KR20040073324A - Method for Control electric home appliances for home automation - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention includes each home appliance installed in a home, a plurality of internal communication devices for generating unique identification codes for the home appliances, a home server for controlling the overall operation of the system, and a touch screen connected to the home server. A home appliance control method using a home automation system. According to the present invention, a home floor plan or a real picture of each living area divided by a unique code is displayed on a touch screen, an icon of a corresponding household appliance is generated by an identification code received from an internal communication device, and displayed on a touch screen. According to the intention, the icon displayed on the touch screen is settled on the floor plan of the house, and at this time, the living area is matched with the information of the home appliance, and then the household appliance indicated by the touched icon when the user selects the icon through the touch screen To identify and control. Execution results of the control target can be checked remotely with a pre-input photo or a preinstalled camera.

Description

Method for Control electric home appliances for home automation

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to home automation, and in particular, home appliances for home networks installed in a home are displayed on a touch screen together with a floor plan of a home as icons having respective unique identification information. The present invention relates to a home appliance control method for home automation that enables a home appliance to be controlled by touching a touch screen.

Due to the development of technology, home networks between home appliances installed in homes, such as lighting equipment, energy devices, electric devices, security devices, gas devices, etc., are enabled, and these devices are integrated and controlled through one device. Home automation is possible.

The conventional home automation method is a remote control method, which assigns a unique key code to each home appliance, and transmits the key code through the remote control to a remote control receiver (or a corresponding device) that stores information of the assigned key code. Providing the operation of the home appliance desired by the user.

In the home automation method of the remote control method, if the user does not memorize a unique key code of each home appliance, the corresponding key code should be checked through the remote control receiver, and the operation state of the home appliance to be controlled together with the key code input There is a hassle to enter separate commands to control.

In addition, when installing or excluding a new home appliance, it is cumbersome to artificially set or delete a key code for the home appliance.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the conventional problems described above, and to display the installation and operation states of home appliances on a screen, and to enable the user to control the home appliance by simply touching the displayed screen. It is done.

1 is a flow chart illustrating a schematic process of a method for controlling home appliances for home automation according to a first aspect of the present invention.

2 is a structural diagram showing an installation state of a home network for implementing the first aspect of the present invention;

3 is a first exemplary view of a house floor plan provided through a screen according to the present invention;

4 is a flow chart illustrating a method of providing the first exemplary diagram of FIG. 3.

5 is a second exemplary view of a house plan view provided through a screen according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a flow chart illustrating a method of providing the second exemplary diagram of FIG. 5.

7 is a third exemplary view of a house plan provided through a screen according to the present invention.

8 is a flow chart illustrating a method of providing a third exemplary diagram of FIG. 7.

9 is a flowchart of an embodiment of displaying an icon of a home appliance according to a first aspect of the present invention on a house floor plan.

FIG. 10 is another embodiment of a case where an icon is moved in the description with reference to FIG. 9.

11 is a flowchart illustrating a process of controlling a home appliance through a touch screen according to a user request according to an embodiment of the present invention.

12 is a flowchart illustrating a schematic process of a method for controlling home appliances for home automation according to a second aspect of the present invention.

13 is a flowchart of an embodiment of displaying an icon of a home appliance according to a second aspect of the present invention on a house floor plan.

The present invention for achieving the above technical problem is to display each home appliance installed in the house on a house floor plan, in particular, a house floor plan displayed graphically to the user to visually check, and to display the house floor plan on the touch screen There is a feature that makes it easy to select the corresponding home appliances.

The present invention provides the touch screen as a screen of a home server that achieves home automation, and each home appliance (household appliance, security / disaster prevention device, lighting device, etc.) installed in the home has a unique identification code for each home appliance. It is provided with a plurality of internal communication devices that occur, and is implemented through the following process when data exchange between the plurality of internal communication devices and the home server is achieved.

The present invention according to the first aspect for achieving the above technical problem is to display a house plan according to the user's intention on the touch screen, and to generate and manage the area information table for each living area of the house plan Step 1, a second step of automatically generating an icon indicating a type for each home appliance and displaying the identification code collected from the plurality of internal communication devices in preparation for the stored device information table, and displaying on the touch screen; A third step of identifying corresponding area information on which the icon is seated when the icon is moved by the user and matching the detected area information with the device information table; and when the user touches the corresponding icon on the house floor plan, the touched icon Grasp the coordinates on the touch screen of the device information And a fourth step of identifying the corresponding home appliance by contrast with a table, and a fifth step of controlling the operation of the identified home appliance. In addition, the status of the control target is displayed on the sub window by using a photo or a pre-installed camera which sets each state of each home appliance in advance so that the user can check the status of the control target.

