CN105242558A - Control method and equipment for household electric appliance, household electric appliance and client equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of home appliances, and discloses a control method and device for a home appliance, a home appliance and a client device. The method includes: acquiring the location information of the home appliance and the location information of the client device associated with the home appliance location information; judging whether the home appliance is running; and in the case of judging that the home appliance is running, determining the relationship between the client device and the home appliance according to the location information of the client device and the location information of the home appliance distance between household appliances; comparing the distance with a shutdown threshold; and controlling the operation of the household appliances according to the comparison result. The invention can realize the remote control of the household appliances, thereby saving energy (electric power or water resources, etc.), improving the safety of the household appliances and reducing the occurrence of safety accidents.

Description

Control method and device for household appliances, household appliance and client device

technical field

The present invention relates to the field of household appliances, and in particular, relates to a control method of a household appliance, a control device of a household appliance, a household appliance, and a client device.

Background technique

In life, it often occurs that people forget to turn off household appliances that do not need to continue to run after leaving the room, and household appliances continue to run without personnel on the one hand, resulting in waste of energy (such as water resources and/or power resources, etc.) ), on the other hand, it may lead to the occurrence of safety accidents, and there are great safety hazards. For example, running household appliances for a long time will easily lead to aging of electrical circuits, thereby inducing safety accidents such as household appliances fire. However, in the prior art, once a person leaves the room where the household appliances are located, it is difficult to control these household appliances.

That is, there is a lack of a device and method capable of remotely controlling the operation of household appliances in the prior art.

Contents of the invention

Aiming at the technical problem of being unable to remotely control household appliances in the prior art, the present invention provides a method for controlling household appliances, the method comprising: obtaining the location information of the household appliances and the customer information associated with the household appliances The location information of the terminal device; determine whether the household appliance is running; and determine the client device according to the location information of the client device and the location information of the household appliance if it is determined that the household appliance is running distance from the household appliance; comparing the distance with a shutdown threshold; and controlling the operation of the household appliance according to the comparison result.

Correspondingly, the present invention also provides a control device for a household appliance, which includes: a location information acquisition module, configured to acquire location information of the household appliance and location information of a client device associated with the household appliance a control module, configured to determine whether the household appliance is running; and the control module is also configured to determine whether the household appliance is running according to the location information of the client device and the location information of the household appliance, determining the distance between the client device and the household appliance; comparing the distance with a shutdown threshold; and controlling the operation of the household appliance according to the comparison result.

In addition, the present invention also provides a household appliance including the control device for the household appliance provided by the present invention.

In addition, the present invention also provides a client device including the control device of the household appliance provided by the present invention.

Using the control method and device for household appliances provided by the present invention, by first obtaining the location information of the household appliances and the location information of the client device associated with the household appliances, and then judging whether the household appliances are running, and judging When the home appliance is running, determine the distance between the client device and the home appliance according to the location information of the client device and the home appliance, and then relate the distance to the shutdown Thresholds are compared, and finally the operation of the household appliance is controlled according to the comparison result, and remote control of the household appliance can be realized (for example, after leaving the room where the household appliance is located, it can first be known whether the household appliance is running, if the household appliance is running, then It is also possible to remotely control the shutdown of the household appliance), so that while saving energy (electricity or water resources, etc.), the safety of the household appliance is also improved and the occurrence of safety accidents is reduced.

Moreover, the household appliances and/or client devices including the household appliance control method and equipment provided by the present invention can also save energy while improving the safety of household appliances and reducing the occurrence of safety accidents.

Other features and advantages of the present invention will be described in detail in the detailed description that follows.

Description of drawings

The accompanying drawings are used to provide a further understanding of the present invention, and constitute a part of the description, together with the following specific embodiments, are used to explain the present invention, but do not constitute a limitation to the present invention. In the attached picture:

Fig. 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a control device of an example household appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a structural schematic diagram of a control system of an example household appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a structural schematic diagram of a control system of an example household appliance according to another embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an example control method of a home appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of reference signs

10 position information acquisition module 20 control module 30 controller

100 home appliance control devices 200 client devices 300 home appliances

detailed description

Specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described here are only used to illustrate and explain the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a control device 100 of an example household appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 1 , the device may include: a location information acquisition module 10, configured to acquire location information of the household appliance and the location information of the client device associated with the household appliance; the control module 20 is connected to the location information acquisition module 10 for judging whether the household appliance is running; and the control module 20 is also used for judging When the household appliance is running, determine the distance between the client device and the household appliance according to the location information of the client device and the location information of the household appliance; compare the distance with the shutdown threshold comparing; and controlling the operation of the household appliance according to the comparison result.

