WO2017168512A1 - 通信装置、通信方法及び通信プログラム - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a communication device, a communication method, and a communication program.
- a video device and a display device for displaying video are connected via a dedicated connection cable.
- a video playback button is operated after selecting content on the video device, a playback control signal is transmitted from the video device via the connection cable, and the content is played back on the display device.
- a plurality of devices are connected to each other and operated, they are generally connected by a dedicated connector or cable.
- Patent Document 1 describes a technique for controlling communication between apparatuses.
- patent document 2 describes a network terminal.
- an object of the first aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a communication device, a communication method, and a communication program that can easily connect a plurality of devices to a network and perform communication between terminals.
- communication client means for starting communication via a network
- communication server means for responding to the start of communication
- self profile information having identification information and address of the first virtual terminal
- a memory for storing
- the communication server means includes In response to the first command transmitted from the first device via the network, the self profile information is returned to the first device, and further from the first device via the network.
- the communication client means includes: In response to a predetermined event associated with the first virtual terminal, the first virtual terminal based on the address of the second virtual terminal set in the link information of the first virtual terminal A communication device that performs communication connection via the network to the second virtual terminal.
- a plurality of devices can be easily connected via a network and communication between terminals can be performed.
- FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure and program group of an apparatus which performs communication between terminals, such as a 1st apparatus and a 2nd apparatus. It is a figure which shows the structure and program groups of apparatuses, such as a terminal. It is a figure which shows the processing content and description of a WEB application. It is a figure which shows the program and hardware which process communication and communication between a terminal, a 1st apparatus, and a 2nd apparatus. It is a figure which shows the process which a terminal acquires and performs the WEB application 111.
- FIG. It is a figure which shows the process of the profile command (PROF command) by a terminal. It is a figure which shows the process of the link command (LINK command) by a terminal.
- FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are diagrams showing processing until communication is possible between the first and second devices in the present embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating processing in which communication is performed between the first and second devices in the present embodiment.
- an example of processing until the first device 100a and the second device 100b can be connected to each other by the terminal 900 and then communication processing performed between the virtual terminals of the first device and the second device will be described.
- the first device 100a is, for example, a display device with a touch panel
- the second device 100b is, for example, a video camera device.
- the display device includes various operation buttons, physical operation elements such as operation target images (character strings and icons) displayed on the display screen, connection terminals to which physical cables are connected, and the like.
- the video camera device also has physical operation elements such as various operation buttons (recording button, playback button, stop button, etc.), a connection terminal to which a physical cable is connected, and the like.
- virtual terminals are set in the first device 100a and the second device 100b corresponding to the operation elements and connection terminals described above.
- a virtual terminal is defined in the profile information of each of the first device and the second device, and communication is performed between the virtual terminal of the first device and the virtual terminal of the second device via a communication network. Therefore, the virtual terminal is not a physical terminal but a virtual communication terminal (communication node) set in the profile information.
- the virtual terminal may be associated with the above-described physical operation element or physical connection terminal, and may be associated with a virtual function other than the operation element or the connection terminal.
- such a virtual terminal is simply called a terminal.
- a virtual terminal when distinguishing from a physical terminal, it is called a virtual terminal.
- a terminal 900 is, for example, a smartphone, a pad terminal, or a personal computer.
- the terminal 900 can operate a WEB browser (communication client) (WEB: web), and the terminal can be connected to a node on the communication network via a communication network such as the Internet or an intranet.
- WEB WEB: web
- the first device 100a and the second device 100b are the above-described display device, video camera device, and the like, but an OS (Operating System), a communication client (program), a communication server (program), and the like, which are basic programs. Is installed.
- the communication client and the communication server are programs that perform transmission processing using, for example, HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol).
- the user uses the terminal 900 to acquire URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) information of the first device (S1).
- the URI is acquired by a matrix type barcode, but it can also be acquired by other methods.
- the terminal 900 accesses the acquired URI by the communication client of the WEB browser (S2), and the first device 100a stores it in the internal storage device in response to the access from the terminal by the communication server.
- a WEB application (program) 111 is returned as a response (S3).
- the web application downloaded by the browser of the terminal 900 is executed, and the display image 121D of the web application is displayed on the display device.
- the WEB application is, for example, HTML5 data.
- connection GUI one process of the WEB application
- GUI Graphical User Interface
- the communication server responds to the PROF command and responds with the profile data 127a stored in the internal storage device (S5).
- the profile data includes information on a plurality of virtual terminals that the first device has, for example, the name of the terminal, the URI, and link information. Specific examples will be described later.
- connection GUI of the terminal 900 displays an image of the connection GUI having the icon 211a of the first device 100a and the add request icon 121D-B of another device in the display image 121D based on the acquired profile data.
- the icon 211a also includes a virtual terminal icon 212.
- connection GUI of the terminal transmits a PROF command 310 to an arbitrary terminal of the second device 100b (S6).
- the communication server of the second device responds with profile data 127b stored therein (S7).
- the connection GUI of the terminal 900 additionally displays the icon 211b of the second device 100b in the display image 121D based on the acquired profile data.
- This icon also includes a virtual terminal icon.
- the user can input or obtain the URI of the second device by touching the blank area of the display image 121D, so that the connection GUI of the terminal can connect the PROF to the second device.
