JP2004304789A - Electrical apparatus controller, electrical apparatus control method, electrical apparatus control program, and electrical apparatus control lsi - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus which can easily correct the settings of the linked operation of the apparatuses connected to a network. <P>SOLUTION: A correction part 107 displays an apparatus 101 connected to a home network 110, etc. as an apparatus list, based on an apparatus management list 143 made from an apparatus controller 160 which controls the apparatus 101, etc. If the designation of an apparatus which is not in a state not being desired at present by a user is received via an operation part 151, a correction part 170 specifies a linked operation of a correction object based on a linked operation list 141, an apparatus history information 142, and preference designation 144, and makes correction of the linked operation of the operation list 141 so as to make the undesired state to the state desired at the reference time, when re-execution is made. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an electric device control apparatus and an electric device control method, and more particularly, to an electric device control cooperative operation correcting technique for controlling cooperative operation of electric devices connected via a home communication network.

  Appliances at home, mainly home appliances, have been used independently for a long time by operating a panel provided on the front of the appliance. If you want to cooperate with another device, it is necessary to operate the device as well, unless it is specially connected. For example, when playing a DVD, you must turn on the TV as well as the DVD. . In this case, even if a remote controller is provided, the complexity of performing individual operations is inevitable.

  On the other hand, the built-in microcomputer of home appliances has not only enhanced the functions of individual products, but also HAVi (Home Audio Video Interoperability) for AV home networks, ECHONET (Energy Conservation and Homecare Network) for white home networks, and PC management With the development of short-range communication standards represented by UPnP (Universal Plug & Play), status monitoring and operation control of devices have become easier, and so-called home networks or home automation have reached the level of practical use.

As a part of this, a method of connecting devices via a home network, linking a plurality of devices, and operating sequentially or simultaneously has been proposed and started to be implemented.
For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a concept in which the operation of one device is linked to the operation of another device, such as lowering the volume of a television when a bell of a telephone rings. A method of setting a cooperative operation in which a broadcast program is recorded with a server, and after recording, a program recorded by a home server is reproduced on a television is disclosed.

As the control of the device by the cooperative operation becomes more and more popular, the chance that the user directly operates the device seems to decrease.
JP 2002-186067 A JP 2003-22224 A

  However, the setting of the cooperative operation is not easy for the user, and even if the cooperative operation set by an expert such as a maker is used, when some cooperative operations are complicated, the cooperative control is performed. When a user wants to modify a device that is not in accordance with his or her personal habits or lifestyle, he / she is wondering which cooperative operation should be modified and how.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an electric device control device that can easily correct a cooperative operation by simply designating a device without the user being particularly conscious of the cooperative operation.

  In order to solve the above problems, an electric device control device of the present invention is an electric device control device that controls operation based on a preset cooperative operation for a plurality of devices connected to a network, Storage means for storing a cooperative operation table describing a plurality of cooperative operations, and controlling each of the devices based on the cooperative operation of the cooperative operation table, acquiring the operation state of each of the devices as device history information A device control unit for recording in the storage unit, a receiving unit for receiving designation of a device in an undesired state, a time when the receiving unit receives the designation as a reference time, the reference time, the designated device received, and the device history information. A specifying unit that specifies a cooperative operation to be corrected based on the cooperative operation of the cooperative operation table and a specified device that receives the device history information when the cooperative operation is specified. Based on bets, the designated device in the reference time is set to be provided with a correction means for correcting the cooperative operation table describing the identified cooperative operation by the specifying means to a desired state.

  According to the above configuration, when a designation of a device that is not currently in a desired state is received, a cooperative operation to be corrected is specified, and when the specified cooperative operation is next corrected under the same condition as the cooperative operation, the received reference is accepted. Since the state of the device is set to a desired state at the time, the user considers which of the plurality of cooperative operations being used is related to the specified device and how to correct which part, and It is not necessary to take the trouble of the correction operation, and it is only necessary to specify a device which is not currently in a desired state.

  Further, the cooperative operation table includes an execution item that describes an execution device that the user wants to execute the operation and an operation to be executed by the execution device, and a condition device that is a condition for executing the operation with the execution device. It is assumed that one or two or more execution items are set in the order of execution of the execution items, together with an identifier for identifying the cooperation operation for each cooperation operation.

Thus, when the cooperative operation is set, the cooperative operation for performing the operation related to the user's designated device can be easily understood by the execution item, and the correction target for bringing the designated device into a desired state can be quickly specified.
Further, the device history information stored in the storage means includes a device to which an operation is instructed, contents of the operation instruction, a time of the operation instruction, and information indicating whether the operation instruction is a cooperative operation or a user. And information on the operation instructed by the device and the operation performed by the device in accordance with the operation instruction, and the time at which the operation was performed, and the specifying unit performs the operation based on the device history information stored in the storage unit. Has a cooperative operation instruction determining unit for determining whether or not the operation to the undesired state is based on the user's instruction, and specifies the cooperative operation to be corrected only when the operation is determined to be negative.

Thus, the history of the operation of the designated device by the user can be known based on the device history information, so that it is possible to check whether or not the undesired state of the designated device is based on the user operation at the reference time. Since it is known that the modification of the cooperative operation is not necessary, the user is notified of the fact and unnecessary modification processing can be avoided.
Further, the device history information stored in the storage means, when the operation instruction is a cooperative operation, includes an identification name of the cooperative operation in the information by the cooperative operation, and the storage means indicates the cooperative operation to be corrected. When specifying, an execution item priority that indicates that an execution item that has already been executed at the reference time is prioritized as a correction target, or an unexecution item that indicates that an unexecuted item that has not been executed is prioritized. A priority designation storage unit for storing any one of the execution item priorities as a priority designation, wherein the identification unit further includes a cooperative operation stored in the storage unit at the reference time based on the device history information. An execution determination unit that determines whether or not there is a cooperative operation having an execution item that caused the device to operate in the undesired state, based on the device history information. A non-execution determining unit that determines whether there is a cooperative operation having an unexecuted item that causes the device to operate in a desired state, among the cooperative operations being executed stored in the storage unit at the reference time. In the case where the priority designation is the execution item priority, if the determination by the execution determination unit is affirmative, the cooperative operation having the execution item that caused the device to operate in the undesired state is set as the cooperative operation to be corrected, and An item is identified as the execution item, and when the determination by the execution determination unit is negative, a cooperative operation having an unexecuted item that causes the device to operate in a desired state is set as a cooperative operation to be corrected, and the correction item is set as the unexecuted item. If the priority is specified as an execution item and the non-execution item priority is given, when the judgment by the non-execution determination unit is affirmative, there is an unexecuted item for operating the device to a desired state. A cooperative operation is defined as a cooperative operation to be corrected, and a correction item is specified as the execution item. When the determination by the non-execution determination unit is negative, the cooperative operation includes an execution item that causes the device to operate in the undesired state. When the operation is a cooperative operation to be corrected and the specifying unit specifies the correction item as the unexecuted item, and when there are a plurality of cooperative operations including an unexecuted item that causes the device to operate in a desired state, among the corresponding cooperative operations, An unexecuted cooperation specifying unit that specifies a cooperative operation to be corrected based on either the recently started or the maximum number of executions is provided.

