KR20200082543A - Smartphone remote control application providing system and control method using an infrared device having an infrared remote control signal transmitting / receiving function - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smartphone remote control application providing system in which at least one smartphone is connected to an application program providing server through a physical network including the Internet and connected by short-range communication to an infrared device transmitting and receiving an infrared remote control signal. The smartphone requests a smartphone remote control application including remote control UI graphic to the application program providing server and receives a signal of the corresponding key in the remote control from the infrared device. The remote control key signal is transmitted to the smartphone by short-range communication. The smartphone applies the remote control key signal to the corresponding key of the smartphone remote control application and stores it. When applied to every remote control key of the smartphone remote control application, the corresponding smartphone remote control application performs transmission to the application program providing server and database storage. Then, on the smartphone, the smartphone remote control application is requested from the application program providing server and a remote control key is touched on the smartphone application screen so that the signal is transmitted to the infrared device by short-range communication. The infrared device transmits the signal to the remote control signal receiving port of the device, performs remote control on the device, and uses the remote control function included in the device by copying to the smartphone application. As a result, the smartphone can be used without original remote control loss or remote control orientation, and thus the remote control function can be used with convenience.

Description

Smartphone remote control application providing system and control method using an infrared device having an infrared remote control signal transmitting / receiving function using an infrared device having an infrared remote control signal transmission/reception function}

The present invention receives the remote control signal of the corresponding device from the infrared device in order to configure the remote control of the device controlled by the remote control using a smart phone app using an infrared device that transmits and receives a remote control signal through short-range communication including a smartphone and Bluetooth. The infrared device with infrared remote control signal transmission/reception function that transmits it to the smart phone and duplicates the signal of the corresponding remote control to the smart phone remote control app to control the device as a remote control signal using the smart phone remote control app without the remote control of the corresponding device. It relates to a smart phone remote control app providing system and its control method.

In general, a remote control using infrared rays is provided as a set of devices that receive signals from the remote control. In addition, when various home appliances, such as TVs, set-top boxes, and air conditioners, are used, respective corresponding remote controls are used to control each device. In order to eliminate this inconvenience, an integrated remote controller is sometimes used, but there is a difficulty in being manufactured with a customized remote controller. Infrared remote control is directional, so it is inconvenient to press a key in accordance with the direction of the remote control signal receiver. In addition to the above-mentioned home appliances, it is used in various devices including LED signs. .

In order to solve the above inconvenience, the present invention includes a function that a smart phone and an infrared device connect to a short-range communication including Bluetooth to transmit and receive a remote control signal, and the infrared device receives a function of an external remote control signal, and the smart phone is an application program. A smartphone remote control app including a UI graphic that displays a remote control function provided by the application providing server is connected to the providing server and the Internet, and is prepared by requesting the application providing server, and the remote control for the corresponding key is displayed on the smartphone remote control app screen. Configure the remote control by interlocking signals. For example, in order to configure the air conditioner remote control on a smartphone, download and prepare the corresponding smart phone remote control app containing the air conditioner-related UI graphic data from the application providing server, and designate the corresponding remote control function key on the smart phone remote control app screen. In the remote control for the air conditioner, a key of the same function specified in the smartphone remote control app is pressed to generate a remote control signal and transmit it to the infrared device, and the infrared device transmits the remote control signal to the smartphone through short-range communication. The smart phone stores the remote control signal corresponding to the key and the other keys related to the air conditioner also store the remote control signal corresponding to the key in the same way. The smartphone remote control app for the air conditioner completed by repeating all the keys is transmitted to the application providing server and stored in the database, and the infrared transmitter lamp in the infrared device aligns the direction with the infrared remote control receiver lamp of the air conditioner and completes the When the corresponding key for controlling the air conditioner remote control is touched on the screen of the smartphone remote control app for air conditioning, the stored infrared remote control signal is transmitted to the infrared device through short-range communication, and the remote control signal is transmitted through the infrared transmitter lamp installed in the direction of the air conditioner from the infrared device. Remote control the air conditioner through the smartphone remote control app without being sent.

