CN103916297A - Internet of things household appliance, system, wireless intelligent terminal and data transmission and configuration method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an Internet of Things home appliance, a system, a wireless intelligent terminal, and a data transmission and configuration method. The IoT household appliances include a wireless network communication module and a first NFC module. Wherein, the wireless network communication module receives the first control signal, and searches for a list of wireless routers that can be connected around the home appliances of the Internet of Things. The first NFC module receives the second control signal sent by the first device other than the Internet of Things home appliance, and obtains a list of wireless routers that can be connected to the surrounding area from the wireless network communication module; The identity information corresponding to a router in the wireless router list in the wireless router list, and send the identity information to the wireless network communication module; the wireless network communication module also establishes a network connection with the router corresponding to the identity information. The Internet of Things home appliance, system, wireless intelligent terminal and data transmission and configuration method of the present invention can perform network configuration on the home appliance without a display screen so that it can join the home network.

Description

Internet of things home appliance, system, wireless intelligent terminal, and data transmission and configuration method

technical field

The invention relates to a wireless communication technology, in particular to an Internet of Things home appliance, a system, a wireless intelligent terminal, and a data transmission and configuration method.

Background technique

With the gradual rise of the Internet of Things, people's interest in IoT smart home appliances is increasing. For home appliances with wired network ports, just plug in the network cable to connect to the home network. But for IoT smart home appliances with only WIFI network modules, the first problem to be solved is how to connect to the home network and then connect to the external Internet.

For home appliances with an information input interface, such as white goods such as TVs, refrigerators with TFT display screens, or air conditioners, the configuration method of the WIFI network is similar to the method of configuring the WIFI network on a computer.

However, for household appliances without an input interface, such as: white household appliances with only keys and/or 8-character digital tubes, etc., there is no way to input network configuration information conveniently or at all.

Contents of the invention

A brief overview of the invention is given below in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the invention. It should be understood that this summary is not an exhaustive overview of the invention. It is not intended to identify key or critical parts of the invention nor to delineate the scope of the invention. Its purpose is merely to present some concepts in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is discussed later.

A main purpose of the present invention is to provide an Internet of Things home appliance, system, wireless intelligent terminal, and data transmission and configuration method, which can perform network configuration on home appliances without display screens, so that they can join the home network.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the Internet of Things home appliance includes a wireless network communication module and a first NFC module;

The wireless network communication module is used to search for a list of wireless routers that can be connected around the Internet of Things home appliance;

The first NFC module is used to receive a second control signal sent by a first device other than the IoT home appliance, and obtain the peripheral connectable information from the wireless network communication module according to the second control signal. list of wireless routers;

The first NFC module is further configured to obtain from the first device identity information corresponding to a router in the peripheral connectable wireless router list, and send the identity information to the wireless network communication module ;

The wireless network communication module is also used to establish a network connection with the router corresponding to the identity information.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a wireless smart terminal includes a second NFC module, a display module and an identity information acquisition module, wherein:

The second NFC module is used to receive a list of wireless routers that can be connected around the Internet of Things home appliances sent by a second device other than the wireless smart terminal;

The display module is used to display a list of wireless routers that can be connected to the periphery of the Internet of Things home appliance;

The identity information obtaining module is used to obtain identity information corresponding to a router in the list of wireless routers that can be connected around the Internet of Things home appliance;

The second NFC module is further configured to send the identity information to the second device.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, an IoT home appliance system includes an IoT home appliance and a wireless smart terminal, the first device is the wireless smart terminal, the second device is the IoT home appliance, and further includes one or more wireless routers;

Wherein, the second NFC module sends a second control signal to the first NFC module;

The first NFC module sends a list of wireless routers connectable around the Internet of Things home appliance to the second NFC module according to the second control signal;

The second NFC module also sends the identity information to the first NFC module;

The wireless network communication module receives the identity information and establishes a network connection with a wireless router corresponding to the identity information.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a data transmission method for an Internet of Things home appliance includes:

