Intelligent control system

Abstract

The present application provides an intelligent control system, which includes a plurality of monitoring modules, a server, and a user terminal. Each monitoring module is used to provide its respective monitoring data. The server is used to receive the monitoring data of the plurality of monitoring modules. The user terminal is used to output access information to the server. When the server receives the access information, the server determines the permissions and geographical location of the user terminal according to the access information, and transmits the monitoring data of the monitoring modules that meet the permissions and geographical location among the plurality of monitoring modules to the user terminal.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to an intelligent control system. More specifically, this application relates to an intelligent control system that can automatically adjust the displayed content according to the user's geographical location. Background Art

[0002] During the construction project, in order to confirm the status of each terminal device or environmental parameters such as environmental temperature and humidity, the management personnel often need to manually go to various places on the construction site one by one for manual inspection or parameter update, resulting in unnecessary waste of manpower. For this reason, some manufacturers have developed a monitoring system that uses user terminals such as mobile phones or tablets to read the status of each monitoring module. Therefore, the manager can hold a mobile phone or tablet and learn about the status of each terminal device or each environment via the Internet. However, the above-mentioned monitoring system is only used to collect and display data, and sometimes it will make the data too complex. For example, the manager may need to manage multiple construction sites in different places at the same time, and each construction site may have a large coverage area and many monitoring modules with different purposes. How to effectively present the data on the user terminal will be a big problem. Especially if the data of all monitoring modules are displayed on the user terminal without classification at the same time, it is easy to cause too many secondary information to appear on the user interface of the user terminal, making it difficult to effectively apply.

[0003] In addition to receiving the status data of each monitoring module as described above, if the manager needs to remotely control the equipment, he will also have trouble quickly finding the equipment to be controlled due to the lack of a good user interface in the traditional monitoring system, increasing the inconvenience in use. Accordingly, the industry needs a new intelligent control system that can effectively present data on the user terminal and enable users to easily obtain information and control equipment through the user terminal. Summary of the Invention

[0004] The technical problem to be solved by this application is to provide an intelligent control system that can effectively present data, which can provide data and equipment in a specific area for review and control to the user terminal according to the permissions and geographical location of the user terminal, avoiding the presentation of content with uneven importance on the user terminal.

[0005] This application provides an intelligent control system, which includes a plurality of monitoring modules, a server, and a user terminal. Each monitoring module is used to provide its own monitoring data. The server is used to receive the monitoring data of the plurality of monitoring modules. The user terminal is used to output access information to the server. When the server receives the access information, the server determines the permissions and geographical location of the user terminal according to the access information, and transmits the monitoring data of the monitoring modules that meet the permissions and geographical location among the plurality of monitoring modules to the user terminal.

[0006] In some embodiments, the intelligent control system may further include multiple controllable devices. The server further transmits the controllable devices that meet the permissions and geographical locations among the multiple controllable devices to the user terminal according to permissions and geographical locations. In addition, the user terminal may further display the monitoring data and controllable devices that meet the permissions and geographical locations on the main display interface of the user terminal. Additionally, the server may further transmit the control signal from the user terminal to the corresponding controllable device or monitoring module that meets the permissions to control the controllable device or monitoring module. The monitoring data of each monitoring module may include the physical parameters of the environment where the monitoring module is located or the status of the terminal device electrically connected to the monitoring module. Moreover, the server may further include an automatic control program, and the automatic control program provides a control signal to be transmitted to at least one controllable device that meets the permissions and geographical locations among the multiple controllable devices.

[0007] In some embodiments, the server may define multiple working areas, and each monitoring module corresponds to one of the multiple working areas. When the server receives access information, the server may further transmit the monitoring data of all monitoring modules that meet the permissions and geographical locations in the same working area to the user terminal. Herein, the server may wirelessly connect to the multiple monitoring modules via multiple wireless transmission base stations. In addition, the terminal device control system of the present application is provided with an active permission adjustment mechanism and a passive permission adjustment mechanism. The server may further adjust the permissions of the user terminal according to the permission application signal provided by the user terminal. When the permissions of the user terminal change, the server actively pushes the monitoring data of the monitoring modules that meet the changed permissions to the user terminal.

