CN112728772A - Control method of water heater - Google Patents

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention is directed to a control method of a water heater to overcome the disadvantages of the conventional art.

In one embodiment, the present invention provides a control method of a water heater, comprising:

a first remote controller to be paired sends a first pairing request to a second remote controller; the first pairing request comprises identity identification information of the first remote controller; the second remote controller is paired with the water heater;

the second remote controller sends the identification information of the first remote controller to the water heater;

the water heater generates the priority of the first remote controller, and stores the identification information of the first remote controller and the priority of the first remote controller in an associated manner; the priority of the first remote controller is the next priority of the second remote controller;

the water heater records the first remote controller as a remote controller that has been paired with the water heater.

In one embodiment, the pairing process of the second remote controller and the water heater comprises:

the second remote controller sends a second pairing request to the water heater, wherein the second pairing request comprises the identity identification information of the second remote controller;

the water heater generates the priority of the second remote controller, and stores the identification information of the second remote controller and the priority of the second remote controller in an associated manner; the priority of the second remote controller is the next priority of the priorities of the local remote controllers of the water heaters; the priority of the local remote controller is the highest priority;

the water heater records the second remote controller as the remote controller paired with the water heater.

In one embodiment, the remote controller is a WiFi remote controller;

the water heater records the second remote controller as the remote controller paired with the water heater, and then comprises:

the water heater sends the acquired router information to a second remote controller;

and after the second remote controller receives the router information, WiFi wireless communication connection is established with the water heater through the router.

In one embodiment, the first remote controller to be paired sends a first pairing request to the second remote controller, and then comprises:

the second remote controller sends router information to the first remote controller;

after the first remote controller receives the router information, WiFi wireless communication connection is established with the water heater through the router.

In one embodiment, the water heater records the first remote controller as a paired remote controller with the water heater, and the WiFi wireless communication connection between the first remote controller and the water heater further includes:

the water heater sends confirmation pairing information to the first remote controller in a WiFi wireless communication mode.

In one embodiment, the first remote controller to be paired sends a first pairing request to the second remote controller, which previously includes:

the second remote controller enters a pairing mode and sends WiFi hotspot signals to the periphery;

and after the first remote controller enters a pairing mode and receives the WiFi hotspot signal, establishing hotspot connection with the second remote controller.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises the following steps:

the water heater does not execute the first control instruction when acquiring the first control instruction sent by the remote controller and determining to execute a second control instruction sent by the remote controller with the priority level or the same level as that of the remote controller.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises the following steps:

and when the water heater acquires the third control instruction sent by the remote controller and determines to execute the fourth control instruction sent by the remote controller with the priority level lower than that of the remote controller, executing the third control instruction.

The control method of the water heater provided by the invention at least has the following technical effects:

according to the control method of the water heater, the first remote controller sends the first pairing request to the second remote controller, the second remote controller sends the identification information of the first remote controller to the water heater after receiving the identification information, and then the water heater can generate the priority of the first remote controller according to the priority of the second remote controller, wherein the priority of the first remote controller is the next priority of the second remote controller. In each embodiment of the invention, the priority of the corresponding first remote controller can be determined according to the priority of the corresponding second remote controller for controlling the water heater, the algorithm is simple, the redundancy of the program can be effectively reduced, and meanwhile, additional operation can be omitted, which is beneficial to the first remote controller to be paired to quickly complete pairing and priority setting with the water heater through the second remote controller already paired with the water heater.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments.

The components of embodiments of the present invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments of the present invention without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the terms "including", "having", and their derivatives, which may be used in various embodiments of the present invention, are only intended to indicate specific features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations of the foregoing, and should not be construed as first excluding the existence of, or adding to, one or more other features, numbers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations of the foregoing.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used solely to distinguish one from another and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which various embodiments of the present invention belong. The terms (such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries) should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their contextual meaning in the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein in various embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1, in one embodiment, the present invention provides a control method of a water heater, including:

step S110: a first remote controller to be paired sends a first pairing request to a second remote controller; the first pairing request comprises identity identification information of the first remote controller; the second remote control has been paired with a water heater.

The identification information may be a mac (media Access Control addresses) address. For example, the second remote controller and the first remote controller to be paired enter a pairing mode, and at this time, the first remote controller sends a first pairing request to the corresponding second remote controller.

The control method of the water heater provided by the embodiment of the invention can be beneficial to acquiring the identity identification information of the first remote controller to be paired through the paired second remote controller, so that the water heater can set the priority for the newly added remote controller based on the originally set priority, and the execution efficiency of the program is improved.

Step S120: and the second remote controller sends the identification information of the first remote controller to the water heater.

Step S130: the water heater generates the priority of the first remote controller, and stores the identification information of the first remote controller and the priority of the first remote controller in an associated manner; the priority of the first remote controller is the next priority of the second remote controller.

