Household appliance control method and device and mobile terminal

[0055] The technical solutions of the present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described here are only used to explain the present invention, not to limit the present invention.

[0056] The main idea of ​​the present invention is to control the terminal to scan and identify the identification code corresponding to the home appliance, and obtain the download address information of the control program installation package matching the home appliance and the identification information of the home appliance, so as to obtain the corresponding control program according to the download address information Install the package and install it on the control terminal. Therefore, the control terminal can establish communication with the household electrical appliance according to the identification information of the household electrical appliance, and realize the control of the household electrical appliance. The control terminal is an intelligent terminal with the function of scanning and identifying the identification code, specifically, it can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palmtop computer and the like. The identification code may include a two-dimensional code, a three-dimensional code, a four-dimensional code, and a barcode.

[0057] Specifically, refer to figure 1 , an embodiment of a control method of a household electrical appliance according to the present invention is proposed. The control method of the home appliance includes the following steps:

[0058] Step S110, when the control program acquisition instruction is detected, scan and identify the information on the two-dimensional code, three-dimensional code, or four-dimensional code of the household electrical appliance to be controlled, and obtain the download address of the control program installation package of the household electrical appliance to be controlled information;

[0059] Generally, when household appliances leave the factory, there will be two-dimensional codes, three-dimensional codes or four-dimensional codes set on the household appliances. The two-dimensional codes, three-dimensional codes or four-dimensional codes are used to store information related to household appliances, including The download address information of the control program of the device may of course also include the identification information of the home appliance. Specifically, when the control terminal detects the control program acquisition command issued by the user, it will start the camera device to scan the two-dimensional code, three-dimensional code or four-dimensional code on the home appliance to obtain the scanned picture; then the identification on the control terminal The software then analyzes the scanned picture to obtain the download address information of the control program installation package of the household electrical appliance to be controlled. The above-mentioned two-dimensional code, three-dimensional code or four-dimensional code may also be set on the instruction manual or the remote controller together with the household electrical appliance.

[0060] It can be understood that the above-mentioned scanning of two-dimensional codes, three-dimensional codes or four-dimensional codes can be scanned and recognized only by using the current general scanning recognition programs or applications with built-in scanning recognition functions such as WeChat, QQ, etc. Three-dimensional code or four-dimensional code, without the need to install a specific scanning recognition program to scan in advance, which makes the user's operation more convenient.

[0061] Step S120, according to the download address information of the control program installation package of the household electrical appliance to be controlled, obtain the control program installation package corresponding to the household electrical appliance to be controlled, and install the control program installation package on the control terminal;

[0062] According to the download address information of the control program installation package, access the corresponding network to obtain the control program installation package, and install the control program installation package on the control terminal. Therefore, the control terminal can realize the remote control of the household appliances through the installed control program. The control program installation package is a third-party application program that can be installed on the control terminal. After installing the third-party application program on the control terminal, the application program has at least the following functions: obtain the instruction input by the user through the generated control interface, convert the instruction into a communication instruction through the built-in protocol, and then control the The relevant modules of the terminal communication send the communication instruction to the home appliance so that the home appliance can receive the communication instruction. By starting the control program, the user can control the home appliance as conveniently as through the control panel or remote controller of the original home appliance.

[0063] Step S130, when the connection instruction is detected, the identification information of the household electrical appliance is obtained, and the communication between the control terminal and the household electrical appliance is established according to the identification information, so as to realize the control of the household electrical appliance by the control terminal.

[0064] The connection instruction can be automatically generated after the control program is successfully installed; of course, it can also be generated according to user triggers. When the connection instruction is detected, the identification information of the household electrical appliance is obtained first, and then the communication between the control terminal and the household electrical appliance is established according to the identification information. After the communication is established, the control terminal can realize the control of the household appliances through the installed control program.

[0065] In the embodiment of the present invention, the control terminal scans and identifies the identification code corresponding to the home appliance to obtain the download address information of the control program installation package matching the home appliance and the identification information of the home appliance, thereby obtaining the corresponding control program installation package according to the download address information. package and install it on the controlling terminal. Therefore, the control terminal can establish communication with the household electrical appliance according to the identification information of the household electrical appliance, and realize the control of the household electrical appliance. The embodiment of the present invention does not require the user to manually input information, but by scanning the identification code to obtain the download address information and identification information, the corresponding control program can be downloaded to realize the installation of the control program and establish communication with the home appliance, thereby simplifying the user experience. The operation brings convenience to users.

