KR20080104410A - Method for controlling operation of house device by using vehicles with rfid - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is linked to the automatic scanning of the RFID attached to the vehicle to check the presence of people in the house, and based on the result of the check, it is possible to remotely realize the operation control of the household equipment, to this end, Unlike the conventional method, which inevitably caused unnecessary power consumption when going out for a long period of time with a household device inadvertently operated, the RFID tag for identification of the tenant attached to the vehicle when the vehicle leaves the parking area of a group residence area And transmits the RFID scan information generated by scanning to the central management server, and in response, the central management server inquires of the home server for the presence of the house person, and when it is determined that the house person does not exist, Inquire about whether the household device is working, and if there is a living device in operation By transmitting a message to a preset mobile terminal to enable the mobile terminal user to remotely control the operation or maintenance of the living device, it is possible to effectively prevent power consumption due to unnecessary operation of the living device by mistake when going out. It can be.

Description

METHOOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF HOUSE DEVICE BY USING VEHICLES WITH RFID}

1 is a block diagram of a suitable remote service system for providing an operation control service of a living apparatus using a vehicle equipped with an RFID according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a flow chart illustrating a process of remotely controlling the operation of the domestic living equipment using a vehicle with an RFID in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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102: RFID reader 104: breaker controller

106: speaker phone 108: Central Management Server

110: tenant DB 112: administrator system

114: Home Server 116: Memory

118 sensor 120 life equipment

122: speaker system 124: mobile communication network

126: portable terminal

The present invention relates to a service technique for controlling the operation of the living equipment through the vehicle access, and more particularly, remotely controlling the operation of the domestic living equipment by using a vehicle with an RFID withdrawn from the vehicle parking area of the group residential area The present invention relates to a method for controlling the operation of a living apparatus using a vehicle equipped with an RFID.

As is well known, a common house (a group residential area), such as an apartment, is provided with a parking space (parking lot) for parking the vehicles of residents, and the vehicle access control means for managing the access of the vehicle at the entrance side of the parking lot. For example, a breaker or the like is provided, and the breaker is opened and closed by a switch operation of a guard who works in a guard room (or a control room) located in an adjacent area.

On the other hand, according to the development of electronic devices, the use of various household appliances such as indoor lighting, boilers, air conditioners, air purifiers, water purifiers, etc. are becoming more common in each home, and remote control of indoor lighting, boilers, air conditioners, etc. There is an active research everywhere.

On the other hand, assuming that the only person in the house is going out, even in the case of indoor lighting, a boiler, an air conditioner, etc., when going out for a short time (eg, minutes to hours), Although it may not matter much, when going out for a long time (at least several to several tens of hours), there is a problem that power is unnecessarily consumed when going out.

For example, assuming the summer is a hot summer season, and all of your family goes out of their homes for a two-day, one-night trip, you accidentally leave some of your interior lights on and leave the air conditioner on If you go to the store, unnecessarily high power consumption will be generated by the operation of the indoor lighting and air conditioner for two days and one night.

Therefore, in view of the above points, if a user adopts a service technique that automatically recognizes and notifies an external user when the user does not accidentally stop an unnecessary life device when going out for a long time. It is possible to greatly improve the living service environment, but at present there is no suggestion for such a technique.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned point, and checks the presence of people in the house in conjunction with the automatic scanning of RFID attached to the vehicle, and remotely controls the operation control of the household equipment on the basis of the check result. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of controlling operation of household equipment using a vehicle equipped with RFID that can be realized.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for controlling the operation of home appliances using the departure information of the vehicle with the RFID, mounted on a predetermined position of the vehicle when the vehicle enters the exit side of the vehicle parking area Scanning the received RFID tag, transmitting the RFID scan information generated through the scan to the central management server through the network, and analyzing the received RFID scan information to authenticate whether or not it is a valid registered tenant; When the user is authenticated as the valid tenant, a process of inquiring about the presence of a person in the home by accessing a corresponding home server through a network and analyzing a response message from the home server corresponding to the existence query indicates that there is no home person. If it is determined that it is not, the process of inquiring the home server of the operating status of the home appliances, and the operation status inquiry When it is determined that the home appliance is in operation, as a result of analyzing the response message from the home server, a corresponding operation maintenance inquiry message is generated and sent to a mobile terminal having a predetermined number through a mobile communication network; The present invention provides a method of controlling operation of a living apparatus using a vehicle equipped with an RFID, the method including stopping the operation of the living apparatus when an operation stop selection command is received from the portable terminal through a communication network.

