TWI540906B - Coordinated Method of Near - end and Remote Control for Wireless System - Google Patents

Description

Near-end and far-end control coordination method for wireless systems

The invention relates to electrical control; in particular to a method for coordinating near-end and remote control of a wireless system.

With the advancement of technology, the electrical equipment in the home is also increasing. The electrical equipment such as TV, air conditioner, security anti-theft system, gas water heater, gas fireplace, etc., are often arranged separately for the convenience of use. Remote control. However, as the number and types of electrical appliances increase, the number of remote controls will also increase. As a result, it is difficult for the user to distinguish the electrical equipment to which the remote controller belongs by the appearance of the remote controller, which is confusing; When people take the wrong remote control and mistakenly control the electrical equipment that is not intended to be remotely controlled, it is more likely to cause safety concerns.

Therefore, the industry has introduced a relay device that allows a user to connect to the relay device via a wireless network via a mobile device (eg, a computer, a smart phone, or a PDA). The user inputs a control command by the mobile device and transmits the control command to the relay device, and the relay device receives the control command transmitted by the mobile device and converts it into a corresponding control signal, and then sends the control signal to the specific electrical device, so that As long as the mobile device is operated and cooperated with the relay device, a mobile device can be controlled to control a plurality of electrical devices to effectively solve the excessive loss of the remote control device.

However, it seems to be a perfect application, but it hides a lack. If the user is using a remote network to connect to the relay device to control the electrical equipment in the home, the same can be controlled. The various functions of the equipment may cause accidental activation of the electrical equipment without knowing the situation. For example, accidentally touching the start switch of the gas fireplace, causing waste of energy; misadjusting the set temperature of the cold air, causing abnormal air conditioning in the home, which is unpredictable danger.

In view of this, the object of the present invention is to provide a method for coordinating the near end and the far end of a wireless system, which can control multiple functional options of the electrical device when the remote control electrical device is connected at the near end; and limit the electrical device when remotely controlling the electrical device Some of the device's functional options.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for coordinating a near-end and a remote control of a wireless system, the wireless system including an electronic device, an electrical device, and a relay device, the electronic device and the relay device passing through the near-end network One of the road or the remote network is connected, the electrical device is connected to the relay device, and the electrical device has a plurality of functional options for being manipulated to cause the electrical device to perform corresponding operations, the proximal end and the distal end The control coordination method includes the following steps: connecting the electronic device to the relay device; determining that the connection state between the electronic device and the relay device is a near-end network connection or a remote network connection, Wherein: when the connection state is the near-end network connection, the electronic device is allowed to control the function options of the electrical device; when the connection state is the remote network connection, the electronic device is restricted from prohibiting the operation of the electrical device A functional option for some of the device's functional options.

The effect of the invention is that when the user connects the remote control electrical device at the near end, the plurality of functional options of the electrical device can be controlled; when the remote control electrical device is remotely controlled, some functional options of the electrical device are restricted to enhance the remote remote electrical device. Safety reduces the risk of mishandling of electrical equipment.

100‧‧‧Wireless system

10‧‧‧Smart mobile phone

12‧‧‧ screen

20‧‧‧Wireless base station

30‧‧‧Signal Converter

40a‧‧‧ air-conditioning

40b‧‧ watt gas fireplace

40c‧‧ ‧ gas water heater

42‧‧‧Control unit

50‧‧‧Server

F1~F6‧‧‧ control options

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

2 is a diagram showing the use interface of a gas fireplace when the smart phone of the above preferred embodiment of the present invention is at the near end.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a wireless control system according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the electronic device is connected at a remote end.

Figure 4 is a diagram showing the use of the control system of the gas fireplace at the remote end of the smart phone of the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In order to explain the present invention more clearly, the preferred embodiment and the detailed description with reference to the drawings, as shown in FIG. 1 , are a method for coordinating the near-end and the far-end of the wireless system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The applied wireless system 100 includes an electronic device such as a smart phone 10, a wireless access point 20, a signal converter 30, and a cold air 40a, a gas fireplace 40b, and a gas water heater 40c. a plurality of electrical devices, and a server 50, wherein: the smart phone 10 can be connected to the wireless base station 20 by one of a near-end network connection or a remote network connection to perform two-way Communication. The near-end network connection means that the smart phone 10 is connected to the wireless base station 20 by using a Wi-Fi signal; the remote network connection means that the smart phone 10 communicates with the wireless base station 20 via the Internet. Connecting; or connecting to the server 50 via the Internet, and then connecting to the wireless base station 20 via the Internet via the server 50.

The wireless base station 20 and the signal converter 30 together form a relay device disposed at the user end, as the smart phone 10 and the Signal conversion between electrical equipment.

