Household appliance management method and device and computer readable storage medium

Abstract

The invention discloses a household appliance management method and device and a computer readable storage medium, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining connection information uploaded by a target household appliance, and the connection information comprises an initial physical address; comparing the initial physical address with physical addresses of other household appliances, and determining whether the initial physical address of the target household appliance has a repeated code; and if the initial physical address of the target household appliance is coincident, determining a target physical address of the target household appliance, and erasing the physical address of the target household appliance through firmware OTA based on the target physical address. According to the invention, the control of the household appliances is realized by reallocating the physical addresses to the household appliances with repeated physical address codes, so that the situation that the installed equipment can only be solved by replacing a display box due to MAC repeated codes in stock equipment is avoided, and the maintenance cost is reduced.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of household appliance control technology, and in particular to a management method, device and computer-readable storage medium for household appliance. Background Art

[0002] Smart home is the development trend of home appliances in the future, and an important prerequisite for realizing smart home is to connect home appliances to the Internet. Users bind their terminals to home appliances through the Internet to control home appliances. When users control home appliances, if there are multiple home appliances with the same MAC address, the home appliances will be controlled by others. The current solution is to avoid MAC address duplication through the MAC address anti-fool system on the production line, but the production line anti-fool system cannot solve the problem of MAC duplication in existing equipment, and the installed equipment can only be solved by replacing the display box, resulting in high maintenance costs. Summary of the invention

[0003] The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a management method, device and computer-readable storage medium for household appliances, aiming to solve the problem of MAC duplication in existing devices, while the installed devices can only be solved by replacing the display box, resulting in high maintenance costs.

[0004] To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for managing household appliances, the method comprising the following steps:

[0005] Acquire connection information uploaded by the target home appliance, wherein the connection information includes an initial physical address;

[0006] Compare the initial physical address with the physical addresses of other household appliances to determine whether the initial physical address of the target household appliance is duplicated;

[0007] If the initial physical address of the target home appliance is repeated, the target physical address of the target home appliance is determined, and the physical address of the target home appliance is erased through firmware OTA based on the target physical address.

[0008] Optionally, the step of comparing the initial physical address with the physical addresses of other household appliances to determine whether the initial physical address of the target household appliance has a duplicate code includes:

[0009] Obtaining connection information of other home appliances, wherein the connection information includes barcode information and physical address;

[0010] When the barcode information of the target home appliance and the other home appliance are different, and the physical addresses are the same, it is determined that the initial physical address of the target home appliance is repeated.

[0011] Optionally, before the step of obtaining the connection information uploaded by the target home appliance, the step further includes:

[0012] Based on the account information and the barcode information, querying in a preset database whether the target home appliance belongs to a home appliance to which an address can be assigned;

[0013] If the target home appliance is a home appliance to which an address can be assigned, the step of determining and obtaining the connection information uploaded by the target home appliance is performed.

[0014] Optionally, before the step of obtaining the connection information uploaded by the target home appliance, the step further includes:

[0015] After receiving the error log uploaded by the user terminal, determining the target home appliance according to the error log, and executing the step of obtaining the connection information uploaded by the target home appliance;

[0016] The error log is generated when the user terminal detects that the physical address has been registered by other home appliances, or when the user terminal detects that the target home appliance has been controlled by other user terminals.

[0017] Optionally, after the step of determining the target physical address of the target household appliance, the method further includes:

[0018] Controlling the target home appliance to enter an update mode;

[0019] Updating the initial physical address in the target home appliance according to the target physical address;

[0020] Control the target home appliance to exit the update mode.

[0021] Optionally, after the step of determining the target physical address of the target household appliance, the method further includes:

[0022] The target physical address is sent to a user terminal, so that the user terminal binds the target home appliance device based on the target physical address.

[0023] Optionally, the step of determining the target physical address of the target household appliance includes:

[0024] Generate an address allocation request based on the account information and / or barcode information of the target home appliance, and send the address allocation request to the address distribution platform, so that the address distribution platform allocates a target physical address to the target home appliance based on the address allocation request, wherein the connection information also includes the account information and / or barcode information of the target home appliance;

[0025] Obtain the target physical address returned by the address distribution platform.

