KR20200034415A - A System For Recommending Source Codes And Module And A Module Assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, a system for recommending a source code and a module comprises: a module assembly including a control module including a functional unit having a topology management unit for detecting and generating topology information, and a plurality of other modules including functional units different from the control module; a user terminal connected to the module assembly; and a recommendation server connected to the user terminal through a network, storing topology information of the module assembly, and providing information on recommended source code to the user terminal based on the topology information. The topology information module-specific information, weight information, and sub-connection module information. The recommendation server may determine a recommendation order of the recommended source code based on the module-specific information and the weight information.

Description

A System For Recommending Source Codes And Module And A Module Assembly}

The present invention relates to a source code and module recommendation system and a module assembly, and more particularly, to share assembly information of a module assembly in a production tool of a multi-purpose module assembly, and to easily recommend assembly information and source code information required by a user. Source code and module recommendation systems and module assemblies that can be retrieved and retrieved.

Recently, various module-based production tools have been proposed for the purpose of education, hobby, research, production, and the like. The modules included in these manufacturing tools can each perform a specific function and are provided to be connected to each other to form a module assembly. At this time, each module is also electrically connected to each other may be provided to transmit and receive energy, signals, data, and the like. The user can assemble modules according to provided manuals or self-created methods to produce a module assembly that performs a specific purpose.

As an example, Patent Document 1 (Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 17169696) discloses a module assembly produced by assembling various types of modules such as a network module, a driving module, and a sensor module. At this time, the module assembly is used to create an educational kit that allows a student or a user to understand the principle of operation of an electronic device while assembling modules 10, 20, 30, 40, or a device for a researcher to perform a specific purpose. It can be used for various purposes such as research kits and toy kits that can be assembled by users for hobby purposes.

As mentioned above, these module assemblies are used by a variety of people, from researchers who are experts in software or hardware, to students, and the general public. However, the general public or students other than the experts can assemble each module and port the software to the assembled module assembly, which can be difficult to use, thus limiting the dissemination of the above-described modules.

Accordingly, there has been a demand for the dissemination of a module recommendation system that enables anyone to easily recognize and assemble various utilization possibilities of the module assembly, and to automatically generate and recommend software to be used, thereby making it easy for anyone to utilize.

In order to solve the above problems, the module recommendation system according to the present invention can provide a module recommendation system that shares assembly information of a module assembly and allows users to easily receive and search for required assembly information.

Therefore, when the module assembly is used as an educational, personal toy, etc., even non-experts who are not familiar with hardware or software can easily assemble the module assembly and automatically generate and recommend software to be used so that anyone can easily utilize the module assembly. A module recommendation system and module assembly are provided.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the source code and the module recommendation system according to the present invention include a control module including a functional unit having a topology management unit for detecting and generating topology information, and a control module and other functional units A module assembly including a plurality of other modules; A user terminal connected to the module assembly; And a recommendation server connected to the user terminal through a network, storing topology information of the module assembly, and providing recommendation source code information to the user terminal based on the topology information, wherein the topology information is unique to the module. Information, weight information, and lower connection module information, and the recommendation server may determine a recommendation order of the recommended source code based on the module-specific information and the weight information.

In this case, the plurality of other modules include a semantic module, and a lower connection module attached to the semantic module may have weight information that is weighted in the same way as being directly attached to the control module.

In addition, the topology information further includes step information, and the step information is determined by counting a module on a shortest path from a control module of the module assembly to a corresponding module, and the recommendation server includes the step information and the module specific information And a recommendation order of the recommended source code based on the weight information.

In addition, the plurality of other modules include a semantic module, and the lower connection module attached to the semantic module may have the same step information as being directly attached to the control module.

In addition, the weight information may be determined based on the step information.

In addition, the topology information further includes module category information of each of the plurality of other modules, and the recommendation server can determine a recommendation ranking of the recommended source code by using a weight according to a priority value for each module category.

Also, the recommendation server may determine a recommendation order of a plurality of module assembly configurations that can be added or replaced based on the module-specific information and the weight information.

In addition, the topology information further includes a connection rank indicating the order in which the plurality of other modules are connected to the control module, and the recommendation server determines the recommendation rank of the recommended source code based on the connection rank, and the user terminal Can be transferred to.

In addition, the topology detection unit of the topology management unit may detect a connection state of the module assembly based on module unique information and lower connection module information provided from a lower connection module of the control module.

In addition, the recommendation server may additionally recommend a module that can be added or replaced based on keyword information input from the user terminal.

Also, the recommendation server may recommend source code and additional or replaceable modules based on meta information.

On the other hand, the module assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention, the topology management unit for sensing and generating topology information; Communication control unit; A memory including module information and topology information; A control module including a microprocessor and having a functional unit capable of executing a program ported by a user terminal; And a plurality of other modules each having a different function unit from the control module, wherein the topology information includes module specific information, weight information, and sub-connection module information of the plurality of other modules, and the recommendation server includes It is connected to a user terminal and a network, and stores topology information of the module assembly and determines a recommendation order of the recommended source code based on the module-specific information and weight information.

The module recommendation system according to the present invention can provide a module recommendation system that shares assembly information of a module assembly and allows users to easily receive and search for required assembly information.

Therefore, when the module assembly is used as an educational, personal toy, etc., even non-experts who are not familiar with hardware or software can easily assemble the module assembly and automatically generate and recommend software to be used so that anyone can easily utilize the module assembly. A module recommendation system and module assembly are provided.

