JP2002327952A - Radio apparatus control adapter and remote operation terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To alleviate a burden on the occasion of designing an electric apparatus of which the component can be controlled by radio. SOLUTION: A radio apparatus control adapter 1 has a radiocommunication module 2 conducting transmission and reception of signals by radio, a connecting part 3 for connecting the component and a control processor part 4 which controls interchange of control signals controlling the operation of the component and output signals from the component between the radiocommunication module 2 and the component connected to the connecting part 3. By fitting the connecting part 3 to the component, reception of the control signals for the component and transmission of the output signals therefrom can be executed by radio.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wireless device control adapter and a remote control terminal for wirelessly controlling components and electric devices.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Normally, power on / off operations of electric appliances such as home electric appliances are manually performed. In addition, there is a device in which components such as a power sensor and a display are provided in an electric device so that a user can check the power consumption of the electric device on the display.

[0003]

It is convenient for a user if these operations and confirmations can be performed wirelessly for each component of a plurality of electric devices by one remote control terminal.

[0004] In addition to the operation of turning on / off the power, it is more convenient if the control such as temperature adjustment can be performed wirelessly for an air conditioner or the like, for example.

However, in this case, it is necessary for the manufacturer of the electrical equipment to design a wireless module or the like for enabling wireless transmission of information for each electrical equipment, which causes a problem that the design burden increases. Was.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a wireless device control adapter capable of contributing to a reduction in load when designing an electrical device capable of controlling components wirelessly. To provide.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a wireless device control adapter that can contribute to reducing the burden when designing an electrical device that can be controlled wirelessly.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a remote control terminal capable of remotely controlling components and electric devices via the above-mentioned wireless device control adapter.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless device control adapter according to the first aspect of the present invention, comprising: a connecting means for connecting to a component; Wireless communication means for transmitting an output signal wirelessly, and control means for controlling exchange of a control signal and an output signal between the component connected to the connection means and the wireless communication means. And

In the present invention, by attaching a wireless device control adapter to a component, reception of a control signal for controlling the operation of the component and transmission of an output signal from the component can be performed wirelessly. By using the wireless device control adapter when designing an electrical device capable of controlling components, the burden of design can be reduced.

In the wireless device control adapter, the component is a power amount sensor for measuring power consumption in the electric device, and the output signal is a signal indicating the power consumption measured by the power amount sensor. It is characterized by being.

[0012] In the wireless device control adapter, the component is a relay for switching on / off of a power supply of the electric device, and the control signal is a signal for controlling a switching operation by the relay. Features.

[0013] In the wireless device control adapter, the component is built in a multi-outlet.

In the wireless device control adapter, the component is a display device provided in an electrical device, and the wireless communication unit receives a control signal including information to be displayed on the display device, and transmits the control signal to the display device. An output signal including the displayed information is transmitted.

In the wireless device control adapter, the component is a temperature sensor for measuring room temperature, and the output signal is a signal indicating room temperature.

In this wireless device control adapter, the wireless communication means uses Bluetooth as a wireless communication method.

A wireless device control adapter according to a second aspect of the present invention includes an interface for connecting to a microcomputer that controls the operation of the electric device, reception of a device control signal to the electric device, and transmission of a device output signal from the electric device. Wireless communication means for transmitting wirelessly, and control means for controlling exchange of a device control signal and a device output signal between the microcomputer connected to the interface and the wireless communication means. .

According to the present invention, by connecting a wireless device control adapter to an electric device via a microcomputer,
Since it becomes possible to wirelessly receive a device control signal for controlling the operation of the electrical device and transmit a device output signal from the electrical device, the wireless device control adapter is used when designing a wirelessly controllable electrical device. By using the method, the burden of design can be reduced.

A wireless device control adapter according to the present invention includes a microcomputer for controlling the operation of an electrical device, and a wireless communication means for wirelessly receiving a device control signal to the electrical device and transmitting a device output signal from the electrical device. And control means for controlling exchange of a device control signal and a device output signal between the microcomputer and the wireless communication means.