As a result, it is possible to know the cooperative operation that caused or scheduled to operate the specified device at the time before and after the reference time, and if there are multiple cooperating operations, identify the cooperative operation to be corrected based on the rule specified by priority specification In addition, the items to be corrected can be specified.
In the condition item, a plurality of condition devices and the condition of each condition device can be designated, and when any one of the plurality of condition devices matches the condition of the condition device, the execution item of the execution item can be specified. The execution of the operation of the execution device is to be performed.

Accordingly, when any one of the plurality of devices matches the condition of each device, the execution device is operated, so that the setting of the cooperative operation is flexible and the correction is easy.
In the execution term, a plurality of execution devices and the operation of each execution device can be specified, and when the condition device matches the condition of the condition device, execution of the operation of the execution device by all execution devices is performed. I am going to do it.

Thus, when the designated condition occurs, a plurality of devices can be operated at the same time, so that the setting of the cooperative operation is more flexible and easier to modify than when only one device to be operated can be specified.
In addition, the correction unit may be configured to determine whether a user's operation instruction has been issued to a device other than the designated device between an execution time of an item executed last in the cooperative operation and the reference time. A determination unit, when the correction item is an execution item, when the user instruction determination unit determines that the determination is affirmative, the device that is the target of the operation instruction in the condition item of the execution item is defined as a condition device; Performing a correction to be added as a condition based on the operation of the instruction, and when determined to be negative, the specified device from the execution item of the correction item, an execution item correction unit that performs correction to delete the operation of the device, When the correction item is an unexecuted item, when the user instruction determining unit determines that the appointment is affirmative, the condition item of the first unexecuted item of the cooperative operation includes a condition of the device that is the target of the user's instruction. As a device, make a correction to add the operation according to the user's instruction as a condition, when the determination is negative, the first non-executed item in the condition item, the execution device of the last execution item of the execution item as a condition device, An unexecuted item correction unit that performs a correction to add the operation of the execution device as a condition of the condition device; and the cooperative operation table in which the execution item correction unit or the unexecuted item correction unit corrects the cooperative operation. And an updating unit that updates the associated operation.

As a result, when the execution item is corrected, the designated device is in a desired state at the reference time when the cooperative operation after the correction is performed next. Further, when the unexecuted item is corrected, the designated device is quickly brought into a desired state, and the possibility that the designated device is in a desired state at a reference time is increased.
Further, the undesired state is one of an operating state in which the device is operating and a resting state in which the operation is suspended.
As a result, either the operating state (the term is different depending on the device) or the rest state is an undesired state, and the user can easily understand which device should be specified when specifying the device.

Further, a reference time receiving unit that receives designation of a time serving as the reference time is provided.
This allows the user to specify a point in an undesired state in the past rather than the current state, so that it is possible to correct the cooperative operation executed before and after that point.
In addition, the correction unit further includes a trial unit that attempts a cooperative operation corrected by either the execution item correction unit or the unexecuted item correction unit using a virtual device that is not an actual device. Has a trial confirmation receiving unit that receives a trial confirmation of the correction by the trial unit, and the updating unit of the correction unit updates the cooperative operation of the cooperative operation table when the confirmation is received by the trial confirmation receiving unit. I'm going to do that.

As a result, a trial (test) can be performed, and it is possible to confirm whether or not the designated device is in a desired state at the reference time by performing a trial of the modified cooperative operation using the virtual device on the virtual device.
In order to solve the above problems, an electric device control method according to the present invention is an electric device control method for controlling operation of a plurality of devices connected to a network based on a preset cooperative operation. A recording step of recording a cooperative operation table describing a plurality of cooperative operations performed in a storage area, and controlling each of the devices based on the cooperative operation of the cooperative operation table, acquiring an operation state of each device, and obtaining device history information. A device control step of recording in the storage area, a receiving step of receiving designation of a device in an undesired state, and setting the time received in the receiving step as a reference time, the reference time, the designated device received, and the device history. A specifying step of specifying a cooperative operation to be corrected based on information and a cooperative operation of the cooperative operation table, and when the cooperative operation is specified, the device Based on the history information and the specified device received, a correction step of correcting the cooperative operation table describing the cooperative operation specified by the specifying step so that the specified device at the reference time is in a desired state; It has to have.

According to the above method, the user specifies a device that is not currently in the desired state, specifies the cooperative operation to be corrected, and corrects the cooperative operation to the desired state at the reference time. There is no need to consider which of the cooperative operations is related to the designated device and how to correct which part, and it is not necessary to perform an operation for the correction.
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, an electric device control program according to the present invention is an electric device control program which controls an operation of a plurality of devices connected to a network based on a preset cooperative operation. A recording step of recording, in a storage area, a cooperative operation table describing a plurality of set cooperative operations in the device control program, and controlling each of the devices based on the cooperative operation of the cooperative operation table; A device control step of acquiring a state and recording it in the storage area as device history information, a receiving step of receiving designation of a device in an undesired state, and a reference time when the reception in the receiving step is a reference time. A specifying step for specifying a cooperative operation to be corrected based on the received specified device, the device history information, and the cooperative operation in the cooperative operation table. When the cooperative operation is specified, based on the device history information and the received specified device, the cooperative operation specified by the specifying step is performed so that the specified device at the reference time is in a desired state. Modifying the described cooperative operation table.

By the above program, the user specifies the device that is not currently in the desired state, specifies the cooperative operation to be corrected, and corrects the cooperative operation to the desired state at the reference time. There is no need to consider which of the cooperative operations is related to the designated device and how to correct which part, and it is not necessary to perform an operation for the correction.
In order to solve the above problems, an LSI (Large Scale Integrated circuit) according to the present invention controls operation of a plurality of devices connected to a network based on a preset cooperative operation, thereby setting an undesired state. An LSI applied to an electric device control device having a receiving unit for receiving designation of a certain device, wherein the storage means stores a cooperative operation table describing a plurality of set cooperative operations, and a coordination of the cooperative operation table. Device control means for controlling each of the devices based on the operation, acquiring the operation state of each of the devices and recording the same as device history information in the storage unit, and a reception unit for receiving designation of a device in an undesired state, The time received by the receiving unit is set as a reference time, and is set as a correction target based on the reference time, the specified device received, the device history information, and the cooperative operation of the cooperative operation table. Specifying means for specifying a cooperative operation, and when the cooperative operation is specified, based on the device history information and the specified device received, the specifying means so that the specified device at the reference time is in a desired state. Each function of the coordinating operation table that describes the cooperative operation specified by the above and a correction unit that corrects the cooperative operation table is executed by a command.

  With the above-mentioned LSI, the user specifies the cooperative operation to be corrected only by specifying a device that is not currently in the desired state, and corrects the cooperative operation to the desired state at the reference time. There is no need to consider which of the cooperative operations is related to the designated device and how to correct which part, and it is not necessary to perform an operation for the correction.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of an electric appliance control device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the first embodiment of the electric device control device.
The electric device control device 120 includes a storage unit 140, an operation unit 151, a display unit 152, a device control unit 160, and a correction unit 170, and is an electric device (hereinafter, referred to as “device”) via the home network 110. The devices 101, 102, 103, and the like are connected.

