JP2014135616A - Consumer electronics controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a consumer electronics controller capable of achieving a pleasant living space by appropriately controlling consumer electronics apparatuses with a simple configuration.SOLUTION: When a predetermined time is reached, an operative state of consumer electronics apparatuses on the basis of a consumer electronics log is checked against an illumination lighting control condition list. When a present operative state coincides with an operative state of the illumination lighting control condition list, lighting control is performed for an illumination apparatus, with reference to a light control object item.

Description

  The present invention relates to a home appliance control apparatus that performs operation control of a plurality of home appliances provided in a house.

  A plurality of home appliances are installed in a general household, and a system for centrally controlling these home appliances has been constructed. For example, a home energy monitoring system (HEMS) is a system that assists energy management. By introducing HEMS, display and store the current power consumption and the transition of power consumption, etc., and further reduce the power consumption. You can switch.

  When the number of home appliances that can be remotely controlled increases, a command can be transmitted from the outside to the home appliance installed at home to start or end the operation, change the operation parameter, or the like. If the home appliance is, for example, an air conditioner (air conditioner), the operation of the air conditioner is started before going home by remote control from outside.

  In order to make the living space more comfortable, it is desired to perform remote control and centralized control of home appliances in addition to a system that considers the environment like HEMS.

  The illuminating device described in Patent Literature 1 can detect the resident's biological information, and can switch between direct irradiation light irradiation and indirect irradiation light irradiation based on the detection result. When the transition to is started, the direct illumination mode is immediately switched to the indirect illumination mode, and a comfortable sleep can be obtained.

JP 2008-262869 A

  In the illumination device described in Patent Document 1, a pressure sensor and an imaging camera are provided to detect whether a resident lies on the bed, and a configuration in which a pulse wave, a heart rate, and a respiratory rate are detected to detect the sleep depth. In order to switch between the direct illumination mode and the indirect illumination mode, such as providing, various configurations such as various sensors are required.

  Thus, conventionally, in order to make the living space more comfortable, it is naturally considered that the behavior of the resident is first detected, and the operation of the home appliance is controlled based on the detection result. The number of sensors for detecting behavior increases and the scale of the apparatus increases. In addition, signals output from many sensors must be processed to control home appliances.

  The objective of this invention is providing the household appliance control apparatus which can control a household appliance appropriately with a simple structure, and can implement | achieve a comfortable living space.

The present invention is a home appliance control device capable of controlling the operation of a plurality of home appliances installed in a house,
For a plurality of home appliances, a state acquisition unit that acquires an operation state for each home appliance,
Among the plurality of home appliances, a target selection unit that selects a target device that is a target of operation control;
For home appliances other than the target device, an operation state list in which the home appliance is associated with an operation state of the home appliance, and an operation content in which the target device is associated with a predetermined operation content of the target device A list creation means for creating a list;
When the predetermined time is reached, the operation state of the home appliance acquired by the state acquisition unit is checked against the operation state list, and the acquired operation state and the operation state are related to all the home appliances associated with the operation state. A state determination unit that determines whether or not the operation states in the operation state list match;
When the state determination unit determines that the acquired operation state matches the operation state of the operation state list, the operation is performed with the operation content associated with the target device with reference to the operation content list. Thus, the home appliance control device includes an operation control unit that performs operation control of the target device.

The present invention is a home appliance control method for controlling the operation of a plurality of home appliances installed in a house,
About a plurality of home appliances, a state acquisition step of acquiring an operation state for each home appliance,
Among the plurality of home appliances, a target selection step of selecting a target device to be subject to operation control;
For home appliances other than the target device, an operation state list in which the home appliance is associated with an operation state of the home appliance, and an operation content in which the target device is associated with a predetermined operation content of the target device A list creation process for creating a list;
When the predetermined time is reached, the operation state for each home appliance acquired in the state acquisition step is compared with the operation state list, and the operation state acquired for all home appliances associated with the operation state, and A state determination step of determining whether or not the operation states of the operation state list match;
When it is determined in the state determination step that the acquired operation state matches the operation state of the operation state list, the operation state list is referred to, and the operation is performed with the operation content associated with the target device. Thus, there is an operation control step for controlling the operation of the target device.

  According to the present invention, the list creation unit, for home appliances other than the control target device, the operation status list in which the home appliance is associated with the operation status of the home appliance, the target device, and the target device The operation content list in which the predetermined operation content is associated is created. When the predetermined time is reached, the state determination unit collates the operation state of the home appliance acquired by the state acquisition unit with the operation state list, and is acquired for all the home appliances associated with the operation state. It is determined whether the operation state matches the operation state of the operation state list.

  When the state determination unit determines that the acquired operation state matches the operation state of the operation state list, the operation control unit refers to the operation content list and associates the operation state with the target device. The operation of the target device is controlled so as to operate according to the operation content.

  Thereby, if all the home appliances other than the target device are in a predetermined operation state, the operation control of the target device can be executed, so various types of timing are determined in order to determine the timing for executing the operation control of the target device. There is no need to use a sensor, and a comfortable living space can be realized by appropriately controlling home appliances with a simple configuration.

  According to the present invention, in the list creation step, for home appliances other than the control target device, the home appliance, the operation state list in which the operation state of the home appliance is associated, the target device, and the target An operation content list in which the predetermined operation content of the device is associated is created. In the state determination step, when the predetermined time comes, the acquired operation state of the home appliance is compared with the operation state list, and the acquired operation state and the operation state are related to all the home appliances associated with the operation state. It is determined whether or not the operation state in the operation state list matches.

  In the operation control step, when it is determined that the acquired operation state matches the operation state of the operation state list, the operation state is referred to, and the operation is performed with the operation content associated with the target device. As described above, the operation control of the target device is performed.

  Thereby, if all the home appliances other than the target device are in a predetermined operation state, the operation control of the target device can be executed, so various types of timing are determined in order to determine the timing for executing the operation control of the target device. There is no need to use a sensor, and a comfortable living space can be realized by appropriately controlling home appliances with a simple configuration.

It is the schematic which shows the structure of the household appliance control system S. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the household appliance log server apparatus. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a terminal device 2. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the preparation process of the illumination light control condition list | wrist by the household appliance log server apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the light control process of the illuminating device K2 by the household appliance log server apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of an input screen of light control start scheduled time. It is an example of a display screen which shows the completion status of an illumination light control condition list | wrist. It is a flowchart which shows the preparation process of the illumination light control condition list | wrist by the household appliance log server apparatus. It is an example of a display screen which shows the completion status of an illumination light control condition list | wrist. It is an example of a display screen which shows the completion status of selection of a light control object, and a lighting light control condition list.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of the home appliance control system S. The home appliance control system S includes a home appliance log server device 1, a terminal device 2, and a home appliance K. The home appliance control system S is intended to realize a comfortable living space by controlling the home appliances K installed mainly in ordinary homes by remote control.

  Here, the home appliance K may be any device that can be installed in a general household, such as a liquid crystal television K1, a lighting device K2, an autonomous vacuum cleaner K3, a multi-function weight scale K4, a fully automatic washing machine K5, and the like. including. These home appliances K have a communication function via a communication network such as the Internet N1 and the intranet N2, and transmit state information including an operation state to the home appliance log server device 1.

  The home appliance log server device 1 receives the state information transmitted from the home appliance K, and creates a home appliance log that records the operation state such as power on / off over time for each of the home appliances K1 to K5. And memorize it for a certain period.

  Further, the home appliance K has a remote control function via a communication network such as the Internet N1 and the intranet N2, and is included in the control information when receiving control information including a remote control command transmitted from the home appliance log server device 1. The remote control command is interpreted and the operation according to the command content is performed.

  The terminal device 2 is owned by a resident of a house where the home appliance K is installed, and is configured to be able to communicate with the home appliance log server device 1 directly via the Internet N1 or via the intranet N2. By receiving the home appliance log from the server device 1 and displaying it, the resident who is the owner can check the operating state of the home appliance K. Although details will be described later, the resident operates the terminal device 2 to create items for the dimming checklist transmitted from the home appliance log server device 1, display the dimming checklist, Addition, selection of devices to be controlled, etc. can be performed.

  The home appliance K and the terminal device 2 may be configured to communicate with each other via the intranet N2 in the house. The home appliance K and the home appliance log server device 1, the terminal device 2, and the home appliance log server device 1 Each is configured to be communicable, and the home appliance K and the terminal device 2 may not be able to communicate directly.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the home appliance log server device 1. The home appliance log server device 1 includes a control unit 10, a storage unit 11, and a communication unit 12.

  The control unit 10 controls the operation of the home appliance log server device 1 by executing various programs stored in the storage unit 11.

  The storage unit 11 is configured by a storage device such as a semiconductor memory or a hard disk device, for example, and a program executed by the control unit 10, data necessary for the control unit 10 to execute the program, and the home appliance control system S operate. It stores various information necessary for this. Data stored in the storage unit 11 is written and read by the control unit 10.

  The information stored in the storage unit 11 includes a home appliance log in which the operation state of the home appliance K is recorded, a dimming checklist for checking conditions for starting the dimming of the lighting device K2, and the lighting device K2. A control item list in which control contents related to dimming are registered is included.

  The communication part 12 is comprised by the communication apparatus which transmits / receives information with the household appliances K via the internet N1. The communication unit 12 transmits information received from the control unit 10 to the home appliance K, and transmits information received from the home appliance K to the control unit 10.

  In FIG. 2, the display unit and the operation unit are not shown, but they are not necessary for executing the operation of the present invention and are merely omitted, and the display unit and the operation unit may be provided. Good.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the terminal device 2. The terminal device 2 is comprised by portable communication terminal devices, such as a smart phone, for example. The terminal device 2 includes a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, a communication unit 23, a display unit 24, an operation unit 25, and a voice input / output unit 26.

  The control unit 21 controls the entire terminal device 2 by executing various programs stored in the storage unit 22.

  The storage unit 22 is configured by a storage device such as a semiconductor memory or a hard disk device. The storage unit 22 stores a program executed by the control unit 21 and data necessary for the control unit 21 to execute the program. Data stored in the storage unit 22 is written and read by the control unit 21.

  In the storage unit 22, for example, various programs and data for executing application software (hereinafter simply referred to as “application”), various programs and data for executing web browser software (hereinafter simply referred to as “browser”). Etc. are memorized.

  Examples of applications include a TV application for viewing TV broadcasts, an image display application for displaying still images and videos, a game application for executing games, an e-book application for displaying electronic books, display of map information, route search, and the like. Various applications such as a navigation application to be executed can be executed.

  The communication part 23 is implement | achieved by the communication apparatus which can communicate with the household appliance log server apparatus 1 via a mobile communication network or the internet N1, for example. The communication method for connecting to the Internet N1 may be a communication method such as 802.11 wireless communication, Bluetooth (registered trademark), or Zigbee (registered trademark). When the communication unit 23 is connected to the home appliance log server device 1 via a mobile communication network, the communication unit 23 is connected via communication equipment of a base station (not shown).

  The display unit 24 is configured by a display device such as a liquid crystal display. The display unit 24 has a display screen, and displays a home appliance log received from the home appliance log server device 1, a dimming checklist, and the like on the display screen.

  The operation unit 25 includes, for example, operation buttons such as a switch and an input device such as a touch panel stacked on the display screen of the display unit 24. The operation unit 25 sends the input information, specifically, information indicating the operated operation button, and position information indicating the position touched by the touch panel to the control unit 21. Based on the position information received from the operation unit 25, the control unit 21 can recognize whether or not a key such as a soft key displayed on the display screen has been pressed.

  The voice input / output unit 18 is constituted by, for example, a microphone and a speaker. The voice input / output unit 18 outputs information received from the control unit 21 as sound through a speaker, and sends information representing the sound input by the microphone to the control unit 21.

  The home appliance control system S of the present invention dims the lighting device K2 particularly when a resident sleeps, and promotes a comfortable sleep for the resident. The feature of this system is that it is not necessary to detect the movement of the resident in the house by a sensor or the like, and the timing at which the resident starts to sleep or sleep based on the operation state of other household appliances other than the lighting apparatus K2. Dimming starts at the prompt.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process of creating a lighting dimming condition list by the home appliance log server device 1. In the first embodiment, the home appliance log server device 1 automatically creates an illumination dimming condition list based on the home appliance log.

  The lighting dimming condition list (operation state list) is a check list for confirming whether or not the operation state determined for each of the home appliances K1 to K5 is reached at a set time described later.

  For example, among the household electrical appliances K acquired as the household electrical appliance log, for all other household electrical appliances K1, K3 to K5 excluding the lighting equipment K2, an operation state list in which “power off” is associated as the operational state is set as the lighting dimming condition. A list.

  When creating such a lighting dimming condition list, the control unit 10 reads out the home appliance log stored in the storage unit 11 in step A1, and creates an item in the lighting dimming condition list in step A2. To do. The home appliances obtained by removing the illumination device K2 from the home appliances K recorded in the home appliance log are listed, and the operation state of “power off” is associated with each device to form an illumination dimming condition list.

  The reason why the operation state is uniformly “power off” is for ease of explanation, and the operation state does not necessarily need to be “power off” as an item in the illumination dimming condition list.

  In the case of the liquid crystal television K1, there is a high possibility that the power is turned off when sleep is started, so the operation state is preferably set to “power off”. In the case of the multi-function weight scale K4, since there is a high possibility that the power is turned off immediately after the measurement, there is no problem even if the operation state is set to “power off”. “The measurement result is transmitted” may be used. In the case of the multifunctional weight scale K4, it is more preferable to use the check item as to whether or not the measurement is performed at least once a day, rather than whether or not the power is turned off during sleep.

  In the case of the autonomous vacuum cleaner K3, it is determined whether or not at least effective cleaning has been performed in one day, such as “cleaned more than a predetermined floor area” or “cleaned more than a predetermined time”. The check item is more preferable.

  When an operation state other than “power off” is listed as an item, the home appliance log server device 1 analyzes the operation state of each home appliance K recorded in the home appliance log over a predetermined period, and the home appliance is based on the analysis result. What is necessary is just to determine the operation state for every K. If it is analyzed from the record of the home appliance log that the measurement result is periodically transmitted in the multi-function weight scale K4, as described above, “the measurement result has been transmitted” is the operation state of the checklist item. Can be set as

  The operation state of the checklist item may be selected by the user from a plurality of options that the home appliance log server apparatus 1 analyzes and presents in advance, or the user may set the content of the home appliance log by looking at the content.

  In step A3, a control item (operation content list) for the dimming control target device is created. In the present embodiment, the dimming control target device is the lighting device K2. Therefore, when the dimming control of the lighting device K2 is performed, the control details of what dimming control is specifically performed are created as items. To do.

  The dimming control includes, for example, “reducing the light amount to zero (power off)”, “reducing the light amount to 25%”, and “decreasing the light amount by 5% every 3 minutes”.

  In addition, when a new home appliance with a communication function is installed in the house and registered as a home appliance log target according to a predetermined procedure, recording of the home appliance log starts immediately. May add an item immediately after registration in the home appliance log server device 1 and notify the terminal device 2 of the addition of the item, or may be added at the time of creating the next lighting dimming condition list. .

  Next, dimming control of the lighting device K2 will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the dimming control processing of the lighting device K2 by the home appliance log server device 1. In this flowchart, the processing start condition is that the creation of the illumination dimming condition list and the creation of the control items shown in FIG.

  In step B1, a scheduled time for starting dimming is set by the resident. The scheduled time may be set by any means as long as the start time information indicating the scheduled time can be transmitted to the home appliance log server device 1. It is preferable to operate and set the scheduled time.

  The terminal device 2 can execute an application (sleep dimming application) for dimming the lighting device K2 during sleep. In the sleep dimming application, input of dimming start time, lighting dimming condition list Can be displayed and the operation status can be confirmed.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an input screen for a dimming start scheduled time. When the sleep dimming application is activated and the function of setting input of the scheduled start time is selected, an input screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display unit 24. In this example, the current time is displayed in the current time display area 24a, and the scheduled time can be input in the dimming scheduled start time input area 24b. Numerical values such as time can be input by a known input method by operating the operation unit 25.

  When the user inputs time in the dimming scheduled start time input area 24b and executes a confirmation operation, start time information indicating the input scheduled time is transmitted from the terminal device 2 to the home appliance log server device 1 to start dimming. Scheduled time is set.

  In step B2, it is determined whether or not the current time has reached the set dimming start scheduled time. If it has reached, the process proceeds to step B3, and if not, the process waits.

  In step B3, it is determined whether all items in the lighting dimming condition list have been completed. As described above, in the lighting dimming condition list, each home appliance K and the operation state corresponding to each home appliance K are listed, and each home appliance K at the current time is referenced with reference to the home appliance log. It is determined whether or not the operation state matches the operation state of the lighting dimming condition list. If the operation state matches all the home appliances K, it is determined that all items are completed, and the process proceeds to step B6.

  If even one of all the home appliances K does not match the operating state, it is determined that there is an uncompleted item and the process proceeds to step B4. In step B4, an alert is output to the user for items that have not been completed.

  Specifically, the contents of the notification such as notifying only that it has not been completed, notifying the name of the home appliance K, notifying the name of the home appliance K and the operating state that is not completed, Any content may be used as long as it is possible to report that an item has not been completed, i.e., that it has been left before sleep.

  As for the notification means, the terminal device 2 is notified, the sleep dimming application executed on the terminal device 2 is output to the screen, the e-mail is transmitted to a previously registered address such as the terminal device 2, and the like. Any means may be used as long as the resident can notice that there is a notification, such as displaying on the display screen of the television K1.

  Note that the frequency of outputting an alert for alerting can be input on the input screen for setting the scheduled start time shown in FIG. In this example, the frequency at which an alert is output to the frequency input area 24c can be input as time, for example, “every hour”.

  FIG. 7 is a display screen example showing the completion status of the lighting dimming condition list. The sleep dimming application displays completion and incomplete for each item of the lighting dimming condition list at the current time. On the display unit 24 of the terminal device 2, the name 24 d of each home appliance K is displayed, and for each home appliance K, either “■” indicating completion or “□” indicating incomplete is displayed. Is done. In the example shown in FIG. 7, since the operation items are completed for the fully automatic washing machine K5, the autonomous vacuum cleaner K3, and the multifunctional weight scale K4, “■” indicating completion is displayed. For the liquid crystal television K1, “□” indicating incomplete is displayed. If the predetermined operation state of the liquid crystal television K1 is assumed to be power off, it can be seen that the operation state is power on at the current time.

  Even if the screen showing the completion status is before the dimming start setting time, it can be confirmed by launching the sleep dimming application, and it is completed even if the dimming start setting time has passed. If there is an item that is not yet displayed, it can be displayed as an alert output in step B4.

  After outputting the alert in step B4, it is determined whether or not the alert output is repeated in step B5. If so, the process returns to step B3 to determine again whether or not all items of the lighting dimming condition list are completed. If the alert output is not repeated, the process proceeds to step B6.

  Even if one of the items in the lighting dimming condition list has not been completed, even if an alert is repeatedly output, the lighting dimming condition list may not be noticed by the resident or for a specific home appliance for some reason. It is assumed that there is a problem that the operation state of the item cannot be completed. In that case, an alert is output indefinitely and dimming is not started. In order to avoid such a state, the number of times the alert is output is counted, and the maximum number of times the alert is output is set in advance. In step B5, the number of alerts output in the immediately preceding step B4 is set. The maximum number of outputs is compared, and if they match, the process does not return to step B3 but proceeds to step B6.

  In step B6, the dimming control of the lighting device K2 is performed according to the dimming control content set as the control item of the dimming control target device. The dimming control is remotely controlled by transmitting a control command related to dimming from the home appliance log server device 1 to the lighting device K2 that is the device to be controlled.

<Second Embodiment>
In the first embodiment, each item of the lighting dimming condition list can be set only for home appliances whose operation state is recorded in the home appliance log, and thus is limited to home appliances that can communicate with the home appliance log server device 1.

  For example, even for household appliances that are not recorded in the household appliance log due to daily habits or reduction of power consumption, etc., household appliances that should be turned off before sleep or that should be terminated There is equipment. Furthermore, there are items to be done in daily life, so-called ToDo, such as taking medicine, writing a diary, and preparing for tomorrow, regardless of home appliances.

  In the second embodiment, the user creates a ToDo list and adds it to the lighting dimming condition list. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a process of creating a lighting dimming condition list by the home appliance log server device 1. In the flowchart shown in FIG. 8, steps C1 to C3 are the same as the automatic item settings in steps A1 to A3 in the flowchart of the first embodiment shown in FIG. In step C4, it is determined whether to manually add an item to the lighting dimming condition list. If no item is added, the creation process is terminated. If an item is added, the user manually edits the lighting dimming condition list in step C5 by operating the terminal device 2 or the like.

  Manual editing by the user can be performed by the terminal device 2 using the manual editing function of the sleep dimming application. For example, instead of the home appliance K, an item to be executed such as “drug taking” can be input and added to the list as an arbitrary item. About the item which should be performed, you may set the household appliances K which do not have a communication function. Since the home appliance log server device 1 cannot determine whether or not the item arbitrarily added by the user has been completed, the home appliance log server device 1 stores up to the specific content of the item added by the user. There is no need to keep it.

  When manual editing ends, the terminal device 2 transmits to the home appliance log server device 1 that an arbitrary item has been added to the lighting dimming condition list by manual editing and the number of additional items is transmitted as manual editing information.

  About the arbitrary item which the user added, when this is completed, since the household appliance log server apparatus 1 cannot judge, it operates the sleep dimming application and inputs that the user completed itself, and the input result is It transmits to the household appliance log server apparatus 1 from the terminal device 2. FIG.

  The home appliance log server device 1 recognizes that an arbitrary item has been added and the number of additional items by receiving the manual editing information, so the number of input results of completion of the additional item transmitted from the terminal device 2 If the number of additional items matches, it can be determined that all the additional items have been completed. About the automatic setting item which the household appliance log server apparatus 1 set as an item, it is judged whether the household appliance log server apparatus 1 was completed based on a household appliance log similarly to 1st Embodiment.

  FIG. 9 is a display screen example showing the completion status of the lighting dimming condition list. In the second embodiment, since there are two types of items, the automatic setting item and the additional item as described above, when the lighting dimming condition list is displayed by the sleep dimming application, for example, the automatic setting item display region 24f and Each item is displayed in two types of display areas of the additional item display area 24g. The items displayed in the automatic setting item display area 24f are incomplete on the display screen of the display unit 24 by the home appliance log server device 1 determining completion or incomplete and transmitting the determination result to the terminal device 2. The mark display changes from “□” indicating “” to “■” indicating completion as appropriate.

  For the items displayed in the additional item display area 24g, the user needs to input completion or incomplete. Any input method may be used. For example, when a touch panel is provided, a completion status input area 24i is provided for each item on the completion status display screen, and the completion status corresponding to the item is provided. By tapping the input area 24i, the mark display is switched from “□” indicating incomplete to “■” indicating complete.

  When the user input changes from incomplete to complete, the input result is transmitted from the terminal device 2 to the home appliance log server device 1.

  The dimming control processing of the lighting device K2 in the second embodiment is the same in the other steps except that the content of the determination in step B3 of the flowchart of FIG. 5 is changed.

  In step B3, when all the automatic setting items set as items by the home appliance log server device 1 have been completed and all the above-mentioned additional items have also been completed, all items in the lighting dimming condition list in step B3 Can be determined to be completed. If any one of the automatic setting item and the additional item is not completed, it is determined in step B3 that there is an uncompleted item.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, since an item that is not related to the home appliance K can be added to the lighting dimming condition list, not only the operation of the home appliance K but also the so-called ToDo list in daily life. Can also be confirmed.

<Third Embodiment>
In the first and second embodiments, the illumination device K2 is selected in advance as the target device that is the target of the dimming control, and the specification is such that the target device cannot be changed or added. Although it is preferable to perform dimming control of the lighting device K2 based on the degree of influence on the sleep of the resident, as a home appliance having a light emitting unit that illuminates the house, a liquid crystal television K1 or the like other than the lighting device K2 There are display devices. In the case of the liquid crystal television K1, the backlight is a light emitting portion that illuminates the house, and in the case of a self-luminous display device such as a plasma television, the display panel itself is the light emitting portion.

  In such a display device, if the screen is displayed with the power on, the interior of the room is illuminated. Therefore, in the third embodiment, not only the illumination device K2 but also a light emitting unit is provided. The display device can also be a target device for dimming control.

  The user can arbitrarily select a target device for dimming control from among the home appliances K installed in the house.

  The household appliance log server apparatus 1 lists household appliances K to be set in the lighting dimming condition list based on the household appliance log, as in the first and second embodiments. In the first and second embodiments, since the lighting device K2 is selected as a target device for dimming control, the lighting device K2 is not set in the lighting dimming condition list, but the third embodiment Then, since the user selects the target device for dimming control, the lighting device K2 is also listed in the unselected state.

  FIG. 10 is an example of a display screen showing the selection of the dimming control target device and the completion status of the lighting dimming condition list. In this example, the name of the home appliance whose operation state is recorded in the home appliance log is displayed in the device display area 24j, and a check box 24k is provided for each home appliance. When the user selects one of the check boxes 24k, a check mark is displayed in the selected check box 24k. Thereby, the household appliance corresponding to the check box 24k with a check mark is selected as an object apparatus.

  At this time, selection target device information indicating the home appliance selected as the target device is transmitted from the terminal device 2 to the home appliance log server device 1. In the example shown in FIG. 10, a check mark is displayed in each of the check boxes 24k of the liquid crystal television K1 and the lighting device K2, indicating that these two home appliances are selected as target devices. Selection target device information indicating that the device K2 is selected as the target device is transmitted from the terminal device 2 to the home appliance log server device 1.

  Since the display screen example shown in FIG. 10 also displays the completion status, a mark 24m indicating the completion status is displayed as in FIGS. Since the target device for dimming control is not a target for determining the completion status, the mark 24m indicating the completion status is not displayed. Also, the home appliance log server device 1 receives the selection target device information, and when the target device for dimming control is selected, it is necessary to check the operation state of the selected target device and determine the completion status. Recognize that there is no home appliance.

  Thus, in 3rd Embodiment, other household appliances other than the illuminating device K2 can also be selected arbitrarily as an object apparatus of light control.

<Fourth embodiment>
Said 1st-3rd embodiment performs operation control of the household appliances which illuminate a house interior, such as an illuminating device and a display apparatus, in order to implement | achieve the comfortable living space at the time of sleep, For comfort, not only lighting but also sound output such as music influences. For home appliances equipped with audio output speakers such as CD players and liquid crystal televisions, it is preferable to control the output volume.

  Since the specific control content is only the difference between light control and volume control with the first to third embodiments, the fourth embodiment is the same as the first to third embodiments. Can be implemented.

  For example, in the flowchart of FIG. 4, the illumination dimming condition list is a volume control condition list, and instead of creating a control item for the dimming control target device in step A3, a volume control item may be created.

  The volume control includes, for example, “set the volume to zero (power off)”, “reduce the volume to 15%”, and “decrease the volume by 5% every minute”.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 5, in step B3, it is determined whether or not the operation state of each home appliance K at the current time matches the operation state of the volume control condition list by referring to the home appliance log. If the operating state matches K, it is determined that all items have been completed, and in step B6, the volume control of the liquid crystal television K1 or the like is performed according to the control content set as the control item of the volume control target device. In the volume control, remote control is performed by transmitting a control command related to the volume from the home appliance log server device 1 to the liquid crystal television K1 which is a control target device.

  The first to fourth embodiments can be appropriately combined. For example, two systems of dimming control and volume control can be performed in one system, and further, an optional item manually And the selection of target devices can be comprehensively performed in one system.

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Moreover, this invention can provide the server program for functioning a computer as said household appliance log server apparatus 1 as 5th Embodiment.

  In addition, as a recording medium for recording the server program of the present embodiment, a memory (not shown) such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) itself may be a program recording medium because processing is performed by a microcomputer. Further, although not shown, a program reading device may be provided as an external storage device, and a program recording medium that can be read by being inserted therein may be used.

  In any case, the stored program may be configured to be accessed and executed by the microprocessor, or in any case, the program code is read and the read program code is stored in the microcomputer. It may be downloaded to a program storage area (not shown) and the program may be executed. It is assumed that this download program is stored in the main device in advance.

  Here, the program recording medium is a recording medium configured to be separable from the computer main body, and is a tape system such as a magnetic tape or a cassette tape, a magnetic disk such as a flexible disk or a hard disk, or a CD-ROM / MO / MD / Optical disk such as DVD, card system such as IC card (including memory card) / optical card, mask ROM, EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), flash ROM It may be a medium that carries a program code in a fixed manner including a semiconductor memory.

  In addition, since the computer has a system configuration capable of connecting to a communication network including the Internet, it may be a medium that dynamically carries the program code so as to download the program code from the communication network. When the program is downloaded from the communication network in this way, the download program may be stored in the computer main body in advance or installed from another recording medium. The present embodiment can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Home appliance log server apparatus 2 Terminal device 10 Control part 11 Storage part 12 Storage part 12 Communication part 18 Voice input / output part 21 Control part 22 Storage part 23 Communication part 24 Display part 25 Operation part 26 Voice input / output part K Home appliance K1 Liquid crystal TV K2 Lighting equipment K3 Autonomous vacuum cleaner K4 Multifunctional weight scale K5 Fully automatic washing machine S Home appliance control system

Claims (6)

A home appliance control device capable of controlling the operation of a plurality of home appliances installed in a house,
For a plurality of home appliances, a state acquisition unit that acquires an operation state for each home appliance,
Among the plurality of home appliances, a target selection unit that selects a target device that is a target of operation control;
For home appliances other than the target device, an operation state list in which the home appliance is associated with an operation state of the home appliance, and an operation content in which the target device is associated with a predetermined operation content of the target device A list creation section for creating a list;
When the predetermined time is reached, the operation state of the home appliance acquired by the state acquisition unit is checked against the operation state list, and the acquired operation state and the operation state are related to all the home appliances associated with the operation state. A state determination unit that determines whether or not the operation states in the operation state list match;
When the state determination unit determines that the acquired operation state matches the operation state of the operation state list, the operation is performed with the operation content associated with the target device with reference to the operation content list. And a motion control unit that performs motion control of the target device. The target device includes a light emitting unit that illuminates the house,
The home appliance control device according to claim 1, wherein the operation content is a reduction in a light emission amount of the light emitting unit. The target device includes an audio output unit that outputs audio into a house,
The home appliance control device according to claim 1, wherein the operation content is a reduction in volume of the audio output unit.   When the state determination unit determines that the acquired operation state does not match the predetermined operation state with respect to at least one home appliance, the user is notified of specific information for specifying the home appliance. The home appliance control device according to claim 1, further comprising a notification unit that performs the notification. A home appliance control method for controlling operations of a plurality of home appliances installed in a house,
About a plurality of home appliances, a state acquisition step of acquiring an operation state for each home appliance,
Among the plurality of home appliances, a target selection step of selecting a target device to be subject to operation control;
For home appliances other than the target device, an operation state list in which the home appliance is associated with an operation state of the home appliance, and an operation content in which the target device is associated with a predetermined operation content of the target device A list creation process for creating a list;
When the predetermined time is reached, the operation state for each home appliance acquired in the state acquisition step is compared with the operation state list, and the operation state acquired for all home appliances associated with the operation state, and A state determination step of determining whether or not the operation states of the operation state list match;
When it is determined in the state determination step that the acquired operation state matches the operation state of the operation state list, the operation state list is referred to, and the operation is performed with the operation content associated with the target device. And an operation control step for controlling the operation of the target device.   The program for functioning a computer as a household appliance control apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-4.

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