In addition, the present invention according to the second aspect for achieving the above technical problem is to display a house floor plan corresponding to the user's intention on the touch screen, to generate and manage the area information table for each living area of the house floor plan In a first step, a second step of preparing the identification code collected from the plurality of internal communication devices to the stored device information table, according to the record of the device information table for the previously stored identification code through the comparison of the second step A third step of generating a corresponding icon and displaying the icon on the floor plan of the house; and after the third step, an icon corresponding to the new identification code is determined by the user with respect to the new identification code through the contrast of the second step. A fourth step of providing an icon selection service, and after the fourth step, the user A fifth step of determining the type of home appliance represented by the selected icon and the coordinates on the touch screen on which the icon is located when the one icon is selected, the area code including the coordinates of the icon through the area information table. A sixth step of adding the identified area information, the coordinates of the icon, the type of home appliance, and a unique code included in the new identification code to the device information table; A seventh step of identifying coordinates on the touch screen of the touched icon, comparing the identified icon coordinates with the device information table, and identifying a corresponding household appliance; and an eighth step of controlling the operation of the identified household appliance; Include. In addition, the status of the control target is displayed on the sub window by using a photo or a pre-installed camera which sets each state of each home appliance in advance so that the user can check the status of the control target.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a preferred embodiment of a home appliance control method for home automation of the present invention.

The present invention is largely classified into two characteristics according to what information the identification code of the home appliance to be provided to the home server includes. The first feature is a case in which the identification code of the home appliance comprises the type information of the home appliance, the operation state information of the home appliance, and the unique identification information of the home appliance, and the second feature is the home appliance. In this case, the operation state information and unique identification information of the home appliance.

First, a preferred embodiment of the present invention according to the first aspect will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a schematic process of a method of controlling a home appliance for home automation according to a first aspect of the present invention.

The present invention begins by outputting a floor plan of the user's home on the screen of the home server (S100).

When the home server displays the home floor plan on the screen, the home server collects a unique identifier (hereinafter referred to as 'identification code') from each home appliance and displays the icon of each home appliance at a corresponding position on the home floor plan according to the stored icon information. . At this time, the home server checks whether there is a newly installed home appliance, and generates an icon (hereinafter referred to as a 'new icon') for the newly installed home appliance and displays it on a screen other than the house floor plan (S101). The screen is preferably a touch screen, the icon is preferably a form that can know the type of each home appliance.

When the new icon is displayed on the screen as described above, the user moves and mounts the new icon to the actual location (the living area of the floor plan of the house such as a room or the living room or the kitchen) where the home appliance is installed by using a hand or a mouse. Work is required (A1).

When an off-line operation A1 is performed by the user, the home server identifies a location on the screen where the new icon is finally seated, and generates and stores device tracking information according to the identified location (S102).

After the process (S102), the icons of the home server is displayed on the screen of the home floor corresponding to the actual installation area of the home appliances, the home server stores the tracking information for the icon displayed on the home floor plan, Through the tracking information, it is possible to determine the actual home appliance indicated by the icon. If the new home appliance is additionally installed, the home server recognizes the installation of the new home appliance (S103), and repeats the process (S100 to S102) accordingly.

The processes S100 to S102 are preparations for home automation. Therefore, when the preparation process is completed, the home server waits for a home appliance selection input from the user.

Then, when the user selects one of the plurality of icons displayed on the house floor plan through the screen input, that is, when the screen is touched (A2), the home server uses the device tracking information based on the on-screen coordinates of the selected icon. The device is identified (S104), and the control command requested by the user is transmitted to the corresponding home appliance.

The state of the received home appliances can be viewed in a new window with a pre-input photo or a camera.

As a result, the home appliances installed in the home are operated as the user intends just by touching the screen of the home server (S105).

Since the description with reference to FIG. 1 conceptually describes the present invention, various hardware elements and software elements are required in actual implementation.

First, as shown in Figure 2, home appliances (a) and electrical appliances such as televisions, refrigerators, microwave ovens, security devices, electric kettles, washing machines, audio, room lamps, living room lamps, gas valves, etc. Is connected to the home server 100 is required for the integrated management and control of each home appliance (a), and informs the home server 100 of the type, operation state, etc. of each home appliance (a) from the home server There is a need for an internal communication device 200 that receives a control signal.

The internal communication device 200 has a unique identification code that is installed one by one for each home appliance to distinguish it from other home appliances, and broadcasts the identification code at regular intervals. The internal communication device 200 is installed in a power switch or outlet connected to the home appliance a so as to monitor and control the operation of the power switch or the condenser, or a gas valve, a room lamp, a living room, or the like. In the case of home appliances that do not have their own processor, such as a power switch or condenser connected to each home appliance (a), and each home appliance having its own processor such as a refrigerator, air conditioner, TV, washing machine, etc. It is mounted inside or outside the home appliance (a).

The unique identification code generated in the internal communication device 200 is a unique code artificially assigned by a person and a type information code for identifying what kind of home appliance the mounted home appliance (a) is, and home appliances It consists of a status code indicating the operating state of the device (a). Here, when the home appliance (a) is a security device, it is preferable that the status code of the internal communication device 200 is information indicating whether an intrusion is made.