[0008] In summary, the intelligent control system of the present application will display the most relevant data, such as monitoring data or operable controllable devices, according to the location and permissions of the user terminal, maintaining the simplicity of the user interface. In addition, the intelligent control system of the present application is also provided with an active or passive permission adjustment mechanism, making the usage settings more flexible.

[0009] The other functions and detailed contents of the embodiments of the present application will be described below in conjunction with the drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0010] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments recorded in the present application. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative efforts.

[0011] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the intelligent control system of a specific embodiment of the present application.

[0012] Symbol Explanation

[0013] 1: Intelligent Control System 10: User Terminal 20: Server

[0014] 30: Wireless Transmission Base Station 40: Monitoring Module 50: Terminal Device

[0015] 60: Controllable Device Detailed Implementation Manner

[0016] In the following implementation manners, the positional relationships described include: up, down, left, and right. Unless otherwise specified, they are all based on the directions in which the components are shown in the drawings.

[0017] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the intelligent control system of a specific embodiment of the present application. As Figure 1 can be seen, the intelligent control system 1 includes one or more user terminals 10, at least one server 20, multiple wireless transmission base stations 30, multiple monitoring modules 40, and multiple terminal devices 50. Each user terminal 10 can transmit data to the server 20 in a wireless connection manner. In this embodiment, the communication means used for data transmission is not limited, such as 4G, 5G, Wi-Fi, or other suitable communication means. In addition to wirelessly connecting to the user terminals 10, the server 20 can also be connected to multiple monitoring modules 40 and multiple terminal devices 50 via multiple wireless transmission base stations 30. Of course, it is also possible for the server 20 to directly connect to multiple monitoring modules 40 and multiple terminal devices 50 without passing through the wireless transmission base stations 30, and this embodiment does not limit it.

[0018] In an example, the user terminal 10 can be a portable electronic device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or a laptop computer, which can usually be carried around and used by the user. The server 20 can be composed of one or more computers and a cloud operating system, and is a device for data exchange or operation. The monitoring module 40 can be a sensor capable of monitoring a specific environment or object. The monitoring data of the monitoring module 40 may be transmitted to the server 20 via the wireless transmission base station 30, or the server 20 may directly obtain the monitoring data from the network without passing through the wireless transmission base station 30. In practice, since multiple monitoring modules 40 are usually set at different positions in the construction site / area, if the monitoring module 40 can only perform short and medium-distance communication and does not have the function of long-distance communication, one or more wireless transmission base stations 30 can be set in the construction site / area, and the wireless transmission base station 30 is responsible for communicating with the remote server 20. Of course, if the monitoring module 40 itself has the function of long-distance communication, it can be understood that the wireless transmission base station 30 is a non-essential device.

[0019] In one example, when the monitoring module 40 is a sensor for monitoring a specific environment, it can be different devices corresponding to various measurement requirements. For example, the monitoring module 40 can be a thermometer for measuring the temperature at the location, a hygrometer for measuring the humidity at the location, a rain gauge for measuring the rainfall at the location, a water level gauge for measuring whether the location is in contact with water, a pressure gauge for measuring the air pressure at the location, a flow meter for measuring the flow rate of liquid or gas in a pipeline, and other environmental parameters. On the other hand, when the monitoring module 40 is a sensor for monitoring a specific object, the monitoring module 40 can be connected to the terminal device 50 and detect the usage status of the terminal device 50. For example, the terminal device 50 can be a machine tool (excavator or truck). When the terminal device 50 is started (such as turning on the power switch of the machine tool or starting the engine of the machine tool), the monitoring module 40 connected to the terminal device 50 can detect the working current or working voltage (i.e., monitoring data), so as to know the fact that the terminal device 50 has been started. Another example is that the terminal device 50 can be a security lock or an intelligent camera. When the terminal device 50 is triggered (the lock is opened or the camera captures a specific image), the monitoring module 40 connected to the terminal device 50 can detect the detailed information or warning signal given by the terminal device 50 (i.e., monitoring data), so as to know the fact that there is an abnormality around the terminal device 50.

