KR101730180B1 - open system for home IoT service based settop box device using integrated-linkage by integration manager - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a technique for realizing an open home Internet of things (IoT) service system by using home IoT devices based on various communication protocols and a set-top box IoT home gateway interconnecting the home IoT devices. In particular, the IoT home gateway is installed in a home set-top box in order to allow a plurality of home IoT devices individually following a separate wireless communication technology to be interconnected in a heterogeneous wireless communication (for example, Z-wave, ZigBee, Bluetooth, smart utility network, Wi-Fi), and such IoT home gateway constructs and provides an open application program interface (API) for the home IoT device, an interlocking system among an external operation management server, a home IoT service application, and the home IoT devices, such that an entertainment filed service (for example, personalized TV, smart advertisement, and customized advertisement), a security field service (for example, home monitoring, living-alone elderly person management, and visitor confirmation), a home appliance field service (for example, good management, automatically cleaning, and food purchase), and an energy field service (for example, electricity, city water, and gas management) can be effectively provided.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to an open home IoT service system based on a set-top box using an integration manager of an integration manager,

The present invention relates to a technology for implementing an open home IoT service system using home IoT devices based on various communication protocols and a set-top box type IoT home gateway interlocking them.

More particularly, the present invention relates to a home network system in which a plurality of home IoT devices conforming to different wireless communication technologies in a heterogeneous wireless communication environment (e.g., Z-wave, ZigBee, Bluetooth, smart utility network, Wi-Fi) The IOT home gateway is provided with a set-top box, and an Open API for these home IoT appliances is constructed and provided by the IoT home gateway to establish an interworking system between the external operation management server and home IoT service apps and home IoT appliances, (Eg, home monitoring, living alone elderly care, visitor identification), consumer electronics services (eg food management, auto-cleaning, food purchasing), and energy Field services (eg, electricity, water, gas management), and the like.

In general, the Internet of Things (IOT) has evolved from the existing USN (Ubiquitous Sensor Network) or M2M (Machining to Machine). If the existing M2M is the communication device (end-device) Is to broaden the scope of things so that we can communicate with people, such as telephones, books, thermometers, etc., that we often see.

Here, IoT refers to the cooperative sensing, networking, and information processing of objects (eg, household appliances, gas appliances, safety appliances, exercise equipment, etc.) without human intervention to produce meaningful information.

However, in order to implement IoT, a separate framework for wireless communication with individual device sensors and collecting data from the device sensors must be provided. In addition, a separately provided framework may include a separate device sensor, Communication technology must be able to communicate individually in such a heterogeneous wireless communication environment.

In other words, as various IoT devices have recently been released, each IoT device is designed to follow a heterogeneous wireless communication scheme. However, the development of the IoT framework for integrating and integrating such various IoT devices in the home has not yet been developed.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a set-top box-based open-type IoT device which allows a plurality of IoT devices in a home- Home IoT service system.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an IoT home gateway in a set-top box in a home so that a large number of IoT devices in the home can interoperate with each other and construct an Open API for these home IoT devices in the IoT home gateway, And an open home IoT service system based on a set-top box capable of efficiently providing various services such as entertainment, security, home appliances and energy by establishing an interworking system between home IoT service apps and home IoT devices.

In order to achieve the above object, a set-top box-based open home IoT service system according to the present invention comprises a plurality of home I / O devices conforming to different wireless communication technologies, a plurality of wireless communication devices An IoT processor 120 for controlling data transmission / reception between the home IoT device and the plurality of home IoT devices by controlling a plurality of wireless communication modules; And a porting layer 130 for providing an Open API for interworking and utilizing resources of a plurality of home IoT devices to an upper layer, And collects product information and usage pattern information to continuously collect comprehensive information about a plurality of home IOT devices existing in the home A settop box type IoT home gateway 100 which generates a settop box type IoT home gateway 100; An operation management server that provides an integrated application information processing service connected to a set-top box type IoT home gateway via the Internet. Utilizing the resources of a plurality of home IoT devices by calling an Open API provided by a set-top box type IoT home gateway, An operation management server 200 that continuously provides comprehensive information on a plurality of home IoT devices via an IoT home gateway and analyzes and generates target information for a set-top box and a home IoT device according to an application information processing service; .