A wireless device control adapter according to a third aspect of the present invention is the first wireless device control adapter, wherein the wireless device control adapter has an interface for connecting to a microcomputer for controlling the operation of the electrical device. The reception of the device control signal to the device and the transmission of the device output signal from the electrical device are also performed wirelessly, and the control means is provided between the microcomputer connected to the interface and the wireless communication means. It is also characterized in that exchange of a device control signal and a device output signal is controlled.

The wireless device control adapter according to the present invention, in the first wireless device control adapter, has a microcomputer for controlling the operation of the electrical device, and the wireless communication means receives and transmits a device control signal to the electrical device. Transmission of device output signals from electrical devices is also performed wirelessly,
The control unit also controls the exchange of a device control signal and a device output signal between the microcomputer and the wireless communication unit.

A fourth remote control terminal according to the present invention comprises:
Wireless transmission / reception means for transmitting the control signal and receiving the output signal wirelessly to the wireless device control adapter, and display means for displaying the content indicated by the received output signal. .

In the present invention, the remote control terminal
By transmitting the control signal to the component and receiving the output signal from the component wirelessly to the wireless device control adapter, the component can be remotely controlled. Further, by displaying the content indicated by the received output signal, the content can be confirmed remotely.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote control terminal comprising:
For the wireless device control adapter, wireless transmitting and receiving means for wirelessly transmitting the device control signal and receiving the device output signal, and display means for displaying the content of the received device output signal, Features.

According to the present invention, the remote control terminal wirelessly transmits the device control signal to the electric device to the wireless device control adapter and receives the device output signal from the electric device. , Remote control of the electrical equipment. Also, by displaying the content indicated by the received device output signal, the content can be confirmed remotely.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote control terminal according to the third aspect.
Wireless transmission / reception means for transmitting the control signal and the device control signal, and receiving the output signal and the device output signal wirelessly to the wireless device control adapter, and the content of the received output signal and the device output signal And display means for displaying the content indicated by (1).

In this remote control terminal, the wireless transmitting / receiving means receives a signal indicating a room temperature from a temperature sensor as an output signal, and the wireless transmitting / receiving means is determined based on the signal indicating the room temperature. And transmitting a device control signal for controlling the temperature adjustment of the air conditioner to a wireless device control adapter provided in the air conditioner.

[0028]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a wireless device control adapter according to one embodiment. The wireless device control adapter 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a wireless communication module 2 for wirelessly transmitting and receiving signals, a relay,
The configuration includes a connection unit 3 to which various components such as a power sensor are connected, and a control processor unit 4 that controls the exchange of signals between the wireless module 2 and the connection unit 3.
The connection unit 3 corresponds to a connector or the like.

Next, a case will be described in which the wireless device control adapter 1 having such a configuration is applied to a multi-outlet such as a household power strip.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the entire system using a multi-outlet to which the wireless device control adapter 1 is applied. An electric appliance 31 corresponding to an existing household electric appliance such as an air conditioner or a refrigerator, or an electric light, has a power cord 32 connected to a plurality of outlets 14 provided in the multi-outlet 10.
Connected to one of the The wireless device control adapter 1 is built in the multi-outlet 10.

FIG. 3A is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the multi-outlet 10. As shown in FIG. The power cord 32 of the electric device 31 is connected to the outlet 14 of the multi-outlet 10.
The power cord 17 is connected to the outlet 14. The power cord 17 is connected to a relay 12 for switching power on / off to the electric device 31 and a power amount sensor 13 for measuring power consumption in the electric device 31. The relay unit 12 and the electric energy sensor 13 are connected to the connection unit 3 of the wireless device control adapter 1, and the memory 15 for storing the power consumption is connected to the control processor unit 4.

The connection unit 3 of the wireless device control adapter 1
Is connected to an AC / DC power supply 16 connected to a power cord 17 at a stage prior to the relay 12.
6, the power is supplied to the wireless device control adapter 1, and even when the power supply to the electric device 31 is stopped by the relay 12, the power is continuously supplied to the wireless device control adapter 1. It has become.

The relay 12 and the electric energy sensor 13 are provided for each of the outlets 14 so that power can be switched on / off and electric power consumption can be measured for each electric device.