[0026] Optionally, the step of obtaining connection information uploaded by the target home appliance includes:

[0027] When a connection request initiated by a target application of a user terminal is received, connection information uploaded by a target home appliance is obtained, wherein the target application is an application associated with the target home appliance.

[0028] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present invention also provides a management device for household appliances, which includes a memory, a processor, and a management program for household appliances stored in the memory and executable on the processor. When the management program for household appliances is executed by the processor, the various steps of the management method for household appliances as described above are implemented.

[0029] To achieve the above objectives, the present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium, which stores a management program for household appliances. When the management program for household appliances is executed by a processor, the various steps of the household appliance management method described above are implemented.

[0030] The present invention provides a method, device and computer-readable storage medium for managing household appliances, which obtain connection information uploaded by a target household appliance, wherein the connection information includes an initial physical address; the initial physical address is compared with the physical addresses of other household appliances to determine whether the initial physical address of the target household appliance is duplicated; if the initial physical address of the target household appliance is duplicated, the target physical address of the target household appliance is determined, and the physical address of the target household appliance is erased through firmware OTA based on the target physical address. By reallocating the physical address of household appliances with duplicated physical addresses, the control of the household appliances is achieved, and the situation where the MAC in the stock equipment is duplicated, resulting in the installed equipment having to be solved only by replacing the display box, is avoided, thereby reducing the maintenance cost. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0031] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the hardware structure of a management device for household electrical appliances involved in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0032] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of a flow chart of an embodiment of a method for managing household electrical appliances of the present invention;

[0033] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of a flow chart of another embodiment of a method for managing household electrical appliances of the present invention;

[0034] Figure 4 This is a detailed flow chart of step S20 of another embodiment of the method for managing household appliances of the present invention;

[0035] Figure 5It is a flowchart of the latter embodiment of the method for managing household appliances of the present invention.

[0036] The realization of the purpose, functional features and advantages of the present invention will be further explained in conjunction with embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0037] It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention, and are not used to limit the present invention.

[0038] The main solution of the embodiment of the present invention is: obtain the connection information uploaded by the target home appliance, the connection information includes the initial physical address; compare the initial physical address with the physical addresses of other home appliances to determine whether the initial physical address of the target home appliance is repeated; if the initial physical address of the target home appliance is repeated, determine the target physical address of the target home appliance, and erase the physical address of the target home appliance through firmware OTA based on the target physical address. By reallocating the physical address of the home appliance with repeated physical addresses, the control of the home appliance is achieved, avoiding the situation where the MAC in the stock equipment is repeated, resulting in the installed equipment can only be solved by replacing the display box, thereby reducing the maintenance cost.

[0039] As an implementation solution, the management device of the home appliance can be Figure 1 shown.

[0040] The embodiment of the present invention relates to a management device for household appliances, which includes: a processor 101, such as a CPU, a memory 102, and a communication bus 103. The communication bus 103 is used to realize connection and communication between these components. Optionally, the management device for household appliances is a server.

[0041] The memory 102 may be a high-speed RAM memory or a stable memory (non-volatile memory), such as a disk memory. Figure 1 As shown, the memory 102 as a computer-readable storage medium may include a management program for the home appliance; and the processor 101 may be used to call the management program for the home appliance stored in the memory 102 and perform the following operations:

[0042] Acquire connection information uploaded by the target home appliance, wherein the connection information includes an initial physical address;

[0043] Compare the initial physical address with the physical addresses of other household appliances to determine whether the initial physical address of the target household appliance is duplicated;

[0044] If the initial physical address of the target home appliance is repeated, the target physical address of the target home appliance is determined, and the physical address of the target home appliance is erased through firmware OTA based on the target physical address.

[0045] Optionally, the processor 101 may be used to call a management program of the home appliance stored in the memory 102, and perform the following operations:

[0046] Obtaining connection information of other home appliances, wherein the connection information includes barcode information and physical address;

[0047] When the barcode information of the target home appliance and the other home appliance are different, and the physical addresses are the same, it is determined that the initial physical address of the target home appliance is repeated.

