TWI681648B - Simulated object, device and management system thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a simulated object, device and management system thereof using different communication protocols, which includes: a first device having a first sensing function, or having the first sensing function and a first actuation function; a second device having a second actuation function, wherein at least one of the first and second devices communicates by a first communication protocol; and a gateway communicates in between the first and second devices which use the different communication protocols, which are converted through the gateway. The gateway includes a situation simulation unit for converting the communication content according to a control protocol, to generate a first simulation object corresponding to the first device and to generate a second simulation object corresponding to the second device. The first simulation object includes a first sensing attribute corresponding to the first sensing function. The situation simulation unit actuates at least one of the first and second devices according to the first sensing attribute, by determining at least a corresponding actuation attribute in at least one of the simulation objects.

Description

Simulated objects, devices and their management system

The invention relates to a simulated object, device and its management system, in particular to a simulated object, device and its management system that can use different communication protocols in a heterogeneous network.

In recent years, in heterogeneous network environments (such as buildings), there is an increasing demand for smart management of various devices. Currently, there are multiple communication protocols on the market, and each communication protocol has its advantages. It is difficult to take all of the same device into account. Communication agreement. If this device needs to take into account multiple communication protocols, its cost of research and development, as well as product production costs have increased significantly. Although various devices in a building can comply with a specific communication protocol, the building is a long-term operation place, and the operation usually lasts at least a few decades. However, the life cycle of electronic devices rarely exceeds ten years, so it is often necessary during the maintenance process Devices that meet current specific communication protocols can be replaced continuously, and their maintenance is very difficult.

In addition, in a building or a specific space, it is often necessary to install a variety of devices or objects with different functions. These devices are usually responsible for various functions of the indoor living environment, such as thermometers, hygrometers, air conditioners, electric lights, etc. . In addition to the above devices The letter and agreement are different from each other, and their installation methods are also fixed or embedded in the building. When a device breaks, it cannot be easily repaired and replaced, making the maintenance of the device more difficult. .

In summary, the difficulties faced by the prior art are in addition to the aforementioned devices that are maintained for a specific communication protocol for a long time. When it is necessary to select or replace devices of different communication protocols, it is also difficult to establish communication channels between different communication protocols. In view of this, it is very important how to provide a simulated object management system using different communication protocols that is easy to use.

In order to achieve the above and other objects, the present invention provides a management system for simulated objects, which controls and manages devices by generating corresponding simulated objects through devices according to different communication protocols.

In one aspect, the present invention provides a simulation object management system, which includes: a first device, a second device, and a gateway (including at least a controller and a context simulation cloud). The first device has a first perception function, or has a first perception function and a first driving function. The second device has a second driving function, wherein at least one of the first and second devices communicates through a first communication protocol. The gateway communicates with the first and second devices through at least one of the controllers to communicate between different communication protocols. The context simulation cloud will convert the communication content and generate a first simulated object corresponding to the first device and a second simulated object corresponding to the second device according to a control protocol. The first simulated object includes a first perception attribute corresponding to the first perception function, and the scenario simulation cloud uses the first perception attribute to borrow The corresponding driving attribute in the simulated object is determined to drive the corresponding at least one device.

In one embodiment, the aforementioned simulation object management system can be applied to an Internet of Things.

In one embodiment, the first or second communication protocol includes a wireless communication protocol and/or wired communication.

In an embodiment, the first device communicates by a first communication protocol, and the second device communicates by a second communication protocol, wherein the first and second devices communicate by at least one controller inside the gateway Conversion communication between different communication protocols, in which the context simulation cloud generates a first simulation object and a second simulation object according to the content of the conversion communication.

In an embodiment, when the first perception attribute meets a driving condition, the context simulation cloud determines a first drive attribute of the first simulation object to drive the first device; or, the situation simulation cloud synchronizes by determining the first simulation object One of the first driving attribute and the second driving attribute of the second simulated object to drive the first device and the second device.

In one embodiment, the simulated object management system further includes: a third device having a second sensing function, or having a second sensing function and a third driving function. The gateway uses at least one controller to perform conversion communication between different communication protocols with the third device, or to perform conversion communication between different communication protocols with the third device and a fourth device. The context simulation cloud converts the content of the communication to generate a third simulation object corresponding to one of the third devices, or a third simulation object corresponding to the third and fourth devices and a fourth simulation object, respectively. The situational simulation cloud drives the third or fourth device by determining the corresponding driving attribute in the third or fourth simulated object according to the second perception attribute. The second perception function has the same physical state or chemical state perception function as the first perception function.

