TWI572237B - A method of initializing and establishing a connection to the surrounding device - Google Patents

Description

Method of initializing and establishing a connection to a surrounding device

The present invention relates to a remotely controllable playback system, and more particularly to a method of initializing and establishing a connection to a surrounding device.

Press, many wireless multimedia playback devices generally consider the convenience of erection, so they will design an operation mode that supports wireless transmission control. Since all playback devices must have their associated settings before they can join the wireless network, they can join the wireless network. In a new device, when they want to join a wireless network, they must first The relevant connection information is set so that it can join the specified wireless network to achieve the ability to be controlled remotely through the controller. Therefore, when a new device is acquired, it is necessary to perform related initialization settings for the device by other means.

Nowadays, the known connection initialization method on the market is nothing more than a connection between a line network and a playback device, or a wireless point-to-point connection to a designated device, and then the corresponding connection information through the connection channel. Set to the device to connect to the specified wireless network based on the received information. Initialization using this method means that if the number of devices to be erected is large, the erection time will be greatly increased and more time will be spent to initialize each device.

Therefore, the present invention proposes a method for initializing and establishing a connection to a surrounding device, which can solve the above problems, and the specific architecture and its implementation manner will be described in detail below:

The main object of the present invention is to provide a method for initializing and establishing a connection to a peripheral device, which uses a wireless controller to simultaneously connect a plurality of playback devices, and first sets a wireless access point with a known connection identification name. As long as the playback device sends the connection request to the wireless controller, regardless of the number of playback devices, the wireless controller can simultaneously initialize multiple playback devices to save time required for initialization, and further reduce the steps of the user operation. .

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for initializing and establishing a connection to a peripheral device, wherein the wireless controller can simultaneously send the wireless network related information required for the connection to the connected playback device, so that the playback device is not initialized. Before, the information required for the connection can be received through the wireless controller, and then connected to the designated wireless network.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for initializing and establishing a connection to a peripheral device, which is a method in which a wireless controller is connected to a plurality of playback devices, the playback device is initialized, and the playback device is connected to the network. The controller establishes a wireless access point including a connection identification name, and the playback device that needs to be initialized searches for the wireless access point with the known connection identification name, and actively sends a connection request to the wireless controller, and wirelessly The controller establishes a connection with the playback device to determine whether the playback device needs to be initialized, and if so, sends a connection information of the designated wireless network to the playback device for connection to the designated wireless network; and the wireless controller After confirming that the playback device receives the connection information, the connection is disconnected, and the playback device attempts to connect to the designated wireless network.

The purpose, technical content, features and effects achieved by the present invention will be more readily understood by the detailed description of the embodiments.

The present invention provides a method for initializing and establishing a connection to a peripheral device. The architecture diagram is as shown in FIG. 1. A wireless controller 10 is connected to the plurality of playback devices 12 by wireless signal transmission. In the present invention, the wireless controller 10 is provided. The connection request sent by the plurality of playback devices 12 can be received, and the wireless network information can be sent to the plurality of playback devices 12 at the same time, so as to save the time required for each playback device 12 to perform initialization one by one. The wireless controller 10 can be a smart phone, a tablet or other electronic device with wireless transmission function, and the playback device 12 is an audio, a wireless speaker, a broadcast device or a music player.

2 is a flow chart of a wireless controller part of a method for initializing and establishing a connection between surrounding devices according to the present invention. First, a user first clicks an initialization button on a wireless controller to cause the wireless controller to enter an initialization mode, as in step S10, initializing. The button is a control button of an application installed in the wireless controller, and the application is used to control the playback device 12; after entering the initialization mode, as described in steps S12 to S14, the wireless controller first sets a known one. The connection identification name, and then establish a wireless access point according to the connection identification name; in step S16, the wireless controller waits for the playback device that needs to be initialized to actively issue a connection request, and after waiting for a period of time, step S18 determines whether If there is a connection request, if it is not received, it is judged whether it is timed out in step S26, and if it has timed out, the wireless access point is turned off, as described in step S28, if it is not timed out, it continues to wait for the playback device that needs to be initialized to take the initiative. The connection request is issued; otherwise, if the connection request is received in step S18, the wireless controller performs a handover procedure with the playback device in steps S20-S22. The handshaking) method establishes a connection, and then determines whether it is a device that needs to be initialized. If not, it determines whether to timeout as described above in step S26. Otherwise, if it is a playback device to be initialized, the wireless controller in step S24 The connection information of a designated wireless network is sent to the playback device, and the information can be used by the playback device to limit the designated wireless network. Next, in step S26, it is judged whether or not the timeout is reached. After confirming that the playback device correctly receives the connection information, the connection with the playback device is interrupted in step S28, and the wireless access point is turned off.

