Visual smart home configuration system and method

Abstract

The invention relates to a visual smart home configuration system and method, and the system comprises a visual platform module which is used for carrying out the online visual configuration of home equipment of a to-be-configured house according to the house type information of the to-be-configured house, and generating a point location installation scheme; the equipment management platform module is used for being in butt joint with the visual platform module so as to uniformly manage point location installation schemes; and the installation terminal module is used for issuing the point location installation scheme to the household equipment related to the scheme, and completing first offline configuration of the household equipment based on the point location installation scheme. According to the method and the device, the effects of online visualization of home equipment installation and seeing the installation scheme in advance are realized, field rework is reduced, the installation scheme is issued to the equipment in advance for offline configuration, and direct addition is performed on a construction field, so that the professional knowledge requirement of construction personnel is reduced, and the problem of how to improve the batch configuration efficiency of the home equipment is solved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the field of smart home technology, and in particular to a visual smart home configuration system and method. Background Art

[0002] Smart home systems are generally based on households. All electrical appliances in a household are connected to the household's gateway and configured to form a corresponding smart home system. Generally speaking, each household has different types of smart home devices, so each household's smart home system is configured independently.

[0003] At present, the installation of home appliances is mostly done by designers designing points on construction drawings, grouping the devices, setting scene modes, and then adding the devices to the corresponding positions in sequence, generating the data that the devices need to send, and then sending the device data on site. After sending, the grouping and scene functions need to be verified by the designers themselves. The whole process is slow, especially when there are a large number of devices. Each time the devices are sent, manual verification is required, which greatly increases the time consumed. In addition, users cannot see the actual effects of all functions before the installation is completed. After the installation is completed, if the user is not satisfied with the actual effect, temporary adjustments must be made on site, which is a complicated process.

[0004] Currently, no effective solution has been proposed for the problem of how to improve the efficiency of batch configuration of home appliances in related technologies. Summary of the invention

[0005] The embodiments of the present application provide a visual smart home configuration system and method to at least solve the problem of how to improve the efficiency of batch configuration of home appliances in the related art.

[0006] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a visual smart home configuration system, the system comprising a visualization platform module, a device management platform module and an installation terminal module;

[0007] The visualization platform module is used to perform online visualization configuration of home appliances of the house to be configured according to the house type information of the house to be configured, and generate a point installation plan;

[0008] The device management platform module is used to connect to the visualization platform module to uniformly manage the point installation scheme;

[0009] The installation terminal module is used to send the point installation plan to the home appliances involved in the plan, and complete the first offline configuration of the home appliances based on the point installation plan.

[0010] In some of the embodiments, the installation terminal module is used to automatically verify the point installation plan sent to the home appliance to ensure successful data transmission.

[0011] In some embodiments, the device management platform module is used to synchronize the managed point installation plan to the installation terminal module through an account.

[0012] In some of the embodiments, the visualization platform module is used to perform online visualization grouping configuration and scene setting of the home appliances involved in the point installation plan to obtain the grouping configuration plan and scene configuration plan of the home appliances.

[0013] In some of the embodiments, the device management platform module is used to connect to the visualization platform module to uniformly manage the grouping configuration scheme and scene configuration scheme of the home devices.

[0014] In some of the embodiments, the device management platform module is used to synchronize the grouping configuration scheme and scene configuration scheme of the managed home devices to the installation terminal module through an account.

[0015] In some of the embodiments, the installation terminal module is used to send the group configuration scheme and the scene configuration scheme of the home appliance to the corresponding home appliance, and complete the second offline configuration of the home appliance based on the group configuration scheme and the scene configuration scheme.

[0016] In some of the embodiments, the installation terminal module is used to automatically verify the group configuration scheme and the scene configuration scheme sent to the home device to ensure successful data sending.

[0017] In some embodiments, the installation terminal module is used to generate a construction site map of the house to be configured based on the household appliances that have completed the first offline configuration and the second offline configuration, wherein the construction site map is used to instruct construction personnel to install corresponding household appliances at corresponding positions of the house to be configured.

