KR20240015501A - Method and device for providing alarm for home appliance based on location of user - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of providing an alarm about a home appliance to a user according to an embodiment is a method of providing an alarm about a first home appliance to be controlled to a user performed on a user terminal, the first home appliance and at least Obtaining preset floor plan information including the installation location of one second home appliance; Generating location information of the user terminal based on signal strength with each of a plurality of home appliances among the first home appliance and the at least one second home appliance; And based on the location information, it includes providing an alarm for the first home appliance to the user.

Description

Method and device for providing an alarm for a home appliance device to a user based on the user's location {METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING ALARM FOR HOME APPLIANCE BASED ON LOCATION OF USER}

The present invention relates to control technology for home appliances, and more specifically, to a method and device for controlling home appliances based on the user's location.

As the digital age begins in earnest, home appliances in homes or buildings (e.g., water purifiers, air purifiers, cookers, electric ranges, washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, etc.) are replaced with digital devices, which will support wireless communication. It consists of a device that can In this way, as home appliances support wireless communication, home appliances are connected to a network, and systems using this (network) are being developed.

Home appliances including heating devices such as cookers and electric ranges may cause fire accidents due to user's carelessness or operation by companion animals (e.g., dogs, cats, etc.).

As a prior document, according to Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2016-0015472 of the present applicant, “Apparatus and method for preventing fire from occurring in devices,” information on the status of home appliances including heating devices is provided. Provides a method to prevent fire by providing it to the user terminal.

Since the environment in which the above-mentioned prior literature is implemented only considers checking information about the status of home appliances and simply providing the confirmed information to the user terminal, the user's location in space or the situation the user is in There is a problem that does not reflect .

Korea Patent Publication, No. 10-2016-0015472 (published on February 15, 2016)

When a system is built based on the above-mentioned prior literature, problems may occur where the operation of the home appliance device is terminated differently from the user's intention, or an alarm that the user does not want may be generated, which may cause inconvenience to the user.

The problem that the present invention seeks to solve is to provide an alarm for controlling home appliances to the user based on the user's location in a space where the home appliances exist.

In addition, by reflecting the various situations of users using home appliances, an alarm for controlling home appliances is provided to the user, or a method and device for controlling home appliances are provided.

However, the problems to be solved by the present invention are not limited to those mentioned above, and other problems to be solved that are not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains from the description below. will be.

A method of providing an alarm about a home appliance to a user according to an embodiment is a method of providing an alarm about a first home appliance to be controlled to a user performed on a user terminal, the first home appliance and at least Obtaining preset floor plan information including the installation location of one second home appliance; Generating location information of the user terminal based on signal strength with each of a plurality of home appliances among the first home appliance and the at least one second home appliance; And based on the location information, it may include providing an alarm about the first home appliance to the user.

Providing an alarm for the first home appliance includes calculating a distance between the user terminal and the first home appliance, based on the floor plan information and the location information, and the user terminal and the home appliance Based on the distance to, it may include determining control for the first home appliance.

The step of providing an alarm for the first home appliance device includes monitoring operation information including the operation temperature and operation time of the first home appliance device, and based on the monitored operation information and the location information, the It may include determining an alarm or control for the first home appliance.

A method of providing an alarm about a home appliance to a user according to an embodiment may further include checking operation mode information including an automatic cooking mode or a manual cooking mode.

The step of determining an alarm or control for the first home appliance is, when the operation mode information is the automatic cooking mode, the alarm to maintain the operation of the home appliance even if the location information exceeds a preset limit position. Alternatively, it may include generating the control.

The step of determining an alarm or control for the first home appliance is when the operation mode information is the manual cooking mode, at least one of the operation temperature and the operation time is greater than a predetermined standard, and the home appliance and the When the distance from the user terminal is more than a predetermined reference distance, it may include generating the alarm or the control to shut down the home appliance.

The step of determining an alarm or control for the first home appliance is that at least one of the operating temperature and operating time is more than a predetermined standard, and the distance between the first home appliance and the user terminal is the predetermined reference distance. If it is less than that, it may include generating an alarm to allow the user to control the home appliance.

A method of providing an alarm about a home appliance to a user according to another embodiment is a method of controlling a home appliance, comprising: monitoring operation information including an operating temperature and operating time of the home appliance; From the user terminal, it may include receiving location information about the user terminal, and controlling the operation of the home appliance based on the monitored operation information and the location information.

