WO2024174997A1 - Interface display method, terminal, and smart home system - Google Patents

Abstract

An interface display method, a terminal (400), and a smart home system. The interface display method comprises: displaying an operation interface, the operation interface comprising a control assembly corresponding to each smart home device (300) (S101); in response to a control operation on any one control assembly, sending an operation instruction of the control operation to the smart home device (300) corresponding to the any one control assembly, the operation instruction indicating a target working state of the smart home device (300) (S102); and if an execution confirmation message fed back after the smart home device (300) executes the operation instruction is received, displaying dynamic display information corresponding to the target working state in the area, to which the any one control assembly belongs, on the operation interface, the dynamic display information comprising dynamic image information corresponding to operation parameters in the target working state (S103).

Description

Interface display method, terminal and smart home system

Cross-reference to related applications

This patent application claims priority to a Chinese patent application filed on February 21, 2023, with application number 2023101596571 and invention name “An interface display method, terminal and smart home system”. The full text of the above application is incorporated herein by reference.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of smart home technology, and in particular to an interface display method, a terminal and a smart home system.

Background Art

With the rapid development of Internet of Things technology, in the field of smart home, the interconnection and intelligent automatic control of multiple indoor devices have provided users with more convenience in various aspects of life. For example, users can remotely control the operating status of home air conditioners, rice cookers and other devices through their mobile phones.

In daily use, users can use their mobile phones to adjust the operation of smart home devices, such as switches, operating power, etc. However, due to network fluctuations, signal transmission failures and other problems, the control commands issued by users on the mobile phone are not received and executed without the user's knowledge, which greatly affects the user's experience. Based on the above technical problems, the applicant proposed the technical solution of this application.

Summary of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an interface display method, a terminal and a smart home system, which can ensure the accuracy of the dynamic image information corresponding to the working status of each smart home device displayed on the operation interface, that is, when the smart home device fails to execute an instruction due to network failure, communication failure and other problems, the corresponding dynamic image information will not be displayed on the operation interface, so that the user can promptly discover the problem of the smart home device failing to execute the instruction.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides an interface display method, which is applied to a terminal, wherein the terminal is connected to a plurality of smart home devices, and the method comprises: displaying an operation interface, wherein the operation interface includes control components corresponding to each of the smart home devices; responding to a control operation on any of the control components, An operation instruction of the control operation is sent to the smart home device corresponding to any one of the control components, and the operation instruction indicates the target working state of the smart home device; if execution confirmation information fed back by the smart home device after executing the operation instruction is received, dynamic display information corresponding to the target working state is displayed in the area to which any one of the control components belongs on the operation interface, and the dynamic display information at least includes dynamic image information corresponding to at least one operating parameter in the target working state.

The present invention also provides a terminal, comprising: at least one processor; and a memory and a display screen communicatively connected to the at least one processor; wherein the display screen is used to display an operation interface; the memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor, and the instructions are executed by the at least one processor so that the at least one processor can execute the interface display method as described above.

The present invention also provides a smart home system, comprising: a plurality of smart home devices and the above-mentioned terminal, each of the smart home devices being respectively communicatively connected to the terminal; the smart home device being used to receive and execute an operation instruction sent by the terminal indicating a target working state of the smart home device to switch to the target working state, and to feed back execution confirmation information to the terminal after executing the operation instruction.

In one embodiment, the execution confirmation information includes: the current working state of the smart home device after executing the operation instruction; after receiving the execution confirmation information fed back by the smart home device after executing the operation instruction, and before displaying the dynamic visual information corresponding to the control operation in the area to which any one of the control components belongs on the operation interface, it also includes: judging whether the current working state contained in the execution confirmation information matches the target working state of the smart home device indicated in the operation instruction; if the current working state contained in the execution confirmation information matches the target working state of the smart home device indicated in the operation instruction, entering the step of displaying the dynamic visual information corresponding to the control operation in the area to which any one of the control components belongs on the operation interface; if the current working state contained in the execution confirmation information does not match the target working state of the smart home device indicated in the operation instruction, displaying a prompt message indicating that the working state adjustment is unsuccessful on the operation interface.

In one embodiment, the method further includes: when the current working state contained in the execution confirmation information does not match the target working state of the smart home device indicated in the operation instruction, sending the operation instruction to the smart home device again.

In one embodiment, the displaying of dynamic display information corresponding to the target working state in the area to which any one of the control components belongs on the operation interface includes: displaying dynamic display information corresponding to the attributes of the operating parameters in the target working state in the area to which any one of the control components belongs on the operation interface. Dynamic image information, the attributes include any one or any combination of the following: color type, pixel dynamic change speed, color depth.

In one embodiment, the method further includes: in response to current object information received from a target sensor in any of the smart home devices, adjusting first static image information associated with the current object information in an area on the operation interface to which the control component corresponding to any of the smart home devices belongs based on the current object information, wherein the first static image information includes at least image color information corresponding to the current object information.

In one embodiment, the method further includes: in response to a control operation on any of the control components, displaying second static image information corresponding to the target working state in the area to which any of the control components belongs on the operation interface, the second static image information at least including static image information corresponding to at least one operating parameter in the target working state.

In one embodiment, the method further includes: in response to a synchronization start icon on the operation interface being triggered, displaying a synchronization trigger area and icons of multiple preset smart home devices located outside the synchronization trigger area on the operation interface; if it is detected that the icon of any of the preset smart home devices is moved to the synchronization trigger area, sending a startup instruction for starting the device to any of the preset smart home devices.