[0066] Further, when accessing the network to obtain the control program installation package according to the download address information, the control terminal will also send the characteristic information of the control terminal to the download server or the download server can automatically identify the characteristic information of the control terminal, such as the control terminal model, system version, etc. . Then the download server automatically provides the corresponding program installation package to the control terminal according to these feature information. For example, the system currently installed on the control terminal is the Symbian system, after the download server obtains the system version information installed on the control terminal, it will provide a consistent program installation package, so that the program installation package can be successfully installed on the control terminal. This avoids the installation failure of the program installation package downloaded by the user due to inconsistency with the system or model of the control terminal. It can be understood that, when obtaining the control program installation package, the download software can also be directly started to download correspondingly according to the download address information, for example, the download address information is automatically added to the download software, and the download software automatically downloads.

[0067] Further, refer to figure 2 , an embodiment of connecting the control terminal and the household electrical equipment in the control method of the household electrical equipment of the present invention is proposed. In this embodiment, the above step S130 includes:

[0068] Step S131, when the connection instruction is detected, scan the QR code, the 3D code or the 4D code on the home appliance again; or scan the barcode on the home appliance;

[0069] In this embodiment, after the control program is successfully installed, the control program can be started automatically or triggered by the user to enter the software control interface. The user starts the connection function by operating on the software control interface, that is, sends a connection instruction. Then the control terminal activates the camera device according to the connection instruction, and scans the two-dimensional code, three-dimensional code or four-dimensional code corresponding to the home appliance again, or scans the barcode corresponding to the home appliance.

[0070] Step S132: Analyze the scanned two-dimensional code, three-dimensional code or four-dimensional code through the activated control program to obtain the identification information of the household appliance; or analyze the scanned barcode through the activated control program to obtain the identification of the household electrical appliance information.

[0071] The identification information of home appliances consists of letters, numbers or a combination of both, including the model, date of production, serial number and other information of the home appliance. In this embodiment, the identification information is stored together with the download address information in a two-dimensional code, a three-dimensional code or a four-dimensional code. The analysis of the identification information needs to be performed after the control program is installed, and the control program has an identification information identification function. Only through this recognition function can the identification information of the household electrical appliance be recognized.

[0072] Step S133, establishing communication with the household electrical appliance to be controlled according to the identification information.

[0073] The identification information of the household electrical appliance to be controlled is obtained, and communication is established with the household electrical appliance to be controlled according to the obtained identification information. After the communication is established, the user can send a control command to the household electrical appliance through the control terminal, and the control command carries identification information.

[0074] Further, when parsing the scanned two-dimensional code, three-dimensional code or four-dimensional code, if the two-dimensional code, three-dimensional code or four-dimensional code includes the identification information of the home appliance in addition to the download address information, if the string Linked with the address information, the download address information may not be automatically recognized at this time. Although the user can see the download address information, they cannot directly click to open this address, but need to manually select this address and copy it to other browsers After opening this address manually, it is not convenient for users to operate.

[0075] Therefore, when the two-dimensional code, three-dimensional code or four-dimensional code stores the download address information of the control program installation package corresponding to the home appliance and the identification information of the home appliance, in order to enable the system to better automatically recognize this address, in the An interval mark is set between the download address information and the identification information of the home appliance to separate the download address information from other information, such as a commonly used spacer. In this embodiment, the interval mark is a space. It can be distinguished by inserting at least one interval symbol between the two pieces of information. At this time, the address information will be automatically recognized. For example, the recognized QR code information is http://www.xxxx.com/cn/service_support /xxxx/software3589...8, when identifying the QR code information, the previous address information will be automatically underlined, "" http://www.xxxx.com/en/service_support/xxxx/software 3589...8", so that the user can directly enter the browser to open the download address by clicking this address. For the convenience of the user's click, it is recommended to put the download address information in the front, and other information in the back, separated by spaces open.