On the other hand, those skilled in the art, it is easy to include a code indicating the manufacturer, product information, version information of the home appliance in the unique identification code.

In the above, the internal communication device 200 transmits the identification code in a different form according to the communication method with the home server 100. As a communication method between the internal communication device 200 and the home server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, a method using a laser beam, a method using a radio frequency (RF), a method using a power line, a wireless LAN or a wired cable There is a method using a LAN or Bluetooth.

I). In the case of using the laser light, the internal communication device 200 is a device that emits and receives an identification code as a laser light signal, and correspondingly, the home server 100 receives a light receiving device and a laser light signal that receive and decode an optical signal. A light emitting device for emitting is provided. II). In the case of using RF, the internal communication device 200 is an apparatus for transmitting an identification code to RF, and correspondingly, the home server 100 transmits an RF signal and an antenna and a signal processor to receive and decode the RF signal. A transmission device is provided.

III). In the case of using a power line, the internal communication device 200 is a power line communication (PLC) chip that enables power line communication, and correspondingly, the home server 100 or the home server 100 and the internal communication device ( A power line signal processing device for separating a power line communication signal flowing on a power line from a power source voltage and deciphering the separated communication signal with a power line communication protocol Z256, and transmitting a control signal to an internal communication device through the power line, is provided. . IV). In case of using wired, wireless LAN, or Bluetooth, the internal communication device 200 transmits an IP or MAC (Media Access Control) address assigned to the home appliance in a data format that conforms to the communication standard of wired, wireless LAN, and Bluetooth. to be. In case of using wired, wireless LAN, and Bluetooth, the internal communication device corresponds to a modem embedded in each home appliance itself. Therefore, the IV) scheme is used only for home appliance devices having their own processing processors.

Meanwhile, the home server 100 includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor 110, an internal memory device 120, an external communication device 140 for communicating with the outside via the Internet, and a CPU 130. ), And the like. Here, the home server 100 connects the communication device 140 to the Internet to enable remote control from the outside.

In terms of software, home server 100 is I). GUI (Graphical User Interface) function that can support a graphic screen for the process (S100), II). A function of supporting the screen of the LCD monitor 110 to be a touch screen for the process (S104), III). A function of enabling communication with an external information terminal, and IV). It manages the detailed living area of the house floor plan (ie, each room, kitchen, living room, etc.) with a unique area code, seats the icon of the home appliance on the house floor plan according to the user's request, and according to the position of the seated icon A function of matching the area information of Table 1 including the area code with the device information of Table 2 including the identification code is required as a basic function. These basic functions are provided by a home automation program that controls the overall operation of the home server 100.

Here, the tracking information is generated by the function of matching the area information with the device information, where the device tracking information may be defined as matched area information and device information.

Area code Realm name range x1 x2 y1 y2 1001 Room 1 0 100 0 100 1002 Room 2 102 190 0 90

1003 Livingroom 0 160 102 300

... ... ... ... ... ...

Identification code Area code product name condition location x1 x2 y1 y2

0003 1003 audio One 5 15 120 130

0004 1002 Back light 0 135 140 60 65

... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Tables 1 and 2 are stored in the memory device 120. Table 1 is a table value indicating the information of each living area (that is, the name of the area) existing on the house floor plan, Table 2 is a table value indicating the information of the icon of each home appliance displayed on the house floor plan. In addition, the ranges and positions of Tables 1 and 2 represent coordinate values of the living area or icon occupying the screen. In addition, the state represents the current operating state of the home appliance, 1 is on, 0 is off.

The home server 100 uses the area information and the home appliance information of Tables 1 and 2 above as the tracking information. For example, suppose a user presses a predetermined icon on a house floor plan displayed on a screen. At this time, if the user touched position is x = 6, y = 7, the home server corresponds to the coordinate values in Table 1 and Table 2 to determine which area and which device the coordinate values (6, 7). In fact, the corresponding icons can be tracked as TVs having the identification code 0001 installed in the area code 1001 (room 1).

On the other hand, the home server 100 has all the functions of a server such as a general computer.

Hereinafter, embodiments of implementing the processes S100 to S105 illustrated in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, the first to third embodiments for implementing the process S100 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8.

(First embodiment)

The first embodiment is as shown in Figs. 3 is a first exemplary view of a house plan view provided through a screen according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing the first exemplary view of FIG. 3.

That is, the first embodiment is to provide a floor plan of a text form divided into a plurality of rooms, a plurality of living rooms, a plurality of toilets, a plurality of kitchens, a plurality of verandas as shown in FIG. 3 without user intervention.

The process of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

If one house floor plan does not exist or the home floor plan is not satisfied, the home server 100 determines the intention of the user using the drawing work tool T1 (S614).

