CN103905525A

CN103905525A - Method for remotely controlling domestic equipment and router

Info

Publication number: CN103905525A
Application number: CN201410075213.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王云吉
Original assignee: Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2014-03-03
Filing date: 2014-03-03
Publication date: 2014-07-02

Abstract

The invention provides a method for remotely controlling domestic equipment and a router in order to reduce cost in smart homes. The method includes the steps that indication information sent by a cloud side is received; a corresponding wireless signal is generated according to the indication information; if the domestic equipment to be controlled is remotely-controlled equipment, the wireless signal is the same as a wireless signal generated by a remote controller for controlling the domestic equipment, or if the domestic equipment to be controlled is non-remotely-controlled equipment, the wireless signal can enable first equipment to control the domestic equipment to be controlled, wherein the first equipment is hardware equipment preset for controlling the domestic equipment to be controlled; the wireless signal is sent so that the domestic equipment to be controlled can be controlled. By means of the method, the domestic equipment does not need replacing during remote control, and therefore cost is reduced.

Description

Method for remotely controlling household equipment and router

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of remote control, in particular to a method for remotely controlling household equipment and a router.

Background

With the development of network technology, smart homes began to move into people's lives. Due to the complexity and diversity of home appliances, smart homes have not yet been uniformly defined. In view of most people, smart homes can provide more humanized services, and home devices can be remotely controlled.

In the related art, a smart home generally includes a household device with intelligence, for example, a television is upgraded, and corresponding software and hardware are configured in the television, so that the television can be remotely controlled.

However, this method is expensive because the household devices are upgraded, and the user needs to replace the household devices in order to form the smart home.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving, at least to some extent, one of the technical problems in the related art.

To this end, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for remotely controlling a home appliance, which can reduce costs without replacing the home appliance at the time of remote control.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a router.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for remotely controlling a home appliance according to an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention includes: receiving indication information sent by a cloud, wherein the indication information is generated by the cloud according to an operation instruction of a user on a household device sent by a client device, or the indication information is generated by the cloud after a condition preset by the user is met; generating a corresponding wireless signal according to the indication information, wherein when the household equipment to be controlled is remote control equipment, the wireless signal is the same as a wireless signal generated by remote control for controlling the household equipment, or when the household equipment to be controlled is non-remote control equipment, the wireless signal can enable first equipment to control the household equipment to be controlled, and the first equipment is preset hardware equipment for controlling the household equipment to be controlled; the wireless signal is transmitted to control the home appliance to be controlled.

In the embodiment of the first aspect of the invention, the generated wireless signal is the same as the wireless signal generated by the remote control of the household equipment, so that the remote control type household equipment can be directly controlled without upgrading the remote control type household equipment; or the first equipment is controlled through the wireless signal, and the first equipment controls the non-remote control type household equipment, so that the control on the non-remote control type household equipment can be realized, and meanwhile, the non-remote control type household equipment does not need to be upgraded. Therefore, remote control can be completed on the basis of not upgrading the household equipment, and cost reduction is realized.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of a second aspect of the present invention provides a router, including: the system comprises a receiving module and a processing module, wherein the receiving module is used for receiving indication information sent by a cloud end, the indication information is generated by the cloud end according to an operation instruction of a user on the household equipment sent by a client device, or the indication information is generated by the cloud end after a condition preset by the user is met; the generating module is used for generating a corresponding wireless signal according to the indication information, wherein when the household equipment to be controlled is remote control equipment, the wireless signal is the same as a wireless signal generated by remote control for controlling the household equipment, or when the household equipment to be controlled is non-remote control equipment, the wireless signal can enable first equipment to control the household equipment to be controlled, and the first equipment is preset hardware equipment for controlling the household equipment to be controlled; and the sending module is used for sending the wireless signal so as to control the household equipment to be controlled.

