TWI510018B - Control equipment and method for home appliance - Google Patents

Description

Home electronic control device and method

The present invention relates to an electronic control device and method, and more particularly to a home electronic control device and method.

General companies, buildings, schools or other places have a wide range of electrical appliances, such as air-conditioning, computers, etc., and before using these appliances, users must use the corresponding remote control or switch to control the electrical appliances. Actuate or switch.

At present, most of the home appliance control methods use infrared rays to directly control the remote control to achieve the purpose of operating the home appliances. Although this method is convenient to use and low in cost, each brand product has its own independent identification setting. Therefore, the remote control systems of different brands are generally set to be incompatible with each other in order to avoid mutual interference.

However, when there are many electrical appliances installed in the venue, the remote controller is prone to confusion or misuse, and after the appliance is used up, if the user mistakenly believes that the appliance has been turned off, it will cause unnecessary waste of energy.

The present invention provides a home electronic control device and method to solve the problems faced by the prior art.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a home electronic control device is electrically connected to a plurality of electrical devices, and the home electronic control device includes a near field communication mode. Group, signal processing module and control module. Near field communication module wirelessly connected mobile device. The signal processing module is electrically connected to the near field communication module. The control module is electrically connected to the signal processing module. The near field communication module is configured to receive a wireless signal from the mobile device. The signal processing module is used to process the wireless signal and convert it into a control signal. The control module is configured to control at least one electrical device according to the control signal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, an authorization providing module is further configured to receive the identification information (ID) transmitted from the mobile device to provide the usage right of the electrical device to the mobile device, so that the mobile device can control the electrical device according to the usage authority. At least one of them.

In an embodiment of the invention, the authority is used to provide permission for the mobile device to open and close at least one of the electrical devices or to operate at least one function of at least one of the electrical devices.

In an embodiment of the invention, the control module is a Programmable Logic Control (PLC) module.

In an embodiment of the invention, a record access module is further included, wherein the record access module is configured to record the controlled electrical device when the mobile device wirelessly connects at least one electrical device to operate the electrical device.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a home electronic control method includes the following steps. Wirelessly connect a mobile device in near field communication. Received a wireless signal from the mobile device. Controlling at least one electrical device based on the wireless signal.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes receiving the identification information (ID) transmitted from the mobile device to provide the usage right of the electrical device to the mobile device, so that the mobile device can control the electrical device according to the usage right. One less.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the usage authority provides permission for the mobile device to open and close at least one of the electrical devices or to operate at least one function of at least one of the electrical devices.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes controlling the electrical device through a Programmable Logic Control (PLC) module.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the operating device records the operated electrical device when the mobile device wirelessly connects the at least one electrical device to operate the electrical device.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the home electronic control device wirelessly connects the mobile device through the near field communication, and then controls the electrical device electrically connected to the home electronic control device through the mobile device. Since the mobile device and the home electronic control device are connected by near field communication, the transmission establishment speed and the information transmission speed are fast, so that the mobile device and the home electronic control device can quickly establish transmission and have a faster transmission speed to control. Electrical equipment. At the same time, the use of near field communication for information transmission is low in power consumption, and also has high confidentiality and security. In addition, since the near field communication method has a short transmission distance, it can reduce unnecessary interference when the mobile device and the home electronic control device transmit information, and thus can be applied to a home appliance environment in which the electrical device is dense.

The embodiments of the present invention are disclosed in the following drawings, and the details of However, it should be understood that these practical details are not intended to limit the invention. That is, in some embodiments of the invention, these practical details are not necessary. In addition, some of the conventional structures and elements are shown in the drawings in a simplified schematic manner in order to simplify the drawings. On the other hand, well-known elements and steps are not described in the embodiments to avoid unnecessarily limiting the invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which illustrates a schematic diagram of an implementation of a home electronic control device 100 according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the home electronic control device 100 is electrically connected to a plurality of electrical devices 300, and wirelessly connects a mobile device 200 in a near field communication manner. Therefore, after the mobile device 200 wirelessly connects the home electronic control device 100, the user can operate the mobile device 200 to control the electrical device 300 connected to the home electronic control device 100. In the present embodiment, the home electronic control device 100 electrically connects the plurality of electrical devices 300 with power lines, but is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the user can use the mobile device 200 to control the electrical switch 310 through the home electronic control device 100, and turn on or off the corresponding electrical device 300 by operating the electrical switch 310, but not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the user can use the mobile device 200 to control the opening and closing of the electrical device 300 through the home electronic control device 100.