The above and other objects and various advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the preferred embodiments of the present invention described below with reference to the accompanying drawings by those skilled in the art.

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

The key technical aspect of the present invention is that when a vehicle is leaving a parking area in a group residential area, unlike the above-described conventional method, which inevitably causes unnecessary power consumption when going out for a long period of time with a living device inadvertently operated. The RFID scan information generated by scanning the RFID tag for tenant authentication attached to the vehicle is transmitted to the central management server, and in response, the central management server inquires about the presence of the household in the home server, and the household exists. When it is determined that the user does not want to operate the home server, the mobile server user sends a message to the preset mobile terminal by inquiring whether the home appliance is in operation, and whether the living appliance is in operation when there is a living appliance in operation. Remote control of the shutdown or maintenance of household appliances Solution The object of the present invention can be easily achieved. Here, as a household appliance, an indoor lighting lamp, a boiler, an air conditioner, etc. are mentioned, for example.

1 is a block diagram of a suitable service system for providing an operation control service of a living apparatus using an RFID-attached vehicle according to the present invention, which includes an RFID reader 102, a breaker controller 104, and a speaker phone 106. , Central management server 108, tenant DB 110, manager system 112, home server 114, memory 116, sensor 118, home appliance 120, speaker system 122, mobile communication network 124, portable terminal 126, and the like.

Referring to FIG. 1, the RFID reader 102 is installed at a predetermined location on the exit side of a parking lot, and is attached to an RFID tag (a resident entering the exit side for exit from the parking lot) entering the parking lot exit side. It provides a function of transmitting the RFID scan information obtained by scanning the RFID tag for authentication to the central management server 108 through the network.

Next, the breaker controller 104 controls the opening and closing of the breaker (not shown) installed at the exit side of the parking lot in response to the opening and closing control command provided from the central management server 108, thereby controlling the opening and closing of the breaker controller 104. By opening and closing the breaker through the vehicle leaving the parking lot is controlled.

In addition, the speaker phone 106 is installed at a predetermined location on the exit side of the parking lot, and the driver of the vehicle entering the exit side for exiting the parking lot and the central management room (not shown) through the central management server 108. Provides call service for identification between managers.

On the other hand, the central management server 108 communicates with the RFID reader 102, the breaker controller 104, and the speaker phone 106 via the network, and communicates with the manager system 112 and the home server 114 (one or both sides). Communication), and provide the service to be realized in the present invention through such communication, for example, when RFID scan information is received from the RFID reader 102, it is analyzed and recognized as a valid registered tenant through an interface with the tenant DB 110. When a user is authenticated as a valid tenant, the controller opens a breaker open command to the breaker controller 104, and simultaneously checks whether a person exists in the home of the tenant through an interface (communication) with the home server 114. It checks and, based on the check result, provides a service for alarming the departure of the vehicle or remote control of the living equipment.

For this purpose, the tenant DB 110 stores tenant information such as a tenant's name, tenant ID, apartment number / number, vehicle number, tenant's mobile terminal number, and the like. After accessing the central management server 108 via a network, it can be registered by providing online.

In addition, the manager system 112 is a management system including, for example, a speaker phone, a computer, and the like, when a call comes in through the speaker phone 106 or when it is determined that the RFID scan information is not a valid tenant, The manager is to perform a call service with the vehicle driver through interworking with the speaker phone 106. That is, if necessary, a call path is selectively opened between the manager system 112 and the speaker phone 106, so that a call between the vehicle driver and the manager (call for identification of the driver of the vehicle to be released, etc.) is realized.

On the other hand, the home server 114 may be mounted on a home electronic device such as a television, an A / V system, a refrigerator, a set-top box or the like, or may be configured as a separate device, and the preset time interval may be set through the sensor 118. (Eg, 20 seconds, 40 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, etc.), the motion information detected and provided are classified and stored in the memory 116 for each time zone, and the operation control of the living appliance 120 is performed, and the speaker Provide a function to control the delivery of voice messages to the system 122 and the like. Here, the living appliance 120 may mean, for example, an indoor lamp, a boiler, an air conditioner, or the like.