In the embodiment of the second aspect of the invention, the generated wireless signal is the same as the wireless signal generated by the remote control of the household equipment, so that the remote control type household equipment can be directly controlled without upgrading the remote control type household equipment; or the first equipment is controlled through the wireless signal, and the first equipment controls the non-remote control type household equipment, so that the control on the non-remote control type household equipment can be realized, and meanwhile, the non-remote control type household equipment does not need to be upgraded. Therefore, remote control can be completed on the basis of not upgrading the household equipment, and cost reduction is realized.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of a third aspect of the present invention provides a router, which includes a housing, a processor, a memory, a circuit board, and a power circuit, wherein the circuit board is disposed inside a space enclosed by the housing, and the processor and the memory are disposed on the circuit board; the power supply circuit is used for supplying power to each circuit or device of the router; the memory is used for storing executable program codes; the processor runs a program corresponding to the executable program code by reading the executable program code stored in the memory for performing the steps of: receiving indication information sent by a cloud, wherein the indication information is generated by the cloud according to an operation instruction of a user on a household device sent by a client device, or the indication information is generated by the cloud after a condition preset by the user is met; generating a corresponding wireless signal according to the indication information, wherein when the household equipment to be controlled is remote control equipment, the wireless signal is the same as a wireless signal generated by remote control for controlling the household equipment, or when the household equipment to be controlled is non-remote control equipment, the wireless signal can enable first equipment to control the household equipment to be controlled, and the first equipment is preset hardware equipment for controlling the household equipment to be controlled; the wireless signal is transmitted to control the home appliance to be controlled.

In the third embodiment of the invention, the generated wireless signal is the same as the wireless signal generated by the remote control of the household equipment, so that the remote control household equipment can be directly controlled without upgrading the remote control household equipment; or the first equipment is controlled through the wireless signal, and the first equipment controls the non-remote control type household equipment, so that the control on the non-remote control type household equipment can be realized, and meanwhile, the non-remote control type household equipment does not need to be upgraded. Therefore, remote control can be completed on the basis of not upgrading the household equipment, and cost reduction is realized.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for remotely controlling a home appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention; .

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for remotely controlling home appliances according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for remotely controlling a home appliance according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for remotely controlling a home appliance according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a router according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention. On the contrary, the embodiments of the invention include all changes, modifications and equivalents coming within the spirit and terms of the claims appended hereto.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for remotely controlling a home appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the method includes:

s11: the router receives indication information sent by a cloud, wherein the indication information is generated by the cloud according to an operation instruction of a user on the household device sent by the client device, or the indication information is generated by the cloud after a condition preset by the user is met.

The indication information may be indication information of a wireless signal, for example, a corresponding relationship between each operation of each user and each home device and the wireless signal is set at the cloud, when the cloud receives an operation instruction of a certain home device sent by a certain user, a corresponding wireless signal may be determined according to the corresponding relationship, and then the cloud may send information of the wireless signal to the router, so that the router generates a corresponding wireless signal according to the information of the wireless signal. Or,

the indication information is an operation instruction for the home device to be controlled, and different from the above situation, a correspondence between each operation for each home device and the wireless signal may be set in the router, and the cloud may forward the operation instruction of the user to the router, so that the router generates a corresponding wireless signal according to the correspondence and the received operation instruction.

On the other hand, the cloud sending instruction information may be determined according to an operation instruction sent by the user, for example, the user sends an operation instruction to the home device through a client device, such as a mobile phone, and the cloud receives the operation instruction and then generates corresponding instruction information; or,

the user can set conditions in the cloud in advance, for example, the user sends a starting instruction to the water heater on a home road, or sends an instruction for closing a window after weather is bad, and the like. At this time, when the cloud knows that the user is on the way home, for example, the cloud can know the Location information of the user through a Location Based Service (LBS), or after knowing that the weather is bad, the cloud can send corresponding indication information spontaneously. For details, reference may be made to the following examples.

S12: and the router generates a corresponding wireless signal according to the indication information, wherein when the household equipment to be controlled is remote control equipment, the wireless signal is the same as a wireless signal generated by controlling the remote control of the household equipment, or when the household equipment to be controlled is non-remote control equipment, the wireless signal can enable first equipment to control the household equipment to be controlled, and the first equipment is preset hardware equipment for controlling the household equipment to be controlled.

As described in the above step, the corresponding wireless signal may be generated in different manners according to different indication information.

Furthermore, after the set time is exceeded, the cloud end or the router can change the corresponding relation between the operation instruction and the wireless signal, so that the waveform of the generated wireless signal can be changed after the set time, and the function of confidentiality is achieved. For example, at the first timing, the waveform of the wireless signal for opening the door is the waveform _1, and at the second timing, the waveform of the wireless signal for opening the door is the waveform _ 2.

