TW201924283A - Monitoring apparatus, monitoring system and monitoring method - Google Patents

Abstract

A monitoring apparatus, a monitoring system and a monitoring method for motoring an electronic apparatus are provided. The monitoring system includes a mobile apparatus and the monitoring apparatus. The monitoring apparatus includes a detecting module and a controller. The detecting module is configured on a display area of the electronic apparatus and configured to detect information displayed on the display area to obtain a light sensing information. The controller is coupled to the detecting module to receive the light sensing information and transmit the light sensing information to the mobile apparatus. The mobile apparatus determines a status of the electronic apparatus according to the light sensing information.

Description

Monitoring device, monitoring system and monitoring method

The present invention relates to a monitoring technology, and more particularly to a monitoring device, a monitoring system, and a monitoring method for monitoring an electronic device.

The development and use of the Internet has continued to grow, from the era of desktop computers to the era of portable computers, to the popular Internet of Things (IoT) era. With the evolution and innovation of technology, the items that can connect to the Internet are no longer limited to desktop computers, notebook computers, or smart phones. Instead, all items are expected to be connected to the Internet so that they can be controlled at any time. Based on this topic of fermentation, many companies have aligned themselves and invested considerable resources in research and development. However, the interconnection standards adopted by the alliance camps are different, resulting in the inability to integrate products from different alliances. In this way, not only does the consumer have troubles in purchasing, but it also causes inconvenience in the subsequent maintenance of the product and is even difficult to recycle. On the other hand, traditional home appliances are another challenge to promote IoT applications. Since traditional home appliances do not have the functions of the Internet of Things and cannot be remotely monitored, the realization of intelligent homes is more difficult.

In view of this, the present invention provides a monitoring device, a monitoring system, and a monitoring method, which can be used to monitor various types of electronic (electrical) devices, and to control the electronic (electrical) devices to make the electronic (electrical) devices transparent. The monitoring device of the present invention implements the function of the Internet of Things.

The monitoring system of the present invention includes a mobile device and a monitoring device. The monitoring device includes a detection module and a controller. The detection module is disposed in a display area of the electronic device, and is configured to detect information displayed in the display area to obtain light sensing information. The controller is coupled to the detection module to receive the light sensing information obtained by the detection module, and transmits the light sensing information to the mobile device. The mobile device determines the state of the electronic device based on the light sensing information.

The monitoring device of the present invention includes a detection module and a controller. The detection module is disposed in a display area of the electronic device, and is configured to detect information displayed in the display area to obtain light sensing information. The controller is coupled to the detection module to receive the light sensing information obtained by the detecting module, and determines the state of the electronic device according to the light sensing information.

The monitoring method of the present invention includes the following steps. The detection module of the monitoring device is disposed in the display area of the electronic device. The light sensing information is obtained by detecting the information displayed in the display area through the detection module. Provide light sensing information to mobile devices. The state of the electronic device is judged based on the light sensing information by the mobile device.

Based on the above, the monitoring device, the monitoring system and the monitoring method provided by the present invention can control the electronic (electrical) device without affecting the original function of the monitored electronic (electrical) device, and obtain this The electronic (electrical) device displays the information of the area and can further confirm whether the user's setting of the electronic (electrical) device is successful. In this way, in addition to the function of the traditional electronic (electrical) device to realize the Internet of Things, the user can confirm the state of the electronic (electrical) device, and further improve the accuracy of setting the electronic (electrical) device through the Internet of Things.

The above described features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description.

1 and FIG. 2, FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a monitoring system according to an embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention. Monitoring system 100 can be used to monitor electronic device 900. The monitoring system 100 can include a mobile device 120 and a monitoring device 140. The monitoring device 140 may include a detection module 141 and a controller 142, but the invention is not limited thereto. The detection module 141 can be disposed in the display area 910 of the electronic device 900 and can detect the information displayed on the display area 910 to obtain the light sensing information L_INF. The controller 142 is coupled to the detection module 141 to receive the light sensing information L_INF. The controller 142 can transmit the light sensing information L_INF to the mobile device 120, so that the mobile device 120 can determine the state of the electronic device 900 according to the light sensing information L_INF, but the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments of the present invention, the controller 142 further includes a memory that stores the code. When the controller 142 receives the light sensing information L_INF, the controller 142 can directly execute the code in the memory to determine the electronic device. The state of 900 is transmitted to the mobile device 120.

In this way, even if the electronic device 900 does not have the Internet of Things function, the mobile device 120 can obtain the light sensing information L_INF generated by the display area 910 of the electronic device 900 through the monitoring device 140, thereby determining the state of the electronic device 900. For example, if the electronic device 900 is an air conditioner and the information displayed on the display area 910 is the set temperature value displayed on the display panel of the air conditioner, the mobile device 120 can know the setting of the air conditioner through the monitoring device 140. Temperature value.

In an embodiment of the invention, the electronic device 900 can be, for example, various types of electrical devices, and the present invention does not limit the type of the electronic device 900. In an embodiment of the present invention, the mobile device 120 may be, for example, a smart phone, a smart watch, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a notebook computer or a tablet computer, etc., but the invention is not limited thereto.

The following is a block diagram of a detection module according to an embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 4A is a schematic diagram of a detection module according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. A top view of the light guiding fiber patch in the detecting module, FIG. 4B is a side view of the direction A of the light guiding fiber patch of FIG. 4A, and FIG. 4C is a direction B of the light guiding fiber patch of FIG. 4A Side view. For convenience of explanation, the electronic device 900 of FIG. 1 is taken as an example of an air conditioner, and the electronic device 900 is similar to other types of electrical devices.