[0048] Optionally, the processor 101 may be used to call a management program of the home appliance stored in the memory 102, and perform the following operations:

[0049] Based on the account information and the barcode information, querying in a preset database whether the target home appliance belongs to a home appliance to which an address can be assigned;

[0050] If the target home appliance is a home appliance to which an address can be assigned, the step of determining and obtaining the connection information uploaded by the target home appliance is performed.

[0051] Optionally, the processor 101 may be used to call a management program of the home appliance stored in the memory 102, and perform the following operations:

[0052] After receiving the error log uploaded by the user terminal, determining the target home appliance according to the error log, and executing the step of obtaining the connection information uploaded by the target home appliance;

[0053] The error log is generated when the user terminal detects that the physical address has been registered by other home appliances, or when the user terminal detects that the target home appliance has been controlled by other user terminals.

[0054] Optionally, the processor 101 may be used to call a management program of the home appliance stored in the memory 102, and perform the following operations:

[0055] Controlling the target home appliance to enter an update mode;

[0056] Updating the initial physical address in the target home appliance according to the target physical address;

[0057] Control the target home appliance to exit the update mode.

[0058] Optionally, the processor 101 may be used to call a management program of the home appliance stored in the memory 102, and perform the following operations:

[0059] The target physical address is sent to a user terminal, so that the user terminal binds the target home appliance device based on the target physical address.

[0060] Optionally, the processor 101 may be used to call a management program of the home appliance stored in the memory 102, and perform the following operations:

[0061] Generate an address allocation request based on the account information and / or barcode information of the target home appliance, and send the address allocation request to the address distribution platform, so that the address distribution platform allocates a target physical address to the target home appliance based on the address allocation request, wherein the connection information also includes the account information and / or barcode information of the target home appliance;

[0062] Obtain the target physical address returned by the address distribution platform.

[0063] Optionally, the processor 101 may be used to call a management program of the home appliance stored in the memory 102, and perform the following operations:

[0064] When a connection request initiated by a target application of a user terminal is received, connection information uploaded by a target home appliance is obtained, wherein the target application is an application associated with the target home appliance.

[0065] Based on the hardware architecture of the above-mentioned household appliance management device, an embodiment of the household appliance management method of the present invention is proposed.

[0066] Reference Figure 2 , Figure 2 This is a first embodiment of the household appliance management method of the present invention, and the household appliance management method comprises the following steps:

[0067] Step S10, obtaining connection information uploaded by the target home appliance, wherein the connection information includes an initial physical address.

[0068] Optionally, it is applied to a server, where the server can be an IOT (Internet of Things) cloud platform or a category server, such as Figure 3 As shown, the server is connected to the user terminal and the household device respectively, wherein the target household appliance reports the physical address through the Bluetooth / wifi connection on the application side, detects the duplicate physical address code on the cloud, triggers the strategy of updating the physical address, allocates a new physical address through the IoT cloud interface, sends instructions through the chip protocol to enter the update mode, writes the new physical address, solves the duplicate physical address code problem of the existing equipment, helps to reduce customer complaints and reduce maintenance costs.

[0069] Optionally, the household appliance may be an air conditioner, an air purifier, a humidifier, etc. Optionally, the target household appliance is a household appliance whose physical address is to be detected to determine whether it has a duplicate code.

[0070] Optionally, the connection information uploaded by the home appliance includes the initial MAC (Media Access Control address) address, i.e., the physical address or Ethernet address. The MAC address is burned into the EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) of the NIC (Network Interface Card) by the network equipment manufacturer during production. EPROM is a flash memory chip that can usually be erased and programmed by a program. Optionally, the target home appliance is connected to the server via Bluetooth or WiFi. Optionally, the connection information also includes account information and barcode information. The user account corresponds to a home appliance application APP, which can verify whether the physical address queried by the APP has changed. The barcode information includes the SN code.

