WO2021169710A1 - 服务器、信息终端、系统及非易失性存储介质 - Google Patents

服务器、信息终端、系统及非易失性存储介质 Download PDF

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WO2021169710A1
WO2021169710A1 PCT/CN2021/073816 CN2021073816W WO2021169710A1 WO 2021169710 A1 WO2021169710 A1 WO 2021169710A1 CN 2021073816 W CN2021073816 W CN 2021073816W WO 2021169710 A1 WO2021169710 A1 WO 2021169710A1
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  • This application relates to servers, information terminals, systems and non-volatile storage media that exchange information with household electrical appliances connected to the network.
  • household appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines are popularized.
  • home appliances such as television sets and video recording equipment are popularized.
  • IoT Internet of Thing
  • the goal is to eliminate geographical constraints such as being able to remotely grasp the status of the household electrical appliances or perform operations. That is, the system utilization of networked household electrical appliances has not been fully realized.
  • Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2019-160060
  • the home appliance network system of the embodiment of the present application has a server, and the server includes a home appliance database that combines a user ID for identifying a user and a plurality of home appliances under the management of the user.
  • the information of a plurality of designated home appliances is established and stored in correspondence; a request processing unit that receives a first request signal containing the user ID, and outputs a second request signal, wherein the second request signal contains the use of the A plurality of home appliance information corresponding to the user ID read out from the home appliance database by the user ID; an operation status storage unit that compares the plurality of home appliance information corresponding to the user ID sent in response to the second request signal
  • the operation log of each of the plurality of household electrical appliances indicated by the household electrical appliance information is stored; and a provision information generating unit that generates provision information, wherein the provision information includes reading from the operation status storage unit based on the user ID
  • the operation log of each of the plurality of household electrical appliances indicated by the plurality of household electrical appliances information corresponding to the user ID is established and stored in correspondence; a request processing unit that receives a first request signal containing the user ID, and outputs a second request signal, wherein the second request signal contains the use of the A plurality of home appliance information
  • the home appliance network system of the embodiment further includes a device including: a transmission unit that outputs the first request signal; Information is stored; and a display information generating unit that reads from the provided information the operation logs of each of the plurality of home appliances indicated by the plurality of home appliance information corresponding to the user ID, and uses the plurality of home appliances The operation log of each device generates display information capable of displaying images.
  • FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a home appliance network system of the first embodiment
  • Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the system of the first embodiment
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation log summary operation of the household electrical appliance according to the first embodiment
  • Fig. 5A is a diagram showing an example of an item of an action log generated by a networked home appliance
  • Fig. 5B is a diagram showing an example of an item of an action log generated by a networked home appliance
  • Fig. 5C is a diagram showing an example of an item of an action log generated by a networked home appliance
  • FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the response information providing operation of the device control server of the first embodiment
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the device of the first embodiment
  • FIG. 8A is a diagram showing an example of display information showing the usage status of household electrical appliances in a day
  • FIG. 8B is a diagram showing an example of display information that displays the usage status of household electrical appliances during a predetermined period
  • 9A is a diagram showing an example of display information that displays the usage status of household electrical appliances during a predetermined period
  • 9B is a diagram showing an example of display information that displays the usage status of household electrical appliances during a predetermined period
  • FIG. 10A is a diagram showing an example of display information showing the usage status of household electrical appliances in a day
  • 10B is a diagram showing an example of display information that displays the usage status of household electrical appliances during a predetermined period
  • 11A is a diagram showing an example of display information that displays the status of the user of the household electrical appliance using the usage status of the household electrical appliance during a day;
  • 11B is a diagram showing an example of display information that displays the status of the user of the household electrical appliance using the usage status of the household electrical appliance during a day;
  • FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the device of the second embodiment
  • FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the operation of the device of the second embodiment
  • 14A is a diagram showing an example of display information in the second embodiment
  • FIG. 14B is a diagram showing an example of display information in the second embodiment.
  • 1...Home appliance equipment network system 5...Network, 10...Home appliance equipment, 11...Washing machine, 12...Air conditioner, 13...Refrigerator, 14...TV, 20...Home appliance registration server, 30...Data storage server, 40...Equipment control server, 50...display device, 51...television, 52...portable terminal, 100...state detection unit, 110...action log generation unit, 120...action log storage unit, 130...data output unit, 300...transceiver unit, 310...ID management unit , 320... Home appliance DB, 330... Operation status storage unit, 340... Request processing unit, 350... Provide information generation unit, 400... Transceiver unit, 410... ID management unit, 420... Device DB, 430...
  • Operation status storage unit 440 ...Request processing unit, 450...response information generation unit, 500...transceiver unit, 510...input I/F, 520...operation status storage unit, 530...display information DB, 540...display information generation unit, 550...display unit, 560 ...Motion monitoring unit, 570...warning judging unit.
  • FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a home appliance network system 1.