Controlling the operation of the home appliance may include controlling the operation further based on a control command provided from the user terminal.

A method of providing an alarm about a home appliance to a user according to another embodiment may include checking operation mode information including an automatic cooking mode or a manual cooking mode.

The step of controlling the operation of the home appliance may include, when the operation mode information is the automatic cooking mode, controlling to maintain the operation according to the automatic cooking mode even if the location information exceeds a preset limit position. You can.

The step of controlling the operation of the home appliance is, when the operation mode information is the manual cooking mode, at least one of the operation temperature and the operation time is more than a predetermined standard, and the distance between the home appliance device and the user terminal If is more than a predetermined reference distance, it may include the step of controlling the home appliance to terminate the home appliance.

The step of controlling the operation of the home appliance may include terminating the operation of the home appliance when the location information is not received for more than a predetermined reference time.

A method of providing an alarm about a home appliance device to a user according to another embodiment includes: a user terminal providing an alarm about a home appliance device to a user, performing communication with the home appliance device based on a predetermined wireless communication method; Comprising a communication unit, a storage medium, and a processor, wherein the processor acquires floor plan information in which installation positions of two or more home appliances are preset, and based on the wireless signal strength with each of the two or more home appliance devices, the user terminal It is possible to generate location information for and, based on the location information, provide an alarm about the home appliance to the user.

A home appliance device according to another embodiment includes a communication unit that performs communication with a user terminal based on a predetermined wireless communication method, a storage medium, and a processor, wherein the processor determines the operating temperature and operation of the home appliance device. It is possible to monitor operation information including time, receive location information about the user terminal from the user terminal, and control the operation of the home appliance based on the monitored operation information and the location information.

According to one embodiment, an alarm for controlling a home appliance may be provided to the user based on the user's location in a space where the home appliance exists.

In addition, by providing an alarm for controlling home appliances to the user based on the user's location, an alarm can be provided adaptively to the user's situation and unnecessary alarms can not be generated.

In addition, by reflecting various situations of users using home appliances, an alarm for controlling home appliances can be provided to the user or the home appliances can be controlled.

Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating a control system environment of a home appliance device to which a safety control method of a home appliance device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is applied.
Figures 2a to 2c are diagrams illustrating situations according to the user's location in the control system environment of a home appliance device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 3 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a user terminal that performs a safety control method of a home appliance device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 4 is a block diagram conceptually showing the function of a home appliance control program according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating the positional relationship between a user terminal and a home appliance device in a control system environment of a home appliance device to which the safety control method of a home appliance device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is applied.
FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an operation of checking location information of a user terminal in the control system environment of FIG. 5.
Figure 7 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a home appliance device that performs a safety control method of a home appliance device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 8 is a block diagram conceptually showing the function of a home appliance operation program according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 9 is an exemplary procedure diagram for a safety control method of a home appliance device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 10 is an exemplary procedure diagram for a safety control method of a home appliance device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The advantages and features of the present invention and methods for achieving them will become clear by referring to the embodiments described in detail below along with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below and may be implemented in various different forms. The present embodiments are merely provided to ensure that the disclosure of the present invention is complete and to be understood by those skilled in the art. It is provided to fully inform those who have the scope of the invention, and the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

In describing embodiments of the present invention, if a detailed description of a known function or configuration is judged to unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted. The terms described below are defined in consideration of functions in the embodiments of the present invention, and may vary depending on the intent or custom of the subscriber or operator. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout this specification.

Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating a control system environment of a home appliance device to which a safety control method of a home appliance device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is applied.

The control system environment 1 of the home appliance device illustrated in FIG. 1 is equipped with a home appliance device 700 and a user terminal 300 possessed by a user who uses the home appliance device 700, such as a home or an office. It could be the environment. At this time, the home appliance device 700 may be provided with a BLE module that performs the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) protocol as a communication unit, and may perform communication with the user terminal 300 through the BLE module.

The location where a plurality of home appliance devices (700; 700-1, 700-2, 700-3, ..., 700-n) are installed is determined by the user terminal ( 300) or may be stored in the server device 900. Here, the home appliance control program performed on the user terminal 300 may be a server-based program, the server device 900 is configured to perform the server-based program, and the user terminal 300 executes the client-based program. It can be configured to perform. The user terminal 300 can provide and store the location of the home appliance device 700 within the control system environment (1) to the server device 900 through a home appliance control program, and the home appliance device (700) stored in the server device 900 700), you can check its location.

