TWM551792U - Vehicle electronic device capable of remotely controlling home appliances - Google Patents

Description

In-vehicle electronic device capable of remotely controlling home appliances

The present invention relates to an in-vehicle electronic device, and more particularly to an in-vehicle electronic device capable of remotely controlling a home appliance.

As is well known, household appliances (such as air conditioners, televisions, DVD players, etc.) are mostly equipped with a remote control, the function of which is to enable the user to remotely control various household electrical appliances without pressing close to the household electrical appliances to press on the household electrical appliances. button.

Taking the use of air-conditioners in Taiwan as an example, Taiwan is located in the subtropical zone. When there is no one in the summer, the air conditioner is not started, so the indoor temperature in the home is often no less than the outdoor temperature, that is, the indoor temperature is often higher than 30 °C. At this time, when the user returns home, the air conditioner is turned on immediately by the remote controller, and the indoor temperature is not immediately lowered to a pleasant temperature that is cool and comfortable. Therefore, it is necessary to find a solution.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an in-vehicle electronic device that can remotely control home appliances.

Therefore, the present invention can remotely control the in-vehicle electronic device of the home appliance, and is suitable for loading on a vehicle and allowing the user to remotely control a plurality of home appliances in a building provided with a wireless base station. The in-vehicle electronic device capable of remotely controlling the home appliance comprises: a casing, a memory, an operation interface unit, and a processing unit. The memory is disposed in the housing and is used to store a remote control program. The operating interface unit is disposed in the housing and is operable by the user. The mobile communication unit is disposed in the housing. The processing unit is disposed in the housing, and electrically connects the memory, the operation interface unit, and the mobile communication unit, and is configured to execute the remote control program in the memory to: respond to the user Generating a control signal by operation of the interface unit; and causing the mobile communication unit to send the control signal outward, wherein the wireless base station controls the wireless base station in the building after receiving the control signal The signal is sent wirelessly out to control the appliance in the building.

The utility model has the advantages that the in-vehicle electronic device capable of remotely controlling the home appliance allows the user to operate even in the vehicle by the cooperative operation between the remote control program, the mobile communication unit and the processing unit and the like. Remote control of home appliances in buildings.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, an embodiment of the in-vehicle electronic device 1 for remotely controlling a home appliance is adapted to be loaded in a vehicle 2 (such as the car illustrated in Figure 1) and is remotely controllable by a user. A plurality of home appliances, such as home appliances 91, 92, and 93, in a building 9 (for example, a house or the like) of one wireless base station 90 are provided. In this embodiment, the home appliances 91, 92, and 93 all have a Wi-Fi connection function (Wi-Fi Ready), so the home appliances 91, 92, and 93 can pass through the wireless base station 90 and be used by the vehicle 2. The remote control of the in-vehicle electronic device 1 that can remotely control the home appliance. However, in the variation of the embodiment, the home appliances 91, 92, and 93 may not have the Wi-Fi connection function, but must have a basic infrared remote control function, and cooperate with the wireless base station 90. The electrical control box (not shown) can also remotely control the home appliances 91, 92, 93 through the wireless base station 90 and remotely control the in-vehicle electronic device 1 of the remote control appliance in the vehicle 2.

In this embodiment, the in-vehicle electronic device 1 for remotely controlling the home appliance includes a housing 10, a memory 11, an operation interface unit 12, a mobile communication unit 13, and a processing unit 14.

The memory 11 is disposed in the housing 10 and is used to store a remote control program 110.

The operation interface unit 12 is disposed in the housing 10 and is operated by the user. In the embodiment, the operation interface unit 12 includes a touch display 121, a microphone 122, and a speaker 123. The touch display 121 can display the operation interface of the in-vehicle electronic device 1 of the present invention that can remotely control the home appliance, and allows the user to operate the operation interface in a touch manner. Alternatively, the user can also use the microphone 122 and the speaker 123 to interact with the in-vehicle electronic device 1 of the present remotely controllable home appliance in a voice-activated manner.

The mobile communication unit 13 is disposed in the casing 10 and includes a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) 130. The user identity module 130 is also a so-called SIM card. In this embodiment, the user identity module 130 can be, for example, a SIM card based on a mobile communication technology such as 3G, 4G, or 5G.

The processing unit 14 is disposed in the housing 10 and electrically connects the memory 11 , the operation interface unit 12 , and the mobile communication unit 13 , and is configured to execute the remote control program 110 in the memory 11 .