As shown in FIG. 3, the detection module 141 may include a light guiding optical fiber patch 1411, a light source sensor 1412, and a light emitting module 1413, but is not limited thereto. The light guiding optical fiber patch 1411 may include a patch 141A, at least one first light guiding fiber OL1, and at least one second light guiding fiber OL2. The patch 141A has an adhesive surface 141B (shown in FIGS. 4B and 4C) for attaching to the display area 910 of the electronic device 900. In an embodiment of the present invention, the patch 141A can be a transparent plastic patch, so that when the patch 141A is attached to the display area 910 of the electronic device 900, the information displayed on the display area 910 can still be seen by the user. However, the invention is not limited thereto.

The first light guiding fiber OL1 and the second light guiding fiber OL2 are disposed in the patch 141A. The first end of each of the first light guiding fibers OL1 faces the bonding surface 141B (as shown in FIGS. 4B and 4C). The light source sensor 1412 is coupled between the second end of each of the first light guiding fibers OL1 and the controller 142 (as shown in FIG. 3). The light emitting module 1413 is coupled between the second end of each of the second light guiding fibers OL2 and the controller 142 (as shown in FIG. 3). The illumination module 1413 is controlled by the controller 142 to provide the auxiliary light source SL, and provides the auxiliary light source SL to the display area 910 through the second light guiding fiber OL2 to increase the brightness of the information displayed by the display area 910, as shown in FIG. 4C. Show. The light source sensor 1412 senses information displayed on the display area 910 through the first light guiding fiber OL1 to obtain light sensing information L_INF corresponding to different positions of the sensing display area 910. That is, the light sensing information L_INF may sense the brightness value corresponding to the different positions of the display area 910 for the first light guiding fiber OL1.

In an embodiment of the present invention, if the information of the display area 910 of the electronic device 900 is presented by, for example, the seven-segment display 912 shown in FIG. 3, the light source sensor 1412 is permeable to each of the seven-segment displays 912. A section of the first light guiding fiber OL1 senses the brightness value of each of the seven-segment display 912 as the light sensing information L_INF. The mobile device 120 (or the controller 142) can determine whether each segment of the seven-segment display 912 is lit according to the light sensing information L_INF, thereby determining the information displayed by the seven-segment display 912.

For example, assume that the brightness value that the light source sensor 1412 can sense ranges from 0 to 255, wherein the brightness value 0 indicates no light source and the brightness value 255 indicates the brightest. When a certain segment of the seven-segment display 912 is lit, the brightness value sensed by the light source sensor 1412 is 174, and when the segment in the seven-segment display 912 is not bright, the light source sensor 1412 senses The measured luminance value is 30 (which is the luminance value of the ambient light), and the designer can set the luminance value 102 (that is, the luminance value is 174 and the luminance value is an average value of 30) as the determination value, but the present invention does not This is limited. Therefore, when the brightness value of the segment sensed by the light source sensor 1412 is greater than 102, the mobile device 120 (or the controller 142) can determine that the segment of the seven-segment display 912 is bright; otherwise, if the light source sensor The brightness value of the segment sensed by 1412 is less than 102, and the mobile device 120 (or controller 142) can determine that the segment of the seven-segment display 912 is not lit. By judging whether the segments in the seven-segment display 912 are bright, the information displayed by the seven-segment display 912 can be known, for example, "14" displayed by the seven-segment display 912 of FIG.

Since the seven-segment display 912 itself is a light-emitting element, the auxiliary light source SL can be provided without passing through the light-emitting module 1413 and the second light guiding fiber OL2. Therefore, in the above application scenario, the detection module 141 may not have the illumination module 1413 and the second light guiding fiber OL2 to reduce the cost, and the light source sensor 1412 may be implemented by using a photoresistor, but the present invention Not limited to this.

In another embodiment of the present invention, if the information of the display area 910 of the electronic device 900 is implemented by using, for example, the LED 914 shown in FIG. 3, the light source sensor 1412 can transmit the corresponding first light guide. The optical fiber OL1 senses the luminance value or the illuminating color (i.e., RGB value) of the light-emitting diode 914 at each different position as the light sensing information L_INF. The mobile device 120 (or the controller 142) can determine the information displayed by the LED 914 based on the light sensing information L_INF. For example, the light source sensor 1412 can be, for example, a color sensor, and the range of RGB values that can be sensed is an R value range of 0 to 255, a G value range of 0 to 255, and a B value range of 0 to 255. The "operating" state of the electronic device 900 can be represented by a color, for example, a red light indicates that the electronic device 900 is in standby, and a blue light indicates that the electronic device 900 is running. Assuming that the red light shown by the standby light is on, the RGB values sensed by the light source sensor 1412 are R value 191, G value 30, B value 20, respectively, and when the blue light shown in the operation is lit, the light source is sensed. The RGB values sensed by the device 1412 are respectively an R value of 25, a G value of 36, and a B value of 184. The designer can set the determination values to: R determination value 108, G determination value 144, B determination value 102, and calculation thereof. The modes can be as follows (but the invention is not limited to this):

