KR20160116960A - Smart Home-based networking device linkage apparatus and method therefor - Google Patents

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KR20160116960A
KR20160116960A KR1020150045440A KR20150045440A KR20160116960A KR 20160116960 A KR20160116960 A KR 20160116960A KR 1020150045440 A KR1020150045440 A KR 1020150045440A KR 20150045440 A KR20150045440 A KR 20150045440A KR 20160116960 A KR20160116960 A KR 20160116960A
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The present invention relates to a smart home-based networking device linkage apparatus and a method therefor, in which the linkage apparatus includes a service management unit, a middleware unit, and a thin client unit. Accordingly, the smart home-based networking device linkage apparatus and the method therefor are provided, for removing demerits that each product implements a function dependent upon a home server so as to be linked to the home server even if the each product are same products when different home servers exist, and providing a service structure that all products are capable of requesting and providing service with each other through one application.

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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a smart home-based networking device interworking apparatus and method,

The present invention relates to a smart home-based networking device interworking device and method thereof, and more particularly, to a smart home-based networking device interworking device and method thereof. More specifically, The present invention relates to an interworking apparatus and method for interworking with each other through direct communication between a plurality of users, requesting, providing, and relaying services.

The home network for the existing smart home is implemented with a goal of network configuration for the remote control service, and includes a home server that provides an interface for managing and controlling a device capable of remote control connected to the home network, And a service is provided by middleware messaging designed by a transmission and control protocol.

Here, the middleware messaging protocol has various messaging protocols according to the characteristics of devices such as Jini, UPnP, HAVi, etc. Therefore, in order to secure interoperability between devices in the home network, it is necessary to integrate them into the development of standard adapters or one middleware messaging protocol. There is a limitation that the devices can be interworked only through the home server or the home gateway having the integrated structure.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a variety of smart home services that do not rely on a home server by interworking with various devices connected to a home network by enabling direct service request and response at a service or application level.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a smart home-based networking device interworking device receives service request data input by a user, extracts a rich device capable of providing a service by analyzing the received service request data, A service manager for searching for a device that has received the service request data, transmitting the service request data to the retrieved rich device, and providing response data for the service request data to the user; Transmitting the service request data, a response to the service request data, or information about the connected thin device, or requesting operation of the thin device to the service request data At least one rich device for converting data into a format recognizable by the corresponding thin device and transmitting the converted service request data to the thin device and receiving data for the request; And at least one thin device for receiving the converted service request data and performing the requested function or obtaining the requested data and transmitting the response data.

1 is a configuration diagram of a smart home-based networking device interworking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a messaging transmission / reception model for service search according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a messaging transmission / reception model for changing a service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a messaging transmission / reception model for adding a service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating a basic model between two rich devices for providing a service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a three-rich inter-device messaging model for service relay according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram illustrating a messaging model between two middleware for service relay and one thin client according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a smart home-based networking device interworking method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

Hereinafter, a smart home-based networking device interworking apparatus and method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of a smart home-based networking device interworking apparatus 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a smart home-based networking device interworking apparatus 1000 may include a service management unit 100, a middleware unit 200, and a thin client unit 300.

The service management unit 100 receives the service request data input by the user, analyzes the received service request data to extract a rich device capable of providing the service, searches for the extracted device, and transmits the service request data And provide response data for the service request data to the user.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the service management unit may be included in the user terminal, but according to another embodiment, the service management unit may be included in the middleware or may be implemented in the form of an application. However, Lt; / RTI >

Also, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the service request data may be data for requesting service search, service change, service addition, service request, service alarm, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, receiving a service request and a response thereto may use a request-response messaging model, the request may be delivered by a broadcasting scheme, and the response may be a unicasting scheme based on a sender's ID have.

According to the above embodiment, the request message includes [own device ID | Message type (service search request)], and such a request message can be transmitted to the retrieved rich device.

The service request message may be transmitted from the user terminal 400 to the corresponding rich device among the at least one rich devices of the middleware unit 200 through the service management unit 100. [

The middleware unit 200 may perform a function corresponding to the service request data, transmit information including a response to the service request data or information about the connected thin device, And at least one rich device for converting the data into a format recognizable by the thin device and transmitting the converted service request data to the thin device when receiving the request, and receiving the data for the request.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the middleware unit 200 may mean that a plurality of rich devices are connected to one another via a network.