In this case, when assembling the module assembly, the user can design a new module by referring to the module assembly assembled by another user and the source code driving the module assembly.

1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a module assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention is assembled.
FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the internal structure of the first module of FIG. 1.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a source code and module recommendation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram illustrating a functional unit of a module assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a perspective view showing a state in which a module assembly according to various embodiments of the present invention is assembled.
6 is a table for explaining topology information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a block diagram illustrating a topology of a module assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a diagram for explaining a topology sensing protocol according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 and 10 are views illustrating a user interface of a developer tool app according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a perspective view showing a state in which a module assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention is assembled.
12 is a view for explaining a semantic module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The following is merely illustrative of the principles of the invention. Therefore, a person skilled in the art can implement various principles included in the concept and scope of the invention and implement the principles of the invention, although not explicitly described or illustrated in the specification. In addition, all conditional terms and examples listed in this specification are intended to be understood in principle only for the purpose of understanding the concept of the invention, and should be understood as not limited to the specifically listed examples and states. do.

In addition, in the following description, ordinal expressions such as first and second are intended to describe objects that are equivalent to each other and are independent of each other, and in the order of main / sub or master / slave. It should be understood as meaningless.

The above objects, features, and advantages will become more apparent through the following detailed description in connection with the accompanying drawings, and accordingly, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can easily implement the technical spirit of the invention. . It will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a module assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention is assembled, and FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the internal structure of the first module of FIG. 1.

1 and 2, the module assembly 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is composed of a plurality of modules (10, 20, 30, 40) that can be assembled with each other.

In this embodiment, the module assembly 1 may be defined as a set of one or more modules 10, 20, 30, 40 that can be assembled with each other, or a structure in which they are assembled, and the purpose, type, shape, number of modules, etc. Is not limited by. For example, the module assembly 1 may be part of an educational kit that allows a student or user to understand the principle of operation of the electronic device while assembling the modules 10, 20, 30, 40. Alternatively, the module assembly 1 may be part of a research kit used by a researcher to build a device for a specific purpose. Also, the module assembly 1 may be part of a toy kit that can be assembled by the user for hobby purposes.

For ease of explanation, this embodiment describes an example in which the module assembly 1 is composed of four modules 10, 20, 30, and 40, as shown in FIG. 1, respectively, the first module 10, Referred to as the second module 20, the third module 30, and the fourth module 40.

In addition, in this embodiment, the modules 10, 20, 30, and 40 are configured to transmit and receive signals, data, or electrical energy (hereinafter referred to as 'electrical signals') indicated as changes in voltage or current with other modules or external devices. Can be defined as an object. These modules (10, 20, 30, 40) are provided with a central processing unit (CPU), memory, power supply, or other modules, and can be operated under the control of a sensing (sensing) means, processing (processing) means, driving means, etc. Equipped with each can be independently driven. Further, each module 10, 20, 30, 40 may be configured to perform a specific function independently or to perform a specific function by interacting with other modules. When the modules 10, 20, 30, and 40 are provided with a central processing unit, firmware may be installed for each module.

The first module 10 to the fourth module 40 are, for example, an infrared sensor module capable of receiving infrared signals from a remote controller, a wireless communication module capable of wireless communication with a smartphone, etc., and a gyroscope sensor module or motor ( 41) and the like. Further, the first module 10 to the fourth module 40 may be connected by an external driving device 41 and a cable 42. In this case, the module assembly 1 may be a device that selectively operates the motor 41 by receiving a signal from a remote control or a smartphone. The configuration of the module assembly 1 as described above is only one example, and each module may be provided to perform any function independently or through interworking with other modules.

The modules 10, 20, 30, and 40 may be three-dimensional in the shape of a polygonal pillar having a plurality of side surfaces that can face-contact with other modules. Here, the surface contact does not only mean that all areas of the side are all in contact, but only part of the side is contacted so that the side of one module and the side of the other module face each other and is understood to include a part of the contact. Should be.

In this embodiment, it is illustrated that the modules 10, 20, 30, and 40 all have a square plane having the same size. That is, the modules 10, 20, 30, 40 in this embodiment have four sides. In addition, in the present embodiment, it will be described as an example that the heights of the modules 10, 20, 30, 40 are all the same, and the modules 10, 20, 30, 40 are all rectangular parallelepipeds having the same size.

As another embodiment, the modules 10, 20, 30, and 40 may be formed in a polygonal column shape such as an equilateral triangle, a rectangle, or an equilateral pentagon on a plane, and in particular, may be formed in a regular polygonal shape. Some modules 10, 20, 30, 40 may have different three-dimensional shapes. In addition, some of the modules 10, 20, 30, 40 may have various three-dimensional shapes such as horns and polyhedra.

Here, the first module 10 includes a housing 11 that forms an exterior, a terminal 107 that is exposed on the side of the housing 11 and can transmit or receive electric signals, etc. to other connected modules, and the housing ( 11) may include a pin mounting portion 150 provided with a pin 180 selectively protruding to the outside, and a pin receiving portion 160 into which pins of other modules are inserted.

The housing 11 may be, for example, a case formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape. The housing 11 may be provided in a form in which the upper case 11a and the lower case 11b are combined as illustrated in FIG. 1. The method of constructing the housing 11 may be assembled as the upper case 11a and the lower case 11b are integrally formed or divided into more parts as necessary.

