WO2014024442A1 - 連携処理実行方法及び連携処理実行システム - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for causing a plurality of household electrical appliances to perform cooperation processing.
- cooperative processing including disc playback processing by a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) player and video input source switching processing by a television broadcast receiver.
- DVD Digital Versatile Disc
- the user first inputs a disc playback instruction to the DVD player. Then, the DVD player starts the playback process of the disc, outputs the video obtained by the playback process to the TV broadcast receiver, and switches the video input source to the external input to the TV broadcast receiver. Control) command is output (Non-patent Document 1).
- the television broadcast receiver that has received the AV / C command switches the video input source to the external input connected to the DVD player, and displays the video sent from the DVD player on the display.
- each of the DVD player and the television broadcast receiver is programmed in advance to perform the above-described cooperative processing.
- the cooperation process is limited to a specific process by a combination of specific devices programmed in advance to perform a cooperative operation, such as a combination of the above-described DVD player and a television broadcast receiver.
- the present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cooperative processing execution method capable of executing cooperative processing according to the possession status of different home appliances for each user.
- a cooperation processing execution method is a cooperation processing execution method for executing cooperation processing by a plurality of home appliances registered in a server, wherein the server is a single home appliance.
- the server is a single home appliance.
- correspondence information indicating correspondence between one or more groups configured by one or more household appliances and a control signal to be transmitted to each household appliance belonging to each group is held.
- the cooperative process execution method refers to a detection step of detecting that the specific process is executed by the one household electrical appliance, and refers to the correspondence information when the detection is performed, and A selection step of selecting one group composed of one or more home appliances registered in the server from the group, and the group selected in the selection step For each home device that constitutes a transmission step of transmitting a control signal to be the transmission.
- the cooperative process execution method according to the present invention determines the process performed by each household electrical appliance according to the registered combination of household electrical appliances. Can be realized.
- the figure which shows the structure of the cooperation processing execution system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention The block diagram which shows the structure of the server which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention.
- a figure showing an example of a linkage process configuration table The block diagram which shows the structure of the 1st household appliances which concern on the 1st Embodiment of this invention.
- a figure showing an example of equipment processing table The flowchart showing the cooperation process which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention.
- the figure which shows the execution control table which concerns on the 1st and 2nd embodiment of this invention The figure which shows the structure of the cooperation processing execution system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.
- the flowchart showing the creation processing of the execution control table which concerns on one modification of this invention The figure showing an example of the history information concerning one modification of the present invention
- GUI which concerns on the 1st and 2nd embodiment and modification of this invention
- the cooperation processing execution system 1 is a system for executing cooperation processing.
- the cooperation process is a group of processes including processes executed by each of the plurality of home appliances.
- the server detects that a specific process has been executed by a single home appliance, and controls one or more home appliances to execute a process associated with the detected process in advance. Realizes cooperative processing.
- each household appliance in the cooperation process execution system 1 does not need to be able to communicate directly with other household appliances, and it is sufficient if it can communicate with a server.
- the cooperation processing execution system 1 includes a router 20, a first home appliance 30-1, a second home appliance 30-2, and a third home appliance 30- arranged in a house 15 where a user lives. 3 and the fourth home appliance 30-4, and the server 10 that is installed at a location away from the house 15 and connected to the router 20 via the network.
- the first home appliance 30-1 is specifically a smartphone.
- the second home appliance 30-2, the third home appliance 30-3, and the fourth home appliance 30-4 are an air conditioner, a rice cooker, and a washing machine, respectively.
- the server 10 is a device for controlling the home appliances (first home appliance 30-1 to fourth home appliance 30-4) registered in its own device to realize the cooperation process.
- the server 10 will be described.
- the server 10 is realized by a computer, and has a functional configuration including a communication unit 201, a storage unit 202, an input unit 203, a display unit 204, a timer unit 205, and a control unit 206 as shown in FIG. .
- Communication unit 201 The communication unit 201 is realized by a communication LSI, and is connected to the router 20 via a network. Further, the communication unit 201 has a function of transmitting / receiving data to / from the first home appliance 30-1 to the fourth home appliance 30-4 via the network and the router 20.
- the storage unit 202 is realized by a nonvolatile storage medium such as a flash memory and a hard disk drive, and has a function of storing data.
- the storage unit 202 stores a device information table (see FIG. 3) and a cooperation processing configuration table (see FIG. 4). Details of the device information table and the linkage processing configuration table will be described later.
- (3) Input unit 203 The input unit 203 is realized by an input device such as a keyboard. Further, the input unit 203 has a function of acquiring a user instruction input by a user operating a keyboard or the like and notifying the acquired user instruction to the control unit 206.
- Display unit 204 The display unit 204 is realized by a display and a display control LSI.
- the display is a liquid crystal display as an example.
- the display control LSI has a function of acquiring data representing video and displaying the video represented by the acquired data on the display.
- Timer unit 205 The timer unit 205 is realized by a real-time clock IC (Integrated Circuit), and has a clock function and an alarm function that accepts designation of time and notifies the control unit 206 when the designated time comes.
- Control unit 206 The control unit 206 includes a processor and a memory, and has a function of controlling the overall operation of the server 10.
- the function of the control unit 206 is realized by the processor executing a program stored in the memory.
- the control unit 206 has a cooperation process determination function, a cooperation control function, and a device registration function as main functions.
- a cooperation process determination function is a function which determines the cooperation process which should be performed. The control unit 206 detects that a predetermined process has been executed in one of the household appliances included in the linkage processing execution system 1, and identifies a linkage process to be executed according to the detected process. The processing by the cooperation determination specifying function corresponds to step S722 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 and the processing shown in FIG.
- Cooperation control function A cooperation control function is a function which controls each household appliances in order to perform the cooperation process specified using the cooperation process specific function.
- the processing by the cooperation control function corresponds to steps S723 to S726 in the flowchart shown in FIG. (C) Device Registration Function
- the device registration function is a function for registering in order to identify home appliances currently included in the cooperation processing execution system 1.
- the device registration function is realized as follows. That is, the control unit 206 receives a device registration request transmitted from each home appliance, and information indicating registration in the registration status column for the home appliance that is the transmission source of the device registration request in the device information table (see FIG. 3) ( The value 1) is described as an example.
- the device information table also includes information about home appliances that are not currently included but may be included in the future. Yes. For household electrical appliances that are not included in the cooperative processing execution system 1 at this time, information indicating unregistration (value 0 as an example) is described in the registration status column of the device information table.
- the deregistration of the home appliance is performed by accepting a deregistration request including the device ID of the home appliance and rewriting it to information indicating unregistration (for example, value 0) in the registration status column corresponding to the device ID. . ⁇ 1-2-2.
- Data structure> (1) Device information table As shown in FIG. 3, the device information table is a correspondence between a device ID, a product number, a software version, a process ID, a control command, and a registration state for each home appliance that can constitute the cooperative processing execution system 1. It is a table
- the device ID is an identification number assigned to each home appliance.
- the device name is the name of the home appliance.
- the product number is identification information made up of letters, numbers, symbols, etc. assigned to the home appliances of the same configuration by the manufacturer.
- the product type indicates the type of home appliance.
- the software version is a version number assigned by a software developer or the like to software for controlling home appliances (firmware, middleware, etc.).
- a version number larger than the version number allocated to the software before update is allocated to the updated software.
- the process ID is identification information for identifying each process that can be executed by the home appliance.
- the process name is the name of the process indicated by the process ID.
- the control command corresponds to the process identified by the process ID on a one-to-one basis, and is an instruction for instructing the execution of the corresponding process.
- the server 10 collectively manages the control commands for instructing the home appliances to execute the processing, and the server 10 notifies the home appliances of the control commands, so that each home appliance has all other home appliances. This eliminates the need to store the control command according to the above and to communicate with other home appliances for the cooperative processing.
- the control command can also include parameters necessary for the home appliance to execute each process, such as a set time.
- the registration status is information indicating whether or not the home appliance is registered. A value of 1 indicates that it is registered, and a value of 0 indicates that it is not registered.
- the first home appliance 30-1 with the device ID 1 has a product number of P-06D, and the stored software version number is 1. .12.
- the processes that can be executed by the first home appliance 30-1 are power-on, alarm, and the like described in the process ID (process name) column.
- A1 is assigned as the value of the process ID in the power-on process.
- a control command for causing the first home appliance 30-1 to execute the power-on process is D201xxxx as an example.
- “xxxx” in the control command represents data having a variable length and variable contents. Information necessary for executing processing such as parameter values is described in the “xxxx” portion.
- A2 is assigned as the value of the process ID for the alarm process.
- a control command for causing the first home appliance 30-1 to execute the alarm processing is D205xxxx as an example.
- the first home appliance 30-1 is registered in the server 10 because the registration state is 1.
- the second home appliance 30-2 whose device ID is 2 has a product number CS-X252C and the stored software version number is 1.01. Further, the processes that can be executed by the second home appliance 30-2 include a power-on process, a powerful operation, a saving operation, and the like as described in the column of the process ID (process name).
- a control command for causing the second home appliance 30-2 to execute the power-on process is, for example, 9203xxxx.
- B2 is assigned as the value of the process ID in the powerful operation process.
- a control command for causing the second home appliance 30-2 to execute the powerful operation process is 9252xxxx as an example.
- a control command for causing the second home appliance 30-2 to execute the saving operation process is 9280xxxx as an example.
- the second home appliance 30-2 is registered in the server 10 because the registration state is 1.
- the third home electric appliance 30-3 whose device ID is 3 has the product number SR-SX102 and the stored software version number is 1.03. Further, the processes that can be executed by the third home appliance 30-3 include turning on the power and starting rice cooking as described in the process ID column. C1 is assigned as the value of the process ID when the power is turned on, and C2 is assigned as the value of the process ID when starting rice cooking. The third home appliance 30-3 is registered in the server 10 because the registration state is 1.
- the fourth home appliance 30-4 with the device ID 4 has a product number of NA-VX8200L and the stored software version number is 1.10. Further, the processes that can be executed by the fourth home appliance 30-4 include power-on and start of washing as described in the process ID column. C1 is assigned as the value of the process ID when the power is turned on, and C2 is assigned as the value of the process ID when the washing is started. The fourth home appliance 30-4 is registered in the server 10 because the registration state is 1.
- the fifth home appliance having the device ID of 5 has a product number of DMC-TZ40 and the stored software version number is 1.00.
- the process which a 5th household appliances can perform is power-on, image photography, etc. as it describes in the column of process ID.
- E1 is assigned as a process ID value for power-on
- E2 is assigned as a process ID value for image shooting.
- the fifth home appliance is not registered in the server 10 because the registration state is 0.
- the registration state in the device information table is changed to 1, Will be linked with other home appliances.
