TW201532456A - Connection enabling method of wireless control system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a connection enabling method of a wireless control system, in which the wireless control system includes a server, a wireless base station, a relay device and an electric appliance. The server is linked to the wireless base station through a network. The relay device is in signal connection to the wireless base station through Wi-Fi communication protocol. The relay device is in signal connection to the electric appliance. The electric appliance has a code. The connection enabling method includes the following steps: obtaining the code of the electric appliance and storing the code in the relay device; transmitting the code of the electric appliance and user data to the server through the wireless base station; and building a corresponding link between the user data and the code in the server. As a result, the corresponding relationships between user data and electric appliances owned by the user can be established in the server.

Description

Wireless control system connection enabling method

The invention relates to electrical control; in particular to a method for enabling the connection of a wireless control system.

Press, generally remotely controlled appliances are equipped with a remote control, allowing users to control the appliance without having to install the appliance, adding a lot of convenience to life. And as the number of appliances owned by users increases, the number of remote controls will increase. The increase in the number of remote controls is not only difficult to collect, but in some cases, such as the same type of electrical appliances, the remote control has a similar appearance, making it difficult for the user to distinguish the pairing relationship between the remote control and the appliance.

To this end, the manufacturer has introduced a relay device that allows a user to connect to the relay device via an electronic device (for example, a computer or a mobile phone). After the user executes the control command on the electronic device and transmits the control command to the relay device, the relay device converts the received control command into a corresponding control signal and sends it to a specific electrical device, so that the same device can be The electronic device controls different electrical appliances to effectively solve the problem of excessive number of remote controls.

For the industry, in order to provide users with better after-sales service quality, the operator must obtain the operating status of the electric appliance owned by the user as a monitoring condition on the premise that the user agrees to provide the operating status of the electric appliance in the home. , analysis and other purposes. Due to the different users of the users and the different electrical appliances owned by different users, how to establish the corresponding links between the users and the appliances they own is an urgent problem to be solved.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a method for enabling connection of a wireless control system, which can establish a correspondence between user data and an appliance owned by a user in a server.

In order to achieve the foregoing object, the wireless control system of the present invention provides a connection enabling method. The wireless control system includes a server, a wireless access point (Access Point), a relay device, and an electrical device. Connected to the wireless base station through a network, the relay device is connected to the wireless base station signal through a Wi-Fi communication protocol, and the relay device signal is connected to the electrical appliance, and the electrical appliance has a code; the connection activation method includes The following steps are performed: A. obtaining the code of the electrical appliance and storing it in the relay device; B. transmitting the code of the electrical appliance and a user data to the server through the wireless base station; C. A corresponding link between the user profile and the code is established in the server.

Thereby, the corresponding connection between the user data and the code of the electrical appliance can be established through the connection activation method of the wireless control system.

10‧‧‧Electrical appliances

12‧‧‧Control unit

122‧‧‧Wireless RF Transceiver Circuit

124‧‧‧Control circuit

126‧‧‧ memory

20‧‧‧Relay device

202‧‧‧Wireless RF Transceiver Circuit

204‧‧‧Transition circuit

206‧‧‧Wi-Fi Transceiver Circuit

208‧‧‧ memory

30‧‧‧Wireless base station

40‧‧‧ tablet

50‧‧‧Server

52‧‧‧Database

I‧‧‧Internet

1 is a wireless control system in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a circuit block diagram of a control unit according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a circuit block diagram of a relay device in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In order that the present invention may be more clearly described, the preferred embodiments are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. 1 is a wireless control system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, including a plurality of electrical appliances 10, a relay device 20, a wireless access point (Access Point) 30, and an electronic device with a tablet computer 40 as an example. A server 50 is placed. In the embodiment, the electric appliances 10 are respectively an air conditioning system installed in the user's home, a fireplace and a water heater, and each of the electric appliances 10 has a control unit 12. As shown in FIG. 2, each of the control units 12 has a radio frequency transceiver circuit 122, a control circuit 124, and a memory 126 for receiving or transmitting a radio frequency (RF). Signal. The control circuit 124 controls each of the appliances 10 to operate according to a control command included in the radio frequency signal received by the radio frequency transceiver circuit 122, for example, turning on, off, and adjusting the temperature. Similarly, each of the control circuits 124 also compiles and encapsulates the operating state of each of the electrical appliances 10 into a wireless RF signal having an operational state, and transmits the wireless radio frequency transmitting and receiving circuit 122, and the operating state can be the current opening of the electrical appliance 10. Or the status of the off state, current temperature, abnormal message, etc. The memory 126 stores a code specific to the electric appliance 10. In this embodiment, the code includes information such as the model number and product serial number of the electric appliance 10, and each electric appliance 10 has a different model number and product serial number, thereby forming an exclusive Code. When the control circuit 124 compiles the operating state of the packaged electrical device 10, the code is also programmed for identification.