R decision value: 108 = (191 + 25) / 2

G decision value: 144=(255+(30+36)/2)/2

B decision value: 102 = (184 + 20) / 2

Therefore, if the R value sensed by the light source sensor 1412 is greater than the R determination value 108, the G value is less than the G determination value 144, and the B value is less than the B determination value 102, the mobile device 120 (or the controller 142) can determine the electronic device. 900 is in standby (ie, the red light is on). In contrast, if the R value sensed by the light source sensor 1412 is less than the R determination value 108, the G value is less than the G determination value 144, and the B value is greater than the B determination value 102, the mobile device 120 (or the controller 142) can determine the electronic Device 900 is running (ie, the blue light is on). In addition, if the R value, the B value, and the G value sensed by the light source sensor 1412 do not meet the above two conditions, the mobile device 120 (or the controller 142) determines the light displayed by the light emitting diode 914. The color is not red or blue, so the state of the electronic device 900 cannot be judged.

Since the light-emitting diode 914 itself is a light-emitting element, the auxiliary light source SL can be provided without passing through the light-emitting module 1413 and the second light guiding fiber OL2. Therefore, in the above application scenario, the detection module 141 may not have the illumination module 1413 and the second light guiding fiber OL2 to reduce the cost.

In still another embodiment of the present invention, if the information of the display area 910 of the electronic device 900 is a Twisted Nematic (TN) liquid crystal display or a Super Twisted Nematic (STN) liquid crystal display, etc. A non-illuminating (non-spontaneous illuminating) display device is provided (but the invention is not limited to the two), since the light source sensor 1412 cannot directly obtain the light sensation directly through the first light guiding fiber OL1. The information L_INF is measured, so that the auxiliary light source SL is provided to the display area 910 through the light-emitting module 1413 and the second light guiding fiber OL2 corresponding to different positions of the liquid crystal display, so as to increase the brightness of the information displayed by the display area 910, which is beneficial to the sense of light source. The detector 1412 can sense the information displayed by the display area 910. Therefore, before the light source sensor 1412 senses the information of the display area 910, the controller 142 can activate the light emitting module 1413 to enable the light source sensor 1412 to have sufficient light source for sensing. After the light sensor 1412 obtains the light sensing information L_INF, the controller 142 can turn off the light emitting module 1413 to avoid power consumption. Specifically, when the illumination module 1413 guides the auxiliary light source SL to the display area 910 of the liquid crystal display through the second light guiding fiber OL2, the liquid crystal display reflects the auxiliary light source SL to the first light guiding fiber OL1. The intensity of the reflected light signal at the position where the information is displayed in the liquid crystal display is greater than the intensity of the reflected light signal at the position where the information is not displayed in the liquid crystal display. Therefore, the user can set that when the reflected light signal intensity is greater than a preset reflected light intensity threshold, the light source sensor 1412 determines that the segment of the display area 910 has liquid crystal information; when the reflected light signal intensity is less than the preset The reflected light intensity threshold, the light source sensor 1412 determines that the segment of the display area 910 does not display liquid crystal information. Thereby, the light source sensor 1412 can determine whether there is display information at different positions in the liquid crystal display. The preset reflected light intensity thresholds may be differently set according to different electronic devices 900 according to user requirements. In other embodiments, the intensity of the reflected light signal at the position where the information is not displayed in the liquid crystal display is greater than the intensity of the reflected light signal at the position where the information is displayed on the liquid crystal display. The other portions are the same, and therefore will not be described again.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 of the present invention, the first light guiding fiber OL1 and the second light guiding fiber OL2 are arranged according to the display area 910 of the electronic device 900, for example, according to each of the seven-segment display 912. The position of the segment and the position of the light-emitting diode 914 are correspondingly arranged, which can effectively save manufacturing costs, but is only applicable to a specific electronic device. In other embodiments of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5, the first light guiding fiber OL1' of the light guiding optical fiber patch 1411' is arranged in an array manner, and the second guiding of the light guiding optical fiber patch 1411' The optical fiber (not shown) can also be arranged in an array similar to the first light guiding fiber OL1' of FIG. As such, the light guiding fiber patch 1411' shown in Figure 5 can be applied to a variety of different types of electronic devices.

In an embodiment of the invention, the controller 142 may be hardware, firmware or stored in a memory and loaded by a microprocessor or a digital signal processor (DSP). Software or machine executable code. If implemented by hardware, the controller 142 may be implemented by a single integrated circuit chip or by multiple circuit chips, but the invention is not limited thereto. The plurality of circuit chips or the single integrated circuit chip may be an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), or a Field Programmable Gate Array (Field Programmable Gate Array). FPGA) to achieve. The above memory may be, for example, a random access memory, a read only memory, or a flash memory.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 6 together. FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a monitoring apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention. The monitoring device 140' may include a detection module 141, a controller 142, a first communication module 143, a second communication module 144, a radio module 145, a battery module 146, and a button 147, but the invention is not limited thereto. The implementation and operation of the detection module 141 and the controller 142 of FIG. 6 are similar to the detection module 141 and the controller 142 of FIG. 2 (or FIG. 3), respectively, and the related descriptions of FIG. 2 to FIG. 5 can be considered. .

The first communication module 143 is coupled to the controller 142 for receiving the control command CMD issued by the mobile device 120 and transmitting the control command CMD to the controller 142. The second communication module 144 is coupled to the controller 142 and receives the control command CMD from the controller 142 and transmits the control command CMD to the electronic device 900 to set the electronic device 900. It can be understood that the first communication module 143 is used as a communication interface between the monitoring device 140' and the mobile device 120, and the second communication module 144 is used as a communication interface between the monitoring device 140' and the electronic device 900.

