CN218240705U - Outdoor covering device and communication system of covering device - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides an outdoor covering device and a communication system of the covering device, wherein the outdoor covering device comprises: a covering device main body; the movable base bears the covering device main body; and an electric control function system arranged on the covering device main body and/or the base body, comprising: the driving module is connected with and drives the covering device main body and the seat body; a communication module for communicating with the outside; control module, communication link in drive module and communication module are used for controlling the motion of covering device main part and/or pedestal includes: and responding to the control signal received by the communication module, generating a corresponding control instruction and sending the control instruction to the driving module so as to control the covering device main body and/or the base body to execute a specified action. Therefore, the outdoor covering device can be controlled to execute actions such as moving, folding and unfolding and the like, intelligent services with various personalized requirements can be met on the basis, and the problems in the related technology are solved.

Description

Outdoor covering device and covering device communication system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a thing networking technology field especially relates to outdoor covering device and covering device communication system.

Background

Outdoor covering devices, also called outdoor sunshades or outdoor sun umbrellas, are common appliances in daily life. The existing outdoor covering device needs manual operation to be unfolded or folded, and is single in function.

A large number of outdoor covering devices are distributed in the city, and the outdoor covering devices cannot be intelligently utilized and are not beneficial to the construction of intelligent cities.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, it is an object of the present disclosure to provide an outdoor covering device and a covering device communication system, which solve the problems of the related art by providing an intelligent outdoor covering device and a communication system consisting of a plurality of intelligent outdoor covering devices.

A first aspect of the present disclosure provides an outdoor covering device, comprising: a covering device main body; the movable base bears the covering device main body; and an electronic control function system, arranged on the covering device main body and/or the base body, comprising: the driving module is connected with and drives the covering device main body and the seat body; a communication module for communicating with the outside; control module, communication link in drive module and communication module are used for controlling the motion of covering device main part and/or pedestal includes: and responding to the control signal received by the communication module, generating a corresponding control instruction and sending the control instruction to the driving module so as to control the covering device main body and/or the base body to execute a specified action.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the cover device main body comprises: a plurality of covering device bone bodies which are arranged in a retractable way and covered with a covering material; the rod body is connected with the bone body rod bodies of the plurality of covering devices.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the specified action comprises at least one of: the retraction and extension action of the main body of the covering device; the rod body is the lifting action of the rod body under the condition of a lifting structure.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the control instructions comprise: indication information for indicating an action amount of the specified action or a posture to which the cover device main body performs the specified action.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the electric control function system includes: at least one of the following modules communicatively coupled to the control module: an information output module; an environment information acquisition module; and a position positioning module.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the environmental information collection module comprises at least one of: a sensor module; a distance measurement module; a camera module; a pickup module; and/or the information output module comprises at least one of the following: a light source module; a playback module; and an image display module.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the electric control function system includes a power module electrically connected to the control module; the power module comprises at least one of: a self-powered module; and a charging module.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the self-powered module comprises a solar power module, and the solar power module comprises a solar module and a storage battery which are electrically connected; the solar component is arranged on the covering material of the covering device main body.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the electronically controlled functional system comprises: the brightness sensor is in communication connection with the control module and is used for detecting the illumination intensity; and the control module is used for controlling the covering device main body and/or the base body to execute the action of enhancing the illumination intensity.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the control module is configured to control the covering device main body and/or the base to perform the action of increasing the light intensity in response to the electric quantity of the storage battery being lower than a preset threshold.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the control signal comprises target location information; the electric control function system includes: the position positioning module is in communication connection with the control module and is used for acquiring the current position information of the outdoor covering device; the control module is further configured to plan a movement path based on the current position information and the target position information, and control the base to move to a target position along the movement path.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the control signal further comprises a specific action information combined with the target position information, the specific action information being indicative of a specific action to be performed when the outdoor covering device reaches the target position.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the electric control function system includes: the distance measurement module is in communication connection with the control module and is used for obtaining distance measurement information; the control module is used for controlling the base to move to a position where the base keeps a preset distance with at least one other outdoor covering device based on the distance measuring information.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the electronically controlled functional system comprises: the information output module is in communication connection with the control module; the control module is further configured to control the information output module to perform a combination of one or more specified output behaviors, where the specified output behaviors include at least any one of: illuminating; playing audio; and displaying the image.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the specified output behavior forms a lighting, landscape or entertainment scene.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the electric control function system includes: the environment information acquisition module is in communication connection with the control module and is used for acquiring environment information; and the control module is used for identifying an event based on the environmental information, determining a preset working mode according to the identified event and controlling the specified action of the main body and/or the seat body of the covering device according to the preset working mode.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the preset operation mode comprises at least one of: an event collecting/releasing covering device main body corresponding to weather conditions; the seat body is moved and the covering device main body is spread open corresponding to the falling objects/people.

A second aspect of the present disclosure provides a cover device communication system, comprising: a plurality of outdoor covering units according to any of the first aspect, performing a specified action based on a respective received control signal; and the control terminal is in communication connection with at least one outdoor covering device and is used for sending at least one control command so as to enable the outdoor covering devices to work independently or cooperate with each other.