The terminal 107 may transmit an electric signal or the like to another connected module or receive it from another module. For example, the terminal 107 receives an electric signal or the like from the substrate 102 provided inside the housing 11 and contacts the terminal 107 Can be delivered to the terminals of other modules. The terminal 107 may have a plurality of contact points or connection pins, which may have various forms according to a transmission method such as an electrical signal, a standardized standard, and the like. The terminal 107 may be disposed on one side of the housing 11 by forming a set with the pin 180, the pin installation portion 150, and the pin receiving portion 160. Specifically, the terminal 107 may be disposed between the pin 180 and the pin receiving portion 160, and may be in contact with a terminal disposed between the pin and the pin receiving portion of another module.

In this embodiment, the terminal 107 is provided on all sides of the housing 11 as an example, but depending on the embodiment, there may be a side on which the terminal 107 is not formed.

Referring to FIG. 2, the lower case 11b includes a frame 100 forming an external shape and an internal structure, a substrate 102 provided inside the frame 100, and a functional unit 104 installed on the substrate 102 It may include.

The frame 100 is a structure constituting part or all of the housing 11, and may form an external shape of part or all of the housing 11 and provide a space and a structure for installing various parts therein. In this embodiment, the frame 100 is described as an example of forming the lower case 11b of the housing 11, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. In addition, the frame 100 in this embodiment is formed in a rectangular shape, and has four corners (corner, 101).

A functional unit 104 for realizing the function of the first module 10 may be mounted on the substrate 102, and may be fixedly installed in the center of the inner space of the frame 100. The functional unit 104 may include, for example, a microprocessor, and when the first module 10 is driven by independent firmware, it may be provided to control the first module 10. As another example, when the first module 10 is an infrared sensor module, the functional unit 104 may be configured with an analog digital converter (ADC) and other modules or external hardware required to process the infrared sensor and the values detected from the infrared sensor. Interfaces required to communicate, for example, I2C or UART, or may include necessary devices such as a communication interface such as USB.

The types of modules of the modules 10 to 40 of the present invention are determined according to the functions of the above-described functional unit 104. For example, when the functional unit 104 includes a microprocessor and memory, and an OS or firmware capable of controlling other units, it becomes a control module. Or, when the functional unit 104 can transmit the sensing value of the sensor to another module or an external device, it becomes a sensor module. Alternatively, the functional unit 104 includes various wired / wireless communication devices such as NB-IOT, LTE, LoRa, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, and cable modem, and receives electrical signals from other modules to other external devices through the wired / wireless communication device described above. If it is possible to transmit an electrical signal to the communication module. Alternatively, when the functional unit 104 includes various actuators such as a motor and actuator control circuits, it may be a driving module. Other more detailed structures and combinations of the modules of the present invention are described in detail in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-1761596, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Hereinafter, when assembling the module assembly 1 having the above-described structure with reference to FIG. 3 and writing source code for driving the assembled module assembly, the module assembly 1 and the module assembly 1 assembled by another user are described. Describes the source code and module assembly recommendation system that can design a new module with reference to the running source code. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a source code and module assembly recommendation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, a module assembly recommendation system according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a module assembly 1, a recommendation server 2, and a user terminal 3.

In this case, the recommendation server 2 and the user terminal 3 may be connected to the network 4. In the present embodiment, an example in which the above-described network 4 is implemented by the Internet will be described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a person skilled in the art can implement a connection between the recommendation server 2 and the user terminal 3 through various networks.

The recommendation server 2 may receive topology information from the user terminal 3 or the module assembly 1 through a network, and may store such topology information as big data. In this case, the recommendation server 2 may recommend usable source codes and additional or replaceable recommendation modules based on topology information. In this case, the module information that can be added or replaced means information on a module that can be attached to the current configuration of the module assembly 1 to attach an additional module to perform an additional operation compared to the current configuration, or to replace the current configuration. In an embodiment of the present invention, additional or replaceable module information and source code related to a model assembly of a corresponding combination may be recommended and downloaded from the recommendation server 2.

In this case, when the recommendation server 2 provides a plurality of additional or replaceable module combination information and related source code, the user terminal 3 may provide an interface for selecting preferred module information and source code. The detailed process of source code and module recommendation will be described later.

Meanwhile, the module assembly 1 may be connected to the user terminal 3 through wired communication means such as USB, RS-232, IEEE1394, or may be connected to the user terminal 3 through wireless communication means such as WiFi or Bluetooth. . Alternatively, the module assembly 1 may be connected to the user terminal 3 through a network.

As described above in the description of the functional unit 104, the functions of the modules 10 to 40 are determined according to the configuration of the functional unit 104. In this case, for convenience, it will be described after assuming that the module 10 is a control module. In this case, the control module 10 may have a configuration as shown in FIG. 4.

Referring to FIG. 4, the functional unit 104 of the control module 10 may include a topology management unit 1043, a communication control unit 1044, a memory 1045, and a microprocessor 1050.

Here, the topology management unit 1043 performs a function of determining a topology by executing a protocol that detects a connection structure (topology) of the module assembly 1. More specifically, the topology management unit 1043 may include a topology detection unit 1043-1 and a topology information generation unit 1043-2.

