JP6091476B2 - Equipment operation device, equipment operation method and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an equipment operation device, an equipment operation method, and a program.

  An operation system that displays a camera image of an equipment device and an annotation that is an operation screen of the equipment device on a display of a portable device has been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 1). For example, an indoor camera image in which a plurality of equipment devices are installed is displayed on the display, and annotations are superimposed on each equipment device. When the user performs a touch operation on the part of the touch panel where the annotation of the equipment to be operated is displayed, the operation information is transmitted to the equipment.

JP 2012-172910 A

  In the configuration described in Patent Document 1, the user is forced to use an operation method different from the operation method of a remote controller (conventional remote controller) that has been conventionally used in equipment. Then, a user who is used to the operation method of the conventional remote controller may feel uncomfortable with the operation method.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above reasons, and provides an equipment operation device, an equipment operation method, and a program capable of improving the usability of a user who is accustomed to an operation method of a conventional remote controller. With the goal.

In order to achieve the above object, an equipment operating device according to the present invention includes:
An operation interface information storage unit for storing operation interface information related to the operation interface of the equipment;
It operates based on the operation interface information stored in the operation interface information storage unit, accepts a user operation, generates operation information corresponding to the accepted operation, and uses the generated operation information as the operation interface information. An operation interface that transmits to the corresponding equipment;
The equipment device position information indicating the position of the equipment device and the device position information indicating the position of the device itself are acquired, and the device itself with respect to the equipment device is acquired based on the acquired equipment device position information and the device position information. A posture information generation unit for generating posture information indicating the posture of
An interface actuating unit that activates the operation interface unit when the attitude of the device indicated by the attitude information satisfies the activation condition of the operation interface unit.

  In the present invention, when the activation condition is set so as to be in the posture at the time of operation of the conventional remote controller, the interface operation unit activates the operation interface portion to be in the active state when the posture at the time of operation of the conventional remote controller is reached. The operation interface part can be used. As a result, the user can perform the same operation as that of the conventional remote controller, so that it is possible to improve the usability of the user who is accustomed to the operation method of the conventional remote controller.

It is the schematic which shows the operation interface system which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the portable apparatus and air conditioner which concern on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation | movement of an operation interface part and an example of the operation interface information table which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the portable apparatus location information table which concerns on embodiment, and an example of an installation apparatus location information table. It is a figure for demonstrating the content of attitude | position information. It is a figure which shows an example of the starting condition table which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the portable apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the operation interface process which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the calculation method of an attitude | position parameter. It is the schematic which shows the operation interface system which concerns on a modification. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the portable apparatus and air conditioner which concern on a modification. It is the schematic which shows the operation interface system which concerns on a modification. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the portable apparatus which concerns on a modification. It is a figure which shows an example of the priority order table which concerns on a modification. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the operation interface process which concerns on a modification. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the operation interface process which concerns on a modification. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the portable apparatus which concerns on a modification.

  Hereinafter, a portable device functioning as an operation interface for operating facility equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The mobile device (facility device operation device) according to the present embodiment functions as a general-purpose mobile phone during normal operation, and functions as an operation interface such as a remote controller for an air conditioner if it has a certain activation condition (activation condition). Is.
As shown in FIG. 1, the portable device 100 is used with an air conditioner 200 and three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303. The portable device 100 is connected to the air conditioner 200 and the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 via a wireless communication network. The portable device 100, the air conditioner 200, and the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 constitute an operation interface system that realizes an operation interface of the air conditioner 200.

  The mobile device 100 is composed of a mobile terminal such as a smartphone. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the mobile device 100 includes an input unit 11 for a user to input various types of information and a display unit 12 for displaying various types of information. In addition, the portable device 100 includes a portable device controller 13 that controls the operation of the portable device 100, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 14, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 15, and a portable device connected to the wireless communication network NT. The communication unit 16 includes an acceleration sensor 17 that detects the direction of gravity, a geomagnetic sensor 18 that detects a direction, and a portable device storage device 19 that stores various types of information.

  The input unit 11 is composed of, for example, a touch panel. The input unit 11 receives various information input by the user through a touch operation.

  The display unit 12 includes a liquid crystal display, for example. The display unit 12 displays various information input from the mobile device control unit 13.

  The mobile device control unit 13 is configured by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and controls the entire mobile device 100. For example, the mobile device control unit 13 executes an operation interface process. Details of the operation interface process will be described later. The portable device control unit 13 has a built-in timer 13a that measures time.

  The ROM 14 is composed of a nonvolatile memory, and stores a program and the like for the mobile device control unit 13 to control the entire mobile device 100. The ROM 14 stores a program for executing operation interface processing, for example.

  The RAM 15 is composed of a volatile memory. A part of the RAM 15 is provided with a work area for temporarily storing data necessary for the portable device control unit 13 to perform processing.

  The portable device communication unit 16 includes a wireless communication device and an antenna for connecting to a wireless communication network such as a wireless LAN (Local Area Network). When receiving the wireless packet, the mobile device communication unit 16 outputs information included in the received wireless packet to the mobile device control unit 13 or generates a wireless packet including various control information input from the mobile device control unit 13. And send it.

