JP2006135474A - Networked domestic electric device cooperating system and its program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable two or more networked domestic electric devices to cooperate with each other in operation through a process of changing the operating state of the other networked domestic electric devices, when an optional networked domestic electric device is turned to a specific operating state in a specific time zone. <P>SOLUTION: A networked domestic electric device cooperating system is equipped with a networked domestic electric device controller 102 and the networked domestic electric devices 101 and 103. The networked domestic electric device controller 102 receives a notification of state changes when the networked domestic electric device 101 is changed in operating state. If the controller 102 receives the notification in a permitted time zone, it transmits a notification of state setting to the other networked domestic electric device 103 to make the device 103 change its operating state, whereby two or more networked domestic electric devices are made to cooperate with each other in operation in a certain time zone. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an internet home appliance controller that controls a plurality of internet home appliances, and is capable of changing the state of another internet home appliance in accordance with a change in the state of any internet home appliance. It relates to the system and its program.

  Conventionally, in this type of home appliance system and its program, by writing or setting a program, script or macro for collectively controlling a plurality of home appliances on the home appliance controller, Cooperation control of network home appliances is performed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  FIG. 11 shows a configuration of a conventional home appliance system described in Patent Document 1. In FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, an internet home appliance controller 1102, one internet home appliance 1101 that is linked and controlled, another internet home appliance 1103 that is linked and controlled, and a plurality of networks stored in the internet appliance controller 1102. It consists of a macro command 1104 that describes the contents of cooperation that simultaneously controls home appliances.

  When it is desired to control network home appliances in a coordinated manner, a user using the network home appliance controller 1102 combines a command for controlling one network home appliance 1101 and a command for controlling another network home appliance 1103. A command 1104 is selected. Then, the internet home appliance controller 1102 transmits a command for controlling one internet home appliance 1101 and a command for controlling another internet home appliance 1103 simultaneously to each internet home appliance.

  The net home appliance 1101 and the net home appliance 1103 receive a command for controlling each, and simultaneously start operation.

For example, if one internet home appliance 1101 is a television and the other internet home appliance 1103 is a video deck, a macro command 1104 is a command to the television to switch the television input to video, and video playback. If a combination of commands to the video deck to start is defined, the user simply selects this macro command 1104 on the network home appliance controller 1102, and the playback of the video deck starts. Switch to video and watch VCR playback on TV.
JP 2001-103584 A

  However, in the above-described conventional configuration, a plurality of internet home appliances are simultaneously controlled by a macro command 1104 that is a combination of control commands for internet home appliances registered in advance in the internet home appliance controller 1102, and the control of the internet home appliances is linked. Therefore, there is a problem that when the operating state of any internet home appliance becomes a specific state, another internet home appliance cannot be controlled and the operating state cannot be changed.

  For example, in the previous example, when the video deck stops playing because the video tape is played to the end, instead of the user operating the home appliance controller to stop video playback, the TV input is automatically It was not possible to return to the original channel.

  Furthermore, when the user executes the macro command 1104 on the network home appliance controller 1102, the linked operation of the network home appliance is executed regardless of the time zone or day of the week. There was annoyance that the Internet home appliance controller 1102 had to be operated in consideration of whether input switching should be performed in cooperation.

  The present invention solves the above-described conventional problem, and when an operation state of an arbitrary home appliance is in a specific state, the operation state of another home appliance is changed via the home appliance controller. And providing a home appliance linkage system and a program for the same that can control whether or not to link the home appliances according to the time of day, day of the week, and date With the goal.

  In order to solve the above-described conventional problem, the network home appliance cooperation system and the program thereof according to the present invention include a status change notification transmitting unit that transmits a status change notification when the network home appliance changes an operation status, and the network A state change notification receiving unit for receiving a state setting notification transmitted from the home appliance controller; a state change notification receiving unit for receiving a state change notification from the net home appliance; A status setting notification transmitting means for transmitting a status setting notification to the network, a home electric appliance linkage information holding means for holding control source device information, control destination device information, and linkage time information, and a time management means for managing time It is provided.

