CN104053248A - Electronic Apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an electronic device that can easily set network parameters, and the electronic device includes a lighting device as an electronic device and a communication adapter (120) as a first communication device. The lighting device includes a detection unit (116) and a communication device control unit (117). A detection unit (116) detects a predetermined code pattern from a pattern indicating an operation state of a switch, which is a predetermined device, and the switch is used to control the lighting device. When a predetermined code pattern is detected by the detection unit (116), the communication device control unit (117) controls the communication adapter (120) so as to set network parameters. A communication adapter (120) includes a wireless communication circuit as a first communication unit. The wireless communication circuit communicates with other communication adapters as other communication devices according to the set network parameters.

Description

Electronic equipment

technical field

Embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device.

Background technique

In recent years, a home network system (home network system) capable of remotely operating electronic devices such as electrical appliances installed in a house has been known. In such a home network system, the operating state and power consumption of the electronic device can be monitored via the network, and the operating state of the electronic device can be controlled by sending a control signal to the electronic device via the network. Therefore, electronic devices corresponding to the home network system have a communication function to communicate via the network. For example, an electronic device is provided with a communication adapter (adapter) for communicating with an access point (access point) installed in a house. The communication adapter and the access point communicate using a short-range wireless communication standard such as Bluetooth (registered trademark).

Here, when performing communication between the communication adapter and the access point, operations as described below are performed. That is, an operation is performed in which, for example, a user (user) presses a pairing mode (pairing mode) button (button) provided on the communication adapter to switch the communication adapter to the pairing mode, thereby making the communication adapter and the access point communicate with each other. pair. However, when the electronic device in which the communication adapter is installed is, for example, a lighting device installed on the ceiling, the communication adapter is also installed on the ceiling, and the communication adapter is not within easy reach of the user. Therefore, it is difficult to perform the operation of pressing the button of the communication adapter. As a result, it is sometimes difficult to set network parameters in conventional electronic devices.

Furthermore, when an electronic device communicates with another electronic device, a terminal is connected to the electronic device, and a user operates the terminal to set a plurality of temporary addresses for each electronic device. However, when the electronic device is a lighting device or the like installed on the ceiling as described above, it is difficult for the user to connect the terminal to the electronic device out of easy reach. In this way, when setting temporary addresses for each electronic device, it may be difficult to set network parameters for conventional electronic devices.

[Background Art Document]

[Patent Document]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2012-175148

Contents of the invention

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an electronic device that can easily set network parameters.

[means to solve the problem]

An electronic device according to an embodiment includes an electronic device and a communication device. The electronic device includes a detection unit and a control unit. The detection unit detects a predetermined pattern from patterns indicating an operation state of a predetermined device for controlling the electronic device. When a predetermined code pattern is detected by the detection unit, the control unit controls the communication device so as to set network parameters. The communication device includes a first communication unit. The first communication unit communicates with other communication devices according to the set network parameters.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a home appliance control system according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration example of an electronic device according to the first embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a predetermined code pattern.

4 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a control unit included in the lighting device according to the first embodiment.

5 is a flowchart showing the flow of network parameter setting processing executed by the control unit of the lighting device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a home appliance control system 1 according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a remote controller according to a second embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a predetermined code pattern.

FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration example of an electronic device according to a second embodiment.

10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a control unit included in the lighting device according to the second embodiment.

11 is a flowchart showing the flow of network parameter setting processing executed by the control unit of the lighting device according to the second embodiment.

Fig. 12 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a home appliance control system according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration example of an electronic device according to a second embodiment.

14 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a control unit included in the lighting device according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of an address table.

16 is a flowchart showing the flow of network parameter setting processing executed by the control unit of the lighting device according to the third embodiment.

Explanation of symbols:

1: Home appliance equipment control system

2, 50, 60: home network system

3. 20: User terminal

4: Management server

5: Network

10: Gateway device

30: access point

40, 43: Specified code pattern

41: Commercial power supply

42: switch

100, 100 ₁ to 100 ₃ , 200, 200 ₁ to 200 ₃ , 300, 300 ₁ to 300 ₃ : Electronic equipment

110, 110 ₁ to 110 ₃ , 210, 210 ₁ to 210 ₃ , 310, 310 ₁ to 310 ₃ : Lighting device

111: Power circuit

112: Department of Lighting

113, 123: communication circuit

114: Power monitoring circuit

115: Control Department

116: Detection Department

117: Communication Equipment Control Department

120, 120 ₁ to 120 ₃ : Communication adapter

122: Wireless communication circuit

124, 212, 312: Control Department

211: Receiver

213, 313: Detection Department

214, 314: Communication Equipment Control Department

500: remote control

501: Full Light Button

502: Lights off button

503, 504: Brightness adjustment buttons

505, 506: light color adjustment buttons

S101～S102, S201～S202, S301～S308: steps

T1, T2, T3, T4: time

Detailed ways

The electronic device 100 of the embodiment described below includes a lighting device 110 as an electronic device, and a communication adapter 120 as a first communication device. The lighting device 110 includes a detection unit 116 and a communication device control unit 117 . The detection unit 116 detects a predetermined pattern from a pattern indicating an operation state of a switch 42 or a remote controller 500 as a predetermined device for controlling the lighting device 110 . When a predetermined code pattern is detected by the detection unit 116, the communication device control unit 117 controls the communication adapter 120 so as to set network parameters. The communication adapter 120 includes a wireless communication circuit 122 as a first communication section. The wireless communication circuit 122 communicates with other communication adapters as other communication devices according to the set network parameters.

Furthermore, the detecting units 116 and 313 of the embodiment described below detect a predetermined pattern different from the pattern representing the operating state of the switch 42 during normal operation from among the pattern representing the operating state of the switch 42. The switch 42 is used to control power supply from the commercial power supply 41 to the electronic device 100 and is installed on the wall.

Furthermore, the detection units 213 and 313 of the embodiment described below detect a predetermined code different from the code pattern indicating the operation state of the all light button 501 during normal operation from the code patterns representing the operation state of the all light button 501. type, the full light button 501 is set on the remote controller 500 that sends instructions to the electronic devices 210 and 310 .