Here, the home server 100 may check whether there is a house floor plan stored by the user when the initial window is displayed, and if so, the home server 100 may immediately read the stored house floor plan regardless of the user's intention and display it on the touch screen 110. .

When the user draws, the home server 100 determines a tool of the drawing work tool T1 selected by the user, and responds to the user's request by performing a drawing work targeted by the tool at a location designated by the user. In this case, when the living area of the room, the living room, or the balcony is determined by the user's drawing operation, the home server 100 determines the range of the corresponding area and generates a unique area code to generate the area information table shown in Table 1. In addition, when the user inputs an area name of the corresponding area, it is added to the area information table of Table 1 (S615 and S616).

Then, the home server 100 repeats the process (S614 to S616) when the user continues to draw, and when the user saves the current state (S617), in response to this, as shown in Table 1 so far The area information table is set and stored (S618).

(Third Embodiment)

The third embodiment is as shown in Figs. 7 is a third exemplary view of a house plan view provided through a screen according to the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a third exemplary view of FIG. 7.

That is, according to the third exemplary embodiment, at least one of the floor plans of the house created by the construction company, the house design company, or the public institution as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the touch screen 110 by user selection. For the third embodiment, the home server 100 stores in the memory device 120 information of a plurality of house floor plans created by a construction company or a general design company or a public institution, and collectively provides the stored information according to a user's request. The user selects one house floor plan to be displayed on the touch screen 110. At this time, since the home server 100 does not have the area information as shown in Table 1 for each house floor plan, the home server 100 has a function of allowing the user to arbitrarily define the living area.

A third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

When the user drives the home server 100, the home server 100 executes a home automation program (S810), and as shown in FIG. 7, the window window having a task bar that enables setting of an area range is set as an initial window. The touch screen 110 is output to the touch screen 110 (S811). Unlike in FIG. 7, the house plan is not output to the touch screen 110 until this time.

The home server 100 outputs an initial window to the touch screen 110 and at the same time determines whether there is a house floor plan designated by the user (S812). The corresponding house plan view is read from the house plan view of the house and output to the touch screen 110 (S813).

If there is no house floor plan set by the user in step S812, the home server 100 executes a house floor plan selection program so that the user can easily find a desired house floor plan (S814). Here, an example of the execution of the home floor plan selection program will be described. In the case of providing a window for allowing the user to enter the number of floors, a room, a living room, a kitchen, a toilet, a veranda, or the like, or a known home floor plan such as an apartment, It is determined whether a new company identification code has been collected by providing a window for entering a construction company, an equilibrium, a type, an address of an apartment, or the like (S911).

The new identification code is an identification code not recorded in the device information table, and is collected in the home server 100 when the user installs a new home appliance in the home.

In the determination process (S911), if the new identification code is not collected, the home server 100 displays icons for each home appliance according to the information recorded in the device information table based on the corresponding location information (coordinates on the screen). It is displayed on the house floor plan on the step 110 (S916).

On the other hand, in the determination process (S911), when the new identification code is collected, the home server 100 analyzes the new identification code to identify the type, operation state, and unique code of the home appliance (S913), and stores the identified information with the buffer. In the same temporary memory (S914).

Then, the home server 100 generates a new icon according to the type information of the home appliance identified in step S913 (S915), and displays the new icon on the touch screen 110 (S916). At this time, the new icon is not displayed on the house floor plan, and more preferably, it is displayed so that the user can easily confirm that the new icon has been created.

As a result, the touch screen 110 displays a house floor plan in which an icon of a pre-installed home appliance is displayed, and a new icon.

In order to achieve the present invention, an offline work is required for a user to place an icon displayed on a new screen in a living area on a house floor plan corresponding to an actual installation location of a newly installed home appliance. For this offline work, the home server 100 requests the offline work from the user in various ways.

Thereafter, when the user selects a new icon and moves the location, the home server 100 determines that the user has selected the new icon (S917), and when the user moves the new icon to the corresponding position on the house floor plan, the new icon is placed. The coordinate values on the touch screen 110 for this seated point are grasped (S918, S919).

Then, the determined coordinate values are compared with the stored area information table (S920) to determine which living area the point where the new icon is placed belongs to (S921). Then, the identified area code of the living area and the temporarily stored information are matched (S922), added as a record value of the device information table, and stored (S923).

At this time, the storage of the device information table is preferably in accordance with user requirements.

In the description with reference to FIG. 9, processes corresponding to process S102 illustrated in FIG. 1 are S917 to S923, and the processes S917 to S923 may be two cases. The first is the first case in which the user places a new icon on the house floor plan and the second case in which the user moves the icon already fixed at the corresponding point on the house floor plan to another point on the house floor plan.

The first case corresponds to the embodiment with reference to FIG. 9 described above.

An embodiment for implementing the second case will be described with reference to FIG. 10. FIG. 10 is another embodiment of a case where an icon is moved in the description with reference to FIG. 9.

