Method of terminal for controlling intelligent household appliances and intelligent socket

• US 9,846,419 B2
• Filed: 02/15/2015
• Issued: 12/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shenzhen Galaxywind Network Systems Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Shenzhen Galaxywind Network Systems Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Li, Zemin
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Ramesh
• Application Number:
  US14/777,447
• Publication Number:
  US 20160202674A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,038 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/418 Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/66 Structural association with built-in electrical component coupling devices having concentrically or coaxially-arranged contacts H01R24/38
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/14 The load or loads being home appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/14 by switching loads on to, or off from, network, e.g. progressively balanced loading
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2816 Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities 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: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/20 End-user application control systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/242 Home appliances

Abstract

A method for controlling intelligent household appliances, comprising: acquiring an appliance control signal set and an initialization feedback signal set corresponding to the control signal set, and sending a control signal; receiving the control signal, sending the control signal to the household appliance to instruct the household appliance to perform an operation represented by the control signal; acquiring state information and a feedback signal of the household appliance; and calculating a variation amount of the state information, and judging a matching rate between the feedback signal and the initialization feedback signal The present invention also provides an intelligent socket, which can allow a terminal to obtain an actual control result after a control instruction being sent An intelligent socket based on a high power infrared emitting tube, wherein the high power infrared emitting tube is provided in a limiting hole for infrared emission in a direction away from a panel.

Claims

1. A method of a terminal for controlling intelligent household appliances, comprising:

acquiring a household appliance control signal set and an initialization feedback signal set corresponding to the control signal set, and sending a control signal;

receiving the control signal from the terminal, sending the control signal to a high power LED infrared emitting module;

sending a high power infrared ray comprising the control signal from the high power LED infrared emitting module to a household appliance, and instructing the household appliance to perform an operation represented by the control signal;

acquiring state information and a feedback signal of the household appliance; and

calculating a variation amount of the state information, and judging a matching rate between the feedback signal and the initialization feedback signal represented by the control signal,

wherein if the variation amount of the state information is greater than a threshold value and the feedback signal successfully matches the initialization feedback signal, feedback information is sent to the terminal; and

if the variation amount of the state information is lower than the threshold value or the feedback signal does not successfully match the initialization feedback signal, the control signal is re-sent to the household appliance.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the state information comprises current information, voltage information and phase information.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the feedback signal set includes audio signals and the feedback signal in audio signal type.

4. An intelligent socket cooperating with a terminal which has already acquired a household appliance control signal set and an initialization feedback signal set corresponding to the control signal set, the intelligent socket used for remote control on a household appliance, comprising:

a signal acquiring module, configured for acquiring state information and a feedback signal of the household appliance and sending the acquired signal to a controller;

a high power LED infrared emitting tube;

the controller, configured for receiving a control signal from the terminal, sending an infrared ray generated by the high power LED infrared emitting tube comprising the control signal to the household appliance to instruct the household appliance to perform an operation represented by the control signal;

calculating a variation amount of the state information, and judging a matching rate between the feedback signal and the initialization feedback signal represented by the control signal,

wherein if the variation amount of the state information is greater than a threshold value and the feedback signal successfully matches the initialization feedback signal, feedback information is sent to the terminal; and

if the variation amount of the state information is lower than the threshold value or the feedback signal does not successfully match the initialization feedback signal, the control signal is re-sent to the household appliances.

5. The intelligent socket according to claim 4, wherein the signal acquiring module comprises a current voltage sensor, a phase sensor and a sound acquiring and identifying module.

6. The intelligent socket according to claim 4, wherein the terminal is connected with the controller via a wireless network module, which comprises a wireless transceiving module and a wireless router.

7. The intelligent socket according to claim 4, further comprising a power supply switch connected with the controller.

8. An intelligent socket comprising an outer housing, which comprises a receiving chamber and a panel encapsulating the receiving chamber, wherein the receiving chamber comprises a receiving cavity and a back plate connected as one piece, the panel is snapped onto the front face of the back plate, and a back face of the back plate is provided with limiting holes;

the receiving cavity has a side wall provided with a receptacle slot and a rear end portion where an electric plug is fixed, wherein the intelligent socket further comprises;

a high power infrared emitting tube, provided in one of the limiting holes for infrared emission in a direction away from the panel;

a programmable processor, configured for receiving current, voltage, sound and infrared signals which are acquired, and outputting processing information;

a sound acquiring module, configured for acquiring a sound signal in a space where the socket is located, and sending the sound signal to the programmable processor;

an infrared receiving module, configured for acquiring an infrared signal in the space where the socket is located, and sending the infrared signal to the programmable processor;

a Wi-Fi module, configured for receiving a processing signal from the programmable processor and sending a processing result signal to the terminal via a network;

a current voltage acquiring module, configured for measuring magnitude of voltage and current provided to the household appliance through this socket, and sending a signal to the programmable processor to judge an actual working state of the household appliance; and

a light sensor, configured for acquiring light brightness of current environment and sending a signal to the programmable processor to control the household appliance in combination with an user'"'"'s use habits and the actual state of the household appliance.

9. The intelligent socket according to claim 8, wherein power of the high power infrared emitting tube is 1 w-5 w.

10. The intelligent socket according to claim 8, wherein the back plate is provided with two limiting holes, and the sound acquiring module is fixed in one of the limiting holes.

11. The intelligent socket according to claim 8, wherein an air vent is provided in the receiving chamber.

12. The intelligent socket according to claim 8, wherein a temperature sensor is provided in the receiving cavity and is provided near the air vent, and the temperature sensor sends a temperature sensing signal to the programmable processor.

13. The intelligent socket according to claim 11, wherein a temperature sensor is provided in the receiving cavity and is provided near the air vent, and the temperature sensor sends a temperature sensing signal to the programmable processor.