In addition, the user terminal 300 can check the UID broadcasted by a plurality of home appliance devices (700; 700-1, 700-2, 700-3, ..., 700-n), and a plurality of home appliance devices ( 700; 700-1, 700-2, 700-3, ..., 700-n) registered location and a plurality of home appliance devices (700; 700-1, 700-2, 700-3, ... , 700-n), the location of the user terminal 300 can be estimated.

The home appliance device 700 may monitor the operation information of the device 700 and provide the monitored operation information to the user terminal 300. Based on this, the user terminal 300 predicts the user's situation using the above-described operation information and location information, and provides information (alarm or control information) for controlling the home appliance device 700 based on the predicted situation. can be provided to the user.

2A to 2C are diagrams illustrating situations according to a user's location in a control system environment according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 2a illustrates a first situation 210 in which the user exists in close proximity to a home appliance for heating, such as a cooker device or an electric range device, and Figure 2b illustrates a first situation 210 in which the user exists in a position close to a home appliance for heating, such as a cooker device or an electric range device. Illustrating the second situation 220 that exists at a location separated from the home appliance by a predetermined distance or more, Figure 2c shows that the user is outside the space provided with home appliances for heating, such as a cooker device or an electric range device. The third situation 230 is illustrated.

In the above-described control system environment, the user terminal 300 can check the distance between the user terminal 300 and the home appliance 700 for heating, based on the location information of the user terminal 300. If the confirmed distance is less than or equal to a predetermined standard distance, it can be considered the first situation 210. And, if the confirmed distance exceeds a predetermined standard distance, it can be considered a second situation 220. In addition, as the user terminal 300 transmits location information indicating its location to the home appliance device 700 at predetermined time units, the home appliance device 700 may periodically receive location information of the user terminal. . If the user terminal 300 leaves the space where the home appliance is installed and exists outside, the home appliance device 700 cannot receive location information from the user terminal 300. Therefore, when the home appliance device 700 does not receive location information from the user terminal 300, it can be considered a third situation 230.

Figure 3 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a user terminal that performs a safety control method of a home appliance device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 3, the user terminal 300 may include a communication unit 310, a memory 320, and a processor 330.

The communication unit 310 may be provided with a BLE module that performs the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) protocol and may perform communication with the home appliance device 700 based on the BLE protocol.

Memory 320 may store information necessary for execution of the home appliance control program 400 and the home appliance control program 400.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the home appliance control program 400 includes instructions programmed to process control of the home appliance device 700 based on the location information of the user terminal and the operation information of the home appliance 700. It can mean software.

The processor 330 can generally control the operation of the user terminal 300.

The processor 330 may load the home appliance control program 400 and the information necessary for execution of the home appliance control program 400 from the memory 320 in order to execute the home appliance control program 400.

The processor 330 executes the home appliance control program 400 to create an identifier (UID) for each of the plurality of home appliances (700; 700-1, 700-2, 700-3, ..., 700-n). And the strength of the wireless signal can be checked, and the location information of the user terminal 300 can be estimated based on the device identifier and the strength of the wireless signal.

In addition, the processor 330 may check the operating situation of the home appliance and control the operation of the home appliance based on the location information of the user terminal and the operation information of the home appliance.

Detailed operations in which the processor 230 controls the operation of the home appliance device by performing the home appliance control program 400 will be examined in detail with reference to FIG. 4 .

In addition, the memory 320 may further store the home appliance control program and the information necessary for execution of the home appliance control program, and the processor 330 may control the operation of the home appliance device 700 by executing the home appliance control program. there is.

Figure 4 is a block diagram conceptually showing the function of a home appliance control program according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 and 4, the home appliance control program 400 may include a device information management unit 410, a location information confirmation unit 420, a home appliance control unit 430, and an alarm output unit 440. there is.

The device information management unit 410 includes the structure of the control system environment 1 (e.g., a floor plan of a space such as a home or an office) and a plurality of home appliance devices 700; 700-1, 700 in a space such as a home or an office. -2, 700-3, ..., 700-n) can be input, the structure of the input control system environment (1), and a plurality of home appliance devices (700; 700-1, 700-2) , 700-3, ..., 700-n) can be stored in the memory 320.

The location information confirmation unit 420 includes the structure of the control system environment 1 stored in the memory 320 and a plurality of home appliance devices 700; 700-1, 700-2, 700-3, ..., 700- The location information of the user terminal 300 can be calculated by reflecting the identifier of the device and the strength of the wireless signal at the location where n) is installed.