The icons on the house floor plan displayed on the touch screen 110 are inactive to prevent accidental location changes. Therefore, the user selects a corresponding menu of the initial window to provide a position change request command to the home server 100 to change the icon on the house floor plan, and the home server 100 inputs an icon position change command (S1001). ).

When the icon location change command is input, the home server 100 activates all icons displayed on the house floor plan (S1002) and waits for a user input.

When the user confirms that the icon is activated through the touch screen 110, the user selects one icon and moves the selected icon to a location change point. In this case, the home server 100 recognizes a point on the touch screen 110 touched by the user as a coordinate value, and the determined coordinate value corresponds to an icon selected by the user in comparison to the 'position' value recorded in the device information table. Since the record address (or identification code) of the device information table is confirmed and confirmed, the description of the second feature described below will only be described with respect to the process S101.

The second feature is different from the first feature because the identification code of the internal communication apparatus 200 is different from the identification code of the first feature as described above. That is, the identification code of the internal communication device 200 of the second feature does not include the type information of the home appliance.

As a result, the internal communication device according to the first feature is released after assigning an identification code including the type information of the home appliance at the time of manufacture, and the internal communication device according to the second feature does not include the type information of the home appliance at the time of manufacture It is released after the code is assigned.

The difference between the first feature and the second feature will be easily understood through the following embodiment for implementing the process (S1102) of the second feature according to the difference of the identification code.

13 is a flowchart of an embodiment of displaying an icon of a home appliance according to a second aspect of the present invention on a house floor plan. As shown in FIG. 13, the home server 100 collects an identification code broadcast at a predetermined cycle time (S1301), and compares the collected identification code with a record of a stored device information table (S1302).

Through the comparison process (S1302), the home server 100 determines whether to collect a new identification code from the collected identification code (S1303), if a new identification code is not collected according to the device type information recorded in the device information table An icon is generated and displayed at each position on the house floor plan (S1304).

However, as a result of the determination (S1303), when a new identification code is collected, the home server analyzes the new identification code to determine the operation state and unique code of the home appliance (S1035) and temporarily stores the identified operation state and unique code. (S1306).

Then, the home server 100 displays the icon selection window on the touch screen 110 so that the user can select an icon for the new identification code (S1307). In this case, a plan view of a house in which icons for pre-installed home appliances are displayed is displayed on the touch screen.

When the icon selection window is displayed on the touch screen 110, the user knows that the icon is selected for a new home appliance, and selects an icon corresponding to the type of the installed home appliance from a plurality of icons displayed in the icon selection window. Here, the user's selection is achieved by moving from the icon selection window to the initial window (the window displaying the house floor plan), or by clicking the corresponding icon displayed on the icon selection window (double click) or clicking the selection button on the menu window. It becomes (S1308).

When one icon is selected, the home server 100 of the icon selection window or disappears at the request of the user (S1309). When the user selects one icon in this way, the home server 100 determines what kind of home appliance is represented by the icon selected by the user (S1310). Here, the icons are classified and provided by the type of home appliances.

The home server 100 temporarily stores the determined type information of the home appliance together with the operation state and the unique code of the home appliance (S1311). Thereafter, the user moves the icon to display it on the house floor plan as described with reference to FIG. 9 (S917 to S923).

Here, those skilled in the art may enable the user to directly place the icon selected by the icon selection window at the corresponding position on the house floor plan. In addition, those skilled in the art can provide a means other than the icon selection window, that is, an initial icon set (an icon that does not display the type of the appliance), and allow the user to change the initial icon to a desired icon.

The following briefly describes other embodiments of the present invention which operate in addition to the above-described embodiments of the present invention.

I). Currently, home appliances such as televisions, refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, microwave ovens, etc., which perform various detailed functions by embedding a CPU and a memory inside, are referred to as 'new generation home appliances' manufacturers, for home automation. It has the product information code corresponding to the type of device, type of product, version and type of function. For example, in the case of a refrigerator produced by Samsung, a code indicating the manufacturer Samsung, a code indicating the refrigerator as a product type, a code indicating the product number of the refrigerator, a code indicating the version of the product and a function of the refrigerator are distinguished from each other. The function-specific codes that can be stored are stored in the memory device 110 of the home server 100, or are stored in the Internet server managed by Samsung Electronics.

If the home appliance 100 installed in the home is a new generation home appliance, the home server 100 receives the product information code stored in the new generation home appliance from the new generation home appliance, stores it in the memory device 120, and initializes the product information code. Allows the user to view through the window.

Then, when the user selects a new generation home appliance through the touch screen 110, the home server 100 provides a product information code for the selected home appliance on the touch screen, and determines the corresponding function selected by the user. To control the operation.

Through the above embodiments, it can be seen that the present invention enables the user to touch the touch screen provided by the home server in the home, thereby controlling the operation of the desired home appliance.