- the command 310 may be transmitted.
- the second device may be selected from the bookmark instead of the device addition request icon.
- the WEB application for processing the connection GUI may be stored in either the first device or the second device.
- the user performs a drag operation so as to connect between the arbitrary terminal 212 of the icon of the first device and the second device displayed on the display screen 121D of the terminal 900.
- the connection operation is started from the terminal 212a of the icon 211a of the first device
- the terminal 212b that can communicate with the terminal 212a of the first device among the terminals of the icon 211b of the second device is highlighted.
- the profile data includes information on the data that can be processed by the terminal and the upper limit of the number of connections as the terminal information
- the connection GUI can detect the terminal 212b that can communicate with the terminal 212a.
- the profile data may include the name and description of each terminal, and the name and description may be displayed on the display screen. In that case, the user can easily determine from which terminal the drag operation should be performed.
- the terminal connection GUI displays a link command (hereinafter referred to as a LINK command) 320a on the terminal 212a of the first device and a LINK command on the terminal 212b of the second device.
- a link command hereinafter referred to as a LINK command
- 320b is transmitted (S8, S10).
- the LINK command 320a transmitted to the first device includes the URI of the terminal 212b of the second device and a connection instruction.
- the LINK command 320b transmitted to the second device includes the URI of the terminal 212a of the first device and a connection instruction.
- the communication server of the first device 100a sets the URI of the link destination terminal 212b in the link information of the terminal 212a in the profile data (S9).
- the communication server of the second device 100b sets the URI of the link destination terminal 212a in the link information of the terminal 212b in the profile data (S10).
- the URI setting of these link destination terminals is performed by a LINK command process (program) described later.
- the connection GUI of the terminal displays the first device connection icon 213.
- the terminal 212a of the first device and the terminal 212b of the second device are brought into a linked state and can communicate with each other. . Specific communication processing will be described in detail later.
- the communication process between the first device and the second device will be described.
- the terminal 212a of the first device and the terminal 212b of the second device are in a linked state and are in a state where they can communicate with each other. Therefore, in response to the occurrence of a predetermined event associated with each of the terminals 212a and 212b, the communication client of the device in which the event has occurred is activated.
- the predetermined event includes, for example, an operation of a physical operation element by a user, a power activation, and the like.
- the activated communication client transmits a terminal process associated with a predetermined event, for example, a command and data for data transmission or data request, to the URI of the link destination terminal set in the profile data. Further, the communication server of the device at the link destination terminal executes processing corresponding to the received command and data.
- a predetermined event for example, a command and data for data transmission or data request
- Such communication between terminals is called inter-terminal communication.
- the communication between terminals is communication by HTTP between a communication client and a communication server. Therefore, if there is information on the URI of the terminal associated with the predetermined event and the URI of the terminal in a link state with the URI, the communication client and the communication server can communicate by HTTP.
- the second device 100b starts recording when the touch panel on the display screen of the first device 100a is touched.
- the OS of the first device starts the communication client and the terminal 212a associated with the touch panel.
- Sends a send command (hereinafter referred to as SEND command) 330 and transmission data 331 to the terminal 212b of the second device 100b (S13).
- the transmission data 331 includes a data type “Boolean” and a value “true”, and the value “true” means an instruction to start recording.
- the SEND command and the transmission data are transmitted to all the terminals of other devices set as the link destination terminal of the terminal 212a in the profile data of the first device.
- the communication server of the second device 100b starts a program for processing the received SEND command, and starts a recording operation associated with the recording terminal as the terminal 212b and the value “true” of the transmission data (S14). ).
- the second device responds with the URI of the video distribution data when the video input button of the first device is operated.
- a player control program for controlling the display device is activated.
- the player control program uses the URI of the video distribution terminal of the second device, which is set as the link destination terminal of the video input terminal in the profile data, the receive command (hereinafter referred to as RECV command), and the transmission data as parameters. Execute.
- the communication client transmits the RECV command 340 and the transmission data 331 to the video distribution terminal of the second device (S16).
- the communication server of the second device starts a program for processing the received RECV command, and the video input terminal as the terminal 212b and the data type of transmission data “application / dash + xml” (indicating video distribution data) (MIME type) is executed.
- the communication server receives the reception data 341 having the value “URI” of the video distribution data “https://[1234:5678::90ab]/video.mpd” acquired by the program that processes the RECV command as the first value.
- the communication client of the first device acquires the video content based on the URI of the video distribution data, and causes the display device to reproduce the content (S18).
- the predetermined event of the first device may be power activation of the first device instead of the operation of the video input button.
- connection GUI is executed by the terminal 900.
- the first device or the second device executes the connection GUI of the WEB application of the terminal 900 to correspond to the transmission of the PROF command and the LINK command. Processing may be performed.
- First device, second device, terminal configuration and program group 4 4, 5, and 6 are diagrams illustrating a configuration and a program group of a device that performs communication between terminals such as the first device and the second device.
- the apparatus 100 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 101 (Central Processing Unit) 101, a storage device 102 including a nonvolatile storage device, and a communication device 103 for performing communication.
- the device 100 also includes a unique device 104 necessary for functions unique to the device (for example, display, recording, reproduction, etc.).