  • the home appliance network system 1 includes a home appliance 10, a home appliance registration server 20, a data storage server 30, an appliance control server 40, and a display device 50, which are connected to each other through a network 5.
  • the home appliance 10, the home appliance registration server 20, the data storage server 30, the appliance control server 40, and the display device 50 may also realize all or part of their functions through a computer and a computer program.
  • the household electrical appliance 10 is an electronic device or an electric device arranged in a specific space such as a house.
  • the household electrical appliance 10 includes various types of equipment such as a washing machine 11, an air conditioner 12, a refrigerator 13, a television 14, and a lighting fixture not shown in the figure, and is connected to the network 5 by wire or wireless.
  • the household electrical appliance 10 has a function of being able to be remotely controlled via the network 5 and outputting an operation log indicating the operating status of the household electrical appliance 10 itself via the network 5.
  • the home appliance registration server 20 has a function of remotely controlling the home appliance device 10 and receiving the operation log transmitted from the home appliance device 10.
  • the home appliance registration server 20 receives the action log from the home appliance 10, it registers the action log in its own database.
  • the operation log includes at least identification information of the household electrical appliance 10 and information (operation information) indicating the operating state of the household electrical appliance 10 and the like.
  • the data storage server 30 has the identification information (user ID) of the user of the household electrical appliance 10, the identification information (household appliance ID) representing the household electrical appliance 10 under the management of the user, and the household electrical appliance 10 ( The function of managing the information of the operating state of the household electrical appliance 10) associated with the user in association with each other.
  • the data storage server 30 has a function of associating the household electrical appliance 10 associated with the user and its action information and returning it to the user in accordance with a request from the user.
  • the home appliance registration server 20 manages the home appliance ID of the home appliance 10 and the operation log acquired from the home appliance 10.
  • the data storage server 30 manages the user ID, the home appliance 10 associated with the user, and the home appliance 10 action logs for management.
  • the household electrical appliance 10 is not necessarily a device manufactured by the same manufacturer.
  • multiple household electrical appliances 10 may be managed by multiple household appliance registration servers 20.
  • the data storage server 30 can acquire from the multiple different household electrical appliance registration servers 20 based on the user ID and the household electrical appliance ID of the household electrical appliance 10 owned by the user The operation information of all the household electrical appliances 10 associated with the user. That is, the data storage server 30 has a function of converting the association relationship between the home appliance ID and the operation log into the association relationship between the user ID and the operation log.
  • the device 50 is a terminal device that remotely controls the household electrical appliance 10 of the user and displays information related to the operation log of the household electrical appliance 10.
  • the device 50 is, for example, a television 51, a portable terminal 52, etc., and does not necessarily exist in the space where the household electrical appliance 10 is arranged.
  • the user (user) of the household electrical appliance 10 and the user of the device 50 may be the same or different.
  • the device control server 40 has a function of converting the provided information sent from the data storage server 30 into a form that can be displayed by the device 50 and sending the converted information to the device 50.
  • the device control server 40 digitizes the provided information transmitted from the data storage server 30 and transmits it to the television 51.
  • the portable terminal 52 may directly convert and display the provided information sent from the data storage server 30 without going through the device control server 40. That is, the function of the device control server 40 may be provided by the device 50.
  • the home appliance 10 transmits its operation log to the home appliance registration server 20 via the network 5 at a predetermined timing, and the home appliance registration server 20 associates and manages the transmitted operation log with the home appliance ID.
  • the data storage server 30 manages the user ID and the home appliance ID in advance, and acquires the operation log of the home appliance ID corresponding to the user ID from the home appliance registration server 20 at a predetermined timing. According to the request signal from the device control server 40 or the device 50, the data storage server 30 extracts the action log associated with the user ID of the user who issued the request signal from the action log acquired by the home appliance registration server 20 and generates provision information, Send to the source of the request signal.
  • the request signal issued by the device 50 is sent to the device control server 40.
  • the device control server 40 receives the request signal from the device 50, it forwards the request signal to the data storage server 30 to obtain the operation log of the home appliance corresponding to the user ID included in the request signal from the data storage server 30 as the provision information.
  • the device control server 40 generates response information including image information suitable for the device 50 that issued the request signal based on the operation log included in the acquired provision information, and transmits it to the device 50.
  • the device 50 extracts a display image from the received response information and displays it on the display unit.
  • the request signal issued by the device 50 is directly sent to the data storage server 30.
  • the device 50 directly receives the operation log of the household electrical appliance corresponding to the user ID included in the request signal from the data storage server 30 as the provision information.
  • the device 50 generates a display image based on the received provision information and displays it on the display unit.
  • the data storage server 30 associates the user ID of the user with the home appliance ID of the household electrical appliance under the user’s management for management. Therefore, even if the operation logs of a plurality of household electrical appliances 10 are from different household appliances Management by the registration server 20 can also acquire the operation logs of all household electrical appliances 10 under the management of the user.
