TWI543067B - Control method of multi - electrical equipment - Google Patents

Description

Multi-electrical equipment control method

The invention relates to the control of household appliance equipment; in particular to a control method for controlling a plurality of electrical appliances in a wireless manner.

Press, the general household remote control electrical equipment is equipped with a remote control, so that users can control the electrical equipment without having to install the electrical equipment, adding a lot of convenience to life. At present, there is a wireless control system on the market that has a relay device that allows a user to connect to the relay device via a wireless network using an electronic device (for example, a tablet or a smart mobile phone). line. After the user controls the electronic device to send a control command and transmit the control command to the relay device, the relay device wirelessly transmits the received control command to the specific electrical device to cause the electrical device to perform a corresponding action. In this way, the user can control different electrical devices on the same electronic device.

However, in the conventional wireless control system, the user can only control one electrical device with the electronic device at the same time. In the case where a plurality of electrical appliances are to be controlled, for example, when the user wants to go out and must close a plurality of electrical appliances, the user can only turn off the electrical appliances one by one. In this way, it will cause waste of time and delay the time of going out.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a control method for a multi-electrical device, which allows a user to simultaneously control a plurality of electrical devices on the same electronic device.

In order to achieve the foregoing object, the control method of the multi-electrical device provided by the present invention is applied to a wireless control system, and the wireless control system includes an electronic device connected to the electrical devices in a wireless manner, the electronic device having a screen, the screen displays a plurality of first images respectively corresponding to the electrical devices, each of the first images is selected for displaying a control interface of the corresponding electrical device on the screen; the method comprises There is the following steps: A, establishing a link information in the electronic device, the link information designating at least a part of the electrical devices and their actions; B, establishing a corresponding second image according to the link information, and The second image is displayed on the screen; C. Clicking on the second image causes the electronic device to send a corresponding control command to the designated electrical device according to the link information, so as to control the designated electrical device to perform corresponding Actions.

The effect of the invention is that the user can select the second image to make the electrical device send corresponding control commands to the corresponding electrical device according to the established connection information, so as to control the plurality of electrical devices to perform corresponding actions.

10‧‧‧Wireless base station

12‧‧‧Internet

20‧‧‧ Conversion device

30‧‧‧Air conditioner

32‧‧‧ Lighting fixtures

34‧‧‧ Gas channel valve

36‧‧ ‧ gas water heater

38‧‧ ‧ gas fireplace

40‧‧‧Electronic devices

402‧‧‧Touch screen

402a‧‧‧First area

402b‧‧‧Second area

42‧‧‧ first image

44‧‧‧Control interface

44a‧‧‧Switch image

44b‧‧‧Status Bar Image

44c‧‧‧Switch image

44d‧‧‧Status Bar Image

44e‧‧‧Switch image

44f‧‧‧Status Bar Image

46a~46c‧‧‧Second image

48a~48c‧‧‧ button image

A‧‧‧RF signal transceiver module

P‧‧‧ gas pipeline

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

2 is a user interface of the touch screen display of the above preferred embodiment.

3 is a gas fireplace control interface of the touch screen display of the above preferred embodiment.

4 is a flow chart of establishing a second image in the above preferred embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a selection of an electrical device displayed on the touch screen of the preferred embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a screen of the air conditioner setting page of the touch screen display of the above preferred embodiment.

7 is a screen of a test page displayed on the touch screen of the preferred embodiment.

In order that the present invention may be more clearly described, the preferred embodiments are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Referring to FIG. 1 , a wireless control system for controlling a multi-electrical device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a wireless access point (AP) 10, a conversion device 20, and a plurality of electrical devices. An electronic device 40.

The wireless base station 10 is connected to an internetwork 12 and serves as an intermediary point for wireless network connections. The conversion device 20 is connected to the wireless base station 10 via a Wi-Fi signal, and the conversion device 20 serves as a bidirectional conversion between the Wi-Fi signal and the RF signal.