In one embodiment, the method further includes: when it is detected that the icon of any of the preset smart home devices is moved to the synchronization trigger area, displaying dynamic startup information corresponding to any of the preset smart home devices on the operation interface.

In one embodiment, multiple smart home devices share the same control component, and the control component shared by the multiple smart home devices includes: a device switching subcomponent and a control subcomponent corresponding to each of the multiple smart home devices; the method also includes: in response to a user's switching operation on a switching subcomponent in a target control component, calling the control subcomponent corresponding to the smart home device specified by the switching operation to display it in the area to which the target control component belongs.

In one embodiment, the method further includes: in response to state change information representing the switching of the working state sent by the target smart home device among the several smart home devices, obtaining the working state after the switching from the state change information, and adjusting the dynamic display information displayed in the area to which the control component corresponding to the target smart home device belongs on the operation interface based on the working state after the switching.

In one embodiment, the plurality of smart home devices include a range hood, the range hood including a cover body facing the stove body, at least one first smoke sensor is arranged on the front side of the cover body, at least one second smoke sensor is arranged on both sides of the cover body, and at least one third smoke sensor is arranged on each air inlet on the cover body. fog sensor; the range hood is used to control the range hood to adjust from the current gear to the target gear when the amount of smoke collected by any of the third smoke sensors is less than the amount of smoke collected by any of the first smoke sensors or the second smoke sensors, the power of the target gear is greater than the power of the current gear, and send state change information representing that the working gear of the range hood is adjusted to the target gear to the terminal; the terminal is used to obtain the adjusted target gear of the range hood from the state change information when receiving the state change information sent by the range hood, and based on the target gear, display the dynamic display information corresponding to the target gear in the area to which the control component corresponding to the range hood belongs on the operation interface.

In one embodiment, the several smart home devices include a water purifier; the terminal is used to control increasing the water purification efficiency of the water purifier in response to a signal indicating that a user has entered the room; the terminal is used to control decreasing the water purification efficiency of the water purifier in response to a signal indicating that a user has left the room.

In one embodiment, the several smart home devices include an air-conditioning device, on which a human body sensing sensor is provided; the air-conditioning device is used to adjust the air outlet direction of the air-conditioning device when the human body sensing sensor detects that a user is located directly in front of it, so that the air outlet of the air-conditioning device follows the user instead of blowing directly at the user.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG1 is a specific flow chart of an interface display method according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of a control assembly of a water heater according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic diagram of a control assembly of a water heater according to a first embodiment of the present invention, wherein the water heater is in a heat preservation working mode;

4 is a schematic diagram of a control assembly of a water heater according to a first embodiment of the present invention, wherein the water heater is in a heating operation mode;

5 is a specific flow chart of the interface display method according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG6 is a specific flow chart of the interface display method according to the third embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a schematic diagram of a control assembly of a water heater according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

8 is a schematic diagram of a control assembly being switched to a water heater according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

9 is a schematic diagram of a control component being switched to a range hood according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

10 is a specific flow chart of the interface display method according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a synchronous trigger area and a display in an operation interface according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. A schematic diagram of icons of multiple preset smart home devices outside the synchronous triggering area;

FIG12 is a schematic diagram of a smart home system according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing a smart home device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention, in which the smart home device is a range hood.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings to provide a clearer understanding of the purpose, features and advantages of the present invention. It should be understood that the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, but are only intended to illustrate the essential spirit of the technical solution of the present invention.

In the following description, certain specific details are set forth for the purpose of illustrating various disclosed embodiments to provide a thorough understanding of the various disclosed embodiments. However, those skilled in the relevant art will recognize that the embodiments may be practiced without one or more of these specific details. In other cases, well-known devices, structures, and techniques associated with the present application may not be shown or described in detail to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the description of the embodiments.

Unless the context requires otherwise, throughout the specification and claims, the word "comprise" and variations such as "include" and "have" should be construed in an open, inclusive sense, ie, should be interpreted as meaning "including, but not limited to."

References throughout the specification to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" indicate that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment. Thus, the appearances of "in one embodiment" or "in an embodiment" in various places throughout the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any manner in one or more embodiments.

As used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. It should be noted that the term "or" is generally employed in its sense including "or/and" unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In the following description, in order to clearly show the structure and working mode of the present invention, many directional words will be used for description, but the words "front", "back", "left", "right", "outside", "inside", "outward", "inward", "up", "down", etc. should be understood as convenient terms and should not be understood as restrictive terms.

The first embodiment of the present invention relates to an interface display method, which is applied to a terminal. The terminal can be a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a tablet computer, or a smart screen fixed at a certain location indoors. Multiple terminals can simultaneously run the interface display method of this embodiment. The terminal is connected to several smart home devices via wired or wireless communication. The wireless connection method depends on the type of smart home device, and wireless communication methods such as WIFI, Bluetooth, and wireless gateway can be selected. Several smart home devices include but are not limited to: air conditioners, range hoods, water purifiers, water heaters, lights, electric curtains, floor heating, speakers, rice cookers, washing machines, televisions, and refrigerators.

The specific process of the interface display method of this embodiment is shown in FIG1 .

Step 101, displaying an operation interface, which includes control components corresponding to each smart home device.

Specifically, an application for controlling smart home devices is installed in the terminal. When the terminal runs the application, an operation interface is displayed on the terminal's display screen, and the operation interface includes control components corresponding to each smart home device; a variety of option touch icons can be set on the operation interface, for example, classification according to the indoor area where the smart home devices are located (for example, bedroom, study, kitchen, living room, etc.), or classification according to the type of smart home devices (for example, lighting, air conditioning, kitchenware, etc.); after the user touches the icons of different categories, the operation interface switches to display the interface under the corresponding category, which displays the control components of all smart home devices under the category.