  • the information related to the operation logs of a plurality of household electrical appliances 10 under the user’s management can be collectively provided to the user’s device 50, so it is not limited to grasping the respective operating conditions of the household electrical appliances. Instead, it is possible to grasp the status of the user of the household electrical appliance in the space (for example, a house) where the household electrical appliance is installed (for example, whether the household electrical appliance is in a state of unconsciousness, etc.).
  • the home appliance 10 includes a state detection unit 100, an operation log generation unit 110, an operation log storage unit 120, and a data output unit 130.
  • the state detection unit 100 is a sensor that detects the operating state of the household electrical appliance 10.
  • the state detection unit 100 detects the operating state of the household electrical appliance 10, a malfunction in the household electrical appliance 10, an operating error, an event occurring in the household electrical appliance 10, a command for controlling the household electrical appliance 10, and the like.
  • the operation log generation unit 110 is an arithmetic module that generates an operation log of the household electrical appliance 10 based on the information detected by the state detection unit 100.
  • the operation log generated by the operation log generating unit 110 includes the device information of the household electrical appliance 10, the status information indicating the operating state of the household electrical appliance 10, the error information indicating the content of the malfunction or the operation error in the household electrical appliance 10, and the information sent from the household electrical appliance 10. Notification information, command information for controlling the household electrical appliance 10, etc.
  • the device information includes, for example, model name, device ID, and the like.
  • the state information includes, for example, a functional operation state indicating the operation content of the household electrical appliance 10 and maintenance information indicating a maintenance state, where the maintenance state represents the state of consumables and maintenance components in the household electrical appliance 10.
  • the error information includes failure information of the household electrical appliance 10, operation error information, and the like.
  • the notification information includes, for example, information that should be notified to the user, such as the opening and closing state of the door included in the household electrical appliance 10.
  • the command information includes, for example, information indicating a remote operation function, a date and time setting function, and the like.
  • the operation log storage unit 120 is a memory that stores operation logs.
  • the operation log generation unit 110 generates an operation log based on the operation state detected by the state detection unit 100 at all times and stores it in the operation log storage unit 120.
  • the data output unit 130 is an interface that connects the household electrical appliance 10 and the network 5.
  • the data output unit 130 reads the operation log from the operation log storage unit 120 at a predetermined timing and transmits it to the home appliance registration server 20.
  • the home appliance registration server 20 is a database that registers the operation log sent by the home appliance 10.
  • the home appliance registration server 20 stores the home appliance ID of the home appliance 10 and the operation log corresponding to the home appliance ID. That is, the home appliance registration server 20 can acquire the log of each home appliance 10 and perform remote control.
  • the data storage server 30 includes a transmission and reception unit 300, an ID management unit 310, a home appliance database (DB) 320, an operation status storage unit 330, a request processing unit 340, and a provided information generation unit 350.
  • DB home appliance database
  • the transceiver 300 is an interface that connects the data storage server 30 and the network 5.
  • the transceiver 300 may be wired or wireless depending on the type of the network 5.
  • the ID management unit 310 manages user IDs for identifying users of the home appliance network system 10.
  • the user ID may be stored in the ID management unit 310 in advance, or the user ID may be registered in response to a request from the user.
  • the function of the ID management unit 310 may be arranged on a server different from the data storage server 30.
  • the home appliance DB 320 is a database that manages the home appliance ID of the user managed by the ID management unit 310 and the home appliance 10 associated with the user. That is, the ID management unit 310 can manage the user and the household electrical appliance 10 corresponding to the user based on the household electrical appliance DB320.
  • the operation status storage unit 330 is a database that manages the home appliance 10 managed by the home appliance DB 320 and the operation log corresponding to the home appliance 10.
  • the request processing unit 340 is an arithmetic module that processes the request signal sent from the device control server 40 or the device 50.
  • the request processing unit 340 has a function of associating the user ID included in the request signal, the home appliance ID related to the user ID, and the operation log related to the home appliance ID based on the received request signal.
  • the provided information generating unit 350 generates the provided information based on the information associated with the request processing unit 340.
  • the provided information includes the home appliance ID associated with the user ID and the operation log of the home appliance 10 of the home appliance ID.
  • the provision information generated by the data storage server 30 includes the operation log of each of the household electrical appliances 10 associated with the user ID.
  • the device control server 40 Based on the request signal from the device 50, the device control server 40 generates response information including information of the action log corresponding to the user ID included in the request signal and image information suitable for display in the device 50.
  • the device control server 40 includes a transmission and reception unit 400, an ID management unit 410, a device database (DB) 420, an operation status storage unit 430, a request processing unit 440, and a response information generation unit 450.
  • the transceiver 400 is an interface that connects the device control server 40 to the network 5 and corresponds to the transceiver 400 of the data storage server 30.
  • the transceiver 300 may be wired or wireless depending on the type of the network 5.
  • the transceiver 400 has a function of receiving a request from the device 50, issuing a request to the data storage server 30, and returning response information generated by the device control server 40 to the device 50.