Preferably, the control module 20 performs a shutdown operation on the household appliance when the distance is greater than the shutdown threshold.

Preferably, when the distance is greater than the shutdown threshold, the control module 20 sends the running status information of the household appliance, the running status information indicates that the household appliance is running; and receives a response to the running control signal of status information, and perform corresponding operations on the household appliance according to the control signal. Wherein, the control signal instructs the household appliance to perform a shutdown operation or instructs the household appliance to continue running.

Adopting the control device of the household appliance provided by the present invention can realize the remote control of the household appliance (for example, after leaving the room where the household appliance is located, it can first know whether the household appliance is running, if the household appliance is running, it can also be remotely controlled The household appliance is shut down), thereby saving energy (electricity or water resources, etc.), while also improving the safety of the household appliance and reducing the occurrence of safety accidents.

The above-mentioned embodiments are mainly applicable to the case where one client device is associated with a household appliance. Considering that a family or an office may have multiple client devices associated with a household appliance, the above-mentioned control module 20 provided by the present invention can also be based on Determining the distance between each of the plurality of client devices and the household appliance based on the acquired location information of the plurality of client devices and the location information of the household appliance; Comparing the smallest of the multiple distances with the shutdown threshold; and controlling the operation of the home appliance according to the comparison result, thereby realizing remote control of the operation of the home appliance when multiple client devices are associated with the home appliance.

In order to illustrate the idea of the present invention in more detail and clearly, various embodiments of the control device 100 for household appliances are provided below:

Example 1

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an example control system of a household appliance according to an implementation manner of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 2 , the system includes a client device 200 and a household appliance 300. The end device 200 is configured to include the control device 100 of the household appliance provided by the present invention, and the control device 100 of the household appliance communicates (connects) with the controller of the household appliance 300 through a wireless network (shown by a dotted line in FIG. 2 ). Wherein, the household appliance may include any one of an air conditioner, an electric fan, a television, a refrigerator, a washing machine, a microwave oven, and an oven. The client device may include any one of a GPS positioning device, a smart phone, and a smart wearable device.

The client device 200 (such as a smart phone) may include a control device 100 of a household appliance, for example, installed on the client device 200 in the form of software (app) or hardware, and the control device 100 of the household appliance may be as described above Including a location information acquisition module 10, configured to acquire the location information of the household appliance and the location information of the client device associated with the household appliance, for example, the location information of the household appliance can be obtained through the GPS positioning function of the client device 200 (For example, the user can record the location coordinate information of the household appliance by using the GPS positioning function of the client device 200 at the location of the household appliance in advance, or by manually inputting its location coordinate information) The location information of the connected client device 200 (for example, the user can obtain the location coordinate information in real time through the GPS positioning function of the client device 200).

Afterwards, the control module 20 of the device can determine whether the household appliance is running, for example, send an instruction to the controller 30 to determine whether the household appliance is running through the wireless network, and the controller 30 can detect the current of the household appliance in response to the instruction and will detect The result is fed back to the control module 20. If the current value is detected, the control module 20 can judge that the household appliance is running and needs to be shut down. Specifically, the control module 20 can according to the location information of the client device 200 and The location information (as mentioned above) of the household appliance 300 determines the distance between the client device 200 and the household appliance 300; In the control device 100 of the household appliance, which is not limited in the present invention), the comparison is performed; and the operation of the household appliance 300 is controlled according to the comparison result. For example, the control module 20 may indicate that the user carrying the client device 200 has left the location where the household appliance is located and the household appliance is still running when the distance is greater than the shutdown threshold, At this time, it is necessary to perform a shutdown operation on the household appliance, so the control device 100 of the household appliance will send a control signal to the controller 30, the control signal instructs the household appliance 300 to perform a shutdown operation, and then the controller 30 responds to the control signal The shutdown operation is performed to shut down the household appliance 300 , so as to realize the remote control operation of the client device 200 on the household appliance 300 .

In order to improve the intelligence of this kind of control, an improved way is also provided here, that is, the control module 20 can be configured to first send the operating status of the household appliance when the distance is greater than the shutdown threshold The information is sent to the client device 200, the running status information indicates that the household appliance is running, for example, the display screen of the client device 200 displays "the household appliance is running, whether to perform shutdown operation". In this manner, the control module 20 performs corresponding operations on the household appliance when receiving the control signal in response to the operating state information.

