WO2017201975A1

WO2017201975A1 - Method and apparatus for controlling power on/off of power outlet, and power outlet

Info

Publication number: WO2017201975A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/105154
Authority: WO
Inventors: 张文; 朱守权
Original assignee: 乐视控股（北京）有限公司; 乐视致新电子科技（天津）有限公司
Priority date: 2016-05-24
Filing date: 2016-11-09
Publication date: 2017-11-30
Also published as: CN105955082A

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for controlling power on/off of a power outlet, and a power outlet. The method procedure comprises: monitoring whether a control signal for controlling the turning-on or turning-off of an electronic device is received (S101); when the control signal is monitored, decoding the control signal to output a level signal (S102); controlling, according to the level signal of the decoding result, a relay circuit to disconnect from or connect to an AC power (S103). The control method can monitor the control signal for turning on or turning off the electronic device, and when the control signal is monitored, directly control the power outlet to disconnect from or connect to the AC power, and can perform a delay processing when disconnected from the AC power, to reserve sufficient time for the electronic device to store data during turning off, effectively protecting a data storage function of the electronic equipment during turning off, avoiding the data confusion caused by a sudden power down during the turning off of the electronic device.

Description

Method, device and power socket for controlling power on and off of power socket

The application claims the priority of CN201610350111.4, the application date is May 24, 2016, and the invention title is "a control method, device and power socket for power socket power-off", the priority of the Chinese patent application. The entire contents of the patent application are incorporated herein by reference.

[Technical Field]

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of circuit control technologies, and in particular, to a method, a device, and a power socket for controlling power on and off of a power socket.

【Background technique】

Household appliances should be cut off after normal use, which not only ensures safe use of electricity, but also saves electricity and improves the service life of electrical appliances. However, with the development of electronic technology, more and more household appliances can be operated by remote controllers, such as televisions and peripheral electrical products.

However, in the process of implementing the present invention, the inventors have found that a large number of households cannot use the remote control to turn off the television and the surrounding electrical appliances, and cannot unplug the electrical appliance from the socket in time, so that the electrical appliance is in a standby state for a long time. As time accumulates, not only a large amount of electrical energy is wasted, but also the service life of the electrical appliance is shortened. Although most power sockets in the prior art are provided with a power switch, the user can cut off the power of the appliance through the power switch without repeatedly plugging and unplugging the appliance. However, since the operation of the power socket is still inconvenient, the power switch The usage rate is not high.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a control method, a device and a voltage socket for powering off and on the power socket, which solves the problem that the power socket of the prior art is inconvenient to operate.

[Summary of the Invention]

The purpose of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a solution to the problem of inconvenient operation of the prior art socket in the prior art.

The technical solution adopted by the embodiment of the present invention is as follows:

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for controlling power on and off of a power socket, the method comprising:

Monitoring whether a control signal for controlling the electronic device to be turned on or off is received;

Decoding the control signal when the control signal is detected;

The relay circuit is controlled to disconnect or turn on the AC power according to the level signal.

Preferably, in the above method, when the control signal is a shutdown signal, the controlling the relay circuit to open or connect the AC power according to the level signal comprises:

Delay processing the level signal;

After the delay processing, the relay circuit is controlled to disconnect the AC power according to the level signal.

Preferably, in the above method, the delay duration of the delay processing on the level signal is greater than or equal to the duration of storing data when the electronic device is powered off.

Preferably, in the above method, when delay processing is performed by the RC delay circuit, the delay time is adjusted by adjusting parameters of the capacitance and/or resistance of the RC delay circuit.

Preferably, the above method further comprises:

Learning coding information of a control signal of the shutdown or power-on of the electronic device.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a control device for powering off and on the power socket, the control device comprising:

a control signal receiving module, configured to monitor whether a control signal for controlling whether the electronic device is turned on or off is received;

a control signal processing module, configured to decode the control signal when the control signal is monitored;

The control module is configured to control the relay circuit to disconnect or turn on the AC power according to the level signal.

Preferably, the device further includes a delay module connected in series between the control signal processing module and the control module:

The delay module is configured to delay processing the level signal when the control signal is a shutdown signal;

The control module is configured to: after the delay module performs delay processing on the level signal, The relay circuit is controlled to disconnect the AC power source according to the level signal.

Preferably, in the above device, the delay time for delay processing of the level signal is greater than or equal to the duration of data stored when the electronic device is powered off.

Preferably, the delay module is further configured to adjust the delay duration by adjusting a parameter of a capacitance and/or a resistance of the RC delay circuit when the RC delay circuit is used for delay processing.

Preferably, the above device further comprises:

The learning module is configured to learn coding information of a control signal of the electronic device being turned off or turned on.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a power outlet including the control device as described above and at least one power jack in series with the control device.

The technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention has the following advantages: the control signal for controlling the power-on or power-off of the electronic device can be monitored, and when the control signal is detected, the power socket is directly controlled to be disconnected or connected to the AC power source, and can be broken. The delay processing is performed when the AC power is turned on, and sufficient time is reserved for the electronic device to shut down and store the data, thereby effectively protecting the data storage function when the electronic device is turned off, thereby avoiding data confusion of the electronic device due to direct power failure during shutdown.

[Description of the Drawings]

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, a brief description of the drawings used in the embodiments or the prior art description will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description It is a certain embodiment of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained from those skilled in the art without any creative work.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for controlling power on/off of a power outlet according to a first embodiment of the present invention:

2 is a schematic structural diagram of a module of a power socket on/off control device according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of a method for controlling power on and off of a power socket according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a block diagram of a control device for powering off and on of a power outlet according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention; Schematic diagram

FIG. 5 is a logic block diagram of an application scenario in Embodiment 4 of the present invention;

6 is a circuit diagram of a delay module according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a power socket according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.

【detailed description】

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is a partial embodiment of the invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

A first embodiment of the present invention provides a method for controlling power on and off of a power socket, which is applicable to a power socket. Referring to FIG. 1, the method includes:

S101. Monitor whether a control signal for controlling whether the electronic device is turned on or off is received.

In practical applications, the control signal may be an infrared signal sent by a remote controller, or may be a wireless signal transmitted by a plurality of wireless remote control devices including, for example, a wireless remote controller based on a 2.4 GHz band.

S102. When the control signal is detected, decoding the output signal to the control signal.

When the control signal is an infrared signal, in this step, the NEC encoded signal is converted into a high level or low level signal output.

S103. Control the relay circuit to disconnect or turn on the AC power according to the level signal.

In an optional solution, the method further includes:

Learning coding information of a control signal of the shutdown or power-on of the electronic device. The power socket on/off control method of the embodiment can monitor the control signal for controlling the power on or off of the electronic device, and directly control the power socket to disconnect or connect the AC power when the control signal is monitored, It saves standby power, improves the service life of electronic devices, and improves user requirements without user operation. Experience.

On the basis of the above embodiments, the second embodiment of the present invention provides a power socket power-off control device, which is applicable to a power socket. Referring to FIG. 2, the device includes:

The control signal receiving module 201 is configured to monitor whether a control signal for controlling whether the electronic device is turned on or off is received;

The control signal processing module 202 is configured to: when the control signal is detected, decode the output signal of the control signal;

The control module 203 is configured to control the relay circuit to disconnect or turn on the AC power according to the level signal. In an optional solution, the device may further be configured with a learning module for learning coding information of a control signal of the electronic device being turned off or powered on.

In practical applications, the control signal may be an infrared signal sent by a remote controller, or may be a wireless signal transmitted by a plurality of wireless remote control devices including, for example, a wireless remote controller based on a 2.4 GHz band. When the control signal is an infrared signal, the control signal processing module 202 is configured to convert the NEC encoded signal into a high level or low level signal output.

The power socket on/off control device of the embodiment can monitor the infrared signal of the power-on or power-off sent by the remote controller of the electronic device to the electronic device, and directly control the power socket to be disconnected or connected when the infrared signal is detected. Through the AC power supply, the standby power is greatly saved, the service life of the electronic device is improved, and the user experience is not required, thereby improving the user experience.

On the basis of the above embodiments, the third embodiment of the present invention provides another method for controlling power on and off of a power socket. In this embodiment, the power-off process of the power socket is taken as an example for description. In this embodiment, the infrared signal sent by the remote controller controls the shutdown of the electronic device. Referring to Figure 3, the method flow includes:

S301, the remote controller of the monitoring electronic device sends an infrared signal to the electronic device to shut down, and if so, step S302 is performed;

S302. Decode an output level signal to the infrared signal.

Specifically, the infrared signal processing module decodes the infrared signal and converts the NEC encoded signal into a level signal.

S303. Perform delay processing on the level signal.

In practical applications, for some intelligent electronic devices such as computers or smart TVs, it takes a certain amount of time to save data when shutting down. If the power outlet is directly controlled when the shutdown signal is detected, the data of the store device will be caused. Chaos, affecting its normal use. After the delay circuit is added, the electronic device can save the data during the timeout period of the power-off, and then power down after the shutdown, which can effectively protect the data storage function of the electronic device.

Specifically, the delay duration of the delay processing of the level signal in the step S303 is greater than or equal to the duration of storing the data when the electronic device is powered off.

