KR20020087545A - Home Appliance Remote Control Apparatus and Method for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device for remotely controlling home appliances under a mobile IP environment is provided to connect a gateway for controlling many home appliances with a service providing server through an Internet communication network, and to periodically store a changed IP, thereby remotely controlling and monitoring the home appliances from the outside. CONSTITUTION: An Internet refrigerator(10) is connected to an external communication network, and controls a driving of many home appliances(13a,13b,13c). A service providing server(11) is connected with the Internet refrigerator(10) by an exclusive line, and stores product information and IP changes of the home appliances(13a,13b,13c) as data. An external connection terminal(12) controls the home appliances(13a,13b,13c) from a remote place in connection with the service providing server(11). The home appliances(13a,13b,13c) are connected to a network by using the external connection terminal(12).

Description

Home Appliance Remote Control Apparatus and Method for the same}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote control device and a method for a home appliance in a floating IP environment. In particular, a gateway is periodically connected and changed to remotely control and monitor a home appliance connected through an internet communication network in a floating IP environment. The present invention relates to a home appliance remote control apparatus and method in a dynamic IP environment for storing IP.

Recently, with the development of the network through the Internet, the home appliances around the mainstream are multi-products that combine not only the original function of the device but also a number of additional functions. In particular, by installing a LAN card or a modem, not only can be connected to the communication network to communicate, but also can upgrade the performance of the product, and can control the operation of each home appliance from the outside where communication is possible, not the place where the home appliance is installed. .

In general, a communication device for signal transmission between devices transmits and receives a signal to be transmitted through a communication cable. In this case, the communication cable should not only be installed for each device to be controlled, but also set up by inputting the contents of the network environment in a program environment such as Windows in order to build a system of a home appliance that can communicate.

In this case, a fixed IP is required to control a home appliance by accessing a specific home from an external remote site. However, most communication connection services provided by an ISP (Internet Service Provider) adopt dynamic IP, and each user selects a fixed IP. There is a problem in that the burden on the user is increased because a separate surcharge is required to be allocated to the home.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the object of which is to change the gateway periodically connected to the remote control and monitoring of the home appliances in a specific home connected via the Internet communication network in a floating IP environment The present invention provides an apparatus and method for controlling home appliances in a dynamic IP environment for storing IP.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a remote control device for home appliances in a floating IP environment according to the present invention,

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for remotely controlling home appliances in a floating IP environment according to the present invention.

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10: Internet refrigerator 11: service provider server

12: external access terminal

13a, 13b, 13c: Networkable Appliances

According to a feature of the remote control device for home appliances in a floating IP environment according to the present invention for solving the above problems, a plurality of networkable home appliances that are networked to enable remote control from the outside and communication with each other, A gateway connected to an external communication network to enable two-way communication to transmit and receive data, and at the same time to control driving of a plurality of home appliances connected to a home network, is connected to the gateway by a dedicated line and product information and IP of the home appliance. And a service providing server for storing the changes as data, and an external access terminal for accessing the service providing server to control the home appliances in the home from a remote location.

In addition, according to a feature of the remote control method of home appliances in a floating IP environment according to the present invention, a gateway connecting a networkable home appliance with an external communication network is frequently connected to a service providing server to update the changed IP and information of each home appliance. A first step of storing; A second step in which a user accesses a service providing server using a terminal from an external remote place, inputs an assigned user ID, receives permission to use, and accesses a corresponding homepage; A third step of selecting a home appliance that can be controlled by the user from the homepage of the first step and changing the driving and setting thereof and transmitting the data to the gateway corresponding to the IP stored in the first step; The gateway receiving the data of the third step is a fourth step of converting the data into a packet suitable for the network of the home appliance and transmitting the data to the corresponding appliance.

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

1 illustrates a configuration of a remote control device for a home appliance in a floating IP environment according to the present invention, which performs a refrigeration and refrigeration function and is connected to an external communication network to perform driving control of a plurality of home appliances. A service providing server 11 connected to the Internet refrigerator 10 by a dedicated line and storing product information and IP changes of the home appliances 13a, 13b, and 13c as data; and the service providing server. An external connection terminal 12 for controlling the home appliances 13a, 13b, and 13c in the home from a remote location by connecting to the user, and a plurality of remotely controllable using the external connection terminal 12. Networkable home appliances (13a, 13b, 13c).

The Internet refrigerator 10 performs a function of a freezing and refrigeration at the same time, and performs a gateway function so as to display information or driving states of a plurality of home appliances 13a, 13b, and 13c that can be controlled remotely in a home. It is provided to the service providing server 11, and is periodically connected to the service providing server 11 to record a dynamic IP which varies by ID of the user in the service providing server 11.