In addition, when the home server 114 receives a message for inquiring about the presence of a house person from the central management server 108, the home server 114 retrieves the movement information for each time zone stored in the memory 116 to manage the central management server ( 108) and a function such as forcibly stopping the operation of the living appliance when a command message for stopping the operation of the living appliance 120 is received from the central management server 108. do.

Next, the sensor 118 is a conventional motion detection sensor that can be mounted at a predetermined location in the home (for example, a front door, a living room, a room, a small room, a kitchen, a veranda, etc.) and can detect the movement of an object. The detected motion detection signal is transmitted to the home server 114 and stored in the memory 116 as motion information of the home.

And, the household appliance 120 is one or a plurality of indoor lights installed in the entrance, living room, etc., or means or comprehensively mean a boiler, air conditioner, such a living appliance 120 is operated by the user's switch operation or In accordance with the present invention, the operation can be stopped or operated according to the operation control command provided from the home server 114. In addition, the speaker system 122 may be a speaker for an interphone, a speaker of an A / V system, a speaker of a television, or a speaker of its own. According to the present invention, when a voice signal for a vehicle departure alarm (for example, a voice signal such as "vehicle 000000 has exited the parking lot") is transmitted from the home server 114 according to the present invention, a function of outputting it to the outside is provided. to provide.

Next, the mobile communication network 124 includes, for example, a base station, a base station controller, a mobile communication exchange, an SMS server, and the like, and the operation maintenance inquiry message from the central management server 108, for example, "the home air conditioner is in operation. If you want to turn off the air conditioner, press the number 1. " When receiving an operation maintenance inquiry message such as, etc., an SMS text message is generated through an SMS server or the like, the generated SMS text message (operation maintenance inquiry message) is remotely transmitted to the mobile terminal 126, and the mobile terminal. When the stop selection command signal is received from 126, it transmits it to the central management server 108, and the like.

Here, the portable terminal 126 means a terminal which can be connected to the two-wire communication network 124 such as, for example, a PCS, a cellular phone, a PDA, an IMT-2000 terminal, a DMB phone, a PMP, and the like from the central management server 108. Displaying the operation maintenance inquiry message sent out and received through the mobile communication network 124, and responding to the operation maintenance inquiry message when the user performs an operation (operation of a specific button) to stop the operation of the living appliance A function of generating a stop operation stop selection command signal is transmitted to the central management server 108 through the mobile communication network 124.

Next, a description will be given of a process of remotely controlling the operation of the domestic household equipment based on the RFID scan requested to the vehicle according to the present invention using the remote service system having the above-described configuration.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of remotely controlling the operation of a domestic household device using a vehicle equipped with RFID according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, when a vehicle parked in a parking lot of a multi-family house (collected residential area) enters a predetermined position on the exit side for leaving the vehicle while performing the standby mode, the RFID reader 102 determines the predetermined position of the vehicle. The RFID tag attached to the vehicle's windshield is scanned to acquire RFID scan information (steps 202 and 204), and the RFID scan information thus obtained is transmitted to the central management server 108 via the network ( Step 206).

In response, the central management server 108 analyzes the received RFID scan information to read the tenant ID, and searches for the tenant DB 110 to check whether the read tenant ID is a valid tenant ID. Proceed (step 208).

When the check in the step 208 determines that the read tenant ID is an invalid ID, the central management server 108 notifies (alarms) it to the manager system 112, whereby the manager By communicating with the driver of the vehicle by using the speakerphone provided at the speaker phone and the speaker phone 106 installed at the exit side, it will be performed a check such as a visitor (step 234).

When the check in the step 208 determines that the read-in tenant ID is a valid ID, the central management server 108 generates a control command for opening the outlet side breaker and breaks the breaker controller 104 through the network. (Step 210), and as a result, the breaker (not shown) is opened under the control of the breaker controller 104 so that the vehicle can exit the parking lot.