In a smartphone remote control app providing system, in which one or more smartphones are connected to an application providing server through a physical network including the Internet and connected to an infrared device that transmits and receives infrared remote control signals through short-range communication, in the application providing server, the smartphone A smart phone remote control app control unit that provides a corresponding smart phone remote control app at the request of the user; And a smart phone remote control app UI graphic control unit that provides graphic data for a corresponding remote control function to the smart phone; And a smartphone communication unit accessing the at least one smartphone and a physical network including the Internet. And a database unit for storing the corresponding smart phone remote control app transmitted from the one or more smart phones. And a short-range communication unit that connects the infrared device to the infrared device through short-range communication including Bluetooth; And a smart phone remote control app unit for transmitting and receiving the infrared signal with the infrared device; And a smart phone remote control app graphic control unit that provides a remote control signal to the smart phone remote control app; And an application program providing server communication unit accessing the application program providing server and a physical network including the Internet; And an infrared signal transmitting unit for transmitting the corresponding infrared remote control signal received from the smart phone remote control app to the receiving device in the infrared device; And a short-range communication unit connected to the smart phone through short-range communication including Bluetooth; And an infrared signal receiving unit receiving the infrared signal from the remote control of the corresponding device and transmitting the infrared signal to the smart phone. And a smart phone remote control app graphic control unit for providing a remote control function to the smart phone remote control app; In, further comprising the step of transmitting a smart phone remote control app with the corresponding remote control function to the application providing server, and an infrared signal transmitter that transmits an infrared remote control signal received from the smart phone remote control app to the corresponding device; In, a smart phone remote control app providing system using an infrared device having an infrared remote control signal transmission/reception function further comprising receiving one or more corresponding infrared transmission lamps to one or more corresponding devices.

In a method of providing a smartphone remote control app, in which one or more smartphones are connected to an application providing server through a physical network including the Internet and connected to an infrared device that transmits and receives infrared remote control signals and short-range communication, smart for applying the remote control function to the smartphone Preparing a phone remote control app on an application providing server; And preparing an infrared device for transmitting and receiving infrared remote control signals; And requesting the smartphone remote control app from the one or more smartphones to the application program providing server. And transmitting the corresponding infrared signal from the remote control of the corresponding device to the infrared device. And receiving the infrared signal from the infrared device and transmitting it to the smart phone through short-range communication. And providing the infrared signal to the smartphone remote control app; And storing the smartphone remote control app in an application providing server. And preparing an infrared device for transmitting and receiving an infrared remote control signal; further comprising preparing a remote controller of the corresponding device and storing the smart phone remote control app in an application providing server; In the further comprising the step of storing the smart phone remote control app in the database of the application providing server and providing the infrared signal to the smart phone remote control app; In the disclosure, a method for providing a smartphone remote control app using an infrared device having an infrared remote control signal transmission/reception function further comprising receiving an infrared signal provided to the smartphone remote control app from the infrared device and controlling the corresponding device.

The present invention receives the remote control signal corresponding to each key of the remote control of one or more household appliances from the infrared device and transmits it to the smartphone by short-range communication, and stores the same remote control signal in each of the corresponding keys in the smart phone remote control app. When the remote control signal is stored for the remote control key, the smart phone remote control app is requested to the application providing server to transmit the corresponding smart phone remote control app to the application providing server and store it in the database and use it as the remote control of the corresponding home appliance. By receiving the smart phone remote control app from the smart phone, there is convenience to control the remote control of the corresponding home appliance, and if the remote control is lost or broken, the smart phone remote control app can be used to control the remote control of the corresponding home appliance. The device has the convenience of operating the remote control regardless of the position of the receiver in the smartphone by aligning the direction of one or more infrared lamps in advance to the receiving direction. In particular, an uncommon remote control such as an LED display can use the smart phone. There is a convenience that can be used as a spare remote control used.

