Smart scene panel and smart home system

Abstract

Provided in the present application are a smart scene panel and a smart home system. The smart scene panel comprises M input modules, a processor module and a communication module, wherein each input module is configured to respond to N input events input by a user, and the M input modules generate M*N trigger messages on the basis of M*N input events, M being a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, and N being a positive integer greater than or equal to 3; the processor module is connected to the M input modules, and is configured to acquire a target trigger message generated by means of a target input event and send the target trigger message to the communication module; and the communication module is connected to the processor module, and is configured to receive the target trigger message sent by the processor module and report the target trigger message to a gateway so as to control the scene of a smart home device. In the present application, each input module can control a plurality of scenes of a smart home device, so that the smart scene panel is multifunctional and has a high level of intelligence.

Description

Smart scene panel and smart home system

[0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0002] This application claims priority to Chinese patent application No. 2024206770470, filed on April 2, 2024, entitled “Smart scene panel and smart home system”, and Chinese patent application No. 2024103993626, filed on April 2, 2024, entitled “Smart scene panel and smart home system”, all of which are incorporated herein by reference. Technical Field

[0003] The present application relates to the field of smart home technology, and in particular to a smart scene panel and a smart home system. Background Art

[0004] With the development of communication technology and Internet of Things technology, smart scene panels are increasingly replacing traditional mechanical wall switches and are used on the walls of offices, in factory workshops, and in school classrooms. However, in the application of existing scene panels, one scene panel can only simply control up to 6 scenes, and it also needs to be bound to the corresponding APP. When the user clicks on the corresponding scene, he does not know the specific content corresponding to the scene, and the user experience is not good. For this reason, the relevant technology also provides a scene panel to achieve the correspondence between buttons and scene content, but this scene panel can only set 6 fixed scenes and cannot be differentiated according to the user's personal ideas. Therefore, the existing scene panels have a single function and a poor degree of intelligence.

[0005] Therefore, how to improve the intelligence level of existing scene panels has become an urgent problem to be solved in this field. Summary of the Invention

[0006] The present application provides a smart scene panel and a smart home system to solve the problem that existing scene panels have single functions and poor intelligence.

[0007] The present application provides a smart scene panel, which is applied to a smart home system. The smart home system includes a gateway and smart home devices connected to the gateway. The smart scene panel is connected to the gateway and includes M input modules, a processor module, and a communication module.

[0008] Each input module is used to respond to N types of input events input by the user, and the M input modules generate M*N types of trigger messages according to the M*N types of input events, where M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3;

[0009] The processor module is connected to the M input modules respectively, and the processor module is used to obtain a target trigger message generated by a target input event and send the target trigger message to the communication module;

[0010] The communication module is connected to the processor module, and is used to receive the target trigger message sent by the processor module and report the target trigger message to the gateway to perform scene control on the smart home device.

[0011] Optionally, the input module is a physical button or a virtual button, and the input events corresponding to each physical button or virtual button include single-clicking the button, double-clicking the button, long-pressing the button, and raising the hand after long-pressing the button.

[0012] Optionally, when the input module is a physical button, the smart scene panel further includes a plurality of indicator lights, the plurality of indicator lights are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of input modules, and the plurality of indicator lights are respectively connected to the processor module;

[0013] When the target input event occurs on the target input module, the processor module is further configured to control the indicator light corresponding to the target input module to light up.

[0014] Optionally, the smart scene panel further includes a first sensor module, the first sensor module is connected to the processor module, and the first sensor module is used to sense external environment brightness information and send the external environment brightness information to the processor module;

[0015] The processor module is also used to receive the external environment brightness information and determine whether the external environment brightness information is less than a brightness threshold; if the external environment brightness information is less than the brightness threshold, the processor module is also used to control the brightness of the indicator light to be at a first preset value; otherwise, the processor module is also used to control the brightness of the indicator light to be at a second preset value; wherein, the first preset value is less than the second preset value.

[0016] Optionally, the smart scene panel further includes a display module, and the display module is connected to the processor module;

[0017] When the input module is a physical key, the physical key is located on one side, both sides or the periphery of the display area of ​​the display module; when the input module is a virtual key, the display module is used to display the virtual key, and the virtual key is located at any position in the display area of ​​the display module. When the target input event occurs on the target virtual key, the processor module is also used to control the color change of the target virtual key of the display module.