  The acceleration sensor 17 is composed of, for example, a three-axis acceleration sensor created using a MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical System) technology. The acceleration sensor 17 inputs information for specifying the attitude of the mobile device 100 with respect to the vertical direction to the mobile device control unit 13.

  The geomagnetic sensor 18 is composed of, for example, a triaxial geomagnetic sensor. The geomagnetic sensor 18 inputs information for specifying the attitude of the portable device 100 in the north-south direction to the portable device control unit 13.

The portable device storage device 19 is composed of, for example, a hard disk drive.
The portable device storage device 19 includes an operation interface information storage unit 191, a position information storage unit 192 that stores position information of the portable device 100 and the air conditioner 200, and an activation condition that stores activation conditions of the operation interface unit 135 described later. A storage unit 193.

The operation interface information storage unit 191 stores operation interface information related to operation interface settings for each of a plurality of types of equipment including the air conditioner 200. The operation interface information storage unit 191 stores the operation interface information as an interface information table TI that is associated with device identification information (device ID) indicating the type of equipment.
For example, as shown in FIG. 3, IDA is assigned as the device ID to the operation interface information DAA of the air conditioner 200, and IDB is assigned as the device ID to the operation interface information DAB of the lighting device (not shown). Also, IDC is assigned as the device ID to the operation interface information DAC of other air conditioners.

  The position information storage unit 192 stores position information of representative positions of the mobile device 100, the air conditioner 200, and the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303. Here, the representative position is set, for example, at the center of the operation signal receiving unit (not shown) of the air conditioner 200 or the center of gravity of the portable device 100. Each position information is represented as, for example, three-dimensional coordinates when a three-dimensional space is represented by an orthogonal coordinate system. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the position information of the representative positions P1 and P2 in the portable device 100 and the air conditioner 200 is represented by (x1, y1, z1) and (x2, y2, z2), respectively. The position information of the representative positions Q1, Q2, and Q3 of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 is represented by (x11, y11, z11), (x12, y12, z12), and (x13, y13, z13), respectively. .

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the position information storage unit 192 stores the position information of the portable device 100 as a portable device position information table TMP that associates the position information calculation time and the posture parameter indicating the posture of the portable device 100. . For example, as shown in FIG. 1, a first vector V1 that is a unit vector along one virtual axis J1 that serves as a reference for specifying the posture of the mobile device 100, and a second vector that is a unit vector along the virtual straight line L1. V2 is defined. In this case, the posture parameter represents the deviation of the direction of the first vector V1 from the direction of the second vector V2. Here, the virtual axis J1 can be set as an axis extending in the vertical direction of the mobile device 100 when the mobile device 100 is gripped and the display unit 12 is viewed, for example. The virtual straight line L1 is a virtual straight line connecting the representative position P2 of the air conditioner 200 and the representative position P1 of the mobile device 100. The direction of the first vector V1 is set to a direction along one virtual axis J1 that serves as a reference for specifying the posture of the mobile device 100, for example. The direction of the second vector V2 is set to a direction from the representative position P1 of the portable device 100 toward the representative position P2 of the air conditioner 200.

The posture parameter is composed of an angle θ1 and an angle ψ1, for example, as shown in FIG. Here, θ1 is an angle (elevation angle) formed by mapping the first vector V1 and the second vector V2 onto the vertical virtual plane VPL (yz plane) parallel to the vertical direction and the north-south direction. ψ1 is an angle (azimuth angle) formed by mapping the first vector V1 and the second vector V2 onto the horizontal virtual plane HPL orthogonal to the vertical virtual plane.
Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the position information storage unit 192 stores the position information of the air conditioner 200 as a device identification information table TEP that associates the identification information with the acquisition time of the position information.

For example, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the activation condition storage unit 193 stores an activation condition (activation condition) for the attitude of the mobile device 100 as an activation condition table TAC that is associated with device identification information of each facility device. The activation condition is defined as a certain angle range corresponding to each posture parameter θ, ψ, for example. In FIG. 6, this fixed angle range is defined by the maximum value (for example, θ1max, ψ1max) and the minimum value (for example, θ1min, ψ1min) of the angle range.
For example, in a space where the air conditioner 200 is installed, the user may set a wide angle range in order to use the portable device 100 exclusively for the operation interface. On the other hand, when the user wants to prevent the mobile device 100 from being accidentally activated as an operation interface while being used as a normal mobile phone in the space where the air conditioner 200 is installed, What is necessary is just to set a narrow range.

  Returning to FIG. 2, the air conditioner 200 includes an air conditioner control unit 21 that controls the operation of each component of the air conditioner 200 such as a compressor (not shown), and an air conditioner communication connected to a wireless communication network. Part 22. The air conditioner 200 includes an air conditioner storage device 23 that stores position information and the like of the representative position P1 of the air conditioner 200.

  The air conditioner control unit 21 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

  The air conditioner communication unit 22 includes, for example, a wireless communication device and an antenna for connecting to a wireless communication network.

  The air conditioner storage device 23 includes a hard disk drive or the like. The air conditioner storage device 23 includes an air conditioner position information storage unit 231 that stores position information of the representative position P2 (see FIG. 1) of the air conditioner 200.

