TWM456037U - Terminal control system and gateway - Google Patents

Abstract

A gateway includes a local communication module, connecting with a plurality of local terminal apparatus, corresponding to a plurality of communication protocols, by the plurality of communication protocols; a manage storage module, managing and storing apparatus information of the local terminal apparatus; and a network communication module, translating the plurality of communication protocols into a union protocol and connecting with a server by the union protocol.

Description

Terminal control system and gateway

This creation is mainly about terminal control technology, especially regarding terminal control technology that uses a terminal control system to convert different protocols to achieve terminal management.

With the continuous development of network technology, more and more terminal equipment (such as: various security alarm equipment, various types of lighting equipment, various types of household appliances, various types of sensor equipment, etc.) will be connected to the Internet. The Internet gradually forms a network of things and things (that is, the Internet of Things), which brings more convenience to people's production and life.

Due to the inconsistency of the development equipment and development language of the equipment produced by each terminal equipment manufacturer, these different types of terminal equipment cannot be well integrated, and the centralized management of these equipments cannot be realized. control. This limitation has hindered the development of the Internet of Things to a large extent, making it impossible for people to experience the convenience brought by the Internet of Things to people's production and life.

Therefore, a system is needed to integrate various types of terminal devices for centralized control and management, which has achieved the goal of being truly convenient for people to use.

In view of the above prior art problems, the present invention provides a terminal control technology that can convert different protocols via a terminal control system to achieve terminal management terminal management technology.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a terminal control system includes: a server; a gateway device that supports a plurality of communication protocols, and converts the plurality of communication protocols into a unified communication protocol, and through the unified communication protocol and The server is connected; the plurality of local terminal devices are respectively connected to the gateway through the plurality of communication protocols; and a client device is connected to the server, and the local terminal device is managed through the server.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a gateway device includes: a local communication module for connecting a plurality of local terminal devices corresponding to different plurality of communication protocols through a plurality of communication protocols; and a storage module for storing the above a device information of one of the local terminal devices; and a network communication module for converting the plurality of communication protocols into a unified communication protocol and connecting to a server through the unified protocol.

100‧‧‧ Terminal Control System

110A-110C‧‧‧Local Terminal Equipment

111‧‧‧ Terminal Application Interface Module

112‧‧‧ Terminal Management Control Module

113‧‧‧Terminal communication module

114‧‧‧ Terminal Application Module

120‧‧‧ gateway

121‧‧‧Local Communication Module

122‧‧‧Manage storage module

123‧‧‧Network communication module

130‧‧‧Server

131‧‧‧Communication module

132‧‧‧Safety Certification Module

133‧‧‧Management Control Module

134‧‧‧Application Module

140‧‧‧Customer equipment

S1‧‧‧ control signal

1 is a block diagram showing a terminal control system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A is a schematic diagram of a local terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2B is a schematic illustration of a gateway 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure.

2C is a schematic diagram of a server 130 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram showing a terminal control system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the terminal control system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a local terminal device 110A-110C, a gateway 120, a server 130, and a client device 140.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the local terminal devices 110A-110C respectively connect the gateway 120 through different communication protocols. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the local terminal devices 110A-110C may be various types of terminal devices, such as various sensors, various household appliances, various security devices, personal computers, alarm devices, monitoring devices, lighting devices, and the like. Etc., they are connected to the gateway 120 through different communication protocols. According to an embodiment of the present invention, different communication protocols are selected from the group consisting of 802.3, 802.11a/b/g/n, ZigBee, ZigWave, RS-485, Universal Serial Bus (USB), G3 power line communication (G3 Power). Line Communication, G3 PLC), Universal Powerline Association PLC (UPA PLC), HomePlug Power Line Communication (HomePlug PLC), G.hn, Mod Bus, Home Phoneline Network Alliance, HomePNA ), LonWorks, Building Automation and Control Networks (BACNet), Digital Addressable Lighting Interface (DALI), DMX512/DMX512-A, A group consisting of a protocol such as the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) and the Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART). It should be specifically noted that in this embodiment, only three local terminal devices are taken as an example for the purpose of simplifying the description, and is not intended to limit the creation. Anyone who is familiar with the art in the field can read it again. After the embodiment of the present creation, it is applied to different numbers of local terminal devices according to different needs.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the gateway 120 can support a plurality of communication protocols and convert the plurality of communication protocols used by the local terminal devices 110A-110C into a unified communication protocol and connect to the server 130 through the unified communication protocol. The gateway 120 of the present embodiment has the basic functions of a common gateway (such as a connection area network, an internet, etc.), enabling it to connect, manage, and control a plurality of different types of local terminal devices. It also acts as a bridge between the local terminal devices 110A-110C and the server 130, and implements the command transceiving and data transmission functions between the server 130 and the local terminal devices 110A-110C, so that the user can provide the information provided by the server 130. The service implements centralized management and control of these terminal devices. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the manner in which the plurality of communication protocols used by the local terminal devices 110A-110C are converted into a unified communication protocol is achieved by integrating various forms of source code (for example, C, C++, Java, etc.). The requirements of different terminal equipment software and hardware platforms.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the server 130 is a cloud server. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, only one server 130 is taken as an example for the purpose of simplifying the description, and is not intended to limit the creation. Anyone who is familiar with the art in the field can read it again. After the embodiment of the creation, according to different Demand, apply it to cloud services with multiple application servers. More specifically, a cloud service deployed on the Internet, the cloud service is composed of a plurality of servers 130 that can provide various types of services, such as a certification management server that provides a security authentication service for the client. Web server providing Web services, component management server providing client component management service, configuration management server providing client automatic configuration management and remote upgrade service, and providing Network Address Translation (NAT) The service's network address translation (NAT) transparent transmission server, database server providing data storage, etc., in addition to the cloud service can also provide other software development kits (SDK) to achieve other specific needs The ability to add services to the cloud service.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the client device 140 is connected to the server 130, and the local terminal device 110A-110C is managed by the server 130. The client device 140 can be a smart phone, a desk computer, and a Notebook computer, a tablet computer, etc. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user equipment 140 generates a control signal S1 according to the operation of a user, and transmits the control signal S1 to the gateway 120 via the server 130 via the unified communication protocol, and the gateway 120 will The unified communication protocol is converted to one of the plurality of communication protocols applicable to the local terminal devices 110A-110C corresponding to the control signal S1, and the control signal S1 is transmitted to the local terminal device 110A corresponding to the control signal via an applicable communication protocol. -110C. For example, if the user wants to remotely control a lighting device, the user can transmit the control signal S1 to the gateway 120 via the unified communication protocol via the server 130, and the gateway 120 converts the unified communication protocol into corresponding control. The communication protocol to which the lighting device of signal S1 applies, and then via the lighting device The applicable communication protocol transmits the control signal S1 to the lighting device; and if the user wants to remotely control a table computer, the user can transmit the control signal S1 to the gateway 120 via the server 130 via the unified communication protocol. The router 120 then converts the unified communication protocol into a communication protocol applicable to the desktop computer corresponding to the control signal S1, and transmits the control signal S1 to the desk computer via the communication protocol applicable to the desktop computer.

According to an embodiment of the present creation, the application of the creation can be integrated into a wafer or software and installed in a local terminal device, a gateway, and a server, respectively.

2A is a schematic diagram of a local terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the local terminal device 110A-110C includes an application programming interface (API) module 111, a terminal management control module 112, a terminal communication module 113, and a terminal application module 114. The local terminal devices 110A-110C utilize the terminal application module 114 to establish a connection between the terminal application interface module 111 and the gateway 120. The terminal application interface module 111 sends the request command to the terminal management control module 112. The terminal management control module 112 converts the request command into a connection request data packet, and the terminal communication module processes 113, and the terminal communication module 113. The connection request data packet is encapsulated using its applicable communication protocol, which is then sent to the gateway 120.

2B is a schematic illustration of a gateway 120 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the gateway 120 includes a local communication module 121, a management storage module 122, and a network communication module 123. The local communication module 121 is configured to connect to different communication protocols through multiple communication protocols. Local terminal devices 110A-110C. The management storage module 122 is configured to manage and store device information of the local terminal devices 110A-110C, wherein the device information includes a plurality of software and hardware information, a plurality of communication protocol information, and a plurality of address information corresponding to the local terminal devices 110A-110C. The network communication module 123 is configured to convert the complex communication protocol into a unified communication protocol and connect to the server 130 through the unified protocol.

2C is a schematic diagram of a server 130 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the server 130 includes a communication module 131, a security authentication module 132, a management control module 133, and an application module 134. The communication module 131 receives the connection request data packet sent by the network communication module 123, parses it, and forwards it to the security authentication module 132. The security authentication module 132 verifies the validity of the connection request (ie, verifying the account number, the password, the user permission, and the like). After the verification is passed, the verification success flag is sent to the communication module 131, and the communication module 131 receives the identifier. Sending a request response packet to the network communication module 123. After receiving the request response data packet sent by the communication module 131, the network communication module 123 sends a confirmation data packet to the communication module 131 by the network communication module 123. After the data packet is sent, the gateway is completed. The connection of the device 120 to the server 130 is established.

After the connection between the gateway 120 and the server 130 is completed, the management storage module 122 in the gateway 120 automatically transmits the basic information of the local terminal devices 110A-110C that it manages to be connected to the gateway 120 to The server 130 adds the information to the device management list of the corresponding account by the management control module 133. The management storage module 122 periodically scans the status of the terminal devices connected thereto and automatically updates the results to the management control module 133. Management control The module 133 then displays the terminal device information in front of the user in a graphic manner through the application module 134. At the same time, the application module 134 is also responsible for converting user operations (such as adding or deleting devices, client upgrades, etc.) into instructions (the instructions include specific terminal devices, local gateways connected to the devices, operation contents, operation time, etc.) And forward the instruction to the management control module 133. After receiving the data command sent by the application module 134, the management control module 133 packages the data packet into a specific format and sends it to the gateway 120 by the communication module 131. The gateway 120 receives the data packet and sends it to the management storage module 122 for analysis. After the analysis is completed, the data packet is forwarded to the corresponding local terminal device through the local communication module 121.

Traditionally, due to the inconsistency of the development equipment and development language of the equipment produced by various terminal equipment manufacturers, these different types of terminal equipment cannot be well integrated, and the concentration of these equipments cannot be realized. Management and control, through the characteristics of this creation agreement conversion, can realize the communication between different kinds of local terminal equipment and the gateway in the system, and the various application services provided by the server connected to the gateway can reach various types. The device performs security control and centralized management at a remote location.

The specific features, structures, or properties mentioned in the "invention" or "embodiment" referred to in the specification may be included in at least one embodiment of the present specification. Therefore, statements that appear in different places, "in one embodiment," may not all refer to the same embodiment. In addition, this particular feature, structure, or property may be combined with one or more embodiments in any suitable manner.

The embodiments disclosed herein will readily appreciate the above advantages for anyone skilled in the art. After reading the instructions Anyone skilled in the art will be able to make appropriate changes and substitutions in a broad sense without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present specification are intended to protect the scope of the patent claims of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. In addition, in different embodiments, the same indexing label and// Or text. The use of these indexing labels and/or text is intended to simplify and clarify the present invention, but is not intended to indicate that the various embodiments and/or disclosed structures must have the same features.

100‧‧‧ Terminal Control System

110A-110C‧‧‧Local Terminal Equipment

120‧‧‧ gateway

130‧‧‧Server

140‧‧‧Customer equipment

S1‧‧‧ control signal

Claims (7)

A terminal control system comprising: a server; a gateway supporting a plurality of communication protocols, converting the plurality of communication protocols into a unified communication protocol, and connecting to the server through the unified communication protocol; and the plurality of local terminals The device is connected to the gateway through the plurality of communication protocols; and a client device is connected to the server, and the local terminal device is managed through the server. The terminal control system of claim 1, wherein the server is a cloud server. The terminal control system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of communication protocols are selected from the group consisting of 802.3, 802.11a/b/g/n, ZigBee, ZigWave, RS-485, USB, G3 PLC, UPA PLC, HomePlug. A group consisting of PLC, G.hn, Mod Bus, HomePNA, LonWorks, BACNet, DALI, DMX512/DMX512-A, MoCA, UART, etc. The terminal control system of claim 1, wherein the user equipment generates a control signal according to a user operation, and transmits the control signal to the gateway via the unified communication protocol through the server. The gateway further converts the unified communication protocol into one of the plurality of communication protocols applicable to the local terminal device corresponding to the control signal, and transmits the control signal to the corresponding communication protocol by using the applicable communication protocol The above local terminal device of the above control signal. A gateway device comprising: a local communication module for connecting a plurality of local terminal devices corresponding to different plurality of communication protocols through a plurality of communication protocols; and a management storage module for managing and storing one of the devices of the local terminal devices Information; and a network communication module for converting the plurality of communication protocols into a unified communication protocol and connecting to a server through the unified protocol. The gateway device of claim 5, wherein a user terminal device generates a control signal according to a user operation, and transmits the control signal to the network through the server through the unified communication protocol. a communication module, wherein the network communication module converts the unified communication protocol into one of the plurality of communication protocols applicable to the local terminal device corresponding to the control signal, and then performs the control by using the foregoing communication protocol The signal is transmitted to the above-mentioned local terminal device corresponding to the above control signal. The gateway device of claim 5, wherein the device information comprises a plurality of software and hardware information, a plurality of communication protocol information, and a plurality of address information corresponding to the local terminal device.