TWI676896B - Smart control and monitor system for home appliance and method of the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a smart home appliance pivot monitoring system, which includes a servo device, a smart device, and a terminal monitoring device. The smart device is connected to the servo device via the Internet in order to send signals to or receive signals from the servo device. The terminal monitoring device is connected to the servo device through the internal network. The terminal monitors the device and receives the signal sent by the smart device through the servo device, so as to connect and control at least one electric appliance or monitor an environmental parameter. Among them, the terminal monitoring device is a combination of multiple modules with different functions that are freely pivoted and stacked, and can be freely selected and replaced according to different operating states or types of household appliances or different states or types of environmental parameters. Thereby, real-time control function is achieved, and control efficiency is improved.

Description

   Smart appliance pivoting monitoring system and method   

The invention relates to a home appliance control system; more particularly, it relates to a smart home appliance pivot monitoring system with a modular replacement function, and also relates to a smart home appliance pivot monitoring method.

Technologies such as automation or smart remote control have been used in large factories for years. In recent years, based on the increasing demand for home security and residential remote control management, such integrated automated or smart remote control systems have been introduced by ordinary manufacturers to general residences. In view of the fact that the current intelligent remote control systems for general residences are still complex and large-scale structures, and must be planned and installed by special personnel, from planning to erection to use, it is not only time-consuming but also expensive. Furthermore, in such a conventional remote control system, if different types of home appliances are involved, it is necessary to frequently change its control device, or even significantly change its system architecture.

According to the above, it is still necessary to develop a system with a simple structure and method, which can not only be used by ordinary people, but also have high management and control efficiency, application flexibility, and a remote control system suitable for general residences.

The invention provides a smart home appliance pivot monitoring system. One embodiment of this smart home appliance pivot monitoring system uses the power line that is commonly deployed at home as the network transmission medium; then the terminal monitoring device is matched with the servo device to form a lightweight and flexible system. The terminal monitoring device adopts a modular design. Multiple modules with different functions on it can allow different users to match the required functions according to their needs. In addition, when the module is replaced, it is necessary to unplug the required module and then insert a new module through a pluggable method. In this way, the smart home appliance pivot monitoring system of the present invention is not only suitable for general users, but can also take into account professionals who need advanced processing.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides a smart home appliance pivot monitoring system, which includes a servo device, a smart device, and a terminal monitoring device. The servo device can be connected to an Internet. The smart device is connected to the servo device via the Internet in order to send signals to or receive signals from the servo device. The terminal monitoring device is connected to the servo device through an internal network. The terminal monitors the device and receives the signal sent by the smart device through the servo device, so as to connect and control at least one electric appliance or monitor an environmental parameter. The terminal monitoring device is a combination of a plurality of modules that are freely pivoted and stacked. These modules have different functions, and can be freely selected to replace the aforementioned modules according to different operating states or types of household appliances or different states or types of environmental parameters.

In the above-mentioned smart appliance pivot monitoring system, multiple modules may include a power module, a main control module, a power control module, and a sensing module. The power module receives an external power source and supplies power to the main control module, the power control module and the sensing module. The power control module is connected to the home appliance to control a power output value output to the home appliance. The sensing module senses a change in operating parameters or environmental parameters of one of the home appliances, and outputs a feedback signal to the main control module. The main control module is connected to the Internet, and is electrically connected to the power control module and the sensing module. The main control module can receive the feedback signal and automatically control the power output value of the power control module according to the feedback signal. Or the main control module sends the feedback signal to the servo device through the internal network, and the smart device receives the feedback signal from the servo device and sends the signal to the servo device according to the feedback signal.

In the above-mentioned smart appliance pivot monitoring system, the smart device includes a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, or a desktop computer. The smart device can send signals to the server device or receive signals from the server device through a browser web interface or an application.

In the above-mentioned smart appliance pivot monitoring system, the internal network may be a power line network. The main control module may include an embedded system, and the embedded system may be used to determine the feedback signal output by the sensing module.

The above-mentioned smart home appliance pivot monitoring system may include a motherboard. These modules are assembled in slots on the motherboard in a pluggable replacement manner.