In the operation interface, the control components of different smart home devices occupy display areas of corresponding sizes on the operation interface. The shape of each display area can be configured according to the function of the control component, such as a rectangular area, a circular area, etc. The control component of each smart home device is set based on the function of the smart home device.

For example, Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the control component corresponding to the water heater, including an annular control component for adjusting the water temperature between 35°C and 70°C, a circular display area and a switch 3. The annular control component includes an annular control bar 11 and a circular control button 12 arranged on the annular control bar 11. The circular control button 12 slides along the annular control bar 11 as the user operates. During the sliding process, the pattern of the set color or the solid color pattern filled below the circular control button 11 in the annular control bar 1 will change accordingly; the circular display area includes an annular display area 21 and a temperature display area 22. The pattern of the set color or the solid color pattern filled in the annular display area 21 will change as the circular control button 12 slides on the annular control bar 11. In the middle temperature display area 22, 40°C is the current water temperature in the water heater and 50°C is the adjusted target water temperature of the water heater.

Step 102, in response to a control operation on any control component, an operation instruction of the control operation is sent to a smart home device corresponding to any control component, wherein the operation instruction indicates a target working state of the smart home device.

Specifically, the display screen can be a touch screen so that the user can directly operate the control component on the display screen, or a voice receiving module is provided in the terminal, and the terminal can receive the user's voice command and convert it into an operation on the control component, or a physical button or a virtual button is provided on the terminal for the user to operate the control component by pressing the button. Input control operation.

The user's operations on the control components include but are not limited to the adjustment of working parameters such as switches, working modes, and working gears.

When the terminal receives a control operation from the user on any control component, it first obtains the smart home device corresponding to the control component, and obtains the target working state of the smart home device indicated by the control operation, and then sends an operation instruction for instructing the smart home device to switch to the target working state to the corresponding smart home device.

Taking the water heater in Figure 1 as an example, the terminal receives a user's sliding operation on the circular control button 12, which indicates that the water temperature of the water heater is adjusted to 55°C. The terminal then sends an operation instruction to the water heater for adjusting the water temperature to 55°C.

Step 103, if execution confirmation information is received from the smart home device after executing the operation instruction, dynamic display information corresponding to the target working state is displayed in the area to which any control component belongs on the operation interface, and the dynamic display information at least includes dynamic image information corresponding to at least one operating parameter in the target working state.

Specifically, in the area to which each control component belongs on the operation interface, the terminal can display the dynamic image information of the attributes corresponding to the working parameter in the area to which the control component corresponding to the smart home device belongs on the operation interface for the working parameter with dynamic display information, based on the working parameters contained in the target working state of the smart home device corresponding to the control component. The specific attributes of the dynamic image information corresponding to different working parameters can be set based on the type of smart home device. The attributes of the dynamic image information include any one or any combination of the following: color type, pixel dynamic change speed, and color depth.

Taking a water heater as an example, the working parameters of the water heater include: operating mode parameters (heating or insulation). The operating mode parameters of the water heater can correspond to a dynamic image of a red flame effect, that is, when the water heater is in the heating working mode, a dynamic image with a large flame and strong fluctuations is displayed; when the water heater is in the insulation working mode, a dynamic image with a small flame and gentle fluctuations is displayed.

Taking air conditioning equipment as an example, its working parameters with dynamic display information include but are not limited to: wind speed, temperature and working mode. The dynamic display information of the air conditioning equipment is: a dynamic image of blowing air spraying mist particles, different working modes correspond to mist particles of different colors in the dynamic image, for example, the cooling mode corresponds to a cold tone (for example, blue), the heating mode corresponds to a warm tone (for example, red), different wind speeds correspond to the spray speed of the mist particles in the dynamic image, and different temperatures correspond to the color depth of the mist particles in the dynamic image; thereby, the terminal can integrate various operating parameters of the air conditioning equipment and adjust the corresponding dynamic image displayed on the operation interface; for example, when the air conditioning equipment is in cooling mode, low wind speed gear, and temperature is 20, the mist particles can be displayed as light blue, mist spraying A slow moving image, where the moving image information is located below the control component to avoid blocking the display effect of the control component.

After receiving the operation instruction sent by the terminal, the smart home device executes the operation instruction, adjusts its own working state to the target working state contained in the operation instruction, and after executing the operation instruction, feeds back an execution confirmation information to the terminal. The execution confirmation information is at least used to indicate that the terminal has executed the operation instruction. After receiving the execution confirmation information, the terminal determines that the smart home device has executed the operation instruction, and then displays the dynamic display information corresponding to the target working state in the area to which the control component corresponding to the smart home device belongs on the operation interface.

Taking the water heater in FIG. 2 as an example, when the water heater is in the heat preservation working mode, the terminal displays a dynamic image with a small amount of flame and gentle fluctuation in the area to which the control component corresponding to the water heater belongs. The terminal receives the user's sliding operation on the circular control button 12, which indicates that the water temperature of the water heater is adjusted to 55°C. Subsequently, the terminal sends an operation instruction for adjusting the water temperature to 55°C to the water heater. The water heater executes the operation instruction, adjusts the target water temperature to 55°C, and enters the heating working mode. The terminal sends an execution confirmation message of executing the operation instruction to the terminal. After receiving the execution confirmation message, the terminal determines that the smart home device has executed the operation instruction, that is, determines that the water heater is in the heating working mode, and displays a dynamic image with a large amount of flame and strong fluctuation in the area to which the control component corresponding to the water heater belongs. It should be noted that FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 only schematically draw static flame images, and fail to show the dynamic fluctuation of the flame.

