JP2015220617A - Information processing unit, information processing system, information processing method, and information processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To use equipment stably for a long time by suppressing consumption of the battery remaining power of the equipment even when the battery remaining power becomes small.SOLUTION: An information processing unit includes: an equipment information acquisition part which acquires the battery remaining power of equipment and information associated with the equipment; an equipment specification part which specifies the equipment based upon the information associated with the equipment that the equipment information acquisition part acquires; a definition information storage part which stores communication means definition information representing communication means corresponding to the battery remaining power for each piece of equipment; a communication means adjustment part which reads the communication means definition information corresponding to the equipment that the equipment specification part specifies out of the definition information storage part, and determines communication means to communicate with the equipment based upon the read communication means definition information and the battery remaining power of the equipment that the equipment information acquisition part acquires; and communication control part which communicates with the equipment through the communication means that the communication means adjustment part determines.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and an information processing program.

  Currently, when the remaining battery level of the client device is low, the amount of communication data between the server device and the client device is reduced and the processing load of the client device is reduced. There are systems that reduce power consumption. For example, the technology described in Patent Document 1 transmits the remaining battery level of the client device to the server device, and the server device processes the content amount to be reduced based on the remaining battery level. By transmitting data to the client device, the client device whose remaining battery capacity is reduced reduces the content reproduction load. Specifically, if the remaining battery level of the client device is 1/5 or less, the server device deletes the content that is a moving image and the content that is a still image, and transmits only text data to the client device.

JP 2007-267335 A

  However, in the technology described in Patent Document 1, even when the remaining battery level is considerably low (less than 1/5), data (text data) is transmitted to the device (client device). There is a problem that the remaining amount is consumed and the device cannot be used stably.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and even when the remaining battery level of the device is low, the consumption of the remaining battery level is suppressed and the device can be used stably over a long period of time. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and an information processing program.

  (1) The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and a first aspect of the present invention is an information processing apparatus that is communicatively connected to a device driven by a battery, the battery of the device A device information acquisition unit for acquiring a remaining amount and information about the device, a device specifying unit for specifying the device based on the information about the device acquired by the device information acquisition unit, and a communication unit corresponding to the remaining battery level A communication unit definition information for each device, and a communication unit definition information corresponding to the device specified by the device specification unit is read from the definition information storage unit and read out. And a communication unit adjustment unit that determines a communication unit that communicates with the device based on a battery remaining amount acquired by the device information acquisition unit, and a communication unit that is determined by the communication unit adjustment unit. A communication control unit that communicates with the device, an information processing apparatus comprising: a.

  (2) According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus described above, the definition information storage unit further stores format definition information indicating a data format for each device, and the device specifying unit specifies Based on the format definition information corresponding to the device, the communication control unit converts the data format of the data received from the device, and transmits the data in the data format converted by the format conversion unit. And a data communication unit.

  (3) Moreover, the 3rd aspect of this invention is an information processing system provided with the information processing apparatus connected by communication with the apparatus driven with a battery, Comprising: The said apparatus is a battery remaining amount and the information regarding an apparatus. And the information processing apparatus identifies the device based on the device information acquisition unit that acquires the remaining battery level of the device and the information related to the device, and the information related to the device acquired by the device information acquisition unit. A device identification unit; a definition information storage unit that stores communication unit definition information indicating a communication unit corresponding to a remaining battery level for each device; and the communication unit definition information according to the device identified by the device identification unit. A communication unit adjustment unit that reads from the information storage unit and determines a communication unit to communicate with the device based on the read communication unit definition information and the remaining battery level of the device acquired by the device information acquisition unit Is an information processing system, characterized in that it comprises a communication control unit that communicates with the device via the communication means the communication means adjusting unit has determined.

  (4) Moreover, the 4th aspect of this invention is the information processing method in the information processing apparatus connected by communication with the apparatus driven with a battery, Comprising: The battery remaining charge of the said apparatus and the information regarding the said apparatus are acquired. For each device, a device information acquisition process, a device identification process for identifying the device based on information about the device acquired by the device information acquisition process, and communication means definition information indicating a communication means corresponding to the remaining battery level are stored for each device. The communication means definition information corresponding to the device specified by the device specifying process is read out from the definition information storage unit, and the read communication means definition information and the remaining battery level of the device acquired by the device information acquiring process are read. A communication means adjustment process for determining communication means to communicate with the device based on the communication means adjustment process, and a communication control process for communicating with the device by the communication means determined by the communication means adjustment process. An information processing method, characterized by.

  (5) Further, according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a device information acquisition step of acquiring a battery remaining amount of the device and information related to the device in a computer of an information processing apparatus that is communicatively connected to a device driven by a battery. A device specifying step for specifying the device based on the information about the device acquired by the device information acquiring step, and a definition information storage for storing, for each device, communication unit definition information indicating a communication unit corresponding to the remaining battery level. The communication device definition information corresponding to the device specified by the device specification step is read from the unit, and the device is based on the read communication device definition information and the battery remaining amount of the device acquired by the device information acquisition step. A communication means adjustment step for determining a communication means for communicating with the communication means, and a communication means for communicating with the device by the communication means determined by the communication means adjustment step. An information processing program for executing a control step.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, even if it is a case where the battery remaining charge of an apparatus decreases, consumption of a battery remaining charge can be suppressed and an apparatus can be used stably over a long time.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the information processing system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a hardware block diagram which shows an example of the hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram which shows an example of a function structure of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a table which shows an example of the communication means definition information which the definition information storage part which concerns on 1st Embodiment memorize | stores. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the communication process of the communication process part which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram which shows an example of a function structure of the information processing apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a table which shows an example of the format definition information containing the data definition and conversion rule which the definition information storage part which concerns on 2nd Embodiment memorize | stores. It is the schematic which shows an example of the data format of the transmission data which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is the schematic which shows an example of the data format of the data transmission request which the data acquisition part which concerns on 2nd Embodiment transmits to an apparatus. It is the schematic which shows an example of the data information and data format which are transmitted from the apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is the schematic which shows another example of the data information transmitted from the apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment, and a data format. It is the schematic which shows an example of the transmission data and the data format which the format conversion part concerning 2nd Embodiment produced | generated. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the communication process of the communication process part which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a table which shows the other example of communication means definition information.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
(First embodiment)
First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the information processing system S1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
As illustrated in FIG. 1, the information processing system S <b> 1 includes a data management server device 1, a definition information server device 2, an information processing device 3, and a device 4. The information processing apparatus 3 includes a storage unit 31, an input unit 32, a third communication unit 33, a control unit 34, a first communication unit 35, a display unit 36, and a second communication unit 37. Composed.