- the sixth to ninth home appliances whose device IDs are 6 to 9 in the device configuration table are the same as those described for the fifth home appliance with the device ID 5 described above, so the description is omitted.
- the cooperation process configuration table is a first trigger for the cooperation process for each cooperation process executed by a plurality of home appliances constituting the cooperation process execution system 1.
- the correspondence between the process and the process (hereinafter referred to as “remaining process”) excluding the first process among the processes constituting the linkage process is shown.
- a group consisting of devices that execute remaining processing is hereinafter referred to as a “device group”.
- Each of the first process to the fourth process is specified by a set of a device ID of a home appliance that executes the process and a process ID for identifying the process. If the device ID and the process ID corresponding to the third process and the fourth process are blank in the cooperation process configuration table, the cooperation process is configured with less than four processes, and the third process and the fourth process are not performed. It shows that.
- cooperation processing configuration table not only cooperation processing by home appliances registered in the server 10 but also cooperation processing including processing by home appliances that can be registered in the server 10 in the future is described.
- the device ID is an identification number for identifying the home appliance that executes the process constituting the linkage process.
- process ID is an identification number for identifying the process which comprises a cooperation process.
- the first cooperation process includes three processes from the first process to the third process.
- the device ID of the home appliance that executes the first process is 1, and the process ID of the process that is executed as the first process is A2. That is, the first process is an alarm process executed by the first home appliance 30-1 identified by the device ID having a value of 1 and identified by the process ID having a value of A2 (see FIG. 3).
- the device ID of the home appliance that executes the second process is 2, and the process ID of the process performed as the second process is B3. That is, the second process is a saving operation process identified by the process ID of B3 and executed by the second home appliance 30-2 identified by the apparatus ID of 2.
- the device ID of the home appliance that executes the third process is 3, and the process ID of the process performed as the third process is C2. That is, the third process is a rice cooking start process identified by the process ID of C2 and executed by the third home appliance 30-3 identified by the apparatus ID of 3.
- the first linkage process includes the alarm process by the first home appliance 30-1, the saving operation process by the second home appliance 30-2, and the rice cooking start process by the third home appliance 30-3. .
- First home appliance 30-1 to fourth home appliance 30-4> The first household electrical appliance 30-1, the second household electrical appliance 30-2, the third household electrical appliance 30-3, and the fourth household electrical appliance 30-4 are household electrical appliances that execute the processes that constitute the cooperation process. These home appliances realize the main functions of each home appliance (calling function in a smartphone, cooling function in an air conditioner, rice cooking function in a rice cooker, washing function in a washing machine, etc.) by an individual function unit 506.
- the configuration other than 506 is common.
- the first home appliance 30-1 includes a communication unit 501, a storage unit 502, an input unit 503, a display unit 504, a timer unit 505, an individual function unit 506, and a control unit 507.
- Communication unit 501 The communication unit 501 is realized by a communication LSI, and has a function of transmitting / receiving data via a network.
- Storage unit 502 The storage unit 502 is realized by a nonvolatile storage medium such as a flash memory and a hard disk drive, and has a function of storing data.
- the storage unit 502 stores a device processing table (see FIG. 6) as an example.
- the device processing table shows a list of processes to be executed by receiving user instructions and execution instructions from the server in each home appliance. The contents of the device processing table are different for each home appliance. Details of the device processing table will be described later.
- (3) Input unit 503 The input unit 503 includes input devices such as a remote control, a remote control signal light receiving unit, a touch panel, and a keypad.
- the input unit 503 has a function of acquiring a user instruction input by a user operating a remote control, a touch panel, a keypad, and the like, and notifying the acquired user instruction to the control unit 507.
- the display unit 504 includes a display and a display control LSI.
- the display is a liquid crystal display as an example.
- the display control LSI has a function of acquiring data representing video and displaying the video represented by the acquired data on the display.
- Timer unit 505 The timer unit 505 is realized by a real-time clock IC, and has a clock function and an alarm function that accepts designation of time and notifies when the designated time comes.
- Individual function unit 506 The individual function unit 506 is a function unit that realizes individual functions of each of the first home appliance 30-1 to the fourth home appliance 30-4. The individual function unit 506 has different functions in each of the first home appliance 30-1 to the fourth home appliance 30-4.
- the first home appliance 30-1 is a smartphone as described above, and examples of main functions include a power-on function, an alarm function, a power-off function, a camera shooting function, and a telephone. Functions, a digital TV broadcast receiving function, a homepage browsing function, and the like.
- the power-on function is a function that accepts a control command for instructing power-on processing and performs processing to turn on the power of its own device.
- the alarm function receives a control command instructing execution of alarm processing including a set time as a parameter, and emits a sound or vibrates the vibrator when the current time is the same as the set time. It is a function which performs the process which alert
- the power-off function is a function for receiving a control command for instructing power-off processing and performing processing for turning off the power of the own device.
- the camera shooting function is a function for receiving a control command for instructing camera shooting processing and performing processing for shooting an image using a camera.
- the telephone function is a function that receives a control command instructing execution of telephone processing including a telephone number as a parameter, executes outgoing processing, and performs incoming processing.
- the digital TV broadcast reception function accepts a control command instructing digital TV broadcast reception including information necessary for TV broadcast reception such as a channel number as a parameter, and displays the image obtained by receiving and demodulating the digital TV broadcast. This is a function for performing processing to be displayed on the unit 504.
- the WEB page browsing function accepts a control command for instructing WEB page browsing including connection destination information such as URL (Uniform Resource Locator) as a parameter, receives the WEB page from the address indicated by the URL, and displays it on the display unit 504. This is a function for performing processing to be displayed.
- URL Uniform Resource Locator
- the first home appliance 30-1 also includes functions other than the above that a general smartphone has, and these functions are also realized by the individual function unit 506.
- the above-described list of individual processes included in the first home appliance 30-1 is described in the device processing table stored in the storage unit 502 of the first home appliance 30-1.
- the second home appliance 30-2 is an air conditioner as described above, and examples of main functions include a power-on function, a powerful operation function, a saving operation function, a temperature setting function, It has an on timer function, a power off function, a cooling function, a heating function, a turn-off timer function, a wind direction setting function, an air volume setting function, and the like.
- the power-on function is a function that accepts a control command for instructing power-on processing and performs processing to turn on the power of its own device.
- the powerful operation function is a function that receives a control command for instructing a powerful operation process and performs cooling to lower the room more rapidly than normal operation.
- the powerful operation function is described as a function for performing cooling, but may be a function for performing heating.
- the saving operation function accepts a control command for instructing the saving operation process, detects a place where a person exists, and cools the temperature around the place by focusing on the cooling operation more efficiently than the normal cooling operation. It is a function to perform.
- the temperature setting function is a function that receives a control command instructing execution of a temperature setting process including a set temperature as a parameter, and performs a process of operating the cooling function and the heating function so that the room temperature becomes the set temperature.
- the on-timer function accepts a control command that instructs execution of an on-timer process including a power-on time as a parameter, and performs a process of turning on the power of its own device when the current time is the same as the power-on time. It is a function to perform.
- the power-off function is a function for receiving a control command for instructing power-off processing and performing processing for turning off the power of the own device.
- the cooling function is a function of receiving a control command for instructing a cooling process and performing a process for operating the cooling mechanism.
- the heating function is a function for receiving a control command for instructing a heating process and performing a process for operating the heating mechanism.
- the off timer function accepts a control command that instructs execution of the off timer process including the power off time as a parameter, and performs a process of turning off the power of its own device when the current time is the same as the power off time. It is a function to perform.
- the wind direction setting function is a function that receives a control command instructing execution of a wind direction setting process including information indicating the wind direction as a parameter, and performs a process of adjusting the wind direction in the direction indicated by the parameter.
- the air volume setting function is a function that receives a control command instructing execution of an air volume setting process including information indicating the air volume as a parameter, and performs a process of adjusting the air volume to an amount indicated by the parameter.
- the second home appliance 30-2 is provided with functions other than the above that a general air conditioner has, and these functions are also realized by the individual function unit 506.
- the third home appliance 30-3 is a rice cooker as described above. As an example of main functions, the power on function, the rice cooking start function for starting rice cooking, and the power off function And a rice cooking completion time setting function.
- the power-on function is a function that accepts a control command for instructing power-on processing and performs processing to turn on the power of its own device.
- the rice cooking start function is a function for executing the rice cooking process.
- the power-off function is a function for receiving a control command for instructing power-off processing and performing processing for turning off the power of the own device.
- the rice cooking completion time setting function receives a control command instructing execution of the rice cooking completion time setting process including the rice cooking completion time as a parameter, and calculates the rice cooking start time by subtracting the time required for rice cooking from the received rice cooking completion time. This is a function of performing a process of controlling to start cooking when the current time is the same as the rice cooking start time.
- the 3rd household appliances 30-3 are provided also about functions other than the above which a general rice cooker has, and those functions shall be implement
- the list of processes related to the functions of the third home appliance 30-3 is described in the device processing table stored in the storage unit 502 of the third home appliance 30-3.
- (D) Fourth home appliance 30-4 The fourth home appliance 30-4 is a washing machine as described above, and has a power-on function, a washing start function, a power-off function, a washing time setting function, and the like as main functions.
- the power-on function is a function that accepts a control command for instructing power-on processing and performs processing to turn on the power of its own device.
- the washing start function is a function that receives a control command instructing a washing start process and starts the washing process.
- the power-off function is a function for receiving a control command for instructing power-off processing and performing processing for turning off the power of the own device.
- the washing time setting function is a function that receives a control command instructing execution of a washing time setting process including information indicating time as a parameter, and performs a process of setting to execute the washing process for the time indicated by the parameter. .
- the washing completion time setting function accepts a control command instructing execution of the washing completion time setting process including the washing completion time as a parameter, and calculates the washing start time by subtracting the time required for the washing process from the received washing completion time.
- This is a function for performing a process of controlling the laundry process to start when the current time is the same as the laundry start time.
- the fourth home appliance 30-4 also has functions other than the above that a general washing machine has, and these functions are also realized by the individual function unit 506.
- Control unit 507 is configured to include a processor and a memory, and has a function of controlling the overall operation of the first home appliance 30-1. Each function of the control unit 507 is realized by the processor executing a program stored in the memory.
- the control unit 507 has a processing list display function, an information transmission function, an individual function unit control function, and a registration request function as main functions.
- the process list display function is a function that displays a list of processes that can be executed by the first home appliance 30-1 when a user instruction is input in the first home appliance 30-1. .
- the processing by the processing list display function corresponds to step S711 in the flowchart shown in FIG.
- Information transmission function is a function for transmitting information related to processing instructed to be executed by a user instruction to the server 10.
- Information transmitted to the server 10 is device information and execution information.
- the device information includes a device ID for identifying the device itself.
- the execution information includes a process ID for identifying the executed process.
