Apparatus and method for controlling home appliances using zigbee wireless communication

• Main Authors: PARK WAN-KI, HAN IN-TARK, HAN JIN-SOO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.06.2011
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; SIGNALLING; TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILARSIGNALS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

Provided are an apparatus and method for controlling home appliances using zigbee wireless communication. The apparatus, includes: a memory for storing a control profile and an operation program, and operating the stored operation program; a display means for supporting interface with a user; a display input/output control means for controlling input/output of the display means; a first wireless network interface for transmitting/receiving wireless data to/from home appliances based on zigbee wireless communication; and a control means for forming Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) with the home appliances based on the first wireless network interface, displaying a list of controllable home appliances based on device product information transferred from the home appliances through the WPAN, reading a control profile in the memory upon home appliances control request of the user, and transferring the control profile through the first wireless network interface.