JP2007304787A - Remote control system, control method and control program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique that dispenses with multiple emailing in controlling a plurality of home electric appliances. <P>SOLUTION: A remote control system connects a plurality of home electric appliances 102 (102a to 102c) configured to receive setting information and operate according to the received setting information which are provided with information labels 103 (103a to 103c) representing setting items to be set by the setting information, to an information terminal 101, and connects a portable terminal 100 having an input means and an output means, to the information terminal 101. The portable terminal reads the setting information from each information label 103 to output the setting items of the home electric appliance read, to the output means, and sends setting information to the output setting items of the home electric appliance which is input from the input means, to the information terminal. The information terminal receives the sent setting information about the home electric appliance, and sends the received setting information to the home electric appliance. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to remote operation of home appliances and the like.

  Home appliances such as VCRs, TVs, air conditioners, bath water heaters, etc. come with remote control devices (hereinafter referred to as remote control devices) that use infrared rays and radio waves, enabling remote control of home appliances from a remote location. ing. These home appliances have a reservation operation function, and can record / record a broadcast program, adjust the room temperature, etc. at the reservation time.

  With the spread of the Internet, not only PCs (Personal Computers) and mobile phones, but also home appliances such as video decks, televisions, air conditioners, bath water heaters, etc., have a function of transmitting and receiving information such as e-mails. is there. A home appliance having such an information transmission / reception function can also perform a remote operation such as a reservation operation of the home appliance via a communication network such as the Internet. Such a technique is described in Patent Document 1.

JP 2002-344644 A

  The technique described in Patent Document 1 is to create and send an e-mail for remotely controlling home appliance control with a portable terminal. There is a rule in the description content of the e-mail for this control, and when the device to be controlled is remotely operated by the technique described in Patent Document 1, the user needs to remember the rule. Therefore, if you do not remember the rule, in order to confirm the rule, confirm the rule by sending an e-mail to confirm the information to an information terminal or the like that stores the rule in the storage device. There is a need. As described above, it is assumed that the electronic mail is transmitted and received a plurality of times before the device to be controlled is remotely operated.

  Also, when there are multiple home appliances that can be remotely controlled by e-mail in the user's house, for example, adjusting the room temperature with an air conditioner according to the user's return time, operating the bath water heater, etc. A case where the home appliances are controlled simultaneously is considered. In this case, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to transmit an e-mail created to each of a plurality of home appliances.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique that does not need to send an e-mail a plurality of times in a system that controls home appliances by e-mail.

  The present invention has been made in order to achieve the above object, and is a plurality of control target devices that operate according to the received setting information when receiving the setting information and includes setting items to be set by the setting information A remote operation system in which a control target device in which an information label indicating each is connected and an information terminal are connected, and a portable terminal having input means and output means is connected to the information terminal, The portable terminal receives from the information labels the information label reading means for reading the setting items, the setting means output means for outputting the setting items of the controlled devices read to the output means, and the input means for input. Setting information transmitting means for transmitting the setting information for the setting item for each control target device to the information terminal, and the information terminal transmits the information from the portable terminal. A setting information receiving means for receiving setting information for each of the control target device, which is, to each of the control target device, and having a transmission means for transmitting the setting information thus received.

  According to the technology of the present invention, it is not necessary to send an e-mail a plurality of times even when the user does not remember the rules for remote operation or when remotely controlling a plurality of home appliances. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the time and communication cost for operating with a plurality of electronic mails.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a remote control system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The remote operation system according to the present embodiment is an example in which a control target device is applied to a system for remotely operating a mobile information terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). Here, the control target device is described as being a home device such as a recording device such as a video deck, an air conditioner, or a bath water heater, but is not limited thereto and has a communication function. Any device that can operate according to the received setting information may be used.

  In FIG. 1, the remote operation system of this embodiment includes a portable terminal 100, an information terminal 101, a home appliance 102, an information label 103, and the like. The mobile terminal 100 and the information terminal 101 are connected via a radio base station 104 and a communication network 105.

  The mobile terminal 100 is, for example, a mobile phone or a PDA. The portable terminal 100 reads information indicated by an information label 103 described later, and transmits an email instructing an operation to each home appliance 102 from the read information.

  The information terminal 101 transmits an e-mail including setting information for remotely operating the home appliance 102 in accordance with the e-mail from the portable terminal 100.

  The home appliance 102 is a device having a communication function and capable of operating according to received setting information. Hereinafter, when the home appliances 102 are specifically distinguished and described, for example, the home appliances 102 will be described with reference numerals such as “home appliance 102a”.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the home appliance 102a is a recording device such as a video deck or a HDD (Hard Disk Drive) recorder. The home appliance 102b is an air conditioner. The home appliance 102c is a bath water heater. Each home appliance 102 operates according to the setting information transmitted from the information terminal 101. In addition, the household appliances 102 which operate | move according to such setting information are the same as a prior art.

  Each home appliance 102 is provided with an information label 103. Each information label 103 indicates information necessary for remotely operating the home appliance 102 in which the information label 103 is installed. Specifically, the information label 103 is obtained by attaching an information recording medium such as a printed label such as a barcode or a two-dimensional barcode, or an IC chip such as an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag. When the information label 103 is a printed label such as a barcode or a two-dimensional barcode, information necessary for remotely operating the home appliance 102 is indicated by the barcode, the two-dimensional barcode, or the like. When the information label 103 is an information recording medium such as an RFID tag, information necessary for remotely operating the home appliance 102 is stored in the information recording medium unit (not shown). Details of information necessary for remotely operating the home appliance 102 will be described later.

  In the following description, when the information labels 103 are particularly distinguished and described, for example, a description is given using a symbol such as “information label 103a”.

  The radio base station 104 connects the mobile terminal 100 and the communication network 105. The communication network 105 is, for example, a general public line, a broadband line, the Internet, or the like.

  In the system of the present embodiment, the type of home appliance 102 that is a device to be controlled is not limited to that shown in FIG. 1. For example, lighting, a rice cooker, a microwave oven, a kettle with a water heater function, etc. It can be applied to various types of equipment. Further, the number of household electrical appliances 102 that are control target devices is not limited to that shown in FIG. 1 and may be arbitrary.

