TW201908989A - High-expandability Internet of Things (IoT) cloud service system capable of being used for multi-person connection and the use of cross-platform mobile devices - Google Patents

Abstract

In general, expansion of new equipment requires a corresponding software control protocol to control and manage new devices. The software control protocols of the prior art are implemented on the gateway. Therefore, when expanding a variety of devices, it is required to add corresponding software control protocol modules, which is also limited to the computing power and memory of the gateway. In addition, it is also required to develop a corresponding software communication protocol according to different gateway hardware platforms. Therefore, in the control of the software versions, it is required to develop and maintain different platforms, so that more research and development costs and time are invested as required. Through the system structure of the present invention, corresponding control protocols and control logics can be provided according to the newly added Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and further provided for multi-person connection and the use of cross-platform mobile devices, which is no longer limited to the gateway hardware devices of the prior art.

Description

 Highly scalable Internet of Things cloud service system  

The invention relates to a cloud service system, in particular to a cloud service system applied to the Internet of Things.

The service control of general smart homes, the software control protocol and the containment of controlled devices are all performed through a single gateway, so when it is desired to augment a variety of controlled devices, it is often limited by the hardware of the gateway. Interface, memory and core processing capabilities, such as the "Home Appliance Control Device for Wireless Networks" of the Republic of China Patent No. I234961, can only control multiple controlled devices of the same frequency by a single frequency wireless technology. Device control at different frequencies; the "Automatic Configuration and Wireless Expansion Host System" of the Republic of China Patent No. I520525 has initially solved the problem of scalability, but it is difficult to use a single control mechanism in the face of the demand for multiple services. To process and implement, it often requires a lot of cost to develop and maintain for different platforms.

Therefore, providing an Internet of Things service system with higher expansion flexibility, enabling smart home users to quickly and easily expand systems of different application services is obviously an urgent problem to be solved in the field.

In order to solve the problems disclosed above, the object of the present invention is to provide an IoT service system architecture with high flexibility to meet the diverse service needs of consumers and to enable service providers to more efficiently deploy smart home services.

A secondary object of the present invention is to provide an Internet of Things cloud service system architecture, so that a telecom operator can fully utilize existing data equipment to add value and apply to a multi-service application in an IoT environment, and the bottleneck of the service application is no longer Limited by a single hardware device.

To achieve the above objective, the present invention provides a highly scalable Internet of Things cloud service system, comprising at least one message exchange device, at least one wireless converter, at least one action control module, and a cloud platform. The message exchange device is a message relay station (MOM) for message-oriented middleware (MOM) system to provide topic (Topic) subscription and management. The wireless converter is a client of the message-oriented mediation system, wireless. The converter communicates with the at least one controlled device by using a communication protocol, and subscribes to the message exchange device an input command item and a reply status item corresponding to the controlled device, and the wireless converter obtains a control command message from the input command item. To control the controlled device and issue a status message generated by the controlled device to the reply status issue, the action control module provides a control command and receives a device status information, and the cloud platform is a message-oriented intermediary software system client. End, which is connected to the action control module, the cloud platform subscribes to the input command item and the reply status item to the message exchange device, and after receiving the control command, the cloud platform converts it into a control command message and issues it to the input command item, and responds from the reply. After the status issue gets the status message, it is converted into a device And the information transmitted to the control module action.

In summary, the present invention includes at least the following advantages:

1. The IoT system architecture with high expansion flexibility proposed by the present invention is built in a cloud platform by using a software module of control logic and communication protocol originally installed on the gateway device of the home intranet. This eliminates the problem of being limited by the hardware specifications of the gateway device when updating or expanding the service.

2. The system architecture proposed by the present invention can provide multi-person connection and cross-platform mobile devices.

3. The cloud system architecture proposed by the present invention can be extended to provide a virtualized gateway in the future, which can replace the function of the physical gateway, thereby solving the problem of regional limitation of the gateway service to provide a community-based IoT application service.

1‧‧‧Cloud Platform

2, 2A, 2B, 2C‧‧‧ action control module

3, 3A, 3B‧‧‧ message exchange device

4, 4A, 4B, 4a, 4b, 4c‧‧‧ wireless converter

5, 51-56‧‧‧ controlled device

100‧‧‧External network

200, 200A, 200B‧‧‧ intranet

11‧‧‧Common Data Access Module

12‧‧‧IO Control Logic Data Module

13‧‧‧Remote IO Management Module

14‧‧‧IO Communication Protocol Module

21‧‧‧ UI interface

22‧‧‧ Remote Control Unit

23‧‧‧Mobile Network Unit

31‧‧‧Cloud Platform Registration Module

32‧‧‧IO server

33‧‧‧Wireless network module

41‧‧‧Wireless communication module

42‧‧‧IO connection module

43‧‧‧Controlled device communication module

FIG. 1 is a system architecture diagram of a highly scalable Internet of Things cloud service system of the present invention.

