Further, the pattern learning unit 130 can receive information on the occupant identified by the communication unit 120, and can determine the living pattern and the moving line of the occupant. For example, when the communication unit 120 determines that the resident exists in the residence, the pattern learning unit 130 determines the length of time the resident stays at home, analyzes the change in the location information of the resident, It can judge and learn the copper line.

In addition, the resident who lives in the home can perform control on the device installed in the home using the communication terminal, and the pattern learning unit 130 analyzes the control signal received from the communication terminal, It is possible to analyze a pattern for controlling each device and the like.

For example, the control signal for lighting, heating, air conditioner, curtain, etc. of the resident can be analyzed to learn a general device control pattern of the resident. At this time, it may be necessary to learn the day, time, and so on, so that the control pattern for the daytime or the control pattern for the night time can be classified and learned.

The pattern learning unit 130 may learn the device control pattern according to the location of the resident by learning the location information and the control signal of the resident obtained through the communication unit 120 together. For example, since the control pattern when the resident is located in the living room and the control pattern when the resident is located in the bathroom may be different from each other, the pattern learning unit 130 considers the position of the resident along with the time together So that the control pattern can be learned.

Accordingly, the pattern learning unit 130 may use the usage pattern for a plurality of devices installed in the house and the usage pattern of the occupant in consideration of both the usage information received through the data receiving unit 110 and the control signal received through the communication unit 120 It can be understood that the life pattern includes a device control pattern according to the time of the resident.

The UI providing unit 140 provides the resident with a graphical user interface (GUI) for providing status information of the plurality of devices and controlling the plurality of devices.

The GUI may provide status information of the plurality of devices connected to the wall pad. The GUI may display the current status of the lighting, the gas breaker, the elevator, the heating, the air conditioner, the curtain, . It can be understood that the UI providing unit 140 provides the GUI to the communication terminal used by the resident through the communication unit 120. [

The GUI may include a GUI that allows the resident to control the device. For example, the GUI may include a GUI capable of controlling the on / off operation of each illumination while providing the current state of the illumination installed in the house.

Meanwhile, the UI providing unit 140 may provide a predetermined GUI corresponding to the identified residents, and the different GUIs may respectively provide different control rights. For example, if a resident who uses the home service system 100 according to the present invention includes two parents and one child, the child may be provided with a limited range of control rights over the parent.

At this time, the UI providing unit 140 may provide the parent with a GUI for controlling all the devices installed in the home, and may provide the child with a GUI capable of only controlling a limited number of devices. For example, a child may be provided with a GUI that is not controllable for gas breakers, heating devices, air conditioners, and the like.

As described above, the communication unit 120 can identify who is currently residing in the residence through BLE communication with a terminal device used by each resident. The UI providing unit 140 may receive the resident identification result from the communication unit 120 and transmit the predetermined GUI to the resident's communication terminal corresponding to the identification result.

The GUI may be transmitted to the resident's terminal device using BLE communication, but is not limited thereto and may be transmitted through a Wi-Fi network. Meanwhile, the GUI may be provided in response to the request of the resident, and the GUI request by the resident may be transmitted to the communication unit 120 through execution of UI installed in the communication terminal.

The control unit 150 controls the plurality of devices in response to a control signal of a resident inputted through the GUI. The resident can transmit a control signal for controlling the device installed in the home using the GUI provided to the communication terminal of the resident in the UI providing unit 140. [ The communication unit 120 receives the control signal from the communication terminal, and the received control signal may be transmitted to the controller 150. [

Meanwhile, the control signal received by the communication unit 120 can be transmitted not only through the BLE communication, but also through Wi-Fi or data communication. Accordingly, the resident residing in the house can control the devices installed in the house at home, and can control the devices by transmitting the control signal using Wi-Fi or data communication even when the user is outside the home. Can be performed.

In addition, the pattern learning unit 130 and the UI providing unit 140 may be implemented through a separate server. As described above, the pattern learning unit 130 analyzes the device usage pattern and the living pattern of the resident by analyzing the information on the use state of the device installed in the home, and the control signal transmitted from the resident. The pattern learning may be directly connected to the wall pad, but the wall pad and the remote server may be separately configured.

The pattern learning unit 130 analyzes and learns device usage patterns provided in a plurality of homes, and can use the information to provide information on energy consumption and device usage patterns of other households having a similar family structure.

The UI providing unit 140 may also be configured through the server and provide a GUI to a terminal device used by a resident.

Accordingly, the server can be configured to be able to communicate with the communication unit 120, and at this time, data can be exchanged with the communication unit 120 through Wi-Fi and data communication including BLE communication.

2 is a diagram exemplarily showing the arrangement of a plurality of communication modules according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The communication unit 120 described with reference to FIG. 1 may include a plurality of communication modules, and the communication unit 120 may determine the location of the occupant in consideration of the distance between the plurality of communication modules and the resident's terminal device can do.

In general, the assumption may include a plurality of separate spaces, and if there is only one communication module connected to the wall pad, information on the occupant located far away from the wall pad may not be received smoothly.

