TWM459634U - Integrated control device for appliances - Google Patents

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Electrical integrated control device

The present invention relates to an electrical integrated control device, and more particularly to an electrical integrated control device that can be individually installed in each electrical appliance to provide integrated control functions.

With the advancement of the times, the daily electrical appliances used by modern people are increasing day by day, such as televisions, radios, air conditioners, electric cookers, ovens and various multimedia devices. There are also many power switches and lighting control switches (hereinafter referred to as electrical appliances). However, a wide variety of appliances are controlled by different remote controls, which inevitably leads to complicated management. Moreover, conventional remote controllers generally use infrared transmission control signals. If many devices or switches are dispersed in different locations or even different floors, the user must move the position or move between the floors to control each device or switch. Quite inconvenient.

Please refer to FIG. 1 to solve this problem. The Republic of China Announcement No. M258505 discloses a conventional electrical integrated control system 9 which utilizes radio frequency (RF) signals and infrared rays (IR). The signal penetrating power is strong, and an RF remote controller 91 transmits an RF control signal to the controllers 921, 922, and 923 of different floors, and then converts the RF control signals into infrared rays through the controllers 921, 922, and 923 respectively. The signals respectively control the electrical products 93 on the same floor as the controllers 921, 922, and 923, such as the television 931, the radio 932, the desk lamp 933, and the like. Thereby, the user can control the electric appliance 93 using the same radio frequency remote controller 91 without having to move the position and the floor.

However, the conventional integrated control system 9 has many limitations and disadvantages. For example, in addition to having to purchase a dedicated RF remote controller 91, the user must also have the number of floors and each floor. The purchase and configuration of each controller 921, 922, and 923 inevitably increases the cost of the user device and increases the complexity of the configuration, especially for users of multi-storey buildings or large-scale luxury homes. Disadvantages affect.

Accordingly, please refer to FIG. 2, in order to improve the above disadvantages, the Republic of China Announcement No. M323168 discloses another conventional electric appliance integrated control system 8, which mainly transmits an infrared control signal to a far distance by an infrared remote controller 81. The end product integration control device 82 converts the infrared control signal into a radio frequency control signal through the remote electrical product integration control device 82, and sends it to each floor to control each electrical product 83, such as a television 831, a radio 832, and a desk lamp 833. Wait. Wherein, since the conventional electrical products such as the radio 832 and the desk lamp 833 are generally not directly controllable by the radio frequency control signal, a radio frequency signal receiver 84 is preliminarily disposed thereon, and the radio frequency signal receiver 84 is used to receive the radio frequency control signal for control. .

However, whether it is the controller 921, 922, 923 of the conventional appliance integrated control system 9, or the remote electrical product integration control device 82 of the conventional integrated control system 8, it is necessary to simultaneously control different types of appliances. Due to the different transmission methods used by various electrical appliances, especially in the ever-changing development of technology, the transmission methods used by electrical appliances have long since deviated from the scope of RF transmission and infrared transmission, and the signal formats used by various electrical appliances are also very different. Therefore, if there are too many types of electrical appliances to be controlled, the controller 921, 922, 923 or the remote electrical product integration control device 82 directly supports the various structural modes and signal formats, which directly leads to complicated structural design and manufacturing. The cost has increased.

In view of this, it is urgent to provide a further improved electrical integrated control device to simplify the configuration complexity of the integrated control system of the electrical appliance and reduce the construction cost, and achieve the purpose of integrated control and group control.

The purpose of this creation is to provide an integrated control device for electrical appliances, which is separately installed in various electrical appliances for a controller to control each electrical power using a single transmission mode and the same signal format. The device can simplify the design complexity of the integrated control of the appliance and reduce the required construction cost.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an appliance integrated control device for storing a group control macro by a storage unit to provide a group control function, thereby avoiding an increase in the computing load of the appliance integrated control device.

A further object of the present invention is to provide an electrical integrated control device, which has a storage unit that can be modified and updated to store control signals of various electrical appliances, and can provide parental monitoring and protection functions.