  The anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 are composed of wireless terminal devices that are used as access points of a wireless communication network, for example. For example, any one of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 has the three-dimensional coordinate set as the origin (0, 0, 0), and the other two have the three-dimensional coordinate set as a reference. Yes. For example, when the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 are fixedly installed in an environment in which the air conditioner 200 is used, the three-dimensional coordinates of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 are set in advance when the air conditioner 200 is installed. Should be set. Specifically, first, a user or an installer of the air conditioner 200 uses a compass or the like to set one anchor node (for example, 301) as a reference and the other two anchor nodes (for example, 302 and 303), respectively. Measure the distance in the north-south direction and east-west direction and the distance in the vertical direction. Then, the three-dimensional coordinates of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 are set based on the measured distance. For example, it is set as a three-dimensional coordinate in an orthogonal coordinate system in which the north-south direction is the y-axis and the vertical direction is the z-axis.

  Alternatively, the anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 are configured to include, for example, an array antenna (not shown), a three-axis acceleration sensor (not shown), and a three-axis geomagnetic sensor (not shown), and the three anchor nodes 301, The three-dimensional coordinates of 302 and 303 may be automatically set. Specifically, each of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 calculates the distance between each of the other two from the attenuation amount of the intensity of the signal received from the other two. In addition, each of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 calculates the arrival directions of signals arriving from the other two, based on the strength and phase of the signal arriving at each antenna constituting the array antenna. Here, each of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 is based on the vertical direction and the north-south direction measured by the triaxial acceleration sensor and the triaxial geomagnetic sensor, for example, the vertical direction is the z-axis, and the north-south direction is the y-axis. The direction of arrival of the signal in the orthogonal coordinate system is calculated. Each of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 calculates a relative position with respect to the other two based on the calculated distance and arrival direction. Each of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 transmits information indicating the calculated distance and arrival direction to the other two. For example, when the three-dimensional coordinate of the anchor node 301 is set to the origin (0, 0, 0), each of the anchor nodes 302 and 303 is based on the information indicating the distance and the arrival direction received from the other two. The three-dimensional coordinates of the own apparatus when the three-dimensional coordinates of the node 301 are set as the origin are calculated. Each of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 transmits the calculated three-dimensional coordinates of the own device to the mobile device 100. Then, the mobile device 100 stores the received three-dimensional coordinates of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 in the position information storage unit 192.

Next, a functional configuration of the mobile device control unit 13 of the mobile device 100 according to the present embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 7, the portable device control unit 13 functions as a portable device position information generation unit 131 that generates position information of the portable device 100 and an equipment device position information acquisition unit 132 that acquires position information of the air conditioner 200. To do. The mobile device control unit 13 functions as a posture information generation unit 133 that generates posture information indicating the posture of the mobile device 100. Furthermore, the portable device control unit 13 also functions as an operation interface unit 135 that is an operation interface of the air conditioner 200 and an interface activation unit (interface operation unit) 134 that activates (activates) the operation interface unit 135.

  The portable device position information generation unit 131 calculates the position information of the portable device 100 based on the strengths of signals received by the portable device communication unit 16 from the anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303, respectively. For example, in the case illustrated in FIG. 1, the mobile device position information generation unit 131 acquires information indicating the strength of the output signal output from each of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303. These pieces of information may be stored in advance in the position information storage unit 192, for example. The portable device position information generation unit 131 calculates the signal attenuation from the intensity of the output signal and the signal strengths of the signals received by the portable device communication unit 16 from the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303, respectively. Then, the mobile device position information generation unit 131 calculates the distance between each of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 and the mobile device 100 based on the calculated attenuation amount. The mobile device position information generation unit 131 determines the three-dimensional representation of the representative position P1 of the mobile device 100 based on the three-dimensional coordinates of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 acquired from the position information storage unit 192 and the calculated distance. The coordinates (x1, y1, z1) are calculated as position information of the mobile device 100. The portable device position information generation unit 131 stores the generated position information of the portable device 100 in the position information storage unit 192.

The facility device position information acquisition unit 132 acquires air conditioner position information indicating the position of the air conditioner 200 from the air conditioner 200 via the portable device communication unit 16.
In the air conditioner 200, the air conditioner control unit 21 acquires the air conditioner position information stored in the air conditioner position information storage unit 231, and transmits a wireless packet including the acquired air conditioner position information to the air conditioner communication unit 22. Send regularly through. The wireless packet includes device identification information (device ID) of the air conditioner 200 together with the air conditioner position information.
On the other hand, when the portable device communication unit 16 receives a wireless packet periodically transmitted from the air conditioner 200, the facility device position information acquisition unit 132 of the portable device 100 receives the air conditioner position information included in the received wireless packet. And the device ID are stored in the position information storage unit 192.

  The posture information generation unit 133 indicates the posture of the portable device 100 based on the air conditioner position information and the portable device position information acquired from the position information storage unit 192 and the information input from the acceleration sensor 17 and the geomagnetic sensor 18. Attitude information is generated. Specifically, the posture information generation unit 133 first specifies the direction of the second vector V2 along the virtual straight line L1 that connects the representative position P1 of the portable device 100 and the representative position P2 of the air conditioner 200. Next, the posture information generation unit 133 specifies the direction of the first vector V1 along the one virtual axis J1 serving as a reference for specifying the posture of the mobile device 100 with respect to the vertical direction and the north-south direction. Then, the posture information generation unit 133, based on the identified direction of the first vector V1 and the direction of the second vector V2, the posture parameter θ1 representing the deviation of the direction of the first vector V1 from the direction of the second vector V2. , Ψ1 is calculated as posture information. The details of the process in which the posture information generation unit 133 calculates the posture parameters θ1 and ψ1 will be described later.

The interface activation unit 134 activates the operation interface unit 135 when the posture information satisfies the activation condition of the operation interface unit 135. The interface activation unit 134 activates the operation interface unit 135 based on the operation interface information of the air conditioner 200 acquired from the operation interface information storage unit 191.
For example, as illustrated in FIG. 3, when the interface activation unit 134 acquires the operation interface information DAA for the air conditioner 200 from the operation interface information storage unit 191, the interface activation unit 134 activates the operation interface unit 135 of the air conditioner 200. In this case, the operation screen GA of the air conditioner 200 is displayed on the display unit 12 of the portable device 100. Further, when the interface activation unit 134 acquires the operation interface information DAB for the lighting device from the operation interface information storage unit 191, the interface activation unit 134 activates the operation interface unit 135 of the lighting device. In this case, the operation screen GB of the lighting device is displayed on the display unit 12 of the portable device 100. In this way, the interface activation unit 134 activates the operation interface unit 135 corresponding to various operation interface information.

  Returning to FIG. 7, the operation interface unit 135 functions as an operation interface for operating various types of equipment registered in the interface information table TI. When the operation interface unit 135 receives a user operation via the input unit 11, the operation interface unit 135 generates operation information corresponding to the received operation. Then, the operation interface unit 135 transmits the generated operation information to the air conditioner 200.

  Next, an operation interface process for determining whether or not the portable device 100 according to the present embodiment functions as an operation interface of the air conditioner 200 will be described with reference to FIG. The operation interface process illustrated in FIG. 8 is started when a command for starting execution of the operation interface process is input by the user via the input unit 11, for example. Here, a case where the operation interface unit 135 of the air conditioner 200 is activated by the operation interface process will be described as an example.

  First, the equipment device position information acquisition unit 132 acquires the position information of the air conditioner 200 from the air conditioner 200 through the portable device communication unit 16, and stores the acquired position information in the position information storage unit 192 (step S1). S101). Here, the position information of the air conditioner 200 is stored in the air conditioner position information storage unit 231, and the air conditioner control unit 21 of the air conditioner 200 acquires the air conditioner position information storage unit 231 from the air conditioner. The data is periodically transmitted to the mobile device 100 through the communication unit 22.

  Next, the mobile device position information generation unit 131 calculates the position information of the mobile device 100 based on the strengths of the signals received from the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303, and stores the calculated position information in the position information storage. The data is stored in the unit 192 (step S102).

  Thereby, based on the positional information on the portable device 100 and the air conditioner 200, the virtual straight line L1 that connects the representative position P2 of the air conditioner 200 and the representative position P1 of the portable device 100 is specified.

  Thereafter, the posture information generation unit 133 specifies the posture of the portable device 100 with respect to the vertical direction and the north-south direction based on information input from the acceleration sensor 17 and the geomagnetic sensor 18 (step S103). Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 9, the posture information generation unit 133 includes the first vector V1 along the virtual axis J1 serving as a reference for specifying the posture of the mobile device 100, and the angle φ1z and the north An angle φ1y formed with the direction is calculated.

  Returning to FIG. 8, the posture information generation unit 133 generates posture information indicating the posture of the mobile device 100 with respect to the virtual straight line L1 (step S104). This posture information is composed of posture parameters θ1 and ψ1 representing a deviation of the direction of the first vector V1 along the virtual axis J1 from the direction of the second vector V2 along the virtual straight line L1. Specifically, the posture information generation unit 133 first calculates an angle φ2z made with the vertical direction and an angle φ2y made with the north direction of the second vector V2, as shown in FIG.

For example, it is assumed that the position information storage unit 192 stores two position information tables TMP and TEP as shown in FIG. Here, the representative position P1 of the portable device 100 and the representative position P2 of the air conditioner 200 are three-dimensional coordinates (x1, y1, z1) in an orthogonal coordinate system in which the north-south direction is the y-axis and the vertical direction is the z-axis. It is assumed that x2, y2, and z2) are expressed.
In this case, the posture information generation unit 133 refers to the equipment / equipment position information table TEP and acquires the three-dimensional coordinates (x2, y2, z2) corresponding to the equipment identification information (apparatus ID) IDA of the air conditioner 200. . In addition, the posture information generation unit 133 acquires the three-dimensional coordinates (x1, y1, z1) calculated in step S102 with reference to the portable device position information table TMP.
The posture information generation unit 133 then calculates the absolute difference value (| x1-x2 |, | y1-y2 |, | z1-z2 |) of the three-dimensional coordinates of the representative positions P1 and P2 and the tangent function (tan (*)). ), The angles φ2z and φ2y are calculated based on the inverse function (arctan (*)). Then, the posture information generation unit 133 calculates the difference between the angle φ1z and the angle φ2z as the posture parameter θ1 and the difference between the angle φ1y and the angle φ2y as the posture parameter ψ1.

  Subsequently, the interface activation unit 134 determines whether or not the posture of the mobile device 100 satisfies the activation condition (Step S105). Specifically, the interface activation unit 134 acquires, from the activation condition storage unit 193, information indicating a certain angle range that is an activation condition for the posture parameters θ1 and ψ1. Then, the interface activation unit 134 determines whether or not the posture parameters θ1 and ψ1 calculated by the posture information generation unit 133 are within a certain angle range acquired.

  In step S105, when it is determined that the attitude of the mobile device 100 satisfies the activation condition (step S105: Yes), after the interface activation unit 134 activates the operation interface unit 135 (step S106), the timer 13a counts time. And the process of step S108 is performed. Here, when the operation interface unit 135 has already been activated, the interface activation unit 134 continues the operation of the operation interface unit 135. The operation interface unit 135 operates based on the operation interface information stored in the operation interface information storage unit 191. Then, when the operation interface unit 135 receives a user operation during operation, the operation interface unit 135 generates operation information corresponding to the received operation. Thereafter, the operation interface unit 135 transmits the generated operation information to the air conditioner 200 via the portable device communication unit 16.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S105 that the attitude of the mobile device 100 does not have the activation condition (step S105: No), the interface activation unit 134 stops the operation interface unit 135 (step S107), and then the timer. 13a starts timing and the process of step S108 is performed.

In step S108, the portable device position information generation unit 131 determines whether or not a predetermined standby time has elapsed by the timer 13a. The portable device location information generation unit 131 maintains the standby state unless the standby time has elapsed (step S108: No).
On the other hand, when it is determined in step S108 that the standby time has elapsed (step S108: Yes), the portable device position information generation unit 131 performs the process of step S102 again.

  As described above, according to the portable device 100 according to the present embodiment, when the posture of the portable device 100 satisfies the activation condition, the interface activation unit 134 activates the operation interface unit 135 and the operation interface unit 135 by the user. Can be used. Here, it is assumed that the activation conditions are set so as to be in an attitude during operation of a remote controller (conventional remote controller) that has been conventionally used in air conditioners. In this case, the operation interface unit 135 is activated when the attitude of the portable device 100 becomes the attitude when operating the conventional remote controller. As a result, the user can perform the same operation as that of the conventional remote controller, so that it is possible to improve the usability of the user who is accustomed to the operation method of the conventional remote controller.

In the present embodiment, the posture information includes posture parameters θ1 and ψ1 representing the posture of the first vector V1 with respect to the second vector V2. The first vector V1 is a vector along one virtual axis J1 in the mobile device 100. The second vector V2 is a vector along a virtual straight line L1 that connects the representative position P2 of the air conditioner 200 indicated by the position information of the air conditioner 200 and the representative position P1 of the portable device 100 indicated by the position information of the portable device 100. is there. The activation condition is that the posture parameters θ1 and ψ1 are within a fixed determination reference range (greater than θ1 min and less than θ1max, more than ψ1 min and less than ψ1max).
Thereby, the user can change the activation condition only by changing the determination reference range.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the mobile device position information generation unit 131 estimates the position of the mobile device 100 based on the strengths of signals received by the mobile device 100 from the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303. The position information of the mobile device 100 is generated. Thereby, the position of the mobile device 100 can be calculated with relatively high accuracy. Therefore, for example, in the space where the air conditioner 200 is installed, it can be prevented that the user functions as an operation interface against the user's intention while using the mobile device 100 as a normal mobile phone. .

  The embodiments of the present invention have been described above, but the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

In the embodiment, the example in which the mobile device 100 acquires the position information of the air conditioner 200 that the air conditioner 200 stores in advance has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the mobile device 100 The position of the air conditioner 200 may be calculated.
For example, the air conditioner calculates the strength of the signal received from each of the plurality of anchor nodes and transmits it to the portable device, and the portable device determines the representative position of the air conditioner based on the strength of the signal received from the air conditioner. It may be calculated.

For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the air conditioner 202 according to the present modification communicates with the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 and calculates the strengths of signals received from the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303, respectively. To do. The portable device 102 acquires from the air conditioner 202 the strength of the signal received by the air conditioner 202 from each of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303.
As shown in FIG. 11, the air conditioner control unit 221 of the air conditioner 202 includes a reception intensity calculation unit 222 that calculates the intensity of signals received from each of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303. The reception intensity calculation unit 222 transmits information indicating the signal intensity calculated for each of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 to the portable device 102 via the air conditioner communication unit 22.

  The portable device control unit 213 of the portable device 102 calculates the position information of the air conditioner 202 based on the signal strengths calculated for each of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 received from the air conditioner 202. For example, in the case illustrated in FIG. 10, the facility device position information generation unit 232 acquires information indicating the strength of the output signal output from each of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303. These pieces of information may be stored in advance in the position information storage unit 192, for example. Then, the equipment position information generation unit 232 first calculates the signal attenuation from the intensity of the output signal and the signal intensity of the signal received by the air conditioner 202 from each of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303. To do. The facility equipment position information generation unit 232 calculates the distance between each of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 and the air conditioner 202 based on the calculated attenuation. The facility device position information generation unit 232 then represents the representative position of the air conditioner 202 (based on the three-dimensional coordinates of the three anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 acquired from the position information storage unit 192 and the calculated distance). For example, the three-dimensional coordinates of the position P 2) in FIG. 10 are calculated as the position information of the air conditioner 202.