  As a result, the network home appliance controller is notified of the state change when the operation state of the control home network home appliance is changed, the changed operation state is a specific state, and the state change notification is received. If the time is within the cooperation control time, the operation state of the second internet home appliance is changed by transmitting a state setting notification to the internet home appliance to be controlled.

  The network home appliance linkage system and the program thereof according to the present invention control another network home appliance when the operation state of any network home appliance enters a specific state on a specific date, day of the week, and time zone. The operating state can be changed.

  1st invention is an internet home appliance cooperation system provided with a plurality of internet home appliances and a net home appliance controller which controls the plurality of internet home appliances, and the operation status of the internet home appliances has changed. A state change notification transmitting means for transmitting a state change notification, and a state setting notification receiving means for receiving a state setting notification transmitted from the internet home appliance controller. Status change notification receiving means for receiving status change notifications from home appliances, status setting notification transmitting means for sending status setting notifications to the net home appliances, and control source device information of the net home appliances as control sources Control source device information input means for inputting, control destination device information input means for inputting control destination device information of the network home appliance as a control destination, A network that holds device cooperation control time information input means for inputting device cooperation control time information indicating the time during which the home appliance device cooperation operation is valid, and a network that holds control source device information, control destination device information, and cooperation control time information Assume that home appliance cooperation information holding means and time management means for managing time are provided.

  Thus, the notification state information of the network home appliance that is the control source that is the control source device information, the information of the setting state of the network home appliance that is the control destination that is the control destination device information, and the device cooperation control time information When the information about the time that you want to move the devices in cooperation is input and the status of the network home appliance that is the control source device changes, the control target device that is input based on the input control source device information and device link control time information It is possible to determine whether or not to set the state of the network home appliance as the control target device according to the information, and to perform the linking operation between the network home appliances.

  In particular, the second invention is the device homepage control day of the week information input means for inputting the device homepage control day information representing the day of the week on which the home home device homework is effective, and the day of the week. When the status of the network home appliance as the control source device changes, the status of the network home appliance as the control destination device is changed according to the input control destination device information depending on the day of the week. It is possible to determine whether or not to set, and to make the linked operation between the network home appliances.

  In the third invention, in particular, the device home control for inputting the device home control date information indicating the date on which the home home device is in cooperation with the home home appliance controller of the first or second invention. By providing date and time information input means and date and time management means for managing the date and time, when the status of the network home appliance that becomes the control source device changes, the control entered according to the date It is possible to determine whether or not to set the state of the network home appliance as the control destination device according to the destination device information, and to perform the link operation between the network home appliances.

  In particular, the fourth aspect of the invention relates to a cooperative control temporary stopping means for temporarily stopping or restarting the link operation of the network home appliances of the network home appliance controller according to any one of the first to third inventions. When the status of the network home appliance that is the control source device changes, the status of the network home appliance that is the control target device is temporarily not set, and the network home appliance is linked and controlled. Can be temporarily stopped or resumed.

  In particular, the fifth invention is a program according to any one of the first to fourth inventions, in which at least part of the functions in the networked home appliance system is realized by a computer. In addition, it is possible to easily realize at least a part of the net home appliance system by cooperating hardware resources such as a computer and a server. Also, by storing the program in a storage medium or distributing the program using a communication line, the program can be easily distributed or installed.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of an internet home appliance system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, a first home electric appliance 101 is a home electric appliance that is a control source, and communicates with the home electric appliance controller 102. When the operating state changes, a notification of a change in state is sent to the network. Transmit to home appliance controller 102. The net home appliance controller 102 communicates with the first net home appliance 101 as a control source and the second net home appliance 103 as a control destination, and sends a notification of status setting to the second net home appliance 103. Transmit to home appliance 103.

  FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of an internet home appliance that forms part of the internet home appliance system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 2, the net home appliance 201 is registered in the net home appliance controller 102 and notifies the net home appliance controller 102 of a state change or is controlled by the net home appliance controller 102.