Incidentally, the wireless device control adapter 1 may be provided for each outlet 14,
One wireless device control adapter may be shared by the outlets 14.

FIG. 3B is a block diagram showing the configuration of the remote control terminal 21. The remote control terminal 21 shown in FIG. 1 stores a wireless communication module (not shown) for transmitting and receiving signals wirelessly, a display unit 22 for displaying the contents of the transmitted and received signals, and information indicating the transmitted and received signals. The configuration includes a data storage unit 23 and an apparatus main unit (not shown) for controlling the operation of each of these units.

The wireless communication module 2 of the wireless device control adapter 1 and the wireless communication module of the remote control terminal 21
For example, Bluetooth is used as the wireless communication method.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, the remote control terminal 21 operates the electric equipment 31 according to an operation by an operator or a sequence set in advance.
To the wireless device control adapter 1 for giving an instruction to turn on the power.

In the wireless device control adapter 1, the control signal is received by the wireless communication module 2. The control processor unit 4 converts this control signal so that it can be recognized by the relay 12 and sends it to the relay 12. Relay 12
Starts supplying power to the electric device 31 based on this signal, and sends an output signal indicating that the power is on to the control processor unit 4.

The control processor unit 4 transmits an output signal from the relay 12 to the remote operation terminal 21 via the wireless communication module 2.

The remote control terminal 21 receives this output signal and stores information that the power is on in the data storage unit 2.
3 and managed for each electrical device.

Next, the remote control terminal 31
Is transmitted to the wireless device control adapter 1.

In the wireless device control adapter 1, the control signal is received by the wireless communication module 2. The control processor unit 4 converts the control signal so that the power sensor 13 can recognize the control signal, and sends the converted signal to the power sensor 13. The power sensor 13 starts measuring the power consumption of the electric device 31 based on the signal, and sends an output signal indicating the measured power consumption to the control processor unit 4.

The control processor unit 4 stores information on the amount of power consumption indicated by the output signal from the power sensor 13 in the memory 15. The memory 15 can store a certain amount of information, but the storage capacity is usually limited, so that the control processor unit 4 periodically transmits the power consumption to the remote control terminal 21.

Further, the remote control terminal 21 transmits a control signal for giving an instruction to notify the power consumption to the wireless device control adapter 1, whereby the power consumption stored in the memory 15 from the wireless device control adapter 1 is transmitted. Receive quantity information.

The remote control terminal 21 stores the information on the power consumption received in this manner in the data storage unit 23 and manages the information for each electric device.

The display unit 22 displays the amount of power consumption and the power-on / non-power-on state for each electric device by an operation of an operator or the like.

Subsequently, the remote control terminal 21
When the supply of power to the power supply 1 is stopped, a control signal for giving an instruction to turn off the power is transmitted to the wireless device control adapter 1.

In the wireless device control adapter 1, the control signal is received by the wireless communication module 2, and the control processor 4 converts the control signal so that it can be recognized by the relay 12, and sends out the signal to the relay 12. Relay 12
Based on this signal, the supply of power to the electric device 31 is stopped, and an output signal indicating that the power is not turned on is sent to the control processor unit 4. The control processor unit 4 transmits an output signal from the relay 12 to the remote operation terminal 21 via the wireless communication module 2.

The remote control terminal 21 receives this output signal, stores information that the power is not turned on in the data storage unit 23, and manages the information for each electric device.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, by attaching the wireless device control adapter 1 to the components such as the relay 12 and the electric energy sensor 13 via the connection portion 3, the reception of the control signal for controlling the operation of the component is performed. And the transmission of output signals from components can be performed wirelessly, so when designing electrical equipment that can control components wirelessly, use a wireless device control adapter to reduce the design burden. Can be.

According to the present embodiment, the wireless device control adapter 1 is connected to the relay 12 for switching on and off the power of the electric device 31, so that the power of the electric device is turned on and off. It can be remotely operated by the remote operation terminal 21.

According to the present embodiment, the wireless device control adapter 1 is connected to the power sensor 13 for measuring the power consumption of the electric device 31, so that the power consumption of the electric device 31 can be controlled by the remote control terminal. By displaying the information on the display unit 22 of the display 21, it is possible to confirm the information remotely.