In another embodiment, the present invention provides a smart home appliance pivot monitoring method, which includes: selecting at least one electric appliance or an environmental parameter to be monitored; providing a plurality of modules with different functions; Among the functional modules, identify and select the corresponding operating state or type of household appliances, or the state or type of environmental parameters to form a terminal monitoring device; connect the terminal monitoring device to the household appliance or set up one to be monitored Within the environment; and through the terminal monitoring device to control the operation status of the home appliances or monitor the status of this environment.

In the above-mentioned smart home appliance pivot monitoring method, the identification and selection of a module corresponding to the operating state or type of the home appliance is obtained through a voltage dividing circuit combined with an analog input.

In the above smart appliance pivoting monitoring method, a servo device may be provided to connect the servo device to the terminal monitoring device, and send a signal to the servo device through a smart device, and then send the signal to the terminal monitoring device to control the operation status of the home appliance .

110‧‧‧Servo

120‧‧‧Terminal monitoring device

121‧‧‧Power Module

122‧‧‧Master Control Module

123‧‧‧Power Control Module

123a‧‧‧Control Panel

124‧‧‧Sensor Module

124a‧‧‧Sensor

125‧‧‧Powerline Network Module

126‧‧‧Embedded System

130‧‧‧ Smart Device

140‧‧‧Household appliances

210‧‧‧ modem

220‧‧‧ Motherboard

221‧‧‧slot

R1‧‧‧ resistance

R2‧‧‧Resistor

S101 ~ S105‧‧‧ steps

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing the architecture of a smart appliance pivot monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention; Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the servo device architecture in Figure 1; Figure 3A is a terminal monitor in Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the device architecture; FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram of the modular assembly of the terminal monitoring device in FIG. 3A; FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of the smart appliance pivoting monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention; Schematic diagram of module identification using analog signals in the smart appliance pivoting monitoring method shown in Figure 4.

Hereinafter, a plurality of embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. For the sake of clarity, many practical details will be explained in the following description. It should be understood, however, that these practical details should not be used to limit the invention. That is, in some embodiments of the present invention, these practical details are unnecessary. In addition, in order to simplify the drawings, some conventional structures and components will be shown or omitted in the drawings in a simple and schematic manner. Furthermore, the terms "connected" or "connected" in the present invention can be a physical or non-physical connection.

Please refer to Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3A, and Figure 3B. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the architecture of a smart home appliance pivot monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the servo device 110 in Figure 1; Figure 3A is a schematic diagram of the structure of the terminal monitoring device 120 in Figure 1; Figure 3B is a diagram of the terminal monitoring device 120 in Figure 3A Modular assembly diagram.

In FIG. 1, the smart home appliance pivot monitoring system mainly includes a servo device 110, a smart device 130, and a terminal monitoring device 120. The servo device 110 is connectable to the Internet. For example, the servo device 110 may be connected to the Internet through a modem 210. The smart device 130 can be connected to the servo device 110 so as to send signals to the servo device 110 or receive signals from the servo device 110. In other words, the smart device 130 is a network-connectable smart phone, tablet computer, notebook computer, or desktop computer. In one example, when the smart device 130 is connected to the Internet through WiFi, it can exchange signals with the server device 110 that is also connected to the Internet. The terminal monitoring device 120 is connected to the servo device 110 through an internal network, and receives signals sent by the smart device 130 through the server device 110, so as to monitor or control at least one electric appliance 140 through the connection. So far, it can be explained that the present invention is the combination of the servo device 110 and the terminal monitoring device 120, so that the smart device 130 transmits a signal to the server device 110 through the Internet, and the servo device 110 transmits this signal to the terminal monitoring through the internal network The device 120 can further monitor or control the operation status of the home appliance 140 or the sensing module 124 (FIG. 3A). In a preferred embodiment, the internal network is a power line network. Based on the fact that the power line network is generally deployed when the home is completed, the use of the power line network allows the installation position of the servo device 110 and the terminal monitoring device 120 of the present invention to be unlimited and flexible in use. In FIGS. 2 and 3A, the present invention is equipped with a power line network module 125 in the servo device 110 and the terminal monitoring device 120 to transmit signals using the power line network.