In an alternative, a delay module can be connected in series between the control signal processing module and the control module. The delay module can employ an RC delay circuit. At this time, the delay time is adjusted by adjusting the parameters of the capacitance and/or the resistance of the RC delay circuit according to the shutdown time of the television.

In an alternative, the delay module can also employ a timing circuit. At this time, when the timing circuit receives the level signal output by the control signal processing module, it is determined whether the level signal is a shutdown signal, and when the level signal is a shutdown signal, the timer is started, when the timer reaches When the value is preset, a control signal is sent to the control module to control the relay circuit to disconnect the AC power.

S304. After the delay processing, the relay circuit is controlled to disconnect the AC power according to the level signal.

In an optional solution, the delay module may be directly connected between the control signal processing module and the control module, or a control module may be connected in series after the control signal processing module to determine whether the monitored infrared signal is The shutdown signal is used, and when the infrared signal is determined to be the shutdown signal, the level signal output by the infrared signal processing module is delayed. At this time, it is judged according to the result of the infrared signal decoding output. For example, when the output is high level, it is judged as the power-on signal, and when the low level is output, it is determined as the power-off signal.

The power socket on/off control method of the embodiment can monitor the shutdown infrared signal sent by the remote controller of the electronic device to the electronic device, and directly control the power socket to disconnect or connect to the AC when the infrared signal is detected. Power supply, and can delay processing when disconnecting AC power, reserve enough time for electronic equipment to shut down and store data, effectively protect the data storage function when the electronic equipment is turned off, and avoid the electronic equipment caused by direct power failure during shutdown. The data is confusing.

On the basis of the above embodiments, the fourth embodiment of the present invention provides a control device for powering off and on the power socket, which is suitable for a power socket. In this embodiment, the infrared signal sent by the remote controller controls the shutdown of the electronic device. Referring to FIG. 4, the device includes:

The control signal receiving module 401 monitors whether the remote controller of the electronic device sends a shutdown infrared signal to the electronic device;

The control signal processing module 402 is configured to decode the output signal of the infrared signal; specifically, the infrared signal processing module 402 decodes the infrared signal, and converts the NEC encoded signal into a level signal;

The delay module 403 performs delay processing on the level signal;

The control module 404 is configured to control the relay circuit to disconnect the AC power according to the level signal after the delay module 403 delays the level signal.

In an optional solution, the delay time for delay processing of the level signal is greater than or equal to the duration of data stored when the electronic device is powered off.

Referring to FIG. 5, it is a logic block diagram of an embodiment in an application scenario.

The remote controller sends a shutdown infrared signal to the television. At this time, the infrared signal receiving module of the television and the power socket simultaneously receives the infrared signal of the shutdown. Since the power outlet has a delay module, the relay circuit does not immediately disconnect the AC power. During the delay time of the power outlet delaying the power, the TV performs standby processing to save important user data.

In an optional solution, the delay module 403 may be directly connected in series between the control signal processing module 402 and the control module 404; or may be connected in series after the control signal processing module. The module is configured to determine whether the monitored infrared signal is a shutdown signal, and delay the level signal output by the infrared signal processing module when determining that the infrared signal is a shutdown signal.

In an alternative, the delay module 403 can include an RC delay circuit, as shown in FIG. The RC delay circuit includes a PMOS transistor, a resistor R1, a resistor R2, and a capacitor C1. The first pin 6011 of the resistor R1 is electrically connected to the first pin 6021 of the resistor R2 and the first pin 6031 of the capacitor C1; the second pin 6022 of the R2 is electrically connected to the second pin 6032 of the capacitor C1 and Grounding; the first pin 6031 of the capacitor C1 is electrically connected to the gate 6041 of the PMOS transistor; the second pin 6012 of the resistor R1 is electrically connected to the output of the control signal processing module 402 and the source 6042 of the PMOS transistor; The drain 6043 is electrically coupled to the input of the control module 404.

In an alternative, the delay module 403 can also employ a timing circuit. At this time, when the timing circuit receives the level signal output by the control signal processing module 402, it is determined whether the level signal is a shutdown signal, and when the level signal is a shutdown signal, the timer is started, when the timer When the preset value is reached, a control signal is sent to the control module 404 to cause the control relay circuit to disconnect the AC power.

The power socket on/off control device of the embodiment can monitor the shutdown infrared signal sent by the remote controller of the electronic device to the electronic device, and directly control the power socket to disconnect or connect to the AC when the infrared signal is detected. Power supply, and can delay processing when disconnecting AC power, reserve enough time for electronic equipment to shut down and store data, effectively protect the data storage function when the electronic equipment is turned off, and avoid the electronic equipment caused by direct power failure during shutdown. The data is confusing.

