WO2014155429A1 - 携帯情報端末の制御方法及びプログラム - Google Patents
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- This disclosure relates to a control method and program for a portable information terminal.
- Patent Document 1 relates to a technique for remotely controlling and remotely monitoring an opening / closing operation and a state check of an electric building material (an entrance door or a skylight). Specifically, floor plans according to the property are displayed on the monitor screen of the personal computer, and electric building materials (entrance doors or skylights) are displayed at the corresponding positions in the floor plans, and the electric building materials are opened and closed. A status display icon indicating the status is displayed. When the state display icon is selected, the operation screen for the selected electric building material is displayed in a separate window.
- the operation screen includes an open operation button, a close operation button, an operation monitor screen, and a button for hiding the operation screen (paragraph [0025], FIGS. 4, 5, and 6).
- Patent Document 2 discloses a user interface including a floor plan and icons. Examples of the icon include an icon representing an outlet, an icon representing a digital image frame, and an icon representing a lighting device (FIG. 8B).
- Patent Document 1 In Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, further improvement is required.
- one embodiment of the present invention provides: A method for controlling a portable information terminal having a display connected to a network for controlling one or more target devices, For the portable information terminal computer, A display screen showing a floor plan including one or more rooms is displayed on the display; 1 or 2 that associates and manages first information indicating the type of one or more device icons representing each of the one or more target devices and second information indicating the attributes of each of the one or more rooms Using the above memory, according to the type of the one or more device icons, the one or more device icons are placed in an area on the display screen corresponding to a room corresponding to each of the one or more device icons.
- the one or more device icons include a first type of device icon that can be moved to each of the one or more rooms, and a predetermined association with the type of the device icon in the one or more rooms.
- a second type of device icon that can only move within the area corresponding to the room, When the movement of the second type device icon is detected, it is determined whether the second type device icon has moved out of the area corresponding to the predetermined room, and the second type device icon When it is determined that the device has moved out of the area corresponding to the predetermined room, display control is performed so that the second type device icon is returned to the area corresponding to the predetermined room.
- FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a home control system to which a home controller according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. It is a figure which shows the main apparatuses which the home controller in one embodiment of this invention controls. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the home controller, apparatus, and server in one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the mounting form of the home controller in one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the basic screen of the home controller in one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the floor plan in one embodiment of this invention. In one embodiment of this invention, it is a figure which shows the example of the floor plan in which the arrangement
- FIG. 1 It is a figure which shows the structure of the display state of the apparatus control screen of the home controller in one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of apparatus icon arrangement
- FIG. 1 It is a figure which shows the example of a transition with the display state of the basic screen of a home controller and the apparatus control screen in one embodiment of this invention.
- it is a figure which shows a mode that a home controller changes to the display state of the apparatus control screen of a different apparatus continuously.
- it is a diagram showing a display example on the basic screen of the device that could not be detected on the network.
- It is a figure which shows the structure of the home information in one embodiment of this invention.
- FIG. 1 It is a figure which shows the example of a response
- it is a figure which shows the structure of the apparatus list which a server manages.
- it is a figure which shows the structure of the apparatus list which a home controller manages.
- it is a sequence diagram which shows the flow of the process in which a home controller acquires home information from a server.
- when the home controller is connected to the network it is a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing in which the home controller detects a device on the network.
- a device when a device is connected to a network, it is a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing in which a home controller detects a device on the network. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process which a home controller controls an apparatus in one embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process which a home controller controls an apparatus in one embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process which a home controller produces
- it is a sequence diagram which shows the flow of the process in which a home controller directly controls an apparatus. In one embodiment of this invention, it is a sequence diagram which shows the flow of the process in which a home controller controls an apparatus via a server. In one embodiment of the present invention, it is a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing in which the home controller acquires the state of the device from the server. In one embodiment of the present invention, when the home controller controls a plurality of devices in one operation, it is a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing in which the home controller directly controls the devices.
- the home controller when the home controller controls a plurality of devices in one operation, it is a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing in which the home controller controls the devices via a server. In one embodiment of the present invention, when the home controller controls a plurality of devices in one operation, it is a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing in which the home controller controls the devices via a server. In one embodiment of the present invention, it is a sequence diagram showing the flow of processing when the device icon is moved in the home controller. In one embodiment of the present invention, it is a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing to update the device list of the home controller and the server. In one embodiment of the present invention, it is a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing to update the device list of the home controller and the server.
- FIG. 52 it is a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing to update the device list of the home controller and the server.
- FIG. 60 is a diagram showing a configuration of a basic screen adopting the floor plan shown in FIG. 59.
- FIG. 60 is a diagram showing a display state of a device control screen when the floor plan shown in FIG. 59 is adopted.
- FIG. 60 is a diagram illustrating a floor plan displayed on the display when the user performs an operation of pinching out a room in the floor plan illustrated in FIG. 59.
- FIG. 63 is a diagram showing a display state of the device control screen in the enlarged floor plan shown in FIG. 62. It is a figure which shows the screen transition from the display state of a basic screen to the display state of an apparatus control screen.
- FIG. 60 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a basic screen when a mode in which a device icon is not displayed is employed in the basic screen in which the floor plan illustrated in FIG. 59 is employed.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating screen transition from a display state of a basic screen to a display state of a device control screen when a basic screen that does not display a device icon is employed. It is a figure which shows the structure of home information at the time of employ
- FIG. 53 is a diagram showing a configuration of a device list managed by a home controller when the floor plan shown in FIG. 52 is adopted. It is a figure which shows an example of the basic screen displayed on the display of a home controller. It is a figure which shows the structure of the display state of the apparatus control screen of a home controller. It is a sequence diagram which shows the flow of the display process which moves and displays an apparatus icon on a floor plan.
- FIG. 8C is a diagram illustrating an example of a third reference table that associates a device ID and a room ID.
- Patent Document 1 does not describe whether or not the status display icon can be moved on the display screen.
- the plurality of state display icons may be any electric building material, such as when a plurality of different state display icons (21a, 21b, 21c) are displayed. It is not known whether it corresponds to (entrance door, skylight), and the correspondence between the state display icon and the electric building material is not known, resulting in malfunction or operation error.
- Patent Document 2 an icon as a user interface for controlling the lighting device or an icon as a user interface for controlling the digital image frame is displayed on the display screen. Also in the said patent document 2, similarly to the said patent document 1, it is not described whether the icon can move on a display screen. If the icon can be moved freely on the display screen, it is not possible to know which device the multiple icons correspond to, such as when multiple icons of different types are displayed. The relationship will not be understood, resulting in malfunction or misoperation.
- One aspect according to the present disclosure is: A method for controlling a portable information terminal having a display connected to a network for controlling one or more target devices, For the portable information terminal computer, A display screen showing a floor plan including one or more rooms is displayed on the display; 1 or 2 that associates and manages first information indicating the type of one or more device icons representing each of the one or more target devices and second information indicating the attributes of each of the one or more rooms Using the above memory, according to the type of the one or more device icons, the one or more device icons are placed in an area on the display screen corresponding to a room corresponding to each of the one or more device icons.
- the one or more device icons include a first type of device icon that can be moved to each of the one or more rooms, and a predetermined association with the type of the device icon in the one or more rooms.
- a second type of device icon that can only move within the area corresponding to the room, When the movement of the second type device icon is detected, it is determined whether the second type device icon has moved out of the area corresponding to the predetermined room, and the second type device icon When it is determined that the device has moved out of the area corresponding to the predetermined room, display control is performed so that the second type device icon is returned to the area corresponding to the predetermined room.
- the one or more device icons can be moved only within the region corresponding to the first type device icon that can be moved to each of the one or more rooms and the predetermined room in the one or more rooms. If the second type device icon is determined to have moved outside the area corresponding to the predetermined room, the second type device icon corresponds to the predetermined room. The display is controlled so as to return to the area.
- the second type device icon is a device icon representing a refrigerator
- the predetermined room is a kitchen
- the device icon representing the refrigerator has moved out of the area corresponding to the kitchen.
- the display is controlled so that the device icon representing the refrigerator is returned to the area corresponding to the kitchen.
- the device icon and the room have a corresponding relationship depending on the type of the device icon and the room attribute.
- display control is performed based on the type of device icon so that the device icon is not displayed in an area corresponding to a room having an attribute that does not correspond to the type of device icon.
- the display position of the device icon is constrained based on the correspondence between the device icon type and the room attribute. Therefore, when multiple device icons of different types are displayed, It is possible to prevent the user from knowing whether the device corresponds to the device, to prevent the correspondence between the device icon and the target device from being lost, and to prevent malfunction or operation.
- the second type device icon when it is detected that the second type device icon is held outside a region corresponding to the predetermined room for a predetermined time, the second type device icon is set to the predetermined type. Display control may be performed so that the image is displayed outside the area corresponding to the room.
- the device icon representing the refrigerator is held outside a region corresponding to the kitchen for a predetermined time.
- a device icon representing the refrigerator is displayed in an area corresponding to the kitchen.
- the refrigerator is represented by the user's intention, not by the user's erroneous operation. It can be determined that the device icon is displayed in the area corresponding to the bedroom. In this case, the device icon representing the refrigerator is displayed in the area corresponding to the bedroom, giving priority to the user's intention over the correspondence between the type of the device icon and the room attribute.
- the second type device icon when the time that the second type device icon is held outside the area corresponding to the predetermined room is within a predetermined time, the second type device icon is placed in the predetermined room.
- the display may be controlled so as to return to the corresponding area.
- the second type device when it is detected that the second type device icon has been held outside a region corresponding to the predetermined room for a predetermined time and then released, the second type device is detected.
- Display control may be performed so that the icon is displayed outside the area corresponding to the predetermined room.
- the second type device icon is Display control may be performed so as to return to an area corresponding to a predetermined room.
- the second type of device icon may include a device icon representing a toilet seat device with a cleaning function, and the predetermined room may include a toilet.
- the second type device icon may include a device icon representing a water heater, and the predetermined room may include a bathroom.
- the second type device icon may include a device icon representing a refrigerator, and the predetermined room may include a kitchen.
- a method for controlling a portable information terminal having a display connected to a network for controlling one or more target devices For the portable information terminal computer, A display screen showing a floor plan including one or more rooms is displayed on the display; 1 or 2 that associates and manages first information indicating the type of one or more device icons representing each of the one or more target devices and second information indicating the attributes of each of the one or more rooms Using the above memory, according to the type of the one or more device icons, the one or more device icons are placed in an area on the display screen corresponding to a room corresponding to each of the one or more device icons.
- the one or more rooms include a specific room that permits display of only a specific type of device icon of the one or more device icons, When movement of a device icon of another type other than the device icon of the specific type is detected, it is determined whether or not the device icon of the other type has moved into an area corresponding to the specific room, When it is determined that the device icon of the other type has moved into the area corresponding to the specific room, the device icon of the other type is moved outside the area corresponding to the specific room. Control display.
- the one or more rooms include a specific room that allows display of only a specific type of device icon among the one or more device icons, and includes other types of devices other than the specific type of device icon.
- display control is performed so that another type of device icon is moved outside the area corresponding to the specific room.
- the device icon of another type is a device icon representing a television and the specific room is a toilet
- the device icon representing the television has moved into an area corresponding to the toilet
- the device icon representing the television is moved outside the area corresponding to the toilet.
- the device icon and the room are associated with each other according to the type of the device icon and the room attribute.
- display control is performed based on the type of device icon so that the device icon is not displayed in an area corresponding to a room having an attribute that does not correspond to the type of device icon.
- the display position of the device icon is constrained based on the correspondence between the device icon type and the room attribute. Therefore, when multiple device icons of different types are displayed, It is possible to prevent the user from knowing whether the device corresponds to the device, to prevent the correspondence between the device icon and the target device from being lost, and to prevent malfunction or operation.
- the attribute of the specific room is the same as the attribute of the room to which the device icon of the other type has moved. If it is determined whether or not both are the same, display control may be performed so that the device icon of the other type is moved outside the area corresponding to the specific room.
- the device icon of the other type when it is detected that the device icon of the other type is held for a predetermined time in an area corresponding to the specific room, the device icon of the other type is displayed. Display control may be performed so as to display in an area corresponding to the specific room.
- the device icon of another type is a device icon representing a television and the specific room is a toilet
- the device icon representing the television is held for a predetermined time in an area corresponding to the toilet.
- a device icon representing the television is displayed in an area corresponding to the toilet.
- the television is represented by the user's intention instead of the user's erroneous operation. It can be determined that the device icon is displayed in the area corresponding to the toilet. In this case, the user icon is given priority over the correspondence between the device icon type and the room attribute, and the device icon representing the television is displayed in the area corresponding to the toilet.
- the device icon of the other type when the device icon of the other type is held within a predetermined time within an area corresponding to the specific room, the device icon of the other type is Display control may be performed so as to move outside the area corresponding to the room.
- the other type when it is detected that the device icon of the other type is held after exceeding a predetermined time in an area corresponding to the specific room, the other type is detected.
- the device icon may be controlled to be displayed in an area corresponding to the specific room.
- the device icon of the other type when the time period from when the device icon of the other type is held in the area corresponding to the specific room to when it is released is within a predetermined time, the device icon of the other type
- the display may be controlled so as to move outside the area corresponding to the specific room.
- the specific type of device icon may include a device icon representing a toilet seat device with a cleaning function, and the specific room may include a toilet.
- the specific type of device icon may include a device icon representing a water heater, and the specific room may include a bathroom.
- the specific type of device icon may include a device icon representing a refrigerator, and the specific room may include a kitchen.
- a display screen showing a floor plan including one or more rooms is displayed on the display; 1 or 2 that associates and manages first information indicating the type of one or more device icons representing each of the one or more target devices and second information indicating the attributes of each of the one or more rooms Using the above memory, according to the type of the one or more device icons, the one or more device icons are placed in an area on the display screen corresponding to a room corresponding to each of the one or more device icons.
- the one or more device icons include a first type of device icon that can be moved to each of the one or more rooms, and a predetermined association with the type of the device icon in the one or more rooms.
- a second type of device icon that can only move within the area corresponding to the room, When the movement of the second type device icon is detected, it is determined whether the second type device icon has moved out of the area corresponding to the predetermined room, and the second type device icon When it is determined that the device has moved out of the area corresponding to the predetermined room, display control is performed so that the second type device icon is returned to the area corresponding to the predetermined room.
- a program connected to a network that controls one or more target devices and executed in a portable information terminal having a display For the portable information terminal computer, A display screen showing a floor plan including one or more rooms is displayed on the display; 1 or 2 that associates and manages first information indicating the type of one or more device icons representing each of the one or more target devices and second information indicating the attributes of each of the one or more rooms Using the above memory, according to the type of the one or more device icons, the one or more device icons are placed in an area on the display screen corresponding to a room corresponding to each of the one or more device icons.
- the one or more rooms include a specific room that permits display of only a specific type of device icon of the one or more device icons, When movement of a device icon of another type other than the device icon of the specific type is detected, it is determined whether or not the device icon of the other type has moved into an area corresponding to the specific room, When it is determined that the device icon of the other type has moved into the area corresponding to the specific room, the device icon of the other type is moved outside the area corresponding to the specific room. Control display.
- a home controller capable of controlling one or more devices with one unit will be described.
- FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a home control system to which a home controller according to the present embodiment is applied.
- the home control system includes a home controller 100, a device 200 (an example of a target device), and a server 300.
- a home controller 100 and one or more devices 200 are arranged, and a server 300 is arranged in the cloud center.
- the home controller 100, the device 200, and the server 300 communicate with each other via a wired or wireless network.
- the device 200 and the home controller 100 are communicably connected to each other via a wireless or wired home network, and the home controller 100, the device 200, and the server 300 are mutually connected via an external network such as the Internet. It is connected so that it can communicate.
- the home controller 100 is not necessarily arranged in the house, and may be arranged outside the house. In this case, the user controls one or more devices 200 from the outside.
- a portable information terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal is adopted.
- a button-type portable information terminal such as a mobile phone may be employed as the home controller 100.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a main device 200 controlled by the home controller 100.
- the home controller 100 controls devices 200 such as an air conditioner 201, lighting devices 202 and 203, a bath 204, a refrigerator 205, a washing machine 206, a toilet 207, and a curtain 208.
- devices 200 such as an air conditioner 201, lighting devices 202 and 203, a bath 204, a refrigerator 205, a washing machine 206, a toilet 207, and a curtain 208.
- a plurality of devices 200 of the same type may be included in the devices 200 controlled by the home controller 100, such as the lighting device 202 and the lighting device 203.
- the device 200 such as the air conditioner 201 illustrated in FIG. 2 is merely an example, and a television, a Blu-ray recorder, an audio device, or the like may be employed as the device 200. That is, as the device 200, any device may be employed as long as it is an electric device having a function capable of communicating with the home controller 100.
- an electric device used in a general household is shown as the device 200, but the present embodiment is not limited to this, and an office device used in an office or the like may be adopted. Examples of office equipment include a printer, a personal computer, a scanner, and a copier.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating configurations of the home controller 100, the device 200, and the server 300.
- the home controller 100 includes a display 101, a touch panel control unit 102, a display control unit 103, a storage unit 104, a device management unit 105, a device control unit 106, and a communication control unit 107.
- the display 101 is configured by a touch panel display, for example, and displays a user interface for the user to operate the home controller 100 and the like. The user can input various operations to the home controller 100 by touching the display 101.
- the touch panel control unit 102 When the touch panel control unit 102 recognizes a user operation on the display 101, the touch panel control unit 102 interprets the content of the operation and notifies the other components of the operation content. For example, if an object is displayed at a position on the display 101 tapped by the user, the touch panel control unit 102 determines that the object has been selected by the user. As the object, various GUI parts that accept user operations such as buttons are adopted.
- the display control unit 103 generates a GUI (Graphical User Interface) of the home controller 100 and causes the display 101 to display the GUI.
- the storage unit 104 stores information necessary for the operation of the home controller 100 such as a device list managed by the device management unit 105.
- the device management unit 105 manages the device 200 to be controlled using the device list stored in the storage unit 104. In addition, when the device 200 is connected to the home network, the device management unit 105 detects the device 200. Furthermore, the device management unit 105 acquires home information 2700 (to be described later) from the server 300, and stores and manages the acquired home information 2700 in the storage unit 104. The device control unit 106 issues a control command to the device 200.
- the communication control unit 107 controls communication between the home controller 100 and the device 200 and communication between the home controller 100 and the server 300. In addition, the communication control unit 107 receives various data transmission requests from other blocks, transmits them to the device 200 or the server 300, receives data transmitted from the device 200 or the server 300, and sets the corresponding blocks. hand over.
- the display 101 may be a normal display instead of a touch panel display.
- the user may use an external input device such as a mouse (not shown) to move the pointer displayed on the display 101, click a desired object, and input an object selection instruction. That is, in the present embodiment, a series of operations performed by the user touching the display 101 can be replaced with operations for moving or clicking the pointer using an external input device such as a mouse.
- the device 200 includes a control execution unit 211, a state management unit 212, a storage unit 214, and a communication control unit 217.
- the control execution unit 211 receives a control command from the home controller 100 or the server 300, and controls the device 200 according to the received control command.
- the control content of the device 200 by the control execution unit 211 varies depending on the type of the device 200. For example, if the device 200 is a lighting device, the control execution unit 211 turns the lighting device on and off. Further, the control execution unit 211 transmits the execution result of the control command and the state of the device 200 to the home controller 100 and the server 300.
- the state management unit 212 manages the state of the device 200.