In the present invention, the above-mentioned terminal monitoring device 120 is composed of a plurality of modules that can be freely pivoted and stacked. These modules each have different functions, and can be freely selected to replace the aforementioned modules according to different operating states or different types of home appliances. In an embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3A, these modules may be a power module 121, a main control module 122, a power control module 123, and a sensing module 124. The power module 121 is used to receive an external power source and supply power to the main control module 122, the power control module 123, and the sensing module 124. The power control module 123 is connected to the home appliance 140 to control the power output value output to the home appliance 140. In one embodiment, the power control module 123 is connected to control the power output value of the household appliances 140 through the control board 123a provided therein. The sensing module 124 is used for sensing environmental parameters. In one embodiment, a sensor 124a is provided in the sensing module 124 so as to implement various sensing monitoring functions. The sensing module 124 can also output a feedback signal to the main control module 122. The main control module 122 is connected to the internal network, and is electrically connected to the power control module 123 and the sensing module 124. In one example, an embedded system 126 is provided in the main control module 122, which can receive the feedback signal from the sensing module 124 and automatically control the power output value of the power control module 123 according to the feedback signal. In another example, the main control module 122 is provided with a power line network module 125, so the feedback signal can be transmitted to the servo device 110 through the internal network (ie, the power line network). The smart device 130 may receive a feedback signal from the servo device 110 and transmit a signal to the servo device 110 according to the feedback signal, so as to switch the operation state of the home appliance 140. The servo device 110 may also have a processor and a non-transitory storage medium that stores and controls the operating parameters of the home appliance 140 in order to automatically or manually control the home appliance 140.

In terms of practical application, if the home appliance 140 is a daylight lamp, the sensing module 124 outputs the brightness value (feedback signal) to the main control module 122 after sensing the brightness of the daylight lamp, and the main control module 122 passes through it. The embedded system 126 determines whether the brightness value needs to be adjusted. The embedded system 126 can preset a number of brightness adjustment values. When it determines that the brightness value needs to be adjusted, it adjusts the power output value of the power control module 123 to control the brightness of the fluorescent lamp. Alternatively, the main control module 122 transmits the brightness value to the servo device 110 through the power line network module 125. The servo device 110 is equipped with a processor and a non-transitory storage medium (memory or hard disk) that stores the operating parameters of the fluorescent lamp. Wait). At this time, since the smart device 130 and the servo device 110 are both connected to the Internet, the smart device 130 can check the brightness value through a browser web interface or an application program. It is also possible to decide whether to adjust the brightness of the fluorescent lamp (home appliance 140) according to the brightness value. If it is decided to adjust the brightness of the fluorescent lamp, the signal is also transmitted to the servo device 110 through the browser web interface or the application program, and then the signal is transmitted from the servo device 110 to the terminal monitoring device 120 through the power line network, and then through the terminal monitoring device 120. The main control module 122 adjusts the power output value of the power control module 123 in order to control the brightness of the fluorescent lamp (home appliance 140). In another possible embodiment, the sensing module 124 for temperature sensing function can also be changed, which can be used to sense the ambient temperature.

It is also worth mentioning that, by replacing corresponding modules, different household appliances 140 or environmental parameters can be monitored.

The various modules of the present invention can be freely combined in a plug-and-play manner. A possible physical architecture is shown in Figure 3B. The terminal monitoring device 120 may be composed of a plurality of modules that are freely pivoted and stacked on a slot 221 of a motherboard 220. In FIG. 3B, the power control module 123 and the sensing module 124 are inserted into the slot 211 for assembly. Or replace. This modular and pluggable replacement method makes the smart home appliance pivot monitoring system of the present invention convenient to use and has a wider application range.

Please continue to refer to FIG. 4, which is a schematic flowchart of a smart appliance pivoting monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 4, a smart household appliance pivot monitoring method disclosed in the present invention generally includes the following steps: Step S101, selecting at least one electric appliance or an environmental parameter to be monitored; and Step S102, providing a plurality of devices with different functions. Step S103: From these modules with different functions, identify and select the module corresponding to the operating state or type of home appliances or environmental parameters to form a terminal monitoring device; step S104, The terminal monitoring device is connected to the home appliance or installed in an environment to be monitored; and step S105, the terminal monitoring device is used to control the operation status of the home appliance or monitor the state of the environment.