The wireless base station 20 has a DHCP dynamic configuration IP location function, so that when the user uses the smart phone 10 to directly connect to the wireless base station through a Wi-Fi signal (ie, the near-end network connection), The wireless base station 20 allocates an Internet Protocol Address of the local area network to provide the smart phone 10 for network connection. Please refer to FIG. 2, and when the user uses the smart phone 10 to connect to the wireless base station 20 through the Internet (that is, the remote network connection), the IP address of the smart phone will be different from that of the smart phone. The IP address of the regional network to which the wireless base station 20 is assigned.

The signal converter 30 is connected to the wireless base station 20 by a Wi-Fi signal, thereby being connected to the smart phone 10 signal. The signal converter 30 is configured to receive the Wi-Fi signal and convert it into an RF signal output. The RF signal is also received and converted into a Wi-Fi signal output.

Each of the electrical devices has a control unit 42. Each of the control units 42 is connected to the signal converter 30 through an RF signal, and each of the electrical devices has a plurality of functional options for the user to select and operate to operate the electrical device. Each of the control units 42 stores a code of one of the electrical devices to which it belongs, including: the type of the electrical device, the serial number of the product, and the like, wherein the code of each electrical device is different from the code of the other electrical appliances.

Therefore, when the user wants to control each of the electrical devices through the smart phone 10, first, the user must use the smart phone 10 to execute an electrical control application. Then, if the smart phone 10 is running the electrical control application for the first time, it must first connect directly with the wireless base station 20 through the Wi-Fi signal, and obtain the IP of the regional network allocated by the wireless base station 20. After the connection is completed, the appliance control application will remind the user whether to store the indoor area network in the smart phone 10 to identify the use of the indoor area network as a basis for determining the near-end control. Thereby, the appliance control application of the smart phone 10 is used each time When the smart phone 10 is connected to the wireless base station 20, the electrical control application can determine the connection status of the wireless base station 20 and the smart phone 10: if the smart phone 10 and the wireless base station 20 If the network address (IP address) is the address of the local area network, it is determined to be a near-end network connection; if the smart phone 10 and the wireless base station 20 have different network addresses, then the judgment is made. Connect to the remote network.

In addition, the signal converter 30 will generate a device list and send it to the smart phone 10, and the smart phone 10 will display the device list on its screen 12. The user can operate the smart phone 10 to select the electrical device to be controlled in the device list, to send a Wi-Fi signal containing the code and control command of the corresponding electrical device to the wireless base station 20, the wireless base station 20, the Wi-Fi signal is transmitted to the signal converter 30 and converted into an RF signal, and then sent to the control unit 42 of the electrical device corresponding to the code to receive, thereby causing the electrical device to operate according to the control command, for example, turning on, off, and adjusting the output. Wait. The control unit 42 sends an RF signal containing the operating status of the associated electrical device to the signal converter 30, for example, the on/off state, the amount of output power, and whether there is an abnormal message, etc., and the signal converter 30 will The RF signal of the operating state is converted into a Wi-Fi signal and transmitted to the smart phone 10 via the wireless base station 20.

Taking the control of the gas fireplace 40b as an example, when the electrical control application determines that the connection state is the near-end network connection, after the user selects the gas fireplace 40b from the device list, the screen 12 is displayed as shown in FIG. The user interface shown. The screen 12 displays the current operating state of the gas fireplace 40b, such as firepower, lighting, and wind, for the user to view, and displays a plurality of control options F1~F6 for the user to select and adjust the firepower. , lighting and wind power to open and close F1 ~ F3, and adjust the strength of its output power F4 ~ F6.

Please refer to Figure 4, when the appliance control application judges After the connection state is the remote network connection, the user can also view the operation state of the gas fireplace 40b. The difference is that the appliance control application makes the fire control, the light and the wind control options of the gas fireplace 40b F1~ The on (F) and output power adjustments F4~F6 in F3 have been deactivated (as indicated by the dotted line in Figure 4), but the OFF (Off) in each control option F1~F3 can still be used. Therefore, the user cannot directly open or adjust the firepower, the light, and the opening and output power of the gas fireplace 40b, but can only choose whether to turn off one of the firepower, the light, and the wind of the gas fireplace 40b or turn off the All.

The manner of controlling the cold air 40a and the gas water heater 40c is the same as that of the gas fireplace 40b, and will not be described herein.

In the foregoing, the smart phone 10 determines the connection state between the smart phone 10 and the relay device, and limits the manipulation options of the electrical device. In practice, the connection status may also be determined by the relay device, that is, after the smart phone 10 is connected to the wireless base station 20, the wireless base station 20 transmits the network address of the smart phone 10 to The signal converter 30 determines whether the network address of the smart phone 10 is an IP address of the same regional network because the signal converter 30 determines. If so, the signal converter 30 transmits a confirmation message to the smart phone 10, so that the appliance control application allows control of all control options; if not, the signal converter 30 transmits restricted control options for all electrical devices. A list to the smart phone 10 causes the appliance control application to disable the restricted maneuver option based on the list. In this way, the user can only control some of the functional options of the electrical device when connecting to the remote end.