  According to this configuration, the portable device can acquire the position information of the air conditioner without storing the position information of the air conditioner in the air conditioner.

In the embodiment, the case where one air conditioner 200 exists for one portable device 100 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of air conditioners are provided for one portable device 100. May be present.
And when there are a plurality of facility devices that have activation conditions for one portable device 100, the facility device that activates the operation interface unit 135 from these facility devices based on a preset priority order. The configuration may be such that only one is selected.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 12, it is assumed that both the attitude parameters θ21 and ψ21 with respect to the air conditioner 200A of the portable device 103 and the attitude parameters θ22 and ψ22 with respect to the air conditioner 200B have activation conditions. In this case, the portable device 103 functions as an operation interface by selecting any one of the air conditioners based on the priorities set in advance in the air conditioners 200A and 200B.

As illustrated in FIG. 13, the portable device 103 includes a priority storage unit 394 that stores the priority order set for each of a plurality of facility devices including the air conditioners 200 </ b> A and 200 </ b> B, and a facility device that activates the operation interface unit 135. And an equipment selection unit 337 for selecting. In FIG. 13, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 7 are assigned to the same configurations as those of the portable device 100 according to the embodiment.
The priority order storage unit 394 stores a priority order table that associates the priority order set for each of the plurality of facility devices including the air conditioners 200A and 200B with the device identification information (device ID). For example, as shown in FIG. 14, the priority order table sets the priority order of the air conditioner 200A to which the device identification information IDA is assigned to “1”, and prioritizes the air conditioner 200B to which the device identification information IDC is assigned. The rank is set to “2”.

Next, operation interface processing executed by the mobile device 103 according to the present modification will be described with reference to FIG. Here, description will be made assuming that the facility devices that can communicate with the portable device 103 are only two air conditioners 200A and 200B. In FIG. 15, processes similar to those in the embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals as in FIG. 8.
After the process of step S102 is performed, the posture information generation unit 133 represents the representative positions P21 (x21, y21, z21) and P22 (x22, y22, z22) of the air conditioners 200A and 200B and the representative of the portable device 103. Virtual straight lines L21 and L22 connecting the position P1 (x1, y1, z1) are specified (step S303).

  Next, the facility equipment selection unit 337 determines whether the activation conditions for the air conditioners 200A and 200B interfere with each other (step S304). Specifically, the facility device selection unit 337 determines the vertical direction of the second vector V21 along the virtual straight line L21, the angles φ21z and φ21y with respect to the north direction, and the vertical direction of the second vector V22 along the virtual straight line L22. The angles φ22z and φ22y with respect to the direction are calculated. Then, the equipment selection unit 337 determines whether or not the difference between the angle φ21z and the angle φ22z is within a range (greater than θ1 min and less than θmax) set as the activation condition for the posture parameter θ1. At the same time, the equipment selection unit 337 determines whether or not the difference between the angle φ21y and the angle φ22y is within the range set as the activation condition for the posture parameter ψ1 (over ψ1 min and less than ψ1max). The equipment device selection unit 337 determines that the activation condition interferes when both of the two differences are within the activation condition range.

In step S304, it is determined that the activation condition interferes (step S304: Yes). In this case, the facility equipment selection unit 337 refers to the priority order table stored in the priority order storage unit 394 and selects an air conditioner that activates the operation interface unit 135 (step S305). Thereafter, the process of step S103 is performed.
For example, assume that the priority order table is set as shown in FIG. In this case, since the priority “1” of the air conditioner 200A is higher than the priority “2” of the air conditioner 200B, the facility device selection unit 337 selects the air conditioner 200A.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S304 that the activation condition does not interfere (step S304: No), the process of step S103 is performed as it is.

  According to this configuration, even when a plurality of facility devices are arranged close to each other, only the operation interface unit 135 for one facility device selected from them can be activated, so that the user usability is improved. Can be achieved.

In the embodiment, the example in which the posture information generation unit 133 calculates the posture information indicating the inclination of the virtual axis J1 of the mobile device 100 with respect to the virtual straight line L1 has been described, but the content of the posture information is not limited to this. Absent.
For example, the posture information may indicate the inclination of the virtual axis J1 of the mobile device 100 with respect to the vertical direction and the north-south direction. In this case, the interface activation unit 134 may convert the activation condition into an activation condition for the attitude of the mobile device 100 with respect to the vertical direction and the north-south direction.

  Next, operation interface processing executed by the mobile device 100 according to the present modification will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 16, processes similar to those in the embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals as in FIG. 8.