Here, the information including the response to the service request data may be information corresponding to the ID of the corresponding rich device and the type of the service request by receiving the service request data from the corresponding at least one rich device of the middleware part 200 , And such information may be transmitted to the service management unit 100.

The information about the thin device may be information including the ID of the corresponding thin device and the service list that the thin device can provide from the thin device that is connected to the corresponding rich device that has received the service request data and is relayable. And may be transmitted to the service management unit 100 as well.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when requesting the operation of the thin device is included in the service request data, the middleware unit 200 receives the service request data from the thin device that is connected to the corresponding rich device, And can receive the information about the device and transmit it to the service management unit 100. [

According to the embodiment, the number of pieces of information including information about the thin device may be added according to the number of connected thin devices.

 The service management unit 100 receiving the service response data can store the device ID and the service list included in the data or transmit it to the user terminal 400 and output it to the user.

The thin client unit 300 may include at least one thin device that receives the converted service request data and performs requested functions or acquires requested data and transmits response data.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the thin client unit 300 may include at least one thin device. The thin device basically transmits and requests data to and from a lower unit such as a sensor Lt; / RTI >

2 is a diagram illustrating a messaging transmission / reception model for service search according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, it is shown that a refrigerator and a smart TV, which are rich devices, transmit and receive a request and a response message in cooperation with a smart phone, which is a user terminal 400, in order to search for a service.

The user sends a service search request message to at least one rich device included in the middleware unit 200 connected in the network for searching for a device to be served and a service to be provided.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the messaging model is a request-response model, and the request can be delivered by a broadcasting scheme and the response can use a unicasting scheme based on the ID of the transmitted device.

Therefore, according to the embodiment, the home network supports broadcasting addresses.

In FIG. 2, the smartphone, which is the user terminal 400, broadcasts [rich device ID < RTI ID = 0.0 > Message type (service search request)], that is, service request data.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal 400 may be a smartphone, but the service search request may be transmitted through one of the rich devices included in the middleware unit 200 Or a rich device directly operated by the user.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the rich device can receive the service request data, and according to an embodiment, the search request command included in the service request data can be transmitted to the rich device through the service management unit 100, According to another embodiment, may be passed directly to the rich device through the user interface of the user terminal 400. [

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the rich devices that have received the service request data include [rich device ID: service list that can be provided by the rich device] and [thin device ID: service list ] Together with a message type (device search response) and transmits the generated service response data to respond.

At this time, the number of corresponding messages can be added according to the number of thin devices that can be relayed.

The device (user terminal 400 or rich device) receiving the service response data including the service search response stores the relative device ID and the service list included in the message in the service management unit 200 and provides the user with information And can perform management for other services in the future.

3 is a diagram illustrating a messaging transmission / reception model for changing a service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, when an update occurs due to a change of service or when a device is added to the home network, the user can re-broadcast the service request data for changing the service.

The message included in the service request or response data used in the update due to the change of the service according to the embodiment of the present invention may be as shown in FIG.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, when an update occurs due to a change of service, the user terminal 400 can broadcast service request data including the service change request message to the home network through the message (1) of FIG. 3 .

In this case, the service list used for broadcasting is a list of services changed through the update, and the rich device that has received the service request data including the service change request message is notified of the corresponding service list of the rich device ID The service list of the thin device ID relayed through the rich device to which the change request is made can be deleted and updated to the changed list.

4 is a diagram illustrating a messaging transmission / reception model for adding a service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the case of a rich device in which a service is added or a rich device newly participating in the home network, the service providing data including the service addition request message can inform the home network of services that can be provided or added.

The messaging model and procedure related to this is similar to the messaging transmission / reception model for changing the service as shown in FIG. 4, but the message type is the service response data including the service addition request including the service addition request and the service addition request response.

5 is a diagram illustrating a basic model between two rich devices for providing a service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, a service providing model between two rich devices will be described. An example of a smart phone and an electric rice cooker, which are rich devices, will be described.

The smart phone may require a service to send a notification message to the rice cooker when rice is cooked.

The related messaging model consists of sending and receiving service request data including service request data and service request data including service request response.

The service request message included in the service request data of the smart phone is a message (1) of FIG. 5, and includes a transmission / reception ID for sending and receiving a message, a message type for displaying a service request message, a message for binding a message request and a response ID, information for identifying a service requester / provider / receiver, service type, and information indicating an associated attribute.