Although, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the device information management unit 410 has a memory ( 320), but the present disclosure is not limited thereto and may be changed in various ways. For example, the device information management unit 410 stores the installed location of a plurality of home appliance devices (700; 700-1, 700-2, 700-3, ..., 700-n) in the server device through a server-based program. It may be possible. In response, the location information confirmation unit 420 requests the location information of the user terminal 300 while providing the device identifier and the strength of the wireless signal to the server device 900 through a server-based program, and the server device ( Location information of the user terminal 300 may be received from 900).

Furthermore, the operation of confirming the location of the user terminal 300 using the device identifier and the strength of the wireless signal will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 below.

The home appliance control unit 440 controls the home appliance 700 or sends an alarm for control of the home appliance 700, taking into account the location information of the user terminal 300 and the location where the home appliance 700 is installed. It can be handled. At this time, the operation information of the home appliance 700 may include cooking time, cooking temperature, operation mode, etc.

In the case of the first situation 210 in which the user terminal 300 exists in a position close to the home appliance device 700, the user can immediately respond to a situation that may pose a risk to the home appliance device 700, so the home appliance device ( 700) may not be required. Therefore, in the case of the first situation 210, that is, when the user terminal 300 is present in a position close to the home appliance 700, the home appliance control unit 440 controls the home appliance 700 or the home appliance device. An alarm for control of (700) may not be generated.

In the case of the second situation 220 in which the user terminal 300 is located at a location separated from the home appliance 700 by a predetermined distance or more, the home appliance control unit 440 controls the cooking time and cooking temperature of the home appliance 700. , operation mode, etc. are monitored, and when the monitored value exceeds a predetermined reference value, a control event for controlling the home appliance device 700 may be generated and transmitted to the home appliance device 700.

As an example, the control event may include an event instructing the termination of the home appliance device 700 when the following control event occurrence conditions are satisfied.

<Conditions for occurrence of control event>

- The heating temperature of the home appliance 700 exceeds the predetermined first reference temperature.

- The heating temperature of the home appliance 700 exceeds the predetermined second reference temperature and continues for more than a predetermined first time (here, the second reference temperature is lower than the first reference temperature)

As another example, in the case of the second situation 220, the home appliance control unit 440 may check the operation mode of the home appliance 700 and generate a control event based on the operation mode. As an example, the operation mode of the home appliance 700 may include an automatic cooking mode in which cooking is performed according to a predetermined temperature and time, and a manual cooking mode in which cooking is performed under user control.

In an environment where the home appliance device 700 is configured to select at least one of the automatic cooking mode and the manual cooking mode, the home appliance control unit 440 can check the operation mode of the home appliance device 700 and perform control according to the operation mode. You can decide whether to generate an event or not. For example, in the above-described second situation 220, the home appliance 700 is set to the manual cooking mode, and if the above-described control event generation conditions are satisfied, the home appliance control unit 440 can generate a control event. there is.

On the other hand, in a state in which the home appliance device 700 is set to the automatic cooking mode, even if the above-described second situation 220 occurs, the home appliance control unit 440 may not generate a control event.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, it is exemplified that a control event is not generated even if the above-described second situation 220 occurs while the home appliance control unit 440 is set to the automatic cooking mode, but the present disclosure is limited to this. This does not mean that it can be changed in various ways. For example, even if the automatic cooking mode is set in the second situation 220, a control event can be generated according to the detailed setting mode of the automatic cooking mode.

<Conditions for occurrence of control events in automatic cooking mode>

- The detailed setting mode of the home appliance device 700 is operated in a mode with a high risk of occurrence, such as frying cooking mode or baking cooking mode.

Although a detailed setting mode and an alarm event according to the detailed setting mode are illustrated in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the cooking mode includes various cooking modes in addition to the frying cooking mode and the baking cooking mode. can be changed.

In the above-described second situation 220, the home appliance control unit 440 configures a control event for terminating the operation of the home appliance device 700 and provides it to the home appliance device 700. It is possible to confirm that the operation has been controlled and to provide information notifying that the operation of the home appliance 700 has been controlled to the alarm output unit 450. Accordingly, the alarm output unit 450 provides an alarm indicating that the operation of the home appliance device 700 has been controlled through a speaker provided in the user terminal 300, for example, “The operation state of the XX device is dangerous and the operation has been terminated.” The voice “!” can be output.