Depending on the household appliance to be controlled, the generated wireless signal may directly control different appliances, for example, directly control the household appliance to be controlled, or directly control hardware added beside the household appliance to be controlled, and the hardware is used to control the household appliance to be controlled.

S13: the router transmits the wireless signal to control the home appliance to be controlled.

When the household equipment to be controlled is remote control equipment, such as a television, the wireless signal can be directly used for controlling the television, and at the moment, the router can play a role of remote control of the television, wherein the remote control equipment refers to equipment which can be controlled by remote control. Or,

when the household device to be controlled is a non-remote control type device and is a switch type device, for example, a lamp, the wireless signal can be used to control hardware arranged beside the lamp, and the hardware controls the switch of the lamp, so as to turn on the lamp, wherein the switch type device comprises the switch and the household device controlled by the switch. Or,

when the household device to be controlled is a non-remote control device and is a non-switch device, for example, a door, the wireless signal can be used to control hardware arranged beside the door, and the hardware can control the opening of the door.

In the embodiment, the generated wireless signal is the same as the wireless signal generated by the remote control of the household equipment, so that the remote control type household equipment can be directly controlled without upgrading the remote control type household equipment; or the first equipment is controlled through the wireless signal, and the first equipment controls the non-remote control type household equipment, so that the control on the non-remote control type household equipment can be realized, and meanwhile, the non-remote control type household equipment does not need to be upgraded. Therefore, the embodiment can complete remote control on the basis of not upgrading the household equipment, and realize cost reduction.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a method for remotely controlling a home device according to another embodiment of the present invention, where the home device to be controlled is taken as a remote control device as an example in this embodiment. Referring to fig. 2, the present embodiment includes:

s21: and the user sends an operation instruction for the remote control equipment to the cloud end through the mobile terminal.

For example, user a sends an instruction to the cloud to turn on a television in the living room.

S22: the cloud end determines the router to which the user belongs according to the preset corresponding relation between the user information and the router, and determines the wireless signal corresponding to the operation instruction according to the preset corresponding relation between the operation instruction and the wireless signal.

The cloud is a large database, and can store the correspondence between the user information and the router, for example, the user a corresponds to the router R1, and the user B corresponds to the router R2. Specifically, the user information may be a hundred-degree account of the user, and the user logs in the cloud through the hundred-degree account.

In addition, the cloud may also store the corresponding relationship between the operation instruction and the wireless signal, for example, the cloud records that the wireless signal corresponding to the turn-on instruction of the television in the living room of the user a is the wireless signal _ 1.

In this embodiment, for example, the cloud stores the corresponding relationship between the operation instruction and the wireless signal, it can be understood that the corresponding relationship may also be stored in the router, and specifically, the cloud sends the corresponding relationship to the router, or the router leaves the factory. At this time, the cloud end can send an operation instruction to the router, and the router determines the corresponding wireless signal according to the operation instruction and the corresponding relation.

S23: and the cloud sends the indication information of the wireless signal to the router to which the user belongs.

For example, the router R1 is sent instruction information including the index of the radio signal _ 1.

S24: the router generates a corresponding wireless signal according to the indication information, and the wireless signal is the same as a wireless signal generated by remote control for controlling the remote control equipment.

The router can set the corresponding relation between the indication information of the wireless signal and the waveform, and can generate the wireless signal corresponding to the waveform according to the indication information. For example, if the router records that the waveform corresponding to the wireless signal _1 is the waveform _1, then when the index of the received wireless signal is 1, the wireless signal with the waveform _1 is generated.

In addition, when the corresponding relation between the operation instruction and the wireless signal is set, the setting is carried out according to the wireless signal generated by the remote control, for example, the waveform of the wireless signal when the remote control for controlling the television in the living room is used for starting the television is the waveform _1, and then the wireless signal corresponding to the operation instruction for starting the television in the living room is set to be the wireless signal with the waveform _1, so that the wireless signal generated by the router is ensured to be the same as the wireless signal generated by the remote control, and the television can be controlled by the router.

Furthermore, the corresponding wireless signal may be determined according to a specific device, for example, the brand of the television in the living room is a dimension creation, and then the corresponding wireless signal is a wireless signal generated by a dimension creation remote controller. Or, when the household equipment is not a general brand, the remote controller of the equipment with the non-general brand can be used for sending out a wireless signal, the corresponding waveform is identified by the wireless signal identification device, and then the waveform is recorded in the cloud.