  • the ID management unit 410 is an arithmetic module that manages the user ID for identifying the user of the home appliance network system 10 and corresponds to the ID management unit 310.
  • the user ID may be stored in the ID management unit 410 in advance, or the user ID may be registered in response to a request from the user.
  • the functions of the ID management unit 310 may be arranged on a server different from the data storage server 30.
  • the device DB 420 is a database that manages the device 50 associated with the user managed by the ID management unit 410. That is, the ID management unit 410 can manage the user ID and the device 50 associated with the user ID based on the device DB 420.
  • the operation status storage unit 430 is a database that associates and manages the device 50 managed by the device DB 420 and the operation log of the household electrical appliance 10 to be displayed by the device 50.
  • the request processing unit 440 is an arithmetic module that processes the request sent from the device 50.
  • the request processing unit 440 has a function of associating the user ID included in the request signal, the home appliance ID of the home appliance 10 related to the user ID, and the operation log related to the home appliance based on the received request signal.
  • the response information generating unit 450 generates response information based on the information associated with the request processing unit 440.
  • the response information is to convert the provided information generated by the data storage server 30 into information in a form that can be displayed by the device 50, and the content of the information is the same as the provided information. That is, the household electrical appliance 10 associated with the user ID and the operation log of each household electrical appliance 10 are included.
  • the device 50 includes a transmission and reception unit 500, an input interface (I/F) 510, an operation status storage unit 520, a display information database (DB) 530, a display information generation unit 540, and a display unit 550.
  • I/F input interface
  • DB display information database
  • the transceiver 500 is an interface that connects the device 50 to the network 5 and corresponds to the transceiver 300 of the data storage server 30 and the transceiver 400 of the device control server 40.
  • the transceiver 500 may be wired or wireless depending on the type of the network 5.
  • the transceiver 500 has a function of making a request to the data storage server 30 or the device control server 40 and receiving provision information generated by the data storage server 30 or response information generated by the device control server 40.
  • the input I/F 510 is an interface that receives instructions from the user, and is a touch panel, a keyboard, and the like.
  • the operation status storage unit 520 corresponds to the operation status storage unit 330 of the data storage server 30 and the operation status storage unit 430 of the device control server 40.
  • the operation status storage unit 520 is a database that associates and manages the device 50 and the operation log of the household electrical appliance 10 to be displayed by the device 50.
  • the display information generating unit 540 is an arithmetic module that generates the display information to be displayed by the device 50 based on the response information sent from the device control server 40.
  • the display information DB 530 is a database that manages the display information generated by the display information generating unit 540 and the response information transmitted from the device control server 40 as display information.
  • the display unit 550 is an output interface such as a liquid crystal display for displaying display information.
  • the state detection unit 100 detects the operating state of the household electrical appliance 10 (S600).
  • the operation status includes, for example, state information indicating the operation of the household electrical appliance 10, error information indicating a malfunction of the household electrical appliance 10, notification information notifying the situation of the household electrical appliance, command information related to the control of the household electrical appliance 10, and the like.
  • the operation status detected by the state detection unit 100 is sent to the operation log generation unit 110.
  • the operation log generation unit 110 generates an operation log based on the device information such as the home appliance ID and the operation status detected by the state detection unit 100 (S602).
  • the action log generated by the action log generating unit 110 is stored in the action log storage unit 120.
  • the operation log stored in the operation log storage unit 120 is attached with a home appliance ID corresponding to the operation status detected by the state detection unit 100.
  • the data output unit 130 measures the timing of data output.
  • the timing of data output may be every predetermined time or the amount of action log generated.
  • the state detection unit 100 continues to detect the operation status (S600).
  • the data output unit 130 transmits the operation log for a predetermined time or a predetermined amount to the home appliance registration server 20 via the network 5 (S606).
  • the home appliance registration server 20 associates and stores the operation log sent from the home appliance device 10 with the home appliance ID of the home appliance device 10.
  • the home appliance registration server 20 records the operation log of a predetermined home appliance 10.
  • the home appliance registration server 20 may be installed for each manufacturer of the home appliance 10, or the home appliance registration server 20 may be installed for each area where the home appliance 10 is installed.
  • the home appliance registration server 20 of this embodiment associates and manages the home appliance ID of the home appliance device 10 and the operation log of the home appliance device 10 with the home appliance ID.
  • the ID management unit 310 uses the user ID, and manages the home appliance ID of the home appliance 10 associated with the user ID through the home appliance DB 320 (S610). That is, the ID management unit 310 manages the household electrical appliance 10 specified by the user as the management target through the household electrical appliance DB 320.
  • the request processing unit 340 generates a request signal to the home appliance registration server 20 in order to obtain the operation log of the household electrical appliance 10 corresponding to the user.
  • the transmitting and receiving unit 300 transmits the request signal generated by the request processing unit 340 to the home appliance registration server 20 (S611).