In order to achieve the foregoing objectives, the technical content of the present application includes: an electrical integrated control device comprising: a control receiving end for receiving a control signal by a controller; and a first storage unit for storing translations of various control signals a processing unit coupled to the control receiving end to receive the control signal, and coupled to the first storage unit for interpreting the control signal received by the processing unit according to decoding by the first storage unit And an output coupled to the processing unit for outputting the interpreted control signal to an electrical device.

The electrical integrated control device of the present invention, wherein the processing unit presets a code, the control signal also includes the code, and the processing unit receives the control signal from the control receiving end, and compares the code of the processing unit with the A code of the control signal for confirming whether the control signal is issued for the appliance.

The electrical integrated control device of the present invention, wherein the processing unit is further coupled to a second storage unit, wherein the second storage unit is configured to store various group control macros, and the group control macro comprises a plurality of control signals.

The appliance integrated control device of the present invention, wherein the control receiving end is further configured to receive a group control macro by the controller, and the processing unit obtains, by the second storage unit, the plurality of controls included in the group control macro Signaling, and extracting, according to the code of the processing unit, a control signal related to the electrical appliance of the plurality of control signals.

The integrated electrical control device of the present invention, wherein the processing unit is further based on the first Decoding of a storage unit to interpret the control signal captured by the processing unit and outputted to the appliance by the output.

The electrical integrated control device of the present invention, wherein the processing unit is coupled to the electrical device via an input terminal for receiving an operating state of the electrical device, and the processing unit is coupled to the controller by a transmitting end for the electrical device The operational status is communicated to the controller.

The appliance integrated control device of the present invention, wherein the first storage unit is composed of a storage device that can be modified and updated, so that the user can modify the decoding of the first storage unit.

The appliance integrated control device of the present invention, wherein the controller transmits the control signal to the control receiving end in a single transmission mode.

The integrated electrical control device of the present invention, wherein the transmission mode is infrared, radio frequency, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, GSM, GPRS or Bluetooth.

The electrical integrated control device of the present invention, wherein the control signal has the same signal format.

[this creation]

1‧‧‧Electrical integrated control device

11‧‧‧Control receiver

12‧‧‧Processing unit

13‧‧‧First storage unit

14‧‧‧ Output

15‧‧‧Second storage unit

16‧‧‧ input

17‧‧‧Transport

2‧‧‧Electrical appliances

21‧‧‧ lamps

22‧‧‧ radio

23‧‧‧TV

24‧‧‧Air Conditioner

3‧‧‧ Controller

S‧‧‧ control signal

Interpreted control signals from S’‧‧‧

C‧‧‧ code

M‧‧‧Group Control Macro

[study]

9‧‧‧Used electrical integrated control system

91‧‧‧RF remote control

921‧‧‧ Controller

922‧‧‧ Controller

923‧‧‧ Controller

93‧‧‧Electrical products

931‧‧‧TV

932‧‧‧ radio

933‧‧‧ lamps

8‧‧‧Used electrical integrated control system

81‧‧‧Infrared remote control

82‧‧‧Remote electrical product integration control device

83‧‧‧ electrical appliances

831‧‧‧TV

832‧‧‧ radio

833‧‧‧ lamps

84‧‧‧RF signal receiver

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a conventional integrated control system for appliances.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of another conventional integrated control system for appliances.

Figure 3 is a schematic illustration of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a system architecture diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a flow chart showing the operation of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a flow chart showing the operation of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a flow chart showing the operation of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In order to make the above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the preferred embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Coupling means that the data of the two devices can be transferred to each other by means of a wired entity, a wireless medium or a combination thereof (for example, a heterogeneous network), which is in the technical field of the present invention. Usually the knowledge person can understand.