In this case, the porting layer 130 includes an application manager 131 that interfaces communication with an external smart terminal; A resource manager (132) having interface information for an external smart terminal and a plurality of home IoT devices and providing an Open API for utilizing resources of a plurality of home I / O devices to an upper layer; An integration manager 133 for integrating information and operations of a plurality of home I / O devices in response to a request of an external smart terminal based on operations of the resource manager and the application manager; A short manager 134 for interfacing wireless communication with a plurality of home I / O devices existing in the home by identifying a home IoT device connected to the set-top box type IoT home gateway through wireless communication; A device manager 135 for managing registration information for a plurality of home I / O devices connected to the set-top box type IoT home gateway through wireless communication; And a security manager 136 managing the corresponding security program in correspondence with the smart terminal and a plurality of home IoT devices.

The open-type home I / O service system based on the set-top box according to the present invention includes a cloud server 300 for receiving and storing target data corresponding to target information generated by the operation management server 200 from the operation management server .

At this time, the operation management server (200)

A set-top box access agent 210 for interacting with a set-top box type IoT home gateway in two-way communication and making use of resources of a plurality of home IoT appliances by calling an Open API provided by a resource manager of a set-top box type IoT home gateway; And a cloud connection agent 220 for interacting with the cloud server through bidirectional communication.

In the present invention, the set-top box type IoT home gateway 100 further comprises a terminal connection agent 140 for interworking with a smart terminal registered in advance in the operation management server through bidirectional communication, A terminal connection agent 230 for interfacing with a smart terminal registered in advance in bidirectional communication; And a target data provider 240 for providing target data corresponding to the home IoT device to the IoT device provider server corresponding to the home IoT device.

On the other hand, the set-top box type IOT home gateway 100 may be configured in the form of an external dongle connected to a digital connection port of a legacy set top box, for example, a USB port.

According to the present invention, even when a large number of home IoT devices installed in a house comply with different wireless communication technologies depending on the usage environment, requirements, and the design choices of the manufacturer, the IoT home gateway supports these home IoT devices, IoT devices have an advantage in that they operate in an integrated manner.

In addition, the present invention provides a set-top box type IoT home gateway for interworking a large number of home IoT devices by constructing and providing an Open API for these home IoT devices, thereby providing an interworking system between an external operation management server and home IoT service apps and home IoT devices And various services can be effectively implemented.

The present invention is also applicable to an external dongle type which can connect an IoT service framework to a legacy set-top box through a digital interface (for example, USB) so that the IoT devices can operate in coordination with a plurality of IoT devices in the home The present invention can be applied to an existing set-top box.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a set-top box according to a first embodiment of the present invention in which an IoT home gateway is embedded. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a set-top box according to a second embodiment of the present invention in which an IoT home gateway is externally disposed. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a set-top box-based open home IoT service system according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a block diagram exemplarily showing a state in which the IOT home gateway according to the present invention operates in a state in which the IOT home gateway is installed in a set-
5 is a block diagram of a settop box built-in IoT home gateway according to the present invention;
6 is a block diagram of an operation management server according to the present invention;
[7] FIG. 7 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an open home IoT service system based on a set-top box according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a state where an IoT home gateway is embedded in a set-top box according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

1, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, a large number of home IoT devices 11, 12, and 13 installed in a house are connected to separate wireless devices A set-top box type IoT home gateway 100 that communicates with the home IoT devices separately and communicates with the home IoT devices individually can be integrated into the home set top box.

In the present invention, it is assumed that a plurality of home IoT devices existing in a home are in a heterogeneous wireless network environment. Currently, Z-Wave, ZigBee, Bluetooth, Smart Utility Network (SUN), and WiFi are proposed as wireless communication technologies for IoT devices. They include communication speed, bandwidth, battery consumption, Connection stability, communication security, and the like.

Accordingly, the home IoT devices installed in the home are selected and built according to the usage environment, requirements, and the design choices of the manufacturers. As a result, A heterogeneous heterogeneous environment will be achieved.

In the present invention, the IoT home gateway is equipped with various wireless communication modules and has a function of communicating with these home IoT devices in common. Through this, a plurality of wireless communication technologies Home IoT devices interoperate.

If the IoT home gateway mediates the IoT home gateway by providing the Open API for these home IoT devices, the upper layer, that is, the external operation management server and the home IoT service app, can utilize the resources of these home IoT devices Build. This establishes an interworking system between the external operation management server and home IoT service app and home IoT devices.

