JP2017076856A - Home gateway, consumer electronics coordination system, method and program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a home gateway capable of setting the range where cooperative operation of consumer electronics is performed, and capable of performing cooperative operation of consumer electronics according to each person.SOLUTION: A home gateway 100 includes an IEEE802.11ad communication unit 101, a consumer electronics detector 102 for detecting consumer electronics performing cooperative operation, and physical relationship of the consumer electronics performing cooperative operation and the own machine, a communication control unit 103 performing adjustment of a range where wireless communication by IEEE802.11ad standard based on the detected physical relationship is performed, and detection of the ID of a slave machine included in a probe request, a consumer electronics cooperation unit 106, an operation management table 104, and a program control unit 105 for determining the consumer electronics and cooperative operation corresponding to the ID of the slave machine included in the probe request, with reference to the operation management table 104, and ordering the consumer electronics cooperation unit 106 to instruct cooperative operation for the consumer electronics thus determined.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a home gateway, a home appliance linkage system, a method and a program thereof, and in particular, a home gateway capable of performing a home appliance linkage operation according to each person, a home appliance linkage system including the home gateway, and the home gateway. Related methods and programs.

  In recent years, there has been a demand for a system in which home appliances operate in a coordinated manner in response to a person entering or leaving a specific area such as a room. A human sensor may be used as a mechanism for determining whether a person has entered or exited a specific range. However, since the human sensor cannot identify who has entered or exited a specific range, the home appliances cannot be linked to each other.

  In Patent Literature 1, when a portable terminal moves in a room with the movement of a person, information on the belonging and detachment of the portable terminal is transmitted from the wireless access point related to the movement to the home gateway, and the home gateway receives the information. A technique for controlling network devices such as home appliances based on information is disclosed.

JP 2009-232307 A

  With the technique disclosed in Patent Literature 1, it is possible to perform a home appliance cooperative operation according to each person. However, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to install a wireless access point in each room in addition to the home gateway, and it is not possible to perform a home appliance cooperation operation according to each person only by the home gateway. There was a problem. In addition, the wireless access point of Patent Document 1 does not have a function of adjusting the communicable range, and setting a range in which home appliances can perform cooperative operation using the home gateway and wireless access point of Patent Document 1 is not possible. There was a problem that I could not.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and can set a range in which home appliances can be linked together, and can perform home appliance linkage operations according to each person. An object is to provide a gateway, a home appliance cooperation system, a method thereof, and a program.

  The home gateway according to the first aspect of the present invention includes an IEEE802.11ad communication unit that performs wireless communication according to the IEEE802.11ad standard with a slave unit, detection of home appliances that operate in cooperation, and home appliances that operate in cooperation with each other. A home appliance detection unit that detects a positional relationship with a device, adjustment of a range in which wireless communication is performed based on the IEEE 802.11ad standard based on a positional relationship between the home appliance that operates in cooperation and the own device, and a slave device included in a probe request Refer to the communication control unit that performs ID detection, the home appliance cooperation unit that executes home appliance linkage, the operation management table that stores the ID of the slave, the home appliance, and the linkage operation in association with each other, and the operation management table. , Determining the home appliance corresponding to the ID of the slave unit included in the probe request and the cooperative operation, for the determined home appliance A program control unit for instruction to the home appliance linkage unit to indicate the determined the cooperative operation, in which comprises a.

  A home appliance cooperation system according to a second aspect of the present invention includes a home gateway, a slave unit, and a home appliance, and the home gateway performs wireless communication with the slave unit according to the IEEE802.11ad standard. .11ad communication unit, detection of home appliances that operate in cooperation, home appliance detection unit that detects the positional relationship between the home appliances that operate in cooperation and the own device, and the IEEE 802 based on the positional relationship between the home appliances that operate in cooperation and the own device .11ad standard wireless communication range adjustment, communication control unit for detecting the slave unit ID included in the probe request, home appliance link unit for performing home appliance linkage, slave unit ID, home appliance, and By referring to the operation management table for associating and storing the cooperative operation and the operation management table, the ID of the slave unit included in the probe request is matched. A program control unit that determines the home appliance and the cooperative operation, and instructs the home appliance cooperation unit to instruct the home appliance to determine the cooperative operation. And a wireless communication unit that transmits the probe request including the ID of the own device to the home gateway.