The topology detection unit 1043-1 includes a topology detection protocol and is a hardware and / or software component capable of detecting the topology of connected modules. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the topology sensing unit 1043-1 of the present embodiment detects the connection rank connected to the module assembly 1 centering on the control module 10, and the distance from the control module 10 According to the steps of the module (1 ^st tier to 4 ^th tier) can be determined. The detailed detection protocol of the topology detection unit 1043-1 will be described later.

In this case, the topology detection unit 1043-1 grasps the connection rank in the order of connection. For example, when the modules 20, 30, and 40 in FIG. 5 (a) are sequentially connected to the control module 10, the module 20 has a connection rank 1, and the module 30 has a connection rank 2 , Module 40 is sequentially assigned a connection rank 3. At this time, if the modules 30 and 40 are first coupled before connecting to the control module 10, the modules 30 and 40 may be designated as a module group, and the same connection rank may be given. In this case, the module 20 may be assigned a connection rank 1, and the modules 30 and 40 may be assigned a connection rank 2.

On the other hand, in the case of FIG. 5 (b), the modules 20 and 30 are combined with the control module 10, respectively. In this case, the connection order is given according to the actually combined order. For example, when the module 20 is first coupled to the control module 10, the connection rank of the module 20 is 1, and the connection rank of the module 30 is 2.

Meanwhile, the distance between the modules is determined by counting the modules connected in the shortest path from the control module 10 to the corresponding module. For example, in the connection as shown in FIG. 5 (a), since the other modules 30, 20, and 40 are sequentially connected from the control module 10, the distance of the module 20 becomes 1, and the distance of the module 30 is 2 , And the distance of the module 40 may be 3. In this case, since the distance between the modules is determined according to the module counting on the shortest distance, in the connection as shown in FIG. 5 (b), the distance between the control modules 10 of the modules 20 and 30 may be 1. On the other hand, Figure 5 (c) and Figure 5 (d) is basically a connection as shown in Figure 5 (b), but the module 20, 30 is a diagram showing a case connected by wireless or wired. In this case, when connected wirelessly, it may mean, for example, Bluetooth pairing or a logical port connection on a network. At this time, the distance from the control module 10 of the modules 20 and 30 may be 1 as in FIG. 5 (b).

The topology information generation unit 1043-2 may determine the connection topology of the module and write it to the memory as shown in FIG. 6 according to the detected topology. FIG. 6 is a topology generated by sensing the topology shown in FIG. 7. The topology information generation unit 1043-2 determines the topology based on the module topology information 1048 including ID, connection rank, sub-connection module information, module category information, and step information of each module. Here, details of the module topology information 1048 will be described later.

However, when another control module is connected as a lower connection module of the control module 10 (control module # 2 or control module # 3 in FIG. 6), the control module connected to the other module is firstly operated as the main control module. Become a control module. That is, when the control module # 1 is connected to the control module # 1 alone when the first control module # 1 or the module # 2 is connected to the other module, the control module # 1 becomes the main control unit. You can. Alternatively, a separate priority may be stored in the control module, and a control module having a higher priority may be set as a main control module, and a control module having a lower priority may be set as a sub control module. Alternatively, a main control module or a sub control module may be designated in the developer tool app 900 running on the user terminal 3.

Meanwhile, the communication control unit 1044 may control communication with an external device and communication between modules. Communication with an external device may include various wired / wireless communication such as NB-IOT, LTE, LoRa, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, and cable modem. Meanwhile, communication between modules may be performed between modules using various internal communication means such as UART, I2C, LIN, and CAN. The communication control unit 1044 may include the above-described various wired / wireless communication means or communication means between modules, or may communicate by controlling a separate network module when connected to a separate network module.

The memory 1045 includes various information necessary for the operation of the module assembly 1, software, and various information regarding the topology of the connected module. For example, the memory 1045 includes module information 1046 and driving information 1047 ), Topology information 1048 and firmware 1049.

The module information 1046 may include module ID, module category, function information, and meta information. The module ID 1046 may be a module unique identifier such as a universally unique identifier (UUID). Or it may be a temporary ID assigned when the control module 10 is combined.

In this case, the module category is a concept of classifying modules having similar functions into higher levels by focusing on a plurality of modules in order to assist in finding replaceable modules. For example, modules that input electrical signals such as sensors, keys, and microphones include 'input', actuators, displays, LEDs, etc., 'outputs', or microprocessors, and modules or networks that can execute programs ported by users. A module, battery module, or weight display module may be an example of a module category such as 'setup'.

In addition, in order to further classify, the above-described module categories may have a sub-module category while having a hierarchical structure. For example, you may have a module category scheme as shown in the table below.

Top category Sub category module set up control Control module network Bluetooth module Wifi module Zigbee module LTE module battery Battery module Semantic module Semantic module input sensor Acceleration sensor Microphone module Camera module Air quality measurement module Color sensor Touch sensor Hall sensor Infrared sensor GPS Gyroscope ultrasonic wave Keystroke button keyboard Print Visual output display LED Driving Actuator drive module Motor controller module Actuator motor Linear actuator Solenoid Audio output speaker Buzzer Etc wheel Motion conversion module
(Rotational motion-> Linear motion) Simple connection module

Meanwhile, the function information indicates detailed functions of the module, for example, a control module, an infrared sensor module, a switch module, a power module, and a network module. In this case, the function of the module may vary depending on the configuration of the functional unit 104 in each module. The meta information is other information that needs to be searched for the module and the source code. For example, it may be a specific device name such as 'fan' or may be related search words associated with a fan such as 'wind' or 'cool'. The module driving information 1047 is a driver for driving each module. The driving information is stored in the corresponding module and is provided to the control module 10 when the module is connected, or the control module 10 provides topology information to the developer tool app 900 included in a server or a user terminal through the Internet. If provided, it can be downloaded from a recommendation server on the Internet or the corresponding developer tools app. Based on the module driving information, the control module 10 may drive the module assembly 1.

