Detailed Description
In one general aspect of the invention, the portable control device is to be used for wireless adjustment control of at least one adjustable household appliance, in any embodiment of the invention, the adjustable household appliance is a household appliance such as a television, a refrigerator, an air conditioner or a lamp of a household user, and may be some non-electric appliance with adjustable control, such as a window or a curtain. Such portable control devices may have a compact body portion of closed construction comprising a panel and a base engaged with each other, an adjustment portion adapted for manual adjustment input by a user being provided on a surface of the panel, the panel and base engaged with each other to enclose a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to generate a digital modulation signal for adjustment control of an adjustable household appliance in response to adjustment input to the adjustment portion and to transmit it wirelessly.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 2, the control circuit may be provided with: a driving circuit coupled to the adjustment portion for generating a digital variation in response to the adjustment input; a controller coupled to the driving circuit for generating a modulation command according to the digital quantity; the modulation circuit is coupled with the controller and modulates the digital modulation signal according to the modulation instruction of the controller; the communication circuit is coupled with the controller and used for transmitting the digital modulation signal to the adjustable household equipment in a wireless mode (for example, wi-Fi, zigBee and the like); and a power supply for supplying operating power required by the control circuit. In one embodiment, the controller may be configured to: determining that each adjustable household device is within an adjustable range in response to an adjustment control identifier associated with the adjustable household device, wherein the adjustment control identifier is extendably obtained from outside the portable control device; selecting communication with one or more adjustable home devices based on the determination; and generating a linear modulation command in response to the digital variation, wherein the linear modulation command represents an analog of a state or action of the adjustable household device.
As one way, the adjusting part may be a rotary adjusting switch, so the adjusting input is a rotary adjusting way to generate different rotary amounts, wherein the rotary adjusting switch includes: at least one adjusting knob for inputting the rotation amount; and at least one adjusting rotor corresponding in number to the adjusting knob and coupled to the adjusting knob, for transmitting the rotation generated by the adjusting knob to the driving circuit.
As another way, the adjusting part may be a touch-sensitive adjusting plate, so that the adjusting input is a touch adjusting way to generate different touch amounts, wherein the adjusting plate includes: a touch sensitive panel element for sensing user gesture input; and an identification circuit connected with the touch-sensitive panel element and used for detecting the coupling capacitance variation generated by the gesture input and transmitting the coupling capacitance variation to the driving circuit.
The portable control device of the present invention may have a variety of extended configurations. For example, the control circuit further comprises an interface for extending the electrical functionality of the control circuit. For example, as shown in fig. 3, the extended electrical functionality includes an extension 400 to the regulatory control identifier described above. Or the adjusting part also comprises a luminous knob 13 coupled with the adjusting knob, wherein a preset gap is reserved between the adjusting knobs, so that light emitted by the luminous knob can be transmitted. Wherein the control circuit may further comprise an illumination indicator connected to the controller, the illumination indicator being configured to emit light of different colors according to different amounts of rotation, wherein a spacer is provided within the adjustment knob for limiting a protruding position of the light emitting knob when mounted and scattering the light emitted by the light emitting knob.
Preferably, the portable control device can also be used as an attachment device for other electrical appliances. For example, in the embodiment shown in fig. 3, the portable control device may be placed (e.g., fully encased) in the receptacle 200, or may be placed in any cradle that is convenient for the user to operate, thus enabling the user to remotely adjust the desired household appliance at a desired location.
Preferably, certain components of the portable control device have additional functionality. For example, the portable control device may be placed in a humid environment (such as a bathroom), in which case the portable control device may not be provided with the interface in order to achieve stable waterproof performance, and the above-described barrier may in turn be used to block infiltration of external fluids (e.g., water flow). In one example, the spacer may have the same contour as the knob 12 and be embedded within the knob 12 so that the spacer prevents infiltration of water at any seam on the panel 10 of the portable control device. Preferably, the adjustment knob will produce different amounts of control when controlling different adjustable household devices, such as by controlling both the lights and the window covering through the same adjustment knob 12, but with different effects. Intuitively, the user can adjust the brightness or color temperature or even the color parameters of the LED lamp through the adjusting knob 11 or 12, but when the portable control device is used to adjust the adjustable window curtain, the rotation amount generated by the adjusting knob 12 corresponds to the contraction ratio of the window curtain (for example) to two sides or upwards, and the state of multiple groups of window curtains can also be controlled through a plurality of the adjusting knobs. While the portable control device may also be used as a room temperature (e.g., heating) regulator, in general, if a user only desires to adjust the temperature, only one adjusting knob may be used to intuitively rotate the temperature in the room.