The wireless network communication module of the IoT home appliance searches for a list of wireless routers that can be connected around the IoT home appliance;

The first NFC module of the IoT home appliance receives a second control signal sent by a first device other than the IoT home appliance, and according to the second control signal, obtains the peripheral connectable information from the wireless network communication module. list of wireless routers;

The first NFC module of the Internet of Things home appliance obtains from the first device the identity information corresponding to a router in the peripheral connectable wireless router list, and sends the identity information to the wireless network communication module;

The wireless network communication module of the IoT home appliance establishes a network connection with the router corresponding to the identity information.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a data transmission method for a wireless smart terminal, comprising:

The second NFC module of the wireless smart terminal receives a list of wireless routers that can be connected around the Internet of Things home appliances sent by a second device other than the wireless smart terminal;

The display module of the wireless intelligent terminal displays a list of wireless routers that can be connected to the periphery of the Internet of Things home appliance;

The identity information acquisition module of the wireless smart terminal acquires the identity information corresponding to a router in the list of wireless routers that can be connected around the Internet of Things home appliance;

The second NFC module of the wireless smart terminal is further configured to send the identity information to the second device.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a method for configuring an Internet of Things home appliance includes a data transmission method for an Internet of Things home appliance and a data transmission method for a wireless smart terminal, the first device is the wireless smart terminal, and the second The device is the home appliance of the Internet of Things, and also includes:

The second NFC module of the wireless smart terminal sends a second control signal to the first NFC module of the Internet of Things home appliance;

The first NFC module of the IoT home appliance sends the list of wireless routers connectable around the IoT home appliance to the second NFC module of the wireless smart terminal according to the second control signal;

The second NFC module of the wireless smart terminal sends the identity information to the first NFC module of the Internet of Things home appliance;

The wireless network communication module of the IoT home appliance receives the identity information and establishes a network connection with a wireless router corresponding to the identity information.

The Internet of Things home appliance, system, wireless intelligent terminal and data transmission and configuration method of the present invention, by introducing the first NFC module and the second NFC module, can perform network configuration on the home appliance without a display screen, so that it can join the home network.

Description of drawings

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more easily understood with reference to the following description of the embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The components in the drawings are only to illustrate the principles of the invention. In the drawings, the same or similar technical features or components will be denoted by the same or similar reference numerals.

Fig. 1 is a structural diagram of an embodiment of the Internet of Things home appliance of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a structural diagram of an embodiment of the wireless intelligent terminal of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of an embodiment of the IoT home appliance system of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of an embodiment of the data transmission method of the Internet of Things home appliance of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a flow chart of an embodiment of the data transmission method of the wireless intelligent terminal of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a method for configuring an Internet of Things home appliance according to the present invention.

Detailed ways

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Elements and features described in one drawing or one embodiment of the present invention may be combined with elements and features shown in one or more other drawings or embodiments. It should be noted that representation and description of components and processes that are not related to the present invention and known to those of ordinary skill in the art are omitted from the drawings and descriptions for the purpose of clarity.

Referring to FIG. 1 , it is a structural diagram of an embodiment of the IoT home appliance of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the IoT home appliance 10 includes a wireless network communication module 11 and a first NFC module 12 . The NFC module is a Near Field Communication module.

The wireless network communication module 11 searches for a list of connectable wireless routers around the IoT home appliance 10 . In one embodiment, for example, after the IoT home appliance 10 is powered on, the wireless network communication module 11 can automatically search for a list of wireless routers that can be connected around the IoT home appliance 10 .

The first NFC module 12 receives the second control signal sent by the first device (for example, a smart terminal) other than the IoT home appliance, and according to the second control signal, obtains the peripheral connectable wireless network from the wireless network communication module 11. list of routers.

The first NFC module 12 also obtains from the first device the identity information corresponding to a router in the peripheral connectable wireless router list, and sends the identity information to the wireless network communication module 11 .