  Next, the interface activation unit 134 converts the activation condition into an activation condition for the attitude of the mobile device 100 in the vertical direction and the north-south direction (step S403). As shown in FIG. 6, for example, the activation condition is defined by a maximum value (θ1max, ψ1max) and a minimum value (θ1min, ψ1min) in a certain angle range corresponding to each of the posture parameters θ1, ψ1. Then, the interface activation unit 134 converts each of the maximum value and the minimum value of the angle range into an angle obtained by adding the angles φ2z and φ2y with respect to the vertical direction and the north direction of the second vector V2 along the virtual straight line L1. That is, the interface activation unit 134 uses the angle range defined by the maximum value (θ1max + φ2z, ψ1max + φ2y) and the minimum value (θ1min + φ2z, ψ1min + φ2y) as the activation condition. Note that the virtual straight line L1 is specified by acquiring the representative position P2 of the air conditioner 200 and the representative position P1 of the portable device 100 by the processing of steps S101 and S102.

  Subsequently, the posture information generation unit 133 calculates the posture of the mobile device 100 with respect to the vertical direction and the north-south direction based on the signals input from the acceleration sensor 17 and the geomagnetic sensor 18 (step S404).

  Thereafter, the interface activation unit 134 determines whether the attitude of the mobile device 100 satisfies the activation condition based on the activation condition calculated in the process of step S403 (step S105). Thereafter, the processing from step S106 is performed.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to determine whether or not the activation condition of the portable device 100 with respect to the vertical direction is directly satisfied.

  In the embodiment, the configuration may be such that the position information of the mobile device is generated from two anchor nodes.

  As shown in FIG. 17, in the mobile device 104 according to this modification, the mobile device communication unit 416 includes an array antenna 416a. In addition, the portable device control unit 413 generates a position information of the portable device 104 based on the strength and direction of arrival of signals received from the two anchor nodes 304 and 305 via the array antenna 416a. 431. The position information storage unit 192 stores the three-dimensional coordinates of the two anchor nodes 304 and 305 as position information.

  The mobile device position information generation unit 431 first acquires information indicating the strength of the output signal output from each of the two anchor nodes 304 and 305. These pieces of information may be stored in advance in the position information storage unit 192, for example. Then, the mobile device position information generation unit 431 calculates an attenuation amount from the intensity of the output signal and the strengths of the signals received by the mobile device communication unit 416 from the two anchor nodes 304 and 305, respectively. The mobile device position information generation unit 431 calculates the distance between each of the two anchor nodes 304 and 305 and the mobile device 104 based on the calculated attenuation amount. In addition, the mobile device position information generation unit 431 calculates the arrival directions of the signals arriving from the two anchor nodes 304 and 305 based on the intensity and phase of the signal arriving at each antenna constituting the array antenna 416a. The portable device position information generation unit 431 then represents the representative position of the portable device 104 based on the three-dimensional coordinates of the two anchor nodes 304 and 305 acquired from the position information storage unit 192 and the calculated distance and arrival direction. Are calculated as position information of the mobile device 104.

  According to this configuration, since the number of necessary anchor nodes can be reduced, the entire operation interface system can be reduced in size.

  In addition, for example, the plurality of anchor nodes may be arranged in a state separated from each other at a location different from the representative position of the air conditioner 200 inside the air conditioner 200. In this case, the air conditioner position information storage unit 231 of the air conditioner 200 may store the three-dimensional coordinates of each of the plurality of anchor nodes as the position information of the anchor node. Then, the air conditioner control unit 21 may acquire the position information of each anchor node from the air conditioner position information storage unit 231 and transmit it to the mobile device 100. The portable device 100 may store the position information of the anchor node received from the air conditioner 200 in the position information storage unit 192.

  In the embodiment and the modification, the number of anchor nodes is not limited to three or two, and may be four or more.

  In embodiment, the code which shows the positional information on the air conditioner 200 is displayed on the outer surface of the air conditioner 200, and the portable device 100 reads the code provided on the outer surface of the air conditioner 200 via the camera. A part may be provided. As the code, for example, a QR code (registered trademark) or a barcode can be adopted.

  In the embodiment or the modification, an example using a plurality of anchor nodes 301, 302, and 303 (304, 305) has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a GPS (Global Positioning System) is used. The representative position of the mobile device may be calculated.

  Alternatively, a plurality of sensors that detect signals coming from the portable device are arranged around the portable device, and each of the plurality of sensors measures the arrival time of the received signal using its own clock unit. May be. In this case, the mobile device collects the arrival times of the measured signals from each of the plurality of sensors, and based on the signal transmission speed, the position information indicating the position of each sensor, and the arrival time of each sensor, May be calculated.

  In the embodiment, the example in which the operation interface unit 135 is activated each time when the interface activation unit 134 has activation conditions has been described. However, the configuration is limited to a configuration in which the operation interface unit 135 repeats activation / deactivation. is not. For example, even if the operation interface unit 135 is activated when the mobile device 100 is powered on and maintains a sleep state and the posture parameter has a certain activation condition, the operation interface unit 135 may be in an active state. Good.

  Moreover, the portable devices 100, 102, 103, and 104 according to the present invention can be realized by using a normal computer system, not a dedicated system. For example, to a computer connected to a network, a program for executing the above operation is stored in a non-transitory recording medium (CD-ROM or the like) that can be read by a computer system, and the program is distributed to the computer. You may comprise the portable devices 100, 102, 103, and 104 which perform the above-mentioned process by installing in a system.