Based on the above technical teachings, in another embodiment, a method of wireless regulation control of at least one adjustable home device may comprise:
S100, responding to an adjustment control identifier associated with each adjustable household device to determine that the adjustable household device is in an adjustable range, wherein the adjustment control identifier is expandably acquired from the outside of the portable control device. For example, the controller may be coupled to an identification circuit to identify an adjustment control identifier associated with each of the adjustable household appliances, so that the portable control device controls different types of household appliances, and the identification circuit obtains an adjustable parameter (e.g., color temperature) of the adjustable LED lamp according to the adjustment control identifier when controlling the adjustable LED lamp.
In the foregoing embodiment, if the portable control device is used as a waterproof control device, the interface slot 36 is not provided, and if the portable control device is not provided with the interface, the portable control device may alternatively detect the magnetic field strength between the portable control device and the adjustable household device (e.g., LED lamp) to be controlled, for example, through a near field effect sensor, and turn on the identification circuit when the magnetic field strength reaches a preset threshold value of the controller. The identification circuit will request the controller to extract the adjustment control identifier corresponding to the adjustable home device, which may be stored in the built-in memory. In this option, the identification circuit is configured to control a path between the drive circuit and the controller, wherein the path is turned on after the controller reads the corresponding adjustment control identifier. When a user controls another adjustable home device (e.g., a window), the magnetic field strength between the window can be re-detected, e.g., by a near field effect sensor, thereby activating the controller to extract the adjustment control identifier corresponding to the window, such that the identification circuit will disconnect the passageway, such that the adjustment control identifier corresponding to the previous adjustable home device (e.g., a light) will be removed when the passageway is again conductive. In order to achieve this approach effect, it is possible to achieve this by means of magnetic coupling via the antenna of the communication circuit described above.
Referring to fig. 2, each of the adjustable household devices may be provided with a communication circuit, a modulation/demodulation circuit and a Microprocessor (MCU), the MCU is configured to generate corresponding mechanical or electrical actions on functional components of the adjustable household device (for example, light emitting particles in the LED lamp or rolling components of the window curtain) according to the content of the digital modulation signal sent by the portable control device, the modulation/demodulation circuit is configured to demodulate and read the digital modulation signal to transmit the digital modulation signal to the MCU, and in other adjustable household devices, more functional components or circuits are coupled to the above circuits.
Alternatively, the portable control device is adapted to be communicatively coupled with a digital computing device (e.g., a laptop or a smart phone). Referring to fig. 3, the digital computing device 300 may communicate with the portable control device by any wireless means, such as by radio frequency, to input the adjustment control identifier to the portable control device. In one embodiment, the digital computing device 300 has a display interface 330 and control keys 320 coupled to an internal processor, and a user can select a desired control of the home device and control type (e.g., night mode) via the display interface 330 after the digital computing device 300 establishes a communicative coupling (e.g., a custom coupling mechanism) with the portable control device.