Furthermore, the communication device control units 117 and 214 of the embodiments described below transmit an instruction to perform pairing to the communication adapter 120 as a communication device when a predetermined pattern is detected by the detection units 116 and 213 . Then, the wireless communication circuit 122 communicates with other communication adapters according to the pairing result.

In addition, the lighting device 310 as an electronic device according to the embodiment described below further includes a communication circuit 113 as a second communication unit that communicates with other electronic devices. Moreover, when a predetermined code pattern is detected by the detection unit 313, the communication device control unit 314 generates a random number for each electronic device of the electronic device 310 and other electronic devices, sets the generated random number as a temporary address, and sets the The set temporary address is sent to the communication circuit 113 . The communication circuit 113 communicates with other electronic devices based on the temporary address sent from the communication device control unit 314 .

Furthermore, the predetermined pattern in the embodiment described below is a pattern that turns ON (ON) last.

Hereinafter, electronic devices according to the respective embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. In each embodiment, the same reference numerals are given to the same parts, and overlapping descriptions will be omitted. In addition, the electronic devices described in the following embodiments are merely examples. For example, in the following embodiments, the electronic equipment is described as a lighting fixture, but it is not limited to this, and the electronic equipment may also be an air conditioner, a washing machine, a water heater, an electric lock, an interphone (interphone) (door and outdoor communication) Household appliances such as door phones; audio and visual equipment such as television sets and video recorders. In addition, the electronic device may be an entertainment (amusement) home appliance such as a game machine (game machine), an information appliance such as a personal computer (personal computer), or a device related to solar power generation. That is to say, the electronic device may also be all household electrical appliances.

[first embodiment]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a home appliance control system 1 according to the first embodiment. The home appliance control system 1 shown in FIG. 1 is, for example, a system that realizes control or monitoring of home appliances installed in a house, and is called a Home Energy Management System (HEMS) or the like. The home appliance control system 1 is applicable to, for example, the "Energy Conservation and Homecare Network (ECHONET)" or "ECHONET Lite" of the HEMS standard protocol.

As shown in FIG. 1 , a home appliance control system 1 includes a home network system 2 , user terminals 3 and a management server (server) 4 . The home network system 2 , user terminal 3 , and management server 4 are connected via a network 5 in a wired or wireless manner. This network 5 corresponds to, for example, the Internet (internet) or an intranet (intranet). In addition, the number of the home network system 2, the user terminal 3, and the management server 4 shown in FIG.

The home network system 2 is built, for example, in a user's house or shop, and includes a gateway device 10, a user terminal 20, an access point 30, and electronic devices 100 ₁ to 100 ₃ . In addition, the number of electronic devices 100 ₁ to 100 ₃ shown in FIG. 1 is merely an example, and can be appropriately changed according to the configuration of the home network system 2 .

The gateway device 10 is a communication device that is connected to the access point 30 and connects the home network system 2 to the external network 5 . In the example of FIG. 1 , the gateway device 10 connects the access point 30 inside the home network system 2 , and the user terminal 3 and the management server 4 outside the home network system 2 via the network 5 .

The user terminal 20 is, for example, a tablet terminal, a personal computer (Personal Computer, PC), a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (Personal Data Assistance, PDA), etc., and is connected via a wireless local area network (Local Area Network, LAN) or a wired LAN. Connect to access point 30. The user terminal 20 sends control commands to the electronic devices 100 ₁ to 100 ₃ to the access point 30 according to user operations, or displays various information related to the electronic devices 100 ₁ to 100 ₃ received from the access point 30 .

The access point 30 communicates with the gateway device 10 , the user terminal 20 , and the electronic devices 100 ₁ to 100 ₃ using a short-range wireless standard such as Bluetooth or an in-home LAN. The access point 30 transmits various control commands input from the user terminal 20 to the electronic devices 100 ₁ to 100 ₃ , or transmits various information received from the electronic devices 100 ₁ to 100 ₃ to the user terminal 20 . In addition, the access point 30 may be integrally formed with the gateway device 10 .

The electronic devices 100 ₁ to 100 ₃ are, for example, lighting fixtures installed on a ceiling or the like in a user's house. The electronic device 100 ₁ includes a lighting device 110 ₁ as an electronic device, and a communication adapter 120 ₁ as a communication device. This electronic device 100 ₁ is formed by attaching a communication adapter 120 ₁ to a lighting device 110 ₁ . Similarly, in the electronic device 100 ₂ , the communication adapter 120 ₂ is installed on the lighting device 110 ₂ , and in the electronic device 100 3 , the communication adapter _{120 3} is installed on the lighting device 110 ₃ .

In addition, in the following, when it is not necessary to distinguish the electronic devices 100 ₁ to 100 ₃ , they may be simply described as "electronic device 100". In addition, when it is not necessary to distinguish the lighting devices 110 ₁ to 110 ₃ , they may be simply described as "the lighting device 110". In addition, when it is not necessary to distinguish the communication adapters 120 ₁ to 120 ₃ , they may be simply described as "communication adapter 120".

The lighting device 110 has a function of adjusting the illuminance or color of lighting light according to user operations. Furthermore, when the lighting device 110 receives a control command via the communication adapter 120, it executes predetermined processing according to the control command. For example, when the control command is "turn on the lighting device", the lighting device 110 turns on the power supply of the lighting device 110 which is its own device. In addition, when the control command is "set the illuminance of the lighting device to 80%", the lighting device 110 sets the illuminance of the light emitted by the light source of the device to 80%. And the lighting device 110 transmits the execution result of various processes as a response to the access point 30 via the communication adapter 120 . Also, when the user operates the switch of lighting device 110 so that the pattern indicating the operation state of the switch is a predetermined pattern described later, lighting device 110 transmits an instruction to perform pairing to communication adapter 120 .

The communication adapter 120 transfers control commands or responses transmitted and received between the lighting device 110 and the access point 30 . The communication adapter 120 is installed on the lighting device 110 by the builder or the user of the home network system 2 .