- the unique function includes a process of starting communication between a terminal associated with a predetermined event and the link destination terminal in response to the predetermined event.
- the storage device 102 stores or incorporates software 110.
- the software 110 has a plurality of programs and data.
- the communication server (program) 114 is a program that performs reception and response processing in accordance with a communication standard called HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) (including an encryption communication standard called HTTPS), and is generally called an HTTP server.
- the communication client (program) 115 is a program for performing transmission processing with respect to a communication server according to HTTP, and is generally called an HTTP client.
- the kernel 116 is an operating system and is a set of programs necessary for basic operation of the apparatus.
- the WEB application 111 is a program that the communication server 114 responds to, for example, a terminal that has accessed the device 100 (communication using HTTP), and is data of a program executed by the terminal.
- a WEB application includes a connection GUI (program function) 121 described later.
- the inter-device communication program 112 includes command processing (programs) 122 to 126 for controlling communication between devices performed by the above-described several types of commands and processing those commands.
- the command processing group is mainly activated by the communication server of the apparatus 100 and performs each command processing.
- the command processing group includes a PROF command processing 122, a LINK command processing 123, a SEND command processing 124, a RECV command processing 125, and a NULL command processing 126.
- the inter-device communication data 113 is data that is referred to or set in communication between devices.
- Mainly information unique to the device 100 (device name, icon information, position information (positioning information of the device by GPS (Global Positioning System), etc.), information of a plurality of virtual terminals, for example, terminal names, terminal URIs, etc.
- Profile data 127 that describes link information, etc.). If authentication is required for communication between apparatuses, authentication data 128 may be included.
- the communication server 114 of the apparatus 100 is a program having at least an HTTP reception process 114-1 for performing a reception process according to HTTP and an HTTP response process 114-2 for responding the result according to HTTP. is there. Further, as necessary, it has an encryption communication process 114-3 for performing an encryption communication (HTTPS) and an authentication process 114-4 at the time of reception for processing authentication and approval. In addition, there may be a process 114-10 necessary for the apparatus. Processing 114-10 includes log recording processing, load distribution processing, proxy processing, and other extended processing.
- the communication client 115 is a program having at least an HTTP transmission process 115-1 for performing a transmission process according to HTTP. Further, as necessary, it has an encryption communication process 115-2 for performing encrypted communication (HTTPS) and an authentication process 115-3 at the time of transmission for processing data transmission necessary for authentication. In addition, there may be a process 115-10 necessary for the apparatus.
- HTTPS encrypted communication
- authentication process 115-10 necessary for the apparatus.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a device such as a terminal and a program group.
- the terminal is a device such as a PC having a WEB browser, a pad terminal, or a smartphone.
- the terminal 900 includes a CPU 901, a storage device 902 including a nonvolatile storage device, and a communication device 903 for performing communication.
- the device may include a unique device 904 necessary for the device-specific function.
- the storage device 902 stores or incorporates terminal software 910.
- the terminal software 910 has a plurality of programs and data.
- the WEB browser 915 is a communication client that performs transmission processing on the communication server according to HTTP.
- the kernel 916 is an operating system.
- the WEB browser 915 is a program including at least an HTTP transmission process 915-1 that performs transmission processing according to HTTP and a drawing engine 915-4 that executes a response to the HTTP transmission process 915-1. Further, as necessary, it has an encryption communication process 915-2 for performing an encrypted communication and an authentication process 915-3 for processing a data transmission necessary for authentication. In addition, there may be a process 915-10 necessary for the apparatus.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the processing contents and explanation of the WEB application.
- the WEB application 111 includes a connection GUI (processing) 121.
- the WEB application 111 performs other processing 129 (device and unique device control GUI, device and unique device setting GUI, device bookmark GUI, GUI for displaying device handling instructions, Display of an initial screen, display of a MENU for calling each GUI, and the like.
- the function 121-1 for calling an arbitrary device of the connection GUI 121 and displaying the device as a symbol (icon) includes event control such as a mouse and a touch panel, input (acquisition) of a URI, transmission of a PROF command, storage of profile data It has functions such as drawing icons and terminals.
- connection GUI 121 for the operation for connecting the called devices has functions such as event control such as a mouse and a touch panel, line drawing, and transmission of a LINK command.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a program and hardware for processing communication and communication between the terminal, the first device, and the second device.
- the terminal 900 accesses the first device 100a to acquire a WEB application and transmits a PROF command and a LINK command will be described.
- the browser 915 uses the device driver of the kernel 916 or the network protocol stack to access or send a command from the communication device 903 to the first device 100 a based on the above-described user operation.
- This communication includes access by HTTP, transmission of IP packets by TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol), and physical communication by the communication device via the network NW to which the terminal and the first device can be connected.
- TCP / IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
- the communication device 103 receives the IP packet, and the data in the IP packet is passed to the communication server 114 by the kernel protocol stack.
- the communication server 114 responds to the WEB application in response to the access or causes the inter-device communication program 111 to process the command and data in response to the command.
- the command processing of the inter-device communication program 111 executes processing corresponding to the command, if it is a PROF command, the profile data is returned to the communication server 114, and if it is a LINK command, the link destination URI is the terminal information in the profile data. Set to.