  Further, the number of mobile terminals 100 is not limited to that shown in FIG. 1 and may be arbitrary. Similarly, the number of information terminals 101 may be arbitrary. When there are a plurality of information terminals 101, the functions of the information terminals 101 described later may be distributed among the information terminals 101.

  In the system of this embodiment, the home appliance 102 that is the control target device itself is the same as the conventional technology, and an information label 103 is installed in each home appliance 102, and the information label 103 is displayed on the mobile terminal 100. This is different from the prior art in that information is read according to the read information, setting information is input and transmitted to the information terminal, and the information terminal 101 transmits an e-mail including the setting information to each home appliance 102.

  Next, details of each device constituting the system will be described.

  First, a configuration example of the mobile terminal 100 will be described with reference to FIG.

  2, the mobile terminal 100 includes a secondary storage unit 210, a calculation unit 220, a memory 230, a wireless communication unit 240, an input device 250, an output device 260, a reading device 270, and the like.

  The reading device 270 can read information in the recording unit of the information recording medium such as a barcode or two-dimensional barcode of the information label 103 such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera, a barcode reading device, or a reader. It is a thing.

  The secondary storage unit 210 stores a control information table 211, a standard setting table 212, and the like. These tables are created from device information read by the reading device 270, device setting format information, and the like, and information input from the user in an operation example to be described later. Details of these tables will be described later.

  The calculation unit 220 is a calculation device such as an MPU (Micro Processing Unit). The calculation unit 220 executes a program (not shown) to realize a processing reception unit 221, a reading control unit 222, a registration unit 223, a setting reception unit 224, a transmission unit 225, and the like. The process reception unit 221 receives a process instruction from the user. The reading control unit 222 controls the reading device 270 and reads information on the information label 103. The registration unit 223 receives registration of information related to the home appliance 102 and stores it in the control information table 211 and the standard setting table 212. The setting reception unit 224 receives setting information for controlling the home appliance 102. The transmission unit 225 transmits an e-mail including setting information for controlling the home appliance 102 to the information terminal 101. The input device 250 is, for example, a plurality of buttons. The output device 260 is, for example, a liquid crystal monitor or a speaker.

  Next, configuration examples of the home appliance 102 and the information label 103 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, the home appliance 102 will be described. In addition to functions as the home appliance 102 such as a recording function, a heating / cooling / dehumidifying function, and a water heater function, the home appliance 102 has a function of receiving an e-mail including setting information and operating according to the setting information. FIG. 3 shows a configuration example for realizing this function.

  In FIG. 3, the home appliance 102 includes a storage unit 310, a calculation unit 320, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) control unit 330, and the like.

  The storage unit 310 stores an operation setting table 311. The operation setting table 311 stores, for example, setting information on currently performed operations, setting information on reserved operations, and the like. Specifically, the operation setting table 311 includes, for example, recording, hot water supply start, heating ON, cooling ON, and the like, operations performed, date and time of starting and ending the operation, parameters such as channel and temperature for performing the operation, and the like. Are stored in association with each other. Since such an operation setting table 311 is the same as that of a conventional home electric appliance, details are omitted.

  The calculation unit 320 is a calculation device such as an MPU. The calculation unit 320 implements a state notification unit 321 and a control unit 322 by executing a program (not shown). The status notification unit 321 transmits its own status information in response to a request from the information terminal 101. This state information is, for example, a state of waiting until an instruction is received, a state where some kind of operation reservation is set, a state where some kind of operation is being performed, and the like. The control unit 322 stores the received setting information and the like in the operation setting table 311 and further controls the operation according to the information set by the operation setting table 311.

  The USB control unit 330 controls input / output of information via a USB port (not shown). A communication device (not shown) for communicating with the information terminal 101 is connected to the USB port.

  Next, the information label 103 will be described. Each home appliance 102 is provided with an information label 103. As described above, these information labels 103 are, for example, printed labels such as barcodes and two-dimensional barcodes, information recording media, and the like, as long as they can hold information described later. There is no particular limitation.

  Each of the information labels 103 holds device setting format information 341, device information 342, and the like. The device setting format information 341 is a setting item necessary for remotely operating the home appliance 102. The device information 342 is information for connecting to the home appliance 102. Details of the device setting format information 341 and the device information 342 will be described later.

  Each information label 103 has information such as device setting format information 341 and device information 342 in advance. Information such as the device setting format information 341 and the device information 342 may be printed or stored on the information label 103 at the time of sale, for example, and the information terminal 101 or the like may be a printer or a reader / writer (both not shown). ) Or the like, information such as device setting format information 341 and device information 342 may be printed or stored.

  Next, a configuration example of the information terminal 101 will be described with reference to FIG.

  4, the information terminal 101 includes a secondary storage unit 410, a calculation unit 420, a memory 430, a communication unit 440, an input device 450, an output device 460, a USB control unit 470, and the like.

  The secondary storage unit 410 stores a portable terminal information table 411, a state table 412 and the like. The mobile terminal information table 411 stores setting information included in the e-mail transmitted from each mobile terminal 100. The state table 412 stores state information of each home appliance 102. Details of the portable terminal information table 411 and the state table 412 will be described later.

  The calculation unit 420 is, for example, a CPU, and implements a state acquisition unit 421, a setting reception unit 422, a duplication determination unit 423, a setting unit 424, a resetting unit 425, and the like by executing a program (not shown). The state acquisition unit 421 acquires state information of each home appliance 102. The setting receiving unit 422 receives an e-mail including setting information from the mobile terminal 100. The duplication determination unit 423 determines whether a setting that overlaps the setting information included in the received e-mail has already been set in the home appliance 102. The setting unit 424 transmits setting information extracted from the received e-mail to the home appliance 102. The resetting unit 425 retransmits the setting information extracted from the received e-mail.

  The information terminal 101 is connected to the communication network 105 via the communication unit 440. The input device 450 is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, or the like. The output device 460 is, for example, a display. The USB control unit 470 controls input / output of information via a USB port (not shown). A communication device (not shown) for communicating with the home appliance 102 or the like is connected to the USB port.

  Next, an example of information stored in each device described above will be described.

  First, information held by the information label 103 will be described.

  An example of the device setting format information 341 is shown in FIG. Note that the device setting format information 341 shown as an example in FIG. 5 is an example when the home appliance 102 is an air conditioner.