The device 101 and the like include a television, a stereo, a water heater, an air conditioner (hereinafter, referred to as an “air conditioner”), a timer, a curtain (electrically driven), and the like, and are controlled by a device control unit 160 described later. Notification of operation and the like is performed.
The home network 110 is a local communication network that connects the electric device control device 120 to the device 101 and the like, and is realized by IEEE1394, wire such as a power line, or wireless such as infrared rays and radio waves.

The standard for controlling the device 101 and the like may be any of the aforementioned HAVi or the like, and the transmission procedure and the transmission medium of the lower layer of the network may be any as long as they conform to the above standard.
The storage unit 140 is realized by a main memory of a computer and a magnetic medium storage device, and stores a cooperation operation table 141, device history information 142, a device management table 143, and a priority designation 144.
The cooperative operation table 141 is a table describing the set (defined) cooperative operation, and there is no limit to the number of cooperative operations to be set.

Each cooperative operation in the cooperative operation table 141 is referred to and executed by the device control unit 160, and is referred and corrected by the correction unit 170.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the cooperative operation table.
The cooperative operation in the cooperative operation table will be described with reference to FIG.
The cooperative operation table 141 describes, for each cooperative operation, an identification name (cooperative operation name) of the cooperative operation and an operation procedure. The operation procedure describes that a certain operation is executed when a certain condition occurs, in the order of execution.

In the cooperative operation table 141, an item 205 composed of a pair of a condition item 203 and an execution item 204 is sequentially described as an operation procedure.
For example, in the cooperative operation called “wake-up support 202”, four items are described in the column of the wake-up support 202 as the operation procedure toward the bottom of the table.
Conditional item 203 describes a device (hereinafter referred to as “conditional device”) and its condition (operation or state) as an operation condition, and execution item 204 describes a device that performs an operation as execution (hereinafter “executable device”). ) And its operation.

A plurality of devices can be specified as the condition device of the condition item 204. In this case, the condition also specifies the condition of each device. When there are a plurality of condition devices of the condition item 203, if any of the condition devices matches the condition of the device, the operation of the execution device of the execution item is performed.
In addition, a plurality of devices can be designated as the execution device of the execution item, and in this case, the operation describes the operation to be performed by each device. In this case, when the condition of the condition term occurs, all designated devices of the execution devices of the execution term are operated.

When an operation instruction is given to the execution device, the execution item is said to have been executed.When the execution item has been executed, the item is said to have been executed. Items that have not yet been executed are called unexecuted items.
The start of the cooperative operation is when the first item is executed, and the end is when the execution of the last item is completed. A cooperative operation that has been started but not yet completed is said to be running. The running cooperative operation has an execution item and an unexecuted item. The completed cooperative operation includes only execution items. The cooperative operation scheduled to start in the future is not to be corrected by the correction unit 170.

Each item is executed in the setting order. Therefore, when the immediately preceding item has not been executed, the evaluation of the conditional item (judgment of satisfaction of the condition) is not performed.
The start of the cooperative operation includes a case in which the operation is started after waiting for an operation of some device, and a case in which the user starts by instructing the device control unit 160 to start. In these cases, depending on the condition of the condition item of the first item, Decided.

An example of the cooperation operation using the wake-up support 202 will be described.
The wake-up support 202 includes four items. The condition item of item 1 is timeout of the timer, and when the time set by the timer is reached, this condition is satisfied. Therefore, the start of the wake-up support 202 does not require direct activation or device operation by the user.
The condition item of item 2 of the wake-up support 202 is lighting of a light, and this condition waits for a lighting operation of a lighting device by a user. While the wake-up support 202 is waiting for a lighting operation by the user, the wake-up support 202 is being executed, and has item 1 as an execution item and all items after item 2 as unexecuted items.

  The wake-up support items 2 and 3 are "operate the air conditioner when the lighting is on, and end the music playback of the stereo when the air conditioner is operated". Although the timing of the stereo operation is slightly different, it is assumed that “when the lighting is turned on, the air conditioner is operated and the stereo is terminated with music reproduction”. It may be merged. In this case, the two execution devices simultaneously receive the operation instruction from the device control unit 160.

Item 4 indicates that when “stereo has finished playing music”, the “cooperation” itself ends. Here, for the sake of convenience, the “cooperative operation” is simulated as the execution device for the sake of convenience.
The device history information 142 records history information on each device such as the device 101. The recorded history information includes an instruction from the device control unit 160 to the device (if the operation instruction is a cooperative operation, further includes an identification name of the cooperative operation), a response from the device to the operation instruction, a device by the user. There is information related to the operation and the like, which are recorded together with the time when they occurred.

The device history information 142 is recorded by the device control unit 160 for each device. The record of the device history is stored for a predetermined period, for example, the past one year. The cooperative operation is also regarded as one device, and the identifier of each cooperative operation, its start or end, and the time of occurrence are recorded.
The device history table 142 is written and updated by the device control unit 160, and is referred to by the correction unit 170.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the device history information.
The device history information 142 indicates the history of the device when the history of the device is only the result of the cooperative operation of “wake-up support”. In FIG. 3, for example, the part “instruct music playback” of the stereo is an identification name of the cooperative operation when the device control unit 160 records when the instruction is a cooperative operation, for example, “wake up support”. Also, “Music reproduction is instructed by the wake-up support cooperative operation”, but the display of the device history information 142 is omitted. Similarly, in the subsequent display of the device history information, the “instruction” is based on the “cooperation of wake-up support” unless otherwise specified, and the display is omitted to avoid complication.

FIG. 4 illustrates a state change for each device related to the wake-up support 202 based on the example of the device history information 142. Here, the arrows shown in the device-specific state change 401 of the wake-up support 202 indicate that “the execution of the operation of the execution device is performed due to the occurrence of the condition of the condition device” (the same applies to the subsequent drawings).
The device management table 143 is a table in which information for the device control unit 160 to manage the device 101 and the like is recorded, written and updated by the device control unit 160, and is referred to by the correction unit 170 described later.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the device management table.
As shown in the timer 501, the device management table 143 includes a connection state 502 indicating whether each device is currently connected to the home network 110, and a current operation state 503 (operation state depending on the device) when the device is connected. When the device is connected, a current detailed state 504 specific to the device, such as a set channel number, frequency, dehumidification, etc., and details of an instruction command 505 of an operation accepted by the device are described.

  The priority designation 144 describes a priority designation, which is a type of priority rule, when identifying a cooperative operation to be corrected. If the priority designation 144 is “execution item priority”, the cooperative operation having an execution item is prioritized as a correction target, and if the “non-execution item priority”, the cooperative operation having an unexecuted item is prioritized as a correction target. Is shown. The priority designation 144 is set or updated by the device control unit 160, and is referred to by the correction unit 170.

The operation unit 151 is realized by a pointing device (such as a mouse) and a keyboard (not shown), receives an instruction for correcting the cooperative operation from the user, and notifies the device control unit 160 and the correction unit 170 of the received content. I do.
The display unit 152 is realized by a PDP, a liquid crystal panel, or the like, is display-controlled by the device control unit 160 and the correction unit 170, and displays an instruction.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a device list displayed on the display unit 152 according to an instruction from the correction unit 170. The devices displayed in the device list 601 are displayed to correct the cooperative operation, and among the devices managed in the device management table 143, the devices connected to the home network, that is, the devices in the device management table 143. The state 145 is a connected device described as “Y”.