Based on the above embodiment, the fifth embodiment of the present invention provides a power socket. Referring to FIG. 7, the power socket includes a power module 701, a control device 702, a relay circuit 703, and a power socket 704.

The control device 702 can adopt the control device of the foregoing Embodiment 2 or Embodiment 4, and details are not described herein again.

The power module 701 power module is electrically connected to the control device and the relay circuit for supplying power to the control device 702 and the relay circuit 703.

The relay circuit 703 is connected in series between the power socket 704 and the AC power source for disconnecting or turning on the AC power source to disconnect or turn on the AC power source;

The control device 702 is electrically coupled to the relay circuit 703 for controlling the relay circuit 703 to open or turn the AC power source on.

In an alternative, the power outlet can also be provided with a manual switch and a plurality of power jacks. The manual switch can be a mechanical switch in parallel with the control device.

In an optional solution, when the power socket is provided with a plurality of power jacks, a control device may be connected in series for each power jack, and each control device respectively controls the startup or shutdown of different electronic devices. The encoded information of the infrared signal. This allows for flexible control of different power jacks on the same power outlet.

The power socket of the embodiment is provided with a control device capable of monitoring a shutdown infrared signal sent by the remote controller of the electronic device to the electronic device, and directly controlling the power socket to disconnect or connect the AC power when the infrared signal is detected, Moreover, the delay processing can be performed when the AC power is disconnected, and sufficient time is reserved for the electronic device to shut down and store the data, thereby effectively protecting the data storage function when the electronic device is turned off, thereby avoiding the data of the electronic device caused by the direct power failure during the shutdown. confusion.

The device embodiments described above are merely illustrative, wherein the modules described as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and the components displayed as modules may or may not be physical modules, ie may be located A place, or it can be distributed to multiple network modules. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement without deliberate labor.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the various embodiments can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, by hardware. Based on such understanding, the above-described technical solutions may be embodied in the form of a software product in essence or in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a computer readable storage medium such as a ROM/RAM. Disk, CD, etc., including a number of instructions for making a computer The device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) performs the methods described in various embodiments or portions of the embodiments.

It should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, and are not limited thereto; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that The technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments are modified, or the equivalents of the technical features are replaced. The modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

A method for controlling power on and off of a power socket is applicable to a power socket, characterized in that the method comprises:

Monitoring whether a control signal for controlling the powering on or off of the electronic device is received;

Decoding the output signal to the control signal when the control signal is detected;

The relay circuit is controlled to turn off or turn on the AC power according to the level signal.
The method according to claim 1, wherein when the control signal is a shutdown signal, the controlling the relay circuit to disconnect or turn on the AC power according to the level signal comprises:

Delay processing the level signal;

After the delay processing, the relay circuit is controlled to disconnect the AC power according to the level signal.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the delay time for delay processing of the level signal is greater than or equal to the length of time during which the electronic device stores data when it is powered off.
The method according to claim 3, wherein when the RC delay circuit is used for delay processing, the delay time is adjusted by adjusting parameters of the capacitance and/or resistance of the RC delay circuit.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising:

Learning coding information of a control signal of the shutdown or power-on of the electronic device.
The utility model relates to a control device for powering off and off of a power socket, which is suitable for a power socket, characterized in that the control device comprises:

a control signal receiving module, configured to monitor whether a control signal for controlling whether the electronic device is turned on or off is received;

a control signal processing module, configured to decode the output signal when the control signal is detected;

The control module is configured to control the relay circuit to disconnect or turn on the AC power according to the level signal.
The control device according to claim 6, wherein the control device further comprises a delay module connected in series between the control signal processing module and the control module:

The delay module is configured to delay processing the level signal when the control signal is a shutdown signal;

The control module is configured to control the relay circuit to disconnect the AC power according to the level signal after the delay module performs delay processing on the level signal.
The control device according to claim 7, wherein the delay time for delay processing of the level signal is greater than or equal to the length of time during which the electronic device stores data when the electronic device is turned off.
The control device according to claim 8, wherein the delay module is further configured to adjust a capacitance and/or a resistance of the RC delay circuit when the RC delay circuit is used for delay processing. The parameter adjusts the delay time.
The control device according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the control device further comprises:

The learning module is configured to learn coding information of a control signal for turning off or turning on the remote controller of the electronic device.
A power socket, characterized in that the power socket comprises the control device according to any one of claims 6 to 10, a power supply module, a relay circuit and at least one power supply jack:

The power module is electrically connected to the control device and the relay circuit for providing power to the control device and the relay circuit;

The relay circuit is connected in series between the power jack and an alternating current power source for disconnecting or turning on the alternating current power source;

The control device is electrically connected to the relay circuit for controlling the relay circuit to open or turn on the alternating current power source.