[0020] In one example, the terminal device 50 can also be a locatable device (such as an electronic tag). Here, the monitoring module 40 can detect the terminal device 50 within a certain range (such as within the detection range of the monitoring module 40), and directly transmit the address information of the terminal device 50 to the server 20, or transmit it to the server 20 via the wireless transmission base station 30. In addition, the monitoring module 40 may also be an application program installed in a portable electronic device. For example, a mobile phone may be equipped with various detection functions such as a thermometer, an altimeter, or a GPS. The information obtained from the hardware of the mobile phone can also be regarded as the monitoring data provided by the monitoring module 40, and this embodiment does not limit it. As can be seen from the above, the terminal device 50 can refer to various motors, pumps, engineering vehicles, power supplies, engineering tools, or a part of a building, and this embodiment does not limit that there must be a terminal device 50.

[0021] In actual operation, the user terminal 10 may be provided with an application program. After the application program is started, the user can manually (at any time) or automatically (at regular intervals) transmit access information to the server 20 from the user terminal 10. Then, the server 20 will determine the permissions and location of the user terminal 10 based on the access information. In one example, the server 20 may store device distribution data, which records the physical addresses where each monitoring module 40 is located. After receiving the geographical location data in the access information from the user terminal 10, the server 20 will compare the geographical location data with the device distribution data to determine which monitoring module 40 or which monitoring modules 40 the user terminal 10 is close to. Here, the server 20 can preset or machine-learn a data providing distance, which refers to the maximum distance between the monitoring module 40 that is to provide monitoring data and the user terminal 10. Of course, the user terminal 10 can also set the data providing distance by itself to determine the distance of the monitoring data to be received. Then, the server 20 will use the data providing distance as one of the filtering conditions to filter out the monitoring modules 40 that are within the data providing distance from the user terminal 10 from multiple monitoring modules 40. At the same time, the server 20 also applies the permissions of the user terminal 10 as another filtering condition to filter out a list of matching monitoring modules that exactly match the permissions and geographical location data of the user terminal 10 among the respective monitoring modules 40, and then transmits the monitoring data of each monitoring module 40 on the list of matching monitoring modules to the user terminal 10 for display.

[0022] For example, assume that the user terminal 10 can manage three different construction sites. Then, the server 20 will preferentially provide the monitoring data in the construction site closest (the construction site within the data providing distance) to the user terminal 10, and the user terminal 10 will preferentially present the monitoring data with the closest physical locations, such as presenting them in the main display interface of the user terminal 10. In practice, the main display interface can be set and optimized by itself. The shape and layout of the main display interface are not limited in this embodiment as long as the user terminal 10 can display the monitoring data on a specific screen or preferentially, it should fall within the scope of the main display interface of this embodiment. For example, the home page of the application program, an area with a prominent frame, an area with different display colors, a pop-up window, or a page specifically for displaying monitoring data.

[0023] It is worth mentioning that one of the advantages of this embodiment over the traditional technology is that this embodiment can display monitoring data according to the permissions set for the user terminal 10, achieving the purpose of personalized and hierarchical management. For example, the user terminal 10 can be held by a construction worker with lower permissions. At this time, the user terminal 10 can preferentially display environmental parameters of the construction site, such as temperature, whether it is raining upstream, and the level of harmful substances / pollution in the environment, which helps to maintain the safety of the construction workers themselves. In actual operation, the user can first start the application program of the mobile phone of the user terminal 10, and then log in with their account and password. The user terminal 10 will automatically start the connection program to establish a connection with the server 20 and submit access information to the server 20 so that the server 20 can know its geographical location and the permissions of the user terminal 10. At this time, if the geographical location of the user terminal 10 is not adjacent to any monitoring module 40, the user terminal 10 may not obtain any monitoring data of the monitoring module 40 either.

