Smart home control apparatus, smart home control method and smart home control system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016170389-A1
Application number	US-201514964926-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 10, 2015
Priority date	Dec 12, 2014
Publication date	Jun 16, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A smart home control system including a mechanical button; an external programming terminal; and a controller configured to receive and store a control value from the external programming terminal, and generate and output a smart home control signal according to the control value, wherein an operating state of the button is determined by the smart home control signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A smart home control system comprising:
a mechanical button; an external programming terminal; and a controller configured to receive and store a control value from the external programming terminal, and generate and output a smart home control signal according to the control value, wherein an operating state of the button is determined by the smart home control signal.

2 . The smart home control system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a wireless communicator configured to wirelessly receive the control value from the external programming terminal and wirelessly transmitting the smart home control signal; a wired communicator configured to receive the control value from the external programming terminal through a wired connection; a memory storing the control value and data necessary to perform a control process of the controller; and a power supply providing operating power to the smart home control system.

3 . The smart home control system of claim 2 , further comprising a display configured to display the operating state of the button, a power level of the power supply, and an operating state of the controller.

4 . The smart home control system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to block the reception of the control value from the external programming terminal when the smart home control signal is output.

5 . The smart home control system of claim 1 , wherein the button is a switch or function key.

6 . The smart home control system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to switch to a control value reception mode for receiving the control value when the button is pressed for a predetermined amount of time.

7 . The smart home control system of claim 2 , further comprising a bridge assigning a separate identification to a target controlled by the smart home control signal.

8 . The smart home control system of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of buttons,
wherein each button of the plurality of buttons controls a group components

9 . A smart home control method comprising:
generating a control value corresponding to an operating state of each of a plurality of mechanical buttons; receiving and storing the control value from an external programming terminal; and generating and outputting a smart home control signal according to the operating state of each button on the basis of the stored control value.

10 . The smart home control method of claim 8 , wherein the control value is received via wired or wireless communications with the external programming terminal.

11 . The smart home control method of claim 8 , wherein the reception of the control value from the external programming terminal is blocked during the generating and outputting of the smart home control signal.

12 . The smart home control method of claim 8 , further comprising switching to a control value reception mode for receiving the control value when a button is pressed for a predetermined time.

Assignees

• Samsung Electro Mech

Inventors

• Im Hyung Jin
• Park Jong Heum

Classifications

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• G05B2219/163

  Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart, intelligent house · CPC title

• G05B15/02 Primary

  electric · CPC title

• H04W4/008

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G05G1/02

  Controlling members for hand actuation by linear movement, e.g. push buttons · CPC title