  • the request processing unit 340 When the household electrical appliance 10 corresponding to the user is managed by a plurality of household electrical appliance registration servers 20, the request processing unit 340 generates a request signal for each of the corresponding multiple household electrical appliance registration servers 20, and the transceiver unit 300 sends a request to the multiple household electrical appliance registration servers 20. Each request signal is output.
  • the home appliance registration server 20 When the home appliance registration server 20 receives the request signal from the data storage server 30, it replies to the data storage server 30 the operation log corresponding to the home appliance 10 under management, and the transceiver 300 receives the operation log (S612).
  • the request processing unit 340 Upon receiving the operation log, the request processing unit 340 registers the received operation log in the operation status storage unit 330 (S613).
  • the request processing unit 340 waits for the reception of a request signal from the device control server 40 or the device 50 (S614).
  • the request signal is not received (No in S614), the operation log request to the home appliance registration server 20, the operation log reception, and the operation log registration are continued (S611 to S613).
  • the provided information generating unit 350 reads the operation log in accordance with the request from the operation status storage unit 330, and generates a report for the device control server 40 or the device 50 that issued the request.
  • Provide information (S615).
  • the provided information includes the user ID included in the request signal sent from the device control server 40 or the device 50 and the operation log of the household electrical appliance 10 corresponding to the user ID.
  • the request processing unit 340 transmits the provided information generated by the provided information generating unit 350 to the device control server 40 or the device 50 that is the transmission source of the request (S616).
  • FIGS. 5A to 5C are examples of the information of the operation log when the household electrical appliance 10 is a washing machine 11
  • FIG. 5B is an example of information of the operation log when the household electrical appliance 10 is an air conditioner 12
  • FIG. 5C is an example of the household electrical appliance 10 is a refrigerator 13
  • the washing machine 11 as the household electrical appliance 10 in the embodiment has device information, status information, and error information as items in the operation log. Total. These pieces of information are finally stored in the operation status storage unit 520 and provided to the user as display information of the display unit 550.
  • the device information the model name, device ID, installation location, and the like are included.
  • the status information includes mode information indicating washing and drying/washing/drying modes, washing information indicating the number of rinsing/water filling washing/water filling, etc., and maintenance information indicating the amount of detergent and softener remaining. Wait.
  • the error information includes time information indicating the actual operating time, automatic operation information indicating whether the detergent is automatically put in or not, and the like.
  • the air conditioner 12 as the household electrical appliance 10 in the embodiment has device information and status information as items of the operation log, and the above-mentioned information is shared in the operating status storage unit 330 and the like through the household electrical appliance registration server 20. These pieces of information are finally stored in the operation status storage unit 520 and provided as display information of the display unit 550 to the user.
  • the device information the model name, device ID, installation location, and the like are included.
  • the status information includes operation modes such as hot air/cold air/automatic/dry/smart/fan, operation modes such as indoor or outdoor temperature, energy-saving information indicating unmanned energy-saving actions, maintenance information indicating the timing of filter replacement, etc. .
  • the refrigerator 13 as the household electrical appliance 10 in the embodiment has device information, status information, error information, notification information, and command information as items in the operation log.
  • the storage unit 330 and the like are shared. These pieces of information are finally stored in the operation status storage unit 520 and provided to the user as display information of the display unit 550.
  • the device information the model name, device ID, installation location, etc. are included.
  • the status information includes the presence or absence of a power saving function, the temperature of the refrigerator or freezer compartment, the status of the key lock, the status of the refrigerator door, and the power consumption.
  • the error information includes the number of failures, the date and time of failure, and the like.
  • the notification information includes the status of the door of the refrigerator compartment/vegetable compartment/ice compartment, the completion notification of quick freezing, and the like.
  • the command information includes shooting instructions, date and time setting information, and the like. It should be noted that, as an item of the operation log, the status of the water supply tank for ice making may also be included as maintenance information.
  • the data storage server 30 of this embodiment associates the user ID with the household electrical appliance 10 under the management of the user and manages it. Therefore, even when operation logs and the like are generated by a plurality of household electrical appliances by the IoT technology, it is possible to provide the user with the operation logs and the like of the household electrical appliances under the management of the user.
  • the provision information generated by the data storage server 30 may be constituted based only on the home appliance/action log determined not only according to whether it is under the user's management, but also according to a specific rule. For example, as shown in FIGS. 5A to 5C, as an operation log, items managed by the operation status storage unit of the data storage server 30 involve various aspects.
  • the washing time (washing machine), the power on/off time (air conditioner), and the state of the door (refrigerator) in the status information are combined to generate provision information, thereby providing comprehensive judgments.
  • the material is used to determine whether the user of the household electrical appliance 10 has mishandled the household electrical appliance or the user of the household electrical appliance 10 has caused some accident and is in a state where the household electrical appliance cannot be operated.