  The data management server device 1 is communicatively connected to the information processing device 3 via a communication path such as the Internet. A plurality of information processing devices 3 may be connected to the data management server device 1 by communication. The data management server device 1 converts the measurement data received from the device 4 by the information processing device 3 to be described later, and stores the transmission data generated by converting the data format of the converted measurement data in the content storage device 11. . The content storage device 11 stores transmission data.

  The definition information server device 2 is communicatively connected to the information processing device 3 via a communication path such as the Internet. Note that a plurality of information processing devices 3 may be connected to the definition information server device 2 by communication. The definition information server device 2 reads definition information corresponding to device identification information for identifying the device 4 from the definition information storage device 21. The definition information storage device 21 stores definition information. The definition information includes communication means definition information. The communication means definition information is data indicating communication means corresponding to the remaining battery level of the device 4. When the definition information server device 2 receives an inquiry including the device identification information from the information processing device 3, the definition information server device 2 returns definition information corresponding to the device identification information to the information processing device 3 as a response to the inquiry.

  The information processing apparatus 3 is a smartphone, a tablet, a personal computer, or the like. The information processing apparatus 3 establishes a communication connection by exchanging the device 4 with the address of the device 4, an authentication key, an encryption key, and the like. Then, the information processing apparatus 3 acquires device information from the device 4 and generates device specifying information that specifies definition information based on the device information. The information processing device 3 acquires measurement data measured by the device 4 from the device 4, converts the measurement data based on the device identification information, converts the data format of the converted measurement data, and transmits the transmission data. The transmission data is generated and transmitted to the data management server device 1. An example of the device 4 is a biometric device that measures the state of a living body, such as a pedometer, activity meter, weight scale, body composition meter, sphygmomanometer, pulse meter, thermometer, and the like. Another example of the device 4 is an information display device, such as a smart watch. The device 4 is driven by a battery. The device 4 transmits measurement data to the information processing apparatus 3 via a communication path such as Bluetooth (Bluetooth (registered trademark)). Here, the measurement data includes one or a plurality of data information corresponding to the measurement items. Further, the device 4 transmits the battery remaining amount of the device itself and information on the device to the information processing device 3.

Next, the configuration of the information processing apparatus 3 will be described.
The storage unit 31 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory), a mask ROM (Read Only Memory), an FeRAM (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory), a flash memory, a memory card, a hard disk, and an SSD (Solid). State Drive (Solid State Drive) or the like, and stores a program executed by the control unit 34 and data necessary for the control unit 34 to execute the program. The program includes applications, middleware device drivers, operation systems, and the like. The input unit 32 is an input device that accepts an input operation by a user, such as a touch panel, an input key, a mouse, and a voice input device.

  The third communication unit 33 performs communication using a wireless LAN (Local Area Network). Communication performed by each unit of the information processing device 3 with the data management server device 1 is performed via the third communication unit 33. Communication performed by each unit of the information processing device 3 with the definition information server device 2 is performed via the third communication unit 33. The third communication unit 33 is a 3G (third generation) line, a 4G line, WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), or other wireless communication, or the Internet. Wired communication may be performed.

  The control unit 34 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and controls each unit of the information processing device 3 by executing a program stored in the storage unit 31. The first communication unit 35 performs communication based on Bluetooth (registered trademark) LE (Low Energy). The second communication unit 37 performs communication using Classic Bluetooth (registered trademark). The first communication unit 35 has a lower communication speed and lower power consumption than the second communication unit 37. That is, the second communication unit 37 has a higher communication speed and higher power consumption than the first communication unit 35. In the present embodiment, communication performed by each unit of the information processing device 3 with the device 4 is performed via the first communication unit 35 or the second communication unit 37. The display unit 36 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display, an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display, or a plasma display, and displays an image.

FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 3 according to the first embodiment.
The information processing apparatus 3 includes a CPU 501, a first communication unit 502, a third communication unit 503, an output unit 504, a memory 505, an input unit 506, and a second communication unit 507. The CPU 501, the first communication unit 502, the third communication unit 503, the output unit 504, the memory 505, the input unit 506, and the second communication unit 507 are connected to each other via a bus B (bus). Is done.
The CPU 501 is the control unit 34 and reads the program and various data stored in the memory 505 and executes the program to control the information processing apparatus 3. The first communication unit 502 is the first communication unit 35. The third communication unit 503 is the third communication unit 33. The output unit 504 is an output device such as the display unit 36 and a speaker. The memory 505 is the storage unit 31. The input unit 506 is the input unit 32. The second communication unit 507 is the second communication unit 37.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the information processing apparatus 3 according to the first embodiment.
In FIG. 3, the communication processing unit 30 is realized by the control unit 34 reading and executing a program from the storage unit 31. The communication processing unit 30 includes a device information acquisition unit 301, a device information storage unit 302, a device identification unit 304, a definition information acquisition unit 305, a definition information storage unit 307, a data communication unit 309, and a communication means adjustment unit. 311, a communication control unit 312, a low-speed communication unit 313, and a high-speed communication unit 314.

  The device information acquisition unit 301 detects the advertising device 4, connects to the device 4, exchanges communication information necessary for communication between the information processing device 3 and the device 4, and performs information processing. A communication connection between the device 3 and the device 4 is established (pairing). The device information acquisition unit 301 stores the communication information in the device information storage unit 302. Here, the communication information is information for establishing a communication connection including the address information of the device 4, authentication key information, encryption key information, and the like. For example, the device information acquisition unit 301 detects the advertised Bluetooth device (device 4), connects to the Bluetooth device, and the address of the Bluetooth device necessary for communication between the information processing device 3 and the Bluetooth device, The authentication key information and the encryption key information are exchanged to establish a communication connection between the information processing device 3 and the Bluetooth device. The device information acquisition unit 301 performs pairing in each of the first communication unit 35 and the second communication unit 37.

  The device information acquisition unit 301 searches for a service provided by the communication-connected device 4, makes a data request to the service that provides the device information included in the service, and acquires the device information from the device 4. Here, the device information is information including information on the device (for example, the model name and model type of the device 4) and the remaining battery level of the device 4. The information about the device may be information that can identify the model of the device 4, and may be a product identification code such as a JAN (Japan Article Number) code, or may be a model number or a model name. Alternatively, a combination of information such as a manufacturer name and a model number that can identify a plurality of models may be used.

  For example, the device information acquisition unit 301 performs pairing by the first communication unit 35 to establish a connection with the device 4 and acquires the device information of the device 4 using the established connection. When the device information acquisition unit 301 acquires the device information, the device information acquisition unit 301 disconnects the connection with the device 4. Subsequently, the device information acquisition unit 301 performs pairing using the second communication unit 37. In this embodiment, the device information acquisition unit 301 is connected to the device 4 by the first communication unit 35 and acquires device information. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the device information acquisition unit 301 is connected to the device 4 by the second communication unit 37. Then, device information may be acquired.

  The device information acquisition unit 301 stores the device 4 that has established the communication connection and the acquired device information in the device information storage unit 302 in association with each other. For example, the device information acquisition unit 301 corresponds to the address of the device 4 acquired during pairing in the first communication unit 35, the address of the device 4 acquired during pairing in the second communication unit 37, and the acquired device information. In addition, the information is stored in the device information storage unit 302.

The device information storage unit 302 stores the device 4 and device information in association with each other. Specifically, the device information storage unit 302 stores the address of the device 4 and device information in association with each other.
The device specifying unit 304 reads the manufacturer name and model number included in the device information from the device information storage unit 302, and generates device specifying information for specifying the definition information of the device 4 from the manufacturer name and model number. Then, the device identification unit 304 outputs the generated device identification information to the definition information acquisition unit 305 and the communication unit adjustment unit 311.

  Note that the device identification information may include the type of the device 4 such as a pedometer, activity meter, weight scale, body composition meter, blood pressure monitor, pulse meter, and thermometer. The device information may include device group information in which the devices 4 having a certain common point are classified in advance into device groups. When the device group information is included in the device information, the device specifying unit 304 The device specifying information may be generated from the device group information and the manufacturer name.

  When the device identification unit 304 refers to the definition information storage unit 307 based on the device identification information and the definition information corresponding to the device identification information is stored in the definition information storage unit 307, the definition information acquisition unit 305 The definition information need not be acquired. As a result, processing such as an inquiry via the network and acquisition of a response to the inquiry becomes unnecessary, and the processing time can be shortened, so that power consumption can be reduced.

The definition information acquisition unit 305 transmits an inquiry to the definition information server device 2 based on the device identification information input from the device identification unit 304 via the third communication unit 33, and the device identification information as a response to the inquiry. Get definition information corresponding to. This definition information includes communication means definition information as described above.
The definition information acquisition unit 305 stores the device identification information and the acquired definition information in the definition information storage unit 307 in association with each other.
The definition information storage unit 307 stores the device identification information and the above definition information in association with each other.

  The data communication unit 309 communicates with the data management server device 1 through the third communication unit 33. For example, the data communication unit 309 performs communication processing such as data encoding, modulation, AD (Analog to Digital) conversion, and frequency conversion on the transmission data input from the communication control unit 312. The data communication unit 309 transmits the transmission data subjected to the communication process to the data management server device 1. Note that the data communication unit 309 may transmit the transmission data subjected to the communication process to the plurality of data management server devices 1.

  The communication unit adjustment unit 311 determines a communication unit that communicates with the device 4. The communication means includes “low speed” communicating with the low speed communication unit 313, “high speed” communicating with the high speed communication unit 314, and “not communicating” not communicating with the device 4. Specifically, the communication means adjustment unit 311 first reads the remaining battery level of the device information stored in the device information storage unit 302 from the device information storage unit 302. Subsequently, the communication unit adjustment unit 311 reads definition information corresponding to the device identification information input from the device identification unit 304 from the definition information storage unit 307. Subsequently, the communication means adjustment unit 311 transmits an inquiry about the content of communication data to be communicated with the device 4 to the data management server device 1 via the data communication unit 309, and the content of the communication data is transmitted from the data management server device 1. To get. The content of the communication data includes the communication direction and the type of communication data. The communication direction is information for identifying whether data is transmitted to the device 4 or received from the device 4. The type of communication data is the type of data communicated with the device 4. Subsequently, the communication unit adjustment unit 311 determines a communication unit according to the remaining battery level of the device 4 and the content of the communication data based on the read communication unit definition information.

  When the determined communication means is “low speed”, the communication means adjustment section 311 instructs the communication data acquired from the data communication section 309 to communicate with the device 4 via the low speed communication section 313. Data is output to the communication control unit 312. In addition, when the determined communication means is “high speed”, the communication means adjustment section 311 communicates the content of the communication data acquired from the data communication section 309 with the device 4 via the high speed communication section 314. The instructed data is output to the communication control unit 312. If the determined communication means is “not communicating”, the communication means adjustment unit 311 discards the communication data acquired from the data communication unit 309 without outputting the instructed data to the communication control unit 312. . That is, the communication means adjustment unit 311 does not request communication data from the device 4 or the data management server device 1 when the communication means is “not communicating”.

  The communication control unit 312 communicates with the device 4 through the low speed communication unit 313 or the high speed communication unit 314 based on the data input from the communication means adjustment unit 311. Specifically, the communication control unit 312 transmits the communication data to the device 4 when the communication direction of the communication data is “transmission”. Further, when the communication direction of the communication data is “reception”, the communication control unit 312 transmits a communication data request to the device 4 and receives the communication data from the device 4. The low speed communication unit 313 communicates with the device 4 through the first communication unit 35. The high speed communication unit 314 communicates with the device 4 through the second communication unit 37.

  In the present embodiment, it has been described that communication data is transmitted / received to / from the data management server device 1. However, instead of the data management server device 1, communication data is transmitted / received to / from a data collection application installed in advance in the communication processing unit 30. May be. In this case, since it is not necessary to transmit data via the network, the processing time can be shortened and the power consumption can be reduced. In addition, even when the third communication unit 33 is temporarily unable to communicate, data transmission / reception with the data collection application is possible, and communication data can be confirmed using the display unit 36. it can.

FIG. 4 is a table showing an example of communication means definition information stored in the definition information storage unit 307 according to the first embodiment.
As shown in the figure, the communication means definition information table is a two-dimensional array of rows and columns each having columns of communication data type, type ID, communication direction, and battery level (%) of the device. This is tabular data. The definition information storage unit 307 stores a communication means definition information table for each piece of device identification information. The type of communication data is the type of data transmitted and received between the information processing device 3 and the device 4. The type ID is identification information for uniquely specifying the type of communication data. The communication direction indicates whether data is transmitted to the device 4 or received from the device 4. The communication direction “transmission” is data transmitted from the information processing apparatus 3 to the device 4. The communication direction “reception” is data transmitted from the device 4 to the information processing apparatus 3. As the battery remaining amount (%) of the device, communication means corresponding to the battery remaining amount (unit: percent (%)) of the device 4 is set. In the illustrated example, communication means corresponding to battery remaining levels of 30% or more, less than 30%, 10% or more, and less than 10% are set. The communication means “low speed” indicates communication by the low speed communication unit 313. The communication means “high speed” indicates communication by the high speed communication unit 314. The communication means “not communicating” indicates that communication with the device 4 is not performed.

For example, in the first line of the communication means definition information table, the communication data type is the mail sender address, the type ID is 1000, the communication direction is transmission, and the battery level of the device is 30% or more. The communication means to perform is low speed, the communication means corresponding to less than 30% of the battery remaining in the device is 10% or more, and the communication means corresponding to less than 10% of the battery remaining in the device does not communicate.
In the second line, the type of communication data is the mail body, the type ID is 1001, the communication direction is transmission, the communication means corresponding to the remaining battery level of 30% or more of the device is low speed, the device battery The communication means corresponding to less than 30% remaining 10% or more is low speed, and the communication means corresponding to less than 10% remaining battery of the device does not communicate.
In the third line, the type of communication data is less than the attached file 64 kB, the type ID is 1002, the communication direction is transmission, the communication means corresponding to the battery remaining amount of 30% or more is high speed, The communication means corresponding to 10% or less of the remaining battery level of 30% is low speed, and the communication means corresponding to less than 10% of the battery level of the device does not communicate.
In the fourth line, the type of communication data is an attached file of 64 kB or more, the type ID is 1003, the communication direction is transmission, the communication means corresponding to the battery remaining amount of 30% or more is high speed, The communication means corresponding to less than 30% of the remaining battery charge of 10% or more does not communicate, and the communication means corresponding to the battery remaining capacity of less than 10% of the device does not communicate.

In the sixth line, the type of communication data is weight, the type ID is 2000, the communication direction is reception, the communication means corresponding to the remaining battery level of the device is 30% or more, and the remaining battery level of the device is low. The communication means corresponding to less than 30% and 10% or more is low speed, and the communication means corresponding to less than 10% of the battery remaining in the device does not communicate.
In the seventh line, the type of communication data is body fat percentage, the type ID is 2001, the communication direction is reception, the communication means corresponding to the battery remaining amount of 30% or more of the device is low speed, The communication means corresponding to the battery remaining amount of less than 30% and 10% or more is low speed, and the communication means corresponding to the battery remaining amount of less than 10% of the device does not communicate.
In the ninth line, the type of communication data is a camera image, the type ID is 3000, the communication direction is reception, the communication means corresponding to the remaining battery level of the device is 30% or higher, and the device battery The communication means corresponding to 10% or more of the remaining amount of less than 30% does not communicate, and the communication means corresponding to the remaining battery amount of the device of less than 10% does not communicate.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of communication processing of the communication processing unit 30 according to the first embodiment.
In step S <b> 101, the device information acquisition unit 301 detects the device 4 that is advertising, connects to the device 4, and determines whether or not the device 4 is connected for the first time. If the device 4 is connected for the first time, the process proceeds to step S102. On the other hand, if it is not the first device 4 to be connected for communication, the process proceeds to step S103.
In step S102, the device information acquisition unit 301 exchanges communication information with the device 4 in each of the first communication unit 35 and the second communication unit 37, and establishes communication connection (pairing execution).
In step S103, the device information acquisition unit 301 searches for a service provided by the communication-connected device 4 by using either the first communication unit 35 or the second communication unit 37, and provides device information included in the service. A data request is made to the service, and device information is acquired from the device 4. Thereafter, the device information acquisition unit 301 disconnects the connection with the device 4.

  In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus 3 performs pairing in steps S102 and S103 and acquires device information after establishing a connection. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a device that does not perform pairing. When communicating with 4, device information may be acquired by establishing a connection without performing pairing. Alternatively, when the information processing apparatus 3 can acquire the device information without establishing the connection, for example, when the device information is included in the advertisement of the device 4, the device information acquired without establishing the connection. May be used.

In step S <b> 104, the device information acquisition unit 301 stores the acquired device information in the device information storage unit 302.
In step S105, the device specifying unit 304 reads device information from the device information storage unit 302, and generates and specifies device specifying information from the manufacturer name and model number included in the device information.

In step S <b> 106, the definition information acquisition unit 305 determines whether definition information corresponding to the device identification information identified by the device identification unit 304 is stored in the definition information storage unit 307. If the definition information is stored, the process proceeds to step S109. On the other hand, if the definition information is not stored, the process proceeds to step S107.
In step S107, the definition information acquisition unit 305 transmits an inquiry to the definition information server device 2 based on the device identification information generated by the device identification unit 304, and defines definition information corresponding to the device identification information as a response to the inquiry. get.
In step S108, the definition information acquisition unit 305 stores the device identification information generated by the device identification unit 304 in association with the acquired definition information in the definition information storage unit 307, and proceeds to step S110.
In step S109, the definition information acquisition unit 305 reads definition information corresponding to the device identification information generated by the device identification unit 304 from the definition information storage unit 307, and proceeds to step S110.

In step S <b> 110, the communication unit adjustment unit 311 reads out and obtains definition information corresponding to the device identification information generated by the device identification unit 304 from the definition information storage unit 307.
In step S <b> 111, the communication unit adjustment unit 311 reads out and acquires device information from the device information storage unit 302.
In step S <b> 112, the communication unit adjustment unit 311 inquires the content of the communication data to the data management server device 1 via the data communication unit 309 and acquires the content of the communication data from the data management server device 1.
In step S113, the communication unit adjustment unit 311 determines a communication unit based on the acquired communication unit definition information, the acquired device information, and the content of the acquired communication data.

  In step S114, the communication means adjustment unit 311 determines whether the determined communication means is “low speed”, “high speed”, or “not communicating”. When the communication means is “low speed”, the process proceeds to step S115. When the communication means is “high speed”, the process proceeds to step S116. If the communication means is “not communicating”, the process proceeds to step S117.

In step S <b> 115, the communication control unit 312 performs low-speed data communication with the device 4 using the low-speed communication unit 313. Specifically, when the communication direction is “transmission”, the communication control unit 312 transmits the communication data indicated by the content of the communication data to the device 4 by the low-speed communication unit 313. When the communication direction is “reception”, the communication control unit 312 requests the communication data indicated by the content of the communication data from the device 4 and receives the communication data from the device 4 by the low-speed communication unit 313. Thereafter, the process ends.
In step S <b> 116, the communication control unit 312 performs high-speed data communication with the device 4 by the high-speed communication unit 314. Specifically, when the communication direction is “transmission”, the high-speed communication unit 314 transmits communication data indicated by the content of the communication data to the device 4. Further, when the communication direction is “reception”, the communication control unit 312 requests the communication data indicated by the content of the communication data from the device 4 and receives the communication data from the device 4 by the high speed communication unit 314. Thereafter, the process ends.
In step S117, the communication means adjustment unit 311 discards the communication data. Alternatively, the communication means adjustment unit 311 does not request communication data from the communication control unit 312. That is, the communication means adjustment unit 311 does not cause the communication control unit 312 to communicate. Thereafter, the process ends.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the information processing device 3 is the information processing device 3 that is communicatively connected to a device (device 4) driven by a battery, and the remaining battery level of the device (device 4) and the device. A device information acquisition unit 301 that acquires information about (device 4), a device specification unit 304 that specifies a device (device 4) based on information about the device (device 4) acquired by the device information acquisition unit 301, and a battery A definition information storage unit 307 that stores communication unit definition information indicating a communication unit corresponding to the remaining amount for each device (device 4), and communication unit definition information corresponding to the device (device 4) specified by the device specifying unit 304. A communication unit adjustment unit 31 that determines the communication unit that communicates with the device based on the communication unit definition information read from the definition information storage unit 307 and the remaining battery level of the device (device 4) acquired by the device information acquisition unit 301. When provided with a communication control unit 312 that communicates with the device (device 4) by the communication means the communication means adjusting unit 311 has determined.

  As a result, the information processing apparatus 3 can determine whether the device 4 is in accordance with the communication means definition information corresponding to the type of device specified by the device specifying unit 304 even when the remaining battery level of the device 4 is considerably reduced. Depending on the remaining battery level and the type of communication data, communication means are selected appropriately (including selection of no communication). 4 can be used.

  Further, even when the information processing device 3 communicates with the device 4 to be connected for the first time, the information processing device 4 identifies the device 4 that is performing communication and automatically defines the communication means definition information that describes the selection of the communication means. Since the information server device 2 is inquired and used, there is no need to update the software of the information processing device 3.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The configuration of the information processing system S1 and the hardware configuration of the information processing device 3a in the second embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.

The definition information in this embodiment includes format definition information indicating the format of data in addition to the communication means definition information. The format definition information includes data definitions and conversion rules. The data definition includes a data name, a data ID, a data structure, a data position, a data size, a data type, and a unit. The conversion rule includes a conversion position in the data format, a data type conversion indicating a data type to be converted, and unit conversion.
The definition information storage device 21 stores definition information including communication means definition information and format definition information.
When the definition information server device 2 receives an inquiry including the device identification information from the information processing device 3a, the definition information server device 2 processes the definition information (communication means definition information and format definition information) corresponding to the device identification information as a response to the inquiry. Return to device 3a.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the information processing apparatus 3a according to the second embodiment.
In FIG. 6, the communication processing unit 30 a is realized by the control unit 34 reading a program from the storage unit 31 and executing it. The communication processing unit 30a in the present embodiment includes a format conversion unit 308 in addition to the configuration of the communication processing unit 30 in the first embodiment shown in FIG. In the drawings, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals.

In addition to the function of the device specifying unit 304 in the first embodiment, the device specifying unit 304a outputs the specified device specifying information to the format conversion unit 308.
In addition to the function of the communication control unit 312 in the first embodiment, the communication control unit 312a outputs the communication data received from the device 4 to the format conversion unit 308.

The definition information acquisition unit 305 transmits an inquiry to the definition information server device 2 based on the device identification information input from the device identification unit 304 via the third communication unit 33, and the device identification information as a response to the inquiry. Definition information (format definition information and communication means definition information) corresponding to is acquired. The definition information acquisition unit 305 stores the device identification information and the acquired definition information (format definition information and communication means definition information) in the definition information storage unit 307 in association with each other.
The definition information storage unit 307 stores device identification information and definition information (format definition information and communication means definition information) in association with each other.

The format conversion unit 308 reads the format definition information from the definition information storage unit 307 based on the device identification information input from the device identification unit 304, and from the communication control unit 312a based on the data definition included in the format definition information. The data ID associated with the data information of the input communication data is determined. Then, the format conversion unit 308 identifies the type, configuration, and attribute of the data information based on the determined data ID, converts the data information based on the conversion rule included in the format definition information, and converts the data information The transmission data is generated by converting the data format. The format conversion unit 308 outputs the generated transmission data to the data communication unit 309.
Since the other configuration of the communication processing unit 30a is the same as that of the communication processing unit 30 in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

FIG. 7 is a table showing an example of format definition information including data definitions and conversion rules stored in the definition information storage unit 307 according to the second embodiment.
As shown in the figure, the table T1 of format definition information includes a definition number, a data name, a data ID, a data structure, a position, a size, a data type, a unit, a conversion position, a data type conversion, This is data in a two-dimensional tabular format composed of rows and columns each having a column for each item of unit conversion. Here, the format definition information includes a definition number, data name, data ID, data structure, position, size, data type, unit data definition, and conversion position, data type conversion, and unit conversion conversion rule. It is. The definition information storage unit 307 stores a table of format definition information for each piece of device identification information.