In an embodiment of the second aspect, the plurality of outdoor covering units are communicatively connected to each other to form an ad hoc network; and/or, the control end is communicatively connected to each of the outdoor covering devices.

In an embodiment of the second aspect, the collaboration comprises any one or combination of: moving at least one group of outdoor covering devices to a target area; at least one set of outdoor covering devices is moved to be arranged in a designated shape; at least one group of outdoor covering devices move synchronously; at least one group of outdoor covering devices execute appointed actions until covering materials are spliced to form an appointed shape; the information output modules arranged on at least one group of outdoor covering devices execute the combination of the appointed output behaviors.

A third aspect of the present disclosure provides a computer apparatus comprising: a memory and a processor; the memory stores program instructions for execution by the processor to implement a control module in an outdoor covering apparatus according to any of the first aspect.

A fourth aspect of the present disclosure provides a computer readable storage medium storing program instructions that when executed implement a control module in an outdoor covering device according to any of the first aspects.

As described above, embodiments of the present disclosure provide an outdoor covering device and a covering device communication system, the outdoor covering device comprising: a covering device main body; the movable seat body is used for bearing the covering device main body; and an electronic control function system, arranged on the covering device main body and/or the base body, comprising: the driving module is connected with and drives the covering device main body and the base body; a communication module for communicating with the outside; control module, communication link in drive module and communication module are used for controlling the motion of covering device main part and/or pedestal includes: and responding to the control signal received by the communication module, generating a corresponding control instruction and sending the control instruction to the driving module so as to control the covering device main body and/or the base body to execute a specified action. Therefore, the outdoor covering device can be controlled to execute actions such as moving, folding and unfolding and the like, intelligent services with various personalized requirements can be met on the basis, and the problems in the related technology are solved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 shows a schematic structural diagram of an outdoor covering device in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 shows a functional block diagram of an electric control function system of an outdoor covering device in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 shows a schematic view of an application scenario of a single outdoor covering device in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4 shows a schematic structural diagram of a communication system of the covering device in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5A shows a network topology diagram of an ad hoc network of the overlay device communication system in an embodiment of the disclosure.

Fig. 5B shows a star network topology of a communication system of a cover device in a further embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6A shows a schematic view of two outdoor covering devices performing a specified movement to the covering material to be spliced into a specified shape in one embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6B shows a schematic view of a plurality of outdoor covering devices performing a specified movement to a specified shape spliced by covering material in yet another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 7 shows a schematic view of the overall synchronous movement of a plurality of outdoor covering units according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present disclosure are described below with specific examples, and other advantages and effects of the present disclosure will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the disclosure. The disclosure may be embodied or carried out in various other specific embodiments, and various details of the disclosure may be modified or changed in various respects, all without departing from the spirit of the disclosure. It should be noted that, in the present disclosure, the embodiments and the features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art to which the present disclosure pertains can easily carry out the present disclosure. The present disclosure may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

Reference in the representation of the present disclosure to the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present disclosure. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics shown may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or a group of embodiments or examples. Moreover, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples presented in this disclosure can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the feature. In the expressions of the present disclosure, a "group" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In order to clearly explain the present disclosure, components that are not related to the description are omitted, and the same reference numerals are given to the same or similar components throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a device is referred to as being "connected" to another device, this includes not only the case of being "directly connected" but also the case of being "indirectly connected" with another element interposed therebetween. In addition, when a device "includes" a certain constituent element, unless otherwise specified, it means that the other constituent element is not excluded, but may be included.

Although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to refer to various elements in some examples, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, the first interface and the second interface are represented. Also, as used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises," "comprising," "includes" and/or "including," when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, elements, modules, items, species, and/or groups, but do not preclude the presence, or addition of one or more other features, steps, operations, elements, modules, items, species, and/or groups thereof. The terms "or" and/or "as used herein are to be construed as inclusive or meaning any one or any combination. Thus, "a, B or C" or "a, B and/or C" means "any of the following: a; b; c; a and B; a and C; b and C; A. b and C ". An exception to this definition will occur only when a combination of elements, functions, steps or operations are inherently mutually exclusive in some way.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural forms as long as the words do not expressly indicate a contrary meaning. The term "comprises/comprising" when used in this specification is taken to specify the presence of stated features, regions, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but does not exclude the presence or addition of other features, regions, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components.

Although not defined differently, including technical and scientific terms used herein, all have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs. Terms defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be additionally interpreted as having meanings consistent with those of related art documents and currently prompted messages, and should not be excessively interpreted as having ideal or very formulaic meanings unless defined.

Currently, there are a large number of outdoor shelters in cities, distributed for example in various restaurants, cafes, or other locations where there is outdoor sun and rain protection. However, these outdoor covering devices can only rely on the manual work to act, have single functions, are often laid aside and abandoned, cannot be effectively utilized, have intelligent functions to serve people more deeply and better in experience, and are not beneficial to the construction of smart cities.

In view of the above, the present disclosure provides an intelligent outdoor covering device and a covering device communication system to solve the above problems.