According to the present embodiment, the relay 12 and the electric energy sensor 13 are built in the multi-outlet 10, and the wireless device control adapter 1 is also built in the multi-outlet 10. The power can be turned on and off remotely without any design change, and the power consumption can be checked remotely.

According to the present embodiment, the remote control terminal 21
By transmitting a control signal to the relay 12 for each electric device, and receiving an output signal from the relay 12 indicating the power ON / OFF state for each electric device, the power supply Can be managed.

According to the present embodiment, the remote control terminal 21
By receiving the output signal indicating the amount of power consumption from the electric energy sensor 13 for each electric device, the power consumption can be managed for each electric device.

In this embodiment, the relay 12 and the electric energy sensor 13 are used as components, but the present invention is not limited to this. By making the connection unit 3 and the control processor unit 4 versatile, it is possible to control various components only by changing the control signal transmitted from the remote operation terminal 21.

[Second Embodiment] In the first embodiment, the relay 1
Although the wireless device control adapter 1 is connected to the power sensor 2 and the electric energy sensor 13, in the present embodiment, the wireless device control adapter 1 is connected to an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) provided in the electrical device. It is characterized by the following.

FIG. 4A is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of an electric device 41 to which the wireless device control adapter 1 is applied, and FIG. 4B is a block diagram showing a configuration of the remote control terminal 21. is there. The basic configurations of the wireless device control adapter 1 and the remote operation terminal 21 are the same as those shown in FIG. 3, but the connection unit 3 of the wireless device control adapter 1 is connected to the LCD 42 provided in the electric device 41. Is done. Also,
A DC / DC power supply 43 is connected to the connection unit 3, and a memory 44 is connected to the control processor unit 4.

The LCD 42 displays the amount of power consumption and the operating status of the electric device 41, information transmitted from the remote control terminal 21, and the like, and the memory 44 stores the information. The DC / DC power supply 43 is for supplying power to the wireless device control adapter 1.

The remote control terminal 21 transmits a control signal for instructing the LCD 42 to display information. The control signal includes, for example, recipe information indicating a method of cooking microwave food when the electric device 41 is a microwave, and the like,
The recipe information and the like are displayed on the LCD 42. The remote operation terminal 21 stores recipe information to be transmitted in the data storage unit 23 in advance.

The information displayed on the LCD 42 is
2 or by operating the screen on the remote control terminal 21.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

When information to be displayed is selected by a screen operation on the LCD 42 or the remote control terminal 21,
A control signal including this information is transmitted from the remote operation terminal 21 to the wireless device control adapter 1.

In the wireless device control adapter 1, the control signal is received by the wireless communication module 2, and the control processor 4 converts the information contained in the control signal so that the information can be recognized by the LCD 42, and then sends the information to the LCD 42. ,
It is stored in the memory 44. The LCD 42 displays this information on the screen. Thereafter, when the same information is selected again by the screen operation, the information stored in the memory 44 is read out and displayed on the LCD 42.

The LCD 42 displays information indicating the operation status of the electric equipment 41 in addition to the information received wirelessly. An output signal including the information displayed on the LCD 42 is transmitted from the LCD 42 to the control processor unit. 4 is sent. The control processor unit 4 transmits this output signal to the remote operation terminal 21 via the wireless communication module 2 periodically or according to an instruction from the remote operation terminal 21.

The remote control terminal 21 stores information included in the received output signal in the data storage unit 24.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the information displayed on LCD 42 can be wirelessly transmitted to remote control terminal 21 by attaching wireless device control adapter 1 to LCD 42 provided in electric device 41. Therefore, this information is displayed on the display unit 22 of the remote operation terminal 21.
Can be confirmed remotely.

The LCD 4 provided in the electric device 41
Since the information transmitted from the remote control terminal 21 can be wirelessly received by attaching the wireless device control adapter 1 to the remote control 2, the display of information on the LCD 42 can be remotely operated.