S25: and the router sends the wireless signal to the remote control equipment to control the remote control equipment.

Because the wireless signal generated by the router is the same as the wireless signal generated by the remote control, the router can play a role of remote control and directly carry out remote control on a television and the like.

Therefore, the mobile terminal of the embodiment can replace remote control, and the mobile terminal controls the remote control equipment through the cloud and the router, so that the remote controller can not be bought any more when the remote controller is lost.

The present embodiment takes a television as an example, and it can be understood that the household device to be controlled may also be other devices that can be controlled by a remote controller, such as an air conditioner.

In the embodiment, the router generates the wireless signal, and when the wireless signal is the same as the wireless signal generated by remote control, the wireless signal can directly control the remote control equipment without upgrading the remote control equipment, so that the cost is reduced.

Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a method for remotely controlling a home device according to another embodiment of the present invention, and the home device to be controlled is taken as an example of a switch device. Referring to fig. 3, the present embodiment includes:

s31: and the user sends an operation instruction for the switch equipment to the cloud through the mobile terminal.

For example, user a sends an instruction to the cloud to turn on a water heater.

S32: the cloud end determines the router to which the user belongs according to the preset corresponding relation between the user information and the router, and determines the wireless signal corresponding to the operation instruction according to the preset corresponding relation between the operation instruction and the wireless signal.

S33: and the cloud sends the indication information of the wireless signal to the router to which the user belongs.

S34: the router generates a corresponding wireless signal according to the indication information.

S32-S34 are identical to S22-S24 in principle, except that in the embodiment shown in fig. 2, the corresponding pre-recorded wireless signals are identical to the corresponding wireless signals generated by the remote controller, and the wireless signals of this embodiment are to control the added first device, so the wireless signals can be customized as long as the first device can be analyzed.

S35: the router sends the wireless signal to a first device to control the first device, wherein the first device is a hardware device arranged beside a switch of the switch type device.

S36: and the first equipment carries out corresponding operation according to the wireless signal to realize the control of the switch equipment.

The first device may be a relay, the wireless signal generated by the router may cause the relay to open or close, and the opening or closing of the relay may control the opening or closing of the switch.

Specifically, the first device may be provided with a variable wave generating device, and the variable wave generating device may generate another signal according to the received wireless signal, where the generated another signal may complete the control of the first device, for example, the wireless signal is received to generate a signal that may control the relay to be turned on.

For example, a wireless signal corresponding to an instruction for turning on the water heater may be set to be a wireless signal _1, the wireless signal _1 may control the relay to be turned on, and the relay may be set at a certain position, so that the switch may be turned on when the relay is turned on, and finally the water heater is turned on.

Specifically, the first devices may be respectively set according to the form of the switch, and the specific content is as follows:

(1) plug type, the plug of the household appliance is plugged in the socket. At this time, a socket provided with a button may be adopted, and power may be cut off or supplied by pressing the button, and at this time, the first device may be set to be able to press the button;

(2) and the wall switch controls the opening and closing of the household equipment. At this time, the first device may be installed in an apparatus inside a wall of the wall switch, the switch outside the wall is kept unchanged, and power is cut off or supplied by the first device through a wireless signal inside the wall. Or the device inside the wall can be kept unchanged, and the first equipment is arranged beside the switch outside the wall to complete the pressing of the switch outside the wall.

In addition, the identification of the wireless signal can be realized by a simple identification system, and at the moment, the router can send out simple wireless waves; or include filtering circuitry that can identify tunable complexes, in which case the router can generate tunable complexes.

Optionally, the wireless signal generated by the router is simple but adjustable, so that the problem of low security caused by the simple signal can be avoided; on the other hand can change radio signal after a period of time, certainly, first equipment can corresponding discernment to set up the password in other words, constantly change the security of password assurance, and can reduce cost for complicated compound wave.

Through the scheme of this embodiment, just can be at the way remote control that goes home and open the water heater, perhaps, when going out to forget to turn off the light, can remote control lamp close etc..

