KR100802183B1 - Method of controlling home network based on telematics - Google Patents

Abstract

A telematics-based home network control method is provided to be capable of controlling a home network by connecting to the home network using a telematics terminal, thereby offering a more convenient home network usage environment to a user. If the current location is decided as being within a set predetermined distance by using measured location information, a telematics terminal(110) inquires about whether to control a home network(S201). If a home network control request by a user is received, connection to the home network is demanded to a home server(130) according to authenticated results using ID information of the terminal(110)(S202,S203). Connection to a control target is demanded to the home server(130) according to a control request for the control target included in the home network, so that the control target is controlled(S204-S208).

Description

Method of controlling home network based on telematics}

1 is a configuration diagram of a system for controlling a telematics-based home network to which the present invention is applied;

2 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a telematics-based home network control method according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a method for controlling a telematics based home network according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for inquiring whether to control a home network by a telematics terminal to which the present invention is applied;

5 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a menu screen provided by a telematics terminal to which the present invention is applied;

6A and 6B illustrate another exemplary embodiment of a menu screen provided by a telematics terminal to which the present invention is applied.

7 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a home network control flow by a telematics terminal to which the present invention is applied;

8 is a diagram illustrating one embodiment of notification of home network status information by a home server to which the present invention is applied.

* Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing

110: telematics terminal

120: Telematics Service Provider (TSP)

130: home server

The present invention relates to a telematics-based home network control method, and more particularly, to a telematics-based home network control method of controlling a home network by accessing a home network using a telematics terminal.

Recently, vehicle manufacturing companies have been focusing on the fact that modern people spend a lot of time in a moving vehicle, and that an environment in which a wireless internet can be provided through a telematics terminal mounted on a vehicle can be provided, thereby providing various services in the vehicle. We strive to enhance the quality of vehicle culture by providing.

Telematics (Telematics) for this purpose is a combination of Telecommunications and Informatics. That is, the telematics is defined as a "next generation information providing service for automobiles" through a combination of an IT industry and an automobile industry in which wireless communication, automobiles, terminals, contents, and the like are organically related.

In addition, telematics service refers to a comprehensive vehicle multimedia service that provides mobile services through in-vehicle information terminals using wireless communication technology and global positioning system (GPS) technology. For example, telematics services include information and entertainment services such as Internet / e-mail / life information / entertainment and safety and vehicle-related services such as traffic information / driving information / emergency response / remote vehicle diagnosis.

In particular, there is a demand for a telematics service that allows a user to access a home server at home without interruption of work while traveling in a vehicle. Accordingly, vehicle manufacturers are researching telematics services for controlling a home network using a telematics terminal.

Here, the home network connects each space in the home through the Internet to provide remote home appliance control and meter reading service, security and emergency management service, content sharing service, and living information service, regardless of device / time / place. Provide a future home environment that can be used by the user.

Specific home network services are as follows.

The remote home appliance control and meter reading service is a service that provides a user with an environment for remotely inquiring, storing, setting, and controlling various digital home appliances in the home. The security and emergency management service is a service that provides a user with an environment that can propagate the situation to residents, security offices, fire departments, police stations, etc. in the event of gas leaks or external intrusions. The content sharing service is a service that provides a user with an environment in which content information in a digital device in a home can be shared and used anytime and anywhere. The life information service is a service that provides a user with an environment where a user can search for weather forecasts, stock information, shopping information, and community information using a terminal such as a digital TV or a mobile phone.

As such, it is necessary to provide an environment in which a user can access a home network using a telematics terminal. In other words, the user can connect to the home network when it is necessary to immediately notify the status of the home network, such as when a visitor suddenly arrives, when an intruder is invaded, or when an emergency condition such as a gas leak or fire occurs. There is a need to provide a viable environment.

In addition, users can use their home network more conveniently by forcing them to ask if they want to use the home network when they arrive near their home, even if they forget it because of their busy routine and do not require a home network connection. The environment needs to be provided.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems and to meet the above requirements, and to provide a telematics-based home network control method for controlling a home network by accessing a home network using a telematics terminal. There is this.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention can be understood by the following description, and will be more clearly understood by the embodiments of the present invention. Also, it will be readily appreciated that the objects and advantages of the present invention may be realized by the means and combinations thereof indicated in the claims.