In fig. 3, the digital computing device 300 may also be connected to the portable control device via a data bus (e.g., USB) 310, and may be implemented using a coupling circuit for implementing the communication coupling. In one embodiment, a method of communicatively coupling between the portable control device and the digital computing device 300 may include:
S110, receiving a voltage drop signal from the digital computing device 300 through a first coupling circuit in the portable control device. The above-described coupling circuit may cause the digital computing device 300 and the portable control apparatus to receive data information carried in the power signal from each other, and then perform different types of operations using the received information. For example, the coupling circuit may change the voltage drop provided to the different coupling circuits based on information received from the different coupling circuits. The coupling circuit may introduce current pulses into the voltage drop received by the coupling circuit, which may be detected and identified by the circuit providing the voltage drop. Information sent to a circuit providing a voltage drop may indicate that circuit, for example, increases or decreases the voltage of the voltage drop by a particular amount. Alternatively, such information, for example, indicates that the circuit providing the voltage drop for a particular voltage continues to provide the voltage drop for that particular voltage. A coupling circuit is provided in the portable control device that can interact on the data bus to ensure that the required voltage drop is provided to the two interacting devices at the required time. In addition to power, data transfer may also be provided through the data bus 310, and the coupling circuitry may (or may not) control or manipulate the data flow through the data lanes of the data bus 310.
The coupling protocol may include any number of different phases. For example, the coupling protocol may begin with a coupling circuit providing a voltage drop. This coupling circuit may, for example, change certain characteristics of the voltage drop in a particular way. For example, the first coupling circuit may reduce the voltage of the drop to a particular value desired by the responsive coupling circuit in lieu of an increased initial drop.
S120, changing the voltage drop signal by the first coupling circuit, and identifying the changed voltage drop signal by a second coupling circuit within the digital computing device 300. The second coupling circuit may receive the voltage drop and may determine whether the characteristics of the voltage drop are within a particular range. For example, the second coupling circuit may determine whether the voltage of the drop is within a particular range. Such a voltage range may, for example, not be based on the voltage (e.g., 3.3V) and the margin of error (e.g., ±0.2V) that the first coupling circuit would provide during the coupling procedure. If, for example, the voltage drop received by the second coupling circuit has a voltage within this voltage range, the second coupling circuit may wait for a certain time (e.g., 0.3 seconds) in order to verify that the voltage of the voltage drop is stable. Once the time required for the coupling procedure has been reached, the second coupling circuit can manipulate the voltage drop in a manner recognizable by the first coupling circuit. For example, a current pulse may be introduced into a voltage drop that may be detected by the first coupling circuit. Once such a current pulse is detected by the first coupling circuit, the first coupling circuit may, for example, change the voltage drop characteristics. More specifically, the first coupling circuit may increase the voltage of the drop to a voltage drop that powers and recharges the digital computing device 300. The second coupling circuit will transmit data information, such as the adjustment control identifier described above, according to a processor built into the digital computing device.
It should be appreciated that the coupling circuits described above may be dedicated to implementing the function of initiating coupling or responding to coupling. For example, the coupling circuit may have both a start and a response function, and the coupling circuit may be manufactured to have a start or response function, but may be customized at a later stage. In addition, any portion of the coupling circuitry may be implemented in hardware (e.g., analog and/or digital circuitry) and/or firmware. For example, the coupling circuit may be fabricated as a flexible integrated circuit. In one embodiment, the coupling protocol may be performed on the data line rather than the power line. Similarly, the data lines may not be affected by the coupling protocol on the power lines, or the transfer through the data lines may be controlled/stopped by the coupling protocol. Or the first and second coupling circuits may be integrated on the data bus 310.
S130, in response to the identification of the changed voltage drop signal, a coupling level signal is input through the digital computing device 300, and the coupling level signal is transmitted to the portable control device through the power path in the data bus 310. Wherein the coupling level signal is a digital level of a higher voltage value, which can be set based on the above-mentioned voltage drop signal (e.g., a DC voltage between +3.3 and 5V), for achieving a match with the first coupling circuit.
S140, receiving and identifying the coupling level signal through the first coupling circuit, and generating a matching level in response to the coupling level signal. The value of the match level will be raised or lowered by the first coupling circuit to the same level as the coupling level signal, thereby stabilizing the power path on the data bus 310. Data may then be transferred over the data bus 310, which will be transferred in a manner that carries the power waveform.