The electrical equipment includes an air conditioner 30, a lighting fixture 32 and a plurality of gas appliances, wherein the gas appliances include a gas passage valve 34 disposed on the gas pipeline P, a gas heater 36, and a gas fireplace 38. The electrical devices individually have an RF signal transceiver module A for wireless communication with the conversion device 20 via the RF signal.

Each of the electrical devices includes at least one control option, and the control options of each of the electrical devices are set by a control parameter to cause each of the electrical devices to perform a specific action. Each of the electrical devices receives a control command to perform a specific action. The control command includes a plurality of fields for specifying electrical devices, control options, and control parameters. Table 1 exemplifies the control options, control parameters, and corresponding actions corresponding to the electrical devices. For example, the control option of the gas channel valve 34 is "opening and closing", and the control parameter is "on" or "off". When the control parameter is "on", the action of the gas channel valve is opened and the gas pipeline is opened. When the control parameter is "off", the operation of the gas channel valve is closed to block the gas line.

In this embodiment, the electronic device 40 is a tablet computer, and the electronic device 40 is selectively connected directly to the wireless base station 10 by a Wi-Fi signal, or selectively connected to the wireless base through the Internet. Taiwan 10 is connected. The electronic device 40 has a screen with the touch screen 402 as an example. The electronic device 40 executes an application program for the user to control the electrical devices, and the control command for controlling the electrical device is transmitted to the conversion device 20 via the wireless base station 10 via the wireless base station 10, and then converted. After the device 20 is switched, the control command is transmitted to the corresponding electrical device for control by the RF signal. The transmitted control command further includes a specific code of the electronic device 40, and the power supplier device recognizes which one of the control commands is sent. In addition, each of the electrical devices transmits its own unique device code and operational status information to the conversion device 20 by using the exclusive code, and then converted to a Wi-Fi signal and transmitted to the electronic device 40. And displaying and subsequent processing on the electronic device 40 having the exclusive code.

With the above structure, the control method of the multi-electrical device of the present invention can be performed.

First, after the electronic device 40 executes the application, a first area 402a and a second area 402b are displayed on the touch screen 402 as shown in FIG. 2, and the first area 402a displays a plurality of first images 42. The first images 42 are respectively corresponding to the electrical devices, and the first images 42 are available for the user to click to display the corresponding control device 44 on the touch screen 402 (refer to FIG. 3 ). Taking the first image 42 corresponding to the gas fireplace 38 as an example, the touch screen 402 displays the control interface 44 of the gas fireplace 38. The user can select the control option to be controlled by the control interface 44, wherein the control option corresponding to the switch image 44a is "open and close", and the control option corresponding to the status bar image 44b is "fire power", the switch diagram The control option corresponding to 44c is "fan on/off", the control option corresponding to the status bar image 44d is "air volume", the control option corresponding to the switch image 44e is "light on/off", and the status bar image 44f corresponds to The control option is "Brightness". In addition, the gas fireplace 38 also transmits the operational status information to the electronic device, and displays the opening and closing state in the control interface, and the states of the firepower, the air volume and the brightness are respectively displayed in the status bar image 44b. 44d, 44f.

The second area 402b of the touch screen 402 displays a plurality of The second images 46a, 46b, 46c, each of the second images 46a, 46b, 46c correspond to controlling at least a portion of the electrical devices and their actions. The manner in which the second images 46a, 46b, 46c are created will be described later with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7.

Taking the second image 46a of the "going out" as an example, after the user presses the blank in the second area 402b for a few seconds, the first image 42 of all the electrical devices is displayed on the touch screen 402 for the user to select (Fig. 5)), for example, after selecting the electrical equipment as the air conditioner 30, the lighting fixture 32, the gas passage valve 34, and the gas fireplace 38, after pressing the "Next" button image 48a, the setting page of the selected electrical equipment is sequentially displayed. . Referring to FIG. 6, the setting page of the air conditioner 30 is taken as an example. The user can change the content of the control parameters of each control option. After completing, press the "Next" button image 48b to enter the setting page of the next electrical device. For example, the control parameters of the air conditioner 30, the lighting fixture 32, the gas passage valve 34, and the gas fireplace 38 can be turned off. After the setting page of all the selected electrical devices is set, the electronic device 40 establishes a link information according to the foregoing settings, and the link information is used to specify the selected electrical device and its action.