  • a television 51 As the device 50, a television 51, a portable terminal 52, and the like are cited as examples. Among them, since the television 51 is basically designated as a function of displaying received image information, a device control server 40 for displaying information related to the operation log of the household electrical appliance 10 owned by the user is provided. In the case of using the portable terminal 52 as the device 50, the function of the device control server 40 can be realized by the portable terminal 52 itself.
  • the ID management unit 410 uses the user ID and uses the device DB 420 to manage the device 50 corresponding to the user ID. That is, the ID management unit 410 manages the device 50 for which the user wants to display the operation log of the household electrical appliance 10 via the device DB 420.
  • the request processing unit 440 waits for the reception of a request signal for acquiring the operation log of the household electrical appliance 10 corresponding to the user.
  • the transceiver 300 receives the request signal from the device 50 (S620).
  • the request signal includes the user ID of the user who is the user of the device 50.
  • the ID management unit 410 extracts the user ID from the received request signal, and reads the device 50 associated with the user ID from the device DB 420 (S622).
  • the request processing unit 440 generates a request signal for the operation log corresponding to the household electrical appliance 10 associated with the user ID based on the user ID included in the request signal received from the device 50.
  • the transmitting and receiving unit 400 transmits a request signal of the operation log to the data storage server 30.
  • the data storage server 30 transmits the provision information including the operation log in accordance with the request signal through the operations of steps S614 to S616 in Fig. 4.
  • the request processing unit 440 extracts the operation log from the received provided information and stores it in the operation status storage unit 430 (S624).
  • the response information generation unit 450 generates response information that forms image information that can be displayed by the device 50 based on the operation log stored in the operation status storage unit 430 (S626).
  • the response information may be in any form as long as it is data indicating information such as image data and text data that indicate an action log.
  • the transceiver 400 sends the response information to the device 50 (S628).
  • the device control server 40 of this embodiment associates the user ID with the device 50 used by the user for management. Therefore, even when the device 50 is a passive device such as the television 51, it is possible to convert the provided information provided by the data storage server 30 into information that can be displayed by the device. Thereby, it is possible to diversify the devices using the home appliance network system of the embodiment.
  • the operation of the device 50 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 7.
  • the operation example described below is an example in which the device 50 is the television 51 and the operation log and the like are acquired via the device control server 40.
  • the transceiver 500 sends a request signal including the user's identification ID and the home appliance 10 requesting the action log to the device control server 40 ( S632).
  • the device control server 40 acquires the provided information including the operation log of the household electrical appliance 10 corresponding to the user's identification ID from the data storage server 30 through the operation shown in FIG. 4, generates response information for the device 50 and responds.
  • the display information generation unit 540 When the transmission/reception unit 500 receives the response information (S634), the display information generation unit 540 generates display information to be displayed on the display unit 550 based on the response information (S636).
  • the display unit 550 displays the generated display information.
  • the device 50 of this embodiment acquires response information including the action log instructed by the user, and displays the response information using the display unit 550. That is, the device 50 has a function of requesting and receiving information to be displayed, and displaying the information to be displayed, and therefore can suppress arithmetic processing to extend the operation time.
  • the device 50 may directly transmit the request signal to the data storage server 30 without via the device control server 40. That is, the transceiver 500 transmits the request signal to the data storage server 30 (S632), and receives the provided information instead of the response information.
  • the provided information is stored in the operation status storage unit 520.
  • the display information generation unit 540 generates display information (image information) that can be displayed on the display unit 550 based on the operation log stored in the operation status storage unit 520, similarly to the response information generation unit 450 of the device control server 40 (S636).
  • the display information may be in any form as long as it is data capable of displaying information such as image data and text data.
  • the display section 550 displays the generated display information (S638).
  • the device 50 of this embodiment itself has the information conversion function of the device control server 40. That is, it is possible to reduce the number of servers in the home appliance network system as a whole.
  • the display information can be changed in the device 50 by changing the software.
  • the response information generating unit 450 and the display information generating unit 540 combine the content of the action log included in the provided information to generate visually organized display information.
  • the display unit 550 executes display like a screen configuration diagram described below based on the display information. In the following description, common display items (elements) are denoted with common symbols, and repeated descriptions are omitted.
  • FIG. 8A shows a screen configuration diagram 70 in a case where the usage status 700 of each household electrical appliance 10 in a single day designated in each household is displayed on the display unit of the appliance 50.
  • the use status 700 of the home appliance first display information
  • date and time information 701 home appliance information 702 in use
  • operation information 706 are shown.
  • TV information 702a (second display information), refrigerator information 702b (third display information), washing machine information 702c, and air-conditioning information 702d are displayed in a list.
  • a TV icon 703a (designated display of the first home appliance), a refrigerator icon 702b (designated display of a second home appliance), a washing machine icon 702c, and an air conditioner icon 702d are displayed in the respective display frames of the information. That is, it is shown that the above-mentioned household electrical appliance can acquire the operation log.