As shown in fig. 1, a schematic structural diagram of an outdoor covering device in an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown.

The outdoor covering device comprises a covering device main body 101 and a base 102. Illustratively, the covering device body 101 includes a plurality of covering device shaft bodies 111 and a rod body 113. The plurality of covering device bone bodies 111 are arranged to be retractable and covered with a covering material 112. The plurality of covering device shaft bodies 111 are connected with the rod body 113. For example, each covering device body 111 is shown with one end attached to a location on the shaft 113, such as the tip. The other end of each covering device shaft 111 is suspended and can move relatively close to or away from the rod body 113. It will be appreciated that the outdoor covering unit has two states, a "stowed" state and a "deployed" state. The movement of the shaft 111 of each covering device away from the shaft 113 causes the covering material 112 to be stretched, corresponding to the open position of the outdoor covering device, i.e., the "laid" position. Each covering shaft 111 moves in close proximity to the shaft 113, which allows the covering shaft 111 and the covering material 112 to be retracted, corresponding to the retracted state of the outdoor covering, i.e., the "retracted" state. In some embodiments, each of the covering device shaft members 111 may be a single-segment covering device shaft member 111 structure or a foldable multi-segment hinged structure. In some embodiments, the shape of the covering material 112 is not limited, and the shape presented by its top view includes, but is not limited to, triangle, quadrilateral, circle, ellipse, etc.

In some embodiments, the shaft 113 is a height-adjustable structure. For example, the rod 113 may include two or more sections that can be relatively extended and retracted, and can be positioned by engaging, interference fit, or the like when the rod is extended to a predetermined position. Possibly, the rod body 113 is hollow inside and can be used for arranging power lines, signal lines and the like required for power supply and communication of the functional modules in the electronic control functional system 103. Of course, some of these functional modules may also be provided in the shaft body 113.

The electronic control function system 103 is used for realizing the intelligent function of the outdoor covering device. The electronic control function system 103 at least comprises a driving module 133, a communication module 132 and a control module 131. The control module 131 is communicatively coupled to the driving module 133 and the communication module 132. The driving module 133 is connected to and drives the covering device main body 101 and the seat body 102; a communication module 132 for communicating with the outside; a control module 131, communicatively connected to the driving module 133 and the communication module 132, for controlling the movement of the covering device main body 101 and/or the seat body 102, including: in response to the control signal received by the communication module 132, a corresponding control command is generated and sent to the driving module 133, so as to control the covering device main body 101 and/or the seat body 102 to perform a specified action.

For example, the communication module 132 may be communicatively connected to an external control device to receive a control signal from the control device. The control device may be a user terminal, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, etc., having a display and displaying a human-computer interaction interface for interaction, and may form the control signal according to user input, thereby implementing intelligent interaction between a user and the outdoor covering device. For example, the man-machine interface provides an interface for adjusting the instrument retracting and releasing of the outdoor covering device, the user selects an option of an appointed action of the outdoor covering device by operating the instrument interface, and an application program of the user terminal generates a corresponding control signal according to the input and sends the control signal to the outdoor covering device. After receiving the control signal, the communication module 132 of the outdoor covering device transmits the control signal to the control module 131, the control module 131 analyzes the control signal and generates a corresponding control command, and the control command is transmitted to the driving module 133 to drive the covering device main body 101, the seat body 102 and other components to execute the designated action. In some embodiments, the specified action includes at least one of: retraction of the main body 101 of the cover device; the rod 113 is a lifting action of the rod 113 under a lifting structure, for example, the control base 102 drives the outdoor covering device to move integrally, controls the height of the rod 113 to be adjusted, or controls the opening or closing degree of the covering device main body 101.

In some embodiments, to precisely control the execution degree of the opening, closing, stretching, etc. of the covering device main body 101, the control instruction may include indication information for indicating the action amount of the specified action, or the posture of the covering device main body 101 for executing the specified action. For example, if the folding degree (which may also be called folding degree, opposite to the spreading degree) corresponding to the covering device shaft 111 and the covering material 112 from the complete folding to the complete spreading of the top of the covering device main body 101 is 0 to 100, the folding degree is 0 when the folding part of the covering device main body 101 is completely unfolded; when the folding and unfolding part of the main body 101 of the covering device is completely folded, the folding degree is 100; when the folding degree of the housing portion of the cover device main body 101 is 50, the housing portion is in the half-folded state. By way of example, the "movement amount" such as an increase of 20 folds or the like in addition to the fold of the present cover device main body 101 and the "posture" will be described. The indication information corresponding to the "attitude" indicates the degree of folding after the cover device main body 101 performs the specified action, for example, the indication information includes 60 degrees of folding, which indicates that the cover device main body 101 is folded/unfolded to 60 degrees of folding; if the current covering device main body 101 is folded at 20 degrees, it is folded at 60 degrees.