[0018] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a visual smart home configuration method, the method is executed based on the system described in any one of the first aspects above, and the method includes:

[0019] Online visualization configuration stage:

[0020] According to the apartment type information of the house to be configured, perform online visual configuration of the home appliances of the house to be configured, and generate a point installation plan;

[0021] Performing group configuration and scene setting on the home appliances involved in the point installation scheme to obtain a group configuration scheme and a scene configuration scheme for the home appliances;

[0022] Offline configuration phase:

[0023] Sending the point installation plan to the corresponding home appliance, and completing the first offline configuration of the home appliance based on the point installation plan;

[0024] The group configuration scheme and the scene configuration scheme are sent to corresponding home devices, and a second offline configuration of the home devices is completed based on the group configuration scheme and the scene configuration scheme;

[0025] On-site construction phase:

[0026] Based on the household appliances that have completed the first offline configuration and the second offline configuration, a construction location map of the house to be configured is generated, wherein the construction location map is used to instruct construction personnel to install corresponding household appliances at corresponding positions of the house to be configured.

[0027] Compared with the related art, the embodiment of the present application provides a visualized smart home configuration system and method, wherein the system includes a visualization platform module, a device management platform module and an installation terminal module; the visualization platform module is used to perform online visualization configuration of home appliances of the house to be configured according to the apartment information of the house to be configured, and generate a point installation plan; the device management platform module is used to connect to the visualization platform module to uniformly manage the point installation plan; the installation terminal module is used to send the point installation plan to the home appliances involved in the plan, and complete the first offline configuration of the home appliances based on the point installation plan. Through this system, online visualization of home appliance installation is realized, the effect of the installation plan can be seen in advance, and on-site rework is reduced. The installation plan can be sent to the equipment in advance for offline configuration, and it can be directly added at the construction site, which reduces the professional knowledge requirements of the construction workers and solves the problem of how to improve the batch configuration efficiency of home appliances. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0028] The drawings described herein are used to provide a further understanding of the present application and constitute a part of the present application. The illustrative embodiments of the present application and their descriptions are used to explain the present application and do not constitute an improper limitation on the present application. In the drawings:

[0029] Figure 1 is a structural block diagram of a visual smart home configuration system according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0030] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present application clearer, the present application is described and illustrated below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present application and are not intended to limit the present application. Based on the embodiments provided in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in the field without making creative work are within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0032] Obviously, the drawings described below are only some examples or embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, the present application can also be applied to other similar scenarios based on these drawings without creative work. In addition, it can also be understood that although the efforts made in this development process may be complicated and lengthy, for ordinary technicians in this field related to the content disclosed in this application, some changes in design, manufacturing or production based on the technical content disclosed in this application are just conventional technical means, and should not be understood as insufficient content disclosed in this application.

[0033] Reference to "embodiments" in this application means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in conjunction with the embodiments may be included in at least one embodiment of the present application. The appearance of the phrase in various locations in the specification does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment, nor is it an independent or alternative embodiment that is mutually exclusive with other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described in this application may be combined with other embodiments without conflict.

[0034] Unless otherwise defined, the technical terms or scientific terms involved in this application should be understood by people with ordinary skills in the technical field to which this application belongs. The words "one", "a", "a", "the" and the like involved in this application do not indicate a quantitative limitation, and may represent the singular or plural. The terms "include", "comprise", "have" and any of their variations involved in this application are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions; for example, a process, method, system, product or device that includes a series of steps or modules (units) is not limited to the listed steps or units, but may also include steps or units that are not listed, or may also include other steps or units inherent to these processes, methods, products or devices. The words "connect", "connected", "coupled" and the like involved in this application are not limited to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. The "multiple" involved in this application refers to two or more. "And / or" describes the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that there may be three relationships, for example, "A and / or B" can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. The character " / " generally indicates that the objects before and after are in an "or" relationship. The terms "first", "second", "third", etc. involved in this application are only used to distinguish similar objects and do not represent a specific ordering of the objects.

[0035] The present application embodiment provides a visual smart home configuration system. Figure 1 is a structural block diagram of a visual smart home configuration system according to an embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 1 As shown, the system includes a visualization platform module 11, a device management platform module 12 and an installation terminal module 13;

[0036] The visualization platform module 11 is used to perform online visualization configuration of home appliances of the house to be configured according to the house type information of the house to be configured, and generate a point installation plan;

[0037] The visualization platform module 11 is used to perform online visualization grouping configuration and scene setting for the home appliances involved in the point installation plan, and obtain the grouping configuration plan and scene configuration plan for the home appliances.