In the present embodiment, the home electronic control device 100 can have a power supply device 102 for providing power when the home electronic control device 100 operates. For example, the power device 102 can be a rechargeable battery, but not This is limited. In addition, the home electronic control device 100 can further include a pointing device 104 that can display an activated state or a closed state of the home electronic control device 100. For example, the pointing device 104 can be a The light emitting diode is either a liquid crystal display device, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, each electrical device 300 can also be additionally provided with a controlled module 302. After the home electronic control device 100 is electrically connected to the controlled module 302, the home electronic control device 100 can send a control command to the controlled module 302 to control the corresponding electrical device 300. For example, the controlled module 302 can be controlled by a Programmable Logic Control (PLC), but is not limited thereto.

Please refer to FIG. 2, which is a functional block diagram of the home electronic control device 100 according to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2 , the home electronic control device 100 is electrically connected to a plurality of electrical devices 300 . The home electronic control device 100 includes a near field communication module 110 , a signal processing module 120 , and a control module 130 . In the present embodiment, the home electronic control device 100 is electrically connected to the plurality of electrical devices 300 in a power line manner, but is not limited thereto.

However, the near field communication module 110 wirelessly communicates with the mobile device 200 and receives a wireless signal from the mobile device 200. It should be understood that the "mobile device" described herein is a mobile device 200 having a near field communication unit 230. Therefore, the mobile device 200 can wirelessly communicate with each other through the near field communication module 110 of the home electronic control device 100 through the near field communication unit 230 to transmit wireless signals to each other by using near field communication.

Moreover, the signal processing module 120 is electrically connected to the near field communication module 110, and the signal processing module 120 is configured to process the wireless signal and convert it into a control signal. That is, after the near field communication module 110 receives the wireless signal transmitted from the mobile device 200, the signal processing module 120 can perform the corresponding processing on the wireless signal to convert the wireless signal into a control signal.

After the control signal is transmitted to the control module 130, the control module 130 can The corresponding electrical device 300 is operated by receiving a control signal. In this embodiment, the control module 130 is a programmable logic control (PLC) module, and is controlled by a controlled module 302 (refer to FIG. 1) connected to each electrical device 300. Electrical device 300, but not limited thereto. It should be understood that the above-mentioned "control corresponding electrical device" refers to the function of starting or closing the corresponding electrical device 300 or exercising the corresponding electrical device 300, but is not limited thereto.

In the present embodiment, the mobile device 200 has a human interface 220. After the mobile device 200 wirelessly connects the home electronic control device 100, the mobile device 200 can control at least one of the electrical devices 300 through the human interface 220. That is, after an application is transmitted to the mobile device 200 through wireless or wired, the mobile device 200 can activate a human interface 220 by turning on the application. For example, the mobile device 200 can download the application applied to the home electronic control device 100 from a servo website through an external network to activate the human interface 220, but not limited thereto. In addition, the human interface 220 can be a touch screen and display the result of the input on the display screen 210 of the mobile device 200, but not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the human interface 220 can also be a button device.

The home electronic control device 100 also includes a rights providing module 140. The privilege providing module 140 is configured to receive an identification information (ID) transmitted from the mobile device 200 through the human interface 220 to provide the usage right of the electrical device 300 to the mobile device 200, so that the mobile device 200 can control the electrical device according to the usage authority. At least one of 300. For example, when the home electronic control device 100 and the mobile device 200 are in wireless communication in a near field communication manner, the human interface 220 can provide a user to input an identification information (ID) and Transfer to the home electronic control device 100. The permission providing module 140 uses the login record to query the internal database to obtain a usage right corresponding to the login record, wherein the usage authority can provide at least one of the mobile device 300 and at least one of the operating electrical devices 300. At least one function of one. That is to say, the home electronic control device 100 can cause the mobile device 200 to open or close the specific electrical device 300 or operate the specific function of the specific electrical device 300 through the home electronic control device 100 according to the login record provided by the mobile device 200.