For example, when the second remote controller receives the first pairing request, the identity information including the second remote controller and the first remote controller may be sent to the water heater, so that the water heater obtains the priority of the second remote controller corresponding to the identity information from the information stored in association, and thus the priority of the first remote controller to be paired for controlling the water heater is determined as the next priority of the second remote controller for controlling the water heater. Further, the identity of the first remote controller is stored in association with the priority of the first remote controller, so that the first remote controller is matched with the first remote controller, and corresponding priority can be generated quickly for the first remote controller which is newly added subsequently.

The control method of the water heater in the embodiment of the invention is beneficial to the water heater to quickly and effectively set the priority for the first remote controller to be paired, and can improve the execution efficiency of the program.

Step S140: the water heater records the first remote controller as the remote controller paired with the water heater.

The second remote controller can be directly matched with the water heater, or indirectly matched with the water heater through another remote controller which is already matched with the water heater through the steps of the method.

According to the control method of the water heater, the first remote controller sends the first pairing request to the second remote controller, the second remote controller sends the received identity identification information of the first remote controller to the water heater, and then the water heater can generate the priority of the first remote controller according to the priority of the second remote controller, wherein the priority of the first remote controller is the next priority of the second remote controller. In the embodiment of the invention, the priority of the corresponding first remote controller can be determined according to the priority of the corresponding second remote controller for controlling the water heater, the algorithm is simple, the redundancy of the program can be effectively reduced, and meanwhile, additional operation can be omitted, so that the first remote controller to be paired can quickly complete pairing and priority setting with the water heater through the second remote controller already paired with the water heater.

According to the control method of the water heater, the plurality of remote controllers can be directly paired with the water heater or paired with the water heater through the remote controllers in the corresponding areas according to the use requirements of users and the use conditions of the hot water in the corresponding areas, so that different priorities for controlling the water heater can be effectively set for the first remote controller. Furthermore, according to the use requirements of users, the situation of instruction conflict caused by the fact that a plurality of remote controllers control the water heater is reduced, and the control instructions sent by the remote controllers meeting the control conditions can be responded in time. In the embodiment of the invention, the priority setting of the water heater controlled by the remote controller is flexible, the user-defined setting is facilitated, and the use is convenient.

In the embodiment of the invention, the communication modes between the water heater and the remote controller and between the remote controller and the remote controller can be WiFi, Bluetooth, Zigbee and the like.

Referring to fig. 2, in a specific embodiment, the pairing process of the second remote controller with the water heater includes:

step S210: the second remote controller sends a second pairing request to the water heater, wherein the second pairing request comprises identification information of the second remote controller.

For example, the second remote controller may be directly paired with the water heater in advance, and when the second remote controller is directly paired with the water heater, the second pairing request is issued.

Step S220: the water heater generates the priority of the second remote controller, and stores the identification information of the second remote controller and the priority of the second remote controller in an associated manner; the priority of the second remote controller is the next priority of the priorities of the local remote controllers of the water heaters; the priority of the local remote control is the highest priority.

The local remote controller of the water heater is a control device arranged on the water heater body, such as a control panel. The priority of the local remote controller of the water heater is set as the highest priority, so that the priority of the local remote controller of the water heater is taken as a root node to be distributed in a tree form, and the priority of each remote controller to be paired is set according to the pairing mode of the remote controllers to be paired. For example, the priority of the first remote controller paired with the water heater through the second remote controller of the previous priority is the priority of the next level. The method is further beneficial to simplifying the execution process of setting the priority of the remote controller and the water heater, improving the setting efficiency and reducing the redundancy of the program. Furthermore, the situation that measures cannot be taken timely when the remote controller device fails or the operation parameters of the water heater need to be adjusted urgently can be prevented. The embodiment of the invention can better meet the daily use habit and the requirement of the user.

Step S230: the water heater records the second remote controller as the remote controller paired with the water heater.

According to the control method of the water heater, when the second remote controller sends the second pairing request to the water heater, the priority of the second remote controller for controlling the water heater can be determined as the next priority of the local remote controller of the water heater. The priority of the local remote controller of the water heater is the highest priority, so that the daily use habit and the daily use requirement of a user can be met. Meanwhile, the method is beneficial to simplifying the execution process of setting the priority of the remote controller and the priority of the water heater, improving the setting efficiency and reducing the redundancy of the program.

Referring to fig. 3, in one particular embodiment, the remote control is a WiFi remote control.

The water heater records the second remote controller as the remote controller paired with the water heater, and then comprises:

step S310: and the water heater sends the acquired router information to the second remote controller.

Step S320: and after the second remote controller receives the router information, WiFi wireless communication connection is established with the water heater through the router.

Compared with the wide area network, the local area network has higher transmission rate and lower error rate, so that the embodiment of the invention can adopt a WiFi local area network.

The water heaters can be networked through the router in advance, so that the water heaters can acquire the router information. The router information includes, for example, an account number and a password of the router. After the water heater records the second remote controller as the remote controller paired with the water heater, in order to realize remote control, the water heater can send router information to the second remote controller, so that the water heater and the second remote controller perform WiFi wireless communication through the router.