  The state change notification transmission unit 202 transmits a state change notification to the network home appliance controller 102 when the operating state of the network home appliance 201 changes.

  The state setting notification receiving unit 203 receives an operation state state setting notification from the network home appliance controller 102 and sets the operation state of the network home appliance 201 to the received setting state.

  FIG. 3 shows a detailed configuration diagram of an internet home appliance controller that constitutes a part of the internet home appliance system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 3, the network home appliance controller 301 registers a plurality of network home appliances 201 and receives a status change notification from the network home appliance 201 or transmits a status setting notification to the network home appliance 201. The state of the internet home appliance 201 is monitored or controlled.

  The state change notification receiving unit 302 receives a state change notification from the internet home appliance 201.

  When the state change notification receiving unit 302 receives the state change notification, the state setting notification transmission unit 303 searches the network home appliance connection information holding unit 304 and receives it from the first network home appliance 101 that is the control source device. The information of the control destination device corresponding to the status change notification is extracted, and the status setting notification is transmitted to the control destination device in accordance with the extracted control destination device information.

  The control source device information input means 305 inputs information on the net home appliance that is a control source of the net home appliance linkage operation.

  The control target device information input means 306 inputs information about a net home appliance that is a control destination of the net home appliance linkage operation.

  The device linkage control time information input means 307 inputs time information for controlling the network home appliance linkage operation.

  The network home appliance linkage information holding unit 304 includes control source device information input by the control source device information input unit 305, control destination device information input by the control destination device information input unit 306, and device cooperation control time information input unit 307. In response to the status change notification received by the status change notification receiving means 302 from the first network home appliance 101 that is the control source device, the time information of the linked operation control input in step 2 is stored as the network home appliance link information. Thus, the stored home electric appliance connection information is retrieved, the information of the corresponding control target device is extracted, and passed to the state setting notification transmission unit 303.

  The time management unit 308 manages the current time held by the internet home appliance controller that is referred to when searching the internet home appliance linkage information held by the internet home appliance linkage information holding unit 304.

  The operation | movement and effect | action are demonstrated below about the network home appliance system comprised as mentioned above and its cooperation method.

  When performing linkage control of Internet home appliances, 1) network home appliance registration phase in which network home appliances are registered in the network home appliance controller, 2) device linkage registration phase in which linked operations between network home appliances are registered, and 3) control source There are three device linkage control phases for setting the state of the controlled home electric home appliance when the state of the home electric home appliance changes.

  First, the operation and action in the 1) internet home appliance registration phase will be described.

  When registering the network home appliance 201 in the network home appliance controller 301, a user who uses the network home appliance controller 301 sets the network home appliance controller 301 in the network home appliance registration mode. Then, the network home appliance 201 is registered in the network home appliance controller 301 by operating the operation buttons of the network home appliance 201 in a special order. Thereby, the internet home appliance 201 and the internet home appliance controller 301 can communicate with each other. Since this registration operation itself is not the basis of the present invention, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  Next, 2) operations and actions in the device cooperation registration phase will be described.

  The user of the network home appliance controller 301 uses the control source device information input unit 305 to input information of a control source device that is a trigger for the network home appliance cooperation control. For example, when it is desired to perform cooperative control such that when the air conditioner in the living room is turned on, the electric blind in the living room is closed, the control source device information is “turn on the air conditioner in the living room”. This control source device information is stored in the network home appliance cooperation information holding unit 304.

  As an example, FIG. 4A shows the network home appliance information held in the network home appliance linkage information holding means 304 when the control source device information is input.

  Similarly, the control destination device information input unit 306 is used to input control destination device information that is performed as a cooperative control operation when the control source device information is established. In the previous example, “close the electric blind” is the control target device information. This control-destination device information is also stored in the network home appliance linkage information holding unit 304.

  As an example, FIG. 4B shows the net home appliance information held in the net home appliance linkage information holding means 304 when the control destination device information is input.