The wireless network communication module 11 also establishes a network connection with the router corresponding to the identity information.

In this embodiment, through the identity information received by the first NFC module 12 corresponding to a router in the peripheral connectable wireless router list, the Internet of Things home appliance 10 can be configured so that the Internet of Things home appliance 10 and the router establish Network connectivity (i.e. joining the Internet of Things).

In one embodiment, the identity information may include router password information and name information.

As a preferred solution, the IoT home appliance may also include a home appliance controller 13 . In this solution, the home appliance controller 13 may send a first control signal to the wireless network communication module 11 , and the wireless network communication module 11 searches for a list of wireless routers that can be connected around the Internet of Things home appliance 10 according to the first control signal.

Referring to FIG. 2 , it is a structural diagram of an implementation manner of the wireless smart terminal of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the wireless smart terminal 20 includes a second NFC module 21 , a display module 22 and an identity information acquisition module 23 .

The second NFC module 21 receives a list of connectable wireless routers around the IoT home appliance 10 sent by a second device other than the wireless smart terminal 20 . The second device may be, for example, an IoT home appliance.

The display module 22 displays a list of connectable wireless routers around the IoT home appliance 10 .

The identity information acquiring module 23 acquires identity information corresponding to a router in the list of wireless routers that can be connected around the IoT home appliance 10 . As an implementation manner, the identity information obtaining module 23 may obtain the identity information by inputting or selecting from a list.

The second NFC module 21 also sends the identity information to the second device, for example, to the first NFC module 12 of the IoT home appliance 10 .

In this embodiment, the obtained router identity information can be sent to the second device such as the Internet of Things home appliance 10 through the second NFC module 21, so that the second device can obtain the identity information, and then communicate with the identity information. The corresponding router is connected to the network.

Referring to FIG. 3 , it is a structural diagram of an embodiment of the IoT home appliance system 1 of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the IoT home appliance system 1 includes a second device such as an IoT home appliance 10 , a first device such as a wireless smart terminal 20 , and one or more wireless routers 30 .

Wherein, the second NFC module 21 sends the second control signal to the first NFC module 12 .

The first NFC module 12 sends the list of wireless routers that can be connected around the Internet of Things home appliance to the second NFC module 21 according to the second control signal.

The second NFC module 21 also sends the identity information to the first NFC module 12 .

The wireless network communication module 11 receives the identity information and establishes a network connection with the wireless router 30 corresponding to the identity information.

For example, when the home appliance controller 13 sends out a first control signal, the wireless network communication module 11 receives the first control signal, and starts to search for a list of wireless routers that can be connected around the IoT home appliance 10, and saves the search results.

When the second NFC module 21 of the wireless smart terminal 20 is close to the first NFC module 12 of the IoT home appliance 10, the second NFC module 21 can send a second control instruction to the first NFC module 12, for example, send a configuration instruction.

After receiving the second control instruction, the first NFC module 12 sends a list of wireless routers that can be connected to the IoT home appliance to the second NFC module 21 , and displays it on the display module 22 .

The identity information acquisition module 23 inputs identity information corresponding to a router in the list of wireless routers that can be connected to the Internet of Things home appliance 10 , such as the name of the router and the corresponding password, and sends it to the second NFC module 21 .

The second NFC module 21 sends the identity information to the first NFC module 12 again, and then the identity information is sent to the wireless network communication module 11 by the first NFC module 12, and the wireless network communication module 11 communicates with the wireless network corresponding to the identity information. The router 30 is connected to the network, so as to complete the network configuration of the home appliance of the Internet of Things.

As an implementation, the second NFC module 21 may also send a first control signal to the first NFC module 12, and the wireless network communication module 11 searches for a list of wireless routers that can be connected around the IoT home appliance 10 according to the first control signal.

Referring to FIG. 4 , it is a flow chart of an embodiment of a data transmission method for an Internet of Things home appliance according to the present invention.

