Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of home appliance control system, television set and appliances equipment control method, can to television set and other home appliance, carry out straighforward operation by television set and a remote controller.
, control and management for home appliance, comprising: a remote controller, a television set and some home appliances.This remote controller produces corresponding remote signal for responding user's operation.This television set comprises a display unit, a remote controller communication module, one first household electrical appliances communication module, a network communication module, a memory cell and a processing unit.This remote controller communication module, for communicating with this remote controller, receives the remote signal that remote controller produces.This first household electrical appliances communication module, for communicating with other home appliances.This network communication module is for being connected with a webserver.This processing unit comprises: a download module, and for being connected with the webserver by network communication module, from the webserver, download the application program of respective electric home, and application program is installed and is stored in memory cell; One remote command processing module, for receiving the remote signal that remote controller sends and this remote signal being carried out to dissection process and determine a control information, this control information comprises the object of control and function, key information etc.; An and electric control module, according to this control information, determine that the remote signal that remote controller sends is while controlling television set, control television set and carry out corresponding function, determining that the remote signal that remote controller sends is while controlling other home appliances, start the application program of corresponding home appliance, convert control information to this home appliance discernible control command, this family's electric control module is also sent to corresponding home appliance by household electrical appliances communication module by this control command, controls this home appliance and carries out corresponding function.Each home appliance comprises: one second household electrical appliances communication module and a processing unit.The second household electrical appliances communication module is for communicating with the first household electrical appliances communication module of television set.Processing unit comprises: a control command is analyzed acquisition module, for obtaining the control command of this television set by this second household electrical appliances communication module and determining this function that will carry out; And an Executive Module, for carrying out this control command, analyze the definite function of acquisition module.
This television set comprises a display unit, a remote controller communication module, one first household electrical appliances communication module, a network communication module, a memory cell and a processing unit.This remote controller communication module, for communicating with a remote controller, receives the remote signal that remote controller produces.This first household electrical appliances communication module, for communicating with other home appliances.This network communication module is for being connected with a webserver.This processing unit comprises: a download module, and for being connected with the webserver by network communication module, from the webserver, download the application program of respective electric home, and application program is installed and is stored in memory cell; One remote command processing module, for receiving the remote signal that remote controller sends and this remote signal being carried out to dissection process and determine a control information, this control information comprises the object of control and function, key information etc.; An and electric control module, according to this control information, determine that the remote signal that remote controller sends is while controlling television set, control television set and carry out corresponding function, determining that the remote signal that remote controller sends is while controlling other home appliances, start the application program of corresponding home appliance, convert control information to this home appliance discernible control command, this family's electric control module is also sent to corresponding home appliance by household electrical appliances communication module by this control command, controls this home appliance and carries out corresponding function.
, by a remote controller and television set, control home appliance, the method comprising the steps of: after television set starts, the control model of home appliance control system is defaulted as quick pattern; Under quick pattern, the button of determining user's remote controller is shortcut or the acknowledgement key setting in advance; When definite operated button is shortcut, determine home appliance and function that shortcut is corresponding, then sending controling instruction is controlled corresponding home appliance and is carried out corresponding function; When determining that the button of user's operation is, while determining key, to control the control mode switch of home appliance control system to remote control mode; Under remote control mode, to control television set and show a remote control interface, this remote control interface comprises a plurality of function choosing-items, this function choosing-item at least comprises the application program option of home appliance and leaves option; The operation of response user to the directionkeys of remote controller, switches the current function choosing-item of choosing; Operation according to user to definite key of remote controller, determines the function choosing-item of current selection; The function choosing-item that judges current selection is that application program option still leaves option; When the function choosing-item of selecting is application program option, control and start this corresponding application program, control simultaneously and show this application program controlling interface; The control function of selecting at this Application Program Interface by remote controller according to user produces corresponding control command to corresponding home appliance, controls this home appliance and carries out corresponding function.When the function choosing-item of selecting is when leaving option, control is quick pattern by the control mode switch of home appliance control system.
Home appliance control system of the present invention and control method, only need a remote controller to control television set and some home appliances, the management of more convenient home appliance and control.