[Third Embodiment] In each of the above embodiments, a wireless device control adapter is connected to various components. However, in this embodiment, a microcomputer for controlling the operation of an electric device is provided. An interface for connection is provided in the wireless device control adapter, so that the wireless device control adapter can be connected to the microcomputer.

FIG. 5A is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of an electric device 51 to which the wireless device control adapter 11 according to the present embodiment is applied, and FIG. FIG. The basic configuration of the wireless device control adapter 11 is substantially the same as that of FIG.
The control processor 14 has a serial interface 5 for connection to the wireless communication module 2 and a control signal to the component and exchange of an output signal from the component between the component such as the relay 52 and the current sensor 53 and the wireless communication module 2. In addition, the microcomputer 5 between the microcomputer 55 and the wireless communication module 2
The control of the exchange of the device control signal to the microcomputer 5 and the device output signal from the microcomputer 55 is controlled.

The microcomputer 55 is supplied with power from an AC / DC power supply 54 to which a power cord 57 is connected. The power cord 57 is connected to a relay 52 for switching on / off of power to the electric device 51 and a current sensor 53 for measuring a current supplied to the electric device 51.

The connection unit 3 of the wireless device control adapter 11
The relay 52 and the current sensor 53 are connected. In addition, a power cord 57 is provided before the relay 52 at the connection portion 3.
The AC / DC power supply 56 connected to the wireless device control adapter 11 is connected to the wireless device control adapter 11 even when the power supply to the electric device 51 is stopped by the relay 52.
Power is continuously supplied from the DC power supply 56.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. The wireless transmission and reception of the control signal to the component such as the relay 52 and the output signal from the component between the wireless device control adapter 11 and the remote operation terminal 21 are the same as those described in the above embodiments. Therefore, the wireless transmission and reception of the device control signal to the microcomputer 55 and the device output signal from the microcomputer 55 will be described here.

The remote control terminal 21 transmits a device control signal for controlling the operation of the electric device 51 to the wireless device control adapter 11. The device control signal corresponds to, for example, a signal for controlling temperature adjustment when the electric device 51 is an air conditioner.

The wireless device control adapter 11 receives this device control signal through the wireless communication module 2. The control processor 14 converts the device control signal so that the microcomputer 55 can recognize the device control signal, and sends the converted signal to the microcomputer 55 via the serial interface 5.

The microcomputer 55 controls the operation of the electric device 51 based on the device control signal. The control result at this time is notified from the microcomputer 55 to the control processor unit 14 as a device output signal. The control processor unit 14 wirelessly transmits the device output signal to the remote operation terminal 21 via the wireless communication module 2.

The remote operation terminal 21 stores information on the control result indicated by the received device output signal in the data storage unit 2.
3 and managed for each electrical device. In the display unit 23,
This information is displayed according to the operation by the operator.

Next, the format of the device control signal will be described. The device control signal is transmitted and received for each packet. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a format of one packet of the device control signal, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specification table of the communication standard.

This format has a destination address 61,
It has a source address 62, a mode value 63 in which a value is set according to the type of data for identifying the type of data to be transmitted, a data length 64 indicating the length of data to be transmitted, and a bay load 65 indicating the content of the data to be transmitted. is there. The bay load 65 includes a frame number 66 indicating a packet number,
The configuration includes operation contents 67 related to the operation of the electric device and attached data 68 such as characters, sounds, and images.

The mode value 63 is defined as 0X0001 when, for example, the operation content 67 is stored and the attached data is not stored. If the attached data is stored without storing the operation content 67, and the attached data is a character, 0x001,
0x0020 is defined when the attached data is audio, 0x0030 when the attached data is a still image, and 0x0040 when the attached data is a moving image. When storing other data, the mode value is newly defined so that the data can be identified.

The frame number 66 is incremented each time a packet is transmitted. The frame number 66 is also used to confirm whether the communication has been normally performed as shown in FIG. In the figure, when the wireless device control adapter 11 sends a device control signal to the electric device 51 via the microcomputer 55, the wireless device control adapter 11 sends the device control signal to notify that the device control signal has been normally received. The same number as the frame number of the received device control signal is transmitted to the wireless device control adapter 11.
Thereby, transmission / reception omission of the device control signal is prevented, and the sequential control of the electric device 51 becomes possible.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the wireless device control adapter 11 is connected to the microcomputer 55 for controlling the operation of the electric device 51 via the serial interface 5 so that the device control signal to the electric device 51 can be transmitted. Since the reception and transmission of the device output signal from the electric device 51 can be performed wirelessly, the use of the wireless device control adapter 11 in designing the wirelessly controllable electric device reduces the design burden. be able to.