From another viewpoint, the present invention also provides a simulated object management system for managing multiple external devices using different communication protocols, one of the external devices including a first perception function. The management system includes: at least one controller, which performs conversion communication with external devices; and a gateway, which includes a situational simulation cloud, and the situational simulation cloud will convert the communication content of the communication according to a control protocol, and generate corresponding to A plurality of simulated objects of the external device. The simulated objects include a first perception attribute corresponding to the first perception function. Based on the first perception attribute, the scenario simulation cloud determines corresponding driving attributes in the simulated object to drive at least the corresponding ones. An external device.

In an embodiment, different external devices communicate with each other using a first communication protocol and a second communication protocol respectively, wherein the external device communicates with the scenario simulation cloud through different communication protocols through at least one controller, wherein The context simulation cloud generates simulation objects based on the content of the converted communication with a control agreement.

In an embodiment, when the first perceived attribute meets a driving condition, the context simulation cloud determines the driving attribute included in the corresponding simulated object to drive the corresponding external device.

In one embodiment, another of the external devices, that is, another simulated object other than the simulated object with the first sensing function, has a first sensing function that has the same physical state or chemical state sensing function as the first sensing function. Second perception function. The situational simulation cloud drives the corresponding at least one external device by determining the corresponding driving attribute in the at least another simulated object according to the second perception attribute.

100, 200, 300, 400 ‧‧‧ simulation object management system

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Figures 1 and 2 show schematic diagrams of simulated object management systems according to two embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows a comparison diagram of each communication protocol and the simulated object management system of the present invention.

4 and 5 show schematic diagrams of simulated object management systems according to two embodiments of the present invention.

The foregoing and other technical contents, features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the following detailed description with reference to the preferred embodiments of the drawings. One of the features of the present invention is to control and manage devices by using simulated objects corresponding to devices with different communication protocols.

Please refer to FIG. 1 first, which shows a schematic diagram of a simulation object management system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The simulated object management system 100 includes: a first device 11, a second device 12, and a gateway 15, wherein the gateway 15 includes a controller 15a and a scenario simulation cloud 15b. The first device 11 has a first perception function, or has a first perception function and a first driving function. The first sensing function, including: temperature, humidity, brightness, motion, health index, anti-theft intrusion, door and window switch, pressure, sound, ultraviolet, infrared, current, voltage, gas composition, gas flow, water flow, or smoke, etc. Features. The first driving function may include: air conditioning, electric fan, electric heater, dehumidifier, light source, alarm, warning, door lock, door and window opening, kitchen appliances, bathroom, audio and video appliances, air pressure adjustment, recording, green shadow, sound device , Medical sterilization equipment, emergency escape indication lighting, power switch, or tile Drive functions such as switches. The second device 12 has a second driving function, wherein the second driving function may include: air-conditioning, electric fan, electric heater, dehumidifier, light source, alarm, warning, door and window opening, kitchen appliance, bathroom, audio-visual appliance, air pressure adjustment , Recording, green shadow, sound device, medical sterilization equipment, emergency escape indication lighting, power switch, or gas switch and other driving functions. At least one of the first and second devices communicates through a first communication protocol Prot1. The gateway 15 uses at least one controller 15a (FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a controller 15a, and FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of two controllers 15a) and the first and second devices 11, 12 to convert between different communication protocols. Communication. As shown in the figure, the controller 15a is connected between the first and second devices 11, 12 and the scenario simulation cloud 15b to perform conversion communication between the first communication protocol Prot1 and a control protocol Protc. The context simulation cloud 15b will convert the communication content to generate a first simulated object 151 corresponding to the first device 11 and a second simulated object 152 corresponding to the second device 12.

The first simulated object 151 includes a first perception attribute corresponding to one of the first perception functions (for example: temperature, humidity, brightness, motion, health index, anti-theft intrusion, door and window switch, pressure, sound, ultraviolet, infrared, current, voltage, Sensory attributes such as gas composition, gas flow, water flow, image monitoring, or smoke). The gateway 15 determines the corresponding driving attributes (for example: air conditioner, electric fan, electric heater, dehumidifier, light source, alarm, warning, door lock) included in the simulated object (151 or 152) according to the first perception attribute , Switch doors and windows, kitchen appliances, bathroom, audio and video appliances, air pressure adjustment, recording, green shadow, sound device, medical sterilization equipment, contact the medical system, emergency escape indication lighting, power switch, or gas switch and other driving attributes) to drive the corresponding At least one device. For example, the first device 11 is a cooling air-conditioning device, which has both a temperature sensing function and a cooling air-conditioning driving function, and the second device 12 is a light source device. The gateway 15 will convert the communication content with the first device 11 to generate a The air conditioning and air conditioning simulation object (first simulation object 151) of the first device 11 includes temperature sensing attributes and air conditioning air conditioning driving attributes. When the temperature in the building (or in a space or room in the building) is too high (the temperature sensing attribute exceeds a predetermined value or meets a driving condition), the gateway 15 according to the temperature sensing attribute (first sensing attribute), By determining the corresponding cooling air conditioning driving attributes included in the simulated object 151, the controller 15a can be used to turn on the driving of the cooling air conditioning equipment of the first device 11 or drive the temperature adjustment function of the cooling air conditioning equipment.