In some embodiments, the communication module 132 may include wireless communication circuitry, such as 2G/3G/4G/5G mobile communication module 132, wiFi, bluetooth, NB-IOT, zigbee, lora, infrared, or communication circuitry conforming to other wireless communication protocols, for wireless communication by external devices. In some embodiments, the communication module 132 may transmit data to the outside, in addition to receiving control signals from the outside. For example, the electronic control function system 103 further has a sensor module, and data collected by the sensor can also be fed back to the outside through the communication module 132.

In some embodiments, the driving module 133 includes an electrical component (e.g., a motor or other electrically controlled power component) and a mechanism component (e.g., a transmission mechanism such as a gear, a chain, a lead screw, a guide rail, etc.) for driving the movable base 102 of the outdoor covering device to move, the rod 113 to extend and retract, and the frame 111 of the covering device to fold.

The control module 131 can be used as a control core component of the electronic control function system 103, the communication module 132 receives the control signal and transmits the control signal to the central control module, and the control module 131 sends a corresponding control instruction to other function modules, for example, sends a control instruction corresponding to a specified action to the driving module 133. It can be understood that, as the number and types of the functional modules in the electronic control function system 103 increase, the number and types of the functional modules connected to the control module 131 also increase correspondingly, and thus the number and types of the issued control commands also increase correspondingly, so as to implement more diversified intelligent functions of the outdoor covering device.

As shown in fig. 2, a functional block diagram of an electronic control function system 200 according to an embodiment of the disclosure is shown.

The electronic control function system 200 may include, but is not limited to, at least one of the following modules communicatively connected to the control module 201, in addition to the control module 201, the communication module 202, and the driving module 203: an information output module 204; an environmental information collection module 205; a position location module 206. It should be noted that the information output module 204, the environment information collecting module 205, the position locating module 206, and the like are respectively a summary of a class of functions, which is not to say that one module is a single physical circuit module, but may include a plurality of physical circuit modules.

For example, the environmental information collection module 205 may be one or more combinations of a type of physical circuit module for collecting environmental information. Illustratively, the environmental information collection module 205 may include at least one of: the sensor module 251: a ranging module 252; a camera module 253; and a pickup module 254. These modules are all shown by way of example in fig. 2.

In some embodiments, the sensor module 251 may include: one or more combinations of a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a gas concentration sensor and a brightness sensor are used for detecting the ambient environment condition and feeding back the ambient environment condition to the control module 201, and the collected data can be further sent to the outside through the communication module 202. Temperature/humidity data that temperature sensor, humidity transducer gathered can be used for the judgement of weather condition, and the luminance data that luminance sensor gathered can be used for the judgement of the condition such as weather condition, sunshine intensity, day and night, gas concentration sensor can be used for the judgement of the condition such as air pollution. The data collected by the sensor module 251 may be transmitted to the control module 201.

In some embodiments, the ranging module 252 may include a light wave ranging device (e.g., lidar, toF), a sound wave ranging device (e.g., ultrasonic, millimeter wave radar), or the like; the camera module 253 may also be used as the ranging module 252 if it includes a depth camera (e.g., binocular, monocular + ToF or binocular + ToF). The ranging result of the ranging module 252 may be used for obstacle avoidance, mapping, road sign generation, and the like. The ranging result data of the ranging module 252 may be transmitted to the control module 201. In one example, if a plurality of outdoor covering devices are arranged at a certain distance, the control module 201 can control the base to move to a predetermined distance from at least one other outdoor covering device based on the distance measuring information.

In some embodiments, the camera module 253 may include a camera, an infrared camera, a depth camera, or the like for capturing image data of the environment surrounding the outdoor covering. The image data captured by the camera module 253 can be used for applications such as object recognition, surveillance tracking, obstacle avoidance, mapping, road sign generation, and the like. The image data captured by the camera module 253 can be transmitted to the control module 201 for the above-mentioned application. The control module 201 may control the action of the camera module 253 and set shooting parameters, such as start/stop of a shooting action, a shooting angle, a shooting direction, and the like, a light entering amount, a focal length, an imaging color, an imaging resolution, and the like.

In some embodiments, the pickup module 254 may include a microphone, an array of microphones, or the like, for capturing audio data. The audio data collected by the pickup module 254 may be used for speech recognition and control, for example. The audio data collected by the sound pickup module 254 may be transmitted to the control module 201. The control module 201 may control the start/stop of the pickup module 254, set audio acquisition parameters, and the like.

For another example, the information output module 204 is a combination of one or more modules that output information by sound, light, or the like. Illustratively, the information output module 204 may include at least one of: a light source module 241; a playback module 242; and an image display module 243. These modules are all shown by way of example in fig. 2.

In some embodiments, the light source module 241 is used for lighting, landscape or entertainment scene lighting. Can be arranged in/out of the main body of the covering device and/or on the outer surface of the seat body. The light source type of the light source module 241 includes at least one of: LED light sources, halogen light sources, or other light sources, etc. The illumination parameters of the light source module 241 can be adjusted by the control module 201, such as one or more of brightness, color temperature, illumination mode (e.g. flashing, continuous lighting), and the like of the illumination light.