  Note that the specific input means for the control source device information and the control destination device information is not the basis of the present invention, and therefore, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  Then, using the device cooperation control time information input means 307, time information for the network home appliance to operate in cooperation with the previously input control source device information and control destination device information is input.

  For example, in the example of FIG. 4 above, when the air-conditioner is turned on between 10 am and 4 pm, the electric blind is closed, but when the air-conditioner is turned on at other times, it is not desired to operate the electric blind. As time information on which the operation is performed, information “the linkage operation is turned on at 10 am and the linkage operation is turned off at 4 pm” is input. This time information is also stored in the network home appliance linkage information holding unit 305. FIG. 4C shows an example of the network home appliance information held in the network home appliance linkage information holding means 304 when the time information is input.

  Note that the input of time information using the device cooperation control time information input means 307 can be performed by displaying as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B on the screen of a liquid crystal with a touch panel.

  Finally, 3) the operation and action in the device linkage control phase will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  When performing a linked operation of an internet home appliance, the user operates the first internet home appliance 101 serving as a control source device to change the operation state.

  When the operation state of the first internet home appliance 101 that is the control source device has changed, the state change notification transmission unit 202 transmits a state change notification to the internet home appliance controller 301. In the network home appliance controller 301, the status change notification receiving unit 302 receives the status change notification sent from the first network home appliance 101 serving as the control source device (step 601). The state change notification receiving unit 302 passes the received state change notification to the internet home appliance linkage information holding unit 304.

  Based on the received state change notification, the network home appliance linkage information holding unit 304 searches the network home appliance linkage information shown in FIG. 4C (step 602), and the status and value of the matching source appliance are determined. If there is, the corresponding control target device, the state set in the device, the value thereof, and the time information for performing linkage control are extracted (step 603).

  In the case of FIG. 4C, the corresponding control target device is “blind (living room)”, the setting state and its value are “open / closed state: closed”, and the time information for control is “control ON: 10:00, control OFF” : 16:00 ”.

  Next, the network home appliance linkage information holding unit 304 extracts the current time from the time management unit 308 (step 604), compares the above time information with the current time, and whether the current time is between control ON and control OFF. Judgment is made (step 605).

  If the current time is between control ON and control OFF, the control destination device, the state set in the device and the value thereof are passed to the state setting notification transmission unit 303 as control destination device information (step 606). .

  The state setting notification transmission unit 303 that has received the information about the control target device transmits the set state and its value as a state setting notification to the second network home appliance 103 that is the control target device (step 607).

  The second home appliance 103 serving as the control target device sets the state setting notification receiving unit 203 to the state in which the state home appliance controller 201 receives the state setting notification from the network home appliance controller 301 and receives the operating state of the network home appliance 201.

  As described above, for example, when the operation state of the air conditioner in the living room is changed from OFF to ON, the air conditioner in the living room becomes the control source device, and the “operating state” is turned “ON” in the network home appliance controller 301. A change notification is sent. The net home appliance controller 301 receives this state change notification, passes it to the net home appliance linkage information holding means in which the net home appliance linkage information shown in FIG. 4C is stored, and searches the net home appliance linkage information. To do.

  The network home appliance linkage information includes information such as control source device: air conditioner (living room), state: “driving state”, value: “ON”, control ON time: “10 o'clock”, control OFF time: “16:00”. Since there is information on the status setting notification to the control target device, the control target device: “blind (living room)”, state: “open / close state”, value: “closed”, control ON time: “10 o'clock”, control OFF Time: Information “16:00” is extracted.

  Next, if the current time is extracted from the time management unit 308 and the current time is between 10:00 and 16:00, the network home appliance controller 301 causes the status setting notification transmission unit 303 to transmit the living room that is the control target device. A state setting notification is sent to the blind so as to set the “open / close state” to “closed” (if the current time is not between 10:00 and 16:00, the home appliance controller 301 No status setting notification is sent). Then, the blind in the living room is closed when the state setting notification receiving unit receives a state setting notification for setting the “open / close state” to “closed”.

