ENERGY SAVING INFORMATION APPLIANCE NETWORK AND ENERGY SAVING CONTROL METHOD

• US 20100005325A1
• Filed: 09/06/2007
• Published: 01/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: China Mobile Communications Corporation (Central People's Government of The People's Republic of China)
• Original Assignee: China Mobile Communications Corporation (Central People's Government of The People's Republic of China)
• Inventors: Ouyang, Congxing, Zhang, Guanghai, Zhou, Jianming, Liu, Jinglei
• Application Number:
  US12/440,191
• Publication Number:
  US 20100005325A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/310
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/12 Arrangements for remote connection or disconnection of substations or of equipment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2823 Reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network device-related reporting H04L43/065; arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/50 in wire-line communication networks, e.g. low power modes or reduced link rate

Abstract

The present invention relates to an energy saving information appliance network and an energy saving control method. The energy saving information appliance network comprises a household network host and an intelligent information appliance. The household network host is provided with a signal interface module. The intelligent information appliance is provided with a signal processing module for communicating connection with the signal interface module. The signal processing module comprises a high frequency signal processing unit and a low frequency signal processing unit. The signal processing module is connected with an information processing and transceiving unit. The energy saving control method comprising sending, by a low frequency signal processing unit provided in an intelligent information appliance, an operation triggering signal to a high frequency signal processing unit provided in the intelligent information appliance upon receiving a low frequency triggering signal. The intelligent information appliance feeds back information which indicates that a hot standby state is to be assumed. The intelligent information appliance accomplishes information processing, and then switches from the hot standby state to a cold standby state. The present invention greatly reduces the power consumption of an information appliance network, reduces the probability of important components being damaged, and eliminates the fire safety risk.

Claims

1. An energy saving information appliance network comprising a household network host and an intelligent information appliance in which the household network host is provided with a signal interface module for communicating with the intelligent information appliance, wherein

the intelligent information appliance is provided with a signal processing module for communicating connection with the signal interface module;

the signal processing module comprises a high frequency signal processing unit for receiving high frequency signal from the signal interface module and controlling transmission of data information;

the signal processing module further comprises a low frequency signal processing unit for receiving ON/OFF signals from the signal interface module and activating the high frequency signal processing unit according to an ON signal of the ON/OFF signals to switch the intelligent information appliance from a cold standby state to a hot standby state, or deactivating the high frequency signal processing unit to switch the intelligent information appliance from the hot standby state to the cold standby state according to an OFF signal of the ON/OFF signals; and

the signal processing module is connected with an information processing and transceiving unit provided in the intelligent information appliance.

2. The energy saving information appliance network of claim 1, wherein a control circuit board in the intelligent information appliance is provided with a timer for triggering the intelligent information appliance to switch from the hot standby state to the cold standby state when a period in which the intelligent information appliance does not operate reaches a time length set by the timer.

3. The energy saving information appliance network of claim 1, wherein the high frequency signal processing unit is provided with a switch circuit, and a control terminal of the switch circuit is connected to a trigger signal output terminal of the low frequency signal processing unit for triggering the intelligent information appliance to switch standby states.

4. The energy saving information appliance network of claim 1, wherein the signal processing and transceiving unit is at least one of an Ethernet interception module, a bus transceiving module, and a wireless signal transceiving unit.

5. An energy saving control method for an energy saving information appliance network comprising

process 1, sending, by a low frequency signal processing unit provided in an intelligent information appliance, an operation triggering signal to a high frequency signal processing unit provided in the intelligent information appliance upon receiving a low frequency triggering signal from a signal interface module provided in a household network host during normal operation of the energy saving information appliance network;

process 2, entering, by the high frequency signal processing unit, an operation state so that the intelligent information appliance is in a hot standby state;

process 3, accomplishing, by the intelligent information appliance, corresponding information processing according to the operation command from the household network host via an information processing and transceiving unit provided in the intelligent information appliance;

process 4, feeding, by the intelligent information appliance, information which indicates that a cold standby state is to be assumed; and

process 5, switching, by the intelligent information appliance, from the hot standby state to the cold standby state.

6. The energy saving control method of claim 5, wherein between process 3 and process 4, the method further comprises:

starting, by the intelligent information appliance, a timer; and

executing processes 4 when the timer expires.

7. The energy saving control method of claim 5, wherein in the process 1, upon receiving the low frequency trigger signal, the low frequency signal processing unit judges whether or not the intelligent information appliance is currently in Off state;

if yes, then go to end, otherwise send an operation triggering signal to the high frequency signal processing unit provided in the intelligent information appliance.

8. The energy saving control method of claim 5, wherein between process 2 and process 3, the method further comprises:

process 2.1, starting a timer by the intelligent information appliance;

process 2.2, determining whether an operation command for performing information processing is received;

if yes, execute process 2.3, otherwise execute process 2.4;

process 2.3, resetting, by the intelligent information appliance, the timer, then execute process 3;

process 2.4, making a judgment on whether or not the timer has expired;

if yes, then jump to process 4, otherwise return to process 2.2.

10. The energy saving control method of claim 5, wherein in process 1, upon receiving the low frequency trigger signal, the low frequency signal processing unit further determines whether the intelligent information appliance is currently in the hot standby state;

if yes, then jump to process 3.

9. (canceled)