In this embodiment, the data transmission method of the Internet of Things home appliance includes:

S11: the wireless network communication module 11 of the IoT home appliance 10 searches for a list of connectable wireless routers around the IoT home appliance 10;

S12: The first NFC module 12 of the IoT home appliance 10 receives the second control signal sent by a first device (such as a wireless smart terminal) other than the IoT home appliance, and according to the second control signal, transmits the information from the IoT home appliance 10 The wireless network communication module 11 obtains the list of peripheral connectable wireless routers;

S13: The first NFC module 12 of the IoT household appliance 10 acquires the identity information corresponding to a router in the peripheral connectable wireless router list from the first device, and sends the identity information to the wireless network communication module 11 . The identity information may include, for example, name information and password information of the router;

S14: The wireless network communication module 11 of the IoT home appliance 10 establishes a network connection with the router corresponding to the identity information.

As an implementation manner, the data transmission method of the Internet of Things home appliance is characterized in that it may also include:

The home appliance controller 13 of the Internet of Things home appliance 10 sends a first control signal to the wireless network communication module 11 of the Internet of Things home appliance, and the wireless network communication module of the Internet of Things home appliance searches for wireless devices that can be connected around the Internet of Things home appliance according to the first control signal. list of routers.

Referring to FIG. 5 , it is a flowchart of an implementation manner of a data transmission method for a wireless smart terminal according to the present invention.

In this embodiment, the data transmission method of the wireless smart terminal includes:

S21: The second NFC module 21 of the wireless smart terminal 20 receives a list of wireless routers that can be connected around the IoT home appliance 10 sent by a second device (such as the IoT home appliance 10 ) other than the wireless smart terminal 20 ;

S22: The display module 22 of the wireless smart terminal 20 displays a list of wireless routers that can be connected around the Internet of Things home appliance 10;

S23: The identity information acquisition module 23 of the wireless smart terminal 20 acquires the identity information corresponding to a router in the list of wireless routers that can be connected around the Internet of Things home appliance 10;

S24: The second NFC module 21 of the wireless smart terminal 20 sends the identity information to the second device, for example, to the first NFC module 12 of the IoT home appliance 10 .

Referring to FIG. 6 , it is a flowchart of an embodiment of the configuration method of the IoT home appliance of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the first device may be a wireless smart terminal 20, the second device may be an Internet of Things home appliance 10, and the configuration method of an Internet of Things home appliance includes the above-mentioned data transmission method of an Internet of Things home appliance and the above-mentioned In addition to the data transmission method of the wireless smart terminal, it also includes:

S31: The second NFC module 21 of the wireless smart terminal 20 sends a second control signal to the first NFC module 12 of the IoT home appliance 10;

S32: The first NFC module 12 of the IoT home appliance 10 sends the list of wireless routers connectable around the IoT home appliance 10 to the second NFC module 21 of the wireless smart terminal 20 according to the second control signal;

S33: The second NFC module 21 of the wireless smart terminal 20 sends the identity information to the first NFC module 12 of the IoT home appliance 10;

S34: The wireless network communication module 11 of the IoT home appliance 10 receives the identity information and establishes a network connection with a wireless router corresponding to the identity information.

As an implementation, in the configuration method of the Internet of Things home appliance, the second NFC module 21 of the wireless smart terminal 20 can also send the first control signal to the first NFC module 12 of the Internet of Things home appliance 10, and the wireless of the Internet of Things home appliance 10 According to the first control signal, the network communication module 11 searches for a list of wireless routers that can be connected around the home appliances of the Internet of Things.

The Internet of Things home appliance, system, wireless intelligent terminal and data transmission and configuration method of the present invention, by introducing the first NFC module and the second NFC module, can perform network configuration on the home appliance without a display screen, so that it can join the home network.