The present invention for achieving the above object, in the home network control method formed by a home server using a telematics terminal, when the telematics terminal is determined to be within a predetermined distance set by the current location using the measured position information A first step of inquiring whether to control the home network; A second step of requesting connection of a home network to the home server according to an authentication result using identification information of the telematics terminal when a user requests a home network control; And a third step of controlling a control target by requesting a connection of the control target to the home server according to a control request for the control target included in the home network.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, whereby those skilled in the art may easily implement the technical idea of the present invention. There will be. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a system for controlling a telematics-based home network to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, a system for controlling a telematics-based home network to which the present invention is applied includes a telematics terminal 110, a telematics service provider (TSP) 120, and a home server 130. It includes.

The telematics terminal 110 connects to the telematics service providing center 120 through a mobile communication network. That is, the telematics terminal 110 may be equipped with a CDMA chip to access the wireless Internet through a mobile communication network. Thereafter, the telematics terminal 110 may access the telematics service providing center 120 through a transmission control protocol (TCP) / hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) through a wireless Internet, which will be easily understood by those skilled in the art. Omit it because it is.

Meanwhile, the telematics terminal 110 provides a telematics service with its own identification information (for example, a phone number of the telematics terminal 110, etc.) so that the access approval procedure may be performed by the telematics service providing center 120. Provided to the center 120. Here, when the telematics terminal 100 is approved by the telematics service providing center 120, the telematics terminal 100 indicates to the user a control object capable of controlling the home network. Thereafter, the telematics terminal 100 exchanges a message for controlling the telematics service providing center 120 and the home server 130.

In addition, the telematics terminal 110 provides the user with an interface (for example, a service selection menu screen as shown in FIG. 4 to be described later) that can control the home network according to a service procedure provided by the telematics service providing center 120. to provide. To this end, the telematics terminal 110 is equipped with an application for providing an interface to control the home network, so that the menu screen can be changed according to the service required by the user.

Meanwhile, the telematics terminal 110 may check whether the vehicle has reached the vicinity of the house by using a conventional satellite positioning system (GPS). Through this, the telematics terminal 110 may provide the user with information such as "the vehicle reaches within a few kilometers of the radius of the house". That is, the telematics terminal 110 checks whether the distance to the current position of the vehicle measured by the satellite position display system (GPS) is within a preset radius based on the house position set by the user, so that the vehicle is near the house. You can check how many kilometers you have reached.

Here, the telematics terminal 110 preferably provides the user with a menu screen for setting a home location and a menu screen for determining a distance within a kilometer of the home.

The telematics service providing center 120 provides a service capable of controlling the home network to the telematics terminal 110. To this end, when the telematics terminal 110 is connected through the wireless Internet, the telematics service providing center 120 first identifies identification information of the telematics terminal 110 (for example, a telephone number of the telematics terminal 110). Proceed with the connection approval procedure by checking. In this case, the telematics service providing center 120 checks identification information of the corresponding home server 130 (eg, location information of the home server 130) corresponding to the predetermined identification information of the telematics terminal 110. As a result, the control request transmitted from the telematics terminal 110 is processed and transmitted to the corresponding home server 130.

In addition, the telematics service provision center 120 may charge a service usage fee of the corresponding telematics terminal 110 through the access approval procedure as described above.

Thereafter, the telematics service providing center 120 notifies the telematics terminal 110 of the control result transmitted from the home server 130 according to the control request by the telematics terminal 110.

Meanwhile, the telematics service providing center 120 connects with the home server 130 installed in the user's home by using the Internet. In this case, when the telematics service providing center 120 receives home network state information (for example, visitor occurrence information, intruder occurrence information, emergency state occurrence information, etc.) from the home server 130, Confirm the identification information and proceed with the access approval procedure.

Here, when the home server 130 is approved for access, the telematics service providing center 120 checks the identification information of the telematics terminal 110 corresponding to the identification information of the home server 130, thereby providing the home server 130. The home network state information transmitted from) is transmitted to the corresponding telematics terminal 110.

As described above, the telematics service providing center 120 supports a protocol for communicating with the telematics terminal 110 and the home server 130.

The home server 130 forms and controls a home network in the home. That is, the home server 130 may vary according to wireless devices such as Bluetooth, Zigbee, IrDA, home RF, and wired communication methods such as IEEE 1394, power line communication (PLC), Ethernet, and the like. Connected to communicate. Here, the home server 130 controls home appliances / kitchen appliances 131, content devices 132, security security devices 133, and the like as home devices that form a home network.

In addition, the home server 130 performs a home network control request transmitted from the telematics service providing center 120 and transmits the result to the telematics service providing center 120. Here, the home server 130 controls the indoor devices forming the home network in a conventional manner, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted since it can be easily understood by those skilled in the art.

In addition, when the home network state information is received from the indoor devices forming the home network, the home server 130 transmits the home network state information to the preset telematics service providing center 120.

