WO2015033594A1 - Système d'aide à l'enregistrement, appareil de terminal de communication et dispositif électronique dans un système d'exploitation à distance - Google Patents

Système d'aide à l'enregistrement, appareil de terminal de communication et dispositif électronique dans un système d'exploitation à distance Download PDF

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WO2015033594A1
WO2015033594A1 PCT/JP2014/054879 JP2014054879W WO2015033594A1 WO 2015033594 A1 WO2015033594 A1 WO 2015033594A1 JP 2014054879 W JP2014054879 W JP 2014054879W WO 2015033594 A1 WO2015033594 A1 WO 2015033594A1
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中西　正洋
正和 河原
慎二 松浦
三木　一浩
赤羽　俊夫
真裕 上田
昭広 岡崎
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  • the present invention is a technology mounted on a remote operation system that remotely operates an electronic device from a communication terminal device via a server device, and a combination of a communication terminal device and an electronic device that enables remote operation is the server device.
  • the present invention relates to a registration support system that supports the work (pairing) to be registered in the system.
  • a center server connected to a wide area communication network registers data such as user information, product name, and product format name in a customer management database. It is described that when a remote operation of a registered device is requested using a communication terminal device, the requested device can be remotely operated.
  • the user reads the barcode on the user registration card to download the user registration page and inputs personal information to the center server, the product name, product type name, etc. are registered together with the user information.
  • a dedicated application is downloaded to a communication terminal device such as a smartphone to display the pairing screen, and an operation such as pressing the registration button on the pairing screen while pressing the registration button on the electronic device side is performed.
  • a narrow-area communication network such as a wireless LAN is used to set a link between the two and register them in the server device as a remote-controllable combination.
  • registering a combination is also expressed as pairing.
  • Japanese Patent Publication Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-345051 (published on November 29, 2002)”
  • the wireless LAN is connected to the narrow-area communication network.
  • a narrow-area communication network such as a wireless LAN and performs pairing by performing a physical operation such as pressing a button between an electronic device and a communication terminal device
  • the wireless LAN is connected to the narrow-area communication network.
  • unregistered devices a plurality of unregistered electronic devices (unregistered devices) are connected to the home wireless LAN, a plurality of unregistered devices are displayed on the screen of the communication terminal device. For this reason, the correspondence between the unregistered device in the screen and the home electronic device is unknown, and the target device that should be physically operated with the communication terminal device cannot be clearly identified.
  • each unregistered electronic device is turned on one by one and connected to the wireless LAN, and the unregistered device in the screen is associated with the actual electronic device, or the serial number is given together with the MAC address from the electronic device.
  • Information is acquired and displayed as information on an unregistered device, and it is necessary to collate with the manufacturing number of the electronic device.
  • such a procedure imposes troublesome work on the user.
  • the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and its purpose is to use a narrow area communication network such as a wireless LAN and to physically press a button between an electronic device and a communication terminal device.
  • a narrow area communication network such as a wireless LAN
  • a button between an electronic device and a communication terminal device is to be used.
  • the technique of registering (pairing) a combination by performing an operation even if there are multiple unregistered devices on the narrow-area communication network, the unregistered device in the screen of the communication terminal device and the actual electronic device It is to make it easy to confirm the correspondence and to facilitate registration.
  • a registration support system in a remote operation system is a remote operation in which a communication terminal device remotely operates an electronic device via a server device connected to a wide area communication network.
  • a registration support system that supports a task of registering a combination of a communication terminal device and an electronic device, which is mounted in a system and enables remote operation, in the server device, and is mounted in the communication terminal device.
  • An unregistered device search unit for searching for an unregistered electronic device that can be remotely operated by the communication terminal device by registering with the server device from electronic devices connected to the network, and the unregistered device
  • An unregistered device selection screen for selecting any one of unregistered electronic devices detected by the search unit is displayed on the display unit of the own device.
  • the selected electronic device is the selected electronic device via the narrow area communication network.
  • the notification of the selection is notified from the communication terminal device mounted on the electronic device via the narrow area communication network, the notification is made that the electronic device is selected. And a selection notification unit.
  • a combination is registered (paired) by performing a physical operation such as pressing a button between an electronic device and a communication terminal device using a narrow-area communication network such as a wireless LAN.
  • a physical operation such as pressing a button between an electronic device and a communication terminal device using a narrow-area communication network such as a wireless LAN.
  • FIG. 1 It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the remote control system concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the communication terminal device in the said remote control system. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the electronic device in the said remote control system, and the household appliance adapter connected to this. It is a figure which expands and shows the operation part and alerting
  • FIG. 15 It is a figure which shows the relationship between the household common ID in the said remote control system, the household appliance adapter connected to the electronic device, and a communication terminal device. It is a figure which shows the image at the time of registering the combination of the communication terminal device which enables remote operation, and an electronic device to a cloud server using the registration assistance system in the remote operation system concerning the other form of implementation of this invention. . It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the electronic device in the remote control system of FIG. 15, and the household appliance adapter connected to this. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the cloud server in the remote control system of FIG. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the communication terminal device in the remote control system of FIG.
  • FIG. 1 It is a flowchart which shows the procedure which registers the combination of a communication terminal device and an electronic device into a cloud server using the information of the registered electronic device using the registration assistance system in the remote control system shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen which the communication terminal device in the remote control system concerning the other form of implementation of this invention fuse
  • the remote operation system concerning the other form of implementation of this invention, it is a figure which shows the image which the operation target apparatus selection screen which a communication terminal device displays changes in response to operation with respect to an electronic device.
  • the remote operation system concerning the other form of implementation of this invention, it is a figure which shows the image which an electronic device responds in response to operation with respect to the operation target apparatus selection screen of a communication terminal device.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a remote control system according to the present embodiment.
  • the remote operation system 100 includes an electronic device 10 (10A, 10B ...) with a plurality of home appliance adapters 15 (15A, 15B ”) installed in the premises 50 of a large number of users, By registering a combination of the cloud server (server device) 20 of these electronic devices 10 and the home appliance adapter 15 in the cloud server 20, it is possible to remotely control the electronic device 10 to which the home appliance adapter 15 is connected.
  • Each communication terminal device 30 (30-1, 30-2,...) Of each user.
  • the combination of the communication terminal device 30 and the home appliance adapter 15 is registered in the cloud server 20, so that the electronic device 10 to which the home appliance adapter 15 is connected is connected from the communication terminal device 30. It can be operated remotely.
  • Each home 50 has a wireless LAN, which is a narrow-area communication network, and the wireless LAN relay station 40 is connected to a wide-area communication network 62 including the Internet.
  • the relay station 40 is a communication device such as a WiFi (registered trademark) router or a WiFi access point.