It should be noted that in this embodiment, when the smart home device is started, the terminal can also display dynamic display information corresponding to the current working status of the smart home device in the area to which the control component corresponding to the smart home device belongs on the operation interface after receiving the current working status feedback from the smart home device, so as to display the current working status on the terminal in time when the smart home device is started.

In this embodiment, when the user performs a control operation on the control component displayed on the operation interface, the operation instruction indicating the target working state of the smart home device is sent to the smart home device to be operated by the user. Subsequently, after receiving the execution confirmation information fed back by the smart home device, the dynamic image information corresponding to the target working state of the smart home device will be displayed on the operation interface, that is, after confirming that the smart home device has completed the working state switching, the corresponding dynamic image information will be displayed on the operation interface, which can ensure the accuracy of the dynamic image information corresponding to the working state of each smart home device displayed on the operation interface, that is, when the smart home device fails to execute the instruction due to network failure, communication failure and other problems, the corresponding dynamic image information will not be displayed on the operation interface, so that the user can promptly discover the problem that the smart home device fails to execute the instruction; at the same time, the working state of each smart home device is displayed by dynamic image information, which is convenient for the user to intuitively view the working state of each smart home device. The working status of home appliances and better user experience.

The second embodiment of the present invention relates to an interface display method. Compared with the first embodiment, the main improvement of this embodiment is that: in this embodiment, verification of the working status of the smart home device is added to the terminal.

The specific process of the interface display method of this embodiment is shown in FIG5 .

Step 201, displaying an operation interface, which includes control components corresponding to each smart home device, is substantially the same as step 101 in the first embodiment and will not be described in detail here.

Step 202, in response to the control operation on any control component, sends an operation instruction of the control operation to the smart home device corresponding to any control component, and the operation instruction indicates the target working state of the smart home device. It is substantially the same as step 102 in the first embodiment and will not be described in detail here.

Step 203: if the execution confirmation information fed back by the smart home device after executing the operation instruction is received, it is determined whether the current working state contained in the execution confirmation information matches the target working state of the smart home device indicated in the operation instruction. If so, proceed to step 204; if not, proceed to step 205.

Step 204: display dynamic display information corresponding to the target working state in the area to which any control component belongs on the operation interface, and the dynamic display information at least includes dynamic image information corresponding to the target working state.

Step 205: Displaying a prompt message indicating that the working status adjustment is unsuccessful on the operation interface.

Specifically, after receiving the operation instruction sent by the terminal, the smart home device executes the operation instruction, adjusts its own working state to the target working state contained in the operation instruction, and then adds the current working state after executing the operation instruction to the execution confirmation information and sends it to the terminal.

After receiving the execution confirmation information, the terminal extracts the current working state of the smart home device from the execution confirmation information, and compares the current working state of the smart home device with the target working state of the smart home device indicated by the operation instruction. If the current working state of the smart home device is the same as the target working state of the smart home device, it is determined that the smart home device has switched to the target working state, and the terminal displays dynamic display information corresponding to the target working state in the area to which the control component corresponding to the smart home device belongs on the operation interface; if the current working state of the smart home device is different from the target working state of the smart home device, it is determined that the smart home device has failed to switch to the target working state, that is, the smart home device has failed to switch to the target working state. At this time, the dynamic display information corresponding to the target working state will not be displayed on the operation interface, and a prompt message will be displayed on the operation interface. The prompt message is used to prompt the user that the smart home device has failed to switch the working state, such as a pop-up text message: working state switching failed.

In one example, step 205 further includes:

Step 206, sending the operation instruction to the smart home device again.

Specifically, after confirming that the smart home device has failed to switch to the target working state indicated by the operation instruction, the terminal can, while prompting the user that the smart home device has failed to switch the working state, send the operation instruction for the smart home device to switch to the target working state to the smart home device again, so that the smart home device can execute the operation instruction again to switch to the target working state. The terminal can display an option on the operation interface for the user to confirm whether to switch the working state of the smart home device again, and the user can choose whether to resend the operation instruction.

In this embodiment, the terminal will also compare the current working state of the smart home device with the target working state of the smart home device indicated in the operation instruction to determine whether the smart home device has completed the switching of the working state, thereby further ensuring the accuracy of the dynamic image information corresponding to the working state of each smart home device displayed on the operation interface.

The third embodiment of the present invention relates to an interface display method. Compared with the first embodiment, the main improvement of this embodiment is that the operation interface of the terminal in this embodiment also displays more static image information.

The specific process of the interface display method of this embodiment is shown in FIG6 .

Step 301, displaying an operation interface, which includes control components corresponding to each smart home device. This is substantially the same as step 101 in the first embodiment, and will not be described in detail here.

Step 302, in response to the control operation on any control component, sends the operation instruction of the control operation to the smart home device corresponding to any control component, and the operation instruction indicates the target working state of the smart home device. It is substantially the same as step 102 in the first embodiment and will not be described in detail here.

Step 303, in response to a control operation on any control component, display second static image information corresponding to the target working state in the area to which any control component belongs on the operation interface, and the second static image information at least includes static image information corresponding to at least one operating parameter in the target working state.

Specifically, when the terminal receives a control operation from the user on any control component, the terminal displays the corresponding static image information in the area corresponding to the control component. The target working state indicated by the control operation is used to adjust at least one operating parameter of the smart home device. Taking air conditioning equipment as an example, it can be the adjustment of wind speed, wind direction, temperature and other parameters. When the user adjusts a certain operating parameter, the static image information corresponding to the operating parameter is adjusted at the same time. Taking the control component of the water heater in Figure 1 as an example, the ring-shaped display area Field 21 is a static image corresponding to the target temperature of the water heater.