When the user points to an arbitrary device being displayed in the device list 601 and designates the device by clicking, the operation unit 151 notifies the correction unit 170 of the fact, and the correction processing of the cooperative operation related to the specified device starts.
The device control unit 160 controls the device 101 and the like connected to the home network 110.

The device control unit 160 notifies the device 101 and the like of an operation instruction or inquiry, receives a notification of an operation and a response from the device 101 and the like, and also receives the information related to the above notification at the time when the information is received. In addition, the information is recorded as device history information 142 in a storage unit 140 described later. Further, the device management table 143 is updated to reflect the current state of each device.
The device control unit 160 reads the cooperative operation table 141 of the storage unit 140, and controls the device 101 and the like based on each cooperative operation set in the cooperative operation table 141.

The device control unit 160 also receives, from the device, a notification of an operation based on a direct operation of the operation panel provided on the device 101 or the like by the user, records the information in the device history information 142 together with the time of reception, and The status of the device in the management table 143 is updated.
The operation instruction performed by the device control unit 160 on the device 101 or the like based on the cooperation operation of the cooperation operation table 141 includes an operation instruction for setting a driving state, for example, “driving”, “lighting”, “music playback”, and the like. There are operation instructions for putting the system into a halt state, such as “operation end”, “lights out”, “music playback end”, and the like. These instructions are performed by notifying the relevant instruction command of the instruction command details 505 of the relevant device described in the device management table 103 to the relevant device.

  The device control unit 160 also sets or updates the priority designation 144. When the user performs a predetermined key operation (simultaneously presses the two keys of the control and the numeral 2), the device control unit 160 receives the notification from the operation unit 151 and stores the current priority designation 144 in the storage unit 140. And display it on the display unit 152 (not shown). When "priority of execution item" or "priority of non-execution item" is designated by the user operating the character key in the display of the priority designation 144, a notification to that effect is received from the operation unit 151, and the device control unit 160 Sets or updates the display priority designation 144 with the designated contents.

The device control unit 160 displays the device management table 143 on the display unit 152. When the user performs a predetermined key operation (simultaneously presses the two keys of the control and the number 3), the device control unit 160 receives the notification from the operation unit 151 and stores the current device management table 143 in the storage unit. 140 is read out and displayed on the display unit 152.
The correction unit 170 corrects the cooperative operation set in the cooperative operation table 141.

The correction unit 170 receives the content of the operation for the cooperative operation correction by the user notified from the operation unit 151. Further, display control is performed on the display unit 152.
When a predetermined key operation (simultaneous depression of two keys of control and numeral 1) is performed by the user, the operation unit 151 notifies the correction unit 170 of that. The correction unit 170 refers to the device management table 143 and displays connected devices among the devices managed by the device management table 143 in the device list 601.

In the device list 601, the user designates one of the devices displayed in the device list 601 by clicking the device whose current state is not the desired state for the user. The designated device is called a designated device.
The correction unit 170 refers to the device history information 142 and the cooperative operation table 141 based on the designated device and the time at which the specified device was received (hereinafter referred to as “reference time”), and is set in the cooperative operation table 141. Correction processing of an appropriate cooperative operation among the cooperative operations being performed is performed.

If the cooperative operation is corrected and the corrected cooperative operation is performed next, the designated device is brought into a desired state at a time similar to the reference time (hereinafter, simply referred to as “reference time”). That is the purpose of the correction.
Next, a description will be given of a method of correcting a cooperative operation for changing a device from an undesired state to a desired state at a reference time.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating some cases of a state change of the designated device.
In FIG. 7, a hatched portion in the state of the device indicates an operation state of the designated device, and an X mark indicates a reference time.
The state change 701 includes an operation 703 in which the designated device is set in a desired state, for example, an undesired sleep state from the operation state at the reference time, and there is no or no cooperative operation being performed after the reference time 704. This indicates that there is no item for operating the designated device among the unexecuted items.

When the operation 703 is performed by a user operation, it is not a cooperative operation that caused the designated device to be in an undesired state, so that the cooperative operation cannot be corrected (because it is unnecessary). It should be noted that all the information on the state change in FIG. 7 can be obtained from the device history information 142 including the subject who has given the operation instruction.
On the other hand, if the operation 703 is a cooperative operation, the cooperative operation is corrected with the cooperative operation as a correction target.

  One way of modifying is to prevent operation 703 from occurring. For this purpose, a set in which the designated device is the execution device and the operation in which the operation 703 is performed is deleted from the execution item of the operation 703, and if the condition item of the item following the item deleted from the execution item has the same set, It is also deleted, and the condition term of the item at the time when the pair was deleted in the execution term is added to the condition term. If the execution item becomes blank as a result of deleting the group from the execution item, the item of the execution item is also deleted.

  Another method for setting the designated device to a desired state at the reference time 704 of the state change 701 is as follows. If there is an operation of a device other than the designated device by (if there is operation of a plurality of devices, for example, the first operation, the same applies hereinafter), a set of the device and its operation is a condition item, the designated device is an execution device, This is to add, immediately after the last execution item, an item whose execution item is a set whose operation is to set the execution device in a desired state. This method is based on the idea that the user should have thought that the designated device should be in a desired state because another device was operated.

When the cooperative operation after the correction is executed next by any of the above-described correction methods, the user's desired state is obtained at the reference time.
Contrary to the state change 701, the state change 711 includes, at the reference time 714, an operation that has not caused the device to be in the current undesired dormant state, and is an unexecuted operation that is scheduled to be executed by the currently executed cooperative operation. The operation 712 of the item indicates that the operation state, which is the state desired by the user, is to be set.

In this case, the cooperative operation to be corrected is a cooperative operation having an operation 712 in an unexecuted item, and may be modified so as to promote the execution of the unexecuted item including the operation 712. The first unexecuted item may be promoted to be executed.
In order to execute the first unexecuted item of the cooperative operation, the content of the execution item of the last executed item may be added to the condition item of the first unexecuted item. Here, replacement may be performed instead of addition.

Another method for causing the first unexecuted item of the cooperative operation to be executed is, if there is an operation of another device by the user between the time of execution of the last execution item of the cooperative operation and the reference time. This is to add a pair of a device and its operation to the condition term of the first unexecuted item. Also in this case, replacement may be performed instead of addition.
The status change 721 is a diagram showing a general status change of the designated device.

In the state change 721, the reference time 729 is the same as the reference time 704 of the state change 701, and the reference time 726 is the same as the reference time 714 of the state change 711.
The reference time 728 indicates that there is a cooperative operation having an execution item of the operation 723 and a cooperative operation having an unexecuted item of the operation 724. In this case, it is necessary to specify a cooperative operation related to any of the above operations as a correction target.