Some embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above. As those of ordinary skill in the art can understand, all or any steps or components of the method and apparatus of the present invention can be implemented in any computing device (including processor, storage medium, etc.) or network of computing devices in the form of hardware, It can be realized by firmware, software or their combination, which can be realized by those skilled in the art by using their basic programming skills after understanding the content of the present invention, so no specific description is needed here.

Furthermore, it is obvious that any display device and any input device connected to any computing device, corresponding interfaces and control programs are undoubtedly used when the above description refers to possible external operations. In a word, the relevant hardware, software in the computer, computer system or computer network, and the hardware, firmware, software or their combination to realize various operations in the aforementioned method of the present invention constitute the device and its component parts of the present invention.

Therefore, based on the above understanding, the object of the present invention can also be realized by running a program or a group of programs on any information processing device. The information processing device may be a known general-purpose device. Therefore, the object of the present invention can also be achieved only by providing a program product including program codes for realizing the method or device. That is, such a program product also constitutes the present invention, and a medium storing or transmitting such a program product also constitutes the present invention. Apparently, the storage or transmission medium may be any type of storage or transmission medium known to those skilled in the art or developed in the future, so it is not necessary to list all kinds of storage or transmission media here.

In the device and method of the present invention, obviously, each component or each step can be decomposed, combined and/or recombined after decomposing. These decompositions and/or recombinations should be considered equivalents of the present invention. It should also be pointed out that the steps for executing the above series of processes can naturally be executed in chronological order according to the order described, but it does not need to be executed in chronological order. Certain steps may be performed in parallel or independently of each other. Meanwhile, in the above descriptions of specific embodiments of the present invention, features described and/or shown for one embodiment may be used in one or more other embodiments in the same or similar manner, and combination of features, or replace features in other embodiments.

It should be emphasized that the term "comprising/comprising" when used herein refers to the presence of a feature, element, step or component, but does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, elements, steps or components.

Although the present invention and its advantages have been described in detail, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made hereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Moreover, the scope of the present application is not limited to the specific embodiments of the procedures, devices, means, methods and steps described in the specification. Those of ordinary skill in the art will readily appreciate from the disclosure of the present invention that existing and future designs that perform substantially the same function or obtain substantially the same results as the corresponding embodiments described herein can be used in accordance with the present invention. The developed process, device, means, method or steps. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended to include within their scope such processes, means, means, methods or steps.

Claims (12)

1. an internet of things home appliance, is characterized in that comprising wireless network communication module and a NFC module;

Described wireless network communication module is used for searching for the attachable wireless router list of described internet of things home appliance periphery;

The second control signal that a described NFC module sends for the first equipment receiving except described internet of things home appliance, and according to described the second control signal, obtain the attachable wireless router list of described periphery from described wireless network communication module;

A described NFC module is also for obtaining to described the first equipment and an identity information that router is corresponding of the attachable wireless router list of described periphery, and described identity information is sent to described wireless network communication module;

Described wireless network communication module also connects for set up network with the router corresponding with described identity information.

2. internet of things home appliance according to claim 1, is characterized in that, also comprises domestic electric appliances controller;

Described domestic electric appliances controller is for sending described the first control signal to described wireless network communication module;

Described wireless network communication module is searched for the attachable wireless router list of described internet of things home appliance periphery according to described the first control signal.

3. an intelligent wireless terminal, is characterized in that, comprises the 2nd NFC module, display module and identity information acquisition module, wherein:

The attachable wireless router list of internet of things home appliance periphery that described the 2nd NFC module sends for the second equipment receiving except described intelligent wireless terminal;

Described display module is used for showing the attachable wireless router list of described internet of things home appliance periphery;

Described identity information acquisition module is for obtaining and an identity information that router is corresponding of the attachable wireless router list of described internet of things home appliance periphery;

Described the 2nd NFC module is also for sending to described identity information described the second equipment.