Although, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the home appliance control unit 440 configures and provides a control event for terminating the operation of the home appliance device 700, and the alarm output unit 450, the operation of the home appliance device 700 Although it is exemplified that information notifying that this has been controlled is provided, the present disclosure is not limited thereto and may be changed in various ways. For example, when the distance between the home appliance 700 and the user terminal 300 exceeds a predetermined distance reference value, the home appliance control unit 440 is an alarm output unit 450, and the user controls the home appliance 700. You can request an alarm to help you pay attention to control.

Accordingly, the alarm output unit 450 may check the information received from the home appliance control unit 440 and output an alarm. For example, when the information received from the home appliance control unit 440 is information requesting an alarm to control the home appliance device 700, the alarm output unit 450 outputs information through a speaker provided in the user terminal 300. An alarm indicating that control of the home appliance device 700 is required, for example, a voice saying "The operation of the XX device is in a dangerous state. Please end the operation of the XX device!" may be output.

As another example, the alarm output unit 450 sounds an alarm through a speaker provided in the user terminal 300, and controls the operation of the home appliance device 700 through a display provided in the user terminal 300. Information notifying that control of the home appliance device 700 is required or information notifying that control of the home appliance device 700 is required may be displayed.

As another example, the alarm output unit 450 says, “The operation of device XX is dangerous and the operation has been terminated!” Alternatively, a message containing the text "The operation of the XX device is in a dangerous state. Please terminate the operation of the XX device!" can be output through a display, etc. Here, messages containing text may include push messages, messenger-based messages, text messages, etc.

As another example, the alarm output unit 450 may operate a vibration motor along with an alarm sound, or may operate a vibration motor in place of an alarm sound.

Although, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of the alarm output unit 450 outputting an alarm is exemplified, the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and information notifying that the operation of the home appliance 700 has been controlled or home appliance device It is sufficient to be able to provide information indicating that control of 700 is required. For example, the alarm output unit 450 may output an alarm by combining one or more of the following: outputting a voice through a speaker, displaying information through a display, providing a message containing text, and alarming through driving a vibration motor. there is.

Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating the positional relationship between a user terminal and a home appliance in a control system environment according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and Figure 6 shows an operation of checking location information of the user terminal in the control system environment of Figure 5. It is a concept diagram.

Referring to Figure 5, various home appliance devices may be provided in the control system environment of home appliance devices. For example, home appliance devices may include a water purifier 501, a cooker device 502, a smart mattress 503, an air purifier 504, a massage chair 505, a water softener 506, a clothes purifier 507, etc. , these home appliances 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, and 507 may be provided in fixed positions within the control system environment. The home appliance devices 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, and 507 illustrated in FIG. 5 specifically illustrate the types of home appliances, and the home appliance devices 700; 700-1, 700- illustrated in FIG. 1 2, 700-3, ..., 700-n). Likewise, three home appliance devices (601, 602, 603) operating as beacon nodes illustrated in FIG. 6 are for explaining the operation of confirming the location of the user terminal, and the home appliance devices (700; 700) illustrated in FIG. -1, 700-2, 700-3, ..., 700-n).

Home appliance devices (501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, and 507) may be equipped with a BLE module, and periodically switch to beacon mode in the standby state to broadcast a beacon signal including a device identifier (UID). .

When the user terminal 300 equipped with a Bluetooth module enters the control system environment of the above-described home appliance device, it can receive a beacon signal broadcast from the home appliance device (501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507). You can. The user terminal 300 can check the signal strength (eg, RSSI; Received Signal Strength Indicator) of the beacon signal through the location information confirmation unit 420 and check the device identifier (UID) included in the beacon signal. At this time, the location information confirmation unit 420 may compare the signal strength of the beacon signal with a predetermined strength standard value, and if the signal strength of the beacon signal is less than the predetermined strength standard value, the beacon signal may not be used to confirm location information. there is.

Each of the home appliances (501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507) is installed at a designated location, and the location information confirmation unit 420 is installed at the home appliances (501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507). Depending on the signal strength of the beacon signal received from, the distance between the home appliance devices (501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507) and the user terminal 300 can be estimated. Therefore, the location information confirmation unit 420 can estimate the location of the user terminal 300 using the beacon signal received from the home appliances (501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507).

