TW202114389A - Home electrical appliance system, control method, and control program - Google Patents

Abstract

The home electrical appliance system according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided with: an acquisition unit for acquiring an installation place of a home electrical appliance; a condition determination unit for determining, in accordance with the installation place and an operation time for operating the home electrical appliance, a use condition for using a measurement value from at least one sensor provided to the home electrical appliance; and a home electrical appliance control unit for controlling the home electrical appliance in accordance with operational details based on a determination result obtained from the measurement value and the installation place.

Description

Home appliance equipment system, control method, and control program

This disclosure is about home appliance systems and the like.

The following Patent Document 1 discloses a technique capable of sensing the surrounding illuminance with a humidifier, and controlling the humidification operation based on the sensed illuminance.

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Publication "Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-281504"

In the humidifier described in Patent Document 1, when the illuminance sensed by the sensor is smaller than the reference illuminance, it is executed in a sleep mode with a small amount of humidification.

An aspect of the present disclosure, for example, will realize a household electrical appliance system based on the measurement value from a sensor corresponding to the installation location of the household electrical appliance and the operating time of the household electrical appliance, and can be an efficient operation content to control the household electrical appliance, etc. .

A household electrical appliance system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: an obtaining unit that obtains the installation position of the household electrical appliance; and a condition determining unit, based on the installation location and the operating time of the household electrical appliance, decides to use at least one sensor from the household electrical appliance. The use condition of the measured value of the measuring device; and the home appliance control unit to control the home appliance with the action content based on the installation position and the judgment result obtained from the measured value.

The control method of a household electrical appliance system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: an obtaining step to obtain the installation position of the household electrical appliance; The use condition of the measured value of the at least one sensor; and a home appliance control step to control the home appliance based on the setting position and the action content of the judgment result obtained from the measured value.

The control program of the household electrical appliance system of one aspect of the present disclosure realizes in the household electrical appliance system: obtain function, obtain the installation position of the household electrical appliance; condition determination function, determine the use according to the installation position and the operating time of the household electrical appliance The use condition of the measured value from at least one sensor included in the household electrical appliance; and the household electrical appliance control function to control the household electrical appliance with the action content based on the setting position and the judgment result obtained from the measured value.

[Embodiment 1] Based on FIGS. 1 to 6, the first embodiment (Embodiment 1) will be described. In addition, with respect to the drawings, the same or equivalent elements are given the same symbols, and repeated descriptions are omitted.

(Overview of server 100) FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of the configuration of a household electrical appliance system 120 and an example of the configuration of an information processing system 121.

As shown in FIG. 1, the household electrical appliance system 120 may be, for example, a system including a server 100 and an air conditioner (household electrical appliance) 105, or may be a system composed of only the server 100 (a system included in the server 100). ). In the latter case, the server 100 operates as a household electrical appliance system 120 and controls the external air conditioner 105.

In addition, the information processing system 121 may be, for example, a system in which a smart phone (user terminal) 110a is added to the home appliance system 120. In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the information processing system 121 may further include a notebook PC (user terminal) 110b. That is, the number of user terminals included in the information processing system 121 may be one or more.

The air conditioner 105 is a household electrical appliance having a humidity adjustment function for adjusting humidity such as humidification and dehumidification. In this embodiment, although the air conditioner 105 is described as an example of a household appliance, if it is a device with the above-mentioned humidity adjustment function, regardless of its type (for example, the household appliance may be a humidifier, an air purifier, or an air conditioner). Wait).

The conventional air conditioner judges the presence or absence of a person based on the measurement value from the sensor included in the air conditioner, and operates according to the action content corresponding to the judgment result. At this time, the air conditioner is only based on the measurement value from the sensor, and it is impossible to determine whether a person is present or not, and there is a concern that it cannot be operated with an appropriate operation content.

Therefore, the server 100 obtains the installation position of the air conditioner 105, and based on the installation position and the operating time of the air conditioner 105, determines the usage conditions that use the measured value from at least one sensor included in the air conditioner 105 to The air conditioner 105 is operated based on the operation content of the installation position and the judgment result obtained from the measurement value corresponding to the use condition.

In this way, the server 100 can determine, based on the installation location and the operating time, for example, which sensor measurement value is used to determine whether a person is present, and determine an appropriate action corresponding to the installation location and the determination result of the presence or absence of a person. content. That is, the server 100 can determine an appropriate method of use of the sensor included in the air conditioner 105 based on the installation position and the operating time, and there is an effect of determining the appropriate operation content in accordance with the method of use.

In addition, the air conditioner 105 can determine the use condition of the measurement value from at least one sensor based on the installation position and the operating time, and determine the judgment result based on the installation position and the measurement value obtained based on the use condition. Action content, the action is based on the action content.

As a result, even when the air conditioner 105 is not connected to the server 100, it is possible to determine an appropriate method of use of the sensor based on the installation position and operating time, so as to achieve a so-called appropriate operation in accordance with the method of use. The effect of content actions.

(Configuration of Server 100) Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the main parts of the server. As shown in FIG. 2, the server 100 may include, for example, a communication unit 201, a storage unit 202, and a control unit 210. The control unit 210 may include, for example, an installation position acquisition unit 211, an operation time acquisition unit 212, a measurement value acquisition unit 213, a condition determination unit 214, a measurement value selection unit 215, a reflection degree determination unit 216, a determination unit 217, and an operation determination unit. Section 218, home appliance control section 219, operation information acquisition section 220, learning section 221, and sound output control section 222.