In some embodiments, the playback module 242 may include: a buzzer, a horn, etc. The control module 201 can implement functions of broadcasting notification, playing music, reminding, etc. through the playback module 242. The control module 201 can control the start/stop of the playback module 242, and set audio playback parameters such as volume, playback progress, and the like.

In some embodiments, the image display module 243 may include a display, such as an LED, OLED, LCD display, or the like. The image display module 243 displays images to play a role in entertainment, reminding, and the like. The control module 201 may control the start/stop of the image display module 243, and set image display parameters, such as resolution, playing speed, color, and the like.

In some embodiments, the position location module 206 may include at least one of a GPS module, a beidou location module, or a 2G/3G/4G/5G mobile communication module, etc. The GPS module and the Beidou positioning module can receive geographic position information from a satellite, the 2G/3G/4G/5G mobile communication module can realize positioning based on the communication signal intensity between the 2G/3G/4G/5G mobile communication module and a base station, or the distance measurement module 252 and the camera module 253 can be used for collecting environmental data and constructing a map by combining an instant positioning and map construction (SLAM) technology, and the positioning modes can achieve the purpose of determining the position of the outdoor covering device. In some application embodiments, the control signal comprises target location information, i.e. indicating that the outdoor covering device needs a forward destination. The position location module 206 is used to obtain the current position information of the outdoor covering device. The target location information and the current location information should be in the same map, such as absolute location (longitude and latitude coordinates) of GPS longitude and latitude, or relative location (location coordinates in the self-constructed map) in the current self-constructed map. The control module 201 can plan a moving path based on the current position information and the target position information, and control the base to move to the target position along the moving path. For example, the outdoor covering device proceeds from the current location coordinate point (0, 1) to the target location (127, 587).

Based on the example in fig. 2, optionally, the data sent out by the communication module 202 may include: the position data collected by the position location module 206, the data collected by the environment information collection module 205, and the like, such as position data, sensor collected data, captured image data, environment audio data, and the like.

In some embodiments, the electrical control function system 200 further includes a power module 207 electrically connected to the control module 201; the power module 207 includes at least one of: a self-powered module; and a charging module. In some embodiments, a self-powered module refers to itself drawing electrical energy from the environment, such as a solar powered system. The solar power supply system can comprise a solar component and a storage battery, wherein the solar component converts irradiated sunlight into current, and the current is collected and then charged to the storage battery. The solar module may be disposed on the covering material, for example, fixed to an outer surface of the covering material. Alternatively, the self-powered module may include an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) or the like. The self-powered modules can employ any one or combination of more thereof. In some embodiments, the rechargeable module comprises a rechargeable battery.

In some embodiments, the power module 207 may include both a self-powered module and a rechargeable module. The self-powered module is a solar system, and the solar module can be arranged on the outer surface of the covering material at the top of the outdoor covering device, so that the solar module can absorb solar energy and convert the solar energy into electric power conveniently. The electric power charges a storage battery, which can charge a rechargeable battery, and the self-charging module supplies power to the electronic control function system 200. In a possible example, a charging interface, for example, a USB interface, a Micro USB interface, a USB Type C interface, a Lightning interface, etc., may be further disposed on the covering device main body (for example, inside the rod body) of the outdoor covering device, so as to provide a power supply for an external device (for example, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, etc.).

The power of solar power generation is limited by the intensity of sunlight, and thus, in some embodiments, the operation of increasing the solar power generation power of the outdoor covering device can be realized by the combined use of the above functional modules. For example, the sensor module 251 includes a brightness sensor, communicatively connected to the control module 201, for detecting the intensity of illumination. The sensor module 251 may be exposed to the sun to detect the intensity of illumination. The control module 201 can control the covering device main body and/or the base body to perform the action of enhancing the illumination intensity through the driving module 203. For example, the main body of the covering device is lifted, and the distraction of the bone of the covering device is increased to enhance the illumination. For another example, the posture of the outdoor covering device is adjusted according to the change of the sensor signal of the light intensity, for example, the seat body and/or the main body of the outdoor covering device is/are moved to stop the movement when the light intensity reaches the maximum in a certain direction, a certain height and a certain position. The outdoor covering may maintain such motion to track higher light intensities.

It is also possible to set a condition regarding the necessity for the outdoor covering device to perform a tracking action of higher light intensity in order to avoid the problem that the outdoor covering device consumes more energy instead in pursuit of higher light intensity. In some embodiments, the control unit may trigger the covering device main body and/or the base body to perform a specific action of increasing the light intensity on the condition that the electric quantity of the storage battery is lower than a preset threshold. In some embodiments, the relationship between the power generation amount generated by the illumination intensity obtained by the movement of the outdoor covering device and the power consumed by the self-action may be calculated so that the specified action of enhancing the illumination intensity is executed only when the power consumption amount is lower than the predicted result of the power generation amount.

From the above examples, it can be understood that the control module 201 can control the on, off, operation parameters, etc. of other connected functional modules through control instructions to realize the required functions. For example, the control driving module 203 drives the main body/seat of the covering device to execute the designated action and action amplitude; controlling the starting/stopping of the ranging module 252, the camera module 253, the pickup module 254 and the like and setting acquisition parameters; controlling the start/stop of the light source module 241, the playback module 242, the image display module 243, etc., and setting output parameters, etc.; these modules may also be controlled to cooperate.