For example, a possible situation is that the user may just go out for a short time and does not want the control module 20 to perform a shutdown operation. At this time, it can form a negative control signal in response to the operating state information with a negative response (that is, the control signal indicates the The household appliance continues to run), at this time, the control module 20 may not execute the shutdown operation after receiving the control signal.

Another possible situation is that the user has gone out for a long time and forgot to turn off the household appliance 300, so it is hoped that the control module 20 performs a shutdown operation, and at this time it can form a positive control signal in response to the operating state information with a positive response (i.e. The control signal instructs the household appliance to perform a shutdown operation), and at this time, the control module 20 may perform a shutdown operation after receiving the control signal. Adopting such a control method can not only improve the intelligence of the whole system but also enhance user experience and meet the actual needs of users.

The above-mentioned embodiments are mainly applicable to the case where one client device is associated with a household appliance. Considering that a family or an office may have multiple client devices associated with a household appliance, the control module 20 may be configured to multiple pieces of location information of multiple client devices and the location information of the home appliance, determine the distance between each of the multiple client devices and the home appliance; the determined multiple The smallest of the distances is compared with a shutdown threshold; and the operation of the home appliance is controlled according to the comparison result.

The specific control method is similar to the above-mentioned situation in which a client device is associated with a household appliance, the difference is that the control module 20 only compares the minimum of multiple distances with the shutdown threshold, that is, at this time, it can determine which of the multiple client devices Each client device has left the location of the household appliance, and it is time to remotely control the household appliance 300 . Therefore, in this case, the control module 20 can directly control the shutdown of the household appliance 300 when the minimum distance is greater than the shutdown threshold, or send the operating status information of the household appliance to the client device 200 corresponding to the minimum distance, only When the client device 200 gives an affirmative control signal, the power-off operation is performed, and the specific control process is similar to the above-mentioned case where a client device is associated with a household appliance, so details are not repeated here.

Example 2

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a control system of an example household appliance according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 3 , the system includes a client device 200 and a household appliance 300. In this embodiment, The household appliance 300 is configured to include the control device 100 of the household appliance provided by the present invention, the control device 100 of the household appliance is connected with the controller 30 of the household appliance 300 by wire or wirelessly, and at the same time, the control device 100 of the household appliance is connected by wireless The network (shown by the dotted line in FIG. 3 ) communicates (connects) with the client device 200, which has a corresponding remote control application program on the client device 200. Wherein, the household appliance may include any one of an air conditioner, an electric fan, a television, a refrigerator, a washing machine, a microwave oven, and an oven. The client device may include any one of a GPS positioning device, a smart phone, and a smart wearable device.

In Embodiment 2, the household appliance 300 may include the control device 100 of the household appliance, for example, installed on the household appliance 300 in the form of software or hardware (as an accessory when leaving the factory or after leaving the factory), and the control device 100 of the household appliance may be As mentioned above, it includes a location information acquisition module 10, which is used to acquire the location information of the household appliance and the location information of the client device associated with the household appliance, for example, communicate with the client device 200 through a wireless network, and then can pass The GPS positioning function of the client device 200 obtains the location information of the household appliance (for example, the user may record the location coordinate information of the household appliance in advance by using the GPS positioning function of the client device 200 at the location of the household appliance, or manually input its location coordinate information. location coordinate information) and the location information of the client device 200 associated with the household appliance (for example, the user can obtain the location coordinate information in real time through the GPS positioning function of the client device 200).

Afterwards, the control module 20 of the device can determine whether the household appliance is running, for example, send an instruction to the controller 30 to determine whether the household appliance is running through a wired or wireless connection, and the controller 30 can detect the current of the household appliance in response to the instruction and The detection result is fed back to the control module 20. If the current value is detected, the control module 20 can judge that the household appliance is running and needs to continue the shutdown operation. Specifically, the control module 20 can according to the location information of the client device 200 and The location information (as described above) of the household appliance 300 determines the distance between the client device 200 and the household appliance 300; the distance and the shutdown threshold (the shutdown threshold can be set in advance according to the actual situation) and stored in the control device 100 of the household appliance, which is not limited in the present invention) for comparison; and control the operation of the household appliance 300 according to the comparison result.

For example, the control module 20 may indicate that the user carrying the client device 200 has left the location where the household appliance is located and the household appliance is still running when the distance is greater than the shutdown threshold, At this time, it is necessary to perform a shutdown operation on the household appliance, so the control device 100 of the household appliance will send a control signal to the controller 30, the control signal instructs the household appliance 300 to perform a shutdown operation, and then the controller 30 responds to the control signal The shutdown operation is performed to shut down the household appliance 300 , so as to realize the remote control operation of the client device 200 on the household appliance 300 .