Here, the service type indicates the type of service such as a notification service and a driving service, and the service property information includes information defined in relation to the service, such as a notification time in a notification message, a time interval for periodic notification, . ≪ / RTI >

 According to the embodiment of the present invention, the rice cooker receiving the service request can reply that the message included in the service request data including the service request is successfully received through the message (2) of FIG. 5.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating three rich device-to-rich messaging models and methods for service relay according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, three rich device-to-device messaging models and methods are shown.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, an instruction to inform the smart TV of an indication that rice of the rice cooker is completed through the smart phone can be proceeded according to the procedure of the drawing.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the smartphone makes a service request to the rice cooker through the service request message (1) of FIG. 6, and when the rice cooker receives the message (1) Can be answered.

When the rice cooker is completed, the electric rice cooker sends a notification message to the smart TV through the message (3), and the smart TV receiving the reply message can reply to the electric rice cooker that the reception of the notification message is completed.

Next, the smart TV can display that the rice cooker of the electric rice cooker is completed through the TV screen.

7 is a diagram illustrating a messaging model and a method between two rich devices and one thin device for service relay according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, a messaging model and a method between two rich devices for providing a service by relaying a sensing value provided through a single thin device are shown.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the thin device and the corresponding service list are already registered in one rich device and can be already shared among other rich devices in the home network by a service search and registration process, a service modification and an addition process.

According to the embodiment in which the indoor device uses the smartphone as the rich device and the indoor air sensor as the rich device, the air purifier should be able to understand and send the message (3) according to the message (1) (5) messages with the smartphone according to the number of messages received.

According to the embodiment, in order to receive the service for acquiring the sensing value measured through the indoor air sensor through the air purifier, the smartphone requests the service request and the response through the processes (1) and (2) Reception can be confirmed.

 Also, the air purifier can request the indoor air sensor through the process of (3) according to the request of the smartphone, and transmit the sensed value included in the (4) to the smartphone in the service notification message (5).

The smartphone sends a service notification response message to the air purifier through message (6). As a result, the smartphone can display the indoor sensing value to the user.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a smart home-based networking device interworking method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The service request data input by the user is received (710).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the service request data may be data for requesting a service search, a service change, a service addition, a service request, a service alarm, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

The received service request data is analyzed and a rich device capable of providing a service is extracted (720).

The service request data is transmitted to the extracted rich device (730).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, receiving a service request and a response thereto may use a request-response messaging model, the request may be delivered by a broadcasting method, and the response may be a unicasting method based on a sender's ID .

According to the above embodiment, the request message includes [own device ID | Message type (service search request)], and such a request message can be transmitted to the retrieved rich device.

(740) the service response data including the response to the service request data or the information about the connected thin device capable of being relayed.

Here, the information including the response to the service request data may be information corresponding to the ID of the corresponding rich device and the type of the service request by receiving the service request data from the corresponding at least one rich device of the middleware part 200 , And such information may be transmitted to the service management unit 100.

The information about the thin device may be information including a ID of the corresponding thin device and a list of services that the corresponding thin device can provide from the thin device that is connected to the corresponding rich device that has received the service request data and is relayable. Lt; / RTI >

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when requesting the operation of the thin device is included in the service request data, information about the corresponding thin device is received from the thin device that is connected to the corresponding rich device that has received the service request data Can receive.

And at least one thin device that receives the converted service request data and performs the requested function or acquires the requested data and transmits the response data.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a thin device can basically receive a data request transmission request and a response to a request to a lower unit such as a sensor connected to the device itself and wirelessly.

And outputs the received response data to the user (750).

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, Various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concept of the present invention are also within the scope of the present invention.

100: service management unit 200: middleware unit
300: thin client part 400: user terminal
1000: Networking device interlock device

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Extracts a rich device capable of providing a service by analyzing the received service request data, searches for the extracted device, and transmits the service request data to the searched rich device A service management unit for providing the user with response data for the service request data;
Transmitting the service request data, a response to the service request data, or information about the connected thin device, or requesting operation of the thin device to the service request data At least one rich device for converting data into a format recognizable by the corresponding thin device and transmitting the converted service request data to the thin device and receiving data for the request; And
And a thin client unit including at least one thin device for receiving the converted service request data and performing requested function or obtaining requested data and transmitting response data. Device.
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