4. an Internet of Things household appliance system, it is characterized in that, comprise internet of things home appliance as claimed in claim 1 or 2 and intelligent wireless terminal as claimed in claim 3, described the first equipment is described intelligent wireless terminal, described the second equipment is described internet of things home appliance, also comprises one or more wireless routers;

Wherein, described the 2nd NFC module sends the second control signal to a described NFC module;

A described NFC module is sent to described the 2nd NFC module according to described the second control signal by attachable internet of things home appliance periphery wireless router list;

Described the 2nd NFC module is also sent to described identity information a described NFC module;

Described wireless network communication module receives described identity information and sets up network with the wireless router corresponding with described identity information and connects.

5. Internet of Things household appliance system according to claim 4, is characterized in that:

Described the 2nd NFC module is also for sending the first control signal to a described NFC module, and described wireless network communication module is searched for the attachable wireless router list of described internet of things home appliance periphery according to described the first control signal.

6. according to the Internet of Things household appliance system described in claim 4 or 5, it is characterized in that:

Described identity information comprises router rs name information and encrypted message.

7. a data transmission method for internet of things home appliance, is characterized in that, comprising:

The attachable wireless router list of wireless network communication module search internet of things home appliance periphery of internet of things home appliance;

The one NFC module of internet of things home appliance receives the second control signal that the first equipment except described internet of things home appliance sends, and according to described the second control signal, obtains the attachable wireless router list of described periphery from described wireless network communication module;

The one NFC module of internet of things home appliance is obtained and an identity information that router is corresponding in the attachable wireless router list of described periphery to the first equipment, and described identity information is sent to described wireless network communication module;

The wireless network communication module of internet of things home appliance is set up network with the router corresponding with described identity information and is connected.

8. the data transmission method of internet of things home appliance according to claim 7, is characterized in that, also comprises:

The domestic electric appliances controller of internet of things home appliance sends described the first control signal to the wireless network communication module of internet of things home appliance, and the wireless network communication module of internet of things home appliance is searched for the attachable wireless router list of described internet of things home appliance periphery according to described the first control signal.

9. a data transmission method for intelligent wireless terminal, is characterized in that, comprising:

The 2nd NFC module of intelligent wireless terminal receives the attachable wireless router list of internet of things home appliance periphery that the second equipment except described intelligent wireless terminal sends;

The display module of intelligent wireless terminal shows the attachable wireless router list of described internet of things home appliance periphery;

The identity information acquisition module of intelligent wireless terminal obtains and an identity information that router is corresponding in the attachable wireless router list of described internet of things home appliance periphery;

The 2nd NFC module of intelligent wireless terminal is also for sending to described identity information described the second equipment.

10. the collocation method of an internet of things home appliance, it is characterized in that, comprise the data transmission method of the internet of things home appliance as described in claim 6 or 7 and the data transmission method of intelligent wireless terminal as claimed in claim 8, described the first equipment is described intelligent wireless terminal, described the second equipment is described internet of things home appliance, also comprises:

The 2nd NFC module of intelligent wireless terminal sends the second control signal to a NFC module of internet of things home appliance;

The one NFC module of internet of things home appliance is sent to attachable internet of things home appliance periphery wireless router list according to described the second control signal the 2nd NFC module of intelligent wireless terminal;

The 2nd NFC module of intelligent wireless terminal is sent to described identity information the one NFC module of internet of things home appliance;

The wireless network communication module of internet of things home appliance receives described identity information and sets up network with the wireless router corresponding with described identity information and connects.

The collocation method of 11. internet of things home appliances according to claim 10, is characterized in that, also comprises:

The 2nd NFC module of intelligent wireless terminal sends the first control signal to a NFC module of internet of things home appliance, and the wireless network communication module of internet of things home appliance is according to the attachable wireless router list of described the first control signal search internet of things home appliance periphery.

12. according to the collocation method of the internet of things home appliance described in claim 10 or 11, it is characterized in that:

Described identity information comprises router rs name information and encrypted message.