2 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a telematics based home network control method according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the telematics service providing center 120 transmits a home network control request from the telematics terminal 110 (S201), the telematics service providing center 120 may identify identification information of the telematics terminal 110 transmitted together with the home network control request. Check and authenticate the telematics terminal 110 (S202).

When the telematics service providing center 120 approves the telematics terminal 110, the telematics service providing center 120 transmits a home network connection request message to the home server 130 (S203).

Thereafter, when the telematics service providing center 120 receives the home network connection result message from the home server 130 (S204), the telematics service 110 notifies the home network connection result to the telematics terminal 110 (S205). Here, when the telematics terminal 110 analyzes the home network connection result and is connected to the home server 130, the telematics terminal 110 provides a user with a menu screen (for example, 520 of FIG. 5 to be described later) for controlling the home network. In this way, the telematics terminal 110 provides the control targets to the user through a menu screen for home network control (S206). On the other hand, the telematics terminal 110 analyzes the home network connection result and notifies the user that the connection with the home server 130 has not been successful.

Thereafter, the telematics service providing center 120 selects a control object by the telematics terminal 110 and transmits a control request for the control object (S207). In addition, the telematics service providing center 120 transmits a control target connection request message to the home server 130 (S208).

Thereafter, the telematics service providing center 120 transmits a control target connection result message from the home server 130 (S209). In addition, the telematics service providing center 120 notifies the control target connection result to the telematics terminal 110 (S210).

3 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a method for controlling a telematics based home network according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the home server 130 determines that the home network state information is transmitted to the telematics terminal 110 (S301), the home server 130 transmits the home network state information to the telematics service providing center 120 ( S302). Here, the telematics service providing center 120 preferably checks the telematics terminal 110 to transmit the home network state information by performing the authentication procedure of the home server 130.

Thereafter, the telematics service providing center 120 notifies the telematics terminal 110 of the home network state information (S303). At this time, the telematics terminal 110 provides the home network status information to the user.

Thereafter, the telematics service providing center 120 transmits a response message for receiving home network status information from the telematics terminal 110 (S304). Thereafter, the telematics service providing center 120 transmits a response message for receiving home network status information to the home server 130 (S305).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for inquiring whether to control a home network by the telematics terminal 110 to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 4, the telematics terminal 110 sets a radius that is a range for inquiring whether a home location is set by a user and controlling a home network (S401).

Thereafter, the telematics terminal 110 measures the distance from the preset home position to the current vehicle position using GPS (S402). In this case, the telematics terminal 110 checks whether the measured distance is within a preset radius (S403).

If the measured distance is within a preset radius (S403), the telematics terminal 110 asks the user whether to control the home network (S404).

Then, when the telematics terminal 110 determines whether to control the home network by the user (S404), the telematics terminal 110 accesses the telematics service control center 120 and proceeds with the home network control procedure (S405).

5 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a menu screen provided by the telematics terminal 110 to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 5, the menu screen provided by the telematics terminal 110 to which the present invention is applied may be selected by a user through a general voice recognition, a touch screen, a remote controller, and the like.

When the telematics terminal 110 is driven by the user, a menu screen for a service provided to the user is displayed on the initial screen 510. In this case, the telematics terminal 110 may change the menu screen for the service on the initial screen 510 according to the type of service. For example, the telematics terminal 110 has a traffic and driving information 511, an emergency situation 512, a remote vehicle diagnosis 513, an e-mail 514, a living information 515, and a home network on an initial screen 510. (516) is displayed as the menu screen.

Meanwhile, when the telematics terminal 110 selects a menu screen of the "home network 516" on the initial screen 510 to access the home server 130 controlling the home network, the telematics terminal 110 selects a home network control screen. 520 is connected. In this case, the telematics terminal 110 may change the menu screen for the service on the home network control screen 520 according to the type of service. For example, the telematics terminal 110 displays a home appliance / kitchen device 521, a content device 522, a security security device 523, and an initial menu 524 as a menu screen on a home network control screen 520. do. Here, the initial menu 524 is a menu screen to return to the initial screen 510.

On the other hand, the telematics terminal 110 is connected to the home appliance / kitchen appliance control screen 530 when the menu screen of the “home appliance / kitchen appliance 521” is selected by the user on the home network control screen 520. . In this case, the telematics terminal 110 may change the menu screen for the service on the home appliance / kitchen appliance control screen 530 according to the type of service. For example, the telematics terminal 110 is a home appliance / kitchen appliance control screen 530, an air conditioner / heater 531, an electric field cooker 532, a TV 533, a previous menu 534, an initial menu 535 Is displayed as the menu screen. Here, the previous menu 534 is a menu screen to return to the home network control screen 520, and the initial menu 535 is a menu screen to return to the initial screen 510.

