Smart wall outlet device and indoor environment management system including the same

Abstract

This invention primarily discloses a smart socket, comprising: a housing, at least three conductive elements, a first circuit assembly, a second circuit assembly, and N sockets. The first circuit assembly is configured to perform a power conversion process on mains power, and the second circuit assembly is configured to perform signal processing, wireless signal transmission, and power-on / power-off switching of the sockets. Based on wireless control from a user-end electronic device (e.g., a smartphone) or a control-end electronic device (e.g., a gateway), the second circuit assembly controls the first circuit assembly to perform a first transmission path switching on the mains power, enabling the sockets to supply power to electrically connected home appliances.

Claims

1. A smart socket device, comprising: A housing having a first top opening and at least three holes on one side; at least three conductive elements disposed within the housing and correspondingly exposed through the at least three holes; wherein the at least three conductive elements are electrically connected to a live wire, a neutral wire, and a ground wire; a first circuit assembly disposed within the housing and including: a power conversion module electrically connected to the live wire and the neutral wire via two of the conductive elements to receive mains electricity, and configured to perform an AC-DC conversion process on the mains electricity; and N power switching units electrically connected to the power conversion module and the live wire; a second circuit assembly disposed within the housing and including: N sockets, each socket including a first socket, a second socket, a third socket, a first contact terminal located in the first socket and coupled to the power switching unit, a second contact terminal located in the second socket and coupled to the neutral line, and a third contact terminal located in the third socket and coupled to the ground line, or only including the first socket, the second socket, the first contact terminal, and the second contact terminal; a microprocessor coupled to the power conversion module and the N power switching units; a wireless signal processor coupled to the microprocessor; a circuit board; at least one temperature sensor disposed on the circuit board and coupled to the power conversion module and the microprocessor; at least one ambient light sensor disposed on the circuit board and coupled to the power conversion module and the microprocessor; and N illuminated button switches disposed on the circuit board and coupled to the power conversion module and the microprocessor. At least one electrical connector is disposed on the circuit board and coupled to the power conversion module and the microprocessor; and a power monitoring chip is coupled to the power conversion module, the microprocessor and each of the first contact terminals, and is used to measure the power consumption value of a corresponding load device from the first contact terminals and transmit the power consumption value of the load device to the microprocessor; wherein, the microprocessor is further configured to perform: receiving a temperature sensing signal from the temperature sensor and processing the temperature sensing signal to obtain an ambient temperature; receiving an ambient light sensing signal from the ambient light sensor and processing the ambient light sensing signal to obtain an ambient brightness; transmitting the ambient temperature, the ambient brightness and the power consumption value of the load device to a user terminal electronic device or a control terminal electronic device through the wireless signal processor; and responding to a first pressing operation of the luminous push-button switch, controlling the corresponding power switching unit to perform a first switching operation, and simultaneously controlling a light-emitting element mounted on the corresponding luminous push-button switch to emit light;In response to a second pressing operation of the luminous push-button switch, the corresponding power switching unit is controlled to perform a second switching operation, while the light-emitting element mounted on the corresponding luminous push-button switch is controlled to stop emitting light; and when the power consumption value of the load device exceeds a predetermined power threshold, the corresponding power switching unit is controlled to perform the second switching operation; a panel, connected to the housing to close the first top opening, and having N first openings, at least one second opening, one third opening, and N pressable areas, wherein the N connectors are exposed on the panel through the N first openings, and the pressable areas are adjacent to the first openings; wherein the ambient light sensor is exposed on the panel through the second opening, the electrical connector is exposed on the panel through the third opening, and the luminous push-button switch faces the pressable area; wherein the microprocessor is configured to execute: Based on a first wireless signal received by the wireless signal processor from the user terminal electronic device or a second wireless signal received by the wireless signal processor from the control terminal electronic device, the corresponding power switching unit is controlled to perform the first switching operation, so that the first contact terminal is coupled to the live wire; and based on a third wireless signal received by the wireless signal processor from the user terminal electronic device or a fourth wireless signal received by the wireless signal processor from the control terminal electronic device, the corresponding power switching unit is controlled to perform the second switching operation, so as to disconnect the electrical connection between the first contact terminal and the live wire. The power conversion module includes: an AC-DC conversion circuit, including: an input protection unit electrically connected to the live wire and the neutral wire; an input rectification unit electrically connected to the input protection unit to receive the mains power and rectify the mains power into a first power signal; and a first input filtering unit electrically connected to the input rectification unit to perform a first filtering process on the first power signal. A first step-down chip, electrically connected to the first input filter unit, and having a first voltage output terminal, a first ground terminal coupled to a circuit ground terminal, a first voltage feedback terminal, and a first current sensing terminal, is used to perform a first voltage reduction processing on the first power signal, thereby outputting a second power signal; a first output rectifier unit, coupled between the first ground terminal and the first voltage output terminal, is used to perform rectification processing on the second power signal; a first output filter unit, coupled between the circuit ground terminal and the first output rectifier unit, performs a second filtering processing on the second power signal; a first voltage divider resistor unit, coupled between the first voltage feedback terminal, the first ground terminal, and the first voltage output terminal; and a first current sensing resistor, coupled between the first current sensing terminal and the first ground terminal;The DC-DC converter circuit includes: a second step-down chip having a voltage input terminal, a voltage output terminal, a feedback input terminal, and a ground terminal coupled to the circuit ground terminal, wherein the voltage input terminal is electrically connected to the first output filter unit to receive the second power signal, and the second step-down chip performs a second voltage reduction processing on the second power signal to output a third power signal; a second output filter unit coupled between the voltage output terminal and the circuit ground terminal, and performs a third filtering processing on the third power signal; and a second voltage divider unit coupled between the voltage output terminal and the ground terminal; wherein the third power signal is supplied to the second circuit assembly.