It is to be appreciated that in an example of an aspect, the control module 201 can be based on externally received control signals to implement respective specified actions, specified behaviors, or combinations.

For example, the control module 201 may control the driving module 203 to make the main body and/or the base body of the covering device perform one or more combinations of specified actions. An implementation of a specified combination of actions is illustrated. For example, if the outdoor covering device is required to go to a certain target location for a specified action, the control signal may comprise specified action information combined with the target location information, the specified action information being used for indicating the specified action that needs to be performed when the outdoor covering device reaches the target location.

Illustratively, the control module 201 may control the information output module 204 to perform a combination of one or more specified output behaviors. The specified output behavior comprises at least any one of: illuminating; audio playing; and displaying the image. The specified output behavior may be used to form a lighting, landscape, or entertainment scene. Such as lighting for a user sitting under an outdoor covering device. Still alternatively, regarding implementation of a combination between specified output behaviors, for example, in a judo scene, the light source module 241 flashes, and the playback module 242 cooperates with playback of music in rhythm or the like to create an atmosphere with each other; or, in the landscape scene, the slow-rhythm music is played and the light source module 241 is matched with the corresponding color and flickering light, and is matched with the playing of the landscape picture on the display screen.

Illustratively, the control module 201 of the outdoor covering device may also control the outdoor covering device to achieve a combination between a specified action and a specified output behavior. Regarding the implementation of the combination between the designated action and the designated output behavior, for example, the outdoor covering device moves to a designated target position and turns on the light source module 241 for illumination, etc.

In another example of aspect, the outdoor covering device may also perform event recognition according to the data collected by the environmental information collection module 205, so as to autonomously execute a corresponding preset operation mode, which may include a specific action, a specific output behavior, or a combination. More specifically, the control module 201 may identify an event based on the environmental information, determine a preset operation mode according to the identified event, and control a specific action of the main body and/or the seat body of the covering device according to the preset operation mode. For example, the event may include an event such as corresponding to a weather condition, an event corresponding to a falling object/person, and the like. Accordingly, if a weather change starts raining/insolation, the outdoor covering device recognizes this raining/insolation event and opens the outdoor covering device. Furthermore, the outdoor covering device may obtain information of the location of the user in advance, or may obtain the information through data detected by the camera module 253 and/or the distance measuring module 252, so that after identifying the rain/insolation event, the outdoor covering device may go to the location of the user and open the covering device main body.

For another example, when the outdoor covering device finds falling objects or people through the camera module 253, the covering device may be unfolded or moved to a predicted falling point to unfold the covering device, so as to protect the falling people or people at the falling point.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an application scenario of an outdoor covering device in an embodiment of the present disclosure. In order to illustrate that each outdoor covering device can realize intelligent service by independently controlling the designated action, the designated output behavior or the combination of the outdoor covering device, a map where the outdoor covering device is located is shown in the scene.

In this embodiment, an outdoor covering device 301 is disposed in the scene corresponding to the map. The outdoor covering device 301 may establish a communication connection with an external user's mobile terminal to be controlled by the mobile terminal.

For example, when a user a wants to use the outdoor covering device 301 to shade the sun at the position B, a control signal including information about moving to the position B and then making the folding degree 0 may be sent to the outdoor covering device 301, and after receiving the control signal, the outdoor covering device 301 plans a path according to the position where the outdoor covering device is located and the position B, and drives the seat body to move to the position B where the user is located, and drives the folding and unfolding portion at the top of the outdoor covering device 301 to unfold completely.

For another example, in a night environment, the user C sends a control signal including information of moving to the position D and turning on warm light illumination to the outdoor covering device 301, and the outdoor covering device 301 receives the control signal and then drives the base to move to the position D, and turns on the light source module and outputs warm light illumination. The user C can thus control the outdoor covering device 301 through the mobile terminal and enjoy the outdoor covering device 301 illuminating the reading solitary space at night.

It will be appreciated that a plurality of outdoor covering units of the above embodiments, working together, may cover service needs in an area, or the outdoor covering units may cooperate to perform more complex functions.

To this end, as shown in fig. 4, a schematic structural diagram of the covering device communication system in the embodiment of the present disclosure is shown.

The cover device communication system 400 includes: a plurality of outdoor covering units 401 as described in any of the previous embodiments, perform a specified action based on a respective received control signal. Each outdoor covering device has a communication module and can therefore communicate with the outside to form a communication system.

At least one control terminal 402, communicatively connected to at least one of the outdoor covering units 401, is configured to send at least one of the control commands, so that the outdoor covering units 401 operate independently or cooperate with each other. In some embodiments, the control terminal 402 may be a user terminal, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, etc., for controlling one or more outdoor covering devices according to user requirements; and/or, the control end 402 can also be a service platform to totally control the independent work or mutual cooperation of the outdoor covering devices.

The plurality of outdoor coverage devices 401 may be communicatively coupled to form a network, and each outdoor coverage device 401 may have a network address in the network, without limitation to the topology of the network.