The control unit 210 has a function of uniformly controlling various functions of the server 100, and is realized by, for example, a controller (processor) such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

The communication unit 201, for example, transmits and receives various data via the network from the air conditioner 105 and a user terminal (for example, a smart phone 110a, a notebook PC 110b). In addition, the communication unit 201 may be, for example, hardware that can communicate with the outside via a network in accordance with a predetermined communication method. It is sufficient to have the essential function of realizing communication with external devices, and the communication line, communication method, communication medium, etc. are not limited.

The receiving unit 201a may be, for example, receiving various information from the air conditioner 105 or the smart phone 110a (or the notebook PC 110b), and outputting the information to each unit included in the control unit 210.

The transmitting unit 201b may be, for example, transmitting various information input from each unit included in the control unit 210 to the air conditioner 105 or the smartphone 110a (or the notebook PC 110b).

The installation position acquisition unit (acquisition unit) 211 acquires the installation position of the air conditioner 105. Here, the installation location indicates, for example, the location of the user's home where the air conditioner 105 is installed, and specifically, is a bedroom, a living room, a hallway, a child's room, and the like.

In addition, the installation location acquisition unit 211 may be obtained by associating a device ID (for example, user ID, serial number, manufacturing number, etc.) that can identify the air conditioner 105 with the installation location, for example.

The operation time acquisition unit 212 acquires, for example, the operation time indicating the time at which the air conditioner 105 is operated.

The measurement value acquisition unit 213 acquires a measurement value measured by at least one sensor included in the air conditioner 105, for example. In addition, the measurement value acquisition unit 213 acquires a plurality of measurement values from a plurality of sensors included in the air conditioner 105, for example.

In addition, the installation position acquisition unit 211, the operation time acquisition unit 212, and the measurement value acquisition unit 213 may directly acquire various information (for example, installation position, operation time, and measurement value) from the air conditioner 105 connected to and communicating with the server 100. ), it can also be obtained through the smart phone 110a (or the notebook PC 110b).

The condition determination unit 214 determines the use condition using the measured value from at least one sensor included in the air conditioner 105 based on the installation position and the operating time (hereinafter referred to as "operating time") at which the air conditioner 105 is operated.

In addition, the condition determining unit 214 may be, for example, determining a condition for using a plurality of measurement values from a plurality of sensors included in the air conditioner 105 as the use condition.

In addition, the condition determination unit 214 may be, for example, when the installation location is the entrance, and determine the conditions for using the measured value from the odor and dust sensor included in the air conditioner 105 as the usage conditions.

The measurement value selection unit 215, for example, selects and obtains a measurement value corresponding to the use condition determined by the condition determination unit 214 from among a plurality of measurement values acquired by the measurement value acquisition unit 213.

The reflection degree determination unit 216, for example, in the process of obtaining the judgment result from the measured value, determines the degree of reflection indicating the degree to which the measured value is reflected based on the relationship between the installation position and the operating time. In addition, the reflection degree determination unit 216 may also be, for example, based on the relationship between the installation position and the operating time, among the use conditions determined by the condition determination unit 214, the so-called use condition of not using the measured value of a certain sensor is set as The so-called use conditions for lowering the degree of reflection of the measurement value of the sensor are related to the type of sensor and the degree of reflection, and output to the judgment unit 217.

The judging unit 217, for example, obtains the result of judging whether or not a person exists at the installation location from the measured value as the judgment result. The determination unit 217, specifically, for example, obtains a result of determining whether or not a person exists based on whether or not the measurement value from the sensor is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, as the determination result. In addition, the determination unit 217 may determine whether or not a person exists, for example, based on the measurement value corrected by the above-mentioned degree of reflection.

The operation determination unit 218, for example, determines an operation based on a combination of the determination result obtained from the measured value, the installation position, and the operation time as the amount of humidification or the air volume as the operation content.

The home appliance control unit 219 controls the air conditioner 105 based on the operation content of the installation position and the determination result obtained from the measured value. In addition, the home appliance control unit 219 may be, for example, to control the air conditioner 105 with the content of operation based on the determination result obtained from a combination of a plurality of measured values. In addition, the home appliance control unit 219, for example, when the installation location is a bedroom and the operation time is at night, it can perform humidification operations with a humidification volume smaller than the reference humidification volume, or blow air with an air volume smaller than the reference air volume. The action of is set as the action content, and the air conditioner 105 is controlled.

The operation information obtaining unit 220 obtains information related to user operations in the air conditioner 105, for example. The operation information acquisition unit 220, for example, after starting the operation of the air conditioner 105 with the operation content determined by the operation determination unit 218, acquires information related to the user's operation for adjusting the operation content.

The learning unit 221, for example, starts the operation of the air conditioner 105 with the operation content determined by the operation determination unit 218, and then feeds back the user's operation for adjusting the operation content, and changes the judgment result obtained from the measured value to the corresponding operation content. .

The sound output control unit 222, for example, starts the air conditioner 105 with the determined operation content, and then causes the air conditioner 105 to output a predetermined sound based on the judgment result obtained from the measured value and the operating time.

The storage unit 202 may be a storage device that can store arbitrary information, for example, it is composed of a hard disk, an SSD (Silicon State Drive), a semiconductor memory, a DVD, and so on.

(Method of determining the usage conditions for obtaining the measured value from the sensor) 3A to 3C are examples of information showing usage conditions using the measured value from the sensor and the operation content of the air conditioner 105. Fig. 3A shows an example of information on the above-mentioned use conditions based on the installation position and the operating time. FIG. 3B is an example of information showing the type of operation mode based on the installation position and the operating time. FIG. 3C is an example of information showing the operation content of the air conditioner 105 corresponding to the type of operation mode.

