Control system capable of periodically driving a corresponding device based on trigger policy and method thereof

• US 9,671,764 B2
• Filed: 01/06/2015
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: D-Link Corporation
• Original Assignee: D-Link Corporation
• Inventors: Cheng, Hsiu-Ju, Liu, Ming-Han
• Primary Examiner(s): Fennema, Robert
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C
• Application Number:
  US14/590,231
• Publication Number:
  US 20160124398A1
• Time in Patent Office: 882 Days
• Field of Search: 700 12
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 11/01 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house

Abstract

The present invention is to provide a control system including a sensing device capable of periodically driving a corresponding operation device based on a trigger policy, wherein the sensing device and the operation device have the same trigger policy stored therein. The control system is characterized in that the trigger policy at least includes a trigger code, a time data (such as “after 15 minutes”) and an operation data (such as “turn on a lamp”). When the sensing device detects a sensing signal, the sensing device generates and transmits a trigger instruction to the operation device. When the operation device determines that a trigger code carried in the trigger instruction matches with a second identification code stored therein, the operation device calculates an expiration time of the time data based on the current time, and then executes an action corresponding to the operation data at the expiration time.

Claims

1. A control system capable of periodically driving a corresponding device based on a trigger policy, comprising:

a sensing device equipped with a sensing module, a first connection module, a first processing module and a first storage module, wherein the first processing module is electrically connected with the sensing module, the first connection module and the first storage module, respectively, the sensing module can receive or detect a sensing signal, and a first identification code and a trigger policy are stored in the first storage module;

at least one operation device each equipped with a second connection module, a second processing module and a second storage module, wherein the second processing module is electrically connected with the second connection module and the second storage module, respectively, the second connection module is connected with the first connection module through the Internet, and a second identification code and the same trigger policy are stored in the second storage module; and

a cloud server linked with the first connection module and the second connection module respectively through Internet and transmitting the trigger policy to the sensing device and the operation device respectively, wherein the trigger policy at least comprises a trigger code, a time data and an operation data and, when the sensing device receives or detects the sensing signal, the first processing module generates a trigger instruction according to the trigger policy, and transmits the trigger instruction to the second processing module sequentially via the first connection module, the Internet and the second connection module;

whereby, when the second processing module determines that the trigger code carried in the trigger instruction matches with the second identification code, the second processing module calculates an expiration time of the time data based on the current time and then executes an action corresponding to the operation data at the expiration time.

2. The control system as defined in claim 1, wherein the first storage module further stores at least one sensing code, the second storage module stores at least one operation code, and the cloud server at least stores:

a sensing table at least storing a sensing reference code and a sensing title data, each of the sensing title data corresponding to the sensing reference code; and

an operation table storing an operation reference code and an operation title data, the operation title data corresponding to the operation reference code respectively;

wherein, in a condition that a mobile electronic apparatus is linked with the cloud server, the cloud server identifies the sensing device and the operation device first, and then receives the sensing code and the operation code transmitted from the sensing device and the operation device respectively;

wherein the cloud server filters the sensing code and the operation code corresponding to the sensing reference code, the operation reference code, the sensing title data and the operation title data, and transmits the sensing title data and the operation title data to the mobile electronic apparatus, whereby the sensing title and the operation title can be displayed on the mobile electronic apparatus and the cloud server can receive the trigger policy generated and returned from the mobile electronic apparatus.

3. The control system as defined in claim 2, wherein the sensing title data or the operation title data correspond to different languages respectively, and the cloud server can identify a language used in the mobile electronic apparatus, and transmits the sensing title data or the operation title data corresponding to the language to the mobile electronic apparatus.

4. A control method of periodically driving a corresponding device based on a trigger policy, applied on a control system which comprises a sensing device, at least one operation device and a cloud server, wherein the sensing device is configured for receiving or detecting a sensing signal and storing a first identification code and the trigger policy therein, the trigger policy at least comprises a trigger code, a time data and an operation data the operation device is linked with the sensing device through the Internet and stores a second identification code and the trigger policy therein, and the cloud server is linked with the sensing device and the operation device respectively through the Internet and transmits the trigger policy to the sensing device and the operation device respectively;

the control method enabling the control system to execute a trigger procedure and comprising steps of;

enabling the cloud server to identify the sensing device and the operation device based on the first identification code and the second identification code and then transmit the trigger policy to the sensing device and the operation device respectively via the Internet;

enabling the sensing device to generate a trigger instruction based on the trigger policy in a condition that the sensing device receives or detects the sensing signal, and then transmit the trigger instruction to the operation device through Internet; and

enabling the operation device to calculate an expiration time of the time data based on the current time, and then execute an action corresponding to the operation data at the expiration time in a condition that the operation device determines the trigger code carried in the trigger instruction matching with the second identification code.

5. The control method as defined in claim 4, wherein the first storage module stores at least one sensing code, the second storage module stores at least one operation code, the cloud server stores a sensing table and an operation table, the sensing table at least stores a sensing reference code and a sensing title data, the operation table at least stores an operation reference code and an operation title data, wherein when the cloud server identifies the sensing device and the operation device, and is linked with a mobile electronic apparatus via the Internet, the cloud server further executes following steps of:

receiving the sensing code and the operation code transmitted from the sensing device and the operation device respectively;

filtering the sensing reference code and the operation reference code equal to the sensing code and the operation code respectively, from the sensing table and the operation table;

transmitting corresponding sensing title data and operation title data to the mobile electronic apparatus, and then receiving the trigger policy generated and returned from the mobile electronic apparatus; and

transmitting the trigger policy to the sensing device and the operation device respectively.

6. The control method as defined in claim 5, wherein the sensing title data or the operation title data correspond to different languages respectively, and after the cloud server receives the sensing code and the operation code transmitted from the sensing device and the operation device, the cloud server further executes following steps of:

identifying a language used in the mobile electronic apparatus; and

filtering the sensing title data or the operation title data corresponding to the language.