Embodiment
Referring to Fig. 1, is the framework schematic diagram of appliance control system 100.Wherein,appliance control system 100 comprises atelevision set 1, somehome appliances 2 and a remote controller 3.These somehome appliances 2 are thehome appliance 2 beyondtelevision set 1, comprise air-conditioning, refrigerator, computer etc.Thisremote controller 3 is TV remote controller, and thisremote controller 3 can be selected thehome appliance 2 of controlling or control thistelevision set 1, and correspondingly by sending, remote signal totelevision set 1 is controlled these somehome appliances 2 or transmission remote signal is directly controlled thistelevision set 1.
See also Fig. 2-3.Fig. 2 istelevision set 1 and for sending remote signal to the functional block diagram of theremote controller 3 of thistelevision set 1, andtelevision set 1 comprisesprocessing unit 10,display unit 11, remotecontroller communication module 12, household electricalappliances communication module 13,network communication module 14 and memory cell 15.Wherein,display unit 11 is television display screen, can be LED display, LCDs or plasma panel etc.Remotecontroller communication module 12, for carrying out communication withremote controller 3, can be the wireless near field communication modules such as infrared communication module, bluetooth module.Household electricalappliances communication module 13 is for carrying out communication with these somehome appliances 2, can be support ZigBee-network communication (ZigBee technology be a kind of closely, low complex degree, low-power consumption, low rate, bidirectional wireless communication technology cheaply) communication module group, support that Z-Wave(is by the leading wireless networking specification of the Zensys of Denmark company) communication module group, WiFi module, the bluetooth module of communication or the cable network communication module group connecting by RJ-45 interface.Network communication module 14 is for for example, for example, being connected with webserver (not shown) by wired (broadband network) or wireless network (GPRS network or cdma network).
Thisprocessing unit 10 comprisesdownload module 101, remotecommand processing module 102, family'selectric control module 103 and display control module 104.Download module 101, for being connected with the webserver bynetwork communication module 14, is downloaded the application program of respectiveelectric home 2 from the webserver, and installs and be stored in memory cell 15.Remotecommand processing module 102 is for the remote signal that receivesremote controller 3 and send and this remote signal is carried out to dissection process and determine a control information, and this control information comprises the object of control and function, key information etc.Family'selectric control module 103 determines that according to this control information the remote signal thatremote controller 3 sends is while controllingtelevision set 1,control television set 1 and carry out corresponding function, determining that the remote signal thatremote controller 3 sends is while controllingother home appliances 2, start the application program ofcorresponding home appliance 2, convert control information to thishome appliance 2 discernible control command, this family'selectric control module 103 is also sent tocorresponding home appliance 2 by household electricalappliances communication module 13 by this control command, controls it and carries out corresponding function.Wherein, in the present embodiment, the control command of different-format can be set todifferent home appliance 2, thereby only have ahome appliance 2, can identify this control command and carry out this corresponding function.In other embodiments, eachhome appliance 2 has an identifier, this control command comprises corresponding identifier, thehome appliance 2. that family'selectric control module 103 is sent to coupling according to the identifier in control command by this control command in other embodiments, eachhome appliance 2 has a different address, this control command comprises a control address, thereby family'selectric control module 103 is sent to this control command thehome appliance 2 with the address that matches.
As shown in Figure 3, be the functional block diagram of home appliance.This eachhome appliance 2 comprises aprocessing unit 21 and a household electrical appliances communication module 22.Processing unit 21 comprises control commandanalysis acquisition module 201, Executive Module 202.Household electricalappliances communication module 22 communicates for the household electricalappliances communication module 13 withtelevision set 1, receives the control command that thistelevision set 1 sends.This control command is analyzedacquisition module 201 and is obtained the control command of this television set and determined this function that will carry out by this household electrical appliances communication module 22.ThisExecutive Module 202 is analyzed the definite function ofacquisition module 201 for carrying out this control command.Obviously, the household electricalappliances communication module 22 inhome appliance 2 is identical with the type of household electricalappliances communication module 13 intelevision set 1.