[0038] It should be noted that the user's family's house type (house type information) is created in the visualization platform module 11, and the selection of home appliances is determined (such as where to use downlights, where to use spotlights, where to use light strips, etc.); home appliances are grouped as needed (creating a group in the visualization platform module 11 and selecting home appliances can group the selected home appliances into a group, and the effect of adding the appliances in the group can be actually seen); scenes are created as needed and the required home appliances are added to the scenes (scenes can be controlled in the visualization platform module 11 to see the scene effects). In addition, after the scene is created, the user can select the control panel, select buttons and associate the corresponding scenes according to their own habits.

[0039] It can be seen that the visualization platform module 11 realizes the online visualization of home appliance installation, allowing the effect of the installation plan to be seen in advance and reducing on-site rework.

[0040] The device management platform module 12 is used to connect to the visualization platform module to uniformly manage the point installation plan, group configuration plan and scene configuration plan;

[0041] The device management platform module 12 is used to synchronize the managed point installation schemes, group configuration schemes and scene configuration schemes to the installation terminal module 13 through an account.

[0042] It should be noted that, in the device management platform module 12, the account of the visualization platform module 11 is added, and the designed point installation plan, group configuration plan and scene configuration plan are found (here it is to connect with the visualization platform module 11 to obtain the plan data under the account), and the plan is imported into the device management platform module 12 with one click, so that you can clearly see the category, quantity, and configuration (including groups, scenes, room information, etc.) of home appliances required for the smart home effect achieved by the visualization platform.

[0043] The installation terminal module 13 is used to send the point installation plan to the home appliances involved in the plan, and complete the first offline configuration of the home appliances based on the point installation plan.

[0044] The terminal module 13 is installed to send the group configuration scheme and the scene configuration scheme of the home appliances to the corresponding home appliances, and complete the second offline configuration of the home appliances based on the group configuration scheme and the scene configuration scheme.

[0045] The installation terminal module 13 is used to automatically verify the point installation plan, group configuration plan and scene configuration plan sent to the home appliance to ensure that the data is sent successfully.

[0046] It should be noted that the solution managed by the device management platform module 12 is imported into the installation terminal module 13, and the devices are added in sequence using the installation terminal module 13 (including a construction and installation tool that can quickly power on and reset the device); after the device is added, no manual operation is required, and the device will automatically reset. After that, the configuration data corresponding to the imported solution (device address, scene, group, panel and scene association, etc.) will be sent to the home device through the data transmission protocol, and the home device will save these configuration data locally. In addition, after the sending is completed, the function automation verification will be started. If the verification fails, the operator will be reminded and the sending will be repeated until the sending is successful.

[0047] Through the visualization platform module 11, the device management platform module 12 and the installation terminal module 13 in the embodiment of the present application, online visualization of the installation of household appliances is achieved, the effect of the installation plan can be seen in advance, rework on site can be reduced, the installation plan can be sent to the equipment in advance for offline configuration, and it can be directly added at the construction site, which reduces the professional knowledge requirements of the construction workers and solves the problem of how to improve the efficiency of batch configuration of household appliances.

[0048] In some of the embodiments, the terminal module 13 is installed to generate a construction point map of the house to be configured based on the home appliances that have completed the first offline configuration and the second offline configuration, wherein the construction point map is used to instruct construction personnel to install corresponding home appliances at corresponding positions of the house to be configured.

[0049] It should be noted that the construction personnel who install the home appliance can get the equipment that has been configured offline, and directly install the equipment to the corresponding position in combination with the construction point map generated by the installation terminal module 13, without the need for power-on verification.

[0050] It should be further explained that the above modules can be functional modules or program modules, and can be implemented by software or hardware. For modules implemented by hardware, the above modules can be located in the same processor; or the above modules can be located in different processors in any combination.