The method for communication coupling may further include:
s200, selecting communication with one or more adjustable household devices according to the determination; and
S300, responding to the digital variable quantity to generate a linear modulation instruction, wherein the linear modulation instruction represents simulation of the state or action of the adjustable household equipment. In the foregoing manner, the rotation amount is used to simulate the change amount of the functional component of the adjustable home device, and the simulation is to make the rotation amount equivalent to the change amount according to a certain linear relationship.
In embodiments of the present invention, the term "control circuitry" may refer to all of the following: (1) Circuit implementations of hardware only (such as in analog and/or digital circuit device only), and (2) combinations of circuits and software (and/or firmware), such as (as applicable): (i) A combination of control circuitry or (ii) control circuitry/software (including digital signal control circuitry), portions of software and memory that work together to cause a device such as a mobile phone or server to perform various functions, and (3) circuitry such as micro-control circuitry or portions of micro-control circuitry that requires software or firmware for operation, even though the software or firmware is not physically present.
The definition of "circuit" or "device" applies to all uses of that term in this application, including in any claims. As another example (as used in this application), the term "circuit" may also encompass an embodiment mode of only one control circuit (or multiple control circuits) or control circuit portion, as well as its (or their) accompanying software and/or firmware. The term "circuit device" may also cover (e.g., as applicable to the particular claim element) a baseband integrated circuit or application control circuit integrated circuit for use in a mobile phone or a similar integrated circuit in a server, a cellular network device, or other network device.
According to any description herein, the term "couple" or "coupling" refers to any form of tight, non-detachable connection, such as a mechanical tight connection (e.g., plug, weld) between multiple parts/components, and also electrical or electromagnetic tight connection, which is generally not optionally broken or broken, e.g., the coupling in some cases is implemented as desired in the product design, such as a limitation of design space. While embodiments of the application have been described in the preceding paragraphs with reference to various examples, it should be appreciated that modifications to the examples given can be made without departing from the scope of the application as claimed.
Example 1:
Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of a portable control device may be used to intuitively adjust a lamp, such as an indoor lighting device, e.g., a desk lamp, a ceiling lamp, or a footlight. Having a compact body portion comprising a mutually engaging panel 10 and base 30, the panel 10 and base 30 being mutually engaged to enclose a control circuit 20 (e.g. in the form of a printed circuit board), wherein an adjustment portion adapted for manual operation by a user is provided on a surface of the panel 10, the adjustment portion being configured to control the control circuit in response to an adjustment input to generate a digital modulation signal for adjustment control of the adjustable LED lamp.
In one embodiment, the adjustment portion is a rotary adjustment switch.
As a variant, the rotary adjustment switch comprises a first adjustment knob 11 and a second adjustment knob 12 arranged coaxially, wherein the first adjustment knob 11 is operable to input one of the color temperature and the brightness of the LED lamp, and the second adjustment knob 12 is operable to input the other of the color temperature and the brightness. In other ways, the parameter adjustment of the adjustable LED lamp is various, and more knob ways can be used for expansion adjustment, for example, color adjustment.
In one embodiment, the rotary adjustment switch further comprises: a first adjusting rotor 21 coupled to the first adjusting knob 11 and transmitting a rotation amount of the first adjusting knob 11 to the control circuit 20; and a second adjusting rotor 22 coupled to the second adjusting knob 12 and transmitting the rotation amount of the second adjusting knob 12 to the control circuit 20. In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the first and second adjusting rotors may be integrally disposed on the control circuit 20, and the first and second adjusting rotors are further connected to a driving circuit 24 for converting the rotation amount into a digital signal, and the control circuit 20 further includes a controller configured to receive the digital signal to generate the digital modulation signal for adjusting, for example, brightness or color temperature of the LED lamp. Further, the first regulating rotor 21 and the second regulating rotor 22 are coaxial and have different protruding lengths in the direction of the panel 10.
As another variation, the portable dimmer device may further comprise a synchronous adjustment switch configured to trigger a synchronous adjustment mode of the portable dimmer device, in one embodiment of which: adjusting one of the first and second adjustment knobs 11 and 12 alone will adjust the other of the first and second adjustment knobs 11 and 12 in linkage; or the controller may be triggered to calculate, for example, a color-feel adjustment variable by adjusting one of the first adjustment knob 11 and the second adjustment knob 12.