  In FIG. 5, the device setting format information 341 includes a date 501, a start time 502, an operation duration 503, an operation content 504, a setting parameter 505, and the like as setting items for an air conditioner that is the home electric appliance 102 to be controlled. In the case of the example in FIG. 5, since the home electric appliance 102 to be controlled is an air conditioner, the operation content 504 indicates that “heating”, “cooling”, or “dehumidification” can be set. The setting parameter 505 indicates that the set temperature for “heating” or “cooling” and the humidity for “dehumidification” are set.

  An example of the device information 342 is shown in FIG. Note that the device information 342 illustrated in FIG. 6 is an example in the case where the home appliance 102 is an air conditioner.

  In FIG. 6, the device information 342 includes a device name 601, a manufacturing number (number) 602, connection information 603, and the like. The device name 601 is the name of the home appliance 102. Manufacturing No. 602 is a manufacturing number of the home appliance 102. The connection information 603 is information for connecting to the corresponding device name 601 and the home appliance 102 having the manufacturing number 602. For example, the MAC (Media) of the communication device included in the home appliance 102 in which the information label 103 is installed. Access Control) address.

  Next, information that the mobile terminal 100 has will be described.

  First, an example of the control information table 211 will be described with reference to FIG.

  7, the control information table 211 includes a device name 701, a manufacturing number 702, connection information 703, a keyword 704, a group 705, a month and day 706, an operation time 707, an operation content 708, a setting parameter 709, and the like. The device name 701, production number 702, connection information 703, keyword 704, group 705, date 706, operation time 707, operation content 708, setting parameter 709, and the like are associated with each other.

  The device name 701 is the name of the home appliance 102 to be operated. Manufacturing No. 702 is a manufacturing number of the home appliance 102. The connection information 703 is information for connecting to the corresponding home appliance 102 having the device name 701 and manufacturing No. 702, and is, for example, a MAC address. The keyword 704 is an arbitrary character string for identifying the home appliance 102 having the same device name 701. A group 705 is a name for collectively operating one or more home appliances 102 including the corresponding device name 701 and the home appliance 102 of the manufacturing No. 702. That is, when a user designates a group according to an operation example described later, the user collectively sets the operation of each home appliance 102 associated with the group 705 that matches the group, and instructs control by one e-mail. Is possible. The month and day 706 is a month and day for controlling the corresponding device name 701 and the home appliance 102 having the manufacturing number 702 using the standard setting information. The operation time 707 is a time during which the home appliance 102 having the corresponding device name 701 and manufacturing No. 702 operates. The operation content 708 is an operation performed by the corresponding home appliance 102 having the device name 701 and the manufacturing number 702. The setting parameter 709 is a value for setting details of the operation performed by the home appliance 102 of the corresponding device name 701 and manufacturing No. 702.

  In the control information table 211, the device name 701, manufacturing number 702, connection information 703, operation content 708, setting parameter 709, and the like are information read from the above-described device setting format information 341, device information 342, and the like. In the control information table 211, a keyword 704, a group 705, a date 706, and the like are information added by a user according to an operation example described later.

  Next, an example of the standard setting table 212 will be described with reference to FIG. Note that FIG. 8 illustrates an example in which the home appliance 102 to be controlled is an air conditioner. The standard setting table 212 stores standard setting information of each home appliance 102 set in the control information table 211 described above.

  8, the standard setting table 212 includes a device name 801, a manufacturing number, and the like. 802, connection information 803, keyword 804, group 805, operation time 806, operation content 807, setting parameter 808, and the like. Device name 801, production no. 802, connection information 803, keyword 804, group 805, operation time 806, operation content 807, setting parameter 808, and the like are associated with each other.

  The device name 801 is the name of the home appliance 102 to be operated. Production No. Reference numeral 802 denotes a serial number of the home appliance 102. The connection information 803 includes a corresponding device name 801 and manufacturing number. This is information for connecting to the home appliance 102 of 802, such as a MAC address. The keyword 804 is an arbitrary character string for identifying the home appliance 102 having the same device name 801. A group 805 includes a corresponding device name 801 and manufacturing number. This is a name for collectively operating one or more home appliances 102 including the home appliances 802. The operation time 806 is a time during which the home appliance 102 with the corresponding device name 801 operates. The operation content 807 is an operation performed by the household electric appliance 102 having the corresponding device name 801. The setting parameter 808 is a value for setting details of an operation performed by the home appliance 102 having the corresponding device name 801.

  In the standard setting table 212, the device name 801, manufacturing number 802, connection information 803, and the like are information read from the device setting format information 341, the device information 342, and the like as described above. Further, in the standard setting table 212, a keyword 804, a group 805, an operation content 806, a setting parameter 808, and the like are obtained by adding information registered by a user according to an operation example described later.

  Here, it is assumed that a standard setting table 212 is created for each home electric appliance 102 to be controlled. Therefore, in the example of FIG. 8, only an example in which the home appliance 102 to be controlled is an air conditioner is shown, but it is assumed that the standard setting table 212 can be created for the number of home appliances 102 to be controlled.

  Next, information that the information terminal 101 has will be described.

  First, an example of the portable terminal information table 411 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 9, the mobile terminal information table 411 includes mobile terminal connection information 901, device name 902, manufacturing number 903, connection information 904, status 905, date 906, operation time 907, operation content 908, setting parameter 909, and the like. Mobile terminal connection information 901, device name 902, manufacturing No. 903, connection information 904, state 905, date 906, operation time 907, operation content 908, setting parameter 909, and the like are associated with each other.

  The mobile terminal connection information 901 is information for identifying each of the mobile terminals 100, and is, for example, a mobile terminal number, an e-mail address, or the like. Here, it is assumed that the mobile terminal connection information 901 is the mobile terminal number of the mobile terminal 100. Device name 902, production no. Reference numeral 903 and connection information 904 are the device name, serial number, and connection information of the home appliance 102 that is instructed to operate by the user using the mobile terminal 100 of the corresponding mobile terminal connection information 901. The status 905 includes a corresponding device name 902, production number. 903 and the connection information 904 indicate what state the home appliance 102 is in. In the example of FIG. 9, the state 905 “-” indicates a state in which nothing is set. A state 905 “reserved” indicates that the system has already been set by the system of the present embodiment. A state 905 “waiting state” indicates that although the setting by the system of the present embodiment has been accepted, the setting cannot be performed due to the state of the home appliance 102, and the setting is performed again after a predetermined time. The date 906, the operation time 907, and the operation content 908 are the corresponding device name 902, manufacturing number, and the like designated by the user using the mobile terminal 100 of the corresponding mobile terminal connection information 901. 903 is information that defines the operation of the home appliance 102 in the connection information 904.