Since the interworking system is constructed, the external operation management server and the home IoT service application can utilize the resources (functions and information) held by a plurality of home IoT devices installed in the home, and services useful for the user can be effectively established . In the conventional technology, only a company that develops and installs a home IoT device can utilize the resources of the corresponding home IoT device, so that even if a plurality of home IoT devices are installed in the home, they can not be integrated together, It was not possible.

On the other hand, according to the present invention, the resources of the home IoT devices installed in the home can be easily utilized in the upper layer through the Open API provided by the IoT home gateway, thereby enabling various services to be implemented effectively. These services include entertainment services (eg personalized TV, smart advertising, personalized broadcasting), security services (eg home monitoring, elderly care for the elderly, visitor identification), consumer services Purchasing), and energy sector services (eg electricity, water, gas management).

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a set-top box according to a second embodiment of the present invention in which an IoT home gateway is externally disposed.

In the second embodiment, the IoT service framework, which is a combination of hardware and software, is a functional object that wirelessly connects to a plurality of IoT devices existing in the house and allows these IoT devices to operate integrally with each other, For example, USB). According to the second embodiment, an open home IoT service system in which the technical idea of the present invention is implemented utilizing an existing legacy set-top box already installed and used in a home in a state where the technique of the present invention is not used There are advantages to be able to.

That is, if the external dongle is connected to a digital connection port (for example, a USB port) of the legacy set top box, the IoT home gateway starts to operate by receiving the operation power through the digital connection port, and the broadband communication function of the legacy set- The present invention performs a function of wirelessly connecting with IoT devices in the house according to the present invention while allowing the IoT devices to operate integrally with each other.

2, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of home IoT devices 11, 12, and 13 installed at home are installed in separate Top box type IoT home gateway 100 that communicates with the home IoT devices individually and communicates with the home IoT devices separately may be configured as an external dongle type.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an open home IoT service system based on a set-top box according to the present invention. FIG. 4 illustrates a state in which the IoT home gateway according to the present invention operates in a state where the IoT home gateway is installed in a set- FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a set-top box built-in IoT home gateway according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an operation management server according to the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 3 to 6, a set-top box based open home IoT service system according to the present invention is preferably a settop box type IoT home gateway 100, an operation management server 200, a cloud server 300, and an IoT device provider server 400.

The set-top box type IoT home gateway 100 collects product information provided by the home IoT devices 11, 12, and 13 and usage pattern information of the home IoT devices 11, 12, and 13 and collects product information and usage pattern information And continuously generates comprehensive information on a plurality of home IoT devices (11, 12, 13) existing in the home.

5, a set-top box type IoT home gateway 100 includes a complex wireless communication unit 110, an IOT processor 120, a porting layer 130, and a terminal access agent 140 .

First, the hybrid wireless communication unit 110 wirelessly communicates with the home IoT devices 11, 12, and 13 in a heterogeneous wireless communication environment formed by a plurality of home IoT devices 11, 12, A plurality of wireless communication modules (e.g., ZigBee, GeoWave, Bluetooth, WiFi) are provided so as to be able to communicate individually.

As described above, the home IoT devices 11, 12, and 13 may incorporate specific IoT sensors for the corresponding functions. In this case, depending on the type of the home IoT devices 11, 12, , A requirement (a communication speed, a connection stability, a communication security), and the like.

At this time, the hybrid wireless communication unit 110 installed in the set-top box type IoT home gateway 100 also supports such a heterogeneous wireless communication environment and performs wireless communication with the plurality of home IoT devices 11, 12, A plurality of wireless communication modules are provided so that they can be functionally interlocked with each other.

The IoT processor 120 controls a plurality of wireless communication modules to control data transmission / reception with the home I / O devices 11, 12, and 13. Here, the IOT processor 120 is configured to control the overall operation of the set-top box type IOT home gateway 100 separately from the "Main IC" provided in the set top box.

The porting layer 130 provides interoperability between the set-top box and the plurality of home I / O devices 11, 12, and 13 by bidirectional communication, and the resources (functions, information) of the plurality of home I / To the upper layer.