In one embodiment, the first and second devices 11, 12 have the same first driving function, or the second device 12 has a similar driving function as the first device 11. For example, when the first and second devices 11, 12 have the same driving function of the air conditioner, the gateway 15 determines the first and second simulated objects 151, 152 according to the temperature sensing attributes (first sensing attributes). The driving attribute of the air conditioner is to start the drive of the air conditioners of the first and second devices 11, 12 through the controller 15a, or to adjust the temperature of the air conditioner.

In the foregoing embodiment, when the gateway 15 simultaneously determines the driving attributes of the first and second simulated objects 151 and 152, the step of determining the driving attributes of different simulated objects may not be prioritized.

2, which shows a schematic diagram of a simulated object management system 200 according to an embodiment of the invention. The simulated object management system 200 includes: a first device 11, a second device 12, and a gateway 15. The first device 11 communicates through the first communication protocol Prot1, the second device 12 communicates through the second communication protocol Prot2, wherein the first and second devices 11, 12 communicate with the gateway 15 through the two controllers 15a The conversion communication between different communication protocols is performed, wherein the controller 15a generates a first simulated object 151 and a second simulated object 152 according to the content of the converted communication.

In yet another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the same controller 15a may not be limited to only performing communication conversion between two communication agreements, but may also perform communication conversion between more than two communication agreements. For example, the same controller 15a can perform conversion communication between the control protocol Protc and the second communication protocol Prot2 of the second device 12, and the first communication protocol Prot1 of the third device 13. The situation simulation cloud 15b can generate the third simulation object 153 according to the converted communication from the third device 13. The user can adjust the characteristics according to needs. For example, the communication protocol of the third device 13 may not be limited to the first communication protocol Prot1, but other communication protocols may be used.

The aforementioned simulation object is generated by the gateway 15 which will convert the communication content, which has the advantages of convenient operation and flexible adjustment. In particular, the communication protocols used by various devices in the building are different, which can highlight the convenience of intelligent management constructed by this system. The user only needs to connect each device to communicate with the gateway 15, and then can easily construct the entire management system through the operation interface. The operation interface includes, for example, a graphical user interface for operation of an object, and the connection between each device and the gateway 15 is established by common methods such as input or sliding on the interface.

In one embodiment, the aforementioned simulation object management system can be applied to an Internet of Things.

In one embodiment, the first or second communication protocol includes a wireless communication protocol and/or wired communication. The wireless communication protocol includes WIFI, Wi-SUN, Modbus, Zigbee, IQRF, Thread, or ZWAVE. Wired communication includes BACnet, LonWorks, M-bus, Modbus, DALI, EnOcean, RS485, RS232, or KNX, etc.

The working scope of the communication protocol of devices in general buildings can be from the field level, automation level, and management. level) system division of labor to analyze. Referring to FIG. 3, the existing communication protocols (such as BACnet, etc. in the figure) have failed to balance the communication functions of the field layer, the automation layer, and the management layer, which makes it difficult to achieve no difference between different layers based on the existing communication protocol. Obstructed communication effect. The present invention uses the control protocol used by the controller and the context simulation cloud. The control protocol can achieve communication conversion with the aforementioned communication protocols. Although the communication protocols used by the devices in the management system may not take into account the field layer, The communication function of the automation layer and the management layer, but this management system can make up for this shortcoming, and can take into account the communication function of the horizontal field layer, the automation layer, and the management layer, to achieve the effect that is not available among the existing communication agreements. In addition, the common communication protocols in the drawings are only for illustration, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. The user can determine the included communication protocols as needed.