[0024] When the user terminal 10 is held by a manager with higher permissions, at this time, in addition to being able to preferentially display environmental parameters of the construction site, the user terminal 10 of the manager can also display the positions of all personnel in the construction site and the usage status of all terminal devices 50, which helps him to master the details of personnel, machines or materials in the construction site. Moreover, since the user terminal 10 of this embodiment can display monitoring data according to the physical address of the user terminal 10, the manager can walk around the construction site with the user terminal 10 in hand, making it quite convenient for the manager to conduct management and risk judgment. In an example, when the manager holds the user terminal 10 close to a certain drain pipe, the server 20 will transmit the monitoring values of the monitoring module 40 in the drain pipe to the manager, and the user terminal 10 can immediately display the water flow rate in the drain pipe on the main display interface for the manager to know. Then, when the manager continues to hold the user terminal 10 close to a certain overhead crane (terminal device 50) and moves away from the drain pipe, the water flow rate in the drain pipe will no longer be displayed on the main display interface of the user terminal 10 (deleted or moved to a less prominent position). At this time, the server 20 will transmit the monitoring values of the monitoring module 40 connected to the overhead crane (terminal device 50) to the manager, and the user terminal 10 can immediately display the working hours or hanging moving distance of the overhead crane today on the main display interface, replacing the water flow rate in the drain pipe and allowing the manager to focus on the latest information.

[0025] In addition, the server 20 can also transmit the monitoring information of the relevant area to the user terminal 10 in batches. For example, when a management staff member enters the first basement floor of a construction site with the user terminal 10, and the first basement floor can be pre-planned as the same working area, the server 20 can pre-provide all the monitoring data in the same working area to the user terminal 10, and then the user terminal 10 decides how to display this monitoring data. In other words, when the same construction site may need to be divided into multiple working areas due to its large scope, the server 20 can provide the adjacent monitoring data together according to the geographical location of the user terminal 10 to meet the needs of users with more information requirements.

[0026] The intelligent control system 1 can also introduce more than one controllable device 60. The types of the controllable device 60 are not limited in this embodiment. For example, the controllable device 60 can be a machine tool that can be electrically remotely controlled, an electric rolling door, an access control switch, a power switch, an alarm, or even general household appliances such as an Internet-connected TV, a washing machine, a rice cooker, etc. If the controllable device 60 can only perform medium- and short-distance communication and does not have the function of long-distance communication, the controllable device 60 can also communicate with the remote server 20 via one or more wireless transmission base stations 30. If the controllable device 60 itself has the function of long-distance communication, the controllable device 60 can be directly wirelessly connected to the server 20. In actual operation, when the user terminal 10 is close to a certain controllable device 60, the server 20 will judge whether the user terminal 10 can operate the controllable device 60 according to the permissions. Assuming that the user terminal 10 has the permissions, the server 20 can feedback to the user terminal 10 to notify that there is a controllable device 60 nearby that can be operated, for example, displayed on the main display interface of the user terminal 10. In other words, the user terminal 10 in this embodiment can display all the controllable devices 60 that can be operated nearby, so that the user does not need to look for the controller of the controllable device 60 (such as finding the corresponding remote control), nor does it need to spend time browsing and searching whether there is a corresponding control button in the user terminal 10, which can effectively help the user immediately operate the controllable device 60. Similarly, the server 20 can preset or machine-learn a controllable distance, and the controllable distance refers to the maximum distance between the operable controllable device 60 and the user terminal 10. Of course, the user terminal 10 can also set the controllable distance by itself to determine which controllable device 60 at what distance to operate.

[0027] Of course, in addition to being able to feedback to the user terminal 10 to notify that there is a controllable device 60 nearby that can be operated, the server 20 can also include an automatic control program, and the automatic control program will control the controllable device 60 artificially based on permissions and geographical locations. For example, in a field, there are multiple controllable automatic doors or access control devices (multiple controllable devices 60), and the user terminal 10 can have the permission to control these automatic doors or access control devices. At this time, when the user carries the user terminal 10 close to one of the controllable automatic doors or access control devices, the automatic control program of the server 20 will be triggered, and the automatic control program will actively provide a control signal to the automatic door or access control device, so that the user carrying the user terminal 10 does not need to spend an extra step to control the automatic door or access control device to open. That is to say, the automatic control program of the server 20 can be a custom usage scenario, and the administrator can decide by himself what permissions and at what geographical locations will trigger the automatic control program.