  The method in the home gateway according to the third aspect of the present invention determines whether or not there is a home appliance that operates in cooperation, and when there is a home appliance that operates in cooperation, the positional relationship between the home appliance that operates in cooperation and the own device. Is detected, the range of wireless communication based on the IEEE 802.11ad standard is adjusted based on the positional relationship between the home appliance that operates in cooperation and the own device, the probe request is received from the slave device, and is included in the received probe request. If the slave unit is identified by the ID of the slave unit to be acquired, the home appliance cooperation information about the identified slave unit is acquired, and the identified slave unit is normally attributed to the own unit, the home appliance cooperation information It is provided with starting the cooperation operation | movement based on.

  A program for causing a computer to perform the method in the home gateway according to the fourth aspect of the present invention determines whether or not there is a home appliance that operates in cooperation, and when there is the home appliance that operates in cooperation, Detect the positional relationship between the home appliance that operates in cooperation with the device itself, adjust the range for wireless communication according to the IEEE 802.11ad standard based on the positional relationship between the home device that operates in cooperation with the device itself, and send a probe request. Receiving from the child device, identifying the child device by the ID of the child device included in the received probe request, obtaining information on home appliance cooperation for the identified child device, the identified child device to the own device Starting a cooperative operation based on the information on the home appliance cooperation in the case of normal belonging.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a home gateway, a home appliance cooperation system, a method thereof, and a program capable of setting a range in which home appliance cooperation operation is performed and performing home appliance cooperation operation according to each person. .

It is a figure which shows the structure of the household appliance cooperation system concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the home gateway concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the subunit | mobile_unit concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the process for the subunit | mobile_unit concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention to belong to a home gateway. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process which adjusts the range which the home gateway concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention performs the radio | wireless communication by IEEE802.11ad standard. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process in which the home gateway concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention carries out home appliance cooperation operation | movement. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation | movement management table concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the household appliance cooperation system concerning Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the subunit | mobile_unit concerning Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the home gateway concerning Embodiment 2 of this invention.

Embodiment 1
Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of the home appliance cooperation system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The household appliance cooperation system concerning Embodiment 1 is provided with the home gateway (HGW) 100, the household appliance which cooperates, and the subunit | mobile_unit 200. FIG. In the example of FIG. 1, the lighting 300, the television 400, and the stereo 500 are shown as home appliances that operate in cooperation. In addition, the home gateway 100, the lighting 300, the television 400, and the stereo 500 are installed in the room 1000.

  The home gateway 100 and the child device 200 will be described in detail later with reference to FIGS.

  The lighting 300, the television 400, and the stereo 500 each have a function of performing wireless communication with the home gateway 100. Note that the standard of wireless communication performed by the lighting 300, the television 400, and the stereo 500 with the home gateway 100 may be any. In addition, it is assumed that the lighting 300, the television 400, and the stereo 500 are in a belonging state with respect to the home gateway 100 by wireless communication.

  Then, the structure of the home gateway concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention is demonstrated using FIG. The home gateway 100 includes an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) 802.11ad communication unit 101, a home appliance detection unit 102, a communication control unit 103, an operation management table 104, a program control unit 105, and a home appliance cooperation unit 106. And.

  The IEEE802.11ad communication unit 101 is a communication unit that performs wireless communication with the slave device 200 according to the IEEE802.11ad standard. The IEEE 802.11ad standard is a standard for performing wireless communication in the 60 GHz band. The 60 GHz band radio wave has high straightness and poor diffraction. For this reason, when wireless communication of the IEEE 802.11ad standard is performed in a room, the signal is reflected by a shielding object such as a wall, and radio waves are not easily leaked outside the room.

  The IEEE 802.11ad communication unit 101 receives a probe request from the child device 200. Further, the IEEE 802.11ad communication unit 101 outputs the received probe request to the communication control unit 103. Further, the IEEE 802.11ad communication unit 101 transmits a probe response to the child device 200.

  The home appliance detection unit 102 is a functional unit that detects home appliances that operate in a coordinated manner, and detects the positional relationship between the home appliances that operate in a coordinated manner and the device itself (home gateway 100).

  The home appliance detection unit 102 detects whether there is a home appliance that operates in a coordinated manner, for example, by detecting whether there is a home appliance belonging to the home gateway 100. Here, the following description will be made assuming that the lighting 300, the television 400, and the stereo 500 in FIG.

