JP2015108891A - Initialization processing device, electronic apparatus, initialization processing method, initialization processing program and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent any function from being executed by settings unintended by a user who uses an electronic apparatus.SOLUTION: The device includes an initialization state determination unit (13) that determines an initialization state of a data communication unit (15) by environmental information acquired from an environment information acquisition unit (11), and an initialization execution unit (14) that initializes the data communication unit (15) when the initialization state determination unit (13) determines that the data communication unit (15) is in a state that it needs to be initialized.

Description

  The present invention relates to an initialization processing apparatus that initializes setting of functions installed in an electronic device.

At present, electronic devices used in homes (hereinafter referred to as home appliances) are widely used, and a wide variety of home appliances surround people's lives. These home appliances have a function of transmitting home appliance information (information such as operation status, sensor information, operation history, and the like) to the outside via a network such as the Internet. (For example, Patent Document 1)
Since home appliances are equipped with various functions in addition to the function of transmitting home appliance information, in order to make these functions executable, usually permission from the user is required. In particular, since home appliance information can be regarded as privacy information, a transmission permission is obtained from the user. In general, the transmission permission is obtained by agreeing to the terms of use of the home appliance.

  In this way, when the home appliance whose user agrees to the terms of use is transferred to another person, the user executes an initialization process for setting various settings of each function in the home appliance to an initial state (for example, factory default state), and then others Will be transferred to.

JP 2002-345051 A (published on November 29, 2002)

  By the way, the case where it transfers to another person without initializing a household appliance is assumed. In this case, since the settings of the user before transfer are maintained as they are for each function of the home appliance, each function is executed with settings not intended by the transferred user.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and its purpose is to execute each function according to the settings before transfer regardless of the intention of the transferred user when the home appliance is transferred. An initialization processing apparatus, an electronic device, an initialization processing method, an initialization processing program, and a recording medium are provided.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, an initialization processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an initialization execution unit that performs initialization to return a setting of a function installed in an electronic device to an initial state. The initialization processing apparatus includes initialization state determination means for determining whether or not the setting of the function is in a state to be initialized based on information acquired from the electronic device.

  According to an aspect of the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to prevent a user who uses an electronic device from executing a function in a state set unintentionally.

It is a schematic block diagram of the household appliance provided with the initialization processing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram of the network system containing the household appliance shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the detail of the environmental information acquisition part with which the household appliance shown in FIG. 1 is provided. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the initialization process by the initialization processing apparatus with which the household appliance shown in FIG. 1 was equipped. It is a schematic block diagram of the server provided with the initialization processing apparatus which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram of the household appliance provided with the initialization processing apparatus which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the initialization process by the initialization processing apparatus with which the household appliance shown in FIG. 6 was equipped.

Embodiment 1
An embodiment of the present invention will be described as follows. In the present embodiment, an example in which the initialization processing device of the present invention is provided in a home electronic device (hereinafter referred to as a home appliance) will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a home appliance 101 according to the present embodiment.

  FIG. 2 shows an outline of a network system including the home appliance 101 shown in FIG.

(Network system)
As shown in FIG. 2, the network system according to the present embodiment is a system that transmits home appliance information from a home home appliance 101 to a server 103 via a router 102.

  The home appliance 101 has a data communication function for transmitting the operation state, sensor information, operation history, and the like acquired from each function such as a sensor mounted on the home appliance 101 as home appliance information to the outside.

  Here, normally, in the initial state, the home appliance 101 is set to stop data transmission of the data communication function. Therefore, the home appliance 101 is in a state where data can be transmitted for the first time by obtaining transmission permission from the user of the home appliance 101. Specifically, the user of the home appliance 101 uses the information terminal 104 such as a smartphone or a personal computer to agree to the terms of use of the home appliance 101, thereby obtaining data transmission permission.

  The details of the home appliance 101 will be described later.

  The router 102 is a device for connecting the home appliance 101 to a network such as the Internet, and has a function of converting a global IP address assigned by an Internet provider or the like and a local IP address assigned to the home appliance 101. Although depending on a contract with an Internet provider, in many homes, the global IP address is assigned by DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). Therefore, the IP address when the home appliance 101 accesses the server 103 is at least periodic. Will be changed.

  The server 103 is for storing home appliance information sent from the home appliance 101. As will be described later, the server 103 may have a function as an initialization processing device included in the home appliance 101. Details of this will be described later.

(Household appliance 101)
As shown in FIG. 1, the home appliance 101 includes an initialization processing unit 10 that performs initialization processing for setting of installed functions, a data communication unit 15 as one installed function, and a function that is installed. An initialization button 16 for instructing initialization, an initialization cancel button 17 for instructing cancellation of initialization to be executed, and a home appliance information storage unit storing home appliance information to be transmitted by the data communication unit 15 18.

  The initialization processing unit 10 includes an environmental information acquisition unit 11 that acquires external and internal environmental information in the home appliance 101, an environmental change determination unit 12 that determines a change in environmental information acquired by the environmental information acquisition unit 11, and an environmental change determination unit An initialization state determination unit (initialization state determination unit) that determines whether the setting of the function mounted on the home appliance 101 is in a state to be initialized from the determination result from 12 or the environment information from the environment information acquisition unit 11 ) 13, when the initialization state determination unit 13 determines that the setting of the function (data communication unit 15) mounted on the home appliance 101 is in a state to be initialized, the initialization for executing the initialization of the setting of the function An initialization execution unit (initialization execution means) 14 is provided.

  Here, the initialization mainly means that various setting information (for example, communication setting information in the case of the data communication function) that defines the functions installed in the home appliance 101 is set in the factory shipment state, that is, the user sets. To return to the state that has not been done. Specifically, the initialization is realized by clearing a memory (not shown) in the home appliance 101 storing the setting information. That is, being in a state to be initialized means a state in which the environment of the home appliance 101 has changed. That the environment of the home appliance 101 has changed means that the environmental information acquired from the outside or inside of the home appliance 101 is different from the environmental information acquired immediately before. This environment information is acquired by the environment information acquisition unit 11.

  The environment information acquired by the environment information acquisition unit 11 is the setting information (communication setting information, information indicating the start of communication setting, etc.) of functions installed in the home appliance 101, and the image information of the image captured by the home appliance 101 at the standby position , Time information indicating the time since the power of the home appliance 101 is turned off, region information specifying the region where the home appliance 101 is used, location information specifying the location of the home appliance 101, voice information recognized by the home appliance 101, insertion of a BCAS card Card insertion presence / absence information indicating the presence / absence of the SSID, SSID that can be acquired around the home appliance 101, and the like. These pieces of environmental information are used as information for determining whether or not the setting of the function mounted on the home appliance 101 is in a state to be initialized.

  Therefore, in order to acquire the various types of information described above, the environment information acquisition unit 11 includes a communication setting information acquisition unit (function setting information acquisition unit) 1 and an image information acquisition unit (image information acquisition unit) 2 as illustrated in FIG. , Power off time acquisition unit (power off time acquisition unit) 3, area code acquisition unit 4, position information acquisition unit (position information acquisition unit) 5, voice information acquisition unit (voice information acquisition unit) 6, B-CAS card presence / absence An information acquisition unit 7 and an SSID acquisition unit 8 are included. It is preferable to include all of these units, but it is not essential to include all of them. For example, only the communication setting information acquisition unit 1 may be included.