The condition determination unit 214 decides to use multiple sensors (e.g., human sensor, illuminance, etc.) based on the installation location (e.g., bedroom, living room, entrance, etc.) and operating time (e.g., morning, noon, evening, etc.) Sensors, smell and dust sensors, etc.) of the measured value of use conditions.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the condition determination unit 214, for example, determines that the so-called installation location is "bedroom" and the operating time is "night", without using sensors from human sensors, illuminance sensors, or smell and dust sensors. The conditions of use of the measured values. In addition, the condition determination unit 214, for example, determines that even if the installation location is "Entrance", the operation time is arbitrary, and the measurement values from the human sensor and the illuminance sensor are not used, but the smell and dust are used instead. Use conditions of the measured value of the detector. In addition, the condition determination unit 214 determines, for example, a use condition that uses the measured values from all the sensors even when the installation location is "living room", the operation time is an arbitrary time.

In addition, the condition determination unit 214 may be, for example, instead of the above-mentioned use conditions, a selection condition indicating which measurement value is selected from the measurement value obtained from the sensor, or indicating which sensor the measurement value is obtained from. The conditions for obtaining. That is, the measurement value acquisition unit 213 may, for example, acquire measurement values from all the sensors included in the air conditioner 105, and the measurement value selection unit 215 selects only the measurement values from all the sensors The measurement value of the sensor corresponding to the selection condition based on the installation position and the operating time. In addition, the measurement value obtaining unit 213 may obtain, for example, only the measurement value of the sensor corresponding to the above-mentioned obtaining condition, and the measurement value selection unit 215 may select the obtained measurement value.

In addition, the server 100 may send the type of sensor that uses the measurement value corresponding to the above-mentioned use condition to the air conditioner 105 via the communication unit 201, and the air conditioner 105 receives the sensor corresponding to the received use condition. The device obtains the measurement value, sends the measurement value to the server 100, and the measurement value obtaining unit 213 obtains the received measurement value.

As a result, the server 100 can obtain and use the measurement value from an appropriate sensor corresponding to the installation position and the operating time from among the plurality of sensors. In addition, the server 100 can appropriately determine whether there is a person based on the measurement value from an appropriate sensor.

(Determination method of operation mode based on installation position and operating time) The operation determination unit 218 determines whether a person is present based on the measurement value of the sensor corresponding to the above-mentioned use condition, and determines the operation mode based on the result of the determination, the installation position, and the operating time.

Specifically, the server 100, for example, obtains the situation of the installation location "bedroom" and the operating time "night", and the measured value selection unit 215 is based on the above-mentioned use conditions and does not use sensors from humans, illuminance, and The measured value of the smell and dust sensor (refer to Figure 3A). Next, the determination unit 217 may, for example, determine whether a person exists without using the measured value, and obtain the determination result "person exists" assuming that the person exists.

As illustrated in FIG. 3B, next, the operation determination unit 218 determines "mode 3" as the operation mode based on the judgment result "human presence", the installation position "bedroom", and the operation mode "night". Here, the operation determination unit 218 may always determine the operation mode "mode 3" without using the judgment result of the presence or absence of a person in the case of the operation mode "night" in the installation position "bedroom".

In addition, the server 100, for example, obtains the situation where the installation position is "entrance" and the operating time is "noon", and the measurement value selection unit 215 is based on the above-mentioned use conditions and does not use the sensors from the human sensor and the illuminance sensor. For the measurement value, the measurement value from the smell and dust sensor was used (refer to FIG. 3A). Next, the judging unit 217 judges that the measured value from the smell and dust sensor is higher than the predetermined value, and the measured value is higher than the predetermined value, judges whether a person exists, and obtains the judgment result "person exists". For example, the determination unit 217 may determine the presence of a person when the measured value of odor is higher than the predetermined value, or when the measured value of dust is higher than the predetermined value.

Next, the action determining unit 218 sets the position to be "Entrance", the operating time is "noon", and the judgment result is "person present", decides "Mode 2" as the action mode, and the judgment result is "person absent". , Decide "Mode 4" as the action mode.

As a result, the server 100 can determine an appropriate operation mode according to the determination result of the installation position and the operation time, and the measurement value of the appropriate sensor.

(How to determine the action content corresponding to the action mode) The operation determination unit 218 determines the operation content (for example, increased humidity, air volume) of the air conditioner 105 corresponding to the determined operation mode.

As illustrated in FIG. 3C, the operation determination unit 218 may determine the added humidity "strong" and the air volume "strong" as the operation content when the determined operation mode is "mode 1". In addition, the operation determining unit 218 may also determine the humidification "medium" and the air volume "medium" when the operation mode is "mode 2", and determine the humidification "medium" when the operation mode is "mode 3". "Weak", air volume "weak", and the above action mode is "Mode 4", respectively determine the humidity "stop" and air volume "medium".

Here, the operation determining unit 218, for example, determines that the humidification is "weak" when the humidification amount is smaller than the reference humidification amount (for example, the humidification amount of the humidification capacity of the air conditioner 105). The content of the action. The operation determining unit 218, similarly, determines the content of the operation with a "strong" humidification when operating with a humidification amount greater than the reference humidification amount, and when operating with a humidification amount equivalent to the reference humidification amount, Determine the content of the action of adding humidity "medium".

In addition, the operation determining unit 218 determines, for example, the operation content of the "weak" air volume when operating with an air volume smaller than the reference air volume (for example, a moderate air volume of the air conditioner 105). The operation determination unit 218 similarly determines the operation content of the air volume "strong" when operating at an air volume larger than the reference air volume, and determines the operation content of the air volume "medium" when operating at the same level as the reference air volume.

