KR20060098645A - Processing system and processing method for having the addition service of home automation using home network - Google Patents

Abstract

An additional service processing system of a home automation network using a home network and a processing method thereof are disclosed. The supplementary service processing system connects a home network network and a home automation network to provide various supplementary services, thereby increasing the merchandise and improving the communication service of the supplementary service processing system.

 Additional service processing system, management server, automation processing unit

Description

Processing system and processing method for having the addition service of home automation using home network

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an additional service processing system in which a home network and a home automation network are integrated according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a management server and a home automation terminal transmitting and receiving an additional service through an additional service processing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to an additional service processing system, and more particularly, to an additional service processing system and a method for providing an additional service of home automation on a home network.

Recently, as the home automation market has evolved into a home network market, a growing number of users are using home network-related devices, and support complex complex networks that can simultaneously accommodate and operate existing home automation equipment and newly launched home network equipment. The demand for services is also increasing.

In addition, home network, the leader of digital convergence, has emerged as a cutting-edge item in the telecommunication and electronics industry, and as the spread of digital TV is full-fledged following office automation, the area of automating everything in the home is emerging as a high value-added industry.

In addition, domestic telecommunications companies and the electronics industry are also competing with each other in the development of technology in this field, attempting a home network of a rudimentary type in apartment complexes recently occupied.

First of all, home network is a technology that constructs a digital home, a future home environment where services are provided regardless of device, time and place because information appliances in the home are connected to the network. It is considered as a representative service of digital convergence (convergence) that can provide distance education, entertainment, healthcare and information appliances control.

Next, home automation system is a home automation system that is designed to perform user's convenience to internal users and security functions from outside intruders in residential / business areas such as business officetels, commercial buildings, office buildings or apartments used as residences. Is introduced and applied. The automation system enables the user to easily control the operation control of air conditioning devices such as air conditioners and heaters, cooking appliances such as rice cookers and microwave ovens, home appliances such as TVs and videos, and various lighting devices. By detecting and warning the fire situation of the area, the gas leakage situation or the intrusion of outsiders, the user's convenience as well as safety and security capability can be secured.

Problems associated with conventional home automation related to the present invention and solved by the present invention are as follows.

The home automation has a problem in that information sharing and additional services are not provided because bidirectional communication is impossible because the home automation is not interoperable with and managed with the home network.

An object of the present invention is to operate a group gateway product that can connect a home automation network to a home network network, thereby processing the additional service provided only to the home network terminal to the home automation terminal to expand the area of providing additional service. For the purpose of

The present invention for achieving the above object is a management server for generating a variety of additional services, and input / output the additional services; A switching hub configured to multi-branch the supplementary service for input / output; A home network network transmitting / receiving the multi-branched supplementary service through a TCP / IP protocol; And a home automation network for transmitting / receiving multiple branched additional services through the TCP / IP protocol and a short-range communication scheme.

Another object of the present invention to achieve the above object, the step of generating an analog request signal by the home automation terminal to receive the additional service; Converting the analog request signal into a digital request signal through an automation processor and outputting the digital request signal; Receiving the digital request signal through a management server, scrolling an additional service stored in the management server, and transmitting the digital response signal generated according to the scrolling to the automation processing unit; Receiving a digital response signal through the automation processor and converting the digital response signal into an analog response signal; And transmitting the analog response signal to the home automation terminal.

Hereinafter, described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an additional service processing system in which a home network and a home automation network are integrated according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the home automation network 120 built in the supplementary service processing system 100 applies a protocol of TCP / IP to interwork with the home network network 110 and the home automation terminal 180. To be connected, the communication method of X.40 and RS-485 is applied.

Accordingly, the supplementary service processing system 100 may manage the management server SHN-LS051S 140, the switching hub 150, and the dummy hub 160 to integrate the home network 110 and the home automation network 120 with each other. , An automation processing unit SHT-560XM 170 and a home automation terminal HA (Home Automation Terminal: 180).

First, the management server SHN-LS051S 140 enables bidirectional communication on the home network 110 and the home automation network 120, and the management server SHN-LS051S 140 is configured to perform the additional service processing system ( Manage and provide various additional services generated in 100). Accordingly, the management server SHN-LS051S 140 is a management server that generates an event and sends / receives the notification information service, which is one of additional services, to the additional service processing system 100. That is, the management server SHN-LS051S 140 multi-branches the notification information service to the additional service processing system 100, so that the management server SHN-LS051S 140 notifies the switching hub 150 to the switching hub 150. Deliver information services.

Next, the switching hub 150 is a communication network relay device that performs a data exchange (switching) function with the dummy hub 160 that is a converging device when configuring the home network 110 and the home automation network 120. In addition, since the switching hub 150 has a function of sending a packet to the home automation network 120, communication switching efficiency is improved. Accordingly, since the switch hub 150 has a switching capacity (band) of at least 10 Mbps (or Ethernet) of a LAN or ATM to be connected, data can be simultaneously transmitted from multiple ports.

That is, the switching hub 150 is a communication exchange for delivering the notification information service transmitted from the management server SHN-LS051S 140 to the home automation network 120.

Here, the switching hub 150 is for Ethernet, Token Ring, and 100 Mbps FDDI.