On the basis of the above, a lining board can be arranged between the panel 10 and the control circuit 20, and through holes can be concentrically arranged at the central positions of the panel 10 and the lining board, so that the first and second adjusting rotors can conveniently penetrate and are respectively coupled with the first and second adjusting knobs. Or a lining plate is not required, and two steps with different heights are arranged on the inner side of the panel 10 and are respectively used for abutting against the end parts of the first adjusting rotor and the second adjusting rotor.
As a further modification, the rotary adjusting switch further includes a light emitting knob coupled to the second adjusting knob 12 or the first adjusting knob 11, wherein a preset gap is left between the first adjusting knob 11 and the second adjusting knob 12, so that light emitted by the light emitting knob can be transmitted. In the embodiment shown in fig. 2, the controller may be electrically connected to an illumination indicator that may be configured to emit different colors according to digital signals corresponding to different levels of swirl. As shown in fig. 1, the second adjusting knob 12 surrounds the first adjusting knob 11, and in this second adjusting knob 12, for example, a partition (not shown in the drawing) may be provided on the inner periphery, and the partition may be made of a transparent or translucent material, which is used to limit the protruding position of the light-emitting knob when installed, and to transmit the light of different colors emitted from the annular light-emitting portion, for example, in order to achieve a soft color light-transmitting effect, the partition may be made of a diffusion PC resin material, so as to form a soft halo.
In another embodiment, the portable dimming device has a compact structure, or e.g. a regular cube configuration, and in order to achieve such a compact structure, the size of the dimming device is mainly dependent on the spatial dimensions of the base 30, e.g. a preferred example, the control circuit 20 may be a single-layer Printed Circuit Board (PCB) structure on which integrated or coupled integrated circuits comprising the above-mentioned examples of the first and second adjustment rotors, as well as examples of the driving circuit and the controller, and in one embodiment the integrated circuits further comprise e.g. a built-in memory of the controller for storing digital modulation instructions or digital logic codes corresponding thereto, such that the controller together with the control circuit performs different dimming functions. In another embodiment, the integrated circuit further comprises a communication circuit, and in order to realize remote control of the adjustable LED lamp, the communication circuit can be any integrated circuit for transmitting signals in a wireless manner, for example, wireless signal transmission realized by Wi-Fi, zigBee or Bluetooth protocols. And, the selected communication circuit can be a combination of the above modes, for example, a Wi-Fi communication circuit and a ZigBee communication circuit are integrated at the same time.
For example, the portable dimmer device of the present invention has a closed body portion, and the integrated circuit further includes a power supply 23, such as a built-in battery, for supplying power to the various components on the integrated circuit. The battery can be a rechargeable battery meeting the capacity of 1000 mA.h, and the built-in battery can be designed to be very small due to the low requirement of the battery capacity, and can be arranged on the back of the PCB structure in a coupling mode, for example, can be arranged vertically. Similarly, the communication circuit may be mounted (e.g., soldered) on the back of the PCB structure (i.e., opposite the direction in which the adjustment rotor is mounted) in the same manner, so that the power supply 23 and the communication circuit and its surrounding circuitry may extend into the interior receiving space of the base 30.
In the example shown in fig. 1, the accommodation space may be divided into accommodation chambers 33 and 34 by a partition 37, wherein the accommodation chamber 34 accommodates the above-described power supply 23 and communication circuit. In one embodiment, the accommodating cavity 33 is provided with a charging plug-in portion 31, and the charging plug-in portion 31 has a charging plug 32 and a accommodating cavity for allowing the charging plug 32 to be accommodated in the charging plug-in portion 31 along the rotation axis R.
Furthermore, the charging plug 31 includes a transformer coupled to the charging plug 32 for converting the mains voltage into the dc voltage for supplying to the control circuit 20 or the power source 23, and in another embodiment, the power source 23 may be included in a charging circuit provided on the control circuit 20.