  Further, the method for providing the program to the computer is arbitrary. For example, the program may be uploaded to a bulletin board (BBS) on a communication line and distributed to a computer via the communication line. Then, the computer activates this program and executes it like other applications under the control of the OS. Thereby, the computer functions as the portable devices 100, 102, 103, and 104 that execute the above-described processing.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Input part, 12 Display part, 13, 213, 313, 413 Portable apparatus control part, 13a Timer, 14 ROM, 15 RAM, 16, 416 Portable apparatus communication part, 17 Acceleration sensor, 18 Geomagnetic sensor, 19 Portable apparatus memory | storage device 21, 22 Air conditioner control unit, 22 Air conditioner communication unit, 23 Air conditioner storage device, 100, 102, 103, 104 Portable device, 131, 431 Portable device position information generation unit, 132 Equipment device position information acquisition unit, 133 Attitude information generation unit, 134 interface activation unit, 135 operation interface unit, 191 operation interface information storage unit, 192 position information storage unit, 193 activation condition storage unit, 200, 202 air conditioner, 222 reception intensity calculation unit, 231 air conditioner Position information storage unit, 232 Equipment device position information generation unit, 30 1, 302, 303, 304, 305 Anchor node, 337 Equipment selection unit, 394 Priority storage unit, 416a Array antenna, J1 virtual axis, L1, L21, L22 Virtual straight line, P1, P2, P21, P22 Representative position

Claims (7)

An operation interface information storage unit for storing operation interface information related to the operation interface of the equipment;
It operates based on the operation interface information stored in the operation interface information storage unit, accepts a user operation, generates operation information corresponding to the accepted operation, and uses the generated operation information as the operation interface information. An operation interface that transmits to the corresponding equipment;
The equipment device position information indicating the position of the equipment device and the device position information indicating the position of the device itself are acquired, and the device itself with respect to the equipment device is acquired based on the acquired equipment device position information and the device position information. A posture information generation unit for generating posture information indicating the posture of
An interface actuating unit that activates the operation interface unit when the attitude of the device indicated by the attitude information satisfies an activation condition of the operation interface unit;
Equipment operation device. The posture information is
The representative position of the facility device indicated by the facility device position information in the direction of the first vector along one virtual axis serving as a reference for specifying the posture of the device itself and the position of the own device indicated by the device position information It is composed of posture parameters representing a deviation from the direction of the second vector along a virtual straight line connecting the representative position,
The activation condition is:
The posture parameter is within a certain criterion range;
The equipment operation device according to claim 1. A location information storage unit for storing the equipment location information and the device location information;
The equipment location information acquisition unit that acquires the equipment location information from the equipment and stores the acquired equipment location information in the location information storage unit;
Based on the strength of signals received from a plurality of anchor nodes, the device itself generates the device position information by estimating the position of the device, and the generated device position information is stored in the position information storage unit. A self-device position information generation unit to be stored in
The posture information generation unit acquires the equipment device position information and the own apparatus position information from the position information storage unit.
The equipment operating device according to claim 1 or 2. The own device position information generation unit
Estimating the position of the own device based on the direction of arrival of the signal together with the strength of the signal received by the own device from a plurality of anchor nodes;
The equipment operation device according to claim 3. A location information storage unit for storing the equipment location information and the device location information;
From the equipment, the equipment information is obtained by acquiring strength information indicating the strength of signals received by the equipment from a plurality of anchor nodes, and estimating the position of the equipment based on the obtained strength information. An equipment device position information generating unit that generates information and stores the generated equipment device position information in the position information storage unit;
Based on the strength of signals received from a plurality of anchor nodes, the device itself generates the device position information by estimating the position of the device, and the generated device position information is stored in the position information storage unit. A self-device position information generation unit to be stored in
The posture information generation unit acquires the equipment device position information and the own apparatus position information from the position information storage unit.
The equipment operating device according to claim 1 or 2. Based on the operation interface information stored in the operation interface information storage unit that stores the operation interface information related to the operation interface of the equipment device, an equipment operation method for starting the operation of the operation interface unit corresponding to the equipment device,
The operation interface unit operates based on the operation interface information stored in the operation interface information storage unit, receives a user operation, and generates operation information corresponding to the received operation;
The facility equipment position information indicating the position of the facility equipment and the equipment operation device position information indicating the position of the equipment operation device are acquired, and based on the acquired equipment device position information and the equipment operation device position information, Generating posture information indicating a relative posture of the facility operating device;
When the posture of the equipment operation device indicated by the posture information satisfies the activation condition of the operation interface unit, the step of bringing the operation interface unit into an active state,
Equipment operation method. Computer
A program for functioning as a device for starting the operation of the operation interface unit corresponding to the equipment device based on the operation interface information related to the operation interface of the equipment device,
An operation interface unit that operates based on the operation interface information stored in the operation interface information storage unit, receives a user operation, and generates operation information according to the received operation,
The facility equipment position information indicating the position of the facility equipment and the equipment operation device position information indicating the position of the equipment operation device are acquired, and based on the acquired equipment device position information and the equipment operation device position information, A posture information generating unit that generates posture information indicating a relative posture of the equipment operation device;
When the posture of the equipment operation device indicated by the posture information satisfies the activation condition of the operation interface unit, an interface operation unit that activates the operation interface unit,
Program to function as.

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