MONITORING DEVICE USING AUTOMATION NETWORK

• US 20150106061A1
• Filed: 10/15/2014
• Published: 04/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: YANG, Jeong-Yeop, KWON, Myung-Eun, KONG, Kyung-Eun
• Granted Patent: US 10,868,692 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/188
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/41 Remote control of gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality

Abstract

The disclosure is related to monitoring a legacy device using at least one smart device. A gateway of an automation system may monitor an operation status of a target legacy device located in a service area of an automation system using at least one of smart devices participating in the automation system. In order to monitor, a monitoring request may be received for monitoring the target legacy device from user equipment associated with a user. At least one of monitoring smart devices may be controlled for monitoring the target legacy device. Monitoring results may be received from the at least one of monitoring smart devices. The received monitoring results may be provided to the user through the user equipment using at least one of outputting monitoring smart devices.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring an operation status of a target legacy device located in a service area of an automation system using at least one of smart devices participating in the automation system, the method comprising:

receiving monitoring results for monitoring the target legacy device from at least one of monitoring smart devices selected from the smart devices participating in the automation system;

determining an output pattern of the target legacy device based on the received monitoring results; and

detecting an operation status of the target legacy device based on the determined output pattern.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitoring results include at least one of desired types of data collected from the target legacy device by the monitoring smart devices.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein each one of the monitoring results is collected using at least one constituent element of a corresponding monitoring smart device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitoring results includes at least one of a sound level measured from the target legacy device, a vibration intensity measured from the target legacy device, a temperature measured from the target legacy device, an image capturing at least one part of the target legacy device, a video data capturing at least one part of the target legacy device, and audio data outputted from the target legacy device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving includes:

selecting at least one of smart devices participating in the automation system as the monitoring smart devices for monitoring the target legacy device; and

controlling each one of the selected monitoring smart devices to collect a corresponding desired type of data output from the target legacy device.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the selecting includes selecting at least one of, as the monitoring smart devices:

a smart device located within a predetermined distance from the target legacy device;

a smart device capable of collecting a corresponding desired type of data output from the target legacy device; and

a smart device capable of communicating to other entities in the automation system.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the controlling includes:

generating a control signal to include information on the target legacy device, a desired type of data to collect from the target legacy device, a time interval to collect, and a destination to transmit the collected desired type of data; and

transmitting the generated control signal to the selected monitoring smart devices.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising, prior to the receiving:

receiving a monitoring request from user equipment associated with a user,

wherein the monitoring request includes information on the target legacy device and desired types of data to collected from the target legacy device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining an output pattern of the target legacy device includes:

combining the received monitoring results, as the output pattern of the target legacy device, and

wherein each one of the received monitoring results is one of the desired types of data different from the other and collected using at least one constituent element of a corresponding one of the monitoring smart devices.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting an operation status of the target legacy device includes:

comparing the determined output pattern with output patterns recorded in a status table of the target legacy device;

detecting an output pattern in the status table, which is matched with the determined output pattern based on the comparison result;

obtaining an operation status mapped to the detected output pattern; and

identifying the obtained operation status as a current operation status of the target legacy device.

11. The method of claim 1, comprising:

providing the detected operation status of the target legacy device to an associated user through user equipment of the associated user.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the providing includes:

selecting at least one smart device as an outputting smart device from the smart devices participating in the automation system;

transmitting information on the detected operation status to the selected outputting smart device; and

controlling the selected outputting smart device to output the transmitted information through at least one constituent element of the selected outputting smart device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the selecting includes selecting at least one of, as the outputting smart devices:

a smart device located within a predetermined distance from an associated user;

a smart device capable of outputting a corresponding desired type of data output from the target legacy device; and

a smart device capable of communicating to other entities in the automation system.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the providing includes:

comparing the detected operation status with a previous operation status; and

when the detected operation status is different from the previous operation status, providing the detected operation status of the target legacy device to an associated user through user equipment of the associated user.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a learning request from user equipment associated with a user where the learning request includes information on the target legacy device, desired types of data to collected from the target legacy device, and a learning procedure termination condition; and

creating a status table of the target legacy device where the status table includes data fields and information at least one for output patterns, operation statuses, and identification of the target legacy device, associated monitoring smart devices, and associated outputting smart devices.

16. The method of claim 15, whether the determining an output pattern of the target legacy device includes:

creating an operation status of the target legacy device; and

storing the created operation status in the status table of the target legacy device in connection with the determined output pattern.

17. The method of claim 15, after the determining an output pattern, comprising:

determining whether the determined output pattern is greater than a predetermined threshold; and

creating an operation status of the target legacy device when the determined output patter is greater than the predetermined threshold.

18. A method for monitoring an operation status of a target legacy device located in a service area of an automation system using at least one of smart devices participating in the automation system, the method comprising:

receiving a monitoring request for monitoring the target legacy device from user equipment associated with a user, where the monitoring request includes information on the target legacy device and desired types of data to collected from the target legacy device;

controlling at least one of monitoring smart devices for monitoring the target legacy device;

receiving monitoring results from the at least one of monitoring smart devices; and

providing the received monitoring results to the user through the user equipment using at least one of outputting monitoring smart devices.

19. The method of claim 18, comprising:

selecting at least one of smart devices participating in the automation system as the monitoring smart devices for monitoring the target legacy device; and

controlling each one of the selected monitoring smart devices to collect a corresponding desired type of data output from the target legacy device,

wherein the selecting includes selecting at least one of, as the monitoring smart devices;

a smart device located within a predetermined distance from the target legacy device;

a smart device capable of collecting a corresponding desired type of data output from the target legacy device; and

a smart device capable of communicating to other entities in the automation system.

20. The method of claim 18, comprising:

obtaining user location information of the user;

selecting at least one smart device from the smart devices participating in the automation system, as the outputting smart device, based on the obtained user location information,

wherein the selecting includes selecting at least one of, as the outputting smart devices;

a smart device located within a predetermined distance from an associated user;

a smart device capable of outputting a corresponding desired type of data output from the target legacy device; and

a smart device capable of communicating to other entities in the automation system.