In this way, the user using the home network system 2 can control the electronic device 100 via the access point 30 by operating the user terminal 20 . For example, when the user terminal 20 is a mobile phone, the user can control the operation of the electronic device 100 or monitor the operation status of the electronic device 100 only by operating the mobile phone at home. Also, the user can pair the communication adapter 120 with the access point 30 by operating the switch of the lighting device 110 so that the pattern indicating the operation state of the switch becomes a predetermined pattern described later.

In addition, in FIG. 1 , user terminals 3 shown outside the home network system 2 are, for example, mobile phones, PDAs, tablet terminals, and PCs, and are connected to the network 5 via wireless LAN or wired LAN. Similar to the user terminal 20 , the user terminal 3 transmits a control command for the electronic device 100 to the management server 4 or displays various information related to the electronic device 100 received from the management server 4 according to user operations.

The management server 4 transmits various control commands received from the user terminal 3 to the access point 30 via the network 5 . Thus, the access point 30 transmits the control command transmitted from the user terminal 3 located outside the home network system 2 to the electronic device 100 . Furthermore, the management server 4 transmits various information related to the electronic device 100 received from the access point 30 to the user terminal 3 via the network 5 . Thus, the user terminal 3 displays various information related to the electronic device 100 installed in the home network system 2 . In this way, the user of the user terminal 3 can control the electronic device 100 or monitor the operation status of the electronic device 100 even when he is not in the home network system 2 .

Hereinafter, the electronic device 100 of the first embodiment will be described in detail.

[Structure of electronic equipment]

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration example of the electronic device 100 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2 , the electronic device 100 is connected to a commercial power supply 41 . Furthermore, a switch 42 is provided between the electronic device 100 and the commercial power supply 41 . The commercial power supply 41 is managed by, for example, an electric power company, and supplies electric power to general households. The switch 42 is installed on a wall or the like in a house, and switches between supplying electric power from the commercial power supply 41 to the electronic device 100 and not supplying the electric power to the electronic device 100 .

For example, when the user performs an operation to turn on the switch 42 , electric power is supplied from the commercial power supply 41 to the electronic device 100 . As a result, the lighting device 110 in the electronic device 100 is turned on. On the other hand, when the user operates to turn off the switch 42 , the electric power supply from the commercial power supply 41 to the electronic device 100 is stopped. As a result, the lighting device 110 in the electronic device 100 is turned off.

Here, when communication adapter 120 is paired with access point 30 , the user performs an operation of turning on switch 42 and an operation of turning off switch 42 so that the operation state of switch 42 becomes a predetermined pattern. Here, an example of a predetermined code pattern will be described with reference to FIG. 3 . Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a predetermined code pattern. As shown in the example of FIG. 3 , the prescribed code pattern 40 refers to the following code pattern: the time T1 second from the switch 42 turned on (ON) to the next turn-on is within the prescribed time α seconds, and the switch 42 is turned on for 1 second. The time T2 seconds until the predetermined number of times β (for example, 20 times) is turned on after the first time is within the predetermined time γ seconds. Here, one second is mentioned as an example of the predetermined time α second. Furthermore, 20 seconds can be mentioned as an example of the predetermined time γ seconds. This predetermined code pattern is a special code pattern different from the code pattern indicating the operating state of the switch 42 during normal operation.

And, as shown in the example of FIG. 3 , the predetermined pattern 40 is a pattern that turns on (ON) last. This is because if the end of the predetermined code pattern 40 is OFF, the switch 42 is OFF, and therefore no power is supplied to the communication adapter 120, the communication adapter 120 does not operate, and the communication adapter 120 cannot be paired. Therefore, in this embodiment, in order to make the communication adapter 120 perform pairing reliably, the pattern which turns ON last is used as the predetermined pattern 40.

Returning to the description of FIG. 2 , the lighting device 110 of the electronic device 100 includes a power supply circuit 111 , a lighting unit 112 , a communication circuit 113 , a power monitoring circuit 114 , and a control unit 115 .

The power supply circuit 111 is a power supply unit that generates power required for the operation of the lighting device 110 from the power supplied from the commercial power supply 41 and supplies the generated power to each part in the lighting device 110 (the lighting unit 112 , communication circuit 113, power monitoring circuit 114 and control unit 115). The lighting unit 112 is a light emitting diode (Light Emitting Diode, LED) or a light bulb, and illuminates a room or the like. The communication circuit 113 is connected to a communication adapter 120 (more specifically, a communication circuit 123 described later), and communicates with the communication adapter 120 .

The power monitoring circuit 114 monitors whether the switch 42 is on or off. In other words, the power supply monitoring circuit 114 monitors whether or not electric power is supplied from the commercial power supply 41 to the lighting device 110 . Further, when detecting that the switch 42 is turned from on to off, or when detecting that the switch 42 is from off to on, the power monitoring circuit 114 notifies the control unit 115 of the detection result.

The control unit 115 controls the lighting device 110 as a whole. For example, the control unit 115 is realized by a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU). Furthermore, the control unit 115 controls the lighting device 110 as a whole by executing a program (program) stored in an unshown storage device (for example, a read only memory (ROM)) inside the lighting device 110 . In addition, in FIG. 2 , an example in which the control unit 115 is realized by a CPU is shown, but the control unit 115 can also be realized by, for example, a microprocessor (Micro Processing Unit, MPU), or can also be realized by an application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit). Circuit, ASIC) or Field Programmable Gate Array (Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) and other integrated circuits.

Here, the control unit 115 of the first embodiment performs control such that the communication adapter 120 is paired with the access point 30 when the pattern indicating the operation state of the switch 42 is detected to be the predetermined pattern. .

This aspect will be described with reference to FIG. 4 . FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a control unit 115 included in the lighting device 110 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4 , the control unit 115 includes a detection unit 116 and a communication device control unit 117 .