According to the present embodiment, the remote control terminal 21
By transmitting wirelessly the device control signal to the electrical device 51 and receiving the device output signal from the electrical device 51 to the wireless device control adapter 11, the electrical device 51 can be remotely controlled. Can be.

In the present embodiment, the wireless device control adapter 11 has the connection unit 3 and the serial interface 5. However, the control processor unit 14 has only the microcomputer 55 as a configuration without the connection unit 3. Signals may be exchanged.

In the present embodiment, the wireless device control adapter 11 is connected to the microcomputer 55, but the microcomputer 55 may be built in the wireless device control adapter. Also in this case, the wireless device control adapter may or may not have the connection unit 3.

[Application to Other Embodiments] As a modification of each of the above embodiments, for example, a temperature sensor for measuring room temperature is installed in a room, and a wireless device control adapter 1 is connected to this temperature sensor. Then, the wireless device control adapter 11 is connected to a microcomputer built in the air conditioner for controlling the temperature in the room.

With this configuration, the remote operation terminal 21
An output signal indicating the room temperature from the temperature sensor is received from the wireless device control adapter 1, and a device control signal for controlling the temperature adjustment of the air conditioner determined based on the room temperature is transmitted to the wireless device connected to the microcomputer built in the air conditioner. By transmitting the signal to the control unit 11, it is possible to optimally remotely control the indoor temperature adjustment.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the wireless device control adapters 1 and 11 have a single connection portion 3. However, the wireless device control adapters 1 and 11 have a plurality of connection portions 3 so that they can be connected to a plurality of components. It may be.

[0091]

As described above, according to the radio equipment control adapter according to the present invention, by attaching the radio equipment control adapter to a component, reception of a control signal for controlling the operation of the component and reception of the control signal from the component. Since the output signal can be transmitted wirelessly, the design load can be reduced by using the wireless device control adapter when designing an electric device capable of controlling components wirelessly.

According to the wireless device control adapter of the present invention, by connecting the wireless device control adapter to the electrical device via the microcomputer, the device control signal for controlling the operation of the electrical device is received and the electrical device receives the signal from the electrical device. Since the device output signal can be transmitted wirelessly, the use of the wireless device control adapter when designing an electric device that can be controlled wirelessly can reduce the design burden.

According to the remote operation terminal of the present invention, the control signal is transmitted to the component and the output signal is received from the component, or the device control signal is transmitted to the electric device and transmitted to the radio device control adapter. Since the device output signal from the device is wirelessly received, the components and the electric device can be remotely controlled.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a wireless device control adapter according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an entire system using a multi-outlet to which the wireless device control adapter is applied.

FIG. 3A is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a multi-outlet, and FIG. 3B is a block diagram showing a configuration of a remote operation terminal.

FIG. 4A is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of an electric device to which a wireless device control adapter according to a second embodiment is applied, and FIG. 4B is a configuration of a remote operation terminal; FIG.

FIG. 5A is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of an electric device to which a wireless device control adapter according to a third embodiment is applied, and FIG. 5B is a block diagram showing a remote control terminal 21;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a format of one packet of a device control signal.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specification table of communication standards for device control signals.

FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram showing how a frame number is used for confirming normal communication.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,11 wireless device control adapter 2 wireless communication module 3 connection unit 4,14 control processor unit 10 multi-outlet 12,52 relay 13 electric energy sensor 14 outlet 15 memory 16,54,56 AC / DC power supply 17 power cord 21 remote control Terminal 22 Display unit 23 Data storage unit 31, 41, 51 Electrical equipment 42 LCD 43 DC / DC power supply 44 Memory 53 Current sensor 55 Microcomputer

Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Takuya Kishimoto 1-6 Ota Toshiba-cho, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka Prefecture Intra-company Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Mitsuo Takahashi 1-6 Ota Toshiba-cho, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka Co., Ltd. Inside EC (72) Inventor Harumi Hasebe 1-1-1, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo Inside Toshiba Corporation Head Office (72) Inventor Yoko Suwabe 1-1-1, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo Inside Toshiba Corporation Head Office F term (reference) 3L061 BA05 5H219 AA41 BB09 CC09 DD02 DD05 EE08 FF05 GG01 5K011 DA29 LA01 LA08 5K048 AA11 BA08 BA12 DB01 DC01 EB02 EB10 HA04 HA06

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A connection means for connecting to a component, a radio communication means for receiving a control signal to the component and transmitting an output signal from the component by radio, a component connected to the connection means, and the radio Control means for controlling the exchange of a control signal and an output signal with the communication means. 2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the component is a power amount sensor for measuring power consumption of the electric device, and the output signal is a signal indicating the power consumption measured by the power amount sensor. The wireless device control adapter according to claim 1. 3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the component is a relay for switching on / off of a power supply of the electric device, and the control signal is a signal for controlling a switching operation by the relay. 3. The wireless device control adapter according to 1 or 2. 4. The wireless device control adapter according to claim 1, wherein the component is built in a multi-outlet. 5. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the component is a display device provided in an electrical device, wherein the wireless communication unit receives a control signal including information to be displayed on the display device, and transmits the information displayed on the display device. The wireless device control adapter according to claim 1, wherein the wireless device control adapter transmits an output signal including the output signal. 6. The wireless device control adapter according to claim 1, wherein the component is a temperature sensor for measuring room temperature, and the output signal is a signal indicating room temperature. 7. The wireless device control adapter according to claim 1, wherein said wireless communication means uses Bluetooth as a wireless communication method. 8. An interface for connecting to a microcomputer that controls the operation of the electric device, wireless communication means for wirelessly receiving a device control signal to the electric device and transmitting a device output signal from the electric device, Control means for controlling exchange of a device control signal and a device output signal between the microcomputer connected to the interface and the wireless communication means. 9. A microcomputer for controlling an operation of an electric device, a wireless communication unit for receiving a device control signal to the electric device and transmitting a device output signal from the electric device, and the microcomputer and the wireless communication unit Control means for controlling exchange of a device control signal and a device output signal between the wireless device control adapter and the wireless device control adapter. 10. An interface for connecting to a microcomputer that controls the operation of an electric device, wherein the wireless communication unit also receives a device control signal to the electric device and transmits a device output signal from the electric device. The wireless communication means, wherein the control means also controls the exchange of a device control signal and a device output signal between a microcomputer connected to the interface and the wireless communication means. 8. The wireless device control adapter according to any one of 1 to 7. 11. A microcomputer for controlling an operation of an electric device, wherein the wireless communication unit wirelessly performs reception of a device control signal to the electric device and transmission of a device output signal from the electric device. The wireless device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the control unit also controls exchange of a device control signal and a device output signal between the microcomputer and the wireless communication unit. Control adapter. 12. A wireless transmission / reception means for transmitting the control signal and receiving the output signal wirelessly to the wireless device control adapter according to claim 1, and indicating the received output signal. A remote control terminal, comprising: display means for displaying contents. 13. A wireless transmission / reception means for wirelessly transmitting the device control signal and receiving the device output signal to the wireless device control adapter according to claim 8, and the content indicated by the received device output signal. A display means for displaying: and a remote control terminal. 14. A wireless transmission / reception means for transmitting the control signal and the device control signal and receiving the output signal and the device output signal wirelessly to the wireless device control adapter according to claim 10; Display means for displaying the content indicated by the received output signal and the content indicated by the device output signal. 15. The wireless transmitting and receiving means receives a signal indicating a room temperature from a temperature sensor as an output signal, and the wireless transmitting and receiving means controls a temperature of an air conditioner determined based on the signal indicating the room temperature. 15. The remote operation terminal according to claim 14, wherein a device control signal for controlling the adjustment is transmitted to a wireless device control adapter provided in the air conditioner.