[0071] Optionally, after receiving the error log uploaded by the user terminal, the target home appliance is determined according to the error log, and the step of obtaining the connection information uploaded by the target home appliance is performed; Optionally, the error log is generated when the user terminal detects that the physical address is registered by other home appliances, or the user terminal detects that the target home appliance has been controlled by other user terminals. Optionally, after receiving the physical address allocation instruction uploaded by the user terminal, the target home appliance is determined according to the physical address allocation instruction, and step S10 is performed.

[0072] Optionally, step S10 includes: upon receiving a connection request initiated by a target application of the user terminal, obtaining connection information uploaded by the target home appliance, wherein the target application is an application associated with the target home appliance. For example, when the target home appliance is an air conditioner, the target application is used to adjust the wind speed, air outlet temperature, working time or working mode of the air conditioner.

[0073] Step S20, comparing the initial physical address with the physical addresses of other household appliances to determine whether the initial physical address of the target household appliance has a duplicate code.

[0074] Optionally, the server pre-stores the physical addresses of other household appliances, or detects the physical addresses of other household appliances in real time.

[0075] Optionally, after comparing the initial physical address of the target home appliance with the physical addresses of other home appliances, if the physical addresses of the target home appliance and the other home appliances are consistent, it is determined that the initial physical address of the target home appliance is repeated, that is, the other home appliance has used the physical address. If the physical addresses of the target home appliance and the other home appliances are inconsistent, it is determined that the initial physical address of the target home appliance is not repeated.

[0076] Step S30: If the initial physical address of the target home appliance is repeated, determine the target physical address of the target home appliance, and erase the physical address of the target home appliance through firmware OTA based on the target physical address.

[0077] Optionally, when the initial physical address of the target home appliance is repeated, the target home appliance may be unable to connect to the Internet or the target home appliance may be controlled by other user terminals. Therefore, it is necessary to re-determine the physical address of the target home appliance, that is, the target physical address, where the target physical address is a unique physical address and does not overlap with the physical addresses of other home appliances.

[0078] Optionally, when the initial physical address is repeated, a new, unique target physical address is generated according to a preset rule or algorithm. The target physical address can be generated using a random number, a hash function, or the like, and ensured to be unique.

[0079] Optionally, the physical address of the target home appliance is erased through firmware OTA (Over-The-Air), and the generated target physical address is written into the target home appliance through firmware OTA upgrade to complete the physical address update of the home appliance.

[0080] Optionally, step S30 includes: generating an address allocation request based on the account information and / or barcode information of the target home appliance, and sending the address allocation request to the address distribution platform, so that the address distribution platform allocates a target physical address to the target home appliance based on the address allocation request, and the connection information also includes the account information and / or barcode information of the target home appliance; and obtaining the target physical address returned by the address distribution platform. The address distribution platform is a cloud server, which is different from the aforementioned server.

[0081] Optionally, after step S30, the method further includes: sending the target physical address to a user terminal, the user terminal binding the target home appliance based on the target physical address, and the user terminal verifying the physical address of the target home appliance based on the target physical address. After receiving the physical address, the user terminal can use a corresponding application or tool to verify the physical address of the target home appliance. The user terminal determines whether the target home appliance can be successfully connected to the network based on the verification result.

[0082] In the technical solution of this embodiment, the connection information uploaded by the target home appliance is obtained, and the connection information includes the initial physical address; the initial physical address is compared with the physical addresses of other home appliances to determine whether the initial physical address of the target home appliance is repeated; if the initial physical address of the target home appliance is repeated, the target physical address of the target home appliance is determined, and the target physical address is sent to the target home appliance. By reallocating the physical address of the home appliance with repeated physical addresses, the control of the home appliance is achieved, and the situation where the MAC in the stock equipment is repeated, resulting in the installed equipment can only be solved by replacing the display box, reducing the maintenance cost.

[0083] Reference Figure 4 , Figure 4 This is a second embodiment of the household appliance management method of the present invention. Based on the first embodiment, step S20 includes:

[0084] Step S21, obtaining connection information of other household electrical appliances, wherein the connection information includes barcode information and physical address;

[0085] Step S22: when the barcode information of the target home appliance and the other home appliance are different, and the physical addresses are the same, determine the initial physical address duplication of the target home appliance.