  By performing such an operation, when the “operating state” of the air conditioner in the living room becomes “ON” in the set time zone, it is possible to realize an operation in which the blind of the living room is closed in cooperation.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, 2) in the device cooperation registration phase, control source device information, control destination device information, and time information for controlling the operation of linked home appliances are set in the network home appliance controller. Thus, it is held as network home appliance linkage information.

  3) In the device cooperation control phase, a state change notification is received when the state of the control source device changes, and control destination device information corresponding to the received state change notification is held in 2) the device cooperation registration phase. If the current home time is within the range of time information for controlling the network home appliance linkage operation, the status source notification is sent to set the status of the control target device. When the operating status of the linked control target device changes in accordance with the status change of the device, and the operating status of any internet home appliance becomes a specific state in the set time zone, another internet home appliance The home appliances can be freely linked by controlling and changing the operation state.

  In this embodiment, it is assumed that time information for controlling the home electric appliance connection operation is input, but it is not necessary to input the time information for controlling the home electric appliance linkage operation at the user's will. Needless to say. In this case, when a state change notification is received from the control source device, a state setting notification is made to the control destination device regardless of the current time.

  In FIG. 4, a plurality of control source devices may have the same state and value, and the control target device and the state and value may be different depending on time information. Thereby, a plurality of device linkage operations can be set according to time.

  Moreover, the network home appliance cooperation information shown in FIG. 4 is not limited to this format. For example, instead of inputting the control ON / control OFF time, a time during which control is permitted or a time during which control is not performed may be used.

  The means described in this embodiment is a program for causing a hardware resource such as a CPU (or a microcomputer), a RAM, a ROM, a storage / recording device, an I / O equipped with an I / O, a computer, and the like to cooperate with each other. You may implement with a form. In the form of a program, new functions can be distributed / updated and installed easily by recording them on a recording medium such as magnetic media or optical media or distributing them using a communication line such as the Internet.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 7 shows a detailed configuration diagram of an internet home appliance controller that constitutes a part of the internet home appliance system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 7, device linkage control day information input means 701 inputs day information for controlling the network home appliance linkage operation.
The day of week management means 702 manages the current day of the week held by the network home appliance controller that is referred to when searching for network home appliance linkage information held by the network home appliance linkage information holding means 304. .

  Since the other components in FIG. 7 are the same as those in the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

  The operation and action of the networked home appliance system configured as described above and the cooperation method thereof will be described below with a focus on differences from the first embodiment.

  2) In the device cooperation registration phase, similarly to the input of time information for the network home appliance to operate in cooperation with the first embodiment, the device cooperation control day information input unit 701 is used to input the control source device information and the control destination device previously input. The day of the week information on which the network home appliance operates in cooperation with the information is input. For example, in the example of the first embodiment described above, when the air conditioner is turned on on Saturday and Sunday, the electric blind is closed, but when the air conditioner is turned on on other days, it is not desired to operate the electric blind. As the day information to be performed, the information “Saturday, Sunday” is input. This day of the week information is also stored in the internet home appliance linkage information holding means 305.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of internet home appliance information held in internet home appliance linkage information holding means 304 when time information is input.

  Next, 3) In the device linkage control phase, when the home appliance controller 301 receives the state change notification sent from the first home appliance 101 that is the control source device, the home appliance linkage information holding unit 304 Based on the received state change notification, the network home appliance linkage information shown in FIG. 8 is searched, and if there is a matching control source device status and its value, the corresponding control destination device and the device are set. Time information and day-of-week information for performing linkage control with the state and its value are extracted.

  In the case of FIG. 8, the corresponding control target device is “blind (living room)”, the set state and its value are “open / closed state: closed”, and the time information for control is “control ON: 10:00, control OFF: 16:00” ", The day of the week information is" Saturday, Sunday ".

