Operation control method and device, household electrical appliance, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12199789-B2
Application number	US-202017777570-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2020
Priority date	Nov 19, 2019
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

An operation control method for a household electrical appliance includes performing network configuration with a plurality of servers according to different network protocols; upon receiving a control instruction sent by one of the plurality of servers, determining a processing priority of the control instruction; and processing the control instruction according to the processing priority and a preset multi-protocol processing mechanism.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An operation control method for a household electrical appliance comprising:
performing network configuration with a plurality of servers according to different network protocols, including:
in response to a set of network configuration information acquired for an initial network protocol among a plurality of network protocols, sharing the set of network configuration information over the plurality of network protocols, wherein sharing the set of network configuration information includes:
determining storage areas each corresponding to the plurality of network protocols, respectively; and
copying the set of network configuration information to the storage areas to share the set of network configuration information over the plurality of network protocols; and

triggering each of the network protocols to perform network configuration with a corresponding server of the plurality of servers;

upon receiving a control instruction sent by one of the plurality of servers, determining a processing priority of the control instruction; and
processing the control instruction according to the processing priority and a preset multi-protocol processing mechanism.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein triggering each of the network protocols to perform network configuration with the corresponding server includes:
for a network protocol that requires security authentication, performing a security authentication operation and performing network configuration with the corresponding server after the security authentication operation is completed; and
for a network protocol that does not require security authentication, directly performing network configuration with the corresponding server.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein upon receiving the control instruction, determining the processing priority of the control instruction includes:
in response to the control instruction, determining a functional type of the control instruction; and
determining the processing priority of the control instruction based on the functional type.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein upon receiving the control instruction, determining the processing priority of the control instruction includes:
in response to the control instruction, determining dwell durations of a plurality of unexecuted control instructions in a task queue of the household electrical appliance; and
determining processing priorities of the unexecuted control instructions according to the dwell durations.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein upon receiving the control instruction, determining the processing priority of the control instruction includes:
in response to the control instruction, determining the network protocol to which the control instruction belongs; and
determining the processing priority of the control instruction according to a preset priority of the network protocol.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein processing the control instruction according to the processing priority and the preset multi-protocol processing mechanism includes:
processing the control instruction according to the processing priority and a preemptive processing mechanism.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein processing the control instruction according to the processing priority and the preemptive processing mechanism includes:
controlling to execute a designated control instruction with a highest priority; and
during execution of the designated control instruction, in response to receiving a real-time control instruction with a higher priority, controlling to stop a process of the designated control instruction and controlling to execute the real-time control instruction.

8. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
determining that a number of to-be-executed control instructions in a task queue of the household electrical appliance reaches a preset peak; and
in response to receiving a real-time control instruction, determining whether to override one of the to-be-executed control instructions with a lowest priority according to the priority of the real-time control instruction.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing an operation control program that, when being executed by a processor, causing the processor to perform the method according to claim 1 .

10. An operation control device for a household electrical appliance comprising:
a memory storing program codes; and
a processor configured to execute the program codes to:
perform network configuration with a plurality of servers according to different network protocols, including:
in response to a set of network configuration information acquired for an initial network protocol among a plurality of network protocols, sharing the set of network configuration information over the plurality of network protocols, wherein sharing the set of network configuration information includes:
determining storage areas corresponding to the plurality of network protocols, respectively; and
copying the set of network configuration information to the storage areas to share the set of network configuration information over the plurality of network protocols; and

triggering each of the plurality of network protocols to perform network configuration with a corresponding server of the plurality of servers;

upon receiving a control instruction sent by one of the plurality of servers, determine a processing priority of the control instruction; and
process the control instruction according to the processing priority and a preset multi-protocol processing mechanism.

11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the program codes to:
for a network protocol that requires security authentication, perform a security authentication operation and performing network configuration with the corresponding server after the security authentication operation is completed; and
for a network protocol that does not require security authentication, directly perform network configuration with the corresponding server.

12. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the program codes to:
in response to the control instruction, determine a functional type of the control instruction; and
determine the processing priority of the control instruction based on the functional type.

13. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the program codes to:
in response to the control instruction, determine dwell durations of a plurality of unexecuted control instructions in a task queue of the household electrical appliance; and
determine processing priorities of the unexecuted control instructions according to the dwell durations.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein upon receiving the control instruction, determining the processing priority of the control instruction includes:
in response to the control instruction, determine the network protocol to which the control instruction belongs; and
determine the processing priority of the control instruction according to a preset priority of the network protocol.

Assignees

• Gd Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd
• Midea Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yan Lin

Classifications

• H04L12/2821 Primary

  Avoiding conflicts related to the use of home appliances (cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; protocols for network security H04L63/00) · CPC title

• H04L2012/285

  Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators · CPC title

• H04L2012/2849

  Audio/video appliances · CPC title

• H04L67/1095

  Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes · CPC title

• H04L69/18

  Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols · CPC title