  • IEEE802.11 IEEE802.11a, IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11g, or IEEE802.11n
  • IEEE802.11n IEEE802.11
  • the cloud server 20 is installed in each home 50 via the wide area communication network 62 and the wireless LAN relay station 40, and can communicate with the electronic device 10 connected to the home appliance adapter 15.
  • the communication terminal device 30 is connected to the cloud server 20 via the wide area communication network 62.
  • the communication terminal device 30 and the Internet in the wide area communication network 62 are connected using 3G (3rd generation), LTE (Long Term evolution), a home or public WiFi access point, and the like.
  • the communication terminal device 30 can remotely operate the electronic device 10 in which the combination with the home appliance adapter 15 is registered in the cloud server 20 via the cloud server 20.
  • the home appliance adapter 15 and the communication terminal device 30 are both wireless communication devices and can communicate with each other via the relay station 40 without using the wide area communication network 62.
  • the configuration including the Internet as the wide area communication network 62 is illustrated as a communication network connecting the cloud server 20 and the relay station 40, and the communication terminal device 30 and the cloud server 20, a telephone line network, a mobile communication network, CATV communication A network, a satellite communication network, etc. can also be used.
  • the communication terminal device 30 is, for example, a smartphone or a tablet terminal.
  • the electronic device 10 includes, for example, an air conditioner (air conditioner), a refrigerator, a washing machine, a cooking utensil, a lighting device, an air cleaning device, a hot water supply device, a photographing device, various AV devices, various robots (for example, a cleaning robot, housework support). Robot, animal type robot, etc.).
  • a smartphone is illustrated as the communication terminal device 30 and an air conditioner is illustrated as the electronic device 10. That is, a configuration in which an air conditioner is remotely operated using a smartphone (sometimes abbreviated as a smartphone) is illustrated.
  • a smartphone sometimes abbreviated as a smartphone
  • the communication terminal device 30 includes a control unit 31, a storage unit 35, a display unit 36, a communication unit 37, and an operation unit 38.
  • the control unit 31 controls the operation of each unit of the communication terminal device 30.
  • the control unit 31 includes, for example, a computer device that includes an arithmetic processing unit such as a CPU and a dedicated processor, and a storage unit (not shown) such as a RAM, a ROM, and an HDD, and is stored in the storage unit 35.
  • the control unit 31 includes a display control unit 32 that controls the display unit 36 and a communication control unit 33 that controls the communication unit 37, and the communication control unit 33 includes an unregistered device search unit 39 and a selection notification described later. Part 28 is constructed.
  • the communication unit 37 performs communication via the wide area communication network 62 and mutual communication between apparatuses via the wireless LAN relay station 40.
  • the display unit 36 displays various information to be presented to the user on the control unit 31 in accordance with instructions from the display control unit 32.
  • the operation unit 38 receives an operation input from the user and transmits it to the control unit 31.
  • the storage unit 35 is a storage unit that stores various types of information used in the communication terminal device 30.
  • the electronic device 10 is an electronic device having a function of performing an operation according to a control command ordered from the communication terminal device 30 via the cloud server 20.
  • the home appliance adapter 15 that receives a control command from the communication terminal device 30 via the cloud server 20 and transmits the control command to the electronic device 10 is externally attached.
  • a configuration in which 15 functions are incorporated in advance may be employed.
  • the cost of the electronic device 10 can be reduced by using a communication function part that enables remote operation as an external option as the home appliance adapter 15.
  • the electronic device 10 includes a control unit 11, a connection unit 16, an operation unit 17, a storage unit 13, and a device function unit 14, as shown in FIG.
  • the control unit 11 controls the operation of each unit of the electronic device 10, and here accepts an operation input from the communication terminal device 30 that is input via the home appliance adapter 15.
  • the configuration of the control unit 11 is the same as that of the control unit 31 of the communication terminal device 30.
  • the connection unit 16 communicates with the connection unit 9 of the home appliance adapter 15.
  • the operation unit 17 receives an operation input from a user and transmits the operation input to the control unit 11.
  • the storage unit 13 stores various information used in the electronic device 10.
  • the device function unit 14 executes the device function of the electronic device 10 in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 11. In the present embodiment in which the electronic device 10 is an air conditioner, the device function unit 14 performs air conditioning.
  • the home appliance adapter 15 is an electronic device that transmits a control command for the electronic device 10 received from the communication terminal device 30 via the cloud server 20 to the electronic device 10. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the home appliance adapter 15 includes a control unit 6, a storage unit 7, a communication unit 8, a connection unit 9, an operation unit 18, and a notification unit 19.
  • the control unit 6 controls the operation of each unit of the home appliance adapter 15, and the configuration is the same as the control unit of the communication terminal device 30.
  • the control unit 6 is provided with a notification control unit 25 that controls the notification unit 19.
  • the storage unit 7 stores various information used by the home appliance adapter 15.
  • the communication unit 8 is a block that performs the same communication as the communication unit 37 of the communication terminal device 30.
  • the connection unit 9 communicates with the connection unit 16 of the electronic device 10.
  • the operation unit 18 receives an operation input from the user and transmits it to the control unit 6.
  • the notification unit 19 notifies the user of various types of information.
  • FIG. 4 shows an enlarged view of an operation unit and a notification unit in a home appliance adapter connected to an electronic device.
  • the home appliance adapter 15 is provided with a wireless LAN button 18a for switching on / off the connection with the wireless LAN and a registration button 18b used for link setting as the operation unit 18.
  • a power LED 19a indicating whether or not power is on
  • a wireless LAN LED 19b indicating whether or not a wireless LAN connection is present
  • a connection LED 19c indicating a connection state with the cloud server are provided.
  • the notification control unit 25 turns on at least one of these three LEDs 19a to 19c in a state different from the original lighting state, thereby The electronic device 10 to which the home appliance adapter 15 is connected is notified that the electronic device 10 is selected as a pairing target on the unregistered device selection screen.
  • the cloud server 20 includes a control unit 27, a communication unit 23, and a storage unit 26.
  • the control unit 27 controls the operation of each unit of the cloud server 20, and the configuration is the same as the control unit 31 of the communication terminal device 30.
  • the communication unit 23 performs mutual communication with the communication terminal device 30 and the home appliance adapter 15 via the wide area communication network 62.
  • the storage unit 26 uses various information (for example, authentication information to be described later, information for associating address information of the communication terminal device 30 and cloud ID (smartphone) associated with each other, address information for the home appliance adapter, and cloud ID used by the cloud server 20.
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an image of remotely operating an electronic device using a communication terminal device in the remote operation system.
  • the communication terminal device 30-1 and the cloud server 20 are connected via the wide area communication network 62, and the home appliance adapter 15A connected to the electronic device 10A in the home server 50 is wirelessly connected to the wide area communication network 62. Connection is made via a LAN relay station 40.
  • the relay station 40 and the home appliance adapter 15A are connected by wireless communication.
  • the application is activated to display a login screen.
  • Figure 7 shows an example of the login screen.