Either one is determined by the priority designation 144 stored in the storage unit 140. That is, if the priority designation 144 is “execution item priority”, a cooperation operation having an execution item of operation 723 is specified as a correction target, and if the priority designation 144 is “unexecuted item priority”, a cooperation operation having an unexecuted item of operation 724 is performed. Identify the behavior as a correction target.
Also, at reference time 728, even if the cooperative operation of an unexecuted item is to be corrected by “unexecuted item priority”, there is another cooperative operation that performs the same operation (not shown) as operation 724. In other words, when there are a plurality of cooperative operations having an unexecuted item that brings the designated device into a desired state in the cooperative operation that is currently being executed, it is necessary to determine which cooperative operation is to be corrected based on some criterion.

As a criterion in this case, one of the cooperative operation whose start of the cooperative operation is the latest or the cooperative operation in which the number of executions of the cooperative operation is the largest in a past predetermined period (for example, the past month) is considered. It may be a reference.
In the state change 721, it is the case of correcting the execution item that ensures the designated device to be in the desired state at the reference time 728, and in the case of correction of the unexecuted item, any one of the above-described determination criteria is used. The time at which the state setting operation is performed is accelerated, but the desired state may not be obtained at the reference time 728.

The modification of the cooperative operation will be described with some examples based on the wake-up support 202 in FIG.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the device history information when the user opens the curtain instead of turning on the lighting which is the condition item of item 2 of the wake-up support 202.
The device history information 801 indicates that the user has operated the curtain opening 802 and has not turned on the lighting 803. Here, an X mark indicates an operation that was expected but did not occur.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a state change for each device based on the device history information 801 in FIG.
The wake-up support 202 executes the item 1 and waits for the user to turn on the lighting 803 described in the condition item 203 of the item 2.
At this time, the user designates the air conditioner in the device list 601 displayed on the display unit 152 at the current reference time 902, assuming that it is not desirable that the air conditioner is still operating.

Upon receiving the notification of the above user operation from the operation unit 151, the correction unit 170 reads history information related to the air conditioner from the device history information 801 and performs a cooperative operation in which the air conditioner is set to the current suspension state based on the history information. It is checked whether or not there is such a cooperative operation.
Next, after the reference time 902, it is checked whether any of the cooperative operations that are currently being executed are scheduled to execute an operation of setting the air conditioner to a desired operating state. Then, it is understood that only the wake-up support 202 corresponds.

  Therefore, the correction unit 170 specifies the wake-up support 202 as a cooperative operation to be corrected, and executes the unexecuted item (first item if there are a plurality of items) whose execution device includes a set of the air conditioner and the operation of the air conditioner. Identify it as an item to be modified. Here, when the item to be corrected is an unexecuted item, it does not necessarily mean correcting the unexecuted item itself, but means performing a correction to promote the execution of the unexecuted item, The item that is actually modified is the first unexecuted item.

The correction unit 170 corrects item 2 which is the first unexecuted item of the wake-up support 202 as follows.
First, the correction unit 170 checks, based on the device history information 801, whether or not a user has performed a device operation from the time of execution of the last execution item of the wake-up support 202 to the reference time 902. Then, the device is set as a condition device, and a set conditioned on its operation is added to the condition item of item 2 of the wake-up support 202.

According to the device history information 801, it is known that the curtain has been opened 802 by the user at the time of 7:30, so that the curtain addition is corrected as described above.
FIG. 10 shows the wake-up support in which the curtain is incorporated as a result of performing the above-described correction on the wake-up support 202. In the wake-up support 1101 after the correction, a set 1002 that sets the curtain as a condition device and the opening as a condition is added to the condition item of item 2 which is the first unexecuted item. In this example, if there is no operation of the curtain by the user, a process of adding the execution item of the last execution item of item 1 (item 1 in this case) to the condition item of item 2 to promote the execution of item 2 Perform Here, instead of the addition to the conditional item, the conditional item may be replaced (overwritten).

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a state change of each device when the wake-up support 1001 after the correction in FIG. 10 is executed. The air conditioner operates in the operation state 1102 by opening the curtain, and is in the desired operation state at the reference time 902.
Next, an example in which an air conditioner is stopped by a fan will be described.
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating execution of the wake-up support 202 and device history information when the user operates the electric fan. The device history information 1201 also records the start and end of the wake-up support 202, but is not shown for simplicity.

According to the device history information 1201, the user performs the operation 1202 of the electric fan after the end of the cooperative operation of the wake-up support 202.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a state change of each device based on the device history information 1201 in FIG.
The user has designated the air conditioner in the device list 601 as "the operation of the air conditioner at the reference time 1302 is unnecessary".

  Upon receiving the notification that the air conditioner is the designated device from the operation unit 151, the correction unit 170 checks the device history information 1201 as in the case of the curtain described above, and wakes up the operation of setting the air conditioner to the state at the reference time 1302. This is due to the support 202, and there is no cooperative operation scheduled to be executed after the reference time 1302. Therefore, a modification is made so that the air conditioner is not operated or the air conditioner is stopped.

Since the electric fan is operated by the user operation from the execution time of the last execution item of the wake-up support 202 to the reference time 1302, the air conditioner may be stopped by using the electric fan, which is the device operated by the user, as a condition device. . In addition, when there is no user-operated device, it may be corrected so that the operation of operating the air conditioner is not performed.
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing that, in the wake-up support 202, an additional correction of the item "stop the air conditioner when the electric fan is operated, suspend the air conditioner" 1402 is performed at the end of the cooperative operation.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a state change of each device when the corrected wake-up support 1401 illustrated in FIG. 14 is operated.
The state change 1501 indicates that the air conditioner has been put into the stop state 1502 by the operation of the electric fan, and it can be seen that the air conditioner is in the stop state which is the desired state for the user at the reference time 1302.

Finally, a stereo example is shown.
In the state indicated by the device-specific state change 401 of the wake-up support 202 in FIG. 4, the user complains that the stereo is not playing music at the reference time 402 and specifies the stereo in the device list 601.
Upon receiving the notification that the stereo is the designated device from the operation unit 151, the correcting unit 170 sets the stereo to a pause (reproduction end) state at the reference time 402 in FIG. 4 based on the history information 142 in FIG. It is checked whether or not there is, and it is known that there is no cooperative operation scheduled to be executed after the reference time 502 as the wake-up support 202. Therefore, a correction is made so as not to pause the stereo.

FIG. 16 is a diagram in which the item 3 of the wake-up support 202, that is, “when the air conditioner is operated, end the music reproduction on the stereo” is deleted. At the time of the deletion, the condition item “after the stereo reproduction of music” of the item 4 is deleted, and replacement 1602 by the condition item of the item 3 is performed.
FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a state change of each device when the corrected wake-up support 1601 illustrated in FIG. 16 is operated.

The state change 1701 indicates that the stereo music playback is not terminated even if the air conditioner is driven, so that at the reference time 402, the air conditioner is in the sleep state, which is the state desired by the user.
FIG. 18 to FIG. 21 are flowcharts showing the operation of correcting the cooperative operation by the correction unit 170.

The operation of correcting the cooperative operation will be described based on these drawings.
The correction unit 170 reads the device management table 143, displays all devices connected to the home network 110 among the devices managed in the table on the display unit 152 as a device list 601, and sets the device in an undesired state. A designation of a certain device is received via the operation unit 151, and the received time is set as a reference time (S10).