  The information in the mobile terminal information table 411 is stored every time an e-mail including setting information is received from the mobile terminal 100. An example of this operation will be described later.

  Next, an example of the state table 412 will be described with reference to FIG. The state table 412 shows the state of each controllable home appliance 102.

  In FIG. 10, the status table 412 includes a device name 1001 and a production number. 1002, connection information 1003, operation state 1004, and the like. Device name 1001, Production No. 1002, connection information 1003, operation state 1004, and the like are associated with each other.

  Device name 1001, Production No. 1002 and connection information 1003 are the device name, serial number, connection information, and the like of the controllable home appliance 102. The operation state 1004 includes a corresponding device name 1001, manufacturing No. 1002 shows the current state of the home appliance 102 with connection information 1003. In the example of FIG. 10, it is assumed that the state of the home appliance 102 includes “standby”, “in operation”, “reservation setting”, “no response”, and the like. The operating state 1004 “standby” indicates that nothing is done. The operation state 1004 “operating” indicates that some operation is currently being performed. The operation state 1004 “reservation setting” indicates that some operation is reserved. The operation state 1004 “no response” indicates that communication with the home appliance 102 is impossible due to a failure or the like.

  Note that the information in the state table 412 is updated every time the information terminal 101 acquires state information from each home appliance 102.

  Next, an operation example will be described.

  First, an outline of the system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to a sequence shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 11, the user reads the information label 103 installed in each home appliance 102 using the mobile terminal 100 (S1101). The user inputs keywords, groups, standard setting information, and the like of each home appliance 102, and the portable terminal 100 stores the read information, the input information, and the like in the control information table 211 and the standard setting table 212 ( S1102).

  When the user wants to operate the home appliance 102, the mobile terminal 100 is used to transmit an e-mail including setting information for operating the home appliance 102 to the information terminal 101 (S1103).

  The information terminal 101 refers to the portable terminal information table 411 and determines whether there is a setting that cannot be set simultaneously with the setting information extracted from the received e-mail (S1104). As a result of the determination in S1104, if there is a setting that prevents simultaneous setting, the information terminal 101 transmits information notifying that the instructed setting is impossible to the portable terminal 100 (S1105). As a result of the determination in S1104, if there is no setting that prohibits simultaneous setting, the information terminal 101 transmits an e-mail including setting information extracted from the received e-mail to each home appliance 102 (S1106, S1107).

  Each home appliance 102 that has received an e-mail including setting information performs setting based on the information, and transmits information notifying completion of setting to the information terminal 101 (S1108, S1109). The information terminal 101 that has received the information notifying the completion of setting transmits the information notifying the completion of setting to the portable terminal 100 (S1110).

  Next, the operation of each device alone will be described in detail.

  First, an operation example of the mobile terminal 100 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The user uses the input device 250 of the mobile terminal 100 to instruct execution of the control program. The portable terminal 100 starts a flow illustrated in FIG. 12 by using this instruction as a trigger.

  In FIG. 12, the process accepting unit 221 of the mobile terminal 100 accepts an instruction of a process to be executed from the user (S1201). Therefore, the process reception unit 221 displays a screen for receiving a process instruction on the output device 260 of the mobile terminal 100. An example of this screen is shown in FIG. In FIG. 14, a screen 1401 is an example of a screen for receiving a processing instruction. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that there are “home appliance control setting”, “home appliance information reading”, and “end” as the processes received in step S1201. The user selects one of the processes displayed on the screen 1401 using the input device 250 and instructs the process to be executed.

  In FIG. 12, the process accepting unit 221 determines whether or not the process accepted in S1201 is “read home appliance information” (S1202).

  If the received process is “read home appliance information” as a result of the determination in S1202, the reading control unit 222 controls the reading unit 270 to read information on the information label 103 (S1203).

  On the other hand, when the user selects “Read Home Appliance Information” in the above processing instruction, the user holds the portable terminal 100 over the information label 103 installed in the home appliance 102. The reading control unit 222 of the portable terminal 100 reads the device setting format information 341 and the device information 342 from the information label 103 by controlling the reading unit 270 or the like. The operation itself of reading information such as device setting format information 341 and device information 342 from the information label 103 is the same as that of the prior art.

  The registration unit 223 of the mobile terminal 100 determines whether the same information read in S1203 is already registered in the secondary storage unit 210 (S1204). Specifically, for example, the registration unit 223 refers to each row of the control information table 211 in the secondary storage unit 210, and matches the device name 601, production number 602, and connection information 603 of the device information 342. It is determined whether 701, manufacturing No. 702, and connection information 703 are stored.

  If the matching information is registered as a result of the determination in S1204, the registration unit 223 outputs information notifying that it has already been registered to the output device 260 (S1205), and the process ends. Here, the registration unit 223 may display, on the output device 260, a screen for accepting whether or not to change the registration contents, as well as having already been registered. In this case, the user uses the input device 250 to instruct whether to change the registered content. If the received instruction does not change the registered content, the registration unit 223 terminates the process in the same manner as described above. If the received instruction changes the registered content, the registration unit 223 performs the processing from S1207 onward. May be.

  If no matching information is registered as a result of the determination in S1204, the registration unit 223 stores the information read in S1203 in the control information table 211 and the standard setting table 212 (S1206). Specifically, the device name 601 of the read device information 342, the production number 602, the connection information 603, the operation content 504 of the read device setting format information 341, and the setting parameter 505 are stored in the device name of the control information table 211. 701, production number 702, connection information 703, operation content 708, and setting parameter 709. Also, the registration unit 223 newly creates the standard setting table 212 and reads the device name 601, manufacturing No. 602, and connection information 603 of the read device information 342, and the device name 801 and manufacturing No. 802 of the standard setting table 212. And stored in the connection information 803.