For example, referring to Figure 6, the location information confirmation unit 420 may receive beacon signals from three home appliance devices (601, 602, 603) operating as beacon nodes. Location information confirmation unit 420 is based on the strength of the beacon signal received from the first home appliance device 601 operating as a beacon node A, the distance between the first home appliance device 601 and the user terminal 300 (Da ) and, based on the strength of the beacon signal received from the second home appliance device 602 operating as a beacon node B, estimate the distance (Db) between the second home appliance device 602 and the user terminal 300. And, based on the strength of the beacon signal received from the third home appliance device 603 operating as a beacon node C, the distance (Dc) between the third home appliance device 603 and the user terminal 300 can be estimated. . And, the point where the confirmed distances (Da, Db, Dc) from each of the three home appliances (601, 602, and 603) intersect can be estimated as the location of the user terminal (300).

Through the above-described operation, the location information confirmation unit 420 can confirm the location of the user terminal 300 within the control system environment.

Figure 7 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a home appliance device that performs a safety control method of a home appliance device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to Figure 7, the home appliance device 700 may include a communication unit 710, a memory 720, and a processor 730.

The communication unit 710 may be equipped with a BLE module that performs the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) protocol, and may perform communication with the user terminal 300 based on the BLE protocol.

The memory 720 may store information necessary for execution of the home appliance operation program 400 and the home appliance operation program 800.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the home appliance operation program 800 may mean software including instructions programmed to process the operation and control of the home appliance device 700.

The processor 730 may generally control the operation of the home appliance device 700.

The processor 730 may load the home appliance operation program 800 and the information necessary for execution of the home appliance operation program 800 from the memory 720 in order to execute the home appliance operation program 800.

The processor 730 executes the home appliance operation program 800 to check operation information including the operating temperature and operating time of the device 700, check the location information of the user terminal 300, and operate the operation information. The operation of the device 700 can be controlled based on at least one of and location information.

Detailed operations in which the processor 730 controls the operation of the home appliance device 700 by performing the home appliance operation program 800 will be examined in detail with reference to FIG. 8 .

In addition, the memory 720 may further store the home appliance operation program and the information necessary for execution of the home appliance operation program, and the processor 730 may control the operation of the home appliance device 700 by executing the home appliance operation program. there is.

Figure 8 is a block diagram conceptually showing the function of a home appliance operation program according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figures 7 and 8, the home appliance operation program 800 may include a communication mode management unit 810, a monitoring unit 820, and a home appliance control unit 830.

The communication mode management unit 810 is a functional unit that manages communication modes according to the Bluetooth low power protocol and can manage the operation of standby mode and beacon transmission mode. As an example, the communication mode manager 810 may switch to the beacon transmission mode at each pre-announced time period while operating in standby mode to reduce power consumption. In beacon transmission mode, the communication mode manager 810 can broadcast a beacon signal.

Monitoring unit 820 may monitor the operation of the home appliance device 700. As an example, the monitoring unit 820 may check the operating mode of the home appliance. At this time, the operation mode may include an automatic cooking mode and a manual cooking mode. Additionally, the monitoring unit 820 can check information about the cooking temperature and cooking time.

The home appliance control unit 830 may receive a control event for terminating the operation of the home appliance device 700 from the user terminal 300 or the server device 900 and control the device 700 to terminate the operation.

As another example, the home appliance control unit 830 may receive location information of the user terminal 300 from the user terminal 300 or the server device 900. And, the home appliance control unit 830 may control the operation of the home appliance device 700 based on the location information of the user terminal 300 and the operation mode of the home appliance device 700. For example, in a state in which the home appliance device 700 is set to a manual cooking mode, in the first situation 210 in which the user terminal 300 exists in a nearby location, the operation of the home appliance device 700 may be maintained.

As another example, when the home appliance device 700 does not receive location information of the user terminal 300 within a predetermined reference time, the third situation 230 may be considered to have occurred. In consideration of this, the home appliance control unit 830 may terminate the operation of the home appliance device 700 when the location information of the user terminal 300 is not received within a predetermined reference time.

Figure 9 is an exemplary procedure diagram for a safety control method of a home appliance device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

First, the safety control method of a home appliance illustrated in FIG. 9 illustrates that the above-described user terminal performs the safety control method of a home appliance.

The user terminal may obtain the structure of the control system environment (for example, a floor plan of a space such as a home or an office) and the location where a plurality of home appliances are installed in a space such as a home or an office (S901).

Thereafter, the user terminal may check location information indicating the location of the user terminal based on beacon signals received from a plurality of home appliances in a space such as a home or an office (S902).

