Patent Publication Number: US-2021192935-A1

Title: Infrared control device

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This non-provisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) to Patent Application No. 201911349133.9 filed in China, P.R.C. on Dec. 24, 2019, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Technical Field 
     The instant disclosure relates to an infrared control device, and in particular, to an infrared control device configured for use in a mesh network environment to control a controlled device. 
     Related Art 
     With the advancement in science and technology, the use of a control device to control a controlled device via a network has come into being in the prior art. However, a setup of such a control mode requires the control device to download a control instruction for the controlled device from a cloud database via the network, which requires the control device to be connected to an external network. If the control device fails to be connected to the cloud database, the downloading cannot be performed, which is troublesome for users. Therefore, there is a need for improvements in the prior art. 
     SUMMARY 
     A primary objective of the instant disclosure is to provide an infrared control device configured for use in a mesh network environment to control a controlled device. 
     To achieve the objective, in an embodiment, the infrared control device of the instant disclosure is configured for use in a mesh network environment to control a controlled device by transmitting an infrared signal. The controlled device includes an identification tag. The identification tag includes a first control instruction. The control device includes a tag identification module and a database. The tag identification module scans the identification tag to identify the first control instruction. The database is electrically connected to the tag identification module to store the first control instruction. 
     To achieve the objective, in another embodiment, the infrared control device of the instant disclosure is configured for use in a mesh network environment to control a controlled device by transmitting an infrared signal. The infrared control device is connected to an electronic device by means of a signal. The electronic device includes a tag identification module. The controlled device includes an identification tag. The identification tag includes a first control instruction. The tag identification module scans the identification tag to identify the first control instruction. The control device includes a tag identification module and a database. The tag identification module scans the identification tag to identify the first control instruction. The database is electrically connected to the tag identification module to store the first control instruction. 
     The infrared control devices of the instant disclosure record the control instructions for the controlled device (e.g., a home appliance) in the identification tag, so that the infrared control devices can create the database of the control instructions for the controlled device (e.g., a home appliance), without downloading the control instructions from a cloud database, thus eliminating the need in the prior art for a connection to the cloud database to download the control instructions for the controlled device (e.g., a home appliance). 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram of a first embodiment of an infrared control device according to the instant disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of an infrared control device according to the instant disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     In order to provide a clear description of the technical contents, objectives, and advantages of the instant disclosure, embodiments of the instant disclosure are further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Referring now to  FIG. 1 ,  FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram of a first embodiment of an infrared control device according to the instant disclosure. 
     According to the first embodiment of the instant disclosure, as shown in  FIG. 1 , the infrared control device  1  of the instant disclosure is configured for use in a mesh network environment to control a controlled device  90 , where the infrared control device  1  is connected to an electronic device  80  by means of a signal, the controlled device  90  includes an identification tag  91 , and the identification tag  91  includes a first control instruction  911 . In this embodiment, the controlled device  90  is a general home appliance or any device that is capable of receiving an infrared signal. The identification tag  91  is an RFID tag or a QR code tag. The first control instruction  911  includes a serial number of an appliance, a region, a type of a home appliance, a label, a code name, a function, a control instruction for the controlled device  90 , etc. The electronic device  80  may be a portable mobile device. 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , in the first embodiment, the infrared control device  1  of the instant disclosure includes a transmission module  10 , a tag identification module  20 , a database  30 , a processing module  40 , and an infrared emitting module  50 . The tag identification module  20  scans the identification tag  91  to identify the first control instruction  911 . In this embodiment, the tag identification module  20  is an optical identification device or a short-range wireless communication device. The optical identification device is a camera or a barcode scanner, and the short-range wireless communication device is a near-field communication reading device or a radio frequency identification reading device. The database  30  is electrically connected to the tag identification module  20  to store the first control instruction  911 . Therefore, the infrared control device  1  can load the first control instruction  911  for the controlled device  90  into the database  30  of the infrared control device  1  without being connected to a cloud database via a network. 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , the transmission module  10  is electrically connected to the processing module  40 . The transmission module  10  is capable of wireless transmission to receive a second control instruction  82  transmitted from the electronic device  80 . In this embodiment, the electronic device  80  transmits the second control instruction  82  to the transmission module  10  through a wireless communication protocol such as a WiFi communication protocol or a Bluetooth communication protocol. The infrared emitting module  50  is electrically connected to the processing module  40 . The processing module  40  searches the database  30  according to the second control instruction  82  to convert the second control instruction  82  to the first control instruction  911 . The first control instruction  911  is transmitted by the infrared emitting module  50  as an infrared signal  51  to control the controlled device  90 . 
     Referring now to  FIG. 2 ,  FIG. 2  is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of an infrared control device according to the instant disclosure is shown. 
     As shown in  FIG. 2 , in the second embodiment, an infrared control device  1   a  is configured for use in a mesh network environment to control a controlled device  90 . The infrared control device  1   a  is connected to an electronic device  80  by means of a signal. The electronic device  80  includes a tag identification module  81 . The controlled device  90  includes an identification tag  91 . The identification tag  91  includes a first control instruction  911 . The tag identification module  81  scans the identification tag  91  to identify the first control instruction  911 . In this embodiment, the tag identification module  81  is an optical identification device or a short-range wireless communication device. The optical identification device is a camera or a barcode scanner, and the short-range wireless communication device is a near-field communication reading device or a radio frequency identification reading device. 
     The infrared control device  1   a  of the instant disclosure includes a transmission module  10 , a database  30 , a processing module  40 , and an infrared emitting module  50 . The transmission module  10  receives the first control instruction  911  transmitted from the electronic device  80 . The database  30  is electrically connected to the transmission module  10  to store the first control instruction  911 . The infrared emitting module  50  is electrically connected to the processing module  40 . The processing module  40  searches the database  30  according to a second control instruction  82  transmitted from the electronic device  80  to convert the second control instruction  82  to the first control instruction  911 . The first control instruction  911  is transmitted by the infrared emitting module  50  as an infrared signal to control the controlled device  90 . In this embodiment, the electronic device  80  transmits the first control instruction  911  and the second control instruction  82  to the transmission module  10  through a wireless communication protocol such as a WiFi communication protocol or a Bluetooth communication protocol. 
     The infrared control devices  1  and  1   a  of the instant disclosure record the control instructions  911  for the controlled device  90  (e.g., a home appliance) in the identification tag  91 , so that the infrared control devices  1  and  1   a  can create the database of the control instructions for the controlled device  90  (e.g., a home appliance), without downloading the control instructions from a cloud database, thus eliminating the need in the prior art for a connection to the cloud database to download the control instructions for the controlled device  90  (e.g., a home appliance). 
     Although the instant disclosure has been described in considerable detail with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, the disclosure is not for limiting the scope of the invention. Persons having ordinary skill in the art may make various modifications and changes without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the appended claims should not be limited to the description of the preferred embodiments described above.