[0018] Optionally, the processor module includes a storage unit, wherein the storage unit stores scene icons corresponding to M*N types of input events;

[0019] When the target input event occurs on the target input module, the processor module is further configured to send the target scene icon corresponding to the target input event to the display module; and the display module is configured to receive and display the target scene icon.

[0020] Optionally, the smart scene panel further includes a second sensor module, the second sensor module is connected to the processor module, and the second sensor module is used to sense distance information between the user and the smart scene panel and send the distance information to the processor module;

[0021] The processor module is further configured to receive the distance information and determine whether the distance information is less than a distance threshold; if the distance information is less than the distance threshold, the processor module is further configured to control the display module to light up; otherwise, the processor module is further configured to control the display module to turn off.

[0022] The present application also provides a smart home system, comprising the smart scene panel as described in any one of the above items, and further comprising a gateway, a cloud server and a smart home device, wherein the smart scene panel is communicatively connected to the gateway, and the gateway is communicatively connected to the smart home device and the cloud server respectively;

[0023] The gateway is used to poll the smart scene panel for a target trigger message and report the target trigger message to the cloud server, and is also used to receive instruction information issued by the cloud server and control the scene of the smart home device according to the instruction information;

[0024] The cloud server is used to receive the target trigger message and send the instruction information to the gateway according to the target trigger message.

[0025] Optionally, a WEB / APP front end is further included, and the WEB / APP front end is communicated with the cloud server, and the user sets the parameters of the smart scene panel through the WEB / APP front end.

[0026] Optionally, the smart scene panel includes multiple indicator lights and a display module, and the WEB / APP front end includes brightness parameters of the indicator lights and display parameters of the display module;

[0027] The WEB / APP front end is used to send the specified brightness parameters and specified display parameters set by the user to the cloud server;

[0028] The cloud server is further configured to receive the specified brightness parameter and the specified display parameter, and send the specified brightness parameter and the specified display parameter to the smart scene panel through the gateway.

[0029] The above technical solution of this application has the following beneficial effects:

[0030] The smart scene panel and smart home system provided by the present application include M input modules, each of which can respond to N types of input events. The M input modules can respond to M*N types of input events input by the user. The M input modules can generate M*N types of trigger messages based on the M*N types of input events. Each trigger message corresponds to a scene of the smart home device. M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3. When the user performs an input operation, a target input event is generated. At this time, the processor module obtains the target trigger message generated by the target input event and sends the target trigger message to the communication module. The communication module reports the received target trigger message to the gateway, thereby performing corresponding scene control on the smart home device. Therefore, the present application can generate trigger messages greater than the number of input modules through limited input modules, and each trigger message corresponds to a scene of the smart home device, thereby improving the richness of the scene control of the smart home device by the smart scene panel and realizing the multifunctionality and high intelligence of the smart scene panel. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0031] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the present application or the prior art, a brief introduction will be given below to the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art. Obviously, the drawings described below are some embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without any creative work.

[0032] FIG1 is a schematic diagram showing the connection relationship between modules of the smart scene panel provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0033] FIG2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a smart scene panel provided by an embodiment of the present application;

[0034] FIG3 is a schematic structural diagram of a smart scene panel provided by another embodiment of the present application;

[0035] FIG4 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a smart home system according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0036] FIG5 is a second structural diagram of the smart home system provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0037] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of this application more clear, the technical solutions of this application will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the embodiments described are only part of the embodiments of this application, not all of them. Based on the embodiments of this application, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making any creative efforts are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0038] Referring to Figure 1 , this application provides a smart scene panel for use in a smart home system, specifically a wall panel switch in a smart home. The smart home system includes a gateway and smart home devices connected to the gateway, including but not limited to smart lamps.

[0039] The smart scene panel is used to communicate with the gateway to control the scenes of smart home devices. The smart scene panel includes M input modules, a processor module, and a communication module. The processor module is connected to the M input modules, and the processor module is connected to the communication module.

[0040] Each input module is used to respond to N types of input events input by the user. M input modules can respond to M*N types of input events input by the user. The M input modules can also generate M*N types of trigger messages according to the M*N types of input events. Each trigger message corresponds to a scenario of the smart home device, where M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3.

[0041] When a user performs an input operation on any input module, a target input event is generated, and the corresponding input module generates a target trigger message. The processor module receives the target trigger message generated by the target input event and sends it to the communication module. The communication module receives the target trigger message from the processor module and reports it to the gateway. After reporting, the gateway executes the corresponding scenario, such as turning on the room lights to 30% brightness and a color temperature of 2700K, thereby controlling the smart home devices.

[0042] The communication module may be a Bluetooth communication module, a Zigbee communication module or a Wi-Fi communication module, and is used to communicate with the gateway of the smart home system.

[0043] The input module is a button, and the input events corresponding to each button include but are not limited to single-click, double-click, long-press, and long-press and lift. The button can be a physical button or a virtual button.

[0044] In one embodiment, six buttons are provided on the front of the smart scene panel, each of which can respond to four different types of input events: single-click, double-click, long-press, and long-press and raise the hand. The six buttons can respond to a total of 24 input events, and these 24 input events correspond to 24 scenes of smart home devices.

[0045] Furthermore, the smart scene panel also includes an IO expansion module and a display module. Both the display module and the IO expansion module are connected to the processor module. The IO expansion module has multiple interfaces, and multiple physical buttons can be connected to the processor module through the IO expansion module. The configuration of the IO expansion module can set more physical buttons on the smart scene panel, thereby realizing more diverse scene control of smart home devices.

[0046] Referring to Figures 1 and 2, in one embodiment, the front of the smart scene panel 1 is provided with a display area 101 of a display module and six physical buttons 102, and the physical buttons 102 are located on one side of the display area 101. Of course, in other embodiments, the physical buttons 102 can be located on both sides of the display area 101 or arranged peripherally, which is not limited here. The smart scene panel also includes a plurality of indicator lights 103, which are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of physical buttons 102, and the plurality of indicator lights 103 are respectively connected to the processor module. When a target input event occurs on the target input module, the processor module is also used to control the indicator light corresponding to the target input module to light up. For example, the physical button on which the user executes the target input event is the target button. When the user performs a single-click operation on the target button, the target button immediately generates a target trigger message. After the processor module obtains the target trigger message, it will immediately control the indicator light corresponding to the target button to light up to prompt the user that the single-click operation input is successful.

[0047] In one embodiment, the smart scene panel includes six indicator lights 103, which are set one-to-one with six physical buttons 102. If the user successfully performs a single-click, double-click, long-press, or long-press and raise operation on any physical button 102, the indicator light 103 corresponding to the physical button 102 is lit; otherwise, the indicator light 103 corresponding to the physical button 102 is off.

[0048] Furthermore, the smart scene panel also includes a first sensor module, which is connected to the processor module. The first sensor module is used to sense the brightness information of the external environment and send the brightness information of the external environment to the processor module.

[0049] The processor module is also used to receive external environment brightness information and determine whether the external environment brightness information is less than a brightness threshold; if the external environment brightness information is less than the brightness threshold, the processor module is also used to control the brightness of the indicator light to be at a first preset value; otherwise, the processor module is also used to control the brightness of the indicator light to be at a second preset value; wherein the first preset value is less than the second preset value.

[0050] For example, when the first sensor module senses that the brightness information of the external environment is less than the brightness threshold, it indicates that the smart scene panel is in night use state. At this time, when the user performs an input event operation, the processor module controls the brightness of the corresponding indicator light to be in a dim state, and performs night indication for convenient operation; when the first sensor module senses that the brightness information of the external environment is greater than or equal to the brightness threshold, it indicates that the smart scene panel is in daytime use state. At this time, when the user performs an input event operation, the processor module controls the brightness of the corresponding indicator light to be in a high state, and performs daytime indication.

[0051] Please refer to Figures 1 and 3. In another embodiment, a display area 101 of a display module is provided on the front of the smart scene panel 1. The display module is used to display a virtual key 104 in the display area 101. The virtual key 104 can be located at any position in the display area 101. Among them, when a target input event occurs on the target virtual key, the processor module is also used to control the target virtual key of the display module to change color. For example, the virtual keys 104 displayed by the display module are all gray. If the user successfully performs a single-click, double-click, long-press, or long-press and raise hand operation on any virtual key 104, the virtual key 104 changes from gray to green; otherwise, the virtual key 104 still displays gray. Of course, the color of the virtual key 104 can be set according to the user's needs.