  Moreover, the household appliance detection part 102 detects the positional relationship of the illumination 300, the television 400, the stereo 500, and an own machine. The positional relationship is detected using, for example, a sensor that detects the positional relationship between the lighting 300, the television 400, the stereo 500, and the own device. In this case, as the positional relationship, for example, the directions and distances of the lighting 300, the television 400, and the stereo 500 may be detected from the own device.

  The positional relationship may be detected using, for example, the received signal strength of signals transmitted from the lighting 300, the television 400, and the stereo 500. For example, the lighting 300, the television 400, and the stereo 500 may transmit a signal including a transmission level transmitted by itself. In this case, the home appliance detection unit 102 detects the positional relationship using the received signal strength of the signal transmitted from the lighting 300, the television 400, and the stereo 500 and the transmission level included in the signal. That is, as the positional relationship, the distance between the home gateway 100 and each of the lighting 300, the television 400, and the stereo 500 is detected.

  Then, home appliance detection unit 102 outputs the detected positional relationship to communication control unit 103.

  The communication control unit 103 receives a probe request from the IEEE 802.11ad communication unit 101. Further, the communication control unit 103 detects the ID (identification) of the slave device 200 included in the probe request. Here, the ID of the child device 200 is, for example, a MAC (Media Access Control) address of the child device 200. Then, the communication control unit 103 outputs the detected ID of the child device 200 to the program control unit 105.

  In addition, the communication control unit 103 receives the positional relationship between the home appliance that operates in cooperation and the own device from the home appliance detection unit 102. In addition, the communication control unit 103 adjusts a range in which wireless communication according to the IEEE802.11ad standard is performed based on the positional relationship between the home appliance that operates in cooperation and the own device. For example, the communication control unit 103 adjusts the transmission output of the IEEE802.11ad communication unit 101 so that the transmission signal reaches a transmission level that reaches the positions of all home appliances that operate in cooperation. The radio wave in the 60 GHz band of the IEEE 802.11ad standard has high straightness and is reflected by a shielding object such as a wall. Therefore, for example, by setting the transmission level so that the transmission signal reaches the position of all home appliances that operate in cooperation with each other, Only the inside of the room can be in a range where IEEE802.11ad communication is performed.

  Further, the communication control unit 103 also performs a process for causing the slave unit to belong to the home gateway 100. An example of the process of assigning the child device to the home gateway 100 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The operation management table 104 stores the ID of the slave device 200, the home appliance, and the cooperative operation in association with each other.

  The program control unit 105 receives the ID of the slave device 200 from the communication control unit 103. In addition, the program control unit 105 refers to the operation management table 104 to determine a home appliance and a cooperative operation corresponding to the received ID of the slave device 200. Then, the program control unit 105 outputs a command for instructing the determined cooperative operation to the home appliance cooperation unit 106 for the determined home appliance.

  The home appliance cooperation unit 106 is a functional unit that executes home appliance cooperation. Specifically, home appliance cooperation unit 106 receives an instruction from program control unit 105 to instruct a cooperation operation with home appliances. And the household appliance cooperation part 106 instruct | indicates cooperation operation | movement with respect to household appliances according to the received command.

  As described above, in the home gateway 100 of FIG. 2 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the range for performing wireless communication according to the IEEE 802.11ad standard is adjusted based on the positional relationship between the home appliance and the own device. be able to.

  Further, referring to the operation management table 104, it is possible to instruct the home appliance corresponding to the ID of the child device 200 included in the probe request to perform a cooperative operation corresponding to the ID of the child device 200.

  Therefore, it is possible to set a range in which home appliances are linked together, and to perform home appliance linkage operations according to each person.

  Then, the structure of the subunit | mobile_unit concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention is demonstrated using FIG. The subunit | mobile_unit 200 is an apparatus carried by the user. The subunit | mobile_unit 200 may be portable terminals, such as a smart phone, for example. The subunit | mobile_unit 200 is provided with the wireless communication part 201. FIG.

  The wireless communication unit 201 is a communication unit that performs wireless communication with the home gateway 100 in accordance with the IEEE 802.11ad standard. The wireless communication unit 201 transmits a probe request including the ID of the own device (slave device 200) to the home gateway 100. Further, the wireless communication unit 201 receives a probe response from the home gateway 100.