[0076] The above interval mark not only plays the role of separating the two pieces of information to avoid misidentification; it also plays the role of marking the two pieces of information, which improves the recognition efficiency.

[0077]Further, after scanning the information of the above-mentioned two-dimensional code, three-dimensional code or four-dimensional code, the scanned picture information may also be stored on the control terminal. Then import the scanned picture information into the software control interface, and when a connection command is detected, it is no longer necessary to scan the two-dimensional code, three-dimensional code or four-dimensional code, but to scan the stored data through the activated control program The final picture information is analyzed to obtain the identification information of the home appliance.

[0078] Further, after obtaining the download address information of the control program installation package of the household appliance to be controlled, it will access the network to obtain the corresponding control program installation package, and at the same time, the control program installation package also carries the network identification download address information to obtain The identification information or the address information related to the identification information. Then, when the connection instruction is detected, the identification information of the household electrical appliance will be obtained from the control program installation package. Alternatively, the address information related to the identification information of the household electrical appliance is obtained from the control program installation package, and then the identification information of the corresponding household electrical appliance is obtained according to the address information.

[0079] Specifically, according to the download address information of the control program installation package of the household electrical appliance to be controlled, while obtaining the control program installation package corresponding to the household electrical appliance to be controlled, when the control terminal accesses the manufacturer's cloud server through the download address information At this time, the manufacturer's cloud server can directly obtain the identification information of the home appliance or the address information of the identification information from the download address information. For example, the download address information is: "http://www.xxxx.com/cn/service_support/xxxx/software?=a35898" According to the existing http network protocol, when accessing the manufacturer's cloud server through this address information, its server The string information "a35898" behind "?=" can be identified, and the manufacturer's analysis and identification rules for identification information can be used to analyze and identify whether there is identification information. When the identification information is relatively long and inconvenient to be included in the address information, the character string information may be address information corresponding to the identification information stored in the manufacturer's cloud server, and the corresponding storage unit in the address information stores the real identification information. Therefore, when the control terminal device downloads the control program installation package through the address information, the manufacturer's cloud server returns the identification information together with the control program installation package to the control terminal. After the control terminal installs the control program installation package, it can directly obtain the identification information.

[0080] After obtaining the identification information, the control terminal will establish communication with the household electrical appliances through the identification information, and realize remote control of the household electrical appliances. The specific process of establishing communication between the control terminal and the home appliance through the control program is as follows:

[0081] (1) The control terminal sends the handshake invitation information carrying the identification information of the home appliance to the home appliance;

[0082] (2) After the home appliance device receives the handshake invitation message including the identification information of the home appliance device, it will identify the identification information of the meeting and return the identification result to the control terminal;

[0083] When producing the home appliance, the manufacturer of the home appliance will store this information in a memory of the home appliance, such as a general-purpose EEPROM or a memory inside an MCU. The household electrical appliance compares whether the identification information sent by the control terminal is consistent with the identification information stored in the memory. If they are consistent, a confirmation message that the handshake is successful is returned to the control terminal, and if they are not consistent, a confirmation message that the handshake is unsuccessful is returned to the control terminal.

[0084] (3) When the control terminal receives the reply message of successful handshake sent by the home appliance, it confirms that the handshake with the home appliance is successful. At this time, the software control interface of the control terminal will display the identification name information of the home appliance, indicating that it has been successfully added. Control of this home appliance. It can be understood that the user can modify the identification name information of the household electrical appliance during or after adding.

[0085] After the control terminal and the home appliance successfully shake hands, a unique identification information can also be confirmed between the two. This information can be a random number that is uniquely identifiable by both parties and is not easy to repeat, as the identification information confirmed by both parties. In the future This information may be included in the control command sent by the control terminal. Or when the handshake between the control terminal and the home appliance is successful, the identification information of the home appliance may also be used as the identification information confirmed by both parties.