As shown in fig. 5A, a topology in which the communication connections between the plurality of outdoor covering units 501A form an ad hoc network in one embodiment is shown. One of the outdoor covering devices serves as a master device, the other outdoor covering devices serve as slave devices, and the master device is responsible for serving as an interface between the covering device communication system and the control terminal 502A, so as to receive the control signal from the control terminal 502A and issue the control signal to the corresponding slave devices according to the destination address therein. Alternatively, as shown in fig. 5B, a topological architecture diagram of the outdoor covering devices 501B and the control end 502B connected to the control end in a star network in a communication manner in yet another embodiment is shown. In this embodiment, the control terminal 502B is communicatively coupled to each of the outdoor covering units 501B to issue control commands or collect data to each of the outdoor covering units 501B, respectively. It should be noted that the communication connections in fig. 5A and 5B may be direct connections or indirect connections, such as transit through a router, a switch, or other networks.

In some embodiments, the independent operation of each outdoor covering unit may be exemplified with reference to the previous embodiments. For example, the control end sends the control signal of adjustment outdoor covering device folding degree and/or the control signal of outdoor covering device height, adjusts the folding degree and the height of each outdoor covering device respectively, and outdoor covering device receives behind the control signal steerable each outdoor covering device's the body of rod and folding covering device diaphysis and carries out corresponding operation, adjusts the folding degree or the height of different outdoor covering devices. And/or the control end sends and controls the outdoor covering device to carry out specified output behaviors such as light emitting of the light source module, shooting of the camera module, audio playing of the sound playing module, image display of the display module, distance measurement of the distance measurement module and the like.

In some embodiments, possible implementations of "collaboration" between multiple outdoor covering devices are described. The collaboration may include any one or combination of the following:

1) At least one set of outdoor covering devices is moved to a target area. For example, if a certain target area needs to be laid with a landscape or serves as a party area, after receiving respective target position information in the target area, a plurality of outdoor covering devices go to corresponding positions to be collected in the target area.

2) At least one set of outdoor covering units is moved to be arranged in a designated shape.

For example, the specified shape may be an array (i.e., a square matrix), or may be various shapes such as a ring, a square, a parallelogram, a triangle, and the like. In some embodiments, to optimize the arrangement accuracy of the plurality of outdoor covering devices, the control terminal may further send a control signal for starting the ranging module to the at least one group of outdoor covering devices, and after each outdoor covering device starts the ranging module, the ranging data of the ranging module may be used for distance correction between the outdoor covering devices. Specifically, the distance measurement module generates distance measurement result data and feeds the distance measurement result data back to the control module by measuring the distance between adjacent outdoor covering devices. The control module can control the driving module according to the ranging result to drive the base body to move so as to keep a preset distance. Specifically, when the distance is smaller than the preset distance, the base body is driven to be away to increase the distance; or when the distance is larger than the preset distance, the base body is driven to approach to reduce the distance.

3) At least one set of outdoor covering units performs a specified action to splice the covering materials into a specified shape.

For example, if the covering materials of the two outdoor covering devices are triangular, the control end can control the folding degree, height and position of the covering materials of the two outdoor covering devices through the control signal to make the two outdoor covering devices matched in posture, as shown in fig. 6A. When the postures are matched, the two triangular covering materials 601 are spliced into a parallelogram-shaped spliced covering material 600A. By analogy, as shown in fig. 6B, if the cover material 602 of each outdoor covering appears square, the cover material 602 of multiple outdoor coverings are spliced into a larger square spliced cover material 600B. The spliced covering material may be more effective in shading the sun, in keeping out the wind, and in keeping out the rain than the covering material of a separate outdoor covering. In this embodiment, the distance between the outdoor covering devices can still be corrected according to the distance measurement data of the distance measurement module, for example, the preset distance is maintained.

4) At least one group of outdoor covering units performs a synchronized movement.

After a group of outdoor covering devices form a designated shape, if the outdoor covering devices need to move synchronously, the control end can simultaneously send control signals containing target position information to the outdoor covering devices, so that the outdoor covering devices can integrally translate after receiving the control signals. For example, if two covering materials 601 in fig. 6A are spliced to form a parallelogram shaped spliced covering material 600A, the parallelogram is still maintained after translation, as shown in fig. 7.

5) The information output modules arranged on at least one group of outdoor covering devices execute the combination of the specified output behaviors.

For example, the control module sends a control signal for controlling the color of the light source module to be red to a certain outdoor covering device, so that the outdoor covering device emits red light; and sends a control signal for controlling the light source color of the light source module to be green and starting the playback module to the other outdoor covering device, so that the other outdoor covering device emits green light and plays music.

The above collaboration modes are only exemplary and not limiting. These cooperation methods may be arranged and combined with each other in various ways.