  Next, an example of processing for the slave device 200 to belong to the home gateway 100 will be described using the sequence diagram shown in FIG.

  The subunit | mobile_unit 200 transmits a probe request to the home gateway 100 (S101). When the home gateway 100 receives the probe request by the IEEE 802.11ad communication unit 101, the home gateway 100 transmits a probe response to the slave device 200 by the IEEE 802.11ad communication unit 101 (S102).

  The subunit | mobile_unit 200 will transmit an authentication request to the home gateway 100, if a probe response is received (S103). When the home gateway 100 receives the authentication request by the IEEE 802.11ad communication unit 101 and succeeds in authentication, the home gateway 100 transmits an authentication response to the slave device 200 by the IEEE 802.11ad communication unit 101 (S104).

  When receiving the authentication response, the slave device 200 transmits an association request to the home gateway 100 (S105). When the home gateway 100 receives the association request by the IEEE802.11ad communication unit 101, the home gateway 100 transmits an association response to the slave device 200 by the IEEE802.11ad communication unit 101 (S106). As described above, the slave device 200 belongs to the home gateway 100.

  Note that when the transmission output adjustment of the IEEE 802.11ad communication unit 101 is performed, the reach ranges of the probe response, the authentication response, and the association response are adjusted. The slave device 200 outside the reachable range of the probe response, the authentication response, and the association response cannot belong to the home gateway 100, and only the slave device 200 within the reachable range can belong to the home gateway 100. For this reason, the range which performs the cooperation operation | movement of a household appliance by the transmission output adjustment of the IEEE802.11ad communication part 101 can be set.

  Next, an example of processing for adjusting the range in which the home gateway 100 performs wireless communication based on the IEEE 802.11ad standard will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, the home gateway 100 detects whether there is a home appliance that operates in cooperation (S201). Note that S201 may be performed at a predetermined cycle, for example.

  When it is determined in S201 that there is no home appliance that operates in cooperation, the process returns to S201. On the other hand, when it is determined in S201 that there is a home appliance that operates in cooperation, the positional relationship between the home appliance that operates in cooperation and the own device is detected (S202).

  After S202, the home gateway 100 adjusts the range in which wireless communication based on the IEEE 802.11ad standard is performed based on the positional relationship between the home appliance that operates in cooperation and the own device (S203), and returns to S201.

  Next, an example of processing in which the home gateway 100 performs a home appliance cooperation operation will be described using the flowchart illustrated in FIG. 6.

  First, the home gateway 100 receives a probe request from the child device 200 (S301). Next, the slave unit 200 is identified by the ID of the slave unit 200 included in the received probe request (S302).

  Next, the home gateway 100 acquires home appliance cooperation information for the identified child device 200 (S303). The home appliance cooperation information is acquired by referring to the operation management table 104 based on the ID of the identified slave 200, for example.

  Next, the home gateway 100 transmits a probe response to the identified child device 200 (S304).

  Next, the home gateway 100 determines whether or not the identified child device 200, that is, the child device 200 that has transmitted the probe request is a home appliance cooperation target child device (S305). The home appliances are not linked (S306).

  On the other hand, if it is a home appliance cooperation target slave device, preparation for home appliance cooperation is performed, and the attribution of the slave device 200 is awaited (S307).

  In addition, whether it is a household appliance cooperation object subunit | mobile_unit is determined with reference to the operation management table 104, for example. In this case, the slave device 200 in which the ID of the slave device 200 is stored in the operation management table 104 is determined as the home appliance cooperation target slave device, and the slave device 200 in which the ID of the slave device 200 is not stored in the operation management table 104. Determines that it is not a household appliance cooperation target handset.

  When the child device 200 normally belongs to the own device, the cooperative operation based on the home appliance cooperation information acquired in S303 is started (S308). If the handset 200 does not belong, nothing is done (S309). Note that whether or not the child device 200 has normally belonged to the own device is determined based on, for example, whether or not an association response has been transmitted to the child device 200.

  Next, an example of the operation management table 104 will be described using the table shown in FIG. Note that the content of the operation management table 104 can be registered by the user according to his / her own behavior pattern and preference.

  The operation management table 104 stores the child device ID, the home appliance, the event, and the cooperative operation in association with each other. Here, the event stores “affiliation” indicating that the child device 200 belongs to the home gateway 100 or “disconnection” indicating that the connection between the child device 200 and the home gateway 100 is lost.