In this embodiment, for example, the user sends the operation instruction, the user may also set a condition in advance in the cloud, and when the condition is satisfied, the cloud directly sends the instruction information to the router, and the user is no longer required to send the operation instruction to the cloud. Or the cloud end reminds the user whether to send a corresponding instruction or not. For example, the cloud knows that the user can directly control the water heater to be turned on through the router when the user goes home through a Location Based Service (LBS), or the cloud sends a reminding message to the mobile terminal to remind the user whether to turn on the water heater, and then performs corresponding control according to the instruction of the user. Or, the cloud end can remind the user whether to close or directly close the lamp when knowing that the lamp is turned on, wherein whether the lamp is turned on or not, and the information can be captured by the router through a built-in sensor and the like and then sent to the cloud end. It will be appreciated that there may be other intervention strategies, which may be set by the user in the cloud.

In the embodiment, the router generates the wireless signal, the wireless signal controls the first device, and the first device controls the switch of the switch device, so that the remote control of the devices can be completed without upgrading the switch device, and the cost is reduced.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for remotely controlling a home device according to another embodiment of the present invention, which is implemented by taking a home device to be controlled as a non-remote control device and a non-switch device as an example. Referring to fig. 4, the present embodiment includes:

s41: and the user sends an operation instruction for the household equipment to the cloud end through the mobile terminal.

For example, user a sends a window open instruction to the cloud.

S42: the cloud end determines the router to which the user belongs according to the preset corresponding relation between the user information and the router, and determines the wireless signal corresponding to the operation instruction according to the preset corresponding relation between the operation instruction and the wireless signal.

S43: and the cloud sends the indication information of the wireless signal to the router to which the user belongs.

S44: the router generates a corresponding wireless signal according to the indication information.

S42-S44 are identical to S22-S24 in principle, except that in the embodiment shown in fig. 2, the corresponding pre-recorded wireless signals are identical to the corresponding wireless signals generated by the remote controller, and the wireless signals of this embodiment are to control the added first device, so the wireless signals can be customized as long as the first device can be analyzed.

S45: the router transmits the wireless signal to a first device, which is a hardware device provided beside a home device to be controlled, to control the first device.

S46: the first device performs corresponding operation according to the wireless signal to realize the control of the household device to be controlled.

Wherein the first device may comprise a motor and a connection means controlled by the motor for controlling the opening or closing of the household appliance to be controlled. For example, when the household appliance to be controlled is a window, the connecting means may be a mechanical arm having one end connected to the window and the other end connected to the window frame, or, when the household appliance to be controlled is a door, the connecting means may be an iron chain having one end connected to the door and the other end connected to the door frame.

Specifically, the first device may be provided with a variable wave generating device, and the variable wave generating device may generate another signal according to the received wireless signal, and the generated another signal may complete the control of the first device, for example, the wireless signal is received to generate a signal for controlling the motor to open or close the mechanical arm.

For example, a wireless signal corresponding to a window closing instruction may be set to be a wireless signal _1, and the wireless signal _1 may control a motor to close a mechanical arm, so as to close a window.

Or, a wireless signal corresponding to the door opening instruction may be set as a wireless signal _1, and the wireless signal _1 may control the motor to open the iron chain, so as to open the door.

In this way, when the user is not at home and needs to close the window, such as weather gets worse, the window can be remotely controlled to close. Or, when the user is not at home and needs to open the door, for example, when receiving express delivery, the window on the door can be remotely controlled to be opened, or the door can be directly controlled to be opened. In addition, the degree of opening can be set by the user at the cloud.

Similarly, in this embodiment, the user sends the operation instruction as an example, or the user may preset a condition in the cloud, and when the condition is satisfied, the cloud directly sends the instruction information to the router, and the user is not required to send the operation instruction to the cloud. Or the cloud end reminds the user whether to send a corresponding instruction or not. For example, the cloud end can directly send indication information to the router after learning that the weather is bad. The cloud end can acquire weather of corresponding places according to weather conditions of all places recorded in the cloud end and places pre-configured by users, or a sensor is arranged in the router, and the weather conditions and the like are captured and then sent to the cloud end. It will be appreciated that there may be other intervention strategies, which may be set by the user in the cloud.

According to the embodiment, the router generates the wireless signal, the wireless signal controls the first equipment, and then the first equipment controls the household equipment, so that the remote control of the equipment can be completed without upgrading the household equipment, and the cost is reduced.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a router according to another embodiment of the present invention, where the router 50 includes a receiving module 51, a generating module 52, and a sending module 53.

