TW201530962A - Smart household control server - Google Patents

Abstract

A smart household control server suitable for installation in a household residence of a user; the household residence comprises a plurality of household appliances; the control server includes a control unit and a memory unit. The control unit is used when it is linked with at least one of these household appliances, it reads the appliance information of the household appliance, and generates a control item corresponding to the household appliance according to the appliance information. The memory unit is electrically connected to the control unit, and used for storing an operating system generating a user interface, wherein the user interface displays the control item and allows the user to select the control item through the user interface for controlling the operation of the household appliance. The control server of this invention also allows users to increase or decrease, based on their own needs and preferences, the items of household appliances controlled by the control server.

Description

Smart home control server

The present invention relates to a server, and more particularly to a smart home control server.

With the rapid development of information technology, the application of computer and network communication has gradually spread to various blocks in life, and the application to the smart family in family life is an example. In smart homes, home appliances can be combined with the automation and intelligence of computers and networks to provide a holistic and efficient service function, thereby improving home security, home convenience, and creating a humane living environment.

In general, smart homes control the operation of home devices by controlling a computer and network communication technology control server, for example, controlling lighting equipment, air conditioning equipment, and the like. However, there are many projects for household equipment. How to flexibly increase or decrease the household equipment items controlled by the server according to the needs and preferences of the users is an important issue for developing a control server.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a smart home control server.

Therefore, the smart home control server of the present invention is suitable for being set at In a user's family home, the family home contains a plurality of household devices, and the control server includes a control unit and a memory unit.

The control unit is configured to, when it is connected to at least one of the household devices, read a device information of the household device, and generate a pair of control items corresponding to the household device according to the device information.

The memory unit is electrically connected to the control unit and configured to store an operating system for generating an operation interface, wherein the operation interface displays the control item, and the user can select the control item through the operation interface to control the home device. Operation.

The utility model has the advantages that: by the setting of the control unit, the user can increase or decrease the household equipment item controlled by the control server according to his own needs and preferences.

1‧‧‧Smart Home Control Server

11‧‧‧Control unit

111‧‧‧ hardware control module

112‧‧‧ Hardware state judgment processing mode group

113‧‧‧Control signal conversion module

114‧‧‧Internet Control Module

12‧‧‧Integrated communication unit

121‧‧‧Telephone Signal Processing Module

122‧‧‧Telephone Signal Conversion Module

123‧‧‧Internet Phone Module

124‧‧‧Dialog initiation protocol communication module

13‧‧‧ memory unit

14‧‧‧Data Transfer Unit

141‧‧‧USB transmission interface

142‧‧‧HDMI transmission interface

143‧‧‧ VGA transmission interface

144‧‧‧RS485 transmission interface

145‧‧‧RS232 transmission interface

146‧‧‧ Internet transmission interface

147‧‧‧PSTN transmission interface

15‧‧‧Operating system

2‧‧‧External display device

3‧‧‧WIFI access device

4‧‧‧Mobile devices

5‧‧‧Community Central Server

61‧‧‧Control generation process

611~615‧‧‧Steps

62‧‧‧First Smart Home Control Process

621~624‧‧‧Steps

63‧‧‧Second Smart Home Control Process

631~637‧‧‧Steps

64‧‧‧Smart Family Information Processing Process

641~645‧‧‧Steps

65‧‧‧No-no-answer automatic retransmission process

651~654‧‧‧Steps

66‧‧‧External communication equipment dial-in procedure

661~664‧‧‧Steps

67‧‧‧Transfer to external communication equipment through the Internet

671~673‧‧‧Steps

Other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the embodiments of the present invention, wherein: FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an environment to which the preferred embodiment of the smart home control server of the present invention is applied; FIG. Is a block diagram illustrating the components of the preferred embodiment; FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a control item generation process performed by the preferred embodiment; FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating the preferred embodiment A first smart home control flow executed; FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a second smart home control flow executed by the preferred embodiment; 6 is a flow chart illustrating a smart home information processing flow executed by the preferred embodiment; FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating an automatic unsubscribed automatic retransmission process performed by the preferred embodiment; FIG. Is a flow chart illustrating an external communication device dialing process performed by the preferred embodiment; and FIG. 9 is a flow chart illustrating the dialing of an external communication device through the Internet performed by the preferred embodiment Process.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a preferred embodiment of the smart home control server 1 of the present invention is suitable for being installed in a community-type family home of a user, the control server 1 for controlling different categories of the family home. Multiple household equipment, including lighting equipment in the context control category, curtain equipment, etc., carbon monoxide sensor, temperature and humidity sensor, etc. in the environmental sensing category, reed switch, emergency snap switch, etc. for security category, access control management Category card readers, webcams for instant image monitoring, and local telephones and Internet telephony devices in the communications category.