1 is a block diagram of a smart phone remote control app providing system using an infrared device.
2 is a detailed block diagram of a smartphone remote control app providing system using an infrared device.
3 is a flowchart for a method of replicating a remote control function of a corresponding device controlled by a remote control to a smartphone remote control app.
4 is a flowchart of controlling a corresponding device using a smartphone remote control app.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the most preferred embodiment that can be easily carried out by those of ordinary skill in the art of the present invention will be described in detail.

In the following description, when it is determined that a detailed description of known functions or configurations may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description may be omitted. In addition, terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to intention or custom of a user operator. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout this specification.

1 is a block diagram of a smart phone remote control app providing system using an infrared device. Referring to Figure 1 in detail the configuration of the smart phone remote control app providing system using an infrared device, in FIG. 1, the application providing server 110 provides a smart phone remote control app 135 including a remote control UI graphic and a remote control function. The included smart phone remote control app 135 is stored in a database and the smart phone 130 responds to a request for transmission of the smart phone remote control app 135.

The smart phone (l30) is connected to the application program providing server 110 and the Internet (120,121,122) and is connected to the infrared device 100 and short-range communication 180 including Bluetooth.

The infrared device 100 transmits and receives infrared signals through the short-range communication 180 including the smart phone 130 and Bluetooth and controls corresponding devices including a set-top box 150, a TV 160, and an air conditioner 170. Receives infrared signals from the remote control 140, transmits them to the smartphone 130 through short-range communication 180 including Bluetooth, and transmits the corresponding remote control signals from the smartphone remote control app 135 of the smartphone 130, including Bluetooth. It receives through short-range communication 180 and transmits the corresponding infrared remote control signal to the corresponding device through the corresponding infrared lamps 191, 192 and 193 provided in the infrared device l00.

Replicate the remote control signal to one or more devices including the set-top box 150, TV 160, air conditioner 170 and the smartphone remote control app 135 receiving the remote control signal from the one or more infrared lamps 191, 192 and 193. It includes a remote control 140 included in the one or more of the corresponding devices (150,160,170) for.

The smart phone 130 requests and prepares the smart phone remote control app 135 including the remote control UI graphic to the application program providing server 110 to configure the smart phone remote control app 135, and the remote control included in the corresponding device The infrared signal 190 for the corresponding key generated in 140 is received by the infrared device 100 and transmitted to the smartphone 130 through short-range communication 180 including Bluetooth, and corresponds to the key generated in the remote controller 140 The corresponding infrared signal is stored in the corresponding key of the smartphone remote control app 135. For example, when the direction key ◀ of the remote control 140 is pressed, an infrared remote control signal corresponding to the ◀ key is generated, and the infrared remote control signal is received from the infrared device 100, and the smart phone is connected to the short-range communication 180 including Bluetooth ( 130) and select the ◀ key displayed on the screen of the smartphone remote control app 135 of the smartphone 130 to store the corresponding infrared remote control signal in the memory of the corresponding key and press the ◀ key on the smartphone remote control app 135. When is pressed, the same infrared remote control signal is generated and transmitted to the infrared device 100 through short-range communication 180 including Bluetooth, and the corresponding device is controlled through the infrared remote control signal transmission lamp provided in the infrared device 100. In the same way, the infrared signal is copied to the smart phone remote control app 135 for one or more related keys of the corresponding remote control 140.

In the same way as described above for one or more remote control keys 140, the infrared signal is copied to the entire key to complete the corresponding smart phone remote control app 135 and transmit it to the application providing server 110 to store it in the database. . Request the smart phone remote control app 135 stored in the database from the application providing server 110 through the Internet 120, 121, and 122 to prepare for the smart phone 130 and control the device. When the corresponding key is touched, the corresponding infrared remote control signal is transmitted to the infrared device 100 through short-range communication 180 including Bluetooth, and the infrared device 100 transmits the corresponding infrared signal from the corresponding infrared lamp (191,192,193) to the corresponding device. To control.