- the kernel or other control program or the like causes the communication client 115 to operate. Start up. Then, the communication client transmits a command and transmission data corresponding to the predetermined event to the link destination URI of the virtual terminal associated with the predetermined event by HTTP.
- the communication server 114 receives the command and the transmission data, and causes the corresponding command processing of the inter-device communication program 111 to execute the command processing, as described above.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating processing in which the terminal acquires and executes the WEB application 111.
- the URI which is the position of the device 100 in the network, is described in the instruction manual or main body of the device.
- the terminal 900 acquires the URI of the device 100 (S1), executes a communication client that is a WEB browser of the terminal, and accesses the acquired URI (S2).
- the communication server 114 of the device 100 returns the WEB application 111 to the terminal 900 (S3_2).
- the terminal 900 receives the WEB application 111 (S3_3), and the WEB browser executes it (S3_4).
- the WEB application 111 is created by, for example, HTML5 (Hypertext Markup Language 5).
- HTML5 Hypertext Markup Language 5
- various processes such as setting and operation of the apparatus 100 can be easily operated from the display screen of the terminal 900 using a graphical interface.
- the WEB application 111 includes a connection GUI 121 as one of various processing functions.
- the connection GUI 121 has a function of calling an arbitrary device and displaying the device with a symbol (icon), and a function for connecting the called devices.
- the device icon As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the device icon includes a logical terminal (virtual terminal) icon.
- the device and terminal icons may be two-dimensional or three-dimensional.
- the entity accessed by the terminal URI is CGI (Common Gateway Interface).
- CGI Common Gateway Interface
- the terminal CGI executes a predetermined program. Therefore, by transmitting a command to the terminal of the apparatus, the inter-device communication program 112 of the apparatus is executed, and command processing corresponding to the type of the command is executed.
- the command types include profile PROF, link LINK, send SEND, receive RECV, and null NULL.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing processing of a profile command (PROF command) by the terminal.
- the PROF command is a command that requests the device 100 to respond with the profile data.
- the connection GUI 121 executed by the terminal 900 transmits a PROF command 310 to an arbitrary terminal of the device 100 (S4).
- the WEB application When the WEB application is acquired by a response from the apparatus 100, the WEB application has information on the transmission destination URI of the PROF command of the apparatus 100. Therefore, transmission of the PROF command to the apparatus 100 by the connection GUI is automatically performed, for example, at the start of execution of the WEB application.
- the connection GUI 121 can transmit a PROF command to the device by inputting a URI of a desired device and operating a transmission instruction at the terminal.
- the communication server 114 of the apparatus 100 executes the PROF command processing 122 (S5_2).
- the PROF command processing 122 retrieves the profile data 127 from the storage device in the device and passes it to the communication server (S5_3).
- the communication server returns the profile data 127 to the terminal 900 (S5_4).
- the connection GUI of the terminal processes the profile data and displays the icon of the device and its terminal based on the profile data, for example (S5_5).
- the icons are as shown in FIG.
- the apparatus 100 may confirm whether or not to respond by receiving the PROF command 310 for the purpose of protection from a malicious third party by using a standard authentication function of the network.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram showing the structure of profile data.
- the device 100 stores the characteristics of the device and the terminal (virtual terminal) and the current state in the profile data 127.
- the profile data includes data 127_1 related to the device and data 127_2 related to a plurality of terminals.
- the device-related data 127_1 includes a device name, device description, device icon information, device position information, and device terminal information.
- the terminal data 127_2 includes a terminal name, a terminal description, a terminal URI, terminal attribute information, the maximum connectable number of terminals, and terminal link information.
- the terminal attribute information 127_3 includes a plurality of pieces of data information that can be processed by the terminal.
- the link information 127_4 of the terminal has a plurality of URIs of link destination terminals set by the LINK command transmitted to the terminal.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of data information that can be processed by a terminal, which is terminal attribute information.
- the data information that can be processed by the terminal includes the type of data (data type) that can be handled by the terminal and the terminal attribute that indicates how the terminal can process the data.
- Transmission data and reception data are composed of data type and value pairs.
- data types include true / false values (values are true and false), numeric values (values are numbers), characters (values are characters), and MIME types (values are URIs).
- the terminal attribute is a combination of a SEND command, a RECV command, and its transmission / reception direction, and has four types (IN, OUT, REQ, ACK).
- the description of each terminal attribute is as shown in FIG. Accordingly, the link destination terminal of the terminal with the terminal attribute OUT is the terminal attribute IN, and the link destination terminal of the terminal with the terminal attribute IN is also the terminal attribute OUT.
- the link destination terminal of the terminal with the terminal attribute REQ is the terminal attribute ACK
- the link destination terminal of the terminal with the terminal attribute ACK is the terminal attribute REQ.
- Each device holds profile data to form an independent / distributed network configuration. With such a network configuration, even if a device in the network fails, other devices can continue to operate without being affected by the failure. In addition, communication with a device that accumulates information, such as a central server, is not necessary, and communication between terminals of a device that is simple and low-cost can be realized. In addition, the privacy of the user of the device is respected.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing processing of a link command (LINK command) by the terminal.
- a link refers to a state in which different terminals are logically connected and can communicate with each other, or an action to make such a state.