Based on the received designated device, the cooperative operation to be corrected is specified by a specifying process (S20). The process of specifying the cooperative operation will be described later.
It is checked whether or not the correction target has been specified by the cooperative operation specification processing (S40). If the correction target could not be specified, a message to that effect is displayed on the display unit 152 (S35), and the correction unit 170 ends the processing. I do.

If specified, the execution item and the non-execution item of the specified cooperative operation are separated (S50).
The correction unit 170 checks whether the item specified as a correction target of the cooperative operation by the cooperative operation specifying process is an execution item (S60). If the item is an execution item, the correction unit 170 performs an execution item correction process (S70). If the item is an execution item, the unexecuted item correction process (S80) is performed on the temporary storage in the correction unit 170. These two correction processes will be described later.

The cooperative operation in the cooperative operation table 141 of the storage unit 140 is updated by the corrected cooperative operation (S90), and the correction process ends.
Next, the operation of the cooperative operation identification process (S20) performed by the correction unit 170 will be described with reference to FIG. 19. The correction unit 170 reads history information related to the designated device in the device history information 142 (S21), On the other hand, it is checked whether or not there is an operation in the state at the reference time, and whether the operation is caused by a user operation (S22).

When the user operation is performed, the modification of the cooperative operation is impossible (unnecessary), and the modification unit 170 displays a message indicating that the coordination is impossible on the display unit 152 and returns (S23).
When the operation is not performed by the user or when there is no operation set to the state at the reference time, the cooperative operation table 141 is read (S24), and based on the device history table 142, the execution is completed or executed at the reference time. The cooperative operation is checked, and it is checked whether any of the execution devices in the execution item includes the specified device (S25). If there is no cooperative operation including the designated device, the cooperative operation cannot be corrected, and the correcting unit 170 displays a message indicating that the cooperative operation cannot be specified on the display unit 152 and returns (S23).

If there is a cooperative operation including the designated device, the correction unit 170 searches for a cooperative operation having an execution item that makes the designated device undesired at the reference time from among the cooperative operations (S26).
The correction unit 170 also searches for a cooperative operation that is still being executed at the reference time and has an unexecuted item that brings the specified device into a desired state, from among the cooperative operations including the designated device (S27).

Next, the modifying unit 170 reads the priority designation 144 and checks whether it is “execution item priority” (S32).
If the priority designation 144 is not “execution item priority”, it is checked whether there is a cooperative operation searched in S27 (S33).
If there is a corresponding cooperative operation, the cooperative operation is specified as a cooperative operation to be corrected, and the unexecuted item is specified as an item to be corrected (S34), and the process returns.

  Here, when there are a plurality of corresponding cooperative operations, one is specified based on the criterion. As a criterion, any one of the cooperative operation in which the start of the cooperative operation has been started recently and the cooperative operation in which the number of executions of the cooperative operation is the largest may be used as the criteria. Here, the former is used as a criterion. Note that the information of the determination criterion may be stored in the storage unit 140 similarly to the priority designation 144, and the determination may be made based on the information.

If there is no cooperative operation having the corresponding unexecuted item, the process of S37 is performed.
If the priority designation 144 is "execution item priority", it is checked whether there is a cooperative operation searched in S26 (S36).
If there is a corresponding cooperative operation, the cooperative operation is specified as a cooperative operation to be corrected, and the execution item is specified as an item to be corrected (S37), and the process returns.

If there is no cooperative operation having the corresponding execution item, the process of S34 is performed.
Next, the operation of the execution item correcting process (S70) by the correcting unit 170 will be described with reference to FIG.
The correction unit 170 performs the following correction process on the execution item specified in the specific cooperative operation specified in the cooperative operation specification process (S20) in the read cooperative operation table 141 as follows.

After the execution of the last execution item of the cooperative operation is completed, it is checked whether or not the user has operated any device other than the designated device by the reference time (S71).
If there is a corresponding user operation, the condition item is that the device operated by the user is the condition device and the operation is an operation based on the user operation, and the operation that the designated device is the execution device and the designated device is in the desired state. An item including an execution item to be an action is created, and the item is added immediately after the last execution item (S73: example of adding a fan).

If there is no corresponding user operation, delete processing is performed as follows (S75: see the example of stereo), and the process returns.
From the execution item of the execution item, the set that sets the designated device as the execution device and performs the operation of setting the device to an undesired state is deleted. If the condition item of the next item of the execution item exists, delete it and add all the contents of the condition item of the execution item to the condition item of the next item of the execution item.

If the execution item becomes empty as a result of deletion from the execution item of the execution item, the execution item is deleted, and the deletion process ends.
Finally, the operation of the unexecuted item correction processing (S80) by the correction unit 170 will be described with reference to FIG.
The modification unit 170 performs the modification process of the specified unexecuted item in the same manner as the above-described modification process of the unexecuted item.

After the execution of the last execution item of the specified cooperative operation is completed, it is checked whether or not the user has operated any device other than the designated device by the reference time (S81).
If there is a corresponding user operation, the device operated by the user is set as a condition device, a condition item for performing an operation based on the user's operation, and an operation for setting the specified device as an execution device and setting the specified device to a desired state. Is added to the condition item of the first unexecuted item (refer to the example of S83: curtain addition), and the process returns.

If there is no corresponding user operation, the content of the execution item of the last execution item is added to the condition item of the first unexecuted item (S85), and the process returns.
(Embodiment 2)
Next, a second embodiment of the electric device control device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The configuration of the electric device control device of the second embodiment is the same as the configuration of the electric device control device of the first embodiment in FIG.

In the first embodiment, the reference time is the time when the designation of the device is received. However, in the second embodiment, the designation of the reference time is also received in addition to the designation of the device.
The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment only in the processing related to the reception of the reference time by the correction unit 170, and the difference will be described below.
The correction unit 170 according to the present embodiment displays the device list 601 shown in FIG. 6 on the display unit 152. When the operation unit 151 receives the designation of the device by double-clicking, the correction unit receives the notification to that effect. 170 displays on the display unit 152 a diagram (a predetermined time, for example, a three-hour width) showing a change in the operation state of the specified device based on the history of the operation of the specified device in the device history information 142. I do.

  FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a stereo state change displayed on the display unit 152 by the correction unit 170 when the user double-clicks, for example, stereo in the device list 601. At this time, when the user performs a moving operation by dragging the point of the slide cursor 2203 and the drag, the operation unit 151 notifies the correction unit 170 of the movement, and the correction unit 170 sets a time period to be displayed corresponding to the operation. The date is also displayed (not shown) at the place where the time scale changes depending on the date.

  The device state change 2201 indicates that the stereo is operating at a location 2202 indicated by the display of “music playback” shortly after 7:00. In the device change state 701, when the user further points to a location indicating the operation state, the correction unit 170 receives the notification from the operation unit 151, and is pointed in the device state change 2211 as in the device detailed state 2212. If the designated device is in operation at the time, detailed information is displayed in a pop-up.

In the device state change 2201, when the user points and clicks on a position indicating an undesired state of the device, the correction unit 170 receives the pointed position from the operation unit 151 and converts the position to a time corresponding to the position. , The converted time is received as the reference time.
FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating that the correction unit 170 has received the reference time 2302.

