Method for creating intelligence of smart home system, voice equipment and smart home system

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of smart home, and particularly relates to a method for creating intelligence of a smart home system, voice equipment and the smart home system. The voice equipment receives the opportunity condition for creating intelligence issued by the intelligent home system, informs a user of executing a decision required to be made in an intelligent creation process through voice under the condition that the opportunity condition for creating intelligence is met, and receives voice information fed back by the user to identify the decision made by the user; and according to the decision made by the user, creating intelligence and sending the intelligence to the smart home system, so that the smart home system realizes active control of the smart home according to the generated intelligence. According to the method, the user can conveniently and quickly complete intelligent creation, the interactivity is high, a simple and popular interaction mode is provided for the terminal user, the user can conveniently use a complex linkage control function in the smart home, and the cognitive learning cost of the user is reduced through the mode.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention belongs to the technical field of smart home, and particularly relates to a method for creating intelligence in a smart home system, a voice device, and a smart home system. Background Art

[0002] Currently, the intelligence of existing smart home systems is basically achieved through the function configuration page of the mobile phone (i.e., the Mobile Client in Figure 1 ). The basic implementation idea is as Figure 1 shown. That is, the user (User in Figure 1 ) generates intelligence (which can also be called a scene, automation, or linkage) by clicking under the guidance of the function configuration page of the mobile phone. During the process of generating intelligence using the mobile phone, the operation pages of some steps are as Figures 2-1 to 2-4 shown (not all operation steps and corresponding pages are fully shown). Then, the mobile phone sends the generated intelligence to the smart home system, and the smart home system issues control commands to the smart home according to the generated intelligence when the execution conditions are met. From this Figures 2-1 to 2-4 it can be seen that if the user uses the intelligent addition function page provided by the APP, certain writing skills and logical thinking abilities are required. If not understood during the creation process, the user needs to check the APP function manual for function explanations to complete the intelligent creation. Generally speaking, this method has relatively high requirements for the user's writing skills and logical thinking abilities, and the human-computer interaction is poor. Summary of the Invention

[0003] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for creating intelligence in a smart home system, a voice device, and a smart home system, so as to solve the problems in the prior art that the method of generating intelligence using the mobile phone has relatively high requirements for the user's writing skills and logical thinking abilities and poor human-computer interaction.

[0004] To solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides a method for creating intelligence in a smart home system. When the timing conditions for creating intelligence are met, the voice device informs the user of the decisions that need to be made during the intelligent creation process through voice, and receives the voice information feedback by the user to identify the decisions made by the user. The intelligence is created according to the decisions made by the user and sent to the smart home system, so that the smart home system can actively control the smart home according to the generated intelligence.

[0005] The beneficial effects of the above technical solution are as follows: The present invention uses a voice device to communicate with the user in the communication mode of human natural language. During the creation process, the user is guided by voice to make corresponding decisions by informing the user of the decisions that need to be made, enabling the user to complete intelligent creation conveniently and quickly. It has strong interactivity, provides a simple and popular interaction method for end users, and facilitates the user to use the complex linkage control functions in the smart home. Moreover, this method does not require the user to have a high level of writing skills and logical thinking ability, reducing the user's cognitive learning cost.

[0006] Further, the decisions that need to be made include: selecting a trigger condition, selecting a trigger source, selecting a device for an action under the selected trigger source and trigger condition, and selecting an attribution range; wherein, the trigger source refers to the object that triggers the intelligence, the trigger condition refers to the condition for judging which actions need to be executed in the intelligence, and the attribution range refers to the corresponding type of room to which the device belongs in the actual terminal of the smart home system.

[0007] The beneficial effects of the above technical solution are as follows: The decisions that need to be made during the creation of intelligence are defined to fully implement the solution for realizing intelligent creation through voice, with strong interactivity and being easy for users to use the complex linkage control functions in the smart home.

[0008] Further, the decisions that need to be made also include: determining whether to create intelligence at the current moment.

[0009] The beneficial effects of the above technical solution are as follows: Interactively confirm with the user through voice whether intelligence needs to be created, with strong interactivity.

[0010] Further, during the process of creating intelligence, if the content represented by the voice information received by the voice device from the user is a question during the creation of intelligence, the user is answered by voice for the question.

[0011] The beneficial effects of the above technical solution are as follows: The voice device can answer the user's questions, which is more real-time and flexible compared to the interaction method of the mobile phone version.

[0012] To solve the above technical problems, the present invention also provides a voice device, which is used to, when the timing condition for creating intelligence is met, inform the user of the decisions that need to be made during the intelligent creation process by voice, receive the voice information feedback by the user to identify the decisions made by the user, create intelligence according to the decisions made by the user and send it to the smart home system, so that the smart home system can actively control the smart home according to the generated intelligence.