To this end, the porting layer 130 has an application manager 131 for interfacing communication with an external smart terminal, an external smart terminal, and a plurality of home IoT devices, A resource manager 132 for providing an Open API to the upper layer to utilize a plurality of home I / O devices, and a home manager 130 for integrating information and operations of a plurality of home I / O devices in response to a request of an external smart terminal based on operations of the resource manager and the application manager An integration manager 133, a thin manager 134 for interfacing wireless communication with a plurality of home I / O devices existing in the home by identifying home IoT devices connected to the set-top box type IoT home gateway through wireless communication, A device manager 135 for managing registration information for IoT devices, corresponding smart terminals and a plurality of home IoT devices And a security manager 136 that manages the security program.

The terminal access agent 140 represents dedicated software for enabling bidirectional communication between the smart terminal 500 registered in the operation management server 200 and the settop box type IoT home gateway 100.

The operation management server 200 is an operation management server connected to the set-top box type IOT home gateway 100 through a broadband network, preferably the Internet, to provide an integrated application information processing service.

In particular, the operation management server 200 utilizes the resources of the plurality of home I / O devices 11, 12, and 13 by calling the Open API provided by the porting layer 130 of the set-top box type IoT home gateway 100, IOT home gateway 100 through the box-type IoT home gateway 100 and analyzes target information on the set-top box and the home IoT device according to the application information processing service And manage it.

To this end, the operation management server 200 includes a set-top box connection agent 210, a cloud connection agent 220, a terminal connection agent 230, and a target data provider 240.

The set-top box connection agent 210 represents dedicated software that allows the operation management server 200 to interact with the set-top box type IOT home gateway 100 in two-way communication. In particular, the set-top box access agent 210 calls the Open API provided by the set-top box type IoT home gateway 100 to utilize the resources of the plurality of home IoT devices 11, 12, The home I / O devices 11, 12, and 13 are continuously provided with comprehensive information about the plurality of home I / O devices 11, 12,

The cloud connection agent 220 represents dedicated software for allowing the operation management server 200 to interact with the cloud server 300 in two-way communication.

The terminal access agent 230 represents dedicated software for interworking with the smart terminal 500 registered in advance in bidirectional communication.

The target data providing unit 240 is configured to provide target data corresponding to the home IoT devices 11, 12, and 13 to the IoT device provider server 400 corresponding to the home IoT devices 11, 12, and 13.

The cloud server 300 receives the target data corresponding to the target information generated by the operation management server 200 from the operation management server 200 and stores the received target data. Here, the cloud server 300 is an apparatus for operating a cloud connected to the operation management server 200 through a wireless wide area network (WWAN) or a virtual private network (VPN) to provide an integrated application information processing service.

[7] FIG. 7 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an open home IoT service system based on a set-top box according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 7, a set-top box for watching TV is generally provided at home. The present invention implements a framework for integrating home IoT devices related to various categories (eg, safety, medical, measurement, energy, broadcasting, payment, security) at home using the set-top box provided in the home .

If the set-top box installed in the house is previously installed in advance, the set-top box type IoT home gateway 100 may be configured as an external dongle type, and the set-top box type IoT home gateway 100 may be configured from the beginning to the set- You can also install a newly installed set-top box.

In both cases, the set-top box and IoT home gateway are interworking.

Since the settop box type IoT home gateway 100 is configured to be bidirectionally communicated with the smart terminal 500 previously registered in the operation management server 200 through the terminal access agent 140, The current information of the home IoT devices 11, 12, and 13 can be checked through the set top box.

In addition, the operation management server 200 is configured to enable bi-directional communication with the smart terminal 500 registered in advance through a virtual private network (VPN) in which the terminal connection agent 230 is installed. That is, the user may be continuously provided with comprehensive information on a plurality of home IOT devices from the operation management server 200 through the operation of the corresponding smart terminal 500.

When the operation management server 200 provides the integrated information provided from the set-top box type IOT home gateway 100 to the cloud server 300, the cloud server 300 transmits the integrated information to the corresponding set- Target information for the devices (11, 12, 13) is generated and stored as big data.

At this time, the cloud server 300 analyzes a usage pattern regarding how the user uses the function of the home IoT device for each home IoT device from the collected usage history.

In addition, the cloud server 300 may derive a behavior pattern of a user for a plurality of home IO devices by performing a combination analysis using a usage pattern for a plurality of home I / O devices, for example, a pivot analysis tool.