Please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a preferred embodiment of the electrical integrated control device 1 of the present invention. The electrical integrated control device 1 can be respectively disposed in various electrical appliances 2 , such as a light 21 , a radio 22 , and a television 23 . And an air conditioner 24, etc., this creation is not limited to this. The appliance integration control device 1 receives a control signal S issued by a controller 3. In detail, the appliance integration control device 1 can receive the control signal S by the controller 3 via wired transmission or wireless transmission. The wireless transmission mode may be infrared transmission, radio frequency transmission, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Global System for Mobile (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) or Bluetooth. Technology and so on. Accordingly, the controller 3 can be a conventional remote controller, a control panel, a computer host, a mobile phone, a tablet computer or a notebook computer, but not limited thereto.

Referring to FIG. 4 together, it is a system architecture diagram of the electrical integrated control device 1, and the electrical integrated control device 1 receives a control signal S issued by the controller 3 via a control receiving terminal 11 according to the controller. 3 The transmission receiving end 11 may be an infrared receiver, an antenna, an electrical connection or other conventional signal receiving terminal. The control receiving end 11 is further coupled to a processing unit 12 for transmitting the control signal S to the processing unit 12. The processing unit 12 is coupled to a first storage unit 13, which is used by a non-volatile memory (NVRAM), a floppy disk, or a hard disk. The storage device is composed, and the first storage unit 13 can store a decryption of various control signals S for the processing unit 12 to decrypt the received control signal S.

In detail, the electrical integrated control device 1 can be disposed in various electrical appliances 2, wherein each electrical appliance 2 is generally controlled by a different signal format, but the controller 3 is connected to each electrical device by wired transmission or wireless transmission. 2, the control signal S having the same signal format is transmitted, so after the processing unit 12 receives the control signal S, the control signal S needs to be interpreted by using the decoding stored by the first storage unit 13, so that the control unit S can be directly controlled. The electric appliance integrates the control signal S' of the electric appliance 2 installed in the control device 1. In addition, the processing unit 12 is coupled to the electrical device 2 via an output terminal 14 for outputting the interpreted control signal S' to the electrical device 2.

In more detail, in the embodiment, the processing unit 12 presets a code C to represent the electrical appliance 2 installed in the electrical integrated control device 1, and the controller 3 can also contain the same through the Wi-Fi connection. The control signal S of the code C is transmitted to the control receiving terminal 11. As shown in FIG. 5, after receiving the control signal S by the control receiving end 11, the processing unit 12 matches the code C of the processing unit 12 with the code C of the control signal S to confirm the control signal. Whether S is issued for the appliance 2. If it is confirmed that the control signal S is indeed used to control the electrical device 2, the processing unit 12 continues to interpret the control signal S according to the decoding in the first storage unit 13, and the interpreted control signal S' If the code C of the control signal S does not meet the code C of the processing unit 12, it means that the control signal S is not used to control the electrical device 2, and the electrical integrated control device 1 returns to the standby state.

For example, if the lamp 21 is designed to be turned on or off by a single bit, for the appliance integrated control device 1 installed in the lamp 21, the processing unit 12 can preset 〝Light, 03〞 as the Code C, and the decoding included in the first storage unit 13 can be as shown in the following table: If the processing unit 12 receives a control signal S from the control receiving terminal 11 as 〝Light, 03_ON〞, to open the lamp 21, the processing unit 12 compares the code C included in the control signal S. After (〝Light, 03〞), it can be determined that the control signal S is indeed used to control the lamp 21. The processing unit 12 interprets the control signal S according to the first storage unit 13, and outputs the interpreted single bit control signal S' (〝1〞) to the desk lamp 21 via the output terminal 14 to be turned on. The lamp. On the other hand, if the processing unit 12 receives a control signal S from the control receiving terminal 11 as 〝Light, 01_OFF〞, the processing unit 12 compares the code C (〝Light, 01〞) included in the control signal S. It can be determined that the control signal S is not used to control the lamp 21, and therefore the control signal S will not be subsequently processed.

