JP2008113119A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (4)

The external control device that obtains information such as control commands and operation status via the common network for the home appliances to be controlled and the home appliances to be controlled are connected in communication and common with the control information of the home appliances A device adapter that performs mutual conversion processing with control information on the network, a function that is applied to the main body control based on a control command detected through a communication means with the device adapter, and a function that notifies the operation state of the main body In home appliance communication control system consisting of home appliances
The device adapter includes a first interconversion storage unit that stores in advance one or more first interconversion units for main functions of home appliances in the interconversion process, and a connected device recognition unit that identifies connected home appliances; A first mutual conversion selection means for selecting the first mutual conversion means from the first mutual conversion storage means from the result of the connected device recognition means; an additional function acquisition means for acquiring additional function control information for the home appliance; Second mutual conversion means for executing the mutual conversion processing based on the result of the additional function acquisition means,
When the home appliance detects a request from the additional function acquisition request detecting unit that detects the presence of an additional function acquisition request from the device adapter, and the additional function acquisition request detecting unit detects the request from the additional function acquisition request detecting unit, A home appliance communication control system comprising an additional function control information transmission means for transmitting to an equipment adapter. 2. The household electrical appliance according to claim 1, wherein the household electrical appliance invalidates the control command from the device adapter and the notification processing of the main body operating state until the request is detected by the additional function acquisition request detecting means. Communication control system. The home appliance generates and stores additional function identification information when a request is detected by the additional function acquisition request detection means, and transmits the additional function identification information together with transmission of the additional function control information. The home appliance communication control system according to claim 1. The additional function control information includes identification information of a type of home appliance, and the external control device acquires the home appliance identification information, and separately operates operation information for the additional function defined for each home appliance identification information. The home appliance communication control system according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , which is acquired from above and reflected in operation screen processing.