Step 304: if the execution confirmation information fed back by the smart home device after executing the operation instruction is received, dynamic display information corresponding to the target working state is displayed in the area to which any control component belongs on the operation interface, and the dynamic display information at least includes dynamic image information corresponding to at least one operating parameter in the target working state. This is substantially the same as step 103 in the first embodiment and will not be described in detail here.

Step 305, in response to the current object information collected by the target sensor in any smart home device, adjust the first static image information associated with the current object information of the area to which the control component corresponding to any smart home device belongs on the operation interface based on the current object information, and the first static image information at least includes image color information corresponding to the current object information.

Specifically, each smart home device can be equipped with a target sensor to collect information about the current object, and the smart home device will also send the collected current object information to the terminal for display. At the same time, the terminal can also adjust the image color based on the current object information while displaying the current object information, for example, different temperature ranges correspond to different colors, and different smart home devices correspond to different colors. Please refer to Figure 7, for example, taking the smart home device as a water heater as an example, a temperature sensor for detecting the current water temperature in the water heater is also provided, and the current water temperature of the water heater collected by the smart home device is 40°C, and the collected current water temperature of 40°C is sent to the terminal, and the terminal can display the current water temperature of 40°C in the temperature display area 22 in the area to which the control component corresponding to the water heater belongs, and adjust the color of the filling pattern in the annular display area 21 according to the temperature range of the current water temperature. If the current water temperature of 40°C is in the comfortable temperature range, the color of the filling pattern in the annular display area 21 is adjusted to blue; if the current water temperature increases to 50°C and is in the high temperature range, the color of the filling pattern in the annular display area 21 is adjusted to red. Alternatively, different current temperatures can be displayed by different shades of color. The higher the current temperature, the darker the color of the pattern filled in the annular display area 21. For example, if the current water temperature is 40°C and is in the comfortable temperature range, the color of the pattern filled in the annular display area 21 is adjusted to light red. If the current water temperature increases to 50°C and is in the high temperature range, the color of the pattern filled in the annular display area 21 is adjusted to dark red. The current water temperature of the water heater can be intuitively indicated, which is more convenient for users to view.

In addition, the water heater is also provided with a flow detection sensor for detecting the water flow rate of the water heater, which sends the detected current water flow rate of 8L/min to the terminal, and the terminal displays the current water flow rate as 8L/min in the water flow display area 4 on the operation interface.

Step 306, in response to the state change information indicating the switching of the working state sent by the target smart home device among the plurality of smart home devices, obtaining the working state after the switching from the state change information, and The target working state is displayed in the area where the control component corresponding to the target smart home device belongs on the operation interface, and the dynamic display information corresponding to the target working state is displayed.

Specifically, each smart home device can switch its own working state according to the change of the current object information detected by the target sensor, or the manual adjustment of the user on the smart home device. After switching the working state, the smart home device sends the state change information containing the switched working state to the terminal. When the terminal receives the state change information sent by the smart home device, it will obtain the working state of the smart home device after switching from the state change information, and then adjust the dynamic display information of the switched working state in the area to which the control component corresponding to the smart home device belongs on the operation interface. For specific information on how to display the dynamic display information, please refer to step 101 in the first embodiment, which will not be repeated here. In this way, when the working state of each smart home device changes, the dynamic display information can be adjusted accordingly in the operation interface of the terminal for the user to view.

Step 307 , in response to the user's switching operation on the switching subcomponent in the target control component, the control subcomponent corresponding to the smart home device specified by the switching operation is called to be displayed in the area to which the target control component belongs.

Specifically, multiple smart home devices share the same control component, and the control component shared by the multiple smart home devices includes: a device switching subcomponent and a control subcomponent corresponding to each smart home device in the multiple smart home devices.

Please refer to Figures 8 and 9. The water heater and the range hood share a control component. The switching subcomponent includes: a device display bar 101 and a device switching button 102. The user can slide the device switching button 102 along the device display bar 101 to switch the smart home device. When the terminal detects that the user slides the device switching button 102, it displays the control subcomponents of different smart home devices. Figure 8 shows the control subcomponent of the water heater, which has been introduced in the above content and will not be repeated here. Figure 9 shows the control subcomponent of the range hood, in which the gear display bar 51 displays the current gear of the range hood, the gear switching button 52 is used to switch the gear of the range hood, the annular gear prompt area 61 is used to fill in with the change of the current gear, and the gear display area 62 is used to display the current gear through text. The real-time air volume display bar 8 is used to display the real-time air volume of the range hood at the current gear, and the range hood switch key 7 is used for the user to turn on or off the range hood.

The fourth embodiment of the present invention relates to an interface display method. Compared with the first embodiment, the main improvement of this embodiment is that this embodiment provides a method for users to quickly start smart home devices.

The specific process of the interface display method of this embodiment is shown in FIG. 10 .

Step 401, displaying an operation interface, which includes control components corresponding to each smart home device, is substantially the same as step 101 in the first embodiment and will not be described in detail here.

Step 402, in response to the control operation on any control component, sends an operation instruction of the control operation to the smart home device corresponding to any control component, and the operation instruction indicates the target working state of the smart home device. It is substantially the same as step 102 in the first embodiment and will not be described in detail here.

Step 403: if the execution confirmation information fed back by the smart home device after executing the operation instruction is received, dynamic display information corresponding to the target working state is displayed in the area to which any control component belongs on the operation interface, and the dynamic display information at least includes dynamic image information corresponding to at least one operating parameter in the target working state. This is substantially the same as step 103 in the first embodiment and will not be described in detail here.