In an embodiment of the invention, the first communication module 143 can include, for example, a wireless communication module, a wired communication module, or a wireless communication module and a wired communication module. The wireless communication module is, for example, a blue-tooth module, a low-power Bluetooth (BLE) module, a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) module, and a global system for mobile communication (GSM). Module, code division multiple access (CDMA) module, wideband CDMA (WCDMA) module, CDMA-2000 module, time-multiplexed access (time) Division multiple access (TDMA) module, worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) module, long term evolution (LTE) module, wireless local area network (WLAN) module , ultra wideband (UWB) module, inter-device communication (D2D) module or a combination of the foregoing modules, but is not limited thereto. The wired communication module is, for example, a local area network (LAN) interface module, but is not limited thereto.

In an embodiment of the invention, the first communication module 143 of the monitoring device 140' can also communicate with the mobile device 120 via an external wireless access point (AP).

In an embodiment of the present invention, the second communication module 144 may be, for example, an infrared module, a ZigBee module, or a home automation wireless network (Z-Wave) module, but is not limited thereto. this.

In an embodiment of the present invention, if the electronic device 900 is provided with a Bluetooth transmission function or a wireless fidelity transmission function, the mobile device 120 can directly transmit the control command CMD to the electronic device 900 to set the electronic device 900. The monitoring device 140' only needs to detect the information displayed by the display area 910 of the electronic device 900, and transmits the obtained light sensing information L_INF back to the mobile device 120.

In an embodiment of the present invention, if the electronic device 900 is provided with a ZigBee or Z-Wave transmission function, the mobile device 120 can also connect to the smart home gateway through its own Bluetooth transmission function or wireless fidelity transmission function ( Smart home gateway), and the control command CMD is transmitted to the electronic device 900 through the ZigBee module or the Z-Wave module of the smart home gateway device, to set the electronic device 900, and the monitoring device 140' only needs to detect The information displayed on the display area 910 of the electronic device 900 transmits the acquired light sensing information L_INF back to the mobile device 120.

The control command CMD can control the electronic device 900 to perform corresponding operations and display corresponding information in the display area 910, and the detecting module 141 can detect the information displayed on the display area 910 to obtain the light sensing information L_INF. The controller 142 can transmit the light sensing information L_INF to the mobile device 120 through the first communication module 143, and the mobile device 120 can determine whether the electronic device 900 completes the setting according to the control command CMD according to the light sensing information L_INF. Alternatively, the controller 142 may determine, according to the light sensing information L_INF, whether the electronic device 900 completes the setting according to the control command CMD, and accordingly generates the setting result S_RST, and the controller 142 may set the setting result S_RST through the first communication module 143. Transfer to the mobile device 120.

For example, if the electronic device 900 is an air conditioner and the control command CMD is a temperature setting value of the air conditioner, the electronic device 900 can set the cold air temperature of the electronic device 900 to the temperature setting value in response to the control command CMD. The set temperature value is displayed on the display area 910, and the detection module 141 can detect the information displayed by the display area 910 (ie, the displayed temperature value) to obtain the light sensing information L_INF. The controller 142 can transmit the light sensing information L_INF to the mobile device 120 through the first communication module 143, and the mobile device 120 can determine the cold air temperature value of the electronic device 900 according to the light sensing information L_INF to determine whether the electronic device 900 is The temperature setting is completed according to the control command CMD. Alternatively, the controller 142 may determine the cold air temperature value of the electronic device 900 according to the light sensing information L_INF to determine whether the electronic device 900 completes the temperature setting according to the control command CMD and accordingly generates the setting result S_RST, and the controller 142 can transmit The first communication module 143 transmits the setting result S_RST to the mobile device 120. In this way, the mobile device 120 can know whether the electronic device 900 completes the temperature setting according to the control command CMD according to the setting result S_RST.

The sound module 145 is coupled to the controller 142 for sensing the sound of the electronic device 900 and generating and transmitting the sound sensing information S_INF to the controller 142. In an embodiment of the invention, the controller 142 can determine whether the electronic device 900 responds to the control command CMD according to the sound sensing information S_INF, and obtain a sound determination result. If the result of the sound determination indicates that the electronic device 900 does not respond to the control command CMD and the sound is emitted, the controller 142 can transmit the setting failure message F_MSG to the mobile device 120 through the first communication module 143. In an embodiment of the invention, the sound collection module 145 can be, for example, a microphone, but is not limited thereto.

For example, some electrical devices (such as air conditioners or electric fans) will emit corresponding sounds when set. If the electronic device 900 is an electrical device of the above type, the controller 142 can determine through the radio module 145. Whether the electronic device 900 reacts to the control command CMD generates a sound. If the electronic device 900 does not generate a sound, it indicates that the electronic device 900 has not received or can not recognize the control command CMD, so the controller 142 sends the setting failure message F_MSG to the mobile device 120. In contrast, if the electronic device 900 generates a sound in response to the control command CMD, the electronic device 900 can recognize the control command CMD, and then the detection module 141 can detect the display area 910 of the electronic device 900. Information to determine whether the electronic device 900 completes the setting according to the control command CMD. In an embodiment of the present invention, if the electronic device 900 monitored by the monitoring device 140' is not an electrical device of the above type, that is, the electrical device does not have the function of emitting sound due to the setting, the monitoring device 140' may not include the radio. Module 145 to save costs.