Next, the dummy hub 160 is connected to the home automation terminal 180 and the home automation network 120, connected to the home network terminal HT and the home network 110, connected to another hub HUB in a short distance, and a router. It acts as a connection to network equipment, home automation or network status check, and signal amplification. Accordingly, the dummy hub 160 transmits the notification information service output from the switching hub 150 to the automation processing unit SHT-560XM 170 through the home automation network 120 of the additional service processing system 100. do.

Next, the automation processor SHT-560XM 170 is a circuit unit connecting the home network 110 and the home automation network 120, and is connected to the dummy hub 160 through the TCP / IP protocol. The home network 110 is formed. In addition, the automation processing unit SHT-560XM 170 is connected to the home automation terminal 180 through the communication method of the X.40 and RS-485 to form a home automation network 120. That is, the automation processor SHT-560XM 170 is a gateway device that connects the home network 110 and the home automation network 120.

Next, the home automation terminal 180 may include an air conditioning device such as an air conditioner and a heater applied in the home automation network 120, a cooking device such as an electric rice cooker or a microwave oven, a home appliance such as a TV or a video, and various lighting devices. Refers to the operation controller. That is, the home automation terminal 180 is applied with the communication method of the X.40 and RS-485 to form the home automation network 120, and is connected to the automation processing unit SHT-560XM 170.

Here, each generation terminal (HT), which is various IT devices applied to the home network 110 based on the ultra high speed infrastructure, is connected to the dummy hub 160 using a LAN.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a management server and a home automation terminal transmit and receive additional services through an additional service processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a management server SHN-LS051S 140 and a home automation terminal 180 transmit and receive additional services using bidirectional communication through an additional service processing system. First, ① home automation terminal ( 180 generates an analog request signal to receive the notification information service, which is one of additional services.

Then, the automation processor SHT-560XM 170 receives the analog request signal, converts it into a digital request signal, and transmits the digital request signal to the management server SHN-LS051S 140.

Thereafter, the management server SHN-LS051S 140 receives the digital request signal and transmits a notification information service, which is one of additional services, to the automation processing unit SHT-560XM 170. That is, the management server SHN-LS051S 140 receives the digital request signal and scrolls the already stored notification information service (web browser service), and outputs a digital response signal generated according to the scrolling. It transfers to the automation processor SHT-560XM (170).

Thereafter, ④ the SHT-560XM 170 receives the digital response signal, converts it into an analog response signal, and transmits the analog response signal to the home automation terminal 180.

Here, the analog response signal is a data value for the notification information service represented by voice, text, image or video.

Thereafter, the home automation terminal 180 receives the analog response signal and displays a notification information service, which is one of the additional services, through a built-in display unit.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a management server and a home automation terminal transmitting and receiving an additional service through an additional service processing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, when a new notification information service is input to the management server SHN-LS051S 140 in addition to the already stored notification information service, ① 'the management server SHN-LS051S 140 delivers the new notification information service. In order to generate the digital notification information signal to the automation processing unit 170.

Next, ② 'the automation processing unit 170 receives the digital notification information signal, converts it into an analog notification information signal, and transmits the analog notification information signal to the home automation terminal 180.

Here, the analog notification information signal is a data value for a new notification information service represented by voice, text, image or video.

Next, the home automation terminal 180 receives the analog notification information signal and displays a notification information service, which is one of the additional services, through a display unit which is already embedded. That is, when the home automation terminal 180 receives the analog notification information signal through the automation processing unit 170, the home automation terminal 180 uses a voice effect or a light emitting element through a speaker mounted on the display unit. The flashing effect is used to inform the outside that the analog notification information signal has been input.

Here, the additional service refers to parking management service, notification information service, announcement transmission service, parcel delivery service or access management service.

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be variously modified and changed within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below I can understand that you can.

According to the present invention described above, the value-added service processing system by connecting the home network and the home automation network, it is possible to provide a variety of additional services that were supported only in the home network terminal to the home automation terminal, thereby increasing the merchandise Bring it.

Claims (7)

A management server that generates various additional services and inputs / outputs the additional services; A switching hub configured to multi-branch the supplementary service for input / output; A home network network transmitting / receiving the multi-branched supplementary service through a TCP / IP protocol; And And a home automation network for transmitting / receiving multi-branched supplementary services through the TCP / IP protocol and short-range communication. The method of claim 1, wherein the home automation network, A dummy hub configured to transmit / receive the additional service input / output from the switching hub;      An automation processing unit configured to input / output the additional service transmitted / received from the dummy hub; And      And a home automation terminal for displaying the additional service input / output from the automation processing unit through a built-in display means. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the display means is at least one of a speaker and an LED. The additional service processing system according to claim 1, wherein the short range communication method is a communication method of X.40 and RS-485. Generating an analog request signal by a home automation terminal to receive an additional service; Converting the analog request signal into a digital request signal through an automation processor and outputting the digital request signal; Receiving the digital request signal through a management server, scrolling an additional service stored in the management server, and transmitting the digital response signal generated according to the scrolling to the automation processing unit; Receiving a digital response signal through the automation processor and converting the digital response signal into an analog response signal; And And transmitting the analog response signal to the home automation terminal. The method of claim 5, wherein the analog response signal is a data value for a notification information service represented by voice, text, image, or video. The method of claim 5, further comprising: generating, by the management server, a digital notification information signal to provide a new additional service; Receiving the digital notification information signal through an automation processing unit, and converting the digital notification information signal into an analog notification information signal; And And receiving the analog notification information signal and displaying the additional service to the outside through a display means built in a home automation terminal.

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