2. The smart socket device as described in claim 1, wherein, The microprocessor is also configured to perform: based on a power management schedule received from the user terminal electronic device or the control terminal electronic device, control the corresponding power switching unit to perform the second switching operation, so that the corresponding first contact terminal disconnects the electrical connection with the live wire during at least one power-off time interval; And according to the power management schedule, control the corresponding power switching unit to perform the first switching operation so that the corresponding first contact terminal is electrically connected to the live wire during at least one power consumption time interval.

3. The smart socket device as described in claim 1, wherein, The electrical connector is selected from any of the group consisting of USB Type-A electrical connectors, USB Type-C electrical connectors, and Thunderbolt electrical connectors.

4. The smart socket device as described in claim 1, wherein, The first circuit component further includes: a power management chip coupled to the microprocessor and the at least one electrical connector, and coupled to the second output filter unit; wherein the power management chip is configured to perform: adjusting the current value contained in the third power signal received by the at least one electrical connector from the second output filter unit according to a control signal from the microprocessor.

5. The smart socket device as described in claim 4, wherein, Each of the power switching units includes: a relay having an input terminal, an output terminal, a first signal terminal, and a second signal terminal, wherein the input terminal is electrically connected to the live wire, and the output terminal is electrically connected to the corresponding first contact terminal; and a control chip electrically connected to the first output filter unit to receive the second power signal, and coupled to the first signal terminal, the second signal terminal, and the microprocessor; wherein, controlled by the microprocessor, the control chip controls the relay to perform the first switching operation or the second switching operation.

6. The smart socket device as described in claim 4, wherein, The microprocessor is connected to a control module of an electric curtain via a wired or wireless interface, and the microprocessor is also configured to perform: when the ambient temperature is higher than a predetermined temperature threshold, enable the control module to drive a curtain drive mechanism of the electric curtain to operate in the forward direction, so that a curtain fabric of the electric curtain covers at least one window. And when the ambient brightness is lower than a predetermined ambient brightness threshold, the control module is enabled to drive the curtain drive mechanism to reverse so that at least one window is not covered by the curtain.

7. The smart socket device as described in claim 4, wherein, The microprocessor is connected to a control module of an electrically controlled color-changing window via a wired or wireless interface, and the microprocessor is also configured to perform: when the ambient temperature is higher than a predetermined temperature threshold, enable the control module to generate a first voltage to a color-changing window of the electrically controlled color-changing window to reduce the transparency of the color-changing window. And when the ambient brightness is lower than a predetermined ambient brightness threshold, the control module is enabled to generate a second voltage to the color-changing window to increase the transparency of the color-changing window.

8. The smart socket device as described in claim 4, wherein, The microprocessor is connected to a light switch via a wired or wireless interface, and the microprocessor is configured to perform: when the ambient brightness is higher than a predetermined upper threshold, enable the light switch to perform a first switching operation to turn off at least one light fixture. And when the ambient brightness is below a predetermined brightness threshold, enable the luminaire switch to perform a second switching operation to turn on at least one luminaire.

9. The smart socket device as described in claim 4, wherein, The microprocessor is connected to an air conditioning device via a wired or wireless interface, and the microprocessor is configured to: enable the air conditioning device to start operating when the ambient temperature is higher than a predetermined upper temperature threshold; and enable the air conditioning device to stop operating when the ambient temperature is lower than a predetermined lower temperature threshold.

10. An indoor environment control system, comprising: At least one light fixture is installed in an indoor environment; At least one air conditioning unit is installed in the indoor environment; At least one electrically controlled color-changing window is installed on a first exterior wall of the indoor environment, and at least one window is installed on the first exterior wall or a second exterior wall of the indoor environment; At least one motorized curtain, installed on the first or second exterior wall, for covering the at least one window; a user terminal electronic device and / or a control terminal electronic device; and at least one smart socket device as described in any one of claims 1 to 13, installed on the first or second exterior wall, or on an interior wall of the indoor environment; wherein the smart socket device is wired or wirelessly coupled to the at least one light fixture, the at least one air conditioning unit, the at least one electrically controlled color-changing window, and the at least one motorized curtain, and wirelessly connected to the user terminal electronic device and / or the control terminal electronic device.

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