Initialization method and device for smart home

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10978075-B2
Application number	US-201816014317-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 21, 2018
Priority date	Jun 21, 2017
Publication date	Apr 13, 2021
Grant date	Apr 13, 2021

Abstract

The disclosure relates to an initialization method for the smart home and the device thereof. The method includes receiving an initialization audio signal played by a target device, wherein the initialization audio signal is an audio signal of target characters obtained by encoding source data of initialization data for the smart home; decoding the initialization audio signal based on pre-stored correspondences between pre-set characters and source data of the pre-set characters so as to obtain the source data of the initialization data, wherein the pre-set characters include at least the target characters; and initializing the smart home based on the source data of the initialization data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for initializing a smart home device that is not networked and is to be initialized, comprising:
obtaining, by a target device, target characters by encoding source data of initialization data for initializing the smart home device;
playing an initialization audio signal by the target device, wherein the initialization audio signal is an audio signal of the obtained target characters;
receiving, by the smart home device, the initialization audio signal played by the target device;
decoding, by the smart home device, the initialization audio signal based on pre-stored correspondences between pre-set characters and source data of the pre-set characters so as to obtain the source data of the initialization data, wherein the pre-set characters include at least the target characters; and
initializing the smart home device based on the source data of the initialization data.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein decoding the initialization audio signal based on the pre-stored correspondences between the pre-set characters and the source data of the pre-set characters includes:
recognizing the initialization audio signal to obtain the target characters; and
obtaining the source data of the initialization data based on the target characters and the correspondences between the pre-set characters and the source data of the pre-set characters.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein before recognizing the initialization audio signal to obtain the target characters, the method further includes:
training the smart home device based on the audio signal of the pre-set characters so that the smart home device recognizes the pre-set characters; and
storing the pre-set characters and the source data of the pre-set characters so as to obtain the correspondences.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the target characters are characters obtained from the target device by encoding the source data of the initialization data based on the correspondences between the pre-set characters and the source data of the pre-set characters.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the source data of the initialization data includes at least one of binary code, octal code, and hexadecimal code of the initialization data.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein initializing the smart home device based on the source data of the initialization data includes at least one of:
the smart home device being controlled to be networked based on the source data of the initialization data;
storing corresponding user information of the smart home device based on the source data of the initialization data; and
displaying available functional options based on the source data of the initialization data.

7. A device for initializing a smart home device that is not networked and is to be initialized, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
obtain, by a target device, target characters by encoding source data of initialization data for initializing the smart home device;
play an initialization audio signal by the target device, wherein the initialization audio signal is an audio signal of the obtained target characters;
receive, by the smart home device, the initialization audio signal played by the target device;
decode, by the smart home device, the initialization audio signal based on pre-stored correspondences between pre-set characters and source data of the pre-set characters so as to obtain the source data of the initialization data, wherein the pre-set characters include at least the target character; and
initialize the smart home device based on the source data of the initialization data.

8. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
recognize the initialization audio signal to obtain the target characters; and
obtain the source data of the initialization data based on the target characters and the correspondences between the pre-set characters and the source data of the pre-set characters.

9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
train the smart home device based on the audio signal of the pre-set characters so that the smart home device recognizes the pre-set characters; and
store the pre-set characters and the source data of the pre-set characters so as to obtain the correspondences.

10. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the target characters are characters obtained from the target device by encoding the source data of the initialization data based on the correspondences between the pre-set characters and the source data of the pre-set characters.

11. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the source data of the initialization data includes at least one of binary code, octal code and hexadecimal code of the initialization data.

12. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the circuitry is configured to initialize the smart home device based on the source data of the initialization data by at least one of:
the smart home device being controlled to be networked based on the source data of the initialization data;
storing corresponding user information of the smart home device based on the source data of the initialization data; and
displaying available functional options based on the source data of the initialization data.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to:
obtain, by a target device, target characters by encoding source data of initialization data for initializing a smart home device;
play an initialization audio signal by the target device, wherein the initialization audio signal is an audio signal of the obtained target characters;
receive, by the smart home device, the initialization audio signal played by the target device,
decode, by the smart home device, the initialization audio signal based on pre-stored correspondences between pre-set characters and source data of the pre-set characters so as to obtain the source data of the initialization data, wherein the pre-set characters include at least the target character; and
initialize the smart home device based on the source data of the initialization data.

Assignees

• Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cao Dingpeng

Classifications

• G10L15/00

  Speech recognition (G10L17/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G05B15/00 Primary

  Systems controlled by a computer (G05B13/00, G05B19/00 take precedence; automatic controllers with particular characteristics G05B11/00) · CPC title

• H04M1/72415 Primary

  for remote control of appliances · CPC title

• H04L2012/284

  characterised by the type of medium used · CPC title

• H04L12/2807 Primary

  Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network (arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50) · CPC title