In addition, the accommodating cavity 33 may further accommodate the interface 25 provided on the control circuit 20, and an interface slot 36 corresponding to the interface 25 is formed on a side wall of the accommodating cavity 33, where the interface 25 is used for expanding a part of electrical functions of the control circuit 20, for example, expanding digital modulation instructions of the adjustable LED lamp.
In yet another embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the base 30 has a first bottom 351 defining the thickness of the dimmer switch, and a recess is formed in the first bottom 351 to form a second bottom 352, wherein the first and second bottoms combine to be adapted to secure the portable dimmer switch to an external power source. Preferably, the external power source may be a wall outlet 200 or a mobile outlet.
Example 2:
In the embodiment shown in fig. 5, in order to control several curtains 3 in the indoor scene 1, a portable control device 102 may be used in an option, and the adjusting part thereof may be a rotary adjusting switch, so that the adjusting input is a rotary adjusting manner to generate different rotary amounts 304.
Wherein, the rotary adjusting switch may include: at least one adjustment knob for inputting the rotation amount, in the example of fig. 5, an adjustment knob 12 may be used to adjust the retraction of a window covering (e.g., blind) 3 within the indoor scene 1 by the variable 301; and at least one adjusting rotor corresponding in number and coupled to the adjusting knob 12, transmitting the rotation amount generated by the adjusting knob to the control circuit.
Further, referring to the example of fig. 2, the control circuit is provided with: a driving circuit coupled to the adjusting rotor for generating a digital quantity in response to the rotation quantity 304; a controller connected to the driving circuit for generating a modulation command according to the digital quantity; a modulation circuit connected with the controller for modulating digital modulation signals according to the modulation instruction of the controller; a communication circuit connected with the controller for wirelessly transmitting the digital modulation signal to the adjustable household equipment (e.g. curtain); and a power supply for supplying operating power required by the control circuit. In the example of fig. 5, the parameter value of the amount of rotation 304 will be calculated as the variable 301 for (for example) upward retraction of the window covering 3 according to a linear relationship set by the controller, so that the user can control the window covering 3 more intuitively and conveniently. In one embodiment, the adjustment portion may not be configured to any gear in order to more freely choose to adjust the retraction and extension of the window covering, which may allow for more free and comfortable adjustment of the amount of change 301.
In another alternative, a portable control device 101 may be used, where the adjusting part is a touch-sensitive adjusting board, and the adjusting board may have the same panel 10 as the portable control device 101, so that the adjusting input generated by the touch-sensitive adjusting board is a touch-controlled adjusting manner to generate different touch amounts, where the adjusting board includes: a touch sensitive panel element for sensing user gesture input; and an identification circuit connected with the touch-sensitive panel element and used for detecting the coupling capacitance variation generated by the gesture input and transmitting the coupling capacitance variation to the driving circuit.
Further, the control circuit is provided with: the driving circuit is coupled with the adjusting plate and is used for responding to the rotation quantity to generate a digital quantity; a controller connected to the driving circuit for generating a modulation command according to the digital quantity; a modulation circuit connected with the controller for modulating digital modulation signals according to the modulation instruction of the controller; the communication circuit is connected with the controller and is used for transmitting the digital modulation signal to the adjustable household equipment in a wireless mode; and a power supply for supplying operating power required by the control circuit. In one embodiment, the touch sensitive panel element may be embedded in the panel 10, and the touch sensitive panel element may be a plurality of capacitive sensing elements having the same size as each other, and the driving circuit is activated to generate different voltage signals to the controller by coupling capacitance generated by, for example, a finger of a user. In this way, the user's manipulation of the window curtain 3 is not limited to the adjustment knob 12 of the previous embodiment, and more manipulation modes can be simulated on the touch-sensitive adjustment panel.