  Next, the registration unit 223 accepts registration of keywords and groups of the home appliance 102 on which the information label 103 read in S1203 is installed (S1207). For this purpose, the registration unit 223 causes the output device 260 to display a screen for receiving input of keywords and groups. The user inputs a keyword and a group using the input device 250 of the mobile terminal 100 and instructs registration.

  The registration unit 223 determines whether the same keyword as the input keyword is already registered in the household appliance 102 of the same type as the household appliance 102 on which the information label 103 read in S1203 is installed (S1208). . Therefore, the registration unit 223 refers to each row of the control information table 211, searches for the device name 701 that matches the device name 601 of the device information 342 read in S1203, and if there is a corresponding device name 701. It is determined whether or not the keyword 704 corresponding to the above matches the keyword accepted in S1207.

  If the same keyword is registered as a result of the determination in S1208, the registration unit 223 causes the output device 260 to display information notifying that a duplicate keyword has already been registered (S1209), and again, The processes after S1207 are performed.

  If the same keyword is not already registered as a result of the determination in S1208, the registration unit 223 stores the keyword and group received in S1207 in the control information table 211 and the standard setting table 212 (S1210). Specifically, for example, the registration unit 223 receives in S1208 the keyword 704 and the group 705 corresponding to the device name 701, manufacturing No. 702, connection information 703, and the like of the control information table 211 registered in S1206 described above. Stores keywords and groups. Similarly, the registration unit 223 adds the keyword and group received in S1208 to the keyword 804 and group 805 corresponding to the device name 801, manufacturing number 802, connection information 803, and the like of the standard setting table 212 registered in S1206 described above. Store.

  After the process of S1210, the registration unit 223 outputs a screen notifying the completion of registration to the output device 260 (S1211). An example of the screen output here is shown in FIG. In FIG. 15, a screen 1501 is an example when the keyword “my room” and the group “return home” are registered in the home appliance 102 “air conditioner”. When the user inputs information indicating that the registered content has been confirmed using the input device 250, the registration unit 223 returns to the processing of S1201 described above, and displays a screen 1401 as an example in FIG. For example, it is displayed on the device 260.

  Thus, by setting a keyword for each device, it becomes easy to identify a plurality of devices of the same model. For example, when there are a plurality of controllable air conditioners, it is not easy to identify these air conditioners only by connection information such as a MAC address. In order to easily identify a plurality of devices of the same model, it may be possible to create a device table. However, it is very troublesome to refer to this device table one by one. However, as described above, when information is acquired from a device, adding a unique keyword to the information makes it very easy to grasp the control device.

  If the received process is not “read home appliance information” as a result of the determination in S1202, the process receiving unit 221 determines whether the process received in S1201 is “home appliance control setting” (S1212).

  If the received process is not “home appliance control setting” as a result of the determination in S1212, the process receiving unit 221 determines whether or not the process received in the process of S1201 is “end” (S1213).

  As a result of the determination in S1213, when the received process is “end”, the process receiving unit 221 ends the process.

  As a result of the determination in S1213, if the received process is not “end”, the process receiving unit 221 determines that there is an error (S1214), and ends the process.

  As a result of the determination in S <b> 1212, when the received process is “home appliance control setting”, the setting reception unit 224 performs the home appliance control setting process. An example of this operation will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 13, the setting reception unit 224 receives an instruction as to whether to perform setting for the home appliance 102 alone or to perform setting for a group (S1301). For this purpose, the setting reception unit 224 causes the output device 260 to display a screen for selecting setting for the home appliance 102 alone or setting for the group. The user uses the input device 250 of the mobile terminal 100 to select a setting for the home appliance 102 alone or a setting for a group.

  In FIG. 13, the setting reception unit 224 determines whether or not a setting for the home appliance 102 alone has been received in S <b> 1301 (S <b> 1302).

  As a result of the determination in S1302, if the setting for the home electric appliance 102 alone is received in S1301, the setting receiving unit 224 receives the designation of the electric home appliance 102 to be set (S1303). For this purpose, the setting reception unit 224 reads out information on the home electric appliance 102 registered as controllable from the control information table 211 and outputs the read information to the output device 260. An example of the screen displayed here is shown in FIG. In FIG. 16, the home appliance 102 displayed on the screen 1601 is an example when the setting reception unit 224 reads and displays the device name 701, the keyword 704, and the group 705 corresponding to each other from the control information table 211.

  On the other hand, as a result of the determination in S1302, if the setting for the home appliance 102 alone has not been received, the setting reception unit 224 determines whether an instruction in the group has been received in S1301 (S1304).

  If the group setting is not received as a result of the determination in S1304, the setting receiving unit 224 determines that there is an error (S1305), and ends the process.

  If the result of determination in S1304 is that group settings have been accepted, the setting accepting unit 224 accepts designation of a group to be set (S1306). For this purpose, the setting reception unit 224 reads a different one of the groups 705 in the control information table 211 and causes the output device 260 to display the read group 705. The user selects one of the groups using the input device 250 of the mobile terminal 100 and instructs setting.

  After the process of S1306, the setting reception unit 224 performs the same process as the above-described S1303, and receives the designation of the home appliance 102 to be set. Here, since the home appliances 102 belonging to the selected group are set, the setting reception unit 224 receives an instruction from the home appliances 102 belonging to the group selected in S1306. Therefore, the setting reception unit 224 reads the device name 701, the keyword 704, and the like associated with the group 705 that matches the group selected in S1306 from the control information table 211, and the read device name 701, the keyword 704, and the like. Is displayed on the output device 260. The screen example at this time is the same as that in FIG. 16 described above except that only those belonging to the same group are output, and the description is omitted.

  The setting reception unit 224 determines whether or not the information regarding the home appliance 102 received in S1303 is stored in the control information table 211 or the like (S1307). For this purpose, for example, the setting reception unit 224 refers to the control information table 211, and stores the device name 701, the keyword 704, the connection information 703 corresponding to the group 705, and the operation content 704 of the home appliance 102 selected by the user. It is determined whether it is stored. As a result of this determination, when both the connection information 703 and the operation content 704 are not stored, the setting reception unit 224 indicates that the information regarding the home appliance 102 instructed in S1303 is not stored in the control information table 211. judge.