[0051] The embodiment of the present application provides a visual smart home configuration method, which is executed based on the system provided by the above embodiment. The method includes three stages, as follows:

[0052] 1. Online visualization configuration stage:

[0053] 1. According to the apartment type information of the house to be configured, conduct online visual configuration of the home appliances of the house to be configured and generate a point installation plan;

[0054] 2. Group and configure the home appliances involved in the point installation plan and set the scenes to obtain the group configuration plan and scene configuration plan for the home appliances;

[0055] 2. Offline configuration stage:

[0056] 1. Send the point installation plan to the corresponding home equipment, and complete the first offline configuration of the home equipment based on the point installation plan;

[0057] 2. Send the group configuration scheme and the scene configuration scheme to the corresponding home devices, and complete the second offline configuration of the home devices based on the group configuration scheme and the scene configuration scheme;

[0058] 3. On-site construction stage:

[0059] 1. Generate a construction point map of the house to be configured based on the home appliances that have completed the first offline configuration and the second offline configuration, wherein the construction point map is used to instruct construction personnel to install corresponding home appliances at corresponding locations of the house to be configured.

[0060] Through the method provided in the embodiment of the present application, online visualization of the installation of household appliances is achieved, the effect of the installation plan can be seen in advance, on-site rework is reduced, the installation plan can be sent to the equipment in advance for offline configuration, and it can be directly added at the construction site, which reduces the professional knowledge requirements of the construction workers and solves the problem of how to improve the efficiency of batch configuration of household appliances.

[0061] It should be noted that the steps shown in the above process or the flowchart in the accompanying drawings can be executed in a computer system such as a set of computer executable instructions, and although a logical order is shown in the flowchart, in some cases, the steps shown or described can be executed in an order different from that shown here.

[0062] This embodiment further provides an electronic device, including a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a computer program, and the processor is configured to run the computer program to execute the steps in any one of the above method embodiments.

[0063] Optionally, the electronic device may further include a transmission device and an input / output device, wherein the transmission device is connected to the processor, and the input / output device is connected to the processor.

[0064] It should be noted that the specific examples in this embodiment can refer to the examples described in the above embodiments and optional implementation modes, and this embodiment will not be described in detail here.

[0065] In addition, in combination with the visualized smart home configuration method in the above embodiments, the present application embodiment may provide a storage medium for implementation. The storage medium stores a computer program; when the computer program is executed by a processor, any of the visualized smart home configuration methods in the above embodiments is implemented.

[0066] In one embodiment, a computer device is provided, which may be a terminal. The computer device includes a processor, a memory, a network interface, a display screen, and an input device connected via a system bus. The processor of the computer device is used to provide computing and control capabilities. The memory of the computer device includes a non-volatile storage medium and an internal memory. The non-volatile storage medium stores an operating system and a computer program. The internal memory provides an environment for the operation of the operating system and the computer program in the non-volatile storage medium. The network interface of the computer device is used to communicate with an external terminal via a network connection. When the computer program is executed by the processor, a visual smart home configuration method is implemented. The display screen of the computer device may be a liquid crystal display screen or an electronic ink display screen, and the input device of the computer device may be a touch layer covered on the display screen, or a key, trackball, or touchpad provided on the housing of the computer device, or an external keyboard, touchpad, or mouse, etc.

[0067] In one embodiment, Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application, such as Figure 2 As shown, an electronic device is provided, which may be a server, and its internal structure diagram may be as shown in Figure 2 As shown. The electronic device includes a processor, a network interface, an internal memory and a non-volatile memory connected through an internal bus, wherein the non-volatile memory stores an operating system, a computer program and a database. The processor is used to provide computing and control capabilities, the network interface is used to communicate with an external terminal through a network connection, the internal memory is used to provide an environment for the operation of the operating system and the computer program, the computer program is executed by the processor to implement a visual smart home configuration method, and the database is used to store data.

[0068] Those skilled in the art will understand that Figure 2 The structure shown in the figure is merely a block diagram of a partial structure related to the scheme of the present application, and does not constitute a limitation on the electronic device to which the scheme of the present application is applied. The specific electronic device may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or combine certain components, or have a different arrangement of components.