  In the operation management table 104 shown in FIG. 7, as a cooperative operation when the child device with the child device ID 0001 belongs to the home gateway 100, the direct lighting of the lighting is turned on, the television is turned on, and the stereo is turned on. Stored to turn off. Further, in the operation management table 104, as a cooperative operation when a slave unit having a slave unit ID of 0002 belongs to the home gateway 100, the indirect illumination is turned on, the television is turned off, and the stereo power source is turned on. Stored to turn on. Further, for all the slave units, it is stored that the illumination is turned off as a cooperative operation when the connection between the slave unit and the home gateway 100 is disconnected.

  In the example of FIG. 7, when both the slave unit with the slave unit ID 0001 and the slave unit with the slave unit ID 0002 belong to the home gateway 100, for example, the priority of the slave unit is used. You may make it perform the cooperation operation | movement of either subunit | mobile_unit.

  In the example of FIG. 7, the cooperative operation of three home appliances (lighting, television, and stereo) is stored in the operation management table 104 as the cooperative operation when the child device belongs. Only home appliances may be registered. For example, for a slave unit with a slave unit ID of 0001, the cooperative operation of lighting and television may be registered, and for a slave unit with a slave unit ID of 0002, only the cooperative operation of illumination may be registered.

  Further, as shown in the operation management table 104 of FIG. 7, when a non-registered child device, that is, a child device whose child device ID is not stored in the operation management table 104 belongs to the home gateway 100, a warning is given to the television. You may make it display.

  As described above, in the home gateway 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to adjust the range in which wireless communication according to the IEEE 802.11ad standard is performed based on the positional relationship between the home appliance and the own device. . Further, referring to the operation management table 104, it is possible to instruct the home appliance corresponding to the ID of the child device 200 included in the probe request to perform a cooperative operation corresponding to the ID of the child device 200.

  Therefore, it is possible to set a range in which home appliances are linked together, and to perform home appliance linkage operations according to each person.

Embodiment 2
Then, the structure of the household appliance cooperation system concerning Embodiment 2 of this invention is demonstrated using FIG. Embodiment 2 of this invention is embodiment which shows the example which uses a household appliance cooperation system as a health management system.

  The home appliance cooperation system according to the second embodiment includes a home gateway 600, home appliances that operate in cooperation, and a slave device 700. In the example of FIG. 8, the lighting 300, the television 400, and the stereo 500 are shown as home appliances that operate in cooperation. The home gateway 600, the lighting 300, the television 400, and the stereo 500 are installed in the room 1000. Furthermore, the home gateway 600 is connected to the Internet. Note that the configurations of the illumination 300, the television 400, and the stereo 500 are the same as those shown in FIG.

  Then, the structure of the subunit | mobile_unit concerning Embodiment 2 of this invention is demonstrated using FIG. The subunit | mobile_unit 700 is provided with the information acquisition part 701 and the wireless communication part 702.

  The information acquisition unit 701 acquires information regarding the user who is using the slave device 700. Here, the information related to the user is information related to the user's health such as a pulse and the number of steps. Further, the information acquisition unit 701 outputs information about the acquired user to the wireless communication unit 702.

  The wireless communication unit 702 receives information about the user from the information acquisition unit 701. In addition, the wireless communication unit 702 automatically transmits an IP (Internet Protocol) packet including information about the user to the home gateway 600 by the slave device 700 belonging to the home gateway 600. Here, the automatic transmission indicates transmission performed without a manual operation by the user. It is assumed that the IP packet includes the ID of the child device 700 as the source address.

  Next, the configuration of the home gateway according to the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described using FIG. Home gateway 600 includes home appliance detection unit 102, operation management table 104, program control unit 105, home appliance linkage unit 106, IEEE 802.11ad communication unit 601, communication control unit 602, determination unit 603, and Internet communication. Part 604. Note that the configurations of the home appliance detection unit 102, the operation management table 104, the program control unit 105, and the home appliance linkage unit 106 are the same as those shown in FIG.

  The IEEE 802.11ad communication unit 601 receives an IP packet including information related to the user from the slave device 700. Also, the IEEE 802.11ad communication unit 601 outputs the received IP packet to the communication control unit 602. Note that the processing related to other than the IP packet including the information related to the user in the IEEE 802.11ad communication unit 601 is the same as the IEEE 802.11ad communication unit 101 in FIG.