In one embodiment, the aforementioned gateway 15 determines the technical characteristics of the simulated object according to the sensing attributes. In FIG. 1, when the first sensing attribute meets a driving condition, the gateway 15 determines the driving attribute of the simulated object to drive the corresponding device. This driving condition. For example, the driving condition may be a predetermined condition, for example, the aforementioned temperature sensing function is higher than a predetermined temperature (for example, 28 degrees Celsius). Alternatively, the driving conditions may be commands input from outside the management system. For another example, the driving condition is that when the distance between the owner's car and the house is within 2 kilometers, the driving function of the air conditioner of the device is turned on in advance. In this way, when the owner reaches the house, the indoor temperature is already in a comfortable state.

In addition, the aforementioned driving conditions can be set or specified externally. The externally set or specified devices can include: mobile devices (MD), stations (STA), mobile computers, laptop computers, notebook computers, desktop computers, Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices, mobile devices Network device, handheld computer, handheld device, storage device, PDA device, handheld PDA Devices, in-vehicle devices, off-vehicle devices, driving devices, mobile or portable devices, mobile phones, cellular phones, mobile internet devices (MID), video devices, audio devices, A/V devices, gaming devices, media players , Smart phones, etc.

However, the driving attribute of the simulation object of the present invention is not limited to one simulation object. For example, there are at least two air conditioners in the same space. At this time, the context simulation cloud will convert the communication content to the corresponding at least two simulation objects. The gateway synchronizes the driving properties of at least two simulated objects to drive at least two air-conditioning devices.

When the simulated object management system of the present invention is applied to multiple spaces (or rooms), although it may be possible to use the single sensing attribute described above to determine whether to drive each device, there are often different sensing attributes required for each room according to the requirements. For example, the temperature requirements of the storage room and the living room are different. Referring to one embodiment of FIG. 4, the simulated object management system 300 of the present invention further includes: a third device 13 having a second sensing function, or having a second sensing function and a third driving function. The second perception function and the aforementioned first perception function may have the same physical state or chemical state perception function, and the first perception function and the second perception function may respectively sense the state in different spaces (or rooms). In this way, the gateway 15 can also drive devices installed in different spaces (or rooms) according to the results of the first sensing function and the second sensing function, respectively. The gateway 15 performs conversion communication between different communication protocols with the third device 13 through the controller 15a, or performs conversion communication between different communication protocols with the third device 13 and the fourth device 14. The gateway 15 converts the content of the communication to generate a third simulated object 153 corresponding to one of the third devices, or a third simulated object 153 and a fourth simulated object 154 corresponding to the third and fourth devices 13, 14 and respectively . The situation simulation cloud 15b determines the corresponding driving attribute of the third simulation object 153 or the fourth simulation object 154 according to the second perception attribute to drive the third 装置13或四装置14。 The device 13 or four devices 14.

In the simulation object management system 100, 200, 300 of the foregoing embodiment, the user can also adjust the configuration of the controller 15a according to needs, for example, all controllers 15a are integrated into the same controller 15a, or a part of all controllers 15a are integrated The same controller 15a or all controllers 15a are independently configured between each device and the scenario simulation cloud 15b.

For example, FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the simulated object management system 400, which also includes the first, second, third, and fourth devices 11, 12, 13, 14, the controller 15a, the gateway 15, and the generated The first, second, third, and fourth simulated objects 151, 152, 153, 154. The difference from FIG. 4 is that the gateway 15 of FIG. 5 can perform conversion communication with the first and second devices 11 and 12 by independent controllers 15a.

It should be noted that although the foregoing embodiments are described with two devices or four devices respectively, the number of devices is for illustration only, and is not intended to limit the number of devices during implementation. The user can adjust or increase as needed The number of devices is still within the scope of the rights claimed by the present invention.

From another point of view, the present invention also provides a simulated object management system including the aforementioned controller and the aforementioned scenario simulation cloud for managing multiple external devices using different communication protocols (such as the aforementioned first, second, and third) , Four devices). One of the external devices (such as the aforementioned first device) includes the aforementioned first perception function. The controller is used for conversion and communication with external devices. The context simulation cloud will convert the communication content of the communication to generate a plurality of simulation objects corresponding to the external device respectively. The simulation object includes a first perception attribute corresponding to the first perception function. The situation simulation cloud uses the first perception attribute to borrow By determining the corresponding driving attributes in the simulated object, the corresponding at least one external device is driven.

In addition, regarding the operation of each external device and how the external device performs conversion communication with the scenario simulation cloud, please refer to the description of the foregoing embodiment, which is not described in detail here.

In this way, the aforementioned advantages of the simulation object management system of the present invention are convenient to use, easy to set up and construct, and take into account multiple communication protocols, which is very convenient.