The user terminal may provide an alarm for a home appliance device to be controlled among a plurality of home appliance devices (S903).

In step S903, the user terminal can confirm the location of the user terminal in the structure of the control system environment, and based on the location of the user terminal, the distance to the home appliance device to be controlled can be confirmed. And, control of the home appliance device to be controlled can be determined based on the distance between the user terminal and the home appliance device to be controlled.

Additionally, in step S903, the user terminal may monitor operation information of the home appliance device to be controlled. In addition, an alarm or control for the home appliance device to be controlled can be determined based on the monitored operation information and the location information of the user terminal.

Here, the operation information may include at least one of the operating temperature, operating time, and operating mode of the home appliance. Here, the operation mode may include an automatic cooking mode in which cooking is performed according to a predetermined temperature and time, and a manual cooking mode in which cooking is performed under user control.

When the operation mode is an automatic cooking mode, the user terminal may perform an alarm or control to maintain the operation of the home appliance to be controlled even if the location of the user terminal exceeds a preset limit position.

When the operation mode is a manual cooking mode, at least one of the operating temperature and operating time of the home appliance is more than a predetermined standard, and the distance between the user terminal and the home appliance to be controlled is more than a predetermined reference distance, the user terminal , an alarm or control can be performed to shut down the home appliance device being controlled.

Meanwhile, in step S903, if at least one of the operating temperature and operating time of the home appliance is more than a predetermined standard and the distance between the user terminal and the home appliance to be controlled is less than the predetermined reference distance, the user terminal controls An alarm can be provided to control the target home appliance device.

Figure 10 is an exemplary procedure diagram for a safety control method of a home appliance device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

First, the safety control method of a home appliance illustrated in FIG. 10 illustrates that the home appliance device subject to the above-mentioned control performs the safety control method.

In step S1001, the home appliance device to be controlled may monitor operation information. Here, the operation information may include at least one of cooking time, cooking temperature, and operation mode.

In step S1002, the home appliance device may receive location information of the user terminal from the user terminal.

Thereafter, in step S1003, the home appliance device may control the operation of the device based on the operation information and the location information of the user terminal. Device operation control in step S1003 may be performed based on control information received from the user terminal.

When the operation mode is the automatic cooking mode, the home appliance device can be controlled to maintain the cooking operation according to the automatic cooking mode even if the location information of the user terminal exceeds the preset limit position.

On the other hand, in step S1003, when the operation mode information is a manual cooking mode, the home appliance checks at least one of the operation temperature and the operation time, and at least one of the operation temperature and the operation time is above a predetermined standard, and the home appliance If the distance from the user terminal is more than a predetermined reference distance, the operation of the device can be controlled to end.

Additionally, in step S1003, the home appliance device may control the operation of the device to end when location information is not received from the user terminal for more than a predetermined reference time.

Combinations of each block of the block diagram and each step of the flow diagram attached to the present invention may be performed by computer program instructions. Since these computer program instructions can be mounted on the encoding processor of a general-purpose computer, special-purpose computer, or other programmable data processing equipment, the instructions performed through the encoding processor of the computer or other programmable data processing equipment are included in each block or block of the block diagram. Each step of the flowchart creates a means to perform the functions described. These computer program instructions may also be stored in computer-usable or computer-readable memory that can be directed to a computer or other programmable data processing equipment to implement a function in a particular way, so that the computer-usable or computer-readable memory The instructions stored in can also produce manufactured items containing instruction means that perform the functions described in each block of the block diagram or each step of the flow diagram. Computer program instructions can also be mounted on a computer or other programmable data processing equipment, so that a series of operational steps are performed on the computer or other programmable data processing equipment to create a process that is executed by the computer and can be processed by the computer or other programmable data processing equipment. Instructions that perform processing equipment may also provide steps for executing functions described in each block of the block diagram and each step of the flow diagram.

Additionally, each block or each step may represent a module, segment, or portion of code that includes one or more executable instructions for executing specified logical function(s). Additionally, it should be noted that in some alternative embodiments it is possible for the functions mentioned in the blocks or steps to occur out of order. For example, two blocks or steps shown in succession may in fact be performed substantially simultaneously, or the blocks or steps may sometimes be performed in reverse order depending on the corresponding function.

The above description is merely an illustrative explanation of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications and variations without departing from the essential quality of the present invention. Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention, but are for illustrative purposes, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention shall be interpreted in accordance with the claims below, and all technical ideas within the scope equivalent thereto shall be construed as being included in the scope of rights of the present invention.