2 is a detailed block diagram of a smartphone remote control app providing system using an infrared device. In more detail with reference to the block diagram, the application program providing server 210 is a smartphone remote control unit 213 connected to the smartphone 220 and the Internet (230, 240, 250) and a remote control key UI graphic, including the smart phone remote control. The smart phone remote control app UI graphic control unit 212 and one or more completed smart phone remote control apps that respond to the request of the smart phone 220 are stored in the database unit 214 at the request of the smart phone 220, or A database unit for storing and responding to the smartphone remote control app control unit 211 and the one or more completed smart phone remote control apps and providing the completed smart phone remote control app to the request of the smart phone remote control app control unit 211 ( 214.

The smartphone 220 is a short-range communication unit 221 that transmits and receives infrared signals to and from the infrared device 200 through short-range communication 260 including Bluetooth, and the infrared signal of the corresponding remote control key received from the infrared device 200. The smartphone remote control app graphic control unit 223 applied to the corresponding remote control key of 220 and the smart phone remote control app completed by the smart phone remote control app UI graphic control unit 223 are transmitted to the application providing server 210 And requests the smart phone remote control app stored in the application providing server 210 to transmit the corresponding infrared remote control signal to the infrared device 200 through short-range communication 260 including Bluetooth, and the infrared signal from the infrared device 200 The smartphone remote control app unit 222 receiving the infrared signal from the receiving unit 203 and applying it to the corresponding smart phone remote control graphic, and the application program providing server communication unit 224 accessing the application program providing server 210 and the Internet 250, 240, 230 It includes.

The infrared device 200 is a short-range communication including the infrared signal transmitter 201 and the smart phone 220 and Bluetooth for transmitting the corresponding remote control signal through the infrared lamp to the corresponding remote control signal received from the smart phone 220 260 receives the infrared signal 280 of the corresponding key from the short-range communication unit 202 for transmitting and receiving infrared signals to the remote control 270 included in the corresponding device controlled by the remote control, and the smart phone 220 It includes an infrared signal receiver 203 for transmission.

3 is a flowchart for a method of copying and applying a remote control function of a device controlled by a remote control to a smartphone remote control app. If the method of applying the remote control function of the corresponding remote control device to the remote control app of the smartphone is described in detail using FIG. 3, the smart phone remote control app including the corresponding remote control UI graphic is provided with an application connected to the Internet (230,240,250). Remote control of the corresponding device controlled by a remote control for replicating the remote control function to the smart phone remote control app (313) and preparing the infrared device 200 for transmitting and receiving infrared signals to the server 210 (313). The preparation step 314 and the request of one or more smartphones 220 connected to the Internet (230, 240, 250) transmits the smartphone remote control app prepared to the application providing server 210 to the smartphone (312) ) And transmitting the infrared signal corresponding to the corresponding key from the remote controller (315) and receiving the transmitted infrared signal from the infrared device 200 (316) and the infrared device 200. Step 317 of transmitting the infrared signal corresponding to the remote control key to the smartphone through short-range communication 260 and step 318 of interlocking the infrared signal to the corresponding key in the smartphone remote control app and the one or more remote control keys The method includes repeating the method 319 and transmitting the completed smart phone remote control app to the application program providing server 210 by interlocking with all keys of the smart phone remote control app and storing it in the database (320).

4 is a flowchart of controlling a device using a remote control app of a smartphone 220. Referring to FIG. 4, in detail the procedure of using the smartphone 220 remote control app stored in the application providing server 210, the step 411 of preparing the smartphone remote control app in the application providing server and the corresponding smartphone ( In step 220), the smart phone remote control app is requested from the application program providing server 210 to prepare the step 412 in the smart phone 220 and the infrared device 200 to receive the infrared signal from the smart phone 220. Preparing step 413 and transmitting the corresponding remote control key signal controlled by the smart phone remote control app to the infrared device 200 through short-range communication 414 and the infrared device 200 being controlled by the remote control And transmitting the corresponding infrared signal to a device (415).