The correction unit 170 uses the reference time 2302 as a reference time in subsequent correction processing.
Next, a flow of a correction process of the correction unit 170 of the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing a correction operation of the correction unit 170 of the present embodiment.
Among the processing steps in FIG. 24, those that perform the same processing as the steps shown in FIG. 18 relating to the correction processing of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG.

The correction unit 170 displays the device list 601 on the display unit 152 in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and accepts designation of an undesired device via the operation unit 151 (S10).
The correction unit 170 checks whether the designation of the device is performed by double-clicking.
In the case of double-clicking, the correction unit 170 displays a diagram indicating a state change of the device, for example, a state change 2201 on the display unit 152.

If the user performs a time slide operation while the state change 2201 in FIG. 22 is displayed, the notification of the operation is received from the operation unit 151, and the correction unit 170 moves the displayed time according to the operation.
If the cursor is pointed to a position indicating the operation state during the display of the state change 2201, the details of the operation state at that time are displayed as the device detail state 2212.

When the user points to an arbitrary position indicating the status of the device with respect to the status change 2301 in FIG. 23 and clicks on it, a notification of the operation is received from the operation unit 151, and the correction unit 170 designates the device as a designated device. The specified process is set as the reference time 2302, and the specific processing of the cooperative operation (S20) is performed.
In the device list 601, when the user specifies a device by clicking, the reception time is set as the reference time, and the specified operation of the cooperative operation is performed using the device as the specified device (S20). ).

Subsequent processing is exactly the same as in the first embodiment. When the reference time is specified by the user, the execution items after the specific processing refer to the items executed before the reference time, and the unexecuted items are scheduled to be executed after the reference time, and Then, the items that have not been executed yet.
(Modification)
Although the present invention has been described based on the above embodiments, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. The following cases are also included in the present invention.

  Further, in the present invention, in the above two embodiments, the control of the cooperative operation is performed by the device control unit 160 based on the cooperative operation table 141 of the storage unit 140, but each cooperative operation is performed by an individual application program. You may do so. In this case, each cooperative operation application may be realized as a program or data instead of each cooperative operation in the cooperative operation table 141.

In the embodiment, the network is a home network. However, the network is not limited to the home network. Another network, for example, an office network, a factory network, or the like may be used. The device in this case is an office device or a production device.
Further, in order to test the corrected cooperative operation, a trial result including a trial and a trial process may be displayed on the device list 601 so that the operating state and the pause state can be distinguished. The test may be performed on an actual device or a virtual device. If a user operation is awaited in the cooperative operation, the device list 601 indicates that the device is awaiting operation. If the user specifies the displayed device, it may be assumed that the user has operated the device.

Further, in the electric device control device 120 according to the first embodiment, a portion excluding the operation unit 151 and the display unit 152 may be realized by an LSI.
FIG. 25 is a diagram showing the configuration of the above LSI. The LSI 180 has the same configuration as that of the electric device control device 120 of the first embodiment except that it does not include the operation unit 151 and the display unit 152, and the processing of each component is also the same. Omitted. Each component executes a command (instruction) mounted on the LSI or uses a memory.

Further, the present invention may be a computer program for realizing the method of the present invention using a computer system, or may be a digital signal representing the program.
Further, the present invention may be a computer-readable recording medium on which the program or the digital signal is recorded, for example, a semiconductor memory.

  Further, the present invention may be the computer program or the digital signal transmitted via an electric communication line, a wireless or wired communication line, or a network typified by the Internet.

  The electric device control device according to the present invention is used as an electric device control device that performs cooperative control of devices connected to a network as part of home automation.

It is a figure showing composition of an electric equipment control device concerning the present invention. It is a figure showing the example of the cooperation operation table of the above-mentioned embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the apparatus history information after execution of "wake-up assistance" of the said embodiment. It is a figure of a device state change which shows the cooperation operation of "wake-up support" of the above-mentioned embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of a device management table of the above-mentioned embodiment. It is a figure showing the example of a display of the device list of the above-mentioned embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state change of the designated apparatus of the said embodiment, and the pattern of a reference time. It is an example of addition correction of the curtain of "wake-up assistance" of the said embodiment, and is a figure which shows apparatus history information. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a state change before correction, which is the above-mentioned correction example. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a modified example of the above-described modification and illustrating a coordinated operation after the modification. FIG. 14 is a view showing a modification of the device state after the modification in the modification example. It is an example of addition correction of the electric fan of "wake-up assistance" of the said embodiment, and is a figure which shows apparatus history information. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a state change before correction, which is the above-mentioned correction example. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a modified example of the above-described modification and illustrating a coordinated operation after the modification. FIG. 14 is a view showing a modification of the device state after the modification in the modification example. It is an example of correction of the stereo of "wake-up support" of the embodiment, and is a diagram showing a cooperative operation after the correction. FIG. 14 is a view showing a modification of the device state after the modification in the modification example. It is a main part of a flowchart showing the operation related to the modification of the cooperative operation of the embodiment. It is a part of a flowchart showing an operation related to the identification of the cooperative operation in the modification of the cooperative operation of the embodiment. It is a part of a flowchart showing an operation related to the correction of the execution item among the corrections of the cooperative operation of the above embodiment. It is a part of a flowchart showing an operation related to a correction of an unexecuted item among corrections of the cooperative operation of the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state change of the designated apparatus of the electric equipment control apparatus of Embodiment 2 of the electric equipment control apparatus concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the state change and reference time of the designated apparatus of the said embodiment. It is a main part of a flowchart showing the operation related to the modification of the cooperative operation of the embodiment. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an LSI according to the present invention.

Explanation of reference numerals

Reference Signs List 101 device 110 home network 120 electrical device control device 140 storage unit 141 cooperation operation table 142 device history information 143 device management table 144 priority designation 151 operation unit 152 display unit 160 device control unit 170 correction unit 180 LSI

Claims (13)