[0086] Optionally, the plain text information of the QR code label of the WiFi module of the household appliance contains a physical address, and the format is fixed as "XXXXXXXXXXXX", such as FCDD550DBA6. The physical address of the plain text information of the QR code can be scanned from the QR code label.

[0087] Optionally, when the target home appliance and other home appliances correspond to the same physical address but have different barcode information, the initial physical address of the target home appliance is determined to be repeated. For example, when the physical addresses of home appliance a and home appliance b are both FCDD550DBA6, the physical addresses of home appliance a and home appliance b are determined to be repeated.

[0088] Optionally, before step S10, it also includes: based on the account information and the barcode information, querying in a preset database whether the target home appliance belongs to a home appliance that can be assigned an address. Optionally, if the preset condition is met, the target home appliance belongs to a home appliance that can be assigned an address. For example, the preset condition includes that the target home appliance is an installed home appliance. For another example, the preset condition includes that the target home appliance is a home appliance of a preset type. The preset type can be a home appliance that can be remotely controlled, such as an air conditioner. If the target home appliance belongs to a home appliance that can be assigned an address, then the step of determining the acquisition of the connection information uploaded by the target home appliance is executed. If the target home appliance does not belong to a home appliance that can be assigned an address, a prompt message is returned to prompt that the current target home appliance cannot be assigned a physical address.

[0089] In the technical solution of this embodiment, by comparing the connection information of the target home appliance and other home appliances, when the physical addresses are the same, the initial physical address duplication of the target home appliance is determined, so as to facilitate the subsequent reallocation of physical addresses of home appliances with duplicate physical addresses to achieve control of home appliances, avoid MAC duplication in existing devices, and cause the installed devices to be solved only by replacing the display box, thereby reducing maintenance costs.

[0090] Reference Figure 5 , Figure 5 This is a third embodiment of the household appliance management method of the present invention, based on the first or second embodiment, after step S30, further comprising:

[0091] Step S40, controlling the target home appliance to enter an update mode;

[0092] Step S50, updating the initial physical address in the target home appliance according to the target physical address;

[0093] Step S60, controlling the target home appliance to exit the update mode.

[0094] Optionally, the update mode for modifying the air conditioner's physical address is a special operating mode used to test and configure the air conditioner's communication address in a safe environment. The method of entering the update mode may vary depending on the air conditioner model and brand. Usually, you enter the update mode by pressing a specific key combination or key sequence on the air conditioner's control panel or remote control. In the update mode, access a more advanced setup menu. In this menu, look for options related to address settings. After selecting the address setting option, you can enter a new physical address. This is usually a number or character code that uniquely identifies the air conditioner and the devices that communicate with it. After modifying the address, make sure to save the settings to the air conditioner's internal memory as instructed by the update mode menu.

[0095] Communication between the server and the target home appliance requires ensuring that they use the same baud rate so that data can be sent and received correctly. Coordinating the baud rate between the server and the target home appliance requires first determining the baud rate range, then configuring the baud rate to the same value, and performing a communication test to verify that the communication is correct, which can ensure that the communication between them is effective and correct.

[0096] In the technical solution of this embodiment, the physical address of the target home appliance is modified through the update mode to realize reallocation of the physical address, realize the control of the home appliance, avoid the MAC duplication in the existing equipment, and cause the installed equipment to be solved only by replacing the display box, thereby reducing the maintenance cost.

[0097] The present invention also provides a management device for household appliances, which includes a memory, a processor, and a management program for household appliances stored in the memory and executable on the processor. When the management program for household appliances is executed by the processor, the various steps of the management method for household appliances described in the above embodiment are implemented.

[0098] The present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium, which stores a management program for household appliances. When the management program for household appliances is executed by a processor, the various steps of the method for managing household appliances described in the above embodiment are implemented.

[0099] The serial numbers of the above embodiments of the present invention are only for description and do not represent the advantages or disadvantages of the embodiments.

