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US 12,407,542 · App. 18/260,003 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Smart device control method and apparatus, electronic device, and computer readable medium

Inventors: Daiyun Xiao (Zhuhai, CN); Hongzhao Liu (Zhuhai, CN); Xilin Li (Zhuhai, CN); Hongwei Xu (Zhuhai, CN); Zhaoqi Wang (Zhuhai, CN)
Assignees: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI; LEAYUN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. OF ZHUHAI
H04L12/282H04L67/125
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Patent No.
US 12,407,542
App. No.
18/260,003
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a smart device control method, a smart device control apparatus, an electronic device, and a non-transitory computer readable medium. The method includes: determining a target relay node connected to a current terminal after the current terminal enters a target group network; identifying a scene label carried by the target relay node, the scene label being a label of a target area where the target relay node is located, each area including one relay node and at least one proxy node, and each node corresponding to one smart device; and sending a control instruction to the target relay node in a case that it is determined that scene label is labeled correctly, and transmitting, by the target relay node, the control instruction to the proxy node in the target area.

Claims (43)

1. A smart device control method, comprising:

determining a target relay node connected to a current terminal after the current terminal enters a target group network;

identifying a scene label carried by the target relay node, the scene label being a label of a target area where the target relay node is located, each area comprising one relay node and at least one proxy node, and each node corresponding to one smart device; and

sending a control instruction to the target relay node in a case that it is determined that scene label is labeled correctly, and transmitting, by the target relay node, the control instruction to the proxy node in the target area.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the target relay node connected to the current terminal comprises:

determining a candidate signal strength between the current terminal and each of candidate relay nodes, each of the candidate relay nodes being in a different area; and

selecting a target signal strength with the largest value from candidate signal strengths, and using a relay node corresponding to the target signal strength as the target relay node.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein before the current terminal enters the target group network, the method further comprises:

acquiring a candidate signal strength sent by each of the candidate relay nodes and a second signal strength sent by a first device;

finding a first signal strength from a plurality of candidate signal strengths, a difference between the second signal strength and the first signal strength being within a preset difference range;

determining a first relay node corresponding to the first signal strength, and setting a scene label of the first device to be the same as a scene label of the first relay node; and

using the first device as a first proxy node corresponding to the first relay node, wherein the first relay node corresponds to at least one first proxy node.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein before the setting the scene label of the first device to be the same as the scene label of the first relay node, the method further comprises:

generating a first node identification of the first device;

regenerating a node identification for the first proxy node if the first node identification exists in existing node identifications, each node having a corresponding node identification; and

saving the first node identification if the first node identification does not exist in the existing node identifications.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein before the acquiring the candidate signal strength sent by each of the candidate relay nodes, the method further comprises:

selecting a device from a plurality of first devices as the candidate relay node, the plurality of first devices being located in the same location area; and

labelling the candidate relay node with the scene label according to a received labeling instruction.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein after the saving the first node identification, the method further comprises:

determining an information number of node information received by the first relay node during a target duration, and the node information being sent by the first proxy node;

determining a second proxy node that has not sent the node information if it is determined that the information number is less than a number threshold; and

deleting a node identification of the second proxy node.

7. A smart device control apparatus, comprising:

a determination module, configured to determine a target relay node connected to a current terminal after the current terminal enters a target group network;

an identification module, configured to identify a scene label carried by the target relay node, wherein the scene label is a label of a target area where the target relay node is located, each area comprises one relay node and at least one proxy node, and each node corresponds to one smart device; and

a sending module, configured to send a control instruction to the target relay node in a case that it is determined that scene label is labeled correctly, and transmit, by the target relay node, the control instruction to the proxy node in the target area.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the determination module comprises:

a determination unit, configured to determine a candidate signal strength between the current terminal and each of candidate relay nodes, wherein each of the candidate relay nodes is in a different area; and

a selection unit, configured to select a target signal strength with the largest value from candidate signal strengths, and use a relay node corresponding to the target signal strength as the target relay node.

9. An electronic device, comprising a processor, a communication interface, a memory, and a communication bus, wherein:

the processor and the memory communicate with each other through the communication interface and the communication bus;

the memory is configured to store computer programs; and

the processor is configured to, when executing the computer programs stored on the memory, perform steps of the method of claim 1 .

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having computer programs stored thereon, wherein the computer programs, when executed by a processor, perform steps of the method of claim 1 .

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein after the identifying the scene label carried by the target relay node, the method further comprising:

comparing the identified scene label of the target relay node with a label of a corresponding relay node in a database;

displaying a comparison failure is to prompt a user to update the scene label of the target relay node, if the identified scene label of the target relay node and the label of the corresponding relay node in the database are different according to a comparison result; and

the scene label being labeled correctly, if the identified scene label of the target relay node and the label of the corresponding relay node in the database are the same according to a comparison result.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control instruction carries a type of a corresponding smart device; and

the transmitting, by the target relay node, the control instruction to the proxy node in the target area comprises: the target relay node transmitting the control instruction to all proxy nodes located in the same target area; and a proxy node of the type executing the control instruction.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control instruction carries a type of a corresponding smart device; and

the transmitting, by the target relay node, the control instruction to the proxy node in the target area comprises: the target relay node transmitting the control instruction to a proxy node of the type according to the type of corresponding smart device carried by the control instruction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2023
From: XIAO, DAIYUN; LIU, HONGZHAO; LI, XILIN; XU, HONGWEI; WANG, ZHAOQI
To: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI; LEAYUN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. OF ZHUHAI
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110003727.5 · Jan 4, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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