The telematics terminal 110 is connected to the air conditioner / heater control screen 540 when the menu screen of the “air conditioner / heater 531” is selected by the user on the home appliance / kitchen appliance control screen 530. In this case, the telematics terminal 110 may change the menu screen for the service on the air conditioner / heater control screen 540 according to the type of service. For example, the telematics terminal 110 is an air conditioner / heater control screen 540, room temperature control 541, air conditioner start / stop 542, heater start / maintenance 543, previous menu 544, initial menu (545) is displayed as the menu screen. Here, the indoor temperature control 541 may adjust or set the current temperature or the reserved temperature of the home. Air conditioner start / stop 542 and heater start / stop 543 may turn on / off the air conditioner and heater. The previous menu 544 is a menu screen for returning to the home appliance / kitchen appliance control screen 530, and the initial menu 545 is a menu screen for returning to the initial screen 510.

6A and 6B illustrate another exemplary embodiment of a menu screen provided by the telematics terminal 110 to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 6A, the telematics terminal 110 provides a menu screen 610 that allows a user to inquire about whether to control the home network when the vehicle arrives near the house. That is, the telematics terminal 110 provides the user with a home position setting 611 which is a menu screen for setting a home position and a radius setting 612 which is a menu screen for determining how many kilometers the house is set.

As illustrated in FIG. 6B, the telematics terminal 110 provides a user with a menu screen 620 indicating when the vehicle reaches the vicinity of the house to inquire whether to control the home network. Here, when "yes 621" is selected by the user, the telematics terminal 110 provides the home network control screen 620 provided in FIG.

Hereinafter, the case where the user "Kim" uses the service provided by the telematics terminal 110 will be described.

The user, "Mr. Kim", may want to adjust the indoor temperature of the house before he arrives home after a busy schedule, or may want to operate household appliances such as cooking / laundry / cleaner.

However, the user "Kim" could not be booked in advance. At this time, the telematics terminal 110, if the distance from the home position to the current position of the vehicle within the preset radius by the user "Kim", informs the user that he is going near the house and wants to control the home network of FIG. Inquire through the menu screen 520, such as.

Here, the user "Kim" selects "Yes 521" on the menu screen 520 of FIG. 5B. The telematics terminal 110 provides a home network control screen 520 of FIG. 4 to the user "Kim", thereby providing an environment for controlling the home network.

7 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a home network control flow by the telematics terminal 110 to which the present invention is applied.

When the user requests the home network control 516 to the telematics service providing center 120 using the initial menu 510 of the telematics terminal 110 shown in FIG. 5 (S701), the telematics service providing center 120 The home network connection request message is transmitted to the home server 130 of the user using the Internet (S702).

After receiving the home network connection request message, the home server 130 includes the connection result in the home network connection result message and sends it to the telematics service providing center 120 (S703).

The telematics service providing center 120 notifies the telematics terminal 110 of the home network connection result (S704). The telematics terminal 110 analyzes the home network connection result and shows the home network control screen 520 of FIG. 5 to the user if the home server 130 connection is successful, and if the home server 130 connection is not successful. It indicates to the user that the home server 130 connection was not successful.

On the other hand, the telematics terminal 110 is successfully connected to the home server 130, the home network control screen 520 of Figure 5 appears to the user. In this case, when the home appliance / kitchen appliance 521 of FIG. 5 is selected by the user, the telematics terminal 110 transmits the control request for the home appliance / kitchen appliance to the telematics service providing center 120 (S705).

The telematics service providing center 120 transmits a home appliance / kitchen appliance connection request message to the user's home server 130 using the Internet (S706). After receiving the home appliance / kitchen appliance connection request message, the home server 130 includes the connection result in the home appliance / kitchen appliance connection result message and sends it to the telematics service providing center 120 (S707).

The telematics service providing center 120 notifies the telematics terminal 110 of the home appliance / kitchen device connection result (S706). At this time, the telematics terminal 110 analyzes the home appliance / kitchen appliance connection result and if the connection to the home appliance / kitchen appliance control part of the home server 130 is successful, the home appliance / kitchen appliance control screen 530 of FIG. ) Is displayed to the user, and if the connection with the home appliance / kitchen appliance control part of the home server 130 is not successful, it indicates to the user that the connection was not successful.