An electric device control device that controls operation of a plurality of devices connected to a network based on a preset cooperative operation,
Storage means for storing a cooperative operation table describing a plurality of set cooperative operations,
Device control means for controlling each of the devices based on the cooperative operation of the cooperative operation table, acquiring the operation state of each of the devices, and recording in the storage unit as device history information,
Receiving means for receiving designation of a device in an undesired state;
A specification unit that specifies a cooperation operation to be corrected based on the reference time, the reference time, the specified device received, the device history information, and the cooperation operation of the cooperation operation table, as a reference time,
When the cooperative operation is specified, based on the device history information and the received specified device, the cooperative operation specified by the specifying unit is described so that the specified device at the reference time is in a desired state. A control unit for correcting the cooperative operation table.   The cooperation operation table includes an execution item that describes an execution device that the user wants to execute the operation and an operation to be executed by the execution device, a condition device that is a condition for executing the operation by the execution device, and the condition device. An item consisting of a condition item and a condition item that describes the condition is set for each cooperation operation together with an identification name for identifying the cooperation operation, and one or more execution items are set in the execution order. 2. The electric device control device according to 1. The device history information stored in the storage unit is a device that has been instructed to operate, the content of the operation instruction, the time of the operation instruction, and information indicating whether the operation instruction is a cooperative operation or a user, Including information of the operation instructed device and the operation performed by the device in accordance with the operation instruction and the time of execution,
The specifying means includes:
Based on the device history information stored in the storage unit, the device has a cooperative operation instruction determination unit that determines whether an operation to an undesired state in the device is based on a user instruction,
3. The electric device control device according to claim 2, wherein the cooperative operation to be corrected is specified only when the determination is negative. The device history information stored in the storage unit, when the operation instruction is a cooperative operation, includes an identification name of the cooperative operation in information by the cooperative operation,
The storage means,
When specifying a cooperative operation to be corrected, an execution item priority that instructs to give priority to an execution item that has already been executed at the reference time as a correction target, or an unexecuted item that is an unexecuted item has priority A priority designation storage unit that stores any of the unexecuted item priorities instructing the
The specifying means may further include:
Based on the device history information, whether or not there is a cooperative operation having an execution item that caused the device to operate in the undesired state among the cooperative operations stored in the storage unit at the reference time. An execution determination unit that determines
Based on the device history information, whether there is a cooperative operation having an unexecuted item that causes the device to operate in a desired state among the cooperative operations being executed stored in the storage unit at the reference time. A non-execution determining unit for determining
When the priority designation is an execution item priority, when the determination by the execution determination unit is affirmative, a cooperative operation having an execution item that caused the device to operate in the undesired state is set as a cooperative operation to be corrected, and Is specified as the execution item, and when the determination by the execution determination unit is negative, a cooperative operation having an unexecuted item that causes the device to operate in a desired state is set as a cooperative operation to be corrected, and the correction item is not executed. Items,
When the priority designation is an unexecuted item priority, when the determination by the unexecuted determination unit is affirmative, a cooperative operation having an unexecuted item that causes the device to operate to a desired state is set as a cooperative operation to be corrected, and Is specified as the execution item, and when the determination by the non-execution determination unit is negative, a cooperative operation having an execution item that caused the device to operate in the undesired state is set as a cooperative operation to be corrected, and the correction item is A specifying unit that specifies the unexecuted item;
When there are a plurality of cooperative operations having an unexecuted item that causes the device to operate in a desired state, an unexecuted operation that specifies a cooperative operation to be corrected based on one of the recently started or the maximum number of executions of the corresponding cooperative operation The electric device control device according to claim 3, further comprising a cooperation specifying unit. The condition item can specify a plurality of condition devices and conditions of each of the condition devices,
5. The electric device control device according to claim 4, wherein when any one of the plurality of condition devices satisfies the condition of the condition device, the operation of the execution device of the execution item is executed. The execution item can specify a plurality of execution devices and the operation of each execution device,
5. The electric device control device according to claim 4, wherein when the condition device satisfies the condition of the condition device, all the execution devices execute the operation of the execution device. The correcting means includes:
A user instruction determination unit that determines whether a user has issued an operation instruction to a device other than the designated device between the execution time of the item executed last in the cooperative operation and the reference time,
When the correction item is an execution item, when the user instruction determination unit determines that the result is affirmative, the device designated as the operation instruction in the condition item of the execution item is regarded as a condition device, and the operation according to the user's instruction is performed. Is performed as a condition, and when determined to be negative, the designated device and the execution item correction unit for performing correction to delete the operation of the device from the execution item of the correction item; and In the case of an unexecuted item, when the user instruction judging unit judges affirmative, in the condition item of the first unexecuted item of the cooperative operation, the device targeted by the user is set as a conditional device, When a correction is made to add an operation by a user's instruction as a condition, and when it is determined to be negative, the execution device of the execution item of the last execution item is set as the condition device in the first non-execution item condition item, and the execution device of the execution device is Movement And unexecuted item correction unit that performs a correction to be added as a condition of the condition equipment,
6. The electric device according to claim 5, further comprising: an updating unit that updates the cooperative operation of the cooperative operation table with the cooperative operation corrected by one of the execution item correction unit and the unexecuted item correction unit. Control device.   The electric device control device according to claim 7, wherein the undesired state is one of an operation state in which the device is operating and a rest state in which operation is suspended.   The electric device control device according to claim 7, further comprising a reference time receiving unit configured to receive designation of the reference time. The correcting means further comprises:
Having a trial unit to try the cooperative operation corrected by either the execution item correction unit or the unexecuted item correction unit by a virtual device that is not an actual device,
The receiving means,
Having a trial confirmation receiving unit for receiving a trial confirmation of the correction by the trial unit,
The updating unit of the correction means,
The electric device control device according to claim 7, wherein when the trial confirmation receiving unit receives a confirmation, the cooperation operation in the cooperation operation table is updated. An electrical device control method for controlling operation based on a cooperative operation set in advance for a plurality of devices connected to a network,
A recording step of recording a cooperative operation table describing a plurality of set cooperative operations in a storage area,
A device control step of controlling each of the devices based on the cooperative operation of the cooperative operation table, acquiring an operation state of each of the devices, and recording in the storage area as device history information,
A receiving step of receiving designation of a device in an undesired state;
A specification step of specifying a cooperative operation to be corrected based on the cooperative operation of the cooperative operation table based on the reference time and the specified device received, the specified device, the device history information, and the cooperative operation of the cooperative operation table, where the time received in the receiving step is a reference time.
When the cooperative operation is specified, based on the device history information and the received specified device, the cooperative operation specified by the specifying step is described so that the specified device at the reference time is in a desired state. Modifying the cooperative operation table. For a plurality of devices connected to the network, an electric device control program applied to an electric device control device that controls the operation based on a preset cooperative operation,
A recording step of recording a cooperative operation table describing a plurality of set cooperative operations in a storage area,
A device control step of controlling each of the devices based on the cooperative operation of the cooperative operation table, acquiring an operation state of each of the devices, and recording in the storage area as device history information,
A receiving step of receiving designation of a device in an undesired state;
A specification step of specifying a cooperative operation to be corrected based on the cooperative operation of the cooperative operation table based on the reference time and the specified device received, the specified device, the device history information, and the cooperative operation of the cooperative operation table, where the time received in the receiving step is a reference time.
When the cooperative operation is specified, based on the device history information and the received specified device, the cooperative operation specified by the specifying step is described so that the specified device at the reference time is in a desired state. A modification step of modifying the cooperative operation table. LSI applied to an electric device control device having a receiving unit that controls operation of a plurality of devices connected to a network based on a preset cooperative operation and receives designation of a device in an undesired state And
Storage means for storing a cooperative operation table describing a plurality of set cooperative operations,
Device control means for controlling each of the devices based on the cooperative operation of the cooperative operation table, acquiring the operation state of each of the devices, and recording it as device history information in the storage unit,
Receiving means for receiving designation of a device in an undesired state;
A specification unit that specifies a cooperation operation to be corrected based on the reference time, the reference time, the specified device received, the device history information, and the cooperation operation of the cooperation operation table, as a reference time,
When the cooperative operation is specified, based on the device history information and the received specified device, the cooperative operation specified by the specifying unit is described so that the specified device at the reference time is in a desired state. An LSI, wherein each function of a correction unit for correcting the cooperative operation table is executed by a command.

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