Moreover, if the radio 22 is designed to be controlled by a plurality of bits, the processing unit 12 can preset 〝Radio, 01〞 as the code C for the appliance integrated control device 1 installed on the radio 22, and the The decoding included in the first storage unit 13 can be as shown in the following table: If the processing unit 12 receives a control signal S from the control receiving terminal 11 as 〝Radio, 01_up〞, for increasing the volume of the radio 22, the processing unit 12 includes the control signal S. After code C (〝Radio, 01〞), it can be determined that the control signal S is indeed used to control the radio 22. The processing unit 12 interprets the control signal S according to the first storage unit 13, and outputs a control signal S′ (〝110〞) that is interpreted to form a plurality of bits to the radio 22 via the output terminal 14 . To increase the volume of the radio 22. On the other hand, if the processing unit 12 receives a control signal S from the control receiving terminal 11 as 〝Light, 01_OFF〞, the processing unit 12 compares the code C (〝Light, 01〞) included in the control signal S. It can be determined that the control signal S is not used to control the radio 22, so the control signal S will not be subsequently processed.

In addition, if the television set 23 is designed to be controlled by the hexadecimal signal, the processing unit 12 can preset 〝TV, 01〞 as the code C for the appliance integrated control device 1 installed in the television set 23. And the decoding included in the first storage unit 13 can be as shown in the following table: If the processing unit 12 receives a control signal S from the control receiving terminal 11 as 〝TV, 01_digital〞, for converting the playing content of the television 23 into a digital television, the processing unit 12 compares After the code C (〝TV, 01〞) included in the control signal S, it can be determined that the control signal S is indeed used to control the television set 23. The processing unit 12 interprets the control signal S according to the first storage unit 13 and outputs a control signal S′ (〝0x20〞) that is interpreted to form a hexadecimal output to the television set 23 via the output terminal 14 . The content of the television set 23 is converted into a digital television.

Alternatively, the air conditioner 24 may be controlled by a plurality of signals simultaneously. For the appliance integrated control device 1 installed in the air conditioner 24, the processing unit 12 may preset 〝AIR, 01〞 as the code C, and the first The decoding contained in a storage unit 13 can be as shown in the following table: If the processing unit 12 receives a control signal S from the control receiving terminal 11 as 〝AIR, 01_temp_26〞, and sets the temperature of the air conditioner 24 to 26 ° C, the processing unit 12 compares the control. After the code C (〝AIR, 01〞) included in the signal S, it can be determined that the control signal S is indeed used to control the air conditioner 24. The processing unit 12 interprets the control signal S according to the first storage unit 13 and outputs a control signal S′ (〝a3〞, 〝b26〞) that is interpreted to form a second signal to the air conditioner via the output terminal 14 The machine 24 is set to set the temperature of the air conditioner 24 to 26 °C.

Although the lamp 21, the radio 22 and the television 23 are respectively controlled by a single signal of a single bit, a plurality of bits and a hexadecimal, and the air conditioner 24 is controlled by a plurality of signals, After the appliance integrated control device 1 is disposed in each of the appliances 2, the controller 3 can transmit a control signal S having the same signal format to each of the appliances 2 through a single transmission mode (for example, the Wi-Fi connection of the embodiment). The processing unit 12 of each of the electrical integrated control devices 1 can discriminate whether the received control signal S is used to control the electrical appliance 2 to which it belongs, and interpret the control signal S according to the decoding of the first storage unit 13, and then The appliance 2 is controlled by an interpreted control signal S'. Thereby, the controller 3 can control the table lamp 21, the radio 22, the television set 23 and the air conditioner 24, respectively, with control signals S having the same signal format.

Based on the above technical concept, the electrical integrated control device 1 can be integrated and designed In the substrate of the electric appliance 2, the electric appliance 2 is provided with the electric appliance integrated control device 1; or the electric appliance integrated control device 1 can also be a separate component, and is integrated into each electric appliance 2 by an externally added method. This is limited to this. When an electrical appliance 2 is installed with the electrical integrated control device 1, the original control path can still be maintained. For example, after the television set 23 is equipped with the electrical integrated control device 1, it can be transmitted by the controller 3. In addition to the control signal S control, it can also be controlled by a conventional infrared remote controller.