[0013] The beneficial effects of the above technical solution are as follows: The voice device of the present invention communicates with the user in the communication mode of human natural language. During the creation process, the user is guided to make corresponding decisions by voice by informing the user of the decisions to be made, enabling the user to complete intelligent creation conveniently and quickly. It has strong interactivity and provides a simple and popular interaction method for end-users, facilitating the use of complex linkage control functions in the smart home. Moreover, this method does not require the user to have a high level of writing skills and logical thinking ability, reducing the user's cognitive learning cost.

[0014] Further, the decisions to be made include: selecting a trigger condition, selecting a trigger source, selecting a device for an action under the selected trigger source and trigger condition, and selecting an attribution range; where the trigger source refers to the object that triggers the intelligence, the trigger condition refers to the condition in the intelligence for judging which actions to execute, and the attribution range refers to the corresponding type of room to which the device belongs in the actual terminal of the smart home system.

[0015] The beneficial effects of the above technical solution are as follows: The decisions to be made during the creation of intelligence are defined to fully implement the solution for intelligent creation through voice, with strong interactivity and being easy for users to use complex linkage control functions in the smart home.

[0016] Further, the decisions to be made also include: determining whether to create intelligence at the current moment.

[0017] The beneficial effects of the above technical solution are as follows: Interactively confirm with the user through voice whether to create intelligence, with strong interactivity.

[0018] Further, the voice device is also used to, during the process of creating intelligence, if the content represented by the user's voice message received is a question during the creation of intelligence, answer the user's question by voice.

[0019] The beneficial effects of the above technical solution are as follows: The voice device can answer the user's questions, which is more real-time and flexible compared to the mobile version interaction method.

[0020] To solve the above technical problems, the present invention also provides a smart home system. The smart home system is used to receive the created intelligence sent by the voice device and actively control the smart home according to the generated intelligence; where the way for the voice device to create intelligence is: under the condition of meeting the timing condition for creating intelligence, inform the user of the decisions to be made during the intelligent creation process by voice, receive the voice message feedback by the user to identify the decisions made by the user, and create intelligence according to the decisions made by the user.

[0021] The beneficial effects of the above technical solution are as follows: The smart home system of the present invention is communicatively connected to a voice device, capable of receiving the created intelligence sent by the voice device, and actively controlling the smart home according to the generated intelligence. In this way of creating intelligence using a voice device, during the creation process, the user is guided by voice to make corresponding decisions by informing the user of the decisions to be made, enabling the user to complete the creation of intelligence conveniently and quickly, with strong interactivity, providing a simple and popular interaction method for end users, facilitating the use of complex linkage control functions in the smart home. Moreover, this method does not require the user to have a high level of writing skills and logical thinking ability, reducing the user's cognitive learning cost. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] Figure 1 is a basic implementation idea diagram of a method for creating intelligence in the prior art;

[0023] Figures 2-1 to 2-4 are page diagrams of Steps 1 to 4 for creating intelligence in the prior art;

[0024] Figure 3 is a basic implementation idea diagram of a method for creating intelligence in an embodiment of the method of the present invention;

[0025] Figure 4 is a flowchart of a method for a smart home system to create intelligence in an embodiment of the method of the present invention;

[0026] Figure 5-1 and Figure 5-2 are examples of trigger conditions for a movie-watching mode and a dining mode respectively in an embodiment of the method of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0027] The main concept of the present invention is to achieve the creation of intelligence through human-machine communication in a voice recognition interaction manner. Specifically, the voice device receives the timing conditions for creating intelligence sent by the smart home system. Then, after it is clear that intelligence creation is required, the user is informed of the decisions to be made during the intelligence creation process by voice, and the voice information fed back by the user is received to identify the decisions made by the user. Then, intelligence is created according to the decisions made by the user and sent to the smart home system, so that the smart home system actively controls the smart home according to the generated intelligence. The present invention provides a new human-machine active interaction mode in the field of smart home intelligence (scenes, automation, or linkages), and helps users build intelligence (scenes, automation, or linkages) through voice guidance to achieve the active control ability of the smart home system's intelligence (scenes, automation, or linkages). Moreover, this method reduces the requirements for user cognition, facilitates the popularization of the functions of the smart home system, and enriches the usage methods of smart home users.

