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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HOME APPLIANCES USING ZIGBEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
- Inventors
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Park Wan Ki, Han Intark, Jinsoo Han
- Application No.
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11952270 (2007.12.07)
- Publication No.
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20080137572 (2008.06.12)
- Registration No.
- 7957697 (2011.06.07)
- Country
- UNITED STATES
- Project Code
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06MH2800, A Development of Open Home Network Framework Technologies,
Park Kwang Roh
- Abstract
- 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.