1: Home appliance alarm provision system
300: User terminal
400: Home appliance control program module stored in the user terminal
700: Home appliance device
800: Home appliance operation program module stored in the home appliance device

Claims (13)

In a method of providing an alarm for a first home appliance device to be controlled to a user performed on a user terminal,
Obtaining preset floor plan information including installation positions of the first home appliance and at least one second home appliance;
Generating location information of the user terminal based on signal strength with each of a plurality of home appliances among the first home appliance and the at least one second home appliance; and
Based on the location information, comprising providing an alarm for the first home appliance to the user,
How to provide users with alarms for home appliances According to paragraph 1,
The step of providing an alarm for the first home appliance device,
Based on the floor plan information and the location information, calculating the distance between the user terminal and the first home appliance,
Based on the distance between the user terminal and the home appliance device, comprising determining control for the first home appliance device,
How to provide users with alarms for home appliances. According to paragraph 1,
The step of providing an alarm for the first home appliance device,
Monitoring operation information including operating temperature and operating time of the first home appliance,
Based on the monitored operation information and the location information, comprising determining an alarm or control for the first home appliance device,
How to provide users with alarms for home appliances. According to paragraph 3,
Further comprising checking operation mode information including automatic cooking mode or manual cooking mode,
The step of determining an alarm or control for the first home appliance,
When the operation mode information is the automatic cooking mode, generating the alarm or the control to maintain the operation of the home appliance even if the location information exceeds a preset limit position,
How to provide users with alarms for home appliances. According to paragraph 3,
Further comprising checking operation mode information including automatic cooking mode or manual cooking mode,
The step of determining an alarm or control for the first home appliance,
When the operation mode information is the manual cooking mode, at least one of the operation temperature and the operation time is more than a predetermined standard, and the distance between the home appliance and the user terminal is more than a predetermined standard distance, the home appliance comprising generating the alarm or the control to terminate,
How to provide users with alarms for home appliances. According to paragraph 3,
The step of determining an alarm or control for the first home appliance,
If at least one of the operating temperature and operating time is greater than a predetermined standard, and the distance between the first home appliance and the user terminal is less than the predetermined reference distance, an alarm for allowing the user to control the home appliance Including the step of generating,
How to provide users with alarms for home appliances. In a method of controlling a home appliance device,
Monitoring operation information including operating temperature and operating time of the home appliance,
Receiving location information about the user terminal from the user terminal;
Based on the monitored operation information and the location information, comprising controlling the operation of the home appliance device,
How to perform control over household appliances. In clause 7,
The step of controlling the operation of the home appliance device is,
Comprising controlling the operation further based on control commands provided from the user terminal,
How to perform control over household appliances. In clause 7,
Further comprising checking operation mode information including automatic cooking mode or manual cooking mode,
The step of controlling the operation of the home appliance device is,
When the operation mode information is the automatic cooking mode, controlling to maintain operation according to the automatic cooking mode even if the location information exceeds a preset limit position,
How to perform control over household appliances. In clause 7,
Further comprising checking operation mode information including automatic cooking mode or manual cooking mode,
The step of controlling the operation of the home appliance device is,
When the operation mode information is the manual cooking mode, at least one of the operation temperature and the operation time is more than a predetermined standard, and the distance between the home appliance and the user terminal is more than a predetermined standard distance, the home appliance Comprising the step of controlling the home appliance device to shut down
How to perform control over household appliances. In clause 7,
The step of controlling the operation of the home appliance device is,
When the location information is not received for more than a predetermined reference time, including the step of terminating the operation of the home appliance device,
How to provide users with alarms for home appliances. In the user terminal that provides alarms about home appliance devices to the user,
A communication unit that communicates with the home appliance device based on a predetermined wireless communication method,
storage media,
Includes a processor,
The processor,
Obtain floor plan information with preset installation positions of two or more home appliances,
Based on the wireless signal strength with each of the two or more home appliances, generate location information for the user terminal,
Based on the location information, providing an alarm for the home appliance device to the user,
User terminal. In a home appliance device that performs control,
a communication unit that communicates with the user terminal based on a predetermined wireless communication method;
storage media,
Includes a processor,
The processor,
Monitoring operation information including operating temperature and operating time of the home appliance,
Receiving location information about the user terminal from the user terminal,
Based on the monitored operation information and the location information, controlling the operation of the home appliance device,
Home appliance devices.

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