In addition, by interpreting the HTML (high) of the information transmitted from the service providing server 11 and converts it into a packet suitable for transmission to the home appliances (13a, 13b, 13c) connected to the Internet refrigerator 10 through a power line Signal transfer to home appliances (13a, 13b, 13c).

The service providing server 11 provides a homepage by assigning a user's ID to each home so that a user can access the remote site, and provides information and a dynamic IP of the home appliances 13a, 13b, and 13c that can be controlled by each user ID. By storing information and transmitting information on service items requested by the user to the Internet refrigerator 10, the user externally controls each home appliance 13a, 13b, 13c connected thereto through the Internet refrigerator 10. Do it.

The service providing server 11 and the internet refrigerator 10 are connected by a dedicated line provided by an internet service provider (ISP), and the internet refrigerator 10 periodically connects to the service providing server 11. By storing the changed IP in the service providing server 11, when the user connects to the service providing server 11 using a user ID from an external remote location, the user can access the Internet refrigerator 10 by finding and storing the stored floating IP. have.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for remotely controlling home appliances in a dynamic IP environment according to the present invention configured as described above, in which the first stage is provided with home appliances 13a, 13b, and 13c which a user wants to drive and manipulate. Access the service providing server 11 by using an unspecified terminal connected to the Internet to enable communication from the outside (see S1).

In the second step, the home appliance installed in the home through the service providing server 11 by writing a user ID assigned to the user on the main homepage of the service providing server 11 connected in the first step and receiving confirmation. Receive user authorization to access through the gateway to control 13a, 13b, and 13c (see S2).

In the third step, the user who has been approved by the user in the second step accesses the personal homepage assigned thereto, and in the fourth step, the network-enabled home appliances 13a, 13b, and 13c registered in the homepage of the third step are driven. And the user changes settings or enters a drive command to control (see S3 and S4).

In the fifth step, the setting and driving commands changed in the fourth step are transferred to the Internet refrigerator 10 serving as a gateway for connecting a network between the home appliances 13a, 13b, and 13c installed in the user's home and an external communication network. Data is transmitted through the dedicated line (see S5).

In the sixth step, when the data transmitted in the fifth step is converted into a packet suitable for an internal network to the Internet refrigerator 10 and transferred to the corresponding home appliances 13a, 13b, and 13c, the home appliance is driven according to the data command. This is controlled (see S6).

In the present invention configured as described above, the remote control device and method for a home appliance according to the present invention provide a gateway for controlling a plurality of home appliances connected to a network in a home periodically by accessing a service providing server through an internet communication network. By storing, even in a dynamic IP environment, the user can remotely control and monitor home appliances in a specific home connected to the home from the outside.

Claims (6)

A number of network-enabled home appliances connected to a network to enable remote control and mutual communication from the outside, and a plurality of home appliances connected to a home network while transmitting and receiving data by connecting to an external communication network to enable two-way communication A gateway connected to enable driving control, a service providing server connected to the gateway by a dedicated line and storing product information and IP changes of the home appliance as data; and a user connected to the service providing server to allow the user to Remote control device for home appliances in a floating IP environment, characterized in that consisting of an external access terminal for controlling home appliances in the home. The method of claim 1, The gateway is a remote control device for home appliances in a dynamic IP environment, characterized in that for changing the IP change of the leased line connected to the external communication network to the service providing server every predetermined time. The method according to claim 1 or 2, When receiving the data transmitted from the service providing server, the gateway converts each message into a packet suitable for the network of the home appliance and transmits it to the corresponding appliance. . The method of claim 1, The service providing server is a remote control device for a home appliance in a dynamic IP environment, characterized in that to provide a user ID and a predetermined amount of homepage for the security and recognition of personal information to the user granted the use rights. The method according to claim 1 or 4, When the service providing server is authorized to use the user ID and accesses the homepage and changes the operation and setting of each home appliance, the service providing server transmits this information to the gateway corresponding to the IP stored in the service providing server. Remote control device for home appliances in a floating IP environment, characterized in that. A first step in which a gateway connecting a networkable home appliance with an external communication network is frequently connected to a service providing server to update and change the changed IP and information of each home appliance; A second step in which a user accesses a service providing server using a terminal from an external remote location, inputs an assigned user ID, receives permission to use, and accesses a corresponding homepage; A third step of selecting a home appliance that can be controlled by the user from the homepage of the first step and changing the driving and setting thereof and transmitting the data to the gateway corresponding to the IP stored in the first step; The gateway having received the data of the third step comprises a fourth step of converting the data into a packet suitable for the network of the home appliance and transmitting the same to the home appliance. Control method.