The receiving module 51 is configured to receive indication information sent by a cloud;

the generating module 52 is configured to generate a corresponding wireless signal according to the indication information, where the wireless signal is the same as a wireless signal generated by controlling remote control of the home device when the home device to be controlled is a remote control type device, or the wireless signal enables a first device to control the home device to be controlled when the home device to be controlled is a non-remote control type device, where the first device is a hardware device that is preset to control the home device to be controlled;

the transmitting module 53 is used for transmitting the wireless signal so as to control the household appliance to be controlled.

In one embodiment, when the home device to be controlled is a remote control device, the sending module is specifically configured to:

and sending the wireless signal generated by the generating module to the remote control equipment, and controlling the remote control equipment by using the wireless signal generated by the generating module.

In another embodiment, when the household device to be controlled is a non-remote control device and the household device to be controlled is a switch device, the first device is disposed beside a switch of the switch device, and the sending module is specifically configured to:

and sending the wireless signal to first equipment adopted by the generation module, and controlling the first equipment by using the wireless signal so that the first equipment controls the switch of the switch equipment.

In another embodiment, when the household device to be controlled is a non-remote control device and the household device to be controlled is a non-switch device, the first device is disposed beside the household device to be controlled, and the sending module is specifically configured to:

and sending the wireless signal to the first equipment, and controlling the first equipment by using the wireless signal so that the first equipment controls the household equipment to be controlled, which is not in a remote control type and is not in a switch type.

In another embodiment, the first device is a relay.

In another embodiment, the first device comprises:

a motor and a connection device controlled by the motor, the connection device being used for controlling the opening or closing of the household appliance to be controlled.

In another embodiment, the connecting device is an iron chain or a mechanical arm.

In another embodiment, the wireless signal generated by the generating module is different before and after a set time.

In another embodiment, the indication information is indication information of a wireless signal generated by the generating module, and the generating module is specifically configured to:

and generating a corresponding wireless signal according to the indication information of the wireless signal.

In another embodiment, the indication information in the receiving module is an operation instruction for the household device to be controlled, and the generating module is specifically configured to:

and generating a corresponding wireless signal according to a preset corresponding relation between an operation instruction for the household equipment and the wireless signal and the operation instruction.

The specific contents of the parameters, the process, and the like in the router may refer to the process of the method for remotely controlling the home device, which is not described herein again.

In the embodiment, the generated wireless signal is the same as the wireless signal generated by the remote control of the household equipment, so that the remote control type household equipment can be directly controlled without upgrading the remote control type household equipment; or the first equipment is controlled through the wireless signal, and the first equipment controls the non-remote control type household equipment, so that the control on the non-remote control type household equipment can be realized, and meanwhile, the non-remote control type household equipment does not need to be upgraded. Therefore, remote control can be completed on the basis of not upgrading the household equipment, and cost reduction is realized.

Another embodiment of the present invention further provides a router, which includes a housing, a processor, a memory, a circuit board, and a power circuit, wherein the circuit board is disposed inside a space enclosed by the housing, and the processor and the memory are disposed on the circuit board; the power supply circuit is used for supplying power to each circuit or device of the router; the memory is used for storing executable program codes; the processor runs a program corresponding to the executable program code by reading the executable program code stored in the memory for performing the steps of:

s11': the router receives indication information sent by a cloud, wherein the indication information is generated by the cloud according to an operation instruction of a user on the household device sent by the client device, or the indication information is generated by the cloud after a condition preset by the user is met.

S12': and generating a corresponding wireless signal according to the indication information, wherein when the household equipment to be controlled is remote control equipment, the wireless signal is the same as a wireless signal generated by remote control for controlling the household equipment, or when the household equipment to be controlled is non-remote control equipment, the wireless signal can enable first equipment to control the household equipment to be controlled, and the first equipment is hardware equipment arranged beside the household equipment to be controlled.

S13': the router transmits the wireless signal to control the home appliance to be controlled.

In another embodiment, the processor runs a program corresponding to the executable program code by reading the executable program code stored in the memory for performing the steps of:

s21': and the user sends an operation instruction for the remote control equipment to the cloud end through the mobile terminal.