The detection unit 116 sequentially receives detection results transmitted from the power supply monitoring circuit 114 . Then, the detection unit 116 generates a pattern representing the operation state of the switch 42 at predetermined time intervals from the past to the current time point after the predetermined time γ seconds have elapsed based on the detection results sequentially received. Next, whenever a code pattern is generated, the detection unit 116 judges whether or not the generated code pattern is the predetermined code pattern. Then, when it is judged that the generated code pattern is the predetermined code pattern, the detection unit 116 detects the predetermined code pattern from the generated code patterns, and notifies the communication device control unit 117 that the predetermined code pattern has been detected. In addition, the detection unit 116 may also determine whether the detection results successively received by the detection results whose mutual on-off period time is within a predetermined time have reached a predetermined number of consecutive times, when it is determined that the mutual on-off period time When the detection results within the predetermined time continuously reach the predetermined number of times, the predetermined pattern is detected, and the communication device control unit 117 is notified that the predetermined pattern has been detected.

When the communication device control unit 117 receives a notification from the detection unit 116 that a predetermined pattern has been detected, it transmits an instruction to change the state to a mode for performing pairing (pairing mode) to the communication adapter 120 . Accordingly, when the state of the access point 30 also changes to the pairing mode, the communication adapter 120 and the access point 30 are paired. Thus, the communication adapter 120 can communicate with the access point 30 . The communication device control unit 117 sets network parameters in the above-described manner.

Returning to the description of FIG. 2 , the communication adapter 120 of the electronic device 100 transfers a control command or a response transmitted and received between the lighting device 110 and the access point 30 as described above. As shown in FIG. 2 , the communication adapter 120 includes a wireless communication circuit 122 , a communication circuit 123 and a control unit 124 .

The wireless communication circuit 122 performs short-range wireless communication with the access point 30 using short-range wireless standards such as Bluetooth. The communication circuit 123 is connected to the communication circuit 113 of the lighting device 110 and communicates with the lighting device 110 . The wireless communication circuit 122 and the communication circuit 123 function as a communication unit that transfers data (data) transmitted and received between the network including the access point 30 and the like and the lighting device 110 .

The control unit 124 controls the communication adapter 120 as a whole. Specifically, the control unit 124 performs transfer processing of control commands and responses, and the like. The control unit 124 is realized by, for example, a CPU. Furthermore, the control unit 124 controls the communication adapter 120 as a whole by executing a program stored in a ROM or the like inside the communication adapter 120 . In addition, although the example which realized the control part 124 by CPU was shown in FIG. 2, the control part 124 may also be realized by MPU etc., or may realize it by integrated circuits, such as ASIC and FPGA.

[Processing procedure of the control unit]

Next, the processing procedure of the control unit 115 of the lighting device 110 will be described using FIG. 5 . 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of network parameter setting processing executed by the control unit of the lighting device according to the first embodiment. The network parameter setting process is executed, for example, every time the detection unit 116 generates a pattern indicating the operation state of the switch 42 .

As shown in FIG. 5, the detection part 116 of the control part 115 judges whether the pattern which shows the operation state of the switch 42 is the said predetermined pattern (step S101). Then, when it is determined that the pattern indicating the operation state of the switch 42 is not the predetermined pattern (step S101: No), the detection unit 116 performs the determination process of step S101 again. On the other hand, when it is determined that the code pattern representing the operation state of the switch 42 is the predetermined code pattern (step S101: Yes), the communication device control unit 117 transmits to the communication adapter 120 a mode for changing the state to pairing (pairing mode). ) (step S102), and the process ends.

As described above, the electronic device 100 of the first embodiment includes the lighting device 110 and the communication adapter 120 . The lighting device 110 includes a detection unit 116 and a communication device control unit 117 . The detection unit 116 detects a predetermined pattern from patterns indicating the operating state of the switch 42 for controlling the lighting device 110 . When a predetermined code pattern is detected by the detection unit 116, the communication device control unit 117 controls the communication adapter 120 so as to set network parameters. Communications adapter 120 includes wireless communications circuitry 122 . The wireless communication circuit 122 communicates with other communication adapters according to the set network parameters. Therefore, according to the electronic device 100 , the user does not need to directly operate the lighting device 110 , but only operates the switch 42 within the reach of the user's hand to set the network parameters. Therefore, according to the electronic device 100, network parameters can be easily set.

Furthermore, the detecting unit 116 of the first embodiment detects a predetermined pattern different from the pattern representing the operating state of the switch 42 during normal operation from the pattern representing the operating state of the switch 42 used to control The electronic device 100 is supplied with electric power from a commercial power supply 41 and installed on a wall. Therefore, when the switch 42 is normally operated by the user, the detection unit 116 does not detect the predetermined pattern. Therefore, according to the detection unit 116, false detection of a predetermined pattern such as detection of a predetermined pattern during normal operation can be suppressed.

Furthermore, the communication device control unit 117 of the first embodiment transmits an instruction to perform pairing to the communication adapter 120 as a communication device when a predetermined pattern is detected by the detection unit 116 . Then, the wireless communication circuit 122 communicates with other communication adapters according to the pairing result.

Furthermore, the predetermined pattern of the first embodiment is a pattern that turns ON as the last. Thus, in the first embodiment, power is supplied to communication adapter 120 when a predetermined pattern is detected. Therefore, according to the first embodiment, communication adapter 120 can be reliably paired.

