Method and apparatus for controlling smart home device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016266557-A1
Application number	US-201514755418-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 30, 2015
Priority date	Mar 9, 2015
Publication date	Sep 15, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The application provides a method and an apparatus for controlling a smart home device. The method includes: obtaining a first linkage rule for controlling a first response device to enter into a first state based on a first parameter of a first condition device; traversing a plurality of linkage rules to search linkage rules matching a second state of the first response device and generating a second linkage rule based on a preset strategy in case that no linkage rule matching the second state is found, the second linage rule is operable to control the first response device to enter into the second state based on a second parameter of a second condition device.

First claim

We claim:

1 . A method for controlling smart home device, comprising:
obtaining a first linkage rule for controlling a first response device to enter into a first state based on a first parameter of a first condition device; traversing a plurality of linkage rules to search linkage rules matching a second state of the first response device; and generating a second linkage rule based on a preset strategy in case that no linkage rule matching the second state is found, wherein the second linkage rule is operable to control the first response device to enter into the second state based on a second parameter of a second condition device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein, before obtaining the first linkage rule, the method further comprising:
connecting a plurality of smart home devices; and obtaining device information of each one of the plurality of smart home devices; wherein the device information comprises the first parameter of the first condition device, the first state and the second state of the first response device, and wherein each of the first condition device, the second condition device and the first response device comprises at least one smart home device determined from the plurality of smart home devices.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein generating the second linkage rule based on a preset strategy in case that no linkage rule matching the second state is found, comprises:
selecting a smart home device corresponding to an execution condition parameter of any one of the plurality of linkage rules as the second condition device; and generating the second linkage rule for controlling the first response device to enter into the second state based on a second parameter of the second condition device.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein generating the second linkage rule based on the preset strategy in case that no linkage rule matching the second state is found, comprises:
obtaining first usage information of the first response device during a first duration of time; determining, based on the first usage information, a parameter to which the second condition device corresponds when the second condition device is in the second state during the first duration of time and selecting the parameter as the second parameter; and generating the second linkage rule for controlling the first response device to enter into the second state based on the second parameter.

5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein after generating the second linkage rule based on the preset strategy in case that no linkage rule matching the second state is found, the method further comprises:
based on the second linkage rule, generating and outputting first prompt information for prompting the user to create the second linkage rule corresponding to the second state, wherein the first prompt information contains the second linkage rule.

6 . A control apparatus comprising:
a housing; a storage for storing at least one program modules; at least one processor arranged in the housing, the at least one processor, by obtaining and running the at least one program modules, being configured to obtain a first linkage rule for controlling a first response device to enter into a first state based on a first parameter of a first condition device; traverse a plurality of linkage rules to search linkage rules matching a second state of the first response device; and generate a second linkage rule based on a preset strategy in case that no linkage rule matching the second state is found, wherein the second linkage rule is operable to control the first response device to enter into the second state based on a second parameter of a second condition device.

7 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein, the at least one processor is further configured to, before obtaining the first linkage rule:
connect a plurality of smart home devices; and obtain device information of each one of the plurality of smart home devices; wherein the device information comprises the first parameter of the first condition device, the first state and the second state of the first response device, and wherein each of the first condition device, the second condition device and the first response device comprises at least one smart home device determined from the plurality of smart home devices.

8 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
select a smart home device corresponding to an execution condition parameter of any one of the plurality of linkage rules as the second condition device; and generate the second linkage rule for controlling the first response device to enter into the second state based on a second parameter of the second condition device.

9 . The apparatus of claim 7 , the at least one processor is further configured to:
obtain first usage information of the first response device during a first duration of time; determine, based on the first usage information, a parameter to which the second condition device corresponds when the second condition device is in the second state during the first duration of time and select the parameter as the second parameter; and generate the second linkage rule for controlling the first response device to enter into the second state based on the second parameter.

10 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, after the second linkage rule is generated based on a preset strategy in case that no linkage rule matching the second state is found,
generate, based on the second linkage rule, and output first prompt information for prompting the user to create the second linkage rule corresponding to the second state, wherein the first prompt information contains the second linkage rule.

Assignees

• Lenovo Beijing Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Jinfeng

Classifications

• G06N5/046

  Forward inferencing; Production systems · CPC title

• G05B15/02 Primary

  electric · CPC title

• G06N5/025

  Extracting rules from data · CPC title

• G05B2219/2642

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

• G05B19/4188

  characterised by CIM planning or realisation · CPC title