- the processing by the information transmission function corresponds to step S716 in the flowchart shown in FIG.
- C Individual Function Unit Control Function
- the individual function unit control function includes an individual function unit control function based on a user instruction and an individual function unit control function based on an execution instruction. Each will be described below.
- C-1 Individual Function Unit Control Function Based on User Instruction
- the individual function unit control function based on the user instruction specifies a process to be executed based on the received user instruction, and causes the individual function unit 506 to execute the specified process. This is a function for performing the process of transmitting the control command.
- the correspondence between the process ID for identifying the specified process and the control command is described in the device processing table stored in the storage unit 502.
- the process by the individual function unit control function based on the user instruction corresponds to step S712 and step S713 in the flowchart of FIG. (C-2) Individual Function Unit Control Function Based on Execution Instruction
- the individual function unit control function based on the execution instruction instructs the individual function unit 506 to execute processing instructed by a control command received from the server 10. This is a function for causing the individual function unit 506 to execute the process.
- the processing by the individual function unit control function based on the execution instruction corresponds to step S732 in the flowchart of FIG. (D) Registration Request Function
- the registration request function is a function that receives a user instruction that instructs the server 10 to request registration of the home electrical appliance and transmits a device registration request to the server 10.
- the device processing table stored in the storage unit 502 will be described.
- the device processing table is a table in which processing that can be executed based on a received user instruction or control command when the home appliance receives a user instruction or a control command transmitted from the server 10 is described.
- FIG. 6 shows a device processing table stored in the storage unit 502 of the first home appliance 30-1 as an example.
- the device processing table relating to the first home appliance 30-1 is a table having the same contents as the row 311 corresponding to the first home appliance 30-1 in the device information table shown in FIG.
- the device ID is an identification number uniquely assigned to each home appliance in order to identify each home appliance.
- the product number is identification information made up of letters, numbers, symbols, and the like assigned by the manufacturer to home appliances having the same configuration.
- Software version is the version number assigned to the home appliance control software. Each time the software is updated, the version number assigned to the updated software is determined to be larger than the version number assigned to the software before the update.
- the process ID is identification information for identifying each process that can be executed by the home appliance that holds the device processing table.
- the process name indicates the name of the process identified by the process ID. Although it has been explained that the process name does not necessarily have to be described in the device information table held by the server 10, the process name may be displayed on the display unit 504 in the first home appliance 30-1. It shall be described in the equipment processing table.
- the control command has a one-to-one correspondence with the process ID and is an instruction for instructing execution of the process identified by the corresponding process ID.
- the first home appliance 30-1 with device ID 1 is P-06D, and the stored software version number is 1.12.
- the processes that can be executed by the first home appliance 30-1 include power-on, an alarm, and the like as described in the process ID column.
- A1 is assigned as a process ID value for power-on
- A2 is assigned as a process ID value for an alarm.
- the device processing table related to the second home appliance 30-2 is not shown, it is the same table as the row 312 corresponding to the second home appliance 30-2 in the device information table shown in FIG.
- the device processing table relating to the third home appliance 30-3 and the fourth home appliance 30-4 includes the row 313 corresponding to the third home appliance 30-3 in the device information table shown in FIG. It is a table having the same contents as the row 314 corresponding to the device 30-4.
- Router 20> The router 20 is a device that interconnects different networks. As shown in FIG. 1, the router 20 mutually connects a network outside the home to which the server 10 belongs in the cooperation processing execution system 1 and a network inside the home to which the first home appliance 30-1 to the fourth home appliance 30-4 belong. Connected.
- step S711 the user first inputs a process list display instruction as a user instruction using the input unit 503 of one home appliance included in the cooperation process execution system 1.
- one home appliance is the first home appliance 30-1 as an example.
- the input unit 503 notifies the control unit 507 of the input process list display instruction.
- the control unit 507 reads the device processing table from the storage unit 502 when acquiring the processing list display instruction. Then, the control unit 507 generates an image (hereinafter, referred to as “process list image”) that displays a list of process names described in the device process table. Then, data representing the processing list image is output to the display unit 504.
- the display unit 504 displays the process list image on the display based on the data representing the process list image acquired from the control unit 507. For example, a process list image (see 2302 in FIG. 23) displaying a list of process names such as “power on” and “alarm” is displayed on the display of one home appliance.
- step S ⁇ b> 712 the user of one home appliance looks at the process list image displayed on the display, selects a desired process name from the process names described in the process list image, and inputs the input unit 503. Is used to input a user instruction to instruct execution of a process related to the selected process name.
- the input unit 503 notifies the control unit 507 of a user instruction.
- the user of one home appliance has selected alarm processing as the desired processing.
- the user uses the input unit 503 to input a set time at which notification to the user in the alarm processing is performed as a parameter related to the alarm processing as well as selection of the alarm processing.
- the input unit 503 includes the input parameters in the user instruction and notifies the control unit 507.
- step S713 the control unit 507 instructs the individual function unit 506 to execute the process indicated by the acquired user instruction.
- the individual function unit 506 executes processing indicated by a user instruction.
- the control unit 507 instructs the individual function unit 506 to execute alarm processing.
- the individual function unit 506 sets a set time indicated by the parameter in the timer unit 505 as an alarm process.
- the individual function unit 506 when the individual function unit 506 receives a notification from the timer unit 505 that the current time coincides with the set time, the individual function unit 506 notifies the user by making a sound or vibrating the vibrator.
- step S714 the control unit 507 generates device information including the device ID of the device described in the device processing table, and also includes execution information including the process ID of the process indicated by the user instruction and the parameter included in the user instruction. Is generated. Then, the control unit 507 transmits the generated device information and execution information to the server 10 via the communication unit 501.
- the value of the device ID included in the device information is 1 indicating the first home appliance 30-1 as an example.
- the execution information to be transmitted includes, as an example, a process ID whose value is A2 (indicating alarm process) and a parameter indicating the set time.
- step S721 the communication unit 201 of the server 10 receives the device information and execution information transmitted by one home appliance.
- step S722 when the communication unit 201 receives the device information and the execution information, the control unit 206 performs a cooperative process determination process based on the device information and the execution information.
- step S811 the control unit 206 first selects, from the cooperation process configuration table, a cooperation process that is a determination target of whether or not the cooperation process is to be executed. In this case, the first cooperation process with the first description in the cooperation process configuration table is selected.
- step S812 it is determined whether or not the combination of the device ID and the processing ID of the first process of the cooperation process that is the determination target matches the combination of the device ID included in the device information and the processing ID included in the execution information. . If they match (Yes in step S812), the process proceeds to step S813. If they do not match (No in step S812), the process proceeds to step S815.
- the determination result is Yes.
- step S813 the control unit 206 refers to the device configuration table and determines whether or not all the home appliances included in the device group related to the remaining processing of the linkage processing that is the determination target are registered. If the determination result is affirmative (Yes in step S813), the process proceeds to step S814. If the determination result is negative (No in step S813), the process proceeds to step S815.
- the device IDs associated with the remaining processes (second process and third process) related to the first linkage process are 2 and 3. According to the device configuration table shown in FIG. 3, the home appliances with device IDs 2 and 3 are registered. In this case, the determination result in step S813 is affirmative.
- step S814 the control unit 206 stores the cooperation process determined to be positive in step S813 as an execution candidate.
- step S815 the control unit 206 determines whether or not there remains a linkage process that is not a determination target among the linkage processes described in the linkage process configuration table. If the determination result is affirmative (Yes in step S815), the process proceeds to step S816. If the determination result is negative (No in step S815), the process proceeds to step S821.
- step S816 among the cooperation processes described in the cooperation process configuration table, a cooperation process that is not a determination target is selected as a determination target, and the process proceeds to step S812.
- the second cooperation process is selected as the determination target in step S816.
- step S821 the control unit 206 determines whether or not there is a cooperation process that is determined as an execution candidate. If there is no cooperation process (No in step S821), the process ends (RETURN). If there is a cooperation process (Yes in step S821), the process proceeds to step S822.
- step S822 the control unit 206 determines whether or not there are a plurality of cooperation processes determined as execution candidates. If it is determined that there are a plurality (Yes in Step S822), the process proceeds to Step S823. If it is determined that there are not a plurality (No in Step S822), the process proceeds to Step S824.
- step S823 the control unit 206 determines the cooperation processing to be executed as the device having the largest number of devices included in the device group related to the remaining processing.
- the cooperation process with the earliest order determined as the execution candidate in step S814 is the cooperation process to be executed, and the cooperation process determination process Is terminated (RETURN).
- step S824 the control unit 206 determines that the cooperation process determined to be an execution candidate in step S814 is the cooperation process to be executed, and ends the cooperation process determination process (RETURN).
- step S723 it is determined whether or not the cooperation process to be executed is determined in the cooperation process determination process. If the cooperation process to be executed has not been determined (No in step S723), the process ends. If it has been determined (Yes in step S723), the process proceeds to step S724.
- step S724 it is determined whether or not the received execution information includes a parameter. If not included (No in step S724), the process proceeds to step S726, and if included (Yes in step S724).
- step S725 an execution control table is created. As shown in FIG. 9, the execution control table is a table in which device IDs and process IDs representing the second to fourth processes related to the remaining processes of the linkage process are associated with the date and time when the execution instruction is transmitted to the home appliance. .
- the set time indicated by the parameter included in the execution information is written as it is.
- the execution control number is 1 as an entry
- the second process is 2 as the device ID
- B2 is described as the process ID
- the parameter included in the execution information indicates the set time 7:00 that is the set time is described.
- 3 is described as the device ID
- C2 is described as the process ID
- 7:00 which is the set time indicated by the parameter included in the execution information, is set as the set time.
- step S726 the control unit 206 identifies the home appliance identified by the device ID for each process of the second process to the fourth process to be executed by each home appliance included in the device group related to the cooperation process determined in step S722.
- An execution instruction for instructing the device to execute the process identified by the process ID is transmitted.
- the control unit 206 transmits a control command as an execution instruction.
- the control unit 206 uses the communication unit 201 to process the process ID of the process to be executed as an execution instruction to the second home appliance 30-2 whose device ID is 2.
- a control command corresponding to (value is B2) (for example, 9252xxxx) is transmitted.
- control unit 206 uses the communication unit 201 as an execution instruction to the third home appliance 30-3 whose device ID is 3, and a control command (value is C2) corresponding to the process ID of the process to be executed. As an example, 8020xxxx) is transmitted.
- the control command is transmitted at the time described in the time column of the execution control table. That is, when the execution control table is created, the control unit 206 refers to the execution control table and transmits a control command (9252xxxx) to the second home appliance 30-2 when the current time is 7:00. Then, a control command (8020xxxx) is transmitted to the third home appliance 30-3.
- a control command (8020xxxx) is transmitted to the third home appliance 30-3.
- each home appliance receives an execution instruction from the server 10.
- step S732 the control unit 507 of each home appliance notifies the individual function unit 506 of the received control command as an execution instruction, and causes the individual function unit 506 to execute processing related to the control command.
- the control unit 507 notifies the individual function unit 506 of a control command having a value of 9252xxxx.
- the individual function unit 506 executes powerful operation processing based on the control command.
- the control unit 507 notifies the individual function unit 506 of a control command having a value of 8020xxxx.
- the individual function unit 506 executes the rice cooking start process based on the control command.
- the first home appliance 30-1 notifies the alarm at the set time
- the second home appliance 30-2 starts a powerful operation (cooling or heating)
- the third home appliance 30 -3 starts the rice cooking process.
- the server 10 specifies the cooperation process to be executed based on the process executed by one household electrical appliance, but it is sufficient that any one of the components of the cooperation process execution system is specified.
- each home appliance specifies a process to be executed by the self-apparatus among the processes constituting the linkage process.
- the cooperative processing execution system 1a includes a router 20a, a first home appliance 30-1a, a second home appliance 30-2a, a third home appliance 30-3a, and a fourth appliance arranged in the house 15.
- the home appliance 30-4a and the server 10a that is installed at a location away from the house 15 and connected to the router 20 via the network are configured.
- the first home appliance 30-1a is specifically a smartphone.
- the second home appliance 30-2a, the third home appliance 30-3a, and the fourth home appliance 30-4a are an air conditioner, a rice cooker, and a washing machine, respectively.
- Server 10a> The server 10a is a server for controlling the first home appliance 30-1a to the fourth home appliance 30-4a to realize the cooperation process.
- the server 10a will be described.
- the server 10a is realized by a computer, and has a function of controlling each home appliance so that each home appliance operates in cooperation in order to realize the cooperation process.
- the server 10a includes a communication unit 201, a storage unit 202, an input unit 203, a display unit 204, a timer unit 205, and a control unit 206a.
- the control unit 206a includes a processor and a memory.
- the control unit 206a has a function of controlling the overall operation of the server 10a.
- the function of the control unit 206a is realized by the processor executing a program stored in the memory.
- the control unit 206a has an information distribution function as a main function.
- the information distribution function relates to each of the processes from the second process to the fourth process corresponding to the first process executed by one household electrical appliance, and to the household electrical appliance identified by the equipment ID corresponding to each process. This is a function for transmitting device information and execution information acquired from a device.
- the processing by the information distribution function corresponds to step S1311 in the flowchart of FIG. ⁇ 2-3.
- the first household electrical appliance 30-1a, the second household electrical appliance 30-2a, the third household electrical appliance 30-3a, and the fourth household electrical appliance 30-4a are household electrical appliances that perform processing that constitutes the linkage processing.
- the configurations of these home appliances are the same as those of the first home appliance 30-1, the second home appliance 30-2, the third home appliance 30-3, and the fourth home appliance 30-4 except for the storage unit 502a and the control unit 507a. It is the same as that of the structure. Therefore, hereinafter, the configuration of the first home appliance 30-1a will be described, and the configurations of the second home appliance 30-2a, the third home appliance 30-3a, and the fourth home appliance 30-4a are not particularly required. The description is omitted.
- the first home appliance 30-1a includes a communication unit 501, a storage unit 502a, an input unit 503, a display unit 504, a timer unit 505, an individual function unit 506, and a control unit 507a.
- (1) Storage unit 502a The storage unit 502a is realized by a nonvolatile storage medium such as a flash memory and a hard disk drive, and has a function of storing data.
- the storage unit 502a stores a device processing table and a cooperation processing configuration table.
- the device processing table and the cooperation processing configuration table are the same as those described in the first embodiment.
- the linkage processing configuration table is stored in the storage unit 202 of the server 10 in the first embodiment, but in the second embodiment, in addition to the storage unit 202 of the server 10a, the storage unit 502a of the first home appliance 30-1a. Also remember.
- Control unit 507a The control unit 507a includes a processor and a memory, and has a function of controlling the overall operation of the first home appliance 30-1a. The function of the control unit 507a is realized by the processor executing a program stored in the memory.
- the control unit 507a has a processing list display function, an information transmission function, a cooperative processing determination function, an individual function unit control function, and a registration request function as main functions.
- the processing list display function, information transmission function, and registration request function are the same as those described in the first embodiment.
- the individual function unit control function is slightly different from that in the first embodiment.
- a cooperation process determination function and an individual function part control function are demonstrated in order.
- a cooperation process determination function is a function which determines the cooperation process which should be performed. The process by the cooperation process determination function corresponds to step S1322 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 13 and the process shown in FIG.
- the individual function unit control function includes an individual function unit control function based on a user instruction and an individual function unit control function based on an execution instruction.
- the individual function unit control function based on the user instruction is the same as that in the first embodiment. Processing by the individual function unit control function based on the user instruction corresponds to step S712 and step S713 in the flowchart of FIG.
- the individual function unit 506 is instructed to execute the process instructed by the control command received from the server 10.
- the individual function unit 506 executes the process to be executed by the home electric appliance among the processes constituting the cooperation process. Is instructing. Processing by the individual function unit control function based on the execution instruction corresponds to steps S1323 to S1326 in the flowchart of FIG. ⁇ 2-4. Operation>
- processing when the cooperative processing execution system 1a executes cooperative processing will be described with reference to FIGS.
- Steps S711 to S716 and S721 are the same as those described in the first embodiment.
- step S1311 the control unit 206a of the server 10a transmits device registration information to each registered home appliance in addition to the device information and execution information acquired in step S721.
- the device registration information is a list of device IDs of home appliances that have 1 (registered) in the registration status column of the device configuration table.
- each home appliance receives device information, execution information, and device registration information from the server 10a.
- the value of the device ID included in the device information is 1 indicating the first home appliance.
- the value of the process ID included in the received device information is A2 indicating alarm processing.
- step S1322 the control unit 507a of each home appliance performs a cooperation process determination process based on the device information, execution information, and device registration information.
- steps S1411, S1412, S1414 to S1416, and S1421 to S1424 in FIG. 14 are the same as steps S811, S812, S814 to S816, and S821 to S824 in FIG. Therefore, description thereof will be omitted.
- FIG. 14 differs from FIG. 8 in that step S1451 is inserted between step S1412 and step S1413, and that device registration information is used for determination in step S1413.
- step S1451 the control unit 507a associates the device ID of the home electrical appliance with any of the second to fourth processes constituting the cooperation process for the cooperation process for which a positive determination is made in step S1412. It is determined whether or not If the determination result is affirmative (Yes in step S1451), the process proceeds to step S1431, and if the determination result is negative (No in step S1451), the process proceeds to step S1415.
- control unit 507a refers to the device registration information instead of the device configuration table used in step S813, and registers all the home appliances included in the device group related to the remaining processing of the linkage processing that is the determination target. It is judged whether it is done.
- step S1323 it is determined whether or not the cooperation process to be executed is determined in the cooperation process determination process in step S1322. If the cooperation process to be executed has not been determined (No in step S1323), the process ends. If it has been determined (Yes in step S1323), the process proceeds to step S1324.
- step S1324 it is determined whether or not the received execution information includes a parameter. If not included (No in step S1324), the process proceeds to step S1326, and if included (Yes in step S1324). In step S1325, the process proceeds to step S1325.
- step S1325 the control unit 507a executes timer reservation.
- control unit 507a sets the timer unit 505 to notify that when the set time indicated by the parameter is reached.
- step S1326 the control unit 507a instructs the individual function unit 506 to execute the process associated with the own device ID among the second process to the fourth process.
- the individual function unit 506 executes processing instructed to be executed from the control unit 507a.
- control unit 507a instructs the individual function unit 506 to execute processing when receiving a notification from the timer unit 505 that the current time matches the set time. Will do. ⁇ 3. Modification> As mentioned above, although embodiment of the cooperation processing execution system which concerns on this invention was described, it is also possible to modify the illustrated cooperation processing execution system as follows, and cooperation as the present invention showed in the above-mentioned embodiment. Of course, it is not limited to the processing execution system.
- the first process received by the server 10 indicates the timing at which the server 10 transmits an execution instruction to each home appliance that should execute each of the second process to the fourth process.
- the execution information is switched depending on whether or not the execution information includes a parameter. Specifically, if the execution information does not include a parameter, as soon as the control command to be transmitted can be identified, the control information is transmitted to each home appliance (No in step S724, step S726), and the execution information includes the parameter. If included, the control command was transmitted at the set time indicated by the parameter (Yes in step S724, step S725 and step S726).
- the timing for transmitting the execution instruction is sufficient as long as the home appliances can execute the cooperation process by performing the process based on the control command.
- the server 10 may realize the cooperation process by controlling the first process to the fourth process to be executed sequentially.
- the server 10 waits to receive a notification that the execution of the first process has been completed.
- each home appliance that executes each of the first to fourth processes notifies the server 10 of a completion notification when the execution of the process is completed.
- the server 10 When the server 10 receives the completion notification from the home appliance that has executed the first process, the server 10 transmits an execution instruction related to the second process to the home appliance that should execute the second process. And if the completion notification which concerns on a 2nd process is received, the server 10 will transmit the execution instruction which concerns on a 3rd process to the household appliances which should perform a 3rd process. And if the completion notification which concerns on a 3rd process is received, the execution instruction which concerns on a 4th process will be transmitted to the household appliances which should perform a 4th process.
- the server transmits at a time obtained by adding an offset to the set time instead of transmitting a control command at the set time indicated by the parameter. It is good.
- the second process to the fourth process are associated with an offset in addition to the device ID and the process ID.
- the offset indicates the time of difference from the set time (for example, the unit is minutes).
- the offset associated with the first process indicates that the offset is used for the second to fourth processes when the value is 1, and is used as a flag indicating that the offset is not used when the value is 0.
- FIG. 17 shows a procedure of execution control table creation processing (corresponding to step S725 in the first embodiment) according to the present modification.
- step S1711 it is determined whether or not the value described in the offset of the first process of the cooperation process to be executed is 0. If it is 0 (Yes in Step S1711), the process proceeds to Step S1712, and if it is not 0 (No in Step S1712), the process proceeds to Step S1721.
- step S1711 When the cooperation process to be executed is the third cooperation process, the offset of the first process is 1, so the determination in step S1711 is negative (No in step S1711).
- step S1712 the control unit 206 associates the parameter included in the execution information related to the first process with the device ID and the process ID as parameters related to each process (second process to fourth process). It describes.
- the cooperation process to be executed is the eighth cooperation process and the parameter is “7:00”, for the second process, the set time (value is 7:00), device ID (value is 2), And the process ID (value is B1) are described in association with each other.
- step S1721 the control unit 206 determines whether or not the value described in the offset of the first process of the cooperation process to be executed is 1. If it is 1 (Yes in Step S1721), the process proceeds to Step S1722, and if it is not 1 (No in Step S1721), the process ends (RETURN).
- step S1721 is affirmative (Yes in step S1721).
- step S1723 the new parameter is described in the execution control table as a parameter relating to each process in association with the device ID and the process ID, and the process ends (RETURN).
- the control unit 206 sets the time set in the execution control table (value is 6:55), the device ID (value). 2) and the process ID (value is B3) in association with each other.
- the air conditioner performs a powerful operation as the second processing at 6:55.
- the temperature of the room is lowered, the smartphone notifies by sound at 7:00, rice cooking by the rice cooker starts at 7:05 as the third process, and washing by the washing machine starts at 7:10 as the fourth process Is done.
- the offsets related to the third process and the fourth process in the above example are determined in advance in consideration of the time required to complete the third process and the fourth process in order to improve the convenience for the user. Yes.
- the third process rice cooking
- rice cooking is completed at 7:20 when rice cooking starts at 7:05. Therefore, the user gets up at 7:00, can prepare himself in 20 minutes, and can eat breakfast from 7:20.
- washing requires 30 minutes from the start of washing to completion, washing started at 7:10 is completed at 7:40. Therefore, the user can start washing at 7:40 after breakfast is completed in about 20 minutes.
- the user can wake up comfortably with the room temperature being appropriately adjusted by the air conditioner, and finish the work of smoothly drying breakfast and laundry without wasting time. Can do.
- the offset described in the linkage processing configuration table in FIG. 16 is set for each home appliance and for each process in consideration of the time required to execute each process so that the convenience of the user can be improved. It should be predetermined.
- the offset value in FIG. 16 is merely an example, and may be changed to a more appropriate value according to the specifications of the home appliance.
- the parameter is not limited to the set time, and other parameters necessary for execution of processing such as a set temperature used for an air conditioner, a water heater, etc. These parameters may be used.
- the server 10 waits for the current time to reach the set time indicated by the parameter, and instead of sending a control command to each home appliance, a control command including the set time as a parameter is sent to each home appliance. It may be sent immediately.
- each home electric appliance that has received the control command stores the set time, and executes the process indicated by the control command when the current time matches the set time.
- the parameter included in the control command to be transmitted may be corrected by an offset like the new parameter according to the above-described modification (1) (B).
- control unit 206 of the server 10 has started the cooperation process triggered by the fact that a specific process is actually executed by one household electrical appliance. It is good also as starting cooperation processing based on the history of processed processing.
- control unit 206 determines to start the cooperation process when it is recorded that a specific process is performed continuously for a specific number of days near a specific time as a history in a specific home appliance. May be. This will be described below with reference to FIGS.
- step S1901 in FIG. 19 the control unit 206 of the server 10 receives device information and execution information from one home appliance as one of the first home appliance 30-1 to the fourth home appliance 30-4 as a history.
- Each time, the date and time information indicating the received date and time, the device ID included in the received device information, and the process ID included in the received execution information are associated with each other and stored in the storage unit 202 as history information (see FIG. 18). .
- step S1902 the control unit 206 refers to the history information every predetermined time (for example, every 4 minutes).
- step S1903 the control unit 206, in the history information, in the vicinity of the current time indicated by the timer unit 205 (for example, after the current time -2 minutes and before the current time +2 minutes) for a predetermined number of days (for example, 5 days) It is determined whether or not it is recorded that the same device ID and the same process ID are received. If it is determined affirmative (Yes in step S1903), the process proceeds to step S1904, and if it is determined negative (No in step S1903), the process proceeds to step S1901.
- step S1903 the determination in step S1903 will be specifically described. For example, it is assumed that the current time is 12:00 on June 6, 2013. In the history information in FIG. 18, a set of a device ID having a value of 1 and a process ID having a value of A2 is recorded from 1 June 2013 to 5 June 2013 at 12:00. . In this case, since it is recorded in the history information that the same device ID and the same processing ID are received in the vicinity of the current time for five days or more, the control unit 206 determines that the result is positive. It will be.
- step S1904 the control unit 206 considers that the same device ID and the same processing ID related to the positive determination in step S1903 have been received, and proceeds to step S722 in FIG. The processing after step S722 in FIG. 7 has been described.
- the user performs a specific process using a specific home appliance at a specific time continuously for a predetermined number of days until the day before the current day, and intends to perform the same process at the same time on the current day. If the user forgets to execute the process, the process is executed, which increases the convenience for the user.
- a set of a specific device ID and a specific process ID is recorded a specific number of times and a specific device ID and a process ID within a specific period. If this is the case, the linkage process may be executed.
- the cooperation process may be executed when the state continues for a predetermined time. Whether or not the state has continued for a predetermined time is determined based on whether the home appliance is in a predetermined period of time after processing for setting the home appliance to a specific state (for example, the power is on) in the history information. Can be determined based on whether or not it is recorded that processing for changing the state to another state (for example, the power is off) is being performed.
- the linkage processing is configured by processing executed by each of a plurality of home appliances.
- the cooperation process may be configured by a plurality of cooperation processes, or may be configured by a combination of a plurality of cooperation processes and a process executed by each home appliance.
- a cooperative process including a plurality of cooperative processes is referred to as a “multiple cooperative process”. Further, hereinafter, each cooperation process constituting the plurality of cooperation processes is referred to as “unit cooperation process”.
- the cooperative processing execution system 2000 includes a server 2010, a router 20, and a first device group 2021 to a third device group 2023 as shown in FIG.
- the description of the multiple linkage processing according to this modification is roughly the same as the linkage processing in the above-described embodiment and each process constituting the linkage processing replaced with multiple linkage processing and unit linkage processing.
- the configuration of the server 2010 is the same as that of the server 10 except when a special explanation is added. Therefore, FIG. 2 is used when the configuration of the server 2010 is described below.
- the configuration of each household electrical appliance other than the first household electrical appliance 30-1 is the same as the configuration of the first household electrical appliance 30-1, except where special explanation is added. Therefore, FIG. 5 is used when the configuration of the home appliance is described below.
- the first device group 2021 is composed of a plurality of home appliances from the first home appliance 30-1 to the Ath home appliance 30-A.
- a plurality of home appliances constituting the first device group 2021 execute unit cooperation processing.
- the second device group 2022 includes a plurality of home appliances from the Bth home appliance 30-B to the Cth home appliance 30-C.
- a plurality of home appliances constituting the second device group 2022 execute unit cooperation processing.
- the third device group 2023 is composed of a plurality of home appliances from the D home appliance 30-D to the Eth home appliance 30-E.
- a plurality of home appliances constituting the third device group 2023 execute unit cooperation processing.
- the process ID indicating the process is transmitted.
- the home electric appliance that transmits the group ID and the process ID to the server 2010 may be a specific home electric appliance, or may be a home electric appliance that has executed a specific process among the processes constituting the unit linkage process.
- the server 2010 uses the multiple linkage process configuration table to identify multiple linkage processes to be executed.
- the multiple linkage processing configuration table shows the correspondence between the first unit linkage processing that constitutes the multiple linkage processing and other unit linkage processing (second unit linkage processing, third unit linkage processing). Yes.
- Each of the first unit cooperation process to the third unit cooperation process is represented by a set of a group ID of a device group that executes the unit cooperation process and a process ID for identifying the unit cooperation process.
- the multiple linkage processing is configured by less than 3 linkage processing, that is, when the third unit linkage processing is not performed in the multiple linkage processing, there are multiple group IDs and process IDs corresponding to these processing. It is blank in the linkage processing configuration table.
- the control unit 206 reads the multiple linkage processing configuration table from the storage unit 202.
- control unit 206 determines whether or not there is a set that matches the set of the received group ID and the received process ID among the set of the group ID and the process ID of the first unit linkage process shown in the multiple linkage process configuration table. If there is a match, it is identified as a multiple linkage process to be executed.
- the server 2010 instructs the device group identified by the group ID to execute the process identified by the process ID for the second unit collaboration process and the third unit collaboration process constituting the identified multiple collaboration process.
- An execution instruction is transmitted.
- each device group a unit linkage process identified by the process ID transmitted from the server 2010 is executed.
- the server 2010 instead of sending an execution instruction to each device group, the server 2010 executes each home appliance out of each process constituting the unit linkage process for each home appliance constituting the device group. It is good also as what transmits the execution instruction about power processing to each household appliances which should be performed.
- each unit linkage process constituting a plurality of linkage processes is executed by each of a plurality of device groups constituting the linkage process execution system 2000, and as a result, the linkage process execution system 2000 executes a plurality of linkage processes. become.
- the server 10 and the server 10a receive device information and execution information from one home appliance without starting authentication for one home appliance, and start cooperative control. It is desirable to authenticate other home appliances. By performing authentication, it is possible to prevent device information and execution information from being received from a single home appliance operated by a user who is not desirable to operate the home appliance such as an infant or an unauthorized user, and start linkage control. be able to. As authentication, it is conceivable to use general authentication such as password authentication.
- verification data such as a digital signature and a secure hash is added to data such as device information, execution information, and execution instructions on the transmission side, and verification data is received on the reception side.
- Security may be improved by detecting falsification using.
- the first home appliance 30-1 to the fourth home appliance 30-4 are arranged in the house 15, but there is no need to limit the arrangement location, and the server 10 and the server 10a. As long as it can communicate with, it does not matter where it is placed.
- the first home appliance 30-1 is a smartphone carried outside the house 15 by the user, and may communicate with the server 10 via the base station 2220 as shown in FIG.
- one home appliance performs the first processing (alarm processing as an example).
- the first processing is a command transmission from one home appliance to another home appliance.
- one household appliance may be a smartphone
- the first process may be a transmission process of an instruction that instructs execution of a rice cooking process on a rice cooker that is another household appliance.
- the user can control the rice cooker in the house 15 from the outside of the house 15 using a smartphone.
- one home appliance displays a GUI (Graphical User Interface) to allow the user to input a user instruction regarding the processing list display function and the individual function unit control function based on the user instruction.
- GUI Graphic User Interface
- one home appliance first displays the GUI 2301 of FIG. 23 on the display unit 504 for password authentication.
- the user views the GUI 2301 and inputs a predetermined user account and password using the input unit 503.
- One household appliance transmits the input user account and password to the server.
- the server determines whether or not the combination of the user account and the password is correct, and if it is correct, notifies the home appliance of successful authentication.
- the one home appliance that has received the notification of successful authentication displays the GUI 2302 on the display unit 504.
- the GUI 2302 shows a list of processes that can be executed by one household electrical appliance when the execution instruction is given by the user in the one household electrical appliance.
- the user gives a user instruction to one home appliance by selecting one of the processes displayed as a GUI 2302 using the input unit 503.
- processing displayed in the list on the GUI 2302 may further include a plurality of sub-processing.
- a GUI for example, GUI 2303
- selecting one process from the plurality of processes may be further displayed.
- “power on / off” displayed on the GUI 2302 includes two processes of power on and power off.
- the one home appliance displays a GUI 2303 for selecting either the power on process or the power off process.
- FIG. 24 shows a GUI displayed on a smartphone as one home appliance that controls the rice cooker in the house 15 from the outside of the house 15 as in the modified example (5).
- GUI 2401 in FIG. 24 is the same as the GUI 2301 described with reference to FIG.
- the GUI 2402 is a GUI for allowing the user to select a control target among home appliances in the house 15 and displays a list of names of the home appliances to be controlled.
- the home appliances to be controlled are home appliances registered in the server.
- one household electrical appliance acquires a device information table from the server. Note that it is not necessary for one home appliance to acquire all of the device information table, and it is sufficient to acquire a portion related to a home appliance whose registration state is 1 in the device information table.
- the user who has seen the GUI 2402 uses the input unit 503 of one home appliance to input a user instruction indicating a home appliance desired to be controlled among the home appliances displayed as a list.
- the home appliance selected by the user is an air conditioner.
- the home appliance When a single home appliance receives a user instruction, the home appliance displays a list of processes that can be executed by the home appliance indicated by the user instruction, as shown in GUI 2403 in FIG.
- GUI 2403 displays power on / off, temperature setting, on timer,...
- processes that can be executed by the air conditioner The change in the display from the GUI 2403 to the GUI 2404 in FIG. 24 is the same as the change in the display from the GUI 2302 to the GUI 2303 in FIG.
- the cooperation processing execution system may be configured to include at least one of a smart phone, an air conditioner, a rice cooker, and a washing machine, or may be configured by other household electrical appliances, or 2, 3, and 5 You may be comprised from the above household appliances.
- Examples of home appliances other than smartphones, air conditioners, rice cookers and washing machines include video and audio recording and playback devices, digital TV broadcast receivers, microwave ovens, vacuum cleaners, air purifiers, printers, electric kettles, coffee makers, There are telephones, mobile phones, alarm clocks, FAX transceivers, lighting fixtures, and the like.
- the configuration of the individual function unit 506 that realizes the function of each device is different from each other.
- control part 206a of the server 10a selected the transmission destination of the apparatus information and execution information which were acquired from the one household appliance as an information distribution function, it comprises a cooperation process. It is sufficient if the device information and the execution information can be transmitted to the home appliance that should execute the second process to the fourth process.
- the server 10a may transmit device information and execution information to all home appliances included in the cooperation processing execution system.
- each home electric appliance that has received the device information and the execution information determines whether or not there is a process to be executed by the own home electric appliance among the processes constituting the linkage process by the own process determination function.
- the household appliances which do not have the process which should be performed with the own household appliances should just discard the received apparatus information and execution information.
- data and execution instructions are not transmitted / received among a plurality of home appliances, but may be transmitted / received.
- the plurality of home appliances constituting the cooperative processing execution system are various as described in the modification (6) described above as an example. Therefore, there are a wide variety of communication formats used when each home appliance communicates. There are also a wide variety of control instruction sets used by each home appliance. Even if the home appliance is instructed to execute the same processing (for example, power-on processing), the control command (infrared remote control code in home-made cooperative format as an example) to be notified to each home appliance for execution of the processing is different. May come.
- the server communicates with other household electrical appliances included in the cooperative processing execution system, and a control instruction set for causing the other household electrical appliances to execute processing. Should be sent.
- each home appliance can transmit data and execution instructions to other home appliances, and can save the storage area to be used.
- each home appliance transmits and receives information to and from each other, but information necessary for executing the cooperation process is transmitted and received to and from each other via the server. It is good.
- the input unit 503 of one home appliance may include a key for instructing execution of each process, and the user may input a user instruction by pressing a key included in the input unit 503.
- the server is realized by a single computer. However, it is sufficient that the server is configured so as to realize the functions described for the server in the above-described embodiment.
- the server may be a cloud including one or more computers and a storage device.
- step S723 when there are a plurality of cooperation processes in which all the home appliances that constitute the device group that executes the remaining process are registered, the number of home appliances included in the device group is calculated. Although it is decided to identify the largest number of linked processes, it is sufficient if the linked processes to be executed can be identified. For example, a priority may be set in advance for each cooperative process, and a cooperative process with a high priority may be selected.
- the server transmits the control command, the device information, and the execution information as the execution instruction of the process related to the cooperation process to the home appliance, but the home appliance that has received the execution instruction Anything that can execute the process related to the cooperation process is sufficient.
- the execution instruction may be a process ID for identifying a process related to the cooperation process.
- a command according to an existing format such as a home-made cooperative format related to a remote control signal defined for each home appliance may be used.
- the analysis routine related to the remote control signal can be used.
- control instruction is associated with each of the first process to the fourth process in the cooperation process configuration table, it is sufficient for the control instruction to be able to instruct the execution of each of the first process to the fourth process.
- the control instruction associated with each of the first process to the fourth process need not be one instruction, and may be composed of a plurality of control instructions. More specifically, when the first process is a process for executing a specific process at a specific time, the control instruction corresponding to the first process includes a control instruction for specifying a specific time and a specific process. It may be composed of two control instructions with a control instruction instructing the execution of the above, or may be composed of three or more control instructions.
- the router 20 only relays communication between each home appliance and the server 10, but it is not necessary to clearly distinguish the functions of the server 10 and the router 20. It is good also as making the router 20 perform at least one part of the function which has.
- the server, each home appliance, and the like which are related to the cooperation process specifying function, the cooperation control function, the device registration function, the process list display function, the information transmission function, and the individual function unit control function described in the above embodiment.
- a recording medium includes an IC card, a hard disk, an optical disk, a flexible disk, a ROM, a flash memory, and the like.
- the distributed and distributed control program is used by being stored in a memory or the like that can be read by the processor, and the processor executes the control program to realize each function as shown in each embodiment. Will come to be.
- the processor may be compiled and executed or executed by an interpreter.
- Each functional component (communication unit 201, storage unit 202, input unit 203, display unit 204, timer unit 205, control unit 206, communication unit 501, storage unit 502, input unit 503 shown in the above embodiment ,
- the display unit 504, the timer unit 505, the individual function unit 506, the control unit 507, etc.) may be realized as a circuit for executing the function, or may be realized by executing a program by one or a plurality of processors. Also good.
- each functional component described above is typically realized as an LSI which is an integrated circuit. These may be individually made into one chip, or may be made into one chip so as to include a part or all of them.
- the name used here is LSI, but it may also be called IC, system LSI, super LSI, or ultra LSI depending on the degree of integration.
- the method of circuit integration is not limited to LSI's, and implementation using dedicated circuitry or general purpose processors is also possible.
- An FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
- a reconfigurable processor that can reconfigure the connection and setting of circuit cells inside the LSI may be used.
- integrated circuit technology comes out to replace LSI's as a result of the advancement of semiconductor technology or a derivative other technology, it is naturally also possible to carry out function block integration using this technology. Biotechnology can be applied.
- a cooperation processing execution method is a cooperation processing execution method for executing cooperation processing by a plurality of home appliances registered in a server, wherein the server is a single home appliance.
- correspondence information indicating correspondence between one or more groups configured by one or more household appliances and a control signal to be transmitted to each household appliance belonging to each group is held.
- the cooperative process execution method refers to a detection step of detecting that the specific process is executed by the one household electrical appliance, and refers to the correspondence information when the detection is performed, and A selection step of selecting one group composed of one or more home appliances registered in the server from the group, and configuring the group selected in the selection step For each home device and a transmitting step of transmitting a control signal to be the transmission.
- the processing performed by each home appliance is determined according to the registered combination of home appliances, and therefore, it is possible to realize a cooperative process according to the ownership status of different home appliances for each user.
- the control signal transmitted in the transmission step may be a command defined in advance for controlling a home electric appliance that receives the control signal.
- control signals that can be interpreted by each home appliance in the server are centrally managed, so that multiple control commands for all other home appliances that can perform a cooperative operation together in each home appliance are stored in advance. It is possible to execute cooperation processing by other home appliances.
- the control signal transmitted in the transmission step is a signal indicating that the specific process has been executed by the one household electrical appliance, and the specific process among the plurality of household electrical appliances is performed.
- the home electric appliance having a process to be executed when executed holds processing information indicating the process to be executed, and the cooperative processing execution method is such that each of the electric home appliances receives the control signal.
- an execution step of executing the processing indicated by the processing information may be included.
- each home appliance since the control signal that can be interpreted by the home appliance is notified that the specific processing has been performed by the one home appliance, each home appliance has its own device out of the processes constituting the linkage processing. Can specify and execute processing to be executed.
- the group selected in the selection step is a group composed of all home appliances registered in the server, and in the execution step, each of the home appliances has received the control signal. In this case, the control signal may be discarded when the processing information is not held.
- the cooperation process can be realized by specifying and executing the process to be executed by the own device in each home appliance without specifying the process to be executed by each home appliance in the server.
- the said server is further linked
- the selection step detects that a process different from the specific process has been executed by the detection step
- the process is associated with a process different from the specific process.
- a group composed of one or more home appliances registered in the server is selected from the one or more groups. It may be.
- the correspondence information further indicates a priority of each of the one or more groups, and when performing the selection in the selection step, the correspondence information includes one or more registered in the server. When there are a plurality of groups composed of home appliances, the group with the highest priority indicated in the correspondence information may be selected.
- a cooperative processing execution system is a cooperative processing execution system configured by a plurality of home appliances registered in a server, and performs specific processing executed by one home appliance.
- a storage unit for storing correspondence information indicating correspondence between one or more groups configured by one or more household electrical appliances and control signals to be transmitted to the household electrical appliances belonging to each group; and the specific process Detecting means for detecting that is executed by the one home appliance, and one or more home appliances registered in the server from the one or more groups with reference to the correspondence information when the detection is made
- a selection means for selecting a group composed of devices; and a transmission means for transmitting a control signal to be transmitted to each of the household electrical appliances constituting the group selected by the selection means.
- the cooperation processing execution method performs cooperation processing according to the ownership status of different home appliances for each user, and is useful for a system that controls a plurality of home appliances using a server.
