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USB bridge, USB control system and method for smart homes

A smart home and control system technology, applied in the direction of comprehensive factory control, signal transmission system, comprehensive factory control, etc., can solve the problems of limited control range of smart home control system, restriction of smart home market promotion, inability to send and receive Z_Wave signal home appliances, etc. Achieve the effect of flexible and convenient application, low cost and good compatibility

Active Publication Date: 2015-08-05
黄耀彬
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However, there is still no intelligent home control system with low cost, good compatibility and flexible application that can realize sampling or control Z_Wave front-end equipment with the help of existing intelligent electronic equipment and Internet.
Moreover, the existing home appliances can only be remotely controlled by infrared rays, and cannot send and receive Z_Wave signals to control the work of home appliances, which makes the control range of the smart home control system limited, which greatly limits the market promotion of smart home

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[0040] This embodiment provides a USB bridge 10 for smart home, such as figure 1 As shown, it is connected with the host computer 30 to be used as a control host of a smart home, where the smart home uses Z_Wave network communication, and the USB bridge 10 includes a Z_Wave communication unit 11, a power management unit 12, a first USB interface unit 13, and a storage unit 14.

[0041] The Z_Wave communication unit 11 of the USB bridge 10 includes a Z_Wave signal processing unit 111 and a Z_Wave data transceiving unit 112, which are used to incorporate the control host into the Z_Wave network. The Z_Wave signal processing unit 111 includes a Z_Wave chip U2 with a model of SD3503, and communicates with the host computer 30 through the first USB interface unit 13. The Z_Wave data transceiver unit 112 provides the Z_Wave signal processing unit 111 with a Z_Wave network data transceiver channel.

[0042] The first USB interface unit 13 is used to provide a communication interface betw...

Embodiment 2

[0051] This embodiment provides a USB control system for smart homes, figure 1 As shown, it includes the USB bridge 10 used in the smart home as described in the first embodiment, and also includes a host computer 30, a remote controller 20, and a home appliance 50, and the home appliance 50 is controlled by the remote controller 20 by infrared. The upper computer 30 includes a second USB interface unit 31, a signal processing unit 32, and an upper computer application interface 33; the remote control 20 includes a Z_Wave communication unit 21, an infrared signal transmitting unit 22, and an infrared signal receiving unit 23.

[0052] The host computer application interface 33 is used to provide a human-computer interaction interface for the USB control system, and send the input home appliance control signal to the signal processing unit 32.

[0053] The signal processing unit 32 is configured to process the received home appliance control signal, and send the processed home applia...

Embodiment 3

[0062] The USB control system provided in this embodiment further includes a signal amplifier, which is located between the USB bridge 10 and the remote controller 20 and is used to amplify the transmission signal between the USB bridge 10 and the remote controller 20. The USB control system can effectively realize the signal amplification of the child nodes in the Z-WAVE network, reduce the interference signal during the data transmission, and facilitate the signal transmission between the child node and the child node or the control host and the child node, making the smart home control system more accurate.

[0063] Such as Figure 6-14 As shown, the signal amplifier includes a power module, a z-wave signal processing module, a signal amplification module, a flash memory module, and a data input module.

[0064] The data input module is connected to the z-wave signal processing module. The z-wave signal processing module is connected to the data input module and the signal ampl...

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Abstract

The invention discloses a USB bridge, a USB control system and a USB control method for smart homes, wherein the USB bridge is connected with an upper computer to serve asa control main frame of the smart homes, and the smart homes are communicated by adopting a Z-Wave network, and the USB bridge comprises a Z-Wave communication unit, a power supply managing unit, a first USB interface unit and a storage unit; the Z-Wave communication unit of the USB bridge comprises a Z-Wave chip U2 whose model number is SD3503, and the Z-Wave communication unit is used for incorporating the control main frame in the Z-Wave network; the first USB interface unit is used for providing a communication interface between the Z-Wave communication unit and the upper computer. The USB bridge, the USB control system and the USB control method of the invention can be compatible with infrared remote control household appliances, and are low in cost, good in compatibility, flexible and convenient for application, which enable the intelligent home control system to be easily popularized in and applied to common homes.

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Technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of wireless control, and specifically refers to a USB bridge, a USB control system and a method for smart homes. Background technique [0002] Smart home is based on a residential platform, using integrated wiring technology, network communication technology, security technology, automatic control technology, audio and video technology to integrate household life-related facilities to build an efficient management system for residential facilities and family schedule affairs, and improve Home safety, convenience, comfort, artistry, and to achieve an environmentally friendly and energy-saving living environment. [0003] Smart homes generally include front-end equipment and gateways. The gateway is used to convert the data sampled by the front-end equipment into data suitable for network protocol transmission, and send it to the Internet of Things or smart electronic devices such as smart devices through a network c...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F13/38G08C17/02G05B19/418
CPCY02P90/02
Inventor 郑孟峰苏宏育叶进荣
Owner 黄耀彬
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