Remote control system and method for home items

• US 20060152338A1
• 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:
  US11/302,833
• Publication Number:
  US 20060152338A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.500
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric

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 computer network comprising one or more computers linked to the RFID reader, for receiving the information sent by the RFID reader 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 computer network comprising one or more computers linked to the RFID reader, for receiving the information sent by the RFID reader and controlling the functions of the home items.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the computers communicate with the RFID reader via TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol).

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

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

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 one or more computers linked to the RFID reader, for receiving the information sent by the RFID reader, and controlling one or more functions of the home items.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the computers communicate with the RFID reader via TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol).

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

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

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 digitally computing device; and

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

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein said RFID system is communicable with said at least one remote digitally computing device via Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).