In this way, the server 100 can determine the appropriate operation content corresponding to the determination result by the installation position and the operating time and the measurement value by the appropriate sensor, and can make the air conditioner 105 with the determined operation content Act efficiently.

(Specific example of determined action content) 4A to 4B are examples of specific operation contents determined when the server 100 obtains the device ID, device location, and operation time of the household electrical appliance. FIG. 4A is an example of the operation content when the installation position of the air conditioner 105 is the "bedroom". FIG. 4B is an example of the operation content when the installation position of the air conditioner 105 is the "living room" and "the entrance".

As shown in FIG. 4A, when the installation position acquisition unit 211 acquires the equipment ID "K1" and the installation position "bedroom" of the air conditioner 105, and the operation time acquisition unit 212 acquires the operation time "23:00", the condition determination unit 214 is The operating time "23:00" is judged to be "night", corresponding to the installation location "bedroom" and the operating time "night", and it is decided not to use the measurement from the human sensor, illuminance sensor, and smell sensor Value usage conditions (refer to Figure 3A). Here, the condition determination unit 214 may, for example, determine that the operating time is from 4 o'clock to 11 o'clock as "morning", from 11 o'clock to 17 o'clock as "noon", and from 17:00 to 4 o'clock as "noon" "at night".

In addition, the measurement value selection unit 215 may not use the measurement values from the human sensor, the illuminance sensor, or the smell and dust sensor based on the above-mentioned use conditions, and the determination unit 217, for example, does not use the measurement value to determine whether a person is present. , To obtain the judgment result that assumes the existence of human beings "human existence". Next, the action determining unit 218 corresponds to the judgment result "person present", the installation location "bedroom", and the operating time "night", obtains the action mode "mode 3" (refer to FIG. 3B), and obtains the corresponding "mode 3" Add humidity "weak" and air volume "weak" (refer to Figure 3C).

As a result, the server 100 can always make the air conditioner 105 operate quietly with the added humidity "weak" and the air volume "weak" in the bedroom at night, regardless of the sensor's measurement value, and can prevent the air conditioner 105 from being disturbed by the air conditioner 105. The running sound hinders the user's sleep. That is, the conventional air conditioner, for example, uses a human sensor to determine the presence of a person, and operates in accordance with the environment (for example, humidity, temperature) of the installation location, but the server 100 is even in the installation location. When it is a "bedroom" and the operating time is "night", it is a case where there is actually a person, and the air conditioner 105 can also be operated quietly.

In addition, the conventional air conditioner operates in the sleeping humidification mode because the measured value of the illuminance sensor is less than a predetermined value. For example, the user does not completely turn off the lighting, and sleeps with the lighting set to slightly darker. In the case, the measured value by the illuminance sensor does not fall below the predetermined value, and it does not operate in the bedtime humidification mode. However, the server 100 can make the air conditioner 105 operate quietly at any time regardless of the brightness of the bedroom when the installation position is "bedroom" and the operating time is "night".

As shown in FIG. 4B, the installation location acquisition unit 211 acquires the equipment ID "K2" and the installation location "entrance" of the air conditioner 105, and the operation time acquisition unit 212 acquires the operation time "8:00", the condition determination unit 214 is The operating time "8:00" is judged to be "morning", corresponding to the installation location "entrance" and the operating time "morning", and the usage conditions are determined using only the measured value from the odor and dust sensor (refer to FIG. 3A).

In addition, if the judgment result of the judgment unit 217 is "human presence", the action determination unit 218 is based on the judgment result of the judgment unit 217 "human presence", the installation location "entrance", and the operating time "morning", Determine the operation mode "mode 1" (refer to FIG. 3B), and determine the humidification "strong" and the air volume "strong" corresponding to the "mode 1" (refer to FIG. 3C). In addition, when the judgment result of the judgment unit 217 is "the person is absent", the action determination unit 218 similarly determines the "mode 4" (refer to FIG. 3B) to determine the humidity "stop" and the air volume "medium" (refer to Figure 3C).

As a result, when the server 100 can be set to the “entrance gate”, an appropriate operation content is determined based on the determination result of the measurement value only from the smell and dust sensor. That is, in the conventional air conditioner, when the installation location is the entrance, although the switch is based on the measurement value of the human sensor or the illuminance sensor every time a person enters and exits, the lighting of the entrance is turned on and off, The content of the judgment result of the operation, but the server 100 can switch to an appropriate judgment result based on the measurement value from the smell and dust sensor, only the smell of the entrance, the increase of dust, etc., when there is a change in the state of the air Action content. As a result, the server 100 has the effect of being able to efficiently operate the air conditioner 105 without uselessly operating it, thereby reducing power consumption.

In addition, when the installation position acquisition unit 211 acquires the equipment ID "K3" of the air conditioner 105 and the installation position "living room", and the operation time acquisition unit 212 acquires the operation time "13:00", the condition determination unit 214 sets the operation time " 13:00" is judged as "noon", corresponding to the installation location "living room" and the operating time "noon", the use conditions for using the measured values from the human sensor, illuminance sensor, and odor and dust sensor are determined ( Refer to Figure 3A). In addition, the operation determination unit 218 similarly determines the humidification and air volume corresponding to the determination result of the presence or absence of a person, the installation location "living room", and the operating time "noon".

Thereby, the server 100 can determine an appropriate operation based on the measurement value from an appropriate sensor based on the installation position and the operation time even at any installation position and any operation time.