- Different terminals may be terminals of different devices or different terminals in the same device.
- One terminal may be linked to a plurality of different terminals.
- the LINK command is a command for linking or releasing the link.
- the function 121- for connecting the terminals of the connection GUI is provided. 2 (FIG. 8), the LINK command 320 is transmitted to the URI of the terminal dragged to connect the apparatus 100 (S8). In FIG. 12, the LINK command is transmitted from the terminal 900 only to the device 100. As described in FIG. 2, when different terminals to be linked are different devices, the LINK command is displayed in the URI of the terminal of each device. Is sent. Transmission of the LINK command itself is performed by a communication client of the WEB browser.
- the LINK command 320 includes information on whether to link or release, and information on the URI of the link destination partner terminal. In addition, authentication data 128 may be included.
- the communication server 114 of the apparatus 100 receives the LINK command 320 (S9_1), the communication server 114 executes the LINK command processing 123 (S9_2).
- the LINK command processing 123 writes the URI of the counterpart terminal included in the LINK command in the link information of the terminal of the LINK command destination URI in the profile data 127 stored in the storage device 102 in the apparatus, and sets it. To do. Thereafter, the LINK command processing 123 may return information indicating whether the processing has succeeded or failed to the terminal 900 (S9_4).
- the different terminals are linked.
- a communication client activated in response to the event uses the URI of the terminal associated with the event.
- a later-described SEND command or RECV command is transmitted to the URI of the link destination terminal.
- the command type and the transmission data attached to the command are associated with the terminal associated with the event in advance.
- the apparatus 100 may limit whether or not to receive and process the LINK command 320 for the purpose of protection from a malicious third party by a standard authentication function of the network.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a communication process of a SEND command between the terminal of the first device and the terminal of the second device in the link state.
- the communication client 115 When a predetermined event corresponding to the terminal of the first device 100a occurs, the communication client 115 is activated. Then, the communication client 115 transmits the SEND command 330 to the link destination terminal of the terminal associated with the predetermined event of the second device 100b (S12).
- Transmission data 331 is attached to the SEND command 330 and transmitted. As shown in FIG. 3, the transmission data 331 has a data type of a boolean value (boolean) and a value of true (true) or false (false).
- the SEND command and transmission data are associated with a terminal associated with a predetermined event.
- the communication server 114 of the second device 100b receives the SEND command 330 (S14_1), the communication server 114 executes the SEND command processing 124 (S14_2).
- the SEND command processing 124 processes the transmission data 331 as input data to the link destination terminal (S14_3). As a result, a process associated with the link destination terminal of the second device and corresponding to the value of the transmission data is executed. Thereafter, the SEND command processing 124 may respond to the first device 100a with information on whether the rewriting has succeeded or failed in the communication server 114 (S14_4).
- the second device 100b may receive and process the SEND command 330 after authenticating using the authentication data 128 obtained at the time of linking for the purpose of protection from a malicious third party device or the like.
- the predetermined event corresponding to the terminal in the first device includes various events. For example, an event of a user operation on a physical operation element of the first device, a power-on event of the first device, an event in which a terminal of the first device receives a SEND command from a terminal of another device Or an event in which a sensor in the first device senses a person.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a communication process of a SEND command in one specific example.
- the communication client in response to operating the touch panel of the first device, the communication client is activated, sends a SEND command from the terminal associated with the touch panel to the terminal of the linked second device, and the second The communication server of the apparatus causes the SEND command process to execute the recording control process.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of profile data of the first device in one specific example.
- FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of profile data of the second device in one specific example.
- the profile data 127a of the first device in FIG. 19 includes the device name “monitor”, device image information, etc., and the terminal information of the device as the terminal 1 name “touch panel”, the terminal 1 URI1_1, and the terminal 1 attribute information.
- the profile data 127b of the second device in FIG. 20 includes the name “video camera” of the device, the image information of the device, and the terminal information of the device as the name “recording” of the terminal 1, the URI 2_1 of the terminal 1, and the attributes of the terminal 1
- the information includes “IN, Boolean”, “ACK, Boolean”, link information of the terminal 1 (set from “none” to “URI1_1 of the linked terminal”), and the like.
- the terminal 1 “touch panel” of the first device and the terminal 2 “recording” of the second device are set in the link state, and the SEND command can be transmitted (OUT) and received (IN), respectively.
- the terminal 2 “video input” of the first device and the terminal 2 “video distribution” of the second device are also set in the link state, and transmission (REQ) and response (ACK) of the RECV command are possible.
- the user touches the touch panel of the first device (S12_1).
- an event is generated by the kernel function (S12_2).
- a resident program (daemon) that waits for an event responds to an event that touches the touch panel, and sends a SEND command corresponding to the event + transmission data (Boolean, true), a destination URI, and authentication information in a predetermined table or profile data.
- the communication client is executed together with the information (S12_3).
- the above processes S12_1-S12_3 are realized by a configuration unique to the first device.
- the communication client of the first device transmits a SEND command and transmission data from the terminal of the touch panel to the URI 2_1 of the terminal corresponding to the recording terminal of the second device (S12_4).
- the communication server of the second device receives the SEND command and the transmission data (S14_1), and executes the SEND command process (S14_2).
