TW201351350A - Device and method for controlling electronic appliances - Google Patents

Abstract

A device for controlling electronic appliances includes a sensing module configured to get a shake information of a terminal device and generate a sensing signal including said shake information; and a controlling module configured to generate a controlling command based on said shake information to control a controlled electronic appliance.

Description

Electric appliance control device and method

The present invention relates to the field of terminal devices, and in particular to an appliance control device and method for controlling an appliance via a terminal device.

Existing household appliances such as televisions and air conditioners are mostly turned on, off, and other commonly used functions by touching the buttons of the remote controller. It is not convenient to select a target button from among a plurality of buttons to perform desired control.

An object of the present invention is to provide an electrical control device including: a sensing module that collects a shaking information of a terminal device to generate a sensing signal including the shaking information; and a control module that generates the rocking information according to the shaking information Controlling a control command of a controlled appliance.

The invention also provides an electrical appliance control method, comprising: sensing a shaking of a terminal device and collecting a shaking information, generating a sensing signal including the shaking information; and generating a control for controlling a controlled electrical device according to the shaking information generation instruction.

11‧‧‧Collection unit

12‧‧‧judging unit

13‧‧‧Signal generating unit

21‧‧‧Search unit

22‧‧‧Command generating unit

100‧‧‧Electrical control device

101‧‧‧Sense Module

102‧‧‧Control Module

103‧‧‧Communication module

104‧‧‧Storage module

105‧‧‧Confirmation module

106‧‧‧Controlled electrical appliances

107‧‧‧ Terminal devices

210, 220‧‧‧ steps

The technical method of the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments to make the features and advantages of the present invention more obvious. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of an electrical control device according to an embodiment of the invention.

2 is a flow chart showing an electrical control method according to an embodiment of the invention.

A detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention will be given below. While the invention will be described in conjunction with the embodiments, it is understood that the invention is not limited to the embodiments. Rather, the invention is intended to cover the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims Various changes, modifications, and equivalents as defined.

In addition, in the following detailed description of the embodiments of the invention However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, components, and circuits have not been described in detail in order to facilitate the invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of an electric appliance control apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the invention. Through the appliance control device 100, the user can control some common functions (eg, on, off, etc.) of the appliance (eg, the controlled appliance 106) via a terminal device 107 (eg, smart phone, iPad, etc.). The electrical control device 100 includes a sensing module 101, a control module 102, and a communication module 103.

The sensing module 101 senses whether the terminal device 107 is shaken. When the terminal device 107 is sensed to shake, the shaking information of the terminal device 107 (for example, the direction, speed, amplitude, etc. of the shaking) is collected, a sensing signal including the shaking information is generated, and the sensing signal is sent to the control module. 102.

The control module 102 receives the sensing signal, generates a control command according to the shaking information in the sensing signal, and sends the control command to the communication module 103.

The communication module 103 receives the control command from the control module 102 and sends the control command to the controlled appliance 106 for controlling the controlled appliance 106.

In an embodiment, the sensing module 101, the control module 102, and the communication module 103 can all be disposed in a smart terminal (for example, a handheld terminal device such as a smart phone or an iPad). In other words, the electric appliance control device 100 of the present invention and the terminal device 107 can be integrated. For example, the sensing module 101 can be a gravity sensor disposed in a smart phone. In an embodiment, the controlled appliance 106 includes a television, an air conditioner, and the like. In this embodiment, only a television is taken as an example for description.

Preferably, the electrical control device 100 of the present invention further includes a storage module 104 for storing a predetermined shaking information threshold and an indication information associated with the shaking information.

In an embodiment, the sensing module 101 includes an acquisition unit 11, a determination unit 12, and a signal generation unit 13. After sensing the shaking of the terminal device 107, the collecting unit 11 collects shaking information (for example, the direction, speed, amplitude, and the like of the shaking). Then judge the order The element 12 determines whether the signal generating unit 13 generates a sensing signal based on the sloshing information threshold stored in the storage module 104. Specifically, when the judging unit 12 judges that the shaking information collected by the collecting unit 11 is greater than or equal to the shaking information threshold, the determining unit 12 instructs the signal generating unit 13 to generate a sensing signal including the shaking information, and the sensing signal is generated. Send to control module 102. When the judging unit 12 judges that the shaking information collected by the collecting unit 11 is smaller than the shaking information threshold, it indicates that the shaking at this time may be caused by the user's malfunction, and therefore, the determining unit 12 does not instruct the signal generating unit 13 to generate. Sensing signal.

In an embodiment, the control module 102 includes a search unit 21 and an instruction generating unit 22. The searching unit 21 receives the sensing signal from the sensing module 101, and searches for the indication information associated with the shaking information from the storage module 104 according to the shaking information included in the sensing signal. The command generating unit 22 generates a control command for controlling the controlled appliance 106 based on the found indication information, and transmits the control command to the controlled appliance 106.

In a preferred embodiment, the shaking information can be one direction information. The signal generating unit 13 generates a sensing signal containing only the direction information in the shaking information, and the appliance control device 100 can control the controlled appliance 106. For example, when the direction information indicates to the left, the associated indication information indicates that one channel is reduced, and the command generating unit 22 further generates a control command indicating that one channel is reduced. On the other hand, when the direction information indicates to the right, the associated indication information indicates that a channel is added, and the command generating unit 22 further generates a control command indicating that a channel is added.