- the management content of the device 200 by the state management unit 212 differs depending on the type of the device 200. For example, if the device 200 is a lighting device, the state management unit 212 manages whether the lighting device is currently in an on state or an off state.
- the storage unit 214 stores information related to the state of the device 200 managed by the state management unit 212.
- the communication control unit 217 controls communication between the device 200 and the home controller 100 and communication between the device 200 and the server 300. In addition, the communication control unit 217 receives various data transmission requests from other blocks and transmits them to the home controller 100 or the server 300, and receives data transmitted from the home controller 100 or the server 300. Pass to block.
- the server 300 includes a home information management unit 301, a device control unit 302, a storage unit 304, and a communication control unit 307.
- the home information management unit 301 manages home information 2700 described later for each house or each user account.
- the home information management unit 301 transmits home information 2700 to the home controller 100 in response to a request from the home controller 100.
- the home information management unit 301 acquires log information related to the usage history of the device 200 and information related to the state of the device 200 from the device 200, and stores and manages the acquired information in the storage unit 304.
- the device control unit 302 transmits a control command to the device 200 in response to a request from the home controller 100.
- the storage unit 304 stores information necessary for the operation of the server 300 such as home information 2700 managed by the home information management unit 301 and information related to the state of the device 200. Similar to the communication control unit 107, the communication control unit 307 controls communication between the server 300 and the home controller 100 and communication between the server 300 and the device 200. In addition, the communication control unit 307 receives various data transmission requests from other blocks, transmits the requests to the home controller 100 or the device 200, and receives data transmitted from the home controller 100 or the device 200. Pass to block.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an implementation form of the home controller 100.
- the home controller 100 includes an application 401, an OS (Operating System) 402, a memory 403, and other hardware not shown.
- OS Operating System
- Application 401 is application software for causing the portable information terminal to function as the home controller 100, and is executed by the processor of the home controller 100.
- the home controller 100 may implement the application 401 by reading the application 401 from a computer-readable recording medium, or may implement the application 401 by downloading from a network.
- the OS 402 is basic software of the portable information terminal and is executed by the processor of the home controller 100.
- the memory 403 is configured by a storage device such as a RAM and a ROM provided in the home controller 100 and stores a data group included in the application 401.
- the processor of the home controller 100 executes the application 401
- the memory 403 functions as the storage unit 104 when the processor of the home controller 100 executes the application 401.
- the home controller 100 may be implemented solely by the application 401, may be implemented by the application 401 and the OS 402, or may be implemented by the application 401, the OS 402, and the memory 403.
- the application 401, the OS 402, the memory 403, and other hardware may be implemented.
- a computer is constituted by, for example, a processor and a storage device constituting the portable information terminal.
- the processor any one of CPU, FPGA, and ASIC, or a combination of two or more thereof is employed.
- the storage device for example, any one of ROM, RAM, and hard disk, or a combination of two or more thereof is employed.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a basic screen configuration of the home controller 100.
- the basic screen of the home controller 100 displayed on the display 101 includes a floor plan 500, a device icon 501, and a device list display change button 503.
- the floor plan 500 is a bird's-eye view that planarly represents the arrangement and shape of one or more rooms constituting each floor of the house.
- a floor plan 500 is also prepared for each floor. For example, when the house is composed of two floors, as shown in FIG. 6, the floor plan 500 is displayed on the display 101 as the floor plan 601 of the first floor and the floor plan 602 of the second floor. .
- the device icon 501 is an icon representing the device 200 displayed on the floor plan 500 in an overlapping manner.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects a tap on the device icon 501 by the user, the display control unit 103 displays a device control screen 502 described later on the display 101. As a result, the user can control the device 200 by operating the device control screen 502.
- a device icon 501 is prepared for each device 200.
- the display control unit 103 arranges the device icon 501 on the floor plan 500 based on the actual arrangement of the device 200 in the home.
- Information about where the device icon 501 is arranged in the floor plan 500 is registered in an arrangement 3104 of the device list 3100 described later.
- a position on the floor plan 500 corresponding to the actual arrangement position of the device 200 is registered in the arrangement 3104. Therefore, the display control unit 103 arranges the device icon 501 at the position registered in the arrangement 3104 of the device list 3100, so that the device icon 501 is placed at a position on the floor plan 500 corresponding to the actual arrangement position of the device 200. Can be arranged.
- one floor is divided into a plurality of rooms by partition lines indicating room partitions. Therefore, the user can recognize at a glance what kind of device 200 is placed in which room.
- a schematic image of furniture is displayed at a position on the floor plan 500 corresponding to the actual arrangement position of the furniture.
- an image showing the range of motion of the door is displayed at a position on the floor plan 500 corresponding to the actual arrangement position of the door.
- a staircase image is displayed at a position on the floor plan 500 corresponding to the arrangement position of the staircase. Therefore, the user can recognize at a glance the position of furniture arranged in each room and the positions of stairs and doors on the floor.
- a button described as “to list UI” displayed at the lower right of the basic screen is a device list display change button 503, and switches the screen display from the basic screen to a device list display screen (see FIG. 24) described later. It is a button for.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects a user tap on the device list display change button 503, the display control unit 103 switches the screen display of the display 101 from the basic screen to the device list display screen.
- the display control unit 103 may hide the device list display change button 503.
- one device icon 501 corresponds to one device 200, but the present embodiment is not limited to this, and one device icon 501 corresponds to a plurality of devices 200, and a plurality of devices.
- One device icon 501 may be shared by 200. For example, when there are two lighting devices in the living room, these two lighting devices may be represented by one device icon 501.
- the display control unit 103 causes the display 101 to display a device control screen 502 that can control both lighting devices at the same time.
- the user can control two lighting devices simultaneously.
- a large room such as a living room
- a plurality of lighting devices are often arranged.
- the user often turns on or off all the lighting devices instead of turning on or off some of the lighting devices arranged in the living room.
- the number of operations by the user can be reduced. Therefore, it is only necessary to adopt a mode in which one device icon 501 is associated with a plurality of devices 200 that are likely to be operated simultaneously by the user, and one device control screen 502 is displayed.
- the display control unit 103 may display the device icon 501 at a position on the floor plan 500 corresponding to the actual arrangement position of any one device 200. .
- the display control unit 103 may display a device icon 501 representing the plurality of devices 200 at a predetermined place in a room where the plurality of devices 200 are arranged.
- the user moves the device icon 501 to an appropriate position in the floor plan 500 in order to place the device icon 501 on the floor plan 500 based on the actual arrangement of the device 200 in the house.
- the user can move the device icon 501 to an arbitrary position by dragging while holding down the device icon 501. These are executed when the device icon 501 is added, such as when the home controller 100 is used for the first time or when the device 200 is newly purchased.
- the device management unit 105 registers the position on the floor plan 500 of the moved device icon 501 in an arrangement 3104 of the device list 3100 described later. As a result, a position on the floor plan 500 corresponding to the actual arrangement position of the device 200 is registered in the arrangement 3104.
- the initial display position of the device icon 501 may be determined in advance by the system. For example, a predetermined position outside the display area of the floor plan 500 or a predetermined position in a predetermined room on the floor plan 500 is adopted. can do. Note that the method of arranging the device icon 501 on the floor plan 500 based on the actual arrangement of the device 200 in the home is not limited to this, and the following method may be used.
- Some floor plans 500 include arrangement information of device icons 501 as shown in FIGS. 7, 8, and 9.
- text indicating the type of the device 200 represented by the device icon 501 to be placed is written at the position where the device icon 501 is to be placed.
- an image indicating the type of the device 200 represented by the device icon 501 to be placed is described at the position where the device icon 501 is to be placed.
- an image in which the type of the device 200 represented by the device icon 501 to be arranged is simply indicated by a circle or a square is described at the position where the device icon 501 is to be arranged. Yes.
- the display control unit 103 automatically places the device icon 501 on the floor plan 500 based on the placement information described in the floor plan 500. Then, the basic screen of FIG. 5 may be generated. In this case, the user need not perform an operation of moving the device icon 501 to an appropriate position in the floor plan 500.
- the display control unit 103 detects the position where the text “TV” is described, and automatically arranges the TV device icon 501 at that position. At the same time, the detected position is registered in the arrangement 3104 of the device list 3100.
- the display control unit 103 detects the position where the “TV” image is described, and automatically arranges the TV device icon 501 at that position. At the same time, the detected position is registered in the arrangement 3104 of the device list 3100. Further, in the example of the floor plan 4601 of the first floor in FIG. 9, the display control unit 103 detects a position where an image of a “circle filled with diagonal lines” is described, and a television device icon 501 is detected at that position. Are automatically arranged, and the detected position is registered in the arrangement 3104 of the device list 3100.
- the display control unit 103 can recognize the arrangement information included in the floor plan 500 and detect the display position of the arrangement information by using a commonly used text recognition technology or image recognition technology.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a method of switching the floor display on the basic screen of the home controller 100.
- the case where the house is comprised by two floors, the 1st floor and the 2nd floor is illustrated.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects a tap on the staircase region 603 of the first floor by the user. Then, the display control unit 103 switches the floor display of the basic screen from the first floor to the second floor.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects a tap on the stair area 604 of the second floor by the user. Then, the display control unit 103 switches the floor display of the basic screen from the second floor to the first floor.
- the touch panel control unit 102 It may be determined that the staircase region 603 has been tapped.
- the floor display can be switched not only by tapping the staircase region 603 but also by a swipe operation of the display 101.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects that the user performs a swipe operation from the right to the left on the display 101 in a state where the floor plan 601 of the first floor is displayed on the basic screen of the home controller 100. Then, the display control unit 103 switches the floor display of the basic screen from the first floor to the second floor. Similarly, the touch panel control unit 102 detects that the user performs a swipe operation from the left to the right on the display 101 while the floor plan 602 of the second floor is displayed on the basic screen of the home controller 100. Then, the display control unit 103 switches the floor display of the basic screen from the second floor to the first floor. Note that switching may be performed by a swipe operation in the vertical direction.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a display state of the device control screen 502 of the home controller 100.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects that the user has selected the device icon 501 on the basic screen illustrated in FIG. 5, the display control unit 103 displays the device control screen 502 corresponding to the selected device icon 501 on the display 101.
- the device control screen 502 is unique to each device 200 and is a control screen for controlling or checking the state of the device 200.
- FIG. 11 shows an example in which the air conditioner device icon 801 is selected by the user, and the air conditioner temperature setting and the wind direction are controlled using the air conditioner device control screen 502.
- An image of the air conditioner is displayed on the device control screen 502, and the user can quickly recognize that the device control screen 502 is of an air conditioner, thereby preventing erroneous operation.
- An image showing the wind direction is displayed below the image of the air conditioner, and the user can select a desired wind direction by repeatedly tapping the image, for example.
- the numerical value displayed in the device control screen 502 indicates the current set temperature of the air conditioner.
- the upward triangle button is a temperature increase button
- the downward triangle button is a temperature decrease button.
- the set temperature of the air conditioner increases by a predetermined temperature (for example, 0.5 degrees), and when the temperature decrease button is pressed once, the set temperature of the air conditioner decreases by a predetermined temperature (for example, 0.5 degrees). To do.
- the first method is a method of arranging the device icon 501 outside the display area of the device control screen 502 as shown in FIG.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects that a certain device icon 501 is tapped by the user, the display control unit 103 is outside the display region of the device control screen 502 regardless of whether or not it is within the display region of the floor plan 500.
- All device icons 501 are arranged in the display area of the display 101.
- the device icon 501 is arranged in an elliptical shape so as to surround the device control screen 502.
- the display control unit 103 displays all device icons 501 outside the display area of the device control screen 502. Is evacuated.
- the device icon 501 is hidden by the device control screen 502. Therefore, when the user tries to display the device control screen 502 of the device 200 different from the device 200 on which the device control screen 502 is currently displayed, the user temporarily deletes the currently displayed device control screen 502. Thus, there is no need to perform an operation of searching for the device icon 501 of the corresponding device 200.
- the display control unit 103 determines an arrangement position of each device icon 501 on the outer periphery of an ellipse having a predetermined shape according to the size of the device control screen 502, and places the device icon 501 at that position. What is necessary is just to arrange.
- a method for determining the arrangement position for example, a method of arranging all the device icons 501 to be displayed at equal intervals on the outer periphery of the ellipse may be adopted, or the adjacent device icon 501 and the center of the ellipse may be formed.
- a method of arranging the device icons 501 so that the angles are equal may be employed.
- the display control unit 103 divides the outer periphery of the ellipse into four regions, upper, lower, left, and right on the device control screen 502, and sets the device icons 501 so that the number of device icons 501 is equal and arranged at equal intervals in each region. You may arrange.
- the device icon 501 that has been arranged at the closest position on the floor plan 500 may be arranged at the determined arrangement position.
- the device icons 501 are arranged in an elliptical shape, but the present embodiment is not limited to this, and the device icons 501 may be arranged in a circular shape. In this case as well, the arrangement position of the device icon 501 may be determined using the same method as when the device icons 501 are arranged in an elliptical shape. In addition, as the arrangement shape of the device icon 501 when the device icon 501 is retracted outside the display area of the device control screen 502, a polygon such as a triangle, a quadrangle, or a pentagon may be employed.
- the second method is a method in which the device icons 501 are arranged in a line outside the display region of the device control screen 502 and the floor plan 500 and within the display region of the display 101 as shown in FIG.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects that a certain device icon 501 has been tapped by the user
- the display control unit 103 arranges all the device icons 501 in one vertical column on the left side of the display area of the floor plan 500. That is, the display control unit 103 saves all the device icons 501 in an empty area outside the display area of the floor plan 500 and in the display area of the display 101.
- the device icons 501 are arranged on the left side of the floor plan 502.
- the present embodiment is not limited to this, and may be arranged in a vertical column on the right side of the floor plan 502.
- the floor plan 500 may be arranged in one horizontal row on the upper side or the lower side.
- the display control unit 103 swipes the device icons 501 arranged in one column on the left side upward or downward. In response to the swipe operation, the device icon 501 may be scrolled upward or downward to display the non-displayed device icon 501 in the display 101.
- the device icon 501 that has not been displayed is displayed in the display 101, and the user can select the device icon 501.
- the display control unit 103 swipes the device icons 501 arranged in the first horizontal row leftward or rightward. Then, the device icon 501 may be scrolled leftward or rightward according to the swipe operation, and the non-displayed device icon 501 may be displayed in the display 101.
- the display control unit 103 may display the device icon 501 selected by the user in a display mode different from the device icon 501 not selected. Thereby, the user can easily recognize the selected device icon 501.
- the display control unit 103 may display the selected device icon 801 in a color different from that of the other device icons 501 that are not selected. Specifically, the display control unit 103 may display the color of the background portion of the selected device icon 501 in a color different from the color of the background portion of the device icon 501 that has not been selected. However, this is only an example, and the display control unit 103 may make the brightness of the selected device icon 501 brighter than that of the unselected device icon 501, or the concentration of the selected device icon 501. The device icon 501 that is not selected may be darker, or the selected device icon 501 may be blinked at a constant cycle.
- the device icon 501 selected by the user may be arranged separately from the device icon 501 that has not been selected. Thereby, the user can easily recognize the selected device icon 501.
- the display control unit 103 may arrange the selected device icon 901 at the uppermost position on the outer periphery of the ellipse.
- the display control unit 103 may arrange the selected device icon 501 at a specific position (for example, the lowermost end, the rightmost end, or the leftmost end) on the outer periphery of the ellipse.
- the display control unit 103 may arrange the device icon 501 selected by the user in a specific place where the user can easily recognize.
- the display control unit 103 may scroll the arrangement of the device icons 501 so that the selected device icon 1101 is arranged in the display area of the display 101.
- the device icon 501 is scrolled so that the selected device icon 1101 is arranged at the center of the icon row displayed in the vertical column on the left side of the floor plan 500.
- the user can easily recognize the selected device icon 501.
- the device icon 1101 is arranged at the center of the icon row, but may be any other position as long as it is a conspicuous position, for example, the top of the icon row or the top of the icon row. It may be arranged below.
- the arrangement order of the device icons 501 when the device icons 501 are evacuated outside the display area of the floor plan 500 is, for example, the device 200 whose arrangement position on the floor plan 500 is close to the device icon 501 selected by the user.
- the order of arrangement near the selected device icon 501 may be adopted. Or you may employ
- the device icon 501 of the television when the device icon 501 of the television is selected by the user, the device icon 501 of the Blu-ray recorder may be displayed beside the device icon 501.
- a table indicating combinations of devices 200 that are likely to be used simultaneously is stored in the storage unit 104 in advance, and the arrangement of the device icons 501 may be determined according to this table.
- the display control unit 103 may arrange the device icons 501 by grouping them according to specific conditions.
- device icons 501 are grouped according to the place where the device 200 is arranged.
- the devices 200 arranged in the living room are grouped as device icons 1201, the devices 200 arranged in the bathroom are grouped as device icons 1202, and the devices 200 arranged in the bedroom are grouped as device icons 1203. .
- a display order is set for each group, and the grouped device icons 501 are arranged in one vertical column on the left side of the floor plan 500 according to the display order.
- the display order of the groups for example, the order of the room group located closer to the room where the device 200 selected by the user is closer to the room group where the device 200 selected by the user is closer. Adopt it.
- the display control unit 103 may group and arrange the device icons 501 for each type of the device 200.
- the display control unit 103 may continuously arrange the device icons 501 of the devices 200 of the same type, and group the device icons 501 for each type.
- the display control unit 103 may determine the type of the device 200 in accordance with the contents registered in the device type 3102 of the device list 3100 (see FIG. 35).
- the device icons 501 of the devices 200 of the same type are grouped into one group, but the present embodiment is not limited to this.
- the display control unit 103 may classify the devices 200 into categories according to the types, group the device icons 501 for each category, and arrange them on the left side of the floor plan 500.
- the three device icons 501 of the refrigerator, the microwave oven, and the dishwasher are classified into cooking appliance categories. They are grouped as 2303 and arranged on the left side of the floor plan 500.
- Entertainment device categories include devices 200 such as televisions, recorders, players, and home theaters. Further, the category of air conditioners includes devices 200 such as air conditioners, air purifiers, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, and residential air circulation facilities.
- device icons 501 of a television, a recorder, an air conditioner, and an air purifier are arranged on the floor plan 500, and the television device icon 501 is selected by the user, the televisions classified into the category of entertainment devices and The recorder device icons 501 are grouped into one and arranged on the left side of the floor plan 500, and the air conditioner and air purifier device icons 501 classified into the air conditioner category are grouped into one and the left side of the floor plan 500. Placed in.
- the display control unit 103 may determine the category of the device 200 from the contents registered in the device type 3102 of the device list 3100.
- a classification table for classifying the category of the device 200 from the contents registered in the device type 3102 is stored in the storage unit 104 in advance, and the display control unit 103 refers to this classification table and the category of the device 200 is stored. Can be determined.
- a method of classification according to the type of the device 200 various methods other than the above can be adopted. For example, as shown in FIG. 24, a method of classifying into household appliances, air conditioning, and equipment is adopted. May be.
- the method of grouping and arranging the device icons 501 based on specific conditions can also be applied to a display mode in which the device icons 501 are retracted so as to surround the device control screen 502 as shown in FIG. Applicable.
- FIGS. 17A and 17B are diagrams showing a display method of the floor plan 500 in a state where the device control screen 502 is displayed. As shown in FIGS. 17A and 17B, there are two types of display methods of the floor plan 500. The first is a display method in which the entire floor plan 500 is covered with a semi-transparent gray layer (shown as halftone dots in the drawing) as shown in FIG.