(How to determine the degree of reflection to reflect the measured value) The reflection degree determination unit 216, for example, before the judgment unit 217 obtains the judgment result of judging whether or not a person exists based on the measurement value from the sensor, it determines the degree of reflection indicating the degree to which the obtained measurement value is reflected based on the installation position and the operating time. . Then, the judgment unit 217 judges whether there is a person based on the measured value corrected by the degree of reflection.

That is to say, the reflection degree determination unit 216 may also be based on the relationship between the installation position and the operating time, among the use conditions determined by the condition determination unit 214, the so-called use condition that does not use the measured value of a certain sensor as The so-called use conditions for lowering the degree of reflection of the measurement value of the sensor are related to the type of sensor and the degree of reflection, and output to the judgment unit 217.

Specifically, in the case of the so-called use condition where the measured value of the illuminance sensor is not used, the reflection degree determination unit 216 associates the illuminance sensor with the low reflection degree “0.2” and outputs it to the judgment unit 217. In addition, the determination unit 217 corrects the value obtained by multiplying the reflection degree "0.2" by the measurement value from the illuminance sensor as a measurement, and determines whether or not a person exists based on the corrected measurement value. That is, the determination unit 217 corrects the measurement value from the illuminance sensor to a low measurement value to determine, and reduces the degree of considering the measurement value from the illuminance sensor to determine whether a person is present.

As a result, the server 100 can appropriately determine whether a person is present at the level of an appropriate measurement value corresponding to the use condition according to the installation position and the operating time.

(Feedback processing for user operations) After the air conditioner 105 starts operating with the operation content received from the server 100, when the user performs an operation to adjust the operation content in the air conditioner 105, the air conditioner 105 sends the user operation to the server 100. Then, the operation information obtaining unit 220 obtains the user operation from the air conditioner 105. Next, the learning unit 221 changes the correspondence between the determination result obtained from the measurement value and the action content, based on the above-mentioned user operation, for example.

In addition, after the learning unit 221 changes the correspondence between the judgment result and the action content, when the server 100 determines the action content based on the acquired installation position and operating time, the action determination unit 218 refers to the correspondence relationship between the judgment result of the user's operation and the action content. , Determine the content of the operation corresponding to the judgment result of the acquired measurement value, the installation position, and the operating time.

For example, after the server 100 starts the operation of the air conditioner 105 with the humidification "weak" and the air volume "weak" corresponding to the operation content of the installation position "bedroom" and the operating time "night", the user sets the humidification " In the case of an operation of "strong", the operation information obtaining unit 220 obtains the content of the operation. Next, the learning unit 221 compares the humidity "weak" corresponding to the operation mode "mode 3" corresponding to the installation location "bedroom", the operating time "night", and the determination result of the determination unit 217 "person presence". The action content has been changed to add humidity "strong". In addition, the server 100 decides to increase the humidity "strong" when determining the operation content corresponding to the installation location "bedroom", the operating time "night", and the determination result "human presence" under the same conditions.

Thereby, the server 100 can feed back the user's operation on the air conditioner 105, so that the user can determine an appropriate operation content.

Here, the learning unit 221 may be configured to obtain the same user operation for a predetermined number of times or more (for example, two or more times) in the same installation position and the same operating time, and then use the measured value based on the user operation. Corresponding changes between the obtained judgment result and the action content. That is, the learning unit changes the correspondence according to the number of times the user operation is fed back.

As a result, the server 100 can not respond to user operations when the air conditioner 105 is mis-operated by the user, but only when the user reliably performs the same operation more than a predetermined number of times (for example, the same operation more than three times in succession, or, The same operation in the same time zone on different dates) is reflected in determining the action content of the user's operation, and based on the user's operation, the appropriate action content is determined.

(Sound output processing from air conditioner 105) The sound output control unit 222 may be, for example, to send a predetermined sound to the air conditioner 105 after starting the operation of the air conditioner 105 with the determined operation content. In addition, the sound output control unit 222 may, for example, obtain sound information corresponding to the action content determined by the action determination unit 218 from the memory unit 202, start the operation of the air conditioner 105 based on the action content, and then transmit the voice information To the air conditioner 105. In addition, the air conditioner 105 outputs the received sound information from a sound output unit included in the air conditioner 105.

Specifically, the sound output control unit 222 sends the determined action content, that is, the sound information corresponding to the added humidity "weak" and the air volume "weak" "Set the added humidity to weak, and the air volume to weak" to the air conditioner 105 , The air conditioner 105 outputs the sound information from the sound output unit.

Thereby, the server 100 can output the action content as a voice when the action based on the determined action content is started at the air conditioner 105, and the user can easily know the action content.

(Processing executed in information processing system 121) Fig. 5 is an example of a screen displayed on a user terminal (for example, a smartphone 110a). As shown in FIG. 5, when the air conditioner 105 is installed by the user, and the smartphone 110a owned by the user is connected to the air conditioner 105, a screen for inputting setting information including the installation position of the air conditioner 105 and the like is displayed. In addition, when the smartphone 110a inputs "send", it sends the information of the installation position entered in the input field of the "installation position" to the server 100.

Here, the smart phone 110a may also associate home appliance information (for example, device ID, model name, manufacturing number, etc.) that can identify the air conditioner 105 with the installation location and send it to the server 100. In addition, the smartphone 110a may receive the operating time of the air conditioner 105 from the air conditioner 105 and a user operation for adjusting the operation content of the air conditioner 105, and transmit the operating time and the user operation to the server 100.

As a result, the server 100 can associate and manage the operation contents of each household electrical appliance and each household electrical appliance with respect to a plurality of household electrical appliances. In addition, when the server 100 can replace a household electrical appliance installed at a certain installation location with another household electrical appliance, it refers to the operation content of the household electrical appliance installed at the installation location, and sets the operation content that is the same as the operation content as the replacement. Of other home appliances.