Step 404 , in response to the synchronization start icon on the operation interface being triggered, a synchronization trigger area and icons of multiple preset smart home devices located outside the synchronization trigger area are displayed on the operation interface.

Step 405: If it is detected that the icon of any preset smart home device is moved to the synchronization trigger area, a startup instruction for starting the device is sent to any preset smart home device, and dynamic startup information corresponding to any preset smart home device is displayed on the operation interface.

Specifically, a synchronization start icon is displayed on the operation interface of the terminal in addition to the areas occupied by other control components. When the user triggers the synchronization start icon, a synchronization trigger area is displayed on the operation interface. The shape and size of the synchronization trigger area can be set according to needs. The synchronization trigger area can be displayed in the center of the operation interface for user operation; icons of multiple preset smart home devices (which may include device names and/or graphical device images) are displayed in the area outside the synchronization trigger area on the operation interface; please refer to Figure 11. After the synchronization start icon is triggered, icons of multiple smart home devices such as televisions, air conditioners, purifiers, screens, main lights, spotlights, wall lamps, floor heating, and makeup lights, as well as a synchronization trigger area 200 are displayed on the operation interface.

When the user drags the icon of any smart home device into the synchronization trigger area and releases it, the terminal sends a startup instruction for starting the device to the smart home device. The smart home device that receives the startup instruction executes the startup instruction and enters the default working state to start working. The default working state can also be a preset working state or the working state of the smart home device when it was last turned off. The user can also drag the icons of multiple smart home devices into the synchronization trigger area at the same time, so that the terminal can control multiple smart home devices to start at the same time.

In addition, when the terminal sends a startup command to the smart home device, it can also display the smart home device on the operation interface. The dynamic startup information corresponding to the smart home device (for example, a dynamic image) is displayed to prompt the user that the smart home device is started. Different smart home devices can use the same dynamic startup information, or different dynamic startup information can be set for different smart home devices.

It should be noted that each smart home device can feedback a startup confirmation message to the terminal after executing the startup command to start working, so that the terminal can confirm that the smart home device is successfully started after receiving the startup confirmation message feedback from the smart home device, and then display the dynamic startup information corresponding to the smart home device.

The fifth embodiment of the present invention relates to a terminal, which may be a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a tablet computer, or a smart screen fixed at a certain location indoors; the terminal is connected to several smart home devices via wired or wireless connections, and the wireless connection method depends on the type of smart home device, and wireless communication methods such as WIFI, Bluetooth, and wireless gateway may be selected.

The terminal includes: at least one processor; and a memory and a display screen that are communicatively connected to the at least one processor; wherein the display screen is used to display an operation interface; the memory stores instructions that can be executed by at least one processor, and the instructions are executed by at least one processor so that the at least one processor can execute the interface display method of any one of the first to fourth embodiments.

Since the first to fourth embodiments correspond to this embodiment, this embodiment can be implemented in conjunction with the first to fourth embodiments. The relevant technical details mentioned in the first to fourth embodiments are still valid in this embodiment, and the technical effects that can be achieved in the first to fourth embodiments can also be achieved in this embodiment. In order to reduce repetition, they are not repeated here. Accordingly, the relevant technical details mentioned in this embodiment can also be applied in the first to fourth embodiments.

The sixth embodiment of the present invention relates to a smart home system, as shown in FIG12 , the smart home system comprises: a plurality of smart home devices 300 and a terminal 400 in the fifth embodiment, each smart home device 300 is respectively connected to the terminal 400 in communication. The terminal 400 can be connected to the plurality of smart home devices 300 by wire or wirelessly, and the wireless connection method depends on the type of the smart home device 300, and wireless communication methods such as WIFI, Bluetooth, and wireless gateway can be selected. The plurality of smart home devices include, but are not limited to: air conditioning equipment, range hoods, water purifiers, water heaters, electric curtains, rice cookers, washing machines, televisions, and refrigerators.

The terminal 400 can execute the interface display method of any one of the first to fourth embodiments.

The smart home device 300 is used to receive and execute an operation instruction indicating a target working state of the smart home device sent by the terminal 400 to switch to the target working state, and to return a response to the terminal 400 after executing the operation instruction. Feedback execution confirmation information.

In one example, the smart home device 300 is a range hood, as shown in FIG13 , the range hood includes a cover 500 facing the stove, at least one first smoke sensor 501 is arranged on the front side of the cover 500, at least one second smoke sensor 502 is arranged on both sides of the cover, and at least one third smoke sensor 504 is arranged on each air inlet 503 on the cover 500. When the cover 500 is fixed on the wall and faces the stove (gas stove, coal gas stove, induction cooker, etc.), the rear side of the cover 500 is fixed on the wall, and the front side of the cover 500 faces the user who uses the stove. It should be noted that the range hood also includes components such as a controller and a motor, which can refer to existing range hoods and will not be described in detail here.

The range hood is used to control the range hood to adjust from the current gear to the target gear when the amount of smoke collected by any third smoke sensor 504 is less than the amount of smoke collected by any first smoke sensor 501 or the amount of smoke collected by the second smoke sensor 502, and the power of the target gear is greater than the power of the current gear, and send the state change information representing that the working gear of the range hood is adjusted to the target gear to the terminal 400. Specifically, the amount of smoke collected by the third smoke sensor 504 represents the amount of smoke currently extracted by the range hood, and the amount of smoke collected by the first smoke sensor 501 and the second smoke sensor 502 represents the amount of smoke overflowing from the range hood. Therefore, when the amount of smoke collected by the third smoke sensor 504 is less than the amount of smoke collected by any first smoke sensor 501 or the amount of smoke collected by the second smoke sensor 502, the controller in the range hood determines that there is a situation of smoke overflow, controls to increase the working power of the range hood, increases the working gear of the range hood, so that the range hood extracts smoke with greater power, and sends the state change information representing that the range hood is switched to the target gear to the terminal 400. When there are multiple smoke sensors at each location, the average value may be used as the smoke volume at each location.