  • a home common ID (to be described later) acquired from the manufacturer of the electronic device 10A and a password set by the user are entered and the “login” button is pressed.
  • authentication information including the input home common ID and password is transmitted to the cloud server 20, and when authenticated by the cloud server 20, the user can log in to the cloud server 20.
  • the communication terminal device 30-1 displays an operation target device selection screen for accepting selection of a remote operation target electronic device (hereinafter also abbreviated as an operation target device) 10.
  • Fig. 8 shows an example of the operation target device selection screen.
  • an operation target device selection button (a button for selecting the operation target device 10) capable of selecting the operation target device 10 is displayed.
  • the operation target device 10 is a paired electronic device 10 that is registered in the cloud server 20 in combination with the home appliance adapter 15 and the communication terminal device 30-1.
  • a “living room air conditioner” button which is an operation target device selection button is displayed.
  • the name “air conditioner in living room” is a nickname given to the electronic device 10A by the user.
  • the nickname of each electronic device 10 is registered in the cloud server 20. If no nickname is assigned, “air conditioner”, “electronic device”, etc. are simply displayed.
  • a device operation screen including information indicating the current state of the living air conditioner (electronic device 10A) is displayed.
  • Fig. 9 shows an example of the device operation screen.
  • an instruction for an air conditioner (electronic device 10A) in the living room is input.
  • the “send with this content” button is pressed, a control command for instructing the instructed content is transmitted from the communication terminal device 30-1 to the cloud server 20.
  • the cloud server 20 transmits the received control command to the relay station 40 installed in the home 50, and the relay station 40 transmits the control command to the home appliance adapter 15A connected to the electronic device 10A.
  • the home appliance adapter 15A transmits the received control command to the electronic device 10A, and the electronic device 10A executes the command.
  • the home appliance adapter 15A transmits information indicating the state of the electronic device 10A received from the electronic device 10A to the cloud server 20 at a predetermined timing.
  • the cloud server 20 transmits information about the electronic device 10A to the communication terminal device 30-1 while the communication terminal device 30-1 is logged in.
  • the communication terminal device 30-1 updates the device operation screen based on the content received from the cloud server 20.
  • a combination of a plurality of communication terminal devices 30 can be registered for each home appliance adapter 15, and a plurality of electronic devices 10 can be registered.
  • the communication terminal device 30 can be paired. Accordingly, when another communication terminal device 30 paired with the electronic device 10A is logged in, the cloud server 20 also transmits information about the electronic device 10A to these other communication terminal devices 30.
  • the “Search” button on the screen of FIG. 8 is an unregistered electronic device (unregistered) connected to the home appliance adapter 15 that is connected to the wireless LAN and that is not registered with the communication terminal device 30-1.
  • This is a button for ordering 10 searches (which may be abbreviated as “registered device”), and will be described in detail later.
  • FIG. 10 is another example of the operation target device selection screen.
  • the registration support system provides the cloud server 20 with a combination of the communication terminal device 30 and the electronic device 10 enabling remote operation, specifically, a combination of the communication terminal device 30 and the home appliance adapter 15 connected to the electronic device 10. It supports the work of registration.
  • the registration support system is mounted on the side of the communication terminal device 30 (see FIG. 2), an unregistered device search unit 39 that searches for unregistered devices, a display control unit 32 that displays an unregistered device selection screen, and unregistered devices
  • a selection notification unit that notifies that the electronic device 10 is selected.
  • the selection notification unit includes a notification control unit 25 and a notification unit 19.
  • the unregistered device search unit 39 accesses the wireless LAN relay station 40 in the home and selects the communication terminal device 30 and the home appliance adapter 15 from the electronic devices 10 connected to the wireless LAN through the home appliance adapter 15. Is registered in the cloud server 20 to search for an unregistered device 10 that can be remotely operated by the communication terminal device 30.
  • the unregistered device search unit 39 displays the electronic device 10 that can register the combination in the cloud server 20 based on information included in the response.
  • the display control unit 32 displays an unregistered device selection screen for selecting any one of the unregistered devices 10 detected by the unregistered device search unit 39.
  • the selection notifying unit 28 selects the selected electronic device from the home appliance adapter 15 of the selected unregistered device 10 via the relay station 40. It notifies that it is the apparatus 10.
  • the notification control unit 25 controls the notification unit 19 to notify that the electronic device 10 is selected as a pairing target. .
  • FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a procedure for registering a combination of a communication terminal device and an electronic device (specifically, a home appliance adapter) in the cloud server.
  • the user requests login by entering the home common ID and password from the login screen (see FIG. 7) of the communication terminal device 30-1 (S1).
  • the authentication information is composed of the home common ID and the password.
  • the communication terminal device 30-1 transmits the authentication information to the cloud server 20. If the communication terminal device 30-1 stores its own cloud ID (smartphone_1), which will be described later, it also transmits the cloud ID (smartphone_1) to the cloud server 20. Further, the communication terminal device 30-1 also transmits its own address information (for example, MAC address (Media Access Control Control address)) regardless of whether or not the cloud ID (smartphone_1) is stored.
  • MAC address Media Access Control Control address
  • the cloud server 20 includes a management server 21 that manages pairing, and an authentication server 22 that determines whether or not login to the management server 21 is possible using authentication information.
  • the management server 21 Upon receiving the home common ID and password, the management server 21 transfers (relays) these to the authentication server 22 (S2).
  • the authentication server 22 registers and manages a combination of a home common ID and a password. In the authentication server 22, a combination of a home common ID and a password is registered in advance. The authentication server 22 determines that the authentication is OK when the combination of the home common ID and the password is correct, and determines that the authentication is NG when the combination is not correct (S3). The authentication server 22 transmits the authentication result to the management server 21 (S4).
  • the management server 21 registers and manages a combination of the communication terminal device 30 and the electronic device 10.
  • the management server 21 registers the cloud ID (smartphone_1) associated with the address information of the communication terminal device 30-1 in association with the home common ID (S5).
  • the cloud ID (smartphone_1) is transmitted from the communication terminal device 30-1, the management server 21 registers and transmits using the transmitted cloud ID (smartphone_1). If not, the cloud ID (smartphone_1) is newly set and registered in association with the address information of the communication terminal device 30-1.
  • the management server 21 When the management server 21 registers the cloud ID (smartphone_1) in association with the home common ID, the management server 21 transmits authentication OK information to the communication terminal device 30-1. When a new cloud ID (smartphone_1) is set, the set cloud ID (smartphone_1) is also transmitted to the communication terminal device 30-1.
  • the communication terminal device 30-1 When the communication terminal device 30-1 receives the authentication OK information, the communication terminal device 30-1 determines that the login is completed, and displays the operation target device selection screen (see FIG. 8). Further, when receiving the cloud ID (smartphone_1), the communication terminal device 30-1 stores the cloud ID (smartphone_1) in the storage unit 35 (S6). Thereafter, the communication terminal device 30-1 attaches the cloud ID (smartphone_1) to the communication with the cloud server 20.
  • the unregistered device search unit 39 of the communication terminal device 30-1 accesses the relay station 40.
  • a device search IP multicast
  • IP multicast is performed to search for an unregistered home appliance adapter 15 connected to the wireless LAN (S7).
  • the communication terminal device 30-1 When the communication terminal device 30-1 receives a response from the unregistered home appliance adapter 15, and detects this, it displays an unregistered device selection screen (S8, function of selection screen display unit).
  • Fig. 12 shows an example of the unregistered device selection screen.
  • three buttons “unregistered air conditioner 1”, “unregistered air conditioner 2”, and “unregistered air conditioner 3” which are unregistered device selection buttons are displayed.
  • Unregistered device selection buttons buttons for selecting the registration target device 10.
  • the communication terminal device 30-1 detects the unregistered device selection button and the unregistered device information based on the detected product name and serial number information of the home appliance adapter 15 and the address information (MAC address etc.) of the home appliance adapter 15.
  • the registered device 10 is associated.
  • the selection notification unit 28 of the communication terminal device 30-1 is selected via the relay station 40 by the electronic device 10 ⁇ / b> B associated with “unregistered air conditioner 1”. (S9), and a link setting screen is displayed instead of the unregistered device selection screen.
  • FIG. 13 shows an example of the link setting screen. On this screen, a procedure for setting a link between the communication terminal device 30 and the home appliance adapter 15 connected to the electronic device 10 is displayed.
  • the notification control unit 25 of the home appliance adapter 15B of the electronic device 10B notifies the user of the location of the selected electronic device 10B. Accordingly, at least one of the LEDs 19a to 19c is blinked for a predetermined period (for example, 2 seconds) (S10). As a result, the user visually recognizes the blinking of the LED, so that the electronic device 10 corresponding to the “unregistered air conditioner 1” button selected in S9 is one of the plurality of electronic devices 10 installed in the home 50. Can be easily identified.
  • the user follows the link setting procedure shown in the link setting screen of FIG. 13, and the registration button 18 b of the home appliance adapter 15 ⁇ / b> B (see FIG. 4) in which the LED indicating the location of the selected electronic device 10 ⁇ / b> B is blinking. )Press.
  • the home appliance adapter 15B When the registration button 18b is pressed, the home appliance adapter 15B blinks the connection LED 19c (see FIG. 4) for a predetermined period (for example, 1 minute) and notifies the management server 21 that the registration button 18b has been pressed (S11). .
  • the home appliance adapter 15B stores its own cloud ID (adapter_B)
  • the home appliance adapter 15B also transmits the cloud ID (adapter_B) to the management server 21.
  • the management server 21 When notified that the registration button 18b is pressed from the home appliance adapter 15B, the management server 21 registers the cloud ID (adapter_B) associated with the address information of the home appliance adapter 15B in association with the home common ID (S12). ).
  • the cloud ID (adapter_B) is transmitted from the home appliance adapter 15B
  • the management server 21 registers using the transmitted cloud ID (adapter_B) and has not been transmitted. Registers a new cloud ID (adapter_B) in association with the address information of the home appliance adapter 15B.
  • the management server 21 When the management server 21 newly sets the cloud ID (adapter_B), the management server 21 transmits the cloud ID (adapter_B) to the home appliance adapter 15B.
  • the home appliance adapter 15B receives the cloud ID (adapter_B) from the management server 21, the home appliance adapter 15B stores the cloud ID (adapter_B) in the storage unit 7 (S13). Thereafter, the home appliance adapter 15B attaches a cloud ID (adapter_B) to the communication between the electronic device 10B and the cloud server 20 via the home appliance adapter 15B.
  • the user presses the “link” button on the link setting screen in the communication terminal device 30-1 according to the link setting procedure shown on the link setting screen (S14).
  • the communication terminal apparatus 30-1 notifies the management server 21 that the “link” button has been pressed (S14).
  • the communication terminal device 30-1 also transmits the stored cloud ID (smartphone_1).
  • the management server 21 presses the “link” button from the communication terminal device 30-1 for a predetermined period after the registration button 18b is pressed, here, for a period corresponding to the blinking period of the connection LED 19c of the home appliance adapter 15B.
  • the cloud ID (smartphone_1) of the communication terminal device 30-1 transmitted from the communication terminal device 30-1 is associated with the cloud ID (adapter_B) of the home appliance adapter 15B.
  • registration is performed in association with the home common ID_1 (S15). This completes registration of the communication terminal device 30-1 and the home appliance adapter 15B in the cloud server 20.
  • the management server 21 sends a paired notification notifying the communication terminal device 30-1 that the pairing with the electronic device 10B is completed (S16).
  • the communication terminal device 30-1 that has received the paired notification displays a message indicating that the link setting is completed on the link setting screen (S17). By visually recognizing the message, the user confirms that pairing between the communication terminal device 30-1 and the electronic device 10B has been completed.
  • the management server 21 performs pairing notification when the communication terminal device 30-1 does not notify that the “link” button is pressed within a predetermined period after the registration button 18b is pressed. Absent.
  • the communication terminal device 30-1 displays a message indicating that the pair link setting between the communication terminal device 30-1 and the electronic device 10B has failed on the link setting screen.
  • FIG. 14 shows the relationship between the home common ID, the home appliance adapter connected to the electronic device, and the communication terminal device.
  • five home appliance adapters 15 (home appliance adapters 15A to 15E) can be combined and registered for one in-home common ID.
  • five communication terminal devices 30 can be combined and registered in one home appliance adapter 15.
  • the communication terminal devices 30 registered in combination with the five home appliance adapters 15 may overlap for each home appliance adapter 15.
  • FIG. 14 shows an example in which ten communication terminal devices 30 of communication terminal devices 30-1 to 30-10 are allocated to five home appliance adapters 15 assuming a family of ten.
  • the remote operation system 100 includes the registration support system, and the user presses the unregistered device selection button on the unregistered device selection screen of the communication terminal device 30 to perform pairing.
  • the unregistered device 10 is selected as a target, at least one of the LEDs 19a to 19c of the home appliance adapter 15 of the selected electronic device 10 blinks, and the unregistered device to be paired with the selected electronic device 10 is selected. 10 is informed to the user.
  • the cloud server 20 manages only one home common ID in association with one home appliance adapter 15 connected to one electronic device 10. Then, the cloud server 20 performs a predetermined physical operation as described above between the communication terminal device 30 associated with the home common ID and the home appliance adapter 15 connected to the wireless LAN. 30 and the home appliance adapter 15, when a signal notifying that an operation has been performed is received within a predetermined period, the home appliance adapter 15 and the communication terminal device 30 are associated with the home common ID, and the remote operation is possible. It comes to register.
  • the third party enters the in-home 50 and is physically connected for pairing. Unless an operation is performed, pairing with the electronic device 10 cannot be performed, and unauthorized pairing can be prevented. Conversely, even if a third party enters the home 50, it can be paired with the electronic device 10 unless the authentication information associated with the electronic device 10 is obtained and the user logs in to the cloud server 20. Therefore, illegal pairing can be prevented.
  • the physical operation for pairing is an operation that can only be performed by bringing the communication terminal device 30 into the house where the electronic device 10 is actually installed, the buttons on both the communication terminal device 30 and the home appliance adapter 15 are used. It may be other than the operation of pressing.
  • the communication terminal device 30-1 is equipped with a non-contact IC card reader, while the home appliance adapter 15B has a built-in RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), and the communication terminal device 30-1 uses the IC card reader of the home appliance adapter 15B.
  • the operation for reading the ID may be a physical operation for ensuring security.
  • the cloud server 20 centrally manages pairing of the electronic device 10 and the communication terminal device 30 that can be remotely operated with one common ID in the house. Necessary operations from a plurality of communication terminal devices 30 can be realized after preventing the ring.
  • the cloud server 20 manages the electronic device 10 associated with a certain home common ID so that it can only be paired with the communication terminal device of the user who has logged in with the same home common ID. Thereby, only a group such as a family who is informed of the home common ID can remotely control the electronic device 10.
  • the cloud server 20 accepts pairing with a plurality of (for example, five) communication terminal devices 30 for one electronic device 10, and in that case, authentication is required using the common ID in the house. .
  • remote control of the electronic device 10 from each of the communication terminal devices 30 used by each person constituting a group such as a family can be realized while preventing illegal pairing.
  • FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an image when a combination of a communication terminal device and an electronic device (specifically, a home appliance adapter) is registered in the cloud server using the remote operation system registration support system according to the present embodiment. is there.
  • the electronic device 10A is already paired with the communication terminal device 30-1.
  • the electronic device 10B itself requests the communication terminal device 30-1 to approve pairing.
  • a configuration provided independently may be used.
  • the registration support system includes a registered device search unit 71, an authentication information acquisition request unit 72, an authentication information transmission request unit 74, which are mounted on the electronic device 10 side (home appliance adapter side).
  • a registered device search unit 71 is a registered electronic device in which a combination with the communication terminal device 30 is registered in the cloud server 20 among the electronic devices 10 that access the relay station 40 and are connected to the wireless LAN. (Registered device) 10 is searched.
  • the authentication information acquisition request unit 72 assigns the home common ID associated with the registered device 10 to the registered device 10. It requests
  • the registration request unit 73 Upon receiving the authentication information from the registered device 10, the registration request unit 73 transmits a registration request in which the authentication information and the device identification information of the own device are set to the cloud server 20.
  • the authentication information transmission request unit 74 requests the cloud server 20 to transmit authentication information associated with the own device.
  • the authentication information transmitting unit 79 is provided in the communication control unit 78 that controls the communication unit 23 of the control unit 27, and the assistance registration unit 81 is a storage control unit 80 that controls the storage unit 26 of the control unit 27. Is provided.
  • the authentication information transmitting unit 79 transmits authentication information associated with the registered device 10 when the registered device 10 requests transmission of the authentication information.
  • the registration registration unit 81 receives a registration request from the unregistered device 10, it waits for approval until the communication terminal device 30 specified by the authentication information enters the login state, and whether or not to approve the registration request when entering the login state.
  • the communication terminal device 30 is inquired and approved by the communication terminal device 30, the unregistered device 10 and the communication terminal device 30 are registered in the storage unit 26 as a remote-controllable combination.
  • the display control unit 32 in the communication terminal device 30 receives the information for inquiring the approval from the cloud server 20
  • the display control unit 32 displays an approval screen for selecting whether to approve.
  • the approval notification unit 82 notifies the cloud server 20 of approval when approved on the approval screen.
  • FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a procedure for registering a combination of a communication terminal device and an electronic device enabling remote operation in the cloud server using information on the registered electronic device.
  • a procedure until the unregistered device 10B pairs with the communication terminal device 30-1 using the authentication information of the registered device 10A will be described.
  • the registered device search unit 71 of the unregistered device 10B accesses the relay station 40 and performs device search (IP multicast).
  • IP multicast device search
  • the registered device 10 connected to the wireless LAN, specifically, the home appliance adapter 15 is searched (S21).
  • the registered device search unit 71 of the unregistered device 10B authenticates the registered device 10A including the home common ID associated with the registered device 10A.
  • a request is made to obtain information from the cloud server 20 (S23).
  • the authentication information transmission request unit 74 of the registered device 10A requests the cloud server 20 to transmit authentication information associated with the own device (S24).
  • the authentication information transmission unit 79 of the cloud server 20 When the authentication information transmission unit 79 of the cloud server 20 is requested to transmit the authentication information from the registered device 10A, the authentication information transmission unit 79 transmits the authentication information associated with the registered device 10A (S25). The registered device 10A transmits the authentication information received from the cloud server 20 to the unregistered device 10B (S26).
  • the registration request unit 73 of the unregistered device 10B Upon receiving the authentication information from the registered device 10A, the registration request unit 73 of the unregistered device 10B transmits a registration request in which the authentication information and its own device identification information are set to the cloud server 20 (S27).
  • the aid registration unit 81 of the cloud server 20 that has received the registration request responds to the unregistered device 10B that the registration request has been accepted (S28).
  • the unregistered device 10B temporarily stores the cloud ID (adapter) attached to itself (temporary registration).
  • the assistance registration unit 81 of the cloud server 20 holds the registration request as an awaiting approval until the communication terminal device 30-1 specified by the authentication information received together with the registration request logs in, and the communication terminal device 30-1 When logging in, there is a device waiting for approval, and the communication terminal device 30-1 is inquired whether to approve the registration request (S29).
  • the display control unit 32 of the communication terminal device 30-1 receives the information for inquiring the approval from the cloud server 20, the display control unit 32 displays an approval screen for selecting whether to approve, and the approval notification unit 82 displays the approval screen. Is approved, the cloud server 20 is notified of the approval (S30).
  • the registration registration unit 81 of the cloud server 20 When the registration registration unit 81 of the cloud server 20 is notified of the approval from the communication terminal device 30-1, the home appliance adapter 15B connected to the unregistered device 10B and the communication terminal device 30-1 can be remotely operated. Registered as a combination, and the unregistered device 10B is notified of the approval (S31). As a result, the unregistered device 10B stores the cloud ID (adapter) attached to itself (registered).
  • the registered device 10A is registered using the authentication information of the registered device 10A from the unregistered device 10B.
  • the cloud server 20 requests the cloud server 20 to register the communication terminal device 30-1 and its own device, when the registration is authenticated by the communication terminal device 30-1, the unregistered device 10B and the communication terminal device 30- 1 is registered.
  • FIG. 20 shows an example in which the display control unit 32 of the communication terminal device 30 displays the unregistered device selection button and the operation target device selection screen on the same screen.
  • the unregistered device selection button and the operation target device setting button are shown on the same screen.
  • the operation target device setting button is displayed in a prominent red
  • the unregistered device selection button is displayed in blue or gray. It is
  • the “unregistered air conditioner 1” button is an unregistered device selection button displayed in blue or gray
  • the nickname “living air conditioner” button is an operation target displayed in a prominent color such as red or yellow Device selection button.
  • the notification control unit 25 of the electronic device 10 or the home appliance adapter 15 connected to the electronic device 10 blinks the LEDs 19a to 19c to notify the user of the location of the selected electronic device 10, but the electronic device 10 or If the household appliance adapter 15 is a structure provided with the sound output part which generate
  • the number of communication terminal devices 30 that can be combined with a single electronic device 10 so as to be remotely operable is limited to, for example, five.
  • the unregistered device search unit 39 narrows down and displays the electronic devices 10 that can register combinations in the cloud server 20 based on information included in the response. It is possible to display the unregistered device 10 even when the number limit is reached. Therefore, even if the registration work is performed, the cloud server 20 is repelled, which is a wasteful work.
  • the display control unit 32 of the communication terminal device 30 has a remaining number that can be combined for each unregistered device on the screen that combines the operation target device selection screen and the unregistered device selection screen. It is preferable to adopt a configuration in which information regarding the above is also displayed.
  • FIG. 21 shows a communication terminal in which the display control unit 32 of the communication terminal device 30 can be registered as a remote-controllable combination in an unregistered device selection button on a screen obtained by integrating an operation target device selection screen and an unregistered device selection screen.
  • the example which displayed the information of the remaining number of apparatuses is shown.
  • the “room air conditioner” button also displays information about the possible number 3 and the “unregistered air conditioner 1” button also displays information about the possible remaining number 5.
  • the number of communication terminal devices 30 registered for each home appliance adapter 15 is managed by the cloud server 20.
  • the communication terminal device 30 logs in to the cloud server 20
  • the communication terminal device 30 acquires an information list of the home appliance adapter 15 associated with the home common ID used at the time of login.
  • This information includes the cloud ID and nickname of each home appliance adapter 15, the registered number of communication terminal devices 30 for each home appliance adapter 15, and the like.
  • the unregistered device search unit 39 accesses the relay station 40 to perform device search (IP multicast), and among the home appliance adapters 15 that responds, the user already has a cloud ID. Transmits the information including the cloud ID to the communication terminal device 30.
  • the communication terminal device 30 compares the information list acquired at the time of login and the received cloud ID, and subtracts the registered number from the nickname and the limited number of communication terminal devices 30 that can be combined with one electronic device 10 or home appliance adapter 15. The remaining number is displayed on the button.
  • the display control unit 32 of the communication terminal device 30 also adds a “message notifying that the combination cannot be registered because the device has reached the limited number” on the unregistered device selection screen. May be configured to be displayed.
  • the display control unit 32 of the communication terminal device 30 combines combinations of the operation target device selection screen and the unregistered device selection screen because the number of unregistered device selection buttons has reached the limited number.
  • An example of displaying a message notifying that registration is not possible is shown. On the nickname “air conditioner in warehouse”, information that “the number of pairing limit has been reached” is displayed together with a prohibition mark.
  • the “room air conditioner” button is an unregistered device selection button displayed in blue or gray, and the nicknames “living room air conditioner” and “children's air conditioner” buttons stand out in red, yellow, etc. This is an operation target device selection button displayed in color.
  • the cloud server 20 manages the number of units that can be registered, and when the communication terminal device 30 logs in to the cloud server 20, the home appliance adapter 15 associated with the home common ID used at the time of login. Get a list of information. This information includes the registered number of communication terminal devices for each home appliance adapter 15.
  • the unregistered device search unit 39 accesses the relay station 40 to perform device search (IP multicast), one that already has a cloud ID Transmits information including the cloud ID to the communication terminal device 30.
  • the communication terminal device 30 compares the information list acquired at the time of login with the received cloud ID, determines whether or not the registered number of communication terminal devices for the corresponding home appliance adapter has reached the limit number, and reaches the limit number. If so, a message is displayed informing you that pairing is not possible.
  • the unregistered device search unit 39 narrows down and displays the electronic devices 10 that can register combinations in the cloud server 20 based on information included in the response. It can be displayed, but it is also displayed as the unregistered device 10 when it is associated with another in-home common ID. Therefore, even if the registration work is performed, the cloud server 20 is repelled, which is a wasteful work.
  • the display control unit 32 of the communication terminal device 30 is installed in the home 50 and is already paired with a different home common ID, it is used as an unregistered device selection button with another home common ID. Therefore, it is preferable to display a message notifying that the combination cannot be registered.
  • the display control unit 32 of the communication terminal device 30 is used for the unregistered device selection button with the home common ID on the screen obtained by merging the operation target device selection screen and the unregistered device selection screen.
  • An example of displaying a message that cannot be registered is shown.
  • the nickname on the unregistered device selection button is the information on the home appliance adapter 15 that is acquired when the communication terminal device 30 logs in to the cloud server 20 and is associated with the home common ID used by the communication terminal device 30. Since the information is used and displayed, the nickname of the home appliance adapter associated with the other in-home common ID is not included in this information. As shown in FIG. 23, in order to display the nickname of the device used in the other home common ID on the button, it is necessary to acquire information from the server again.
  • the home appliance adapter 15 that is used with another in-home common ID also transmits the cloud ID to the communication terminal device 30, so the communication terminal device 30 uses this cloud ID.
  • the nickname can be displayed on the button by making an inquiry to the cloud server 20 and acquiring the nickname corresponding to the cloud ID.
  • the “room air conditioner” button is an unregistered device selection button displayed in blue or gray, and the nicknames “living room air conditioner” or “kids room air conditioner” buttons are in prominent colors such as red and yellow. It is a displayed operation target device selection button. In addition to changing the display color, the shape of the button may be devised.
  • the predetermined operation may be any operation using the operation unit 18 of the home appliance adapter 15 or any operation on the electronic device 10.
  • the electronic device 10 is a device that can be operated by a remote controller, it may be assumed that the electronic device 10 is operated when a command is received from the remote controller. The contents of the command received from the remote control are not related to the setting or change of the operation state.
  • the display control unit 32 of the communication terminal device 30 is operated on the electronic device 10 corresponding to the registered device selection button displayed in the screen while the operation target device selection screen is displayed. Is notified, the display form of the operation target device selection button corresponding to the operated electronic device 10 is switched.
  • the operation unit 18 of the home appliance adapter 15 of the electronic device 10 is operated, and the display control unit 32 of the communication terminal device 30 displays “Children” on the screen that combines the operation target device selection screen and the unregistered device selection screen.
  • An example in which the operation target device selection button with the nickname “room air conditioner” is displayed blinking is shown. The color may be changed and displayed.
  • an operation using the remote controller 90 is performed on the electronic device 10, and the display control unit 32 of the communication terminal device 30 displays “Children” on a screen that combines the operation target device selection screen and the unregistered device selection screen.
  • An example in which the operation target device selection button with the nickname “room air conditioner” is displayed blinking is shown. The color may be changed and displayed.
  • the “room air conditioner” button is an unregistered device selection button displayed in blue or gray, and the nicknames “living room air conditioner” or “kids room air conditioner” buttons are red or yellow.
  • the operation target device selection button is displayed in a conspicuous color.
  • the electronic device 10 in front of the user can be displayed on the operation target device selection screen by the nickname assigned to the electronic device by another user. Even if it is not possible to grasp which is equivalent, the correspondence between the two can be clarified by operating the operation unit 18 of the home appliance adapter or pressing any button on the remote controller of the electronic device 10. [Embodiment 8].
  • the correspondence confirmation means may be configured as follows.
  • the display control unit 32 of the communication terminal device 30 is selected by the cloud server 20.
  • the cloud server 20 is requested to remotely operate the registered device 10.
  • the home appliance adapter 15 of the electronic device 10 that has received the request for remote operation via the cloud server 20 indicates that the electronic device 10 or the home appliance adapter 15 has the electronic device 10 selected as the operation target device by the user. It is good also as a structure which alert
  • the display control unit 32 of the communication terminal device 30 displays the operation target device selection button with the nickname “living air conditioner” on the screen obtained by fusing the operation target device selection screen and the unregistered device selection screen.
  • An example is shown in which the electronic device 10 that has been operated and notified that it has been selected via the cloud server 20 is outputting a voice saying “The air conditioner in the living room is here”. A beep or melody may be played.
  • the “room air conditioner” button is an unregistered device selection button displayed in blue or gray, and the nicknames “air conditioner in living room” or “air conditioner in child room” are conspicuous in red or yellow. This is an operation target device selection button displayed in color [Embodiment 9].
  • the display control unit 32 of the communication terminal device 30 is connected to the electronic device 10 in which only the communication terminal device 30 has registered the combination on the operation target device selection screen, It is preferable that the display form is switched on the operation target device selection screen with the electronic device whose combination is registered with the user's communication terminal device 30.
  • the display control unit 32 of the communication terminal device 30 is given the nicknames “living air conditioner” and “children's air conditioner” on the screen obtained by fusing the operation target device selection screen and the unregistered device selection screen.
  • the operation target device selection button is registered only by the own device and is displayed in red, for example.
  • the “room air conditioner” button shown with a cross hatch in the figure is registered in combination with other communication terminal devices 30 and is displayed in, for example, yellow instead of red.
  • the “room air conditioner” button with hatching is an unregistered device selection button indicating the unregistered electronic device 10 and is displayed in gray, for example.
  • a registration support system in a remote operation system is mounted on a remote operation system in which a communication terminal device remotely operates an electronic device via a server device (cloud server 20) connected to a wide area communication network.
  • a registration support system for supporting an operation of registering a combination of a communication terminal device and an electronic device that enables remote operation in the server device, and is a narrow-area communication network (wireless LAN) mounted on the communication terminal device.
  • the unregistered device search unit for searching for an unregistered electronic device that can be remotely operated by the communication terminal device by registering in the server device from among the electronic devices connected to the unregistered device, and the unregistered device Display on the display unit an unregistered device selection screen for selecting any one of the unregistered electronic devices detected by the search unit When one electronic device is selected on the display control unit and the unregistered device selection screen, the selected electronic device is selected as the selected electronic device via the narrow area communication network.
  • the selection notification unit of the selected electronic device notifies that it is the selected electronic device.
  • the selection notification unit preferably has a configuration for notification by light or a configuration for notification by sound.
  • the server device further includes a number limit on a communication terminal device that can be combined with a single electronic device so that the remote operation is possible.
  • the control unit may be configured to display information on the remaining number that can be combined for each unregistered electronic device on the unregistered device selection screen.
  • the server device further includes a number limit on a communication terminal device that can be combined with a single electronic device so that the remote operation is possible.
  • the control unit In the unregistered device selection screen, the control unit also displays a message informing that the electronic device that has reached the limit number that can be combined cannot be registered because the limit number has been reached. May be.
  • the electronic device that has reached the limit number that can be combined is displayed a message notifying that the combination cannot be registered because the limit number has been reached. It is possible to prevent registration operations from being performed wastefully on electronic devices that have reached the number of devices. Further, by notifying the user of the reason why registration is not possible at a glance, the user can immediately determine whether registration is possible.
  • the display control unit further selects the unregistered device selection screen from electronic devices in which a combination with the communication terminal device is already registered.
  • An operation target device selection screen for selecting any one device to be operated is displayed, and a button for selecting an operation target electronic device and a button for selecting an unregistered electronic device are displayed on the screen. Therefore, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which each display form is different.
  • a registered electronic device and an unregistered electronic device are displayed on the same screen.
  • a button for selecting a registered electronic device and an unregistered electronic device are selected. Since the display form differs depending on the button to be operated, it can be operated without confusion with each other.
  • the electronic device further notifies the server device that the electronic device has been operated when a predetermined operation is performed on the electronic device.
  • An operation notification unit is provided, and when the server device is notified that the operation has been performed from the electronic device, a combination with the operated electronic device is registered, and the communication terminal device in a logged-in state, A second operation notifying unit for notifying that the electronic device has been operated, and the communication terminal device is configured to operate any one of the electronic devices for which a combination with the communication terminal device is already registered.
  • the server device While the operation target device selection screen for selection is displayed, the server device operates the registered electronic device displaying a button for selection on the screen. When it made the is notified it may be configured to switch the display mode of the button for selecting an electronic device operation is performed.
  • the operation target device can be operated by performing a predetermined operation on the electronic device, for example, operating a button of a connected home appliance adapter or operating a remote controller of the electronic device.
  • the display form of the button for selecting the operated electronic device on the selection screen changes. Thereby, it can be easily confirmed which electronic device in front of the user corresponds to which of the buttons for selecting the registered electronic device displayed on the operation target device selection screen.
  • the display control unit further selects an arbitrary one to be operated from among electronic devices in which a combination with the communication terminal device is already registered.
  • Button for selecting each of the electronic device whose combination is registered only with the communication terminal device and the electronic device whose combination is registered with other communication terminal devices on the operation target device selection screen It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the display form is different.
  • one communication terminal device deletes combination registration with an electronic device for an electronic device that is combined and registered so as to be remotely operable by a plurality of communication terminal devices
  • the electronic device Even in all communication terminal devices registered in combination, the registration of the combination is deleted in the server device, and it may be set so that it cannot be remotely operated.
  • the display form of the button for selecting each differs between an electronic device whose combination is registered only with the communication terminal device and an electronic device whose combination is registered with another communication terminal device.
  • the server device can further associate only one in-home common identification information (in-home common ID) with the ten electronic devices, A predetermined physical operation is performed between the communication terminal device associated with the common identification information and the electronic device connected to the narrow-area communication network, and the communication terminal device and the When a signal notifying that an operation has been performed from each electronic device is received, the electronic device and the communication terminal device are associated with the in-home common identification information and registered as a remotely operable combination. You can also.
  • in-home common ID in-home common ID
  • the identification information that can be associated with only one electronic device and the limited communication range of the relay station, A predetermined physical operation between the electronic device and the communication terminal device is required.
  • the display control unit further includes, among the unregistered electronic devices detected by the unregistered device search unit, in the unregistered device selection screen.
  • An electronic device associated with in-home common identification information different from the in-home common identification information associated with the communication terminal device is informed that registration cannot be performed because it is associated with other in-home common identification information. It can also be configured to display a message.
  • in-home common ID in-home common identification information
  • the server device when only one in-home common identification information (in-home common ID) can be associated with one electronic device, even if in the house, it is already associated with different in-home common identification information Cannot be registered. Therefore, a configuration in which an electronic device associated with such other in-home common identification information is not displayed on the unregistered device selection screen is also conceivable. However, in that case, the user who does not know the circumstances is not displayed as an unregistered electronic device and cannot be registered even though the user is in the house and is included in the communication range limited to the relay station. May be confused.
  • the user can be notified of the reason for not being able to register, so that the user can be prevented from being confused.
  • a registration support system in a remote control system is the server device already installed in the electronic device from among the electronic devices connected to the narrow-area communication network by accessing the relay station.
  • An authentication information acquisition request unit that requests acquisition of authentication information including the in-home common identification information associated with the electronic device from the server device, and the registered electronic device includes: When receiving the authentication information including the associated in-home common identification information, the authentication information and the device identification information of the own device are set to the server device and specified by the authentication information.
  • An authentication information transmission request unit, an authentication information transmission unit that transmits authentication information when authentication information is requested from a registered electronic device mounted on the server device, and an unregistered electronic device sends the registration request.
  • the communication terminal device Upon reception, the communication terminal device waits for approval until the communication terminal device specified by the authentication information is in a login state, and in the login state, the communication terminal device is inquired whether to approve a registration request, and the communication terminal device Approved by the registration unit for registering the electronic device and the communication terminal device as a remote-controllable combination, and the communication terminal device,
  • the display control unit for displaying an approval screen for selecting whether to approve or not, and when approved on the approval screen, notifies the server device that the approval has been made. And an approval notification unit.
  • the authentication information of the registered electronic device is used to request the server device to register the communication terminal device in which the registered electronic device is registered and the own device.
  • the user authenticates the registration in the server device and the communication terminal device, the unregistered electronic device and the communication terminal device are registered.
  • the communication terminal specified by the authentication information using the authentication information of the already registered electronic device Combinations with devices can be easily registered.
  • the present invention is also included in the rights category in each configuration of the communication terminal device and the electronic device that constitute the registration support system of the present invention.
  • each block of the home appliance adapter 15, the electronic device 10, the communication terminal device 30, and the cloud server 20 may be realized in hardware by a logic circuit formed on an integrated circuit (IC chip), or a CPU (Central Processing Unit) may be used for software implementation.
  • IC chip integrated circuit
  • CPU Central Processing Unit
  • the home appliance adapter 15, the electronic device 10, the communication terminal device 30, and the cloud server 20 include a CPU that executes instructions of a program that realizes each function, a ROM (Read Memory) that stores the program, and the program.
  • a RAM (Random Access Memory) to be developed, a storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing the program and various data, and the like are provided.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide program codes (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of control programs for the home appliance adapter 15, the electronic device 10, the communication terminal device 30, and the cloud server 20 that are software for realizing the functions described above.
  • Examples of the recording medium include non-transitory tangible media, such as magnetic tapes and cassette tapes, magnetic disks such as floppy (registered trademark) disks / hard disks, and CD-ROM / MO.
  • Discs including optical disks such as / MD / DVD / CD-R, cards such as IC cards (including memory cards) / optical cards, and semiconductor memories such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM (registered trademark) / flash ROM
  • logic circuits such as PLD (Programmable logic device) and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate array) can be used.
  • the home appliance adapter 15, the electronic device 10, the communication terminal device 30, and the cloud server 20 may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network.
  • the communication network is not particularly limited as long as it can transmit the program code.
  • the Internet intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network (Virtual Private Network), telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication network, etc. can be used.
  • the transmission medium constituting the communication network may be any medium that can transmit the program code, and is not limited to a specific configuration or type.
  • wired lines such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) line, infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth (registered trademark), IEEE 802.11 wireless, HDR ( It can also be used by radio such as High Data Rate, NFC (Near Field Communication), DLNA (registered trademark; Digital Living Network Alliance), mobile phone network, satellite line, and terrestrial digital network.
  • the present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.
  • the present invention can be used for a remote operation system in which various home appliances are remotely operated from outside the house using a communication terminal device such as a smartphone.
  • Control unit 7 Storage unit 8 Communication unit 9 Connection unit 10 Electronic device 11 Control unit 13 Storage unit 14 Device function unit 15 Home appliance adapter 16 Connection unit 17 Operation unit 18 Operation unit 19 Notification unit 20 Cloud server 21 Management server 27 Control unit 22 Authentication server 23 Communication unit 25 Notification control unit 28 Selection notification unit 30 Communication terminal device 31 Control unit 32 Display control unit 33 Communication control unit 35 Storage unit 36 Display unit 37 Communication unit 38 Operation unit 39 Unregistered device search unit 40 Relay station 50 Home 62 Wide area communication network 71 Registered device search unit 72 Authentication information acquisition request unit 73 Registration request unit 74 Authentication information transmission request unit 78 Communication control unit 79 Authentication information transmission unit 80 Storage control unit 81 Assistance registration unit 82 Approval notification unit 90 Remote control 100 Remote control system

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Selon l'invention, lorsqu'un dispositif électronique (10) à enregistrer est sélectionné dans une page de sélection de dispositif non enregistré sur un appareil de terminal de communication (30), un système d'aide à l'enregistrement notifie, par l'intermédiaire d'un réseau de communication à bande étroite, au dispositif électronique (10) sélectionné que le dispositif électronique (10) a été sélectionné, et le dispositif électronique (10) comprend une unité de rapport de sélection (une unité de commande de rapport 25, une unité de rapport 19) qui rapporte que le dispositif électronique (10) est un dispositif électronique sélectionné.
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