In this embodiment, the user can operate the operating interface unit 12 to issue a control command. For example, if the home appliance 91 is an air conditioner, the user can operate the operation interface when the user drives the vehicle 2 to return to the building 9 (for example, the user's house) and wants to open the air conditioner remotely. The unit 12 issues a control command to turn the air conditioner on. Next, the processing unit 14 generates a control signal in response to a control command issued by the user. Next, the processing unit 14 causes the mobile communication unit 13 to issue the control signal outward. Next, as shown in FIG. 1, the control signal is transmitted to the Wi-Fi radio base station 90 in the building 9 via the mobile communication network 6, the cloud server 7, and the Internet 8. Then, after receiving the control signal, the wireless base station 90 wirelessly transmits the control signal to the outside. Thus, when the air conditioner (i.e., the home appliance 91) receives the control signal from the wireless base station 90, the air conditioner can be turned on remotely to cool the room of the building 9 in advance. In this way, when the user returns to the building 9, the cool and comfortable indoor environment can be enjoyed immediately.

Referring to FIG. 3, it should be noted that, in a variation of this embodiment, the mobile communication unit 13 includes a satellite communication module 131, and does not include the user identity module 130. That is to say, in this variation, the in-vehicle electronic device 1 of the present invention, which can remotely control the home appliance, can be connected to the Internet 8 by means of satellite communication, so that the user can borrow even if he is in his vehicle 2. The home appliances 91, 92, 93 and the like in the building 9 are remotely controlled by satellite communication.

In summary, the in-vehicle electronic device 1 capable of remotely controlling the home appliance includes the remote control program 110, the mobile communication unit 13 having the user identity module 130 or the satellite communication module 131, and the processing unit 14, and the like. The cooperative operation between the hardware and the hardware allows the user to remotely control the home appliances 91, 92, 93 and the like in the building 9 even in the vehicle 2, so that the object of the present invention can be achieved.

However, the above is only the embodiment of the present invention. When the scope of the novel implementation cannot be limited thereto, all simple equivalent changes and modifications according to the scope of the patent application and the contents of the patent specification are still This new patent covers the scope.

1‧‧‧On-board electronic devices that can remotely control home appliances
10‧‧‧shell
11‧‧‧ memory
110‧‧‧ Remote Control Program
12‧‧‧Operation interface unit
121‧‧‧Touch display
122‧‧‧Microphone
123‧‧‧Speakers
13‧‧‧Mobile communication unit
130‧‧‧User identity module
131‧‧‧Satellite communication module
14‧‧‧Processing unit
2‧‧‧ Vehicles
6‧‧‧Mobile communication network
7‧‧‧Cloud Server
8‧‧‧Internet
9‧‧‧ buildings
90‧‧‧Wireless base station
91~93‧‧‧Home Appliances

Other features and effects of the present invention will be apparent from the following description of the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system architecture diagram illustrating an embodiment of the in-vehicle electronic device capable of remotely controlling home appliances. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the in-vehicle electronic device capable of remotely controlling the home appliance; and FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating a variation of the embodiment .

1‧‧‧On-board electronic devices that can remotely control home appliances

10‧‧‧shell

2‧‧‧ Vehicles

8‧‧‧Internet

9‧‧‧ buildings

90‧‧‧Wireless base station

91‧‧‧Home appliances

6‧‧‧Mobile communication network

7‧‧‧Cloud Server

92‧‧‧ Appliances

93‧‧‧Home appliances

Claims (6)

An in-vehicle electronic device capable of remotely controlling a home appliance, which is suitable for being loaded in a vehicle and capable of remotely controlling a plurality of home appliances in a building provided with a wireless base station, which can remotely control the home appliance The electronic device comprises: a housing; a memory disposed in the housing and configured to store a remote control program; an operation interface unit disposed in the housing for operation by the user; a mobile communication unit disposed on the a housing; and a processing unit disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the memory, the operating interface unit, and the mobile communication unit, and configured to execute the remote control program in the memory to: respond to The user generates a control signal for the operation of the operation interface unit; and causes the mobile communication unit to send the control signal outward. After the wireless base station in the building receives the control signal, the wireless base station The control signal is wirelessly transmitted externally to control the appliance in the building. The in-vehicle electronic device capable of remotely controlling a home appliance according to claim 1, wherein the operation interface unit comprises a touch display. The in-vehicle electronic device capable of remotely controlling a home appliance according to claim 1, wherein the operation interface unit comprises a microphone and a speaker. The in-vehicle electronic device capable of remotely controlling a home appliance according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication unit comprises a user identity module corresponding to the user. The in-vehicle electronic device capable of remotely controlling a home appliance according to claim 4, wherein the user identity module is based on 3G, 4G or 5G mobile communication technology. The in-vehicle electronic device capable of remotely controlling a home appliance according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication unit comprises a satellite communication module.