In addition, a case has been described in which, when pairing the communication adapter 120 with the access point 30, the user performs the operation of turning on the switch 42 and turning the switch 42 on so that the operation state of the switch 42 becomes a predetermined code pattern. 42 disconnected operations. However, when pairing the communication adapter 120 with the access point 30, the user can also set the operation state of the switch 42 to the first pattern and the operation state of the phase control dimmer switch (not shown) to be In the second code pattern, the operation of turning on the switch 42 and the phase control dimmer switch and the operation of turning off the switch 42 and the phase control dimmer switch are performed. Here, the phase control dimmer switch is installed on the wall similarly to the switch 42 . Furthermore, the phase control dimmer switch is a switch for controlling the conduction phase angle of the current flowing into the lighting unit 112 so as to change the current flowing into the lighting unit 112 . That is, the phase control dimmer switch is a switch for controlling the dimming rate of the lighting unit 112 . The phase control dimmer switch is connected to the control unit 115 , and outputs the operation state (on and off) of the phase control dimmer switch to the control unit 115 . In addition, the control unit 115 generates a pattern indicating the operating state of the phase control dimmer switch at predetermined time intervals based on the operating state of the phase control dimmer switch. Here, the first pattern is the predetermined pattern, and the second pattern is a pattern indicating a state in which the dimming rate is continuously zero. In this case, the detection unit 116 performs the next process every time a pattern indicating the operating state of the switch 42 and a pattern indicating the operating state of the phase control dimmer switch are generated. That is, the detection unit 116 determines whether the generated pattern indicating the operating state of the switch 42 is the first pattern and whether the generated pattern indicating the operating state of the phase control dimmer switch is the second pattern. Then, when it is judged that the generated code pattern representing the operation state of the switch 42 is the first code pattern and the code pattern representing the operation state of the phase control dimmer switch is the second code pattern, the detection unit 116 starts from The first pattern and the second pattern are detected in the generated two patterns, and the communication device control unit 117 is notified that the first pattern and the second pattern have been detected. Next, when receiving notification from the detection unit 116 that the first pattern and the second pattern have been detected, the communication device control unit 117 transmits an instruction to change the state to a mode for pairing (pairing mode) to the communication adapter 120 .

[Second Embodiment 1

Next, a second embodiment will be described. The electronic device according to the second embodiment controls the communication adapter 120 to pair with the access point 30 when it detects that the pattern indicating the operation state of the remote controller is a predetermined pattern described later. In addition, in 2nd Embodiment, the same code|symbol is attached|subjected to the same equipment, apparatus, etc. as 1st Embodiment, and duplicative description is abbreviate|omitted.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a home appliance control system 1 according to the second embodiment. The home appliance control system 1 of the second embodiment includes a home network system 50 , user terminals 3 and a management server 4 .

The home network system 50 includes electronic devices 200 ₁ to 200 ₃ , a gateway device 10 , a user terminal 20 and an access point 30 . In addition, the number of electronic devices 200 ₁ to 200 ₃ shown in FIG. 6 is merely an example, and can be appropriately changed according to the configuration of the home network system 50 .

The electronic devices 200 ₁ to 200 ₃ are, for example, lighting fixtures installed on a ceiling or the like in a user's house. The electronic device 200 ₁ includes a lighting device 210 ₁ and a communication adapter 120 ₁ as electronic devices. This electronic device 200 ₁ is formed by attaching a communication adapter 120 ₁ to a lighting device 210 ₁ . Similarly, in the electronic device 200 ₂ , the communication adapter 120 ₂ is installed on the lighting device 210 ₂ , and in the electronic device 200 ₃ , the communication adapter 120 ₃ is installed on the lighting device 210 ₃ .

In addition, in the following, when there is no need to distinguish the electronic devices 200 ₁ to 200 ₃ , they may be simply described as "electronic device 200". In addition, when it is not necessary to distinguish the lighting devices 210 ₁ to 210 ₃ , they may be simply described as "the lighting device 210".

The lighting device 210 has a function of adjusting the illuminance or color of the lighting light according to a user's operation. Furthermore, when the lighting device 210 receives a control command via the communication adapter 120, it executes predetermined processing according to the control command. For example, when the control command is "turn on the lighting device", the lighting device 210 turns on the power of the lighting device 210 which is its own device. In addition, when the control command is "set the illuminance of the lighting device to 80%", the lighting device 210 sets the illuminance of the light emitted by the light source of the device to 80%. And the lighting device 210 transmits the execution result of various processes as a response to the access point 30 via the communication adapter 120 . In addition, when the user operates the remote control of the lighting device 210 described later and the code pattern indicating the operating state of the remote control is a predetermined code pattern described later, the lighting device 210 transmits an instruction to perform pairing to the communication adapter. 120. Therefore, the user can pair the communication adapter 120 with the access point 30 by operating the remote control of the lighting device 210 so that the pattern indicating the operating state of the remote control becomes a predetermined pattern described later.

Here, the remote controller of the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a remote controller according to a second embodiment. As shown in the example of FIG. 7 , the remote controller 500 includes a full light button 501 for turning on the lighting device 210 at maximum brightness, and a light-off button 502 for turning off the lighting device 210 . Furthermore, the remote controller 500 includes a brightness adjustment button 503 for increasing the brightness of the lighting device 210 and a brightness adjustment button 504 for reducing the brightness of the lighting device 210 . In addition, the remote control 500 includes a light color adjustment button 505 for increasing blue light among the light of various colors contained in the light emitted by the lighting device 210, and a light color adjustment button 506 for increasing yellow light. .

When the full light button 501 is pressed by the user, the remote controller 500 outputs a signal indicating that the full light button 501 has been pressed. Likewise, regarding other buttons, also when pressed by the user, the remote controller 500 outputs a signal indicating that the button has been pressed.

Here, when pairing the communication adapter 120 with the access point 30, the user turns on the full light button 501 so that the operation state of the buttons of the remote controller 500, for example, the full light button 501 becomes a predetermined pattern. Operation (operation of pressing the full light button 501). Here, an example of a predetermined code pattern will be described with reference to FIG. 8 . Fig. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a predetermined code pattern. As shown in the example of FIG. 8 , the prescribed code pattern 43 refers to the following code pattern: the time T3 seconds from when the all-light button 501 is turned on (ON) to the next turn-on is within the specified time ε seconds, and the all-light button The time T4 seconds from when the 501 is turned on once to the predetermined number of times ζ (for example, 20 times) is within the predetermined time n seconds. Here, one second is mentioned as an example of the predetermined time ε second. In addition, 20 seconds can be mentioned as an example of the predetermined time n seconds. This predetermined code pattern is a special code pattern different from the code pattern indicating the operation state of the all-optical button 501 during normal operation.

Furthermore, as shown in the example of FIG. 8 , the predetermined pattern 43 is a pattern that turns ON (ON) last. This is because if the end of the predetermined code pattern 43 is OFF, the switch 42 is OFF, and therefore no power is supplied to the communication adapter 120, and the communication adapter 120 does not operate, so that the communication adapter 120 cannot be paired. Therefore, also in this embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, in order to reliably perform pairing of the communication adapter 120 , the pattern that is finally turned on is adopted as the predetermined pattern 43 .