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Description
<1-1.概要>
以下、本発明の一実施形態に係る連携処理実行システム1について図面を用いて説明する。連携処理実行システム1は、連携処理を実行するためのシステムである。ここで連携処理は、複数の家電機器それぞれによって実行される処理から構成される一群の処理である。
<1-2.サーバ10>
サーバ10は、自装置に登録された各家電機器(第1家電機器30-1~第4家電機器30-4)を制御して連携処理を実現するための装置である。以下、サーバ10について説明する。
<1-2-1.構成>
サーバ10は、コンピュータで実現されており、機能構成としては図2に示すように通信部201、記憶部202、入力部203、表示部204、タイマー部205及び制御部206を含んで構成される。
(1)通信部201
通信部201は、通信用LSIで実現されており、ネットワークを介してルータ20に接続される。また、通信部201はネットワーク及びルータ20を介して第1家電機器30-1~第4家電機器30-4との間でデータの送受信を行う機能を有する。
(2)記憶部202
記憶部202は、フラッシュメモリ及びハードディスクドライブなどの不揮発性の記憶媒体で実現されており、データを記憶する機能を有する。一例として記憶部202は機器情報表(図3参照)及び連携処理構成表(図4参照)を記憶する。機器情報表及び連携処理構成表の詳細は後述する。
(3)入力部203
入力部203は、キーボード等の入力デバイスで実現されている。また、入力部203はユーザがキーボード等を操作することによって入力されるユーザ指示を取得し、取得したユーザ指示を制御部206に通知する機能を有する。
(4)表示部204
表示部204は、ディスプレイ及びディスプレイ制御LSIで実現されている。ディスプレイは、一例として液晶ディスプレイである。ディスプレイ制御LSIは、映像を表すデータを取得し、取得したデータにより表される映像をディスプレイに表示させる機能を有する。
(5)タイマー部205
タイマー部205は、リアルタイムクロックIC(Integrated Circuit)で実現されており、時計機能、及び時刻の指定を受け付けて指定された時刻になったときに制御部206に通知するアラーム機能を有する。
(6)制御部206
制御部206は、プロセッサ及びメモリを含んで構成されており、サーバ10の全体動作を制御する機能を有する。ここで制御部206の機能はメモリに記憶されているプログラムをプロセッサが実行することにより実現される。
(A)連携処理決定機能
連携処理決定機能は、実行すべき連携処理を決定する機能である。制御部206は、連携処理実行システム1に含まれる家電機器のうち一の家電機器において所定の処理が実行されたことを検出し、その検出した処理に応じて実行すべき連携処理を特定する。連携決定特定機能による処理は、図7に示すフローチャートにおけるステップS722、及び図8に示す処理に相当する。
(B)連携制御機能
連携制御機能は、連携処理特定機能を用いて特定した連携処理を実行するために各家電機器を制御する機能である。連携制御機能による処理は図7に示すフローチャートにおけるステップS723~S726に相当する。
(C)機器登録機能
機器登録機能は、現時点で連携処理実行システム1に含まれている家電機器を特定するために登録する機能である。機器登録機能は、以下のように実現する。すなわち、制御部206は、各家電機器から送信される機器登録要求を受信し、機器情報表(図3参照)における機器登録要求の送信元の家電機器に係る登録状態欄に登録を示す情報(一例として値1)を記載する。なお、機器情報表には、現時点で連携処理実行システム1に含まれている家電機器に加え、現時点では含まれていないものの将来的に含まれることになり得る家電機器についての情報も記載されている。現時点で連携処理実行システム1に含まれていない家電機器については、機器情報表の登録状態欄に未登録を示す情報(一例として値0)が記載されている。
<1-2-2.データ構造>
(1)機器情報表
機器情報表は、図3に示すように連携処理実行システム1を構成し得る家電機器それぞれについての機器ID、品番、ソフトウェアバージョン、処理ID、制御命令、及び登録状態の対応を示す表である。なお、図3に示す機器情報表において括弧書きしている項目(機器名、品種及び処理名)は補足説明として記載したものであり、機器情報表中に必ずしも記載する必要は無い。
(2)連携処理構成表
連携処理構成表は、図4に示すように、連携処理実行システム1を構成する複数の家電機器により実行される各連携処理についての、連携処理のトリガとなる第1処理と、連携処理を構成する処理のうち第1処理を除いた処理(以下「残処理」という。)との対応を示している。なお、残処理を実行する機器から成るグループを以下「機器グループ」という。
<1-3.第1家電機器30-1~第4家電機器30-4>
第1家電機器30-1、第2家電機器30-2、第3家電機器30-3及び第4家電機器30-4は、連携処理を構成する処理を実行する家電機器である。これらの家電機器は、各家電機器の有する主な機能(スマートフォンにおける通話機能、エアコンにおける冷房機能、炊飯器における炊飯機能、洗濯機における洗濯機能など)を個別機能部506で実現し、個別機能部506以外の構成は共通している。よって以下、個別機能部506については家電機器毎の説明をするが、その他の構成については代表して第1家電機器30-1についてのみ説明する。
<1-3-1.構成>
第1家電機器30-1は、図5に示すように通信部501、記憶部502、入力部503、表示部504、タイマー部505、個別機能部506及び制御部507を含んで構成される。
(1)通信部501
通信部501は、通信用LSIで実現されており、ネットワークを介してデータの送受信を行う機能を有する。
(2)記憶部502
記憶部502は、フラッシュメモリ及びハードディスクドライブなどの不揮発性の記憶媒体で実現されており、データを記憶する機能を有する。記憶部502は、一例として機器処理表(図6参照)を記憶する。機器処理表は、各家電機器において、ユーザ指示、サーバからの実行指示を受け付けて実行する処理の一覧を示す。機器処理表の内容は家電機器毎に異なる。機器処理表の詳細は後述する。
(3)入力部503
入力部503は、リモコン、リモコン信号の受光部、タッチパネル、キーパッド等の入力デバイスから構成されている。入力部503は、ユーザがリモコン、タッチパネル、キーパッド等を操作することにより入力するユーザ指示を取得し、取得したユーザ指示を制御部507に通知する機能を有する。
(4)表示部504
表示部504は、ディスプレイ及びディスプレイ制御LSIで構成されている。ディスプレイは一例として液晶ディスプレイである。ディスプレイ制御LSIは、映像を表すデータを取得し、取得したデータにより表される映像をディスプレイに表示させる機能を有する。
(5)タイマー部505
タイマー部505は、リアルタイムクロックICで実現されており、時計機能、及び時刻の指定を受け付けて指定された時刻になったときに通知するアラーム機能を有する。
(6)個別機能部506
個別機能部506は、第1家電機器30-1~第4家電機器30-4のそれぞれが有する個別の機能を実現する機能部である。個別機能部506は、第1家電機器30-1~第4家電機器30-4それぞれで異なる機能を有する。以下、個別機能部506について家電機器毎の説明を行う。
(A)第1家電機器30-1の場合
第1家電機器30-1は、上述の通りスマートフォンであり、主な機能の一例として電源オン機能、アラーム機能、電源オフ機能、カメラ撮影機能、電話機能、デジタルTV放送受信機能及びホームページ閲覧機能などを有する。
(B)第2家電機器30-2の場合
第2家電機器30-2は、上述の通りエアコンであり、主な機能の一例として電源オン機能、パワフル運転機能、節約運転機能、温度設定機能、入タイマー機能、電源オフ機能、冷房機能、暖房機能、切タイマー機能、風向設定機能及び風量設定機能などを有する。
(C)第3家電機器30-3の場合
第3家電機器30-3は、上述の通り炊飯器であり、主な機能の一例として電源オン機能、炊飯を開始する炊飯開始機能、電源オフ機能及び炊飯完了時刻設定機能などを有する。
(D)第4家電機器30-4
第4家電機器30-4は、上述の通り洗濯機であり、主な機能の一例として電源オン機能、洗濯開始機能、電源オフ機能及び洗濯時間設定機能などを有する。
(7)制御部507
制御部507はプロセッサ及びメモリを含んで構成されており、第1家電機器30-1の全体動作を制御する機能を有する。制御部507の各機能はメモリに記憶されているプログラムをプロセッサが実行することにより実現される。
(A)処理一覧表示機能
処理一覧表示機能は、第1家電機器30-1においてユーザ指示が入力された場合に、第1家電機器30-1が実行可能な処理の一覧を表示する機能である。処理一覧表示機能による処理は図7に示すフローチャートにおけるステップS711に相当する。
(B)情報送信機能
情報送信機能は、ユーザ指示により実行の指示がされた処理に関する情報をサーバ10に送信する機能である。サーバ10に送信する情報は機器情報及び実行情報である。ここで、機器情報は、自機器を識別するための機器IDを含む。実行情報は、実行した処理を識別する処理IDを含む。情報送信機能による処理は、図7に示すフローチャートにおけるステップS716に相当する。
(C)個別機能部制御機能
個別機能部制御機能は、ユーザ指示に基づく個別機能部制御機能、及び実行指示に基づく個別機能部制御機能を含む。以下それぞれについて説明する。
(C-1)ユーザ指示に基づく個別機能部制御機能
ユーザ指示に基づく個別機能部制御機能は、受信したユーザ指示に基づき実行する処理を特定し、特定した処理を個別機能部506に実行させるための制御命令を送信する処理を行う機能である。特定した処理を識別する処理IDと、制御命令との対応は、記憶部502に記憶された機器処理表に記載されている。
(C-2)実行指示に基づく個別機能部制御機能
実行指示に基づく個別機能部制御機能は、サーバ10から受信する制御命令により指示される処理の実行を個別機能部506に対し指示することにより、個別機能部506にその処理を実行させる機能である。
(D)登録要求機能
登録要求機能は、サーバ10への自家電機器の登録の要求を指示するユーザ指示を受け付けてサーバ10に対し機器登録要求を送信する機能である。
<1-3-2.データ構造>
以下、記憶部502に記憶される機器処理表について説明する。機器処理表は、家電機器がユーザ指示やサーバ10から送信される制御命令を受信した場合に、受信したユーザ指示や制御命令に基づき実行可能な処理を記載した表である。図6は一例として第1家電機器30-1の記憶部502に記憶されている機器処理表を示している。ここで、第1家電機器30-1に係る機器処理表は、図3に示す機器情報表のうち第1家電機器30-1に対応する行311と同一内容の表である。
<1-4.ルータ20>
ルータ20は、異なるネットワーク同士を相互接続する機器である。ルータ20は、図1に示すように、連携処理実行システム1においてサーバ10が属する宅外のネットワークと、第1家電機器30-1~第4家電機器30-4が属する宅内のネットワークとを相互接続している。以下の説明では、サーバ10と第1家電機器30-1~第4家電機器30-4のいずれかとの間で通信が行われる場合、明示的に記載していなくてもルータ20を介して通信しているものとする。
<1-5.動作>
以下、連携処理実行システム1が連携処理を実行する場合の処理について図7~図9を参照しながら説明する。
<2.第2の実施形態>
<2-1.概要>
第1の実施形態では一の家電機器が実行した処理に基づいて実行すべき連携処理をサーバ10が特定していたが、連携処理実行システムの構成要素のいずれかが特定すれば足りる。第2の実施形態では各家電機器が、連携処理を構成する処理のうち自機器が実行すべき処理を特定する。
<2-2.サーバ10a>
サーバ10aは、第1家電機器30-1a~第4家電機器30-4aを制御して連携処理を実現するためのサーバである。以下、サーバ10aについて説明する。
(1)制御部206a
制御部206aは、プロセッサ及びメモリを含んで構成されている。制御部206aはサーバ10aの全体動作を制御する機能を有する。制御部206aの機能は、メモリに記憶されているプログラムをプロセッサが実行することにより実現される。
<2-3.第1家電機器30-1a~第4家電機器30-4a>
第1家電機器30-1a、第2家電機器30-2a、第3家電機器30-3a及び第4家電機器30-4aは、連携処理を構成する処理を行う家電機器である。これらの各家電機器の構成は、記憶部502a及び制御部507a以外は、第1家電機器30-1、第2家電機器30-2、第3家電機器30-3及び第4家電機器30-4の構成と同様である。よって以下では、第1家電機器30-1aの構成について説明し、第2家電機器30-2a、第3家電機器30-3a及び第4家電機器30-4aの構成については特に必要な場合を除いて説明を省略する。
(1)記憶部502a
記憶部502aは、フラッシュメモリ及びハードディスクドライブなどの不揮発性の記憶媒体で実現されており、データを記憶する機能を有する。記憶部502aは、機器処理表及び連携処理構成表を記憶する。機器処理表及び連携処理構成表は第1の実施形態で説明したものと同様のものである。連携処理構成表は、第1の実施形態ではサーバ10の記憶部202が記憶していたが、第2の実施形態ではサーバ10aの記憶部202に加え第1家電機器30-1aの記憶部502aにおいても記憶している。
(2)制御部507a
制御部507aは、プロセッサ及びメモリを含んで構成され、第1家電機器30-1aの全体動作を制御する機能を有する。制御部507aの機能はメモリに記憶されているプログラムをプロセッサが実行することにより実現される。
(A)連携処理決定機能
連携処理決定機能は、実行すべき連携処理を決定する機能である。連携処理決定機能による処理は図13に示すフローチャートにおけるステップS1322、及び図14に示す処理に相当する。
(B)個別機能部制御機能
個別機能部制御機能は、ユーザ指示に基づく個別機能部制御機能、及び実行指示に基づく個別機能部制御機能を含む。ユーザ指示に基づく個別機能部制御機能は、第1の実施形態におけるものと同様である。ユーザ指示に基づく個別機能部制御機能による処理は図13のフローチャートにおけるステップS712及びステップS713に相当する。
<2-4.動作>
以下、連携処理実行システム1aが連携処理を実行する場合の処理について図13~図14を参照しながら説明する。
<3.変形例>
以上、本発明に係る連携処理実行システムの実施形態を説明したが、例示した連携処理実行システムを以下のように変形することも可能であり、本発明が上述の実施形態で示した通りの連携処理実行システムに限られないことは勿論である。
<4.補足>
以下、更に本発明の一実施形態としての連携処理実行システム及び連携処理実行方法の構成、その変形例及び効果について説明する。
(1)本発明の一実施形態に係る連携処理実行方法は、サーバに登録された複数の家電機器による連携処理を実行するための連携処理実行方法であって、前記サーバは、一の家電機器により実行される特定の処理に関連付けて、1以上の家電機器により構成される1以上のグループと、当該各グループに属する家電機器それぞれに送信すべき制御信号との対応を示す対応情報を保持しており、前記連携処理実行方法は、前記特定の処理が前記一の家電機器により実行されたことを検出する検出ステップと、前記検出がされた場合に前記対応情報を参照し、前記1以上のグループの中から前記サーバに登録された1以上の家電機器で構成される1つのグループを選出する選出ステップと、前記選出ステップにおいて選出されたグループを構成する家電機器それぞれに対し前記送信すべき制御信号を送信する送信ステップとを含む。
(2)また、前記送信ステップにおいて送信する前記制御信号は、当該制御信号を受信する家電機器を制御するために予め規定されているコマンドであるとしてもよい。
(3)また、前記送信ステップにおいて送信する前記制御信号は、前記一の家電機器により前記特定の処理が実行されたことを表す信号であり、前記複数の家電機器のうち、前記特定の処理が実行された場合に実行すべき処理がある家電機器は、当該実行すべき処理を示す処理情報を保持しており、前記連携処理実行方法は、前記家電機器のそれぞれが、前記制御信号を受信した場合において前記処理情報を保持しているときに、前記処理情報により示される処理を実行する実行ステップを含むとしてもよい。
(4)また、前記選出ステップにおいて選出するグループは、前記サーバに登録された全ての家電機器で構成されたグループであり、前記実行ステップにおいて、前記家電機器のそれぞれは、前記制御信号を受信した場合に前記処理情報を保持していないときには前記制御信号を破棄することとしてもよい。
(5)また、前記サーバは更に、前記複数の家電機器のいずれかにより実行される前記特定の処理とは異なる処理に関連付けて、1以上の家電機器により構成される1以上のグループと、当該各グループを構成する家電機器それぞれに送信すべき制御信号との対応を示す対応情報を保持しており、前記検出ステップにおいて、更に、前記複数の家電機器のいずれかにより前記特定の処理とは異なる処理が実行されたことを検出し、前記選出ステップにおいて、前記検出ステップにより前記特定の処理とは異なる処理が実行されたことを検出した場合には、前記特定の処理とは異なる処理に関連付けられている前記対応情報を参照し、前記1以上のグループの中から前記サーバに登録された1以上の家電機器で構成されるグループを選出することとしてもよい。
(6)また、前記選出ステップにおいて前記選出を行う場合に、前記対応情報中に、前記サーバに登録された1以上の家電機器で構成されるグループが複数あるときには、グループを構成する家電機器の数が最大であるものを選出することとしてもよい。
(7)また、前記対応情報は、更に、前記1以上のグループそれぞれの優先度を示し、前記選出ステップにおいて前記選出を行う場合に、前記対応情報中に、前記サーバに登録された1以上の家電機器で構成されるグループが複数あるときには、前記対応情報において示される優先度の最も高いグループを選出することとしてもよい。
(8)本発明の一実施形態に係る連携処理実行システムは、サーバに登録された複数の家電機器により構成される連携処理実行システムであって、一の家電機器により実行される特定の処理に関連付けて、1以上の家電機器により構成される1以上のグループと、当該各グループに属する家電機器それぞれに送信すべき制御信号との対応を示す対応情報を保持する記憶手段と、前記特定の処理が前記一の家電機器により実行されたことを検出する検出手段と、前記検出がされた場合に前記対応情報を参照し、前記1以上のグループの中から前記サーバに登録された1以上の家電機器で構成されるグループを選出する選出手段と、前記選出手段が選出したグループを構成する家電機器それぞれに送信すべき制御信号を送信する送信手段とを備える。
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Claims (8)
- サーバに登録された複数の家電機器による連携処理を実行するための連携処理実行方法であって、
前記サーバは、一の家電機器により実行される特定の処理に関連付けて、1以上の家電機器により構成される1以上のグループと、当該各グループに属する家電機器それぞれに送信すべき制御信号との対応を示す対応情報を保持しており、
前記連携処理実行方法は、
前記特定の処理が前記一の家電機器により実行されたことを検出する検出ステップと、
前記検出がされた場合に前記対応情報を参照し、前記1以上のグループの中から前記サーバに登録された1以上の家電機器で構成される1つのグループを選出する選出ステップと、
前記選出ステップにおいて選出されたグループを構成する家電機器それぞれに対し前記送信すべき制御信号を送信する送信ステップとを含む
ことを特徴とする連携処理実行方法。 - 前記送信ステップにおいて送信する前記制御信号は、当該制御信号を受信する家電機器を制御するために予め規定されているコマンドである
ことを特徴とする請求項1記載の連携処理実行方法。 - 前記送信ステップにおいて送信する前記制御信号は、前記一の家電機器により前記特定の処理が実行されたことを表す信号であり、
前記複数の家電機器のうち、前記特定の処理が実行された場合に実行すべき処理がある家電機器は、当該実行すべき処理を示す処理情報を保持しており、
前記連携処理実行方法は、
前記家電機器のそれぞれが、前記制御信号を受信した場合において前記処理情報を保持しているときに、前記処理情報により示される処理を実行する実行ステップを含む
ことを特徴とする請求項1記載の連携処理実行方法。 - 前記選出ステップにおいて選出するグループは、前記サーバに登録された全ての家電機器で構成されたグループであり、
前記実行ステップにおいて、前記家電機器のそれぞれは、前記制御信号を受信した場合に前記処理情報を保持していないときには前記制御信号を破棄する
ことを特徴とする請求項3記載の連携処理実行方法。 - 前記サーバは更に、前記複数の家電機器のいずれかにより実行される前記特定の処理とは異なる処理に関連付けて、1以上の家電機器により構成される1以上のグループと、当該各グループを構成する家電機器それぞれに送信すべき制御信号との対応を示す対応情報を保持しており、
前記検出ステップにおいて、更に、前記複数の家電機器のいずれかにより前記特定の処理とは異なる処理が実行されたことを検出し、
前記選出ステップにおいて、前記検出ステップにより前記特定の処理とは異なる処理が実行されたことを検出した場合には、前記特定の処理とは異なる処理に関連付けられている前記対応情報を参照し、前記1以上のグループの中から前記サーバに登録された1以上の家電機器で構成されるグループを選出する
ことを特徴とする請求項1記載の連携処理実行方法。 - 前記選出ステップにおいて前記選出を行う場合に、前記対応情報中に、前記サーバに登録された1以上の家電機器で構成されるグループが複数あるときには、グループを構成する家電機器の数が最大であるものを選出する
ことを特徴とする請求項1記載の連携処理実行方法。 - 前記対応情報は、更に、前記1以上のグループそれぞれの優先度を示し、
前記選出ステップにおいて前記選出を行う場合に、前記対応情報中に、前記サーバに登録された1以上の家電機器で構成されるグループが複数あるときには、前記対応情報において示される優先度の最も高いグループを選出する
ことを特徴とする請求項1記載の連携処理実行方法。 - サーバに登録された複数の家電機器により構成される連携処理実行システムであって、
一の家電機器により実行される特定の処理に関連付けて、1以上の家電機器により構成される1以上のグループと、当該各グループに属する家電機器それぞれに送信すべき制御信号との対応を示す対応情報を保持する記憶手段と、
前記特定の処理が前記一の家電機器により実行されたことを検出する検出手段と、
前記検出がされた場合に前記対応情報を参照し、前記1以上のグループの中から前記サーバに登録された1以上の家電機器で構成されるグループを選出する選出手段と、
前記選出手段が選出したグループを構成する家電機器それぞれに送信すべき制御信号を送信する送信手段とを備える
ことを特徴とする連携処理実行システム。
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