Theprocessing unit 21 of thishome appliance 2 also comprises a state acquisition module 203.When control command, analyzingacquisition module 201 is obtained the control command of thistelevision set 1 and is determined that this function that will carry out is while obtaining the current state ofhome appliance 2 by this household electricalappliances communication module 22,state acquisition module 203 is obtained the current state ofhome appliance 2, and by household electricalappliances communication module 22, is sent to family'selectric control module 103 of television set 1.104 state informations that receive thishome appliance 2 according to family'selectric control module 103 of display control module, show this state information, thereby facilitate the state of user management relevant device.
In the present embodiment, in thistelevision set 1, be loaded with down in advance the application program of these somehome appliances 2, that is, and downloadmodule 101 operations of response user toremote controller 3, bynetwork communication module 14, be connected with the webserver, from the webserver, download the application program of respective electric home 2.When user selects application program corresponding to a certain home appliance byremote controller 3, remotecommand processing module 102, for receiving the remote signal ofremote controller 3 transmissions and calling and carry out corresponding application program, then further determines that in the selection of Application Program Interface will carry out function generates this control information according to user.
Concrete, the control model of this homeappliance control system 100 comprises quick pattern and remote control mode.As shown in Figure 3,remote controller 3 at least comprisesacknowledgement key 31,power key 32, somedirectionkeys 33 andother keys 34.
See also Fig. 4, wherein, Fig. 4 is the control method under the quick pattern of the appliances equipment control method in better embodiment of the present invention.After television set 1 starts, control model is defaulted as quick pattern (S401).
Then, under quick pattern, family'selectric control module 13 oftelevision set 1 carries out the definite control information of dissection process according to remote command processing module to received remote signal, determines that the button that user operates is shortcut or the acknowledgement key 31(S402 setting in advance).Wherein, this shortcut is the key beyondacknowledgement key 31 andpower key 32, by quick setting in advance, shortcut is associated with a control object and function.
When user produces control information by the shortcut that operates thisremote controller 3 and set in advance, then family'selectric control module 103 oftelevision set 1 determines that according to this control information this button is shortcut and determines corresponding home appliance and the function of shortcut according to fast arranging, and then sending controling instruction is controlled corresponding home appliance and carried out corresponding function (S403).Concrete, in this control information, be while controllingtelevision set 1,control television set 1 and carry out corresponding function, in definite this control information, be while controllingother home appliances 2, family'selectric control module 103 starts the application program ofcorresponding home appliance 2, convert control information to thishome appliance 2 discernible control command, this family'selectric control module 103 is also sent tocorresponding home appliance 2 by household electricalappliances communication module 13 by this control command, controlscorresponding home appliance 2 and carries out corresponding function.
Family'selectric control module 103 according to this control information, determine that user operates when determiningkey 31, control the control mode switch of home appliance control system to remote control mode (S404).
Wherein, under quick pattern, thedisplay unit 11 of thistelevision set 1 can cut out, and user can control corresponding home appliance and carries out corresponding function by pressing the shortcut of thisremote controller 3.
See also Fig. 5-7, wherein, Fig. 7 is the control method under the remote control mode of the appliances equipment control method in better embodiment of the present invention.As previously mentioned, family'selectric control module 103 response users control homeappliance control system 100 to the operation ofremote controller 3 and enter remote control mode (S701).
Display control module 104 is controlled thedisplay unit 11 demonstration one remote control interfaces as shown in Figure 5 oftelevision set 1, and this remote control interface comprises a plurality of function choosing-items, and this function choosing-item at least comprises the application program option of home appliance and leaves option (S702).In remote control interface as shown in Figure 5, the plurality of function choosing-item represents for the mode by menu, and obviously, in other embodiments, the mode that the plurality of function choosing-item can be by graphic user interface shows, i.e. display application program icon or leave triggering icon.
Display control module 104 operations of response user to thedirectionkeys 33 ofremote controller 3, switch the current function choosing-item of choosing (S703).Wherein, as shown in Figure 5, the current function choosing-item of choosing is highlighted demonstration, to distinguish other unchecked function choosing-items.Wherein, remotecommand processing module 102 is for after receivingremote controller 3 response users and pressing the remote signal that this directionkeys produces and this remote signal is carried out to dissection process and determine that this control information is direction controlling function.Thereby the operation of 104 response users of display control module to thedirectionkeys 33 ofremote controller 3, switches the current function choosing-item of choosing
Family'selectric control module 103 operation to definite key ofremote controller 3 according to user, determines the function choosing-item (S704) of current selection.