  The communication control unit 602 receives an IP packet including information related to the user from the IEEE 802.11ad communication unit 601. Further, the communication control unit 602 detects the ID of the slave device 700 included in the IP packet. Communication control unit 602 outputs the detected ID and IP packet of slave device 700 to determination unit 603. Note that the processing related to other than the IP packet including the information related to the user in the communication control unit 602 is the same as that of the communication control unit 103 in FIG.

  The determination unit 603 receives the ID and IP packet of the slave device 700 from the communication control unit 602. In addition, the determination unit 603 determines whether or not the child device 700 that is the transmission source of the IP packet including information about the user is a home appliance cooperation target child device. In addition, it is determined with reference to the operation management table 104 whether it is a household appliance cooperation object subunit | mobile_unit, for example. In this case, the determination unit 603 determines that the child device 700 in which the ID of the child device 700 is stored in the operation management table 104 is a home appliance cooperation target child device. In addition, the determination unit 603 determines that a child device 700 whose ID of the child device 700 is not stored in the operation management table 104 is not a home appliance cooperation target child device.

  Then, the determination unit 603 outputs the IP packet to the Internet communication unit 604 only when the child device 700 that is the transmission source of the IP packet including information about the user is determined to be a home appliance cooperation target child device.

  The Internet communication unit 604 receives an IP packet including information related to the user from the determination unit 603. Then, the Internet communication unit 604 automatically transmits the received IP packet to a previously registered site.

  As described above, the home gateway 600 according to the second embodiment of the present invention can automatically transmit the IP packet from the home appliance cooperation target child device to a pre-registered site. As a result, for example, by setting the sleeping room of a person living alone in a remote area to a range where the home appliances can perform cooperative operations, information on the health of the person living alone is far away. You can automatically notify your family.

  In the above-described example, the ID of the slave unit included in the IP packet is detected by the communication control unit 602. However, the ID of the slave unit included in the IP packet is detected by the determination unit 603. It may be. In this case, the communication control unit 602 may output only the IP packet to the determination unit 603.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, the home gateway may be configured to include a communication unit that performs wireless communication with the slave unit according to a standard other than the IEEE 802.11ad communication standard in addition to the IEEE 802.11ad communication unit. For example, the home gateway may be configured to include an IEEE802.11ac communication unit that performs wireless communication with a child device according to the IEEE802.11ac communication standard. In this case, the home gateway may perform wireless communication with the slave by the IEEE802.11ac communication unit for wireless communication other than communication related to home appliance cooperation.

  Each process of the above-described embodiment may be executed by software. That is, a computer program for performing each process may be read and executed by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) included in the home gateway and the child device. Even if each processing is performed using a program, the same processing as the processing in the above-described embodiment can be performed. The above programs can be stored using various types of non-transitory computer readable media and supplied to a computer. Non-transitory computer readable media include various types of tangible storage media. Examples of non-transitory computer-readable media include magnetic recording media (for example, flexible disks, magnetic tapes, hard disk drives), magneto-optical recording media (for example, magneto-optical disks), CD-ROM (Read Only Memory) CD-R, CD -R / W, semiconductor memory (for example, mask ROM, PROM (Programmable ROM), EPROM (Erasable PROM), flash ROM, RAM (Random Access Memory)). The program may also be supplied to the computer by various types of transitory computer readable media. Examples of transitory computer readable media include electrical signals, optical signals, and electromagnetic waves. The temporary computer-readable medium can supply the program to the computer via a wired communication path such as an electric wire and an optical fiber, or a wireless communication path.

100, 600 Home gateway 101, 601 IEEE 802.11ad communication unit 102 Home appliance detection unit 103, 602 Communication control unit 104 Operation management table 105 Program control unit 106 Home appliance linkage unit 200, 700 Slave unit 201, 702 Wireless communication unit 300 Lighting 400 TV 500 Stereo 603 Determination unit 604 Internet communication unit 701 Information acquisition unit 1000 Room

Claims (8)