[0086] Further, the above connection instruction can be issued repeatedly, so that the identification information of the household electrical appliance can be obtained according to the connection instruction, and the communication between the control terminal and the household electrical appliance can be established according to the identification information. Therefore, the communication between the control terminal and multiple home appliances can be established, and the control terminal can control the multiple home appliances. Specifically, when the user wants to add home appliance A and home appliance B of the same type (for example, both are air conditioners of the same brand), the user first inputs a connection command, and the control terminal obtains the identity of home appliance A according to the connection command information, and establish the communication between the control terminal and the home appliance A according to the identification information; then the user inputs a connection command, the control terminal obtains the identification information of the home appliance B, and establishes the communication between the control terminal and the home appliance B according to the identification information. communication between. After the communication between the control terminal and the home appliance is established, the icons of home appliance A and home appliance B will be displayed on the software control interface of the control terminal. At this time, when the user wants to control the household electrical appliance A, he only needs to select the corresponding control menu or button to select the household electrical appliance A in the software control interface to realize the control of the household electrical appliance A. At this time, when the user's control terminal sends the control command to the home appliance A, it contains the identification information of the home appliance A, and the home appliance A, after receiving the control command, identifies whether the identification information in the control command or confirms that the information is consistent. , if they are consistent, the control command is executed to realize the control of the household electrical appliance A. When the user wants to control the household electrical appliance B, similarly, he only needs to select the corresponding control menu or button to select the household electrical appliance B in the software control interface to realize the control of the household electrical appliance B.

[0087] In the same way, the user can establish the communication between the control terminal and multiple household appliances of the same type through the control terminal, and then select the corresponding control household appliance or the button to select the household appliances to be controlled through the software control interface, and then realize simultaneous control of multiple household appliances. Device control. At this time, the user's control terminal will send a broadcast message. The broadcast message includes not only the identification information corresponding to each household appliance, but also the common identification information of the air conditioner. When the air conditioner receives the broadcast information, it can identify The broadcast information is then identified according to the identification information corresponding to each household electrical appliance. After the identification is successful, the second control command is executed to realize the simultaneous control of multiple home appliances by the control terminal.

[0088] It can be understood that when the control program is initially started, registration must be performed to enter the software control interface, and each time the control program is started, user information must be verified, and the software control interface can only be entered after the verification is passed. At the same time, the control terminal can also install multiple control programs at the same time, so as to realize the control of different types of household appliances.

[0089] Further, when the above-mentioned control terminal detects the logo deletion instruction, it will disconnect the connection between the control terminal and the household electrical appliance corresponding to the logo to be deleted, and delete the corresponding logo in the control terminal. The added home appliances can also be managed through the control terminal, such as deletion and modification.

[0090] Correspondingly, the embodiment of the present invention also provides a control device for household appliances. refer to image 3 , the control device of the household appliance includes:

[0091] The scanning analysis module 110 is used to scan and identify the information on the two-dimensional code, three-dimensional code or four-dimensional code of the household electrical appliance to be controlled when the control program acquisition instruction is detected, and obtain the control program installation package of the household electrical appliance to be controlled. Download address information; when a connection command is detected, obtain the identification information of the home appliance;

[0092] The installation package acquiring module 120 is configured to acquire the control program installation package corresponding to the household electrical appliance to be controlled according to the download address information of the control program installation package of the household electrical appliance to be controlled, and install the control program on the control terminal. Bag;

[0093] The communication module 130 is configured to establish communication between the control terminal and the home appliance according to the identification information, so as to realize the control of the home appliance by the control terminal.

[0094] In the embodiment of the present invention, the control terminal scans and identifies the identification code corresponding to the home appliance to obtain the download address information of the control program installation package matching the home appliance and the identification information of the home appliance, thereby obtaining the corresponding control program installation package according to the download address information. package and install it on the controlling terminal. Therefore, the control terminal can establish communication with the household electrical appliance according to the identification information of the household electrical appliance, and realize the control of the household electrical appliance. The embodiment of the present invention does not require the user to manually input information, but by scanning the identification code to obtain the download address information and identification information, the corresponding control program can be downloaded to realize the installation of the control program and establish communication with the home appliance, thereby simplifying the user experience. The operation brings convenience to users.

[0095] Further, the above-mentioned installation package acquisition module 120 is further configured to: acquire characteristic information of the control terminal; and obtain a control program installation package matching the control terminal according to the characteristic information of the control terminal.