Meanwhile, the module topology information 1048 is topology information collected by the control module 10 and will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. 7 exemplarily shows topology information of the module assembly 1 having the topology of FIG. 6.

According to FIG. 6, the module topology information 1048 is basically unique information (module ID) 1048-1 of modules in the module assembly 1, step information 1048-2, and lower connection module information 1048-3. ), Connection rank 1048-4 and module category 1048-6. Additionally, the module topology information 1048 may further include a connection direction 1048-5.

The module specific information 1048-1 indicates the module ID 1046 of connected modules included in the module assembly. In this case, the module-specific information 1048-1 may be a module-specific identifier, such as a Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID), or a temporary ID given when connecting from the control module 10.

The step information 1048-2 means a distance from the control module 10 described above, and is determined by counting modules connected in the shortest path from the control module 10 to the corresponding module. However, in the case of a module attached to a semantic module among the above-described modules, the step information 1048-2 assumes the semantic module as the control module 10, or the distance from the semantic module (step designated in the semantic module) + (Distance from semantic module)-Can be set to 1. Alternatively, when attached to the semantic module, a large weight may be given to emphasize the importance of the module attached to the semantic module.

Semantic modules are hardware modules that are important for source code recommendation or module recommendation in the developer program when direct connection with the control module 10 is difficult, for example, affecting the size of the module or other modules. This module is for display.

For example, when a user intends to assemble a module to make a module assembly that functions as a mini car, the motor module or the wheel module has an important meaning, but due to the size of the wheel, the distance from the control module 10 There may be instances when it is difficult to give meaning to being far away. In this case, if the motor module or the wheel module is connected to the semantic module, the user's intention is reflected in the topology so that the recommendation of the source code or the additional or replacement module may be closer to the user's intention.

12 is a view for explaining a case in which the semantic module 60 is attached in the module assembly according to the embodiment of the present invention. In this case, the semantic module 50 is usually attached to the control module 10 through the modules 20 and 30, and the modules 40 and 50 are connected to the control module 10 through the semantic module 60. Attached. In this case, the modules 40 and 50 attached to the semantic module 60 may be given a high weight or high step information (the distance from the control module 10 is closer). At this time, the semantic module 60 may include an important direction indication 65. When the important direction indication 65 is included in the semantic module 60, only the module 50 attached to the displayed direction may be given a high weight or high step information.

The lower connection module information 1048-3 indicates module-specific information of a module having a lower level than the corresponding module (the distance from the control module 10 is farther). Basically, each module stores information of modules connected to the corresponding module and when connected to the control module 10, it is possible to provide the control module 10 with information of a module connected to the lower part.

The connection rank 1048-4 indicates an order of accessing the control module 10, and is a basic information when the source server and the module are recommended by the recommendation server 2. The method of determining the connection rank 1048-4 is described in the description of FIG. 5, and thus the description of the common portion is omitted. When a module group, which is a plurality of modules that are already coupled to the control module 10, is combined, the same common connection ranking 1048-7 may be given to the module group.

The connection direction 1048-5 is additional information, and is information indicating which port the lower connection module and the upper connection module are physically connected to. For example, if there is a communication module and a gyroscope sensor module, the electromagnetic wave of the communication module may affect the sensing of the gyroscope sensor module, and therefore, the effect is preferably based on the connection direction 1048-4 described above. They can be placed at locations where they are not given. In this case, connection direction information and step information may be used.

Finally, the module category 1048-6 is information that classifies modules according to the function of the module. For example, various sensors such as a microphone, a temperature sensor, a gyroscope sensor, an infrared sensor, and an ultrasonic sensor, and modules that collect input electric signals such as dials, buttons, and keyboards may be classified as 'inputs'. Alternatively, an actuator such as a motor, a light emitting diode (LED), a liquid crystal display device, and a speaker may be classified as 'output'. In addition, various network modules (LTE, Bluetooth, etc.) may be classified as 'communication'. Also, a module including a microprocessor and capable of executing an application programmed in the user terminal 3 may be classified as a 'control'. Based on the category information, the server may determine whether the module is replaceable or addable when recommending the module.

Such topology information can be utilized as follows. Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10, interfaces and algorithms for recommending source codes and modules in a server based on topology information will be described in detail.

When the topology information of the module assembly 1 connected to the user terminal 3 is provided to the user terminal 3, the developer tools app 900 is configured with the current configuration (910 to 940), recommended source codes (950, 960), and added Alternatively, replaceable recommendation modules 970 and 980 may be provided. In this case, preferably, the developer tools app 900 may provide additional or replaceable recommendation modules 970 and 980 together with the recommendation installation location 990.

These recommendation source codes 950 and 960, additional or replaceable recommendation modules 970 and 980, and recommendation installation locations 990 are provided from the recommendation server 2. The recommendation server 2 stores the module assembly topology history and the corresponding source code that the existing users have already used, and recommends the source code, additional configuration, and installation location based on the topology information of the current user's module assembly 1 Will provide.