The control server 1 includes a control unit 11, an integrated communication unit 12, a memory unit 13, a data transmission unit 14, and an operating system 15 stored in the memory unit 13. The data transmission unit 14 includes a USB (Universal Serial Bus) transmission interface 141, an HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) transmission interface 142, a VGA (Video Graphics Array) transmission interface 143, an RS485 transmission interface 144, and an RS232 transmission. Interface 145, an Internet (Internet) The transmission interface 146 and a PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) transmission interface 147. The home devices can be electrically connected to the control server 1 via the transmission interfaces. For example, the lighting device, the curtain device, the carbon monoxide sensor, the temperature and humidity sensor, etc. can be electrically connected to the control server 1 via the RS485 transmission interface 144 or the RS232 transmission interface 145; The function is electrically connected to the control server 1 via the internet transmission interface 146; the local phone can be electrically connected to the control server 1 via the PSTN transmission interface 147.

The control server 1 can connect to the external display device 2, such as a smart TV or a smart screen, via the HDMI transmission interface 142 or the VGA transmission interface 143, thereby displaying the operation interface generated by the operating system 15 of the control server 1 (Fig. Not shown), the user is allowed to perform control operations on the household devices via the operation interface. In addition, the control server 1 is connected to a WIFI (Wireless Fidelity) access device 3 via the Internet transmission interface 146. Thus, the control server 1 can send the operation interface to the outside via a wireless network to, for example, The mobile device 4 of the tablet or the smart phone allows the user to operate the operating interface by executing an application module of the mobile device 4, wherein the application module can be specially developed for the control server 1 Applications, or existing web browsers such as Firefox, IE (Internet Explorer), etc. In addition, in another embodiment, the control server 1 can include a touch screen for displaying the operation interface.

In addition, the control server 1 is also connected to the device via the WIFI 3 and the regional network is connected to the community central server 5 of the community to which the family home belongs, and connects to the Internet via the community central server 5. The community manager can provide announcement information and community outside information of the user (community household) community through the community central server 5, or conduct business activities. For example, the advertiser can upload the advertisement information to the community central server 5, and the user connects to the community central server 5 via the control server 1 to browse the advertisement information and input necessary related materials.

The control unit 11 includes a hardware control module 111, a hardware state determination processing module 112, a control signal conversion module 113, and an internet control module 114, and is configured to execute a control item generation process 61. A first smart home control flow 62, a second smart home control flow 63, and a smart home information processing flow 64.

Referring to FIG. 3, in the control item generation process 61, first, the user triggers the hardware control module 111 to read each household device electrically connected to the data transmission unit 14 through the data transmission unit 14 via the operation interface. Device information (step 611); then, the hardware control module 111 generates a control item information file according to the device information of all the home devices and stores the control item information file in the memory unit 13 (step 612); The user reads the control item information file through the operation interface (step 613); then, the user confirms whether the content of the control item information file is correct (step 614); finally, if the confirmation result is yes, the user The hardware control module 111 is configured to generate a control item corresponding to each household device according to the context control category, the environment sensing category, the security security category, the access control management category, and the communication category, and the user Can penetrate The operation interface is selected to control the operation of the corresponding home device (step 615).

In particular, the user can increase or decrease the household equipment item electrically connected to the data transmission unit 14 according to his own needs and preferences, and then increase or decrease the control server 1 by executing the control item generation process 61. Controlled household equipment project.

Referring to FIG. 4, in the first smart home control flow 62, the user performs a control operation of the home device via the external display device 2. First, when the user operates the external display device 2 and selects a control item through the operation interface, the operating system 15 sends a control command to the control signal conversion module 113 (step 621); then, the control signal conversion mode The group 113 translates the control command and sends a post-translation control command to the hardware control module 111 (step 622); then, the hardware control module 111 sends the post-translation control command to the home device corresponding to the control item. (Step 623); Finally, the hardware state determination processing module 112 obtains the status information of the control item, and displays the status information on the external display device 2 (step 624).

Referring to FIG. 5, in the second smart home control flow 63, the user performs a control operation of the home appliance via the mobile device 4. First, when the user operates the mobile device 4 and selects a control item through the operation interface, the mobile device 4 sends a network control command to the Internet control module 114 (step 631); and then, the Internet The control module 114 sends the network control command to the control signal conversion module 113 (step 632); then, the control signal conversion module 113 translates the network control command. Sending a translated network control command to the hardware control module 111 (step 633); then, the hardware control module 111 sends the translated network control command to the home device corresponding to the control item (step 634) Then, the hardware state determination processing module 112 obtains the status information of the control item and sends the status information to the control signal conversion module 113 (step 635); then, the control signal conversion module 113 translates the status Transmitting a post-translation status message to the internet control module 114 (step 636); finally, the internet control module 114 sends the translated status information to the mobile device 4 to enable the translated status information. Displayed on the mobile device 4 (step 637).