II). As described above, an external communication device 140 connected to the Internet to enable internet communication is provided. What the present invention intends to achieve through the external communication device 140 is that the home server 100 enables the function of the Internet server, so that the information (including icon information) of the house floor plan stored in the memory device 120 is connected to the Internet. It is to be provided to an external information terminal. In this case, the present invention may additionally provide the area information table of Table 1 and / or the home appliance information table of Table 2 together with the house floor plan information. The information terminal is a computer, a PDA, a notebook computer, a mobile phone, or the like.

As described above, when the house plan information stored in the home server 100 is provided to an external information terminal, the same house plan view as the touch screen 110 of the home server 100 appears on the screen of the information terminal. When the user selects the corresponding icon on the house floor plan displayed on the screen of the information terminal, the information terminal provides the home server 100 with coordinate information of the icon selected by the user, so that the home server 100 is intended by the user. As soon as the remote control of the home appliance. At this time, the result is connected to a real picture or camera in a new window, and can be confirmed in real time at a remote location.

Here, the home server 100 processes the data according to the Internet communication protocol and provides it to the information terminal. However, since the data formats that can be processed vary according to the type of information terminal, It is important to fit.

That is, the house floor plan provided by the home server 100 is in a graphic data format. However, an information terminal that does not provide a graphical user interface (GUI) function, such as a mobile phone, does not accommodate the information terminal when providing a floor plan of a house in graphic data format.

Therefore, after the home server 100 confirms whether the information terminal attempting to connect through the Internet is a type of providing a GUI function, the home server 100 provides a graphic floor plan to the information terminal provided with the GUI function, and does not provide the GUI function. For information terminals that do not have a home floor plan that is processed in text form.

III). On the other hand, in the case of PDAs, computers, and notebook computers, the user provides location information on the icon on the house floor plan selected by the user with a mouse or touch pen. Since not, the home server 100 provides text information for each icon so that the user can select a desired icon by input key manipulation of the mobile phone.

IV). Since the screens of the information terminals other than the computer and the notebook computer are considerably smaller than the size of the touch screen of the home server 100, it is difficult to display the home floor plan provided by the home server 100 on one screen. Even if indicated by the naked eye becomes uncomfortable. Therefore, the home server 100 provides the enlargement function to the information terminal so that the predetermined area selected by the user can be enlarged. As another example, the home server 100 may provide a function of dividing a house floor plan into living areas and displaying the same on a screen.

V). As described above, the internal communication device 200 of the present invention may be mounted on a security device such as a surveillance camera installed in a home, a detection sensor for detecting an open / closed state of a window, an infrared device installed in a home, a burglar alarm device installed in a vehicle, and the like. Can be. At this time, the internal communication device 200 receives an external intrusion detection information, that is, a warning event from the security device, when the intrusion of the outsider is detected by the security device. Accordingly, the internal communication device 200 includes the information on the warning event in the identification code and provides it to the home server 100. The warning event is represented by the operation state information of the identification code. In addition, the status information can be viewed in conjunction with a camera or a photo previously input in a new window.

Accordingly, when the home server 100 recognizes the warning event, the home server 100 displays an icon of the security device displayed on the house floor plan so that the user can check the warning event, or displays a warning window indicating that the warning event has occurred. A warning event may be displayed on the screen or the entire living area including an icon of the security device so that the user can check the warning event. In addition, the home server 100 displays the monitoring result of the security device as an icon or text information when providing the house floor plan and icon information to an external information terminal.

Here, those skilled in the art can connect the internal communication device to the ECU (Engine Control Unit) of the vehicle to control startup, window opening and the like through the touch screen 100 of the home server 100.

VI). The home server 100 provides a product information code of a new generation home appliance to an external information terminal connected through the Internet so as to match the type of home appliance so that the user can control the new generation home appliance installed in the home through the Internet.

VII). The identification code of the present invention does not necessarily include the type code of the home appliance. The type code of the home appliance included in the identification code is a code previously given by the designer to determine the type of the home appliance to which the home server 100 is mounted so as to automatically generate an icon of the home appliance.

Therefore, the internal communication device 200 generates a unique code and a status code excluding the type code of the home appliance, and when the home server 100 grasps this, it notifies the user that a new home appliance is installed and the user for the home appliance. By selecting the icon, the home server 100 can determine the type of the home appliance. Therefore, when the user installs an icon corresponding to the home appliance and places the icon on the floor plan of the home, the home server 100 can generate the area information table and the home appliance information table as in the above-described embodiment.

In addition, even if the above-mentioned warning state, that is, the internal communication device 200 malfunctions or the installed home appliance is removed, check whether the home appliance is sufficiently alerted as an identification code of the home appliance information table. It is possible to do

Although the technical spirit of the present invention has been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is intended to exemplarily describe preferred embodiments of the present invention, but not to limit the present invention. In addition, it is obvious that any person skilled in the art can make various modifications and imitations without departing from the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

The present invention provides a house floor plan displaying the actual installation location of the home appliances through the touch screen of the home server, so that the user can easily control the home appliances by simply touching the house floor plan, so that the user can easily Allows remote control of devices. At this time, the remote control result can be confirmed in real time.