[0096] When obtaining the control program installation package according to the download address information, the control terminal will also obtain its own feature information and send it to the download server; of course, the download server can also automatically identify the feature information of the control terminal. The feature information may include the control terminal model, system version, and the like. Then the download server automatically provides the corresponding program installation package to the control terminal according to these feature information. For example, the system currently installed on the control terminal is the Symbian system, after the download server obtains the system version information installed on the control terminal, it will provide a consistent program installation package, so that the program installation package can be successfully installed on the control terminal. This avoids the installation failure of the program installation package downloaded by the user due to inconsistency with the system or model of the control terminal.

[0097] Further, refer to Figure 4 , the above scan analysis module 110 includes:

[0098] The scanning unit 111 is configured to scan the corresponding two-dimensional code, three-dimensional code or four-dimensional code of the home appliance to obtain a scanned picture when the control program acquisition instruction is detected;

[0099] The parsing unit 112 is configured to parse the scanned picture to obtain the download address information of the control program installation package of the household electrical appliance to be controlled.

[0100] Further, the scanning unit 111 is also used to scan the barcode on the home appliance when a connection instruction is detected; or scan the two-dimensional code, three-dimensional code or four-dimensional code on the home appliance again; the analysis unit 112 uses The activated control program analyzes the scanned barcode to obtain the identification information of the home appliance; or the activated control program analyzes the scanned two-dimensional code, three-dimensional code or four-dimensional code to obtain the identification information of the home appliance.

[0101] In this embodiment, after the control program is successfully installed, the control program can be started automatically or triggered by the user to enter the software control interface. The user starts the connection function by operating on the software control interface, that is, sends a connection instruction. Then the control terminal activates the scanning unit 111 according to the connection instruction, and scans the two-dimensional code, three-dimensional code or four-dimensional code corresponding to the home appliance again, or scans the barcode corresponding to the home appliance. Then the analysis unit 112 analyzes the scanned two-dimensional code, three-dimensional code or four-dimensional code through the activated control program to obtain the identification information of the home appliance; or analyzes the scanned barcode through the activated control program to obtain the identification information of the household appliance. Identification information.

[0102] Further, refer to Figure 5The above-mentioned control device also includes a storage module 140, which is used to store the picture information on the two-dimensional code, three-dimensional code or four-dimensional code scanned by the scanning unit 111; The activated control program analyzes the stored picture information on the two-dimensional code, three-dimensional code or four-dimensional code to obtain the identification information of the home appliance.

[0103] After the scanning unit 111 scans the information of the two-dimensional code, the three-dimensional code or the four-dimensional code, the storage module 140 stores the scanned picture information on the control terminal. Then the scanned information is imported into the software control interface, and when a connection command is detected, the scanning unit 111 does not need to scan the two-dimensional code, the three-dimensional code or the four-dimensional code, but the analysis unit 112 scans the two-dimensional code, the three-dimensional code or the four-dimensional code through the activated control program. The image information on the stored two-dimensional code, three-dimensional code or four-dimensional code is analyzed to obtain the identification information of the home appliance.

[0104] Further, the above-mentioned installation package acquisition module 110 is also configured to: access the network according to the download address information of the control program installation package of the household electrical appliance to be controlled, so as to obtain the control program installation package corresponding to the household electrical appliance to be controlled; The control program installation package also carries identification information identified by the network from the download address information or address information related to the identification information.

[0105] The above analysis unit 112 is also used to obtain the identification information of the household electrical appliance from the control program installation package when the connection instruction is detected; or obtain the address information related to the identification information of the household electrical appliance from the control program installation package, and then according to the address The information obtains the identification information of the corresponding home appliance.

[0106] Specifically, according to the download address information of the control program installation package of the household electrical appliance to be controlled, while obtaining the control program installation package corresponding to the household electrical appliance to be controlled, when the control terminal accesses the manufacturer's cloud server through the download address information At this time, the manufacturer's cloud server can directly obtain the identification information of the home appliance or the address information of the identification information from the download address information. For example, the download address information is: "http://www.xxxx.com/cn/service_support/xxxx/software?=a35898" According to the existing http network protocol, when accessing the manufacturer's cloud server through this address information, its server The string information "a35898" behind "?=" can be identified, and the manufacturer's analysis and identification rules for identification information can be used to analyze and identify whether there is identification information. When the identification information is relatively long and inconvenient to be included in the address information, the character string information may be address information corresponding to the identification information stored in the manufacturer's cloud server, and the corresponding storage unit in the address information stores the real identification information. Therefore, when the control terminal device downloads the control program installation package through the address information, the manufacturer's cloud server returns the identification information together with the control program installation package to the control terminal. After the control terminal installs the control program installation package, it can directly obtain the identification information.