As shown in FIG. 3, the relay device 20 includes a wireless RF transceiver circuit 202, a conversion circuit 204, a Wi-Fi transceiver circuit 206, and a memory electrically connected to the conversion circuit 204. Body 208. The radio frequency transceiver circuit 202 receives the radio frequency signal transmitted by the radio frequency transceiver circuit 122 of each of the electric appliances 10. The conversion circuit 204 obtains the information contained in the radio frequency signal and converts the information into a Wi-Fi signal and transmits the Wi-Fi signal. The transceiver circuit 206 transmits. On the other hand, the Wi-Fi transceiver circuit 206 receives the Wi-Fi signal, and the conversion circuit 204 obtains the data contained in the Wi-Fi signal received by the Wi-Fi transceiver circuit 206 and converts the data into the wireless RF transceiver circuit 202. send.

The Wi-Fi transceiver circuit 206 has a physical address (MAC Address), and the conversion circuit 204 retrieves the physical address of the Wi-Fi transceiver circuit 206 and stores it in the memory 208, thereby storing the stored entity. Address As an identification code unique to the relay device 20. By using the physical address as the identification code, the identification code of the other relay device 20 can be avoided. Of course, in practice, each relay device 20 can be assigned a serial number as the identification code and stored. In the memory 208. In addition, the memory 208 is also used to store codes transmitted by the appliances 10.

The wireless base station 30 communicates with the server 50 through the Internet I The signal is connected, and the wireless base station 30 is connected to the tablet 40 and the relay device 20 via a Wi-Fi communication protocol. The tablet 40 has an application built in for the user to input control commands (such as turning on, off, adjusting temperature, etc.) for controlling the appliance 10. After the tablet 40 is connected to the relay device 20, the relay device 20 transmits its identification code and the codes of the appliances 10 to the tablet computer 40. The user can specify the appliance 10 to be controlled through the application of the tablet 40, and the tablet 40 compiles and packages one or more control commands input by the user into Wi-Fi signals and transmits the wireless base station 30 through the wireless base station 30. It is sent to the relay device 20, and then transmitted to the corresponding electric appliance 10 by the relay device 20. The operational status from the appliances 10 can also be displayed on the tablet 40 for further calculations and analysis. Of course, in actual implementation, the tablet 40 can also be replaced with a smart phone, a computer, a PDA, etc., which can compile and package the control instructions into an electronic device for transmitting the WiFi signal.

The server 50 has a database 52 for recording The state of use of the appliances 10 is recorded as a means of monitoring the appliances 10. Through the connection enabling method of the present invention, the correspondence between the user and the appliances 10 owned by the user can be established in the database 52 of the server 50. The connection activation includes the following steps: First, after each electrical appliance 10 is connected to the relay device 20, the control unit 12 of each electrical appliance 10 transmits the code stored in the memory 126 through the wireless radio frequency transceiver circuit 122. After the radio frequency transceiver circuit 202 of the relay device 20 receives the transmission, the conversion circuit 204 stores the code in the memory 208 of the relay device 20.

The user controls the tablet 40 and is selected by the tablet 40. After selecting a connection command, the application will ask the user to input a user profile. In this embodiment, the user profile includes a user account and a user password. Then, the tablet computer 40 transmits the user data and the connection command to the relay device 20. After receiving the Wi-Fi transceiver circuit 206 of the relay device 20, the conversion device 204 obtains the user data and The connection command stores the user data in the memory 208. Then, the conversion circuit 204 transmits an enable request command to the wireless base station 30 through the Wi-Fi transceiver circuit 206, and the wireless base station 30 transmits the enable request command to the server 50, and the server receives the request. After that, an approval command is sent back to the relay device 20. After receiving the approval command, the conversion circuit 204 of the relay device 20 confirms that the server 50 has started uploading. At this time, the conversion circuit 204 retrieves the user data, the identification code of the relay device 20, and the codes of the electric appliances 10 from the memory 208, and transmits the data through the Wi-Fi transceiver circuit 206, and transmits the wireless device. The base station 30 transmits to the server 50.

The server 50 receives the user data, the identification code, and After the codes are stored in the database 52, a corresponding connection between the user data and the identification code of the relay device 20 is established, and the corresponding code of the identification code and the codes of the appliances 10 are connected. , the user data can be connected to the electrical appliances 10, and thus, the connection is enabled.

After the connection is enabled, the operating states of the appliances 10 are It can be transferred to the server 50 for storage and as instant monitoring or as historical data. The identifier of the relay device 20 is connected to the user data, and the connection between the relay device 20 and the electrical device 10 connected to the relay device 20 can be known on the server 50. The number, at the same time, can be easily classified when the number of appliances 10 is large. Of course, a plurality of relay devices 20 may be installed in the same user's home. In this case, the number of the relay devices 20 owned by the user and the operating state of the connected appliances 10 may also be known. In practice, the identifier of the relay device 20 may not be transmitted to the server 50, and the corresponding connection between the user data and the codes of the appliances 10 may be directly established.