  Next, the network home appliance linkage information holding unit 304 extracts the current time from the time management unit 308 and the current day information from the day of the week management unit 702, compares the above time information with the current time, and controls the current time from control ON. If it is OFF, it is determined whether the current day of the week is in the day information.

  If the current time is between control ON and control OFF, and the current day of the week is present in the day of the week information, the above-mentioned control destination device, the state set for the device and the value thereof are set as control destination device information. The notification is sent to the notification transmission unit 303.

  The state setting notification transmission unit 303 that has received the information about the control target device transmits the set state and its value as a state setting notification to the second internet home appliance 103 that is the control target device.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, 2) time information and day-of-week information for performing control of control source device information, control destination device information, and network home appliance connection operation in the network home appliance controller in the device linkage registration phase. As a set and stored as Internet home appliance linkage information.

  3) In the device cooperation control phase, a state change notification is received when the state of the control source device changes, and control destination device information corresponding to the received state change notification is held in 2) the device cooperation registration phase. If the current home time is within the range of time information that controls the home appliance connection operation, and the current day of the week is included in the day of the week information, the status of the control target device is set. By sending a status setting notification, the operating status of the linked control target device changes in accordance with the status change of the control source device, and the operating status of any internet home appliance is any day of the week When a specific state is reached in a time zone, another home electric appliance can be controlled and the operation state can be changed to freely link the home electric appliance.

  In this embodiment, the day of the week information is input in addition to the time information for controlling the network home appliance linkage operation. However, only the day of week information may be input, or the year of the week may be changed instead of the year of the week. It is good also as what inputs month and day information. In this case, although not shown in the figure, the device controller 301 is a device cooperation control date information input means for inputting device cooperation control date information indicating the date on which the cooperation operation of the network home appliance is valid. In addition, a date / time management means for managing the date / time is provided, and for example, it is possible to permit cooperation between the lighting and the air conditioner only in summer and winter.

(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 9 shows a detailed configuration diagram of an Internet home appliance controller that constitutes a part of the Internet home appliance system according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 9, the cooperation control temporary stop means 901 inputs information for temporarily stopping the control of the network home appliance linkage operation.

  The other components in FIG. 9 are the same as those in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  The operation and action of the networked home appliance system configured as described above and the cooperation method thereof will be described below with a focus on differences from the first embodiment.

  3) In the device linkage control phase, when the user wants to temporarily stop the device linkage operation, the linkage control pause means 901 is used to input linkage control pause information.

  For example, if cooperative control is set to turn on the air conditioner when the room is turned on, the air conditioner should not be turned on when the light is turned on for crime prevention purposes when not in a trip. In this case, if the cooperation control temporary stop information is input when going on a trip, the air conditioner can be prevented from being turned on even if the timer or the remote operation is turned on. This linkage control suspension information is stored in the network home appliance linkage information holding unit 305.

  FIG. 10 shows an example of internet home appliance information held in internet home appliance linkage information holding means 304 when time information is input.

  When the home electric appliance controller 301 receives the state change notification sent from the first net electric home appliance 101 serving as the control source device when the cooperation control suspension information is ON, the home electric appliance linkage information holding unit 304 searches the network home appliance linkage information shown in FIG. 10 based on the received status change notification. If there is a matching status of the control source device and its value, the corresponding control destination device and its device are searched. The state to be set, its value, time information for performing cooperative control, and cooperative control suspension information are extracted.

  In the case of FIG. 10, when the lighting state of “illumination (living room)” that is the control source device is turned ON, the corresponding control destination device is “air conditioner (living room)”, and the setting state and its value are “operation state: “ON”, time information for performing control is “control ON: 10:00, control OFF: 16:00”, and cooperation control pause information is “ON”.

  Next, the network home appliance linkage information holding unit 304 determines whether or not the linkage control pause information is ON. If the linkage control pause information is not ON, the network home appliance linkage information holding unit 304 determines whether the linkage control pause information is ON. The state to be set and its value are passed to the state setting notification transmission unit 303 as control target device information.

  The state setting notification transmission unit 303 that has received the information about the control target device transmits the set state and its value as a state setting notification to the second internet home appliance 103 that is the control target device.