(Processing executed in server 100) FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of processing executed by the server 100.

Initially, the installation position acquisition unit 211 receives and acquires the installation position of the air conditioner 105 from the air conditioner 105 or the smartphone 110a (or the notebook PC 110b) that is communicatively connected to the server 100 (S101). Next, the operation time acquisition unit 212 receives and acquires the operation time of the air conditioner 105 from the air conditioner 105 or the smartphone 110a (or the notebook PC 110b) that is communicatively connected to the server 100 (S102).

In addition, the condition determination unit 214 determines the usage conditions for using the measured value from the sensor included in the air conditioner 105 based on the installation location and the operating time (S103). Next, the measurement value selection unit 215 selects a measurement value from among the measurement values of the sensor acquired by the measurement value acquisition unit 213 based on the usage conditions (S104).

Then, the judging unit 217 obtains the result of judging whether or not a person exists at the installation location from the selected measurement value as the judgment result (S105). Next, the operation determination unit 218 determines the operation content (for example, the humidification volume, the air volume) based on the determination result (S106). In addition, the home appliance control unit 219 controls the air conditioner 105 to operate based on the determined operation content (S107).

(The effect of server 100) The server 100 can obtain a measurement value from an appropriate sensor corresponding to the installation position and the operating time of the air conditioner 105, and can appropriately determine whether or not a person is present based on the measurement value. That is, the server 100 can determine an appropriate method of using the sensor included in the air conditioner 105 based on the installation position and the operating time.

Therefore, the server 100 has the effect of being able to determine the appropriate operation content corresponding to the installation position, the operating time, and the determination result of the measurement value by the appropriate sensor. As a result, the server 100 has the effect of being able to control the air conditioner 105 with an efficient operation content corresponding to the installation position.

[Embodiment 2] Based on FIG. 7, a second embodiment (Embodiment 2) will be described. In Embodiment 2, a configuration added to Embodiment 1 and a configuration different from this configuration will be described. That is, if the content of the first embodiment and the content of the second embodiment overlap, the description about the content is omitted.

(Different points from Embodiment 1) The server 100 of the first embodiment obtains measurement values from the air conditioner 105 from sensors corresponding to the installation position and operating time, and transmits the operation content based on the installation position and the judgment result obtained from the measurement value to the air conditioner 105 , Control the air conditioner 105. On the other hand, the air conditioner 105 of the second embodiment may be the air conditioner 105 that performs processing to determine the content of the operation by the server 100 of the first embodiment. In addition, the household electrical appliance system may be the air conditioner 105.

(Configuration of air conditioner 105) FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of main parts of the air conditioner 105. As illustrated in FIG. 7, the air conditioner 105 may include, for example, an input unit 701, a communication unit 702, a sensor unit 703, a memory unit 704, an output unit 705, and a control unit 710. The control unit 710 may include, for example, an installation position acquisition unit 711, an operation time acquisition unit 712, a measurement value acquisition unit 713, a condition determination unit 714, a measurement value selection unit 715, a reflection degree determination unit 716, a judgment unit 717, and an operation determination unit. Section 718, home appliance control section 719, operation information acquisition section 720, learning section 721, and sound output control section 722.

The control unit 710 has a function of uniformly controlling various functions of the air conditioner 105, and is realized by a controller (processor) such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), for example.

The input unit 701 is, for example, receiving contents operated by the user through keys provided on the outside of the air conditioner 105, a display device with a touch panel, a remote control, and the like.

The communication unit 702 obtains the installation location from, for example, a user terminal (for example, a smartphone 110a, a notebook PC 110b).

The sensor part 703 may be, for example, a human sensor 703a, an illuminance sensor 703b, and an odor and dust sensor 703c. The human sensor 703a is, for example, a sensor that detects the presence of a human. The illuminance sensor 703b is, for example, a sensor that detects the brightness of the surroundings. The smell and dust sensor 703c is, for example, a sensor that detects smell and dust in the surrounding air. In addition, each sensor outputs the measured value measured at the time of detection to the control unit 710. Here, the measurement value is, for example, a measurement value that indicates the presence of a person, a measurement value that measures brightness, a measurement value that measures smell, and a measurement value that measures the amount of dust.

The installation location acquisition unit (acquisition unit) 711 acquires the installation location from the user terminal (for example, the smartphone 110a, the notebook PC 110b). In addition, the installation position obtaining unit 711 may obtain the installation position whose installation position is input from the input unit 701.

The operation time acquisition unit 712 measures and acquires, for example, the operation time indicating the time at which the air conditioner 105 is operating.

The measurement value obtaining unit 713 obtains, for example, the measurement value measured when the human sensor 703a, the illuminance sensor 703b, and the smell and dust sensor 703c are detected from each sensor.

The condition determination unit 714, the measurement value selection unit 715, the reflection degree determination unit 716, the judgment unit 717, the action determination unit 718, and the learning unit 721 are related to the condition determination unit 214, the measurement value selection unit 215, and the reflection degree determination of the server 100. The section 216, the judgment section 217, the action determination section 218, and the learning section 221 are the same, and the description is omitted.

The home appliance control unit 719 controls the air by outputting the operation content (for example, the amount of humidification or the air volume) based on the installation position and the judgment result obtained from the measured value from the output unit 705 (for example, the humidifying part 705a or the air blowing part 705b) Adjusting machine 105.

The sound output control unit 722, for example, after starting the operation of the air conditioner 105 with the determined operation content, outputs a predetermined sound from the sound output unit 705c based on the judgment result obtained from the measured value and the operating time.