  As a result of the determination in S1307, if the information related to the home appliance 102 is not stored, the setting reception unit 224 displays information that notifies the output device 260 that the information related to the specified home appliance 102 is not registered. (S1308), and the processes after S1203 are performed again.

  As a result of the determination in S1307, if information related to the home appliance 102 is stored, the setting reception unit 224 determines whether or not standard setting information is set for the home appliance 102 selected in S1303 (S1309). For this purpose, the setting receiving unit 224 reads the standard setting table 212 having the device name 801 and the keyword 804 that match the device name, keyword, and keyword of the home appliance 102 received in step S1303 from the secondary storage unit 210. It is determined whether or not values such as operation time 806, operation content 807, and setting parameter 809 are stored in the table 212. As a result of this determination, when values such as the operation time 806, operation content 807, and setting parameter 809 are stored, the setting reception unit 224 determines that the standard setting information is set in the home appliance 102.

  If the standard setting information is set as a result of the determination in S1309, the setting receiving unit 224 outputs the standard setting information to the output device 260 (S1310). For this purpose, for example, the setting reception unit 224 reads the device name 801, the keyword 804, the operation time 806, the operation content 807, the setting parameter 809, and the like in the standard setting table 212 read out by the above-described processing, and outputs them to a liquid crystal monitor or the like. Output to the device 260. Here, the setting reception unit 224 may display a button or the like for instructing whether or not to perform setting using the displayed standard setting information on the same screen.

  When the user confirms the standard setting information, the user uses the input device 250 of the portable terminal 100 to instruct whether to set using the displayed standard setting information.

  The setting reception unit 224 determines whether information indicating that setting is performed using the displayed standard setting information has been received (S1311).

  As a result of the determination in S1311, when the information indicating that setting is performed using the standard setting information is received, the setting receiving unit 224 updates the control information table 211 (S1312). Specifically, for example, the setting reception unit 224 receives an internal clock (not shown) or the like from the control information table 211 on the date 706 corresponding to the device name 701, the keyword 704, and the like of the home appliance 102 received in S1303. Overwrite the acquired current date.

  On the other hand, if the standard setting information is not set as a result of the determination in S1309 described above, or if the information indicating that setting is performed without using the standard setting information is received as a result of the determination in S1311 described above, the setting reception is accepted. The unit 224 receives the setting information used for the current setting (S1313). For this purpose, the processing unit 211 displays a screen illustrated in FIG. 17 on a liquid crystal monitor of the output device 260 or the like. In FIG. 17, for example, the screen 1701 is displayed by the setting reception unit 224 from the control information table 211, the operation name 701, the operation content 708, the setting parameter 709 corresponding to the device name 701 and the keyword 704 of the home appliance 102 received in S 1303. Is displayed together with the month in which the set operation is performed. In the screen 1701, buttons 1711 and 1712 are buttons for instructing whether the setting information instructed on this screen is used only for the current setting or is registered as standard setting information.

  The user uses the input device 250 of the mobile terminal 100 to input the date and time for performing the operation to be set, the operation time, the operation content, the setting parameter, and the like, and presses the button 1711 or the button 1712 to instruct the setting.

  The setting reception unit 224 determines whether the setting information instructed in S1313 is to be registered as standard setting information (S1314). Specifically, for example, when the button 1712 is pressed on the above-described screen 1701, the setting reception unit 224 determines that the setting information set in S1313 is to be registered as standard setting information. In addition, when the button 1711 is pressed on the above-described screen 1701, the setting reception unit 224 determines that the setting information set in S1313 is not registered as standard setting information.

  As a result of the determination in S1314, if the information is not registered as the standard setting information, the setting reception unit 224 performs the processing after S1316 described later.

  As a result of the determination in S1314, if the information is registered as standard setting information, the setting reception unit 224 registers the setting information received in S1313 in the standard setting table 212 (S1315). Specifically, for example, the setting reception unit 224 stores the setting information received in S1313 in the operation time 806, operation content 807, setting parameter 808, and the like of the standard setting table 212 read out by the above-described processing.

  Next, the setting reception unit 224 determines whether or not to make other settings for the home appliance 102 (S1316). In this determination, for example, the setting reception unit 224 displays a screen for receiving an instruction as to whether or not to set other setting information of the home appliance 102 on the output device 260. Judgment is made according to the contents instructed by using.

  As a result of the determination in S1316, when setting the other home appliance 102, the setting reception unit 224 performs the processes from S1303 onward again.

  As a result of the determination in S1316, when other home appliances 102 are not set, the process accepting unit 221 creates an e-mail for setting the operation of the home appliance 102 (S1317) and transmits it to the information terminal 101 ( S1318). Here, an example of the e-mail transmitted to the information terminal 101 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 18, a message 1801 includes a transmission destination address 1811, a transmission source address 1812, a portable terminal number 1813, control data 1814, and the like. The transmission destination address 1811 is the address of the information terminal 101. The transmission source address 1812 is an address of the mobile terminal 100. The mobile terminal number 1813 is a telephone number of the mobile terminal 100. The control data 1814 is information for controlling each home appliance 102. Here, the process reception unit 221 includes, as the control data 1814, the device name, manufacturing number, connection information, and the date, operation time, operation content, setting parameter, and the like received in the above process as the home appliance 102. Include configuration information.

  Next, an operation example of the information terminal 101 alone will be described.

  When the information terminal 101 is turned on, etc., the information terminal 101 acquires the status information of the home appliance 102 at every predetermined time and monitors the reception of an e-mail from the portable terminal 100.

  Here, an operation example for acquiring the state information of the home appliance 102 will be briefly described. The state acquisition unit 421 of the information terminal 101 requests transmission of the state information by polling each home appliance 102 every predetermined time or the like. When the status notification unit 321 of the home appliance 102 receives the request, it transmits status information indicating its own status read from the operation setting table 310. The state acquisition unit 421 of the information terminal 101 stores state information for each home appliance 102 in the state table 412.

  Next, an operation example in which the information terminal 101 transmits setting information or the like to the home appliance will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 19 and 20.

  First, an operation example of the information terminal 101 when an e-mail is transmitted from the mobile terminal 100 by the above-described operation will be described with reference to FIG. The operation illustrated in FIG. 19 is triggered by reception of an email transmitted from the portable terminal 100 for setting the operation of the home appliance 102.