  The communication setting information acquisition unit 1 acquires the communication setting information of the data communication unit 15 from a setting information storage unit (not shown) in the home appliance 101.

  When the home appliance 101 is not used, the image information acquisition unit 2 acquires image information of an image obtained by capturing a frontal landscape with the home appliance 101 being always placed at the same position.

  The power-off time acquisition unit 3 acquires a power-off time obtained by measuring a time (duration) during which the off state continues after the home appliance 101 is turned off by a timer (not shown). .

  The area code acquisition unit 4 acquires the area code of the corresponding area from the area information of the user registered at the start of use of the home appliance 101.

  The position information acquisition unit 5 acquires position information from a GPS (not shown) provided in the home appliance 101.

  The voice information acquisition unit 6 acquires user voice information from a microphone (not shown) of the home appliance 101.

  The B-CAS card presence / absence information acquisition unit 7 acquires B-CAS card presence / absence information indicating whether or not a B-CAS card is inserted into the home appliance 101.

  The SSID acquisition unit 8 acquires all SSIDs received by the home appliance 101.

  The environment information acquisition unit 11 outputs information acquired by each unit to the environment change determination unit 12 and the initialization state determination unit 13 as environment information.

  The environment change determination unit 12 determines whether the environment of the home appliance 101 has changed from the environment information acquired by the environment information acquisition unit 11. Specifically, the environment change determination unit 12 compares the environment information acquired by the environment information acquisition unit 11 with the environment information acquired by the environment information acquisition unit 11 immediately before acquiring the environment information, Judging the change. The determination result is sent to the initialization state determination unit 13. The details of the environmental change determination by the environmental change determination unit 12 will be described later.

  The initialization state determination unit 13 determines the initialization state based on the determination result sent from the environment change determination unit 12 (first determination), and determines the initialization state based on the environment information sent from the environment information acquisition unit 11 (first determination). 2).

  In the first determination in the initialization state determination unit 13, it is determined from the determination result from the environment change determination unit 12 whether the setting of the function installed in the home appliance 101 is in a state to be initialized. Specifically, when the initialization state determination unit 13 receives a determination result that the environment has changed from the environment change determination unit 12, the function (data communication unit 15) installed in the home appliance 101 is initialized. It is determined that it is in a power state.

  On the other hand, in the second determination described above, the initialization state determination unit 13 receives specific environment information (information serving as a determination trigger) among the environment information transmitted from the environment information acquisition unit 11. It determines with it being in the state which should initialize the setting of the function mounted in the household appliance 101. FIG. The specific environment information can include information detected when an operation for changing the setting of the function acquired by the environment information acquisition unit 11 is performed. Specifically, when setting the data communication function of the home appliance 101, that is, when performing communication setting, information indicating that an operation indicating the start of communication setting (for example, pressing of the communication setting start button) is detected as specific environment information When the environment information is received, the initialization state determination unit 13 determines that the setting of the data communication function is to be initialized.

  Here, the state in which the data communication unit 15 is to be initialized indicates that the communication setting of the data communication unit 15 is to be reset. This determination is made by confirming that the communication setting is about to be changed or has been changed directly or indirectly from the environmental information acquired by the home appliance 101. Details of the initialization state determination by the initialization state determination unit 13 will be described later.

  Further, the initialization state determination unit 13 sends only the determination result that the state is to be initialized to the initialization state determination unit 13.

  When the initialization execution unit 14 receives the determination result from the environment change determination unit 12 that the state is to be initialized, the initial setting of the function that is determined to be in the state to be initialized mounted on the home appliance 101 Execute the conversion. Here, as described above, a data communication function is assumed as a function installed in the home appliance 101, and the initialization target by the initialization execution unit 14 is the data communication unit 15.

  The data communication unit 15 is a means for transmitting data to the outside and receiving data from the outside, and transmits home appliance information stored in the home appliance information storage unit 18 to the outside.

  As described above, the initialization-type home appliance 101 includes the initialization button 16 and the initialization cancel button 17. Thereby, the user of the home appliance 101 can forcibly initialize the data communication unit 15 by pressing the initialization button 16, and the initialization is executed by pressing the initialization cancel button 17. The initialization of the data communication unit 15 to be performed can be canceled. The effective usage of the initialization cancel button 17 will be described in another embodiment described later.

(Initialization method)
The flow of initialization processing by the initialization processing unit 10 of the home appliance 101 having the above configuration will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, the environment information acquisition unit 11 acquires environment information of the home appliance 101 (step S11: first step). Here, the environment information acquisition unit 11 acquires the various information described above as environment information of the home appliance 101.

  Next, the environment change determination unit 12 determines whether the environment of the home appliance 101 has changed from the environment information acquired by the environment information acquisition unit 11 (step S12). Here, “the environment is changing” refers to a case where it is detected that some setting has been made in the home appliance 101 or that the installation location of the home appliance 101 has changed.

  And the initialization state determination part 13 determines whether the data communication part 15 of the household appliance 101 exists in the state which should be initialized from the determination result of the environment change determination part 12 (step S13: 2nd step).

  If it is determined in step S13 that the state is to be initialized (YES), the initialization state determination unit 13 instructs the initialization execution unit 14 to initialize the data communication unit 15 (step S13). S14: Third step). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S13 that the state is not to be initialized (NO), the process proceeds to step S11, and environmental information is acquired again.

  In the initialization process, the process for determining whether or not the function setting is to be initialized (hereinafter referred to as an initialization state determination process) has been briefly described. Details of the processing will be described.

(Details of initialization status judgment processing)
Here, the initialization state determination processing by the environment change determination unit 12 and the initialization state determination unit 13 will be described. In the following, eight types of environment information (1) to (8) will be described, but other information may be used as the environment information.

  (1) When the environment information is communication setting information (function setting) of the data communication unit 15 acquired by the communication setting information acquisition unit 1 from a setting information storage unit (not shown) in the home appliance 101.

  The environment change determination unit 12 determines whether the acquired communication setting information is different from the communication setting information acquired immediately before.

  The initialization state determination unit 13 is mounted on the home appliance 101 if the determination result of the environment change determination unit 12 indicates that the acquired communication setting information is different from the communication setting information acquired immediately before. The communication setting of the data communication unit 15 has been changed, and it is determined that the data communication unit 15 is in a state to be initialized. On the other hand, if the determination result is a determination result indicating that the data has not been changed, the data communication unit 15 determines that it is not in a state to be initialized.

  In the above case, a change in the communication settings of the data communication unit 15 is directly monitored to directly determine whether or not the data communication unit 15 is in a state to be initialized. Therefore, it is indirectly determined whether or not the data communication unit 15 is in a state to be initialized.

  (2) An image obtained by capturing an image of the front landscape (landscape in the same direction) with the home appliance 101 being always placed at the same position when the home appliance 101 is not used when the environmental information is acquired by the image information acquisition unit 2 If the image information.

  Here, the home appliance 101 assumed in the present invention is an electronic device used in the home, and is an air conditioner, a television set, a recorder, a refrigerator, a cleaning robot, or the like having a data communication function. For this reason, the household appliances 101 other than the cleaning robot are always arranged at the same position. Even in the cleaning robot, after the cleaning is completed, the robot stands by at the charging stand for charging. Therefore, it can be said that the cleaning robot is always arranged at the same position when the home appliance 101 is not used.

  The environment change determination unit 12 determines whether the acquired image information is different from the image information acquired immediately before.