The battery module 146 is coupled to the controller 142 for providing power required to operate the monitoring device 140'.

The button 147 is coupled to the controller 142 for being pressed to generate a trigger signal to the controller 142. If the first communication module 143 is a Bluetooth module or a low-power Bluetooth module, the controller 142 can control the Bluetooth module of the first communication module 143 and the mobile device 120 or low power consumption according to the trigger signal. The Bluetooth modules are paired to establish a connection.

On the other hand, the mobile device 120 can have a mobile application (APP). The mobile application can include a product model selection interface, at least one setting option interface, at least one status display interface, and a database. The product model selection interface allows the user to select the model of the electronic device 900 to be monitored. The setting option interface can display at least one function of the electronic device 900 for the user to set. The status display interface can be used to display the status of the electronic device 900, the setting result S_RST or the setting failure message F_MSG, and the like. For example, if the electronic device 900 is an air conditioner, the setting option interface can display the temperature setting function, the timing function or the wind adjustment function of the air conditioner, etc., so that the user can set the above functions of the electronic device 900. The status display interface can be used to display the status of the air conditioner, such as whether the air conditioner is turned on, the current air conditioner temperature setting value of the air conditioner, and whether it is set successfully.

The mobile application 900 can be selected according to the model of the electronic device 900 and in response to one of the setting option interfaces, and the corresponding control command CMD is searched in the database, and the control command CMD is transmitted to the monitoring device 140, wherein the data is transmitted to the monitoring device 140. The control commands CMD corresponding to different types of electronic devices 900 in the library can be downloaded from the cloud.

For example, if the electronic device 900 is configured by using infrared technology, the mobile application can find the corresponding infrared code (IR code) in the database according to the selected setting interface. As the control command CMD, the infrared code is transmitted to the monitoring device 140.

In addition, the mobile application described above can also determine the state of the electronic device 900 by comparing the light sensing information L_INF with the reference material corresponding to the model of the electronic device 900 in the database. The reference material may include a brightness determination value, an RGB determination value, and a reflected light intensity threshold corresponding to different types of electronic devices.

For example, assume that the electronic device 900 is an air conditioner, and the information of the display area 910 of the electronic device 900 is presented using, for example, the seven-segment displays 810 and 820 shown in FIG. 7, wherein the mobile device 120 transmits the electronic device through the monitoring device 140'. The cold air temperature of the device 900 is set to 23 degrees. Therefore, the mobile device 120 can determine whether the information presented by the seven-segment displays 810 and 820 is "23" by the monitoring device 140'. In detail, the light source sensor 1412 can sense the segments E811~E817 and E821 of the seven-segment display 810 and 820 through the first light guiding fiber OL1 corresponding to each segment of the seven-segment display 810 and 820. The brightness value of E827 is used as the light sensing information L_INF. Therefore, the mobile application can compare the brightness values of the segments E811~E817 and E821~E827 with the brightness determination values in the above reference materials to determine whether the segments E811~E817 and E821~E827 are bright. If the brightness values of the segments E811~E817 and E821~E827 are greater than the brightness determination value, the mobile application can determine that the segment is bright; if the brightness values of the segments E811~E817 and E821~E827 are less than the brightness determination value, the action The application can determine that the section is not lit. If it is determined that the segments E811, E812, E814, E815, E817, E821, E822, E823, E824, E827 are all bright, and the segments E813, E816, E825, E826 are not illuminated, the mobile application 120 mobile application can It is judged that the electronic device 900 has been set successfully. On the other hand, if it is determined that one of the segments E811, E812, E814, E815, E817, E821, E822, E823, E824, E827 is not illuminated, or one of the segments E813, E816, E825, E826 is bright, then The mobile application of the mobile device 120 can determine that the electronic device 900 failed to be set. In another embodiment of the present invention, the mobile application can determine whether the electronic device 900 has been successfully set only for whether the brightness value of the specific segment changes. Specifically, taking the seven-segment displays 810 and 820 as an example, when the current display area 910 displays a temperature of "25" degrees, and the user wants to adjust the temperature to "29" degrees, the user sets the temperature (29 degrees). Entering into the setting option interface of the mobile device 120, the mobile application in the mobile device 120 can obtain the segment whose brightness value will change according to the reference material in the database, that is, the segment E822. At this time, the mobile application only needs to judge whether the luminance value of the segment E822 is greater than the luminance determination value. If the brightness value of the segment E822 is greater than the brightness determination value, the mobile application 120 of the mobile device 120 can determine that the electronic device 900 has been successfully set. If the brightness value of the segment E822 is less than or equal to the brightness determination value, the mobile application in the mobile device 120 can determine that the electronic device 900 fails to be set. This method of judgment reduces the amount of data that the mobile application needs to compute to reduce processing time.

FIG. 8A is a flowchart of a monitoring method according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown in FIG. 8A, the monitoring method is applicable to the monitoring system 100 of FIG. 1, the monitoring device 140 of FIG. 3, and the monitoring device 140' of FIG. 6, but the invention is not limited thereto. Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 6 and FIG. 8A , the detection module 141 can be disposed in the display area 910 of the electronic device 900 in step S710 of FIG. 8A . Then, in step S730, the light sensing information L_INF is obtained by detecting the information displayed on the display area 910 by the detecting module 141. Thereafter, in step S750, the light sensing information L_INF may be provided to the mobile device 120. Then, in step S770, the state of the electronic device 900 is determined by the mobile device 120 based on the light sensing information L_INF.

