Patent ID: 8390432

Claim:
An apparatus for controlling digital appliances based on parking management, comprising: an interface unit, connected to a control terminal through a wired/wireless communication network, for providing an interface for establishing a home network service environment that is dependent upon information about an incoming or outgoing vehicle; a storage unit for storing the home network service environment established by the interface unit; an appliance controller for controlling the digital appliances based on the home network service environment stored in the storage unit, upon receipt of the information about the incoming or outgoing vehicle; and an occupant recognizing module for identifying the presence of an occupancy user who is at home, wherein the appliance controller controls the digital appliances by checking the presence of other occupancy user, prior to controlling the digital appliances pursuant to the home network service environment stored in the storage unit; and wherein the identification of the occupancy user at home is made by a digital door lock having ID information on the occupancy user, and the occupant recognizing module recognizes the usage of the digital door lock in the entrance of the occupancy user and provides the occupancy user's ID information recognized from the digital door lock to the appliance controller.