[0028] To make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer and more explicit, the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

[0029] An embodiment of a method for creating intelligence in a smart home system:

[0030] Figure 3 This is the basic implementation idea diagram of this embodiment, that is, when the voice device meets the timing conditions for creating intelligence, it informs the user of the decisions that need to be made during the intelligent creation process through voice, and receives the voice information fed back by the user to identify the decisions made by the user, and creates intelligence according to the decisions made by the user and sends it to the smart home system. The voice device is any voice device that can interact with the user. The specific implementation process is as Figure 4 shown, specifically:

[0031] 1) The smart home system sends the timing conditions for creating intelligence to the voice device. The timing conditions here refer to the conditions for asking the user whether they need to create intelligence. For example, in an unmanned scenario, it is impossible to interact with the user to perform intelligent creation. Therefore, it is necessary to constrain the timing here so that the voice device asks the user whether to perform intelligent creation at an appropriate node. The specific timing conditions can be set according to the actual situation.

[0032] 2) The voice device asks the user through voice whether they need to create intelligence (scenes, automation or linkages) at the current moment, and determines whether to perform intelligent creation according to the voice information fed back by the user, and executes step 3) when it is determined that the user's reply content is that intelligent creation needs to be performed.

[0033] 3) Inform the user of the decisions that need to be made during the intelligent creation process through voice, and receive the voice information fed back by the user to identify the decisions made by the user, and create intelligence according to the decisions made by the user.

[0034] This process is actually consistent with the idea of the process of creating intelligence through a mobile phone. The specific decisions that need to be made include: selecting a trigger condition, selecting a trigger source, selecting a device for the action under the selected trigger source and trigger condition, and selecting an attribution range. Among them, the trigger source refers to the object that triggers the intelligence (such as outdoor weather, device status, human body sensor, etc.), the trigger condition refers to the condition for judging which actions need to be executed in the intelligence, and the attribution range refers to the corresponding type of room to which the device belongs in the actual end of the smart home system (such as bedroom, kitchen, etc., and the bedroom can be further divided into the elderly room, children's room, etc.).

[0035] One specific creation process is as Figure 4As shown, first, the voice device uses voice to inform the user that they need to select a specified trigger condition (here, the "specified trigger condition" refers to the trigger conditions that the smart home system can recognize). When it receives the voice information from the user as an inquiry about what trigger conditions are available for selection, it uses voice to inform the user of the trigger sources that can be used and explains the trigger sources. Then, when it receives the voice information from the user as the selected trigger source, it uses voice to inform the user of the smart home devices and the execution actions of the smart home devices that are available when the trigger source meets the trigger condition. Next, after receiving the voice information from the user as the selected smart home devices and the corresponding execution actions, it uses voice to inform the user that they need to select the area to which the smart (scene, automation, or linkage) belongs, and then receives the voice information from the user to identify the area belonging selection made by the user (part of the area belonging selection content is omitted and not drawn in the right half of Figure 4 ), thus completing the creation of the smart

[0036] For example, the trigger object can be a human body sensor, and the trigger conditions can be daytime trigger and nighttime trigger respectively. The execution actions corresponding to the daytime trigger include opening the curtains, turning off the lights, etc., and the execution actions corresponding to the nighttime trigger include closing the curtains, turning on the lights, etc. The process of the smart home system actively controlling according to the corresponding generated smart is as follows: when the human body sensor detects a person, if it detects that it is daytime, it controls to open the curtains and turn off the lights; if it detects that it is nighttime, it controls to close the curtains and turn on the lights.

[0037] 4) After completing the creation of the smart (scene, automation, or linkage), it is sent to the smart home system, and the smart home system actively controls the smart home according to the generated smart.

[0038] In the voice interaction session, the user can ask the voice device questions about what different concepts mean, and all questions related to adding a smart (scene, automation, or linkage), such as what is a trigger source, what is an execution action, etc. The voice device can make corresponding responses, which is more real-time and flexible than the instruction manual in the mobile version interaction. Moreover, during the interaction between the voice device and the user, the user can throw out their questions at any time. The voice device recognizes the relevant questions through voice recognition and reports the results to the user through voice broadcast (including the available selection items), thereby gradually guiding the user to complete the process operations required for creating a smart (scene, automation, or linkage), and finally completing the creation of the smart (scene, automation, or linkage).

[0039] The scene examples and the corresponding trigger conditions included in the finally generated smart are as Figure 5-1 and Figure 5-2 shown.

[0040] This solution follows the existing intelligent (scene, automation, or linkage) creation process, and has almost negligible impact on the intelligent modules of the existing smart home system. The data structure can be completely consistent with the existing system. The voice device only needs to process its process data according to the existing intelligent (scene, automation, or linkage) creation process of the system, and finally can be consistent with the data format submitted by the mobile phone. Therefore, it is an extension of the existing system and an innovation in the human-computer interaction method.