S22': the cloud end determines the router to which the user belongs according to the preset corresponding relation between the user information and the router, and determines the wireless signal corresponding to the operation instruction according to the preset corresponding relation between the operation instruction and the wireless signal.

S23': and the cloud sends the indication information of the wireless signal to the router to which the user belongs.

S24': the router generates a corresponding wireless signal according to the indication information, and the wireless signal is the same as a wireless signal generated by remote control for controlling the remote control equipment.

S25': and the router sends the wireless signal to the remote control equipment to control the remote control equipment.

s31': and the user sends an operation instruction for the switch equipment to the cloud through the mobile terminal.

S32': the cloud end determines the router to which the user belongs according to the preset corresponding relation between the user information and the router, and determines the wireless signal corresponding to the operation instruction according to the preset corresponding relation between the operation instruction and the wireless signal.

S33': and the cloud sends the indication information of the wireless signal to the router to which the user belongs.

S34': the router generates a corresponding wireless signal according to the indication information.

S32 '-S34' is identical to S22 '-S24' in principle, except that in the embodiment shown in fig. 2, the corresponding wireless signal recorded in advance is identical to the corresponding wireless signal generated by the remote controller, and the wireless signal of the embodiment controls the added first device, so the wireless signal can be customized as long as the first device can be analyzed.

S35': the router sends the wireless signal to a first device to control the first device, wherein the first device is a hardware device arranged beside a switch of the switch type device.

S36': and the first equipment carries out corresponding operation according to the wireless signal to realize the control of the switch equipment.

In this embodiment, for example, the user sends the operation instruction, the user may also set a condition in advance in the cloud, and when the condition is satisfied, the cloud directly sends the instruction information to the router, and the user is no longer required to send the operation instruction to the cloud. Or the cloud end reminds the user whether to send a corresponding instruction or not. For example, the cloud knows that the user can directly control the water heater to be turned on through the router when the user goes home through a Location Based Service (LBS), or the cloud sends a reminding message to the mobile terminal to remind the user whether to turn on the water heater, and then performs corresponding control according to the instruction of the user. Or, the cloud can remind the user whether to close or directly close the lamp when learning that the lamp is on, wherein whether the lamp is on these information can be grabbed by the router through built-in sensors and the like. It will be appreciated that there may be other intervention strategies, which may be set by the user in the cloud.

s41': and the user sends an operation instruction for the household equipment to the cloud end through the mobile terminal.

For example, user a sends a window open instruction to the cloud.

S42': the cloud end determines the router to which the user belongs according to the preset corresponding relation between the user information and the router, and determines the wireless signal corresponding to the operation instruction according to the preset corresponding relation between the operation instruction and the wireless signal.

S43': and the cloud sends the indication information of the wireless signal to the router to which the user belongs.

S44': the router generates a corresponding wireless signal according to the indication information.

S42 '-S44' is identical to S22 '-S24' in principle, except that in the embodiment shown in fig. 2, the corresponding wireless signal recorded in advance is identical to the corresponding wireless signal generated by the remote controller, and the wireless signal of the embodiment controls the added first device, so the wireless signal can be customized as long as the first device can be analyzed.

S45': the router transmits the wireless signal to a first device, which is a hardware device provided beside a home device to be controlled, to control the first device.

S46': the first device performs corresponding operation according to the wireless signal to realize the control of the household device to be controlled.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description of the present invention are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance. In addition, in the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

Any process or method descriptions in flow charts or otherwise described herein may be understood as representing modules, segments, or portions of code which include one or more executable instructions for implementing specific logical functions or steps of the process, and alternate implementations are included within the scope of the preferred embodiment of the present invention in which functions may be executed out of order from that shown or discussed, including substantially concurrently or in reverse order, depending on the functionality involved, as would be understood by those reasonably skilled in the art of the present invention.

It should be understood that portions of the present invention may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof. In the above embodiments, the various steps or methods may be implemented in software or firmware stored in memory and executed by a suitable instruction execution system. For example, if implemented in hardware, as in another embodiment, any one or combination of the following techniques, which are known in the art, may be used: a discrete logic circuit having a logic gate circuit for implementing a logic function on a data signal, an application specific integrated circuit having an appropriate combinational logic gate circuit, a Programmable Gate Array (PGA), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or the like.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps carried by the method for implementing the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware related to instructions of a program, which may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when the program is executed, the program includes one or a combination of the steps of the method embodiments.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing module, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode. The integrated module, if implemented in the form of a software functional module and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may also be stored in a computer readable storage medium.