In the above-mentioned smart home appliance pivot monitoring method, since different module combinations with different functions must be adopted according to different home appliances, an identification method must be set for each module to avoid confusion. The conventional system uses digital signal identification. When a digital system transmits signals, a pin (PIN) can only represent two values of 1/0. Therefore, where a large number of values or data must be transmitted, a large number of pins are often required or an additional IC is used to establish a multiplexed transmission environment, which results in the overall device volume being unable to be simplified and the manufacturing cost significantly increased. The invention is used for simple module identification, so it is proposed to increase the range of the value of 1 pin by analog signals to achieve the purpose of saving volume and reducing costs.

Please continue to refer to FIG. 5, which is a schematic diagram of module identification using analog signals in the smart appliance pivoting monitoring method shown in FIG. 4. More specifically, the present invention uses a voltage divider circuit and an analog input to achieve more than 50 readings per pin. The principle is roughly explained as follows. The resistor divider system uses the characteristics of resistance and voltage. When two resistors R1 and R2 are connected in series and connected to a voltage source, the two resistors R1 and R2 will distribute the voltage drop. As shown in FIG. 5, when the voltage source is stable, if only one of the resistors R1 is changed and the other resistor R2 is used to divide the voltage, the voltage output can be controlled. When the analog output is used to read the voltage output value, the formula can be converted to identify the value required by the corresponding module. Therefore, when the module is manufactured, the fixed voltage input and the value of the resistor R2 divided voltage can be assigned to each model of the module with different functions its own resistor R1, through the number control of the resistor R1, you can easily identify Corresponding module.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art can make various modifications and retouches without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection of the present invention The scope shall be determined by the scope of the attached patent application.

Claims (8)

A smart home appliance pivot monitoring system includes: a servo device connected to an internet; and a smart device connected to the servo device through the internet to send signals to the servo device Or receiving a signal from the servo device; and a terminal monitoring device, which is connected to the servo device through an internal network, and the terminal monitoring device receives the signal sent by the smart device through the servo device for connection control At least one electric appliance or monitoring an environmental parameter; wherein the terminal monitoring device is a combination of a plurality of modules freely pivoted and stacked, and each of these modules has a different function and is based on different operating states or types of the household appliance Or the environmental parameters are in different states or types, and the modules can be freely selected to be replaced; the terminal monitoring device includes a motherboard, and the modules are assembled in a slot on the motherboard in a pluggable replacement manner. According to the smart appliance pivot monitoring system described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the modules include a power module, a main control module, a power control module, and a sensing module, among which: the power supply The module receives an external power source and supplies power to the main control module, the power control module, and the sensing module; the power control module is connected to the home appliance for controlling output to one of the home appliances Power output value; the sensing module senses a change in an operating parameter of the household appliance or the environmental parameter, and outputs a feedback signal to the main control module; the main control module is connected to the Internet, And electrically connect the power control module and the sensing module, the main control module receives the feedback signal, and automatically controls the power output value of the power control module according to the feedback signal; or the main control module The feedback signal is transmitted to the servo device through the internal network, the smart device receives the feedback signal from the servo device, and transmits the signal to the servo device according to the feedback signal. According to the smart appliance pivot monitoring system described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the smart device includes a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, or a desktop computer. According to the smart appliance pivot monitoring system described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the smart device sends a signal to the server device or receives a signal from the server device through a browser web interface or an application program. According to the smart appliance pivot monitoring system described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the internal network is a power line network. According to the smart appliance pivot monitoring system described in item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein the main control module includes an embedded system, the embedded system is used to determine the feedback signal output by the sensing module. A smart household appliance pivot monitoring method includes: selecting at least one electric appliance or an environmental parameter to be monitored; providing a plurality of modules with different functions; and using a partial voltage from the modules with different functions The circuit combines an analog input recognition to select a module corresponding to the operating state or type of the home appliance or the state or type of the environmental parameter to form a terminal monitoring device; connect the terminal monitoring device to the home appliance or set up a desired Monitoring an environment; and controlling the operation status of the home appliances or monitoring the status of the environment through a terminal monitoring device. According to the smart appliance pivot monitoring method described in item 7 of the scope of the patent application, a smart device transmits a signal to the terminal monitoring device to control the operation status of the home appliance.