In an embodiment of the invention, the mobile device 120 can further control the electronic device 900 through the monitoring device 140', as shown in FIG. 8B. Please refer to FIG. 8B. FIG. 8B is a flowchart of a monitoring method according to another embodiment of the present invention. Steps S710, S730, S750, and S770 of FIG. 8B are similar to steps S710 and S730 of FIG. 8A, respectively. S750 and S770, so you can refer to the relevant description of Figure 8A.

After step S710, the function of the electronic device 900 can be set through the mobile application of the mobile device 120, as shown in step S715. Next, in step S720, the control command CMD can be obtained from the mobile device 120 through the first communication module 143, wherein the control command CMD is used to set the above functions of the electronic device 900. Further, step S720 includes the following detailed steps: First, in step S721, a start command is received from the mobile device 120 through the first communication module 143 to wake up the controller 142, causing the controller 142 to activate the monitoring device 140'. After the controller 142 completes the startup monitoring device 140', the mobile device 120 is notified through the first communication module 143, and the control command CMD is obtained from the mobile device 120, as shown in step S722.

After the step S720, the control command CMD can be transmitted to the electronic device 900 through the controller 142 and the second communication module 144 to set the electronic device 900, as shown in step S725. Next, in step S726, the sound of the electronic device 900 is sensed by the sound collection module 145 to obtain the sound sensing information S_INF. In step S727, it is determined whether the electronic device 900 responds to the control command CMD to emit a sound based on the sound sensing information S_INF. If the result of the determination in step S727 is NO, it indicates that the electronic device 900 has not received the control command CMD or the control command CMD cannot be recognized, so step S728 is performed. In step S728, it is determined whether the transfer control command CMD has been repeatedly sent to the electronic device 900 N times, wherein the number N is a positive integer and may be determined by actual application or design requirements. If the decision result in the step S728 is NO, the flow returns to the step S725. If the result of the determination in step S728 is YES, it indicates that the setting operation of the electronic device 900 has failed. Therefore, the setting failure message F_MSG is transmitted to the mobile device 120 through the controller 142 and the first communication module 143, as shown in step S7291. Then, the mobile device 120 can display the setting failure message F_MSG on the status display interface of the mobile application, as shown in step S7292.

On the other hand, if the decision result in the step S727 is YES, it indicates that the electronic device 900 receives the control command CMD and can recognize the control command CMD. At this time, the electronic device 900 will display the corresponding information in the display area 910 in response to the control command CMD. Therefore, the detection module 141 can detect the information displayed on the display area 910 to obtain the light sensing information L_INF, as shown in step S730. Shown. Further, the step S730 may include the following detailed steps: first, in step S731, the auxiliary light source SL is provided to the display area 910 through the light emitting module 1413 and the second light guiding fiber OL2 of the detecting module 141 to increase The brightness of the information displayed in the display area 910 is displayed. Then, in step S732, the information displayed on the display area 910 can be sensed by the light source sensor 1412 and the first light guiding fiber OL1 of the detecting module 141 to obtain a light sensation. Measurement information L_INF.

After step S730, the light sensing information L_INF may be provided to the mobile device 120 as shown in step S750. Next, in step S770, the state of the electronic device 900 can be determined by the mobile device 120 based on the light sensing information L_INF, that is, whether the electronic device 900 completes the setting according to the control command CMD, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments of the present invention, the controller 142 may also determine the state of the electronic device 900 according to the light sensing information L_INF. Alternatively, the controller 142 may determine, according to the light sensing information L_INF, whether the electronic device 900 is in accordance with the control command CMD. The setting result S_RST is obtained by setting, and the setting result S_RST is transmitted to the mobile device 120 through the first communication module 143.

If the determination result in step S770 is no, step S7292 is executed, and the mobile device 120 can display the setting failure message F_MSG on the status display interface of the mobile application. If the result of the determination in step S770 is YES, it indicates that the electronic device 900 has completed the setting according to the control command CMD, and the controller 142 can receive the sleep instruction from the mobile device 120 through the first communication module 143, as shown in step S780. Next, in step S790, the control unit 142 can set the monitoring device 140' to the sleep state according to the sleep command to save power of the monitoring device 140', and maintain the first communication module 143 in the startup state to allow the first communication. The module 143 can receive instructions from the mobile device 120 at any time to re-awake the monitoring device 140'.

It is to be noted that, as described earlier, if the electronic device 900 does not have a function of emitting a sound due to the setting, steps S726, S727, S728, and S7291 of FIG. 8B may be omitted. In addition, if the information of the display area 910 is presented by using a light-emitting component (for example, the seven-segment display 912 or the light-emitting diode 914 shown in FIG. 6), the light-emitting module 1413 and the second light-guiding fiber OL2 are not required to be provided. Since the light source SL is assisted, step S731 can be omitted.