Family'selectric control module 103 further confirms that the function choosing-item of current selection is that application program option still leaves option (S705).
When leaving option, execution step S708, when be application program option, family'selectric control module 103 starts these corresponding application programs, anddisplay control module 104 is controlled demonstration these application program controlling interfaces (S706) as shown in Figure 6 simultaneously.For example, as shown in Figure 6, when the application program option of selecting is air-conditioning,display control module 104 is controlled the control interface that shows air-conditioning, and this control interface display is improved temperature, reduces temperature, improves wind speed, reduces wind speed etc.
The control function of selecting at this Application Program Interface byremote controller 3 according to user produces corresponding control command tocorresponding home appliance 2, controls thishome appliance 2 and carries out corresponding function (S707).
When leaving option, it is quick pattern (S708) by the control mode switch of homeappliance control system 100 that family'selectric control module 103 is controlled.And as previously mentioned, under quick pattern, thereby user can controlcorresponding television set 1 or the corresponding function ofhome appliance 2 execution by the shortcut inremote controller 3, and during the acknowledgement key in user'sremote controller 3, by the control mode switch of homeappliance control system 100, be remote control mode.
In the present embodiment, thiselectric equipment 2 can be the household electrical appliance such as television set, refrigerator, air-conditioning, computer.Wherein, duringpower key 2 in user'sremote controller 3, control this television set 1 and directly shut down.
See also Fig. 8, the method flow diagram of downloading for the application program of home appliance control system 100.As previously mentioned, downloadmodule 101 operations of response user toremote controller 3, are connected with the webserver by network communication module 14 (S801).Wherein, user can be under remote control mode, and the function choosing-item on the remote control interface of selecting to show ondisplay unit 11 byremote controller 3 is downloaded connection.Obviously, this remote control interface also comprises the download option.
Download module 101 is after connecting this webserver, and whether search has the application program (S802) of a certain home appliance.
If there is not the application program of this home appliance, flow process finishes, otherwisedownload module 101 continues to judge whether thistelevision set 1 is provided with this application program (S803).
Iftelevision set 1 has been installed this application program, flow process finishes, otherwisedownload module 101 is installed on this application program in thememory cell 15 of this television set 1 (S804).
Meanwhile,display control module 104 is controlled and is upgraded this remote control interface,, increases the application program option (S805) of these household electrical appliances in this remote control interface that is.
Seeing also Fig. 9, is the setting procedure figure of the shortcut ofremote controller 3.
First, 103 operations of response user toremote controller 3 of family's electric control module, start shortcut set-up function (S901).Wherein, user can be under remote control mode, and the function choosing-item on the remote control interface of selecting to show ondisplay unit 11 byremote controller 3 starts shortcut set-up function.Obviously, this remote control interface also comprises shortcut setting option.
Display control module 104 produces a prompting frame prompting user and selects the shortcut (S902) that will arrange.In the present embodiment, this shortcut can be a button, can be also the Macintosh of two or three buttons.For example, user can select in these somedirectionkeys 33 andother keys 34 one as shortcut, also can select wherein two as Macintosh.In other embodiments, on thisremote controller 3, be also provided with color key, different home appliance corresponding to color key, user can be by selecting this color key and a directionkeys to set the function that this home appliance is corresponding, can select this color key and another function corresponding to this home appliance of other key assignmentses, thereby increase the setting number of shortcut simultaneously.
Family'selectric control module 103 judges whether the button on theremote controller 3 that user presses ispower key 32 or definite key 31(S903).
If the button that family'selectric control module 103 judgement users press ispower key 32 ordefinite key 31, step is returned to step S902, that is,display control module 104 continues to produce this prompting frame prompting user and selects the shortcut that will arrange.Otherwisedisplay control module 104 produces another prompting frame prompting user and selectscorresponding home appliance 2 and the function (S904) of controlling of this shortcut.
The shortcut that family'selectric control module 103 is selected user carries out associated (S905) withhome appliance 2 and the function of the control of selection.Thereby, complete the setting of shortcut.
Thereby home appliance control system of the present invention and control method, only need a remote controller to controltelevision set 1 and somehome appliances 2, the management of moreconvenient home appliance 2 and control.