An IEEE802.11ad communication unit that performs wireless communication with the slave unit according to the IEEE802.11ad standard;
Home appliance detection unit that detects a home appliance that operates in cooperation, and a positional relationship between the home appliance that operates in cooperation and the own device,
A communication control unit that adjusts a range in which wireless communication is performed based on the IEEE 802.11ad standard based on a positional relationship between the home appliance that operates in cooperation and the own device, and detects an ID of a child device included in the probe request;
Home appliance cooperation department that performs home appliance cooperation,
An operation management table for storing the ID of the slave unit, the home appliance, and the linked operation in association with each other;
With reference to the operation management table, the home appliance corresponding to the ID of the slave unit included in the probe request and the cooperative operation are determined, and the determined cooperative operation is instructed to the determined home appliance. A program control unit for instructing the home appliance cooperation unit,
Home gateway with A determination unit that determines whether or not the child device that is the transmission source of the IP packet including information about the user is a home device cooperation target child device;
An Internet communication unit that automatically transmits the IP packet to a pre-registered site when the child device of the transmission source of the IP packet is the home appliance cooperation target child device;
The home gateway according to claim 1, further comprising: A home appliance linkage system having a home gateway, a slave unit, and a home appliance,
The home gateway is
An IEEE802.11ad communication unit that performs wireless communication with the slave unit according to the IEEE802.11ad standard;
Home appliance detection unit that detects a home appliance that operates in cooperation, and a positional relationship between the home appliance that operates in cooperation and the own device,
A communication control unit that adjusts a range in which wireless communication is performed based on the IEEE 802.11ad standard based on a positional relationship between the home appliance that operates in cooperation and the own device, and detects an ID of a child device included in the probe request;
Home appliance cooperation department that performs home appliance cooperation,
An operation management table for storing the ID of the slave unit, the home appliance, and the linked operation in association with each other;
With reference to the operation management table, the home appliance corresponding to the ID of the slave unit included in the probe request and the cooperative operation are determined, and the determined cooperative operation is instructed to the determined home appliance. And a program control unit for instructing the home appliance cooperation unit,
The slave is
A wireless communication unit that transmits the probe request including the ID of the own device to the home gateway;
Home appliance linkage system. The home gateway is
A determination unit that determines whether or not the child device that is the transmission source of the IP packet including information about the user is a home device cooperation target child device;
An internet communication unit that automatically transmits the IP packet to a pre-registered site when the child device that is the transmission source of the IP packet is the home appliance cooperation target child device;
The slave is
An information acquisition unit that acquires information about the user;
The home appliance cooperation system according to claim 3, wherein the wireless communication unit further transmits an IP packet including an ID of the own device and information about the user to the home gateway. A method in a home gateway,
Determine whether there are home appliances that work together,
When there is a home appliance that operates in cooperation, the positional relationship between the home appliance that operates in cooperation and the own device is detected,
Based on the positional relationship between the home appliance that operates in cooperation and the device itself, the range for wireless communication according to the IEEE 802.11ad standard is adjusted,
Receive the probe request from the slave unit,
The slave unit is identified by the slave unit ID included in the received probe request,
Acquire home appliance cooperation information about the identified slave,
When the identified child device is normally attributed to the own device, starting a cooperation operation based on the home appliance cooperation information;
A method comprising: An IP packet containing information about the user is received from the slave unit,
It is determined whether or not the slave device that is the transmission source of the IP packet is a consumer device cooperation target slave device,
Automatic transmission of the IP packet to a pre-registered site when the child device of the transmission source of the IP packet is the home appliance cooperation target child device;
The method of claim 5 further comprising: A program for causing a computer to perform the method in the home gateway,
The method
Determine whether there are home appliances that work together,
When there is a home appliance that operates in cooperation, the positional relationship between the home appliance that operates in cooperation and the own device is detected,
Based on the positional relationship between the home appliance that operates in cooperation and the device itself, the range for wireless communication according to the IEEE 802.11ad standard is adjusted,
Receive the probe request from the slave unit,
The slave unit is identified by the slave unit ID included in the received probe request,
Acquire home appliance cooperation information about the identified slave,
When the identified child device is normally attributed to the own device, starting a cooperation operation based on the home appliance cooperation information;
Including programs. The method
An IP packet containing information about the user is received from the slave unit,
It is determined whether or not the slave device that is the transmission source of the IP packet is a consumer device cooperation target slave device,
Automatic transmission of the IP packet to a pre-registered site when the child device of the transmission source of the IP packet is the home appliance cooperation target child device;
The program according to claim 7, further comprising:

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