In one example, the range hood also includes a human body detection sensor and a camera arranged on the front side of the hood body 500, so that the controller can detect whether there is a user using the range hood through the human body detection sensor and detect the height of the current user through the camera. Therefore, the controller can adjust the height of the range hood based on the height of the current user, thereby achieving a better smoke extraction effect.

In addition, two air inlets 503 are provided on the cover body 500 in Figure 13, and each air inlet 503 corresponds to a heating stove on the stove body. The controller can control the fan in the air inlet 503 corresponding to the heating stove to work and extract smoke through the image collected by the camera, and the fan in the other air inlet 503 is in a stopped state; after the controller determines that there is smoke overflow and controls to increase the working power of the range hood and increase the working gear of the range hood, it still determines that there is smoke overflow. At this time, the controller controls the fan in the other air inlet 503 to enter the working state, thereby further improving the smoke overflow situation.

The terminal 400 is used to obtain the state change information from the state change information when receiving the state change information sent by the range hood. The target gear of the range hood is adjusted, and based on the target gear, dynamic display information corresponding to the target gear is displayed in the area of the control component corresponding to the range hood on the operation interface. The specific manner in which the terminal 400 displays the dynamic display information corresponding to the target gear in the area of the control component corresponding to the range hood on the operation interface can refer to the relevant content in the third embodiment, and will not be repeated here.

In another example, the smart home device 300 is a water purifier.

The terminal 400 is used for controlling to increase the water purification efficiency of the water purifier in response to a signal indicating that a user has entered the room.

The terminal 400 is used for controlling the water purification efficiency of the water purifier to be reduced in response to a signal indicating that the user has left the room.

Specifically, a human body detection sensor is provided at the indoor entrance door to detect whether a person enters the room. The terminal 400 is connected to the human body detection sensor, so that when a user enters or leaves the room, the water purification efficiency of the water purifier can be automatically adjusted to increase or decrease, that is, the water purification efficiency of the water purifier is adjusted based on the number of indoor users. At the same time, the terminal 400 can also display the real-time water purification efficiency of the water purifier on its operation interface.

In one example, a water purifier divides several hours into a time period, and when there is insufficient purified water in the current time period, the water purification efficiency and working time are increased in the next time period to store more purified water in the water storage tank of the water purifier for users to use.

In another example, one of the smart home devices 300 is an air conditioning device, and a human body sensing sensor is provided on the air conditioning device, and the human body sensing sensor is connected to a controller inside the air conditioning device.

The air conditioner is used to adjust the air outlet direction of the air conditioner when the human body sensing sensor detects that a user is located directly in front of the air conditioner, so that the air outlet of the air conditioner follows the user but does not blow directly at the user. That is, the air conditioner includes an automatic user-following working mode. In this working mode, when the human body sensing sensor detects that a user is located directly in front of the air conditioner, the controller in the air conditioner adjusts the air outlet direction of the air conditioner after a certain delay based on the user's moving direction, so that the air outlet of the air conditioner follows the user closely but does not blow directly at the user.

In addition, the air outlet of the air conditioner is divided into a plurality of air blowing areas, and the controller of the air conditioner can control the switch and wind direction of each air blowing area separately, so that after detecting the position of the user through the human body sensing sensor, the controller of the air conditioner can stop blowing in the air blowing area facing the user and control other air blowing areas to keep blowing. The working status of each air blowing area of the air conditioner can also be fed back to the terminal 400, so as to be displayed accordingly in the area to which the control component of the air conditioner belongs on the operation interface of the terminal 400.

Since the first to fourth embodiments correspond to this embodiment, this embodiment can be implemented in conjunction with the first to fourth embodiments. The relevant technical details mentioned in the first to fourth embodiments are still valid in this embodiment, and the technical effects that can be achieved in the first to fourth embodiments can also be achieved in this embodiment. In order to reduce repetition, they are not repeated here. Accordingly, the relevant technical details mentioned in this embodiment can also be applied in the first to fourth embodiments.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above in detail, but it should be understood that aspects of the embodiments can be modified, if necessary, to employ aspects, features and concepts of the various patents, applications and publications to provide further embodiments.

These and other changes can be made to the embodiments in light of the above detailed description.In general, in the claims, the terms used should not be considered limited to the specific embodiments disclosed in the specification and the claims, but should be construed to include all possible embodiments along with the full scope of equivalents to which these claims are entitled.