In summary, the monitoring device, the monitoring system and the monitoring method provided by the embodiments of the present invention can control the electronic (electrical) device without affecting the original function of the monitored electronic (electrical) device. And obtaining information of the display area of the electronic (electrical) device, and further confirming whether the user's setting of the electronic (electrical) device is successful. In this way, in addition to the function of the traditional electronic (electrical) device to realize the Internet of Things, the user can confirm the state of the electronic (electrical) device, and further improve the accuracy of setting the electronic (electrical) device through the Internet of Things.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any one of ordinary skill in the art can make some changes and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

100‧‧‧Monitoring system

120‧‧‧Mobile devices

140, 140’‧‧‧Monitor

141‧‧‧Detection module

1411, 1411'‧‧‧Light Guided Fiber Patch

1412‧‧‧Light source sensor

1413‧‧‧Lighting Module

141A‧‧‧SMD

141B‧‧‧Adhesive surface

142‧‧‧ Controller

143‧‧‧First Communication Module

144‧‧‧Second communication module

145‧‧‧ Radio Module

146‧‧‧ battery module

147‧‧‧ button

810, 820, 912‧‧‧ seven-segment display

900‧‧‧Electronic devices

910‧‧‧Display area

914‧‧‧Lighting diode

CMD‧‧‧ control instructions

E811~E817, E821~E827‧‧‧ Section

L_INF‧‧‧Light Sensing Information

F_MSG‧‧‧Set failure message

OL1, OL1’‧‧‧

First light guiding fiber

OL2‧‧‧Second light guiding fiber

S710, S715, S720, S721, S722, S725, S726, S727, S728, S7291, S7292, S730, S731, S732, S750, S770, S780, S790‧‧ steps

S_INF‧‧‧Sound sensing information

SL‧‧‧Auxiliary light source

S_RST‧‧‧Setting results

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a monitoring system according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a detection module according to an embodiment of the invention. 4A is a top plan view of a light guiding optical fiber patch in a detecting module according to an embodiment of the invention. 4B is a side view of direction A of the light guiding fiber patch of FIG. 4A. 4C is a side view of direction B of the light guiding fiber patch of FIG. 4A. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a layout of a light guiding optical fiber patch in a detecting module according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a monitoring apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of information displayed by a seven-segment display according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 8A is a flowchart of a monitoring method according to an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 8B is a flowchart of a monitoring method according to another embodiment of the invention.

Claims (24)