Meanwhile, the telematics terminal 110 successfully connects with the home appliance / kitchen appliance control part of the home server 130, and the home appliance / kitchen appliance control screen 530 of FIG. 5 is displayed to the user. In this case, when the air conditioner / heater 531 of FIG. 5 is selected by the user, the telematics terminal 110 transmits an air conditioner / heater control request to the telematics service provider 120 (S709). The telematics service providing center 120 transmits an air conditioner / heater connection request message to the home server 130 of the user using the Internet (S710). After receiving the air conditioner / heater connection request message, the home server 130 includes the connection result in the air conditioner / heater connection result message and sends it to the telematics service providing center 120 (S711).

The telematics service providing center 120 notifies the telematics terminal 110 of the air conditioner / heater connection result (S712). In this case, the telematics terminal 110 analyzes the air conditioner / heater connection result and shows the air conditioner / heater control screen 540 of FIG. 5 when the connection with the air conditioner / heater control part of the home server 130 is successful. If the connection to the air conditioner / heater control part of the home server 130 is not successful, the user indicates that the connection was not successful.

8 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of notification of home network status information by the home server 130 to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 8 is an example of a case in which a user needs to be informed of a home state, such as when a visitor comes to the home while the vehicle is moving, when an intruder occurs, or an emergency condition such as a fire caused by a gas fire occurs.

In this case, the home server 130 notifies the telematics service providing center 120 of the home network status information, and the telematics service providing center 120 notifies the telematics terminal 110.

That is, when the visitor visits the home, the home server 130 transmits the visitor generation information to the telematics service providing center 120 (S801). The telematics service providing center 120 notifies the telematics terminal 110 of the visitor generation information (S802). The telematics terminal 110 shows the visitor generation screen to the user and transmits the user's response to the telematics service providing center 120 in the visitor generation information receiving response message (S803). The telematics service providing center 120 transmits a visitor's occurrence reception response to the home server 130 and informs the visitor (S804).

If the intruder tries to forcibly enter the house, the home server 130 transmits the intruder occurrence information to the police station and the telematics service providing center 120 (S805). The telematics service providing center 120 notifies the related agencies such as the police station again and notifies the intruder occurrence information to the telematics terminal 110 (S806). The telematics terminal 110 shows an intruder generation screen to the user. The user transmits to the telematics service providing center 120 through the telematics terminal 110 to see the intruder information (S807). The telematics service providing center 120 transmits to the home server 130 that the intruder information is well transmitted to the user (S808).

When the housewife goes out without locking the gas fire and an emergency occurs in the house, such as when a fire occurs, the home server 130 transmits emergency state occurrence information to the telematics service providing center 120 (S809). The telematics service providing center 120 notifies the related organization of the emergency state occurrence information and notifies the telematics terminal 110 (S810). The telematics terminal 110 shows the emergency state occurrence screen to the user. The user transmits the emergency state information to the telematics service providing center 120 through the telematics terminal 110 (S811). The telematics service providing center 120 transmits the emergency state information to the home server 130 well (S812).

Meanwhile, in order to activate the telematics industry, the present invention needs to identify a user's needs and provide a service desired by the user. In other words, modern people spend a lot of time in the vehicle, and often wants to check the state of home appliances, security of the home, and the safe state of children even in the vehicle. In addition, modern people want to refer to the content stored in the server of the house, or check the emergency e-mail.

Thus, in order to make these things possible in a vehicle, the requirement to connect and control a home network is increased.

As described above, the method of the present invention may be implemented as a program and stored in a recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.) in a computer-readable form. Since this process can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art will not be described in more detail.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the drawings.

The present invention as described above by using a telematics terminal connected to the home network built in the home, there is an effect that the environment can be provided to the user to save time in busy daily life.

In addition, the present invention has an effect that can provide a more convenient home network using environment by controlling the home network using a telematics terminal.

In addition, the present invention has an effect that can be requested and used by the user as the home network control by the user is required.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of notifying the user of the status of the home network immediately to take action.

In addition, the present invention enables the telematics terminal to inquire whether the user wants to control the home network, thereby providing a more convenient home network environment.

Claims (6)

In the home network control method formed by a home server using a telematics terminal, A first step of inquiring whether to control the home network when the telematics terminal determines that the current location is within a predetermined distance using the measured location information; A second step of requesting connection of a home network to the home server according to an authentication result using identification information of the telematics terminal when a user requests a home network control; And A third step of controlling a control target by requesting a connection of the control target to the home server according to a control request for the control target included in the home network; Telematics-based home network control method comprising a. The method of claim 1, If home network status information is transmitted from the home server, transmitting the home network status information reception result to the home server. Telematics-based home network control method further comprising a. delete delete The method of claim 1, In the second step, And a service usage fee of the telematics terminal when the terminal is authenticated using the identification information of the telematics terminal. delete

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