2 is a system architecture diagram of a cloud platform of the present invention.

3 is a system architecture diagram of a motion control module of the present invention.

4 is a system architecture diagram of a message exchange device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a system architecture diagram of a wireless converter of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a system architecture diagram of an implementation example of the highly scalable Internet of Things cloud service system of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the operation of the system initialization of the highly scalable Internet of Things cloud service system of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the operation of controlling the highly scalable Internet of Things cloud service system of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing the operation of querying the highly scalable Internet of Things cloud service system of the present invention.

The specific embodiments are described below to illustrate the embodiments of the invention, but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the highly scalable Internet of Things cloud service system of the present invention comprises a cloud platform 1 , a mobile control module 2 , a message exchange device 3 , and a wireless converter 4 .

The information exchange device 3 and the wireless converter 4 are located in the internal network 200, and the mobile control module 2 and the cloud platform 1 are located in the external network 100. The internal network 200 is not limited to the home network, and may also be It is a regional network of offices or other fields. Specifically, the cloud platform 1 is connected to the Internet through an Ethernet network, and the mobile control module 2 is connected to the Internet through a mobile communication network (3G/4G) to achieve interconnection between the two.

The message exchange device 3 is a message relay station (Broker) in the message-oriented intermediary software architecture to provide subscription and management of topics (Topic). Specifically, it is a gateway or telecom modem device on which the corresponding software is installed to perform its function.

The wireless converter 4 is a client of the MOM, and the client subscribes to the topic of the message exchange device 3 as a message relay station, and through the publication of the issue (Publish) to achieve control, query, synchronization status information, etc. effect. The specific technical content thereof is disclosed in the Republic of China Patent No. I520525, and only the parts related to the present invention will be described herein.

The wireless converter 4 communicates with at least one controlled device 5 in a communication protocol, wherein the communication protocol can be a wired or wireless communication protocol, such as ZigBee, Bluetooth, RS-485 or Zwave. The controlled device 5, for example, may be an electric light switch in the home, a sensor for monitoring a specific signal, a monitor, a refrigerator, a television, and the like, and the corresponding communication module is installed with the wireless converter 4 Communicate.

The wireless converter 4 subscribes an input command item and a reply status item corresponding to the controlled device 5 to the message switching device 3, and the wireless converter 4 obtains a control command message from the input command item to control the controlled device 5, And issuing a status message generated by the controlled device 5 to the reply status topic.

The action control module 2 is a software module installed on a user's computer device (such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, a PC, etc.), which can be implemented in various programming languages, but the implementation method belongs to the prior art. This will not be repeated here.

When the user wants to control the controlled device 5 located in the internal network 200, the action control module 2 can issue a control command to perform control through the operation of the user, and in addition, when the user wants to query the state of the controlled device 5 The controlled device 5 of the intranet 200 is also queried by the operation of the action control module 2, and the device status information of the controlled device 5 is received. The specific composition of the action control module 2 will be described in detail later.

The cloud platform 1 is a client of the MOM. Specifically, the cloud platform 1 is a data center and is installed on the network service provider. The cloud platform 1 is connected to the mobile control module 2 through the Internet.

The cloud platform 1 subscribes to the message exchange device 3 in the intranet 200 to input the command item and the reply status item. After receiving the control instruction, the cloud platform 1 converts it into a control command message and issues it to the input command. After the status message is obtained from the reply status issue, it is converted into device status information (Status Information) and then transmitted to the action control module 2.

Specifically, the replies status topic received by the cloud platform 1 is the Raw data provided by the controlled device 5, and is released in the form of a message in the form of a message without being decoded, and the cloud platform 1 is After receiving this message, the decoding action is performed.

Similarly, the control command issued by the action control module 2 to perform the control of the intranet 200 is also converted by the cloud platform 1 into a communication protocol, and then sent to the input command item in the form of a message. The message exchange device 3 in the intranet 200 can provide the control command message to the controlled device 5 for control without further processing of the conversion between the communication protocols.