- the recording control process is executed using the true / false value of the transmission data transmitted to the terminal (URI2_1) corresponding to the recording terminal as a parameter (S14_3).
- the recording control process is either to start recording (true) or stop recording (false) based on the parameter value (true, false) and the setting of the terminal of the second device.
- This process S14_3 is also realized by a configuration unique to the second device.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a RECV command communication process between the terminal of the first device and the terminal of the second device in the link state.
- the communication client 115 is activated in response to a predetermined event in the first device 100a, and the communication client 115 sends a RECV command 340 to a terminal of the second device 100b that is a link destination of a terminal associated with the predetermined event. Transmission is performed together with the transmission data 331 (S16).
- the transmission data 331 includes the requested data type (data type) as shown in FIG.
- the communication server 114 of the second device 100b executes the RECV command processing 125 (S17_2).
- the RECV command processing 125 acquires the type (data type) of data requested for the link destination terminal from the transmission data, generates reception data 341 corresponding to the type (S17_3), and receives the reception data 341 as a communication server. 114 (S17_4). Then, the communication server 114 responds with the received data to the first device 100a (S17_5).
- the second device may execute reception and processing of the RECV command 340 when authentication is performed using the authentication data 128 for the purpose of protection from another device or the like of a malicious third party.
- the communication client of the first device that has received the received data processes the received data (S18). For example, the first device is controlled according to the received data.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a RECV command communication process in one specific example.
- the communication client in response to the power activation event of the first device, transmits a RECV command from the terminal associated with the power activation event to the terminal of the linked second device, and the second device.
- the RECV command process activated by the communication server in response returns the requested received data to the terminal of the first device.
- the user activates the power supply of the first device (S16_1).
- the kernel executes a player (program) that controls the first device and a player control (program) that controls the player (S16_2).
- the player has, for example, a function of playing and stopping according to an instruction from the player control, and a function of downloading, analyzing, and playing back the video distribution data (S16_3).
- the activated player control includes the RECV command + transmission data (data type: application / dash + xml, value: none (unique value)) corresponding to the video distribution terminal associated with the power activation event, and the link of the terminal
- the URI of the terminal (the video distribution terminal of the second device) and authentication information are acquired from a predetermined table and profile data, and the communication client is activated using the acquired information as parameters (S16_4).
- the RECV command + transmission data is a unique value of the video input terminal associated with power activation.
- the above processes S16_1 to S16_4 are realized by a configuration unique to the first device.
- the communication client transmits a RECV command and transmission data to the URI of the video distribution terminal of the second device (S16_5).
- the communication server of the second device receives the RECV command and transmission data (S17_1). Then, the communication server executes RECV command processing (S17_2). In the RECV command processing, reception data 341 including the URI of the storage location of the video distribution data of the second device is generated as reception data corresponding to the type of transmission data transmitted to the video distribution terminal (URI2_2) (S17_3). This process S17_3 is realized by a configuration unique to the second device.
- the RECV command process passes the generated received data to the communication server (S17_4).
- the communication server responds the received data to the video input terminal of the first device (S17_5).
- the communication client of the first device receives the received data and passes it to the player control (S18_1).
- the player control instructs the player to play along with the URI of the video distribution data (S18_2).
- This process S18_2 is realized by a configuration unique to the first device.
- the player accesses the URI of the video distribution data to acquire and play the video content.
- the URI of the video distribution data is the position of the storage area for storing the video content in the second device.
- FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating a second embodiment.
- the first device (monitor device) 100a, the second device (video camera) 100b, the third device (lamp) 100c, and the fourth device (air conditioner) 100d display the connection GUI of the terminal 900.
- the link state is set as shown in the image 121D.
- the connection GUI issues a LINK command to each device. This is realized by setting the URI of the link destination terminal to each terminal.
- the first device 100a is a monitor device.
- a menu for controlling the second to fourth devices can be displayed on the monitor screen.
- Each menu item is associated with a terminal of the first device 100a.
- a SEND command or a RECV command is transmitted from the terminal 212a_1 of the first device 100a to the terminal 212b of the second device 100b.
- Inter-terminal communication is as described above.
- a SEND command is transmitted from the terminal 212a_2 of the first device to the terminal 212c_1 of the third device 100c.
- This second menu item is, for example, start of operation. Therefore, the SEND command process of the third device 100c executes a process of lighting the third device 100c corresponding to “true” indicating the start of operation of the transmission data of the SEND command.
- the SEND command received at the terminal 212c_1 is transferred from the terminal 212c_2 to the terminal 212d of the fourth device 100d. Therefore, the SEND command processing of the fourth device 100d starts air conditioning.
- Such transfer processing is realized with a configuration unique to the third device 100c so that, for example, player control of the third device 100c can be processed.
- a plurality of products in the home or the workplace can be networked using the communication control between the virtual terminals of the apparatus of the present embodiment.
- the configuration required for each home appliance includes programs and data such as a communication server 114, a communication client 115, an inter-device communication program 112, an inter-device communication data 113, a CPU 101, and a storage device 102, the communication device 103, and the like.
- the WEB application 111 does not necessarily have to be stored in a storage device in the apparatus, and may be downloaded from a predetermined WEB application distribution server to a terminal and installed.