The operation information acquisition unit 720, for example, after starting the operation of the air conditioner 105 with the operation content determined by the operation determination unit 718, acquires the information related to the user operation by the user input from the input unit 701.

The output unit 705 includes, for example, a humidification unit 705a that performs humidification, a blower unit 705b that performs air blowing, a sound output unit 705c that outputs sound, and a display unit 705d that performs display, and is controlled by the control unit 710.

The storage unit 704 may be a storage device that can store arbitrary information, for example, a hard disk, an SSD (Silicon State Drive), a semiconductor memory, and the like.

(The effect of the air conditioner 105) The air conditioner 105 can obtain a measurement value from an appropriate sensor corresponding to the installation position and the operating time of the air conditioner 105, and the presence or absence of a person can be appropriately determined based on the measurement value. That is, the air conditioner 105 can determine an appropriate method of using the sensor included in the air conditioner 105 based on the installation position and the operating time.

Therefore, the air conditioner 105 has the effect of being able to determine the appropriate operation content corresponding to the installation position, the operating time, and the determination result of the measurement value by the appropriate sensor. As a result, the air conditioner 105 has the effect of being able to operate with an efficient operation content corresponding to the installation position.

(Notes) Although the above-mentioned embodiment may be described as the following form, it is not limited to the following.

The home appliance system of the first aspect of the present disclosure may, for example, include: an acquiring unit that acquires the installation location of the home appliance; and a condition determination unit that decides to use the home appliance based on the installation location and the operating time of the home appliance. The use condition of the measured value of at least one sensor included in the device; and the home appliance control unit to control the home appliance according to the action content based on the installation position and the judgment result obtained from the measured value.

In the home appliance system of the second aspect of the present disclosure, in the above-mentioned first aspect, for example, the condition determining unit may determine conditions for using measured values from a plurality of sensors included in the household appliance as the use Condition: The home appliance control unit is based on the action content of the judgment result obtained from the combination of the plurality of measured values to control the home appliance.

The household electrical appliance system of the third aspect of the present disclosure may be, in the above-mentioned first or second aspect, for example, it may further include: a judgment unit that obtains a result of judging whether or not a person exists at the installation location from the measured value, as the critical result.

The home appliance system of the fourth aspect of the present disclosure may be that in the first to third aspects described above, for example, the home appliance control unit may be humidified based on the standard when the installation location is the bedroom and the operating time is night. The operation of humidifying with a small amount of humidification amount or the operation of blowing air with an air flow rate smaller than the reference air amount is set as the operation content, and the household electrical appliance is controlled.

The home appliance system of the fifth aspect of the present disclosure may be, in the above-mentioned first to fourth aspects, for example, it may further include: an action determining unit that determines the humidification based on the combination of the judgment result, the installation position, and the operation time The movement of the air volume or air volume is regarded as the content of the action.

The home appliance system of the sixth aspect of the present disclosure may be, in the above-mentioned first to fifth aspects, for example, it may further include: a reflection degree determination unit, in the process of obtaining the determination result from the measured value, according to the setting position and the The relationship of the operating time determines the degree of reflection indicating the degree to which the measured value is reflected.

The home appliance system of the seventh aspect of the present disclosure may be, in the above-mentioned first to sixth aspects, for example, it may further include: a learning unit for starting the operation of the home appliance with the content of the action, and giving back to the user who adjusted the content of the action Operate to change the correspondence between the judgment result and the action content.

The home appliance system of the eighth aspect of the present disclosure may be, in the above-mentioned first to seventh aspects, for example, further including: a sound output control unit that starts the operation of the home appliance according to the action content, and then compares the judgment result with the At the time of operation, the household electrical appliance is made to output a predetermined sound.

The home appliance system of the ninth aspect of the present disclosure may be, in the above-mentioned first to eighth aspects, for example, the condition determination unit decides to use the smell and dust sensor included in the home appliance when the installation location is a porch. The condition of the measured value of the detector is used as the condition of use.

The control method of the household electrical appliance system of the tenth aspect of the present disclosure may include: an obtaining step to obtain the installation location of the household electrical appliance; The use condition of the measured value of at least one sensor included in the household electrical appliance; and a household electrical appliance control step of controlling the household electrical appliance based on the setting position and the action content of the judgment result obtained from the measured value.

The control program of the eleventh solution of the present disclosure can be implemented in the household electrical appliance system: obtain the function to obtain the installation location of the household electrical appliance; the condition determination function determines the use according to the installation location and the operating time of the household electrical appliance The use condition of the measured value from at least one sensor included in the household electrical appliance; and the household electrical appliance control function to control the household electrical appliance with the action content based on the setting position and the judgment result obtained from the measured value.

[Realization example by software] The control module (each unit included in the control unit 210) included in the server 100 may be implemented by software using a controller (processor) such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit). That is, the server 100 includes a CPU that executes the commands of the software that implements each function, that is, the control program, and a ROM (Read Only Memory) or storage device that records the control program and various data in a computer (or CPU) readable manner. (These are called "recording media"), and RAM (Random Access Memory) to expand the control program, etc. In addition, the computer (or CPU) reads the control program from the recording medium and executes it, thereby achieving an example of the purpose of the disclosed solution. As the above-mentioned recording medium, "non-transitory tangible media" such as magnetic tapes, magnetic disks, cards, semiconductor memories, programmable logic circuits, etc. can be used. In addition, the control program may be supplied to the computer via any transmission medium (communication network, broadcast wave, etc.) that can transmit the control program. An aspect of the present invention can also be implemented in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave, which is embodied by electronic transmission of the above-mentioned control program. In addition, the above-mentioned control program can be installed in any programming language. For example, the control program can use script languages such as ActionScript, JavaScript (registered trademark), object-oriented programming languages such as Objective-C, Java (registered trademark), and markup languages such as HTML5 ( markup language) and other installations. In addition, information processing terminals (for example, smart phones, personal computers) including parts that realize the functions realized by the control program, and servers including parts that realize the remaining functions different from the above-mentioned functions are also included in this disclosure. category.