  In FIG. 19, when the setting reception unit 422 receives an electronic mail from the mobile terminal 100 (S1901), the duplication determination unit 423 determines whether there is any duplication with the setting information included in the received electronic mail. (S1902). Therefore, the duplication determination unit 423 extracts, for example, a device name, a manufacturing number, connection information, a date, an operation time, an operation content, a setting parameter, and the like from the control data 1814 included in the received message 1801. With reference to each row of the terminal information table 411, the extracted information and the combination of the corresponding device name 902, manufacturing No. 903, connection information 904, date 906, operation time 907, operation content 908, setting parameter 909, etc. It is determined whether there are duplicates.

  If there is no duplicate as a result of the determination in S1902, the overlap determination unit 423 stores information included in the received electronic mail in the mobile terminal information table 411 (S1903). Specifically, for example, the duplication determination unit 423 stores the mobile terminal number 1813 of the received message 1801 in the mobile terminal connection information 901 of the mobile terminal information table 411, and further corresponds to the mobile terminal connection information 901. Device name 902, production number 903, connection information 904, date 905, operation time 907, operation content 908, setting parameter 909, device name extracted from control data 1814 in received message 1801, production number, connection Information, date, operation time, operation details, setting parameters, etc. are stored. Further, the duplication determination unit 423 further stores “-” in the state 905 corresponding to the mobile terminal connection information 901.

  Next, the setting unit 424 selects one of the home appliances 102 in which the setting information is instructed by the received e-mail (S1904). The setting unit 424 determines whether or not setting information can be set for the home appliance 102 selected in S1904 (S1905). For this purpose, for example, the setting unit 424 refers to the state table 412 and determines whether or not the operation state 1004 corresponding to the device name 1001 and the manufacturing number 1002 of the home appliance 102 selected in S1904 is “standby”. . As a result of this determination, when the operation state 1004 is “standby”, the setting unit 424 determines that setting information can be set.

  As described above, by enabling remote operation only when the operation state is “standby”, it is possible to give priority to an operation by a user or the like who can directly control the home appliance 102 by being at home. is there.

  When the setting information can be set as a result of the determination in S1905, the setting unit 424 transmits an e-mail including the setting information to the home appliance 102 selected in S1904 (S1906). An example of this electronic mail is shown in FIG. In FIG. 21, a message 2101 includes a transmission destination address 2111, a transmission source address 2112, control data 2113, and the like. The transmission destination address 2111 is connection information of the home appliance 102 selected in S1904. This connection information is, for example, included in the control data 1814 of the received message 1801. The transmission source address 2112 is the address of the information terminal 101. The control data 2113 is setting information, such as the date, start time, operation duration, operation content, setting parameters, and the like included in the control data 1814 of the received e-mail.

  Returning to FIG. 19, the setting unit 424 sets the state of the home appliance 102 selected in S1904 to “reserving” (S1907). Specifically, for example, the setting unit 424 stores “reserved” in the state 905 corresponding to the device name 902, manufacturing number 903, and the like of the home appliance 102 selected in S1904 in the mobile terminal information table 411.

  On the other hand, if the setting information cannot be set as a result of the determination in S1905, the setting unit 424 sets the state of the home appliance 102 selected in S1904 to “waiting” (S1908). Specifically, for example, the setting unit 424 stores “waiting state” in the state 905 corresponding to the device name 902, the manufacturing number 903, and the like of the home appliance 102 selected in S1904 in the mobile terminal information table 411.

  The setting unit 424 determines whether there is an unselected household appliance 102 that is instructed to set by the received e-mail (S1909).

  If there is an unselected item as a result of the determination in S1909, the setting unit 424 performs the above-described processing after S1904 again and selects one unselected item.

  If there is no unselected one as a result of the determination in S1909, the setting unit 424 creates a setting completion mail (S1910) and transmits it to the mobile terminal 100 (S1911). This setting completion mail includes the above setting result. An example of the setting completion mail is shown in FIG. In FIG. 22, a message 2201 includes a transmission destination address 2211, a portable terminal number 2212, a transmission source address 2213, result data 2214, and the like. The transmission destination address 2211 is the address of the mobile terminal 100 and is acquired from the transmission source address 1812 of the received message 1801. The mobile terminal number 2212 is the telephone number of the mobile terminal 100 and is acquired from the mobile phone number 1813 of the received message 1801. The transmission source address 2213 is the address of the information terminal 101. Result data 2214 is a setting result for each home appliance 102 instructed to set the setting information.

  On the other hand, if there is an overlap in the determination in S1902, the overlap determination unit 423 creates an e-mail notifying that the reservation is overlapping (S1912), and transmits it to the mobile terminal 100 (S1913). .

  When the control unit 322 of the home appliance 102 receives an e-mail including setting information or the like, the control unit 322 stores the setting information or the like in the operation setting table 311 and controls its own operation according to the information in the operation setting table 311. Since this operation example is the same as that of the prior art, a description thereof will be omitted.

  Next, an example of an operation performed periodically by the information terminal 101, for example, every predetermined time will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 20, the resetting unit 425 determines whether there is a waiting home appliance 102 (S2001). Therefore, the resetting unit 425 determines whether the state 905 “waiting state” is included in the mobile terminal information table 411.

  As a result of the determination in S2001, when there is no waiting state, the resetting unit 425 ends the process and starts up again after a predetermined time.

  If there is a waiting state as a result of the determination in S2001, the resetting unit 425 determines whether setting information can be set for the home appliance 102 in the “waiting state” (S2002). A specific example of this determination is the same as S1905 described above, and will be omitted.

  If the setting information cannot be set as a result of the determination in S2002, the resetting unit 425 ends the process and starts again after a predetermined time.

  If the setting information can be set as a result of the determination in S2002, the resetting unit 425 transmits an e-mail including the setting information to the waiting home appliance 102 (S2003). Since this specific operation example is the same as S1906 described above, a description thereof will be omitted.

  Next, the resetting unit 425 updates the state of the waiting home appliance 102 (S2004). Since this specific operation example is the same as S1907 described above, a description thereof will be omitted.

  Next, the resetting unit 425 creates a setting completion mail and transmits it to the mobile terminal 100 (S2005). Since this specific operation example is the same as S1910 and S1911 described above, a description thereof will be omitted.