It is worth mentioning that, in addition to the signals transmitted from the relay device, the control unit 42 of the electrical devices can automatically transmit the current state of use of the associated electrical device to the relay device. The relay device is further connected to the server 50 via the Internet, and uploads the usage status to the server 50 for storage. The server 50 receives the The state of use of these electrical appliances to continuously monitor the use of each electrical device. Therefore, when the connection between the smart phone 10 and the relay device is interrupted, and the operating state of one or more of the electrical devices is changed, the server 50 will immediately send a warning message to the smart type. The mobile phone 10 receives to remind the user that the electrical equipment in the home has changed. The server 50 sends a warning message to the user by means of a short message or an MMS to remind the user that the operating status of the electrical device in the home has changed.

The method for coordinating the near-end and the remote control of the wireless system of the present invention can effectively improve the security of the user at the remote control of the electrical device, and prevent the user from accidentally starting the electrical device when the remote network is connected. In addition, when the remote network is connected, the user can still see the operation status of the electrical equipment in the home, and can know whether other members of the home are using the electrical equipment.

In an embodiment, the user may also set a function option for each electrical device to be restricted when the remote network is connected, and when it is determined that the remote connection is connected, the user is restricted according to the set limited function option. The smart phone 10 prohibits manipulation of the function options of some of the functional options of each of the electrical devices. For example, the user can set the limited function option of the gas fireplace 40b to turn on the firepower, and the remaining function options are not limited. When the gas fireplace 40b is connected to the signal converter 30, the control unit 42 of the gas fireplace 40b transmits the set limited function option (opening fire power) to the signal converter 30. After the smart phone 10 and the relay device are connected to the remote network, the signal converter 30 transmits the set limited function option (power on) to the smart phone 10 to enable the appliance control application. The program limits the control of the opening fire in the use interface of the gas fireplace 40b in accordance with the limited function of the gas fireplace 40b. In this way, in addition to improving the safety of the user to control the electrical equipment at the remote end, the user can also set the limited function options according to the use requirements, which makes the use more convenient.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Equivalent changes in the scope of the present invention and the scope of the patent application are intended to be included in the scope of the invention.

100‧‧‧Wireless system

10‧‧‧Smart mobile phone

12‧‧‧ screen

20‧‧‧Wireless base station

30‧‧‧Signal Converter

40a‧‧‧ air-conditioning

40b‧‧ watt gas fireplace

40c‧‧ ‧ gas water heater

42‧‧‧Control unit

50‧‧‧Server

Claims (7)

A method for coordinating a near-end and a remote control of a wireless system, wherein the wireless system includes an electronic device, an electrical device, and a relay device, wherein the electronic device and the relay device pass through a near-end network or a remote network. One of the wires is connected to the relay device, the electrical device having a plurality of functional options for being manipulated to cause the electrical device to perform corresponding operations; the method for coordinating the near-end and the remote control includes the following steps : A, connecting the electronic device to the relay device; and B, determining that the connection state between the electronic device and the relay device is a near-end network connection or a remote network connection, wherein: When the connection state is a near-end network connection, the electronic device is allowed to manipulate the function options of the electrical device; when the connection state is a remote network connection, the electronic device is restricted from prohibiting manipulation of the electrical device. Functional options for some of these feature options. The method for coordinating a near-end and a remote control of a wireless system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device has a screen, and the screen displays a plurality of manipulation options for the user to select, and the manipulation options respectively correspond to the electrical appliances. The function options of the device; in step B, when the connection state is the near-end network connection, the electronic device enables the manipulation options; when the connection state is the remote network connection, the electronic device stops Use restricted manipulation options. The method for coordinating the near-end and the remote control of the wireless system according to claim 2, wherein in the step B, when the connection state is the remote network connection, the relay device transmits A list of one of the restricted control options is sent to the electronic device, and the electronic device disables the restricted manipulation option in accordance with the list. The method for coordinating the near-end and the remote control of the wireless system according to claim 2, wherein in step B, the electronic device determines the connection state between the wireless device and the remote device, and if the electronic device When the network address of the relay device is the IP address of the same regional network, it is determined to be the near-end network connection. The method for coordinating the near-end and the remote control of the wireless system according to claim 2, wherein in step B, the relay device determines the connection status between the electronic device and the electronic device, and if the electronic device is When the network address of the device is the IP address of the same regional network, it is determined to be the near-end network connection. The method for coordinating the proximity and remote control of the wireless system according to claim 1, wherein before the step A, the function option for setting the electrical device is restricted; in the step B, when the connection state is the remote network connection In the case of a line, the electronic device is prohibited from operating a function option of a part of the function options of the electrical device according to the set limited function option. The method for coordinating a near-end and a remote control of a wireless system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless system includes a server, the server and the relay device are connected by a network, and the relay device operates the electrical device The state is transmitted to the server; the method further includes after the connection between the electronic device and the relay device is interrupted, and when the operating state of the electrical device changes, the server transmits a short message to the electronic device.