[0028] The above example can also be used to control high-risk machinery and equipment, such as a skid or a winch. Generally speaking, the high-risk machinery and equipment may require specialized personnel to control (such as personnel on-site), and these on-site control personnel can carry the user terminal 10 in the previous example. Taking an actual example, when the on-site control personnel are around these high-risk controllable devices 60, the server 20 can determine that the permissions and geographical locations of the user terminal 10 meet the usage scenario, and start these high-risk controllable devices 60. On the contrary, when the on-site control personnel are not around these high-risk controllable devices 60, the server 20 will determine that these high-risk controllable devices 60 lack monitoring and control, and thus will not start these high-risk controllable devices 60.

[0029] In one embodiment, the intelligent control system 1 can also be provided with an active permission adjustment mechanism and a passive permission adjustment mechanism. The active permission adjustment mechanism means that the server 20 can actively update the permissions of the user terminal 10, and the server 20 will automatically push the monitoring data and the controllable device 60 that meet the changed permissions to the user terminal 10 according to the latest permissions. At this time, since the content displayed on the main display interface of the user terminal 10 may increase or decrease, the display data may also be updated correspondingly. The passive permission adjustment mechanism means that the user terminal 10 can send a permission application signal to the server 20, and the administrator of the server 20 can preset that when a specific user terminal 10 submits a permission application signal, the permissions of the specific user terminal 10 can be adjusted temporarily or permanently.

[0030] In summary, in view of the problems of the prior art that the control system of the terminal device mixes secondary information and the permission adjustment of the terminal device lacks flexibility, the present application proposes an intelligent control system that can solve the foregoing problems. The intelligent control system of the present application will display the most relevant data of the terminal device according to the location and identity of the user terminal, maintain the simplicity of the user interface, and can also significantly reduce the time consumed by the user to obtain data or control the device.

[0031] The above-described embodiments and / or implementation manners are only used to illustrate the preferred embodiments and / or implementation manners for implementing the technology of the present application, and do not impose any formal restrictions on the implementation manners of the technology of the present application. Any person skilled in the art, without departing from the scope of the technical means disclosed in the content of the present application, may make some changes or modifications to other equivalent embodiments, but should still be regarded as the same technology or embodiment as the present application in essence.

Claims

1. An intelligent control system, characterized in that, it includes: a plurality of controllable devices; a plurality of monitoring modules, each of the monitoring modules is used to provide a monitoring data; a server for receiving the monitoring data of the monitoring modules; and a user terminal for outputting an access information to the server; wherein, when the server receives the access information, the server determines a permission and a geographical location of the user terminal according to the access information, and transmits the monitoring data of the monitoring modules that meet the permission and the geographical location to the user terminal; wherein, the server further determines according to the permission and the geographical location, and transmits at least one of the controllable devices that meet the permission and the geographical location among the controllable devices to the user terminal; wherein, the user terminal further displays the monitoring data of the monitoring modules that meet the permission and the geographical location and at least one of the controllable devices on a main display interface of the user terminal; wherein, the server further transmits a control signal from the user terminal to the controllable device or the monitoring module corresponding to the permission to control the controllable device or the monitoring module.

2. The intelligent control system according to claim 1, characterized in that, the server further includes an automatic control program, and the automatic control program provides a control signal to be transmitted to at least one of the controllable devices that meet the permission and the geographical location among the controllable devices.

3. The intelligent control system according to claim 1, characterized in that, the monitoring data of each monitoring module includes a physical parameter of the environment where the monitoring module is located or a state of a terminal device electrically connected to the monitoring module.

4. The intelligent control system according to claim 1, characterized in that, the server defines a plurality of working areas, each monitoring module corresponds to one of the working areas, and when the server receives the access information, the server further transmits the monitoring data of all the monitoring modules that meet the permission and the geographical location in the same working area to the user terminal.

5. The intelligent control system according to claim 1, characterized in that, the server wirelessly connects the monitoring modules via a plurality of wireless transmission base stations.

6. The intelligent control system according to claim 1, characterized in that, when the permission of the user terminal changes, the server further actively pushes the monitoring data of the monitoring modules that meet the changed permission to the user terminal.

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