Remote control system and method for home items

• US 20060152337A1
• Filed: 12/14/2005
• Published: 07/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hsu, Shou-Kuo
• Application Number:
  US11/302,831
• Publication Number:
  US 20060152337A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.500
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless

Abstract

A remote control system for home items includes: a radio frequency identification (RFID) system, including an RFID reader, an antenna, and one or more RFID tags, each of the RFID tags being for attachment to a respective home item and for collecting and storing information on a status of the home item, wherein when the RFID reader sends radio frequency signals via the antenna to activate any one or more of the RFID tags, one or more of the RFID tags transmits the stored information to the RFID reader via the antenna, and the RFID reader receives and processes the information; and a telecommunication network comprising a base station linked to the RFID reader, and one or more mobile communication devices, the mobile communication devices communicating with the RFID reader via the base station, and controlling the functions of the home items. A related remote control method is also provided.

Claims

1. A remote control system for one or more home items, comprising:

a radio frequency identification (RFID) system, comprising an RFID reader, an antenna, and one or more RFID tags, each of the RFID tags being for attachment to a respective home item and for collecting and storing information on a status of the home item, wherein when the RFID reader sends radio frequency signals via the antenna to activate any one or more of the RFID tags, one or more of the RFID tags transmits the stored information to the RFID reader via the antenna, and the RFID reader receives and processes the information; and

a telecommunication network comprising a base station linked to the RFID reader, and one or more mobile communication devices, the mobile communication devices communicating with the RFID reader via the base station, and controlling the functions of the home items.

2. The remote control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the home items comprise one or more pieces of electrical equipment.

3. The remote control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the home items comprise items selected from the group consisting of a door and a window.

4. The remote control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile communication devices comprise devices selected from the group consisting of a mobile telephone and an immobile telephone.

5. A method for remote control of one or more home items, comprising the steps of:

providing a radio frequency identification (RFID) system, the RFID system comprising an RFID reader, an antenna, and one or more RFID tags, each of the RFID tags attached to a respective home item, for collecting and storing information on a status of the home item;

sending radio frequency signals from the RFID reader to activate one or more of the RFID tags;

transmitting the stored information from one or more of the RFID tags to the RFID reader, and receiving and processing the information; and

providing a base station linked to the RFID reader, and one or more mobile communication devices, the mobile communication devices communicating with the RFID reader via the base station, and controlling the functions of the home items.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the home items comprise one or more pieces of electrical equipment.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the home items comprise items selected from the group consisting of a door and a window.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the mobile communication devices comprise devices selected from the group consisting of a mobile telephone and an immobile telephone.

9. A method for remote control of home items in a household, comprising the steps of:

establishing a radio frequency identification (RFID) system in a household so as to control information of home items in said household via RFID technology respectively;

communicating said RFID system with at least one remote communication device; and

;

controlling each of said home items in said household based on said information by using said remote communication device.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein each of said home items comprises at least one RFID tag attached thereto for storing said information of said each of said home items thereon.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising the steps of:

sending radio frequency signals from a RFID reader of said RFID system to activate said at least one RFID tag; and

transmitting said information from said at least one RFID tag to said RFID reader for further receiving and processing said information.