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Claims (8)

In a smartphone remote control app providing system, in which at least one smartphone is connected to an application providing server through a physical network including the Internet, and an infrared device that transmits/receives an infrared remote control signal and a short-range communication,
In the application program providing server,
A smart phone remote control app control unit that provides a corresponding smart phone remote control app at the request of the smart phone;
A smart phone remote control app UI graphic control unit that provides graphic data for a corresponding remote control function to the smart phone;
A smart phone communication unit accessing the at least one smart phone and a physical network including the Internet;
A database unit for storing the corresponding smart phone remote control app transmitted from the one or more smart phones;
In the one or more smartphones,
A short-range communication unit connected to the infrared device through short-range communication including Bluetooth;
A smart phone remote control app unit that transmits and receives the infrared signal to and from the infrared device;
A smart phone remote control app graphic control unit that provides a remote control signal to the smart phone remote control app;
An application program providing server communication unit connecting to the application program providing server and a physical network including the Internet;
In the infrared device,
An infrared signal transmitter for transmitting the corresponding infrared remote control signal received from the smartphone remote control app to the receiving device;
A short-range communication unit connected to the smart phone through short-range communication including Bluetooth; And
An infrared signal receiver which receives an infrared signal from the remote control of the corresponding device and transmits the infrared signal to the smart phone; Smartphone remote control app providing system using infrared device with infrared remote control signal transmission and reception function including. In claim 1,
A smart phone remote control app graphic control unit for providing a remote control function to the smart phone remote control app; in,
A smartphone remote control app providing system using an infrared device having an infrared remote control signal transmission/reception function, further comprising transmitting a smartphone remote control app including the corresponding remote control function to the application providing server. In claim 1,
An infrared signal transmitter that transmits an infrared remote control signal received from the smartphone remote control app to the corresponding device; in,
A smartphone remote control app providing system using an infrared device having an infrared remote control signal transmission/reception function, further comprising receiving one or more corresponding infrared transmission lamps to one or more corresponding devices. In a method of providing a smartphone remote control app that is connected to an application providing server through a physical network including the Internet and an infrared device that transmits and receives infrared remote control signals through short-range communication,
Preparing a smart phone remote control app on the application providing server for applying the remote control function to the smart phone;
Preparing an infrared device for transmitting and receiving an infrared remote control signal;
Requesting the smartphone remote control app from the one or more smartphones to the application providing server;
Transmitting a corresponding infrared signal from the remote control of the corresponding device to the infrared device;
Receiving the infrared signal from the infrared device and transmitting it to the smartphone through short-range communication;
Providing the infrared signal to the smartphone remote control app; And
Storing the smartphone remote control app in an application providing server; Method for providing a smartphone remote control app using an infrared device having an infrared remote control signal transmission and reception function including a. In claim 4,
Preparing an infrared device for transmitting and receiving an infrared remote control signal; in
A method of providing a smartphone remote control app using an infrared device having an infrared remote control signal transmission/reception function, further comprising preparing a remote control of the corresponding device. In claim 4,
Storing the smartphone remote control app in an application providing server; in,
A method of providing a smartphone remote control app using an infrared device having an infrared remote control signal transmission/reception function, further comprising storing the smartphone remote control app in a database of an application providing server. In claim 6,
A method of providing a smartphone remote control app using an infrared device having an infrared remote control signal transmission/reception function, further comprising providing the smartphone remote control app stored in a database of the application program server at the request of one or more smartphones. In claim 4,
Providing the infrared signal to the smartphone remote control app; in,
A method of providing a smartphone remote control app using an infrared device having an infrared remote control signal transmission/reception function, further comprising controlling the corresponding device by receiving the infrared signal provided in the smartphone remote control app from the infrared device.

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