For example, when the user is a child, the user's access to the information through the identification information (ID) is limited to the manipulation of the more secure electrical device 300 through the mobile device 200 (eg, the gas stove cannot be used). Dangerous electrical device 300). On the other hand, the usage rights provided by the rights setting module 150 can also allow the user to operate the electrical device 300 using a specific operation mode. For example, when the user needs to use the gas stove for a long time, the usage right obtained according to the identification information (ID) makes the gas furnace not automatically shut down when the user uses the gas stove, and the user can Use the gas stove for a long time.

In addition, the rights setting module 140 can also provide a security password. When the mobile device 200 wirelessly connects the home electronic control device 100, the user needs to further input the security password through the human interface 220 to log into the home electronic control device 100. Therefore, the security and confidentiality when using the home electronic control device 100 are increased.

In this embodiment, the home electronic control device 100 further includes a record access module 160. When the mobile device 200 wirelessly connects the electrical device 300 with the wireless control unit 240 to operate the electrical device 300, the access mode is recorded. Group 160 is used to record the electronic device 300 being operated. That is, when the mobile device 200 directly uses the wireless control unit 240 to issue the wireless control signal to control the electrical device 300, the home electronic control device 100 can record the controlled electrical device 300 through the record access module 160, wherein the wireless control signal can be It is a Bluetooth (Blue tooth) signal or a Wireless Fidelity (WIFI) signal, but not limited to this.

It should be understood that the home electronic control device 100 of the present embodiment can wirelessly transmit information by means of near field communication, and can also connect the external computer 40 via the information transmission module 170 so that the external computer 40 can control the electrical device 300, but not This is limited to this. However, when the information (for example, firmware information) inside the home electronic control device 100 needs to be updated, the update information can be wirelessly transmitted to the home electronic control device 100 through the near field communication method. In addition, the external computer 40 can be connected to the home electronic control device 100 through the information transmission module 170, but not limited thereto. In this embodiment, the information transmission module 170 and the external computer 40 can be electrically connected through a connection line, but not limited thereto.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which illustrates an embodiment of the home electronic control device 100 according to FIG. 1 being manipulated through the human interface 220. As shown in FIG. 3, the human interface 220 has a plurality of blocks 221, each of which has a first image 222, wherein the first image 222 represents the home electronic control device 100 (refer to FIG. 1) ) Electrically connected electrical device 300 (please refer to Figure 1). In this embodiment, the human interface 220 is a touch screen and displays the result of the input on the display screen 210 of the mobile device 200, but is not limited thereto.

Providing an identification information (ID) to the home electronic control at the human machine interface 220 After the authority providing module 140 of the device 100 obtains the use authority of the electrical device 300, the mobile device 200 can control the electrical device 300 according to the usage authority. That is to say, after the human machine interface 220 of the mobile device 200 receives the usage right of the electrical device 300, the plurality of second images 224 can be displayed in the corresponding block 221 corresponding to the usage authority. For example, when the second image 224 and the first image 222 appear in the same block 221 at the same time, the user can control the first image 222 in the same block 221 by operating the second image 224. Electrical device 300. In addition, the second image 224 may indicate the use state (for example, on or off) of the electrical device 300 corresponding to the first image 222, but is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the second image 224 can also be used to represent the functions that the electrical device 300 corresponding to the first image 222 can perform.

It should be appreciated that the type of image on the human interface 220 is not limited to the first image 222 and the second image 224. On the human machine interface 220, which has both the activation of the electrical device 300 and the function of the electrical device 300, several different types of images can be provided for the user to manipulate the corresponding electrical device 300 using the image.

Please refer to FIG. 4, which is a flow chart showing the steps of a home electronic control method 400 according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, a home electronic control method 400 can include the following steps 410-430. It should be understood that the steps mentioned in the embodiment can be adjusted according to actual needs, and can be performed simultaneously or partially simultaneously, unless the order is specifically stated.

In step 410, a mobile device is wirelessly connected in a near field communication manner. In step 420, a wireless signal sent from the mobile device is received. That is to say, after the near field communication unit is connected to the mobile device, the mobile device can transmit the wireless signal by using the near field communication method.

After wirelessly connecting the mobile device, the identification information (ID) transmitted from the mobile device can also be received to provide the use permission of the electrical device to the mobile device, so that the mobile device can control the electrical device according to the use right, wherein the use permission provides the mobile device The right to at least one of at least one of the electrical devices or to operate at least one of the electrical devices.