- the function of the connection GUI of the WEB application allows the user to perform a drag operation to connect the terminals of the device icons on the terminal or the screen of a certain device, thereby
- the virtual terminals can be connected with a virtual connection cable (in a link state) so that communication between terminals can be performed. Therefore, a plurality of devices can be network-connected without using a complicated physical connection cable. This network connection does not require a large-scale device such as a central server device.
- a communication device capable of constructing a network connectable state of a plurality of devices by a simple method and performing communication between terminals of the plurality of devices.
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前記通信サーバ手段は、
第1の装置からネットワークを経由して送信される第1のコマンドに応答して、前記自己のプロファイル情報を、前記第1の装置に返信し、さらに、前記第1の装置から前記ネットワークを経由して送信される第2のコマンドに応答して、前記第2のコマンドが有する第2の仮想端子のアドレスを、前記自己のプロファイル情報内の前記第1の仮想端子のリンク情報に設定し、
前記通信クライアント手段は、
前記第1の仮想端子に対応付けられた所定のイベントに応答して、前記第1の仮想端子のリンク情報に設定された前記第2の仮想端子のアドレスに基づいて、前記第1の仮想端子から前記第2の仮想端子に前記ネットワークを介する通信接続を行う通信装置、である。
図1、図2は、本実施の形態における第1、第2の装置間が通信可能になるまでの処理を示す図である。また、図3は、本実施の形態における第1、第2の装置間が通信を行う処理を示す図である。以下、端末900により、第1装置100aと第2装置100bとが互いに接続可能になるまでの処理と、その後第1装置と第2装置の仮想端子間で行われる通信処理の例を説明する。
図4、図5、図6は、第1装置、第2装置などの端子間通信を行う装置の構成とプログラム群を示す図である。
図10は、端末がWEBアプリケーション111を取得、実行する処理を示す図である。装置100のネットワークにおける位置であるURIが、その装置の説明書や本体などに記載されている。最初に、端末900が、装置100のURIを取得し(S1)、端末のWEBブラウザである通信クライアントを実行して、取得したURIへアクセスを行う(S2)。装置100の通信サーバ114が、このアクセスに応答して(S3_1)、端末900にWEBアプリケーション111を応答する(S3_2)。端末900は、WEBアプリケーション111を受信し(S3_3)、WEBブラウザがこれを実行する(S3_4)。WEBアプリケーション111は、例えばHTML5(Hypertext Markup Language 5)によって作成されている。WEBアプリケーションを実行することで、装置100の設定や動作などの様々な処理を、端末900の表示画面からグラフィカルなインターフェースで容易に操作することができる。
次に、LINKコマンドによりリンク状態に設定された端子間の通信の処理について説明する。端子間の通信では、例えば、データの送信を行うSENDコマンドと、データの受信を依頼するRECVコマンドと、応答用などに使用されるNULLコマンドが送信される。NULLコマンドは、例えば、通信中に何らかの異常により正しい応答ができない場合、受信したコマンドを受理できない場合などに使用される。NULLコマンドを受信した場合、装置は特に何も実行しない。
図13は、リンク状態にある第1装置の端子と第2装置の端子間のSENDコマンドの通信処理を示す図である。第1装置100aの端子に対応する所定のイベントが発生すると、通信クライアント115が起動する。そして、通信クライアント115が、第2装置100bの所定のイベントに対応付けられた端子のリンク先の端子に対し、SENDコマンド330を送信する(S12)。SENDコマンド330には送信データ331が添付されて送信される。送信データ331は、図3に示したとおり、データ型が真偽値(boolean)で、値が真(true)または偽(false)である。SENDコマンドと送信データは、所定イベントに対応付けられた端子に対応付けされている。
図15は、リンク状態にある第1装置の端子と第2装置の端子間のRECVコマンドの通信処理を示す図である。第1装置100aでの所定のイベントに応答して通信クライアント115が起動し、通信クライアント115が、所定イベントに対応付けられた端子のリンク先である第2装置100bの端子に、RECVコマンド340を送信データ331と共に送信する(S16)。送信データ331には、図3に示したような要求するデータの種類(データ型)が含まれている。
図21は、第2の実施の形態を示す図である。図21の実施の形態では、第1装置(モニタ装置)100a、第2装置(ビデオカメラ)100b、第3装置(ランプ)100c、第4装置(エアコン)100dが、端末900の接続GUIの表示画像121Dに示すようにリンク状態に設定されている。このようなリンク状態は、利用者が、接続GUIの表示画面121Dで各装置のアイコン211a~211dの端子間を接続するようにドラッグ操作することに応答して、接続GUIがLINKコマンドを各装置の端子に送信し、端子それぞれにリンク先端子のURIを設定することにより実現される。