The plurality of communication modules may be understood to perform substantially the same function as the communication unit 120 described with reference to FIG. 1. In order to determine the accurate location information of the resident and to communicate smoothly with the resident, Can be installed in a distributed manner.

2, the communication module installed in the kitchen can receive the high-intensity BLE signal through the resident's communication terminal, and the communication module installed in the living room can receive the relatively low-intensity BLE signal . Considering the intensity of the BLE signal received by each communication module, it is possible to more accurately determine the location of the resident.

Meanwhile, the UI providing unit 140 described with reference to FIG. 1 may preferentially provide a control UI for a device installed at a current location of the resident in consideration of the current location of the resident.

If the current position of the resident determined by the communication module is the living room, the UI providing unit 140 may display the control UI for the illumination and the TV installed in the living room first in the GUI provided to the resident . Alternatively, if it is determined that the current location of the resident is room-2, the UI providing unit 140 may display the control UI for the lighting installed in the room-2 in the GUI provided to the resident first. Accordingly, it is preferable that the location information of the resident determined through the communication module is provided to the UI providing unit 140 in real time.

As another embodiment of the present invention, the UI providing unit 140 may be installed in the resident's communication terminal. When the UI providing unit 140 is installed in the communication terminal, the UI providing unit 140 may be implemented in the form of a mobile application. The location of the occupant is determined based on a communication result between the communication terminal and the communication unit 120 The GUI corresponding to the determination result can be displayed through the display unit (or the display panel) of the communication terminal.

In addition, even if the application screen is not displayed, when a status bar is dragged, a custom icon or a toggle switch capable of performing control on the device installed in the house is displayed can do.

The custom icon or the toggle switch may be preferentially displayed with an icon or a switch corresponding to the device close to the position of the communication terminal.

Meanwhile, the data receiving unit 110 may provide identification (ID) to a plurality of devices installed in the home, and may set the devices installed in the same space in the home to one same group.

For example, if there are two light switches with ID 7 and ID 8 assigned to room-1 and one heater with ID 12 assigned, then IDs 7, 8, and 12 are assigned to one Group, and the UI providing unit 140 may provide a GUI capable of collectively controlling the room-1 group.

On the other hand, by learning the location information of the resident, the home service system 100 according to the present invention can grasp the space occupied by the resident and give the control priority to the space.

If the first resident occupies a lot of time in Room-1, Room-2 occupies a lot of time occupied by the second resident, or the number of times that the first resident controls the equipment installed in Room- 2, the home service system 100 controls the first resident and the second resident to control the devices installed in the room-1 and the room-2, respectively, Priority can be granted.

When the control priority is given, the control authority for the room-1 can be given only to the first occupant when the first and second occupants are present in the house at the same time. However, in the case of a space used by all members of a household, such as a living room, a kitchen, or a bathroom, the control priority may be set not to be given.

FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 illustrate operations of a communication module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a plurality of communication modules included in the communication unit 120 can be identified, and the plurality of communication modules can periodically output a search signal for confirming the presence of a resident.

As described with reference to FIG. 2, the plurality of communication modules may be distributed at different locations in the house, and the location of the resident may be determined through BLE communication with the communication terminal used by the resident have. Also, the pattern learning unit 130 may learn the moving line of the resident through the change of the position of the resident according to time.

For example, on a weekday morning, the resident moved from room -1 to the bathroom, stayed for 20 minutes, moved to room -1 again, stayed for 10 minutes, moved to the kitchen and stayed for 20 minutes. . The learned data can be provided to the controller 150. The controller 150 can use the learned data to control an appropriate device in response to the location of the resident even when the resident does not have control .

If it is determined that the resident moves to the bathroom at the normal weather time on a weekday morning, the control unit 150 can control the bathroom lighting to be in the ON state. When the occupant is out of the bathroom and is located at room-1, the bathroom lighting is controlled to be off, and when it is determined that the occupant moves to the kitchen, the kitchen lighting can be controlled to be on.

On the other hand, controlling the device by learning the moving line of the resident may be performed only when the resident continues to possess his or her own communication terminal, and if the communication terminal does not move, the above control operation may not be performed .

The pattern learning unit 130 can perform control similar to the control operation by learning state information of the device received by the data receiving unit 110 in addition to the information obtained through the resident's communication terminal.

That is, it is possible to learn how the state of the device installed in the home is changed with the passage of time, and to control the device based on the learning result. The state of the device may vary with time, and even at the same time, the state may vary according to the day of the week. In one embodiment, the pattern learning unit 130 may classify the state information of the device into a weekday and a holiday.

On the other hand, when the response signal to the search signal outputted from the communication module is not received for a predetermined time or longer, the communication unit 120 can determine that the resident is absent. The control unit 150 can control the state of the home lighting equipment and the heating equipment to be off when the resident does not exist in the home.