For example, the control module sends control signals for moving to a target position, completely unfolding the folding parts (folding covering device skeleton + covering material) (folding degree is 0), and playing music and illuminating another one to two outdoor covering devices (taking triangular covering material as an example), the two outdoor covering devices move to the target position after receiving the control signals respectively, and the respective folding parts are completely unfolded, so that the two outdoor covering devices can be spliced into a parallelogram, and further playing music and illuminating another one to form a landscape.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned combination of the actions and/or output actions of the outdoor covering device is only a suggestion of a possible implementation manner, and the present disclosure protects the structure of the mechanical and circuit modules that the outdoor covering device can be electrically controlled, see fig. 1 and fig. 2, and the network structure connected correspondingly to the communication system of the covering device, see fig. 4, fig. 5A and fig. 5B, so that the outdoor covering device can be driven to move or output to have the basis of providing intelligent services, but not to relate to the improvement of the software technology related to intelligent services.

In summary, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an outdoor covering device and a covering device communication system, where the outdoor covering device includes: a covering device main body; the movable seat body is used for bearing the covering device main body; and an electronic control function system, arranged on the covering device main body and/or the base body, comprising: the driving module is connected with and drives the covering device main body and the seat body; a communication module for communicating with the outside; control module, communication link in drive module and communication module are used for controlling the motion of covering device main part and/or pedestal includes: and responding to the control signal received by the communication module, generating a corresponding control instruction and sending the control instruction to the driving module so as to control the covering device main body and/or the base body to execute a specified action. Therefore, the outdoor covering device can be controlled to execute actions such as moving, folding and unfolding and the like, intelligent services with various personalized requirements can be met on the basis, and the problems in the related technology are solved.

The above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles of the present disclosure and their efficacy, and are not intended to limit the disclosure. Any person skilled in the art can modify or change the above-mentioned embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, it is intended that all equivalent modifications or changes be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical spirit of the present disclosure and be covered by the claims of the present disclosure.

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1. An outdoor covering device, comprising:

a covering device main body;

the movable seat body is used for bearing the covering device main body; and

the automatically controlled functional system is located cover device main part and/or pedestal include:

the driving module is connected with and drives the covering device main body and the base body;

a communication module for communicating with the outside;

control module, communication link in drive module and communication module are used for controlling the motion of covering device main part and/or pedestal includes: and responding to the control signal received by the communication module, generating a corresponding control instruction and sending the control instruction to the driving module so as to control the covering device main body and/or the base body to execute a specified action.

2. An outdoor covering arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that the covering arrangement body comprises:

a plurality of covering device bone bodies which are arranged in a retractable way and covered with a covering material;

the rod body is connected with the bone body rod bodies of the plurality of covering devices.

3. An outdoor covering arrangement according to claim 2, characterized in that the specified action comprises at least one of the following: the retraction and extension action of the main body of the covering device; the rod body is the lifting action of the rod body under the condition of a lifting structure.

4. An outdoor covering device according to claim 1, characterized in that the electrically controlled functional system comprises: at least one of the following modules communicatively coupled to the control module: an information output module; an environmental information acquisition module; and a position positioning module.

5. An outdoor covering arrangement according to claim 4, characterised in that the environmental information collection module comprises at least one of the following: a sensor module; a distance measurement module; a camera module; a pickup module; and/or the information output module comprises at least one of the following: a light source module; a playback module; and an image display module.

6. An outdoor covering device according to claim 1, wherein the electrically controlled functional system comprises a power module electrically connected to the control module; the power module comprises at least one of: a self-powered module; and a charging module.

7. Outdoor covering device according to claim 6, characterized in that the self-powered module comprises a solar powered module comprising an electrically connected solar module and a battery; the solar component is arranged on the covering material of the covering device main body.

8. An outdoor covering device according to claim 7, characterized in that the electrically controlled functional system comprises: the brightness sensor is in communication connection with the control module and is used for detecting the illumination intensity; and the control module is used for controlling the covering device main body and/or the base body to execute the action of enhancing the illumination intensity.

9. An outdoor covering device according to claim 8, wherein the control module is adapted to control the covering device body and/or the stand to perform the action of increasing the light intensity in response to the charge of the battery being below a predetermined threshold.

10. Outdoor covering device according to claim 1, characterized in that the control signal contains target position information; the electric control function system includes: the position positioning module is in communication connection with the control module and is used for acquiring the current position information of the outdoor covering device; the control module is further configured to plan a movement path based on the current position information and the target position information, and control the base to move to a target position along the movement path.

11. An outdoor covering arrangement according to claim 1, characterised in that the electrically controlled functional system comprises: the information output module is in communication connection with the control module; the control module is further configured to control the information output module to perform a combination of one or more specified output behaviors, where the specified output behaviors include at least any one of: illuminating; audio playing; and displaying the image.

12. A cover device communication system, comprising:

a plurality of outdoor covering units according to any of claims 1 to 11, performing a specified action based on a respective received control signal;

and the control terminal is in communication connection with at least one outdoor covering device and is used for sending at least one control command so as to enable the outdoor covering devices to work independently or cooperate with each other.

13. The covering device communication system of claim 12, wherein the plurality of outdoor covering devices are communicatively coupled to one another to form an ad hoc network; and/or the control end is communicatively connected to each of the outdoor covering units.

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