In the prior art, the wireless converter 4 of the intranet 200 can freely expand different wireless controlled devices without being limited by the hardware capability limitation of the conventional gateway, but when it is desired to expand a variety of wireless controlled In the case of the device, it is necessary to install a corresponding communication protocol software module such as a control protocol and control logic in the gateway. In addition, in the prior art, it is still necessary to implement related communication software protocol and control logic by the gateway device, and develop a corresponding communication protocol software module for different processors of different types of gateway devices, thereby deriving More research and development costs and maintenance time.

As the variety of controlled devices is expanded, it is ultimately limited by the processor power and memory size of the gateway. The architecture proposed by the present invention can achieve the effect of freely expanding the controlled device by the cloud platform without being limited to the processing capability and the hardware specification of the gateway, and can also accommodate simultaneous operation and control of multiple people and multiple households.

Next, a detailed description will be given of each component in the present invention with reference to the drawings. Hereinafter, components in the inner net 200 will be described.

Referring to FIG. 2, the cloud platform 1 of the present invention includes a common data access module 11, an IO control logic data module 12, a remote IO management module 13, and a plurality of IO communication protocol modules 14.

The IO protocol module 14 provides a corresponding IO control protocol according to the communication protocol in the device registration information, respectively, to convert the control command into a control command message, and convert the status message into device status information, wherein the communication protocol is at least It is ZigBee's HA profile, Smart Energy Profile, Zwave, RS-485, Modbus or Bluetooth 4.0 or higher.

The IO control logic data module 12 provides the scheduling rules, linkage rules and control data formats of the controlled device 5 according to the device registration information. For example, the scheduling rule may be to control the opening and closing times of the appliances of the intranet 200 in the home, and the linking rules may be required for some related controlled devices 5 to operate together, or have a sequence of actions.

The common data access module 11 provides the device registration information and the device status information to the action control module 2, and receives the control command. In practice, it can be implemented by the Restful API.

In addition, the common data access module 11 further provides a connection for accommodating a plurality of mobile control modules 2, and the mobile control modules 2 are installed on different user devices (such as mobile phones, tablets, PCs, etc.), and are used differently. Operating system. The common data access module 11 provides a user located in the external network 100, and controls and checks the controlled device 5 of the internal network 200 through the action control module 2, so that the user can control and master quickly and easily. The instant state of various controlled devices 5 in the intranet 200.

The remote IO management module 13 is a MOM client, and the remote IO management module 13 provides receiving device registration information, and subscribes to the IO server 32 in the message exchange device 3 according to the device registration information, that is, inputs an instruction. Issues and replies to status issues, to issue control command messages to input instruction topics, and to receive status messages from replies to status issues.

Referring to FIG. 3, the action control module 22 of the present invention includes a UI interface 21, a remote control unit 22, and a mobile network unit 23.

The UI interface 21 provides a graphical display and operation interface for the user.

The remote control unit 22 generates a control command according to the operation of the UI interface 21 of the user, and outputs device status information to the UI interface 21. Specifically, it is used to connect with the common data access module 11 of the cloud platform 1 , and by connecting with the cloud platform 1 , the controlled device 5 in the internal network 200 can be controlled, and the controlled device 5 can be received. Instant status return.

The mobile network unit 23 is a communication interface with the cloud platform 1. The mobile network unit 23 transmits control commands to the cloud platform 1, and the status information is received by the cloud platform 1.

Referring to FIG. 4, the message exchange device 33 of the present invention includes a cloud platform registration module 31, an IO server 32, and a wireless network module 33.

The IO server 32, which provides the function of subscription and management of the topic, the IO server 32 generates a device registration based on the wireless converter 4 connected to the message exchange device 3 and the controlled device 5 connected to the wireless converter 4. News. The device registration information includes a communication protocol, and the wireless converter 4 subscribes to the subscription information of the input instruction topic and the reply status topic.

The cloud platform registration module 31 is a communication interface between the cloud platform 1 and the cloud platform 1 and registers with the cloud platform 1 by using device registration information. Specifically, the number and the number of controlled devices 5 in the intranet 200 can be registered. The type of communication agreement.

The wireless network module 33 provides a wireless communication interface with the wireless converter 4. Specifically, the wireless network module 33 provides a DHCP function to accommodate the newly added wireless converter 4 via a communication protocol such as WiFi, Ethernet or PLC.

Referring to FIG. 5, the wireless converter 4 includes a wireless communication module 41, an IO connection module 42, and a controlled device communication module 43.

The wireless communication module 41 provides wireless communication between the wireless converter 4 and the message exchange device 3, wherein the wireless communication protocol used includes WiFi, Ethernet or PLC.

The controlled device communication module 43 provides communication between the wireless converter 4 and the controlled device 5 by means of a communication protocol. Specifically, different communication protocols can be flexibly used to connect with the controlled device 5, wherein the communication protocol Can be wireless or wired communication protocols, such as: ZigBee, Bluetooth BLE, Zwave, RS-485...etc.

The IO connection module 42, which is a client of a message-oriented mediation system (MOM), can join the DHCP network of the intranet 200 through the wireless communication module 41, and connect the IO in the message exchange device 3. The server 32 (subscribes two issues to the Broker), opens the corresponding input command item and reply status topic, and posts information such as the list, type, and status of the managed device 5 to the reply status topic.

The IO connection module 42 obtains the control command message from the input command topic and posts the status message to the reply status topic.

The following is a description of the features of the highly scalable Internet of Things cloud service system of the present invention in several embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 6, the embodiment is used to illustrate that the present invention can provide multiple users for operating and querying the controlled device 5 in their respective intranets. In contrast, FIG. 1 is only FIG. The usage context of a single user and a single intranet.

As shown in the figure, it includes three action control modules (2A, 2B, 2C). The action control module 2A is installed on a mobile device of the user A, and the action control module 2B and the action control module 2C are They are installed on different mobile devices held by user B, which may belong to different users of B users, such as dad's mobile phone, grandma's tablet, and so on. In the figure, it is only used as an example. In actual use, multiple users can be added under one user according to actual needs. They all install action control modules on their mobile devices and register and authenticate with the cloud center. Get the relevant access rights.

The action control module 2A can control the related items of the controlled devices 51 and 52 of the intranet A by subscribing to the message exchange device 3A. Similarly, the action control module 2B and the action control module 2C are controlled by the same. The related matters of the controlled devices 53, 54, 55, 56 of the intranet B are subscribed to the message exchange device 3B to achieve control thereof.

Please refer to FIG. 7 , which is an implementation example of system initialization in each device in the intranet of the present invention. In this embodiment, the interaction between the message switching device 3 and the cloud platform 1 and the second wireless converter will be described. process.

First, when the message switching device 3 is powered on, the cloud platform registration module 31 registers relevant information with the cloud platform 1. When the registration is completed, the message exchange device 3 sets up a DHCP network in the home network. After the converter (4A, 4B) joins the DHCP network of the home intranet, the IO connection module 42 in the wireless converter (4A, 4B) is connected to the IO server 32 in the message exchange device 3, and is respectively turned on. Corresponding wireless converters (4A, 4B) input command issues and reply status issues.

Then, the IO server 32 in the message exchange device 3 outputs the subscription information of the input command item, the reply status item, and the like, and the device registration information, etc., which are turned on by the wireless converters (4A, 4B), and then the message exchange. The cloud platform registration module 31 in the device 3 registers the information (type of communication, quantity, and corresponding topic) of the controlled device 5 of the intranet in the home to the common data access module 11 in the cloud platform 1.

Finally, the remote IO management module 13 in the cloud platform 1 is connected to the IO server 32 in the message exchange device 3 of the home network according to the device registration information provided by the message exchange device 3, and according to the device registration information and The subscription information is separately subscribed to the corresponding topic, that is, the registration and connection management of the system initialization can be completed.

Please refer to FIG. 8 , which is an implementation example of controlling the highly scalable Internet of Things cloud service system of the present invention. In this embodiment, a process of how a user registers with the cloud platform 1 through the action control module 2 will be described. And the process by which the action control module 2 controls the controlled device 5 in the internal network.

First, the action control module 2 is connected to the 3G or 4G network through the mobile network unit 23 therein, and is connected to the common data access module 11 in the cloud platform 1 by using the remote control unit 22 therein. To register.

After the registration is completed, the action control module 2 then queries the cloud platform 1 for the list of controlled devices in the home network. After the cloud platform 1 replies with the list of controlled devices, the action control module 2 will all of the intranets. Information such as the type, number, and name of the controlled device 5 is displayed on the UI interface.

When the user selects any controlled device 5 through the UI interface, the remote control unit 22 in the action control module 2 will issue a control command to the cloud platform 1, and the common data access module in the cloud platform 1 11 After receiving the control command, the control command is converted into a control command message and posted in the subscribed input command topic. After receiving the control command message from the corresponding input command item, the wireless converter 4 transmits the control command message to the controlled device 5 to execute it. The controlled device 5 is not limited to one, and may be a plurality of controlled devices 5 subscribed to the same topic.

When the execution is completed, the controlled device 5 will report the status message of the execution result to the wireless converter 4, and the wireless converter 4 issues the status message to the IO server 32 in the message switching device 3 via its IO connection module 42. Reply to the status issue. After receiving the status message, the cloud platform 1 converts the device status information into the action control module 2, so that the action control module 2 can be updated to obtain the instant of the controlled device 5 in the home. The latest status.

Please refer to FIG. 9 , which is an implementation example of querying the highly scalable Internet of Things cloud service system of the present invention. In this embodiment, how the user queries and controls the controlled device in the intranet through the action control module 2 is illustrated. The process of 5.

When the user queries any of the controlled devices 5 through the action control module 2, the remote control unit 22 in the mobile control module 2 connects to the common data access module 11 in the cloud platform 1. And transmitting the related information of the controlled device 5 to be queried to the cloud platform 1.

The cloud platform 1 issues a query command message to the input command item through the remote IO management module 13 in the home, the message exchange device 3 in the home network, and the wireless converter 4 in the home network receives the query command message from the input command item. Then, according to the query instruction message, the controlled device 5 is notified to reply to the current status message, and then the wireless converter 4 issues the status message to the reply status topic.

After the cloud platform 1 receives the reply status message, it converts it into device status information, and finally transmits it to the action control module 2, so that the user of the action control module 2 can know the instant of the controlled device 5. The latest status.

The detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention is intended to be limited to the scope of the invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The patent scope of this case.

Claims (7)

 A highly scalable Internet of Things cloud service system comprising: at least one message exchange device, which is a message relay station of a message-oriented intermediary software system, to provide subscription and management of issues; at least one wireless converter, which is a message-oriented intermediary a client of the software system, the wireless converter communicates with the at least one controlled device by a communication protocol, and subscribes to the message exchange device an input command item and a reply status item corresponding to the controlled device, the wireless conversion Obtaining a control command message from the input command item to control the controlled device, and issuing a status message generated by the controlled device to the reply status item; at least one action control module, the action control module Providing a control command and receiving a device status information; and a cloud platform, which is a client of the message-oriented mediation system, and connected to the action control module, the cloud platform subscribes the input to the message exchange device The issue of the order and the status of the reply, the cloud platform will accept the control command After conversion to the control instruction message and post to the input command issues, and achieved the status message from the reply state issues, to convert it into the device and the status information is transmitted to the control module action.    The high-expansion IoT cloud service system of claim 1, wherein the wireless converter comprises: a wireless communication module, which provides wireless communication between the wireless converter and the message exchange device; an IO connection a module, which is a client of the message-oriented mediation software system, the IO connection module obtains the control command message from the input command item, and issues the status message to the reply status issue; and a controlled device The communication module provides communication between the wireless converter and the controlled device in the communication protocol.    The high-expansion IoT cloud service system according to claim 1, wherein the message exchange device comprises: an IO server, which provides a function of subscribing and managing the issue, the IO server according to the message exchange device The connected wireless converters, and the controlled devices connected to the wireless converters, generate a device registration information; a cloud platform registration module, which is a communication interface with the cloud platform, and The device registration information is registered with the cloud platform; and a wireless network module provides a wireless communication interface with the wireless converter.    The high-expansion IoT cloud service system of claim 3, wherein the device registration information includes the communication protocol, and the wireless converter subscribes to the input instruction item and the subscription information of the reply status item.    The high-expansion IoT cloud service system of claim 4, wherein the cloud platform comprises: a remote IO management module, which is a MOM client, and the remote IO management module provides receiving device registration information. And subscribing the input instruction item and the reply status item to the message exchange device to issue the control instruction message to the input instruction item, and receiving the status message from the reply status item; and the plurality of IO communication protocol modules, Corresponding IO control protocol is provided according to the communication protocol in the device registration information, to convert the control command into the control command message, and converting the status message into the device status information; an IO control logic data module Providing scheduling rules, linking rules and control data formats of the controlled devices according to the device registration information; and providing a common data access module for transmitting the device registration information and the device status information to the action Controlling the module and receiving the control command.    The high-expansion IoT cloud service system of claim 1, wherein the action control module comprises: a UI interface for providing a graphical display and operation interface of the user; and a remote control unit according to the user And generating, by the operation of the UI interface, the control instruction, and outputting the device status information to the UI interface; and a mobile network unit, which is a communication interface with the cloud platform, and the mobile network unit transmits the control command to the The cloud platform receives and receives the status message from the cloud platform.    The high-expansion IoT cloud service system according to claim 1, wherein the communication protocol is a wired or wireless communication protocol, and the at least: ZigBee, Bluetooth, RS-485 or Zwave.