[0041] An embodiment of a voice device:

[0042] The voice device in this embodiment can communicate with the smart home system. It is mainly used to interact with users to assist in creating intelligence for the smart home. Specifically, it receives the timing conditions for creating intelligence sent by the smart home system. When the timing conditions for creating intelligence are met, it verbally notifies the user of the decisions that need to be made during the intelligent creation process, and receives the voice information feedback by the user to identify the decisions made by the user. It creates intelligence according to the decisions made by the user and sends it to the smart home system, so that the smart home system can actively control the smart home according to the generated intelligence. The more detailed functions implemented by this voice device have been introduced in detail in the embodiment of a method for creating intelligence in a smart home system, and will not be elaborated in this embodiment.

[0043] An embodiment of a smart home system:

[0044] This smart home system can communicate with the voice device, relies on the voice device to create intelligence, and actively controls the smart home according to the generated intelligence. The process of how the voice device specifically generates intelligence is the same as the method introduced in the embodiment of a method for creating intelligence in a smart home system, and will not be elaborated in this embodiment.

[0045] In summary, the present invention uses the ability of intelligent voice interaction to obtain feedback results by speaking to gradually guide users to configure intelligence (scene, automation, or linkage) in the smart home system, and realizes the ability to control devices through intelligence (scene, automation, or linkage) in the smart home system; uses the interactive guided interaction of intelligent voice devices, combined with the big data analysis and prediction technologies of the smart home system, can gradually expand users' understanding of the smart home system, and finally complete the creation of intelligence (scene, automation, or linkage), reducing the user's cognitive learning cost, and providing simple and popular interactive operations for end users; provides a new human-computer active interaction mode in the field of smart home intelligence (scene, automation, or linkage), and helps users build intelligence (scene, automation, or linkage) through voice guidance to realize the active control ability of smart home system intelligence (scene, automation, or linkage).

Claims

1. A method for creating intelligence in a smart home system, It is characterized in that When the conditions for creating intelligence are met, the voice device informs the user through voice of the decisions that need to be made in the process of creating intelligence, receives voice information feedback from the user to identify the decisions made by the user, creates intelligence based on the decisions made by the user and sends it to the smart home system, so that the smart home system can actively control the smart home based on the generated intelligence.

2. The method for creating intelligence in a smart home system according to claim 1, It is characterized in that The decisions that need to be made include: selecting trigger conditions, selecting trigger sources, selecting devices for actions under the selected trigger sources and trigger conditions, and selecting the belonging interval; among them, the trigger source refers to the object that triggers the intelligence, the trigger condition refers to the conditions for determining which actions to perform in the intelligence, and the belonging interval refers to the corresponding type of room to which the device belongs in the actual end of the smart home system.

3. The method for creating intelligence in a smart home system according to claim 2, It is characterized in that Decisions that need to be made also include determining whether to create intelligence at the current moment.

4. The method for creating intelligence in a smart home system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, It is characterized in that In the process of creating intelligence, if the voice device receives the user's voice information and the content represented is a question in the process of creating intelligence, the question will be answered to the user through voice.

5. A voice device, It is characterized in that The voice device is used to receive the timing conditions for creating intelligence. When the timing conditions for creating intelligence are met, the voice device informs the user through voice of the decisions that need to be made in the process of creating intelligence, receives voice information fed back by the user to identify the decisions made by the user, creates intelligence based on the decisions made by the user and sends it to the smart home system, so that the smart home system can actively control the smart home based on the generated intelligence.

6. The speech device according to claim 5, It is characterized in that The decisions that need to be made include: selecting trigger conditions, selecting trigger sources, selecting devices for actions under the selected trigger sources and trigger conditions, and selecting the belonging interval; among them, the trigger source refers to the object that triggers the intelligence, the trigger condition refers to the conditions for determining which actions to perform in the intelligence, and the belonging interval refers to the corresponding type of room to which the device belongs in the actual end of the smart home system.

7. The speech device according to claim 6, It is characterized in that Decisions that need to be made also include determining whether to create intelligence at the current moment.

8. The speech device according to any one of claims 5 to 7, It is characterized in that The voice device is also used in the process of creating intelligence. If the content represented by the voice information received from the user is a question in the process of creating intelligence, the question is answered to the user through voice.

9. A smart home system, It is characterized in that The smart home system is used to receive the created intelligence sent by the voice device, and actively control the smart home according to the generated intelligence; wherein, the voice device creates intelligence in the following manner: when the timing conditions for creating intelligence are met, the user is informed by voice of the decisions that need to be made in the process of creating intelligence, and the voice information fed back by the user is received to identify the decision made by the user, and intelligence is created according to the decision made by the user.

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