  If the determination result of the environment change determination unit 12 indicates that the acquired image information is determined to be different from the image information acquired immediately before, the initialization state determination unit 13 moves the home appliance 101 to another location. Since it is thought that it is moving, it can be predicted that the communication setting of the data communication unit 15 mounted on the home appliance 101 has been changed. Thereby, it determines with the data communication part 15 mounted in the household appliance 101 being in the state which should be initialized. On the other hand, if the determination result is a determination result indicating that the data has not been changed, the data communication unit 15 determines that it is not in a state to be initialized.

  Thus, if the arrangement position of the home appliance 101 is changed, the image obtained by capturing the scenery in front of the home appliance 101 is naturally changed. By detecting this change in the image, it can be indirectly detected that the communication setting of the data communication unit 15 mounted on the home appliance 101 has been changed.

  (3) The environmental information obtained by the power-off time obtaining unit 3 is obtained by measuring a time during which the off-state is continued after the power of the home appliance 101 is turned off by a timer (not shown). When the power is off.

  Generally, when a certain period of time has passed since the power source of the home appliance 101 is turned off, it can be considered that the usage environment of the home appliance 101 has changed. That is, when a certain period of time has elapsed since the power source of the home appliance 101 is turned off and the power source is turned on again, it can be assumed that the home appliance 101 is being used in another place.

  Accordingly, the environment change determination unit 12 determines whether or not the acquired power-off time has passed for a certain period of time.

  The initialization state determination unit 13 is considered to have moved the home appliance 101 to another location if the determination result of the environment change determination unit 12 indicates a result determined that a certain time has elapsed. It can be predicted that the communication setting of the data communication unit 15 mounted on the home appliance 101 has been changed. Thereby, it determines with the data communication part 15 mounted in the household appliance 101 being in the state which should be initialized. On the other hand, if the determination result is a determination result indicating that the data has not been changed, the data communication unit 15 determines that it is not in a state to be initialized.

  Thus, when the arrangement position of the home appliance 101 changes, the elapsed time from the power-off of the home appliance 101 elapses for a certain period of time. Therefore, by detecting this elapsed time, data communication mounted on the home appliance 101 indirectly It can be detected that the communication setting of the unit 15 has been changed. Here, the fixed time is usually arbitrarily set on the assumption that the home appliance 101 is transferred to another person.

  (4) When the environmental information is the region code of the corresponding region from the region information of the user registered at the start of use of the home appliance 101 acquired by the region code acquisition unit 4.

  The environment change determination unit 12 determines whether the acquired area code is different from the area code acquired immediately before.

  If the determination result of the environment change determination unit 12 indicates that the acquired region code is different from the region code acquired immediately before, the initialization state determination unit 13 indicates that the home appliance 101 is in a different region. Therefore, it can be predicted that the communication setting of the data communication unit 15 mounted on the home appliance 101 has been changed. Thereby, it determines with the data communication part 15 mounted in the household appliance 101 being in the state which should be initialized. On the other hand, if the determination result is the same determination result, the data communication unit 15 determines that it is not in a state to be initialized.

  Therefore, if the area code is different, naturally, the household appliance 101 has moved to another area. Therefore, by detecting this change in the area code, the data communication unit 15 mounted on the household appliance 101 indirectly. It is possible to detect that the communication setting has been changed.

  (5) When the environmental information is the position information from the GPS or the like provided in the home appliance 101 acquired by the position information acquisition unit 5.

  As described above, since the home appliance 101 assumed in the present invention is an electronic device used in the home, the home appliance 101 specified by the acquired position information is substantially at the same position. That is, if the position specified by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 5 is a position that is a predetermined distance or more away from the position specified by the position information acquired immediately before, the home appliance 101 is in another location. Can be assumed.

  The environment change determination unit 12 determines whether or not the position specified by the acquired position information is a position separated by a predetermined distance or more from the position specified by the position information acquired immediately before.

  The initialization state determination unit 13 determines that the determination result of the environment change determination unit 12 indicates that the position of the electronic device specified by the acquired position information is predetermined from the position of the electronic device specified by the position information acquired immediately before. If the result of the determination that the position is more than the distance is shown, it can be assumed that the home appliance 101 has moved to another area, so the communication setting of the data communication unit 15 mounted on the home appliance 101 has been changed. Can be predicted. Thereby, it determines with the data communication part 15 mounted in the household appliance 101 being in the state which should be initialized. On the other hand, if the determination result is the same determination result, the data communication unit 15 determines that it is not in a state to be initialized.

  Therefore, by using the determination result, it can be indirectly detected that the communication setting of the data communication unit 15 mounted on the home appliance 101 has been changed.

  (6) When the environment information is voice information of the user from the microphone (not shown) of the home appliance 101 acquired by the voice information acquisition unit 6.

  Here, the home appliance 101 can perform various operations by the voice of the user. For this reason, whether or not the voice recognized by the home appliance 101 is the same as the sound quality of the voice that is normally used is registered as sound information with respect to the home appliance 101 before the use of the home appliance 101 is started. . Thereby, the voice information acquired by the voice information acquisition unit 6 while using the home appliance 101 is compared with the registered voice information. If the acquired voice information is the same as the registered voice information, the voice information acquired by the voice information acquisition unit 6 is currently used. It can be determined that the user is.

  The environment change determination unit 12 determines whether or not the sound quality specified by the acquired sound information is different from the sound quality specified by the sound information acquired immediately before.

  The initialization state determination unit 13 indicates a result of determination by the environment change determination unit 12 that the sound quality specified by the acquired sound information is determined to be different from the sound quality specified by the sound information acquired immediately before. Then, since it can be assumed that the user of the household appliance 101 is different from the user so far, it can be predicted that the communication setting of the data communication unit 15 mounted on the household appliance 101 has been changed. Thereby, it determines with the data communication part 15 mounted in the household appliance 101 being in the state which should be initialized. On the other hand, if the determination result is the same determination result, the data communication unit 15 determines that it is not in a state to be initialized.

  Therefore, by using the determination result, it can be indirectly detected that the communication setting of the data communication unit 15 mounted on the home appliance 101 has been changed.

  (7) When the environmental information is B-CAS card presence / absence information that is acquired by the B-CAS card presence / absence information acquisition unit 7 and indicates whether or not a B-CAS card is inserted into the home appliance 101.

  Usually, when the newly purchased home appliance 101 is a television or a video recorder, a B-CAS card is inserted in order to receive digital broadcasting. This B-CAS card needs to be removed from the B-CAS card inserted into the home appliance 101 when the home appliance 101 is transferred to another person. Therefore, in the home appliance 101 that needs the B-CAS card, it can be determined whether or not the home appliance 101 has been transferred by determining the presence or absence of the B-CAS card.

  The environment change determination unit 12 determines the presence / absence of a B-CAS card from the acquired B-CAS card presence / absence information.

  The initialization state determination unit 13 can assume that the home appliance 101 has been transferred if the determination result of the environment change determination unit 12 indicates that the B-CAS card is not present. It can be predicted that the communication setting of the data communication unit 15 mounted on the computer has been changed. Thereby, it determines with the data communication part 15 mounted in the household appliance 101 being in the state which should be initialized. On the other hand, if the determination result is a determination result that there is a B-CAS card, the data communication unit 15 determines that it is not in a state to be initialized.

  (8) The environment information is all SSIDs received by the home appliance 101 acquired by the SSID acquisition unit 8.

  Normally, when a wireless LAN is constructed in a home and the home appliance 101 is connected to the network, an SSID (Service Set Identifier) that is an identifier of a nearby wireless LAN access point is also received. Therefore, the SSID that can be received is considered to be substantially the same within the same home. Therefore, if the SSID that can be received is different, it can be estimated that the home appliance 101 has moved to another location.

  The environment change determination unit 12 determines whether the acquired SSID is different from the SSID acquired immediately before.

  If the determination result of the environment change determination unit 12 indicates that the acquired SSID is different from the SSID acquired immediately before, the initialization state determination unit 13 moves the home appliance 101 to another location. Therefore, it can be predicted that the communication setting of the data communication unit 15 mounted on the home appliance 101 has been changed. Thereby, it determines with the data communication part 15 mounted in the household appliance 101 being in the state which should be initialized. On the other hand, if the determination result is the same determination result, the data communication unit 15 determines that it is not in a state to be initialized. However, since it is difficult to completely match the SSID, it is preferable to set a matching rate in advance and consider that the home appliance 101 has moved to another location if the set matching rate is not satisfied.

  Therefore, by using the determination result, it can be indirectly detected that the communication setting of the data communication unit 15 mounted on the home appliance 101 has been changed.

  The above-described eight types of environment information (1) to (8) may determine the initialization state based on one type of environment information, but in that case, the initialization state determination accuracy cannot be sufficiently obtained. There are many. For example, in the case of the environment information (2), the scenery in front of the home appliance 101 is determined to determine whether there is a change, and the initialization state is determined. May be determined to have different landscapes. In such a case, it is determined that the data communication unit 15 of the home appliance 101 is in a state to be initialized, and the initialization of the data communication unit 15 is executed. Will be. Similarly, other environment information may cause initialization of function settings not intended by the user.

  In order to avoid such a situation, the initialization state may be determined by combining two or more of the above environment information (1) to (8). That is, what is necessary is just to determine with it being the state which should be initialized, when at least two conditions of said conditions (1)-(8) are satisfy | filled. For example, when the initialization state is determined using the environment information (2) as described above, the position of the home appliance 101 is correctly determined by using the environment information (4) or the environment information (5). If this is possible, the determination accuracy of the initialization state can be increased. As described above, if the determination accuracy of the initialization state is increased, the possibility that the initialization of the setting of the function that is not intended by the user is reduced.

  The combination of the environmental information (1) to (8) is not particularly limited, and any combination is possible as long as the combinations are possible.

  In the above initialization state determination process, it is described that it is determined that the function installed in the home appliance 101 is in a state to be initialized because the environment of the home appliance 101 has changed. However, in the present invention, as described above, the determination as to whether or not it is in a state to be initialized may be performed by some trigger before detecting a change in the environment of the home appliance 101. The determination unit 13 determines that the function mounted on the home appliance 101 is in a state to be initialized, using at least one piece of information of the environmental information (1) to (8) received from the environmental information acquisition unit 11 as a trigger. Also good.

  In this embodiment, the example in which the initialization processing unit 10 that performs the initialization process is provided in the home appliance 101 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the initialization processing unit 10 is different from the home appliance 101. You may provide as an apparatus of.

(Initialization execution)
The home appliance 101 initializes the data communication unit 15 when the determination of the initialization state is performed as described above and it is determined that the data communication unit 15 as an installed function is not in the initialization state. Since the data communication unit 15 thus initialized needs to be set again to obtain communication permission when performing data communication with the outside, all data transmission (until communication permission is obtained) ( Reception) will be stopped. The data communication unit 15 enters a data transmission stop state.

  As described above, when the function to be initialized is the data communication unit 15, it is preferable to stop transmission of all data in the initialized state. However, for data including personal information, However, transmission may be possible.

  Therefore, in the present invention, the initialization includes overall initialization (transmission (reception) stop of all data) and partial initialization (part of data (data including personal information)).

  In this embodiment, it is determined whether or not the function setting of the electronic device is to be initialized. If the function setting is to be initialized, the initialization execution unit 14 automatically initializes the function setting. Although the example performed is demonstrated, it is not limited to this. The point of the present invention is to determine whether or not the setting of the function of the electronic device is to be initialized using the environmental information acquired by the electronic device. Therefore, when it is determined that the function setting of the electronic device is in a state to be initialized, the function setting of the electronic device is not automatically initialized, but the user of the electronic device himself / herself The initialization of the function setting may be executed by operating the enable button 16 or the like. In this case, when the setting of the function of the electronic device is in a state to be initialized, the function installed in the electronic device being used by using a notification unit (notification unit) 28 described later for the user of the electronic device. It is preferable to notify that the setting is to be initialized.

(Other)
In the present embodiment, the initialization state of the home appliance 101 is determined using the environmental state acquired by the environmental information acquisition unit 11 as illustrated in FIG. 3 provided in the home appliance 101. The present invention is not limited, and an IP address assigned when the home appliance 101 is connected to the network may be used to detect an environmental change of the home appliance 101 and determine the initialization state of the home appliance 101. In this case, since the IP address of the home appliance 101 is sent to the server 103 shown in FIG. 2, information on the environmental change (environment change information) of the home appliance 101 is created on the server 103 side. This point will be described in the second embodiment below.

[Embodiment 2]
The following will describe another embodiment of the present invention mainly with reference to FIG. For convenience of explanation, detailed explanation of members having the same functions as those explained in the embodiment is omitted.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of the server 103 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the server 103 according to the present embodiment creates environment change information of the home appliance 101 from the IP address used for communication from the home appliance 101 received via the router 102 connected to the network. The environmental change information creation processing unit 30 that performs the process, the regional information database 35 that stores the IP address and the regional information in association with each other, and the environmental change information that is created by the environmental change information creation processing unit 30 via the network again. Is provided with an environment change information transmission unit 36.

(Environmental change information creation processing unit 30)
The environment change information creation processing unit 30 acquires an IP address acquisition unit 31 that acquires the IP address of the home appliance 101 via the router 102 connected to the network, and acquires an IP address change period acquired by the IP address acquisition unit 31. Address change period acquisition unit (IP address change period acquisition means) 32, area information acquisition unit (area information acquisition means) for acquiring area information specified by referring to the area information database 35 from the IP address acquired by the IP address acquisition unit 31 33) Environment change information creation for creating environment change information indicating that the environment information of the home appliance 101 has changed from the IP address change period acquired by the IP address change period acquisition unit 32 and the region information acquired by the region information acquisition unit 33 Part 34 is included.

(Environmental change information creation using IP address change period)
The environment change information creation unit 34 detects that the IP address is changed at a constant time interval (change interval), and detects a shift in the IP address change timing, so that the environment information of the home appliance 101 (router, It is determined that the provider has changed, and environmental change information is created.

(Create environmental change information using regional information)
The environment change information creation unit 34 uses the fact that the IP address assigned for each region (for example, the prefecture unit) is determined, and changes the region information corresponding to the IP address. It is judged that the area has changed, and environmental change information is created.

  The environment change information creation unit 34 may create the environment change information using the IP address change period and the area information separately, or may create the environment change information using both the IP address change period and the area information. May be.

(Initialization process)
The initialization process of the home appliance 101 is performed by the initialization processing unit 10 shown in FIG. 1 as in the first embodiment.

  Specifically, the environment change information created in the environment change information creation processing unit 30 is sent by the environment change information transmission unit 36 to the initialization state determination unit 13 of the home appliance 101 via the network. The initialization state determination unit 13 determines whether the setting of the function installed in the home appliance 101 is in a state to be initialized from the acquired environment change information. Subsequent processes are the same as those in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  In the first and second embodiments, the initialization state of the function (data communication unit 15) installed in the home appliance 101 is determined, and when the determination result is in a state to be initialized, the data communication unit 15 automatically Initialization is being executed.

  In Embodiment 3 below, when the determination result is in a state to be initialized, the initialization of the data communication unit 15 is not automatically performed, but the initialization is performed before the initialization is performed. An example of notifying the user will be described.

[Embodiment 3]
The following will describe another embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. For convenience of explanation, detailed explanation of members having the same functions as those explained in the embodiment is omitted.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of the home appliance 201 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the home appliance 201 includes an initialization processing unit 20 that performs initialization processing for setting of installed functions, a data communication unit 25 as one installed function, and a function that is installed. An initialization button 26 for instructing initialization, an initialization cancel button (initialization execution canceling means) 27 for instructing cancellation of initialization to be executed, and initialization execution to the user before initialization execution Is provided with an informing unit 28 for informing to perform the operation.

  The home appliance 201 is substantially the same as the member included in the home appliance 101 shown in FIG. 1 described in the first embodiment, and is different in that the notification unit 28 is provided. In addition, although the household appliance 201 is provided with the household appliance information storage part similarly to the household appliance 101 shown in FIG. 1, it abbreviate | omits in FIG.

  The initialization processing unit 20 includes an environmental information acquisition unit 21 that acquires external and internal environmental information in the home appliance 201, an environmental change determination unit 22 that determines a change in environmental information acquired by the environmental information acquisition unit 21, and an environmental change determination unit. The initialization state determination unit 23 that determines whether the setting of the function installed in the home appliance 201 is to be initialized from the determination result from the environment information 22 or the environment information from the environment information acquisition unit 21, initialization state determination When it is determined by the unit 23 that the setting of the function (data communication unit 25) mounted on the home appliance 201 is in a state to be initialized, the initialization execution unit 24 that executes initialization of the setting of the function is provided. Yes.

  The initialization processing unit 20 configured as described above has the same configuration as the initialization processing unit 10 described in the first embodiment, but the determination result of the initialization state determination unit 23 is transmitted to the initialization execution unit via the notification unit 28. 24 is different.

  When the notification unit 28 receives the determination result of the initialization state determination unit 23, the notification unit 28 notifies the user of the home appliance 201 that the initialization of the data communication unit 25 is executed. As a notification method by the notification unit 28, it may be notified by sound, may be notified by light, and if a monitor is provided, it is preferable to display a notification to the monitor. Moreover, you may notify by e-mail to the mail address registered beforehand. Any method other than the above example may be used as long as it is a method for notifying the user of the home appliance 201 that the initialization will be executed from now on.

  After executing the series of notification processes described above, the notification unit 28 transmits a signal indicating the notification to the initialization execution unit 24.

  The initialization execution unit 24 executes initialization of the data communication unit 25 using the signal from the notification unit 28 as a trigger.

  Although the initialization execution unit 24 immediately executes the initialization of the data communication unit 25 after the notification by the notification unit 28, the user may be allowed to determine the initialization execution. In this case, the initialization cancel button 27 provided in the home appliance 201 is operated to cancel the initialization.

(Initialization method)
The flow of the initialization process by the initialization processing unit 20 of the home appliance 201 having the above configuration will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, the environmental information acquisition unit 21 acquires environmental information of the home appliance 201 (step S21). Here, the various information mentioned above is acquired as the environmental information of the home appliance 201 by the environmental information acquisition unit 21.

  Next, the environment change determination unit 22 determines whether the environment of the home appliance 101 has changed from the environment information acquired by the environment information acquisition unit 21 (step S22). Here, “the environment has changed” refers to a case where it has been detected that some setting has been made in the home appliance 201 or that the installation location of the home appliance 201 has changed.

  And the initialization state determination part 23 determines whether it exists in the state which should initialize the setting of the data communication part 25 of the household appliance 201 from the determination result of the environmental change determination part 22 (step S23).

  In step S23, when it is determined that the function setting is in a state to be initialized (YES), the initialization state determination unit 23 sends the determination result to the notification unit 28.

  The notification unit 28 initializes the user of the home appliance 201 from the determination result sent from the initialization state determination unit 23 before the initialization of the function setting of the data communication unit 25 is performed. This is notified (notification before execution of initialization) (step S24). The notification unit 28 sends a signal indicating the notification to the initialization execution unit 24.

  Thereafter, upon receiving a signal from the notification unit 28, the initialization execution unit 24 executes initialization of the data communication unit 25 (step S25).

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S23 that the state is not to be initialized (NO), the process proceeds to step S21, and environmental information is acquired again.

  In the initialization process, the initialization state determination process is briefly described. However, the same initialization state determination process as that in the first embodiment is performed.

  By the way, when the household appliance 201 is used in the home, it is assumed that the power source of the household appliance 201 is turned off regardless of the intention of the user due to a power failure or a breaker. For example, when the home appliance 201 is turned off without the intention of the user during the absence period due to a long trip, when the user turns on the home appliance 201 next time, the initialization state of the home appliance 201 is changed. If the determination process is started and the power-off time exceeds a predetermined time, it is determined that the setting of the function installed in the home appliance 201 is to be initialized, and the data communication unit 25 is forcibly initialized. Will be executed. In such a case, since it is determined that the data communication unit 25 has been initialized, the data communication unit 25 needs to be set again.

  Further, even when the arrangement position of the home appliance 201 is changed by changing the room design, the initialization determination process unintended by the user is executed in the same manner as described above. Specifically, when the image information acquired by the environmental information acquisition unit 21 included in the home appliance 201 (the landscape image in front of the home appliance 201) is different from the image information acquired immediately before, the data mounted on the home appliance 201 It is determined that the communication unit 25 is in a state to be initialized, and the initialization of the data communication unit 25 is forcibly executed. Also in such a case, since the data communication unit 25 is initialized, it is necessary to set the data communication unit 25 again.

  In such a case, it is possible to avoid the situation where the data communication unit 25 is set again by providing the above-described notification unit 28 to notify the user that the initialization is performed.

  In this embodiment, when the initialization determination process is executed and it is determined that the initialization execution is performed, the notification unit 28 that notifies the user that the initialization execution is performed is provided, so that the initialization execution is performed. It can be left to the user's judgment. That is, if the notification unit 28 can know in advance that the user is to be initialized, the user can determine whether or not the initialization is really necessary.

  As mentioned above, although Embodiment 1-3 demonstrated the general household appliance, the following embodiment demonstrates the example of a specific household appliance.

[Embodiment 4]
Another embodiment of the present invention will be described as follows. For convenience of explanation, drawings and detailed explanations are omitted for explanations using members having the same functions as the members explained in the embodiment.

  In this embodiment, a cleaning robot will be described as an example of a home appliance on which the initialization processing device of the present invention is mounted.