- the gray layer is image data having a low-lightness color such as gray and having a predetermined transparency.
- the display control unit 103 determines the display order of the device control screen 502, the gray layer, and the floor plan 500 in the order that the device control screen 502 is the highest layer and the floor plan 500 is the lowest layer. What is necessary is just to synthesize an image. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the device control screen 502 from being covered with a gray layer and displayed.
- the non-control target area 1302 is covered with a semi-transparent gray layer in the floor plan 500 (halftone dot area in the figure), and the control target area This is a display method in which 1301 is not covered with a translucent gray layer.
- the control target area 1301 indicates an area on the floor plan 500 in which the device 200 represented by the device icon 501 selected by the user is arranged, and the non-control target area 1302 is a floor plan other than the room. It refers to the area above 500.
- the control target device is an air conditioner installed in a living room
- the control target area 1301 is a living area of the floor plan 500
- the non-control target area 1302 is an area other than the living room of the floor plan 500.
- the display control unit 103 specifies the position (X10, Y100, Z1) of the air conditioner from the contents registered in the air conditioner arrangement 3104.
- the display control unit 103 refers to the room information 2900 and determines in which room the specified position (X10, Y100, Z1) is located.
- the position (X10, Y100, Z1) is located in a region surrounded by vertices having vertex IDs F, G, H, I, L, O, and N.
- the display control unit 103 determines that the air conditioner is placed in the living room whose room ID is A.
- the display control unit 103 generates a gray layer having the living area as the control target area 1301 and the other area on the floor plan 500 as the non-control target area 1302.
- the user selects the device icon 501 of the device 200 (here, air conditioner) that the user wants to control, and the touch panel control unit 102 detects the selection. Then, the display control unit 103 overlaps and displays the device control screen 502 corresponding to the selected device icon 501 on the floor plan 500 as shown in the right diagram of FIG. As a result, the display state of the basic screen changes to the display state of the device control screen 502.
- the device icon 501 of the device 200 here, air conditioner
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects the selection.
- the display control unit 103 overlaps and displays the device control screen 502 corresponding to the selected device icon 501 on the floor plan 500 as shown in the right diagram of FIG.
- the display state of the basic screen changes to the display state of the device control screen 502.
- the air conditioner device icon 501 corresponding to the device control screen 502 or outside the display area of the device control screen 502 (for example, the device control screen 502
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects the tap.
- the display control unit 103 deletes the device control screen 502 and returns the display state of the device control screen 502 to the display state of the basic screen. At this time, the display control unit 103 returns the device icon 501 to the original arrangement position on the floor plan 500.
- the floor plan 500 displayed on the basic screen is.
- the basic screen displays the floor plan 602 of the second floor
- the user taps the device icon 501 of the device 200 (here, air conditioner) that the user wants to control
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects the tap.
- the display control unit 103 displays the device control screen 502 corresponding to the selected device icon 501 in an overlapping manner on the floor plan 602 on the second floor.
- the device icon 501 of the air conditioner corresponding to the displayed device control screen 502 or outside the display area of the device control screen 502 (for example, The user taps the floor plan 500 (display area outside the display area of the device control screen 502), and the touch panel control unit 102 detects the tap. Then, as shown in the left diagram of FIG. 19, the display control unit 103 deletes the device control screen 502, and changes from the display state of the device control screen 502 to the display state of the basic screen that displays the floor plan 602 of the second floor. return.
- the user taps the washing machine icon 501, which is a device icon 501 different from the air conditioner icon 501, and touches the tap on the touch panel.
- the control unit 102 detects it.
- the display control unit 103 deletes the displayed device control screen 502, and the device control screen 502 corresponding to the device icon 501 of the washing machine is overlaid on the floor plan 500. Wrap and display. The reverse is also true.
- the device control screen 502 is sequentially switched, so that the user can continuously control the different devices 200. That is, when another device control screen 502 is displayed while a certain device control screen 502 is displayed, the user does not need to input an operation for deleting the certain device control screen 502, and the device control screen 502 can be switched by one touch. it can.
- the display control unit 103 When the user taps the device icon 501 corresponding to the device control screen 502 being displayed in the display state of the device control screen 502, the display control unit 103 only deletes the device control screen 502, and the basic screen You don't have to go back to This screen transition is shown in FIG.
- the device control screen 502 of the air conditioner is displayed, and all the device icons 501 are displayed in one vertical column on the left side of the floor plan 500. Yes.
- the user taps the device icon 501 of the air conditioner, and the touch panel control unit 102 detects the tap.
- the display control unit 103 deletes only the device control screen 502 of the air conditioner while maintaining the vertical display of the device icon 501 as shown in the right diagram of FIG. In this case, since the device icon 501 does not move on the floor plan 500, it is possible to meet the user's request when only the floor plan 500 is to be displayed.
- the user selects an arbitrary device icon 501, and the touch panel control unit 102 detects the selection. Then, the display control unit 103 displays a device control screen 502 corresponding to the selected device icon 501. For example, in the right diagram of FIG. 21, when the user selects the air conditioner device icon 501 from the device icons 501 arranged in a vertical column on the left side of the floor plan 500, as shown in the left diagram of FIG. The device control screen 502 is displayed.
- the transition from the display state of the basic screen to the display state of the device control screen 502 is performed in animation will be described with reference to FIG.
- the user selects, for example, an air conditioner device icon 501 on the basic screen.
- the display control unit 103 gradually decreases the transparency of the air conditioner device control screen 502 in the order of the upper right diagram ⁇ the lower right diagram ⁇ the lower left diagram in FIG. 22 and finally sets the transparency to zero.
- the display control unit 103 moves all device icons 501 to the outer periphery of an ellipse surrounding the device control screen 502.
- the transition from the display state of the basic screen to the display state of the device control screen 502 is performed in animation will be described with reference to FIG.
- the user selects, for example, the device icon 501 of the air conditioner device 200.
- the display control unit 103 gradually decreases the transparency of the air conditioner device control screen 502 in the order of the upper right diagram ⁇ the lower right diagram ⁇ the lower left diagram in FIG. 23 and finally sets the transparency to zero.
- the display control unit 103 moves all device icons to the left side of the floor plan 500.
- the screen transition is animated to increase the user's interest in operating the device control screen 502 through screen rendering from when the device icon 501 is selected until the device control screen 502 is displayed. Can do.
- FIG. 24 is a diagram showing the configuration of the device list display screen.
- the device list display screen is displayed when the user taps the device list display change button 503 on the basic screen shown in FIG.
- the device list display screen includes a device list 2000, a device detail icon 2001, and a basic screen display button 2003.
- the display control unit 103 causes the device control screen 502 to overlap the device list 2000 to be displayed. Accordingly, the user can operate the device 200 by displaying the device control screen 502 in the same manner as when the device icon 501 is tapped.
- the device detail icon 2001 is prepared for each device 200.
- the device detail icon 2001 is different from the device icon 501 in that the device detail icon 2001 represents an on / off state and an operation state of the device 200 in addition to an image representing the device 200.
- the device detail icon 2001 displayed in the upper left of FIG. 24, in addition to the image of the refrigerator, “ON” indicating that the refrigerator is currently turned on, and “ The information “driving / ice” is displayed.
- the device detail icon 2001 is classified and displayed based on a predetermined classification standard.
- classification criteria determined in advance for example, the type of the device 200, the room in which the device 200 is arranged, the usage status of the device 200, or the like is employed.
- FIG. 24 illustrates the case where the type of the device 200 is used as the classification standard, and the device detail icons 2001 are classified into three categories: household appliances, air conditioning, and equipment.
- the refrigerator, the electric toothbrush, the washing machine, and the television are classified into the household appliance category
- the air conditioner and the air purifier are classified into the air conditioning category
- the toilet, the lighting device, and the bathtub are the facility category. It is classified.
- the storage unit 104 stores a classification table that determines whether each device 200 is classified into household appliances, air conditioning, or equipment from the contents registered in the device type 3102 of the device list 3100 (see FIG. 35). In advance. And the display control part 103 should just classify
- the button described as “to floor plan UI” displayed at the lower right of the device list 2000 is a basic screen display button 2003.
- a basic screen display button 2003 is a button for switching the screen from the device list display screen to the basic screen.
- the basic screen and the device list display screen can be switched, but the device list display screen can be used as a basic screen instead of the basic screen shown in FIG. In this case, the basic screen display button 2003 may be omitted.
- one device detail icon 2001 is associated with one device 200, but the present embodiment is not limited to this, and a plurality of devices 200 are associated with one device detail icon 2001, and a plurality of devices 200 are associated with each device.
- One device detail icon 2001 may be shared by the devices 200. For example, when there are two lighting devices in the living room, the two lighting devices may be represented by one device detail icon 2001.
- the display control unit 103 causes the display 101 to display a device control screen 502 that can control both lighting devices simultaneously.
- the same effect as when one device icon 501 is shared by a plurality of devices 200 can be obtained.
- the device detail icon 2001 may display the on / off state and the operation state of each of the two lighting devices.
- the device detail icon 2001 may be used instead of the device icon 501 on the basic screen, or the device icon 501 may be used instead of the device detail icon 2001 on the device list display screen.
- the device control screen 502 displayed when the device detail icon 2001 is selected may be the same as or different from the device control screen 502 displayed when the device icon 501 is selected. For example, since the device detail icon 2001 includes more information than the device icon 501, the device control screen 502 displayed when the device detail icon 2001 is selected displays the device icon 501. More buttons and states may be included than the device control screen 502 displayed.
- FIG. 25 is a diagram showing screen transition between the basic screen and the device list display screen.
- the device list display change button 503 is selected by the user on the basic screen shown in the left diagram of FIG. 25, the display of the display 101 is switched to the device list display screen shown in the right diagram of FIG.
- the display of the display 101 is switched to the basic screen shown in the left diagram of FIG.
- the display control unit 103 switches the display screen of the display 101 to the basic screen shown in the device list display screen.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects the tap of the device list display change button 503 in the display state of the basic screen
- the display control unit 103 switches the display screen of the display 101 from the basic screen to the device list display screen.
- the device list display screen when the device list display screen is selected for display and the user tries to operate the television in front of the user, if there is only one television at home, the device list display screen displays the television device. Since only one detail icon 2001 is included, the user can directly select the device detail icon 2001 of the television without erroneous operation and display the device control screen 502 corresponding to the television.
- the device list display screen when the device list display screen is selected, it is possible to operate or check the status of each device 200.
- the device list display screen focuses on each device 200, the device 200 and the device 200 are displayed.
- the relationship with the place where is placed is unclear. Therefore, for example, for a plurality of devices 200 installed in the same building, such as an air conditioner or a lighting device, it is unclear which room's air conditioner or lighting device is a control target, and may cause an erroneous operation. is there.
- a basic screen is provided in addition to the device list display screen so that the basic screen and the device list display screen can be selected.
- the relationship between the device 200 and the place where the device 200 is arranged becomes clear. Therefore, for example, with regard to the same type of devices 200 installed in the same building, such as an air conditioner or a lighting device, it is easy to determine which room of the air conditioner or lighting device is a control target. It is possible to prevent an air conditioner or a lighting device installed in a different room from being erroneously operated.
- FIG. 26 is a diagram showing screen transitions between the display state of the device list display screen and the display state of the device control screen 502.
- the user selects the device detail icon 2001 of the device 200 (here, air conditioner) that the user wants to control, and the touch panel control unit 102 detects the selection.
- the display control unit 103 displays the air conditioner device control screen 502 corresponding to the selected device detail icon 2001 in an overlapping manner on the device list display screen, as shown in the right diagram of FIG.
- the display state of the device list display screen changes to the display state of the device control screen 502.
- the display control unit 103 hides the device detail icon 2001 other than the air conditioner selected by the user, and places only the device detail icon 2001 of the air conditioner at a position different from the device control screen 502. It is displayed. As a result, the user can clearly recognize the device detail icon 2001 selected by the user.
- the user selects the device detail icon 2001 of the air conditioner, and the touch panel control unit 102 detects the selection. Then, as shown in the left diagram of FIG. 26, the display control unit 103 deletes the device control screen 502 and returns the display state of the device control screen 502 to the display state of the device list display screen.
- the plurality of device detail icons 2001 may be displayed in a line at the edge of the screen as shown in FIG. 13, or may be displayed so as to surround the device control screen 502 as shown in FIG.
- the user can continuously select the device detail icon 2001 in the display state of the device control screen 502 and continuously display the other device control screen 502.
- the user does not need to input an operation for deleting the certain device control screen 502, and the device control screen 502 is switched with one touch. Can do.
- FIG. 27 is a diagram showing screen transition between the display state of the basic screen and the display state of the device control screen 502 when there are a plurality of device icons 501 representing the same type of device 200 on the basic screen.
- the device icon 501 of the television A is represented as a device icon 2401
- the device icon 501 of the television B is represented as a device icon 2402.
- the user can intuitively select and operate the television to be controlled from the floor plan 500.
- the right diagram of FIG. 27 shows an example in which the TV A device icon 2401 is selected and the TV A device control screen 2403 is displayed.
- each device icon 501 is arranged at a position on the floor plan 500 corresponding to the actual installation position. Therefore, the user can intuitively select the device icon 501 of the device 200 to be controlled from the display position on the floor plan 500, and erroneously display the device control screen 502 of another device 200. Can be prevented.
- FIG. 28 is a diagram showing screen transition when different device icons 501 are continuously selected and the device control screen 502 is continuously switched in the display state of the device control screen 502.
- the device control screen 2511 of the air conditioner is being displayed.
- a device control screen 2512 for the refrigerator is displayed on the display 101 as shown in the upper right view.
- a washing machine device control screen 2513 is displayed as shown in the lower right diagram.
- an air purifier device control screen 2514 is displayed as shown in the lower left diagram.
- the device control screen 502 corresponding to the device icon 501 can be directly displayed. Therefore, when another device control screen 502 is displayed while a certain device control screen 502 is displayed, another device control screen 502 is displayed with one touch without inputting an operation for deleting the device control screen 502 being displayed. be able to. As a result, the user can smoothly switch the device control screen 502.
- FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a display example of the device icon 501 of the device 200 with poor communication that could not be detected on the network on the basic screen.
- the device management unit 105 detects the device 200 that has not been detected on the network and that does not respond to the control command as the device 200 with poor communication despite being registered in the device list 3100. Then, the display control unit 103 displays the device icon 501 of the device 200 with poor communication in a display mode different from the device icon 501 of the device 200 that can communicate.
- the device icon 501 of the device 200 with poor communication is represented as a device icon 2601.
- the device icon 2601 is displayed translucently. Accordingly, the user can quickly recognize that the device 200 indicated by the device icon 2601 is currently out of order or cannot be controlled because a communication failure has occurred.
- the device icon 2601 is displayed in a translucent manner, but the present embodiment is not limited to this.
- the device icon 2601 is displayed in a lighter or darker color than the other device icons 501.
- an annotation mark may be added to the device icon 2601.
- FIG. 30 is a diagram showing a configuration of the home information 2700.
- the home information 2700 is managed for each house by the server 300, and the home controller 100 controls display of the basic screen, the device control screen 502, and the like based on the home information 2700.
- the home information 2700 includes a floor plan 500, vertex information 2800, room information 2900, and a device list 4700 managed by the server.
- the floor plan 500 is an overhead view that is prepared for each floor of the house and represents in plan the arrangement and shape of one or more rooms constituting each floor.
- the floor plan 500 is composed of image data representing an overhead view in, for example, a bitmap format.
- the vertex information 2800 is information for making the floor plan 500 correspond to a two-dimensional coordinate axis space so that the home controller 100 can interpret the floor plan 500.
- Room information 2900 is information for determining a room area from vertex information 2800. Details of the vertex information 2800, the room information 2900, and the device list 4700 managed by the server will be described below.
- FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a configuration of the vertex information 2800.
- the vertex information 2800 includes a vertex ID 2801 and vertex coordinates 2802.
- the vertex ID 2801 is an identifier for identifying a vertex on the floor plan 500.
- a vertex coordinate 2802 is a coordinate expressed in the form of (X coordinate, Y coordinate, floor number), and indicates the position of a vertex such as a partition line that appears on the floor plan 500.
- the vertex with vertex ID B has vertex coordinates (X20, Y0, Z1), and thus represents a position where the X coordinate is 20 and the Y coordinate is 0 on the first floor (the first floor).
- FIG. 33 is a diagram showing a correspondence relationship between each vertex registered in the vertex information 2800 and the floor plan 500.
- the top left vertex of the floor plan 500 is the origin (both X and Y coordinates are 0).
- the vertex with the vertex ID A is located at the origin because the vertex coordinates are (X0, Y0, Z1).
- the vertex with vertex ID B is located at the upper right vertex of the bus because the vertex coordinates are (X20, Y0, Z1).
- FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a configuration of the room information 2900.
- the room information 2900 includes a room ID 2901, a room type 2902, and room coordinates 2903.
- the room ID 2901 is an identifier for identifying a room on the floor plan 500.
- the room type 2902 indicates the type of room.
- the room coordinates 2903 are expressed by a set of vertex IDs 2801, and determine a room area on the floor plan 500.
- a room whose room ID is C is a bus, and indicates an area formed by connecting vertex IDs in the order of A, B, G, and F on the floor plan 500.
- the room information 2900 includes not only the room information but also the staircase information.
- a region having a room ID D formed by connecting vertex IDs in the order of H, I, R, and Q represents a staircase.
- the home controller 100 plots the vertex indicated by the vertex information 2800 in the image data of the floor plan 500 and connects the vertex indicated by the room coordinate 2903.
- the room area shown in the floor plan 500 can be specified, and the room type can be recognized from the room type 2902.
- the vertex information 2800 is obtained when the system administrator displays the floor plan 500 on the display of the personal computer, detects the vertex from the displayed floor plan, and inputs the vertex ID and vertex coordinates of the detected vertex to the personal computer. It only has to be generated.
- the room information 2900 may be generated by detecting a room from the floor plan displayed on the display by the system administrator and inputting the room ID, room type, and room coordinates of the detected room into a personal computer. .
- the vertex information 2800 and the room information 2900 may be generated by capturing CAD data that is the original data of the floor plan 500.
- FIG. 34 is a diagram showing a configuration of a device list 4700 managed by the server 300.
- the device list 4700 includes a device ID 4701, a device type 4702, a model number 4703, an arrangement 4704, capability information 4705, and a control command transmission destination 4706.
- the device ID 4701 is an identifier of the device 200.
- the device type 4702 indicates the type of the device 200.
- a model number 4703 indicates the model number of the device 200.
- the arrangement 4704 is a coordinate expressed in the form of (X coordinate, Y coordinate, floor number) similarly to the vertex coordinate 2802, and shows the arrangement on the floor plan 500 of the device icon 501 corresponding to the device 200.
- the display control unit 103 can arrange a device icon 501 on the floor plan 500 based on the arrangement 4704 and display a basic screen or the like.
- the capability information 4705 indicates the contents that can control the device 200 and the state that can be acquired from the device 200.
- an air conditioner with a device ID of A can control temperature, wind direction, and air volume.
- a control command transmission destination 4706 indicates a transmission destination of a control command for controlling the device 200.
- the control command transmission destination 4706 is a device, so the control command is transmitted directly from the home controller 100 to the device 200.
- control command transmission destination 4706 of the refrigerator with the device ID C is a server
- the control command is transmitted from the home controller 100 to the device 200 via the server 300.
- the control command is a command for operating the device 200 and confirming the state of the device 200.
- the device list 4700 may register the current state of the device 200. Thus, when a request for checking the status of the device 200 is received from the home controller 100, the server 300 can notify the home controller 100 of the status of the corresponding device 200.
- the user moves the device icon 501 to an appropriate position in the floor plan 500.
- a value indicating unset such as (0, 0, 0) is set as the value of the arrangement 4704.
- the display control unit 103 displays the device icon 501 in which the arrangement 4704 is not set at a predetermined position on the display 101.
- the device list 4700 managed by the server from the home information 2700 may be omitted.
- the home controller 100 may acquire information corresponding to the device type 4702, the model number 4703, and the capability information 4705 described in the device list 4700 managed by the server directly from the device 200.
- FIG. 35 is a diagram showing a configuration of a device list 3100 managed by the home controller 100. Based on the information in the device list 3100, the home controller 100 arranges the device icon 501 on the floor plan 500 of the basic screen or controls the device 200.
- the device list 3100 includes a device ID 3101, a device type 3102, a model number 3103, an arrangement 3104, capability information 3105, a control command transmission destination 3106, and an IP address 3107.
- the device ID 3101 to the control command transmission destination 3106 are the same as the contents of the same name in FIG.
- the contents of the device type 3102, model number 3103, arrangement 3104, capability information 3105, and control command transmission destination 3106 can be acquired by causing the device management unit 105 to transmit the device list 4700 from the server 300.
- the device management unit 105 acquires the IP address 3107 from the device 200.
- the device management unit 105 may prioritize the contents.
- control command transmission destination 3106 may adopt the content determined in advance by the home controller system without being acquired from the server 300 or the device 200, or may be in the state of the network to which the home controller 100 is connected. It may be automatically determined based on the setting or may be set by the user.
- FIG. 36 is a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing in which the home controller 100 acquires the home information 2700 from the server 300.
- the home controller 100 acquires the home information 2700 from the server 300 at an arbitrary timing such as when it is first used or started up, and generates the basic screen shown in FIG. 5 based on the acquired home information 2700.
- the device management unit 105 of the home controller 100 transmits a home information request to the server 300 (S3201).
- the home information request includes at least a home controller ID indicating a user who uses the home controller 100 or a house.
- the home information management unit 301 of the server 300 searches the storage unit 304 for the home information 2700 corresponding to the home controller ID (S3202), and transmits it to the home controller 100 (S3203).
- the device management unit 105 of the home controller 100 stores the home information 2700 received from the server 300 in the storage unit 104, and based on the home information 2700, the display control unit 103 generates a basic screen and displays it on the display 101. (S3204).
- the device management unit 105 of the home controller 100 broadcasts a device search request to all devices 200 on the network. (S3302).
- the device A 200 that has received the device search request returns a device search response to the home controller 100 (S3303).
- the home controller 100 that has received the device search response acquires device information from the device A 200 (S3304), and updates the display screen (S3305).
- the device B 200 that has received the device search request returns a device search response to the home controller 100 (S3306).
- the home controller 100 that has received the device search response acquires device information from the device B 200 (S3307), and updates the display screen (S3308).
- the device information is information representing the device type, model number, capability information, and the like of the device 200.
- the device management unit 105 of the home controller 100 Based on this device information, the device management unit 105 of the home controller 100 generates a device list 3100 (see FIG. 35).
- the home controller 100 detects the device 200 on the network when the device 200 is connected to the network.
- a network connection notification is broadcast to all home controllers 100 on the network (S3402).
- the device management unit 105 acquires device information from the device A 200 (S3403), and the display control unit 103 updates the display screen (S3404).
- the processing when the device B 200 is connected to the network is the same as that of the device A 200 (S3405 to S3408).
- the home controller 100 hides the device icon 501 corresponding to the device 200 until the device search response or network connection notification is received from the device 200, that is, until the device 200 is detected on the network. Then, the home controller 100 that has received the device search response displays the device icon 501 of the corresponding device 200 on the screen. Alternatively, the home controller 100 makes the color of the device icon 501 of the undetected device 200 lighter than that of the detected device icon 501 until the device 200 is detected on the network (for example, translucent). To display). The home controller 100 that has received the device search response changes the color of the device icon 501 of the undetected device 200 to the same color as the color of the device icon 501 of the detected device 200.
- FIG. 39A and FIG. 39B are flowcharts showing a processing flow in which the home controller 100 controls the device 200 in the embodiment of the present invention.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects that a device icon 501 representing a certain device 200 has been selected by the user on the basic screen (S3501).
- the display control unit 103 saves all device icons 501 outside the display area of the device control screen 502 (S3502). In this case, the device icon 501 is retracted as shown in FIGS.
- the display control unit 103 adjusts the display position of the retracted device icon 501 (S3503). For example, as shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 14, the selected device icon 501 is adjusted to be displayed at a specific position.
- the display control unit 103 determines whether the device control screen 502 corresponding to the device icon 501 selected by the user is a dedicated screen or a floor plan (S3504).
- the dedicated device control screen 502 refers to a device control screen 502 prepared separately from the floor plan and displayed in an overlapping manner on the floor plan as shown in FIG.
- the floor plan device control screen 502 is a screen in which the floor plan itself is the device control screen 502.
- a lighting device if the user can turn the lighting device on / off or adjust the brightness by tapping directly on the room area on the floor plan where the lighting device is located, the user can perform realistic operations. Is realized. Further, when the user tries to operate a plurality of lighting devices installed in the living room at the same time, if the device control screen 502 dedicated to each lighting device is displayed on the floor plan at the same time, the entire screen is dedicated to the lighting device. It is covered with the device control screen 502, and visibility is lowered.
- the device control screen 502 of the lighting device is a floor plan. Specifically, when the user selects a device icon 501 of a lighting device installed in a room on the basic screen, all the device icons 501 are saved outside the floor plan display area, and the floor plan is displayed in the room. The lighting device can be accepted for operation. The user can simultaneously operate one or more lighting devices in the room by tapping a room area on the floor plan where the selected lighting device is installed.
- one or more lighting devices of the room are turned on simultaneously, and then when the user taps the area, the one or more lighting devices Lights off at the same time.
- the display control unit 103 enlarges the region of the room.
- the displayed device control screen 502 dedicated to the device is displayed overlapping on the floor plan (S3507).
- the floor plan obtained by cutting out and expanding the floor plan of the corresponding room from the floor plan of the entire floor is displayed overlapping the floor plan of the entire floor.
- the display control unit 103 displays the floor plan as the device control screen 502 (S3508).
- the display control unit 103 may determine whether the device control screen 502 is a dedicated screen or a floor plan by referring to this information.
- the display control unit 103 identifies the vertex of the corresponding room from the room information 2900, identifies the coordinates of the identified vertex from the vertex information 2800, and obtains the area of the region surrounded by the identified vertex coordinates, What is necessary is just to calculate the size of the corresponding room. If the size of the room is larger than a predetermined size, NO is determined in S3506, and if it is equal to or smaller than the predetermined size, YES is determined in S3506.
- the display control unit 103 displays the dedicated screen in an overlapping manner on the floor plan (S3505).
- step S3509 the touch panel control unit 102 detects that contact of a contact object (here, a user's finger) with the display 101 has started.
- a contact object here, a user's finger
- the touch panel control unit 102 determines whether or not the contact target is the device icon 501 (S3510).
- the touch panel control unit 102 determines whether or not the contact object has contacted the same device icon 501 as the device icon 501 selected in S3501 (S3511). When it is determined that the contact object has touched the same device icon 501 as the device icon 501 selected in S3501 (YES in S3511), the display control unit 103 hides the displayed device control screen 502 and displays the basic screen. It is displayed (S3514).
- the touch panel control unit 102 determines that the device icon 501 is not touched (NO in S3510), the touch panel control unit 102 further determines whether the contact target is the device control screen 502 (S3512). If it is determined that the contact target is not the device control screen 502 (NO in S3512), the display control unit 103 hides the displayed device control screen 502 and displays the basic screen (S3514).
- the touch panel control unit 102 determines that the contact object has touched a button or the like in the device control screen 502 (YES in S3512), the process proceeds to S3513, and a device-specific control flow is executed (S3513).
- the device control unit 106 determines device-specific control content according to the contact content of the contact object (S3601). Next, the device control unit 106 generates a control command corresponding to the control content (S3602). As shown in FIG. 11, it is assumed that the user taps a button for increasing the temperature and the touch panel control unit 102 detects that the device control screen 502 of the air conditioner is displayed. Then, the device control unit 106 generates a control command for increasing the temperature of the air conditioner. Next, the device control unit 106 advances the process to S3603 and executes a control command transmission flow.
- the device control unit 106 determines whether or not the home controller 100 is connected to the home network (S3701). If the home controller 100 is connected to the home network (YES in S3701), the control command transmission of the device list 3100 is transmitted. The transmission destination of the control command is checked according to the contents of the destination 3106 (S3702).
- the home network is a network in the user's home. Therefore, if the user is operating the home controller 100 from the outside, NO is determined in S3701, and if the user is operating the home controller 100 at home, YES is determined in S3701.
- the device control unit 106 transmits the control command to the air conditioner.
- the device control unit 106 transmits the control command to the server 300.
- the device control unit 106 receives a control result from the device 200.
- the device control unit 106 advances the processing to S3707 when transmission of control commands to all the devices 200 that are operated simultaneously has been completed (YES in S3706).
- the device control unit 106 returns the process to S3702 and repeats the processes after S3702.
- the device control unit 106 transmits a control command to each of the two lighting devices. To do. Note that the device 200 that is not operated at the same time as the other devices 200 is not determined as NO in S3706.
- the display control unit 103 updates the screen displayed on the display 101 (S3707). For example, if the set temperature of the air conditioner is changed, the temperature display blinks, for example, until the set temperature of the air conditioner is changed by the control command, and the blinking of the temperature display ends when the set temperature of the air conditioner is changed by the control command. As a result, the device control screen 502 is updated. In the example of the lighting device, when the lighting device is turned on, the screen is updated so that the area on the floor plan of the room where the lighting apparatus is installed is brighter than the other areas.
- the touch panel control unit 102 of the home controller 100 detects a user operation on the device control screen 502 (S3801).
- the device control unit 106 of the home controller 100 generates a control command corresponding to the user's operation and transmits it to the device 200 (S3802).
- the device 200 that has received the control command executes the control command (S3803), and transmits the control result to the home controller 100 (S3804).
- the display control unit 103 of the home controller 100 that has received the control result updates the display screen according to the control result (S3805).
- the touch panel control unit 102 of the home controller 100 detects a user operation on the device control screen 502 (S3901).
- the device control unit 106 of the home controller 100 generates a control command corresponding to the user's operation and transmits it to the server 300 (S3902).
- the server 300 that has received the control command transmits the corresponding control command to the device 200 (S3903).
- the device 200 that has received the control command executes the control command (S3904), and transmits the control result to the server 300 (S3905).
- the server 300 that has received the control result transmits the control result to the home controller 100 (S3906).
- the display control unit 103 of the home controller 100 that has received the control result updates the display screen according to the control result (S3907).
- the device 200 transmits the current device state to the server 300 (S4001).
- the device 200 transmits the device state to the server 300 when the power is turned on, when the power is turned off, when the device state changes, or periodically, and causes the server 300 to store the device state.
- the process of S4001 may be executed asynchronously with the processes of S4002 to S4006.
- the touch panel control unit 102 of the home controller 100 detects a user operation on the device control screen 502 (S4002).
- the device control unit 106 of the home controller 100 generates a control command corresponding to the user's operation and transmits it to the server 300 (S4003).
- a control command for confirming the device state of the device 200 is generated.
- the server 300 that has received the control command searches the current device state of the corresponding device 200 (S4004), and transmits the device state of the corresponding device 200 to the home controller 100 as a control result (S4005).
- the display control unit 103 of the home controller 100 that has received the control result updates the display screen according to the control result (S4006). For example, if the device control screen 502 of the device 200 is displayed on the display 101, the content of the device control screen 502 of the device 200 is updated according to the control result.
- the touch panel control unit 102 of the home controller 100 detects a user operation on the device control screen 502 (S4101).
- the device control unit 106 of the home controller 100 generates a control command corresponding to the user's operation and transmits it to the device A 200 (S4102).
- the device A200 that has received the control command executes the control command (S4103) and transmits the control result to the home controller 100 (S4104).
- the device control unit 106 of the home controller 100 transmits the same control command as the control command transmitted to the device A 200 to the device B 200 (S4105).
- the device B 200 that has received the control command executes the control command (S4106), and transmits the control result to the home controller 100 (S4107).
- the display control unit 103 of the home controller 100 that has received the control result updates the display screen according to the control result (S4108).
- the control result for example, if the device control screens 502 of the devices A200 and B200 are displayed on the display 101, the contents of the device control screens 502 of the devices A200 and B200 are updated according to the control result.
- the home controller 100 controls the devices 200 via the server 300 when the home controller 100 controls a plurality of devices 200 by one operation
- a case where the home controller 100 controls the device A 200 and the device B 200 will be described as an example.
- the devices A 200 and B 200 are represented by one device icon 501 and are controlled by one device control screen 502.
- the touch panel control unit 102 of the home controller 100 detects a user operation on the device control screen 502 (S4201).
- the device control unit 106 of the home controller 100 generates a control command for the device A 200 according to the user's operation and transmits it to the server 300 (S4202).
- the server 300 that has received the control command of the device A200 transmits the control command to the device A200 (S4203).
- the device A 200 that has received the control command executes the control command (S4204) and transmits the control result to the server 300 (S4205).
- the server 300 that has received the control result transmits the control result to the home controller 100 (S4206).
- the device control unit 106 of the home controller 100 generates a control command for the device B 200 according to the user's operation and transmits it to the server 300 (S4207).
- the server 300 that has received the control command transmits the control command to the device B 200 (S4208).
- the device B 200 that has received the control command executes the control command (S4209) and transmits the control result to the server 300 (S4210).
- the server 300 that has received the control result transmits the control result to the home controller 100 (S4211).
- the display control unit 103 of the home controller 100 updates the display screen according to the control result (S4212).
- the devices A 200 and B 200 are represented by one device icon 501 and are controlled by one device control screen 502.
- the touch panel control unit 102 of the home controller 100 detects a user operation on the device control screen 502 (S4301).
- the device control unit 106 of the home controller 100 generates control commands for the device A 200 and the device B 200 in accordance with a user operation, and transmits them to the server 300 (S4302).
- the server 300 that has received the control command transmits the control command to the device A 200 (S4303).
- the device A 200 that has received the control command executes the control command (S4304), and transmits the control result to the server 300 (S4305).
- the server 300 transmits a control command to the device B 200 (S4306).
- the device B 200 that has received the control command executes the control command (S4307) and transmits the control result to the server 300 (S4308).
- the server 300 that has received the control results of the device A 200 and the device B 200 transmits the control result to the home controller 100 (S4309).
- the display control unit 103 of the home controller 100 updates the display screen according to the control result (S4310).
- the display control unit 103 updates the display screen (S4802).
- the display control unit 103 moves and displays the device icon 501 in accordance with the drag amount of the device icon 501 by the user.
- the device management unit 105 of the home controller A100 transmits a device list update notification including coordinates on the floor plan 500 after dragging to the server 300 (S4803).
- the device management unit 105 of the home controller A100 updates the contents of the arrangement 3104 of the corresponding device 200 in the device list 3100 managed by itself with the coordinates after dragging.
- the server 300 that has received the device list update notification updates the device list 4700 (S4804).
- the home information management unit 301 of the server 300 updates the contents of the arrangement 4704 of the corresponding device 200 in the device list 4700 with the coordinates included in the device list update notification.
- the server 300 transmits a device list update notification to the home controller B100 (S4805).
- the home controller B100 that has received the device list update notification updates the display screen (S4806).
- the device management unit 105 of the home controller B100 updates the contents of the arrangement 3104 of the corresponding device 200 in the device list 3100 managed by itself with the coordinates included in the device list update notification.
- the device icon 501 is arranged at an appropriate position on the floor plan 500. Since the update of the arrangement position of the device icon 501 performed by the home controller A100 is notified to the home controller B100 via the server 300, the arrangement position of the updated device icon 501 is shared between the home controllers A100, B100 and the server 300. The Therefore, it is possible to avoid the trouble that the arrangement positions of the device icons 501 are different between the home controller A100 and the home controller B100.
- the device 200 transmits a device state indicating the current state of the device 200 to the server 300 (S4901).
- the device 200 may periodically transmit the device status, or may transmit the device status when the status changes.
- the server 300 updates the device list 4700 according to the content of the received device state (S4902).
- the server 300 adds the information of the device 200 as a new device.
- the server 300 transmits a device list update notification to the home controller 100 (S4903).
- the device management unit 105 of the home controller 100 updates the device list 3100 according to the content of the received device list update notification (S4904).
- the device management unit 105 adds the information of the device 200 as a new device.
- the display control unit 103 of the home controller 100 updates the display screen (S4905).
- the server 300 when the state of the device 200 changes, this is notified to the server 300, so that the server 300 can monitor the change in the state of the device 200. Further, since the server 300 to which the device state is transmitted from the device 200 notifies the home controller 100 of the change in the state, the home controller 100 can recognize the current state of the device 200. Further, when the new device 200 is connected to the home network, the server 300 and the home controller 100 can add a new device. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a deviation between the actual state of the device 200 and the state of the device 200 recognized by the home controller 100.
- the device 200 transmits the device state to the home controller 100 (S5001).
- the device 200 may periodically transmit the device status, or may transmit the device status when the status changes.
- the device management unit 105 of the home controller 100 updates the device list 3100 according to the content of the received device state (S5002).
- the device management unit 105 adds the information of the device 200 as a new device.
- the display control unit 103 updates the display screen (S5003).
- the device management unit 105 of the home controller 100 transmits a device list update notification to the server 300 (S5004).
- the server 300 updates the device list 4700 according to the received device list update notification (S5005).
- the server 300 adds the information of the device 200 as a new device.
- FIG. 51 a case where the user owns two home controllers 100, ie, the home controller 100 in the house and the home controller 100 outside the house, will be described as an example.
- the home controller 100 outside the home is the home controller 100 that the user has taken out
- the home controller 100 inside the home is the home controller 100 that the user has left in the home.
- the device 200 transmits the device status to the home controller 100 in the home (S5101).
- the home controller 100 in the home updates the device list 3100 according to the content of the received device state (S5102).
- the device management unit 105 adds the information of the device 200 as a new device.
- the display screen is updated (S5103).
- the home controller 100 in the home transmits a device list update notification to the server 300 (S5104).
- the server 300 updates the device list 4700 according to the content of the received device list update notification (S5105).
- the server 300 adds the information of the device 200 as a new device.
- the server 300 transmits a device list update notification to the home controller 100 outside the home (S5106).
- the home controller 100 outside the home updates the device list 3100 according to the content of the received device list update notification (S5107).
- the device management unit 105 of the home controller 100 outside the home adds the information of the device 200 as a new device.
- the display screen is updated (S5108).
- the floor plan 500 an overhead view that planarly represents the position and shape of the rooms constituting each floor is adopted as the floor plan, but the present embodiment is not limited to this, and the floor plan 500 is A diagram simply showing how many such rooms are present may be adopted as a floor plan.
- FIG. 52 is a diagram showing a floor plan 5200 of another pattern.
- one room constituting one floor is represented by one square block, and each room is arranged in a matrix on one floor.
- the size of each block is the same, and the name of the room is described in each block.
- this floor plan 5200 the names and the number of rooms constituting each floor are shown, but the relative size of the rooms and the position in the floor are not shown.
- such a drawing is also handled as a floor plan 5200. That is, in the present embodiment, any room representing at least what kind of room is included in each floor is handled as a floor plan.
- the living room, kitchen, dining room, bath, washroom, toilet, stairs, and entrance rooms are included.
- the main bedroom, the bedroom 1, the bedroom 1, the child room, and the stairs are included.
- the user can change the position on the floor plan 5200 by dragging and moving an arbitrary room.
- the display control unit 103 The size of the room may be enlarged so that the device icon 501 fits in the room.
- FIG. 53 is a diagram showing a configuration of a basic screen in which the floor plan 5200 is adopted.
- a floor plan 5200 is displayed on the basic screen.
- a device icon 501 of the device 200 actually arranged is displayed.
- a device icon 501 of a television and lighting equipment is displayed in the living room, it can be seen that the television and lighting equipment are installed.
- the device list display change button 503 is a button for switching the screen display from the basic screen to the above-described device list display screen (see FIG. 24).
- FIG. 54 is a diagram showing a display state of the device control screen 502 when the floor plan 5200 shown in FIG. 52 is adopted.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects that the user has selected the device icon 501 on the basic screen illustrated in FIG. 53
- the display control unit 103 displays a device control screen 502 corresponding to the selected device icon 501 on the display 101. To do.
- the air conditioner device icon 501 is selected, the air conditioner device control screen 502 is displayed on the floor plan 5200 in an overlapping manner.
- the display control unit 103 arranges the device icon 501 displayed in the floor plan 5200 outside the display area of the device control screen 502. In the example of FIG. 54, all the device icons 501 are arranged in a vertical line on the left side of the floor plan 5200.
- the display control unit 103 may group the device icons 501 according to specific conditions. For example, the device icons 501 may be grouped for each room, may be grouped for each type of device 200, or the devices 200 may be grouped in a category based on the type.
- the device icon 501 is arranged on the left side of the floor plan 5200.
- the device icon 501 may be arranged in a vertical line on the right side of the floor plan 5200, or horizontally on the upper side or the lower side of the floor plan 5200. They may be arranged in one row.
- the display control unit 103 When all the device icons 501 cannot be displayed on the left side of the floor plan 5200, the display control unit 103 performs a swipe operation on the device icons 501 arranged in one column on the left side upward or downward. In response to the swipe operation, the device icon 501 may be scrolled upward or downward to display the non-displayed device icon 501 in the display 101.
- the display control unit 103 may display the device icon 501 selected by the user in a display mode different from the device icon 501 that has not been selected.
- the selected device icon 501 may be displayed in a color different from the unselected device icon 501, may be displayed brighter than the unselected device icon 501, or is not selected. It may be displayed with a darker density than the icon 501, or may be blinked at a constant cycle.
- the display control unit 103 scrolls the arrangement of the device icons 501 so that the device icon 501 selected by the user is positioned at a conspicuous position (for example, top, center, or bottom) of the icon row. Also good.
- the display control unit 103 may arrange all the device icons 501 on the outer periphery of the ellipse as shown in FIG.
- the user selects the device icon 501 of the device 200 (here, air conditioner) that the user wants to control, and the touch panel control unit 102 detects the selection. Then, the display control unit 103 displays a device control screen 502 corresponding to the selected device icon 501 in an overlapping manner on the floor plan 5200 as shown in the right diagram of FIG. As a result, the display state of the basic screen changes to the display state of the device control screen 502.
- the device icon 501 of the device 200 here, air conditioner
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects the selection.
- the display control unit 103 displays a device control screen 502 corresponding to the selected device icon 501 in an overlapping manner on the floor plan 5200 as shown in the right diagram of FIG.
- the display state of the basic screen changes to the display state of the device control screen 502.
- the device icon 501 of the air conditioner corresponding to the device control screen 502 or outside the display area of the device control screen 502 for example, the device control screen 502
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects the selection.
- the display control unit 103 deletes the device control screen 502 and returns the display state of the device control screen 502 to the display state of the basic screen.
- FIG. 56 is a diagram showing a configuration of the floor plan 5600 when the size of each block is changed in accordance with the actual room size in the floor plan 5200 shown in FIG.
- a floor plan 5601 of the first floor is shown in the left figure, and a floor plan 5602 of the second floor is shown in the right figure of FIG.
- each room is represented according to the actual size of the room.
- information indicating the actual size of the room is registered in advance in room information 6800 described later, and the display control unit 103 may determine the size of each room according to this information.
- FIG. 57 is a diagram showing a configuration of a basic screen adopting the floor plan 5600 shown in FIG.
- each room is displayed in a size corresponding to the actual size.
- a device icon 501 of the device 200 actually arranged is displayed.
- a room display button 5603 described as “display another room” is provided.
- the display control unit 103 switches the screen display to a floor plan 5600 for displaying the remaining rooms.
- the floor plan 5600 is divided into a floor plan 5601 on the first floor and a floor plan 5602 on the second floor. Therefore, when the room display button 5603 is selected, the display control unit 103 switches the display on the display 101 to the floor plan 5602 of the second floor. In this case, since the room display button 5603 is also provided in the floor plan 5602 of the second floor, when the room display button 5603 is selected, the display control unit 103 changes to the floor plan 5601 of the first floor. The display on the display 101 is switched.
- the floor plan is divided for each floor, but the present embodiment is not limited to this.
- the display control unit 103 may divide the floor plan 5601 of the first floor and display it on the display 101. In this case, when the room display button 5603 is selected, a floor plan 5601 that is not displayed on the first floor may be displayed.
- the display control unit 103 determines the floor plan 5601 of the first floor and the floor plan of the second floor. 5602 may be displayed on the display 101 at the same time. In this case, the room display button 5603 is omitted from the floor plan 5600.
- the display control unit 103 may switch between the floor plan 5601 of the first floor and the floor plan 5602 of the second floor.
- FIG. 58 is a diagram showing a display state of the device control screen 502 when the floor plan 5600 shown in FIG. 56 is adopted as the floor plan. 58, an air conditioner device control screen 502 is displayed as in FIG. Since the other contents are the same as those in FIG. 54, the description is omitted.
- FIG. 59 is a diagram showing a floor plan 5900 of still another pattern in the embodiment of the present invention.
- the floor plan 5900 in FIG. 59 is the same as the floor plan 5200 in that each room is represented by a block of the same size, but the layout of the rooms is different.
- floor numbers are displayed in the vertical direction, and the rooms constituting the same floor are arranged in a horizontal row.
- the room constituting the third floor is arranged in the first row, and the second floor is constituted in the second row.
- a room constituting the first floor is arranged in the third row.
- floor numbers such as 1F, 2F, and 3F are shown at the left end of each row. In the floor plan 5900, it can be seen at a glance on which floor each room is arranged.
- the size of each room may be changed according to the actual size of the room. Further, in the floor plan 5900, when all the rooms cannot be displayed in the display area of the display 101, the floor plan 5900 may be scrolled in the horizontal direction so that a desired room can be displayed on the display 101.
- the display control unit 103 determines whether the second swipe operation is performed.
- the room constituting the floor or the rooms constituting the first to third floors may be scrolled from left to right.
- FIG. 60 is a diagram showing a configuration of a basic screen adopting the floor plan 5900 shown in FIG.
- a floor plan 5900 is displayed on the basic screen.
- a device icon 501 of the device 200 actually arranged is displayed in each room.
- the device list display change button 503 is a button for switching the screen display from the basic screen to the above-described device list display screen (see FIG. 24).
- FIG. 61 is a diagram showing a display state of the device control screen 502 when the floor plan 5900 shown in FIG. 59 is adopted.
- the display control unit 103 displays a device control screen 502 corresponding to the selected device icon 501 on the display 101. To do.
- the air conditioner device icon 501 is selected, the air conditioner device control screen 502 is displayed on the floor plan 5900 in an overlapping manner.
- the display control unit 103 arranges the device icon 501 displayed in the floor plan 5900 outside the display area of the device control screen 502. In the example of FIG. 61, all device icons 501 are arranged in a horizontal row below the floor plan 5900.
- the display control unit 103 may group the device icons 501 according to specific conditions. For example, the device icons 501 may be grouped for each room, may be grouped for each type of device 200, or may be grouped in a category based on the type of device 200.
- the device icon 501 is arranged on the lower side of the floor plan 5900, but may be arranged in a horizontal row on the upper side of the floor plan 5900, or vertically on the left side or the right side of the floor plan 5900. They may be arranged in one row.
- the display control unit 103 swipes the device icons 501 arranged in a horizontal row on the lower side in the left direction or the right direction. Then, the device icon 501 may be scrolled leftward or rightward according to the swipe operation to display the non-displayed device icon 501 in the display 101.
- the display control unit 103 displays the device icons 501 selected by the user in a display mode different from the device icons 501 that are not selected. Also good.
- the selected device icon 501 may be displayed in a color different from the unselected device icon 501, may be displayed brighter than the unselected device icon 501, or is not selected. It may be displayed with a darker density than the icon 501, or may be blinked at a constant cycle.
- the display control unit 103 scrolls the arrangement of the device icons 501 so that the device icon 501 selected by the user is located at a conspicuous position (for example, the leftmost, the center, or the rightmost) of the icon row. Also good.
- the display control unit 103 may arrange all the device icons 501 on the outer periphery of the ellipse as shown in FIG.
- the display control unit 103 may enlarge and display the floor plan 5900 in accordance with a user operation. Specifically, when the user performs an operation of pinching out a room in the floor plan 5900 and the touch panel control unit 102 detects the operation, the display control unit 103 displays the room at an enlargement rate corresponding to the amount of pinch out. May be enlarged and displayed on the display 101.
- FIG. 62 is a diagram showing a floor plan in which a room in the floor plan 5900 is enlarged.
- the display control unit 103 may display an overhead view representing the shape of the corresponding room in a plan view overlapping with the floor plan 5900. Or you may switch and display on an overhead view.
- the user grasps the configuration of the room in the house and the devices 200 arranged in each room in the floor plan 5900 shown in FIG. 60, and the device 200 in the enlarged room in the floor plan 5900 shown in FIG. It is possible to grasp the actual placement position.
- the display control unit 103 does not need to display the device icons 501 of all the devices 200 arranged in the room, but only some device icons 501. May be displayed.
- the display control unit 103 may display one or a plurality of (for example, two) device icons 501 frequently used by the user on the floor plan 5900.
- the display control unit 103 may not display the device icon 501 in the floor plan 5900 that is not enlarged. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the number of device icons 501 displayed in the floor plan 5900 that is not displayed in an enlarged manner from increasing, and the visibility of the floor plan 5900 from decreasing.
- FIG. 63 is a diagram showing a display state of the device control screen 502 in the enlarged floor plan 5900 shown in FIG.
- an air conditioner device control screen 502 is displayed as in FIG.
- only the device icon 501 arranged in the enlarged room (living room) is displayed on the left side of the overhead view and in the living room block.
- an air conditioner, lighting device, and television device icon 501 are displayed in the living room in the overhead view, and the air conditioner device icon 501 is selected by the user. Therefore, these device icons 501 are displayed in a vertical line on the left side of the overhead view.
- the user When a room is enlarged, the user is likely to operate the device 200 arranged in the room. When a certain room is displayed in an enlarged manner, the device icons 501 other than that room are not displayed on the display 101. For this reason, when the device icon 501 selected by the user is displayed on the left side of the overhead view when the device icon 501 arranged in another room is displayed, the user feels uncomfortable.
- the display control unit 103 displays only the device icons 501 of the devices 200 arranged in the room in a vertical line on the left side of the overhead view.
- the device icon 501 is displayed on the left side of the overhead view, but may be displayed in a vertical row on the right side of the overhead view, or displayed in a horizontal row on the upper side or the lower side of the overhead view. May be.
- FIG. 64 is a diagram showing a screen transition from the basic screen display state to the device control screen 502 display state.
- the air conditioner device icon 501 is tapped by the user on the basic screen on which the floor plan 5900 that is not enlarged is displayed.
- the display control unit 103 causes the air conditioner device control screen 502 to overlap and display this basic screen.
- the display control unit 103 when the user taps an area on the floor plan 5900 other than the device control screen 502 or taps the device icon 501 of the air conditioner, the display control unit 103 The screen display is returned to the basic screen shown in the upper left diagram of FIG.
- the display control unit 103 enlarges the living block and simultaneously displays an overhead view of the living room having a size corresponding to the size of the enlarged block in the enlarged block. Overlapping display.
- the display control unit 103 returns the screen display to the basic screen shown in the upper left diagram of FIG.
- the display control unit 103 provides an overhead view of the air conditioner device control screen 502 as shown in the lower right diagram of FIG. Overlapping display on top. 64, if the user taps an area on the floor plan 5900 other than the device control screen 502 or the device icon 501 of the air conditioner, the display control unit 103 is shown in the lower left diagram of FIG. Return the screen display to the screen.
- FIG. 65 is a diagram showing a configuration of a basic screen when a mode in which the device icon 501 is not displayed is adopted in the basic screen in which the floor plan 5900 shown in FIG. 59 is adopted. In the mode shown in FIG. 65, only the rooms constituting each floor are displayed, and the display of the device icon 501 is omitted.
- FIG. 66 is a diagram showing screen transition from the display state of the basic screen to the display state of the device control screen 502 when a basic screen that does not display the device icon 501 is adopted.
- the display control unit 103 enlarges and displays the living room block as shown in the lower left diagram of FIG. 66 and also displays the living room overhead view overlapping the displayed block.
- the screen shown in the lower left diagram of FIG. 66 it is assumed that, for example, the device icon 501 of the air conditioner is tapped by the user. Then, as shown in the lower right diagram of FIG.
- the display control unit 103 displays the air conditioner device control screen 502 in an overlapping manner with the overhead view of the living room, and displays the living device icon 501 on the left side of the living room overhead view. Arrange vertically. 66, when the user taps an area on the floor plan 5900 that is outside the display area of the device control screen 502, the display control unit 103 displays the screen shown in the lower left figure of FIG. Return the display screen to.
- FIG. 67 is a diagram showing a configuration of the home information 2700 when the floor plan 5200 shown in FIG. 52 is adopted.
- the home information 6400 includes a floor plan 5200, room information 6800, and a device list 4700 managed by the server.
- the vertex information 2800 provided in the home information 2700 is omitted from the home information 6400.
- the floor plan 5200 is image data representing the floor plan 5200 shown in FIG. 52 in, for example, a bitmap format. Alternatively, it may be information defining a color, a shape, a size, and the like for displaying the floor plan 5200.
- the room information 6800 is information for determining a room area from the floor plan 5200.
- FIG. 68 is a diagram showing the configuration of the room information 6800 shown in FIG.
- the room information 6800 includes a room ID 6801, a room type 6802, a hierarchy 6803, and a display position 6804.
- the room ID 6801 is an identifier for identifying a room on the floor plan 5200.
- the room type 6802 indicates the type of room.
- a level 6803 indicates a level (floor) in which rooms are arranged.
- a display position 6804 indicates a layout position of the room on the floor plan 5200.
- FIG. 69 is a diagram showing a correspondence example between the display position 6804 in the room information 6800 and the floor plan 5200.
- each block of the floor plan 5200 is, for example, a block in the first row and the first column is a first cell, a block in the first row and the second column is a second cell, and a block in the first row and the third column is 3
- the order is defined such that the squares, the blocks in the second row and the first column are the fourth squares, and so on.
- the display control unit 103 interprets the first square (first row, first column) block in the floor plan 5201 of the first floor as a living room.
- the second row and the first column are the fourth cell
- the third row and the first column are the seventh cell.
- this is only an example.
- the second row and the first column are the fifth cell
- the third row and the first column are the ninth cell
- the horizontal direction is changed as appropriate according to the number of blocks.
- FIG. 70 is a diagram showing a configuration of a device list 4700 managed by the server 300 when the floor plan 5200 shown in FIG. 52 is adopted.
- the floor plan 5200 need not indicate the arrangement position of the device 200 in the room. Therefore, in the device list 4700 shown in FIG. 70, unlike FIG. 34, a room type 6802 is registered in the arrangement 4704. Otherwise, the device list 4700 shown in FIG. 70 is the same as the device list 4700 shown in FIG. For example, since the air conditioner with the device ID 4701 A is arranged in the living room, “living room” is registered in the arrangement 4704.
- the room type 6802 is adopted as the arrangement 4704, but other information may be registered as long as the room can be specified. For example, a room ID 6801 may be adopted as the arrangement 4704.
- 71 is a diagram showing a configuration of a device list 3100 managed by the home controller 100 when the floor plan 5200 shown in FIG. 52 is adopted.
- the device list 3100 in FIG. 71 is also registered with the room type 6802 as the arrangement 3104, and the rest is the same as the device list 3100 in FIG. 71, room ID 6801 may be adopted as the arrangement 3104.
- the device list 3100 in the case of adopting a mode in which an overhead view of a room is displayed when a room is pinched out on the basic screen of the floor plan 5900.
- the image data of the overhead view of a corresponding room should just be registered into the item of the overhead view of a room.
- the overhead view of the room has an origin set at, for example, the left end of the room, an X axis in the horizontal direction, and a Y axis in the vertical direction. It may be expressed as.
- the display control unit 103 can determine from the contents of the arrangement 3104 where the device icon 501 should be arranged on the overhead view representing the room.
- the server 300 is not an essential component, and various information (home information 2700, the state of the device 200, etc.) managed by the server 300 may be managed by the home controller 100.
- the home controller 100 does not need to manage information on all the houses, but only manages the device 200 controlled by the home controller 100 and information on the house where the devices 200 are arranged.
- FIG. 72 is a diagram illustrating an example of a basic screen displayed on the display 101 of the home controller 100
- FIG. 73 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a display state of the device control screen 502 of the home controller 100.
- the display control unit 103 displays the device control screen 502 corresponding to the selected device icon 501 on the display 101.
- the device control screen 502 is unique to each device 200 and is a control screen for controlling or checking the state of the device 200.
- FIG. 73 shows an example in which an air conditioner device icon is selected by the user, and the air conditioner temperature setting and wind direction are controlled using the air conditioner device control screen 502.
- the device icon is not arranged on the display 101, but the device icon may be displayed outside the display area of the device control screen 502 as shown in FIGS.
- FIG. 74 is a sequence diagram showing a flow of display processing for displaying a device icon by moving it on the floor plan.
- the communication control unit 107 of the home controller 100 transmits an icon movement request to the server 300 (S100301).
- FIG. 75 is a diagram illustrating an example of an icon movement request transmitted when the refrigerator device icon is moved.
- the icon movement request includes a device ID 100501 for identifying the device 200, a device type 100502 for identifying the type of the device 200, and a movement destination 100503 indicating the position of the movement destination of the device icon.
- Holding time information 100504 indicating whether or not the device icon has been held for a predetermined time at the destination.
- the touch panel control unit 102 of the home controller 100 detects that the contact object is in contact with the device icon and the contact position between the contact object and the display moves without the contact object moving away from the display. .
- the touch panel control unit 102 counts the time that the contact object is held without leaving the display after the movement of the contact object stops, and whether the time the contact object is held without leaving the display exceeds a predetermined time. Detect whether or not.
- Holding time information 100504 indicates whether or not the time that the contact object (device icon) has been held without moving away from the display after the movement of the contact object (device icon) has exceeded a predetermined holding time. For example, the holding time information 100504 stores information “1” when the time that the contact object is held without leaving the display exceeds a predetermined holding time, and the contact object is held without leaving the display. If the time does not exceed the predetermined holding time, information “0” is stored.
- the holding time information 100504 indicates by “1” or “0” whether or not the time that the contact object has been held without leaving the display after the movement of the contact object has exceeded a predetermined holding time.
- the present invention is not particularly limited to this, and may be expressed by other expression methods.
- the device control unit 106 of the home controller 100 creates an icon movement request.
- the icon movement request may include a residence ID for identifying a residence where the device 200 is arranged.
- the device control unit 302 of the server 300 receives the icon movement request from the home controller 100, and performs icon position determination processing for determining the arrangement position on the floor plan of the device icon after the movement (S100302).
- the icon position determination process in the server 300 will be described later.
- the device control unit 302 of the server 300 transmits arrangement information indicating the arrangement position of the device icon determined by the icon position determination process to the home controller 100 (S100303).
- the display control unit 103 of the home controller 100 receives the arrangement information transmitted by the server 300, displays a device icon on the floor plan based on the received arrangement information, and updates the display screen (S100304). .
- FIG. 76 is a flowchart for explaining icon position determination processing in the server 300.
- the device control unit 302 determines whether an icon movement request is received from the home controller 100 (S100401).
- the server 300 receives an icon movement request for moving the position of the currently displayed device icon.
- the device control unit 302 searches for the room type of the room to which the device icon is moved (S100402).
- FIG. 77 is a diagram showing an example of the vertex information 100600.
- the vertex information 100600 includes a vertex ID 100601 and vertex coordinates 100602.
- a vertex ID 100601 is an identifier for identifying a vertex on the floor plan 500.
- a vertex coordinate 100602 is a coordinate expressed in the format of (X coordinate, Y coordinate, floor number), and indicates the position of a vertex such as a partition line that appears on the floor plan 500.
- the vertex with vertex ID B has vertex coordinates (X20, Y0, Z1), and thus represents a position where the X coordinate is 20 and the Y coordinate is 0 on the first floor (the first floor).
- FIG. 78 is a diagram showing an example of the room information 100700.
- the room information 100700 includes a room ID 100701, a room type 100702, and room coordinates 100703.
- the room ID 100701 is an identifier for identifying a room on the floor plan 500.
- a room type 100702 indicates the type of room.
- a room coordinate 100703 is expressed by a set of vertex IDs and determines a room area on the floor plan 500. For example, a room whose room ID is C is a bus, and indicates an area formed by connecting vertex IDs in the order of A, B, G, and F on the floor plan 500.
- FIG. 79 is a diagram showing a correspondence relationship between each vertex registered in the vertex information 100600 and the floor plan 500.
- the top left vertex of the floor plan 500 is the origin (both X and Y coordinates are 0).
- the vertex with the vertex ID A is located at the origin because the vertex coordinates are (X0, Y0, Z1).
- the vertex with vertex ID B is located at the upper right vertex of the bus because the vertex coordinates are (X20, Y0, Z1).
- the device control unit 302 specifies the room type of the room corresponding to the movement destination 100503 included in the received icon movement request based on the vertex information 100600 and the room information 100700.
- the device control unit 302 searches for a room type associated with the device type of the moving device icon (S100403).
- the storage unit 304 of the server 300 stores in advance a reference table in which device types and room types are associated with each other.
- FIG. 80 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reference table 100900 in which the device type 100901 and the room type 100902 are associated with each other.
- a device type 100901 and a room type 100902 are associated with each other.
- the storage unit 304 includes one memory, and includes a device type 100901 (first information) indicating one or more device icon types representing each of one or more target devices, and attributes of each of one or more rooms.
- first information indicating one or more device icon types representing each of one or more target devices
- attributes of each of one or more rooms are associated with the room type 100902 (second information).
- a room type called kitchen (kitchen room) is associated with a device type called refrigerator
- a room type called toilet toilet room
- a device type called toilet seat device which is called a water heater.
- a room type called bath is associated with the device type
- a room type called living room and bedroom is associated with the device type called air conditioner
- a living room, a child room, and a room type are associated with the device type called TV.
- a room type called bedroom is associated.
- the refrigerator and the toilet seat apparatus are configured by one tuple
- the air conditioner is configured by two tuples
- the television is configured by three tuples.
- the room type does not have to be associated with a device type in which a room to be arranged such as a humidifier is not specified. That is, the accumulation unit 304 does not store data in which a device type called a humidifier is associated with a room type.
- the device control unit 302 searches the reference table 100900 for a room type associated with the device type 100502 included in the received icon movement request.
- the one or more device icons include a first type of device icon that can be moved to each of the one or more rooms, and a predetermined room that is previously associated with the type of the device icon in the one or more rooms. And a second type of device icon that can be moved only within the area corresponding to.
- the reference table 100900 associates the device type of the second type of device icon with the room type. That is, the device type device icons shown in the reference table 100900 can be moved only within the area corresponding to the room type associated with the device type.
- the device control unit 302 determines whether or not the room type of the destination room searched in step S100402 is a room type associated with the device type of the moving device icon searched in step S100403. Is determined (S100404).
- the device control unit 302 determines the position of the device icon. Is determined as the destination position (S100405).
- the equipment control unit 302 determines that the equipment icon is the destination. It is determined whether or not the room has been held for a predetermined time (S100406).
- the device control unit 302 refers to the retention time information 100504 included in the received icon movement request, and determines whether or not the device icon has been retained for a predetermined time at the movement destination.
- the holding time information 100504 indicates whether or not the time that the contact object has been held without being separated from the display after the movement of the contact object has exceeded a predetermined time.
- the holding time information 100504 may represent a time during which the contact object is held without being separated from the display after the contact object stops moving.
- step S100406 If it is determined that the device icon has been held for a predetermined time at the destination (YES in S100406), the process proceeds to step S100405, and the device control unit 302 changes the position of the device icon to the position of the destination. To decide. In this case, the device control unit 302 determines the movement destination 100503 included in the received icon movement request as the position of the device icon. Then, the device control unit 302 stores the position information (arrangement 4704) of the movement destination 100503 in the device list (FIG. 34) managed by the server 300.
- the device control unit 302 determines the position of the device icon as the position before the movement (S100407). In this case, the device control unit 302 determines the position of the device icon not at the movement destination 100503 included in the received icon movement request but at the position before the movement. That is, the device control unit 302 determines the position information (arrangement 4704) stored in the device list (FIG. 34) managed by the server 300 as the position of the device icon. The device list stores the position of the device icon before movement.
- the device control unit 302 transmits, to the home controller 100, arrangement information indicating the position on the floor plan of the device icon determined in step S100405 or step S100407.
- a display screen representing a floor plan including one or more rooms is displayed on the display 101.
- a device type (first information) indicating the type of one or more device icons representing each of the one or more target devices
- a room type indicating each attribute of the one or more rooms
- a target corresponding to the device icon selected on the display screen representing the floor plan A control screen for at least one of device operation and status confirmation is displayed. Then, based on the operation on the control screen, a control command for at least one of operation of the target device corresponding to the selected device icon and status confirmation is output to the network.
- the one or more device icons include a first type of device icon that can be moved to each of the one or more rooms, and a predetermined room previously associated with the type of the device icon in the one or more rooms. And a second type of device icon that can be moved only within the corresponding area.
- the second type device icon When the movement of the second type device icon is detected, it is determined whether or not the second type device icon has moved out of the area corresponding to the predetermined room. If it is determined that the second type device icon has moved out of the area corresponding to the predetermined room, the second type device icon is returned to the area corresponding to the predetermined room.
- the second type device icon is determined whether or not the attribute of the predetermined room is the same as the attribute of the room to which the second type device icon has moved. If it is determined that they are not the same, the second type device icon is returned to the area corresponding to the predetermined room.
- the second type device icon when it is detected that the second type device icon is held outside the area corresponding to the predetermined room for a predetermined time, the second type device icon is outside the area corresponding to the predetermined room. Is displayed. On the other hand, if the second type device icon is held outside the area corresponding to the predetermined room within the predetermined time, the second type device icon is returned to the area corresponding to the predetermined room.
- the second type device icon corresponds to the predetermined room. Displayed outside the area to be used.
- the time from when the second type device icon is held outside the area corresponding to the predetermined room to when it is released is within a predetermined time, the second type device icon is within the area corresponding to the predetermined room. Returned to
- one or more rooms include a specific room that permits display of only a specific type of device icon among the one or more device icons.
- the device icon of another type is detected, it is determined whether or not the attribute of the specific room is the same as the attribute of the room to which the device icon of the other type has moved. If it is determined that both are the same, the device icon of another type is moved out of the area corresponding to the specific room.
- the other type of device icon when it is detected that another type of device icon is held for a predetermined time in an area corresponding to a specific room, the other type of device icon is within the area corresponding to the specific room. Is displayed. On the other hand, when the time for which another type of device icon is held in the area corresponding to the specific room is within a predetermined time, the other type of device icon is moved outside the area corresponding to the specific room. .
- FIG. 81 is a diagram illustrating transition of the display screen of the home controller when the device icon of the refrigerator is moved.
- a room type called kitchen is associated with a device type called refrigerator in advance.
- a refrigerator device icon 101002 is displayed on the display 101 by the display control unit 103 in the floor plan (upper left diagram in FIG. 81). At this time, the device icon 101002 is displayed in an area corresponding to the kitchen. In this display state, the touch panel control unit 102 detects that the contact object 101001 is in contact with the device icon 101002 and the device icon 101002 is selected.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects that the contact position between the contact object 101001 and the display 101 moves in a predetermined direction without the contact object 101001 separating from the display 101 (upper left figure ⁇ upper right figure in FIG. 81). .
- the display control unit 103 moves the device icon 101002 displayed on the display 101 in accordance with the movement of the contact object 101001.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects that the contact object 101001 is separated from the device icon 101002 (upper right diagram ⁇ lower right diagram in FIG. 81). At this time, the contact object 101001 releases the device icon 101002 in the area corresponding to the bedroom. It is assumed that the time for which the contact object 101001 is held at the position of the device icon 101002 after the movement of the contact object 101001 is within a predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds).
- the communication control unit 107 of the home controller 100 transmits an icon movement request (FIG. 75) to the server 300. Since the device icon 101002 is not held for a predetermined time in the destination room, the icon movement request indicates a holding time indicating that the device icon 101002 is not held for a predetermined time in the destination room. Information 100504 (“0”) is included.
- the device control unit 302 of the server 300 receives the icon movement request from the home controller 100.
- the device control unit 302 searches for the room type of the room to which the device icon 101002 is moved. At this time, the device control unit 302 identifies the position coordinates of the movement destination of the device icon 101002 from the movement destination 100503 included in the received icon movement request, and sets the room type of the room including the identified position coordinates as vertex information 100600. And it specifies based on the room information 100700. In the example of FIG. 81, since the device icon 101002 is dropped in the area corresponding to the bedroom, the device control unit 302 identifies the room type of the destination room of the device icon 101002 as “bedroom”.
- the device control unit 302 searches the reference table 100900 (FIG. 80) for the room type associated with the device type of the moving device icon 101002.
- the equipment control unit 302 is associated with the equipment type (refrigerator) of the moving device icon 101002. Identify the room type as “Kitchen”.
- the device control unit 302 determines whether or not the room type of the destination room is a room type associated with the device type of the moving device icon 101002. At this time, the room type of the destination room is a bedroom, and the room type associated with the equipment type of the equipment icon 101002 to be moved is a kitchen. Therefore, the equipment control unit 302 sets the room type of the destination room. However, it is determined that the room type is not associated with the device type of the moving device icon.
- the device control unit 302 refers to the holding time information 100504 included in the received icon movement request, and determines whether or not the device icon 101002 has been held in the destination room for a predetermined time. In the example of FIG. 81, since the time for which the contact object 101001 is held at the position of the device icon 101002 after the movement of the contact object 101001 stops is within a predetermined time, the device control unit 302 indicates that the device icon 101002 is It is determined that the destination has not been held for a predetermined time.
- the predetermined time for determining the time that the device icon is held in the destination room is, for example, 3 seconds, but the present invention is not particularly limited to this, and may be 4 seconds or more.
- the device control unit 302 determines the position of the device icon 101002 as the position before the movement. That is, the device control unit 302 determines the position information (arrangement 4704) stored in the device list (FIG. 34) managed by the server 300 as the display position of the device icon 101002.
- the device control unit 302 transmits the arrangement information indicating the display position on the floor plan of the determined device icon 101002 to the home controller 100.
- the communication control unit 107 of the home controller 100 receives the arrangement information transmitted by the server 300.
- the display control unit 103 displays the device icon 101002 on the floor plan based on the received arrangement information, and updates the display screen.
- the received arrangement information represents the position before the movement. Therefore, the display control unit 103 performs display control so that the device icon 101002 is returned from the movement destination position to the position before the movement (lower right diagram ⁇ lower left diagram in FIG. 81).
- the display control unit 103 may display the device icon 101002 at the position before the movement after erasing the device icon 101002 displayed at the movement destination. Further, the display control unit 103 may display the device icon 101002 displayed at the movement destination so as to return to the position before the movement.
- FIG. 82 is a diagram showing the transition of the display screen of the home controller when the refrigerator device icon is moved and held for a predetermined time at the destination.
- a room type called kitchen is associated with a device type called refrigerator in advance.
- a refrigerator device icon 101002 is displayed on the display 101 by the display control unit 103 in the floor plan (upper left diagram in FIG. 82). At this time, the device icon 101002 is displayed in an area corresponding to the kitchen. In this display state, the touch panel control unit 102 detects that the contact object 101001 is in contact with the device icon 101002 and the device icon 101002 is selected.
- the touch panel controller 102 detects that the contact position between the contact object 101001 and the display 101 moves in a predetermined direction without the contact object 101001 separating from the display 101 (upper left figure ⁇ upper right figure in FIG. 82). .
- the display control unit 103 moves the device icon 101002 displayed on the display 101 in accordance with the movement of the contact object 101001.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects that the contact object 101001 is separated from the device icon 101002 (upper right diagram ⁇ lower right diagram in FIG. 82). At this time, the contact object 101001 releases the device icon 101002 in the area corresponding to the bedroom. It is assumed that the time for which the contact object 101001 is held at the position of the device icon 101002 after the movement of the contact object 101001 is not less than a predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds).
- the communication control unit 107 of the home controller 100 transmits an icon movement request (FIG. 75) to the server 300. Since the device icon 101002 is held for a predetermined time in the destination room, the icon movement request indicates holding time information indicating that the device icon 101002 is held for a predetermined time in the destination room. 100504 (“1”) is included.
- the communication control unit 107 transmits an icon movement request to the server 300 after it is detected that the contact object 101001 has been separated from the device icon 101002. It is not limited to.
- the touch panel control unit 102 counts the time during which the device icon 101002 is held.
- the device management unit 105 creates an icon movement request when the time counted by the touch panel control unit 102 exceeds a predetermined time, and the communication control unit 107 creates the icon movement request created by the device management unit 105. You may send it.
- the device management unit 105 also informs the user that the device icon 101002 has been held in the destination room for a predetermined time when the time counted by the touch panel control unit 102 exceeds the predetermined time. May be notified.
- the device management unit 105 when the time counted by the touch panel control unit 102 exceeds a predetermined time, the device management unit 105 indicates that the device icon 101002 has been held for a predetermined time in the destination room. The user may be notified by changing the display mode. For example, the device management unit 105 changes the color of the device icon 101002 when the time counted by the touch panel control unit 102 exceeds a predetermined time.
- the device control unit 302 of the server 300 receives the icon movement request from the home controller 100.
- the device control unit 302 searches for the room type of the room to which the device icon 101002 is moved. At this time, the device control unit 302 identifies the position coordinates of the movement destination of the device icon 101002 from the movement destination 100503 included in the received icon movement request, and sets the room type of the room including the identified position coordinates as vertex information 100600. And it specifies based on the room information 100700. In the example of FIG. 82, since the device icon 101002 is dropped in the area corresponding to the bedroom, the device control unit 302 identifies the room type of the destination room of the device icon 101002 as “bedroom”.
- the device control unit 302 searches the reference table 100900 (FIG. 80) for the room type associated with the device type of the moving device icon 101002.
- the equipment control unit 302 is associated with the equipment type (refrigerator) of the moving device icon 101002. Identify the room type as “Kitchen”.
- the device control unit 302 determines whether or not the room type of the destination room is a room type associated with the device type of the moving device icon 101002. At this time, the room type of the destination room is a bedroom, and the room type associated with the equipment type of the equipment icon 101002 to be moved is a kitchen. Therefore, the equipment control unit 302 sets the room type of the destination room. However, it is determined that the room type is not associated with the device type of the moving device icon.
- the device control unit 302 refers to the holding time information 100504 included in the received icon movement request, and determines whether or not the device icon 101002 has been held in the destination room for a predetermined time. In the example of FIG. 82, since the time for which the contact object 101001 is held at the position of the device icon 101002 exceeds the predetermined time after the movement of the contact object 101001 stops, the device control unit 302 displays the device icon 101002. Is determined to have been held for a predetermined time at the destination.
- the device control unit 302 determines the position of the device icon 101002 as the destination position. That is, the device control unit 302 determines the position information (movement destination 100503) of the movement destination included in the received icon movement request as the display position of the device icon 101002.
- the device control unit 302 transmits the arrangement information indicating the display position on the floor plan of the determined device icon 101002 to the home controller 100.
- the communication control unit 107 of the home controller 100 receives the arrangement information transmitted by the server 300.
- the display control unit 103 displays the device icon 101002 on the floor plan based on the received arrangement information, and updates the display screen.
- the received arrangement information represents the position of the movement destination. Therefore, the display control unit 103 controls display of the device icon 101002 at the movement destination position (lower right diagram ⁇ lower left diagram in FIG. 82).
- refrigerators it is common for refrigerators to be placed in the kitchen.
- the refrigerator may be placed in a room other than the kitchen, for example, in the bedroom, depending on the user's intention. Therefore, when the device icon is moved to a room where there is a low possibility that the device will be placed by the intention of the user, by detecting that the device icon has been held for a predetermined time at the destination, The operation can be reflected.
- FIG. 83 is a diagram showing transition of the display screen of the home controller when the device icon of the toilet seat device is moved.
- a room type called a toilet is associated in advance with a device type called a toilet seat device.
- a device icon 101201 of the toilet seat device is displayed on the display 101 by the display control unit 103 (upper left diagram in FIG. 83). At this time, the device icon 101201 is displayed in an area corresponding to a toilet. In this display state, the touch panel control unit 102 detects that the contact object 101001 is in contact with the device icon 101201 and the device icon 101201 is selected.
- the touch panel controller 102 detects that the contact position between the contact object 101001 and the display 101 moves in a predetermined direction without the contact object 101001 separating from the display 101 (upper left figure ⁇ upper right figure in FIG. 83). .
- the display control unit 103 moves the device icon 101201 displayed on the display 101 in accordance with the movement of the contact object 101001.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects that the contact object 101001 is separated from the device icon 101201 (upper right diagram ⁇ lower right diagram in FIG. 83). At this time, the contact object 101001 releases the device icon 101201 within an area corresponding to the living room. It is assumed that the time for which the contact object 101001 is held at the position of the device icon 101201 after the movement of the contact object 101001 is within a predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds).
- the communication control unit 107 of the home controller 100 transmits an icon movement request to the server 300. Since the device icon 10201 is not held for a predetermined time in the destination room, the icon movement request indicates a holding time indicating that the device icon 101201 is not held for a predetermined time in the destination room. Information 100504 (“0”) is included.
- the device control unit 302 of the server 300 receives the icon movement request from the home controller 100.