For example, as an example of gesture control, the user may aim the portable control device 101 to face the window covering 3 desired to be controlled, at which point the controller may be configured to: the communication direction between the alignment and the adjustable curtain 3 is adjusted. If, in response to this alignment, the controller will set the touch-sensitive adjustment panel to the view angle of the window covering 3 that the user is facing, so that the user can input an upward adjustment gesture on the touch-sensitive adjustment panel when desiring to retract the window covering 3 upward, thereby producing an upward coupling capacitance change 302, preferably the displacement of the upward sliding gesture input by the user on the touch-sensitive adjustment panel will be converted by the controller to the variable 301 in a linear relationship, that is, the displacement input by the user can be intuitively adjusted to the corresponding change in view of the variable 301 of the window covering 3 observed by the user, so that the window covering 3 can be retracted to an appropriate position. For another example, for some other curtains, such as a two-sided telescoping curtain, the user may aim at the curtain 3 to be controlled in the manner described above, such that when the user desires to close the two-sided curtain, for example, the user enters a gesture that draws in from both sides to the center, such that the gesture entered on the touch-sensitive adjustment panel will produce a further amount of change 303 in coupling capacitance, such that the curtain 3 will be drawn in to a position or state.
Example 3:
referring also to fig. 5, as a variant applied to the portable control device, for a plurality of adjustable home apparatuses within the indoor scene 1, the above method may further include:
S210, selecting communication with an adjustable household device. The indoor scene 1 includes a plurality of curtains 3 and lamps 2, and when a user needs to use or define the scene, the controller may request extraction of an adjustment control identifier corresponding to the curtain 3 through an identification circuit of the portable control device 101 or 102. In this option, the identification circuit is configured to control a path between the drive circuit and the controller, wherein the path is turned on after the controller reads the corresponding adjustment control identifier.
S220, starting another or more adjustable home devices through the selected adjustable home device. For example, when a user controls another window covering 3, this window covering 3 may be connected by the communication circuit of the portable control device 101, then the touch input of the portable control device 101 may adjust the two or two window covering 3 simultaneously, or another (e.g. adjacent) window covering 3 may be connected by the communication circuit of this window covering 3 to which the portable control device 101 has been connected to communicate the above-mentioned adjustment control identifier to the communication circuit of the other window covering 3, since the adjustment control identifiers for the same type of household appliance are similar or identical, repeated recognition may not be performed by the portable control device 101, but the manner of starting the transmission of the adjustment control identifier to the other window covering 3 may be a specific gesture made on the portable control device 101, for example sliding to the edge of the touch-sensitive adjustment panel to generate a start excitation signal.
In one embodiment, the simulation of the state or action of the adjustable home device includes: aligning the communication direction of the adjustable household equipment; and adjusting the magnitude of the digital variation. In another embodiment, the plurality of LED lamps 2 may be further adjusted after the user has controlled the movement of the window covering 3, the controller being configured to set the adjustment control identifier as the association data between different types of adjustable household devices. For example, if the user defines an indoor scene 1, after the user closes all curtains 3, the user needs to light some lamps 2 immediately, so this can be achieved by the above manner when the user needs to control the lamps 2, for example, the user completes setting an indoor scene 1 through the digital computing device 300, the controller will generate a corresponding adjustment control identifier according to this setting, the adjustment control identifier is set to turn on at least one lamp 2 when the curtains 3 are closed, the transmission manner of the adjustment control identifier may be that the communication circuit in the curtain 3 closest to the lamps 2 that are expected to light is transmitted, or the user sends the adjustment control identifier directly to the lamps 2. Preferably, the lamp 2 will be turned on and automatically adjusted to a proper brightness according to the indoor brightness, and the user can also adjust the lamp 2 synchronously according to the brightness or color temperature parameters contained in the adjustment control identifier, without having to re-establish communication with the lamp 2.
The features described in the foregoing description may be used in combination in addition to the explicit combinations described. Although functions have been described with reference to certain features, such functions may be performed by other features, whether described or not. Although features have been described with reference to certain embodiments, these features may also be present in other embodiments, whether described or not.
Whilst endeavoring in the foregoing specification to draw attention to those features of the invention believed to be of particular importance it should be understood that the applicant claims protection in respect of any patentable feature or combination of features hereinbefore referred to and/or shown in the drawings whether or not particular emphasis has been placed thereon.