The storage medium mentioned above may be a read-only memory, a magnetic or optical disk, etc.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be considered limiting of the invention.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through an intermediate. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method of remotely controlling a home appliance, comprising:

receiving indication information sent by a cloud, wherein the indication information is generated by the cloud according to an operation instruction of a user on a household device sent by a client device, or the indication information is generated by the cloud after a condition preset by the user is met;

generating a corresponding wireless signal according to the indication information, wherein when the household equipment to be controlled is remote control equipment, the wireless signal is the same as a wireless signal generated by remote control for controlling the household equipment, or when the household equipment to be controlled is non-remote control equipment, the wireless signal can enable first equipment to control the household equipment to be controlled, and the first equipment is preset hardware equipment for controlling the household equipment to be controlled;

the wireless signal is transmitted to control the home appliance to be controlled.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein when the home appliance to be controlled is a remote control type appliance, the transmitting a wireless signal to control the home appliance to be controlled comprises:

and sending the wireless signal to the remote control equipment, and controlling the remote control equipment by using the wireless signal.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the household appliance to be controlled is a non-remote control type appliance and the household appliance to be controlled is a switch type appliance, the first appliance is disposed beside a switch of the switch type appliance, and the transmitting the wireless signal to control the household appliance to be controlled comprises:

and sending the wireless signal to the first equipment, and controlling the first equipment by using the wireless signal so that the first equipment controls the switch of the switch equipment.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the household appliance to be controlled is a non-remote control type appliance and the household appliance to be controlled is a non-switch type appliance, the first appliance is disposed beside the household appliance to be controlled, and the transmitting the wireless signal for controlling the household appliance to be controlled comprises:

and sending the wireless signal to the first equipment, and controlling the first equipment by using the wireless signal so that the first equipment controls the household equipment to be controlled, which is not in a remote control type and a switch type.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the first device is a relay.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the first device comprises:

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the connecting device is an iron chain or a robotic arm.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless signal is different before and after a set time.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the indication information is indication information of a wireless signal, and the generating a corresponding wireless signal according to the indication information comprises:

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the indication information is an operation instruction for the home appliance to be controlled, and the generating a corresponding wireless signal according to the indication information comprises:

11. A router, comprising:

the system comprises a receiving module and a processing module, wherein the receiving module is used for receiving indication information sent by a cloud end, the indication information is generated by the cloud end according to an operation instruction of a user on the household equipment sent by a client device, or the indication information is generated by the cloud end after a condition preset by the user is met;

the generating module is used for generating a corresponding wireless signal according to the indication information, wherein when the household equipment to be controlled is remote control equipment, the wireless signal is the same as a wireless signal generated by remote control for controlling the household equipment, or when the household equipment to be controlled is non-remote control equipment, the wireless signal can enable first equipment to control the household equipment to be controlled, and the first equipment is preset hardware equipment for controlling the household equipment to be controlled;

and the sending module is used for sending the wireless signal so as to control the household equipment to be controlled.

12. The router according to claim 11, wherein when the home device to be controlled is a remote control device, the sending module is specifically configured to:

13. The router according to claim 11, wherein when the home device to be controlled is a non-remote control device and the home device to be controlled is a switch device, the first device is disposed beside a switch of the switch device, and the sending module is specifically configured to:

14. The router according to claim 11, wherein when the home device to be controlled is a non-remote control device and the home device to be controlled is a non-switch device, the first device is disposed beside the home device to be controlled, and the sending module is specifically configured to:

15. The router of claim 13, wherein the first device is a relay.

16. The router of claim 14, wherein the first device comprises:

17. The router of claim 16, wherein the connection device is an iron chain or a robotic arm.

18. The router of claim 11, wherein the wireless signal generated by the generating module is different before and after a set time.

19. The router according to any one of claims 11 to 18, wherein the indication information is an indication information of a wireless signal generated by the generating module, and the generating module is specifically configured to:

20. The router according to any one of claims 11 to 18, wherein the indication information in the receiving module is an operation instruction for the home device to be controlled, and the generating module is specifically configured to: