JP2016181839A - Display control program, display control system and display control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display control program, display control system and display control method, capable of improving convenience by appropriately displaying information on an apparatus according to a user's position.SOLUTION: A home gateway 1 includes an acquisition part 12a, a display control part 12b and a registered apparatus list storage part 13a. The acquisition part 12a acquires position information on a present position of a display control apparatus 10. The display control part 12b acquires identification information corresponding to the position information acquired by the acquisition part 12a from the registered apparatus list storage part 13a. In a screen on which information on a plurality of apparatuses is displayed, information on one apparatus of the acquired identification information is controlled to be displayed, taking precedence over information on the other apparatuses.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a display control program, a display control system, and a display control method.

  In recent years, introduction of HEMS (Home Energy Management System) has been promoted in ordinary households. HEMS generally uses ECHONET Lite as a communication method in Japan, and devices such as LED lighting and air conditioners that can be controlled by control by ECHONET Lite are known.

  The HEMS is controlled by installing a home gateway in the home, acquiring power information from the power measurement device, and controlling various home appliances via the home gateway. In addition, when checking current power consumption or performing operations to control home appliances, it is realized by the functions provided by the GUI displayed on a device with a user interface such as a smartphone or tablet. There are many. In addition, the screen for controlling home appliances is a fixed display, and is often displayed in the order of registered devices or the order unique to the HEMS system. The order in which the power information is displayed is also the order of the branch breakers. Are often displayed in ascending order.

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  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a display control program, a display control system, and a display control method for appropriately displaying information related to a device in accordance with a user's position to improve convenience.

  The display control program of the embodiment includes a storage unit that stores identification information for identifying a device and position information where the device is installed in association with each other, and an acquisition unit that acquires position information regarding the current position of the device itself. The identification information corresponding to the position information acquired by the acquisition unit is acquired from the storage unit, and on the screen on which information regarding a plurality of devices is displayed, the information regarding the device of the acquired identification information is another device. A display control unit that controls the display so that the information is displayed with priority over the information on the display.

  According to the display control program, the display control system, and the display control method according to the embodiment, it can be expected that information related to the device is appropriately displayed according to the position of the user and convenience is improved.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an outline of an example of a display control system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the display control apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the registered device list storage unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation screen displayed when the user is in the living room. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation screen displayed when the user is in a child room. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of device operation menu display processing in the display control apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the display control apparatus according to the second embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing for displaying an operation screen in a pop-up display. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of pop-up display processing in the display control apparatus according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an example of the power consumption display screen displayed when the user is in the living room. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining an example of a power consumption display screen displayed when the user is in a child room. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in a registered device list storage unit according to another embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in a registered device list storage unit according to another embodiment.

  The display control program according to the embodiment described below includes an acquisition procedure for acquiring position information related to the current position of the device itself, identification information corresponding to the position information acquired by the acquisition procedure, and identification information for identifying a device. In the screen on which information related to a plurality of devices is acquired from a storage unit that stores the location information where the device is installed in association with each other, the information related to the device of the acquired identification information And a display control procedure for performing control so that the information is displayed with higher priority than the information regarding.

  Further, the display control procedure of the display control program according to the embodiment is such that, on the screen on which information on a plurality of devices is displayed, the information on the device of the acquired identification information is displayed above the screen rather than the information on other devices. To be controlled.

  Further, the display control procedure of the display control program according to the embodiment is such that the information related to the device of the acquired identification information is displayed larger than the information related to other devices on the screen on which information related to a plurality of devices is displayed. To control.

  Further, a determination procedure for determining whether or not the user terminal has entered a specific room is further executed using the identification information corresponding to the position information acquired by the display control program acquisition procedure according to the embodiment, and the display When the control procedure determines that the device has entered a specific room by the determination procedure, the control procedure acquires identification information corresponding to the position information acquired by the acquisition procedure from the storage unit, and the acquired identification information A screen in which information related to the device is displayed with priority over information related to other devices is controlled to be displayed in a pop-up.

  Further, the display control procedure of the display control program according to the embodiment is configured such that an operation menu screen for operating each device or a display screen regarding power consumption of each device is displayed as a screen on which information on a plurality of devices is displayed. Control.

  The display control system according to the embodiment is a display control system including a plurality of devices and a display control device that displays information about each device, and the display control device includes identification information for identifying the devices, A storage unit that associates and stores position information where the device is installed, an acquisition unit that acquires position information related to the current position of the device itself, and a storage unit that stores identification information corresponding to the position information acquired by the acquisition unit A display control unit for controlling the information related to the device of the acquired identification information to be displayed with priority over the information related to other devices on a screen on which information about the plurality of devices is displayed. It has.

  The display control method according to the embodiment is a display control method executed by the display control device, and the display control device associates identification information for identifying a device with position information where the device is installed. An acquisition step for acquiring position information related to the current position of the device itself, and identification information corresponding to the position information acquired by the acquisition step is acquired from the storage unit, and information on a plurality of devices And a display control step for controlling so that the information related to the device of the acquired identification information is displayed with priority over the information related to other devices.

[First Embodiment]
Embodiments of a display control apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

[Example of configuration of display control system]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of an example of the display control system 100. With reference to FIG. 1, an example of a display control system 100 including 1 which is a display control apparatus according to the embodiment will be described. A display control system 100 according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 includes a home gateway 1, air conditioners 2 and 5, lights 3 and 6, floor heating 4, beacons 7 and 8, a display control device 10, and power measurement. And a device 15. In the example of FIG. 1, the air conditioner 2, the lighting 3, the floor heating 4, and the beacon 7 are installed in the living room 9, and the air conditioner 5, the lighting 6, and the beacon 8 are installed in the child room 14.

  The home gateway 1 is a device that controls the HEMS, and acquires the status of each device by communicating with the air conditioner 2, the lighting 3, the floor heating 4, the air conditioner 5, and the lighting 6 through ECHONETLite, and controls each device. Give a command. Further, the display control apparatus 10 to be described later is connected by, for example, a wireless LAN, and relays communication commands from the display control apparatus 10 to each device.

  The air conditioner 2, the lighting 3, the floor heating 4, the air conditioner 5 and the lighting 6 are devices having a communication function by ECHONETLite, receiving a communication command from the home gateway 1 and responding to the operation state of the current device, On / off of the power supply of the device and an operation mode instruction command are received, and the operation mode is changed accordingly.

  The beacon 7 and the beacon 8 are beacons that provide position information such as iBeacon, and communicate with the display control device 10 via Bluetooth (registered trademark) to the display control device 10 as its beacon information. Provides ID, location information and radio wave strength.

  The display control device 10 is, for example, a device such as a smartphone, has a communication function with the home gateway 1, a communication function with the beacon 7 and the beacon 8, displays power consumption information acquired from the home gateway 1, A device operation menu screen is displayed, and each device operation is performed by a user operation.

  Moreover, in FIG. 1, the dotted line 9 has shown that it is in the living room, and has shown that the air conditioner 2, the illumination 3, the floor heating 4, and the beacon 7 are contained in it. Moreover, the dotted line 11 has shown that it is in a child's room, and has shown that the air conditioner 5, the illumination 6, and the beacon 8 are contained in it.

  The power measuring device 15 is a device that measures a power value, and is used in, for example, a living room by measuring power values of a branch breaker in a living room of a distribution board, a branch breaker in a child's room, and other branch breakers. It is possible to measure the power and the power used in the children's room. By providing this power information to the home gateway 1, the home gateway 1 provides power information content that can be displayed on the screen of the display control device 10. By doing so, it becomes possible to display the power usage status for each room currently used on the screen of the display control device 10.

[Example of configuration of display control device]
The configuration of the display control apparatus 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the display control apparatus. The display control device 10 includes a communication unit 11, a control unit 12, and a storage unit 13.

  The communication unit 11 is a network device for performing wireless communication processing and wired communication processing. Specifically, the communication part 11 transmits / receives various information by radio | wireless communication between the home gateway 1 and the beacons 7 and 8 shown in FIG.

  For example, the communication unit 11 receives the content of the device operation menu and the power consumption information of each device from the home gateway 1. Further, the communication unit 11 performs communication from the beacons 7 and 8 via Bluetooth, and receives the beacon ID, the position information, and the strength of the radio wave.

  The storage unit 13 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. The storage unit 13 includes a registered device list storage unit 13a.

  The registered device list storage unit 13a stores identification information for identifying a device and position information where the device is installed in association with each other. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the registered device list storage unit 13a includes a “device” indicating the name of a device for identifying a device installed in the house, and a room in which the device is installed. Are stored in association with each other. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the registered device list storage unit according to the first embodiment.

  In the example of FIG. 3, for example, the device “air conditioner 2” and the installation position “living room” are stored in association with each other. This means that the air conditioner 2 is installed in the living room 9. For example, in the example of FIG. 3, the device “air conditioner 5” and the installation position “child room” are stored in association with each other. This means that the air conditioner 5 is installed in the child room 14.

  The control unit 12 is realized by an integrated circuit such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a field programmable gate array (FPGA). The control unit 12 is realized, for example, by executing a program stored in an internal storage device using a RAM as a work area by a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), or the like. The control unit 12 includes an acquisition unit 12a and a display control unit 12b.

  The acquisition unit 12 a acquires position information related to the current position of the display control device 10. Specifically, the acquisition unit 12a acquires a beacon ID, position information, and radio wave intensity from the beacon 7 or the beacon 8. For example, when the acquisition unit 12a receives an operation menu screen for operating each device or an operation for displaying a display screen related to the power consumption of each device, if the display control device 10 is in the living room 9, the acquisition unit 12a From the beacon ID “001”, the position information “living room”, and the value of the strength of the radio wave. Further, when the display control apparatus 10 is in the child room 14, the acquisition unit 12 a acquires the beacon ID “002”, the position information “child room”, and the value of the radio wave intensity from the beacon 8. Note that the acquisition unit 12a is not limited to acquiring the position information when displaying the operation menu screen for operating each device as the timing of the process of acquiring the position information, and periodically acquires the position information. It may be.

  The display control unit 12b acquires identification information corresponding to the position information acquired by the acquisition unit 12a from the registered device list storage unit 13a, and displays the information on the acquired identification information on a screen on which information on a plurality of devices is displayed. Control is performed so that information related to a device is displayed with priority over information related to other devices. Specifically, the display control unit 12b displays the information related to the device of the acquired identification information on the screen where information related to a plurality of devices is displayed above the screen relative to the information related to other devices. To control. Further, the display control unit 12b performs control such that an operation menu screen for operating each device or a display screen regarding power consumption of each device is displayed as a screen on which information on a plurality of devices is displayed.

  For example, if the position information acquired by the acquisition unit 12a is “living room”, the display control unit 12b registers the devices “air conditioner 2”, “lighting 3”, and “floor heating 4” corresponding to the living room. Acquired from the list storage unit 13a, and displays information on “air conditioner 2”, “lighting 3”, and “floor heating 4” above the screen of “air conditioner 5” and “lighting 6” installed in the child room. To do.

  For example, referring to the example of FIG. 4, in the operation menu screen, “air conditioner (living)”, “lighting (living)”, “floor heating (living)”, “air conditioner (child's room)”, “ An operation screen for turning on / off the power is displayed in the order of “lighting (child's room)”. In other words, the operation screen for turning on / off the “air conditioner (living)”, “lighting (living)” and “floor heating (living)” installed in the living room is displayed at the top, An operation screen for operating power on / off of “air conditioner (child's room)” and “lighting (child's room)” is displayed. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation screen displayed when the user is in the living room. Here, “air conditioner (living)” corresponds to air conditioner 2, “lighting (living)” corresponds to lighting 3, “floor heating (living)” corresponds to floor heating 4, and “air conditioner (children) It is assumed that “room” corresponds to the air conditioner 5 and “lighting (children's room)” corresponds to the light 6.

  In addition, for example, when the position information acquired by the acquisition unit 12a is “child room”, the display control unit 12b stores the devices “air conditioner 5” and “lighting 6” corresponding to the child room in the registered device list. The information of “air conditioner 5” and “lighting 6” is acquired from the unit 13a and displayed above the screen of “air conditioner 2”, “lighting 3”, and “floor heating 4” installed in the living room.

  For example, referring to the example of FIG. 5, in the operation menu screen, “air conditioner (child's room)”, “lighting (child's room)”, “air conditioner (living room)”, “lighting (living room)”, “ In order of “floor heating (living)”, an operation screen for operating power on and off is displayed. In other words, the operation screen for operating the "air conditioner (children's room)" and "lighting (children's room)" installed in the children's room is displayed at the top, followed by "air conditioner (living)". Then, an operation screen for operating power on / off of “lighting (living)” and “floor heating (living)” is displayed.

  Further, the display control unit 12b performs control so that the information related to the device of the acquired identification information is displayed larger than the information related to other devices on the screen on which information related to a plurality of devices is displayed. Also good. For example, if the position information acquired by the acquisition unit 12a is “living room”, the display control unit 12b registers the devices “air conditioner 2”, “lighting 3”, and “floor heating 4” corresponding to the living room. The information acquired from the list storage unit 13a and displayed as “air conditioner 2”, “lighting 3”, “floor heating 4” information larger than “air conditioner 5” and “lighting 6” installed in the child room. May be.

  Thus, since the device operation menu is switched and displayed according to the position of the display control device 10, the user can automatically operate the device in a comfortable state, and there is no need to perform troublesome remote control operations. Convenience increases. That is, for example, when the user is in the living room and wants to operate the air conditioner in the living room, when the operation menu screen is displayed on the display control device 10, a menu for operating the living room air conditioner is displayed at the top of the screen. For this reason, there is no need to perform operations such as scrolling the screen, and since the menu for operating the air conditioner in the living room is displayed in a conspicuous position, the user automatically turns the air conditioner in a comfortable state. This makes it possible to operate the apparatus, eliminating the need for troublesome remote control operations and increasing convenience.

[Processing procedure of display control device]
With reference to FIG. 6, an example of a processing flow in the display control apparatus 10 will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of device operation menu display processing in the display control apparatus according to the first embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 6, first, the acquisition unit 12a of the display control device 10 acquires position information related to the current position of the display control device 10 from the beacon 7 or the beacon 8 (step S101). Specifically, the acquisition unit 12a acquires a beacon ID, position information, and radio wave intensity from the beacon 7 or the beacon 8.

  Then, the display control unit 12b determines whether the display control device 10 is in the living room 9 or the child room 14 from the position information acquired by the acquisition unit 12a (step S102). As a result, when it is determined that the display control device 10 is in the living room 9, the display control unit 12b displays a living menu (step S103). For example, the display control unit 12b acquires the devices “air conditioner 2”, “lighting 3”, and “floor heating 4” corresponding to the living room from the registered device list storage unit 13a, and “air conditioner 2”, “lighting 3”, “ Information on “floor heating 4” is displayed above the screen of “air conditioner 5” and “lighting 6” installed in the child room.

  If the display control unit 12b determines that the display control device 10 is in the child room 14, the display control unit 12b displays a menu for the child room (step S104). For example, the display control unit 12b acquires the devices “air conditioner 5” and “lighting 6” corresponding to the child room from the registered device list storage unit 13a, and sets the information of “air conditioner 5” and “lighting 6” in the living room. It is displayed above the screen from the “air conditioner 2”, “lighting 3”, and “floor heating 4”.

[Effect of the first embodiment]
As described above, the display control apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment includes the acquisition unit 12a, the display control unit 12b, and the registered device list storage unit 13a. The registered device list storage unit 13a stores identification information for identifying a device and position information where the device is installed in association with each other. The acquisition unit 12 a acquires position information related to the current position of the display control device 10. The display control unit 12b acquires identification information corresponding to the position information acquired by the acquisition unit 12a from the registered device list storage unit 13a, and displays the information on the acquired identification information on a screen on which information on a plurality of devices is displayed. Control is performed so that information related to a device is displayed with priority over information related to other devices. For this reason, the information regarding an apparatus can be displayed appropriately according to a user's position, and the convenience can be improved.

  For example, in the past, when there are a large number of registered devices, it is necessary to perform operations such as scrolling the screen to display the menu of the device you want to operate and then controlling the device There was a case that was very inconvenient. On the other hand, in the display control apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment, since the device installed at the current position is preferentially displayed according to the current position of the user, an operation such as scrolling the screen is performed. This is unnecessary and can improve convenience.

[Second Embodiment]
In the first embodiment described above, the case where the screen is displayed when the operation menu screen for operating each device is received has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a specific room is entered. In this case, an operation menu screen for operating each device may be automatically displayed in a pop-up.

  Hereinafter, as the second embodiment, when it is determined that the user terminal has entered a specific room using the identification information corresponding to the position information, and it is determined that the user terminal has entered the specific room In the following, a case will be described in which a screen on which information related to the device of the acquired identification information is displayed with priority over information related to other devices is displayed in a pop-up.

  First, the configuration of the display control apparatus 10A according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the display control apparatus according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, the display control device 10 </ b> A is different from the display control device 10 shown in FIG. 2 in that it further includes a determination unit 12 c.

  The determination unit 12c determines whether or not the display control device 10A has entered a specific room using the identification information corresponding to the position information acquired by the acquisition unit 12a. For example, the determination unit 12c determines whether or not a room entry flag that is a flag indicating whether or not a specific display control device 10A has entered a specific room is on. As a result, when the room entry flag is not on, the determination unit 12c determines whether or not the user has entered a specific room. If the room entry flag has entered a specific room, the determination unit 12c turns on the room entry flag. Further, the determination unit 12c determines whether or not the user has entered a specific room when the room entry flag is on, and turns off the room entry flag when it is determined that the room has not entered.

  When the determination unit 12c determines that the display control device 10A has entered a specific room, the display control unit 12b obtains identification information corresponding to the position information acquired by the acquisition unit 12a from the registered device list storage unit 13a. Control is performed so that the screen on which the information related to the device of the acquired identification information is displayed with priority over the information related to other devices is displayed in a pop-up.

  Here, an example of processing for displaying an operation screen by pop-up display will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing for displaying an operation screen in a pop-up display. As illustrated in FIG. 8, for example, when the display control device 10 </ b> A enters the living room as a specific room, the display control unit 12 b displays “air conditioner (living)”, “ An operation menu screen for operating “lighting (living)” and “floor heating (living)” is automatically popped up.

  Further, for example, when the display control device 10A enters a child room as a specific room, the display control unit 12b displays “air conditioner (child room)” and “lighting (children) as the pop-up menu 31 for the child room. The operation menu screen for operating the “room” is automatically popped up.

  Next, an example of a processing flow in the display control apparatus 10A will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of pop-up display processing in the display control apparatus according to the second embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 9, the acquisition unit 12a of the display control device 10A acquires position information related to the current position of the display control device 10A from the beacon 7 or the beacon 8 (step S201). Then, the determination unit 12c determines whether or not a room entry flag that is a flag indicating whether or not the specific display control device 10A has entered a specific room is on (step S202).

  As a result, when the room entry flag is not on (No at Step S202), the determination unit 12c determines whether or not the user has entered a specific room (Step S205). As a result, when it is determined that the user has not entered the specific room (No at Step S205), the process proceeds to Step S210.

  In addition, when the determination unit 12c determines that a specific room has been entered (Yes at step S205), the display control unit 12b enters the living room 9 from the position information acquired by the acquisition unit 12a. It is determined whether or not the child room 14 is entered (step S206). As a result, if the display control unit 12b determines that the display control device 10A is in the living room 9, the display control unit 12b displays a pop-up menu for living room (step S207). If the display control unit 10b determines that the display control device 10A is in the child room 14, the display control unit 12b displays a pop-up menu for the child room (step S208). Thereafter, the determination unit 12c turns on the room entry flag (step S209).

  In Step S202, when the room entry flag is on (Yes in Step S202), the determination unit 12c determines whether or not the user has entered a specific room (Step S203). As a result, if the determination unit 12c determines that the specific room has not been entered (No at Step S203), the determination unit 12c turns off the room entry flag (Step S204). If it is determined that a specific room has been entered (Yes at step S203), the process proceeds to step S210. In step S210, a WAIT process is performed for a predetermined time (step S210), and the process returns to step S201.

  Thus, in the display control apparatus 10A according to the second embodiment, it is determined whether the user terminal has entered a specific room using the identification information corresponding to the position information, and the user terminal is in the specific room. If it is determined that the device has entered the device, control is performed so that the screen on which the information related to the device of the acquired identification information is displayed with priority over the information related to other devices is displayed in a pop-up. For this reason, for example, when the user enters a specific room, the operation menu screen can be automatically displayed without popping up the operation menu screen without being operated by the user.

[Third Embodiment]
In the first and second embodiments described above, the case where the operation menu screen is mainly displayed has been described. However, a display screen related to the power consumption of each device may be displayed. Therefore, in the third embodiment, a case will be described in which control is performed so that a display screen regarding the power consumption of each device is displayed.

  For example, referring to the example of FIG. 10, when the user enters the living room 9, “living room”, “kid room”, “entrance”, “kitchen” from the top in the power consumption display screen of the device in each room. The power consumption is displayed in the order of “study” and “Japanese-style room”. That is, the total power consumption of “air conditioner 2”, “lighting 3”, and “floor heating 4” installed in the living room 9 is highlighted at the top. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an example of the power consumption display screen displayed when the user is in the living room.

  11, when entering the child room 14, on the power consumption display screen of the device in each room, the “child room”, “living room”, “entrance”, “kitchen” from the top. ”,“ Study ”, and“ Japanese-style room ”are displayed in this order. That is, the total power consumption of “air conditioner 5” and “lighting 6” installed in the child room 14 is highlighted at the top. It is also possible to display only the power information of the current room without displaying the power information of all the rooms, and the display of the power information of the current room is emphasized as a pop-up display. May be displayed as follows. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining an example of a power consumption display screen displayed when the user is in a child room.

[Other Embodiments]
In addition, the number of times of use and the time of use of each device are stored, and the device to be preferentially displayed among the devices installed in the same room is determined according to the number of times of use and the time of use. It may be. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 12, the registered device list storage unit 13 a includes the identification information for identifying the device, the location information where the device is installed, the “usage count” of each device, and the “ “Usage time” is stored in association with each other.

  For example, when the position information acquired by the acquisition unit 12a is “living room”, the display control unit 12b includes the devices “air conditioner 2”, “lighting 3”, and “floor heating 4” installed in the living room. Among them, the one that is used frequently is highlighted upward. That is, the display control unit 12b displays an operation screen for operating power on and off in the order of “lighting 3”, “air conditioner 2”, and “floor heating 4” as an operation screen, which will be described using the example of FIG. To do. Of the devices “air conditioner 2”, “lighting 3”, and “floor heating 4” installed in the living room, the ones that have been used for a long time may be highlighted upward.

  In addition, the home gateway 1 or the like stores the number of times each device is used for each display control device that is each operation device, and according to the number of times, any of the devices installed in the same room is stored. You may make it determine whether a apparatus is displayed preferentially. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 13, the home gateway 1 or the like stores the number of times of using an air conditioner, the number of times of lighting, and the number of times of using floor heating for each operation device. For example, when the display device 12b is the operation device A and the position information acquired by the acquisition unit 12a is “living”, the device “air conditioner 2” installed in the living room, Of “Lighting 3” and “Floor Heating 4”, the one that is used frequently is highlighted upward. That is, in the example of FIG. 13, the display control unit 12 b is in the order of the number of times of using the lighting “30”, the number of times of using the air conditioner “20”, and the number of times of using the floor heating “5”. ”,“ Air conditioner 2 ”, and“ floor heating 4 ”in order, the operation screen for operating the power on and off is displayed.

  In the above description, an example is shown in which beacons placed in each room are used to acquire location information. However, for example, a WiFi router that is placed in each of the living room and the child room is wirelessly connected. It may be realized that the room is specified using a means for detecting other position information, such as determining the position information and determining the position information.

[program]
Note that the display control apparatus 10 can realize, for example, a general-purpose computer apparatus as basic hardware. That is, the acquisition unit 12a and the display control unit 12b can be realized by causing a processor mounted on the computer device to execute a program. For example, the acquisition unit 12a and the display control unit 12b may cause a processing device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) to execute a program, that is, may be realized by software, or by hardware such as an IC (Integrated Circuit). You may implement | achieve and it may implement | achieve combining software and hardware.

  At this time, the display control device 10 may be realized by installing the above program in the computer device in advance, or distributing the above program via a network and installing the program in the computer device as appropriate. It may be realized with. The acquisition unit 12a and the control unit 12b can be realized by appropriately using a storage medium such as a memory or a hard disk built in or externally attached to the computer device.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Home gateway 2, 5 Air-conditioner 3, 6 Lighting 4 Floor heating 7, 8 Beacon 11 Communication part 12 Control part 12a Acquisition part 12b Display control part 12c Determination part 13 Storage part 13a Registered apparatus list memory | storage part 100 Display control system

Claims (7)

An acquisition procedure for acquiring position information relating to the current position of the device;
The identification information corresponding to the position information acquired by the acquisition procedure is acquired from a storage unit that stores the identification information for identifying the device and the position information where the device is installed, and relates to a plurality of devices. A display control procedure for controlling so that information on the device of the acquired identification information is displayed with priority over information on other devices on a screen on which information is displayed;
Display control program to execute.   The display control procedure performs control so that information related to a device of acquired identification information is displayed above the screen more than information related to another device on a screen on which information related to a plurality of devices is displayed. The display control program according to 1.   2. The display control procedure according to claim 1, wherein the display control procedure performs control so that information on a device of the acquired identification information is displayed larger than information on another device on a screen on which information on a plurality of devices is displayed. Display control program. Using the identification information corresponding to the position information acquired by the acquisition procedure, further executing a determination procedure for determining whether the own device has entered a specific room,
If the display control procedure determines that the device has entered a specific room by the determination procedure, the display control procedure acquires identification information corresponding to the position information acquired by the acquisition procedure from the storage unit, and The display control according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a screen on which information related to the device of the acquired identification information is displayed with priority over information related to another device is displayed in a pop-up. program.   The display control procedure performs control so that an operation menu screen for operating each device or a display screen for power consumption of each device is displayed as a screen on which information on the plurality of devices is displayed. The display control program according to any one of the above. A display control system having a plurality of devices and a display control device that displays information about each device,
The display control device
A storage unit that stores identification information for identifying the device and location information where the device is installed;
An acquisition unit for acquiring position information relating to the current position of the device;
Identification information corresponding to the position information acquired by the acquisition unit is acquired from the storage unit, and on the screen on which information regarding a plurality of devices is displayed, information regarding the device of the acquired identification information is related to other devices. A display control unit that controls the display so as to be given priority over information;
A display control system comprising: A display control method executed by a display control device, comprising:
The display control device includes a storage unit that stores identification information for identifying a device and position information where the device is installed in association with each other,
An acquisition step of acquiring position information relating to the current position of the device;
Identification information corresponding to the position information acquired by the acquisition step is acquired from the storage unit, and information regarding a plurality of devices is displayed on the screen on which information regarding the plurality of devices is displayed. A display control step for controlling to be displayed in preference to information;
Display control method.

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