Next, the electronic device 200 of the second embodiment will be described in detail.

[Structure of electronic equipment]

FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration example of an electronic device 200 according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 9 , the electronic device 200 includes a lighting device 210 and a communication adapter 120 . The lighting device 210 includes a power supply circuit 111 , a lighting unit 112 , a communication circuit 113 , a power monitoring circuit 114 , a receiver 211 , and a control unit 212 .

The receiver 211 operates with the power supplied from the power supply circuit 111 and receives a signal transmitted from the remote controller 500 . The receiver 211 receives various signals such as a signal indicating that the luminance of the illumination light in the illumination device 110 is set to the maximum luminance, or a signal indicating that the illuminance or color of the illumination light is changed. Furthermore, each time the receiver 211 receives a signal, it transmits the received signal to the control unit 212 .

The control unit 212 controls the lighting device 210 as a whole. For example, the control unit 212 is realized by a CPU. Furthermore, the control unit 212 controls the entire lighting device 210 by executing a program stored in a storage device (not shown) inside the lighting device 210 . In addition, although the example which realized the control part 212 by CPU was shown in FIG. 9, the control part 212 may also be realized by MPU etc., or may realize it by integrated circuits, such as ASIC and FPGA.

Here, the control unit 212 of the second embodiment performs control in such a manner that when it is detected that the code pattern indicating the operation state of the full light button 501 is the predetermined code pattern, the communication adapter 120 and the access point 30 are connected to each other. Make a pair.

This aspect will be described with reference to FIG. 10 . FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a control unit 212 included in a lighting device 210 according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 10 , the control unit 212 includes a detection unit 213 and a communication device control unit 214 .

The detection unit 213 sequentially receives a signal from the receiver 211 indicating that the full light button 501 has been pressed. Then, the detection unit 213 generates, at predetermined time intervals, a signal indicating that the full light button 501 has passed the predetermined time n seconds from the past and reached the current time point based on the successively received signals indicating that the full light button 501 has been pressed. The pattern of the operational state. Next, whenever a code pattern is generated, the detection unit 213 judges whether or not the generated code pattern is the predetermined code pattern. Then, when it is determined that the generated code pattern is the predetermined code pattern, the detection unit 213 detects the predetermined code pattern from the generated code patterns, and notifies the communication device control unit 214 that the predetermined code pattern has been detected.

When receiving notification from the detection unit 213 that a predetermined pattern has been detected, the communication device control unit 214 transmits an instruction to change the state to a mode for performing pairing (pairing mode) to the communication adapter 120 . Accordingly, when the state of the access point 30 also changes to the pairing mode, the communication adapter 120 and the access point 30 are paired. Thus, the communication adapter 120 can communicate with the access point 30 . The communication device control unit 214 sets network parameters in the above-described manner.

[Processing procedure of the control unit]

Next, the processing procedure of the control unit 212 of the lighting device 210 will be described using FIG. 11 . 11 is a flowchart showing the flow of network parameter setting processing executed by the control unit of the lighting device according to the second embodiment. The network parameter setting process is executed, for example, every time the detection unit 213 generates a pattern indicating the operation state of the full light button 501 .

As shown in FIG. 11 , the detection unit 213 of the control unit 212 judges whether or not the pattern indicating the operation state of the full light button 501 is the predetermined pattern (step S201 ). Then, when it is determined that the pattern indicating the operation state of the full light button 501 is not the predetermined pattern (step S201: No), the detection unit 213 performs the determination process of step S201 again. On the other hand, when it is determined that the code pattern indicating the operation state of the all-light button 501 is the predetermined code pattern (step S201: Yes), the communication device control unit 214 transmits to the communication adapter 120 a mode to change the state to pairing ( pairing mode) (step S202), and the process ends.

As described above, the electronic device 200 of the second embodiment includes the lighting device 210 and the communication adapter 120 . The lighting device 210 includes a detection unit 213 and a communication device control unit 214 . The detection unit 213 detects a predetermined pattern from patterns indicating the operating state of the full light button 501 for controlling the lighting device 210 . When a predetermined code pattern is detected by the detection unit 213, the communication device control unit 214 controls the communication adapter 120 so as to set network parameters. Communications adapter 120 includes wireless communications circuitry 122 . The wireless communication circuit 122 communicates with other communication adapters according to the set network parameters. Therefore, according to the electronic device 200, the user does not need to directly operate the lighting device 210, but can set network parameters only by operating the full light button 501 of the remote controller 500 within the reach of the user's hand. Therefore, according to the electronic device 200, network parameters can be easily set.

Furthermore, the detecting unit 213 of the second embodiment detects a predetermined pattern different from the pattern representing the operation state of the all-beam button 501 during normal operation from among the patterns representing the operation state of the all-beam button 501. The full light button 501 is provided on the remote controller 500 for sending instructions to the electronic device 210 . Therefore, when the user normally operates the full light button 501 , the detection unit 213 does not detect the predetermined pattern. Therefore, according to the detection unit 213, false detection of a predetermined pattern such as detection of a predetermined pattern during normal operation can be suppressed.

Furthermore, the communication device control unit 214 of the second embodiment transmits an instruction to perform pairing to the communication adapter 120 as a communication device when a predetermined pattern is detected by the detection unit 213 . Then, the wireless communication circuit 122 communicates with other communication adapters according to the pairing result.

Furthermore, the predetermined pattern of the second embodiment is a pattern that turns ON as the last. Thus, in the second embodiment, power is supplied to communication adapter 120 when a predetermined pattern is detected. Therefore, according to the second embodiment, communication adapter 120 can be reliably paired.

[Third Embodiment]

Next, a third embodiment will be described. The electronic device of the third embodiment detects that the code pattern indicating the operation state of the switch 42 or the all-light button 501 is the various predetermined code patterns described above in the same way as the first embodiment and the second embodiment. Next, set the temporary addresses of all electronic devices in the home network system. In addition, in 3rd Embodiment, the same code|symbol is attached|subjected to the same equipment, apparatus, etc. as 1st Embodiment and 2nd Embodiment, and redundant description is abbreviate|omitted.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the home appliance control system 1 according to the third embodiment. The home appliance control system 1 of the third embodiment includes a home network system 60 , user terminals 3 and a management server 4 .