Subsequently, the central management server 108 connects to the tenant's home server 114 via the network and transmits a message inquiring whether a person exists in the home (step 212), and in response, the home server 114 ) Retrieves the motion information detected by the sensor 118 and stored in the memory 116 to the central management server 108 via the network (response message to the inquiry) (step 214).

Next, the central management server 108 analyzes the motion information provided from the home server 114 through the network to check whether there is a person in the home (e.g., if no motion is detected for 5 minutes from the current date and time). Judge that there are no people in the house (step 216), and when the check here determines that a person is present in the house, the corresponding voice guidance message (for example, "car 000000 has left the parking lot") Voice prompt message) is generated and sent to the home server 114 via the network (step 236).

As a result, the home server 114 transmits the voice guidance message to the speaker system 122, whereby the voice guidance notifying the departure from the parking lot is output through the speaker system 122 (step 238), thereby enabling the person in the house. You will notice that you have exited the car's parking lot.

When it is determined in step 216 that there is no person in the house, the central management server 108 connects to the home server 114 of the tenant and uses the household living equipment (eg, a room light, a boiler). (Step 218), in response, the home server 114 checks the current state of the living device (ie, whether it is on or not), and then checks the result. Is generated as a response message and delivered to the central management server 108 via the network (response message for the operation status query) (step 220).

Next, the central management server 108 analyzes the response message to the operation status query received from the home server 114 to check whether the living machine is in operation (step 222), where the result of the check here is the living machine. Is determined to be in operation (or lit), a message for inquiring to maintain the operation of the living device is generated and transmitted to the mobile communication network 124 together with the corresponding mobile terminal number. As a result, the mobile communication network 124 sends an SMS server. The operation maintenance inquiry message is written in the form of an SMS message, and then sent to the mobile terminal 126 (step 224).

For example, in the mobile communication network 124, "The home air conditioner is operating. If you want to turn off the air conditioner, press the number 1." An SMS message (operation maintenance inquiry message) such as the like is transmitted to the corresponding mobile terminal 126.

Therefore, the user of the portable terminal may stop the operation of the living device currently operating in the home by manipulating a predetermined button through confirmation of the text message received in the form of SMS.

That is, in step 226, it is checked whether the portable terminal user selects (eg, clicks on a predetermined specific button) the operation of the living device through the manipulation of a specific button. Selects the operation stop, the operation stop selection command signal is generated (wireless transmission) and transmitted to the central management server 108 through the mobile communication network 124.

Accordingly, the central management server 108 generates a corresponding down command message in response to receiving the down command signal and transmits it to the home server 114 of the corresponding tenant through the network (step 228). As a result, the home server 114 forcibly stops the operation of the living device currently in operation (step 230).

Thereafter, the home server 114 generates a stop acknowledgment message indicating that the home appliance has been stopped and transmits it to the central management server 108 through the network. In response, the home management server 108 transmits the home appliance. An operation confirmation message is generated to indicate that the operation of the operation is stopped, and is transmitted to the mobile terminal 126 in the form of an SMS message through the mobile communication network 124 (step 232).

As a result, the user of the portable terminal will recognize that the household appliance, which he or she intended to stop, has been suspended through the shutdown confirmation guide message displayed on the display panel of the portable terminal.

Therefore, according to the present invention, when a resident accidentally operates a vehicle in a state in which a domestic living device is operated, and goes out to the outside, it is performed between the central management server, the home server, and the portable terminal in conjunction with the vehicle leaving from the parking lot. A series of processes can effectively stop unwanted operation of household appliances.

On the other hand, although the preferred embodiment of the present invention proposes a service model that can stop the operation of the unwanted living device through the interworking between the home server, the central management server and the portable terminal, the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. Of course, through the direct communication between the home server and the portable terminal can be set to service the uninterrupted operation of the living appliances.

In this case, the stop command signal selectively generated by the user in the mobile terminal is transmitted directly to the home server through the mobile communication network, and in response, the home server stops the operation of the living device and stops the home server. It may be configured to generate the operation stop confirmation guide message directly to the mobile terminal through the mobile communication network.

In the foregoing description, the present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It will be readily appreciated that branch substitutions, modifications and variations are possible.