Referring to FIG. 6, in the smart home information processing flow 64, first, the hardware state determination processing module 112 detects status information of each control item (step 641); then, the hardware status determination processing module 112 determines Whether any of the control items is in an abnormal state (step 642); then, if the determination result is YES, the hardware state determination processing module 112 triggers the control signal conversion module 113 to translate the determination result to generate a notification. And sending the notification message to the internet control module 114 (step 643); then, the internet control module 114 sends the notification message to the community central server 5 (step 644); finally, the The community central server 5 sends the notification message to the user electronic device, such as a mobile device or a personal computer, which has been previously registered with the community central server 5 (step 645). With the execution of the smart home information processing flow 64, when the control server 1 detects that any home device is in an abnormal state, the control server 1 can send the notification message to the user electronic device preset by the user. For use, you can instantly grasp the status of your home equipment.

The integrated communication unit 12 includes a telephone signal processing module 121, a telephone signal conversion module 122, an internet telephone module 123, and a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) communication module, and is configured to execute One of the households does not answer the automatic replay process 65, an external communication device dial-in process 66, and an external communication device flow 67 through the Internet.

Referring to FIG. 7, in the indoor unanswered automatic broadcast process 65, first, when the telephone signal processing module 121 receives an external telephone signal dialed via the PSTN, the telephone signal processing module 121 triggers the local telephone to issue Ringing and transmitting the external telephone signal to the telephone signal conversion module 122 (step 651); then, the telephone signal conversion module 122 converts the external telephone signal into an internet telephone signal and via the internet telephone module The group 123 sends the internet telephony signal to the internet telephony device disposed in the family home to trigger the internet telephony device to ring (step 652); then, the telephony signal processing module 121 detects whether The local telephone and the internet telephone device fail to answer the call for more than a predetermined time threshold, for example, 15 seconds (step 653); then, if the detection result is yes, the telephone signal processing module 121 Triggering the session initiation protocol communication module 124 to send an internet phone signal to the user's preset support session initiation protocol via the session initiation protocol Equipment or mobile device (step 654). By executing the indoor unattended automatic replay process 65, even if the user is outdoors, the call transfer from the control server 1 can be received.

Referring to Figure 8, the external communication device dials into the process 66, the first First, when the telephone signal processing module 121 receives an external telephone signal dialed via the PSTN, the telephone signal processing module 121 sends the external telephone signal to the telephone signal conversion module 122 and the local telephone to trigger the The local telephone generates a ringing tone (step 661); then, the telephone signal conversion module 122 converts the external telephone signal into an internet telephone signal and transmits the internet telephone signal to the internet telephone module 123 ( Step 662); then, the internet telephony module 123 sends the internet telephony signal to the internet telephony device or the mobile device 4 located in the family home to trigger the internet telephony device or the action The device 4 generates a ringing tone (step 663); then, when the telephone signal processing module 121 detects that the local telephone has been answered, the telephone signal processing module 121 is interrupted with the internet telephone device or the mobile device 4 Communication, or when the telephone signal processing module 121 detects that the internet telephone device or the mobile device 4 has been answered, the telephone signal processing module 121 interrupts the local telephone. Information (step 664).

Referring to FIG. 9, in the outgoing network to the external communication device flow 67, first, when the Internet telephony module 123 receives an internet telephony signal from the internet telephony device or the mobile device 4. The internet phone module 123 sends the internet phone signal to the phone signal conversion module 122 (step 671); then, the phone signal conversion module 122 converts the internet phone signal into a PSTN. The PSTN telephone signal is sent to the telephone signal processing module 121 (step 672). Finally, the telephone signal processing module 121 sends the PSTN telephone signal to the external communication agency (step 673).

Similar to the dialing out to the external communication device flow 67 via the Internet, the user can also operate the internet telephone device or the mobile device 4 to make a call to a local telephone set in the family home. In addition, when the user operates the local telephone to make a call to the external communication agency, the PSTN telephone signal generated by the local telephone is sent to the external communication agency via the telephone signal processing module 121. In addition, the two Internet telephony devices in the family home can also communicate with each other, and the Internet telephony signals are transmitted via the Internet telephony module 123.

As can be seen from the above, the integrated communication unit 12 integrates the communication functions of the PSTN telephone and the Internet telephone, so that the user can perform telephone communication indoors or outdoors through various communication devices.