[0100] It should be noted that, in this article, the terms "include", "comprises" or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, system, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, system, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, an element defined by the sentence "comprises a ..." does not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, system, article or device including the element.

[0101] Through the description of the above implementation methods, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-mentioned embodiment system can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course it can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation method. Based on such an understanding, the technical solution of the present invention is essentially or the part that contributes to the prior art can be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a computer-readable storage medium (such as ROM / RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) as described above, and includes a number of instructions for a terminal device (which can be a mobile phone, a computer, a parking management device, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) to execute the system described in each embodiment of the present invention.

[0102] The above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the patent scope of the present invention. Any equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation made using the contents of the present invention specification and drawings, or directly or indirectly applied in other related technical fields, are also included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for managing household electrical appliances, characterized in that: Applied to a server, the household appliance management method includes: Acquire connection information uploaded by the target home appliance, wherein the connection information includes an initial physical address; Compare the initial physical address with the physical addresses of other household appliances to determine whether the initial physical address of the target household appliance is duplicated; If the initial physical address of the target home appliance is repeated, the target physical address of the target home appliance is determined, and the physical address of the target home appliance is erased through firmware OTA based on the target physical address.

2. The household appliance management method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The step of comparing the initial physical address with the physical addresses of other household appliances to determine whether the initial physical address of the target household appliance is duplicated comprises: Obtaining connection information of other home appliances, wherein the connection information includes barcode information and physical address; When the barcode information of the target home appliance and the other home appliance are different, and the physical addresses are the same, it is determined that the initial physical address of the target home appliance is repeated.

3. The household appliance management method according to claim 2, characterized in that: Before the step of obtaining the connection information uploaded by the target home appliance, the method further includes: Based on the account information and the barcode information, querying in a preset database whether the target home appliance belongs to a home appliance to which an address can be assigned; If the target home appliance is a home appliance to which an address can be assigned, the step of determining and obtaining the connection information uploaded by the target home appliance is performed.

4. The household appliance management method according to claim 1, characterized in that: Before the step of obtaining the connection information uploaded by the target home appliance, the method further includes: After receiving the error log uploaded by the user terminal, determining the target home appliance according to the error log, and executing the step of obtaining the connection information uploaded by the target home appliance; The error log is generated when the user terminal detects that the physical address has been registered by other home appliances, or when the user terminal detects that the target home appliance has been controlled by other user terminals.

5. The household appliance management method according to claim 1, characterized in that: After the step of determining the target physical address of the target home appliance, the method further includes: Controlling the target home appliance to enter an update mode; Updating the initial physical address in the target home appliance according to the target physical address; Control the target home appliance to exit the update mode.

6. The household appliance management method according to claim 1, characterized in that: After the step of determining the target physical address of the target home appliance, the method further includes: The target physical address is sent to a user terminal, so that the user terminal binds the target home appliance device based on the target physical address.

7. The household appliance management method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The step of determining the target physical address of the target household appliance comprises: Generate an address allocation request based on the account information and / or barcode information of the target home appliance, and send the address allocation request to the address distribution platform, so that the address distribution platform allocates a target physical address to the target home appliance based on the address allocation request, wherein the connection information also includes the account information and / or barcode information of the target home appliance; Obtain the target physical address returned by the address distribution platform.

8. The household appliance management method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The step of obtaining the connection information uploaded by the target home appliance comprises: When a connection request initiated by a target application of a user terminal is received, connection information uploaded by a target home appliance is obtained, wherein the target application is an application associated with the target home appliance.

9. A management device for household appliances, characterized in that: The management device of the household appliance includes a memory, a processor, and a management program of the household appliance stored in the memory and executable on the processor. When the management program of the household appliance is executed by the processor, each step of the management method of the household appliance as described in any one of claims 1 to 8 is implemented.

10. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that: The computer-readable storage medium stores a management program for household appliances, and when the management program for household appliances is executed by a processor, each step of the method for managing household appliances according to any one of claims 1 to 8 is implemented.

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