The home network system 60 includes electronic devices 300 ₁ to 300 ₃ , a gateway device 10 , a user terminal 20 and an access point 30 . In addition, the number of electronic devices 300 ₁ to 300 ₃ shown in FIG. 12 is three, but this is merely an example, and can be appropriately changed according to the configuration of the home network system 60 .

The electronic devices 300 ₁ to 300 ₃ are, for example, lighting fixtures installed on a ceiling or the like in a user's house. The electronic device 300 ₁ includes a lighting device 310 ₁ as an electronic device. Likewise, the electronic device 300 ₃ includes a lighting device 310 ₃ as an electronic device. Furthermore, the electronic device 300 ₂ includes a lighting device 310 ₂ as an electronic device, and a communication adapter 120 . This electronic device 300 ₂ is formed by attaching the communication adapter 120 to the lighting device 310 ₂ .

In addition, in the following, when there is no need to distinguish the electronic devices 300 ₁ to 300 ₃ , they may be simply described as "electronic device 300". In addition, when it is not necessary to distinguish the lighting devices 310 ₁ to 310 ₃ , they may be simply described as "the lighting device 310".

In the third embodiment, the lighting devices 310 of the electronic devices 300 can communicate with each other, and the lighting devices 310 can communicate with the access point 30 through the communication adapter 120 .

The lighting device 310 has both functions of the lighting device 110 of the first embodiment and the functions of the lighting device 210 of the second embodiment. In addition, when the lighting device 300 detects that the code pattern indicating the operation state of the switch 42 or the all-light button 501 is the above-mentioned various predetermined code patterns by the same method as the first embodiment and the second embodiment, , to set the temporary addresses of all the electronic devices 300 in the home network system 60 .

Next, the electronic device 300 of the third embodiment will be described in detail.

[Structure of electronic equipment]

FIG. 13 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration example of an electronic device 300 according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 13 , the electronic device 300 includes a lighting device 310 and a communication adapter 120 . The lighting device 310 includes a power supply circuit 111 , a lighting unit 112 , a communication circuit 113 , a power monitoring circuit 114 , a receiver 211 , and a control unit 312 .

The control unit 312 controls the lighting device 310 as a whole. For example, the control unit 312 is realized by a CPU. Furthermore, the control unit 312 controls the entire lighting device 310 by executing a program stored in a storage device (not shown) inside the lighting device 310 . In addition, in FIG. 13 , an example in which the control unit 312 is realized by a CPU is shown, but the control unit 312 may be realized by, for example, an MPU or the like, or may be realized by an integrated circuit such as an ASIC or FPGA.

Here, the control unit 312 of the third embodiment detects that the code pattern indicating the operation state of the switch 42 or the full light button 501 is the various predetermined code patterns in the same way as the first embodiment and the second embodiment. In the case of , the temporary addresses of all the electronic devices 300 in the home network system 60 are set.

This aspect will be described with reference to FIG. 14 . FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a control unit 312 included in a lighting device 310 according to the third embodiment. As shown in FIG. 14 , the control unit 312 includes a detection unit 313 and a communication device control unit 314 .

The detection unit 313 has two functions, the function of the detection unit 116 of the first embodiment and the function of the detection unit 213 of the second embodiment. That is to say, the detection unit 313 detects from the generated code patterns when it is judged that the generated code patterns are the various predetermined code patterns by the same method as the first embodiment and the second embodiment. The predetermined pattern, and notify the communication device control unit 314 that the predetermined pattern has been detected.

The communication device control unit 314 sets the temporary addresses of all the electronic devices 300 in the home network system 60 when receiving the notification from the detection unit 313 that the predetermined pattern has been detected. Specifically, the communication device control unit 314 first generates a random number k from “0” to “255” for each electronic device 300 . Then, the communication device control unit 314 sets the generated random number as a temporary address, and registers it in an address table (address table) in correspondence with an identification code (Identification, ID) for identifying the electronic device 300 .

This address table will be described. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of an address table. The example in FIG. 15 shows a case where the communication device control unit 314 registers the temporary address "251" in the address table in association with the electronic device 300 ₁ identified by the ID "300 ₁ ". Furthermore, the example in FIG. 15 shows a case where the communication device control unit 314 registers the temporary address "7" in the address table in association with the electronic device 300 ₂ identified by the ID "300 ₂ ". In addition, the example of FIG. 15 shows the case where the communication device control unit 314 registers the temporary address "183" in the address table in association with the electronic device 300 ₃ identified by the ID "300 ₃ ".

[Processing procedure of the control unit]

Next, the processing procedure of the control unit 312 of the lighting device 310 will be described using FIG. 16 . 16 is a flowchart showing the flow of network parameter setting processing executed by the control unit of the lighting device according to the third embodiment. The network parameter setting process is executed, for example, every time a pattern is generated by the detection unit 313 .

As shown in FIG. 16 , the detection unit 313 of the control unit 312 determines whether or not the pattern indicating the operation state of the switch 42 is a predetermined pattern (step S301 ). Then, when it is determined that the pattern representing the operation state of the switch 42 is not a predetermined pattern (step S301: No), the detection unit 312 determines whether the pattern representing the operation state of the all-light button 501 is a predetermined pattern (step S302) . Next, when it is determined that the pattern indicating the operation state of the full light button 501 is not a predetermined pattern (step S302: No), the process returns to step S301, and the detection unit 313 performs the determination process of S301.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the code pattern representing the operating state of the all-light button 501 is a prescribed pattern (step S302: Yes) or when it is determined that the code pattern representing the operating state of the switch 42 is a prescribed pattern (step S301: Yes ), the communication device control unit 314 performs the next processing. That is, the communication device control unit 314 sets "0" as the value of the variable i, and initializes the value of the variable i (step S303).