Through the above-mentioned connection activation method, each user can be established with The corresponding relationship of the electrical appliances 10 owned. Even with a large number of users, the correspondence between each user and the appliance 10 they own can be established. For the electric appliance 10, the wireless control system and the connection activation method can obtain the operation status of the electric appliance 10 in the user's home, and provide monitoring and analysis to provide better after-sales service quality.

In addition, if the user's tablet 40 cannot communicate with the wireless base In the case where the platform 30 is directly connected, for example, when not at home, the user can still control the tablet 40 to connect to the Internet I, and the tablet computer 40 transmits the user data to the server 50 to log in to the server. In this way, the instant status or historical data of the relay device 20 connected to the user data and the electrical device connected to the relay device 20 can be queried. In addition, the tablet 40 can be manipulated to transmit control commands to the server, and the server 50 transmits control commands to the wireless base station 30 via the Internet I, and then to the relay device 20 to control the use. One or more appliances 10 corresponding to the data.

In an embodiment, the wireless base station 30 and the server After the connection is 50, the activation request command can be sent to the server 50 by the relay device 20. After the server 50 returns the approval command, the identification code and the codes are first transmitted to the server 50 for storage. . After the tablet 40 is connected to the wireless base station 30, the tablet 40 is controlled by the user to transmit a capture command to the relay device 20. After receiving the switch circuit 204, the switch circuit 204 retrieves the identification code and returns The user device can transmit the user profile and the identification code to the server 50 through the wireless base station 30 after the tablet computer 40 inputs the user profile.

In another embodiment, the relay device can also be shipped from the factory. The identification code of 20 is printed on the paper, and the user can obtain the identification code after purchasing the relay device 20. The tablet 40 is directly connected to the Internet I to connect to the server, and after the user data is input by the tablet 40 and the identification code, the tablet 40 passes through the Internet I. The user data and the identification code are transmitted to the server 50, whereby the user data, the identification code of the relay device 20, and the connection of the appliance 10 code are established in the server 50.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and variations of equivalent structures or equivalent methods of the present invention and the scope of the claims are intended to be included in the scope of the present invention.

10‧‧‧Electrical appliances

12‧‧‧Control unit

20‧‧‧Relay device

30‧‧‧Wireless base station

40‧‧‧ tablet

50‧‧‧Server

52‧‧‧Database

I‧‧‧Internet

Claims (9)

A method for enabling a connection of a wireless control system, the wireless control system comprising a server, a wireless access point (Access Point), a relay device and an electrical device, wherein the server is connected to the wireless base station via a network. The relay device is connected to the wireless base station signal through a Wi-Fi communication protocol, and the relay device signal is connected to the electrical appliance, and the electrical appliance has a code; the connection activation method includes the following steps: A. obtaining the electrical appliance a code stored in the relay device; B. transmitting the code of the appliance and a user data to the server through the wireless base station; and C. establishing the user profile in the server and the Corresponding link to the code. The method for enabling the connection of the wireless control system according to claim 1, wherein in step A, the code is transmitted by the appliance to the relay device for storage. The method for enabling the connection of the wireless control system according to claim 1, wherein the relay device has an identification code, and the step B includes transmitting the identification code of the relay device to the server, and the step C is established. Corresponding connection between the user data and the identification code, and establishing a corresponding connection between the identification code and the code. The method for enabling the connection of the wireless control system according to claim 3, wherein between the steps A and B, the relay device transmits an enable request command to the server, and the server receives the enable request command. Returning an approval command to the relay device; in step B, the relay device receives the approval After the instruction, the identification code, the code and the user data are transmitted to the server. The method for enabling the connection of the wireless control system according to claim 4, wherein the wireless control system includes an electronic device signal to connect the relay device, and between step A and step B, the electronic device is controlled to transmit a connection. The command is sent to the relay device, and after receiving the connection command, the relay device transmits the enable request command to the server. The method for enabling the connection of the wireless control system according to claim 5, wherein the step A and the step B further comprise: controlling the electronic device to transmit the user data to the relay device; in step B, by the relay The device transmits the identification code, the code and the user data to the server. The method for enabling the connection of the wireless control system according to claim 3, wherein the wireless control system includes an electronic device signal connected to the wireless base station, and in step B, the identification code and the code are transmitted by the relay device to The server further transmits the identification code to the electronic device through the wireless base station, and the user controls the electronic device to transmit the user data and the identification code of the relay device to the server. The method for enabling the connection of the wireless control system according to claim 3, wherein the wireless control system includes an electronic device connected to the server through the network, and the identification code and the code are used by the relay device in step B. Sending to the server, step B further includes obtaining, by the user, the identification code of the relay device, and the user controls the electronic device to transmit the user data and the identification code of the relay device to the server. . The method for enabling the connection of the wireless control system according to claim 3, wherein the relay device has a WiFi transceiver circuit, and the WiFi transceiver circuit is connected to the wireless base station signal through a Wi-Fi communication protocol, and the WiFi transceiver circuit has A physical address (MAC Address) that constitutes the identification code.