The flow chart of the playback device section is as shown in Figure 3. When the playback device is activated, it will first connect to the specified wireless network according to the stored information. If the playback device does not store connection information, or cannot When a wireless network that has stored information establishes a connection, it will actively enter the initialization mode, as described in steps S30-S32. After entering the initialization mode, the playback device actively searches for the wireless access point of the known connection identification name in step S34, and after the search, the playback device will actively send a connection request to the wireless controller (as shown in FIG. 2). Step S16, the wireless controller waits for the connection request sent by the playback device, and establishes a connection with the wireless controller, as described in steps S36-S38; after establishing the connection, the wireless controller actively sends the connection to a designated wireless. The connection information of the network is sent to the playback device. After receiving the connection information, the playback device attempts to connect to the designated wireless network. If steps S40-S42 are performed, if the connection fails, the device returns to step S34 to continue searching. If there are other wireless access points with known connection identification names, if the connection is successful, the playback device will switch back to the playback mode in step S44.

For example, there are two playback devices to be initialized and a smart phone with an application installed. The application in the smart phone is a program that controls the playback device corresponding to the playback device. First set the two playback frames to the specified position, connect the power and turn on the switch; then open the application on the smart phone and click the "One button initialization" button, the user does not need to make any settings or operations, directly wait for the two playback devices After receiving the relevant connection information and connecting to the designated wireless network, the smart phone can be left in the initialization mode and enter the control page of the playback device in the application to control the playback device.

In summary, the method for initializing and establishing a connection to a peripheral device according to the present invention uses a wireless controller to simultaneously connect a plurality of playback devices, as long as the user presses the initialization button of the wireless controller, regardless of the number of playback devices. There are several, as long as the playback device sends the connection request to the wireless controller, the wireless controller can simultaneously send the wireless network related information required for the connection to each playback device, and initialize the multiple playback devices. The playback device can be connected to a designated wireless network, avoiding the problem of requiring individual settings and initialization of each playback device in the prior art, saving the time required for initialization of multiple playback devices, and reducing the steps of user operations. .

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Therefore, any changes or modifications of the features and spirits of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

10‧‧‧Wireless controller
12‧‧‧Players

1 is an architectural diagram of a method for initializing and establishing a connection to a peripheral device according to the present invention. 2 is a flow chart of a portion of a wireless controller in a method for initializing and establishing a connection to a peripheral device according to the present invention. Figure 3 is a flow chart showing the portion of the playback device in the method of initializing and establishing a connection to the surrounding device of the present invention.

Claims (8)

A method for initializing and establishing a connection to a peripheral device, the method of connecting a plurality of playback devices by a wireless controller, initializing the playback devices, and connecting the playback devices to a network, the method comprising the steps of: The wireless controller establishes a wireless access point including a connection identification name; at least one of the playback devices that needs to be initialized searches for the wireless access point with a known connection identification name, and actively issues a connection request; The wireless controller establishes a connection with the at least one playback device, determines whether the at least one playback device needs to be initialized, and if so, sends a connection information of the designated wireless network to the at least one playback device for connection to the wireless controller. The designated wireless network. The method for initializing and establishing a connection to a surrounding device as described in claim 1, wherein the wireless controller first sets the known connection identification name, and then establishes the wireless access point according to the connection identification name. The method for initializing and establishing a connection to a surrounding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless controller confirms that the at least one playback device receives the connection information of the designated wireless network, and then disconnects the connection. The method for initializing and establishing a connection to a peripheral device as described in claim 1, wherein initialization is performed when a wireless network connection information has been stored in the playback device but the connection cannot be established. The method for initializing and establishing a connection to a peripheral device as described in claim 1, wherein initialization is required when no wireless network connection information is stored in the playback device. A method for initializing and establishing a connection to a peripheral device as described in claim 1, wherein the wireless controller establishes a connection with the at least one playback device by means of a handshaking. A method for initializing and establishing a connection to a peripheral device as described in claim 1, wherein the playback device is an audio, a wireless speaker, a broadcast device, or a music player. A method for initializing and establishing a connection to a peripheral device as claimed in claim 1 or 4 or 5, wherein the playback device switches to an initialization mode when initializing, and switches to a play mode after initialization is completed.