[0107] Further, the above connection instruction can be issued repeatedly, so that the identification information of the household electrical appliance can be obtained according to the connection instruction, and the communication between the control terminal and the household electrical appliance can be established according to the identification information. Therefore, the communication between the control terminal and multiple home appliances can be established, and the control terminal can control the multiple home appliances. Specifically, when the user wants to add home appliance A and home appliance B of the same type (for example, both are air conditioners of the same brand), the user first inputs a connection command, and the control terminal obtains the identity of home appliance A according to the connection command information, and establish the communication between the control terminal and the home appliance A according to the identification information; then the user inputs a connection command, the control terminal obtains the identification information of the home appliance B, and establishes the communication between the control terminal and the home appliance B according to the identification information. communication between. After the communication between the control terminal and the home appliance is established, the icons of home appliance A and home appliance B will be displayed on the software control interface of the control terminal. At this time, when the user wants to control the household electrical appliance A, he only needs to select the corresponding control menu or button to select the household electrical appliance A in the software control interface to realize the control of the household electrical appliance A. At this time, when the user's control terminal sends the control command to the home appliance A, it contains the identification information of the home appliance A, and the home appliance A, after receiving the control command, identifies whether the identification information in the control command or confirms that the information is consistent. , if they are consistent, the control command is executed to realize the control of the household electrical appliance A.

[0108] In the same way, the user can establish the communication between the control terminal and multiple household appliances of the same type through the control terminal, and then select the corresponding control household appliance or the button to select the household appliances to be controlled through the software control interface, and then realize simultaneous control of multiple household appliances. Device control. At this time, the user's control terminal will send a broadcast information, which includes not only the identification information corresponding to each household appliance, but also the identification information shared by the air conditioner. When the air conditioner receives the broadcast information, it can identify The broadcast information is then identified according to the identification information corresponding to each household electrical appliance. After the identification is successful, the second control command is executed to realize the simultaneous control of multiple home appliances by the control terminal.

[0109] It can be understood that when the control program is initially started, registration must be performed to enter the software control interface, and each time the control program is started, user information must be verified, and the software control interface can only be entered after the verification is passed. At the same time, the control terminal can also install multiple control programs at the same time, so as to realize the control of different types of household appliances.

[0110] Further, when the above-mentioned control terminal detects the logo deletion instruction, the communication module 130 will disconnect the connection between the control terminal and the household electrical appliance corresponding to the logo to be deleted, and delete the corresponding logo in the control terminal. The added home appliances can also be managed through the control terminal, such as deletion and modification.

[0111] Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general-purpose hardware platform, and of course also by hardware, but in many cases the former is better implementation. Based on this understanding, the essence of the technical solution of the present invention or the part that contributes to the prior art can be embodied in the form of software products, that is, the device for sharing network resources and the device for obtaining network resources can pass a series of instruction codes to fulfill. like Image 6 As shown, the instruction code will be stored in a storage medium 10 (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk), and the processor 20 on the mobile terminal 100 receives the operation instruction input by the user through the touch screen 30, and according to the operation instruction The execution of the instruction code in the storage medium 10 is controlled to execute the method described in each embodiment of the present invention, and to control the operation of the household electrical appliance 200 . Meanwhile, the touch screen 30 is also used to display a control interface.

[0112] It should be noted that, in this document, the term "comprising", "comprising" or any other variation thereof is intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion such that a process, method, article or apparatus comprising a set of elements includes not only those elements, It also includes other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent in the process, method, article, or device. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising a ..." does not preclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus comprising that element.

[0113] The serial numbers of the above embodiments of the present invention are for description only, and do not represent the advantages and disadvantages of the embodiments.

[0114] The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and does not limit the scope of its patents. Any equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation made by using the description of the present invention and the contents of the accompanying drawings is directly or indirectly used in other related technical fields. All are included in the scope of patent protection of the present invention in the same way.