In this embodiment, the control module 102 sends the control command to the controlled appliance 106 through the communication module 103. Specifically, the communication module 103 can be an apparatus for transmitting signals, such as an infrared transmitter, a Bluetooth, and a wireless (Wifi) transmission module, and the invention is not limited thereto. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the controlled appliance 106 only needs to have a device that can receive signals, such as an infrared receiver or a Bluetooth interface or a wireless function. In addition, the communication module 103 may be disposed in the electrical control device 100 or may be disposed outside the electrical control device 100.

Preferably, the electrical control device 100 further includes a confirmation module 105. When the sensing module 101 senses the shaking of the terminal device 107, a selection information is displayed for the user to confirm whether the controlled device 106 is to be controlled. Further unnecessary control of the controlled appliance 106 due to malfunction of the terminal device 107 by the user can be avoided.

2 is a flow chart showing an electrical control method according to an embodiment of the invention. Electricity The device control method can be implemented by the electric appliance control device 100 shown in FIG. Figure 2 will be described in conjunction with Figure 1.

The electrical control method includes a sensing step 210 and a control step 220. In the sensing step 210, a sensing module 101 senses the shaking of a terminal device 107 and collects a shaking information to generate a sensing signal including the shaking information, and sends the sensing signal to a control module 102. In the control step 220, the control module 102 generates a control command according to the shaking information in the sensing signal, and sends the control command to the communication module 103. The communication module 103 sends the control command to a controlled device 106 for use. Control the controlled appliance 106.

The sensing step 210 includes: after the sensing unit 11 senses the shaking of the terminal device 107, collecting the shaking information; a determining unit 12 determines whether the shaking information is greater than or equal to a preset shaking information threshold; and when the determining unit When it is determined that the shaking information is greater than or equal to the preset shaking information threshold, the signal generating unit 13 generates a sensing signal including the shaking information.

The control step 220 includes: a search unit 21 searching for an indication information associated with the storage module 104 according to the shaking information; and an instruction generating unit 22 generating a control instruction according to the found indication information, and sending the control instruction to the control instruction Controlled electrical appliance 106.

The electric appliance control device and the electric appliance control method provided by the invention enable the user to control the common functions of the electric appliances such as the television and the air conditioner by shaking the terminal device (for example, a smart phone, an iPad, etc.) without having to operate any button. The utility model is convenient and convenient, and the electric appliance control device can be disposed in the terminal device commonly used by the user, and does not need the remote controller of the special control electric appliance in the prior art, thereby saving cost and being more convenient for the user to use.

A person skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the steps of implementing the foregoing method embodiments may be implemented by using a hardware related to the program instructions. The foregoing program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and the program is executed during execution. The method includes the steps of the foregoing method embodiments; and the foregoing storage medium includes: a medium that can store code, such as a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The above detailed description and the accompanying drawings are only typical embodiments of the invention. It is apparent that various additions, modifications and substitutions are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention can be used in practical applications according to specific environmental and working requirements without departing from the inventive principles in form, structure, layout, Proportions, materials, elements, components and other aspects have changed. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed herein are intended to be illustrative and not restrictive, and the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims

11‧‧‧Collection unit

12‧‧‧judging unit

13‧‧‧Signal generating unit

21‧‧‧Search unit

22‧‧‧Command generating unit

100‧‧‧Electrical control device

101‧‧‧Sense Module

102‧‧‧Control Module

103‧‧‧Communication module

104‧‧‧Storage module

105‧‧‧Confirmation module

106‧‧‧Controlled electrical appliances

107‧‧‧ Terminal devices

Claims (11)

An electrical control device includes: a sensing module that collects a shaking information of a terminal device to generate a sensing signal including the shaking information; and a control module that generates and controls a controlled device according to the shaking information A control command. The electrical control device of claim 1, further comprising: a storage module, storing a shaking information threshold and an indication information associated with the shaking information. The electrical control device of claim 2, wherein the sensing module comprises: an acquisition unit that collects the shaking information; a determining unit that compares the shaking information with the shaking information threshold; and a signal generation The unit generates the sensing signal based on a comparison result of one of the determining units. The electrical control device of claim 2, wherein the control module comprises: a search unit, according to the shaking information, searching for the indication information associated with the shaking information from the storage module; and The instruction generating unit generates the control instruction according to the indication information found by the searching unit. The electrical control device of any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: a communication module, wherein the control command is sent to the controlled appliance. An electric appliance control device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein The motion information includes a direction of shaking, a speed of shaking, and a magnitude of shaking. The electrical control device of any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: a confirmation module, displaying a selection information for the user to confirm whether to control the controlled appliance. An electrical control method includes: sensing a shaking of a terminal device and collecting a shaking information, generating a sensing signal including the shaking information; and generating a control command for controlling a controlled electrical device according to the shaking information. The electrical control method of claim 8, wherein the sensing the shaking of the terminal device and collecting the shaking information to generate the sensing signal including the shaking information comprises: sensing the terminal device After shaking, the shaking information is collected; comparing the shaking information with a shaking information threshold to generate a comparison result; and generating the sensing signal based on the comparison result. The method of controlling an appliance according to claim 10, wherein the step of generating the control command for controlling the controlled appliance according to the shaking information comprises: searching for an indication information associated with the shaking information according to the shaking information; The control instruction is generated according to the found instruction information. The electric appliance control method according to any one of claims 9 to 11, wherein the swaying information includes a direction of the sway, a speed of the sway, and a magnitude of the sway.