  • the home appliance information 702 in use includes name information 704a to 704d of the home appliance, and the name information also includes installation location information. That is, in the name information 704b of the refrigerator, the installation location of the refrigerator is displayed as "kitchen", the name information of the washing machine 704c indicates the installation location of the washing machine as "toilet”, and the name information of the air conditioner 704d indicates that the air conditioner is installed.
  • the setting place is the "living room".
  • the home appliance information 702 in use may also include maintenance information of the home appliance.
  • the refrigerator information 702b includes an icon 705b indicating the remaining amount of ice-making water
  • the washing machine information 702c includes an icon 705c indicating the remaining amount of detergent and softener.
  • An icon 705d indicating the replacement time of the filter is included.
  • the action information 706 is arranged at a position corresponding to the home appliance information in use. That is, for the television information 702a, the operation time (3 hours) of the day indicated by the date and time information 701 is shown as the television operation information 706a (display of the first operation log). Similarly, for the refrigerator information 702b, the number of times (5 times) of door opening and closing during the day indicated in the date and time information 701 is shown as the refrigerator operation information 706b (display of the second operation log). For the washing machine information 702c, the number of operations (0 times) in the day indicated by the date and time information 701 is shown as the washing machine operation information 706c. Regarding the air-conditioning information 702d, the operating time (2 hours) of the day indicated by the date and time information 701 is shown as the air-conditioning operation information 706d.
  • the operation information of a plurality of household electrical appliances 10 can be displayed in a list.
  • the operation information of multiple home appliances in a list it can not only indicate that the home appliance 10 is simply forgotten to turn off or the home appliance 10 is malfunctioning, but it can also indicate the use of the home appliance in the space where the home appliance 10 is installed.
  • the state of the person (emergency state where home appliances cannot be operated, etc.).
  • FIG. 8B shows a screen configuration diagram 71 which is a modification of the screen configuration diagram 70 shown in FIG. 8A.
  • period information 711 is included instead of date and time information 701
  • cumulative operation information 716 is included instead of operation information 706.
  • FIG. 9A shows a screen configuration diagram 72 which is a modification of the screen configuration diagram 70 shown in FIG. 8A.
  • the action information from the day shown in the date and time information 701 to one week before the day is also included in the graph.
  • Weekly action information 720 in addition to the household appliance information 702 and the action information 706 in use, the action information from the day shown in the date and time information 701 to one week before the day is also included in the graph.
  • Weekly action information 720 in addition to the household appliance information 702 and the action information 706 in use.
  • the weekly action information 720 corresponding to the action information of the past week in which the television information 702a with the mark 702e is displayed is shown.
  • the name 721 of the household electrical appliance and the target period information 722 are displayed.
  • the period operation graph 723 and the time from the day shown in the date and time information 701 to one week before the day are displayed. 724 is displayed accordingly.
  • the week from Sunday to Saturday including the day indicated by the date and time information 701 may be displayed in correspondence with the time 724. In this case, the display of the day of the week is consistent with the record on the calendar, so it is easy for users to understand.
  • the action graphs 723a to 723g by week are displayed neatly, and a mark 725 indicating the current date and time is displayed.
  • the screen configuration of this embodiment can show the respective operating states of the household electrical appliances 10 in detail.
  • FIG. 9B shows a screen configuration diagram 73 which is a modification of the screen configuration diagram 72 shown in FIG. 9A.
  • period information 731 is included in place of date and time information 701
  • cumulative operation information 736 (736a to 736d) is included in place of operation information 706.
  • December 4th (Wed) to December 10th (Tue) are displayed as the period information 731.
  • the respective devices of the household electrical appliances 10 during the period when the period information 731 is displayed are displayed.
  • FIG. 10A shows a screen configuration diagram 74 which is a modification of the screen configuration diagram 70 shown in FIG. 8A.
  • Screen configuration FIG. 74 shows a case where the device 50 is a television 51.
  • action information 746 formed by text and maintenance information 747 formed by text are shown.
  • December 9th (Mon) is displayed as the date and time information 701, and home appliance information 702 and operation information 706 in use are listed.
  • action information 746 formed by characters corresponding to the home appliance information 702 in use is displayed, and maintenance information 747 formed by characters is also described.
  • FIG. 10B shows a screen configuration diagram 75 which is a modification of the screen configuration diagram 71 shown in FIG. 8B.
  • Screen configuration FIG. 75 shows a case where the device 50 is a television 51.
  • cumulative action information 756 formed of text is also shown.
  • the period information 701 is displayed from December 9th (Mon) to December 15th (Sun), and the position corresponding to the household appliance information 702 and the action information 706 in use is displayed as the period information 701.
  • the household appliance information 702 in use corresponds to the cumulative action information 756 formed by characters.
  • the screen configuration diagram 74 and the screen configuration diagram 75 are generated by the response information generating unit 450.
  • FIGS. 11A and 11B are modified examples of the screen configuration diagrams shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B.
  • the display of the operating state has been modified.
  • the latest operation information 766 indicating the operation state of the household electrical appliance 10 at the current time is displayed as the nursing service information 760.
  • the latest TV action information 766a (open) corresponding to the TV information 702a is displayed
  • the latest refrigerator action information 766b (door open) corresponding to the refrigerator information 702b is displayed
  • the latest washing machine action information 766c corresponding to the washing machine information 702c is displayed
  • the latest air-conditioning operation information 766d (cooling: set temperature 26.0°C)
  • room temperature information 765d room temperature 30.0°C) corresponding to the air-conditioning information 702d
  • the latest movement information indicating the movement at the current time is displayed as the movement information, so the latest movement of the user of the household electrical appliance 10 can be shown.
  • the cumulative action information 776 of the day indicated by the date and time information 701 is displayed as the nursing service information 760. That is, the cumulative TV operation information 776a corresponding to the TV information 702a (5 hours in total use on the day) is displayed, the cumulative operation information 776b of the refrigerator corresponding to the refrigerator information 702b (the door is opened and closed 7 times on the day) is displayed, and the washing machine information 702c is displayed. Corresponding washing machine cumulative operation information 776c (1 use in total on the day), air-conditioning cumulative operation information 776d (8 hours in total use on the day) corresponding to the air-conditioning information 702d is displayed.
  • These operation states are extracted from the operation log of the household electrical appliance 10, and are generated as processed information in the provided information generating unit 350, the response information generating unit 450, or the display information generating unit 540.
  • the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 makes it possible to grasp the state of the user in the space where the household electrical appliance 10 is arranged by displaying the operation logs of a plurality of household electrical appliances 10 in a listable state.
  • the embodiment to be described below has a function of issuing a warning to a user who has the device 50 when a plurality of abnormal values are included in the operation log generated by the plurality of household electrical appliances 10.
  • the device 50A of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 12.
  • the device 50A is obtained by modifying the device 50 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2.
  • elements common to the first embodiment are denoted with common reference numerals, and redundant descriptions are omitted.
  • the device 50A of this embodiment is configured to further include an operation monitoring unit 560 and a warning determination unit 570 in addition to the device 50 shown in FIG. 2.
  • the operation monitoring unit 560 is an arithmetic module that monitors the state of the household electrical appliance 10 and the user in the space where the household electrical appliance 10 is located based on the operating status of the household electrical appliance 10 acquired via the data storage server 30 and the device control server 40 .
  • the warning determination unit 570 is an arithmetic module that determines whether the state of the user in the space where the household electrical appliance 10 is arranged is normal based on the monitoring result of the motion monitoring unit 560 and issues a warning signal if it is abnormal.
  • the device 50A transmits the request signal RQ to the device control server 40 or the data storage server 30 as shown in FIG. 7 and receives response information or provision information including the operation log of the household electrical appliance 10 (S640).
  • the operation monitoring unit 560 monitors the operation log of the household electrical appliance 10 stored in the operation status storage unit 520 (S642). As a result, when data indicating abnormality is included in the plurality of operation logs (Yes in S644), the warning determination unit 570 displays the occurrence of the abnormality in the plurality of operation logs on the display unit 550 as the first warning (S646) .
  • the abnormality in the operation log is limited to only one household electrical appliance 10 (No in S644), for example, when the abnormality in the operation log is only that the power supply of the air conditioner continues to be turned on for a predetermined time or longer, there is also a simple Forget about the possibility of turning off the power, no warning is displayed.
  • the warning determination unit 570 When the warning determination unit 570 issues the first warning, the warning determination unit 570 activates an internal timer to determine whether the abnormal state of the plurality of operation logs is maintained for a predetermined time (S648). If the abnormality is eliminated within the predetermined time (No in S648), the operation returns to the monitoring operation performed by the operation monitoring unit 560. When the abnormal state of the multiple operation logs is maintained for a predetermined period of time since the first warning is issued (Yes in S648), the warning judging unit 570 displays the content that the space where the household electrical appliance 10 is installed should be confirmed as the second warning In the display part 550 (S650).
  • a plurality of operation logs of the household electrical appliance 10 are monitored and a warning signal is issued in two stages for the occurrence of an abnormality. Therefore, it is possible to more accurately monitor the space in which the household electrical appliance 10 is placed. The status of the user.
  • FIG. 14A is a screen configuration diagram 78 formed by the device 50A based on this embodiment.
  • the cumulative operation information 736 is displayed instead of the operation information 706. Except for this, it is similar to the one shown in FIG. 9A.
  • the screen configuration is the same as in Fig. 72.
  • FIG. 14B is a modification of the screen configuration of FIG. 78 shown in FIG. 14A, and is an example in which the unused time is long.
  • the television information 702a is displayed, and the period operation chart 723 in the past week is shown.
  • the period operation charts 793d to 793g show that the television has not been operated for a long period of time.
  • the first warning and the second warning may be displayed by blinking elements of the screen configuration diagram, or may be displayed by coloring the period in which no operation is performed in FIG. 14B.

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