[0069] Those skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the processes in the above-mentioned embodiment methods can be completed by instructing the relevant hardware through a computer program, and the computer program can be stored in a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium. When the computer program is executed, it can include the processes of the embodiments of the above-mentioned methods. Among them, any reference to memory, storage, database or other media used in the embodiments provided in this application can include non-volatile and / or volatile memory. Non-volatile memory may include read-only memory (ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), electrically programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) or flash memory. Volatile memory may include random access memory (RAM) or external cache memory. As an illustration and not limitation, RAM is available in many forms, such as static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDRSDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), synchronous link (Synchlink) DRAM (SLDRAM), memory bus (Rambus) direct RAM (RDRAM), direct memory bus dynamic RAM (DRDRAM), and memory bus dynamic RAM (RDRAM).

[0070] Those skilled in the art should understand that the technical features of the above-described embodiments may be arbitrarily combined. To make the description concise, not all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-described embodiments are described. However, as long as there is no contradiction in the combination of these technical features, they should be considered to be within the scope of this specification.

[0071] The above-mentioned embodiments only express several implementation methods of the present application, and the descriptions thereof are relatively specific and detailed, but they cannot be understood as limiting the scope of the invention patent. It should be pointed out that, for a person of ordinary skill in the art, several variations and improvements can be made without departing from the concept of the present application, and these all belong to the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the patent of the present application shall be subject to the attached claims.

Claims

1. A visual smart home configuration system, characterized in that: The system includes a visualization platform module, a device management platform module and an installation terminal module; The visualization platform module is used to perform online visualization configuration of home appliances of the house to be configured according to the house type information of the house to be configured, and generate a point installation plan; The device management platform module is used to connect to the visualization platform module to uniformly manage the point installation scheme; The installation terminal module is used to send the point installation plan to the home appliances involved in the plan, and complete the first offline configuration of the home appliances based on the point installation plan.

2. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that The installation terminal module is used to automatically verify the point installation plan sent to the home appliance to ensure that the data is successfully sent.

3. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that The device management platform module is used to synchronize the managed point installation plan to the installation terminal module through an account.

4. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that The visualization platform module is used to perform online visualization grouping configuration and scene setting for the home appliances involved in the point installation plan, and obtain the grouping configuration plan and scene configuration plan for the home appliances.

5. The system according to claim 4, characterized in that The device management platform module is used to connect to the visualization platform module to uniformly manage the group configuration scheme and scene configuration scheme of the home devices.

6. The system according to claim 5, characterized in that The device management platform module is used to synchronize the group configuration scheme and scene configuration scheme of the managed home appliances to the installation terminal module through an account.

7. The system according to claim 6, characterized in that The installation terminal module is used to send the group configuration scheme and the scene configuration scheme of the home appliance to the corresponding home appliance, and complete the second offline configuration of the home appliance based on the group configuration scheme and the scene configuration scheme.

8. The system according to claim 7, characterized in that The installation terminal module is used to automatically verify the group configuration scheme and the scene configuration scheme sent to the home device to ensure that the data is sent successfully.

9. The system according to claim 7, characterized in that The installation terminal module is used to generate a construction site map of the house to be configured based on the household appliances that have completed the first offline configuration and the second offline configuration, wherein the construction site map is used to instruct construction personnel to install corresponding household appliances at corresponding positions of the house to be configured.

10. A visual smart home configuration method, characterized in that: The method is performed based on the system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, and the method comprises: Online visualization configuration stage: According to the apartment type information of the house to be configured, perform online visual configuration of the home appliances of the house to be configured, and generate a point installation plan; Performing group configuration and scene setting on the home appliances involved in the point installation scheme to obtain a group configuration scheme and a scene configuration scheme for the home appliances; Offline configuration phase: The point installation plan is sent to the corresponding home appliance, and the first offline configuration of the home appliance is completed based on the point installation plan; The group configuration scheme and the scene configuration scheme are sent to corresponding home devices, and a second offline configuration of the home devices is completed based on the group configuration scheme and the scene configuration scheme; On-site construction phase: Based on the household appliances that have completed the first offline configuration and the second offline configuration, a construction location map of the house to be configured is generated, wherein the construction location map is used to instruct construction personnel to install corresponding household appliances at corresponding positions of the house to be configured.

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