In order to improve the intelligence of this kind of control, an improved way is also provided here, that is, the control module 20 can be configured to first send the The running status information of the client device 200 is sent to the client device 200. The running status information indicates that the household appliance is running. In this manner, the control module 20 performs corresponding operations on the household appliance when receiving the control signal in response to the operating state information.

For example, a possible situation is that the user may just go out for a short time and does not want the control module 20 to perform a shutdown operation. At this time, it can form a negative control signal in response to the operating state information with a negative response (that is, the control signal indicates the The household appliance continues to run), at this time, the control module 20 may not execute the shutdown operation after receiving the control signal. Another possible situation is that the user has gone out for a long time and forgot to turn off the household appliance 300, so it is hoped that the control module 20 performs a shutdown operation, and at this time it can form a positive control signal in response to the operating state information with a positive response (i.e. The control signal instructs the household appliance to perform a shutdown operation), and at this time, the control module 20 may perform a shutdown operation after receiving the control signal. Adopting such a control method can not only improve the intelligence of the whole system but also enhance user experience and meet the actual needs of users.

The above-mentioned embodiments are mainly applicable to the case where one client device is associated with a household appliance. Considering that a family or an office may have multiple client devices associated with a household appliance, the control module 20 may be configured to multiple pieces of location information of multiple client devices and the location information of the home appliance, determine the distance between each of the multiple client devices and the home appliance; the determined multiple The smallest of the distances is compared with a shutdown threshold; and the operation of the home appliance is controlled according to the comparison result.

The specific control method is similar to the above-mentioned situation in which a client device is associated with a household appliance, the difference is that the control module 20 only compares the minimum of multiple distances with the shutdown threshold, that is, at this time, it can determine which of the multiple client devices Each client device has left the location of the household appliance, and it is time to remotely control the household appliance 300 . Therefore, in this case, the control module 20 can directly control the shutdown of the household appliance 300 when the minimum distance is greater than the shutdown threshold, or send the operating status information of the household appliance to the client device 200 corresponding to the minimum distance, only When the client device 200 gives an affirmative control signal, the power-off operation is performed, and the specific control process is similar to the above-mentioned case where a client device is associated with a household appliance, so details are not repeated here.

Example 3

The difference between Embodiment 3 and Embodiment 2 is that the controller 30 of the household appliance 300 can be directly configured to have the functions of the controller of the household appliance 300 in the prior art when the household appliance 300 leaves the factory, and at the same time have the The functions of the control device 100 of the home appliance are provided to save configuration costs and simplify the structure of the home appliance 300 . The specific control process of Embodiment 3 is similar to that of Embodiment 2, and those skilled in the art can configure the controller 30 accordingly to realize the above-mentioned control functions, which will not be repeated here.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a control method of an example household appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 4, the method may include the following steps:

Step S1, acquiring location information of the home appliance and location information of a client device associated with the home appliance;

Step S2, determine whether the household appliance is running, if it is judged that the household appliance is not running, return to step S1; and conversely, if it is judged that the household appliance is running, continue to perform the following steps:

Step S3, determining the distance between the client device and the household appliance according to the location information of the client device and the location information of the household appliance;

Step S4, comparing the distance with the shutdown threshold; and

Step S5, controlling the operation of the household appliance according to the comparison result.

Preferably, when the distance is greater than the shutdown threshold, perform a shutdown operation on the household appliance.

Preferably, when the distance is greater than the shutdown threshold, sending operating status information of the household appliance, the operating status information indicating that the household appliance is running; and receiving a control signal in response to the operating status information , and perform corresponding operations on the household appliance according to the control signal.

Preferably, the control signal instructs the household appliance to perform a shutdown operation or instructs the household appliance to continue running.

Preferably, in the case that multiple client devices are associated with the household appliance, the multiple client devices are determined respectively according to the acquired multiple location information of the multiple client devices and the location information of the household appliance. the distance between each of the end devices and the home appliance; comparing the minimum of the determined distances with a shutdown threshold; and controlling the operation of the home appliance according to the comparison result.

Preferably, the household appliance may include any one of an air conditioner, an electric fan, a television, a refrigerator, a washing machine, a microwave oven, and an oven.

Preferably, the client device may include any one of a GPS positioning device, a smart phone, and a smart wearable device.

