KR20020047628A - Apparatus of remote controlling for household appliances - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A remote controller for home appliances is provided to find the operation state of a washing machine or the temperature of a refrigerator, the temperature within the house etc. and watching TV by constructing a communication network using power line communication within each home and mounting a communication module unit to each home appliance, thereby detecting rapidly the dangerous state of home appliances. CONSTITUTION: A communication module unit(10) consists of an insulation transformer(11) for performing signal conversion in order to be performed information flow between home appliances and the power line. A signal processing unit(12) extracts/gives the predetermined code signal according to the corresponding device's progressing state and the user notification information. A screen output communication module unit(20) consists a display control unit(23), besides an insulation transformer(21) and a signal processing unit(22), for extracting the code signal from a signal processing unit(21), converting and then displaying the extracted signal.

Description

Apparatus of remote controlling for household appliances

The present invention relates to a remote control device of a home appliance that can check the progress of the home appliance using power line communication, and in particular, the progress of the washing machine or the temperature of the refrigerator, room temperature, microwave oven using power line communication in the home Remote control device for home appliances that allows you to monitor the progress of cooking while watching TV or computer monitor, so that you can quickly detect the danger of home appliances and prepare for the next while enjoying leisure time. It is about.

Nowadays, with the development of electronic and communication technology, home automation (Home Automation, Home outomation) has been made to increase home security and convenience of living.

Here, home automation is a solution that builds all the devices in the home in one network network, controls communication indoors or outdoors, and enables various information services by connecting the home to an external network.

This home automation system adopts a multi-connection circuit to notify the designated place (guard room, police box, fire station, neighboring house, relative's house, etc.) of accidents and telephone numbers when an accident occurs, thus establishing a crime prevention and disaster prevention network. It can be a convenient device.

However, in the conventional case, in order to remotely control various home appliances in the home outside the home, not only expensive communication equipment should be installed, but also data transmission between the home appliance and the external Internet communication network is not performed properly, and thus it is impossible to check the transmission and reception status. Since the current progress of home appliances can not be confirmed, there is a problem that it is almost impossible to use several home appliances at the same time.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art, the purpose of which is to establish a communication network using power line communication in the home by installing a communication module unit for each home appliance, the progress of the washing machine or the temperature of the refrigerator, indoor You can monitor the temperature and microwave cooking progress while watching TV or computer monitor, so that you can quickly detect the danger of home appliances and prepare for the next while enjoying leisure time while the home appliances are running. Accordingly, to provide a remote control device for home appliances that can reduce waste time.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a remote control device for a home appliance according to the present invention.

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10, 20, 30: first and second network processing unit

11: network control unit 12: network connection unit

15, 25, 35: transceiver

According to a feature of the remote control device of a home appliance according to the present invention for solving the above problems, a communication network using a home period power line in the home is established to generate the progress status and user notification information of the device according to the characteristics of each home appliance Including a communication module unit installed in each home device, and a communication module unit for screen output installed in the home device capable of outputting the screen to collect and interpret the display of the progress status and user notification information of the device of the communication module unit to the user It is composed.

In this case, an additional feature of the present invention is that the communication module unit is an isolation transformer for performing a signal conversion so that the information flow between each household device and the power line smoothly, and the progress state of the corresponding device in the information transmitted and received through the insulation transformer And a signal processing unit for extracting / providing a predetermined code signal according to the notification information, wherein the communication module for outputting the screen performs signal conversion so that information flows between each home appliance and a power line smoothly. A signal processor extracting / providing a predetermined code signal according to a progress state or notification information of a corresponding device from information transmitted / received through the insulation transformer, and extracting the code signal from the signal processor to convert the text signal into text and outputting the screen It is preferably configured to include a display control unit.

In addition, the communication module for screen output interprets the user notification information so that the flickering or color change during the screen output of the information in accordance with the emergency situation.

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

Referring to the present invention with reference to Figure 1, to establish a communication network using a home period power line, such as a refrigerator, microwave oven, washing machine, TV in the home to generate the progress and user notification information of the device according to the characteristics of each home appliance Communication module unit 10 installed in each home appliance, and the progress state and user notification information of the device of the communication module unit 10 is installed on a TV or computer monitor capable of screen output to interpret and display to the user It consists of a communication module 20 for screen output.

Here, the communication module unit 10 is an insulation transformer 11 for performing a signal conversion so that the information flow between each home appliance and the power line is smoothly performed, and the information of the corresponding device in the information transmitted and received through the insulation transformer 11 And a signal processor 12 extracting / providing a predetermined code signal according to a progress state or user notification information.

In particular, the screen output communication module 20 may include a display control unit which extracts a code signal from the signal processing unit 22 in addition to the insulation transformer 21 and the signal processing unit 22, converts the code signal into text, and outputs the screen to the screen. 23) is further included.

In the operation of the present invention configured as described above, first, the communication module unit 10 is installed in a refrigerator, a microwave oven, a washing machine TV, and the like, and each communication module unit 10 provides progress status and user notification information according to the characteristics of the corresponding device. The signal processor 12 transmits the code signal through the insulation transformer 11.

Then, the screen output communication module 20 installed in the TV collects information transmitted from various home appliances, and the signal processor 22 extracts a code signal from each piece of information and transfers it to the display control unit 23. The display control unit 23 converts the code signal into text and displays relevant text information on the lower end of the TV.

In this case, the screen output communication module 20 interprets the user notification information so that the flickering or color change of the text of the information proceeds according to the emergency situation.

Therefore, the user can easily recognize the progress state of the washing machine, the temperature of the refrigerator, the room temperature, the cooking progress state of the microwave oven, and the like while watching TV while using the text displayed on the bottom of the TV screen.

The remote control device of the home appliance of the present invention configured as described above establishes a communication network using power line communication in a home, and installs a communication module unit for each home appliance. The temperature and microwave cooking progress can be transmitted, and the code signal can be converted into text so that you can grasp the progress or emergency of the home appliance while watching TV or computer monitor so that you can quickly detect the dangerous state of the home appliance. In addition, even while the home appliance is in operation, you can enjoy the leisure while preparing for the next, thereby reducing the waste time.

Claims (4)

Communication module unit installed in each home device to generate the device progress and user notification information according to the characteristics of each home device by establishing a home communication network using the home period power line in the home, and the progress state and user of the device in the communication module unit Remote control device of the home appliance, characterized in that it comprises a communication module for screen output installed in the home appliance capable of outputting the screen in order to collect and interpret the notification information to the user. The method of claim 1, The communication module unit may be configured to perform signal conversion to smoothly flow information between each home appliance and a power line, and to transmit a predetermined code signal according to a progress state or notification information of a corresponding device in information transmitted and received through the insulation transformer. Remote control device of the home appliance, characterized in that it comprises a signal processor for extracting / granting. The method of claim 1, The communication module for outputting the screen outputs an insulation transformer that performs signal conversion so that information flows between each home appliance and a power line smoothly, and a predetermined code according to a progress state or notification information of the corresponding device in information transmitted and received through the insulation transformer. And a display control unit for extracting / providing a signal, and a display control unit for extracting a code signal from the signal processing unit, converting the code signal into text, and outputting the screen. The method of claim 1, The communication module for outputting the screen remote control device of the home appliance, characterized in that by analyzing the user notification information so that flickering or color change during the screen output of the information according to the emergency situation.