100: server (information processing device) 105: Air conditioner (household appliances) 110a: Smart phone (user terminal) 110b: Notebook PC (User Terminal) 120: Home Appliance System 121: Information Processing System 201: Ministry of Communications 202: Memory Department 210: Control Department 211: Installation location acquisition unit (acquisition unit) 212: Operation time acquisition department 213: Measurement value acquisition section 214: Condition Decision Department 215: Measurement value selection section 216: Reflectivity Determination Department 217: Judgment Department 218: Action Decision Department 219: Home Appliance Control Department 220: Operation Information Acquisition Department 221: Learning Department 222: Sound output control unit 701: input section 702: Ministry of Communications 703: Sensor Department 703a: Human sensor 703b: Illumination sensor 703c: smell and dust sensor 704: Memory Department 705: output section 705a: Humidification Department 705b: Air supply department 705c: Sound output section 705d: Display 710: Control Department 711: Installation location acquisition unit (acquisition unit) 711: Installation location acquisition section 712: Operation Time Acquisition Department 713: Measurement value acquisition section 714: Condition Decision Department 715: Measurement value selection section 716: Reflectivity Decision Department 717: Judgment Department 718: Action Decision Department 719: Home Appliance Control Department 720: Operation Information Acquisition Department 721: Learning Department 722: Sound output control unit

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing the configuration of a household electrical appliance system and an information processing system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of main parts of the server of the first embodiment. 3A is an example of information showing usage conditions based on the installation position and operating time of the air conditioner according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3B is an example of information showing the type of operation mode based on the installation position and the operation time. Fig. 3C is an example of information showing the operation content of the air conditioner corresponding to the type of the operation mode. Fig. 4A is an example of the operation content when the installation position of the above-mentioned air conditioner is the "bedroom". Fig. 4B is an example of the operation content when the installation positions of the above-mentioned air conditioner are "living room" and "entrance". Fig. 5 is an example of a screen displayed on a user terminal according to the first embodiment. Fig. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of processing executed by the above-mentioned server. Fig. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of main parts of an air conditioner according to a second embodiment.

100: server (information processing device)

105: Air conditioner (household appliances)

110a: Smart phone (user terminal)

110b: Notebook PC (User Terminal)

120: Home Appliance System

121: Information Processing System

Claims (11)

A household electrical appliance system, which includes: Acquisition department to acquire the installation location of home appliances; The condition determination unit, based on the installation position and the operating time of operating the household electrical appliance, decides the use condition using the measured value from at least one sensor included in the household electrical appliance; and The home appliance control unit controls the home appliance according to the operation content based on the installation position and the judgment result obtained from the measurement value. Such as the household electrical appliance system of claim 1, in which, The condition determination unit is to determine the conditions for using a plurality of measured values from a plurality of sensors included in the household electrical appliance as the use condition; The home appliance control unit controls the home appliance based on the operation content based on the judgment result obtained from the combination of the plurality of measured values. For example, the household electrical appliance system of claim 1 or 2, which also includes: The judging unit obtains the result of judging whether or not a person exists at the installation location from the measured value as the judgment result. Such as the household electrical appliance system of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: The home appliance control unit is set in the bedroom at the installation location and the operation time is at night. The operation of humidifying with a humidification amount smaller than the reference humidification amount or the operation of blowing air with an air flow rate smaller than the reference air flow is set. For the content of the action, control the home appliance. For example, the household electrical appliance system of any one of claims 1 to 4, which further includes: The operation determination unit determines an operation based on the combination of the determination result, the installation position, and the operation time based on the amount of humidification or air volume as the content of the operation. For example, the household electrical appliance system of any one of claims 1 to 5, which further includes: The reflection degree determination unit determines the degree of reflection indicating the degree to which the measured value is reflected based on the relationship between the installation position and the operating time in the process of obtaining the judgment result from the measured value. For example, the household electrical appliance system of any one of claims 1 to 6, which further includes: The learning unit, after starting the operation of the home appliance with the content of the action, feeds back the operation of the user who adjusted the content of the action, and changes the determination result and the content of the action. For example, the household electrical appliance system of any one of claims 1 to 7, which further includes: The sound output control unit, after starting the operation of the household electrical appliance according to the content of the operation, causes the household electrical appliance to output a predetermined sound based on the judgment result and the operating time. Such as the household electrical appliance system of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein The condition determination unit determines the condition of using the measured value from the odor and dust sensor included in the household electrical appliance as the use condition when the installation location is the entrance. A control method of a household electrical appliance system, which includes: Obtaining steps to obtain the installation location of home appliances; The condition determining step, based on the installation position and the operating time at which the household electrical appliance is operated, determines the use condition for using the measured value from at least one sensor included in the household electrical appliance; and The home appliance control step controls the home appliance according to the content of the operation based on the installation position and the judgment result obtained from the measurement value. A control program in which, Make the home appliance system realize: Get the function, get the location of the home appliance; The condition determination function, according to the installation position and the operating time of the household electrical appliance, determines the use condition of the measurement value from at least one sensor included in the household electrical appliance; The home appliance control function controls the home appliance according to the operation content based on the installation position and the judgment result obtained from the measurement value.

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