  As described above, in the third embodiment, in the 3) device cooperation control phase, by receiving cooperation control suspension information, a state change notification is received and received when the state of the control source device changes. Whether to send a status setting notification that sets the status of the control target device corresponding to the status change notification that has been made can be temporarily stopped or restarted, and the operating status of any Internet home appliance can be It is possible to arbitrarily function or stop the cooperation of the network home appliances that control the home appliances and change the operation state.

  As described above, the network home appliance system and the program according to the present invention receive a notification of a state change of any internet home appliance in order to operate a plurality of internet home appliances in cooperation with each other at any time, If it is a day of the week and date, it becomes possible to change the state of another internet home appliance, which is useful as a method for linking internet home appliances.

  Moreover, it is effective when not only Internet home appliances but also devices having communication functions are linked.

Configuration diagram of network home appliance system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention The detailed block diagram of the network household appliances in Embodiment 1 of this invention Detailed configuration diagram of network home appliance controller according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention The figure which shows the example of the network home appliance connection information in Embodiment 1 of this invention The figure which shows the example of the screen for device cooperation control time information input The flowchart which shows the process of the network home appliance controller of a cooperation operation phase Detailed configuration diagram of Internet home appliance controller in Embodiment 2 of the present invention The figure which shows the example of the internet home appliance linkage information in Embodiment 2 of this invention Detailed configuration diagram of Internet home appliance controller according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention The figure which shows the example of the internet home appliance linkage information in Embodiment 3 of this invention Configuration diagram of a conventional home appliance system

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 1st net household appliances used as a control source 102 Net household appliances controller 103 2nd internet home appliances used as a control destination 201 Net household appliances 202 State change notification transmission means 203 State setting notification reception means 301 Net home appliance controllers 302 State Change notification reception means 303 Status setting notification transmission means 304 Internet home appliance linkage information holding means 305 Control source equipment information input means 306 Control destination equipment information input means 307 Equipment cooperation control time information input means 308 Time management means 701 Equipment cooperation control day of week information Input means 702 Day-of-week management means 901 Cooperation control temporary stop means 1101 First internet home appliance 1101 to be controlled 110 Conventional internet home appliance controller 1103 Second internet home appliance 1103 to be controlled 1104 Macro command

Claims (5)

A net home appliance cooperation system comprising a plurality of net home appliances and a net home appliance controller that controls the plurality of net home appliances,
The internet home appliance includes a status change notification transmission unit that transmits a status change notification when an operation state changes, and a status setting notification reception unit that receives a status setting notification transmitted from the internet home appliance controller. Prepared,
The internet home appliance controller is a control source, a status change notification receiving means for receiving a status change notification from the internet home appliance, a status setting notification sending means for sending a status setting notification to the internet home appliance, and a control source Control source device information input means for inputting control source device information of internet home appliances, control destination device information input means for entering control destination device information of internet home appliances to be controlled, and cooperation operation of internet home appliances are effective Device cooperation control time information input means for inputting device cooperation control time information representing a certain time, and net home appliance connection information holding for holding the control source device information, the control destination device information, and the device cooperation control time information An internet home appliance cooperation system comprising: means and time management means for managing time. The network home appliance controller includes a device cooperation control day information input means for inputting device cooperation control day information representing a day of the week when the cooperation operation of the network home appliance is valid, and a day management means for managing the day of the week. The home electric appliance cooperation system according to claim 1. The network home appliance controller is a device linkage control date information input means for inputting device linkage control date information indicating the date on which the linkage operation of the network home appliance is valid, and a date for managing the date The internet home appliance cooperation system according to claim 1, further comprising a day management unit. The internet home appliance controller includes a cooperation control temporary stop means for temporarily stopping or resuming the linkage operation of the internet home appliance, according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The network home appliance linkage system described. The program which implement | achieves at least one part of the function in the internet home appliance system of any one of Claims 1-4 with a computer.

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