  Even if the user does not remember the rules for remotely operating the home appliance 102 or controls a plurality of home appliances 102 by the above-described system, it is only necessary to send one e-mail to the information terminal 101. It becomes possible to perform the operation. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the operation burden on the user who remotely operates the home appliance 102 and to improve convenience.

The system configuration example of one embodiment of the present invention is shown. In the embodiment, a configuration example of a mobile terminal is shown. In the embodiment, a configuration example of a home appliance is shown. In the embodiment, a configuration example of an information terminal is shown. In the embodiment, an example of a device setting format is shown. In the embodiment, an example of device information is shown. In the embodiment, an example of a control information table is shown. In the embodiment, an example of a standard setting table is shown. In the embodiment, an example of a portable terminal information table is shown. In the embodiment, an example of a state table is shown. In the embodiment, an example of a sequence is shown. In the embodiment, an operation example of the mobile terminal is shown. In the embodiment, an operation example of the mobile terminal is shown. In the embodiment, a screen example is shown. In the embodiment, a screen example is shown. In the embodiment, a screen example is shown. In the embodiment, a screen example is shown. In the embodiment, an example message is shown. In the embodiment, an operation example of the information terminal is shown. In the embodiment, an operation example of the information terminal is shown. In the embodiment, an example message is shown. In the embodiment, an example message is shown.

Explanation of symbols

  100: mobile terminal, 102: home appliance, 103: information label, 104: wireless base station, 105: communication network, 210: secondary storage unit, 220: calculation unit, 230: memory, 240: wireless communication unit, 250: Input device, 260: output device, 270: reading device, 221: processing reception unit, 222: reading control unit, 223: registration unit, 224: setting reception unit, 225: transmission unit, 221: control information table, 222: standard Setting table, 310: storage unit, 320: calculation unit, 330: USB control unit, 311: operation setting table, 321: status notification unit, 322: control unit, 341: device setting format information, 342: device information, 410: Secondary storage unit, 420: calculation unit, 430: memory, 440: communication unit, 450: input device, 460: output device, 470: USB control unit, 21: state obtaining unit, 422: setting receiving unit, 423: duplication determination unit, 424: setting unit, 425: resetting unit, 411: mobile terminal information table, 412: state table

Claims (7)

A plurality of control target devices that operate in accordance with the received setting information upon receiving the setting information, and control target devices each having an information label indicating information including setting items to be set in the setting information; Connected to an information terminal,
A remote operation system in which a portable terminal having input means and output means and the information terminal are connected,
The mobile terminal is
Information label reading means for reading setting items from each information label,
Setting item output means for outputting the read setting item of each device to be controlled to the output means;
Setting information transmission means for transmitting setting information for setting items for each control target device input from the input means to the information terminal;
The information terminal is
Setting information receiving means for receiving setting information for each device to be controlled transmitted from the mobile terminal;
Transmitting means for transmitting the received setting information to each of the devices to be controlled. The remote control system according to claim 1,
The portable terminal is
Control information storage means for storing the setting item for each of the read control target devices and a group for collectively operating at least a part of the plurality of control target devices in association with each other;
The setting item output means outputs a setting item for each control target device associated with the same group to the output means,
The remote operation system characterized in that the setting information transmitting means transmits setting information for setting items for each control target device associated with the same group, which is input from the input means, to the information terminal. . The remote control system according to claim 1,
The portable terminal is
Receiving means for receiving a keyword input from the input means for identifying each control target device;
For each of the read control target devices, control information storage means for storing a setting item including type information of the control target device and a keyword in association with each other;
When the keyword for each control target device is received, whether the setting item and the keyword including the type information for each control target device in the control information storage unit include the same type and keyword of the received control target device If the same is included as a result of the determination, information requesting input of different keywords is output to the output means, and if the same is not included as a result of the determination, Determination means for storing the received keyword in the control information storage means,
The remote operation system, wherein the setting item output means outputs setting items and keywords for each device to be controlled to the output means. The remote control system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The information terminal
Setting information storage means for storing setting information for each control target device transmitted from the mobile terminal;
When setting information for each control target device is received from the portable terminal, whether the setting information for each control target device in the setting information storage means overlaps with the received setting information for each control target device Duplicate determination means for determining;
If the result of the determination is that there is an overlap, the remote operation system further comprises notification means for transmitting information notifying that setting is impossible to the portable terminal. The remote control system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The information terminal
Status information acquisition means for acquiring status information indicating whether or not setting information can be transmitted to each control target device;
When receiving setting information for each control target device transmitted from the portable terminal, state determination means for determining whether setting information can be transmitted to each control target device from the state information for each control target device; Have
As a result of the determination, when it is determined that the setting information cannot be transmitted, the received setting information is transmitted again to the control target device determined to be unable to transmit. When receiving the setting information, a plurality of control target devices that operate according to the received setting information, each of which is provided with a control target device having an information label indicating a setting item to be set in the setting information, an information terminal, Is connected,
A control method by a remote operation system in which an input unit, an output unit, and a portable terminal having an information label reading unit and the information terminal are connected,
The mobile terminal is
A connection information reading step for reading setting items indicated by the information labels by the information label reading means;
A setting item output step for outputting the read setting item of each control target device to the output means;
A setting information transmission step for transmitting setting information for setting items for each control target device input from the input means to the information terminal;
The information terminal is
A setting information receiving step for receiving setting information for each control target device transmitted from the mobile terminal;
And a transmission step of transmitting the received setting information to each of the devices to be controlled. When receiving the setting information, a plurality of control target devices that operate according to the received setting information, each of which is provided with a control target device having an information label indicating a setting item to be set in the setting information, an information terminal, Is connected,
A control program by a remote operation system to which an input means, an output means, and a portable terminal having an information label reading means and the information terminal are connected,
In the mobile terminal,
A connection information reading step for reading setting items indicated by the information labels by the information label reading means;
A setting item output step for outputting the read setting item of each control target device to the output means;
A setting information transmission step of transmitting setting information for setting items for each control target device input from the input means to the information terminal;
In the information terminal,
A setting information receiving step for receiving setting information for each control target device transmitted from the mobile terminal;
A control program that causes each of the devices to be controlled to execute a transmission step of transmitting the received setting information.

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