In step 430, at least one electrical device is operated in accordance with the wireless signal. That is to say, after receiving the wireless signal sent by the mobile device, the electronic device is controlled after being decoded. In this embodiment, the electrical device can be operated through a Programmable Logic Control (PLC) module, but not limited thereto.

In addition, when the mobile device controls the electrical device by connecting the electrical device through a wireless transmission mode (for example, Bluetooth transmission or wireless fidelity transmission), the home electronic control method 400 can further record the controlled electrical device, but not limited thereto.

It can be seen from the above embodiments of the present invention that the application of the present invention has the following advantages:

(1) The home electronic control device of the present invention has a fast transmission establishment speed and an information transmission speed because the mobile device and the home electronic control device are connected through the near field communication mode, so that the mobile device and the home electronic control device can be quickly established. Transmission and having a faster transmission speed to operate the electrical device.

(2) The home electronic control device of the present invention consumes less power when using near field communication for information transmission, and also has high confidentiality and security.

(3) The near field communication method used by the home electronic control device of the present invention can reduce the unnecessary interference when the mobile device and the home electronic control device transmit information because the transmission distance is close, so it can be applied to the home appliance environment where the electrical device is dense. .

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and the present invention can be modified and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope is subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application attached.

100‧‧‧Home electronic control equipment

102‧‧‧Power supply unit

221‧‧‧ Block

222‧‧‧ first image

104‧‧‧ indicating device

110‧‧‧ Near Field Communication Module

120‧‧‧Signal Processing Module

130‧‧‧Control module

140‧‧‧Permissions module

160‧‧‧record access module

170‧‧‧Information Transmission Module

200‧‧‧ mobile device

210‧‧‧ Display screen

220‧‧‧Human Machine Interface

224‧‧‧ second image

230‧‧‧ Near Field Communication Unit

240‧‧‧Wireless control unit

300‧‧‧Electrical devices

302‧‧‧Controlled module

310‧‧‧Electrical switch

40‧‧‧ computer

400‧‧‧Home electronic control method

410~430‧‧‧Steps

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Figure 2 is a functional block diagram of the home electronic control device in accordance with Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is an embodiment of the home electronic control device according to Fig. 1 being manipulated through a human machine interface.

4 is a flow chart showing the steps of a home electronic control method in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

100‧‧‧Home electronic control equipment

102‧‧‧Power supply unit

104‧‧‧ indicating device

200‧‧‧ mobile device

300‧‧‧Electrical devices

302‧‧‧Controlled module

310‧‧‧Electrical switch

Claims (8)

A home electronic control device electrically connected to a plurality of electrical devices, the home electronic control device comprising: a Near Field Communication (NFC) module, wirelessly connecting a mobile device for receiving from the mobile device a wireless signal; a signal processing module electrically connected to the near field communication module for processing the wireless signal and converted into a control signal; a control module electrically connected to the signal processing module for The control signal controls at least one of the electrical devices; and an authorization providing module for receiving an identification information (ID) transmitted from the mobile device to provide usage rights of the electrical devices to the mobile device, such that The mobile device is capable of manipulating at least one of the electrical devices in accordance with the usage authority. The home electronic control device of claim 1, wherein the usage right provides permission for the mobile device to open and close at least one of the electrical devices or to operate at least one function of at least one of the electrical devices. The home electronic control device of claim 1, wherein the control module is a Programmable Logic Control (PLC) module. The home electronic control device of claim 1, further comprising a record access module for wirelessly connecting the mobile device to the mobile device When at least one of the devices is operated, the electronic device being operated is recorded. A home electronic control method includes: wirelessly connecting a mobile device in a near field communication manner; receiving a wireless signal sent from the mobile device; controlling at least one of the plurality of electrical devices according to the wireless signal; and receiving and transmitting from the mobile device And an identification information (ID) providing the use rights of the electrical devices to the mobile device, such that the mobile device is capable of manipulating at least one of the electrical devices according to the usage authority. The home electronic control method of claim 5, wherein the usage right provides permission for the mobile device to open and close at least one of the electrical devices or to operate at least one function of at least one of the electrical devices. The home electronic control method of claim 5, further comprising: manipulating the electrical devices through a Programmable Logic Control (PLC) module. The home electronic control method of claim 5, further comprising: recording the operated electrical device when the mobile device wirelessly connects at least one of the electrical devices to operate the electrical device.