In addition, the present invention transmits the house floor plan displayed on the touch screen of the home server to the outside through the network, it is possible to control the home appliance through the house floor plan information from the outside.

In addition, the present invention has an effect that can be easily manipulated by sharing the same information with the minimum data to the same information as the external control or on the home touch screen.

Claims (24)

A home automation system including each home appliance installed in a home, a plurality of internal communication devices generating unique identification codes for the home appliances, a home server for controlling the overall operation of the system, and a touch screen connected to the home server. As a home appliance control method using A first step of displaying a house plan corresponding to a user's intention on the touch screen, and generating and managing an area information table for each living area of the house plan; A second step of automatically generating an icon representing a type for each home appliance and displaying the identification codes collected from the plurality of internal communication devices in preparation for a stored device information table, and displaying them on the touch screen; A third step of identifying corresponding area information on which the icon is seated when the user moves the icon displayed on the touch screen, and matching the detected area information with the device information table; A fourth step of identifying coordinates of the touched icon on the touch screen of the touched icon and comparing the identified icon coordinate with the device information table when the user touches the corresponding icon of the house floor plan; And And a fifth step of controlling the operation of the identified home appliance. A home automation system including each home appliance installed in a home, a plurality of internal communication devices generating unique identification codes for the home appliances, a home server for controlling the overall operation of the system, and a touch screen connected to the home server. As a home appliance control method using A first step of displaying a house plan corresponding to a user's intention on the touch screen, and generating and managing an area information table for each living area of the house plan; A second step of preparing identification codes collected from the plurality of internal communication devices in a stored device information table; A third step of generating a corresponding icon according to the record of the device information table with respect to the previously stored identification code by contrasting the second step and displaying it on the floor plan of the house; A fourth step of providing an icon selection service for allowing the user to determine an icon corresponding to the new identification code with respect to the new identification code after the third step; After the fourth step, when the user selects one icon through the icon selection service, determining a type of home appliance represented by the selected icon and coordinates on the touch screen where the icon is located; Identifying the area code including the coordinates of the icon through the area information table, and adding the identified area information, the coordinates of the icon, the type of home appliance, and a unique code included in the new identification code to the device information table. Sixth step; A seventh step of identifying coordinates of the touched icon on the touch screen of the touched icon and comparing the determined icon coordinate with the device information table when the user touches the corresponding icon of the house floor plan; And And an eighth step of controlling the operation of the identified home appliance. The method of claim 1, The identification code generated by the internal communication device is home appliance control method for home automation, characterized in that consisting of home appliance type information, home appliance operating state information and the unique code assigned to the home appliance. The method of claim 2, The identification code generated by the internal communication device is a home appliance control method for home automation, characterized in that consisting of the operation state information of the home appliance and the unique code assigned to the home appliance. The method according to claim 3 or 4, The area information table includes an area code, an area name, and a coordinate value indicating an area range for each living area. The device information table includes a unique code of a home appliance, a product name of a home appliance, an operation state of a home appliance, And the area code of the area information table including the location information of a point on which the icon is located on the floor plan of the house, and the location information of the icon. The method of claim 5, The first step provides a preset house floor plan, wherein the area information table stores area information for each living area of the house floor plan as setting information. The method of claim 5, In the first step, a drawing work tool is provided to a user so that the user can directly create a house plan through the drawing work tool, and the area information table allows the user to divide the living area of the house plan with the drawing work tool. A method for controlling home appliances, characterized in that each time gives an area code for the divided living area, grasps the area range, receives and writes the area name of the living area from the user. The method of claim 5, In the first step, at least one house floor plan requested by the user is outputted on the touch screen in a state of retaining already disclosed house floor plan information, and the user designates a range of each living area of the screen displayed house floor plan. In this case, when the user designates a range of each living area of the house floor plan, the area information table determines the range of the specified living area, assigns a corresponding area code, and writes the area name provided from the user. Home appliance control method for home automation, characterized in that. The method according to claim 3 or 4, The second step is a home appliance control method for home automation, characterized in that for repeating the identification code of the internal communication device is generated at a predetermined cycle time. The method of claim 3, The second step is a step of determining whether a new identification code is collected by comparing the information of the collected identification code with the device information table; Generating an icon for the pre-installed home appliance according to the information recorded in the device information table and displaying the icon on the floor plan of the house; If there is a new identification code, further comprising the step of generating a first icon reflecting the type and operation state of the home appliance determined from the new identification code and displaying on the touch screen other than the house plan How to control home appliances for home automation. The method of claim 10, In the third step, when the user moves the first icon on the floor plan of the house, acquiring the coordinates of the position where the first icon moved is positioned; Retrieving the area code including the coordinates of the first icon by comparing the coordinates of the first icon with the area information table; Adding the searched area code, the