[0052] Furthermore, the processor module includes a storage unit that stores scene icons corresponding to M*N input events, each scene icon representing a scene of the smart home device. When a target input event occurs on the target input module, the processor module is further configured to transmit the target scene icon corresponding to the target input event to the display module; the display module is configured to receive and display the target scene icon.

[0053] It is understandable that the display of the scene icon and the display of the virtual button do not affect each other.

[0054] Furthermore, the smart scene panel also includes a second sensor module, which is connected to the processor module. The second sensor module is used to sense the distance information between the user and the smart scene panel and send the distance information to the processor module.

[0055] The processor module is also used to receive distance information and determine whether the distance information is less than a distance threshold; if the distance information is less than the distance threshold, the processor module is also used to control the display module to light up; otherwise, the processor module is also used to control the display module to turn off.

[0056] For example, when the second sensor module senses that the distance information between the user and the smart scene panel is less than the distance threshold, it indicates that the user may want to operate the smart scene panel within the distance range. At this time, the processor module controls the display module to be in a lit state for convenient operation; when the second sensor module senses that the distance information between the user and the smart scene panel is greater than or equal to the distance threshold, it indicates that the user will not operate the smart scene panel within the distance range. At this time, the processor module controls the display module to be in a dark state to prevent unnecessary power consumption and unnecessary light pollution.

[0057] Referring to FIG. 4 , the present application further provides a smart home system comprising the smart scene panel described in any of the above embodiments, as well as a gateway, a cloud server, and smart home devices. The smart scene panel is communicatively connected to the gateway, which is in communication with the smart home devices and the cloud server, respectively. The smart home devices include, but are not limited to, at least one smart lamp.

[0058] The gateway is used to poll the smart scene panel for target trigger messages. If a target trigger message is detected on the smart scene panel, the gateway obtains the target trigger message and reports it to the cloud server. The gateway is also used to receive command information issued by the cloud server and control the scenes of smart home devices according to the command information.

[0059] The cloud server is used to receive the target trigger message reported by the gateway, and send instruction information to the gateway according to the target trigger message, so as to control the scene of smart home devices through the gateway.

[0060] For example, a user long-presses a button. The scene of the smart lamp corresponding to the long-press event of the button is a color temperature of 2500K. When the gateway reports the trigger message generated by the event to the cloud server, the cloud server will send the instruction information corresponding to the scene to the gateway. The gateway executes the instruction information to control the color temperature of the smart lamp to reach 2500K.

[0061] It is understandable that there is a preset mapping relationship between each trigger message and the instruction information corresponding to a scenario of the smart home device.

[0062] Please refer to Figure 5. The smart home system of the present application also includes a WEB / APP front end, which is connected to the cloud server for communication. The user sets the parameters of the smart scene panel through the WEB / APP front end.

[0063] Among them, the smart scene panel includes multiple indicator lights and display modules, and the WEB / APP front-end includes but is not limited to the brightness parameters of the indicator lights and the display parameters of the display modules. The display parameters include but are not limited to scene icons corresponding to M*N types of input events. Users can personalize the brightness parameters of the indicator lights and the display parameters of the display modules through the WEB / APP front-end. For example, users can set the indicator lights to be dimmed during the night time period and brightened during the daytime period; and set the specific styles of the scene icons corresponding to M*N types of input events. After the settings are completed, the WEB / APP front-end is used to send the specified brightness parameters and specified display parameters set by the user to the cloud server. The cloud server is also used to receive the specified brightness parameters and specified display parameters, and send the specified brightness parameters and specified display parameters to the smart scene panel through the gateway, thereby personalizing the interface and indicator lights of the smart scene panel.

[0064] The smart scene panel and smart home system provided in this application can generate trigger messages greater than the number of input modules through limited input modules, and each trigger message corresponds to a scene of the smart home device, which can enhance the richness of the smart scene panel's control over the scenes of the smart home devices, and can also personalize the functions and interfaces of the smart scene panel, thereby realizing the multifunctionality and high intelligence of the smart scene panel and the smart home system.

[0065] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, rather than to limit them. Although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that they can still modify the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments, or make equivalent replacements for some of the technical features therein. These modifications or replacements do not deviate the essence of the corresponding technical solutions from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A smart scene panel, used in a smart home system, wherein the smart home system includes a gateway and smart home devices connected to the gateway. The smart scene panel is connected to the gateway and includes M input modules, a processor module, and a communication module. Each input module is used to respond to N types of input events input by the user, and the M input modules generate M*N types of trigger messages according to M*N types of input events, wherein: M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3; The processor module is connected to the M input modules respectively, and the processor module is used to obtain a target trigger message generated by a target input event and send the target trigger message to the communication module; The communication module is connected to the processor module, and is used to receive the target trigger message sent by the processor module and report the target trigger message to the gateway to perform scene control on the smart home device.

2. The smart scene panel according to claim 1, wherein: The input module is a physical button or a virtual button, and the input events corresponding to each physical button or the virtual button include single-clicking the button, double-clicking the button, long-pressing the button, and raising the hand after long-pressing the button.

3. The smart scene panel according to claim 2, wherein: When the input module is a physical button, the smart scene panel further includes a plurality of indicator lights, the plurality of indicator lights are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of input modules, and the plurality of indicator lights are respectively connected to the processor module; When the target input event occurs on the target input module, the processor module is further configured to control the indicator light corresponding to the target input module to light up.

4. The smart scene panel according to claim 3, wherein: The smart scene panel further includes a first sensor module, the first sensor module is connected to the processor module, and the first sensor module is used to sense the brightness information of the external environment and send the brightness information of the external environment to the processor module; The processor module is also used to receive the external environment brightness information and determine whether the external environment brightness information is less than a brightness threshold; if the external environment brightness information is less than the brightness threshold, the processor module is also used to control the brightness of the indicator light to be at a first preset value; otherwise, the processor module is also used to control the brightness of the indicator light to be at a second preset value; wherein, the first preset value is less than the second preset value.

5. The smart scene panel according to claim 2, wherein: The smart scene panel also includes a display module, and the display module is connected to the processor module; When the input module is a physical key, the physical key is located on one side, both sides or the periphery of the display area of ​​the display module; when the input module is a virtual key, the display module is used to display the virtual key, and the virtual key is located at any position in the display area of ​​the display module.

6. The smart scene panel according to claim 5, wherein: When the target input event occurs on the target virtual key, the processor module is further configured to control the target virtual key of the display module to change color.

7. The smart scene panel according to claim 5, wherein: The processor module includes a storage unit, wherein the storage unit stores scene icons corresponding to M*N types of input events; When the target input event occurs on the target input module, the processor module is further configured to send the target scene icon corresponding to the target input event to the display module; and the display module is configured to receive and display the target scene icon.

8. The smart scene panel according to claim 5, wherein: The smart scene panel further includes a second sensor module, the second sensor module is connected to the processor module, and the second sensor module is used to sense the distance information between the user and the smart scene panel and send the distance information to the processor module; The processor module is further configured to receive the distance information and determine whether the distance information is less than a distance threshold; if the distance information is less than the distance threshold, the processor module is further configured to control the display module to light up; otherwise, the processor module is further configured to control the display module to turn off.

9. A smart home system comprising the smart scene panel according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising a gateway, a cloud server, and smart home devices, wherein the smart scene panel is communicatively connected to the gateway, and the gateway is communicatively connected to the smart home devices and the cloud server, respectively; The gateway is used to poll the smart scene panel for a target trigger message and report the target trigger message to the cloud server, and is also used to receive instruction information issued by the cloud server and control the scene of the smart home device according to the instruction information; The cloud server is used to receive the target trigger message and send the instruction information to the gateway according to the target trigger message.

10. The smart home system according to claim 9 further includes a WEB / APP front end, which is communicatively connected to the cloud server, and the user sets the parameters of the smart scene panel through the WEB / APP front end.

11. The smart home system according to claim 10, wherein: The smart scene panel includes a plurality of indicator lights and a display module, and the WEB / APP front end includes brightness parameters of the indicator lights and display parameters of the display module; The WEB / APP front end is used to send the specified brightness parameters and specified display parameters set by the user to the cloud server; The cloud server is further configured to receive the specified brightness parameter and the specified display parameter, and send the specified brightness parameter and the specified display parameter to the smart scene panel through the gateway.

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