The control method of the water heater provided by the embodiment of the invention has more perfect functions, so that stable data transmission can be realized after the remote controller is matched with the water heater.

In a specific embodiment, the method for pairing a remote controller includes the steps of sending a first pairing request to a second remote controller, and then:

step S30: the second remote controller sends the router information to the first remote controller.

Step S40: after the first remote controller receives the router information, WiFi wireless communication connection is established with the water heater through the router.

After the second remote controller acquires the router information, the router information of the second remote controller can be sent to the first remote controller, so that the first remote controller can log in the router after receiving the router information, and WiFi wireless communication connection is established between the second remote controller and the water heater through the router. When the second remote controller is indirectly matched with the water heater through the matched remote controller, the router information is sent by the matched remote controller of the water heater.

According to the control method of the water heater, when the first remote controller is far away from the water heater, the first remote controller can be paired with the water heater through the second remote controller, and the router information is obtained, so that the first remote controller becomes a paired remote controller and then is communicated with the water heater. The embodiment of the invention has more perfect functions, can save additional operation, and is beneficial to quickly completing the pairing and priority setting of the first remote controller to be paired with the water heater through the second remote controller already paired with the water heater so as to carry out data communication.

In a specific embodiment, the water heater records the first remote controller as a remote controller paired with the water heater, and after the WiFi wireless communication connection is established between the first remote controller and the water heater, the method further includes:

step S50: the water heater sends confirmation pairing information to the first remote controller in a WiFi wireless communication mode.

According to the control method of the water heater, the first remote controller becomes the remote controller matched with the water heater, and after WiFi wireless communication connection is established between the first remote controller and the water heater, pairing confirmation information sent by the water heater can be received, so that the first remote controller can determine that a control instruction can be sent to the water heater. And then the remote controller can acquire the pairing condition with the water heater in time, and the pairing reliability is improved.

In a specific embodiment, the sending, by a first remote controller to be paired, a first pairing request to a second remote controller, includes:

step S60: the second remote controller enters a pairing mode and sends WiFi hotspot signals to the surroundings.

Step S70: and after the first remote controller enters a pairing mode and receives the WiFi hotspot signal, establishing hotspot connection with the second remote controller.

For example, the second remote controller and the first remote controller to be paired enter the pairing mode after acquiring the user instruction. Further, when the second remote controller enters the pairing mode, a WiFi hotspot signal is sent to the surroundings, the first remote controller establishes hotspot connection with the second remote controller after receiving the WiFi hotspot signal, and therefore a first pairing request is sent to the second remote controller, and the first remote controller is paired with the water heater through the first pairing request.

The control method of the water heater provided by the embodiment of the invention is beneficial to realizing the pairing of the remote controller and the water heater, is simple and convenient to operate, and can improve the stability of communication.

In a specific embodiment, when the second remote controller is directly paired with the water heater, the water heater and the second remote controller acquire a user instruction to enter a pairing mode, at this time, the water heater sends a WiFi hotspot signal to the surroundings, the second remote controller establishes hotspot connection with the water heater after receiving the WiFi hotspot signal, so that a second pairing request is sent to the water heater to be paired, and the paired remote controller becomes the remote controller paired with the water heater. Each remote controller can store the received WiFi hot spot signal, so that when other remote controllers to be paired are paired with the water heater, the WiFi hot spot signals are sent out to perform subsequent pairing steps.

Referring to fig. 3, in a specific embodiment, the method further includes:

step S80: the water heater does not execute the first control instruction when acquiring the first control instruction sent by the remote controller and determining to execute a second control instruction sent by the remote controller with the priority level or the same level as that of the remote controller.

The embodiment of the invention can prevent the interference of the control command sent by the remote controller, so that the water heater can orderly execute the corresponding control command, reduce the command conflict and ensure that a user can normally use the water heater. The control method of the water heater provided by the embodiment of the invention has a perfect control mode, and can effectively meet the daily use requirements of users.

In a specific embodiment, the method further comprises the following steps:

step S90: and when the water heater acquires the third control instruction sent by the remote controller and determines to execute the fourth control instruction sent by the remote controller with the priority level lower than that of the remote controller, executing the third control instruction.

The control method of the water heater provided by the embodiment of the invention can be used for switching to and executing the control instruction sent by the remote controller with higher priority in time, thereby effectively responding and meeting the current primary use requirement of a user on the water heater. The embodiment of the invention can reduce the redundancy of the program and is beneficial to improving the running efficiency of the program after the effective priority setting, thereby being beneficial to judging the priority more efficiently and preventing control conflict.

In the embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method can be implemented in other ways. The apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative and, for example, the flowchart and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of apparatus, methods and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present invention. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that, in alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.

In addition, each functional module or unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated together to form an independent part, or each module may exist separately, or two or more modules may be integrated to form an independent part.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional modules and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention or a part of the technical solution that contributes to the prior art in essence can be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a smart phone, a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention.