CN117280376A - Portable terminal, control system, control method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

The first mobile terminal (100) is provided with: a management unit (124) that manages a list of a plurality of dwellings, the list being obtained by associating a dwellings identifier for identifying the dwellings with machine information relating to machines installed in the dwellings; an acquisition unit (122) that acquires, from a list, machine information relating to a machine associated with a residence identifier (20) of one residence (10) where a user (1) resides among a plurality of residences; and a control unit (120) that controls the operation of the machine based on the machine information acquired by the acquisition unit (122).

Description

Portable terminal, control system, control method, and program

Technical Field

The invention relates to a portable terminal, a control system, a control method and a program.

Background

For example, in patent document 1, the following technique is invented: based on the positional relationship between the position information of the user's portable terminal and the user's home position registered in advance, when the position of the portable terminal is outside a predetermined area including the home position, control is performed to stop the operation of the residence equipment.

Prior art literature

Patent literature

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open No. 2004-046812

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

In addition, there are the following problems: in order to control a device installed in one of a plurality of dwellings, a user is required to manually switch a target dwelling, which takes time and labor.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a portable terminal, a control system, a control method, and a program capable of automatically switching a home identifier for identifying one home where a user is located from among a plurality of home to control a device installed in the home.

Solution for solving the problem

A mobile terminal according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a management unit that manages a list of a plurality of dwellings, the list being obtained by associating a dwellings identifier for identifying the dwellings with machine information on a machine installed in the dwellings; an acquisition unit that acquires, from the list, machine information on a machine associated with a home identifier of one of the plurality of home locations where a user is staying; and a control unit that controls the operation of the machine based on the machine information acquired by the acquisition unit.

A control system according to an aspect of the present invention is a control system including the mobile terminal and the server, the server including: a management unit that manages a user identifier for identifying the user in association with a plurality of residence identifiers for identifying the plurality of residences, respectively; an estimating unit that estimates position information indicating a position of a residence where the user stays, based on the information transmitted from the portable terminal; a determining section that determines, based on the position information estimated by the estimating section, a residence identifier of the one residence where the plurality of residence identifiers Fu Zhongyong identify the user to stay; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the residence identifier specified by the specifying unit to the portable terminal.

The control method according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a management step of managing a list of a plurality of dwellings, the list being obtained by associating a dwellings identifier for identifying the dwellings with machine information on machines installed in the dwellings; an acquisition step of acquiring, from the list, machine information on a machine associated with a residence identifier of one of the plurality of residences where a user resides; and a control step of controlling an operation of the machine based on the machine information acquired in the acquisition step.

A program according to an embodiment of the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute the control method.

ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION

According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically switch a house identifier for identifying one house where a user stays from among a plurality of houses and control a device provided in the house.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a control system according to the embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a sequence diagram of the association actions between a residence identifier and a user identifier.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of the determining actions of a residence where a user resides and the control actions of a machine disposed within the residence.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing a detailed flow of step S12 of fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an outline of the association operation between the residence identifier and the user identifier.

Fig. 6 is a conceptual diagram of an association between a residence identifier and a user identifier.

Fig. 7 is a diagram for explaining a first example.

Fig. 8 is a diagram for explaining the second example.

Fig. 9 is a diagram schematically showing a process of local registration and cloud registration of a machine provided in a residence.

Fig. 10 is a diagram for explaining a third example.

Fig. 11 is a diagram for explaining a fourth example.

Fig. 12 is a diagram for explaining a process of switching a residence identifier in a conventional control system.

Detailed Description

The embodiments will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. The embodiments described below are modes for showing general or specific examples. The numerical values, shapes, materials, components, arrangement positions and connection modes of the components, steps, order of steps, and the like shown in the following embodiments are examples, and the gist of the present invention is not limited to the present invention. Among the constituent elements in the following embodiments, the constituent elements not described in the independent claims are described as arbitrary constituent elements.

The drawings are schematic and are not necessarily strictly illustrated. In the drawings, substantially the same structures are denoted by the same reference numerals, and overlapping description may be omitted or simplified.

(embodiment)

Structure

First, the configuration of the control system according to the embodiment will be described. Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a control system according to the embodiment.

The control system 400 according to the embodiment is a system for automatically determining one residence where a user stays from among a plurality of residences and controlling a machine provided in the determined one residence. The control system 400 includes the first mobile terminal 100, the second mobile terminal 200, and the server 300.

[ first Portable terminal ]

The first portable terminal 100 is a portable terminal used by a user. The first mobile terminal 100 functions as a user interface device in the control system 400 by installing a dedicated application program (hereinafter, also referred to as a dedicated application). The first mobile terminal 100 is provided with an application program for managing personal devices owned by the user, for example. The application program is stored in the storage section 150 of the first portable terminal 100. The user can register a device owned by the user (also referred to as an individual device or a personal device) in the server 300 by operating the first mobile terminal 100 that executes the dedicated application, and control the registered individual device so as to cooperate with a device provided in a residence where the user is located in advance. The first mobile terminal 100 is specifically a mobile terminal device such as a smart phone or a tablet terminal. The first mobile terminal 100 includes an operation receiving unit 110, a control unit 120, a communication unit 130, an imaging unit 140, a storage unit 150, and a display unit 160.

The operation receiving unit 110 receives a user operation. The operation receiving unit 110 is implemented by a touch panel, for example, but may be implemented by a hard key such as a push button.

The control unit 120 performs registration of the device owned by the user with the server 300 and information processing related to control of the device. The control section 120 is implemented by a microcomputer, for example, but may be implemented by a processor. The functions of the control unit 120 are realized by, for example, a microcomputer, a processor, or the like constituting the control unit 120 executing a computer program stored in the storage unit 150. Specifically, the control unit 120 includes an acquisition unit 122 and a management unit 124. The functions of the acquisition unit 122 and the management unit 124 will be described later in the description of the operation.

The communication unit 130 includes a short-range wireless communication unit (not shown) for performing short-range wireless communication (wireless communication using a local communication network) between the first mobile terminal 100 and a device installed in a residence, and a wide-area wireless communication unit (not shown) for communicating with the server 300 via the wide-area communication network 5 such as the internet by the first mobile terminal 100. The short-range wireless communication unit is specifically a communication module corresponding to a communication standard such as a wireless LAN (Local Area Network: local area network). The wide area wireless communication unit may perform wireless communication using a mobile communication system such as 4G or 5G, for example.

The image pickup section 140 picks up an image based on the control of the control section 120. The image pickup section 140 is implemented by an image sensor, a lens, and the like. For example, when the user associates the user identifier of the other user with the user identifier of the user, the image pickup unit 140 reads the QR code (registered trademark) displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal owned by the other user through the image pickup unit 140.

The storage unit 150 is a storage device that stores the computer program executed by the control unit 120 and other information necessary for the information processing. The storage unit 150 is implemented by, for example, a semiconductor memory or the like.

The display section 160 displays an image. The display portion 160 is a display including a liquid crystal panel, an organic EL (ElectroLuminescence) panel, or the like as a display device.

Second portable terminal

Next, the second mobile terminal 200 will be described. The second mobile terminal 200 is a mobile terminal used by, for example, a manager of a residence such as an apartment or a senior apartment, or a manager of a residence such as a receptionist of a living facility such as a hotel. The second mobile terminal 200 functions as a user interface device in the control system 400 by installing a dedicated application program (hereinafter, also referred to as a dedicated application). The second mobile terminal 200 is provided with an application program for managing device information for each residence, for example. The application program is stored in the storage section 250 of the second portable terminal 200. The residence manager can associate the residence identifier of the residence where the user resides with the user identifier of the user by operating the second portable terminal 200 that is executing the dedicated application. The second portable terminal 200 is specifically a portable information terminal such as a smart phone or a tablet terminal. The second mobile terminal 200 includes an operation receiving unit 210, a control unit 220, a communication unit 230, an imaging unit 240, a storage unit 250, and a display unit 260.

The second mobile terminal 200 is similar to the first mobile terminal 100 except that it is operated not by a user but by a residence manager, and therefore, a duplicate explanation is omitted, and the differences are explained.

The image pickup unit 240 picks up an image based on the control of the control unit 220. The image pickup section 240 is implemented by an image sensor, a lens, and the like. For example, when the home identifier is a two-dimensional code such as a QR code (registered trademark) or a tag included in an image, the identification information can be read by capturing the home identifier by the imaging unit 240.

[ Server ]

Next, the server 300 is described. The server 300 manages a plurality of dwellings, and associates a dwellings identifier of the dwellings with machine information on machines installed in the dwellings. The server 300 manages a plurality of dwellings, and associates a dwellings identifier of the dwellings with a user identifier of a user who owns the dwellings. In addition, the server 300 manages the user identifier in association with machine information (also referred to as personal machine information) related to a machine owned by the user's personal machine (also referred to as personal machine or individual machine). The server 300 includes a communication unit 310, an information processing unit 320, and a storage unit 330.

The communication unit 310 is a communication module (communication circuit) for the server 300 to communicate with the first mobile terminal 100 and the second mobile terminal 200 via the wide area communication network 5. The communication unit 310 includes a receiving unit 312 and a transmitting unit 314. The communication performed by the communication unit 310 is, for example, wired communication, but may be wireless communication. The communication standard used for communication is not particularly limited either.

The information processing unit 320 includes an authentication unit 322, a management unit 324, an estimation unit 326, and a determination unit 328. Each of these components is implemented by a microcomputer or a processor included in the information processing unit 320.

The authentication section 322 determines whether or not the person who operates the first portable terminal 100 and the second portable terminal 200 is a person who is permitted to access the server 300. The type of authentication performed by the authentication unit 322 is not limited. When the authentication result is "authentication not permitted", the authentication unit 322 outputs a notification of "authentication not permitted" to the first mobile terminal 100 and the second mobile terminal 200 via the transmission unit 314. On the other hand, when the authentication result is "authentication permitted", the authentication unit 322 may perform a process of registering after authentication permitted.

The management unit 324 manages machine information (so-called device machine information) associated with a residence identifier for identifying a residence in association with a user identifier. The residence identifier is a so-called residence ID, for example an alphanumeric character string. The residence is not limited to a building or a room where a person lives, and may be a room of an accommodation facility such as a hotel, a villa, or the like. That is, the residence may also be a location where the user resides. In the case of a single residence or villa, the residence identifier may also be the inherent ID of the individual user. In addition, the residence identifier may be an ID unique to each room in an advanced apartment, hotel, or the like.

The devices installed in the residence are, for example, lighting devices, air conditioning devices, and other devices installed in the residence in advance. On the other hand, the equipment (so-called personal equipment or individual equipment) owned by the user is equipment that can be transported from house to house by a user such as an aromatic diffuser, a humidifier, an acoustic equipment, or a projector. In addition, the equipment information about the equipment is stored in the equipment information database 332 of the server 300 in association with the resident ID (i.e., the resident identifier). In addition, personal-machine information about the personal machine is stored in the personal-machine information database 334 of the server 300 in association with the user identifier.

The management unit 324 may associate one residence identifier with one user identifier, and then associate the user identifier with another user identifier, thereby managing other personal device information, which is personal device information associated with another user identifier, in association with the user identifier.

The estimating unit 326 estimates position information indicating the position of the residence where the user is staying, based on the information for specifying the residence where the user is staying, which is transmitted from the first mobile terminal 100. The information for specifying the residence where the user is staying is at least one of (i) terminal position information indicating the position of the first portable terminal 100 when the user holds the first portable terminal 100 and stays in the residence, (ii) identification information of a repeater that relays local communication between the first portable terminal and a device provided in the residence, (iii) identification information of the device, and (iv) user information on the user associated with the identification information of the device. For example, the terminal position information of (i) above may be GPS (Global Positioning System: global positioning System) information of the first portable terminal. The identification information of the relay in (ii) may be, for example, an identifier of an access point in the wireless LAN router, or a so-called SSID (Service Set Identifier: service set identification). For example, the identification information of the device (iii) may be a MAC (Media Access Control: media access control) address or an IP (Internet Protocol: internet protocol) address. For example, the user information related to the user associated with the identification information of the device (iv) may be user information associated with the setting information of the device when the user registers the device, or may be region information indicating a region where the user resides, which is included in the user information.

The determination unit 328 determines, based on the position information indicating the position of the residence where the user has stopped estimated by the estimation unit 326, the residence identifiers identifying one residence where the user has stopped among the plurality of residence identifiers Fu Zhongyong. The determining unit 328 transmits the determined residence identifier to the first portable terminal 100 via the transmitting unit 314.

The storage unit 330 is a storage device that stores a control program for the information processing unit 320 to execute information processing, various information used in the information processing, and the like. The storage unit 330 is implemented by, for example, a semiconductor memory, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), or the like. The storage unit 330 further includes: an equipment information database 332 that stores the house identifier in association with equipment information on equipment arranged in the house; and a personal machine information database 334 that stores the user identifier in association with personal machine information about the personal machine that the user personally owns. In fig. 1, an example is shown in which these databases are provided in one server 300, but these databases may be provided by different servers. In this case, the server 300 may be a cloud server including a plurality of servers.

Action

Next, the operation of the control system 400 will be described.

[ action of associating residence identifier with user identifier ]

First, an operation of registering a residence identifier in the server 300 in association with a user identifier by the residence manager will be described. Fig. 2 is a sequence diagram of the association actions between a residence identifier and a user identifier. Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an outline of the association operation between the residence identifier and the user identifier. Fig. 6 is a conceptual diagram of the association between a residence identifier and a user identifier (japanese, i.e., the first place).

The home IDs 001 and 002 shown in fig. 5 and 6 are examples of residence identifiers, the user account numbers are examples of user identifiers 60, the family account numbers 1 and 2 shown in fig. 6 are examples of other user identifiers, and the individual devices P1 and P2 are examples of personal devices.

In the following, the residence manager 2 is a manager that manages the residence of the user 1. The user 1 has two dwellings, dwellings a and B, as a plurality of dwellings 10, 11.

First, before explaining the operation, the associated conceptual diagram shown in fig. 6 is explained. The server 300 is, for example, a cloud server composed of a plurality of servers (here, a cloud server 301 and a cloud server 302). The cloud server 301 manages information of each residence registered by a customer manager (so-called residence manager 2). For example, the cloud server 301 creates a house identifier (for example, a home ID) for each house, and manages each house identifier in association with house information on each house, information on a device (a so-called equipment device) installed in the house (hereinafter, also referred to as equipment device information), and the like. The residence identifier may be managed in association with the names of the devices installed in the house, the conditions for controlling the integrated scene (cooperation of a plurality of devices), and other settings 30 and 31.

The house information 80 is information related to a house, and is, for example, layout information of the house, environment information such as a network environment, position information indicating the position of the house, and the like. An example of residence information is shown in fig. 5. The residence information 80 is, for example, identification information 82 (ssid_01) of the repeater 50 (router 1), identification information 83 (ssid_02) of the repeater 51 (router 2), identification information 84 (device ID 01) and identification information 88 (IP address 01) of the optical gateway 46, identification information 85 (device ID 02) and identification information 89 (IP address 02) of the optical gateway 47, residence position information 86 (residence position information 01) indicating the position of the residence 10 (residence a), or residence position information 87 (residence position information 02) indicating the position of the residence 11 (residence B). The equipment devices include, for example, equipment device 40 (equipment device A1), equipment device 41 (equipment device B1), equipment device 42 (equipment device A2), equipment device 43 (equipment device B2), electronic lock 44, and electronic lock 45. The equipment devices A1 and B1 may be, for example, lighting devices, and the equipment devices A2 and B2 may be, for example, air conditioning devices.

In addition, the cloud server 302 manages information of each user registered by the system setter. For example, in the cloud server 302, the user identifier is managed in association with information (so-called personal machine information) or the like about a machine owned by the user's personal person (so-called personal machine or individual machine). The user identifier 60 (user account number) associates personal machine information about the individual machine 70 (individual machine P1) and the individual machine 72 (individual machine P2) that the user personally owns. In addition, the user may invite the user's family to associate with his own user identifier, for example. The user's family account is the other user identifier 61 (family account 1) and the other user identifier 62 (family account 3), and personal device information about the individual device 71 (individual device P1) and the individual device 73 (individual device P2) owned by the individual person is associated with each other.

Next, the operation will be described. Although not shown in fig. 2 and 5, first, the residence manager 2 (see fig. 5) starts a dedicated application using the second portable terminal 200, and performs an authentication operation. At this time, the authentication unit 322 of the server 300 determines whether or not the person operating the second portable terminal 200 (here, the residence manager 2) is a person permitted to access the server 300.

After the authentication operation performed by the authentication unit 322, as shown in fig. 2, the operation receiving unit 210 of the second mobile terminal 200 receives an association instruction between the home identifier 20 (for example, home ID001 of fig. 5) and the user identifier 60 (for example, user account number of fig. 5) input by the home manager 2 (S01).

The control unit 220 of the second mobile terminal 200 transmits the association instruction received by the operation receiving unit 210 in step S01 to the server 300 via the communication unit 230 (S02).

When receiving the association instruction transmitted from the second mobile terminal 200, the communication unit 310 (receiving unit 312) of the server 300 transmits the instruction to the information processing unit 320 (not shown in fig. 2). For example, as shown in the label box (japanese: blow-out) of fig. 5, the home manager 2 inputs the home identifier 20 (for example, home ID 001) of the home a on the input screen displayed on the display unit 260 of the second portable terminal 200, inputs the user identifier 60 (for example, telephone number), and clicks the decision button. Thus, the user inputs an association instruction between the home identifier 20 of the home a and the user identifier, and the operation receiving unit 210 receives the association instruction input by the user.

Next, the management unit 324 of the information processing unit 320 of the server 300 manages the user identifier in association with the residence identifier in accordance with the instruction (S03). As shown in fig. 5 and 6, a setting value of a device (so-called equipment device), an equipment device, a repeater (e.g., router), and residence information 80 (e.g., ssid_01 of fig. 5) are associated with the residence identifier 20.

Next, the operation receiving unit 210 of the second mobile terminal 200 receives a registration instruction of in-house equipment information input by the home manager 2 (S04). The control unit 220 of the second mobile terminal 200 transmits the registration instruction received in step S04 to the server 300 via the communication unit 230 (S05).

When receiving a registration instruction transmitted from the second mobile terminal 200, the communication unit 310 (receiving unit 312) of the server 300 transmits the instruction to the information processing unit 320 (not shown). The management unit 324 of the information processing unit 320 registers the equipment information in association with the address identifier in the equipment information database 332 stored in the storage unit 330 in accordance with the instruction (S06).

In addition, steps S04 to S06 may be performed before steps S01 to S03.

When the association operation between the residence identifier and the user identifier is completed, the user 1 may use the first mobile terminal 100 to perform the following processing. Specifically, the control unit 120 of the first mobile terminal 100 may update a list of a plurality of dwellings, the list being obtained by associating a dwellings identifier for identifying the dwellings with devices installed in the dwellings.

Although not shown in fig. 2, first, when the user 1 logs in to the dedicated application using the first portable terminal 100 and inputs an instruction requesting the device information associated with the residence identifier registered in steps S01 to S06, the operation receiving unit 110 of the first portable terminal 100 receives the instruction. The control unit 120 of the first mobile terminal 100 transmits the instruction to the server 300 via the communication unit 130 (S07).

When receiving the instruction, the communication unit 310 (receiving unit 312) of the server 300 sends the instruction to the information processing unit 320 (not shown). Then, the management unit 324 of the information processing unit 320 of the server 300 reads out the device information registered in the device information database 332 by the processing of steps S01 to S06 in accordance with the instruction, and transmits the device information to the first mobile terminal 100 via the communication unit 310 (the transmission unit 314) (S08).

The control unit 120 of the first mobile terminal 100 adds the residence identifier acquired via the communication unit 130 and the device information associated with the residence identifier to the list managed by the management unit 124 (S09). Thereby, the control unit 120 of the first mobile terminal 100 updates the list.

[ determination action of residence where user stays and control action of machine in residence ]

Next, a description will be given of a specific operation of the residence where the user 1 is staying and a control operation of the equipment provided in the residence. Fig. 3 is a flowchart of the determination operation of the residence where the user 1 stays and the control operation of the machine provided in the residence.

The control unit 120 of the first mobile terminal 100 causes the management unit 124 to manage a list of a plurality of dwellings, the list being obtained by associating the resident identifier of the resident with the device information (device information) related to the devices installed in the resident (S11). For example, as described above, the control unit 120 of the first mobile terminal 100 transmits a signal requesting a new residence identifier and device information associated with the residence identifier to the server 300, and when receiving the new residence identifier and the device information associated with the residence identifier from the server 300, the control unit adds the received information to the list. In this way, the control unit 120 of the first mobile terminal 100 can cause the management unit 124 to appropriately update and manage the list.

Next, the control unit 120 of the first mobile terminal 100 causes the acquisition unit 122 to acquire, from the list, machine information on a machine associated with a home identifier of one of the plurality of home positions where the user is located (S12). Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing a detailed flow of step S12 of fig. 3.

As shown in fig. 4, in step S12, the control unit 120 acquires information for specifying a residence where a user is staying in a plurality of dwellings via the acquisition unit 122 (S21), and transmits the information acquired in step S21 to the server 300 via the communication unit 130 (S22).

As described above, the information for specifying the residence where the user stays is at least one of (i) terminal position information (e.g., GPS information) indicating the position of the first portable terminal 100 when the user holds the first portable terminal 100 and stays in the residence, (ii) identification information of a repeater (e.g., SSID of a wireless router) relaying local communication between the first portable terminal and a machine provided in the residence, (iii) identification information of the machine (e.g., MAC address or IP address), and (iv) user information related to the user associated with the identification information of the machine. For example, the user information related to the user associated with the identification information of the device (iv) may be user information associated with the setting information of the device when the user registers the device, or may be region information indicating a region where the user resides, which is included in the user information.

Although not shown, the estimation unit 326 of the server 300 estimates position information indicating the position of the residence where the user is staying, based on information for specifying the residence where the user is staying, which is transmitted from the first mobile terminal 100. Then, the determining unit 328 of the server 300 determines the residence identifiers of the plurality of residence identifiers Fu Zhongyong for identifying one residence where the user is staying based on the position information indicating the position of the residence where the user is staying estimated by the estimating unit 326. The determining unit 328 transmits the determined residence identifier to the first portable terminal 100 via the transmitting unit 314.

Next, the control unit 120 of the first mobile terminal 100 acquires the residence identifier for identifying one residence, which is specified by the server 300, via the acquisition unit 122 (S23). Then, the control unit 120 causes the acquisition unit 122 to acquire, from the list, the equipment information associated with the home identifier of one of the plurality of home, where the user is located (S21).

Next, as shown in fig. 3, the control unit 120 of the first mobile terminal 100 controls the operation of the device based on the device information acquired in step S12 (S13).

Specific examples

Next, the processing shown in the flowcharts of fig. 3 and 4 will be described more specifically with reference to the first to fourth examples. As described above, as a preset, the home manager 2 starts a dedicated application using the second mobile terminal 200, and performs processes such as (1) creation of a home identifier, (2) association between the home identifier and machine information (so-called device machine information) related to a machine installed in a home, and (3) association between the home identifier and a user identifier.

First example

In the first example, the information for specifying the residence 10 (here, residence a) where the user 1 resides is identification information (for example, SSID of a wireless router) of a repeater provided in the residence. Fig. 7 is a diagram for explaining a first example.

For example, when the user 1 starts a dedicated application installed in the first portable terminal 100, the acquisition section 122 of the first portable terminal 100 acquires the identification information 82 (e.g., ssid_01) of the relay 50 (e.g., router 1), and transmits the acquired identification information 82 of the relay 50 to the server 300. The registration of the identification information 82 of the repeater 50 to the server 300 may be performed by the residence manager 2 as a preset, or may be performed by the user 1.

The determination unit 328 of the server 300 determines, from the list, the house identifier 20 (here, the home ID 001) that identifies one house 10 (here, the home a) where the user 1 is located, from the plurality of house identifiers Fu Zhongyong based on the identification information 82 of the relay 50 transmitted from the first mobile terminal 100. The list is stored in the storage unit 330 of the server 300, for example, as shown in a reference frame in the figure.

The determining unit 328 of the server 300 transmits the determined residence identifier 20 to the first portable terminal 100 via the transmitting unit 314. Thus, the control unit 120 of the first mobile terminal 100 automatically switches from the home identifier 21 (here, home ID 002) of the home 11 (here, home B) where the user 1 has been staying to the home identifier 20 of the home 10 where the user 1 has been staying.

Second example

In the second example, the information for specifying the residence where the user 1 resides is identification information (device ID) of a device (so-called device) provided in the residence. Fig. 8 is a diagram for explaining the second example.

For example, when the user 1 starts a dedicated application installed in the first mobile terminal 100, the control unit 120 of the first mobile terminal 100 performs a local device search sequence (for example, mDNS (multicast Domain Name System: multicast domain name system) or the like). The acquisition unit 122 of the first portable terminal 100 acquires the identification information 84 (for example, the device ID 01) of the device (for example, the optical gateway 46) detected by the local device search sequence, and transmits the acquired identification information 84 of the device (for example, the optical gateway 46) to the server 300. The device ID is, for example, a MAC address.

The identification unit 328 of the server 300 identifies the house identifier 20 (here, the home ID 001) identifying one house 10 (here, the home a) where the user 1 is located from the list among the plurality of house identifiers Fu Zhongyong based on the identification information 84 of the equipment (for example, the optical gateway 46) transmitted from the first mobile terminal 100.

The identification unit 328 of the server 300 generates the identified residence identifier 20 to the first mobile terminal 100 via the transmission unit 314.

In order to control a device (so-called equipment device) installed in a house, it is necessary to register device information (so-called equipment device information) on the device in advance in the server 300. In the second example, it is also assumed that the local machine registration and the cloud machine registration shown in fig. 9 are completed, and the residence identifier is managed in association with the identification information of the equipment machine. Fig. 9 is a diagram schematically showing a process of local registration and cloud registration of a machine provided in a residence. Fig. 9 (a) shows a process of local machine registration, and fig. 9 (b) shows a process of cloud machine registration. Registration refers to a process of storing identification information of a device in the storage unit 330 of the server 300. The identification information of the device is, for example, an ID unique to the device such as a MAC (Media Access Control: media access control) address.

In the control system 400, even in a state where the device provided in the residence cannot communicate with the server 300, the first mobile terminal can be used to register the device information on the device to the server 300.

As shown in fig. 9 (a), first, the user 1 connects the first mobile terminal 100 and the device 40 to the repeater 50 (here, wi-Fi (registered trademark) router). In other words, the user 1 causes the first mobile terminal 100 and the device 40 to perform short-range wireless communication via the repeater 50 (see (1) and (2) in the figure). In this state, the first mobile terminal 100 acquires the identification information of the device 40 from the device 40 via the local communication network, and stores the identification information in the storage unit 150 of the first mobile terminal 100 (refer to (2) in the figure). This process is also referred to as local machine registration. The local device registration is performed when the first portable terminal 100 and the device 40 are not connected to the wide area communication network 5 such as the internet. By performing local machine registration, the first mobile terminal 100 can control machines in a residence without going through the server 300 (cloud server), and therefore convenience and operability are improved.

Next, as shown in fig. 9 (b), the user 1 switches the communication network used by the first mobile terminal 100 from the local communication network to the mobile communication network. Thereby, the first mobile terminal 100 can communicate with the server 300 via the wide area communication network 5. The first mobile terminal 100 reads the identification information stored in the storage unit 150 (see (3) of the figure), and transmits a registration request including the read identification information to the server 300 (see (4) of the figure). As a result, the identification information of the device 40 is stored in the storage unit 330 of the server 300. That is, the device machine 40 is registered with the server 300. This process is also referred to as cloud machine registration.

Third example

In the third example, the information for specifying the residence where the user 1 resides is the terminal position information 90 (e.g., GPS information) indicating the position of the first portable terminal 100 when the user 1 holds the first portable terminal 100 and resides in the residence 10 (here, residence a). Fig. 10 is a diagram for explaining a third example.

For example, when the user 1 starts a dedicated application installed in the first portable terminal 100, the control section 120 of the first portable terminal 100 performs self-position detection. The acquisition unit 122 of the first portable terminal 100 acquires the detected self-position information of the first portable terminal 100, in other words, the terminal position information 90 (for example, GPS information), and transmits the acquired terminal position information 90 to the server 300.

The determination unit 328 of the server 300 determines, from the list, the house identifier 20 (here, the home ID 001) identifying one house 10 (here, the home a) where the user 1 is located, from the plurality of house identifiers Fu Zhongyong based on the terminal position information 90 transmitted from the first mobile terminal 100. More specifically, the estimating unit 326 estimates position information indicating the position of the residence 10 (residence a) where the user 1 is staying, based on the terminal position information 90 transmitted from the first mobile terminal 100, and transmits the estimated position information to the determining unit 328. Next, the determining unit 328 determines the home identifier 20 (home ID 001) for identifying one home 10 (home a) where the user stays from the list based on the position information estimated by the estimating unit 326. The list is stored in the storage unit 330 of the server 300, for example, as shown in a reference frame in the figure. In the list, the user identifier 60 (here, user account number), the residence identifier 20 of the residence a (family ID 001), and the residence position information 86 (residence position information 01) are associated. The determination unit 328 extracts the home position information 86 having a high degree of agreement with the terminal position information 90, and determines the home identifier 20 (home ID 001) associated with the extracted home position information 86 as the home identifier of the home 10 (home a) where the user 1 is staying.

The determining unit 328 of the server 300 transmits the determined residence identifier 20 to the first portable terminal 100 via the transmitting unit 314.

Fourth example

In a fourth example, the information used to determine the residence in which user 1 resides is identification information 88 (e.g., IP address) of the equipment machine (e.g., optical gateway 46). Fig. 11 is a diagram for explaining a fourth example.

For example, when the user 1 starts a dedicated application installed in the first portable terminal 100, the control section 120 of the first portable terminal 100 performs a local device search sequence (for example, mDNS (multicast Domain Name System) and the like). The acquisition unit 122 of the first mobile terminal 100 acquires the identification information 88 (e.g., IP address) of the equipment (e.g., optical gateway 46) detected by the local equipment search sequence, and transmits the acquired identification information 88 of the equipment (e.g., optical gateway 46) to the server 300.

The identification unit 328 of the server 300 identifies the residence identifier 20 (here, the home ID 001) of one residence 10 (here, the residence a) where the user 1 resides from the list by a plurality of residence identifiers Fu Zhongyong based on the identification information 88 (IP address) of the equipment (for example, the optical gateway 46) transmitted from the first mobile terminal 100.

More specifically, the estimating unit 326 estimates position information indicating the position of the residence 10 (residence a) where the user 1 resides based on the identification information 88 (IP address) of the equipment (for example, the optical gateway 46) transmitted from the first mobile terminal 100, and transmits the estimated position information to the determining unit 328. For example, the estimating unit 326 may estimate position information indicating the rough position of the residence 10 (residence a) based on the country, region, latitude, and longitude included in the identification information 88 (IP address) of the equipment (for example, the optical gateway 46). Next, the determining unit 328 determines the home identifier 20 (home ID 001) for identifying one home 10 (home a) where the user stays from the list based on the position information estimated by the estimating unit 326. The list is stored in the storage unit 330 of the server 300, for example, as shown in a reference frame in the figure. In the list, the user identifier 60 (here, user account number), the residence identifier 20 of the residence a (family ID 001), and the residence position information 86 (residence position information 01) are associated. The determination unit 328 may extract the home position information 86 based on the rough position information of the home 10 estimated by the estimation unit 326, and determine the home identifier 20 (home ID 001) associated with the extracted home position information 86 as the home identifier of the home 10 (home a) where the user 1 is staying.

The determining unit 328 of the server 300 transmits the determined residence identifier 20 to the first portable terminal 100 via the transmitting unit 314.

In the fourth example, the control system 400 may register the area information included in the IP address of the equipment as the residence position information 86 in the list. Thus, for example, even when the detected IP address of the equipment is different from the registered IP address, the control system 400 can estimate the location of the residence 10 by comparing the region information of these IP addresses.

In the fourth example, the server 300 may acquire the terminal position information 90 of the first mobile terminal 100 in the same manner as in the second example, and determine the address identifier 20 of the address 10 based on the rough position information of the address 10 estimated from the IP address and the terminal position information 90.

In the fourth example, the determination unit 328 of the server 300 may acquire the user information associated with the identification information 84 (device ID) or the identification information 88 (IP address) of the device (for example, the optical gateway 46), and determine the residence identifier 20 of the residence 10 based on the acquired user information or the residence area information of the user 1 included in the user information.

Fifth example

In the fifth example, when the user 1 uses the first mobile terminal 100 to directly control a device installed in the residence 10 (residence a) without via the repeater 50, the device information about the controlled device may be transmitted to the server 300. For example, when the user 1 swipes the first portable terminal 100 over the electronic lock 44 to unlock the electronic lock, the acquisition unit 122 of the first portable terminal 100 acquires the identification information of the electronic lock 44, and transmits the acquired identification information of the electronic lock 44 to the server 300.

The determining unit 328 of the server 300 determines the residence identifier 20 (residence a) associated with the identification information of the electronic lock 44 transmitted from the first portable terminal 100, and transmits the residence identifier to the first portable terminal 100.

The first to fifth examples may be arbitrarily combined, or may be combined with processes other than the first to fifth examples.

[ PREPARATION OF THE INVENTION ]

Finally, the conventional example is described. Fig. 12 is a diagram for explaining a process of switching a residence identifier in a conventional control system.

In the conventional control system, it is necessary for the user 1 to select the home identifier 20 of the home where the user 1 resides (here, the home a) on the dedicated application to switch the home identifiers.

In the conventional control system, for example, the residence information 80 is not associated with the residence identifier 20 (for example, the home ID 001) in the cloud server 301 of fig. 6. As described above, the address information 80 is information related to the address, for example, layout information of the address, environmental information such as a network environment, and position information indicating the position of the address.

[ Effect etc. ]

As described above, the first mobile terminal 100 includes: a management unit 124 that manages a list of a plurality of dwellings, the list being obtained by associating a dwelling identifier for identifying the dwelling with machine information on a machine installed in the dwelling; an acquisition unit 122 that acquires, from the list, machine information on a machine associated with the home identifier 20 of one home 10 (for example, home a) where the user 1 is located among the plurality of home; and a control unit 120 that controls the operation of the machine based on the machine information acquired by the acquisition unit 122.

Such a first mobile terminal 100 can automatically switch to the home identifier 20 for identifying one home 10 (for example, home a) where the user 1 is located among the plurality of home, and control the devices installed in the home.

In addition, for example, in the first portable terminal 100, the acquisition section 122 acquires information for identifying the residence 10 where the user 1 is staying in among the plurality of residences, and transmits the acquired information to the server 300, and acquires the residence identifier 20 for identifying one residence 10 where the user 1 is staying, which is identified by the server 300.

Such a first mobile terminal 100 can more quickly switch the home identifier 20 because the home identifier 20 of the home 10 where the user 1 stays is determined by the server 300 having a higher processing power than the first mobile terminal 100.

In the first mobile terminal 100, for example, the acquisition unit 122 acquires, as information for specifying the residence 10 where the user 1 is located, at least one of (i) terminal position information 90 indicating the position of the first mobile terminal 100 when the user 1 holds the first mobile terminal 100 and stays in the residence 10, (ii) identification information of the repeater 50 that relays local communication between the first mobile terminal 100 and the device, (iii) identification information of the device, and (iv) user information related to the user 1 associated with the identification information of the device.

Such a first mobile terminal 100 can determine the residence identifier 20 of the residence 10 where the user 1 resides, based on the position information of the first mobile terminal 100 when the user 1 holds the first mobile terminal 100 and resides in the residence 10, the identification information of the repeater 50 and the equipment provided in the residence 10 where the user 1 resides, the user information associated with the identification information of the equipment, and the like.

In the first mobile terminal 100, for example, the acquisition unit 122 acquires the region information indicating the region where the user 1 resides, which is included in the user information, in the acquisition of (iv).

Such a first mobile terminal 100 can determine the residence identifier 20 of the residence 10 where the user 1 resides, based on the region information indicating the region where the user 1 resides, which is associated with the identification information of the device.

The control system 400 is a control system including the first mobile terminal 100 and the server 300 according to any one of the above, and the server 300 includes: a management unit 324 that manages a list of a plurality of dwellings, the list being obtained by associating a dwelling identifier for identifying the dwelling with machine information on a machine installed in the dwelling; a determination unit 328 that determines, from the list, a plurality of house identifiers Fu Zhongyong for identifying the house identifier 20 of one house 10 where the user 1 is staying, based on the information transmitted from the first mobile terminal 100; and a transmitting unit 314 that transmits the residence identifier 20 determined by the determining unit 328 to the first portable terminal 100.

Such a control system 400 can automatically switch to the home identifier 20 for identifying the home 10 (for example, the home a) where the user 1 is located among the plurality of home, and control the devices installed in the home.

Further, for example, the control system 400 includes an estimating unit 326, the estimating unit 326 estimates position information indicating the position of the residence 10 where the user 1 stays based on the information transmitted from the first mobile terminal 100, and the determining unit 328 determines the residence identifier 20 for identifying one residence 10 where the user 1 stays from the list based on the position information estimated by the estimating unit 326.

Such a control system 400 identifies the house identifier 20 of the house 10 based on the estimated position information of the house 10, and thus can identify the house identifier of the house 10 even if, for example, the machine information of the machine installed in the house 10 is changed.

In addition, the computer-implemented control method of the control system 400 or the like includes: a management step (S11) for managing a list of a plurality of dwellings, wherein the list is obtained by associating a dwellings identifier for identifying the dwellings with machine information relating to machines installed in the dwellings; an acquisition step (S12) of acquiring, from a list, machine information on a machine associated with a residence identifier of one of a plurality of residences where a user resides; and a control step (S13) for controlling the operation of the machine based on the machine information acquired in the acquisition step.

Such a control method can automatically switch to the home identifier 20 for identifying the home 10 (for example, the home a) where the user 1 is located among the plurality of home, and control the devices installed in the home.

In addition, for example, in the control method executed by the computer of the control system 400 or the like, in the acquisition step (S12), information for identifying the residence 10 where the user 1 is staying in a plurality of residences is acquired (S21), in the acquisition step (S12), the acquired information is transmitted to the server 300 (S22), and in the acquisition step (S12), the residence identifier 20 for identifying one residence 10 where the user 1 is staying, which is identified by the server 300, is acquired (S23).

Such a control method can more quickly switch the home identifier 20 because the server 300 is used to determine the home identifier 20 of the home 10 where the user 1 is staying.

(other embodiments)

The embodiments have been described above, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the control system is implemented by a plurality of devices, but may be implemented by a single device. When the control system is implemented by a plurality of devices, the constituent elements included in each system may be arbitrarily distributed to the plurality of devices.

For example, the communication method between devices in the above embodiment is not particularly limited. In the communication between the devices, a relay device, not shown, may be used.

In the above embodiment, the processing performed by the specific processing unit may be performed by another processing unit. The order of the plurality of processes may be changed, and the plurality of processes may be executed in parallel.

In the above embodiment, each component may be realized by executing a software program suitable for each component. Each component may be realized by a program execution unit such as a CPU or a processor reading and executing a software program recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory.

The respective components may be realized by hardware. For example, each component may be a circuit (or an integrated circuit). These circuits may be formed as a single circuit or may be separate circuits. These circuits may be general-purpose circuits or dedicated circuits.

The whole or specific aspects of the present invention may be realized by a recording medium such as a system, an apparatus, a method, an integrated circuit, a computer program, or a computer-readable CD-ROM. In addition, any combination of a system, an apparatus, a method, an integrated circuit, a computer program, and a recording medium may be implemented.

For example, the present invention may be implemented as a mobile terminal or a control system corresponding to the mobile terminal according to the above embodiment. The present invention may be implemented as a control method executed by a computer such as a control system, or may be implemented as a program for causing a computer to execute such a control method. The present invention can also be realized as a computer-readable non-transitory recording medium having such a program recorded thereon.

In addition, the present invention also includes a mode in which various modifications, which are conceivable to those skilled in the art, are made to the respective embodiments, or a mode in which the constituent elements and functions in the respective embodiments are arbitrarily combined within a range not departing from the gist of the present invention.

Description of the reference numerals

1: a user; 10: a residence; 11: a residence; 20: a residence identifier; 21: a residence identifier; 40: an equipment machine; 41: an equipment machine; 42: an equipment machine; 43: an equipment machine; 50: a repeater; 51: a repeater; 60: a user identifier; 61: other user identifiers; 62: other user identifiers; 82: identification information; 83: identification information; 84: identification information; 85: identification information; 86: residence location information; 87: residence location information; 88: identification information; 89: identification information; 90: terminal position information; 100: a first portable terminal; 120: a control unit; 122: an acquisition unit; 124: a management unit; 300: a server; 314: a transmitting unit; 324: a management unit; 326: an estimation unit; 328: a determination unit; 400: and a control system.

Claims (9)

1. A portable terminal is provided with:

a management unit that manages a list of a plurality of dwellings, the list being obtained by associating a dwellings identifier for identifying the dwellings with machine information on a machine installed in the dwellings;

an acquisition unit that acquires, from the list, machine information on a machine associated with a home identifier of one of the plurality of home locations where a user is staying; and

and a control unit that controls an operation of the machine based on the machine information acquired by the acquisition unit.

2. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein,

the acquisition section acquires information for determining a residence where the user stays among the plurality of residences,

the acquisition section transmits the acquired information to a server,

the acquisition section acquires a residence identifier for identifying the one residence determined by the server.

3. The portable terminal according to claim 2, wherein,

the acquisition unit acquires, as information for specifying a residence where the user is located, at least any one of (i) terminal position information indicating a position of the portable terminal when the user holds the portable terminal and is located in the residence, (ii) identification information of a repeater that relays local communication between the portable terminal and the device, (iii) identification information of the device, and (iv) user information related to the user associated with the identification information of the device.

4. The portable terminal according to claim 3, wherein,

the acquiring unit acquires, in the acquiring of (iv), region information indicating a region where the user resides, which is included in the user information.

5. A control system comprising the portable terminal according to any one of claims 2 to 4 and the server,

the server is provided with:

a management unit that manages a list of the plurality of dwellings, the list being obtained by associating a dwelling identifier for identifying the dwelling with machine information on a machine provided in the dwelling;

a determining unit configured to determine, from the list, a residence identifier identifying the one residence where the user resides, based on the information transmitted from the mobile terminal, the plurality of residence identifiers Fu Zhongyong; and

and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the residence identifier specified by the specifying unit to the mobile terminal.

6. The control system of claim 5, wherein,

the control system further includes an estimating unit that estimates position information indicating a position of a residence where the user stays based on the information transmitted from the portable terminal,

The determination unit determines a residence identifier for identifying the one residence from the list based on the position information estimated by the estimation unit.

7. A control method, comprising:

a management step of managing a list of a plurality of dwellings, the list being obtained by associating a dwellings identifier for identifying the dwellings with machine information on machines installed in the dwellings;

an acquisition step of acquiring, from the list, machine information on a machine associated with a residence identifier of one of the plurality of residences where a user resides; and

a control step of controlling an operation of the machine based on the machine information acquired in the acquisition step.

8. The control method according to claim 7, wherein,

in the acquiring step, information for determining a residence where the user stays among the plurality of residences is acquired,

in the acquiring step, the acquired information is transmitted to a server,

in the acquiring step, a residence identifier for identifying the one residence determined by the server is acquired.

9. A program for causing a computer to execute the control method according to claim 7 or 8.