coordinates of the first icon, the type and operation state of the home appliance represented by the first icon, and a unique code of the home appliance to the device information table as a record of the newly installed home appliance; Home appliance control method for home automation, characterized in that. The method of claim 11, The third step may include activating icons displayed on the house floor plan according to a user's request; When the user selects one of the icons displayed on the house floor plan, that is, the second icon and moves it to another position on the house floor plan, determining a coordinate of a point where the second icon is seated; Retrieving the area code including the coordinates of the second icon by comparing the coordinates of the second icon with the area information table; And updating the record of the home appliance indicated by the second icon stored in the device information table using the searched area code and the coordinates of the second icon. The method of claim 4, wherein The icon selection service of the fourth step may display an icon selection window on which the icon for each type of household appliance is displayed on the touch screen, thereby allowing a user to select one of the displayed plurality of icons. Control method. The method of claim 13, The icon selection service is characterized in that the user moves the icon selected by the user through the icon selection window on the touch screen other than the house floor plan according to the user's request, and then the user is to change the position on the house floor plan How to control home appliances for automation. The method of claim 13, The icon selection service is a home appliance control method for home automation, characterized in that to move the icon selected by the user via the icon selection window directly on the floor plan of the house. The method according to claim 2 or 15, When the user moves the icon displayed on the touch screen, the coordinates of the point where the icon is seated are determined, and an area code including the determined coordinates is found from the area information table to update a corresponding record of the device information table. Home appliance control method for home automation, characterized in that it further comprises eight steps. The method according to claim 3 or 4, If the security device of the home appliance generates a warning event, And detecting a warning event from the identification code of the internal communication device connected to the security device and displaying a warning event on the touch screen. The method of claim 17, The security warning step Identifying a warning event from the identification code of the internal communication device connected to the security device; identifying an icon of the security device using the device information table according to the warning event; The home appliance control method for home automation, characterized in that the step consisting of displaying so that the user can check the warning event. The method of claim 17, The security warning step Identifying a warning event from an identification code of the internal communication device connected to the security device; identifying a living area in which the security device is installed using the device information table and the area information table according to the warning event; Home appliance control method for home automation, characterized in that the step consisting of displaying the living area identified by the user so that you can check the warning event. The method of claim 18 or 19, The security warning step And displaying a warning window for notifying the warning event on a touch screen. The method according to claim 3 or 4, Equipping the home server with a communication device to enable internet communication, connecting the home server to the internet to operate as an internet server; Determining a type of external information terminal connected to the home server through the Internet; Providing the house floor plan information in which an icon is displayed in a data format that the external information terminal can process according to the type of the external information terminal; And receiving the icon selection information selected by the user from the external information terminal, and controlling the operation of the icon selected by the user. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And displaying a state of a control target in a sub window by using a photograph or a pre-installed camera which sets each state of each home appliance in advance so that a user can check the state of the control target. How to control home appliances for home automation. On your computer, A first step of displaying a house plan corresponding to a user's intention on a touch screen of a home server, and generating and managing an area information table for each living area of the house plan; A second step of automatically generating an icon representing a type of each home appliance and displaying the identification code collected from the internal communication device of each home appliance installed in the home appliance on the touch screen; A third step of identifying corresponding area information on which the icon is seated when the user moves the icon displayed on the touch screen, and matching the detected area information with the device information table; A fourth step of identifying coordinates of the touched icon on the touch screen of the touched icon and comparing the identified icon coordinate with the device information table when the user touches the corresponding icon of the house floor plan; And A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program capable of executing the fifth step of controlling the operation of the identified home appliance. On your computer, A first step of displaying a house plan corresponding to a user's intention on a touch screen of a home server, and generating and managing an area information table for each living area of the house plan; A second step of preparing an identification code collected from an internal communication device of each home appliance installed in a house in a stored device information table; A third step of generating a corresponding icon according to the record of the device information table with respect to the previously stored identification code by contrasting the second step and displaying it on the floor plan of the house; A fourth step of providing an icon selection service for allowing the user to determine an icon corresponding to the new identification code with respect to the new identification code after the third step; After the fourth step, when the user selects one icon through the icon selection service, determining a type of home appliance represented by the selected icon and coordinates on the touch screen where the icon is located; Identifying the area code including the coordinates of the icon through the area information table, and adding the identified area information, the coordinates of the icon, the type of home appliance, and a unique code included in the new identification code to the device information table. Sixth step; A seventh step of identifying coordinates of the touched icon on the touch screen of the touched icon and comparing the determined icon coordinate with the device information table when the user touches the corresponding icon of the house floor plan; And A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program capable of executing the eighth step of controlling the operation of the identified home appliance.