In summary, the smart home control server 1 of the present invention allows the user to increase or decrease the control of the control server 1 according to the needs and preferences of the control unit 11 and the integrated communication unit 12. The home equipment project; and integrates the communication functions of the PSTN telephone and the Internet telephone, enabling the user to conduct telephone communication indoors or outdoors through various communication devices, and can receive the user even if the user is outdoors. The telephone of the control server 1 transfers the incoming call; in addition, the user can connect the community central server 5 via the control server 1 to access the external information of the community, so that the object of the present invention can be achieved.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, that is, the simple equivalent changes and modifications made by the patent application scope and patent specification content of the present invention, All remain within the scope of the invention patent.

1‧‧‧Smart Home Control Server

11‧‧‧Control unit

111‧‧‧ hardware control module

112‧‧‧ Hardware state judgment processing module

113‧‧‧Control signal conversion module

114‧‧‧Internet Control Module

12‧‧‧Integrated communication unit

121‧‧‧Telephone Signal Processing Module

122‧‧‧Telephone Signal Conversion Module

123‧‧‧Internet Phone Module

124‧‧‧ Dialogue initiated agreement communication module group

13‧‧‧ memory unit

14‧‧‧Data Transfer Unit

141‧‧‧USB transmission interface

142‧‧‧HDMI transmission interface

143‧‧‧ VGA transmission interface

144‧‧‧RS485 transmission interface

145‧‧‧RS232 transmission interface

146‧‧‧ Internet transmission interface

147‧‧‧PSTN transmission interface

15‧‧‧Operating system

Claims (10)

A smart home control server adapted to be disposed in a user's family home, the family home comprising a plurality of household devices, the control server comprising: a control unit for at least one of the home devices When connecting, reading a device information of the household device, and generating a pair of control items corresponding to the household device according to the device information; and a memory unit electrically connected to the control unit and configured to store an operation interface The operating system, wherein the operation interface displays the control item, and the user can select the control item through the operation interface to control the operation of the household device. The smart home control server of claim 1, wherein the control unit has a hardware control module for generating a control information file according to the device information and storing the control information file in the memory unit. After the user confirms the content of the control information file through the operation interface, the hardware control module generates the control item and displays the control item on the operation interface. The smart home control server according to claim 2, wherein the control unit further has a control signal conversion module, and when the user selects the control item through the operation interface, the operating system sends a control command to the control a signal conversion module, and then the control signal conversion module translates the control command and sends a post-translation control command to the hardware control module, and the hardware control module sends the post-translation control command to the corresponding control item. Household equipment to control the household equipment. The smart home control server according to claim 1, further comprising an integrated communication unit electrically connected to the control unit and the memory unit, and configured to control one of the household devices to communicate through the public switched telephone network or The Internet communicates with an external communication device. The smart home control server of claim 4, wherein the integrated communication unit has a telephone signal processing module, a telephone signal conversion module, and a dialog initiation protocol communication module, when the telephone signal processing module receives When an external telephone signal is dialed through the public switched telephone network, the telephone signal processing module sends the external telephone signal to the telephone signal conversion module, and then the telephone signal conversion module converts the external telephone signal into an internet network. The telephone signal is transmitted through the dialogue initiation communication module to send the internet telephone signal to a conversation initiation protocol communication device. The smart home control server according to claim 4, wherein the integrated communication unit has a telephone signal processing module, a telephone signal conversion module and an internet telephone module, and the telephone signal processing module receives the a first public switched telephone network telephone signal, the telephone signal processing module transmitting the first public switched telephone network telephone signal to the telephone signal conversion module, and then the telephone signal conversion module to the first public switched telephone The VoIP signal is converted into an Internet telephony signal, and the Internet telephony signal is sent to a mobile device or an Internet telephony device through the Internet telephony module. The smart home control server of claim 6, wherein the internet telephony module is connected from the mobile device or the internet telephony device Upon receiving another internet telephone signal, the internet telephone module sends the other internet telephone signal to the telephone signal conversion module, and then the telephone signal conversion module connects the other internet telephone The signal is converted into a second public switched telephone network telephone signal, and the second public switched telephone network telephone signal is sent out to the external communication agency via the telephone signal processing module. The smart home control server of claim 1, further comprising a touch screen electrically connected to the memory unit and the control unit for displaying the operation interface. The smart home control server according to claim 1 is further applicable to an external smart TV, wherein the operation interface is displayed on the smart TV. The smart home control server according to claim 1 is further adapted to display the operation interface on a mobile device, wherein the control unit has an internet control module, and the mobile device is connected through a wireless access device. Go to the internet control module to get the operation interface.