At this time, the recommendation server 2 determines the recommended source code and the module, and the order of recommendation according to the connection ranking 915, step information, module category, keyword 965 and meta information input by the user among the topology information Can recommend

First, looking at the embodiment for the connection ranking, for example, in FIG. 9, the module assembly 1 is in the order of the control module 910, the actuator module 920, the network module 940, and the infrared module 930 in order. Although assembled, it can be seen from FIG. 10 that the module assembly 1 is assembled to the control module 910 in the order of the infrared module 930, the network module 940, and the actuator module 920. (See connection rank 915) At this time, in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, the combination of the same module, but because the connection order of the modules are different, the source code 950 is 1 in FIG. 9 because the recommended order of the source code is different. 10, the source code 960 was recommended as # 1.

In addition, in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, the combination of the same modules, but the order of additional module recommendations recommended because the connection order of the modules is different is also described differently. That is, in FIG. 9, the additional module combination 970 is recommended as number 1, but in FIG. 10, it can be seen that the additional module combination 980 is recommended as number 1.

The reason for changing the recommended source code according to the connection order is that the user's intention changes according to the connection order. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, when the actuator module is first attached to the control module, and the sensor is attached, the user tends to make a device such as a vehicle that is stopped at a specific condition by the sensor.

Or, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, when a sensor is first attached to a control module and an actuator module is attached, there is a tendency to make a sensor device capable of grasping sensing targets at various positions while moving.

Therefore, the device to be made tends to vary according to the order of attachment of the modules by the user, and accordingly, the inventor of the present invention differs according to the order of module attachment (connection rank to connect to the control module) so that users can easily select the source code. The algorithm of the recommendation server (2) is constructed so that the source code can be recommended.

On the other hand, the relationship between the module attachment order and the source code can be precisely matched by learning. For example, the relationship between the module attachment order and the source code can be machine learning by, for example, a decision tree learning method. Alternatively, machine learning may be performed using an artificial neural network model or a learning method such as SVC.

Alternatively, the recommendation server 2 can recommend using step information and module categories. For example, when the actuator driving module is attached in step 2, an actuator corresponding to the actuator driving module is recommended as a module in step 3, or a sensor module frequently used when driving the actuator as a module to be added to another part of step 2 It may be recommended (using step information), or it is possible to recommend another input module (for example, a microphone module) to replace the keyboard module when the keyboard module is attached.

Alternatively, the recommendation server 2 can also recommend by the keyword 965. For example, when a remote control is input as a keyword, an infrared module or a key module including a plurality of simple keys may be recommended.

Alternatively, the recommendation server 2 may also recommend using meta information. For example, when the 'electric fan' is stored as meta information in the module, other modules storing the same meta information 'electric fan' may be recommended as an additional or replaceable module. The meta information may be a specific device name such as 'fan', or may be related search terms associated with a fan such as 'wind' or 'cool'. The meta information may be stored for each module in the recommendation server 2 as module information, and it is also possible for a user to access the recommendation server 2 and edit the corresponding module meta information. Alternatively, meta information may be input by machine learning.

Alternatively, the recommendation server 2 may determine the recommendation source code and the module and the recommendation order by additionally considering the keyword 965 input by the user. For example, when the user inputs the 'remote control', the recommendation server 2 may select and display the selected one related to the remote control among the source code and the additional or replaceable recommendation modules based on topology information.

On the other hand, even if there is no module assembly combination history identical to the current configurations 910 to 940 of the module assembly 1, the recommendation server 2 can search for some identical configurations (similar configurations) and add or replace them. You can recommend the recommendation module.

In this case, the recommendation server 2 recommends the module based on the operation value calculated using the weight and weight according to the step information (distance from the control module to the corresponding module) of the modules in the module assembly 1 among the topology information. Can decide. Further, the weight may be determined based on module-specific information. In addition, when the weight is attached to the semantic module, the same weight may be given as that directly attached to the control module 10. For example, referring to FIG. 12, the module 20 directly attached to the control module 10 is given a high weight, and the attached module 30 is given a low weight compared to the module 20. However, modules 40 and 50 attached to the semantic module 60 without being directly attached to the control module 10 may be given the same high weight as the module 20 attached directly to the control module 10. .

For example, the recommendation server 2 may assign priority to each module category, perform weighting and weighting according to step information, and determine the type of module according to the weighting. For example, the first level control module 10 has priority 1, weight 1000, and the third level network module has priority 2, weight 100, and the second level input module (sensor) has priority 3, weight 100, last If the output module (actuator) in step 3 is priority 4 and the weight is 10, the sum of weights becomes 1 * 1000 + 2 * 100 + 3 * 100 + 4 * 10 = 1540, and these values are stored in the server. Compared with, the top 10 module assembly information having the most similar numbers can be displayed in the order of the weight agreement described above, and additional or replaceable recommended modules and recommended source codes 950 and 960 can be displayed.

As can be seen above, a similar configuration can be easily found if weights are used appropriately, for example, the weight is (constant (10 in the example above)) ^^ (total number of modules in module assembly-step value + 1).

In this case, the module recommendation order may be determined through the calculated weight calculation value. Referring to FIG. 9, the recommendation module 960 having a higher computation value may be recommended higher than the recommendation module 970 having a lower computation value. The user may select any one of a plurality of replacement / addable module combination information in the developer tool app 900. In this case, the source codes 950 and 960 corresponding to the selected module combination information may be displayed on the user terminal 3.

