Smart power socket and smart home system

Abstract

Smart power socket comprising an MCU, a power supply circuit connected to the MCU, a wireless module circuit, and a drive switch control circuit, where the power supply circuit is connected to a low voltage power line, the wireless module circuit is connected to an external control device by means of wireless communication, and the drive switch control circuit is controlled by the MCU to implement controlling of on and off states of the smart power socket. Further, a smart home system comprising a remote control terminal and the smart power socket, where the smart power socket constitutes a LAN and is connected to Internet by means of a smart home gateway, and the remote control terminal is connected to the smart power socket by means of Internet to implement remote controlling of a household appliance plugged into the smart power socket.

Claims

1. A smart power socket, comprising, an MCU, a power supply circuit connected to the MCU, a wireless module circuit, and a drive switch control circuit, wherein the power supply circuit is connected to a low voltage power line for delivering power to the power supply circuit, the wireless module circuit is connected to an external control device via wireless communication, and the drive switch control circuit is controlled by the MCU to implement controlling of on and off states of the smart power socket; and wherein the drive switch control circuit comprises a leakage grounding detection circuit, an application-specific leakage signal amplifying circuit, a power supply indicating circuit, a tripping actuator circuit, a power-up drive signal generating circuit, and an inverse connection detecting and executing circuit, and wherein the application-specific leakage signal amplifying circuit, the power supply indicating circuit, the tripping actuator circuit, and the power-up drive signal generating circuit are respectively connected to the MCU, the leakage grounding detection circuit is connected between the low voltage power line and the application-specific leakage signal amplifying circuit, and the power-up drive signal generating circuit is connected to the inverse connection detecting and executing circuit and drives the circuit into action.

2. The smart power socket of claim 1, further comprising a manual detection circuit, wherein the manual detection circuit is connected to the MCU to implement manual detection of the smart power socket.

3. A smart home system, comprising a remote control terminal, and a smart power socket, wherein the smart power socket comprises an MCU, a power supply circuit connected to the MCU, a wireless module circuit, and a drive switch control circuit, wherein the power supply circuit is connected to a low voltage power line for delivering power to the power supply circuit, the wireless module circuit is connected to an external control device via wireless communication, and the drive switch control circuit is controlled by the MCU to implement controlling of on and off states of the smart power socket; wherein the wireless module circuit is connected to an external control device by means of wireless communication, and the drive switch control circuit is controlled by the MCU to implement controlling of on and off states of the smart power socket; and wherein the drive switch control circuit comprises, a leakage grounding detection circuit, an application-specific leakage signal amplifying circuit, a power supply indicating circuit, a tripping actuator circuit, a power-up drive signal generating circuit, an inverse connection detecting and executing circuit, and wherein the application-specific leakage signal amplifying circuit, the power supply indicating circuit, the tripping actuator circuit, and the power-up drive signal generating circuit are respectively connected to the MCU, the leakage grounding detection circuit is connected between the low voltage power line and the application-specific leakage signal amplifying circuit, and the power-up drive signal generating circuit is connected to the inverse connection detecting and executing circuit and drives the circuit into action; and the smart power socket constitutes a LAN and is connected to Internet by means of a smart home gateway, and the remote control terminal is connected to the smart power socket by means of Internet to implement remote controlling of a household appliance plugged into the smart power socket.

4. The smart home system of claim 3, wherein the remote control terminal is a mobile control terminal or a personal computer.

5. The smart home system of claim 4, wherein the mobile control terminal is a smart mobile phone, a notebook computer, or a mobile tablet computer.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the smart power socket according to Embodiment I of the present invention.

(2) FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the smart power socket according to Embodiment II of the present invention.

(3) FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the smart power socket constituting the smart home system using the smart power socket according to Embodiment II of the present invention.

(4) FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the smart power socket according to Embodiment III of the present invention.

(5) FIG. 5 is a general installation drawing of the smart power socket of the present invention.

(6) FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram applicable to applicable to using the smart power socket of the present invention.

(7) FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of the smart home system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION AND EMBODIMENTS

(8) The following description further describes the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

Smart Power Socket Embodiment I

(9) As shown in FIG. 1, the smart power socket 100 of the present invention comprises an MCU 10, a power supply circuit 13 connected to the MCU 10, a wireless module circuit 12 and a drive switch control circuit 11, wherein the wireless module circuit 12 is connected to an external control device by means of wireless communication, and the drive switch control circuit 11 is controlled by the MCU 10 to implement controlling of on and off states of the smart power socket 100.