Then, the communication device control unit 314 determines whether or not the value of the variable i is smaller than the number N of electronic devices 300 in the home network system 60 (step S304 ). When it is determined that it is smaller (step S304: Yes), the communication device control unit 314 increments (increments) the value of the variable i by 1 (step S305). Next, the communication device control unit 314 generates a random number k from "0" to "255" (step S306).

Then, the communication device control unit 314 sets the generated random number k as a temporary address, and associates it with an ID (Identification) for identifying the electronic device 300 and registers it in the address table. Specifically, IDs of N electronic devices 300 are registered in advance in the address table, and communication device control unit 314 registers a random number k corresponding to the ID of the i-th electronic device in the address table (step S307). Next, returning to S304, the communication device control unit 314 executes the process of S304 again.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the value of the variable i is greater than or equal to the number N of electronic devices 300 in the home network system 60 (step S304: No), the communication device control unit 314 registers the temporary addresses of each of the N electronic devices. The address list is sent to all lighting devices 310 in the home network system 60 (step S308). Accordingly, each of the communication circuits 113 of all lighting devices 310 can communicate with the communication circuits 113 of other lighting devices 310 using the temporary address registered in the address table.

As described above, the electronic device 300 of the third embodiment includes the lighting device 310 and the communication adapter 120 . The lighting device 310 includes a detection unit 313 and a communication device control unit 314 . The detection unit 313 detects a predetermined pattern from patterns indicating the operating states of the switch 42 and the full light button 501 for controlling the lighting device 310 . When a predetermined code pattern is detected by the detection unit 313, the communication device control unit 314 controls the communication adapter 120 so as to set network parameters. Communications adapter 120 includes wireless communications circuitry 122 . The wireless communication circuit 122 communicates with other communication adapters according to the set network parameters. Therefore, according to the electronic device 300, the user does not need to directly operate the lighting device 310, but only by operating the switch 42 within the reach of the user's hand or the full light button 501 of the remote controller 500 to set the network parameters. Therefore, according to the electronic device 300, network parameters can be easily set.

Furthermore, the detecting unit 313 of the third embodiment detects a predetermined pattern different from the pattern representing the operating state of the switch 42 during normal operation from the pattern representing the operating state of the switch 42 for The electric device 300 is controlled to be supplied with electric power from the commercial power supply 41 and installed on the wall. Therefore, when the switch 42 is normally operated by the user, the detection unit 313 does not detect the predetermined pattern. Therefore, according to the detection unit 313, false detection of a predetermined pattern such as detection of a predetermined pattern during normal operation can be suppressed.

Furthermore, the detecting unit 313 of the third embodiment detects a predetermined pattern different from the pattern representing the operation state of the all-beam button 501 during normal operation from among the patterns representing the operation state of the all-beam button 501. The full light button 501 is provided on the remote controller 500 for sending instructions to the electronic device 310 . Therefore, when the user normally operates the full light button 501 , the detection unit 313 does not detect the predetermined pattern. Therefore, according to the detection unit 313, false detection of a predetermined pattern such as detection of a predetermined pattern during normal operation can be suppressed.

Furthermore, the communication device control unit 314 of the third embodiment transmits an instruction to perform pairing to the communication adapter 120 as a communication device when a predetermined pattern is detected by the detection unit 313 . Then, the wireless communication circuit 122 communicates with other communication adapters according to the pairing result.

Furthermore, the lighting device 310 of the third embodiment includes the communication circuit 113 which is a second communication unit for communicating with other electronic devices. Moreover, when a predetermined code pattern is detected by the detection unit 313, the communication device control unit 314 generates a random number for each electronic device of the electronic device 310 and other electronic devices, sets the generated random number as a temporary address, and sets the generated random number as a temporary address. The set temporary address is sent to the communication circuit 113 . The communication circuit 113 communicates with other electronic devices based on the temporary address sent from the communication device control unit 314 . Therefore, according to the electronic device 300, the user does not need to directly operate the lighting device 310, but only by operating the switch 42 or the full light button 501 of the remote controller 500 within the reach of the user's hand, the temporary address can be set. a network parameter. Therefore, according to the electronic device 300, network parameters can be easily set.

Furthermore, the predetermined pattern of the third embodiment is a pattern that turns ON as the last. Thus, in the third embodiment, power is supplied to communication adapter 120 when a predetermined pattern is detected. Therefore, according to the third embodiment, communication adapter 120 can be reliably paired.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiments, network parameters can be easily set.

Although some embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These embodiments can be implemented in other various forms, and various omissions, substitutions, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and spirit of the invention, and are also included in the invention described in the scope of claims and their equivalents.

Claims (5)

1. an electronic equipment, comprises electronic installation and communicator, it is characterized in that, described electronic installation comprises:

Test section, from representing the pattern of the mode of operation of the specified devices for described electronic installation is controlled, detects regulation pattern; And

Control part, in the situation that described regulation pattern being detected by described test section, controls described communicator in the mode of setting network parameter;

Described communicator comprises: the first Department of Communication Force, communicates with other communicators according to the network parameter setting.

2. electronic equipment according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described test section is from the pattern of the mode of operation of expression switch, the pattern of the mode of operation of detection during as common operation from representing described switch different as described in regulation pattern, described switch is for controlling from source power supply to described electronic equipment supply electric power and being arranged on wall.

3. electronic equipment according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described test section is from the pattern of the mode of operation of expression button, the pattern of the mode of operation of detection during as common operation from representing described button different as described in regulation pattern, described button is arranged on to described electronic installation and sends on the remote controller of indicating.

4. according to the electronic equipment described in any one in claims 1 to 3, it is characterized in that: in the situation that described regulation pattern being detected by described test section, described control part sends the indication of matching to described communicator, described the first Department of Communication Force communicates with described other communicators according to the result of pairing.

5. electronic equipment according to claim 1, is characterized in that:

Described electronic installation also comprises the second communication portion communicating with other electronic equipments,

In the situation that described regulation pattern being detected by described test section, the communicator control part of described control part produces random number for each electronic equipment of described electronic equipment and described other electronic equipments, produced random number is set as to temporary address, and the temporary address setting is sent to described second communication portion

Described second communication portion communicates with described other electronic equipments according to the described temporary address of sending from described communicator control part.