In addition, the recommendation server 2 may additionally utilize keyword information 980 input by the user for recommendation. For example, when the number of recommendations is large, the recommendation server 2 may limit the number of recommended modules by using the keyword information 980 input by the user.

On the other hand, in the above embodiment, the operation is performed based on the topology information of the module, but frequently used modules may be registered as a module group and treated as a single module. For example, an infrared sensor module, a control module, and a switch module capable of receiving a remote control signal can be frequently used as one remote control module. These module combinations can be treated as a single module group.

In addition, as described above, when the recommended registered module group is coupled to the main control module 10, a common connection ranking may be assigned or common step information may be assigned. Alternatively, the module group may be handled by the main control module 10 as one module. In this case, each module included in the module group may acquire information of the combined module, and then the module coupled closest to the control module 10 may transmit information of the module group to the control module 10. For example, in the case of FIG. 11, it is related to a case where the module groups 30 and 40 are coupled to a module assembly in which the control module 10 and the module 20 are coupled. In this case, the modules 30 and 40 belonging to the module group, when combined, exchange module information with each other. At this time, the module information exchanged may include information of items of topology information described in FIG. 6. Also, in this case, each module 10 to 40 may include meta information. The meta information may include, for example, module information that can be added or replaced, or information about other modules that can constitute a module group.

In addition, when the module groups 30 and 40 are combined with the module assembly including the control module 10, the module 30, which is coupled to the control module 10 closest, transmits module information to the control module 10. do. In this case, the control module 10 can process the module groups 30 and 40 like a single module. That is, the module groups 30 and 40 may be registered as one module.

Referring to FIG. 4 again, the firmware 1049 is software for operating the module assembly 1, and when the control module 10 provides topology information to a developer tool app included in a server or a user terminal through the Internet In, the source code is recommended from the recommendation server 2 on the Internet or the corresponding developer tool app, and an executable file (firmware) that compiles the source code selected by the user can be downloaded.

The microprocessor 1050 is a computing device for protocol execution of the firmware on the module assembly 1 or the communication control unit 1044 and the topology sensing unit 1043, and those skilled in the art need the microprocessor 1050 required for the module assembly 1 It can be implemented by selecting appropriately.

Hereinafter, a protocol in which the control module senses the topology in the module assembly 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 8.

In this embodiment, for simplicity of explanation, description will be made based on a module assembly 1 having three stages of connection. However, various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art based on the present embodiment.

First, a new module, for example, a second stage (2 ^nd tier) module immediately after the access to the control module (10, 1 ^st Tier) interrupt signal (interrupt) signal is applied to the microprocessor 1050 of the control module 10 Is done. Alternatively, for example, the control module 10 may periodically send a query to each module in order to recognize the topology, and whether or not a new module is connected, each module may transmit sub-connection module information to know. . However, in this embodiment, since each module is basically a portable mobile unit, it is described as sending an interrupt signal when connected to save power.

Alternatively, the pin 180 and the pin accommodating part 160 (see FIG. 2) selectively protruding to the outside of the housing 11 are made of magnetic, and the protruding pin 180 is a pin accommodating part 160 of another module. When attached to), it is also possible to configure the control module 10 to recognize that a new module is attached by sensing the combination of the protruding pin 180 and the pin accommodating part 160.

Or, for example, when communicating using a CAN (Controller Area Network) protocol between a module and a module, first, when the module and the module are combined, each module transmits a module ID as a message to declare that the module is attached. You may. Each module is connected to each other through the CAN bus. If the CAN bus is not occupied, any module (node) can transmit messages. If two modules attempt to transmit at the same time, priority is given according to the specified priority. The highest message is sent first. At this time, the priority may be determined according to the module category. When the modules are connected to each other through CAN communication, since the bus is shared, wiring is not increased compared to a point-to-point method such as UART, which is advantageous.

Meanwhile, when an interrupt occurs, the control module 10 transmits a connection check signal to check whether the interrupt is a normal interrupt signal, and receives an acknowledgment signal Ack in response to this.

When the control module 10 normally receives the acknowledgment signal Ack, the module ID 1046 is queried next. When the module ID 1046 of the newly connected module is received in response to this, the module is registered in the topology information, and a connection ranking is given to the module. After that, the module distance is counted, the module weight is assigned, and information on the lower connection module is requested from the module (Connection Info).

Meanwhile, when the control module 10 receives information on the lower connection module, the module ID is queried to the lower connection module to confirm whether the corresponding lower connection module (3 ^rd tier) is properly connected. Control module 10 confirms the physical connection state by comparing a sub-module connection information received from the module is received in response to a query ID and step 2 modules (2 ^nd Tier). If the real time connection with the other cases, and an error occurs, control module 10 will request re-sub-module connection information to the step 2 module (Tier 2 ^nd).

Control module 10 if the sub-connection module information received from the step 2 module (2 ^nd Tier) match the actual link state, the back, and to register the module in the topology information, connection ranking with respect to the module (Connection Ranking). Then, after counting the module distance, request another sub-module connection information in the step 3 module (3 ^rd Tier). Then, the control module 10 repeats the above protocol until there is no lower connection module information to complete the topology information.