On the other hand, the cloud server 300 is provided with the search history of the upper ranking and the search history of each home IoT device from the operation management server 200 in relation to the individual home, accumulates the information, analyzes the information, And may be configured to grasp a user's taste for each IoT device.

On the other hand, the operation management server 200 accesses the IoT device provider server 400 corresponding to the home IoT devices 11, 12, and 13 via a virtual private network (VPN) May be configured to provide target data corresponding to the home IoT devices (11, 12, 13).

11, 12, 13: Home IoT device
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120: IoT processor
130: Porting layer
131: Application Manager
132: Resource manager
133: Integration Manager
134: Thing manager
135: Device Manager
136: Security Manager
140: terminal access agent
200: Operation management server
210: Set-top box access agent
220: Cloud Access Agent
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Claims (7)

A set-top box-based open home IoT service system comprising a set-top box type IoT home gateway (100) and an operation management server (200)
A hybrid wireless communication unit 110 having a plurality of home IoT devices conforming to different wireless communication technologies and a plurality of wireless communication modules capable of individually communicating in a heterogeneous wireless communication environment; An IoT processor 120 for controlling data transmission and reception with the home IoT device; and a plurality of home IoT devices, A porting layer 130 for providing an Open API for utilizing resources of the device to an upper layer and integrating information and operation of the plurality of home I / O devices through an integration manager in response to a request from an external smart terminal, And a terminal access agent (14) for interworking with the smart terminal registered in advance in the operation management server through bidirectional communication 0), and collects product information provided by the home IoT device and usage pattern information of the home IoT device, collects the product information and the usage pattern information, and stores the product information and the usage pattern information for the plurality of home IoT devices A set-top box type IoT home gateway 100 that continuously generates comprehensive information;
An operation management server connected to the settop box type IoT home gateway through the Internet to provide an integrated application information processing service, the target management server generating and managing target information for the settop box and the home IoT device corresponding to the application information processing service, A plurality of home IoT appliances that correspond to the application information processing service and utilize the resources of the plurality of home IoT appliances by calling the Open API provided by the settop box type IoT home gateway, An operation management server (200) continuously receiving and analyzing the comprehensive information on the plurality of home I / O devices through an IoT home gateway, and interacting with registered smart terminals in bidirectional communication;
Top box based open home IoT service system that utilizes the integrated linkage of the integration manager.
The method according to claim 1,
The porting layer 130,
An application manager 131 for interfacing communication with an external smart terminal;
A resource manager (132) having interface information for an external smart terminal and a plurality of home I / O devices and providing an Open API for utilizing resources of the plurality of home I / O devices to an upper layer;
An integration manager (133) for integrating information and operations of a plurality of home I / O devices in response to a request of an external smart terminal based on an operation of the resource manager and the application manager;
A shorting manager 134 for interfacing wireless communication with a plurality of home IO devices existing in the home by identifying home I / O devices connected to the set-top box type I / O home gateway through wireless communication;
A device manager 135 for managing registration information for a plurality of home I / O devices connected to the set-top box type IoT home gateway through wireless communication;
A security manager 136 for managing a corresponding security program in correspondence with a smart terminal and a plurality of home IoT devices;
And an open home IoT service system based on a set-top box utilizing an integrated link of the integration manager.
The method of claim 2,
A cloud server (300) for receiving and storing target data corresponding to the target information generated by the operation management server (200) from the operation management server;
And an integrated home I / O service system based on a set-top box utilizing an integration link of the integration manager.
The method of claim 3,
The operation management server (200)
A set-top box connection agent 210 that interlocks with the set-top box type IoT home gateway in two-way communication and calls the Open API provided by the resource manager of the set-top box type IoT home gateway to utilize the resources of the plurality of home IoT devices, ;
A cloud access agent 220 for interacting with the cloud server through bidirectional communication;
And an open home IoT service system based on a set-top box utilizing an integrated link of the integration manager.
delete The method of claim 4,
The operation management server (200)
A target data provider 240 for providing the IoT device provider server corresponding to the home IoT device with the target data corresponding to the home IoT device;
And an integrated home I / O service system based on a set-top box utilizing an integration link of the integration manager.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Wherein the settop box type IoT home gateway (100) comprises an external dongle connected to a digital access port of a legacy set top box, wherein the settop box type IoT home gateway (100) is an external dongle connected to a digital access port of a legacy set top box.

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