It should be understood that each specific implementation manner of the above-mentioned control method for a household appliance has been described in detail in implementations of a control device and system for a household appliance (as described above), and will not be repeated here. Moreover, those skilled in the art can choose any one of the above-mentioned various embodiments and implementation methods according to the disclosure of the present invention, or choose any combination of the above-mentioned various embodiments and implementation methods to configure the control device and system of the household appliance, And other alternative implementations also fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In addition, the present invention also provides a household appliance (not shown) including the control method and equipment provided according to the present invention. The household appliance may not only include the control method of the household appliance according to the embodiment of the present invention And the device, and the household appliance can also use any one of the above-mentioned control methods and devices of the household appliance and a combination thereof to perform the above-mentioned control process. It should be understood that the household appliance may be any household appliance requiring remote control, such as an air conditioner, an electric fan, a television, a refrigerator, a washing machine, a microwave oven, an oven, and the like.

The household appliance control method and device provided by the present invention can realize remote control of the household appliance (for example, after leaving the room where the household appliance is located, it is possible to first know whether the household appliance is running, and if the household appliance is running, it can also remotely control the household appliance. control the shutdown of the household appliance), thereby saving energy (electricity or water resources, etc.), while improving the safety of the household appliance and reducing the occurrence of safety accidents.

The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiment, within the scope of the technical concept of the present invention, various simple modifications can be made to the technical solution of the present invention, These simple modifications all belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

In addition, it should be noted that the various specific technical features described in the above specific embodiments can be combined in any suitable way if there is no contradiction. The combination method will not be described separately.

In addition, various combinations of different embodiments of the present invention can also be combined arbitrarily, as long as they do not violate the idea of the present invention, they should also be regarded as the disclosed content of the present invention.

Claims (12)

1. A control method for a household appliance, characterized in that the method comprises: Acquiring location information of the home appliance and location information of a client device associated with the home appliance; Determining whether a household appliance is running; and If it is judged that the household appliance is running, determine the distance between the client device and the household appliance according to the location information of the client device and the location information of the household appliance; comparing the distance to a shutdown threshold; and The operation of the household appliance is controlled according to the comparison result. 2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the distance is greater than the shutdown threshold, a shutdown operation is performed on the household appliance. 3 . 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the distance is greater than the shutdown threshold, sending operation status information of the home appliance, the operation status information indicating that the home appliance is running; and receiving a control signal in response to the operating state information, and performing corresponding operations on the household appliance according to the control signal. 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the control signal instructs the household appliance to perform a shutdown operation or instructs the household appliance to continue running. 5. The method according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein when multiple client devices are associated with the household appliance, Determine the distance between each of the plurality of client devices and the home appliance according to the acquired location information of the plurality of client devices and the location information of the home appliance respectively; comparing a minimum of the determined plurality of distances to a shutdown threshold; and The operation of the household appliance is controlled according to the comparison result. 6. A control device for household appliances, characterized in that the device comprises: a location information acquiring module, configured to acquire location information of the home appliance and location information of a client device associated with the home appliance; a control module for judging whether the household appliance is running; and The control module is further configured to determine the distance between the client device and the household appliance according to the location information of the client device and the location information of the household appliance when it is judged that the household appliance is running. distance; comparing the distance with a shutdown threshold; and controlling the operation of the household appliance according to the comparison result. 7 . The control device of a household appliance according to claim 6 , wherein the control module is further configured to: perform a shutdown operation on the household appliance when the distance is greater than the shutdown threshold. 7 . 8. The control device of a household appliance according to claim 6, wherein the control module is further configured to: when the distance is greater than the shutdown threshold, send the operating status information of the household appliance, The running status information indicates that the household appliance is running; and receiving a control signal in response to the running status information, and performing corresponding operations on the household appliance according to the control signal. 9. The control device of a household appliance according to claim 8, wherein the control signal instructs the household appliance to perform a shutdown operation or instructs the household appliance to continue running. 10. The control device for a household appliance according to any one of claims 6-9, wherein, when multiple client devices are associated with the household appliance, the control module is further configured to: Determining the distance between each of the plurality of client devices and the home appliance according to the acquired location information of the plurality of client devices and the location information of the household appliance; comparing the minimum of the plurality of distances with the shutdown threshold; and controlling the operation of the household appliance according to the comparison result. 11. A household appliance, characterized in that the household appliance comprises the control device for the household appliance according to any one of claims 6-10. 12. A client device, characterized in that the client device comprises the control device for a household appliance according to any one of claims 6-10.