Smart Power Socket Embodiment II

(10) As shown in FIG. 2, the smart power socket 100 of the present invention comprises the MCU 10, the power supply circuit 13, the wireless module circuit 12, the drive switch control circuit 11, a power line coupling circuit 17, a signal receiving circuit 14, a signal transmitting circuit 16, and a power line modulation-demodulation circuit 15.

(11) The power supply circuit 13, the wireless module circuit 12, and the drive switch control circuit 11 are respectively connected to the MCU 10, the power supply circuit 13 is connected to a low voltage power line, the power line coupling circuit 17 is connected to a power supply line to implement coupling of a control signal and a power signal, the signal receiving circuit 14 and the signal transmitting circuit 16 are respectively connected between the power line coupling circuit 17 and the power line modulation-demodulation circuit 15 to implement receiving and transmitting of the control signal. The power line modulation-demodulation circuit 15 is connected to the MCU 10 to implement demodulating of the control signal and its transmitting to the MCU 10.

(12) In a LAN, if a smart power socket adopts the structure as shown in FIG. 2, other smart power sockets adopt the structure as shown in FIG. 3, i.e., the structure is based on the structure as shown in FIG. 2, but the wireless module circuit 12 is removed. In a LAN, a control signal is transmitted among smart power sockets by means of a power line in the LAN, and modulation, transmission and extraction, and use of the control signal are implemented by means of the power line coupling circuit 17, the signal receiving circuit 14, the signal transmitting circuit 16 and the power line modulation-demodulation circuit 15.

Smart Power Socket Embodiment III

(13) The smart power socket in this embodiment adopts a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI).

(14) As shown in FIG. 4, the smart power socket in this embodiment comprises the MCU 10, the power supply circuit 13, the wireless module circuit 12, the drive switch control circuit, the power line coupling circuit 17, the signal receiving circuit 14, the signal transmitting circuit 16, and the power line modulation-demodulation circuit 15.

(15) The power supply circuit 13 and the wireless module circuit 12 are respectively connected to the MCU 10. The power line coupling circuit 17 is connected to a power supply line to implement coupling of a control signal and a power signal, the signal receiving circuit 14 and the signal transmitting circuit 16 are respectively connected between the power line coupling circuit 17 and the power line modulation-demodulation circuit 15 to implement receiving and transmitting of the control signal. The power line modulation-demodulation circuit 15 is connected to the MCU 10 to implement demodulating of the control signal and its transmitting to the MCU 10.

(16) The drive switch control circuit comprises a leakage grounding detection circuit 21, an application-specific leakage signal amplifying circuit 22, a power supply indicating circuit 23, a tripping actuator circuit 24, a manual detection circuit 25, a power-up drive signal generating circuit 26, and an inverse connection detecting and executing circuit 27, wherein the application-specific leakage signal amplifying circuit 22, the power supply indicating circuit 23, the tripping actuator circuit 24 and the power-up drive signal generating circuit 26 are respectively connected to the MCU 10, the leakage grounding detection circuit 21 is connected between the low voltage power line and the application-specific leakage signal amplifying circuit 22. The power-up drive signal generating circuit 26 is connected to an inverse connection detecting and executing circuit 27 and drives the circuit into action.

(17) The manual detection circuit 25 is connected to the MCU 10 to implement manual detection of short-circuit fault of the smart power socket 100.

(18) In other embodiments, the manual detection circuit 25 is not provided, which does not affect the implementation of the objective of the present invention.

Smart Power Socket Embodiment IV

(19) This embodiment is substantially the same as Embodiment III, and the difference is as below: the power line coupling circuit 17, the signal receiving circuit 14, the signal transmitting circuit 16, and the power line modulation-demodulation circuit 15 are not provided, which does not affect the implementation of the objective of the present invention.

(20) As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the smart power socket 100 of the present invention may be configured to supply power for household appliances 200.

(21) As shown in FIG. 7, the smart home system of the present invention comprises a remote control terminal 500 and the smart power socket 100.

(22) The smart power socket 100 is as mentioned above. The smart power socket 100 constitutes a LAN and is connected to Internet by means of a smart home gateway. The remote control terminal 500 is connected to the smart power socket 100 by means of Internet to implement remote controlling of a household appliance plugged into the smart power socket 100. The remote control terminal may be a mobile control terminal or a fixed personal computer (PC). The mobile control terminal comprises but is not limited to a smart mobile phone, a notebook computer or a mobile tablet computer and so on.

(23) The remote control terminal 500 may control the on-off state of the smart power socket 100, or may write or modify an internal control procedure of the smart power socket 100 to implement controlling of a working state of the working state.