A monitoring system for monitoring an electronic device, comprising: a mobile device; and a monitoring device, comprising: a detecting module disposed in a display area of the electronic device, and configured to detect the display area And obtaining a light sensing information; and a controller coupled to the detecting module to receive the light sensing information obtained by the detecting module, and transmitting the light sensing information to the mobile device The mobile device determines the state of the electronic device based on the light sensing information. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the monitoring device further comprises: a first communication module coupled to the controller for receiving a control command from the mobile device, and transmitting the control command And the second communication module is coupled to the controller for receiving the control command from the controller and transmitting the control command to the electronic device to set the electronic device. The monitoring system of claim 2, wherein: when the electronic device displays the information in the display area in response to the control command, the detecting module detects the information displayed by the display area to Acquiring the light sensing information; and the controller transmits the light sensing information to the mobile device through the first communication module, and the mobile device determines the state of the electronic device according to the light sensing information to determine Whether the electronic device completes the setting according to the control command. The monitoring system of claim 3, wherein the monitoring device further comprises: a sound receiving module coupled to the controller for sensing the sound of the electronic device, and generating and transmitting a sound sensation accordingly Detecting information to the controller, wherein the controller determines whether the electronic device responds to the control command to generate a sound according to the sound sensing information, and obtains a sound determination result, if the sound determination result indicates that the electronic device does not react When a sound is generated by the control command, the controller transmits a setting failure message to the mobile device through the first communication module. The monitoring system of claim 3, wherein the controller is preset to be in a sleep state, and the first communication module is preset in an activated state, wherein: the first communication module receives the control instruction The first communication module is further configured to receive a startup command from the mobile device to wake up the controller, causing the controller to activate the monitoring device; and after the controller completes the startup of the monitoring device, the controller further Notifying the mobile device through the first communication module and receiving the control command from the mobile device. The monitoring system of claim 5, wherein: after the controller transmits the light sensing information to the mobile device through the first communication module, the controller further transmits the first communication module Receiving a sleep instruction from the mobile device, causing the controller to control the monitoring device to enter a sleep state according to the sleep command, and maintaining the first communication module in an activated state. The monitoring system of claim 3, wherein the mobile device has a mobile application, and the mobile application comprises: a product model selection interface for selecting a model of the electronic device to be monitored; a setting interface for setting at least one function of the electronic device; at least one status display interface for displaying the status of the electronic device; and a database, wherein the mobile application is responsive to the model One of the setting option interfaces is selected, and the corresponding control command is found in the database, and the control command is transmitted to the monitoring device, wherein the mobile application detects the information according to the light and the data A reference in the library corresponding to the model determines the state of the electronic device. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the detecting module comprises: a light guiding optical fiber patch, comprising: a patch having an adhesive surface, wherein the adhesive surface is attached to the electronic The display area of the device; and at least one first light guiding optical fiber disposed in the patch, and the first end of each of the at least one first light guiding optical fiber faces the adhesive surface; and a light source sensor Between the second end of each of the at least one first light guiding fiber and the controller, configured to sense the information displayed by the display area through the at least one first light guiding fiber to obtain The light sensing information. The monitoring system of claim 8, wherein the light guiding optical fiber patch further comprises: at least one second light guiding optical fiber disposed in the patch, and each of the at least one second light guiding optical fiber The first end of the at least one second light guiding optical fiber is coupled between the second end of each of the at least one second light guiding optical fibers and the controller. And being controlled by the controller to provide an auxiliary light source, and the auxiliary light source is provided to the display area through the at least one second light guiding fiber to increase the brightness of the information displayed by the display area. A monitoring device for monitoring an electronic device, comprising: a detecting module disposed in a display area of the electronic device, and configured to detect information displayed by the display area to obtain a light sensing information; The controller is coupled to the detection module to receive the light sensing information obtained by the detecting module, and determines the state of the electronic device according to the light sensing information. The monitoring device of claim 10, further comprising: a first communication module coupled to the controller for receiving a control command from a mobile device, and transmitting the control command to the controller And a second communication module coupled to the controller for receiving the control command from the controller and transmitting the control command to the electronic device to set the electronic device. The monitoring device of claim 11, wherein: when the electronic device displays the information in the display area in response to the control command, the detecting module detects the information displayed by the display area to Acquiring the light sensing information; and the controller transmits the light sensing information to the mobile device through the first communication module. The monitoring device of claim 12, further comprising: a sound receiving module coupled to the controller for sensing the sound of the electronic device, and generating and transmitting a sound sensing information to the a controller, wherein the controller determines whether the electronic device responds to the control command to generate a sound according to the sound sensing information, and obtains a sound determination result, if the sound determination result indicates that the electronic device does not respond to the control command And when the sound is emitted, the controller transmits a setting failure message to the mobile device through the first communication module. The monitoring device of claim 12, wherein the controller is preset to be in a sleep state, and the first communication module is preset in an activated state, wherein: the first communication module receives the control command The first communication module is further configured to receive a startup command from the mobile device to wake up the controller, causing the controller to activate the monitoring device; and after the controller completes the startup of the monitoring device, the controller further Notifying the mobile device through the first communication module and receiving the control command from the mobile device. The monitoring device of claim 14, wherein: after the controller transmits the light sensing information to the mobile device through the first communication module, the controller further transmits the first communication module Receiving a sleep instruction from the mobile device, causing the controller to control the monitoring device to enter a sleep state according to the sleep command, and maintaining the first communication module in an activated state. The monitoring device of claim 10, wherein the detecting module comprises: a light guiding optical fiber patch, comprising: a patch having an adhesive surface, wherein the adhesive surface is attached to the electronic device The display area of the device; and at least one first light guiding optical fiber disposed in the patch, and the first end of each of the at least one first light guiding optical fiber faces the adhesive surface; and a light source sensor Between the second end of each of the at least one first light guiding fiber and the controller, configured to sense the information displayed by the display area through the at least one first light guiding fiber to obtain The light sensing information. The monitoring device of claim 16, wherein the light guiding optical fiber patch further comprises: at least one second light guiding optical fiber disposed in the patch, and each of the at least one second light guiding optical fiber The first end of the at least one second light guiding optical fiber is coupled between the second end of each of the at least one second light guiding optical fibers and the controller. And being controlled by the controller to provide an auxiliary light source, and the auxiliary light source is provided to the display area through the at least one second light guiding fiber to increase the brightness of the information displayed by the display area. A monitoring method for monitoring an electronic device, comprising: arranging a detection module of a monitoring device in a display area of the electronic device; and detecting, by the detecting module, information displayed in the display area a light sensing information; providing the light sensing information to a mobile device; and determining, by the mobile device, the state of the electronic device according to the light sensing information. The monitoring method of claim 18, further comprising: obtaining a control command from the mobile device through a first communication module of the monitoring device; and transmitting the control command to a controller of the monitoring device and A second communication module is transmitted to the electronic device to set the electronic device. The monitoring method of claim 19, wherein the step of detecting the information displayed by the display area to obtain the light sensing information comprises: displaying the electronic device in response to the control command When the area displays the information, the information displayed by the display area is detected to obtain the light sensing information, wherein the monitoring method further comprises: determining, by the mobile device, whether the electronic device is based on the control according to the light sensing information The instruction completes the setting. The monitoring method of claim 20, further comprising: after transmitting the control command to the electronic device, sensing a sound of the electronic device through a sound receiving module of the monitoring device to obtain a sound sensing Information that is determined by the controller based on the sound sensing information to determine whether the electronic device is responsive to the control command to obtain a sound determination result; and if the sound determination result indicates that the electronic device does not respond to the control When a sound is issued, a setting failure message is transmitted to the mobile device through the controller and the first communication module. The monitoring method of claim 20, wherein the controller is preset to be in a sleep state, and the first communication module is preset in an activated state, wherein the transmitting the first communication module from the action The step of the device obtaining the control command includes: receiving, by the first communication module, a start command from the mobile device to wake up the controller, causing the controller to activate the monitoring device; and after the controller completes starting the monitoring device And notifying the mobile device through the first communication module, and acquiring the control command from the mobile device. The monitoring method of claim 22, further comprising: after the light sensing information is transmitted to the mobile device, receiving, by the first communication module, a sleep command from the mobile device, and transmitting the sleep command The monitoring device is set to enter a sleep state according to the sleep command, and the first communication module is maintained in an activated state. The monitoring method of claim 18, wherein the step of detecting the information displayed by the display area to obtain the light sensing information comprises: transmitting a light emitting module of the detecting module and at least A second light guiding optical fiber provides an auxiliary light source to the display area to increase the brightness of the information displayed by the display area; and a light source sensor and at least one first light guiding fiber through the detecting module The information displayed in the display area is measured to obtain the light sensing information.