4 illustrates an exemplary process in which a control signal is transmitted to the control unit 150 through a resident's communication terminal. Referring to FIG. 4, a control signal is transmitted from the communication terminal to the second communication module, and the control signal is transmitted to the controller 150.

As described with reference to FIG. 2, a plurality of communication modules may be installed at different positions in a house, and a communication module installed closest to the communication terminal may receive the control signal from the communication terminal.

Therefore, it can be understood that all of the plurality of communication modules can receive the control signal from the communication terminal. Also, the GUI provided by the UI providing unit 140 may be transmitted to the communication terminal through a communication module installed closest to the communication terminal.

5 is a diagram illustrating a control operation of the controller according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The control unit 150 may control the plurality of devices in consideration of the location information, the predetermined information, and the external information of the resident in the premises, and the external information may include weather information and traffic information .

Referring to FIG. 5, the controller 150 may control the devices installed in the home in consideration of internal events and external events. For example, if the resident does not exist in the house and the lamp and the heater in the house are in the off state, the controller 150 may determine that the resident is out of the house. When the resident sets his / her state to be out via the GUI, the controller 150 can control the home electric lamp and the heater to be in the off state.

As another example, the controller 150 may determine that the occupant is sleeping when the electric lamp and the heater in the house are off and the resident is present in the house. If the resident sets his / her state to be sleeping through the GUI, the control unit 150 can control the home lamp and the heater to be in the off state.

On the other hand, the control unit 150 may control the devices installed in the house in consideration of the weather information. For example, when a cold wind caution is issued, the control unit 150 can activate heating at a time earlier than the heating control pattern learned by the pattern learning unit 130, or set a temperature higher than the learned heating temperature.

As another example, the control unit 150 may perform control based on traffic information. When the road set by the resident is clogged more than usual, the controller 150 controls the bedroom lighting to be on at a time earlier than usual, The weather alarm can be output at a time earlier than the set time.

Alternatively, it is possible to induce the user to adjust the power consumption of the house in consideration of a power usage pattern of another user. The control unit 150 can acquire the power usage information of the neighboring households having a residential similar to the resident and provide the obtained information to the UI providing unit 140 to provide useful information for energy saving to the resident. For example, the controller 150 may analyze a power usage pattern of nearby households to provide a device usage pattern that minimizes power usage.

On the other hand, the UI providing unit 140 can visualize and provide residence histories and device usage patterns of the residents of the premises, and can provide power usage by date, power usage per day, and the like.

In another embodiment, the communication unit 120 may receive the resident's schedule information stored in the resident's communication terminal, and the controller 150 may control the residence apparatus in consideration of the predetermined information. For example, when the resident has previously set the device status in the absence, the controller 150 may perform the device control for a period corresponding to the predetermined information.

The use of all examples or exemplary language (e.g., etc.) in this invention is for the purpose of describing the present invention only in detail and is not intended to be limited by the scope of the claims, But is not limited thereto. It will also be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, and alterations may be made depending on design criteria and factors within the scope of the appended claims or equivalents thereof.

Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the above-described embodiments, and all ranges that are equivalent to or equivalent to the claims of the present invention as well as claims Category.

100: Home service system 110: Data receiving unit
120: communication unit 130: pattern learning unit
140: UI providing unit 150:

Claims (12)

1. A home service system using a monthly pad installed in a home,
A data receiving unit connected to the wall pad and receiving usage information from a plurality of devices connected to the wall pad;
A communication unit for determining whether a resident is present in the premises and for identifying a resident;
A pattern learning unit for learning usage patterns of the plurality of devices and life patterns of the identified residents;
Providing a resident with a graphical user interface (GUI) for providing status information of the plurality of devices and performing control over the plurality of devices, wherein the resident has a different control right corresponding to the identified resident A UI providing unit that provides a predetermined GUI and provides a GUI that allows a specific resident to control only a limited number of devices; And
A control unit for controlling the plurality of devices in response to a control signal of a resident inputted through the GUI;
/ RTI > The method according to claim 1,
The communication unit performs BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) communication with the terminal device used by the resident,
Wherein the pattern learning unit learns the life pattern of the resident using the BLE communication result with the terminal device. delete 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the communication unit includes a plurality of communication modules installed in the house and determines the location of the resident in consideration of the distance between the plurality of communication modules and the resident's terminal device. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the communication module performs control on the device in response to a control signal input from the resident. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit controls the plurality of devices in consideration of the location information, the schedule information, and the external information in the residence of the resident. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the external information includes weather information and traffic information. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the GUI preferentially provides a control UI for a device installed closest to a current location of the resident of the plurality of devices. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the data receiver analyzes a data packet received from the plurality of devices and determines a type of a device connected to the wall pad. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the data receiving unit assigns an identification (ID) to the plurality of devices, and sets the devices installed in the same space in the home to one same group. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the communication unit periodically outputs a search signal for determining whether the resident exists. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the pattern learning unit learns the living pattern of the resident through the control signal inputted by the resident,
Wherein the living pattern includes a control pattern of the resident according to a day of the week and a time zone.

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