Then, the test page shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the touch screen, and the user can click the “Start Test” button image 48c to cause the electronic device 40 to perform a test step, and the test step is sent according to the link information. Corresponding control commands are sent to the designated electrical equipment (ie, the air conditioner 30, the lighting fixture 32, the gas passage valve 34, the gas fireplace 38) to control the designated electrical equipment to perform the operation specified by the linkage information. Then, a dialog box (not shown) is displayed to interrogate the user whether the test result is correct: if yes, the user is required to name the second image 46a and create a corresponding second map according to the user's naming and the link information. Like the 46a, the second image 46a is displayed on the second area 402b of the touch screen 402.

If not, return to the page of selecting the electrical device shown in Figure 5, and let the user re-select the electrical device, set the control parameters of each electrical device, and test.

In practice, it is also possible to design a skip test and directly make the electronic device 40 requires the user to name and establish the corresponding second image 46a, 46b, 46c according to the user's naming and the link information.

If the user wants to create another second image 46b, 46c can repeat the process of FIG. 4, select different electrical devices or different control parameters of the same electrical device to generate different link information, thereby establishing Second images 46b, 46c of different functions are displayed in the second region 402b. Thereby, a plurality of pieces of link information and a plurality of second images 46a, 46b, 46c are formed. In other words, the electrical device specified by the link information and its action are different from the other link information.

For example, the electrical equipment designated by the connection information of the second image 46b of "go home" is the air conditioner 30 and the lighting fixture 32, and the control parameter of the opening and closing control option designated by the air conditioner 30 is on, and the control of the temperature control option is controlled. The parameter is 25 °C, and the control parameter of the air volume control option is 1 segment. The control parameter of the opening and closing control option specified by the lighting fixture 32 is on, and the control parameter of the brightness control option is 5 segments. The electrical equipment designated by the connection information of the "urgent" second image 46c is the lighting fixture 32 and the gas passage valve 34. The control parameter of the opening and closing control option specified by the lighting fixture 32 is on, and the control parameter of the brightness control option is 10 segments. The control parameter of the opening and closing control option specified by the gas channel valve 34 is off.

Then, when one of the second images 46a, 46b, 46c is clicked, for example, the "outgoing" second image 46a is clicked, and the electronic device reads the second image of the "going out" The connection information corresponding to 46a is sent to the designated electrical equipment (air conditioner 30, lighting fixture 32, gas passage valve 34, gas fireplace 38) to cause the designated electrical equipment to perform the specified action. (all controlled to off).

When the "go home" second image 46b is clicked, the air conditioner 30 and the lighting fixture 32 are controlled to be turned on. When the "emergency" second image 34c is clicked, the control gas channel valve 34 is closed and the lighting fixture 32 is turned on, whereby the user can select the "emergency" second image 46c in an emergency state (such as a fire). The gas passage valve 34 is blocked to block the gas, and the brightness of the lighting fixture 32 is maximized to facilitate escape.

In addition, any one of the controlled electrical devices receives another When the electronic device (not shown) wirelessly transmits the control command including the exclusive code to change its action, the controlled electrical device transmits a notification message to the original electronic device 40, and the notification message includes The exclusive code, device code and status information of the other electronic device are used to notify the user of the electronic device 40 that the controlled electronic device has been manipulated by another electronic device. If the designated electrical device is directly controlled by the personnel on the electrical device, the notification message can also be transmitted to the original electronic device 40. At this time, the notification message includes the device code, status information, and labeling as local control. . In this way, even if the user goes out, the user can know that the electrical equipment in the home has been controlled by other users.