- the device control unit 302 searches the room type of the destination room of the device icon 101201. At this time, the device control unit 302 identifies the position coordinates of the movement destination of the device icon 101201 from the movement destination 100503 included in the received icon movement request, and sets the room type of the room including the identified position coordinates as vertex information 100600. And it specifies based on the room information 100700. In the example of FIG. 83, since the device icon 10201 is dropped in the area corresponding to the living room, the device control unit 302 identifies the room type of the destination room of the device icon 101201 as “living room”. .
- the device control unit 302 searches the reference table 100900 (FIG. 80) for the room type associated with the device type of the moving device icon 101201.
- the device control unit 302 since the room type of the toilet is associated with the device type of the toilet seat device, the device control unit 302 is associated with the device type (toilet seat device) of the moving device icon 101201. Identify the room type as "toilet".
- the device control unit 302 determines whether or not the room type of the destination room is a room type associated with the device type of the moving device icon 101201. At this time, the room type of the destination room is a living room, and the room type associated with the equipment type of the equipment icon 101201 to be moved is a toilet. It is determined that the type is not the room type associated with the device type of the moving device icon.
- the device control unit 302 refers to the holding time information 100504 included in the received icon movement request, and determines whether or not the device icon 101201 has been held for a predetermined time in the destination room. In the example of FIG. 83, since the time for which the contact object 101001 is held at the position of the device icon 10201 is within a predetermined time after the movement of the contact object 101001 stops, the device control unit 302 indicates that the device icon 10201 is It is determined that the destination has not been held for a predetermined time.
- the device control unit 302 determines the position of the device icon 101201 as the position before the movement. That is, the device control unit 302 determines the position information (arrangement 4704) stored in the device list (FIG. 34) managed by the server 300 as the display position of the device icon 101201.
- the device control unit 302 transmits, to the home controller 100, arrangement information indicating the display position on the floor plan of the determined device icon 101201.
- the communication control unit 107 of the home controller 100 receives the arrangement information transmitted by the server 300.
- the display control unit 103 displays the device icon 101201 on the floor plan based on the received arrangement information, and updates the display screen.
- the received arrangement information represents the position before the movement. Therefore, the display control unit 103 performs display control so that the device icon 101201 is returned from the movement destination position to the position before the movement (lower right diagram ⁇ lower left diagram in FIG. 83).
- the toilet seat device is generally arranged in the toilet. For this reason, when the device icon of the toilet seat device is moved to a room other than the toilet, for example, a living room, there is a high possibility that it is a user's erroneous operation. Therefore, when the device icon is moved to a room where the device is unlikely to be arranged, the user can be prevented from erroneous operation by returning the moved device icon to the position before the movement.
- FIG. 84 is a diagram showing transition of the display screen of the home controller when the device icon of the water heater is moved.
- a room type called bath (bathroom) is associated in advance with a device type called a water heater.
- a water heater device icon 101301 is displayed on the display 101 by the display control unit 103 in the floor plan (upper left of FIG. 84). At this time, the device icon 101301 is displayed in an area corresponding to a bathroom. In this display state, the touch panel controller 102 detects that the contact object 101001 contacts the device icon 101301 and the device icon 101301 is selected.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects that the contact position between the contact object 101001 and the display 101 moves in a predetermined direction (the upper left figure ⁇ the upper right figure in FIG. 84) without the contact object 101001 leaving the display 101. .
- the display control unit 103 moves the device icon 101301 displayed on the display 101 in accordance with the movement of the contact object 101001.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects that the contact object 101001 is separated from the device icon 101301 (upper right diagram ⁇ lower right diagram in FIG. 84). At this time, the contact object 101001 releases the device icon 101301 in an area corresponding to the living room. It is assumed that the time for which the contact object 101001 is held at the position of the device icon 101301 after the movement of the contact object 101001 is within a predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds).
- the communication control unit 107 of the home controller 100 transmits an icon movement request to the server 300. Since the device icon 101301 is not held for a predetermined time in the destination room, the icon movement request indicates a holding time indicating that the device icon 101301 is not held for a predetermined time in the destination room. Information 100504 (“0”) is included.
- the device control unit 302 of the server 300 receives the icon movement request from the home controller 100.
- the device control unit 302 searches for the room type of the destination room of the device icon 101301. At this time, the device control unit 302 identifies the position coordinates of the movement destination of the device icon 101301 from the movement destination 100503 included in the received icon movement request, and sets the room type of the room including the identified position coordinates as vertex information 100600. And it specifies based on the room information 100700. In the example of FIG. 84, since the device icon 101301 is dropped in the area corresponding to the living room, the device control unit 302 identifies the room type of the destination room of the device icon 101301 as “living room”. .
- the device control unit 302 searches the reference table 100900 (FIG. 80) for the room type associated with the device type of the moving device icon 101301.
- the equipment control unit 302 is associated with the equipment type (water heater) of the moving equipment icon 101301. Identify the room type as "Bathroom".
- the device control unit 302 determines whether the room type of the destination room is a room type associated with the device type of the device icon 101301 to be moved. At this time, the room type of the destination room is a living room, and the room type associated with the equipment type of the equipment icon 101301 to be moved is a bathroom. It is determined that the type is not the room type associated with the device type of the moving device icon.
- the device control unit 302 refers to the holding time information 100504 included in the received icon movement request, and determines whether or not the device icon 101301 has been held for a predetermined time in the destination room. In the example of FIG. 84, since the time for which the contact object 101001 is held at the position of the device icon 101301 is within a predetermined time after the movement of the contact object 101001 stops, the device control unit 302 indicates that the device icon 101301 is It is determined that the destination has not been held for a predetermined time.
- the device control unit 302 determines the position of the device icon 101301 as the position before the movement. That is, the device control unit 302 determines the position information (arrangement 4704) stored in the device list (FIG. 34) managed by the server 300 as the display position of the device icon 101301.
- the device control unit 302 transmits the arrangement information indicating the display position on the floor plan of the determined device icon 101301 to the home controller 100.
- the communication control unit 107 of the home controller 100 receives the arrangement information transmitted by the server 300.
- the display control unit 103 displays the device icon 101301 on the floor plan based on the received arrangement information, and updates the display screen.
- the received arrangement information represents the position before the movement. Therefore, the display control unit 103 performs display control so that the device icon 101301 is returned from the movement destination position to the position before the movement (lower right diagram ⁇ lower left diagram in FIG. 84).
- the water heater is generally placed in the bathroom. Therefore, when the device icon of the water heater is moved to a room other than the bathroom, for example, a living room, there is a high possibility that it is a user's erroneous operation. Therefore, when the device icon is moved to a room where the device is unlikely to be arranged, the user can be prevented from erroneous operation by returning the moved device icon to the position before the movement.
- FIG. 85 is a diagram showing an example of an icon movement request transmitted when the television device icon is moved
- FIG. 86 shows the transition of the display screen of the home controller when the television device icon is moved.
- room types such as a living room, a bedroom, and a child room are associated in advance with a device type called TV.
- a television device icon 101501 is displayed on the display 101 by the display control unit 103 in the floor plan (upper left diagram in FIG. 86). At this time, the device icon 101501 is displayed in an area corresponding to the bedroom. In this display state, the touch panel controller 102 detects that the contact object 101001 is in contact with the device icon 101501 and the device icon 101501 is selected.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects that the contact position between the contact object 101001 and the display 101 moves in a predetermined direction without the contact object 101001 separating from the display 101 (upper left figure ⁇ upper right figure in FIG. 86). .
- the display control unit 103 moves the device icon 101501 displayed on the display 101 in accordance with the movement of the contact object 101001.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects that the contact object 101001 is separated from the device icon 101501 (upper right figure ⁇ lower right figure in FIG. 86). At this time, the contact object 101001 releases the device icon 101501 in the area corresponding to the living room. Note that it is assumed that the time during which the contact object 101001 is held at the position of the device icon 101501 after the movement of the contact object 101001 is within a predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds).
- the communication control unit 107 of the home controller 100 transmits an icon movement request (FIG. 85) to the server 300. Since the device icon 101501 is not held for a predetermined time in the destination room, the icon movement request indicates a holding time indicating that the device icon 101501 is not held for a predetermined time in the destination room. Information 100504 (“0”) is included.
- the device control unit 302 of the server 300 receives the icon movement request from the home controller 100.
- the device control unit 302 searches the room type of the destination room of the device icon 101501. At this time, the device control unit 302 identifies the position coordinates of the movement destination of the device icon 101501 from the movement destination 100503 included in the received icon movement request, and sets the room type of the room including the identified position coordinates to the vertex information 100600. And it specifies based on the room information 100700. In the example of FIG. 86, since the device icon 101501 is dropped in the area corresponding to the living room, the device control unit 302 identifies the room type of the destination room of the device icon 101501 as “living room”. .
- the device control unit 302 searches the reference table 100900 (FIG. 80) for the room type associated with the device type of the moving device icon 101501.
- a device type called TV is associated with room types such as a living room, a bedroom, and a child room. Therefore, the device control unit 302 uses the device type (water heater) of the moving device icon 101501. ) Are identified as “Living Room”, “Bedroom”, and “Children Room”.
- the device control unit 302 determines whether or not the room type of the destination room is a room type associated with the device type of the device icon 101501 to be moved.
- the room type of the destination room is a living room
- the room types associated with the device type of the moving device icon 101501 are a living room, a bedroom, and a child room. It is determined that the room type of the destination room is the room type associated with the device type of the device icon to be moved.
- the device control unit 302 determines the position of the device icon 101501 as the movement destination position. That is, the device control unit 302 determines the position information (movement destination 100503) of the movement destination included in the received icon movement request as the display position of the device icon 101501.
- the device control unit 302 transmits, to the home controller 100, arrangement information representing the display position on the floor plan of the determined device icon 101501.
- the communication control unit 107 of the home controller 100 receives the arrangement information transmitted by the server 300.
- the display control unit 103 displays the device icon 101501 on the floor plan based on the received arrangement information, and updates the display screen.
- the received arrangement information represents the position of the movement destination. Therefore, the display control unit 103 performs display control of the device icon 101501 at the movement destination position (lower right diagram ⁇ lower left diagram in FIG. 86).
- the floor plan 500 an overhead view that planarly represents the position and shape of the rooms constituting each floor is adopted as the floor plan, but the present embodiment is not limited to this, and the floor plan 500 is A diagram simply showing how many such rooms are present may be adopted as a floor plan.
- FIG. 87 is a diagram showing a transition of the display screen of the home controller when the equipment icon of the refrigerator is moved in the floor plan 5200 of another pattern.
- a room type called kitchen is associated with a device type called refrigerator in advance.
- one room constituting one floor is represented by one square block, and each room is arranged in a matrix on one floor. Moreover, the size of each block is the same, and the name of the room is described in each block.
- the floor plan 5200 includes living rooms, kitchens, dining rooms, baths, washrooms, toilets, stairs, and entrance rooms.
- a device icon 501 of the device 200 actually arranged is displayed.
- the device icon 501 of the lighting device is displayed in the living room, it can be seen that the lighting device is installed.
- the device icon can be moved in the same manner as described above.
- the device icon display method when the device icon is moved is substantially the same as the device icon display method in the floor plan 500 described above.
- a refrigerator device icon 101002 is displayed on the display 101 by the display control unit 103 in the floor plan 5200 (upper left diagram in FIG. 87). At this time, the device icon 101002 is displayed in an area corresponding to the kitchen. In this display state, the touch panel control unit 102 detects that the contact object 101001 is in contact with the device icon 101002 and the device icon 101002 is selected.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects that the contact position between the contact object 101001 and the display 101 moves in a predetermined direction (the upper left figure ⁇ the upper right figure in FIG. 87) without the contact object 101001 leaving the display 101. .
- the display control unit 103 moves the device icon 101002 displayed on the display 101 in accordance with the movement of the contact object 101001.
- the touch panel control unit 102 detects that the contact object 101001 is separated from the device icon 101002 (upper right diagram ⁇ lower right diagram in FIG. 87). At this time, the contact object 101001 releases the device icon 101002 in the area corresponding to the living room. It is assumed that the time for which the contact object 101001 is held at the position of the device icon 101002 after the movement of the contact object 101001 is within a predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds).
- the communication control unit 107 of the home controller 100 transmits an icon movement request (FIG. 75) to the server 300. Since the device icon 101002 is not held for a predetermined time in the destination room, the icon movement request indicates a holding time indicating that the device icon 101002 is not held for a predetermined time in the destination room. Information 100504 (“0”) is included. Further, the position of the movement destination is represented not by coordinates but by a room type. For example, when the device icon is moved to an area corresponding to a living room, the icon movement request includes information about a living room as information on the movement destination.
- the device control unit 302 of the server 300 receives the icon movement request from the home controller 100.
- the device control unit 302 searches for the room type of the room to which the device icon 101002 is moved. At this time, the device control unit 302 identifies the destination room type of the device icon 101002 from the destination 100503 included in the received icon movement request. In the example of FIG. 87, since the device icon 101002 is dropped in the area corresponding to the living room, the device control unit 302 identifies the room type of the destination room of the device icon 101002 as “living room”. .
- the device control unit 302 searches the reference table 100900 (FIG. 80) for the room type associated with the device type of the moving device icon 101002.
- the equipment control unit 302 is associated with the equipment type (refrigerator) of the moving device icon 101002. Identify the room type as “Kitchen”.
- the device control unit 302 determines whether or not the room type of the destination room is a room type associated with the device type of the moving device icon 101002. At this time, the room type of the destination room is a living room, and the room type associated with the equipment type of the equipment icon 101002 to be moved is a kitchen. It is determined that the type is not the room type associated with the device type of the moving device icon.
- the device control unit 302 refers to the holding time information 100504 included in the received icon movement request, and determines whether or not the device icon 101002 has been held in the destination room for a predetermined time. In the example of FIG. 87, since the time for which the contact object 101001 is held at the position of the device icon 101002 after the movement of the contact object 101001 is within a predetermined time, the device control unit 302 indicates that the device icon 101002 is It is determined that the destination has not been held for a predetermined time.
- the device control unit 302 determines the position of the device icon 101002 as the position before the movement. That is, the device control unit 302 determines the position information (arrangement 4704) stored in the device list (FIG. 34) managed by the server 300 as the display position of the device icon 101002. At this time, the position information stored in the device list is represented not by coordinates but by a room type.
- the device control unit 302 transmits the arrangement information indicating the display position on the floor plan of the determined device icon 101002 to the home controller 100.
- the communication control unit 107 of the home controller 100 receives the arrangement information transmitted by the server 300.
- the display control unit 103 displays the device icon 101002 on the floor plan based on the received arrangement information, and updates the display screen.
- the received arrangement information represents the position before the movement. Therefore, the display control unit 103 performs display control so that the device icon 101002 is returned from the movement destination position to the position before the movement (lower right diagram ⁇ lower left diagram in FIG. 87).
- the display control unit 103 may display the device icon 101002 at the position before the movement after erasing the device icon 101002 displayed at the movement destination. Further, the display control unit 103 may display the device icon 101002 displayed at the movement destination so as to return to the position before the movement.
- the arrangement position on the floor plan of the device icon after movement is determined by the server 300, but the present invention is not particularly limited to this, and may be determined by the home controller 100.
- a process of determining an arrangement position on the floor plan of the device icon after movement in the home controller 100 will be described with reference to FIG.
- FIG. 88 is a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing in which the home controller 100 determines an arrangement position on the floor plan of the device icon after movement.
- the device management unit 105 of the home controller 100 performs an icon position determination process for determining an arrangement position on the floor plan of the device icon after the movement. This is performed (S100302).
- the icon position determination process in the home controller 100 will be described later.
- the display control unit 103 of the home controller 100 displays the device icon on the floor plan based on the determined arrangement position, and updates the display screen (S100304).
- the device management unit 105 of the home controller 100 transmits arrangement information indicating the arrangement position of the device icon determined by the icon position determination process to the server 300 (S101702).
- the device control unit 302 of the server 300 updates the device list based on the received arrangement information. Note that the home controller 100 does not have to transmit the arrangement information to the server 300. Further, when the arrangement information is not transmitted to the server 300, the home control system may not include the server 300.
- FIG. 89 is a flowchart for explaining icon position determination processing in the home controller 100.
- the home controller 100 stores a reference table 100900 (FIG. 80), room information 100700 (FIG. 78), a device list 3100 (FIG. 35), and vertex information 100600 (FIG. 77).
- the device management unit 105 of the home controller 100 searches for the room type of the room to which the device icon is moved ( S101801).
- the device management unit 105 searches for a room type associated with the device type of the moving device icon (S101802).
- the device management unit 105 searches the reference table 100900 for a room type associated with the device type of the moved device icon.
- the device management unit 105 determines whether or not the room type of the destination room searched in step S101801 is a room type associated with the device type of the moving device icon searched in step S101802. Is determined (S101803).
- the device management unit 105 determines the position of the device icon. Is determined as the destination position (S101804).
- the equipment management unit 105 determines that the equipment icon is the destination. It is determined whether or not the room has been held for a predetermined time (S101805).
- the touch panel control unit 102 counts the time during which the contact object is held without being separated from the display after the contact object stops moving.
- the device management unit 105 determines whether the time during which the contact object is held without leaving the display exceeds a predetermined time.
- step S101805 If it is determined that the device icon has been held at the destination for a predetermined time (YES in S101805), the process proceeds to step S101804, and the device management unit 105 sets the position of the device icon to the position of the destination. To decide.
- the device management unit 105 determines the position of the device icon as the position before the movement (S101806). That is, the device management unit 105 determines the position information (arrangement 3104) stored in the device list (FIG. 35) managed by the home controller 100 as the position of the device icon.
- the device list stores the position of the device icon before movement.
- the display control unit 103 displays a device icon on the floor plan and updates the display screen (S101807). At this time, when the position of the device icon is determined to be the movement destination position, the display control unit 103 displays the device icon as it is at the movement destination and updates the display screen. On the other hand, when the position of the device icon is determined to be the position before the movement, the display control unit 103 returns the device icon to the position before the movement and updates the display screen.
- one memory manages a device type and a room type in association with each other.
- the present invention is not particularly limited to this, and two or more memories have a device type and a room type. May be managed in association with each other.
- FIG. 90A is a diagram showing an example of a first reference table 101901 that associates the device ID 101911 and the device type name 101912.
- FIG. 90B is a second diagram that associates the room ID 101913 and the room type name 101914.
- FIG. 90C is a diagram illustrating an example of the third reference table 101903 that associates the device ID 101915 and the room ID 101916 with each other.
- the first reference table 101901 associates a device ID 101191 for identifying the device 200 with a device type name 101912 indicating the name of the type of the device 200.
- the second reference table 101902 associates a room ID 101913 for identifying a room with a room type name 101914 indicating the name of the room attribute.
- the third reference table 101903 associates a device ID 101915 for identifying the device 200 with a room ID 101916 for identifying a room.
- the first reference table 101901, the second reference table 101902, and the third reference table 101903 may be stored in different memories.
- control method according to the present disclosure is useful as a control method for suitably controlling one or more target devices connected to a network.
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一以上の対象機器を制御するネットワークに接続し、ディスプレイを有する携帯情報端末の制御方法であって、
前記携帯情報端末のコンピュータに対して、
一以上の部屋を含む間取り図を表した表示画面を前記ディスプレイに表示させ、
前記一以上の対象機器の各々を表した一以上の機器アイコンの種別を示した第1情報と、前記一以上の部屋の各々の属性を示した第2情報とを関連付けて管理する1又は2以上のメモリを用いて、前記一以上の機器アイコンの種別に応じて、前記一以上の機器アイコンを、前記一以上の機器アイコンの各々に対応する部屋に相当する前記表示画面上の領域内に表示させ、
前記間取り図に含まれるいずれかの部屋に相当する領域において前記一以上の機器アイコンのいずれかの選択が検知されると、前記間取り図を表した表示画面上に前記選択された機器アイコンに対応する対象機器の操作又は状態確認の少なくともいずれかのための制御画面を表示させ、
前記制御画面の操作に基づき、前記選択された機器アイコンに対応する対象機器の操作又は状態確認の少なくともいずれかのための制御コマンドを前記ネットワークに出力させ、
前記一以上の機器アイコンは、前記一以上の部屋の各々に移動可能な第1種別の機器アイコンと、前記一以上の部屋の中で、前記機器アイコンの種別に予め対応付けられている所定の部屋に相当する領域内でのみ移動可能な第2種別の機器アイコンとを含み、
前記第2種別の機器アイコンの移動が検知されると、前記第2種別の機器アイコンが前記所定の部屋に相当する領域外へ移動したか否かを判断させ、前記第2種別の機器アイコンが前記所定の部屋に相当する領域外へ移動したと判断された場合には、前記第2種別の機器アイコンを前記所定の部屋に相当する領域内に戻すように表示制御させる。
まず、本開示に係る一態様の着眼点について説明する。
一以上の対象機器を制御するネットワークに接続し、ディスプレイを有する携帯情報端末の制御方法であって、
前記携帯情報端末のコンピュータに対して、
一以上の部屋を含む間取り図を表した表示画面を前記ディスプレイに表示させ、
前記一以上の対象機器の各々を表した一以上の機器アイコンの種別を示した第1情報と、前記一以上の部屋の各々の属性を示した第2情報とを関連付けて管理する1又は2以上のメモリを用いて、前記一以上の機器アイコンの種別に応じて、前記一以上の機器アイコンを、前記一以上の機器アイコンの各々に対応する部屋に相当する前記表示画面上の領域内に表示させ、
前記間取り図に含まれるいずれかの部屋に相当する領域において前記一以上の機器アイコンのいずれかの選択が検知されると、前記間取り図を表した表示画面上に前記選択された機器アイコンに対応する対象機器の操作又は状態確認の少なくともいずれかのための制御画面を表示させ、
前記制御画面の操作に基づき、前記選択された機器アイコンに対応する対象機器の操作又は状態確認の少なくともいずれかのための制御コマンドを前記ネットワークに出力させ、
前記一以上の機器アイコンは、前記一以上の部屋の各々に移動可能な第1種別の機器アイコンと、前記一以上の部屋の中で、前記機器アイコンの種別に予め対応付けられている所定の部屋に相当する領域内でのみ移動可能な第2種別の機器アイコンとを含み、
前記第2種別の機器アイコンの移動が検知されると、前記第2種別の機器アイコンが前記所定の部屋に相当する領域外へ移動したか否かを判断させ、前記第2種別の機器アイコンが前記所定の部屋に相当する領域外へ移動したと判断された場合には、前記第2種別の機器アイコンを前記所定の部屋に相当する領域内に戻すように表示制御させる。
一以上の対象機器を制御するネットワークに接続し、ディスプレイを有する携帯情報端末の制御方法であって、
前記携帯情報端末のコンピュータに対して、
一以上の部屋を含む間取り図を表した表示画面を前記ディスプレイに表示させ、
前記一以上の対象機器の各々を表した一以上の機器アイコンの種別を示した第1情報と、前記一以上の部屋の各々の属性を示した第2情報とを関連付けて管理する1又は2以上のメモリを用いて、前記一以上の機器アイコンの種別に応じて、前記一以上の機器アイコンを、前記一以上の機器アイコンの各々に対応する部屋に相当する前記表示画面上の領域内に表示させ、
前記間取り図に含まれるいずれかの部屋に相当する領域において前記一以上の機器アイコンのいずれかの選択が検知されると、前記間取り図を表した表示画面上に前記選択された機器アイコンに対応する対象機器の操作又は状態確認の少なくともいずれかのための制御画面を表示させ、
前記制御画面の操作に基づき、前記選択された機器アイコンに対応する対象機器の操作又は状態確認の少なくともいずれかのための制御コマンドを前記ネットワークに出力させ、
前記一以上の部屋は、前記一以上の機器アイコンのうちの特定の種別の機器アイコンのみの表示を許可する特定の部屋を含み、
前記特定の種別の機器アイコン以外の他の種別の機器アイコンの移動が検知されると、前記他の種別の機器アイコンが前記特定の部屋に相当する領域内に移動したか否かを判断させ、前記他の種別の機器アイコンが前記特定の部屋に相当する領域内に移動したと判断された場合には、前記他の種別の機器アイコンを前記特定の部屋に相当する領域外に移動させるように表示制御させる。
一以上の対象機器を制御するネットワークに接続し、ディスプレイを有する携帯情報端末において実行されるプログラムあって、
前記携帯情報端末のコンピュータに対して、
一以上の部屋を含む間取り図を表した表示画面を前記ディスプレイに表示させ、
前記一以上の対象機器の各々を表した一以上の機器アイコンの種別を示した第1情報と、前記一以上の部屋の各々の属性を示した第2情報とを関連付けて管理する1又は2以上のメモリを用いて、前記一以上の機器アイコンの種別に応じて、前記一以上の機器アイコンを、前記一以上の機器アイコンの各々に対応する部屋に相当する前記表示画面上の領域内に表示させ、
前記間取り図に含まれるいずれかの部屋に相当する領域において前記一以上の機器アイコンのいずれかの選択が検知されると、前記間取り図を表した表示画面上に前記選択された機器アイコンに対応する対象機器の操作又は状態確認の少なくともいずれかのための制御画面を表示させ、
前記制御画面の操作に基づき、前記選択された機器アイコンに対応する対象機器の操作又は状態確認の少なくともいずれかのための制御コマンドを前記ネットワークに出力させ、
前記一以上の機器アイコンは、前記一以上の部屋の各々に移動可能な第1種別の機器アイコンと、前記一以上の部屋の中で、前記機器アイコンの種別に予め対応付けられている所定の部屋に相当する領域内でのみ移動可能な第2種別の機器アイコンとを含み、
前記第2種別の機器アイコンの移動が検知されると、前記第2種別の機器アイコンが前記所定の部屋に相当する領域外へ移動したか否かを判断させ、前記第2種別の機器アイコンが前記所定の部屋に相当する領域外へ移動したと判断された場合には、前記第2種別の機器アイコンを前記所定の部屋に相当する領域内に戻すように表示制御させる。
一以上の対象機器を制御するネットワークに接続し、ディスプレイを有する携帯情報端末において実行されるプログラムであって、
前記携帯情報端末のコンピュータに対して、
一以上の部屋を含む間取り図を表した表示画面を前記ディスプレイに表示させ、
前記一以上の対象機器の各々を表した一以上の機器アイコンの種別を示した第1情報と、前記一以上の部屋の各々の属性を示した第2情報とを関連付けて管理する1又は2以上のメモリを用いて、前記一以上の機器アイコンの種別に応じて、前記一以上の機器アイコンを、前記一以上の機器アイコンの各々に対応する部屋に相当する前記表示画面上の領域内に表示させ、
前記間取り図に含まれるいずれかの部屋に相当する領域において前記一以上の機器アイコンのいずれかの選択が検知されると、前記間取り図を表した表示画面上に前記選択された機器アイコンに対応する対象機器の操作又は状態確認の少なくともいずれかのための制御画面を表示させ、
前記制御画面の操作に基づき、前記選択された機器アイコンに対応する対象機器の操作又は状態確認の少なくともいずれかのための制御コマンドを前記ネットワークに出力させ、
前記一以上の部屋は、前記一以上の機器アイコンのうちの特定の種別の機器アイコンのみの表示を許可する特定の部屋を含み、
前記特定の種別の機器アイコン以外の他の種別の機器アイコンの移動が検知されると、前記他の種別の機器アイコンが前記特定の部屋に相当する領域内に移動したか否かを判断させ、前記他の種別の機器アイコンが前記特定の部屋に相当する領域内に移動したと判断された場合には、前記他の種別の機器アイコンを前記特定の部屋に相当する領域外に移動させるように表示制御させる。
以下本発明の一実施の形態について、図面を参照しながら説明する。なお、各図面において、同じ構成要素については同じ符号が用いられている。
図1は、本実施の形態におけるホームコントローラが適用されたホームコントロールシステムの全体構成図である。図1に示すように、ホームコントロールシステムは、ホームコントローラ100、機器200(対象機器の一例)、及びサーバ300を備えている。
次に、間取り図上の機器アイコンを移動させる機器アイコン移動処理について説明する。
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- 一以上の対象機器を制御するネットワークに接続し、ディスプレイを有する携帯情報端末の制御方法であって、
前記携帯情報端末のコンピュータに対して、
一以上の部屋を含む間取り図を表した表示画面を前記ディスプレイに表示させ、
前記一以上の対象機器の各々を表した一以上の機器アイコンの種別を示した第1情報と、前記一以上の部屋の各々の属性を示した第2情報とを関連付けて管理する1又は2以上のメモリを用いて、前記一以上の機器アイコンの種別に応じて、前記一以上の機器アイコンを、前記一以上の機器アイコンの各々に対応する部屋に相当する前記表示画面上の領域内に表示させ、
前記間取り図に含まれるいずれかの部屋に相当する領域において前記一以上の機器アイコンのいずれかの選択が検知されると、前記間取り図を表した表示画面上に前記選択された機器アイコンに対応する対象機器の操作又は状態確認の少なくともいずれかのための制御画面を表示させ、
前記制御画面の操作に基づき、前記選択された機器アイコンに対応する対象機器の操作又は状態確認の少なくともいずれかのための制御コマンドを前記ネットワークに出力させ、
前記一以上の機器アイコンは、前記一以上の部屋の各々に移動可能な第1種別の機器アイコンと、前記一以上の部屋の中で、前記機器アイコンの種別に予め対応付けられている所定の部屋に相当する領域内でのみ移動可能な第2種別の機器アイコンとを含み、
前記第2種別の機器アイコンの移動が検知されると、前記第2種別の機器アイコンが前記所定の部屋に相当する領域外へ移動したか否かを判断させ、前記第2種別の機器アイコンが前記所定の部屋に相当する領域外へ移動したと判断された場合には、前記第2種別の機器アイコンを前記所定の部屋に相当する領域内に戻すように表示制御させる、
制御方法。 - 前記第2種別の機器アイコンの移動が検知されると、前記所定の部屋の属性と、前記第2種別の機器アイコンが移動した先の部屋の属性とが同じであるか否かを判断させ、両者が同じではないと判断された場合には、前記第2種別の機器アイコンを前記所定の部屋に相当する領域内に戻すように表示制御させる、
請求項1記載の制御方法。 - 前記第2種別の機器アイコンが前記所定の部屋に相当する領域外で所定時間を超えて保持されていることが検知されると、前記第2種別の機器アイコンを前記所定の部屋に相当する領域外に表示させるように表示制御させる、
請求項1又は2記載の制御方法。 - 前記第2種別の機器アイコンが前記所定の部屋に相当する領域外で保持されている時間が所定時間以内である場合、前記第2種別の機器アイコンを前記所定の部屋に相当する領域内に戻すように表示制御させる、
請求項3記載の制御方法。 - 前記第2種別の機器アイコンが前記所定の部屋に相当する領域外で所定時間を超えて保持された後、離されたことが検知されると、前記第2種別の機器アイコンを前記所定の部屋に相当する領域外に表示させるように表示制御させる、
請求項1又は2記載の制御方法。 - 前記第2種別の機器アイコンが前記所定の部屋に相当する領域外で保持されてから離されるまでの時間が所定時間以内である場合、前記第2種別の機器アイコンを前記所定の部屋に相当する領域内に戻すように表示制御させる、
請求項5記載の制御方法。 - 前記第2種別の機器アイコンは、洗浄機能付き便座装置を表す機器アイコンを含み、
前記所定の部屋は、トイレを含む、
請求項1~6のいずれかに記載の制御方法。 - 前記第2種別の機器アイコンは、給湯器を表す機器アイコンを含み、
前記所定の部屋は、浴室を含む、
請求項1~7のいずれかに記載の制御方法。 - 前記第2種別の機器アイコンは、冷蔵庫を表す機器アイコンを含み、
前記所定の部屋は、キッチンを含む、
請求項1~8のいずれかに記載の制御方法。 - 一以上の対象機器を制御するネットワークに接続し、ディスプレイを有する携帯情報端末の制御方法であって、
前記携帯情報端末のコンピュータに対して、
一以上の部屋を含む間取り図を表した表示画面を前記ディスプレイに表示させ、
前記一以上の対象機器の各々を表した一以上の機器アイコンの種別を示した第1情報と、前記一以上の部屋の各々の属性を示した第2情報とを関連付けて管理する1又は2以上のメモリを用いて、前記一以上の機器アイコンの種別に応じて、前記一以上の機器アイコンを、前記一以上の機器アイコンの各々に対応する部屋に相当する前記表示画面上の領域内に表示させ、
前記間取り図に含まれるいずれかの部屋に相当する領域において前記一以上の機器アイコンのいずれかの選択が検知されると、前記間取り図を表した表示画面上に前記選択された機器アイコンに対応する対象機器の操作又は状態確認の少なくともいずれかのための制御画面を表示させ、
前記制御画面の操作に基づき、前記選択された機器アイコンに対応する対象機器の操作又は状態確認の少なくともいずれかのための制御コマンドを前記ネットワークに出力させ、
前記一以上の部屋は、前記一以上の機器アイコンのうちの特定の種別の機器アイコンのみの表示を許可する特定の部屋を含み、
前記特定の種別の機器アイコン以外の他の種別の機器アイコンの移動が検知されると、前記他の種別の機器アイコンが前記特定の部屋に相当する領域内に移動したか否かを判断させ、前記他の種別の機器アイコンが前記特定の部屋に相当する領域内に移動したと判断された場合には、前記他の種別の機器アイコンを前記特定の部屋に相当する領域外に移動させるように表示制御させる、
制御方法。 - 前記他の種別の機器アイコンの移動が検知されると、前記特定の部屋の属性と、前記他の種別の機器アイコンが移動した先の部屋の属性とが同じであるか否かを判断させ、両者が同じであると判断された場合には、前記他の種別の機器アイコンを前記特定の部屋に相当する領域外に移動させるように表示制御させる、
請求項10記載の制御方法。 - 前記他の種別の機器アイコンが前記特定の部屋に相当する領域内で所定時間を超えて保持されていることが検知されると、前記他の種別の機器アイコンを前記特定の部屋に相当する領域内に表示させるように表示制御させる、
請求項10又は11記載の制御方法。 - 前記他の種別の機器アイコンが前記特定の部屋に相当する領域内で保持されている時間が所定時間以内である場合、前記他の種別の機器アイコンを前記特定の部屋に相当する領域外に移動させるように表示制御させる、
請求項12記載の制御方法。 - 前記他の種別の機器アイコンが前記特定の部屋に相当する領域内で所定時間を超えて保持された後、離されたことが検知されると、前記他の種別の機器アイコンを前記特定の部屋に相当する領域内に表示させるように表示制御させる、
請求項10又は11記載の制御方法。 - 前記他の種別の機器アイコンが前記特定の部屋に相当する領域内で保持されてから離されるまでの時間が所定時間以内である場合、前記他の種別の機器アイコンを前記特定の部屋に相当する領域外に移動させるように表示制御させる、
請求項14記載の制御方法。 - 前記特定の種別の機器アイコンは、洗浄機能付き便座装置を表す機器アイコンを含み、
前記特定の部屋は、トイレを含む、
請求項10~15のいずれかに記載の制御方法。 - 前記特定の種別の機器アイコンは、給湯器を表す機器アイコンを含み、
前記特定の部屋は、浴室を含む、
請求項10~16のいずれかに記載の制御方法。 - 前記特定の種別の機器アイコンは、冷蔵庫を表す機器アイコンを含み、
前記特定の部屋は、キッチンを含む、
請求項10~17のいずれかに記載の制御方法。 - 一以上の対象機器を制御するネットワークに接続し、ディスプレイを有する携帯情報端末において実行されるプログラムあって、
前記携帯情報端末のコンピュータに対して、
一以上の部屋を含む間取り図を表した表示画面を前記ディスプレイに表示させ、
前記一以上の対象機器の各々を表した一以上の機器アイコンの種別を示した第1情報と、前記一以上の部屋の各々の属性を示した第2情報とを関連付けて管理する1又は2以上のメモリを用いて、前記一以上の機器アイコンの種別に応じて、前記一以上の機器アイコンを、前記一以上の機器アイコンの各々に対応する部屋に相当する前記表示画面上の領域内に表示させ、
前記間取り図に含まれるいずれかの部屋に相当する領域において前記一以上の機器アイコンのいずれかの選択が検知されると、前記間取り図を表した表示画面上に前記選択された機器アイコンに対応する対象機器の操作又は状態確認の少なくともいずれかのための制御画面を表示させ、
前記制御画面の操作に基づき、前記選択された機器アイコンに対応する対象機器の操作又は状態確認の少なくともいずれかのための制御コマンドを前記ネットワークに出力させ、
前記一以上の機器アイコンは、前記一以上の部屋の各々に移動可能な第1種別の機器アイコンと、前記一以上の部屋の中で、前記機器アイコンの種別に予め対応付けられている所定の部屋に相当する領域内でのみ移動可能な第2種別の機器アイコンとを含み、
前記第2種別の機器アイコンの移動が検知されると、前記第2種別の機器アイコンが前記所定の部屋に相当する領域外へ移動したか否かを判断させ、前記第2種別の機器アイコンが前記所定の部屋に相当する領域外へ移動したと判断された場合には、前記第2種別の機器アイコンを前記所定の部屋に相当する領域内に戻すように表示制御させる、
プログラム。 - 一以上の対象機器を制御するネットワークに接続し、ディスプレイを有する携帯情報端末において実行されるプログラムであって、
前記携帯情報端末のコンピュータに対して、
一以上の部屋を含む間取り図を表した表示画面を前記ディスプレイに表示させ、
前記一以上の対象機器の各々を表した一以上の機器アイコンの種別を示した第1情報と、前記一以上の部屋の各々の属性を示した第2情報とを関連付けて管理する1又は2以上のメモリを用いて、前記一以上の機器アイコンの種別に応じて、前記一以上の機器アイコンを、前記一以上の機器アイコンの各々に対応する部屋に相当する前記表示画面上の領域内に表示させ、
前記間取り図に含まれるいずれかの部屋に相当する領域において前記一以上の機器アイコンのいずれかの選択が検知されると、前記間取り図を表した表示画面上に前記選択された機器アイコンに対応する対象機器の操作又は状態確認の少なくともいずれかのための制御画面を表示させ、
前記制御画面の操作に基づき、前記選択された機器アイコンに対応する対象機器の操作又は状態確認の少なくともいずれかのための制御コマンドを前記ネットワークに出力させ、
前記一以上の部屋は、前記一以上の機器アイコンのうちの特定の種別の機器アイコンのみの表示を許可する特定の部屋を含み、
前記特定の種別の機器アイコン以外の他の種別の機器アイコンの移動が検知されると、前記他の種別の機器アイコンが前記特定の部屋に相当する領域内に移動したか否かを判断させ、前記他の種別の機器アイコンが前記特定の部屋に相当する領域内に移動したと判断された場合には、前記他の種別の機器アイコンを前記特定の部屋に相当する領域外に移動させるように表示制御させる、
プログラム。
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