For example, in the first line, the definition number is 1, the data name is weight, the data ID is AAAA, the data structure is multiplexed, the position is 0, the size is 2, and the data type is It is a 16-bit floating point number, the unit is Kg, the conversion position is (3), the data type conversion is the first four digits at the maximum, and the unit conversion is “as is”.
In the second line, the definition number is 2, the data name is body fat percentage, the data ID is AAAA, the data structure is multiplexed, the position is 2, the size is 2, and the data type is It is a 16-bit floating point number, the unit is%, the conversion position is (4), the data type conversion is the first three-digit decimal place, and the unit conversion is “as is”.
In the third line, the definition number is 3, the data name is skeletal muscle rate, the data ID is AAAA, the data structure is multiplexed, the position is 4, the size is 2, and the data type is It is a 16-bit floating-point number, the unit is%, the conversion position is (5), the data type conversion is the first three-digit decimal place, and the unit conversion is “as is”.
In the fourth line, the definition number is 4, the data name is a time stamp, the data ID is AAAA, the data structure is multiplexed, the position is 6, the size is 7, and the data type is 7 Byte year / month / day / hour / minute / second, unit is second, conversion position is (1), data type conversion is year / month / date / time / minute / second (character string), and unit conversion is “as is”.
In the fifth line, the definition number is 5, the data name is the user number, the data ID is BBBB, the data structure is single, the position is 0, the size is 1, and the data type is It is an 8-bit integer, the unit is “none”, the conversion position is (2), the data type conversion is a maximum of 3 digits, and the unit conversion is “as is”.

Here, the data name is the name of information included in the measurement data transmitted from the device 4, and the data ID is an identifier (ID) associated with the measurement data transmitted from the device 4. The data structure stores “multiplex” in which the data structure of the measurement data transmitted from the device 4 indicates a multiple structure, and “single” that indicates a single structure. The position is the position of data information included in the measurement data transmitted from the device 4, and the size is the byte size of the data information. The data type is a data type for each piece of data information of measurement data transmitted from the device 4. A unit is a unit attached to each piece of data information of measurement data transmitted from the device 4, and a conversion position is a position where data information included in measurement data transmitted from the device 4 is embedded in the format of transmission data. is there. Data type conversion is a conversion method for converting data information transmitted from the device 4 into transmission data, and unit conversion is a unit accompanying data information, for example, a unit accompanying weight. The converted unit is stored so as to convert kg to pounds, ounces, etc.
In the present embodiment, the case where there is one data ID associated with the measurement data is described, but hierarchical measurement data with a plurality of IDs such as a category ID and a data ID may be used. Thereby, even when the number of data information increases, management of measurement data can be performed easily.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a data format of transmission data according to the second embodiment.
As shown in the figure, the data format of the transmission data is, for example, “START” indicating the start point of the data format, data name “time stamp”, “,” indicating the delimiter, and time stamp data information “(1)”. "," Indicating the delimiter, data name "user number", "," indicating the delimiter, "(2)" storing the data information of the user number, "," indicating the delimiter, data name "weight", "," Representing the break, and data information of weight (3), "," representing the break, data name "body fat percentage", "," representing the break, and data information of body fat percentage " (4) ”,“, ”representing a delimiter, data name“ skeletal muscle rate ”,“, ”representing a delimiter,“ (5) ”storing data information of skeletal muscle rate,“ END ”representing the end of the data format Data name and data It is for storing the data information. Here, for example, (1) corresponds to the conversion position (1) on the fourth line in the table T1 of the format definition information in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a data format of a data transmission request transmitted to the device 4 by the communication control unit 312a according to the second embodiment.
As shown in the drawing, the data format of the data transmission request includes a header indicating that the data transmission request is made and a data ID of data information acquired by the communication control unit 312a. For example, when the communication control unit 312a acquires the data information of the AAAA data ID from the device 4, information indicating that it is a transmission request is stored in the header, and AAAA is stored in the data ID. Generate a data transmission request.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of data information and a data format transmitted from the device 4 according to the second embodiment.
For example, FIG. 10 is an example of data information transmitted by the device 4 when a data transmission request for the data ID “AAAAA” is transmitted from the information processing apparatus 3a.
As shown in the figure, the data format transmitted from the device 4 includes bytes in which data information is stored in the order of cf, f2, c9, f0, 49, f1, dd, 07, 02, 1c, 12, 1e, 00. A column is stored.
The format conversion unit 308 determines the data configuration by determining the data ID associated with the data information based on the data definition included in the format definition information. For example, the format conversion unit 308 determines the data configuration from the data ID and AAAA, and cf and f2 are data information representing weight, and c9 and f0 are body fat from the item column of the position of the format definition information table T1 in FIG. Data information indicating a rate, 49 and f1 are data information indicating a skeletal muscle rate, and dd, 07, 02, 1c, 12, 1e, and 00 are data information indicating a time stamp.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating another example of data information and a data format transmitted from the device 4 according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 11 is an example of data information transmitted by the device 4 when a data transmission request for the data ID “BBBB” is transmitted from the information processing apparatus 3a.
As shown in the figure, the data format transmitted from the device 4 is a byte string in which data information of measurement data is stored in the order of 01. For example, the format conversion unit 308 determines the data configuration from the data ID and BBBB, and determines that 01 is data information representing a user number.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of transmission data and a data format generated by the format conversion unit 308 according to the second embodiment.
The data format conversion means of the measurement data will be described with reference to FIG. 7, FIG. 8, and FIG. The format conversion unit 308 uses a little endian method of performing data conversion processing from the lower byte of data for data information having a size of 2 or more in FIG. The format of the 16-bit floating-point number is composed of an exponent part 4 bits (2's complement) and a mantissa part 12 bits (2's complement) in order.

For example, the format conversion unit 308 represents the weight in FIG. 10 because the data type of the weight data information in the first row in the format definition information table T1 in FIG. 7 is a 16-bit floating point number and the size is 2. The byte sequence cf, f2 is converted to f2cfh, and the exponent part is calculated as fh = -1, and the mantissa part is calculated as 2cfh = 719. Then, the format conversion unit 308 performs data conversion of data information representing weight by converting the calculated fh = ^−1, 2cfh = 719 to 719 × 10 ⁻¹ = 71.9. Then, since the conversion position of the weight data information of the first row in the format definition information table T1 in FIG. 7 is (3), the format conversion unit 308 is “3” next to the data name “weight” in FIG. (3) “71.9 obtained by data conversion is stored in“ ”.
Similarly, the format conversion unit 308 converts the data information on the body fat rate and the skeletal muscle rate.

For example, since the data type of the time stamp data information in the fourth row in the format definition information table T1 in FIG. 7 is byte year / month / day / hour / hour / minute / second and the size is 7, the format conversion unit 308 determines the position in FIG. Byte string from 6 to 12, dd, 07, 02, 1c, 12, 1e, 00 to 07ddh = 2013, 02h = 2, 1ch = 28, 12h = 14, 1eh = 30, 00h = 00, 01h = 1 And data conversion of data information representing a time stamp is performed as 2013-2-28-14: 30. Then, since the conversion position of the time stamp data information in the fourth row in the format definition information table T1 in FIG. 7 is (1), the format conversion unit 308 follows the data name “time stamp” in FIG. The data-converted 2013-2-28-14: 30: 30 is stored in “(1)”.
In this way, the format conversion unit 308 converts the measurement data, converts the data format of the measurement data, and generates the transmission data shown in FIG.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of communication processing of the communication processing unit 30a according to the second embodiment.
Since the process from step S201 to S217 is the same as the process from step S101 to S117 in the first embodiment described above, the description thereof is omitted.

In step S218, the communication control unit 312a determines whether communication data has been received from the device 4 in step S215 or S216. If communication data is received from the device 4, the process proceeds to step S219. On the other hand, if communication data has not been received from the device 4, the process is terminated.
In step S219, the format conversion unit 308 converts the communication data based on the format definition information, and generates transmission data by converting the data format of the communication data after the data conversion.
In step S220, the data communication unit 309 transmits transmission data.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, in addition to the configuration of the information processing device 3 in the first embodiment, the information processing device 3a further includes format definition information indicating the data format. A format conversion unit 308 that converts the data format of data received from the device (device 4) by the communication control unit 312a based on the format definition information corresponding to the device (device 4) that is stored and specified by the device specifying unit 304; And a data communication unit 309 that transmits data in the data format converted by the format conversion unit 308.

  Thereby, in addition to the effects in the first embodiment, the information processing device 3a selects the device based on the device identification information even when the data format has the same characteristics such as the data length, the start flag, and the end flag. Since it can be specified, the data format of the data can be converted based on the format definition information corresponding to the device. That is, even when communicating with the device 4 to be connected for the first time, it is possible to cope with a new data format by using the format definition information corresponding to the type of the device 4, so that it is not necessary to modify the program of the information processing apparatus 3a.

  In addition, you may make it implement | achieve a part of information processing apparatus 3, 3a in embodiment mentioned above, for example, the communication process parts 30 and 30a, with a computer. In that case, the program for realizing the control function may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium may be read by a computer system and executed. Here, the “computer system” is a computer system built in the information processing apparatuses 3 and 3a and includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” is a medium that dynamically holds a program for a short time, such as a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line, In such a case, a volatile memory inside a computer system serving as a server or a client may be included and a program that holds a program for a certain period of time. The program may be a program for realizing a part of the functions described above, and may be a program capable of realizing the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system.

  As described above, the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the above, and various design changes and the like can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is possible to

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the information processing devices 3 and 3a acquire the definition information (format definition information and communication means definition information) from the definition information server device 2 via the network. Definition information may be stored in a storage medium connectable to the information processing apparatuses 3 and 3a, and the stored definition information may be used. The storage medium is a portable storage medium such as a magneto-optical disk, a flexible disk, or a flash memory. Alternatively, the definition information may be stored in a QR (Quick Response) code (registered trademark) or RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) attached to the device 4. In this case, the information processing apparatuses 3 and 3a read the definition information from the QR code (registered trademark) or the RFID, and use the read definition information.

  In the above-described embodiment, the communication of the first communication unit 35 and the second communication unit 37 is Bluetooth. However, the communication is not limited to this. For example, serial (for example, UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter)) or USB is used. Wired communication or wireless communication such as infrared or wireless LAN may be used.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the information processing apparatus 3 includes the two communication units of the first communication unit 35 and the second communication unit 37 has been described. However, the communication unit is not limited to this, and the wireless LAN or Zigbee ( The present invention can also be applied to three or more communication means in combination with wireless communication means such as registered trademark. Alternatively, even in the case of the information processing apparatus 3 including only one communication unit (for example, the first communication unit 35), for example, by setting the communication unit options to “communication” or “not communicate” The communication means definition information of the present invention can be applied.

FIG. 14 is a table showing another example of the communication means definition information.
In this example, there is shown a case where there are four communication means between the information processing apparatus 3 and the device 4: Bluetooth (registered trademark) LE, Classic Bluetooth (registered trademark), wireless LAN, and Zigbee (registered trademark).

For example, for the communication data type “mail sender address”, the communication means corresponding to the battery remaining amount of 30% or more of the device is Bluetooth (registered trademark) LE, and the battery remaining amount of the device is less than 30% and corresponds to 10% or more. The communication means to be used is Bluetooth (registered trademark) LE, and the communication means corresponding to the remaining battery level of the device is less than 10% is Bluetooth (registered trademark) LE.
For the communication data type “email body”, the communication means corresponding to 30% or more of the battery level of the device is Bluetooth (registered trademark) LE, and the communication means corresponding to 10% or less of the battery level of the device is less than 30%. It is Bluetooth (registered trademark) LE, and communication means corresponding to less than 10% of the remaining battery capacity of the device does not communicate.
For the communication data type “attached file less than 64 kB”, the communication means corresponding to the battery remaining amount of 30% or more of the device is a wireless LAN, and the communication means corresponding to less than 30% of the battery remaining amount of the device is 10% or more. (Registered trademark) LE, and the communication means corresponding to less than 10% of the remaining battery of the device does not communicate.
For the type of communication data “attached file less than 64 kB”, the communication means corresponding to the battery remaining amount of 30% or more of the device is a wireless LAN, and the communication means corresponding to less than 30% of the battery remaining amount of the device is 10% or more. (Registered trademark) and the communication means corresponding to the battery remaining amount of less than 10% does not communicate.
The communication data type “weight” is Zigbee (registered trademark) for communication means corresponding to 30% or more of the battery remaining amount of the device, and Zigbee (communication means corresponding to 10% or less of the battery remaining amount of the device of 30% or less). The communication means corresponding to less than 10% of the battery remaining in the device does not communicate.
The communication data type “body fat percentage” is Zigbee (registered trademark) for communication means corresponding to the battery remaining amount of 30% or more of the device, and communication means corresponding to 10% or less of the battery remaining amount of 30% or less of the device. Zigbee (registered trademark), and communication means corresponding to less than 10% of the battery remaining in the device does not communicate.
In the communication data type “camera image”, the communication means corresponding to the battery remaining amount of 30% or more of the device is a wireless LAN, and the communication means corresponding to 10% or less of the remaining battery amount of the device is 10% or more. The communication means corresponding to the battery remaining amount of less than 10% of the device does not communicate.

  (1) An information processing apparatus that is communicatively connected to a device driven by a battery, the device information acquiring unit that acquires the remaining battery level of the device and information about the device, and the device information acquiring unit A device identification unit that identifies the device based on information about the device, a definition information storage unit that stores communication unit definition information indicating a communication unit corresponding to a remaining battery level for each device, and the device identification unit that identifies the device Communication means for reading communication means definition information corresponding to a device from the definition information storage unit, and communicating with the device based on the read communication means definition information and the remaining battery level of the device acquired by the device information acquisition unit An information processing apparatus comprising: a communication unit adjustment unit that determines the communication unit; and a communication control unit that communicates with the device using the communication unit determined by the communication unit adjustment unit.

  (2) The definition information storage unit further stores, for each device, format definition information indicating a data format, and the communication control unit determines whether the communication control unit is based on the format definition information according to the device specified by the device specifying unit. (1), further comprising: a format conversion unit that converts a data format of data received from the device; and a data communication unit that transmits the data in the data format converted by the format conversion unit. Information processing device.

  (3) An information processing system comprising an information processing device that is connected to a device driven by a battery, wherein the device transmits a remaining battery amount and information about the device, and the information processing device Corresponding to the remaining battery level and the device information acquiring unit that acquires information about the device, the device specifying unit that specifies the device based on the information about the device acquired by the device information acquiring unit, and the remaining battery level A definition information storage unit that stores communication unit definition information indicating a communication unit for each device, and communication unit definition information corresponding to the device specified by the device specifying unit is read from the definition information storage unit, and the communication unit is read The communication means adjustment unit for determining communication means for communicating with the device based on the definition information and the remaining battery level of the device acquired by the device information acquisition unit, and the communication means adjustment unit The information processing system characterized in that it comprises a communication control unit that communicates with the device by the communication unit has.

  (4) An information processing method in an information processing apparatus that is communicatively connected to a device driven by a battery, a device information acquisition process for acquiring the remaining battery level of the device and information about the device, and the device information acquisition process The device specifying process for specifying the device based on the information related to the device acquired by the device, and the device specifying process for storing the communication device definition information indicating the communication device corresponding to the remaining battery level for each device. The communication means definition information corresponding to the specified device is read, and the communication means to communicate with the device is determined based on the read communication means definition information and the remaining battery level of the device acquired by the device information acquisition process. A communication means adjustment process, and a communication control process for communicating with the device by the communication means determined by the communication means adjustment process. Method.

  (5) A device information acquisition step of acquiring, in the computer of the information processing apparatus that is communicatively connected to a device driven by a battery, a battery remaining amount of the device and information related to the device, and the device information acquisition step acquired The device identification step identifies the device identification step that identifies the device based on information about the device, and the definition information storage unit that stores, for each device, communication unit definition information indicating a communication unit corresponding to the remaining battery level. Communication means adjustment for reading communication means definition information corresponding to a device, and determining communication means for communicating with the device based on the read communication means definition information and the remaining battery level of the device acquired by the device information acquisition step And a communication control step of communicating with the device by the communication means determined by the communication means adjustment step. Information processing program for.

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An information processing apparatus that is communicatively connected to a device driven by a battery,
A device information acquisition unit that acquires the remaining battery power of the device and information about the device;
A device identification unit that identifies the device based on information about the device acquired by the device information acquisition unit;
A definition information storage unit that stores, for each device, communication means definition information indicating a communication means corresponding to the remaining battery capacity;
Communication means definition information corresponding to the device specified by the device specification unit is read from the definition information storage unit, and based on the read communication means definition information and the remaining battery level of the device acquired by the device information acquisition unit. A communication means adjustment unit for determining a communication means for communicating with the device;
A communication control unit that communicates with the device by the communication means determined by the communication means adjustment unit;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The definition information storage unit further stores format definition information indicating a data format for each device,
A format conversion unit that converts a data format of data received from the device by the communication control unit, based on format definition information corresponding to the device specified by the device specifying unit;
A data communication unit for transmitting the data in the data format converted by the format conversion unit;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: An information processing system comprising an information processing apparatus that is connected to a device driven by a battery,
The device transmits the remaining battery power and information about the device,
The information processing apparatus includes:
A device information acquisition unit that acquires the remaining battery power of the device and information about the device;
A device identification unit that identifies the device based on information about the device acquired by the device information acquisition unit;
A definition information storage unit that stores, for each device, communication means definition information indicating a communication means corresponding to the remaining battery capacity;
Communication means definition information corresponding to the device specified by the device specification unit is read from the definition information storage unit, and based on the read communication means definition information and the remaining battery level of the device acquired by the device information acquisition unit. A communication means adjustment unit for determining a communication means for communicating with the device;
A communication control unit that communicates with the device by the communication means determined by the communication means adjustment unit;
An information processing system comprising: An information processing method in an information processing apparatus that is communicatively connected to a device driven by a battery,
A device information acquisition process for acquiring a battery remaining amount of the device and information on the device;
A device identification process for identifying the device based on information on the device acquired by the device information acquisition process;
The communication means definition information corresponding to the device specified by the device specifying process is read from the definition information storage unit that stores communication device definition information indicating the communication means corresponding to the remaining battery level for each device, and the communication means is read. A communication means adjustment process for determining communication means for communicating with the device based on definition information and the remaining battery level of the device acquired by the device information acquisition process;
A communication control process for communicating with the device by the communication means determined by the communication means adjustment process;
An information processing method characterized by comprising: To the computer of the information processing device that is connected for communication with the device driven by the battery,
A device information acquisition step of acquiring the battery remaining amount of the device and information on the device;
A device specifying step for specifying the device based on information about the device acquired by the device information acquiring step;
The communication means definition information corresponding to the device specified in the device specifying step is read from the definition information storage unit that stores communication device definition information indicating the communication means corresponding to the remaining battery level for each device, and the read communication means A communication means adjustment step for determining communication means for communicating with the device based on the definition information and the remaining battery level of the device acquired by the device information acquisition step;
A communication control step of communicating with the device by the communication means determined by the communication means adjustment step;
Information processing program to execute.

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