As described above, according to the present invention, unlike the conventional method described above, which inevitably causes unnecessary power consumption when going out for a long period of time with a living device inadvertently operated, the vehicle may leave the parking area in the group residential area. When the RFID tag for resident authentication attached to the vehicle is scanned, the RFID scan information generated is transmitted to the central management server.In response, the central management server inquires about the existence of the resident person in the home server. When it is determined that it does not exist, the mobile server user sends a message to the home server to ask the home server whether the living device is in operation, and if there is a living device in operation, asking whether the living device is in operation. It is possible to remotely control the operation stop or operation maintenance of living equipment, so that by mistake when going out It is possible to effectively prevent the power consumption due to unnecessary operation of the home appliances, thereby effectively meeting the various service needs of users.

Claims (12)

As a method of controlling the operation of home appliances using the departure information of the vehicle with the RFID, Scanning the RFID tag mounted at a predetermined position of the vehicle when the vehicle enters the exit side of the vehicle parking area, and transmitting the RFID scan information generated through the scan to the central management server through the network; Analyzing the received RFID scan information and authenticating whether the user is a valid registered tenant; When authenticating as the valid tenant, accessing a corresponding home server through a network and inquiring about the presence of a person in the house; When it is determined that there is no home person, as a result of analyzing the response message from the home server corresponding to the presence query, inquiring the home server of the operating state of the home appliance; As a result of analyzing the response message from the home server corresponding to the operation state inquiry, when it is determined that the living device is in operation, a corresponding operation maintenance inquiry message is generated and sent to the mobile terminal of the preset number through the mobile communication network. Process, Stopping the operation of the living device when an operation stop selection command is received from the portable terminal through the mobile communication network; Operation control method of a living device using a vehicle equipped with an RFID. The method of claim 1, The deactivation process of the living device, Generating the operation stop selection command signal when the portable terminal user operates a predetermined specific button and transmitting the generated stop selection command signal to the central management server through the mobile communication network and a network; Generating, by the central management server, an operation stop command message and transmitting it to the home server through a network; In response to the operation stop command message, the home server stopping the operation of the living device, and then generating a stop confirmation message and transmitting it to the central management server Operation control method of a household device using a vehicle with an RFID, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 2, The service method, Generating, by the central management server, a confirmation guide message for stopping the operation of the living device and transmitting the generated confirmation message to the portable terminal; Operation control method of a household device using a vehicle with an RFID, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 1, The deactivation process of the living device, Generating the operation stop selection command signal when the portable terminal user operates a predetermined specific button and transmitting the generated stop selection command signal to the home server through the mobile communication network and a network; In response to the stop command signal, stopping the operation of the home appliance by the home server Operation control method of a household device using a vehicle with an RFID, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 4, wherein The service method, Generating, by the home server, a confirmation guide message for stopping the operation of the living device and transmitting the generated confirmation message to the portable terminal; Operation control method of a household device using a vehicle with an RFID, characterized in that it further comprises. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, The living device is at least one of an indoor lamp, a boiler, and an air conditioner. The method of claim 6, The indoor lighting is one or a plurality of indoor lighting that can be arbitrarily selected by the user, the operation control method of the living equipment using a vehicle with an RFID. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, The service method, Notifying the manager system when it is determined that the received RFID scan information is not a valid registered subscriber. Operation control method of a household device using a vehicle with an RFID, characterized in that it further comprises. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, The service method, When authenticating as the effective tenant, instructing the opening of the circuit breaker installed at the exit side; Operation control method of a household device using a vehicle with an RFID, characterized in that it further comprises. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, The service method, Detecting movement of a home at predetermined time intervals using a motion detection sensor mounted at a predetermined location of the home; Temporarily storing the detected motion information in a memory of the home server; Transmitting movement information stored in the memory to the central management server as a response message to the existence query; Operation control method of a household device using a vehicle with an RFID, characterized in that it comprises a. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, The service method, When it is determined that there is a person in the house as a result of analyzing the response message in the presence query, the central management server generates a departure guide message informing the departure of the vehicle, and transmits it to the home server; The home server outputs the exit guidance voice through the home speaker system Operation control method of a household device using a vehicle with an RFID, characterized in that it further comprises. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, The operation maintenance inquiry message is an SMS control message, the operation control method of a household device using a vehicle with an RFID.

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