When the topology information is completed, it is stored in the control module 10, and when the control module 10 is connected to the user terminal 3, the user is installed in the user terminal 3 or provided as a web interface of the recommendation server 2 The recommended source code 910 that can be ported to the module assembly 1 configured to date through the developer tool app 900 is provided.

The module recommendation system according to the present invention can provide a module recommendation system that shares assembly information of a module assembly and allows users to easily receive and search for required assembly information.

In addition, according to the present invention, when the module assembly is used as an educational, personal toy, etc., even non-experts who are not familiar with hardware or software can easily assemble the module assembly and automatically generate and recommend software to be used, so that anyone can assemble the module. Provided is a module recommendation system and a module assembly that can be easily utilized.

In this case, in constructing the module assembly, a system capable of rapidly manufacturing a required module assembly and quickly searching for related source codes can be provided by utilizing information on configurations already assembled by an existing user. .

Also, when assembling the module assembly, the user can design a new module by referring to the module assembly assembled by another user and the source code driving the module assembly.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications, changes, and substitutions without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. will be.

Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention and the accompanying drawings are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention, but to explain the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention. . The scope of protection of the present invention should be interpreted by the claims below, and all technical spirits within the scope equivalent thereto should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

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A module assembly including a control module including a functional unit having a topology management unit for detecting and generating topology information, and a plurality of other modules including the control module and other functional units;
A user terminal connected to the module assembly; And
It includes a recommendation server that is connected to the user terminal and the network, stores the topology information of the module assembly, and provides information about the recommended source code to the user terminal based on the topology information,
The topology information includes module-specific information, weight information, and sub-connection module information, and the recommendation server determines a recommendation order of the recommended source code based on the module-specific information and the weight information,
Source code and module recommendation system.
The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of other modules includes a semantic module, and a lower connection module attached to the semantic module has weight information that is weighted in the same way as being directly attached to a control module.
Source code and module recommendation system.
The method of claim 1, wherein the topology information further includes step information, and the step information is determined by counting a module on a shortest path from a control module of the module assembly to a corresponding module. Determining a recommendation order of the recommended source code based on the module-specific information and the weight information,
Source code and module recommendation system. The method according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of other modules includes a semantic module, and a lower connection module attached to the semantic module has the same step information as being directly attached to the control module.
Source code and module recommendation system. The method of claim 3, wherein the weight information is determined based on the step information,
Source code and module recommendation system. The recommendation server of claim 1, wherein the topology information further includes module category information of each of the plurality of other modules, and the recommendation server determines the recommendation order of the recommended source code by using a weight according to a priority value for each module category. Deciding,
Source code and module recommendation system. The recommendation server of claim 1, wherein the recommendation server determines a recommendation order of a plurality of module assembly configurations that can be added or replaced based on the module-specific information and the weight information.
Source code and module recommendation system. The method of claim 1, wherein the topology information further includes a connection rank indicating an order in which the plurality of other modules are connected to the control module, and the recommendation server determines a recommendation rank of the recommended source code based on the connection rank. To be transmitted to the user terminal,
Source code and module recommendation system. According to claim 1, The topology detection unit of the topology management unit detects a connection status of the module assembly based on module-specific information and sub-connection module information provided from a lower connection module of the control module,
Source code and module recommendation system. According to claim 1, The recommendation server additionally recommends a module that can be added or replaced based on keyword information received from the user terminal,
Source code and module recommendation system. The method of claim 1, wherein the recommendation server recommends a source code and an additional or replaceable module based on meta information.
Source code and module recommendation system. In the module assembly that can be connected to the user terminal connected to the network and the recommended server,
A topology management unit detecting and generating topology information; Communication control unit; A memory including module information and topology information; A control module including a microprocessor and having a functional unit capable of executing a program ported by a user terminal; And
It includes a plurality of other modules each having a control module and another functional unit,
The topology information includes module-specific information, weight information, and sub-connection module information of the plurality of other modules, and the recommendation server is connected to the user terminal and the network, stores topology information of the module assembly, and uniques the module Determining a recommendation order of the recommended source code based on the information and weight information,
Module assembly. The method according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of other modules includes a semantic module, and a lower connection module attached to the semantic module has weight information that is weighted in the same way as being directly attached to a control module.
Module assembly. The method of claim 12, wherein the topology information further includes step information, and the step information is determined by counting a module on a shortest path from a control module of the module assembly to a corresponding module.
Module assembly. The method according to claim 14, wherein the plurality of other modules includes a semantic module, and the lower connection module attached to the semantic module has the same step information as being directly attached to the control module,
Module assembly. 15. The method of claim 14, The weight information is determined based on the step information,
Module assembly. The recommendation order of the recommended source code according to claim 12, wherein the topology information further includes module category information of each of the plurality of other modules, and the recommendation server uses a weight according to a priority value for each module category. Deciding,
Module assembly. The recommendation server of claim 12, wherein the recommendation server determines a recommendation order of a plurality of module assembly configurations that can be added or replaced based on the module-specific information and the weight information.
Module assembly. The method of claim 12, wherein the topology information further includes a connection rank indicating an order in which the plurality of other modules are connected to the control module, and the recommendation server determines a recommendation rank of the recommended source code based on the connection rank. To be transmitted to the user terminal,
Module assembly. The method of claim 12, wherein the topology detection unit of the topology management unit detects a connection state of the module assembly based on module-specific information and sub-connection module information provided from a lower connection module of the control module,
Module assembly.

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