In practice, it can also be designed that after the user selects any of the second images 46a, 46b, 46c, the control command transmitted by the electronic device 40 to the designated electrical device includes a limit parameter, and the electrical device receives the control command. In addition to performing the corresponding action, the control of the other electronic device is prohibited from being accepted according to the restriction parameter until the electronic device 40 transmits a control command including a release parameter to the designated electrical device. Thereby, the electronic device 40 has exclusive authority for the electrical equipment designated by the connection information.

According to the above, the control method of the multi-electrical device of the invention allows the user to select a second image and simultaneously control a plurality of electrical devices according to the established connection information, thereby effectively saving the user to individually control the respective electrical appliances. The time of the device makes the operation more efficient.

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

Claims (6)

A control method for a multi-electrical device is applied to a wireless control system, the wireless control system includes an electronic device connected to the electrical devices in a wireless manner, the electronic device has a screen, and the plurality of displays are displayed on the screen An image corresponding to each of the electrical devices, each of the first image is selected for displaying a control interface of the corresponding electrical device on the screen; the method comprises the following steps: A, in the electronic device Establishing a link information, the link information designating at least a part of the electrical devices and their actions; B, establishing a corresponding second image according to the link information, and displaying the second image on the screen; And C, clicking the second image, causing the electronic device to send a corresponding control command to the designated electrical device according to the link information, to control the designated electrical device to perform a corresponding action; wherein, after step C, When the designated electrical device is controlled to change its action, the controlled electrical device transmits a notification message to the electronic device; wherein the wireless control System includes another electronic device that wirelessly controls the electrical devices; after step C, when the designated electrical device is controlled by the other electronic device to change its action, it is controlled by the other electronic device The electrical device transmits the notification message to the electronic device, and the notification message includes a code corresponding to one of the other electronic devices. The method for controlling a plurality of electrical appliances according to claim 1, wherein the screen comprises a first area and a second area, the first image systems are displayed in the first area; and the step B is the second image. The image is displayed in the second area. The method for controlling a plurality of electrical appliances according to claim 2, wherein step B and step C include, repeating step A and step B at least once to establish a plurality of the link information and the plurality of second images. And the electrical equipment specified by the link information and its action are different; step C selects one of the second images, so that the electronic device sends a corresponding control command to the designated electrical appliance according to the corresponding link information. device. The method for controlling a plurality of electrical appliances according to claim 1, wherein the step A and the step B include performing a test step of transmitting a corresponding control command to the designated electrical device according to the link information to control the The specified electrical device performs the corresponding action; and the user test result is correct, if yes, proceed to step B, and if not, return to step A. The method for controlling a plurality of electrical appliances according to claim 1, wherein the electrical appliances comprise a gas passage valve and a lighting fixture, and the linking information in the step A specifies the gas passage valve and the lighting fixture, and the gas is designated The action of the channel valve is closed and the action of the lighting device is turned on; in step C, the electronic device controls the gas channel valve to be closed and the lighting device to be turned on. A control method for a multi-electrical device is applied to a wireless control system, the wireless control system includes an electronic device connected to the electrical devices in a wireless manner, the electronic device has a screen, and the plurality of displays are displayed on the screen An image corresponding to some electrical equipment, each of the first image system supply points Selecting a control interface for displaying the corresponding electrical device on the screen; the method includes the following steps: A, establishing a link information in the electronic device, the link information designating at least a part of the electrical devices and Acting, B, establishing a corresponding second image according to the link information, and displaying the second image on the screen; and C, clicking the second image, so that the electronic device according to the link information Sending corresponding control commands to the designated electrical device to control the designated electrical device to perform corresponding actions; wherein the wireless control system includes another electronic device to wirelessly control the electrical devices; Containing control that prohibits the designated electronic device from accepting the other electronic device.