  The cleaning robot is a self-propelled cleaner that includes various sensors and automatically cleans the floor. Moreover, since the cleaning robot is rechargeable, when charging, the robot stands by at a charging stand. Furthermore, the cleaning robot has a voice output function, a voice recognition function, and the like in addition to the cleaning function. Moreover, the cleaning robot is equipped with GPS, and can acquire position information and grasp its own position. Further, the cleaning robot is provided with a camera as an imaging means, and takes a picture as necessary.

  Moreover, the cleaning robot has a data communication function for transmitting home appliance information such as operation status, sensor information, and operation history to the outside via a network such as the Internet. This data communication function can be executed by obtaining a transmission permission by a user of the home appliance. For example, by agreeing to the terms of use for home appliances, communication using the data communication function becomes possible. Specifically, the cleaning robot is set to allow data communication to the outside. Apart from this communication setting, it is also necessary to make communication settings from the cleaning robot to the router in the home.

  Executing initialization of the data communication function setting in the cleaning robot means initializing all communication settings including settings for permitting data communication to the outside and communication settings from the cleaning robot to the router.

  With the above functions provided in the cleaning robot, it is possible to obtain information to be acquired by each unit other than the B-CAS card presence / absence information acquiring unit 7 in the environment information acquiring unit 11 illustrated in FIG. 3.

(Initialization process in cleaning robot)
For example, the cleaning robot stands by at a charging stand when charging. This charging stand is installed in a predetermined place. Therefore, when returning to the charging stand, the cleaning robot takes a picture of the charging stand with the mounted camera, compares the obtained image (landscape including the charging stand) with the image taken immediately before, and If they are different, it recognizes that it is in another environment and executes initialization of the data communication function settings. This shows an example in which the case of the environment information (2) described in the first embodiment is executed.

  In addition, since the cleaning robot is configured to be able to acquire various environmental information, other environmental information (1), (3) other than the environmental information (2) described in the first embodiment. It is possible to perform initialization state determination processing using (6), (8), and the like. In addition, when the cleaning robot has a function of receiving a digital broadcast, the environment information (7) is used because the B-CAS card presence / absence information acquisition unit 7 is provided to acquire the environment information. An initialization state determination process can be performed.

  Further, in the cleaning robot, when the user performs an operation for starting the setting of the data communication function (for example, a voice communication setting start operation, etc.) before detecting the change in the environment of the cleaning robot, the data communication function It may be determined that the setting is to be initialized.

(Initialization execution)
The cleaning robot determines the initialization state as described above, and initializes the setting of the data communication function when it is determined that the setting of the installed data communication function is to be initialized. Since the data communication function initialized in this way must be set to obtain communication permission again when performing data communication with the outside, transmission of all data is suspended until communication permission is obtained. Will be.

  As described above, when the function to be initialized is the data communication function, it is preferable that transmission of all data is stopped in the initialized state, but preset data (preferably data including personal information). Other data may be transmitted even in an initialized state.

(Other home appliances)
Moreover, the initialization processing apparatus of this invention is applicable also to household appliances other than a cleaning robot, if it is a household appliance provided with the data communication function which performs data communication with the outside via a network.

  For example, the initialization processing device of the present invention can be applied to a television, a recording device (various recorders such as a DVD recorder and a BD recorder) having a data communication function, an air conditioner, a refrigerator, and the like. About the determination process of the initialization state with respect to these household appliances, and the execution process of initialization, it is possible to perform the same process as the content described in the said Embodiment 1-3.

  In addition, the present invention can be applied to any home appliance as long as it does not have a data communication function and can perform initialization processing.

[Embodiment 5]
The control block (in particular, the initialization state determination unit 13 (23) and the initialization execution unit 14 (24)) of the initialization processing unit 10 (20) as the initialization processing apparatus of the present invention is an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like. It may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in the above, or may be realized by software using a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

  In the latter case, the initialization processing unit 10 (20) reads a CPU that executes instructions of an initialization processing program, which is software that implements each function (each unit), and reads the above program and various data by a computer (or CPU). A ROM (Read Only Memory) or a storage device (these are referred to as “recording media”), a RAM (Random Access Memory) in which the program is expanded, and the like are provided. And the objective of this invention is achieved when a computer (or CPU) reads the said program from the said recording medium and runs it. As the recording medium, a “non-temporary tangible medium” such as a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. The program may be supplied to the computer via an arbitrary transmission medium (such as a communication network or a broadcast wave) that can transmit the program. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program is embodied by electronic transmission.

[Summary]
The initialization processing apparatus (initialization processing unit 10) according to aspect 1 of the present invention performs initialization for returning the setting of the function (data communication unit 15) mounted on the electronic device (home appliance 101) to the initial state. In an initialization processing apparatus having an initialization execution means (initialization execution unit 14) for executing a function, the setting of the function mounted on the electronic device should be initialized by information acquired from the electronic device. It is characterized by comprising an initialization state determination means (initialization state determination unit 13) for determining whether or not it is in a state.

  Here, the information acquired by the electronic device is so-called environmental information indicating the state of the electronic device and the surrounding state obtained by a sensor or the like mounted on the electronic device.

  Therefore, as described above, by determining whether the setting of the function installed in the electronic device is in a state to be initialized based on information acquired from the electronic device, the electronic device itself is installed. It is determined whether the function is present, that is, whether the function is to be initialized.

  Accordingly, if it is determined that the setting of the function installed in the electronic device is to be initialized, the setting of the function is initialized by the electronic device itself or the user of the electronic device. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a problem that occurs when the setting of a function that is in a state to be initialized is not initialized, that is, a problem that a user who uses an electronic device executes a function that is set unintentionally. It becomes possible.

  The initialization processing apparatus according to aspect 2 of the present invention is the initialization processing apparatus according to aspect 1, wherein the initialization execution unit (initialization execution unit 14) performs the above function by the initialization state determination unit (initialization state determination unit 13). When it is determined that the setting is to be initialized, the setting of the function is initialized.

  According to the above configuration, when the initialization execution unit determines that the setting of the installed function is in a state to be initialized, the function in the state to be initialized is executed by executing initialization of the setting of the function. The initialization of the settings can be performed automatically.

  Thereby, since the setting of the function of the electronic device is reset, it is possible to prevent the function from being executed by a setting not intended by the user who uses the electronic device.

  For example, when an electronic device is transferred, it is possible to prevent the transfer destination user from using the electronic device in a state where the function is set by the transfer source. That is, when an electronic device is transferred, it is possible to prevent each function from being executed according to the setting before transfer regardless of the transferred user's intention.

  The initialization processing apparatus according to aspect 3 of the present invention is the initialization processing apparatus according to aspect 1 or 2, in which the function is a data communication function (data that the electronic device transmits data to the outside or receives data from the outside. When the communication unit 15), the initialization state determination unit (initialization state determination unit 13) determines whether the setting of the data communication function is in the initialization state from the communication setting information of the data communication function. The initialization execution unit (initialization execution unit 14) determines the setting of the data communication function when the initialization state determination unit determines that the setting of the data communication function is in a state to be initialized. Initialization may be performed.

  According to the above configuration, when it is determined that the setting of the data communication function is to be initialized, the initialization of the setting of the data communication function is executed, so that the user who uses the electronic device does not intend It is possible to prevent data transmission / reception by setting.

  In the initialization processing apparatus according to aspect 4 of the present invention, in the aspect 3, the initialization of the setting of the data communication function (data communication unit 15) executed by the initialization execution unit (initialization execution unit 14) is as follows. It is preferable to include setting to a data transmission stop state in which the data transmission is stopped.

  According to the above configuration, the data transmission function can be stopped by initializing the setting of the data communication function, so that data transmission is prevented against the intention of the user of the electronic device. be able to.

  In the initialization processing device according to aspect 5 of the present invention, in the above aspect 4, it is preferable that the data whose transmission is stopped in the data transmission stop state is preset data.

  According to the above configuration, the data whose transmission is stopped is data set in advance, so that data other than the data set in advance can be transmitted.

  The data set in advance is preferably data including personal information. Thereby, personal information of the user of the electronic device can be prevented from being transmitted against the user's intention.

  An initialization processing apparatus according to Aspect 6 of the present invention, in any one of Aspects 1 to 5, is a function setting information acquisition for acquiring setting information of a function (data communication unit 15) mounted on the electronic device. Means (communication setting information acquisition unit 1), and the initialization state determination unit (initialization state determination unit 13) includes the function setting information acquired by the function setting information acquisition unit and the function setting information acquisition unit immediately before. When the function setting information obtained by the above is different, it is preferable to determine that the function setting is in a state to be initialized.

  The initialization processing device according to aspect 7 of the present invention is the initialization processing apparatus according to any one of the aspects 1 to 5, wherein the power-off time acquisition unit (power-off time) acquires the power-off duration of the electronic device as the power-off time. The initialization state determination means determines that the setting of the function is in a state to be initialized when the power-off time acquired by the power-off time acquisition means exceeds a predetermined time. It is preferable to do.

  The initialization processing device according to aspect 8 of the present invention is the initialization processing apparatus according to any one of aspects 1 to 5, further comprising position information acquisition means (position information acquisition unit 5) for acquiring position information specifying the position of the electronic device. The initialization state determination means includes a position of the electronic device specified by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means immediately before the position of the electronic device specified by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means. When the position is a predetermined distance or more away from the position, it is preferable to determine that the setting of the function should be initialized.

  The initialization processing apparatus according to aspect 9 of the present invention provides a front view in a state where the electronic apparatus is always arranged at the same position when the electronic apparatus is not used in any one of the aspects 1 to 5. The image information acquisition means (image information acquisition part 2) which acquires the image information of the imaged image is provided, and the initialization state determination means has the image information acquisition means immediately before the image information acquired by the image information acquisition means. It is preferable to determine that the setting of the function is in a state to be initialized when the image information is different from the image information acquired by.

  An initialization processing apparatus according to aspect 10 of the present invention includes, in any one of the above aspects 1 to 5, audio information acquisition means (audio information acquisition unit 6) that acquires audio information of the user of the electronic device. When the sound quality specified from the sound information acquired by the sound information acquisition means is different from the sound quality specified from the sound information acquired immediately before by the sound information acquisition means, It is preferable to determine that the function setting is in a state to be initialized.

  An initialization processing apparatus according to an eleventh aspect of the present invention is the initialization processing apparatus according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, wherein an IP address change period acquisition unit (IP address change period acquisition unit) acquires a change period of the IP address of the electronic device. 32), wherein the initialization state determination means is configured such that the IP address change period acquired by the IP address change period acquisition means is between the IP address change period acquired immediately before by the IP address change period acquisition means. When there is a shift, it is preferable to determine that the setting of the function is in a state to be initialized.

  The initialization processing device according to aspect 12 of the present invention is the area information acquisition means (area) for acquiring area information for specifying the area where the electronic device is used in any one of the aspects 1 to 5. An information acquisition unit 33), wherein the initialization state determination means specifies the area specified from the area information acquired by the area information acquisition means from the area information acquired immediately before by the area information acquisition means When different from the area, it is preferable to determine that the setting of the function is in a state to be initialized.

An initialization processing apparatus according to an aspect 13 of the present invention is the initialization processing apparatus according to any one of the aspects 1 to 5, wherein the function setting information acquisition unit acquires the setting information of the function mounted on the electronic apparatus, and the electronic apparatus The power-off time acquisition means for acquiring the power-off duration as the power-off time, the position information acquisition means for acquiring the position information for specifying the position of the electronic apparatus, and the electronic apparatus at the same position at all times An image information acquisition unit that acquires image information of an image obtained by capturing a landscape in the same direction in a state where the device is arranged, an audio information acquisition unit that acquires audio information of a user of the electronic device, and an IP address of the electronic device An IP address change period acquisition means for acquiring a change period; and area information acquisition means for acquiring area information for specifying an area where the electronic device is used. State determining means,
(1) When the function setting information acquired by the function setting information acquisition unit is different from the function setting information acquired by the function setting information acquisition unit immediately before,
(2) When the power-off time acquired by the power-off time acquisition unit exceeds a predetermined time,
(3) The position of the electronic device specified by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit is more than a predetermined distance from the position of the electronic device specified by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit immediately before. When the position is
(4) When the image information acquired by the image information acquisition unit is different from the image information acquired by the image information acquisition unit immediately before,
(5) When the sound quality specified from the sound information acquired by the sound information acquisition means is different from the sound quality specified from the sound information acquired by the sound information acquisition means immediately before,
(6) When there is a difference between the IP address change period acquired by the IP address change period acquisition unit and the IP address change period acquired by the IP address change period acquisition unit immediately before,
(7) When the area specified from the area information acquired by the area information acquisition means is different from the area specified from the area information acquired by the area information acquisition means immediately before,
When at least two of the above conditions (1) to (7) are satisfied, it is preferable to determine that the setting of the function is in a state to be initialized.

  According to the above configuration, since the initialization state is determined by combining a plurality of conditions, the determination accuracy of the initialization state can be improved.

  The initialization processing apparatus according to the fourteenth aspect of the present invention is the initialization processing apparatus according to any one of the first to thirteenth aspects, wherein the initialization of the function setting is performed before the initialization of the function setting is executed by the initialization execution unit. It is preferable that a notification means for notifying the user of the electronic device that the process is executed is provided.

  According to the above configuration, the electronic device is provided with a notification unit that notifies the user of the electronic device that the initialization of the function setting is executed before the initialization of the function setting is executed. It is possible to avoid a situation in which a function that is not intended by the user is reset.

  The initialization processing apparatus according to aspect 15 of the present invention preferably further comprises initialization execution cancellation means for canceling execution of function setting initialization by the initialization execution means in the aspect 14.

  According to the above configuration, since the initialization execution canceling unit that cancels the execution of the initialization of the function setting by the initialization execution unit is provided, the user who received the notification by the notification unit cancels the initialization execution cancellation By operating the means, the initialization execution can be canceled.

  As a result, it is possible to reliably avoid a situation in which a function that is not intended by the user of the electronic device is reset.

  An electronic apparatus according to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention includes the initialization processing device according to any one of the first to fifteenth aspects.

  According to an initialization processing method of the seventeenth aspect of the present invention, in the initialization processing method for initializing setting of a function mounted on an electronic device, it is determined whether or not the setting of the function is in a state to be initialized. A first step of acquiring information used for the electronic device from an electronic device, and a second step of determining from the information acquired in the first step whether or not the setting of the function is to be initialized. It is said.

  According to said structure, there exists an effect similar to aspect 1.

  The initialization processing apparatus according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer. In this case, the initialization processing apparatus is operated on the computer by causing the computer to operate as each unit included in the initialization processing apparatus. The initialization processing program of the initialization processing apparatus realized by the above and a computer-readable recording medium on which the initialization processing program is recorded also fall within the scope of the present invention.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention. Furthermore, a new technical feature can be formed by combining the technical means disclosed in each embodiment.

  The present invention can be used in general household appliances.

1 Communication setting information acquisition unit (function setting information acquisition means)
2 Image information acquisition unit (image information acquisition means)
3 Power OFF time acquisition unit (Power OFF time acquisition means)
4 Regional code acquisition unit 5 Location information acquisition unit (location information acquisition means)
6 Voice information acquisition unit (voice information acquisition means)
7 B-CAS card presence / absence information acquisition unit 8 SSID acquisition unit 10 Initialization processing unit 11 Environmental information acquisition unit 12 Environmental change determination unit 13 Initialization state determination unit (initialization state determination unit)
14 Initialization execution unit (initialization execution means)
15 Data communication part (function)
16 Initialization button 17 Initialization cancel button 18 Home appliance information storage unit 20 Initialization processing unit 21 Environmental information acquisition unit 22 Environmental change determination unit 23 Initialization state determination unit (initialization state determination unit)
24 Initialization execution unit (initialization execution means)
25 Data Communication Unit 26 Initialization Button 27 Initialization Cancel Button (Initialization Execution Canceling Unit)
28 Notification unit (notification means)
30 Environment change information creation processing unit 31 IP address acquisition unit 32 IP address change period acquisition unit (IP address change period acquisition means)
33 Regional Information Acquisition Department (Regional Information Acquisition Unit)
34 Environmental Change Information Creation Unit 35 Regional Information Database 36 Environmental Change Information Transmitter 101 Home Appliances (Electronic Equipment)
102 router 103 server 104 information terminal 201 home appliance (electronic device)

Claims (19)

In an initialization processing apparatus provided with an initialization execution means for executing initialization to return the setting of functions mounted on an electronic device to an initial state,
An initialization process characterized by comprising initialization state determination means for determining whether or not the setting of the function installed in the electronic device is in a state to be initialized based on information acquired from the electronic device apparatus. The initialization execution means includes
2. The initialization processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the initialization state determination unit determines that the setting of the function is in a state to be initialized, the setting of the function is initialized. When the function is a data communication function in which the electronic device transmits data to the outside or receives data from the outside,
The initialization state determination means includes
From the communication setting information of the data communication function, determine whether or not the setting of the data communication function should be initialized,
The initialization execution means includes
3. The initialization process according to claim 2, wherein when the initialization state determination means determines that the data communication function is to be set, the initialization of the data communication function is initialized. apparatus. The initialization of the data communication function setting executed by the initialization execution means is
4. The initialization processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising setting a data transmission stop state in which the data transmission is stopped.   5. The initialization processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, in the data transmission stopped state, the data to be stopped is preset data. A function setting information acquisition means for acquiring setting information defining the setting of the function;
The initialization state determination means includes
When the function setting information acquired by the function setting information acquisition unit is different from the function setting information acquired by the function setting information acquisition unit immediately before, it is determined that the setting of the function is in a state to be initialized. The initialization processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: A power-off time acquisition means for acquiring the power-off duration of the electronic device as a power-off time;
The initialization state determination means includes
6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the power-off time acquired by the power-off time acquisition unit exceeds a predetermined time, it is determined that the setting of the function is in a state to be initialized. The initialization processing apparatus according to item. A position information acquisition means for acquiring position information for specifying the position of the electronic device;
The initialization state determination means includes
The position of the electronic device specified by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit is more than a predetermined distance away from the position of the electronic device specified by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit immediately before 6. The initialization processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the position is a position, it is determined that the setting of the function is in a state to be initialized. Image information acquisition means for acquiring image information of an image obtained by capturing a landscape in the same direction in a state where the electronic device is always arranged at the same position,
The initialization state determination means includes
The function setting is determined to be in an initial state when the image information acquired by the image information acquisition unit is different from the image information acquired by the image information acquisition unit immediately before. The initialization processing apparatus according to any one of 1 to 5. Voice information acquisition means for acquiring voice information of a user of the electronic device;
The initialization state determination means includes
When the sound quality specified from the sound information acquired by the sound information acquisition means is different from the sound quality specified from the sound information acquired immediately before by the sound information acquisition means, the setting of the function is in a state to be initialized. The initialization processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the initialization processing apparatus is determined to be present. An IP address change period acquisition means for acquiring an IP address change period of the electronic device;
The initialization state determination means includes
When the IP address change period acquired by the IP address change period acquisition unit is different from the IP address change period acquired by the IP address change period acquisition unit immediately before, the setting of the function is initialized. The initialization processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the initialization processing apparatus is determined to be in a state to be performed. Comprising regional information acquisition means for acquiring regional information for identifying a region where the electronic device is used;
The initialization state determination means includes
When the area specified from the area information acquired by the area information acquisition unit is different from the area specified from the area information acquired by the area information acquisition unit immediately before, the setting of the function is in an initial state. The initialization processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the initialization processing apparatus is determined. Function setting information acquisition means for acquiring setting information of functions installed in the electronic device,
Power off time acquisition means for acquiring the power off time duration of the electronic device as a power off time;
Position information acquisition means for acquiring position information for specifying the position of the electronic device;
An imaging means for imaging a landscape in the same direction with the electronic device being always installed at the same position;
Voice information acquisition means for acquiring voice information of the user of the electronic device;
An IP address change period acquisition means for acquiring an IP address change period of the electronic device;
Area information acquisition means for acquiring area information for identifying the area where the electronic device is used;
The initialization state determination means includes
(1) When the function setting information acquired by the function setting information acquisition unit is different from the function setting information acquired by the function setting information acquisition unit immediately before,
(2) When the power-off time acquired by the power-off time acquisition unit exceeds a predetermined time,
(3) The position of the electronic device specified by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit is more than a predetermined distance from the position of the electronic device specified by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit immediately before. When the position is
(4) When the image information acquired by the image information acquisition unit is different from the image information acquired by the image information acquisition unit immediately before,
(5) When the sound quality specified from the sound information acquired by the sound information acquisition means is different from the sound quality specified from the sound information acquired by the sound information acquisition means immediately before,
(6) When there is a difference between the IP address change period acquired by the IP address change period acquisition unit and the IP address change period acquired by the IP address change period acquisition unit immediately before,
(7) When the area specified from the area information acquired by the area information acquisition means is different from the area specified from the area information acquired by the area information acquisition means immediately before,
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein when at least two of the above conditions (1) to (7) are satisfied, it is determined that the setting of the function is in a state to be initialized. The initialization processing apparatus described in 1.   The information processing apparatus includes a notification unit that notifies a user of the electronic device that the function setting initialization is executed before the function setting initialization is executed by the initialization execution unit. Item 14. The initialization processing device according to any one of Items 1 to 13.   15. The initialization processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising initialization execution canceling means for canceling execution of initialization of function setting by the initialization execution means.   An electronic apparatus comprising the initialization processing apparatus according to claim 1. In the initialization processing method that initializes the settings of the functions installed in the electronic device,
A first step of acquiring information used when determining whether or not the setting of the function is in a state to be initialized from the electronic device;
And a second step of determining whether or not the setting of the function is to be initialized from the information acquired in the first step.   An initialization processing program for causing a computer to function as the initialization processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the initialization processing program causes the computer to function as each of the means.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the initialization processing program according to claim 18 is recorded.

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