The present invention has been described above with reference to preferred embodiments, but the above are only for the purpose of making the person skilled in the art easy to understand the content of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

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Claims (9)

A simulation object management system includes: a first device having a first sensing function, or having the first sensing function and a first driving function; a second device having a second driving function, wherein the At least one of the first and second devices communicates through a first communication protocol; and a gateway to perform conversion communication between the different communication protocols with the first and second devices, wherein the gateway includes a situational simulation Cloud, the scenario simulation cloud generates a first simulated object corresponding to the first device and a second simulated object corresponding to the second device according to a control protocol; wherein, the first A simulated object includes a first perception attribute corresponding to the first perception function, and the situational simulation cloud drives corresponding at least one of the devices by determining corresponding driving attributes in the simulated objects according to the first perception attribute , Wherein when the first perceived attribute meets a driving condition, the situational simulation cloud determines a first driving attribute of the first simulated object to drive the first device. The simulation object management system according to claim 1, wherein the gateway includes at least one controller, the first device communicates by the first communication protocol, and the second device communicates by a second communication protocol , Wherein the first and second devices perform the conversion communication between different communication protocols through the at least one controller, wherein the scenario simulation cloud generates the first simulation object and the second simulation object according to the content of the conversion communication . The simulated object management system according to claim 2, wherein the first or second communication protocol includes a wireless communication protocol and/or wired communication. A simulation object management system includes: a first device having a first sensing function, or having the first sensing function and a first driving function; a second device having a second driving function, wherein the At least one of the first and second devices communicates via a first communication protocol; and a gateway to perform conversion communication between the different communication protocols with the first and second devices, wherein the gateway includes a contextual simulation Cloud, the scenario simulation cloud generates a first simulated object corresponding to the first device and a second simulated object corresponding to the second device according to a control protocol; wherein, the first A simulated object includes a first perception attribute corresponding to the first perception function, and the situational simulation cloud drives corresponding at least one of the devices by determining corresponding driving attributes in the simulated objects according to the first perception attribute ; Wherein, when the first perceived attribute meets a driving condition, the context simulation cloud determines a first drive attribute of the first simulated object to drive the first device; or, the situation simulation cloud synchronizes by determining the first A first driving attribute of the simulated object and a second driving attribute of the second simulated object to drive the first device and the second device. The simulated object management system according to claim 1, further comprising: a third device having a second perception function, or having the second perception function and a third driving function; wherein the situational simulation cloud generates corresponding to A third simulated object of the third device, or respectively corresponding to the third device and a fourth device and the third simulated object and a fourth model Pseudo object, the situational simulation cloud drives the third or fourth device by determining the corresponding driving attribute in the third or fourth simulated object according to the second perception attribute; wherein, the second perception function and the first The perception function has the same physical state or chemical state perception function. A simulated object management system for managing multiple external devices using different communication protocols, one of the external devices includes a first sensing function, the simulated object management system includes: at least one controller, and the external devices Performing conversion communication; and a scenario simulation cloud, generating communication objects corresponding to the external devices according to a control protocol of the communication content of the conversion communication, the simulation objects including the corresponding first perception function A first perceptual attribute, the context simulation cloud determines corresponding driving attributes in the simulated objects according to the first perceptual attribute to drive at least one corresponding external device, wherein when the first perceptual attribute matches a Driving conditions, the context simulation cloud determines the driving attributes included in the corresponding simulated objects to drive the corresponding external device or the external devices. The simulation object management system according to claim 6, wherein the external devices respectively communicate using a first communication protocol and a second communication protocol, wherein the external devices simulate the situation with the at least one controller The cloud performs the conversion communication between different communication protocols, wherein the scenario simulation cloud generates the simulated objects with the control protocol according to the content of the conversion communication. The simulated object management system according to claim 6, wherein the first or second communication protocol includes a wireless communication protocol and/or wired communication. A simulated object management system for managing multiple external devices using different communication protocols, one of the external devices includes a first sensing function, the simulated object management system includes: at least one controller, and the external devices Performing conversion communication; and a scenario simulation cloud, generating communication objects corresponding to the external devices according to a control protocol of the communication content of the conversion communication, the simulation objects including the corresponding first perception function A first perceptual attribute, based on the first perceptual attribute, the situational simulation cloud determines corresponding drive attributes in the simulated objects to drive at least one corresponding external device; wherein the other of the external devices The external device has a second perception function having the same physical state or chemical state perception function as the first perception function, and the situational simulation cloud decides to correspond to at least one of the simulated objects according to the second perception attribute Drive attribute to drive at least one corresponding external device.

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