100b:第2装置
212:端子、仮想端子
900:端末
111:WEBアプリケーション
112:装置間通信プログラム
113:装置間通信データ
114:通信サーバ(プログラム)
115:通信クライアント(プログラム)
116:カーネル
117:プレーヤ(プログラム)、プレーヤ制御(プログラム)
127:プロファイルデータ
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- ネットワークを介して通信を開始する通信クライアント手段と、
前記通信の開始に応答する通信サーバ手段と、
第1の仮想端子の識別情報とアドレスを有する自己のプロファイル情報を記憶するメモリとを有し、
前記通信サーバ手段は、
第1の装置からネットワークを経由して送信される第1のコマンドに応答して、前記自己のプロファイル情報を、前記第1の装置に返信し、さらに、前記第1の装置から前記ネットワークを経由して送信される第2のコマンドに応答して、前記第2のコマンドが有する第2の仮想端子のアドレスを、前記自己のプロファイル情報内の前記第1の仮想端子のリンク情報に設定し、
前記通信クライアント手段は、
前記第1の仮想端子に対応付けられた所定のイベントに応答して、前記第1の仮想端子のリンク情報に設定された前記第2の仮想端子のアドレスに基づいて、前記第1の仮想端子から前記第2の仮想端子に前記ネットワークを介する通信接続を行う、通信装置。 - 前記通信クライアント手段は、前記通信接続を介して前記第1の仮想端子から前記第2の仮想端子に第3のコマンドを送信する、請求項1に記載の通信装置。
- 前記通信サーバ手段は、前記第2の仮想端子から前記第1の仮想端子に送信される第3のコマンドに応答して、前記第1の仮想端子に対応する所定の処理を実行する、請求項1に記載の通信装置。
- 前記第1の仮想端子に対応する所定の処理は、前記第3のコマンドに添付された送信データにも対応する処理を有する、請求項3に記載の通信装置。
- 前記第1の仮想端子に対応する所定の処理は、前記第3のコマンドに添付された送信データに対応する受信データを生成し、前記第2の仮想端子に前記受信データを返信する処理を有する、請求項3に記載の通信装置。
- 第1の装置からネットワークを経由して送信される第1のコマンドに応答して、第1の仮想端子の識別情報とアドレスとを有する自己のプロファイル情報を、前記第1の装置に返信し、
前記第1の装置から前記ネットワークを経由して送信される第2のコマンドに応答して、前記第2のコマンドが有する第2の仮想端子のアドレスを、前記自己のプロファイル情報内の前記第1の仮想端子のリンク情報に設定し、
前記第1の仮想端子に対応付けられた所定のイベントに応答して、前記第1の仮想端子のリンク情報に設定された前記第2の仮想端子のアドレスに基づいて、前記第1の仮想端子から前記第2の仮想端子に前記ネットワークを介する通信接続を行う、処理をコンピュータに実行させる通信プログラム。 - 前記処理は、さらに、
前記通信接続を介して前記第1の仮想端子から前記第2の仮想端子に第3のコマンドを送信することを有する、請求項6に記載の通信プログラム。 - 前記処理は、さらに、
前記第2の仮想端子から前記第1の仮想端子に送信される第3のコマンドに応答して、前記第1の仮想端子に対応する所定の処理を実行する、請求項6に記載の通信プログラム。 - 第1の装置からネットワークを経由して送信される第1のコマンドに応答して、第1の仮想端子の識別情報とアドレスとを有する自己のプロファイル情報を、前記第1の装置に返信し、
前記第1の装置から前記ネットワークを経由して送信される第2のコマンドに応答して、前記第2のコマンドが有する第2の仮想端子のアドレスを、前記自己のプロファイル情報内の前記第1の仮想端子のリンク情報に設定し、
前記第1の仮想端子に対応付けられた所定のイベントに応答して、前記第1の仮想端子のリンク情報に設定された前記第2の仮想端子のアドレスに基づいて、前記第1の仮想端子から前記第2の仮想端子に前記ネットワークを介する通信接続を行う、処理を有する通信方法。 - 前記処理は、さらに、
前記通信接続を介して前記第1の仮想端子から前記第2の仮想端子に第3のコマンドを送信することを有する、請求項9に記載の通信方法。 - 前記処理は、さらに、
前記第2の仮想端子から前記第1の仮想端子に送信される第3のコマンドに応答して、前記第1の仮想端子に対応する所定の処理を実行する、請求項9に記載の通信方法。 - 第1の装置及び第2の装置に第1のコマンドを送信し、
前記第1のコマンドに応答して返信される、前記第1の装置の第1の仮想端子の識別情報とアドレスを有する第1のプロファイル情報と、前記第2の装置の第2の仮想端子の識別情報とアドレスを有する第2のプロファイル情報に基づいて、前記第1の仮想端子の画像を有する前記第1の装置の第1のアイコンと、前記第2の仮想端子の画像を有する前記第2の装置の第2のアイコンとを表示し、
前記第1のアイコンの第1の仮想端子の画像と前記第2のアイコンの第2の仮想端子の画像とを互いに接続する入力操作に応答して、前記第1の装置の前記第1の仮想端子に前記第2の仮想端子のアドレスを設定させる第2のコマンドを前記第1の装置に送信し、前記第2の装置に前記第2の仮想端子に前記第1の仮想端子のアドレスを設定させる第3のコマンドを前記第2の装置に送信する、
処理をコンピュータに実行させる通信プログラム。 - 前記第1のプロファイル情報は、前記第1の装置と第1の仮想端子の画像情報を有し、
前記第2のプロファイル情報は、前記第2の装置と第2の仮想端子の画像情報を有し、
前記第1のアイコンと前記第2のアイコンが、前記画像情報に基づいて表示される、請求項12に記載の通信プログラム。
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