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1. An interface display method, characterized in that it is applied to a terminal, the terminal is connected to a plurality of smart home devices, and the method comprises:

   Displaying an operation interface, wherein the operation interface includes control components corresponding to each of the smart home devices;

   In response to a control operation on any of the control components, an operation instruction of the control operation is sent to the smart home device corresponding to any of the control components, wherein the operation instruction indicates a target working state of the smart home device;

   If execution confirmation information is received after the smart home device executes the operation instruction, dynamic display information corresponding to the target working state is displayed in the area to which any one of the control components belongs on the operation interface, and the dynamic display information at least includes dynamic image information corresponding to at least one operating parameter in the target working state.
2. The interface display method according to claim 1 is characterized in that the execution confirmation information includes: the current working state of the smart home device after executing the operation instruction; after receiving the execution confirmation information fed back by the smart home device after executing the operation instruction, and before displaying the dynamic visual information corresponding to the control operation in the area to which any of the control components belongs on the operation interface, it also includes:

   Determining whether the current working state contained in the execution confirmation information matches the target working state of the smart home device indicated in the operation instruction;

   If the current working state contained in the execution confirmation information matches the target working state of the smart home device indicated in the operation instruction, entering the step of displaying dynamic visual information corresponding to the control operation in the area to which any one of the control components belongs on the operation interface;

   If the current working state included in the execution confirmation information does not match the target working state of the smart home device indicated in the operation instruction, prompt information indicating that the working state adjustment is unsuccessful is displayed on the operation interface.
3. The interface display method according to claim 2, characterized in that the method further comprises:

   When the current working state included in the execution confirmation information does not match the target working state of the smart home device indicated in the operation instruction, the operation instruction is sent to the smart home device again.
4. The interface display method according to claim 1 is characterized in that The dynamic display information corresponding to the target working state is displayed in the area to which any of the above control components belongs, including:

   Dynamic image information of attributes corresponding to the operating parameters in the target working state is displayed in the area to which any of the control components belongs on the operation interface, and the attributes include any one or any combination of the following: color type, pixel dynamic change speed, and color depth.
5. The interface display method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises:

   In response to current object information received from a target sensor in any of the smart home devices, first static image information associated with the current object information in an area on the operation interface to which the control component corresponding to any of the smart home devices belongs is adjusted based on the current object information, wherein the first static image information includes at least image color information corresponding to the current object information.
6. The interface display method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises:

   In response to a control operation on any of the control components, second static image information corresponding to the target working state is displayed in the area to which any of the control components belongs on the operation interface, and the second static image information at least includes static image information corresponding to at least one operating parameter in the target working state.
7. The interface display method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises:

   In response to a synchronization start icon on the operation interface being triggered, displaying a synchronization trigger area and icons of a plurality of preset smart home devices located outside the synchronization trigger area on the operation interface;

   If it is detected that the icon of any of the preset smart home devices is moved to the synchronization trigger area, a startup instruction for starting the device is sent to any of the preset smart home devices.
8. The interface display method according to claim 7, characterized in that the method further comprises:

   When it is detected that the icon of any of the preset smart home devices is moved to the synchronization trigger area, dynamic startup information corresponding to any of the preset smart home devices is displayed on the operation interface.
9. The interface display method according to claim 1 is characterized in that a plurality of the smart home devices share the same control component, and the control component shared by the plurality of smart home devices includes: a device switching subcomponent and a control subcomponent corresponding to each of the plurality of smart home devices;

   The method further comprises:

   In response to a user's switching operation on a switching subcomponent in a target control component, the control subcomponent corresponding to the smart home device specified by the switching operation is called to be displayed in the area to which the target control component belongs.
10. The interface display method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises:

    In response to state change information representing the switching of the working state sent by a target smart home device among the several smart home devices, the working state after the switching is obtained from the state change information, and based on the working state after the switching, the dynamic display information displayed in the area to which the control component corresponding to the target smart home device on the operation interface belongs is adjusted.
11. A terminal, characterized in that it comprises: at least one processor; and a memory and a display screen that are communicatively connected to the at least one processor; wherein,

    The display screen is used to display an operation interface;

    The memory stores instructions that can be executed by the at least one processor, and the instructions are executed by the at least one processor so that the at least one processor can execute the interface display method according to any one of claims 1 to 10.
12. A smart home system, characterized in that it comprises: a plurality of smart home devices and the terminal according to claim 11, wherein each of the smart home devices is respectively connected to the terminal for communication;

    The smart home device is used to receive and execute an operation instruction sent by the terminal indicating a target working state of the smart home device to switch to the target working state, and to feed back execution confirmation information to the terminal after executing the operation instruction.
13. The smart home system according to claim 12, characterized in that the plurality of smart home devices include a range hood, the range hood includes a cover body facing the stove body, at least one first smoke sensor is arranged on the front side of the cover body, at least one second smoke sensor is arranged on both sides of the cover body, and at least one third smoke sensor is arranged on each air inlet on the cover body;

    The range hood is used to control the range hood to adjust from a current gear to a target gear when the amount of smoke collected by any of the third smoke sensors is less than the amount of smoke collected by any of the first smoke sensors or the amount of smoke collected by the second smoke sensors, the power of the target gear being greater than the power of the current gear, and to send state change information indicating that the working gear of the range hood is adjusted to the target gear to the terminal;

    The terminal is used to obtain the adjusted target gear position of the range hood from the state change information when receiving the state change information sent by the range hood, and based on the target gear position, display dynamic display information corresponding to the target gear position in the area belonging to the control component corresponding to the range hood on the operation interface.
14. The smart home system according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of smart home devices include a water purifier;

    The terminal is used to control the increase of the purification of the water purifier in response to the signal indicating that a user has entered the room. Water efficiency;

    The terminal is used for controlling the reduction of the water purification efficiency of the water purifier in response to a signal indicating that a user has left the room.
15. The smart home system according to claim 12, characterized in that the plurality of smart home devices include an air conditioning device, and the air conditioning device is provided with a human body sensing sensor;

    The air conditioning device is used to adjust the air outlet direction of the air conditioning device when the human body sensing sensor detects that a user is located directly in front of the air conditioning device, so that the air outlet of the air conditioning device follows the user instead of blowing directly on the user.