The controller 3 can simultaneously send a series of control signals S to each of the appliances 2 for group control. For example, the user can perform functions such as fully opening or fully closing the appliance 2. However, if the number of control signals S issued by the controller 3 is excessive, the calculation load of the processing unit 12 of each of the electric appliance integrated control devices 1 may be increased. According to FIG. 4, the processing unit 12 can be coupled to a second storage unit 15 which is also a conventional storage device such as a non-volatile memory, a floppy disk or a hard disk. In composition, the second storage unit 15 can store various group control macros M, and the group control macro M includes a plurality of control signals S for the processing unit 12 to retrieve the associated control signal S.

In detail, in the embodiment, the controller 3 can issue a group control macro M to the electrical integrated control device 1 of each electrical appliance 2, as shown in FIG. 6, when one of the electrical appliances integrates the control device 1 After receiving the group control macro M by the control receiving end 11, the processing unit 12 extracts the group from the data in the second storage unit 15 according to the code C preset by the processing unit 12. The control signal S associated with the electrical appliance 2 installed in the electrical integrated control device 1 is controlled in the macro M. The processing unit 12 continues to interpret the control signal S in accordance with the decoding in the first storage unit 13, and the output 14 outputs the interpreted control signal S' to the appliance 2. However, the group control macro M does not contain the control signal S associated with the appliance 2, and the control unit 12 does not need to control the appliance 2, and the processing unit 12 will not take any control signal S and reply. Standby state.

For example, the information contained in the second storage unit 15 can be as follows: According to this, if the processing unit 12 of the desk lamp 21 receives the group control macro M as the group_read〞 from the control receiving end 11, the processing unit 12 finds the group according to the data in the second storage unit 15. Controlling the control signal S included in the macro M (〝Group_read〞), and according to the preset code C (〝Light, 03〞), the control signal S related to the lamp 21 can be taken out from the control signal S撷, that is, 〝Light, 03_ON〞, similarly, the radio 22, the television set 23, and the processing unit 12 of the air conditioner 24 can respectively extract 〝Radio, 01_ON〞, 〝TV, 01_OFF〞 from the second storage unit 15 thereof. 〝AIR, "01"_ON〞, etc. control signal S, thereby turning on the lamp 21, turning on the radio 22, turning off the television 23, and turning on the air conditioner 24 to achieve the group control mode 〞 function.

As shown in the fourth and seventh embodiments, the processing unit 12 can also be coupled to the electrical device 2 via an input terminal 16 to receive the operational status of the electrical device 2, and coupled to the controller by a transmitting end 17. 3. Transfer the operating state of the appliance 2 to the controller 3. In this way, the user who is a parent can use the controller 3 to know the operating status of each of the appliances 2, for example, to observe whether the child is indulged in using the television set 23 for a long time; or to find out in time that the child forgets to turn off the lamp 21 In this case, the appliance integration control device 1 can provide a parental monitoring function. detailed In other words, the controller 3 can directly display at least one display panel (not shown) to directly display the operating state of each of the electrical appliances 2, or can be connected to a personal computer (not shown) and return the transmitting end 17 The operational status of each of the appliances 2 is transmitted to the personal computer for monitoring.

In addition, the first storage unit 13 preferably uses a modifiable update storage such as an electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) or a flash memory. The device is configured to enable the user to implement the parental protection function by modifying the decoding of the control signal S stored in the first storage unit 13.

For example, a user having authority (for example, a parent) can modify the decoding included in the first storage unit 13 for the appliance integration control device 1 installed in the air conditioner 24 as follows: Wherein, the control signal S for setting the temperature to 26 ° C or less is equivalent to setting the temperature of the air conditioner 24 to 26 ° C after being updated by the user, so as to avoid the child setting the temperature of the air conditioner 24 for a while. Too low, causing a cold. Similarly, the user can modify the control signal S stored in the first storage unit 13 to prevent a child from watching the specific channel of the television 23; or prevent the volume of the radio 22 from being adjusted to a loud sound.

In summary, the electrical integrated control device 1 of the present invention is separately disposed in various electrical appliances 2, and each electrical integrated control device 1 can receive a control signal S having the same signal format from a controller 3 via a single transmission mode. The processing unit 12 then determines whether the received control signal S is used to control the appliance 2 to which it belongs, and interprets the control signal S according to the decoding of a first storage unit 13 to control the appliance 2. Accordingly, even if the transmission mode originally used by the electric appliance 2 is different, or controlled by signals of different formats, the controller 3 can still be in a single transmission mode and have the same signal format by installing the electric appliance integrated control device 1. The control signal S integrates the control of each of the appliances 2. Compared with the conventional electric appliance integrated control system 9 or the conventional electric appliance integrated control system 8, the electric appliance integrated control device 1 of the present invention can simplify the design complexity of the electric appliance integrated control and reduce the required construction cost.

Furthermore, the electrical integrated control device 1 of the present invention controls a macro M by storing a plurality of groups by a second storage unit 15, and the controller 3 only needs to send a group control macro M to each of the electrical integrated control devices. After receiving the group control macro M, each processing unit 12 retrieves the control signal S associated with the appliance 2 to which the group control macro M belongs according to the data in the second storage unit 15 The group control of each of the appliances 2 can be completed. Accordingly, the appliance integrated control device 1 of the present invention can indeed provide a group control function while avoiding an increase in the calculation load of the processing unit 12.

In addition, the authoring appliance integrated control device 1 can return the operating status of each of the appliances 2 to the controller 3, and the first storage unit 13 is composed of a storage device that can be modified and updated to store each of the appliances 2 The control signal S and the user's modification authority are saved, and the parental monitoring and protection function can be provided.

Although the present invention has been disclosed by the above-described preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and it is still within the spirit and scope of the present invention to make various changes and modifications to the above embodiments. The technical scope of the protection is created, so the scope of protection of this creation is subject to the definition of the patent application scope attached.

1‧‧‧Electrical integrated control device

11‧‧‧Control receiver

12‧‧‧Processing unit

13‧‧‧First storage unit

14‧‧‧ Output

15‧‧‧Second storage unit

16‧‧‧ input

17‧‧‧Transport

Claims (10)

An electrical integrated control device includes: a control receiving end for receiving a control signal by a controller; a first storage unit for storing decoding of various control signals; and a processing unit coupled to the control receiving end to Receiving the control signal, coupled to the first storage unit, for decoding the control signal received by the processing unit according to the decoding of the first storage unit; and an output coupled to the processing unit for The interpreted control signal is output to an electrical device. The appliance integrated control device according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit presets a code, the control signal also includes the code, and the processing unit receives the control signal by the control receiving end, and compares The code of the processing unit and the code of the control signal are used to confirm whether the control signal is issued for the appliance. The appliance integrated control device of claim 2, wherein the processing unit is further coupled to a second storage unit, wherein the second storage unit is configured to store various group control macros, and the group control macro Contains a plurality of control signals. The appliance integrated control device according to claim 3, wherein the control receiving end is further configured to receive a group control macro by the controller, and the processing unit obtains the group control giant by the second storage unit. The plurality of control signals are included in the set, and a control signal associated with the electrical device of the plurality of control signals is retrieved according to the code of the processing unit. The appliance integrated control device according to claim 4, wherein the processing unit further interprets the control signal captured by the processing unit according to the decoding of the first storage unit, and outputs the control signal to the output terminal. The appliance. The appliance integrated control device according to claim 1, wherein the processing order The device is coupled to the electrical device via an input terminal for receiving the operating state of the electrical device. The processing unit is coupled to the controller by a transmitting end for transmitting the operating state of the electrical device to the controller. The appliance integrated control device according to claim 6, wherein the first storage unit is composed of a configurable storage device for modifying the decoding of the first storage unit. The appliance integrated control device according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 wherein the controller transmits the control signal to the control receiving end in a single transmission mode. The appliance integrated control device according to claim 8, wherein the transmission mode is infrared, radio frequency, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, GSM, GPRS or Bluetooth. The appliance integrated control device according to claim 8, wherein the control signal has the same signal format.